The Sun. — London, England, 1855-10-26 00:00:00

SAXON LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. The first annual general meeting of the Saxon Life Assurance Society was held yesterday afternoon, at the offices of the Society, 25, Old Jewry. The advertisement calling the meeting having been read, The CHAIRMAN called upon the Secretary (Me. W. R. Roberts) to read the report. The SECRETARY then read the following report : " The directors of the Saxon 'Life Assurance Society have much pleasure in meeting the shareholders at this the first annual meeting of this society. "In accordance with the provisions of the deed of settle ment, such meeting is convened for the purpose of receiving the report of the directors, and the balance sheet as up proved by the auditors, showing the receipts and disburse ments of the first financial year; aad in laying which be fore the shareholders, the directors have great satisfaction in stating, that although the society can be said to have been bat little more than eight months in active operation, yet an amount of business has been done, connections se cured, and influence established, far beyond their most sanguine anticipations. ''Though originated at a period of great depression, and though the certainty of increased taxation arising out of the present war brought with it an additional obstacle to the progress of a new institution in acquiring business of purely a provident character, yet the directors did not flinch from the task committed to them by the promoters of the society. Relying upon the intrinsic merits of the office, and feeling confident that in all times, and under all circumstances, the great provident principles of Life Assurance, when rightly advocated, are capable of being still better understood and appreciated, and the sphere of their operations more widely diffused than even it is at present, they a dd res sed themselves boldly to pub lic consideration. they by the zealous efforts and activity of the secretary and the other officers attached, as well as the very valuable exertions and influence o f an extensive and highly respectable body of agents, the di rectors have no hesitation in stating that the Saxon Life Assurance Society has secured for itself such a position in public estimation, and excited so general an interest in its welfare and progress wherever it has extended its opera tions, as to fairly entitle it to take its stand among the most flourishing offices of the day. To secure this desir able result, unremitting energy and perseverance has been used, and, at the same time, it has ever been a constant thought with the directors so to adapt the means to the end, as to exercise a sound and judicious economy in all the financial operations of the society. " It is of course readily understood that in the first year of a society's progress considerable expenses must neces sarily be incurred in preparing the way, effecting arrange ments, and laying the foundation for future business. The directors felt that if the office were to be worked success fully and well, it mast appeal to the public, and to do that efficiently a properly-organised staff of agents and other persons who could be interested in the society must be ap pointed throughout the various provincial districts; and the only expenditure of large amount in which they have ventured since the formation of the society has been in curred in this respect. It is their satisfaction to report that the society is represented in nearly every town of 1 importance in the United Kingdom ; and, in addition, district branches, with local offices, have been established at Manchester, Birmingham, IT.uddersfield, Hull, New port (Monmouthshire), Todmorden, and the Potteries, under the management of most energetic and persevering _agents. The society's operations have likewise been ex tended to Berlin, Frankfort, Ffanalmrgh, and the northern parts of Germany, at all of which places a very large measure of the general success has been reaped. It, neces salily took 80M?, time to bring the various agencies of the society, which now amount to nearly 250, into working order ; and it was not till the last, month of the financial year that the results became apps.rent, during that period silty policies having been completed from the agencies alone. Any future expense that may arise on this head, will merely have reference to measures extending the effi ciency of the above agency appointments, which have this year been so advantageously called into operation. " The directors now proceed to notice the basiness tran sactions of the 3 ear, of which, to give the shareholders the fullest information of the society's progress, the following return has been made up to the 2241. inst., viz.:— No. Agit. Amount. Income. Number of proposals made to the Society from the 9th of August, 1854, to 22a of of October, 1855 Policies complete and issued 254 64,233 2,010 11 3 Proposals declined ...... 23 24,634 624 511 Proposalsunder consideration 23 9,400 156 11 9 559 £98,272 £2,791 15 11 " Of the above, 30 are reassurance policies, the remain ing ourtion corning from the ge noral body of the public " The directors congratulate the shareholders upon this statement,•as they feel that it must be evident to all in terested that it exhibits a mar. Iced amount of vitality and snecesa, and they trust at the n ext meeting it may be their pleasure to report the same amo ant, of public-support and good fortune. " The directors are particul ►rly gratified in recording that no claim on account of des th has been made upon the society, an evidence of the extr emo care and discrimina tion with which the board, and or the advice of their able and experienced chief medical officer, Dr. Cockle, have selected the lives submitted to them for assurance. Though the directors have hitherto confined their considerations to the accept ante of first-class lives, yet they feel it would be it ajust to limit the opera tions of the society entiray within that sphere, and they have, therefore, determined to give the fullest at tention to every proposal involving the contingency of human existence, and where th ore may be no evidence of immediate disease, but on acco nut of hereditary or tem porary causes, the lives may be, considered more uncertain than with the; generality eii:),lividuals, to make an ad!ti tion to the usual rate. Such extra premium, howeter, . may not become a permanent addition, for a re-examina tion is always open to the mast trod, and should the cause of the increased charge be remos .od, the life will eventually be taken at the tabular rate. -" The directors allude with s atisfaction to the establieh ment of the Saxon Fire and C oneral Assurance Society, not only from the circumstances that the two societies are calculated very materially to ez :tend the operations of the office, and to render it the mo, It complete and popular of the assurance institutions, but as a moans of large saving in the general expen littire of 'the establishment, the ex penses being borne by the ten societies proportionately. At the same time the director) wish it to be understood that the two societies are qui. be separate and distinct in their deeds of constitution, working, and proprietary. "In pursuance of the provii ions of the deed of settle ment, the two following direc t ors retire, but, being eligi ble, present themselves for re• election, viz., Richard 11. Bing, Esq., Rev. James T. Pal tison. The following anditerslikewi se retire, viz., John Wilson, Esq., Thomas Alfred Pott, Es( 1., Charles Stanbridge, Esq. " An account of the attends ;laces made by the directors at the weekly board is likewist ) open to your inspection ; but, in addition thereto, an alt nest daily attendance at tho office has been given by some ( me or more of the directors, as consistent with that prom' )t and careful supervision of the society's affairs which they have from the first manifested. THE CAPTURE OF SEBASTOPOL. [FROM A SOLDIER.] BEFORE SEBASTOPOL, Oct. I.