The Sun. — London, England, 1855-10-16 00:00:00

N E y AEA I KE T AND COMMER.CIAL INTELLIMENCE. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. In the Liverpool cotton market yesterday there existed a good demand, and prices were again slightly higher, all kinds being now id. per lb. higher than on Friday. The market closed firmly, with less spirit, however, than it opened. The sales were 12,000 bales, including 1,000 on specu lation, and 2,000 for export. 150 hales Pernam and. Maranhant at 6id. to 7d. ; 20 BThia at skl. ; 400 Egyptian at sd. to Bid. ; 1,200 Surat at 3id. to 4d. ; and 100 Sea Islands at 10id. to 14d., and seine :few lots at is. 10d. per lb. In the Rail way Share Market then was a very firm feeling, and a large business was done. Ac counts from the Continent mention that the Prussian Government had prevented the Bank of 13erlii a raising the rate of interest,, although the direct ors of that establishment had come to the resolution to do so. - Upon the subject of the Sound Dues it - is stated that the approaching Congress will b e held at Copenhagen, and the period men tione d in the invitation to the Prussian Govern men t to send a Plenipotentiary is the latter end of No' vember. • Some interesting particulars were received yes terday from America, in reference to the shipping interest. During a long time low rates and unpro fitable engagements have existed, but this state of affairs appears to have become quite changed, in consequence of the large crops and the active demand on foreign account. The scarcity of shipping was felt both in the North and South, and freights were so high that it is mentioned a vessel capable of carrying 200 bales of cotton to Liverpool would earn on its passage about 16,000 dollars. So many vessels belonging to the United States are in the transport service of , the Allies, and the trade from America to India, by California, having so much increased, the scarcity will not excite much 13urprise. Ex porters were rather afraid that their operations would be interfered with, especially in reference to the cotton trade. A circular has been issued by Messrs. Cunard, Munu, and Co., of Liverpool, the extensive bro kers for the sale of ships, ship valuers, &c., an nouncing their dissolution of partnership ; the business to be carried on in future under the name of Robert A. Munn and Co. Thefluctuations of the money market, the eighths and the quarter per cent. of the prices of stock, are, however, of little consequence day by day as they may and will happen. The great and the vital affair comes to this, as every body of common sense must long have understood to be the inevita ble result (so says an old and esteemed correspon dent whose convictions we are recording, and which are in accordance with those of The San), that the interminable confusion. created by Peel'4 Bill for annihilating credit and making a god of metallic values, under the mistaken impression that gold is the sole or the chief representative of capi tal, is approaching its third fulfilment, the last being the crisis of 1847. A morning paper repeats, what should be well known to the readers of The Sun, that the Banks of England and France have, within three years, lost twenty-eight millions of their metallic capital; that is, that three or four years ago they held jointly fifty millions of gold and silver, chiefly the former, and now they hold together some millions short of one-half of that amount. There are millions to pay up yet of a thirty million sterling loan in France, and of mil lions more of Turkish and home loans in London. Austria is in the market besides for millions of metallic money ;—the market is flooded with American Railway Securities—and, as some great capitalists well know, there are smaller, but in the aggregate large, European loans undertaken and weighing heavily on the money market besides. This is a gloomy view of affairs, which is given as received. Tile annihilation of credit, as asserted by a correspondent, by Peel's Bank law, gives the 'solution of all these recurring financial embarrass meats, of the ruin of wealthy firms, and the inse curity of all property in a realisable sense. In the meantime industrial affairs are far from flourishing. In France manufacturers are somt - what better off, but the people worse—with famine prices of food. The Banks of France and England, that is the 'Directors, are cogitating about what is to be done. We await the result of the delibera tions of Count D'Argout and the Governors of the Bank of England. Both the one and the other are selling securities to buy gold, but buyers are getting scarce. The English Stock Market opened this morning 'at a decline of about per cent., Consols being 881 to 881 for November 8. The tightness of money, and the inclination to speculate for the d cline, are the circumstances in operation against prices. For rnmey the quotations have been 87i but are now 8711. Bank Stock is at 207 to 209. Exchequer Bills have declined to 7s. and 3s. discount: The New Three per Cents. are 871 I, and the Reduced sei 1. Turkish Securities have been unfavourably affected by the heaviness of Consols, and the ap proaching instalment on the New Scrip. The old Bonds have been 79i to 801. The New Scrip is 4 to 38 discount. French Scrip is flat at premium. Sardinian Bonds are quoted 85, Dutch 2i per Cents 64 to 641, Peruvian 3 per Cents. 52, and Mexican 21k. There have been dealings in Cuba 7 per Cents. at 101, in Equador at 4/, and in Grenada active at 181. The following are the nominal prices of foreign stocks: Grenada Deferred Bonds, 18 to 20 ; Mexican, 21i to ; Peruvian, 72 to 74 ; ditto Three per Cents., 52 to 54; Portuguese Four per Cents., 43 to 45 ; Russian Five per Cents., 95 to 98 ; ditto Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 85 to 88 ; Spanish New Deferred, 371 to 38i ; ditto Three per Cents., 191. to ; ditto Certificates, 44 to ; ditto Passive, 41 to 5. Railway Shares are generally lower, and, ex cept in the principal lines, the tran.altions are limited. The decline in several cases is 1 per cent. compared with the highest prices of yesterday. The foreign lines are very dull, and mostly nomi nal. Great Western of Canada are now quoted ex dividend. Paris and Lyons are flat. The Mining, Banking, and Miscellaneous Shares are abOut the same as previously. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ON Pront . the ()Anal Lig:, ibrina., ,01. Bank Stock .......... ... 