The Sun. — London, England, 1855-10-18 00:00:00

Spirit of the Public Journals• (From the Morning herald of this day.) It will be necessary for the people of England to keep a sharp look-out on Austrian ust now, un less, indeed, they think that the psent British Ministry is to be implicitly trusted. We believe that manoeuvres are now carrying on, which, if not promptly arrested, will involve Europe in one general convulsion. Austria, as we have already often repeated, finds it exceedingly per ilous to take either side in the present quarrel. To offend Russia would be to expose herself to the vengeance of a powerful neighbour, one who could, whenever other affairs were disposed of, direct 200,000 men on Vienna without the least difficulty. On the other hand, Austria fears to come to a quarrel with France or England, knowing that there are millions in Hun gary and Italy who are only waiting for such an opportunity. Thus drawn in different directions, and so ne-a tralised, Austria has confined herself, hitherto, to efforts at negotiation ; but, at heart, she is politi cally one with Russia, and religiously one with Rome. Her real feelings towards the Emperor of the French were exhibited, when she interfered, three years, since, to prevent his marriage. Her real feelings towards England and Sardinia may be known by the fact tha, England and Sardinia aro both under the ban of Lie Pope. While Austria, then, w ill still profess to be friendly to France, friendly to Russia, and friendly to England, she has recently discovered a way in which she can at once serve both Russia and the Pope, and that is, by picking a quarrel with Sar dinia. Thi s scheme, which is precisely one to delight a Jesuit, has already proceeded some way. A very pretty little quarrel has already been got up on paper, and language has already been used by Austria towards Sardinia of • the most offensive and insult ing kind. It is plain that the powers at Vienna regard Sardinia as at their mercy. The flower of . her army is in the Crimea ; her Sovereign, whether by poison or not, has latterly been a sufferer from , illness ; and while in this predicament Austriadoes not hesitate to use terms in her communications which, if employed to such a power as France, would bring on a war in eight-and-forty hours. The duty devolving on France and England under these circumstances ii very plain. If they would not stand by and see Russia tyrannise over Turkey, still less can they allow a nearer neighbour to be punished for allying herself with them. For the alliance of Sardinia with France and England is the real offence which she has committed. Of that there can be no doubt. We have no fear that the Emperor of the French will play any mean or paltry part in this great emergency. Were he to allow his friend and neighbour of Sardinia to be bullied by her " big brother," the conclusion drawn by all Europe, and by Austria herself, would be that he was afraid to protect Sardinia. But he will occupy no such humiliating position. As to our own Cabinet we cannot speak with the like confidence. The question, we know, is before it ; but Austria has secret friends about the British court, and the present Government at this moment hesitates. Let the people iook to it. If Sardinia i either intimidated, or crushed—Eng land and France standing by—the moral effect of such a triumph for Austria and for Russia will far more than counterbalance the loss of Sebastopol. ( From the Morning Advertiser of this day.) A new and grave complication in the position of European affairs has lately occurred, and will be brought into the broad light of day before a fort night has elapsed, It is worthy of remark, that not only is the country wholly ignorant of the cir cumstances to which we refer, but, we believe, there are several members of the Government who either are entirely unacquainted with those circumstances, or but very imperfectly informed regarding them. We allude to the recent conduct of Austria to wards Sardinia. An important correspondence has just taken place—and is not yet concluded—be tween Austria and Sardinia, respecting the Liberal attitude which the latter Power has recently as sumed, not only in relation to the part which she is taking in favour of Turkey, in conjunction with the Western Powers, but with regard to the adop tion of constitutional principles in the administra tion of her domestic affairs. To say that Austria is indignant at the conduct of Sardinia, on the latter account, - would be saying nothing. She is perfectly furious. Nor can she conceal —or, at least, she does not—the rage she is in. Count Buol has, within the last few weeks, ad dressed some of the most insolent despatches to the rdin ian government complaining of its Liberalism, which ever were indited by diplomatic pen. We speak advi-edly on this point. Not only do we know the character of these papers from the pen of the Austrian Minister for Foreign Affairs, but we could indicate the very phraseology employed. On that point, however, we must act on the principle of reserve. We must not be too Suffice it to say, that our Governmeut has not only displayed a highly discreditable pus:l -lanimity, but has been guilty of betraying Sardinia in not having before now denounced the conduct of Count Buol, and telling him in plain terms that unless he retracts the insulting expressions he has employed, and altogether alters his tone in future, Austria must be prepared for the consequences. France and England are bound, in terms of the triple alliance, not only to protect Sardinia from the revengeful spirit of the Court of Vienna, so far as regards material consequences, but also from the insolence of the " perjured ouse of Haps burg." And we feel it right to say that it is a reflection on the spirit and sense of right on the part of the Wes tern Powers that they have not before now brought Austria to her knees, and made her offer an abject apology to Sardinia. The real secret of the matter is, that we have in the very centre of our Court strenuous friends and artful partisans of the Court of Vienna ; and, therefore, England presents the humiliating spectacle of systematically truckling to Austria. Just pow the latter Power, in the insult she offers to Sardinia, and the threats she holds out of abetting the hostile purposes of the Pope, is emboldened by her knowledge of the fact, that Sardinia is not in a condition to come into colli sion with her, because nearly the whole of the Pied montese army is in the Crimea. This is just an additional reason why this country should at once, aryl in a manner about whieh there can be no mis take, throw the shield of its protection over Sar dinia. Matters cannot remain much longer as they a n ,. Either Austria must draw in her Corns, and apolo gise, for the insolent and menacing ]aneuage s h e 1 1 : 13 employed towards Sardinia, or the We - s.teru Powers must at once interpose, with the view of bringing the Court of Vienna to its senses. A collision - bo ° - tween Austria and Sardinia, follow e d b y t h e in- • terference of Gaither or both of the Western Powers, .on behalf of the latter country, would be the p ro - I tide to new European complications, which would inevitably result in the rising of Hungary, and the restoration of her independence. The re -constitu tion of other nationalities would follow as a mat- In the meantime, by- quarrelling ter of course. with and seekiug to injure Sardinia, the Austria i s no toriously playinggame of Russia, and is th us fulfilling her mission as the friend and vassal of the Czar. ExPLOSION OF SULPHUR IN A COAL PIT NRAR-RIESTON. An explosion of character occ urred nn Monday morning last, at No. 2 pit, in the Bilston Colliery, situate between Bilston and Witlenball, which is the property o f Philip Williams, Esq., iron and coal master. It seems that the whimsey by which No. 1 hit is worked, is also used to work two other pits, one of which is fortunately connected by a subterranean pas* sage widi the pit in which the explosion took place. On the morning in question, the whole of the men employed in both pits, numbering 40 in each, were, as usual, at work, and about 10 of them were engaged near the spot where the fire damp ignited, w hi c h i s ca l le d a " sump ;" and a b ou t 10 o'clock it is said that a boy, whether accidentally or not is unknown, dropped a lighted candle through the boarding which covered the •• sump," and that a fearful explosion was the coase quence. Had it not been for the existence of the underground passage above referred to, it is probable that the loss of and injury to human life would have been still more serious. As soon as the men employed at a distance from the " sump " were aware, of the fire, they escaped into the work. jags of the pit with which number one i s connected. The poor f e ll o ws. however, who were emp l oyed at the • sum p, ten inescape. FIAIS.ati ce number, were unable to A • t and,„when it was found that one unfortu nate man, named Japes Stanley, has lost kris lift a second, named Bail ey, had suffered injuries o f suc h a nature as to render .?7, impossible for him to sur v i ve ; and that th e remaining ei g ht were alive, but their bodi es were much' burned. Tho ex tent of the injuries they have received ren d ers t h em incapable, we believe, of giving any account o f t h e di sa strous occurrence. The sufferers were rpeedili rescued from th e scene of the explosion by means of the shaft connected with the adjoining it, the surgeon to the colliery, Mr. B es t, attended them, and administered what was necessary t o alleviate, as far as possible, their i n d escribable sufferings. The man Bailey etilllingere. we are infornaed, but the other men are going on quits as well as might be expected. The presence of sulphur in th e pit cannot be accounted for; sugh has never previously found to exist therein.