—l have escaped five bombardments, having been in the trenches during the first and during the last, besides two intermediate ones. The last one it is wholly out of my power to describe to yott. Captain M— and I were together in the fifth parallel during the night, with 70 men. I volunteered to go, as a subaltern had to be there, and he (Captain M—) was there as being the junior of the two, and I was the senior of the subalterns, the others being mere boys. We were close to the Redan, and were exposed to a continual fire of musketry from the Russians for about five ho - irs, and our fourth p ar allel opened a fire from behind us ; than, being in this dark, the fire was all chance and hap-hazard, and consequently we were as much in danger from our own men as the enemy. The fifth parallel is too close for the Redan to play upon us, but they fired grape and bouquets from other batteries. We withdrew to the fourth at daylight. I judged from the appearance and air of things that we were in for it --that the following day would become memorable. I judged aright. At six o'clock a terrific volley or salvos of guns opened on the left by the French. Imagine, if you can, 200 guns and mortars of the largest calibre firing as one gun ; the Eng lish in the centre did the same. The French, again, on the right, the same. This frightful affair laAsd three hours. The Russians applied all their re sources, and they also fired fearfully. Fancy, I say, if you can, having a fire overhead. The men were cleared from all the parallels except the fourth, which was to re sist any attack that might be made—an unwilling sacri fice of a few, as was thought by all, for the good of the whole. The guns having cooled, a rocket from the French, at 12 o'clock, was the signal for a recommence. ment, and the entire number of guns, French and Eng lish, gave a volley, enough to shake the Crimea to its centre. This lasted about two hours and a-half. At 5 o'clock it commenced again and lasted till 7. Night closed in before the high wind which was blowing cleared the earth and heavens for miles around from dust and smoke. We miraculously escaped with only about two casualties, and got out of the trenches by 9 o'clock. At 10 the following morning every man of the army was under arms, and the bombardment once more began and continued throughout the entire day, excepting intervals of an hour or two for the guns to cool, as on the day pre vious. The Third Division was formed in reserve in front of the 28th camp. Thecorps werethe Ist Royals, 4th, 14th, 18th, 28th, 38th, 44th, 50th, and 89th, and were under arms till 9 o'clock. The French had gained the Malakhoff by this, while the French and English had been driven twice each respectirely from the Redan and Flagstaff bat teries. By 10 o'clock flames appeared in the town at dif ferent points ;by 3 a.m. it was in a furious blaze—a sure sign that the Russians had evacuated the town and gone to the north. Never shall I forget the sight that was presented at daybreak. The men, guessing that the town was taken, and knowing the plundering pro pensities of our friends the French on such occa sions' sallied forth and brought aw a y w h a t ever th ey cou ld lay hands upon. But the Russians had removed every thing of any value, and what they could not remove they destroyed ; therefore what was captured was only lumber. Cavalry pickets, French and English, soon formed a barrier to prevent anything being brought away. The two chairs I have sent you were taken from some one by the cavalry ; and I happening to be at the spot where they were just as they were being relieved at night, I had them brought away under nightfall. I first visited the town. What a sight ! Every step you took the mind be came overwhelmed at what you saw, until one's ideas were staggered. Here you saw what had been a street of gorgeous palaces ; there you saw a mighty but solemn temple ; yonder a ponderous line of classic buildings acid terraces—all in a pile of blackened, smouldering ruins. Some houses that I entered presented an appearance which would almost grieve one to look at, for pity sal(e, from their irremediable ruin and desolation. The dwel lings of the upper classes appear to have been built and fitted up to the utmost degree of comfort, convenience, and chasteness. But the chaos in which everything was found I cannot describe. In what had been a drawing room would lie the broken shaft of a column of polished marble, the Corinthian capital of which shone with bur nished gold, while the upper part of its fellow still ad hered to the ceiling, which it was intended to support, and • the weight of which now brought the ceiling nearly do, n •1 to the flooring. Close beside would be a large block of stone that had crushed to pieces a piano of extraordinary 1 beauty and dimensions, a shot or shell having shattered it from the wall of mascnry. Fragments of marble [ chimneypieces, gilded picture-frames, music, pieces of • polished mahogany of elegant forms belonging to tables, sideboards, sofas, &e. were everywhere st rewn 4 h out. The beautiful places Of worship were all ruinous empty shells, riddled, like all the houses and 'ouildings, with shot and shell. One thing, however, went to show th a t the inhabitants had long l e ft their dwellings, probably as long ago as the first bombar,lmen'i, for every house appeared to have been in occupatiou of the military from the debris of clothing and appointmenta everywhere seen. Those inhabitants, it is probable, too , who bad left with the forlorn hope of aver returning, doubtless, with a true Russian spirit and feeling, spread about them what ruin and damage they could before leaving ; and what they failed to do the soldiers did for them before they left. • " In conclusion, the directs re beg to assure the share holders that it shall be their c onsta.at endeavour to exer cise the utmost care and nonce ny in the application of the society's funds, and to promot 3 by every means in their power the prosperity of the ins titution committed to their management But, at the same 3 time, they beg most ear nestly to impress upon the slam eholders, policyholders, and every one interested in the wel fare of the office, that the sure and true way to sustain t se successful results which have already been achieved, an• i to increase the beteiness of the society, is for each one to be active and energetic in canvassing his friends and cur i exions, making apparert the great and manifold advent ages which the adoption of the provident principles of Lif a Assurance presents to all classes of the community, and Thoroughly revolving, with that perseverance and energy s o characteristic of the race whose name the office bears, to contribute his proportion to the general success which ma) • be predicted for the Saxon Life Assurance Society during L aany ensuing years." The Cuentetax, in moving tl to adoption of the report just read, said that the yucca 13 that had attended the operations of the society had be en exceedingly gratifying, considering the fact that the society had been only in operation eight months. le expenses of the first year of a society were generally the greatest, but they now had a body of agents in the e irovinces that few offices could boast of, and the fruits c f the expenditure would be found in an increased and ie aereasing business. The society possessed as an agent abroad a gentleman of great ability. lie had forwards d between 40 and. 50 pc). licies, and on his return to Berl en ho had no doubt that his exertions would not be relaxed. The Chairman then urged the importance of life assurance, and con cluded by moving the adoption of the report. Mr. UTTING seconded the re solution. The CHAIRMAN then pet ty,e resolution, which was passed unanimously. It. Bing, Esq., and the Rev. James Pattisen, the *retiring directors, were meanierionely re-elected. M r. R. H. BING then mewed the re-election of the auditors, which, having ben agreed to, Mr. Purr returned thar.ks, and bore testimony to the admirable manner in which the accounts of this society were kept. He begged leave, as a proprietor, to move a vote of thanks to the directc rs for the great success with which they had conducted the operations of the society, and that the sum of three hundred guineas be placed at their disposal. The motion having been 'entitled, it was put to the meeting and carried unanimously. Mr. M'Aereee moved that interest at the rate of 5 per cent. upon the paid- u p cap i ta l b e paid at Christmas next, free of income tax. This resolution was also carried unaninnuely • The CHAIRMAN then mov e d a vote cf thanks .to their excellent secretary, Mr. Ru'oerte, and assured the meet ing that the directors felt they had got the right man in the right place. Th e SECRETARY returned thanks, and stated to the meeting that his best endeavours would be exercised for the interest and prosperity of the society. Thanks having been voted to the other officers of the society, The proceedings then terminated. required—a broad, deep ditch, of 20 feet wide, in some places 50, and as many in depth, from the crest of the second parapet. All these were covered with an abattis of large branches of trees, with tops outwards, and a chevaiex de frise. You may now fancy the difference of difficulty in the attack on their lines and ours. The difference in other things is in the same ratio. Our men lay in the trenches when they were half-filled with sleet and snow, with scarcely anything to cover them—nothing but the ragged remnants of a spongy old greatcoat, not fit at best for house flannel. The Russian had huts ; no, not huts, but positively barracks, all along the line of batteries and under them, and, therefore, bombproof. Here they appear to have been very snug and comfortable. Imple ments of tailoring, shoe lasts, and other etceteras, told that each handicraftsman worked at his leisure hours, although in the trenches, cards, too, were plentiful. Brandy bottles there were plenty, and from the label on several bottles it showed that they had an affection for English " Old Tom." To stand on the summit of the Flagstaff Bastion you see a sight worth beholding. The wnole of the works of the English and French left at tack are seen at one view, besides the whole of the southern Crimea. But a visit to the Russian lines is offensive to one's feelings and humanity ; you cannot place your foot upon any loose soil but you may be stand ing upon the half-buried body of a dead comrade or Russian, and the stifling odour .that rises everywhere makes one almost shudder. BRAD RIOTS Ili SPAIN.