2O 7 9 3 ',or Uubt,. Reduced Annuities... B6' ei 3 per Cent. Consol s A nnu i t i es B7# a * a Thy; 3 per Cent. A nnu iti es . L ma Annuities, Expire sth .T an., igen .. 8 - 71 1885 16 i Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth A pr i l, India Bonds, laiP)o . ...... .., .‘ ... _ Ditto, under £l.OOO ........... 1 p .. 2 con ls for Account, Bth N0vembe r ........... 87d p i E ic hequer Bills, 21.: i 2d. 21000 ............. ~....... ..... 7 3 I 7 3 £,500 I 3 6 2 Imali 3 6 2 •3 per 9 4Cent. ; .. 81 --- A E (chequer Bonds 1858, Ditto 1859, #f 9Bi i I PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLO 4) 8.. Brazilian Bonds 5 per Cent. Ditto New, 1852, 4A per Cent ..... Newßrazilianßonds, 1829 & 39, 5 per Cent. Ditto Small Cuba 7 per Ct. (Matanzas & Sabanilla Bonds) 101 .Kquador Bonds Grenada Bonds, 1} per Cent. Ilbxican 3 per Cent. Ditto for the account ' 21.1 Peruvian .Bonds, 4i per Cent..... . .,.. ..... Ditto 3 per Cent. B4rd:nian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Tarkiish Bonds, 6 per cent BO 791 Ditto' for the account 791 814 Ditto New 'icrip, 4 per Cent. Ditto for the Account 3i 41 3t 4 d 3B nttadends on the above payable in Lonlon. French Berates, 3 per Cent. Ditto Scrip 2nd Loan of 1855 4 pm D itch Ssehango, 26. per Cent. 12 Gail 641 4 Consols HALF-PAST TWO. Ditto for tho Aco onn t 874 WRECK OP THE TECOR—The schooner Thor was re cently wrecked near the harbour of Lossiemouth, through the intemperance of the captain and crew. The Coast Guard boarded the vessel, but the captain positively re fused to leave her. They again boarded her, and had to drag the drunken captain on deck, as also a sailor, who refused to leave without him, and h av i ng slung the for mer to the life-buoy, gave the signal to them on shore, and he was hauled through the surf to the land. The vessel soon-after went to pieces: (THIS DAY.) RAILWAYS. BAILWAII• . elnanw Prices yesterday. Aberdeen........ Imbg, Vottng. BOAT and Eastn. Janet .1l iicifast& tiadvmon , Al Wolve , iiheehire Janet Chesb.. a Birk £5() and £25 C ,, n• r. ( ? Do., X2O &Tyn s origuia £25 (issd. at £4.= , ' )0 Bristol and Exeter.., 10 Caledonian. La. Cum. and Ca: digar Li.. 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I al 1 ri 20 z 0 to al 20 1.1 40 al ).0 al '0 al 1 20 al .e.O 1)t41 20 15! 20 i al 20 I I 81 ?). 10 al 20 1! 20 a] 52i i 754 5 95a 92i2 6q 4 i i 38 23 2f a d n• 41 41 I 31 'l9l 19 44 4 THE SUN LO DON, TUESn A y vEN O . CTOBER: 16 fi 55. M IT SI C LITERATURE. ~~~d~~ aarcwa to. ; Oto ai jeTTIIIAD yester tay. us this ay ( From th,e BuTstou Journal.) The concert by the Pyue and Harrison troupe, on Wednesday, was possessed of such great merit, that it deserves a more extended notice than wa had space t., give it at the time ; where all was so generally good, and so little exception could be takento the perform ance of any one of the participators, it devolves upon .us, in our wish to give credit where it is eminently due, .to aid in the.encourigement of true worth, and in so doing render justice to our readers as well as to the par ties spoken of. On this occasion the excellent vocaliea tion in such , lit cult airs as the "Skylark," and " Cease your funning," as well es the charming rendering of ScAch ballads, by Louisa Pyne, more than counter.: balanced any shorltcomiugs of any other members of the troupe. She i s t h e grea t maenet of attraction, and no one can hear her without being willingly forced to the submission of her superior ability. The song of the "Skylark" gave such.iminense satisfaction that a repe tition was demanded, and although she declined this, yet the charming naivette with which " Charlie is my darling" was rendered fairly took the audience by storm, and this' received a tremendous encore, when she kindly appeared the third time, and gave them "The piper came to our door," which only increased the enthusiasm, and nothing . but a sense of deference to the fair creator of so much pleasure deterred them from the continuance of applause. Although we felt satisfied with the versatility and talent of this giftso song,stress, in the different operas performed during the past three weeks, and had no doehts as to her perform ance in the concert room, yet we must confess to being unprepared for so much excellence as was exhibited at this time. Dramas of Calderon : Vagic, Comic, and Lc geiLdikry. Translated from the Spanish. By D. nii FlorenCe M`Carthy. 2 vols. Charles Dolman. Bey ford-auji Bletahley Ruckghanisli. Clydesdale 'h. Col. Stour Vy. Sud. and Hal. ICI. •r. r. c E. Un. H. Sh. 4tas. Barr. dt Neils. Direct D. New..... London • t:latedon. E. Un. E. C... 7 , rt. , • 'E. Coun 93 - 96 100 - 102 The name of Denis Florence M'Carthy is to us as that of an old friend in contemporary literature. As such it commands from us a welcome of especial cordiality. We greet it heartily, as the symbol of a young poet not unworthy of being coupled in our memory with his very promising fellow-country man William Allinghatn. Several seasons back, the writer of these two attractive volumes pre-' sented hiMself before the chair of criticism as the author of a charming book of " Ballads, Poems, and Lyrics—Original and Translated," which at once secured to themsel ves our a t ten ti on, b y th e i r •mingled evidences of innate capacity and of culti- Vated scholarship. Several of the compositions comprised in the very miscellaneous collection making up Mr. M'Carthy's maiden performance as az-man of letters, were not slow in eliciting very general expressions of admiration, wherever at least the little., volume of verse was fortunate enough' to have penetrated. It was recognised by the discerning reader to be something better than a mere jumble of school-made stanzas, bearing in their unflawed smoothness the tokens of a glib and fluent mediocrity. It is observ able, moreover, that they • extor Led espe 7 cial eulogium from the principal organs of pub lic opinion upon matters of literary taste in the sis ter kingdom. Some few among th e more enthusi astic reviewers, indeed, heaped their praises on the head of the new aspirant for poetic honours, some what in the language of exaggeration. Whereas the Dublin Review contented itself with hailing the volume of " Ballads " (positively) as at once " hopeful and, charming," the more ardent. Trinity Magazine avowed of the writer (comparatively) that he felt the "dignity of the bard," while the Irish Quarterly proclaimed its belief (superlatively) that " our only poet now living" was M`Carthy. Mean ing, of course, by that widely-embracing