— Woiverhampton. Chronicle. UOMMITTAL OF A POAC HER. - la Tuegday John Moody, - a Poacher, wal;brought up on re mand be tore the Lanca, sHre magistrates, charged with tretpassin Croxteth g_in park m put tl;, - ; of game, and being 'The of five others W h o 'rnade a'savage attack on tho g,amekHepere in the - serv ice of thecEarl of Sefton. The Paghtrates Ooth raided the prisoner for trial at the asisigilui- rl tua-. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 18, 1855. LIFE IN CALIFORNIA AND AUSTRALIA. We fear our American kinsmen have never thoroughly forgiven us the discovery of gold in i Australia. From the day Mr. Sutter picked up his grains of the magic metal in the race of his mill, and created California, the growth and pro gress of that State somehow became only another proof of the superiority of " democratic institu tions," an additional triumph of democratic prin ciples, a glory naturally springing from the Re publican system, and a rebuke and humiliation to every other form of government on the face of the earth. But there is always peril in enormous good luck, and precisely when it is at the highest point a Nemesis lies in wait for men and nations. The Americans did not propitiate the envious Destinies by any particular humility at this wonderful period of their fortune. In every way they made the most of it, and. glorified themselves and the Re pulic as having gone ahead of the universe at a pace that left the dozy and decrepit States of Europe nowhere. So the Destinies, always easily provoked, administered a corrective, and restored the balance on the side of Monarchy. Gold was suddenly turned up to the light in an English colony, and California found a rival on a territory in allegiance to the English Crown. The newest and brightest star of the Republic—the golden radiance of thegalaxy—was eclipsed; the Britishers had their gold fields also, with no " democratic in stitutions" to account for the phenomenon. Even in some of the details of the two discoveries there was a kind of identity : Hargreaves pairs off in history with Sutter ; Melbourne became a very vigorous reproduction of San Francisco ; Monarchy fairly trumped the best card of the Republican hand ; and the Old World was not so completely distanced after all. Not that California has ceased to be what it promised ; it has only ceased to stand alone and unparalleled. This is the fact which we think the Americans do not quite forget when they draw comparisons between the social state of their own gold fields and those of Australia. We published not long ago an extract from a New York contem porary, who " in the rise and progress of California and Australia" saw " a fair opportunity of com paring the colonial system of Great Britain and the working of democratic institutions." Often as it is done, nothing is more difficult to do impartially than to compare ourselves with others. A resolute metaphysician may accomplish it, but resolute me taphysicians are rare. National comparisons are made under a similar difficulty, and we may gene rally distrust them. To arrive at the truth, we do not recognise the necessity of seeing ourselves ex actly as others see us ; the vision may be defective or the glasses coloured. The medium is a little tinged in the present case. After describing the lawless condition of California during the early period of its history—a condition much worse than that of Australia at any time—our American con temporary paints its present orderly and prosper ous state, in which we should heartily rejoice if the last letters of our correspondenb at San Fran cisco, and several preceding, did not excite mis givings as to the perfect correctness of some parts of the picture. Thus the New York paper says : —" Such is now the respect for law that life and property are about as safe in California as in any other State of the Union." There must be a large qualification in the " about," if this is true. One of the last letters of our correspondent at San Francisco reports 20 cases of murder during the month of June, and 219 for the half-year ; in the same period 24 men are returned as having been " hung by the mob ;" while legality and the Sheriff succeeded in doing the same justice only on two. The causes that produce all these murders ap pear "ludicrously trivial," and this recklessness of life is attributed to the " universal and cowardly practice of carrying revi,lvers." Again, California, it is said (unlike Australia), " has no overbearing officials scattered over the gold fields, whose object it is to harass the miner, and who apparently care for nothing save to gather a monthly tax." But a collector may do worse than harass a miner—he may shoot him ; in this same month of June one Californian collector "killed" a Mexican miner at Tuttletown ; and another both " shot and killed"' three Chinamen in Mariposa county. These four murders were perpetrated with the ever-handy re volver, on a slight resistance to the payment of the tax. Passing by the loss of life in private brawls, and the prevalence of " rowdyism, street fights, and "difficulties" in San Francisco, in which " po liticians, lawyers, and merchants " figure exten sively, and speaking only of the gold fields, it ap pears to us that " democratic institutions" do not necessarily include either an efficient police or very scrupulous tax-collectors. The Australian type of both does not suffer in the comparison. The last letter of our correspondent exhibits a Sheriff quite as decided in his mode of proceeding as the collector. He was conveying two prisoners to Mariposa when, a " difficulty" occurring with them by the way, "he shot one and hanged the other ;" but this officer had a previous reputation for nerve and despatch in business. The day he was "on the road to Stockton to be married" he made a slight detour, fought a duel with rifles, and having settled this little affair calmly pursued his journey, and concluded the other it may be hoped as satisfactorily. Another incident of Californian life, given in the same letter, would have been wildly desperate but for the turn that makes it almost ludicrous. A poor Frenchman, named Briant, believing himself swindled by a San Francisco broker, walked into his office with a carpet bag in his hand, filled with gunpowder, and a cigar in his mouth ; he quietly informed the broker (and his two friends) that he meant to blow up them and the house together. They thought he was joking, and kept their places ; but the man was in earnest ; he threw his burning cigar into the bag, and the ground floor was nearly blown to pieces ; yet no one was seriously hurt ! The French man himself was the most severely burnt ; the two visitors were injured ; but the broker, against whom the improvised internal machine was di rected, escaped unhurt. The next day the whole affair was talked of "as a good joke," and it is supposed no jury will convict a man who merely meant to assassinate a " money-lender," the class being unpopular, especially if they venture to hold a mortgage as a material guarantee for advances. The accounts of the deadly feuds between the Ame ricans and the Mexicans or Spaniards, as they are called, are confused. There appear to have been atrocities on both sides, but the indiscriminate shootings and not very discriminating hangings by the Americans during an " excitement" prove that no organisation, civil or military, exists that can be called on to repress outrage; and, as our corre spondent says, "the people always take the law jute their own hands on tho occurrence of these emer gencies." This is not the case in our gold celn nies. We felt bound thus to correct one or intwo features rather too favourably t o uched the American portrait of Californian so ciety. As the description of Australia—like all the descriptions of that country wo have seen— deals as much with what it might be and is not as with what it i s , we h ave not hi ng to object t o it. W e h ope every anticipation of its future may be realised. Th e worse th an a . bsurd l an d regulations, which fetter every Y movement, we have often denounced,bealtb and fully admit they of contrast most unfavourably 'of population to toCalifornia found an open with the freer system rushthe United States. The