—A letter from Valencia (Spain), 16th, :says :--‘• Yesterday this city began to present an a l arming and threaten i ng aspect. It was in the afte rnoon when the working people commenced meet. ing in mi natory crowds, whieb-increased every moment. They assigned two ostensible reasons for doing so—the low am ount of their wages, and the sudden increase in the price of bread. As soon as the fact became known to the mayor the cyndic and others hastened to the spot of the tumult, and endeavoured to cal= the rioters, in which they succeeded, and agreed to appoint a commit tee, half of workme n and half of mcre wealthy persons. That body decided to add one Spanish real every day to the wages *of the working ' People, and the municipal body bound itself to make bread out of some 6,000 bushels of wheat which it possessed, and to Hell it cheap, obliging the bakers to sell it Cheap also. A.ll was settled quickly and peaceably". But without this, our projectil es wou ld h ave destroyed I nearly every stone and stick. Taos° nobie buildings which are seen from our heights with smooth, white ex terior walls and green roofs, which smile and look plea sant as a sun-bank in the distance, on approachin g them are found to be cold, forbidding ruins—pierced from top to bottom in every direction. The effect of our 13-inch shell can everywhere be seen, weighing as they do 2001 b; and, falling from an altitude of a mile and a-half, or about 3,000 yards, tbeir concussion is equal to 70 tons. Large gaps or empty spaces in rows or clusters of buildings tell that a shell has penetrated the roof or wail, and descended to a . depth below the foundations, and in an instant not a vestige remained—nearly every atom scattered to the winds in all directions. The mind cannot picture anything; equal in point of beauty to what this city has been. It seems to me to have been a place where one would wish to live and die. The hills behind, stretchins; radius-like for miles, must have been a beautiful lauesscape before we spread desolation ; while in front the. sun setting in a yellow mellowness on the watery horizon makes it appear to be a sea of liquid gold, and the soft richness of the shining waters, re flected on a western sky, makes it illusory, and such as one reads of or fancies only in fairy scenes. But Sebas topol has been known and feared more as an arsenal ; and an arsenal we found it. No one is prepared to hear of the extent of warlike resources, naval and military. As you leave the camp and thread your way down the ravines—the ravines and valleys of death—you enter a faubourg or suburban village, most beautifully situated on the slopes of the opposite hills of the Great Redan and Flagstaff Bastions; but now scarcely one stone remains on rnother. Leaving this, you wind at once upon the creek adjoining the great harbour ; here frowns a formidable battery of ships' guns. The left of this creek is the main city sloping up to a height of about 500 feet above the level of the sea. This is called the " French side," as it was commanded by the Flagstaff Battery, which the French captured. The Redan, the most formidable of ail, covered the public works and the harracks—im meleee buildings, plain, but beautiful structures of hewn stone of marble whiteness. The immense store buildings, of the some appearance, form a grand quay not equalled anywhere. The quay is terminated by Fort Paul, now destroyed, having been blown up by the Russians on the night of the Bth before leaving. The studendous docks I cannot describe, I never saw anything, the work of men's hands, that can bear the slightest comparison. There are six capable of receiving the largest of the collossal ships that float, and they are as neat as they are large and mighty. The man who planned these was an Englishman —a Mr. Upton, a road surveyor and a defaulter. The Emperor rewarded him with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel • and I was told by a Ru s s— an E ng li s h pr i soner at the Monastery of St. George—that the Emperor always shook him by the band warmly whenever he visited Sebastopol. These works and buildings are held by the English, and we have shafts sunk all round the docks to blow them to destruction whenever instructions arrive to that effect from home. The guns and ammunition that have fallen into English bands are almost incalculable. Around the docks there are not less than 2,000 guns, a vast number of which are of the largest calibre ; and of shot there are piles of tens of thousands. The masts of the Shipping slanting upwards above the waters in all di rections Suggest a train of strangely speculative ideas. The two Imperial forts (Nicholas and Constantine), now enemies, frown antagonistically at each other, and the cross fire from these over the harbour causes a reverbera tion that strikes with a mournful cadence upon the ear. def Let this s pof a thet hat own The scientific principles displayed in them surpass all that ever has been done before at sieges, and totally eclipses our best engineering tactics. I hesitate not to say—and I mean it with no disparagement —but were the Russian engineer officers to see our works etertenanchyeasndazepryarez exigency. these Their they would laugh at them. The Russian works were ap parallels and trenches were their one line of batteries, in ranges which had mountains for thei r forming mountain patently batteries were me d their m altogether natural advantages, h base. There wore not principles of art as were best suitcitnt they applied such ture offered. Our principles ( II i - whatever advantage Da Could cur trenches be faced about we fered its tote. . should then do something near the principles up on which the Russian works were constructed. A p erson walking from the front can walk nicely into our works by reason of the earth being thrown to C a b front, making it a simple incline or small eountq scarp. The Russians knew better; they made the perpendi cu l ar t owar d s th e en emy, rivetting it wits , Behind 1 gabions in order to do it effectually. men an a they had a ll ki n d s of s h e l ter for the gunners, qu it e i n d ep open, butendent of, but contiguous to, the battery, round, square, and triangular—some p . of most of them bombpi large tract bombproof. Behind also lay a . ground, wo r k e d up to be a grand auxiliary to t h eir ep e e ro rations. Tunnel -formed pits to receive our shell we numerous. D eep square pits were sunk immediate l y behind the batteries and in unlooked-for places to re= ceive oar men in hundreds as they scaled the ramparti —here a bill, there a ladder placed here, steppes formed there. Sharp pointed uprights of ghbions and broker) bayonets stared you in the face as you looked down these pits and hollows. Disabled guns were consigned to their graves as ours were, but the breech of then lowered in a hole behind the batteries with the fort part resting on wood, thus giving them an • eleva tion of about forty-five degrees. These they fired with an overcharge by a train, and these we now discover sent those numerous messengers to the distance of the cam ps. But in front of the batteries of which I aril writing they had another, a little lower dowa the hill, and to make this of immense strength the earth was raised from between the two lines of batteries, both in dependent of each , other but of mutual asoiltance if ._ .s., . J. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 26, 1855. Naval and Military Intelligence. The following notice has been issued from the Admi ralty respecting the admission of persons from the mer chant service into the Royal Navy : "The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, being de sirous to encourage gentlemen from the merchant service to enter the Royal Navy in the rank of second-master, are pleased to invite such officers as can comply with the re quirements of the Queen's regulations to offer themselves for such appointments. " The Admiralty are also pleased to invite officers who may not be able fully to comply with these requirements to offer themselves for the appointment of acting second master, provided they shall have completed four years' ser vice at sea, have filled some of the ratings required by the Queen's regulations before mentioned, shall have completed the full ago of 18 years, and shall 'produce satisfactory proof of diligence, sobriety, and good conduct. The Board of Admiralty are willing to guarantee to them on their completing the necessary period of service in the Royal Navy, and on their conforming in all respects to the re quirements at such time existing, their confirmation to the rank of second master in her Majesty's service, with all the further advantages to be derived from such rank, both as regards half-pay and the prospect of future ad vancement to the rank of master, &c. Details of the ex amination which candidates for the appointment of acting second master must pass are subjoined. " Officers making application must state distinctly their age, the ships in which theyhave served, length of service, ratings, &c., addressing such application to the Secretary of the Admiralty, when their claims will receive imme diate attention. " To qualify an officer to receive a commission as second master he must, have served at least six years at sea, three of which in her Majesty's navy as midshipman or master's assistant ; or, having served six years at sea, shall hare actually been one year or more master, or two years