pronoun— the only living poet of Irishmen—Moore having then but very recently departed, and Allingham not having at the time of this impassioned protes tation yet made his modest but effective appear ance. However, setting aside the over-muchness of Hibernian panegyric as lavished two or three summers back upon the author of the " Legend of the Bells of Limerick"—making allowance for the zeal of national exultation expressed thus ardently on the advent of the young poet by the Irish Quar terly and the Dublin . Magazine—it would be diffi cult to peruse these "Ballads and Lyrics" of Denis M'Carthy without in some manner participating in the pleasure so very loudly articulated by the young poet's reviewing compatriots. It was scarcely surprising, therefore, that even in England the book received a welcome of earnest greet ing scarcely less cordial than across St. George's Channel : so that while we ourselves spoke of the author as exhibiting "poetic talent of no ordi nary excellence" --the Literary Gazette observed, expressively, if not very elegantly, that the volume contained " good stuff and poetry too," the Critic remarking that its verses were " melody itself," and even the A thenceum in its sparsely sprinkled adjectives of praise could yet declare of the pro duction, as a whole, that they had not failed to re cognise in Mr. M'Carthyi pages what they con ceived to be " the track of the true poetic mind," though what that track may resemble (as thus rather unpleasantly express e d) i t wou ld b e diffi cu l t to conjecture, unless it might be the slug-like trail ing of the silvery slime of Parnassian snaildom ! Howbeit, passing over these tributes of spontaneous cunmendation awarded to the first volume issued through the press from the hand of Mr. M'Carthy, it wilt be sufficient fur us to observe• in reference to that early evidence of his abilities as a lyrist, and, indeed, for that matter as one skilled very largely and generally in the manifold arts of versi fication, that the volume comprised, among other commendable performances, a variety of faithful and melodious translations from the French, from the Italian, but above all from the Spanish. These, it now appears, we re littl e more than prepara tive efforts, preliminary to the daring enterprise upon which the writer has since then adventured. The translation—" p r i nc ' pa ll y i n t h e metre of the original "—of no less than six among the principal dramas of CALDERON ! The reproduction in our mother tongue of as many as half-a-dozen of the reeowned masterpieces of that wonder of the Spanish stage—Den Pedro Calderon de la Barca The great' dramatist of the Iberian Peninsula, second only, if not equal in all respects, to the miraculous Lopez de Vega ! Calderon, like Lopez, we all know, bore arms in his youth, like Lopez was aUerwards a wearer of the priestly stole, like Lopez was a prolific and magnifi cent playwright. Scarcely so prolific- as Lopez to be sure—but then Lopez, it must be remem bered, was a paragon, a mystery, a marvel, a world-wonder of - literary fruitfulness—pouring cut of his magic inkstand from the nib of his wizard pen, as many as " two thousand" original dramas, according to Bouterwek, or, at any rate, according to the evidence of Montalvan (his intimate friend and fellow-labourer) 1,800 plays and 400 autos sacramentales ! But then Lopez, as we have in timated, was an exception, and an astonishment ! Calderon de la Barca, by the side of any other dramatist but Lopez, must needs be looked. upon as a wonder of literary fecundity, whether in regard to plot, scene, incident, or character. Flouris,ting about the year 1610, the mere pick of the writings of Calderon, spread out to nine quarto volumes, at the period of their collective republication some 50 tears afterwards, namely, in 1689—the three first of these goodly tomes, containing the choicest of his comedies, the rest of the huge volumes being dedicated to the preservation of the religious dramas already mentioned, the dramas known in Spain as the autos saeramen tales. Out of the rarest' of the productions of Don Pedro, his English trans lator has selected, as we have said, six —I, El Principe Constante ; 2, El Secretes a Voces ; 3, El Medic - 0 de Su Honra ; 4, Amar despues do la Muerte ; 5, El Purgatorio de San Patricio ; and 6, La Banda yla Fier. It is not by any means, of course, the first time that Calderon has appeared in an English dress before the English reading mul titude, Analyses of sundry among his numerous Autos and Comedias haveappeared in the Quarterly, in the Westminster, in Blackwood, in Frazer, and in the Dublin University Magazine. Ticknor has spoken at large of them in his History of Spanish Literature, Hallam has commented upon them at some length in his "Introduction to the Literature of Europe"—J. H. has afforded the English student a glimpse into the beauties of " El Magico Prodigioso," under the title of "Justina," the very same drama which had al ready been illustrated by the genius of Percyßysslie Shelley. Curiously enough', moreover, a work pre cisely similar in design to the one here under our consideration passed through the press almost multaneously with these "Six Dramas of Calderon," freely translated by Edward Fitzgerald ! Fortu nately it has so happened, however, that while Mr. M'Carthy has taken his six from the "more" famous among the dramas of Calderon, Mr. Fitz gerald has chosen his from the " less" famous—so that the two collections in no way clash with each other, twelve of the great dramas of Calderon in stead of only half that number being thus presented to us in the form of metrical translations. Let us take the gifts the gods have given us thankfully, with proportionate tributes, awarded from the right hand and from the left, to the indus try and taste, the melody and precision of Messrs. M'Carthy and Fitzgerald. The former has judiciously accompanied his singularly accurate version of Calderon with notes and introductions distributed to each of the remarkable plays trans lated—in volume i., to The Constant , Prince, The Secret in Words, and The Physician of his own Honour, and in volume ii., to Love after Death, The 'Purgatory of • St. Patrick, and The Scarf and the Flower. We are precluded by several conside rations from entering here at large into any more detailed examination of these translated dramas of the great Calderon. The present is no fitting opportunity, adequate space and appropri a t e occasion are alike wanting for any such analysis. Enough has been already observed, however, to indicate our belief that an ordeal of this kind might be passed through very far from discreditably by the ingenious translator of these six brilliant and eminently attractive compositions. In placing his votive wreath at the foot of the pedestal of the Spanish Euripides, Mr. M'Carthy 'has illustrated. anew the reasonableness of his own claim to that bay garland of the lyrist to which he directs his every modest aspiration. Gistr.