eh ro im vis m io e n d s iat a el c y tel field, to which the liberalßrvit e i ri : applied'; when other parts of the Union l when the torrent of into Victoria, the people 'f emigration poured the whole find, though in o i led, to their dismay, sbprimitive state of wildem It 3 2 already possessed more truly lords of the land t T ba s n ome 600 men, Europe ; and, as they virtually held th a e ny class in power as well as the soil, they ma d e governing purchase and set tl em ent producing a s t ate as difficult as possible, of society which an Englishman who has not seen it, still les s an American,_ can hardly concei ve. There is a large demand for land, and a limitless would meet the demand ten times supply that . is extravagant from over ; yet the price the local the arti ficially created scarcity, Government extort t - all it can as th e having been permitted to ex great land-jObber between the squatters it has elevat e d i n t o a powerful class end the general ' com munity. Can our readers imagine sea water selling on Bright on b eac h at a guinea a pint ? It is scarcely an exaggerated illustration both of the I supply of l an d i n A us t ra lia and the artificial price the regulations, as administered by the colonial government, have produced. W e make this qua lification because the regulations themselves "gave the local Executive by which much of the mischief \might have been prevented--powers which that authority has obstinately refused to, exercise till a very recent period, and then only "imperfectly. But act into we must c orrec t an error of f which the New York paper has fallen, s in ce b r ave one. None of the abuses of the: it is a colonial Government have been countenancedthe profit, of the mother country. The colon for to the Imperial revenue, excye p c t outri t butes nothing as America itself may be said in to do same walr indirect result of the increase of commerce so—by .the consideration for the welfare of the colon has 'h every been sacrificed that " the coffers of file a i s i not Government might be filled." W© have not even that bad excuse for tolerating such a system; though it would, at least, make our policy intelli gible.e All the revenues raised in the colony have been spent in it, or for it, by the local authorities, and how they have been spent we 'nay hereafler 1 littreveCasion - th itquite.—Thies, - • .. - • Naval and Military Intelligence. The Fairy Royal yacht, Captain Crispin, embarked such of the Royal children yesterday morning as were left at Osborne during the Queen's sojourn at Balmoral, and conveyed them to Gosport (where every attention was paid to them by the authorities), on the way to London. _ The Calcutta, 84, Captain J. J. Stopford, went into Portsmouth harbour yesterday afternoon. The Pembroke, 60, Captain G. H. Seymour ; the Cornwallis, 60, Captain G. G. Wellesley ; and the Rosa mond, 6, paddle-sloop, Commander Crofton, left Spit head early yesterday morning for Bermuda. The Lizard steam-tender left Portsmouth for Sheer ness yesterday with supenumeraries for the ships there. The Cape of Good Hope, No. 229, steam•transport, sailed from Portsmouth yesterday morning for the Thames. The Otter, 3, steam-vessel, sailed yesterday afternoon from Spithead for the eastward. The Havoc, No. 14, mortar-veesel, hauled into the Gun-wharf Camber at Portsmouth yesterday afternoon to dismount and land her mortar. The sailing ship Herefordshire, which has been taken up by the Government for the conveyance of trocps to the Crimea, left the docks at Southampton yesterday, and hauled out into the river. • She is detained in con sequence of the difficulty of procuring her necessary number of hands. When the complement is made up the Herefordshire will sail to Cork to take on board the Cork Militia. The Amity transport, No. 177, sailed yesterday from Greenhithe for the Crimea. The convict receiving hulk Justitia was yesterday removed from alongside the wharf in Woolwich arseual. Toe Justitia has been in that spot upwards of 20 years, and was an eyesore to the entire locality, from the im mense hulk and height, which completely obstructed the view on that part of the river. She has at length been sold, and was yesterday towed to Deptford to be broken up. The Justitia's progress attracted the atten tion of great numbers of persons on both sides of the Thames. Mr. William John 111teler, naval cadet, has been ap pointed to the Havancali corvette, now on her way to the Pacific station. Captain H. P. Leonard, of the Woolwich Division of Royal Marines, at present on recruiting service at Lich field, has received orders to rejoin head-quarters, leaving a non-commissioned officer there, to be attached to the Birmingham party. A captain of the same corps has received instructions to proceed to Derby, Ipswich, and Worcester, to raise recruits for the division under his command. The steam-ship Pacific, of 1,500 tons, Mr. W. C. Thompson commander, chartered by Sir Joseph Paxton for conveyance of a portion of the Army Works Corps to the Crimea, embarked 504 men at Greenhithe on Tuesday afternoon, and started yesterday morning at 10 o'clock. The men were in high spirits, and were frequently cheered on proceeding down the river. The vessel passed through the Downs at 4 o'clock. The steam-sloop Siren, 16, Commander J. Otway, which experienced heavy weather off Madeira, and re turned with mainmast damaged to Plymouth Sound on Friday, was towed up Hamoaze on Saturday. Notwith standing severe weather and frequent heavy showers of rain she was relieved of the mast on Monday. A new ' one was supplied on Tuesday, when her lower rigging was fitted, and topmast got on end by the crew, and yesterday she was towed from Hamoaze i n to th e Sound, where she is again ready for sea. The steam-vessel Avon was taken into ;the dock at Keybatn on Monday to be fitted with new boilers. The troop-ships Herefordshire, Hanover, and Dal housie are daily expected in Queenstown to take out draughts from Fermoy, Limerick, Templemore, and Muliingar, for Malta and the Crimea, belongirg to the following regiments 9tb, 13th, 14th, 30tb, 33d, 39th, 41st, 47th, 49th, 50th, 55tb, 56,b, 68th, 72d, and 89th. The total force by the above ships comprises 2 field offiere, 11 captains, 59 subalterns, 29 serjeants, 48 drummers, and 1,561 rank and file. A grand field-day took place in the Thcenix-park, Dublin, on Tuesday. The manoeuvres 'were executed with the greatest precision and rapidity. The steadiness of the infantry, composed, as they principally are, of militia, regiments, elicited the frequent approbation of the assembled thron , , and the General in command has seldom bad a more favourable opportunity of testing the soldier-like qualities of the troops at his disposal. The 15th Regunet.t, which headed the infantry, was the only regiment of the line on the ground. THE MILITIA. The half-yearly inspection of the Dorset Regiment of Militia took place a few days since by Major-General Breton, Commander of the south-western district. The meo were assembled at Poundbury, near Dorchester, and went through their evolutions with great precision. Major-General Arbuthnot, commanding north-eastern district, attended by Captain Welby, aide-de-camp, made his half-yearly inspection of the 4th West York Militia on Monday. The regiment, after marching past in slow and quick time, went through a regular field day. The Major-General then inspected the men's bar rack-rooms and kits, the hospital, schools, Quartermas ter's stores, regimental and companies' books, and ex pressed himself in the highest terms of praise at every thing he had seen, and complimented the officers, non commissioned officers, and men on the appearance of the regiment and the high state of discipline it bad at tained. He was also pleased to say to Major Cairnes, commanding, and Captain Pollard, the Adjutant, that great credit was due to them for the exertions they had made to bring the regiment to such a state of efficiency. As we stated yesterday, the regiment is going to Dublin. FATAL COLLISION IN THE FOREIGN LEGION AT GOSPORT. PORTSMOUTH, Oat. 17.