chief mate, or three years inferior mate of a merchant vessel; or shall have served in the two former capacities in a mer chant vessel for a period, when combined, of 18 months; or in the two latter, or in the three capacities, for a period combined of two years and a-half. He shall produce cer tificates of diligence, sobriety, and g ood conduct, as re quired in the case of masters, and shall pass examination as the Admiralty may from time to time direct; but no candidate shall be examined before he shall have attained the ago of 19 years, or after the ago of 35. "It will be required of candidates who present them selves at the Admiralty for examination for the appoint ment of acting second-masters 1. That they shall be 18 years old ; shall have been 4 years at sea ' • shall produce satisfactory testimonials. .4" 2. Shall have a tolerahlegeneral knowledge of the pilot age of the Channel from the North Foreland to the Land's end, including the Downs, Spithead, and Plymouth-sound. " 3. A fair knowledge of seamanship at the discretion of the examining-officere, also of the stowage of the ship's hold. " 1. In navigation they must be able to work a day's work; to find the latitude by meridian altitude of the sun, longitude by chronometer, and variation of the compass by amplitude azimuth. ' 5. A competent knowledge of the tides, so as to be able to find the time of high water on any given day at any given place." The Baraguay d'Hilliers, sailing transport No. 124, Capt. Sharp, arrived at Spithoad yesterday morning from the East.: She sailed from Malta Sept. 12, and Gibral tar Sept. 29. On the '29th, off the Rock, she passed the transport Camperdown ; on the 30th, in the Gut, passed the screw steam-transport No. 183 ; on 13th Oct., in lat. 39'30 No., long. 11 W., signalled the screw steam transport Clyde ; on the 20th, in lat. 46 . 30 N., long,. 8.20 W., spoke the brig Ware ; on the 21st, in lat. 46.39 ' N., long 8 . 23 W., signalled the steamer Persian, with a bark in tow, steering S.W. She brought. no invalids or passengers. Crimea. The Earl of Dalhousie called on Tuesday for her destination. The following draughts arrived in Cork on Tuesday evening from Limerick, and await their embarkation for the Crimea :-17th Regiment, 180 men and 4 officers, under the command of Lieutenant Travers ; 39th Regi ment, 100 men and 4 officers, under Captain Priteband ; 90th Regiment, 150 men awl 4 officers, under the com mand of Captain Taylor; 89th Regiment, 126 men and 3 officers, under Lieutenant Hoare. A transport is ex pected to arrive in Cork Harbour in the course of the week to convey those troops to the seat of war. The following appointments, made at the Admiralty yesterday, appeared in our late edition last night : LIEUTENANTS. Thom C. Bruce, to the Sampson. Denis B. Pack, to the Russell. Edward White, to the Penelope. PAYMASTER. Alex. C. Yule, to the Araohne. Sporting Intelligence. NEWMARKET HOUGHTON MEETING. THE SUBSCRIPTION ROOM. - WEDNESDAY NIGHT, Her Majesty's steam troophip &mown, 18, Capt. T. Sulivan, hauled alongside off Portsmouth yesterday morning, itt readiness to embark her allotment of the British German Legion (the Ist Light Infantry Regi ment, consisting of 45 officers and 1,000 men) who are expected to arrive to-day from Shorncliffe for transpoe; to Balaklava. • The publication of the weights for the Nursery Stakes, and the subsequent declaration of the acceptances, im parted no activity to speculation-6 to 1 was offered on the field for either class.. The steam-transport Lady Eglinton, No. 165, will leave Portsmouth to-day with a cargo of the huts built by Mr. Luke Carnw,ell, the contractor with the Govern ment, for the Crimea. The steam-transport Perseverance, Capt. Harris, will take on board the 4th Middlesex Militia at Portsmouth on the 29th inst., for Ireland, and returns with the Ar magh Militia, to replace the Middlesex, in garrison at Portsmouth. For the Derby, 10 to 1 was taken to 1001. about Yel- low Jack ; 13 to 1 to 4001. about Elington ; 1,000 to 30 and 35 to 1 about Sugar Plum ; and 40 to 1 to 1001. about West Langton. The Royal Mail Steam-packet Company's ship Ori noco has been again appropriated for transport service, and taken up to convey draughts to Malta from Ports mouth ; she will be ready in a few days to receive her allotment of troops, which, consisting of British regulars and British Swiss Jager:, will number about 1,400 or 1,500 men. The Royal Charlie, sailing transport, appropriated to convey draughts from Portsmouth, has not yet arrived at that port, owing to the strong contrary winds expe rienced in her passage from the Thames. Very heavy westerly gales blew all day yesterday at Portsmouth, and there was much sea on. In the morn ing a barge, laden with ballast, filled and went down off the Spur Redoubt, but the crew were saved. At 7 p.m. the gale seemed on the increase, attended by squalls and rain. The steam-vessel Inflexible left Plymouth on Monday for Woolwich, to return with machinery for the Satellite. The frigate Arachne and the steam-vessel Hecla have been placed alongside the dockyard, Davenport, prepa ratory to their being put i❑ commission. The African mail steam-packet Ethiope, Commander Barnwell, sailed from Plymouth for Madeira and the West Coast of Africa on Wednesday afternoon. Among her passengers are Dr. Weeks, the newly-appointed Bishop of Sierra Leone, and 14 clergymen. She has a full cargo of general merchandise, including nearly one ton of specie for the different ports on the coast. The next mail home, the Gambia, is probably between Bathurst and Teneriffe, and the Candacs between Lagos and Fernando Po. The passenger ship . Kent, Capt. Colem an , b e longi ng to Messrs. Money, Wigram, and Co., London, which sailed from Plymouth for Melbourne on the evening of the 13 t h o f May, made the passage in 69 days, having arrived on the 20th of July, up to which date there was no appearance of the mail contract ship Oliver Laing, which left Liverpool on the 25th of July, eight days be fore the Kent. Her Majesty's brig Britomart, 8, Commander Hessel tine, which has been engaged upwards of three years on the West Coast of Africa, arrived at Plymouth yesterday afternoon, short of provisions and water, having been 49 days from Ascension. Spoke, Sept. 13, in lat. 7.30 N., long. 21 W.. the Dutch hark Castor, and the English hark Burmah, from London for Calcutta; 19th, the Hamburg brig No. 33 ; 29th, th e A mer i can bark Rhona, 39 days from New Yurk, for Rio de la Plata ; Oct. 1, the Spanish brigantine Abace, from Santander ; 3d, in lat. 28.46 N., long. 33.3 W., the Golden Age, from Old Calabar for Liverpool ; 14th, in let. 37.25 N., long. 34.7 W. ' the ship Phoebe Dunbar, 85 days from Mauritius, fur London ; on the 25th, 20 miles S.S.E. off the Lizard, the Norwegian bark Argo, outward bound ; en the 10th of Oct., at sunset , s a w the glare of a fire in the north west, made all sail, and at 11 p.m. came up, i n l a t. 35.51 N., long. 30,54 W., with the hull o f a s hi p, a b out 1,200 to 1,400 tons, burnt half-way d own t o t h e water ' s edge. The Britomart cruised near during the night, and fired guns, but no vestige of a boat or crew was seen. rhe brig Corbeille, of Jerseee, also joined in the effort to identify the vessel. Her fore-royal yard and sparsail were picked up by the Britomart. The hired screw-transport Indiana, Captain Lambert, which left Southampton on Wednesday with troops for the East, encounted a heavy south-west gale when off the Eddystone, and put back to Plymouth-sound yes terday afternoon. The Nicholas Wood, screw-transport, was to leave Woolwich last evening for Portsmouth, to take in provi sions for the army in the Crimea. Yesterday at half-past 1 p.m. an explosion took place in the fuse department of the Royal Arsenal at Wool wich, but no loss of life resulted from it. A considerable quantity of prepared fusee had been collected and depo sited in the drying-house. The men and boys employed there had not returned from dinner when the explosion occurred. Tne only person injured was a policeman, whose beat was on that spot, and who was suddenly em bedded in a portion of the ruins. Assistance was imme diately at hand, and he was conveyed to the surgery. His injuries, although severe, are not of a dangerous nature. The drying - room, it appears, was heated by s t eam , conveyed through the building by means o f vari ousand Capt. F raser, belong enrge instantly on th e s p o t, an d thu pC e i lt N . F r nP e e e in e ctk, i e rmediately i n f u ll p l ay on the pipes, but how the accident occurred has no t b een di belong ing otfiovreetrh.eeedn.dg ruins, the adjeining buildings, the model room, an d t h e chemical laboratory, into which some fragments of burn ing fuses had been forced thr o ugh the broken windows. The fire wasspeedily quenched, and the am ount o f damage was very slight, considering the quantity of combustible matter collected there. Forty-one wounded and disabled soldiers arrived in Dublin by the Outline serew•steamer, from London, on Wednesday morning. On the wounded soldiers arriving at the North-wall, they were conveyed to the Crimean Hotel, where they were carefully attended to. It having been intimated to the Lord-Lieutenant that these poor fel lows had arrived, he immediately expressed his determi nation to visit them. His Excellency