& Dn. Fr llrtlpl. Dk, & Railway Hull & Selby Do. Shares. Do. I Shares. Lon.& Greenw Do. Preferen Lon., Til., & S. Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Do. 6 per et. Manch. Bxtn. and Matlock Middlesbi•o' & Redcar. Do . Wew,:: Nev Berw, N M --- 28 101 -- le3 IS. East. 12i -- 13 23 -- r.." 4 .15 -- 120 Peto 1 1Vort+11( IlDo L.& N. W. & Stekton nail.; •t. ry - 2i Midld.l3ralt , Newmarket Bury Exton.. Do f rer Do. Fixecls p Prest. & NV Do. Snr,. A Roystn.& Hit. Shef.Roth Glooleg.s p.c. Sthrows.& Her. S. Stafford:4 - , Wear Valle) or .; per cent . ).)o c3O , !,2 Eu. Coun. iP L 6 58 Count. L. & N.W. op ~ I Gt North e Lane:a-silk Ylrksh, T. Brassey M. MClean Stoekt. .Dariinvt 130 - /34 Miss Pyne sang a Scotch ballad very prettily, accom panying herself on the piano, and in the concerted pieces shared in the applause,. which was freely bestowed. Mr. Borrani sang his own composition, Oh ! sing again that mournful strain," in his usual correct style, and so acceptably that, although coming immediately after the enthusiastic greeting to Louisa Pyne, and be fore the beautiful duett from "Crown Diamonds," yet a repetition was called for and granted. He is a pleas ing singer, and executes his running passages and ca denzas clea' ly and smoothly. Messrs. Harrison, Horncastle, and May aided in the general effect in songs, glees, etc., and notwithstanding it was a late hour ere the concert was concluded, yet the enthusia,m was continued to the last moment. Saturday afternoon will be the last time we shall'hear this talented troupe for a lengthened period. 7f - 8} 2f --4,1 306 - 314 85 --• 'MAT, 'rFt U S.HA 3. K., MARKET NE TB.-(TITIS DAY.) HAY NiA Ft SKITHIPIrLD.—Meadow hay, 3' lOs to 6: 6-4 clove, ditto, 15/5 to 6/ 12s ; anti straw. 1/ 8s Od to 11.13 s Od per 1o3:1 A moderate supply and a sluggish demand. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, 31 12s to 6/ 6s ; clover do.. 3/ 183 to 6/ 10s ; and straw, 1/ 8s to 1/ 14s per load, Trade steady, at full prices. WIIITHOMAPEL.-31 , 1atiow hay, 3/ lOs to 6: 6s; clove/ do., 3/ 153 to 61 15s ; straw, 11 8s t. 1.1 13 t nor load. Both hay and straw sold slowly, at our quotations. The Third Napoleon, : an Ode. To which aro added Songs of the War. By Robert Story. Second Edition. John Hearne. A pink pamphlet of 32 pages octavo—presen tin g to us what Sheridan spoke of as " a rivulet of rhyme running through a meadow of 1114rgin is the aspect of this little collection of war lyrics, there r inharmo nious, thatha r m 1; has the true " stuff" nious, proves incontestibly o) preceded by an ode celebrating the life a nd fortunes of the Third Napoleon. Mr. Story , in s p ite of being occasionally dull, have been in hereartificiaand i, a in hi m , and that hev e lacks neither the faculty for the app reciation of the heroic nor the blended enthusiasm and sensibilit y essential for its adequate manifes tation. There h several attempts already (we remember the cir cumstance at this moment somewhat painfully) on the part of our very few poets and of our very nu nerous poetasters to commemorate the incidents of the present war with Russia, by songs, odes, sonnets, dirges, Nemss elegise s and all mangier of ki.,811" i 0,4 this day. 112 116 IUB - 112 - 3 ii --: iii 15 - 16 5 - 6 4 12i -12 i • ' 58 - 60 F'l3 10' - 109 99 3141 ar 9- 6 6A 94 96 80 85 e. 4 86 9i —10 f 16 —16 i 10 . 101 68 70 18 19 —9; 12 131 $( 1 134 136 12:1 --• 13 135 !?4 - 1 - 4 - 4f. 94 - 96 9u --• 92 3 -- -- id 101 - 103 13i - t 4. ic - pir -- 93 - 91 9; - 16 - 1.8 2 <T 9 4- ~ ~• ~ ~ -~ ~ 6 7 42 21 - 3 2/ 3i 28 -- 30 Ad 65 69 i 18 --2 , ) 13 --a5 2 -- 1 (Us— par 7 7i - 1 1 15 - 16 j 21 - 2:3 6 - g 35 - 4 2i - • 3 4 4?, E 0 Oh. 27i 7 2 - ~:7 108 2i - 2 5 - 5/1 ~. ...... i •, 1 - - 7 - 18 e• .•• ".... vs, 8 •-- 10 6 1 2 3 dis— par i ---- I 1 - 1~ L 1• = ii I - # 35A = 14 COLONIAL TEA.—The market is steady, bat with a limited de mand. SUGAR.—FuII rates have generally been obtained, but the public sales now in progress will better decide the state of the market. There have been several purchases of colonial on former terms, and refined, though quiet, h'is ruled firm. There were landed last week at the several docks and wharves and in London 2,913 hhds, 184 trs, 493 brls of West India, anti there were taken for home coneuumption 2,847 hhds, 310 trs, anti 676 brie. Th e stock is 23,502 hhds, 1,748 trs, and 5,856 brls. COFFEE. - Holders of native Ceylon are firm, and the supply is limited. More business has been done in plan tation at last week's rates. Mocha is in good demand. RlCE.—This article is firm, but dull. RUM.—lmporters ask higher rates, and the market tends upwards. SALTPETRE.—There is ;scarcely any alteration in the absence of sales. TALLOW.—There has been an advance in the tallow market. The demand has been strong, and following upon the large deliveries of last week, and the evidence we quoted in our statement of last Friday as to the pro bable supply and demand, it has produced a farther ad vance to-day. The market was quiet on Saturday, and but little business was done, prices being a little lower than on Friday. To-day we opened firm, and since 'Change higher prices have been paid, and we close spot new Y.C., 63s ; 1854, 62s 6d ; all the year, 62s 6d ; De cember and January, 635; January and March, 63s 6d. LLOYD'S SHIPPINri-!THIS DAY.) I.orrnos, Oct. 16.—Wind this day at noon, S.W. ; fine weather. PORTSMOUTH, Oct. 15.—Wind light airs and variable. Cleared -Balaklava, for Calcutta; Imperatrice (s.s. tpt. No. 220), Crimea. PLYMOUTH, Oct. 15.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—London Packet, from Corunna. Sailed—Snake, for St. Michael's ; Marsala, Corunna. JERSEY, Oct. 14.—Wind N.—Arrived—Belus, from La brador. Sailed—Sanda, for Akyab, BRIDGEWATER, Oct. 14.—Wind N.W.—Arrived--Pro miBe and Elizu.beth, from Quebec. GLOUCESTER, Oct. 15. -Arrived—Oder, from Stettin. Saile , l—George Rogers, for Balaklava. NEWPORT, Oct. 15 —Arrived—Tarquin, from Shediac. Buckham, for Grenada ; Harbinger and Ambassador, St. Thomas; Joseph Howe, Jamaica. WATERFORD, Oct. 14.