—A lamentable collision oc curred at Haslar, Gosport, yesterday afternoon, between some men of the German Legion, recently arrived in this country from North America, resulting in the in stantaneous death of one of them, a private, tamed Joseph Goltswaltz, aged 31, a Frenchman by birth. It appears that it is a standing order of the regiment that no men are allowed to leave the barracks until 5 o'clock in the afternoon, and that this order has been strictly enforced. A division of the corps has been on duty for some time at Fort Monkton, a short distance from head quarters at Hasler barracks, and yesterday afternoon, about 3 o'clock, a number of the men attempted to leave their quarters ; they were, however, sent back by the guard, and were confined to quarters by the sergeant major. At about a quarter past 4, however, they ap peared at the gates of the barracks again, most of them being armed with sticks, &c. The guard was immediately ordered out and advanced on the men, and endeavoured to induce them to leave, but without effect. At that moment the captain of the day, Captain Von Jess, seeing what was going on, ordered the guard to fix bayonets. This was done, and the guard advanced a few steps towards the men, who were told that if they did not disperse the articles of war would be carried to their full extent. Sevtral of the men now retired, but others remained, amongst whom was deceased, who ap• pears to have been a sort of ringleader iu the matter ; and these became very violent in their conduct, threat ening to attack the guard, make them prisoners, Ste. At this stage deceased, it is affirmed, raised his stick, as did others, in a. most exciteable manner, to strike one of the advanced men of the guard. This man, the pri soner, one of the privates of the gu ar d, name d Ni cholas Nusbaum, a German, aged 27 years, and belonging to the first company of the regiment., endeavoured to parry the blow with his rifle. Deceased still advanced upon him, and prisoner—so it in asserted by those who witnessed the affair having his bayonet pointed to defend himself, the other in the confusion ran upon it. The result was, a wound of an inch and a-half in length on the side was inflicted, and death almost instantane ously ensued. The physicians of the regiment, Drs. Aschenfeldt and Biel, declare it to be incomprehensible that death should have ensued from such a wound, and are inclined, to attribute it to internal effusion of blood from the breaking a blood-vessel. A post mortent exa mination is to be held, and this will probably decide the point. It is reported by one of the officers of the regi ment that he had seen the deceased in a fitate of intoxi cation just prior to the affray: . The prisoner was taken into custody last night at 11 o'clock, by police-constatle Andrews, of the Hants Con stabulary. He offered no resistance. He remarked that he had dope no more than his duty. This afternoon he was taken before the county bench, at which Captain Samuel presided, and he was formally remanded, pend ing the inquest on the bodg of deceased. _ - — Last night a board of officers of the regiment assem bled, and held their first examination of the prisoner. The board consisted of Captain Franeis Weiss (presi dent), Captain Jessen, Lieut. Suanson, Lieut. Ritter, and Lieut. Pilandsky. On being interrogated ,the pri soner made thefollowing statement in reply :-- "'Yesterday afternoon, at 3 o'clock, a numb er o f men , amounting to aboOt 30, came to the barrack gate for the purpose of getting out of barracks. I would not let them out, and they were confined to barracks till after tea time. Afterwards about half that number returned and said that as they were not on duty it was allowable for them to go out. The corporal of the guard, Charles Niebuhr, ordered two men of the guard to send the men from the gate to their barracks, which was done, but they made ta r a id dlu o s f e ., of language against the guard, sayi ng , rtiere were but few men in the guard they could not men name to the A g t at f e o , u a r n o d 'c t lo he ck g a ua g r r d ea w t a n s u t r u n r b n e ed rm o o u r t e , and the men attacked us with sticks. Corporal Niebuhr gipagnave the order to fix bayonets, and, by order, my He lim eel t nii as stilln de private,tpaalpivnda strucknc ed oa n m a p mlfeed, orattemptingtwocharged Neumann , nd tadvanced, raised strike m their e, and satni od t k h av e s: bayonet fixed he h e I stood still with m n y So much ill-feeling and I bayonets at him Mans and French in th u s been excited between the Ger to-day, to the number o f hterrouiglahy.: about 50, been removed to a w t as tl:e un la t t other quarters. [ADVERTISEMENT.]-lAollowav -a and Weak Ponstitn peressuch strengthening e e n: e o i f low or nerv tßioennuse._dyTthoerseDaissotrodneirsehdingStpoimil,isasv' Mg, an inestimable and invigorating pro;•erties that ons habits , or whose digestive or paired should have recourse to the ws m Vendors , as the moot way im. debi litated have been restored to the" blessings irnost health by their use, after, every variety ofonif perfectdi have proved useless ; consequently the faculty e—c l u es mend all persons going abroad, subject to biliou r s e a c ff ° , - o ti f on n s oolrlowcaoym,splapiitiitss. similar t b o y th ai e i amboevdeicitnoe make c. throughout the world ; at Professor Holloway's estab lishments, 244, Strand, London, and 80, Maiden -la lane, Newyork ; by A. Stampa, ponstantiaople ; A. Guidio n y, Samna and H. Hoods, Malta. - ' MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. Charles Delay was indicted for keeping a brothel in Frith-street, Soho. Mr. Cooper appeared for the prosecution ; the priso ner was not defended. The evideiee given left no doubt as to the character of the house, and the defendant, a teacher of lanc_•ua;es, pleaded that he was not aware of the immoral conduct of his female lodgers, which had caused the neighbours to institute this prosecution. He stated to Mr. J. W. Allen, the solicitor for the prosecution, that be held the house under a Mr. Toulmin, a barrister, and, in his de fence, he said he was ready to quit, and that he did not know when he took it that it had been a bad house. The jury returned a verdict of guilty. The Assistant Judge desired that it might be communi cated to the landlord of the house, from the court, and he said it publicly and determinedly, that he had better take the key of the house from the defendant, who said he was ready to give it up, and take special care not to let it a third time for a brothel. The court would re spite judgment until next session, and if the house was then in the landlord's possession, the defendant would hear no more of the matter ; if it was not, it would then be matter for inquiry whether the defendant refused to give up the key ) or whether the landlord refused to take it. . The defendant was ordered to enter into a recogui-:- ance with two sureties to appear at the next session. James Perrett pleaded guilty to a similar indictment. Mr. Itibton appeared for the defendant, who, he said, had cleared the house, and was ready to give up posses sion. _ _ _ The Assistant-Judge directed the same recognisances as in the other case—the defendant to appear next ses• mion. On Wednesday a woman named Barry was convicted on two charges of robbing ready-furnished lodgings. It transpired that the prisoner was the widow of a soldier who was killed in the Crimea, and was the mother of three children. She bad been in the receipt of 7s. 6d. per week from the Patriotic Fun], and the children were in a workhouse. The court sentenced her to nine months' hard labour, and the case havin g been co mmunicated to the secretaries of the Patriotic Fund, an answer was returned that the children would be pro vided for. Sarah Apsey, an impudent-looking girl, was indicted for stealing a watch, the property of David Reynolds, in the dwelling house of Henry Meredith. Mr. M'Enteer prosecuted. The prosecutor was General Reynolds, of the State of Indiana, who was lodging at 77, Connaught-terrace, Edgware-road, where the prisoner was servant. Tnere was no positive proof against the prisoner, but the evi dence led to the conclusion that one night she let a man into the house, he concealed himself under the general's bed, and after the general had retired to rest, he took his watch off the mantel-piece and let himself out. The prisoner had been in her situation only a fortnight, and obtained it by a false character. During the fortnight she had been in the habit of letting young men into the kitchen; and she gave several false answers as to the name and residence of one to whom she was seen talk ing at the area railings on the night of the robbery. The watch cost 250 dollars. The jury found the prisoner guilty. The Assistant Judge said he was satisfied that she was concerned in the theft, and sentenced her to eight months' hard labour. SURREY SESSIONS. KINGSTON, Oct. 17. The court was occupied to-day in renewing the lice❑ces for music and dancing. Mr. Knapp applied for a renewal of the licence for the Royal Gardens, Vauxhall, to Robert Fowle.r. The Chairman said he believed that this license had been granted 1!:st year under certain conditions, namely, that there should be no bal marques, that the doors should be shut at 12 o'clock, and that there should be no fireworks after 11 o'clock at night. Mr. Knapp said that the licence had certainly been granted upon these conditions, and they had been most strictly adhered to by Mr. Fowler. He was now, how ever, instructed to ask the court to relax the conditions so far as related to having bal masques in the gardens. This description of amusement was permitted in various other places, and be was instructed to state that in con sequence of the interdiction of the bal masques at Vaux hall the establishment had really been a losing concern. Even if the Court would allow Mr. Fowler to have only two or three entertainments of this description during the season he would be content ; but unless this privi lege were conceded, he was fearful that there would be no prospect of success in future. The Oha,rman said that these hal masques were stated to have been a source of great annoyance and inconveni ence to the inhabitants of the neighbourhood, and he did not see that there was any ground for the Court to alter its decision. The licence would, therefore, only be re newed on the former terms. The whole of the other licences were renewed without any opposition. THE BOILER EXPLOSION O.N THE TYNE. NEWCASTLII-ON-TZNE, Tuesday Night.