arrived shortly after 4 o'clock, accompanied by toe Hon. Agar Ellis, Aide-de- Camp in Waiting, and immediately proceeded to inspect the wounded soldiers. Among them were number s o f men ing him self im . an who were severely wounded in the different one:leen:lents in the Crimea, and who had been in hospital fur some time. Their wounds, speaking genera ll y , were of a fright amosttsympathy with satisfying y minutely fright ful character—some being on crutc h e s, others on wooden legs, and others bearing marks of severe injuries received d evidenced tho p oor f t o h i e to ti v i s o:e .s t in action. His Excellency questioned tio: a en.cd,idkindly them f t self that ail their wants were properly attended to he returned to the Vice-regal Lodge. Colonel Gordon Higgins, commanding the Roy a l Ar tillery, has left Dublin on a tour of inspection in the North of Ireland. Lieutenant T. F. Mande, 15th Hussars, has offered his services at the seat of war. This gallant young eefi. ter sailed on Tuesday, from Southampton, he the Indi ana steam transport. He is a cousin of the three Maudes who were wounded at the Redan and at Balaklava. On Monday morning the following draughts, amount ing to 19 officers, 5 serjeants, 2 drummers, and 390 rank and fihr, were conveyed to Queenstown, where they em barked on board the transport Dalhousie :-41st Regi ment, 2 officers and 49 men, under the command of Major Meredith ; 55th Reaireent, 3 ofFcere and 55 men, commanded! by C iptain Barnston ; 47th Regiment, 3 officers, 2 serjeants, 1 drummer, and 130 men, under Captain Pileington ; 14th Re-J , rirriant, 1 officer, 1 F41.1` jaW'it, 1 di Mann—, a:AI 86 lawn ; cars, 3 serjeants, and 153 men. Major Peaty, of the latter regiment, had the command of the several draughts. The Dalhousie will convey them to the i THE EARL OF ELLESMELE ON THE WAR. On Tuesday night the opening lecture for the season of the Woraley Literary Institution was delivered in the Court House, Woraley, by the Earl of Ellesmere, who chose for his subject " The Present War." The room was crowded. The Noble Lecturer, on commencing, said that in pro posing to endeavour tc illustrate his lecture on the war in the East, he should have some apology to make for the selection, because he was sure there could be no assemblage in this country to which the subject was not in some degree familiar, and he felt that, whatever might be the merits of the subject, some excuse was necessary for any one who proposed to instruct others respecting it. Now, if the question was asked him, whether he was able to tell them anything that they had not learned themselves, his best reply must be with Shylock in the play, " I'll not answer that." But having more idle time than most of those present, there might be sources of information—French and German more particularly—to which he and not they had had access. He was inclined to look upon tie war from a military point of view ; but with respect to the origin and nature of the war he might touch so far upon its political aspect as to say that there never was a war more essen tially national. There had been wars attending on the wills of statesmen, of kings, and oven of kings' mis tresses ; and he had lived in a time when one man, con trary to the advice of all surrounding him—of his most confidential and faithful advisers—could launch the whole of Franoe into wars that overwhelmed that country. But this was emphatically the war of the people, as far as this country was concerned. It was curious Vq ascertain what had been the cause of this. It was very natural that a peo ple in great sacrifices or great struggles should be influ enced either by fear or by revenge. But neither of these influences had had any particular effect on the present struggle. We were actuated by a sentiment against the oppression of the weak, and by a feeling of indignation at the breach of that peace under which Europe was prospering; and these were the motives that had led us to this contest. Russia had thrown down the gauntlet of defiance to Europe, and Europe would have been dis graced if she had not taken it up. The prevention of the 'extension of Russia was only a provident step on our part, and on looking at her past history he thought it wise to check her progress towards becoming a great naval and military power. His lordship pointed out the length of time that Russia had had designs upon Constantinople, and alluded to the fact of her having ex acted tribute from the Greek empire in the ninth cen tury, when the Anglo-Saxon rule was established in this country ; and this war might have taken place, he said, after the congress of Vienna but for Napoleon's return from Elba—when that general, on reaching France, found the secret treaty framed by Lord Castlereagh, and entered into against Russia by England, France, and Austria, and sent it to the Czar. He thought we were perfectly right in not being alarmed by the sight of the Russian army on paper. In time of war it was said Russia could raise a million of men ; but she could not move any considerable portion of that army to any frontier that was threatened, and still more difficult would she find it to advance on Turkey or any other power. But she was formidable in a strictly de fensive war, from her inaccessibility, as was experienced by Charles XII. and Napoleon. On commencing the war we were too sanguine, and overlooked the fact that for 40 years Russia had been making ready for the struggle, and had carried her military preparations as far as she possibly could. But Russia herself was not a warlike nation, and he doubted whether the Emperor could get a single volunteer soldier out of all his people. His lordship, however, acknowledged the stubborn bra very of those Russian soldiers engaged in fight, and spoke in terms of admiration of their officers, who, he said, were highly instructed and able generals. At the time when the Russian fleets and our naval operations most en gaged our attention, there were great expectations raised, and it was said that great improvements had taken place, particularly in our naval gunnery. The range of our guns had been vastly increased, and we had the screw applied to our ♦essels : and so we were to destroy those great fortresses, Cronstadt and Sebastopol, and put an end to the naval power of Russia for ever. Now he thought this increase of range of no moment ; for against a fortress the fire of heavy guns required to be near to have effect, whilst a shot from the fortress might easily get into the magazine and blow up a ship. However, it had been said that though we failed in our naval attack at Sebastopol we had succeeded at Bomar sund. Bat Bomarsund was not taken by naval, but by a laid attack. There were three towers, one of which was taken by our marines with three heavy guns ; another by the French ; and the last fortress, though it had been battered by our guns, fell in consequence of the others being taken. He thought the attacks that had been made on our admirals, for not making more havoc, were unrea sonable and unjust. His lordship then proceeded to give an historical sketch of the war, in the course of which he spoke with some warmth and admiration of our achieve ments, and particularly of the late Marshal St. Arnaud and Lord Raglan, of the conduct of the officers Butler and Nasmyth at Silistria ; and of that of General Scar lett at Balaklava. The war had been very generally called "the soldiers' battle." If it was meant by that that the victory was owing to the bravery of the Eng• lish soldier, the definition was good ; but if it meant that he was not well led by the English officer, it was a libel. The English army had borne a distinguished, if not a successful share, in the last great action, resulting in the fall of Sebastopol ; and he regretted to see the state ments which had been made in the Times, statements which, even if true, should not have been promulgated by an English newspaper. It had been said that the distance in the army between the officers and the men was too great ; but there was not an army in the world in which there was such attachment between officers and men. He would give an jnstance. A young man, wounded, was lying in his tent during the dreadful hurricane in the Crimea, and the tent was threatened to be blown down ; but eighteen men turned out of their own tent, and re mained out in the cold all night in order to keep the poor boy's tent from falling. It had also been ob jected that officers were too young ; but he would ask—where would a well-grown and well-educated boy not go, and where would not men follow him ? His lord ship then proceeded to give instances of the bravery of young officers during the campaign. In conclusion he might proceed to sum up, or, in commercial language, to take stock of the costs and the assets of the war, and he might say that, though our expenses had been vast, our returns had been somewhat in proportion. We had everywhere been successful ; and, though we had had great losses in killed, he shuddered to think how much even in that respect the balance was in our favour. He had beard the Russian loss stated at 400,000 I and he himself was inclined to estimate it at 3C0,000. The latest telegraphic despatches brought us accounts of suc cesses at Bars, and in the Sea of Azoff, and lastly, of the capture of that fortress on the mouth of the Dnieper, Kinbourn. These were advantages ; but he should. deceive his hearers if he said they were sufficient t• induce Russia to make offers of peace that should be accepted by the allies ; and, till such offers were made, he trusted this country would persevere in the struggle. No one could be more anxious than he was for the return of peace, and he hoped the path to it would not be impeded by any unreasonable demand from us. He would not talk of the humiliation and degrada tion of Russia. He hoped that peace would be eventually effected on terms that would give it the chance of being permanent ; but he feared it would only be the fruit of further and considerable efforts in the war. He would conclude by saying, "St. George for England, God defond the right !"