—Wind W.S. W. to W.N.W.— Arrived—S,n Spiridione and Niobe. from Syra. SWANSEA, Oct. 15. —Sailed—Alexandria, for the Cape of Good Hope ; Unrestricted, Smyrna. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Tuesday Morning. Arrived.—Despatebh (S'.), from Jersey; Brunswich (s.), Plymouth ; Argyll (s.), Carentan ; Georges, Cherbourg ; Online (s.), Dublin. Sailed.—Courier (s.), for Jersey; Wonder (s.), Havre. LIVERPOOL, Tuesday Morning. Wind W.S.W. Arrived.—Susan Bayloy, from Patras ; President, Leg horn. S..iled—Ellen 13 , tes, for New Orleans; Swathmore Bowbay ; Tippoo Saib, Madras. (BY tiDRMARINE AND RRiTifill TKI,EGRAI.II.; GRAVESEND, Tuesday, 10.5 a.m. Wind W; tide, five hours' ebb; weather. fine. Sailed, Oct. 16 .—Investigator, Port-Adelaide; Queen of Sheba, Gibralta ; Governess, Trieste. DEAL, Trostlay, 9.40 a.m. Wind, W.N.V. • moderate. Passel.—Brig irothesa from' London, for Cardiff ; James Ferme, London, f or M ore t on Bay. Sailed.—Hanover, for Cork; Jane Henry, New York. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAY, - Traffic return for the week ending Oct. 13, 1855 .................................................. £l6 , 5 ' 2 6 Corresponding week last year .................... 15,;11 1 10 Total of the half-par to this date, 1855...... 266,218 1 2 Total of the half-year to this date, 1854 •••• 2 0 ,064 2 1 LONDON AND SOUTEI-HAVERN RATLIVAY. - rrlffiC re tura for the week ending Oct. 13 1855 •.....£24.557 i 11 Corresponding week last year ..... . ............ 20,018 16 (; Increase in I 8.35 ~. ...... .4-.!4,539 2 5 GLASGOW AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic re turn for the week ending Oct. 6, 1855 ........•£ 6 ,059 19 Oorresponcling week last year ..................... 5,58 i 2 10 Increase in 1855.. , ............. £471 16 10 INQUESTS IN LIVERPOOL.—There were no less than 22 inquests last week, being nearly one-half more than Ve average of corresponding weeks in previous years. During the year there.have been 61 more cases than had been recorded up to the same period last year. AGRICULTURE IN .''COTLAND.—Never in the recollec tion of the oldest person living has the agriculturist been favoured with weather more suitable for the cutting down and carrying into the barnyard the cereal crops of the county, the greater part of which are at this moment snugly secured under " thack and rape. ° Sheep farming being the s t a pl e h us b an d r y of the county, we are de lighted to state that from every quarter we hear the most cheering accounts of the healthy condition of the mountain flocks ; and from the vale of the Ettrick, the Yar row, and th e M eg gat, re por ts speak not l ess favour ably."—Edinburgh Courant. MILITARY ENCAMPMENT NEAR PRESTON. —On Mon• day last the inhabitants of Longridge were surprised by the arrival of about 200 gallant redcoats, who passed through the village on their way to the encamp men t, called Forty Acres, noticed in our last. The site of the encampment is much exposed to the north-east winds, being at a considerable elevation above the village, and at about the distance of two miles and a half. The force at the camp consists of 100 of the 18th, and about the same number of the 34th and 97th Regiments. Provi sion is being made for the contingency of wintering there, and as the enca,npment is not of a temporary nature the men will be butted.—Preston Guardian. ROYAL NAVAL BENEVOLE NT SO CIETY. —Yesterday the ordinary quarterly cou rt of the gover nors o f th i s corpo ration was held at Room s , MIT. street, St. James's, Rear-Admiral Sir Watkyn Owen Pell, K.C.8., in the chair. There were also present—Admiral Sir Chas les Ogle; Captains Ric h a r dson, Jay, Dickson, and several other distinguished of ficers. The minutes of the last quarterly court having been read a n d con fi rme d , t h e secretary read to the court the report of the general committee, from which it appeared that during the last three months they had expended the sum of 4021. in grants, to relieve the necessities of distressed members of the society, and the widows and orphan daughters of deceased subscribers to its funds. They had during the same period received life subscriptions to the extent of 301., and a donation of 51. from Captai n R amsay, e.of her Majesty's ship Hogue The annual subscriptions re ceived within the same period amounted to 1211. 16s. 6d., which, with 508/. 13s. Bd. interest upon 36,334/. in the Three per Cent. Consols, leaves a balance of 447/. Bs, 9d. remaining in bands at the date of the previous audit; and the fore mentioned life sub-eriptious and do nations made the total ine , iine of the quarter amount to 1,112/. 18s. 11d. The expewles for the same period, including grants, salaries, rents, &c., was 492/. lls. 101, leaving in band a balance of 6201. 7s. id. On the mo tion of Capt. Jay, this report was unanimously adopted, and the secretary was instructed to write to Captain Ramsay, expressing to him the thanks of the society for his doratien. Oil the motion of Capt. Richardson, the memorial of an applicant for relief, whose papers, by some irregularity at the Past-office, came too late for ex awination by the memorial committee, was, by special favour, taken into consideration. Commander Hugh Gould, of Gosport, was then appointed agent of the so ciety at that port, and some routine business having been disposed of, the proceedings terminated with a vote of thanks to the gallant chairman. spasmodic versifieation. Under the influence of their jangling numbers crowding in up, , n us, as they sometimes did simultaneously, we have experi enced sensation s a ki n t o th ose pro d uce d upon one's sense of hearing by hearkening to two or three cracked and broken winded barrel organs grinding away at different tunes toge ther under our windows in a Quiet Street. Fancy the united m e l o di es o f " P op G oes the Weasle !" "Ah ! Susannah I" and the " Girl I left behind me !" with a so r t o f u nd er -t one or diapason accompaniment of the "Old Hundredth, ' mingled with exporaneous fantasias on the drum and pan'spipes—and you may have 801110 notion of the bewitching effects produced by this mingled outpouring of warlike strains, pitched in e very imaginable key, and carolled in all kinds of time, roared most of them like any sucking dove—with looks of brass and lungs of leather. Remember Elogarth's famous picture of "The Enraged Musi cian"—frantically gr i nn i ng d es pair frim his lattice with a finger in each ear, and