—The coroner's inquest upon the seven persons killed by a boiler explo sion at Messrs. Losh, Wilson, and Bell's iron works, at Walker, was resumed to-day. The engineman, one of the stokers, and the foreman of the men who repair the boilers were examined at considerable length. Mr. M. Dunn, the Government inspector of mines, assisted the coroner in taking the examination. As one witness's evidence was pretty much a repetition of the other, it. will not be needful to give the examination at full length. The boiler, with others, was cleaned on tho day pre. ceding the explosion, and the steam was got up in four of them at six o'clock on Monday morning. The engine driver, a young lad of the name of Harle, 19 yea! s of age, said that he examined the index on the boiler 4 times before half-past 10 o'clock on Monday morning, and found it had an ample supply of water ; he looked at the index at 6 o'clock, 7, hall-past 8. and a quarter of an hour before the explosion took place. The boilers had each stopinter fered with flap' which was self- ac ti ng , an d cou ld not be from the outside. Those flaps were intended to prevent the boilers priming one into the other ; but if they got wrong that consequence might ensue. Thera is a sedimentary deposit left by the Tyne water used in the boilers, but the witnesses thought that the explosion could not have been caused by any such deposit. as the boiler had been cleaned out the previous day. The fore man of the boiler smiths had examined the boiler since a ppearance, which left no d ou bt i n hi s m i n d its explosion, and he said that the plates had a red, had become over h ea t e d, w hi c h overheat in g was the cause of the explosion. He said that it could not have arisen through the pressure of the steam on the plates. The inquest was adjourned. The other persons seri ously injared by the explosion are recovering. METEOPOLITA.N...SEIVERS COMMISSION. Yesterd Y an adjourned court of the M e t ropo lit an A Commission of Sewers was held at the Court-house, No. 1, Greek-street, Soho, to hear summonses for non-pay ment of expenses incurred in works of private improve ment, and for not executing works. Richard Jebb, Esq., in the chair. NEW DRAINS AND THE RIGHT TO OLD ONES. M r . N. Pearson was summoned for having a foul and offensive drain to tw o houses owned by him, being Nos. ant from the back of th which drain, it houses under a a 2p n lP o e t aa h nd eerrd2,h2o; singsgat e - s t r eet, Holborn,use in King-street, and c a u se d a great nuis ance to the inh abi t a nts. i t of the summons ; an d M r . C reasy, t h e sub-engineer, g ave evidence of th e existence of the nuis ance, which cou l d only be remedied by making a new drain from the houses into the sew er in front. Mr. Pearson said when the houses were built, three Z r in . B support attendei for Mr. Johnst on , th e comp l a i n . ant, r or four years ago, there was no sewe r i n f ron t i n t o w hi c h he could drain ; he maintained and having then d ra i ne d th roug h t h e ntained his right t o con ti nue t o d ra i n old drain, through it. The learned Chairman said it was not for them to determine his right to the old drain ; they could only look to the circumstance that a nuisance existed, and they were bound to see, it done away with. The Court would, therefore, make an order requiring a new drain to be put down to the sewer in front, and they might exercise their right of filling up the old drain when .the new one was completed. ______ LIITION TO B7ILDERS. the 3 1. courti which h e alleged as the front age Mr. Stratton, of No; 4, Silver-st reet , Goldeusquare, appeared to a summons fo r the non- execution of certain works ordered by the cou rt, and stated that M r . Gib son, a builder, had been e mployed to do the work, an d b een hpaeihdafdorpaiti,dincluding srutnf s ofo charge t o b e charge for permission to ent er the sewer . Mr. Cooper, the district en g ineer, said "the work ap. peered to have been done, but without th e superintend ence of the officers of the co urt, and wo uld have to be done again. Mr. Gibson b ad called at th e office, and apsacider,thaiuntehdadthe madeam onuonpthyoloutuhte, frontage thou ugththey would deal he ch arge d t h e amount to Mr. Stratton. Mr. Stratton baying ban ded in to th e court Mr. Gibson's receipt for the mon e y , includin g the amount al leged to have been paid to the Commission ers of Sewers, The learned Chairman said he did not like to give such a transaction_ is proper name, b with Mr. Gibson's conduct for breaking into the sewer without leave of the court. The case must stand over to give time to summon Mr. Gibson to attend the court, SINGULAR ROBBERIES ON THE GREAT WESTERN RAlL WAY.—Yeetsarday information was handed to the metro politan Policl:e-office, Whitehall. of the following some. what singular robberies which have been committed at the Paddi ng t on t erm i n us of the Great Western Railway, It appear s that a t var i o us times within a few weeks a large number of first-class carr ia g e cushions, of the fol lowing denription, have been sto len—viz., mad e of horse hair and springs,•covered with canv as, and externally : with brow n c l o th t o p . and sides, having black canvas bottoms Some of th e cushions are numbered 70, 80, 155, and 61; in white figures. A rew ard of Si. h as been offered by the company to 'any one who can give such information:as will lead to tl e apprehension and con viction of the offenders. COLLISION THROUGH SMOIEE.—At the Clyde police office on Tuesday, James Robertson, master of the steam tug Success, and William Buchanan, master of the steamer Eagle, were charged with having on Friday, the sth inst., on meeting_each other opposite Greenock, failed to put the helms of their respective vessels to port, in consequence o f. w hi c h they came into collisiOn. It ap . peered from the evidence that such volumes of smoke were issuing from both vessels that - it Warrim'possible to see the proper course, and the case was dismissed. Sporting Intelligence. WARWICK AND LEAMINGTON OCTOBER M EETING.—WEDNESDAY. The Scurry Handicap of 10 Fovs each, h ft. Gentle men riders ; professionals, 61bs extra. T.Y.C. Seven subs. Mr. E. Parr's Little Davie, 6 yrs, 1 Ist 71b (Mr. Blake) 1 Mr. B. Land's Emigrant, aged, lOst (Land, jun.) 2 Mr. Cartwright's Bright Phosbus, 4 yrs, llst 6lb (Mr. Elwes) 3 PRICES OF SHARES IN BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER CO A. PANIES' STOCK. From the Official Lzst. PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING. LONDON, TUESDAY, 00T. 16, 1855. Census and Master Horton also ran. Betting-5 to 2 agst Emigrant, 3to 1 agst Master Horton, 7 to 2 agst Little Davie, 4 to 1 agst Bright Phoebus. Won by two lengths ; bad third ; Census was pulled up ; Master Horton jumped round at start ing, and did not get off. Handicap Plate of 50 sovs. The winner to be sold by auction for 501., &c. One mile. Mr. J. M. Stanley's Sauve-qui-Peut, 2 yrs. 4st 121 b (Fordhans) 1 Mr. Gulliver's Noisette, 5 yrs, Bst 51b (Prior) 2 Mr. Jone's Indian Queen, 2 yr , , 4st 121b...(Snowden) 3 The following also ran :—Bordeaux, Vandyke, and Mary Ann. Betting-6 to 4on Sauve-qui.Peut, sto 1 each agst Noisette and Bordeaux. A fine race in, won by a head ; very bad third. Sweepstakes of 5 soya each, with 20 added ; for two and three.yr-olds. The winner to be sold for 100 sovs ; allowances if entered to be sold for less, &c. Certain winners extra. Five furlongs. 5 sub , . Mr. W. Smith's filly by Conyngham—Earring, 2 yrs (301.), Sat 101 b (Fordham) 1 Mr. Byrn's The Vine, 2 yrs (301.), 6st 31h ..(Bolland) 2 Mr. Phillips's Cocksparrow, 3 yrs (301.), Bst 51b (T. Cliff) 3 Mr. Hawkins's Primrose, 2 yrs (701.), 7st (Wilson) 4 Mr. Walker's Laurina, 2 yrs (301.), Sat 101 b (Searle) 5 Betting-6 and 7t04 on Earring filly. Won cleverly by half a length ; bad third. The winner was bought in for 60 guineas. Grand Open Steeplechase of 20 sovs each, 10 ft, and 5 only if declared, &c , with 100 added. The second to save his stake. Certain penalties and allowances. About four miles. 