—The noble lecturer was listened to throughout with marked attention, and many of his re marks elicited considerable applause. PROROGATION OF CONVOCATION.—SbortIy after nine - r G t e h n e e ral province of Ca n t er b ury, an d ot h er o ffi c i a l s, atten d e d at the Jeru salemr. ,T o'c w l i o4k ) Mr yesterday F. ir. Dyke,mor morning, n t g h , e , . Ch am b er, ad j acent to W estm i nster Abb ey, and in the proctor Vi Vicar-General the name of the archbishop prorogued convocation until the 12th of December. No business will be transacted in Convocation until after the meeting of Parliament. COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS' SCHOOLS.—His Royal Highness Prince Albert has graciously consented to open in person the new building recently erected for this institution at Pinner near Harrow. The ceremony will take place at one o'clock on Saturday, the 27th instant. After the ceremony the company will sit down to a col lation in the dining hall. The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, supported by the sheriffs of London and Middle sex, wiil preside. PARISH EXCIIRSION TO THE CRYSTAL PALACE.—The Rev. Joseph Brown, the benevolent and active rector of Christ Church, Blackfriars, was en Tuesday enabled, through the kind subscription of friends, to treat about 1,5,0 of his poorer parishioners to an excursion to the Crystal Palace. The Rev. gentleman himeelf headed the miscellaneous company, including 150 of the inmates of the workhouse, all the parish and ragged-school children,' and a contingent of 50 from the Orphan Home at Ham common. It is hardly necessary to say th at all these poor and generally -neglected children of h umanity were what perhaps w highly delighted with their trip, but w e h ave to add— ill not be so generally anti c ip ated—that they one•and all conducted themselves with the strictest ' - tude to the kind friends who had subscribed to g i ve t h en , a holiday. At 4 o'clock they were all supplied with te a propriety, and by their deme ano ur ind icated their g ratt in the south transept, the worthy rectar presiding, and returned in their excursion train to immediately after town., THURSDAY. Subscription Handicap Plate of 50/., for 3-yr-olds and upwards. D.I. Two miles 119 yards. Mr. Pell's Pole Star by Faugh a Ballagh, 3 yrs, Bst 51b (Ashman) 1 Mr. H. Brown's Speed the Plough, 5 yrs, Bst 71b(Lowe) 2 Lord C.ilden's Nathan, 5 yrs, Est 71b (A. Day) 3 Mr. J. M. Stanley's Surgeon-General, 4 yrs, 6st 111 b (Tyrrell) 4 Betting : 2 to 1 agat Pole Star, 5 to 2 apt Speed the Plough, 3 to 1 agat Surgeon-General. Won very cleverly by two lengths—the second beating the third half a length. Pretty good fourth. Sweepstakes of 10 soya each, for 2-yr-olds ; colts, 71b ; fillies, B,st 4113. The winner to be sold for 40 soya if demanded, &c. Last half of db. M. 3 furlongs 217 yards. (6 subs.) Mr. T. Bell's Ceres, by Planet, Bst 41b (Ba,sliam) 1 Mr. Sworder's Persia, Bst 41b (Flatman) 2 Mr. G. Morton's Bst 41b (J2osborne) 3 Mr. Saxon's Fashion, Bst 4lb (Forster) 4 Mr. J. Armstrong's Caledonia, Bst 4lb (Aldcroft) 5 Betting :-5 to 2on C , res. Won easily by a length ; bad third. The winner was claimed for Mr. Henderson, and goes into R. I'Anson's stable. Sweepstakes of 50 soils each ; for 2.yr-olds ; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 41b. Ab. M, 7 furlongs 212 yards. (7 subs.) Mr. Howard's Yellow Jack, by Birdcatcher, Bst 7'll . . (Wells) 1 Mr. Bryan's Secret, hyMelbourne, Bat4lb (J. Marson) 2 Mr. W. Grxme's Blue Mantle, Bit 41b (A. Day) 3 Betting-6 to lon Yellow Jack. Secret, with the favourite in close attendance, made the runninr , for the first quarter of a mile, when their positions were changed. Toe contest with the two was admirably sustained. Se cret, ho wever, when close at home, swerved to the left, and was at last beaten by a length and a half. The third wan several lengths behind. Handicap Sweepstakes of 15 sovs each, 10 ft, for 2-yr olds. D. M. 7 fur. 201 yds. (8 subs.) Mr. J. M. Stanley's Sanyo qui peut, by Alarm, ist 121 h (Ashman) 1 Mr. Alfred's Golan], Bst (Wel:s) 2 Mr. J. Osborne's The Bailiff, 7st 410 ...,..(Bearpark) 3 The following also ran :—Dramatist, Folkestone, Plumpton Maid. Betting-2 to 1 agst Dramatist, sto 2 agst Sauve qui peut, 9 to 2 agst Goldhill, ti to 1 agst Piumpton Maid. Sauve qui pent made all the running, and won by a length. Bad third. Sweepstakes of 10 sous each ; for 2-yr-olds, 7st ; three, Bst 121 b ; fillies allowed 2 ih. The winner to be sold for 80 sovs, if demanded, &c. T.Y.C. 5 fur. 140 yds. (3 subs.) Mr. Moatague's,Bianca, by lago, 3yrs, Bst 10lb (Wells) 1 Mr. E. R. Clark's Laura Selina, 3 yrs, &..t 101 b (Aldcroft) 2 Mr. T. Walker's Thirty-to-Five, 2 yrs, Gst 121 b (Bullock) 0 Betting-5 to 4on Thirty-to-Five, sto 2 agst Bianca. Al dose race throughout with the two placed was won by haif a length. The favourite jumped round when the flags were dropped, and was left at the post. Sweepstakes of 10 cove each, for 2-yr olds ; colts, 8A 7lb ; fillies, Set 41b. The winner to be sold for 150 sows if demanded, &c. T.Y.C. 5 furlongs 140 yards. (3 subs.) Mr. T. Walker's Anniversary, by Annandale, Bst 4ib (A.ldcrott) 1 Mr. Morris's Quack, Bst 71b (Basham) 2 Mr. C. Winteringhatn's Calcutta, Bst 41b (J Marion) 3 Betting-2 to lon Anniversary. Won by a length, two lengths between the second and third. The winner was claimed by Mr. Morris. Renewal of the Glasgow Stakes of 100 sovs each, la ft, for 2-yr-old colts, Bst 71b each. Last three quarters of the Rowley Mile. (1.2 subs.) Duke of Bedford's Tyre, Bst 71b (S. Rogers) 1 Lord Chesterfield's Peter Wilkins, Bst 71b...(Flatman) 2 Lord Glasgow's b c—Clarissa, Bst 71b (Aldcreft) 3 Mr. Inman's Napoleon 111., by Ingo, Bst 71b (Wells) 4 The following also ran :—Armigar, tke Czar, b,c by Conyngham—Prioress. Betting-2 to 1 agst Peter Wilkins, 3to 1 agst Na• polecn HI., 7 to 2 agst Tyre, 8 to 1 agst Clarissa colt. A,very fine race up the cords with the first two was won by a neck. Two lengths between the second and third, and a bead between third and fourth. Handicap Sweepstakes of 100 sovs each, h ft, for 3-yr- olds. Extra weight for certain winners. A. F. 1 mile 2 fur 73 yds. (2 subs.) Lord Zetland's Fandango, Sst (J. Marson) ] Lord Clifden's Chalice, 6st 12ib __ (Crouch) 2 Betting-7 to 4on Fandango. The favourite made all the running, and won easily by three-quarters of a length. Optional Selling Stakes of 5 sovs each ; 2-yr-olds, sst 71b ; three, 7st 101 b ; four, Bst 111 b ; five and up wards, 9st 41b. The winner to be sold for 100 soya if demanded, &c. ; allowances if entered to be sold for less. A. F. 1 mile 2 fur 73 yds. (7 subs.) Mr. R. Cooper's Mary Ann, by Faugh-a-Ballagh, 3 yrs (501.), 6st 121 b (Hughes) 1 Mr. J. M. Stanley's Surgeon-General, 4 yrs, (500, 7st 131 b (Ashmall) 2 Mr. Wood's Vine, 2 yrs (50/.), 4st 91b (carr 43t 111 b) (Ducker) 3 The following also ran :—John o'Bruges, Donutn, The Dwarf. Betting-7 to 4 agst Mary Ann, 4to 1 each aget Vine and Surgeon-General. Won by a neck, the second beat ing the third half a length. The others were tailed off. The winner was claimed. Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, for 3-yr-olds, 7st 41b ; four Bst 41b ; five and upwards, Bat 111 b. Mares and geld ings allowed 31b. The winner to be sold for 250 sovs. if demanded, &c. A.F. 1 mile 2 fur. 73 yds. (3 subs.) Mr. Nicholson's Berezina, by Hetman Platoff, 3 yra. (Ashinall) 1 Mr. W. Robinson's Alcyone, 3 yrs (Bearpark) 2 Mr. Woffenden's The Princess, 3 yrs (C harl ton) 3 Betting-5 to 4 agst Alcyone, 6to 4 agst Princess, 2 to 1 agst Berezina. Won by a length. Very bad third. Yellow Jack and Peter Wilkins, who, on account of very favourable reports of their private performances, have for some time past held a pretty prominent position in the Derby betting, made their first appearance in public to-day. This was, in fact, the only feature of interest and importance in the day's sport. With regard to Yellow Jack, there are many conflict ing opinions as to his form and quality, and his ability to sustain the leading character in the grand Derby spec tacle of 1856 is much questioned. This moot point is, however, likely to be productive of mach speculation. Peter Wilkins must be seen again before judgment be pronounced upon him. The weather was showery and bitterly cold, and the heath was, consequently, thinly attended. BETTING UP TO SIX O'CLOCK. FIRST-CLASS NURSERY STAKES. 