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ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE: THIS EVENING, and every evening during the week the GRAND ELEUSINIAN SPECTACLE of MAGIC andMYSTERY, by Professor ANDERSON, the Great Wizard of the North, in 12 acts, w ith ev er-changing variety of incidents, continuous surprises, novel and extraordinary effects. Magic and Mystery is an entirely new entertainment, pos sessing distinctive characteristics and peculiar phases of amusement. It is no:; a monologue, for the audience them selves perform their parts with the principal actor, some of them on the stage and others in front ; it is not an exhibition, for though everything becomes metamorphosed before the eyes of the visitors no one can be positive that he sees any one thing ; but it is a comedy really performed by the com pany ; a melodrama replete with startly positions and unex pected denouements ; a magnificent spectacle, with 2,000 of the public every might to appear as auxiliaries ; and an ex travaganza, in which all that seems to be is entirely beyond the bounds of probability. Professor Anderson returns his thanks to thronged and fashionable audiences which have nightly filled the Lyceum Theatre to overflow, and by means of whose generous aid he has been erabled to announce Magic and Mystery for con tinuous repetition. He believes that no professor of his art has at any time or in any place been honoured with an amount of swecess so extensive, so decided, and so unusual. He would attribute that success to three causes; first, that in his present entertainment he has placed before his visitors the results of a life sedulously devoted to the attainment of perfected skill in one peculiar art, and to perfect which he has travelled the globe in every clime ; secondly, that he has sPared no trouble nor expense to put this entertainment on the stage in the most elaborate manner, by the employment of the first mechanicians and artists of the day ; and thirdly, that, while endeavouring to provide amusement for those Who honour him with their presence, he has not forgotten that it is possible to afford information also, and that the oppor tnnity should not be neglected of exposing conjuring where ever it has been used for nefarious purposes, or whenever by resorting to the conjuror's arts, in an illegitimate manner, the designing have succeeded in making dupes of the credulo us . The 937 letters on the subject of spirit-rapping, which Pro fessor Anderson has received, from the time of opening the theatre up to the present date, bear witness to the great in terest taken on the subject of this singular delusion ; whilst Many of them bear melancholy evidence to the dangers which attend a belief in the superstitious nonsense of the " Spiri tualists." Judging simply by the correspondence which has resulted, Professor Anderson's exposé of spirit-rapping and his illustration of the so-called table phenomena, have pro duced a sensation unequalled by any previous attempt to ex- Pose a mischi ev ous and impudent juggle. It is impossible 'or Professor Anderson to reply :at. •length to a tithe of the co mmunications which reach him on the subject. He regrets that many of these should come from ladies and gentlemen who, from their position in society and their well-known in tellectual attainments, he would least have expected to have been converts to a belief so preposterous in itself, and so e asily susceptible of being controverted and disproved. Every evening, from the Lyceum. stage, Mr. Anderson's opinions on spirit-rapping are expressed, and every evening, within the LYeetins how tables can bo a made to rap is exhibited and elucidated. It is respectfully requested that this Public exposition will be accepted generally as Professor Anderson's only mode of replying at full length to his M ultitudinous correspondents. He regrets that the names of the great and learned of the land should have been mad e t o fi gure i n th e d ocumen t s emana ting from the spirit-rappers, as for instance the following, ex tracted from the Morning Advertiser of Thursday, Septem ber 20, and taken by that journal from the New York Spiri tval Telegraph. It purports to emanate from an American spirit-rapper, Mr. D. D. Hume ;—" Sir David Brewster frankly confesses that he is ' sorely puzzled' at what lie has Witnessed, and Lord Brougham acknowledges himself to be