his features in a blaze of indignation. Recollect Leech's hardly less humorous sketch, in his "Pictures of Life and Character" —representing at the top of one page a fellow in the garret blowing himself into a state of exhaustion on the cornet-a-piston, and an Unfortunate wight of a man-of-letters in a room below, maddened by the uproar, his slippered feet paroxysmed from the carpet as he sits infuriatedly at his writing-table, shreds of his hair still floating in the atmosphere about him like a halo, one hand grasped in anguish over his eyes, the other jobbing a whole sheef of quills (nibs downwards) oa his desk. Call to mind every conceivable image of desperation resulting from noise and discord pro duced in the outraged name of the goddess-muse Euterpe, and some faint conjecture may then he formed of the slowly-prolonged agony with which we have been fated to lissen of late to the " most sweet voices" of the would-be war-poets--chant ing the glories of grapeshot and gunpowder in ac cents that might reasonably be mistaken for the veriest catterwauling on the tiles. Some of the Manchester cotton with which Mr. Bright would seem to have deafened himself against all the mere persuasive dictates of patriotism would not actually come altogether amiss in thst din of this mock heroic hubbub of penny trumpets. Feeling thus acutely under the infliction, we are compelled per force, in very gratitude, to commend whomsoever we may discern among the mob of ballad sing , n's about us, possessing a voice in any way less dis sonant than the harsh and guttural voices of his compeers. It is thus with a sentiment of thank fulness that we hail the appearance of Mr. Story. Listening to him, we feel that there are still left notes of gentle and heroic vibration in that bat tered war trumpet which has latterly, when at the lips of the majority of aspiring lyrists, omitted nothing better than a gurgling blast resembling the hee-haw of honest long-ears yonder cropping his thistle by the wayside. The introductory ode in the pres , !nt collection is addressed by our author " To Alfred Tennyson, Esq., Poet Laureate"—not with the versified scurrility of the scribe of " The Transcendentalists," but rather in the language of respectful, but earnest expostulation. Mr. Story bids the Laureate— deal no more in fiction ; Trick no hero of the brain ; Measured verse, and gorgeous diction, Spent on Myths, are spent in vain. Look around. Behold the Real Far transcend the loved Ideal. Adding— Take a Boy, by birth connected With Imperial pomp and state, And describe him thence dejected By a thun , jerbolt of fate, Which—into his young house driven— Strews it to each point of heaven ! Sing the youthful Outcast wandering Over lands that hold but foes; Yet where'er he wanders, ponderirg To his ills a glorious close ; One sad Spirit hovering o'er him, And a hero's path before him ! Following the fortunes of his hero, he says— Sing him to a prison taken, And when Fear his life would c'aim,• Lo ! his Captor—awed and shaken By the spell-word of his name— Spares it,—the damnation dreading Which would follow his bloodshedding! After stanzas, implying the celebration of the 1848 Revolution and the 1852 Coup d'Etat—the heroic I act of Many iu February and of One in December —the lyrist bids the Laureate sing of hits hero : Sing him Power Imperial wielding, Not as one to empire born ; But the Toiling Millions shielding, Whom a 4 , g-by-birth might scorn. Pamper, kings! the favoured classes— He is Monarch of the Masses ! Sing him—heir to war and glory— • ' -Slighting glory gained by war ; Coveting, for iaure's gory, Bloodies palm• wreaths—fairer far ; Marshalling—a Moral Movement ; Heading armies of Improvement ! Sing him thus triumphant —wanting But one pelf to fix his sway ; And his wondrous Fortune granting That, too, in her wondrous way— War which waked in distant regions, Gratifies his martial legions ; War—to rescue frau oppression Weak states, overborne by strong ; War—to check unjust aggression, Help the Rielt, and crush the Wrong ; War—to spiel men's blood like water, Waged for Ends that hallow Slaughter I Sing him in that war a Leader, Pr inipt, for those high Ena , , to strike ; Then, concluding, bid thy r , a , ler Snow, in tale, or song, his Like ! Proudly for thy Hero claim hiw, And the Tiiird Napoleon name him ! Among the "Songs of the. War" which follow this earnest but simple Ode upon "The Third Napo leon," we would select--as about the happiest —the following : NAPOLEON RULES AGAIN. The baffled but still glorious Chief Was sent to exile sad and for, And his brave legions, filed with grie., • Laid down their aims, and turned from war. They sat by many a cottage light, And there, when hours of toil were o'er, In earne4 t ne they, night by night, Told tales of their Great Emperor. They told how first his fame arose, How soon the chief of men was he, And how he pv-seil the Alpine snows, And how he marched through Paly. They told how vanquished Austria sued, How Prussia's king his vassal grew, And how the Northern Czar, subluei, Became his humble suppliant too. They told how, when he held his court, With all the pomp that Empire brings, Thither did Europe's Queens resort, And Europe's far-descended Kings. They told how virtual sway he bore From Moscow to the shores of Spain, And how a prouder crown he wore Than pressed the brows of Charlemagne! All this was drank with greedy ear— E'en boys, their grandsires' knees before, Stood open-mouthed, and pressed to hear Those tales of the Great Emperor. They told how, to chastise the Czar, In his own land he sought the foe, And how the conquerors in the war Were conquered by the frost and snow. They t thl how then the Kings-by right From that disaster courage drew, And how at last their banded might The Hero crushed on Waterloo. They told how, in a distant isle, Th' illustrious Chief was Captive now, And here an angry flush, a while, Would tinge the speaker's downcast brow ; And then would come a sigh—a pan" — A. deep emphatic whisper then : " France ne'er will be the France , r she was, Until Napoleon rules again I d ' This, too, was drank with g ee y a h b e efre, a o r ear— E'en boys, their grandsits:ske knees e t e e s Stood open-mouthed, Pe Those tales of the nd GREAT li EMPEROR. bold, Those boys grew up t o ! tri p g, And those bold str i p lin g s up to meu, Who cherished,elike their fathers old, Dreams Empire , back agai n . They felt--od the r deem enslaved, enslav d T he y scorned the Bourbon's idle