23 subs., 9of whom declared. Mr. Harper's Forest Queen, aged, lOst (Thrift) 1 Mr. B. Laud's Odiham (h b), aged (Boxall) 2 Mr. T. 011iver's Maurice Daley, aged, Oat 81b (R. James) 3 The following also ran :—Tipperary Bay, Rosa, Star of England, Louis Napoleon, Blue Beard, Dieppe, Royalty, and Eugenia. Bstting-5 to 2 agst Eugenia, 7 to 1 each agst Rosa, Star of England. Odiham, and Maurice Daly ; 8 to 1 agst Royalty. Won easily by three lengths, a very wide interval separating the second from the third. Tippe rary B.y, Louis Napoleon, Eugenia, and Star of Eng land passed the post in the order named, having been pulled up before coming to the la•t fence. The others were nowhere. At the lane, soon after starting, Roy. alty, Rosa, Eugenia, and Louis Napoleon fell. Royalty got loose, and followed the leading horses past the stand, hut the others were " righted," and went on in pursuit. On charging the made fence opptbslte the stand the first time Alfred the Great swerved against Bluebeard, and both horses went over the chains, without, however, injuring either themselves or their riders. They were set going again, but were, to all intents and purposes, out of the race. Free Handicap Steeplechase of 5 sovs. each, with 25 aided. Certain winners extra. The winner to be sold by auctioa for 80 sovs, &c. If entered at the time of accepting for 60 sovs, allowed 5113 ; if for 30, 101 b. Three miles. 8 subs. Mr. B. Land's Massaroni (300, 9st 41b . (B-mall) 1 Mr. Symonds's Eurus (30/ ), 9st 4lb ... (Livesey) 2 Mr. Jones's Waterford (601). 9,t 41b ..(R. Archer) 3 Mr. J. Clark's Nimrod (601.), 9st 51b (Twiddy) 4 The following also ran :—Voncher and Roberto Diavolo. Bct:ing-7 to 4 agst Massaroni, 3 to 1 agst Ennis, 4 to 1 agst Roberto Diavolo. Won by ten lengths, about twenty lengths between the second and third. Roberto Diavolo refused the first fence, and was left hopel es sly in the rear ; and Voucher could not be got over the fence on the top of the hill. The winner was sold for 55 guineas. Free Handicap Hurdle Race of 5 sovs each, with 30 added. Winners extra. Two miles, over five flights of hurdles. 9 subs. Mr. Daley's Black Swan, 5 yrs, lOst 101 b ...(Tasker) 1 Captain Rhys's Royalty, aged 9st 41b (C. Boyce) 2 Mr. Mayo's Banstead, 5 yrs, lOst 61b... ....(Weaver) 3 The following also ran :—Emigrant, Alfred the Great, Voucher, and Parchment. Betting-6 to 5 agst Black Swan, sto 1 each agst Voucher and Banstead, and 6 to 1 agst Emigrant. Royalty made the running until they were near the mile post, when Banstead took the lead ; on making the bend, however, Black Swan went ahead and won easily by three lengths ; bad third ; Parchment was fourth, and Emigrant fifth. JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. -- 4 s. d. £ s. d. Australasia........... 201. per cent. 40 0 0 all 85 1 4 British North American 51. per cent. 50 0 0 9 t .."-- Commercial of London. 101. per cent. 1100 0 0 20 0 0 Colonial .............. 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 lonian. ................ 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 Lend. Char. Bk. of Ans. 20 0 0 all 0 191 A London and County .. 10'. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 0 Louth. end Westminstr 141.. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 47N London -Toint Stock ... 12'. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 Provincial of Ireland.. '8 I. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 Ditto, N ew. • • ...... 8/.per cent. 10 0 0 all Nationr...l of Ireland.... 61. per cent. 50 0 0 22 10 0 Nat. Provincial of Eng. 81. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 Ditto, New .. •..... 8/. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 Orientui Bank Corpora. a/. p. ct.Sths. 25 0 0 all South Australia ...... !141 p.ct.Sc bs. 25 0 0 ft Union a Australia.... 301. per cent. 25 0 0 59 69% Ditto .............. ,301. per cent. 210 0 Union of L0nd0n...... '2o'. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 2934 Union of Madrid ... • • I 40 0 0 all CANALS. Names of F , Dividend Price Names of r i Dividend Companies. A per Companies. , per Price. • ce 'Annum. i .0 Annum. Ashtn &Oldh, 98 71. p. ct.: 139 Macclesfield. 100 21. 10s. 513! Barnsley ••• • j 160 i— Scant •• •• Mu 161. RritnkecAbrg 150' 4/. Oxford.. •• •• 100 Birmingham 40; 41. 92 Peak Forest. 78: 51 Os. 86 Coventry.... 1100 257. Regent's •• .. 30 I/ 11% Derby - • •...1100 61. 15s. 84 Rochdale.... 85 11. 10s. 60 Elismre&Chs! 69 p. ct. Somrsct Coal 140 i Grand.l mem' 100 3 pr. ct. 38 Do. Lk Fd't 121 Do., 6 pr. Ct. 10 61. pr. ct. it%l itftrd &Wore l a 281. 425 Grand F'urrey' 100, 4/. Shrewsbury.. 12 5 Grand Union 100' 1/. Os. StotirbrldgQ.. 1 45 , 121. 290 Kennt & Avn 39' 6s. Od. Revern and 2/. 28 Lancaster .. 100 j wve ltailj 26i Leeds &Llvrp 100 251. Warwick & 2 2/. 233 Leicester.... 100' dl. 49% Birming. 5 100 Leicstr &Nth 83 Warwick & 21. 11 Loughborogh 142 , 70/. .Napton..l 100 Monmouthsh 100 1 Worcstr &j .1 2/. 19 Nintgrnerysh 100 ' 7 B MeltnMwbry 100 Wilts & Brks —10 s. Od. 434 LATEST BETTING. CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES. 3 to 1 agst Crown Pigeon (offered) 8 to 1 agst Flatterer (10 to 1 taken) 100 to 7 agst Vandyke (taken) 15 to 1 agst Veteran (taken) 15 to 1 agst Calamtv (20 to 1 taken) 100 to 6 apt Robgill (taken and offered) 20 to 1 agst Flacrow (taken) 20 to 1 agst Pole Star (25 to 1 taken freely) 40 to 1 agst Rifleman (taken) 40 to 1 agst Nabob (taken) Speculation was very dull. WIND AND WEATHER REPORT. WEDNESDAY, Oc' ober 17. Stations. Course of Wind. State of Weather. Greenwich Calm Partially cloudy. Lothbury. Amsterdam Great Grimsby... N.E.... Cloudy. Boston S.S.E. Gainsborough .... S. Cowes S Portsmouth S. Southampton N.W Rain. Poole N.E Cloudy. Holy - head Liverpool Dublin N.W Fine—Cold. Bristol S.W ...... .... Rain. Cardiff S.W Rain. Plymouth Exeter...... ..... .... N Gloucester Swansea N.E. Cloudy. Haverfordwest Brighton E. Manchester......... S,W Fine. Sheffield S.E Cloudy. Stoke-on• Trent.... S.W Cloudy. Carlisle S.W. Fine—Frosty. Lancaster N.N.E Fine—Frosty. Maryport. Whitehaven Leeds N.E Fine. Derby E. Nottingham Slircv. , sbury Ipswich N.E Cloudy. Harwich E. Leamington N.W Unsettled. Yarmouth Cambridge N.E. Rain. Lowestoft 'orii - Sunderland N.W Very fine. Hu11... Aberdeen N.W Fine. Perth Berwick Edinburgh S. W . Very fine. Newcastle Darlington W. Fine. Dundee Whitby ... W Cloudy. Scarborough Glascrow W Fine -- Foggy. Tonbridge Strood S.W Partially cloudy. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. GREAT NORTHERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for the week ending Oct. 7, 1855 £25,006 15 1 Corresponding week last year 22,113 19 9 LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAILWAY.--Traffic re turn for the week ending Oct. 14, 1855 £20,293 12 0 Corresponding week last year CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for the week ending Oct. 14, 1855 £6,111 9 9 Corresponding week last year 5,328 17 6 Increase in 1855 £7B2 12 3 CORK AND BANDON RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for week ending Oct. 13, 1855 £223 9 10 Corresponding week last year MADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION.—This admirably conducted establishment, notwithstanding the late un favourable state of the weather, continues to meet with great and deserved success, more particularly during the evening exhibition, caused no doubt in a great measure by the admirable and new mode of lighting which has lately been adopted by the management, and also by the excellent effect produced by the highly efficient orchestra, which renders it one of the most intellectual exhibitions in the metropolis. Many novelties are in progress, we understand, and will soon be produced. CRYSTAL PALACE.—ONE SHILLING DAY.—Wednes day, Oct. 17 :--Admission on payment, 2,603 ; do. by season tickets, 333 ; total 2,936. Corresponding day last year, 2,381. AN UNFORTUNATE WIFE.—A highly respectable mar ried wrman, named Hippolyte, was on Saturday tried by the Paris Tribunal of Correctional Police for throwing vitriol into the face of her servant. The accused, now about thirty years of age, some time ago lost her three children, and was profoundly affected. Shortly after wards she discovered to her dismay that her hus band, whom she passionately loved, was carrying on an intrigue with her servant. She sent away the girl, and did all she could to win back her husband's affec tion—but after a while she-found, on returning from a visit to the country, that he had brought back the girl and had installed her almost as mistress of the house. In her rage she sought out the servant, and threw a quantity of vitriol at her face, but fortunately only a small portion reached her features, and burned her but slightly, the rest falling on her clothes. When called on for her defence, the accused said :—"She took my husband from me, and as she is only younger and prettier than I, 1 wished to make her ugly." The Tri bunal sentenced her to siz months' imprisonment. [Anvnartszmnyr.]—We quote some interesting cures with out medicine of indigestion (dyspepsia), flatulency, constipa tion, nervous, bilious, and liver complaints, cough, asthma, consumption, and debility, by Du Barry's delicious Revalenta Arabica Food : Fifty years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia. nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, flatu lency, spasms, sickness at the stomach, and vomitings, have been removed by Du Barry's e xce ll en t R eva l enta Arabica Food.