thoroughly nonplussed. Both of these noted men brought the whole force of their keen discernment to bear upon the solution of the phenomena; but the presence of substantial, actual hands, and the demonstrative strength of, the spirits who thus clothed themselves for the time, and moved mate rial objects about the room, proved to be too much of a ques tion for them to master." Mr. D. D. Hume, the author of the above, has recently left England, and the following account of who, and what he is, occurs in the Family Herald, No. 648: —" This young man, who is a Scetchman by birth, and new in Italy, is a remarkable medium for all the manifestations without apparatus. Barnum, who is well-known throughout the Anglo-Saxon world as a splendid humbug, offered him 2.000 dollars per annum if he would perform at his museum in New York. Barnum then took it for granted that mediums could be bought. He was somewhat astonished when his offer was refused. Hume, on telling the fact in London lately, simply and honestly remarked, that the money would have been very acceptable to him, for he was poor, young (under 20), an or- Phan, ancrin terry bad health : but he would have been afraid of losing his power as a medium, and ho would sooner lose his life. The refusal, however, made Barnum thoughtful. $ lO inquired into the subject; and now 'Barnum, one of the greatest humbugs in the world, and withal a conjuror, is one of the firmest believers in spiritualism." It is cer tainly surprising to find such a paragraph as this in the ' editorial article of an established journal, the editor of whom !night be supposed to be sane. Even if Barnum does believe in. spirit-rapping —does spirit-rapping gain or lose by this accession to its adherents? and, with Barnum's endorse ment to it, is this bill, drawn on public crednlity, more likely to be negotiated ? Professor Anderson would believe not ; hut, when he finds that educated clergymen of the Church of flgland have the temerity to subscribe their names to so gross 1 1 e windle, when he finds that the incumbent of Wortley (the Ilev. N. J. Godfrey) positively asserts his belief in it, and Writes a book on the subject, he considers it to be time for him to state that which he knows of the mechanism by which it is effected, and the mischief to which it tends. In the 1 , -2 / I °l'aing Advertiser of October 3 appears a letter from Sir avid Brewster, relative to that which he saw at Cox's Hotel, in company with Lord Brougham. He distinctly states that Which the Wizard of the North proclaims every night—that spirit-rapping is nothing more than conjuring applied to bad Purposes. In the Morning Advertiser of the following day, however, there is an answer to Sir David's letter from one Who was present when he and Lord Brougham had their fiance with the spirits, in which the writer says, that " the table (a large dinner-table, I believe) moved about in the most extraordinary manner, and, among o:;her things, a large ac cordion was conveyed by an invisible agency to my hand and then to Lord Brougham's, in which, held by his lordship's right hand, apart frog any person, it played an air through out." With such a statement, printed for the edification of the people of the 19th century, with the facts before us that the most talented men of the day are permitting themselves to. be deluded by these juggling spirit-mongers —that the greatest novelist of the age is now engaged in making it the subject of a new work, and that a " spiritual convention" has actually been advertised is be held in St. Martin's-hall, Professor Anderson trusts that his exposures of the spiritual ists of America, as given by him nightly at the Lyceum, will be received by the people of England as genuine honest at tempts to provide an antidote for the bane of the spiritual In the course of the last five weeks 100,017 persons have visited the Lyceum Theatre,—a larger number, it is believed, than has ever before been assembled within its walls in so short a period. Magic and Mystery is repeated every even. big, the programme being continually changed. Grand f ashionable Day Performance, or Saturday, October 27, at 2 o'clock ; the programme being thus arranged ; Part I.