state, And nought but foreign bayo ne t s saved Th e throne of that Legitim a t e. Another and another cam e F a i r Frances regal seat to fill ; But still,. she sighed for one loved Name, The symbol of a mightier will! At length, and with no dubious voice, That loved Names 'HEIR she called ' to away ; And well he justifies her choice Who comes as England's Guest to•day. We greet him with the heart's applause, We echo back his people's strain ; " France is again the France she was, For —her Napoleon rules again !" The commemoration of "Alma" is not to be men tioned with that only one among the " War Waits" of Gerald Massey, in which the self-tauel "poet and tailor" sang, in a spirit worthy of him self, how— " England's chosen ones went up Red Alma's hill to glory !" Again, the celebration of the cavalry charge at Balaklava by Mr. Story, dwindles into insignifi cance by the side of Mr. Tennyson's—although the merits of the poem written by the Laureate upon that sublime theme appear, in our judgment, to have been greatly exaggerated by the more infa tuated among his many admirers. 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" New Shares " Peel Itr. bd. & iihnri. cieuinsulorBi Orien 4 Do. New ..... . Portland Iron Co Royal Mail Steam Scot. Austral. Invest. Ditto New South Austral;;Jan Samar. Tel. Scrip_ th,.. Registered rrust& L.Co.II.Can.I Vaa Diemea's Lad, .c) i si ti) ;t. [O . I all 2(1 all 20 - All ?,5 111 2i. I 1,11 g I ii 1 1 311 Da. 111 : r ,50 I all 20 14 26 :5 1 ;tu 2! 1 lo all 1 all 4i' all 5 all I. all 5 14 1 all 1 an 1:1 al! 1 .23 ' `~u.., 3StD. yl [ 109 i Pr. 4 1 die 93 44 41 f 3i 70 zd alone is distressingly provocative of a comparison with the inimi!able and incomparable lyric mas terpieces of Thomas Campbell. Enough for Mr. Story if he win for himself the credit due to his minor melodies (as he has here won it from our• selves), without thus perversely bringing into con trast the twang of a Jew's harp, and what might be mistaken for the glorious notes from the Clarion of an Archangel. My Exile in Siberia. By Alexander Herzen. Hurst and Blackett. These remarkable volumes are a continuation of the memoirs of a distinguished Russian refuaee now in London, where, abo u t a year ago, the first instalment made its appearance in the Russian lan guage, under the title of "Prison and Exile." Portions of this having appeared in a translated form, and been fav oura bl y not i c4 d i n the " Revue des Deux Mbndes" and the " Athenceum"—a Ger man translation also having been published at Hamburg —the author has been induced to resume his pen, and make further revelations of the secrets of that vast prison house, his country, in connec tion with hi s personal history. At any previous period, and under ordinary circumstances, a work of this description, from the hands of an intelligen` native, would have been regarded with consider able interest; but at the present time these volumes possess unusual claims on public attention and re spect ; and for these reasons. We are,engaged in war with Russia, and the writer is 'a Ruinian author of the highest reputation who has been persecuted for his liberal opinions since his twenty-first year, and has erected a battery in London in the shape of " the first Russian free press," from which he assails the stronghold of despotism by discharging broadsides of light among his benighted and abused fellow-countrymen, with whom, by the way, he is very popular. The character of the man, and the tone of the memoirs, may be gathered from the n Aice of him by Madame Pulszky, who, in the preface to a translation of a Russian novel, speaks of him as "a distinguished Russian refugee, who endeavours to blend German philosophy, French political theory, and English practical common sense with his original Russian nature." A de scription the accuracy of which the readers of the memoirs will never for a moment be inclined to dispute. Having been arrested . and sent from Moscow in 1834 as an exile to Siberia for an alleged offence against despotic authority, of which he was innocent, he was again exiled there in 1839, shortly. after his return—only succeeding in obtaining a passport abroad in 1847, when he quitted Russia, possibly for ever, after a thirte en y ears ' per secution by the Czar. During this period he had ample experience of Russian official life in its various forms, including the police, all of which he caustically describes, though as the reader feels, without exaggeration, if with heart-wrung bitterness. What sort of life that is, we would refer the reader to the work itself to discover ; but it may be described, in brief, as one in which th sycophant, the scoundrel, and the slave only can thrive, and from which honest and liberal -minded men reap little other harvest than insult and persecution. This being the case, the condition of the people may be inferred, provided no drawback is permitted the ima%ination, for it is hardly possible to be worse. The reader is intro duced to a host of characters, some of them quite original, others familiar, and all graphically and forcibly delineated, the author succeeding in en abling him to realise what Russian life is, and what a horrible despotism we are contending against. Ttie author's revelations of Nicholas brand the memory of that tyrannical drill-sergeant with a vin dictive meanness, which some may deem incredible, but which is quite in keeping with other phases of his character. The present Emperor figures more respectably, but is not credited with that force of character required to lay the axe to the root of the huge abuses which impede the march of civilisation ,1) STE D T BEAT bE. November weather having come upon us somewhat prematurely, accompanied with its usual depressing in fluences, we looked about us yesterday for something enlivening, to dispel the gloom which is apt to take pos session of us under such circumstances. Attracted by the announcement of considerable novelty, we deter mined to visit the little Strand Theatre, and had no cause to regret having carried our determination into effect. The company des been strengthened by the ad dilion if Mr. G. Cooke, one of the best " old men" upon the stage ; Miss Herbert, from the Theatre Royal Glas gow; and last, though by no means least, Mr. M'Vicker, the Yankee comedian, who created so great a furore at the Surrey during his engagement there. The first piece, .i.inpson cold Co , was exceedingly well play , d, and re fleci.t.d credit on all concerned in it. Mr. Cooke, as