6to 1 agst Blue Mantle (take 7 to 1) ' Bto 1 agst Sheilah (taken) 10 to 1 agst Manganese (taken ) 10 to 1 agst Dresser (taken) 10 to 1 agst Queen's Head (offered) 10 to 1 agst Lawn (offered) 14 to 1 agst Dramatist (offered) SECOND-CLASS NU SERY. Bto 1 agst Secret (taken) 10 to 1 agst Diego (taken) 10 to 1 agst Pretty Boy GREAT LUXEMBOURG RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for the week ending Oct. 21, 1855 £345 16 0 THE SITS OF SMITHFIELD.—The committee con nected with this movement are taking active measures in order to insure the appropriation of the site of Smith field to a profitable purpose. Weekly meetings of the committee are heA, and public meetings of the inhabi tants of the adjacent neighbourhood are about to take place. The corporation of the City of London support the application of the memorialsts, who pray that a dead meat, poultry, &c., markets be erected upon the mo dern portion of, the site. [ADVERTISEMENT.] - A few more of the extraordinary cures without Medicine of Indigestion (Dyspepsia), Flatulency, Constipation, Nervous, Bilious, and Liver complaints, Cough, Asthma, Consumption, and Debility effected by Du Barry's delicious health-restoring Revalenta Arabjca Food, are here given : Cure 52,422. Bridgehouse, Frimlcy, 3d April, 1854.—Thirty4hree years' diseased lungs, spitting of blood, liver derangement, deafness, singing in the cars, constipation, debility, shortness of breath, and cough, have been removed by your Revaleuta Arabica. My lungs, liver, stomach, head, and ears'are all right, my hearing perfect, and my recovery is a marvel to all my acquaintances.—JAmcs ROBERTS, Wood Merchant. From the Venerable Aich deacon of Ross.—No. 32,836. 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An Account, pursuant to the Act seventh anal eighth Victoria, cap. 32, of the Average Amount of Bank Notes of the several Banks of Issue in England and Wales, in Circulation during the Week ending Satur day, the 13th day of October, 1855 : Average PRIVATE BANKS. Amount. Andover Bank, Andover—Heath and Co. Ashford Bank, Ashford—Jemmitt and Pomfret 12,438 Aylsham Bank, Aylsham—G. and T. Copeman 5,231 Aylesbury Old Bank, Aylesbury—Z. D. Hunt 33,875 Baldock Bank and Baldock and Biggleswade Bank, Baldock—Wells, Hogge, and Co 33,151 Barnstaple Bank, Barnstaple—Marshall and Co 10,780 Basingstoke and Odiham Bank, Basingstoke— Seymour, Lamb, and Co. Bedford Bank, Bedford—T. Barnard and Sons 35,130 Bewdley Bank, Bewdley Nichols, Baker, and Co Bicester and Oxfordshire Bank and Oxford Bank Bicester—B.. M. and G. Tubb 14,974 Birmingham Bank, Birmingham —Attwoods, Spooner,. and Co 23,656 Birmingham and Warwickshire Bank, Bir mingham—AT. L. Monet and Sons 11,751 Blandford Bank, Blandford—Oak and Co. 8,605 Boston Bank, Boston—Garfit and Co 74,480 Boston Bank, Boston—H. and T. Gee and Co 15,803 Bridgwater Bank, Bridgwater—J. and J. L Sealey Bristol Bank, Bristol—Miles, Miles, and Co 40,121 Broseley and Bridgnorth and Bridgnorth and Broseley Bank, Broseley—Prit c h ar d s , Boy cott, and Co. Buckingham Bank, Buckingham—Bartlett, Par rott, and Co. Bury and Suffolk Bank, Sudbury Bank, and Stow - market Bank, Bury St. Edmunds— Oakes, Bevan, and Co. Banbury Bank, Banbury Gillet, Tawny, and Co. Banbury Old Bank, Banbury—Cobb and Son 28,322 :Bath City Bank, Bath—G. Moger and Son Bedfordshire Leighton Buzzard Bank, Leighton Buzzard—Bassett, Grant, and Co . 37,292 Birmingham Bank, Birmingham—Taylor and Lloyds Bradford Old. Bank, Bradford, Yorkshire—H A. and W. M. Harris and Co. 12,625 Brecon Old Bank, Brecon—Wilkins and Co 69,780 Brighton Union Bank, - Brighton—Hall, West, and Barrer Burlington and Driffield Bank, Burlington— Hardmg, Smith,and Co 12,499 Bury St. Edmunds Bank, Bury St. Edmunds- J. Worlledge Cambridge Bank, Cambridge-Mortlock &Co 14,104 Cambridge and Cambridgeshire Bank, Cam bridge-Messrs. Fosters 49,091 Canterbury Bank, Canterbury-Hammond and Co 37,769 Carmarthen Bank, Carmarthen-David Morris and Sons 23,750 Chertsey Bank, Chertsey-La Coste and Son 2,665 Colch6ster . Bank; Colchester-Round & Green 18,739 Colchester and Easex Bank, and Witham and Essex Bank, and Hadleigh, Suffolk, Bank, Colchester-Mills, Bawtree, and Co 38,335 Cornish Bank, Truro-Tweedy and Co 42,760 Coventry Bank, Coventry-Little & Woodcock 7,598 City Bank,. Exeter-Milford and Co 20,126 Craven Bank, Settle-Alcocks, Birkbecks, and Co 74,197 Cardiff Bank, Cardiff-Towgood and Co 7,505 Chepstow Old 'Bank, Chepstow Bank, Mon mouth Old Bank, Monmouth Bank, Brecon Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Chepstow-Bromage, Snead, and Co 9,850 Derby Bank, Derby-W. and S. Evans & Co. 10,862 Derby Bank, Derby-Samuel Smith and Co 41,300 Derby Old Bank and Scarsdale and High Peak Bank, Derby-Crompton, Newton, and Co Devins and Wiltshire Bank, Devizes-Locke and Co B,BOO Diss Bank, Diss-Oakes, Fincham, and Co 10,587 Doncaster. Bank and Retford Bank, Doncaster -Cooke and Co 79,622 Darlington Bank, Durham Bank, and Stockton on-Tees Bank, Darlington-Backhouse &Co 86,631 Devonport Bank, Devonport-Hodge and Co 8,700 Dorchester Old Bank and Dorsetshire Bank, Dorchester-R. and H. Williams 49,259 East Cornwall Bank, Liskeard-Robins, Fos ter' and Co 9 6 ,906 East Riding Bank, Beverley-Bower and Co 53, 209 Essex Bank and Bishop's Stortford Bank Chelmsford-Sparrow, Round, and Co 53,950 Exeter Bank, Exeter-Sanders and Co 28,843 Fakenham Bank, Fakenham-Gurneys, Birk beck, and Co Farringdoii Bank and Bank of Wantage, Far ringdon-Barnes, Medley, and Co 1,205 Farnham Bank, Farnham -- Messrs Knight Faversham Bank, Faversham-Hilton and Co. 6,289 Godalming Bank, Godalming-Mellersh and Keen Guildford Bank, Guildford-Messrs. Haydon.. 16,244 Grantham Bank, Grantham-Hardy and Co 29,119, Hastings Old Bank, Hastings-Smith, Hilder, and Co. Hereford City and County Bank, Hereford- Matthews and Co. Hertford and Ware Bank, Hertford-S. Adams and Co. Hull Bank and Kingston-upon-Hull Bank, Hull, Smith, Brothers, and Co. _ _ Fluntingdon Town and County Bank, Hunting don—Rust and Veaseys Harwichißank, Harwich—Cox, Cobbold, and Co. Hemel Hempstead Bank, Hemel Hempstead —Smith and Whittingstall Hertfordshire, Hitchin Bank, Hitchin Sharpies, and Co. Hereford, Ross and Archenfield sank, and Ross and Archenfield Bank. Hereford— Morgan a,nd Co Ipswich Bank, Ipswich—Bacon and Co. Ipswich and Needham Market Bank, Suffolk, Hadleigh Bank, Manningtree and Mistley Bank, and Woodbridge Bank, Ipswich— Alexanders and Co. Kentish Bank, Maidstone—Mercer, Randall, and Co. 16,634 Kington and Radnorshire Bank, Kington— Davies and Co. Knighton Bank, Knighton—Davies and Co — Knaresborough Old Bank and Ripon Old Bank, Knaregborough—Flarrigon and Co 21,726 Kendal Bank, Kendal—Wakefield, Crewdson, and Co. Kettering Bank, Kettering—J. C. Gotch and 9,513 Sons Lane End Staffordshire Bank, Lane End—C Harvey and Son 5, 418 Leeds Bank, Leeds--Beckett and Co. Leeds Union Bank, Leeds—W. Williams, Brown and Co. Leicester Bank, Leicester—Pagets and Kirby, 31,669 Lewes Old Bank, L e wes—Molineux and Co , 31,222 Lichfield Bank, Lichfield—Palmer and Greene 9,770 Lincoln Bank, Lincoln—Smith, Ellison, and Co. 95,898 Llandovcry Bank, La,mpeter Bank, and Llan dilo Bank, Llandovery—D. Jones and Co 25, 646 Loughborough Bank, Loughborough—Middle ton and Cradock , . t 7,293 Lymington Bank, Lymington—St. Barb and Co. Lynn Regis. and Lincolnshire Bank, Lynn Regis—Gurneys and Co. Lynn Regis and Norfolk Bank, Lynn Regis— Jarvis and Co 13,207 Macclesfield Bank, Macclesfield—Brocklehurst and Co. Manningtree Bank, Manningtree—Nunn and Co. Marlborough Bank, Marlborough and Wilts Old Bank, Marlborough Old Bank, Marl borough Old Bank and Hungerford Bank, and Hungerford Bank, Marlborough—Tan ner and Co Merionethshire Bank, Dolgelly—Williams and Son 10,388 Miners' Bank, Truro—Willyams and Co 14,746 Monmouthshire Agricultural and Commercial Bank, Abergavenny—Bailey and Co 29,230 Monmouth Cld Bank, Monmouth Bank, Bre con Bank, Chepstow Bank, Chepstow Old Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Monmouth—Bromage, Snead, and Co 17,410 Newark Bank, Newark—Godfrey and Riddell 25,734 Newark and Sleaford Bank, and Sleaford and Newark Bank, Sleaford—Handley, Peacock, and 49,684 Co Newbury Bank, Newbury—Bunny & Slocock 21,667 Newmarket Bank, Newmarket—Eaton, Ham mond, and Co Norwich Crown Bank and Norfolk and Suffolk Bank, Norwich—Harveys and Hudsons 49,404 Norwich and Norfolk Bank, Norwich—Gur neys and Birkbeck 1C2,764 Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Bank, Not tingham. Hart, Fellows, and Co 10,867 Nuneaton Bank, Nuneaton—Craddock and Co 4,200 Naval Bank, Plymouth, Plymouth—Harris and Co. New Sarum Bank, Sarum—Everett and Co 14,151 Nottingham Bank, Nottingham—Samuel Smith and Co. Oswestry Bank and Oswestry Old Bank, Os westry—Croxon and Co Oxford Old Bank, Oxford—Robinson, Parsons, and Co. Old Bank, Tonbridge, Tonbridge and Ton bridge Wells Old Bank, Tonbridge and Ton bridge Wells and Sevenoaks Bank, Ton bridge—T. H. and S. Beeching Oxfordshire Witney Bank, Witney—J. W Clinch and Co. Pease's Old Bank, Hull, the Hull Old Bank and Deverky Bank, Hull—Pease and Co 47,095 Penzance Bank, Penzance--Batten and Co 11,227 Peterborough Bank and Oundle Bank, Peter borough—D. Yorke and Co. Pembrokeshire Bank, Haverforclwest--J. and W. Walters.. Reading Bank, Reading—Simonds and Co..— 82,975 Reading Bank Readin—Stehens, Blandy, and C0............................................. 