—Maria Jolly, Wortham Ling, near Diss, Norfolk. Cure No.3,9o6.—Thirteen years cough, indigestion, and gene ral debility have been removed by Du Barry's excellent Re valenta Arabica Feod.—James Porter, Athol-street, Perth. From the Dowager Countess of Castlestuart. Cure 52,612. Rosstrevor, County of Down, Ireland, 9th December, 1854. The Dowager Countess of Castlestuart feels induced, in the interest of suffering humanity, to state that Du Barry's ex cellent Revalenta Arabica Food has cured her, after all Medicines had failed, of indigestion, bile, great This srvfoouosd ness and irritability of many years' standing. deserves the confidence of all s ufferers, con sidered a real blessing. Inquiries cheerfully u 1 l m y a y b e answered. will Post-office order. Barri, The 121 b., carriage free, Piccadilly; 60, Du Barry & Co. 77, Regent-tesrt:rette;t,33Loo,ndaonna; 451,a1s sattralnBd2: Charing-cross; 54, ', Cheapside ; 660raanedech6ur8,cCh-opsrnhikk4e9r.,sßtriesehto;ps6g3atean-sdtrleesto:, Oxford-street ; mall, 7, Pall-mall-East , 89, flighti-street, Camden-town; 18, Pall t • 13 2 , New Bond-street ; 24, Mot comb street ; 13, King William-street, City ; 30 , Conduit ,. - Fauns Ohurobyard; Edyrard•street, Fcatmanigesa_xet street; 21, Cockspur - s treet ; 95, Famngdon-street ; 67, St. Country Markets. EDINBURGH MEAL MARKET—Oar. 16. There were in the market to-day 16 sacks oatmeal, each weighing 280 lbs imperial, which sold at 52s and 00s. EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW MARKET— OCT. 16. Oat straw, from 12s Od to 13s sa per kemple of 16 stones iron; wheat do., 10s Od to 12s Od; barley do., Se Oct 9s 6d. Hay from lid to lid ; new ditto, Od to Od per stone. DALKEITH MEAL MARKET—Oor. 15. Oatmeal, per sack of 2801bs First. Second. i Third. imperial Sarleymeal, pe r ditt o Peasemeal, per ditto Flour, per ditto —s Od —s Od —s Od Pot-barley, per ditto GAS-LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES. Dividend J Amount Name of Company. per 1 of Paid. I Price. Annum. I Share. X s. d. £ s. d. 1 British • • • • • • • • •• • • .. i - Ditto Provincial.... 71. - t2O 0 0 20 00{ 20 Brighton ••• • •• ....., 5/. '2O 0 0 20 0 0 15 City of London .... •• 41. Os. 1 100 0 0 150 0o ' - Continental (4th Cap.) . - i t 50 0 0 20 (I 0I - Equitable ••• •• •• •• 21. 10s. ,50 0 0 all 34 Great Central ••• . 8/ per cent. 110 0 0 all 1.11. i Imperial .. • • ........ 101. & bonus. 50 0 0 all 88% Independent ........, 51. j 40 0 0 PP - London • • ............ - 50 0 0 ~ - Do., Parl. Preference 61. per cent. j 25 0 0 ~ - P' ce ix ••••.•• • • • • .. 41. per cent. 160 0 0 52 0 0 31 Ratcliff .... • ....... 5 1. 100 0 0 16 0 0 16 United General ...... 21. 10s. 150 0 0 all 90% Westminster Chartered 41 p er cent. I 50 0 0 tt 52 Ditto, New ........ - '5O 0 0 10 ', 0 9% • WATER-WORKS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. , per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. , -- - - X 8. d. £ s. d. East London - Grand Junction .... • • ' 41. per cnt. 50 0 0 all 8 Kent.... • • - 78 1 4 Lambeth •.. - 100 0 0 - - New River Company.. 21.105. - - ___ Southwark & Vauxhall 51. per cut. 100 0 0 - 89% West Middlesex • •.. 5/. per cent. 61 0 0 - 91% BRIDGES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. 1 X s. d. X S. d. Hungerford .... • • .... - - 1110 0 - 12 Southwark ...... • • • . - 0 - - Ditto New of 7% p.c. IL per cent. 3,./ 0 0 - - Waterloo • • ..... .. •• • • - I tOO 0 0 3% 0 0 Ditto Old Ann. of 8/. 11. 14s. Bd. 60 0 0 - 32% Ditto Nw ditto of 71. 1/. 10s. 4d. 40 - 28 Vauxha11............ 965. 70 10 3 - 2114 DOCKS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. 1 ----- -- --- X s. d. £ s. d. Commercial •• . • .... • • 5/. pr cent. Stock. Stock. - East and West India.. 6:. pr cent. Stock. - - East Country. • 2os. per sh. - - - London .-. . •• - 100 Ditto 80nd5...... •• 4/. per cent. - - - St. Katharine -.... .• 4 per cent. Stock. ' - - - outhampton - Victoria INSURANCE COMPANIES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. £ s. d. I A a. d. Albion Alliance Brit. and For. 71. 14s 6d.bs. 100 0 0 11 0 0 tau Ditto Marine ....... 6/. p.c. & bs. 100 0 0 25 0 0 393 Anchor .............. 6 per cent. 5 0 ' 1 0 0 - Atlas Argus Life .........•• 41. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 - British Commercial .. 71. loq. 150 0 0 5 0 0 6% Cleriel.aled.& Gen. Life spr ct. & bs. ;100 0 0 10 0 0 21 County _ ... _ ...... 4/. 1100 0 0 110 0 0 -• Crown .............. 17s. Cd 150 0 0 5 0 0 - Eagle . Equity and Law...... 4 1 4 per cent. 100 0 0 5 0 0 5% European Life ...... ... 11. 20 0 0 au 1834 General Globe Guardian ............ s'. per cent. 100 0 0 47 5 0 503! Imperial Fire... •..... 12/. per cent. 500 0 0 50 0 0 ; - Imperial Life Indemnity Marine.... 1 .3s & 31. 100 0 0 20 0 0 - Law Fire .... - Law Ltte. • • •......... - 100 0 10 0 0 - Legal and General Life - 50 0 0 2 0 0 53% London London Ship. ... - Marine............... IBs.per share 100 0 0 28 A 0 8° Med. Invlid & Gen. Life 434 t. per ct. 50 0 0 2 0 0 3% Minerva ............ sp. et. & bs. 20 0 0 2 0 0 6 Monarch • - 0 0 0 1 0 0 - National Loan Fund.. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 210 0 Palladium Life ~ Pelican ....•......„ •• _ - - 4011 Phoenix - -- - 180 P-oFess:onal Life...... 51. per cent. 5 0 010 0 -- Provident Life Rock Life ...... _.. _ 7s. 5 3 0 010 0 8 % Royal Exchange ...... 10/. per cent. Stock, all 230 Sun Fire ...... • • ...... 6/ 10s. - •• - Ditto Life •• •• 1/ 14s. - United Xingdom - - 41. p. ct. & bs. 20 0 0 4 I; 0 514 Universal Life . ...... .5i. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 - Victoria Life ........ 5/. per cent. - 412 6 5% -- -- --- MISCELLANEOUS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per I of Paid. Price. Annum. i t Share. £ s. d. £ s. d. Assam Tea •• •• •• •• •• 50. 50 0 0 20 0 0 - A ictien Mart•• •• -.• 2 1 4 per cent. 50 00 I - - Australian Azriculturl U. Is. 100 0 0 17 10 0 27% Australian Trust •• .. 81. pet cent. - 25 0 0 - Austra , ian Royal Mail 5/. 10 0 0 all 4% Anglo-Mexican Mint.. I/ 103. 10 0 0 all - British American Land 15s. - 40 0 0 - Canada ... ••........ 61• per cent. 100 0 0j32 10 0 143 Do. 5 per cent Bonds Si. per cent. - _ - Ditto, 6 per cent. .• 61. per cent. - _ 117 City Nfivigation Bonds - - . _ - Electric Telegraph .. 6 per cent. 25 0 0; 24 0 0 - Ditto -•• •• ...... - - - - Equitable Reversionry 71 pr. cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 - DIU(' Now .• .• . - 50 0 0;17 10 0 - Gen. Revers. & Invest. sp.c. & bs, 100 0 0 .100 0 0 - Gen.SteamNavigation 10 p ct. 15 0 0: 14 0 0 - Hudson's 8ay........ - Stock. , - - Flungertord .. _ _ ~, .. 21. ss. 100 0 0 100 0 0 - London Institution ..• - - - - London Reversionary tlper cent. 15 0 0 all - Russell Institution.. •• - - 12 10 0 - Price's Patent Cand. Co 10/. per cent. 20 0 0 17 10 - Reversionary Int. Soc. 4%1. pr cent. 100 0 0 100 0 - Royal Mail Steam.... 4/. p. share. 100 0 0; 60 0 0 70 South Australian Land 61. per cent, 25 0 0 I all 35 Trust and Loan Comp. Upper Canada ..., - 20 001 5 0 0 - LIST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price Annum. Share. 4 s. d. X s. d. Bank of Scotland .... 71. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 181110 British Linen Company 81. per cent 100 0 0 100 0 0 2231 0 Caledonian Bank 8/. per cent 10 0' 0 210 OV. lat City of Glasgow Bank 5/. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 111 12k. Clydesdale Bank .... 5 1. p cent 20 0 0 10 0 0 12 5r mmercial Bank .. 71. per cent 5 0 0 100 0 0 215/Ps Eastern Bank.. •••• .. 6/. per cent. 25 0 0 10 0 0 111 2s Edinb. & 831. p cent. 5 0 0 5 0 0 V. 18s Exchange Bnk of Scot.. National Bank ...... e% per cent. 100 0 0 :00 0 0 172110 North of .., -, eotland Bank sLper cent 20 0 0 210 0 4/. 14s Royal Bank of S cotl. _ 51. per cent 100 0 0 100 0 0 13211. Union Bank of Scot. 81. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 941 0, Western Bank •....... 71. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 76' les Alliance Fire and Life.. 11% /.pr cent. 100 0 0 11 0 0 181 Is British Guarantee . 41. per cent. 10 0 0 2 0 0 11. Ss Caledonian Fire Insur 101. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 261.10 s City of Glasgow Lite • 61. per cent . 0 0 2 0 0 4/. 80 Co'onial Life ......... 51. per cent. 50 0 0 1 0 0 s'. 54 Edinburgh Life Insur. 61. nor cent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 26111 s Eng. & Scot, Law Life 51.0er cent. 50 0 0 3 5 0 141. Life Ass.c. of Scen. , And 61. per cent. 10 0 0 110 0 s'. O s National Fire and Life 61. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 ,2/. Os North British insur... 71. per cent. 200 0 0 20 0 0 33/ Os icottish Union Insrnc. 7541. pr cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 1/. is 4tandare. Life •• •• 51. per cent. 50 0 0 7 0 0 aoi United Pep. Assurance bl. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 D ÜBLIN—OcT. 16. - --- --- A fair supply of all descriptions of grain at market to day. Wheat met a brisk demand, the best samples 6d to is dearer. Malting b ar l ey was 6d an d distiller's 6d to is cheaper. Oats supported Friday's currencies. Indian corn is per qr. advance. White wheat, 41s Od to 44s Od ; red ditto, 37s to 42. 