—Act 1. The Mesmeric Couch : or, the Clinical Capabilities of the Atmosphere : in which the Wizard will do 1 7 magic that which some suppose to be effected by mesmer ism,: and illustrate the possibility of sleeping unsupported in the air, Act .2. The Aqua-Avial Paradox ; exemplifying the power of producing animated nature from fire and water only, and the possibility of eliciting from the simplest elements the most complex forms of ornithological existence. Act 3. Le Livre des Reeueils Choisies : or, Puck's Own Pocket Book, with P uc k hi mse lf w ithi n it. 'Typifying the evening's entertainment in the production of the very volu minous from a small volume, in the extraction of magnitude out of minuteness, in developing bhlk where no space appears for its existence, in discovering odd things in odd places, and in bringing forth unexpected wonders from the most unlikely place for to be found. Act 4, Magical Locomotion ; or, Transition without Trou ble. In which will be comprised—the Adventures of a Wed ding Ring, the Peregrinations of a Bank Note, the Transfor mation—black into white, and the Discovery of every Article in the position which would seem the most inappropriate. Act 5. L'Ecrin de Verre ; or, the Casket of Crccsus. Into which, though made entirely of glass perfectly transparent, and suspended so as to b e v i s ib le to tho eyes of all present, the Wizard will cause the mon e y o f his visitors to transport itself, and rain into the casket, tho ug h i ts lid be closed, locked, and the key in the possession of the audience. Act 6. Clairvoyance Extraordinary ; or, the Transparency of Opacity. Act. 7. A New Bottle of Bacchus ; or, tl!?inNeo.vhaelusWtibiniee and Spirit Store. An improvem ent u p on the bottle," inasmuch as the Wizard's bottle will not only be in exhaustible, but will change its contents, ad infinitum, at the word of command, producing soda-water, butter-milk, Epsom salts, Port, Sherry, brandy . , gin, rum, 'whisky, boyeau, or any other wine or spirit required ; and finally 1 4 roving to be filled with pocket handkerchiefs perfectly and occupying the whole space when tightly packed. dry, Act 8. Half an Hour with the Spirits ; or, an Spirit-rapping. Introducing the spirit-rapping tocsin of the invisibles. table Er and Expose eof Act. 9. Grand Mystic Amalgam, in which the property of the Wizard's patrons will undergo some strange metamor phoses, and, amongst others, their handkerchiefs become transformed into the flags of victory—the banners of Eng land, France, Turkey, and Sardinia. Act. 10. 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DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, That, pur l` suant to the Bth By Law of this Coman Francis Witham, Fsq., py, )dear. Luard Wollaston, Esq., and lthe present Auditors, John William Slope'', Esq., '.Ave severally given me notice in writing of their intention to stand ,for the office of Auditor, at the election which will take place at the ',Company's Gas Works, Horseferry-roadi Westminster, on Friday, the 2d day of November next. LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY. The celebrated clipper Marco Polo, Capt. Clarke, of the Black Ball line of Australian packets, ar rived at 3 p.m., from Melbourne, with the mails from the Australian colonies, 350 passengers, .and 125,000 ounces of gold (amounting in value to nearly half a million sterling.) She left Melbourne on the 26th of July, and has thus made the pas , sage in 85 days. On the 26th of August she spoke the Waverley, from Pisco, lat. 55.30 S., lon. 60.30 W.; Sept. 23, the Silv er Cl ou d , f rom B oston to Valparaiso, lat. 10.30 N., lon. 28.29 W.; and on Sept. 25, the Gleaner, from Callao to Cork, lat. 11.30 N., lon. 30.20 W., 76 days out. The Mermaid, Capt. Davey, 'of the White Star line, also arrived this . afternoon from Melbourne, with 98,000 ounces, or nearly4oo,ooo/. Her voyage was delayed by having to call at Pernambuco for provisions. By order. C. BURLS, Secretary. I ) tRITISH COLLEGE of HEALTH, New. road. L. • - 111 - 5 NOTICE IS HERESY GlVEN, ondon That the LIST for 1855 of lIYGEIAN AGENTS duly appointed for the Sale of Mr. Morlion's (the Hygeist) Vegetable Universal Medicine throughout the world is now printed, and may be halgratis on application as above. M ORISON and Co., Hygeists. et IGARS. REGALIAS. To Noblemen, J Officers of the Army and NaNy, and Gentlemen. J. L. HEUDEBOURCK respectfully requests a close inspection of his choice Stock of superior FOREIGN HAVANA CIGARS. Sold in Boxes at wholesale priees—Ulb. sample boxes if desired. Warehous6, 30, Walbrook, Mansion-house, City. - The White Star and the British Trident, from Liverpool, arrived at Melbourne on the 18th July; the South Carolina, hence, was off Port Philip Heads on the 20th July. The Kent, Coleman, from London, arrived at Melbourne after 72 days.. The Marco Polo, in addition to other cargo, brought 450 bales of wool and 120 tons of copper ore. ARGYLL ROOMS.