30,397 Richmond Bank, Ri c h mon d—Rper and Co. 6,929 Rochdale Bank, Roehdale--C'ement, Royds, andCo . elle Rogter, Chatham. and Strood Balk, Roches- Royston _flank, Royston —p ordhara knd ions 15,090 Rugby Bank, Rugby—,A. Butlin and, Sex 9,780 Rye Bank, Rie—S. 0 ,Pomfret and Co,, • 15,288 Country Marhets. DERBY SMITHFIELD.—Ocr. 23. A full attendance of buyers, and well supplied with fat beasts. Prices unaltered. The sheep pens well fl tied, but a flat demand. A good supply of fat and store in igs. Fat calves more plentiful. The following were the quotations :—Beef, 6 1 to bid ; mutton, 6Ad to 7d ; lamb, 7d to lad ; veal, 7d te 7itt per lb. ; pigs, 108 Od to lOs 3d per score ; rough fat, 6 's Oat 9 Ca per 141 b. ; hides, 3d to 40 per lb; calf-skins, to'4l per lb. EDINBURGH GRAIN.—OCT. 21. We had a large supply of grain to-day, and wh ea t was rather easier. B)rley, oats, and beans rather dear er, . New wheat, top, 4s up, and en the average 614 5 1 up. Old wheat, top, 6s up—on the average is ld down. 133 Lrley, top, 6d up —average, is id up. Oats on the top :la 4 1 up —average, 6d up. Beans on the top is up— &ea rage, 4s 4d up. AVERAGES PEE IMPERIAL QUARTER. Wheat £1 6 6 9-12115.. Do. ne w -12t . Barley Oats • 115 10 8-12t.h, Beans BOSTON—OCT. 24. A moderate supply of wheat, at last week's rates., with a slow sale. No material change in spring corn. Prices':—Wheat, red, 67s Od to S3s Od; white, 83E4 Od to 85s Od extra, 87s Od. Barley, 30s Od to 38s Od_ Oats, 20s to 325. B eans, 50s Od to 54s Od. Peas, 48s (41. -to 53, per qr. NEWARS--OCT. 24. A plentiful supply of grain to-day, and a full atte Wheat and barley a heavy sale, at is per qr. advai e. Wheat, white 86s to 90;, red 82s to 84s; b a rl e y, i sa alting 40s to 445, grinding 36; to 38s; oats, 24st. 34s to 37; o, 22st, 32s to 31s ; beans, 54s to 58; ; malt, 70s to 72s ; pegs 3, 489 to 503 ; tares, 100 s to 105 s per qr. SEABORNE MAILS. (N signifies that the mails aro sent from the General F sal ...office by the night—and M by the morning—despatch.) Day when made al , From what 51 non COUNTRIES. in General Post- Port dui 'is • Oftico, London.* Dispatched. 1 ngl and ~... 1.. ...wwwwill imclica(hYßrit.pact)N Every Friday .. • • Li verpoo l ... ( ameriee.tby United SM. packet) •• • • • .11 ••...... • • Liverpool ... / Oct— .19 America (by U. St ates packet) ..........N ••• •• •• •... SoUthampton Australia (via South ampton) ..........M ••••• ••• •• • • Southampton Aug.. 14 Ditto (via Marseilles) N • • • Dover •• .• .• Ditto (via Cape of Good, . Elope) •• •• •• .•. • .. lii ....... .. • • ... Uncia tabs Africa (West Coast) ..Ni23d of the month.. Plymouth .. Nov.. s 6 Alexandria.......... N! 8 , 9 , 24 , & 30 of m. Dover ...... Alexandria..........M 41.11 & 20th of mop. Southampton. Cahamas ...........M 17211 of the month S o uth a mptoof Belgium .......... ..NiDa11y........ :... Do v er .......Daily . Brazil ..............Mi 9 th of the month.. Southampton Nov. 1' 6 Buenos Ayres ........ 31 •nth o the month.. S o utha m pt on N ov . 11 5 Cape of Good Hope ..N Various portslUncorl 42 Cape of Good Ilopo ..N Cape de Verds ......N 9th of the month Southampton Nov. I, 5 Ceylon (see India) Ceylon ..............N • • Channel Isles.. ......NiMon.,Wel.,&Frld. Southampton Tu.lll, at. Chi1i..., ,............ m. ,2d & 17th of month 3 ou th amp t ot , China .... t E in t o tro Pi p e e .. l ii• ii• 'Once a month.... t Nov. 4 14th & 20th of mon. S outhampton Constantinople .......5i 8,13, 18,23,&2s of m D over ...... Twice daily ...... D over ...... Twl et daily Egypt (see India) . C a o ens nt• Lan of Franco ........ M & NiTwice daily...• • • Dover ...... Tye 3. .4115 4ibraltar ..... ....M4, 7, 17, 20, 27 , fm . Southampton O c t. t 25 Greece (see India ) 3reytown ..........M 2nd & 17th of mon. Southampton ilamhurgh ..........NlTuesday & Friday London ..... lavannah .......... 51 1 2nd of the month Southampton Nov.. i dolland ..,.........M!Baily.• .. •• .• •••• Dover ....... , Dail r fronduras ..........Mll7th of the month. Southampton 16th• Ifs non India (via 2 outhampt.)M,4th & 20th of mon. Plymouth .. Nov.. 2 0 India (via Marseilleslsl Oth& 26th of month. Dover ...... lonian Isles (see 1ndia)17,.17, & 27 of mon D0ver...... Ireland ........M & N Twice daily ...... 11.013 head , ..'Twit a f mu, tab0n..............51 7,9, 17, & 27 of rri. Southampton Oct. 21 1 Madeira .............M 9th of the month Southampton. Nov. :15 Madeira ...... .. N 23d of month Liverpool ...1 Malta (see India) Nalta ...... ........N 8,13, &23 of men. Dover ...... Nev.. -4 Mauritius (see India) Nfauritina ..........N 14th of the month Mexico .............Mtend of the month.. Southampton Nov.. :.1 Naptv, ~............N .sth 15th25thof mon. Dover ...... ' Tow Granada ......Ml2l & 17th of month Southampton Now Z0a1and.......... By private slip .. 'Various ports Unee al li in Papal States ........N sthlsth2stholnion. Dover ...... Peninsula ..........M 1 thl7th27thofinon. Southampton , Peru ..............0 id St 27th of mon. Southampton Port Natal ..........N By private ship... Various ports Unger ... iielly ..............N sth 1 bih2hthofmon, Dover ...... T iacany ............N sthi s th2sthoitoon. Dover ...... Venezuela ..........M 14 & 17th ofmontbSouthampton,l &16 In on Van Diemen's Land (see I I A.ustralia) ........ •- West Indies .. _ .. ..3; •id So 17th 01 monalSouthampton'l &la is ost Mien any ow these dates fall on a Sunday, the mails w ot • do ipatched on the following day. With the exception of the Indic Southampton), and the Malta, both of which will be despatched_ at • preceding day. SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, 00T. 25. STOOL EXCHANGE.—The tone of the market has be an steady to-day, and prices slightly improved. Son th Eastern, 174—Caledonian, 291 ex div.—East Lancask i re, 17—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 74i i—London and No r th- Western, 92—Midland, 631 43i4 31 i—Birkenh 0:4 Lancashire, and Chester (late C. and B. 271. halves), :18i —Blackburn Six per Cent., 16,f. IKANOHESTICR,, OCT. 25. STOCK EXCHANGE.—There was a quiet business to-day and little or no change in prices. Leeds, 74i—ht idlands, 63i—Dovers, 171—London and North Western, ;kJ—Shef field Pref., 12i. BIRMINGHAM, 00T. 25. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market has been more active to-day, with a slight advance in prices, and ale sod firm. Great Western, Birmingham and Stour Valley -0. Guaran teed stock, was done at 53. DUBLIN, OCT. 24. STOCK EXCHANGE.—Three per Cent. Console , 87i — Ditto, fwr Account, November 15, 87i A—New T hree per Cent. Stock, 88k 88—Ditto, for Account, Nov., 15, 88 Mining Co. of Ireland (7/. paid), 13i A—Dun(l,llk and Enniskillen, 13—Great Southers and Western, :Four per Cent. Pref. (10/. paid),•q--Midland Gt. Western. and El Canal, (501. paid), 48w—Bank Stock, 224. WIND AND WEATHER REPORT. THURSDAY, October 26. Miens. Course of Wind. State of Wealher. Greenwich W Overcast. Lothbury. Boston S.S.W Cloudy. Great Grimsby... S.W Fine—Cloudy. Gainsborough . . S. Fine. Amsterdam . N.E Fine. Cambridge S.W Cloudy—Cold. Yarmouth W. 5.W.... Cloudy. Lowestoft . Poole S.W Unsettled. Southampton...... S. Portsmouth N.W Unsettled. Cowes S Manchester......... S.W Rain. Whit shaven S.W Rain. Stoke-on-Trent.... S.W. Very cloudy. Sheffield S.E. Carlisle W.5.W..... Windy—Rain. Maryport.. S. Windy—Rain. Lancaster S.S.W Rain. Derby S.S.W Rain. Nottingham Leamington N.W Unsettled—Cold. Shrewsbury S.W Cloudy. Brighton S.W Cold. Ipswich S.W Fine. Harwich W . Clear—Cold. Holyhead Dublin .. 5.W.......... Rain. Liverpool Bristol S. W Cloudy. Haverfordwest ... S.W.Rain. Cardiff S.W Cloudy. Plymouth • S.S.W. Strong breeze—Rain. Exeter..... N.W Cloudy. Gloucester N.W Fine. Swansea W S.W ..... Cloudy. York Scarborough Sunderland S. Darlington S. . Windy. Whitby Hull S.W Fine—Windy. Berwick S.W Very windy. Edinburgh W Cold—Rain—Windy. Dundee Aberdeen S.E. Unsettled. Glasgow S.S.W Rain. Newcastle Perth - Cloudy. Tonbridge 8 trood . B I It T It s. OF A BON, On the 25th inst., at 7, Warwick Villas, Kensington, Mrs. Willott. • On tho 25th inst., at 56, Upper Berkeley-street, Port man-square, Mrs. Geo. J. Cucuta. OP A DAUGHTER. On the 24th inst., at 6, Oxford-square, Hyde -park, Mrs. Reynolds. Ou the 25th inst., at 20, Grosvenor -place, Mr. Dawson, widow of the late Captain Dawson, R.E. MARRIED, On the 24th inst., at St. James's, Piccadilly, the Rev. John Hamilton Bond, of Romansleigh, in the county of Dovon, to Rosa Jane, youngest daughter of John Carlon, Esq., of Kilburn, Middlesex. On the 25th inst., at the parish church of St. Thomas, Portsmouth, William, second son of J. M. Morris, Esq., o f ciapton, Middlesex, to Alice ' youngest daughter of the late Wm. Harrison, Esq., of Portsmouth. DIED. On the 24th inst., a t 38 , Moore-street, Chelsea, Captain Patrick Robertson Trinafonr, R.M., aged 75. On the 24th inst., at Brighton, John William, eldest son of Mr. John Henry Benbow, of 69, Russell-square, Lon don. On the 23d inst., at Montpellier, France, Wm. Brown, Esq., of 1, Stratton-street, Piccadilly, and of Holly Lodge, Highgate, aged 57. On the 23d inst., the Rev. James Sherard Coleman, M.A., forty-seven years rector of Houghton-on-the-Hill, Leicestershire. Ou the 23d inst., at Willesden-green, John Finch Wyatt, Esq., aged 3L On the 17th inst., at the Rectory, Melbury Osmond, Dorset, the Rev. John Jenkins Matthews. 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