61; barley, 16s Od to 21s Od ; oats, 17s Od to 19s 6d ; rapeseed, 40s Od to 44s 6 , 1 per brl; oatmeal, 16s Od to 18s Od ; bakers sour, 23s 6d to 243 s Od per cwt ; ludiau corn, 41s Od to 44s Od' per 4801bs. COAL MARK/ Prices of Coal per ton at ti T.—OCT. 17. Le close of the market. B. d.l Bate's West Hartley 18 6 , Buddle W. Hartley l9 3' Byass's West Hartley 19 3 , El oly well 20 Howard's -West Hartley Netherton l9 0; Long ridge's Wst Hartley 19 3! New Tanfield 19 0 Redheugh Main 16 9 rautield Moor Butes 19 0 Walker Primrose lB 0 West Hartley Riding IS 3 , Grey's West Hartley —lB 6 Wylam 18 31 Wallsend, &a. '• d• Haswell 22 6 etton 22 6 Kepler 21 0 Kepier Grange 2l 9 Lam bton 24 3 Lumley 2l 3 Russell's Hetton 22 0 South Hetton 22 3 Stewart's 22 6 Hartlepool 22 3 Hough Hall 21 6 Kelloe 22 0 South Hartlepool 22 0 South Kelloe 21 6 reel 22 6 Trimdon Hartlepool 22 3 Evenwood lB 9 Woodhouse Close 20 0 Birehgrove Graigol a 22 6 I Sold Wallsend, Bce. Barton 2l 0 Harvey Wylara 17 0 Eden Main 21 t) Belmont 21 t Ships at market... 153 SEABORNE MAILS. COUN TRIP: ii , IDay evtirn &la ‘,7 in General Post- Ott co, London.. • , Froze A Wi:111 I Wne. Port due n Dif.p:itche...'. I Ent'and .merica(byßrit,paclON 'Every Friday .. Liverpool .. Each , lIICTiCP Oiy United Sts, packet) ......N • merica (by U. States packet) ..........N astral i a (via South ampton) , itto (via Marseilles) N itto (via Cape of Uood Bop) ............N frica (West Coast)..N 2 3c l of the month.. 9, 24,& 30 of m - Idexandria..........M 4th & 20th of mon. ' all am asM 17th of the mon t I Liverpool Oct. 17 SOUthampV .ri 1 Southampton'A ug. 14 Dover _ Irazil ........ ..11 ,9th of the mouth.. 3uenos Ayres '9th M the month.. ;ape of Good Hope —IV 'ape of Good Hope ..N, 'ape de Verds 90 , of tbn month 'eyion (see India) tthampto , Nov. 15 1ey10n......•.......N 'tts.nuel 151e5.... ...N Mop ~Wed.,&Frll. & 17th of month ',Southampton 15outhamptom• 'hina . 'onstantinople „ I 16nstantinople ........ font. of Europe M k N ~ gypt (see India) :Once a month.... 8,13,18,23,vm 01 inj '4th SE , 20th of mon.• Twice daily ITov. 4 'Paver ...... mthampton Dover .... rance ........ M & N Twice daily .ibraltar D 4 4, 7,17, 29, 27 oft), ireece (sea India) !Dove,. .... iSouthamp to Oct. 15 •reytown .......... M 2nd & 17th of mon. larriburgh ..........N Tuesday &fdsyl avannah of the mortiil Tolland londuras il7th of the month.! 'Wit% (viaSouthampt.)M Itll & '2oth of mo Idia (via Marsellles)lll 9th&2sth of rnontic onlan Isles (see India)i,7, 17, & 27 of men reland ........M & NiTwice daily ...... .isbon ....Ml7, 9, 17, & 27 of m. acleira .• .• .• •• •• • •111 9th of the month ladeira of month lalta (see India) lalta 8,18, &28 of mon. I auritius (see India) f , nritius ..........N: l 4th of the month Dover ',Oct. 20 Mexico ' 7rs ••: • • 31'Ind of thernontt,.: sth ISth2sthof men. orarmda , 21 & 17th ofinontf. New Zei1and.......... , By private sI apal 6tates thlsth2Sthoraton. ?enincula ..........M 7thl7th27thofhlon.! Peru ..............M 3d Br.• 27th of mon.l .'ort Natal ..........N, ay private ship..., 'icily Tuscany • enezuela & 17th of month, Soathamptm• Dover .... 'Southampton Various port - 1 Dover 'Southampton IFoutharnpton Dover Various ports !Dover .... :•. Nov. 16 Southampton , ,ran Diemen's Lan d (sool knstralia) Wert . ~ ..Mi2d ft 17th os month ',Southarnpten' kN 'dimities that the mails are sent from the General Yost-01110e y the night—and M by the morning—despateh.) ..'Uncertain ;Plymouth .. Oct. 6 ( Dover . (Southampton (Southampton( 'Dover ...... Daily Southamptoi Nov. 15 I , loutharortn , Nov. lb (Various port: Uncertain iTu.Th.• at. ITwic daily ISouthamprot London.... ISoutllamptrt Oct 16 iDover !Soutl!amptcr 16thofmon Plymouth •• Oct. 20 Dover Dover...." !Hot./ head !Southampfo, Oct. 15 !Southall , . p!u• Nov. 15 !Liverpool ...I Uncertain :llncerteu, 1&0 6 mon I & 16 mon When any of these dates fall on a Sunday, the mails w 111 de •patched on the following day, with the exception of the Twill' (via .outh9.mpton),and the Malta, both of which will be despatclie , . u preceding day. SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, Oar. 17. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The tone of the market has been buoyant to-day, and the prices closed at a marked ad vance on yesterday's quotations. Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire, 16 d.—Eastern Counties, 9—Caledonian, 2 la—Aberdeen, 11.16.3.—Gr0at Western, s'll—Lancashire tnd Yorkshire, 754 6 51 4—London and North Western, 92: 3—North British, 66—Midland, 64i if i—North Eastern (Ex. No. 1 and 2). 74 d.—South Eastern, 171. 316 9d.—Great Western of Canada, new shares, 1.1 East Lancashire, 174. MANCHESTER, OCT. 17. • STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market has been rather firm to-day, few sales effected, and closed at yesterday's rates. Midlands, 64I—Leeds, 75i—Exchange Buildings, 160. DUBLIN, Oar. 16. STOCK EXCHANGK.—Three per Cent. Consols, 871 — Ditto, for Account, November .15, 871—New Three per Cent. Stock, 88 87i—Ditto, for Account, Nov. 15, 88 87i —Royal Bank of Ireland (101. pd.), 19—Dublin and Bel. fast Junct., (451. pail), 40 —Mining Co. of Ireland (7 1 . paid), for Acct., 131—Dundalk and Enniskillen, 13— Bank Stock, 224—Killarney Junct., 6i—Great Southern And Western, (.0/. pd.), 50i 1 ii—Ditto, Four per Cent. (pd. in full, 201.), 1 8 3—Midland Ot.Western and Rl. Canal (`•01. paid), 4 88—Waterford and Limerick Five per Cent. Pref., 40. SHOCKING OCCURRENCE.—On Monday a enrolees in quiry, commenced on Saturday, was resumed before J. Lewis, Esq., coroner for Rochester. at the North Ayles lord Union WorkhouQe, Strood, touching the death of Jacob Faulkner, a labourer employed in the chalk pits of Wm. Lee, Esq., M.P., at Snodland. It appeared from be evidence that, about three weeks ago, deceased, who vas a very intemperate man, was intoxicated, and being unfit for work, he went into a hut in a chalk pit, and aid down on a bench to sleep, having only his rousers and shirt on. A man named James Tilbey,!a tellow workman, who had been drinking with deceased, round him asleep iu the hut, and saying, "let's smoke him out," took a small handful of straw, and having set fire to it with a lucifer match, put it near deceased, who ,vas seen to run out of the hut shortly afterwards, with on e side of his shirt in flames. Some men came up and tere off the shirt as quickly as possible, but deceased was so badly burned that he died a few days ago in the infir mary. Tilbey afterwards said he would do all he could for leceased, and pay for a doctor. He also expressed his regret at what had happened, and said be only did it for a lark. A witness explained to the jury that it was a common practice amongst the men when one of them went to sleep to get a piece of rag to "smoke him out," as they called it. Tilbey took the deceased home with him alter it happened, and said that he would keep him during the time he was bad. After a few minutes' inquiry the jury determined upon adjourning the for one week, in order to have the depositions of the de eased laid before them.—Rochester Gazette. BIRTHS. OF A SON. On the 9th inst., the lady of W. T. llnstwill, Esq., of 1, College-place, Liverpool-road, Islington, and the Stock Exchange. On the 11th inst., at Blacket-place. Edinburgh, the wife of Major-General Cava, e OF A DAUGHTER. On the 16th inst., at 20, Portland•place, the Lady Susan Vernon Harcourt. On the 16th inst, at 13, Milner-square, the wife of Geo. Delgado, Esq. MARRIED. On the 16th inst., at Trinity Chnrck, Marylebone, Philip Charles Cavan, Esq., late Lieut.-Col. 30th Regt., eldest son of James Cavan, Esq., of Park - crescent, to Mary, the second daughter of General T. H. Berkeley, Esq., of Har ley-street, Cavendish-square. On the 17th inst., at Fern Lodge, Clapham -park, by the Rev. Dr. Adler, David, eldest son of Isaac Hyam, Esq., of Bevis Marks, to Alice, fourth daughter of Henry Moses, Esq., of Finsbury-circus. DIED. On the 15th inst., at Luik Lodge, Malvern, John Brook Hyde, Esq., solicitor, Worcester, aged 57. On the 16th inst., James Gilbertson, Esq., of Mangrove House, Hertford, aged 67. On the 17th inst., the wife of William Steere, Esq., bar rister-at-law. On the 15th inst., at Brighton, Roger Dawson, Esq., of Moselle Villa, Tottenham, and late of Newgate-street, London, aged 67. On the 15th inst., at 39, Queen-square, Bloomsbury, R. B. Richmond, M.D., aged 63. On the 20th ult., of Crimean fever, Captain John Barry Marshall. 4th Light Dragoons, at t& Monastery of St. George, Balaklava Heights, second sox of the late 'William Skinner Marshall, Esq., of 4, Hyde-park square, and Plashwood Hall, Stowmarket, Suffolk, aged 25. ONDON Printed and Published by HURD) youN'e, of No. 112, strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 112. Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, L A u m , eow Ay of Middlesex, Thursday, October 18,1350. `~