Simpson, left nothing to desire ; the little part (if Ma dame La Trappe was rendered conspicuous by the judi cious care bestowed upon its representation by Miss Somers ; and Miss Herbert, combining as she does an exceedingly atq-active person with a g. - iod knowledge of stave besiriess, made a most favourable impression. Sam. Patch, in!rsalucing Mr. M'Vicker to a West-end nut fence, went off amid roars of laughter, which must have been most gratifying to "Brother Jonathan." Mr. M'Vicker possesses the happy faculty of being bread without ever descending to vulgarity. His "chicken" scene, in which he was well supported by Miss Cuthbert, was received with perfect screams. Nor was he less worthy of commendation in the part of Dialrery, in All flee World's a stage. It was a fine piece of 'burlesque acting, fully evincing that his excellence as a comedian is not by any means confieed to his Yankee imp,rsonatVns ; his genuine talents fully entitle him to rank among the foremost English comedians of the day. He and his audience appeared Inutuagy delighted, and he may justly feel proud of the triumph he achieved. At the end of the piece he was loudly called for, and re turned thanks in a neat speech. The house wa crowded, a , nl we think we may venture to prophesy that it will continue to be s., during his engagement. MEMO UNE GA !WENS. The season of 1855, which came to a *close on Satur• day evening; has been one of the longest as well as one of the most successful since the proprietorship of these celebrated gardens devolved upon the present lessee. From Easter to the middle of October has that enter prisieg gentleman invited awl secured, without inter mis-ion, ttei patronage of the metropolitan public, and during that lengthened period of 28 weeks, wet or dry, nut a single night's performance has been omitted. A marked increase has signalised the present year in im portant fetes, meetings, dinners, &e., such reunions as Cremorne is peculiarly adapted fir. Among these may , partieniarly men ti one d the Lieensed Victuallers' School fetes, and their great dinner, of which upwards of 1,700 guests partook, on which latter occasion the committee passed a verdict of hieh approval on the viands and the wines ; the meetings of the South Lon don Floricultural Society, which tended tu insure a o gre h a e t augment:Ann of patronage for the ensuing yearfit the sous fete of Flora ; Mr. Simpson's annual be ß n e e Mayor. , g The The attafeteof surpassing brilliancy ; and the Thames and distribution of prizes by the Lorde vas most striking feature of all, however, % Wel lingtonan and attended Fete," got up u h gprmostextraordinary gratifyingpromptitude,. result. The Panorama of Sebastopol, and the manifold appurte nances of the mimic siege, were all painted, prepared, and erected in the big 1001. for the benefit of the future witht a and was the attendance on that single night, that it p ro . dosed T. B. Simpson. Desirous of duced upwardstheenti o re f IProceeds being munificently devoted " th e is triumph be made a recent effort to sympathies of the public on behalf of the excitet following that t purpose e u t r i wi d o ws and orphans of the British soldiers who fell on the e ver-memorable Bth of September, and proposed to dedicate a week's proceeds to that patriotic object ; but neither was the weather favourable at the essigned period nor was tlategenerous project responded to as it deserved. The admirable order and propriety of demeanour which have invariab;Y distinguished the Sunday visitors of Crem orne are very probably gall and wormwood to the bitter ultra-Sabbatarians. Not an instance of in texication er riotous behaviour has occurred to mar the eujojetient of thousands upon thousands, and the in creasing attendance of the respectable middle classes on Sunday atternOon serves to demonstrate to the infinite simal amount of influence (may it speedily fall below z ro) exercised in the rational community by the advo cates of extreme apparent sanctity. The good repute to which Crernorne has attained under the present vigilant management received, in the course of the past summer, a special and most gratifying token of acknowledgment in the highest quarters, their Royal Highnesses the Prince Consort, the Prince of Wales, and Prince Alfred having honoured the gardens with a visit. Mr. Simpson may thus ju,tly boast of having secured the countenance of all ranks, including " Royal patronage and Royal presence. He has for the time to come but to pursue the even tenour of his way, the laudable course he has all along perseveringly followed, and he may co nfidently anticipate still greater popularity and emolument, if such be possible, in the season of 1856. Till then, with all good wishes, we bid him heartily farewell. TIM LATE MURDER AT BROMLEY, IN KENT. —Yester. d a y a man named Mark Wheeler, a ticket-of-leave man and who had a cottage in Gloucestershire, was brongh from that place by a London warrant officer to be oon. veyed to Portsmouth t.) serve the remainder of his sen tence (seven years) for baring harboured the man now awaiting his trial for the late dreadful murder at Bromley, in Kent. Wheeler's time will expire about Christmas, 1858. SALARIES of THE 'it:MGßS.—Yesterday morning w a s issued a return from the Court of Chancery of the names of the judg es of the courts and of a ll o ffi cers i n 1853 ; the amount o f t h e i r sa l aries ; the fund cut of whioh each salary was paid ; the gross total amount of fees collected from suitors, whether by stamps or otherwise ; the pur poses to which such fees were appropriated ; the amount the surp l us o f suc h f ees pa id i nto t l e Consolidated Fund in aid of any d e fi c i enc y i n . the amoun t of such fees ; and the fund out of which all expenses incidental to the holding of the court is defrayed, such as providing court houserand o ffi ces, and repairing, furnishing, tbt4 domain of the same. :om• eau, eetn for and and fined the eed ome G, a pfure lery and )ley, ialf• the He I the "rem in a lace lery !cry Rad arden i on itted tilers sell, rrie 1 Nero !cl as ;014 nvic 3 BiX: Mr. ) the this Dther berLy LN.- ❑own )ught Arg e d ,nee e left and road. ;oing 3 Fay? eared g to the .ound him by a A oc er be sing inst., VOCa- es on when soner at he k the In he Lessee IA he )eiled s, nn ti:g the Has wit, He, Ls he duct o the I did eful, duty trke, late, rn of ring- "uly, y of from man- 'ark, pri •awn 7e of that till mid, who r 4/. 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