-LATTRENT'S CASINO NOW OPEN for the winter season. The following Music will be performed by his celebrated Band during the .week : March aux Flambeaux. Waltzes —The Lily of the Valley (D'Albert), Zephir Lufte (Gungl), Fenella (Pinney), Ethel Newcome (Laurent), La Sultans (Bosisio). Quadrilles—Le Rot du Pastel (Lamotte), Les Hugenots (Laurent), Palermo (D'Al bert),' Bride of Lammermoor (Tinney), Ii Trovatore (Tutton). Polkas —Des Hulands (Lamotte), Italie (0 aviolo), The Lillian (D'Al bert), Des Coucous (Bousquet), The Zouaves (Laurent). Galops— The Imperial Guards (Laurent), The Hecla (Streather). Schottische —La Guirlande de Fleury (Bosquet), La Varaovlana (Laurent). Prin. cipal COrnet a Piston, M. Botticours.—Doors open at 8. Admission One Shilling. WO LOVERS OF' FISH.-100 GENUINE YARMOUTH BLOATERS for 65., package Included. THESE HIGHLY ESTEEMED DELICACIES AND CHEAP ARTICLE OF FOOD forwarded to all parts, ma receipt of penny postage stamps or P. 0.0 (preferred). Send full and plain direction, county, and near , st sta tion.—Address THOS. LETTIS.jun., Fish Curer, Gt. Yarmouth. " This is the third season Mr. Lettis has supplied us with Yar mouth bloaters, and we find the quality Brashowe, 'house steward, Blenheim Palace.—Oct. 20, 1854." " Mr. Lettis,—As soon as you send out your genuine bloaters, I shall be glad to have a supply as usual; those I had last year gave great satisfaction. —.4. F. Courroux, Ambassador's Court, St. James's Palace. —Oct. 1, 1855." JOZEAU'S COPAHINE, or SAC CHARATED CAPSULES, approved of by the french College of Physicians, -uccessfully administered in the Paris and London Hospitals, and cknowledged by them to be the best remedy for a certain disorder. See " Lancet" of Nov. 6, 1552.) A copy will be forwarded on appli cation.—Price per 100, 4s. 6d. ; 50, 2s. 9d. To be had of the inventor, UABRIEL JOZEAU, French chemist, 49, Haymarket, London, and 111 the principal chemists. IN THE HIGH COURT OF CHANCERY. TRIESEMAIL—On the 29th of May, 1855, an Initmction was granted by the High Court of Chancery, and on the I Ith June following was made perpetual, against Joseph Franklin and others, to restrain them, under a penalty of one thou sand pounds, from imitating this Medicine, which Is protected by Royal Letters Patent or England, and secured by the Seals of the (?tole de eharmacie de Paris, and the Imperial College of Medicine, Vienna. ,TRIESEMAR, No. 1 is a remedy f or Relaxation, Spennatorrhcea, and Exhaustion of th , Aystern, whether arising from excesses, accident, or climate. To those persons who are prevented entering the married state by the consequences of early errors it is invaluable. tRiESEMAR, No. 2, effectually, in tho short space of three days, completely and entirely eradicates all traces of those Disorders which Capivi and Cubebs lave so long been thought an antidote for, to the ruin of the health )f a vast portion of the population. TRIESEMAR, Is classwt with of Mercury Diso d , e t r o s , the which uain evitable destruction of the patient's constit u ti on , an d which all the the fort u gr n e ti a te t l C y o t n h t o in E e n n g tal lish sarsaparilla in the world c anno t remove . Remedy physician for t treats TRIESEMAR, No. 1,2, and 3, are alike devoid of taste or smell, and of all nauseating qualities. They may lie on the toilet table without their use being suspected. Sold in tin cases at Ils. each, free by post, 2s. extra, divided into eparate doses, as administered by Valpean, Lallemand, Roux, Lc., &c.—To be had Wholesale and Retail in London of Johnston, 68, Cornhill; Hannay and Co., 63, Oxford-street; and Sanger, 150, Ox ford-street ;R. H. Ingham, druggist, 46. Market-street, Manchester ; ii. Bradbury, bookseller, Deansgate, Bolton ; J. Priestly, chemist, 52, Lord-street, Liverpool; Powell, bookseller, 15, Westmoreland-street, Dublin ; Winnall, bookseller, High-street, Birmingham. There was great distress at Collingwood, and a committee had been appointed at Melbourne to in quire into the causes, and to report. The escorts from ount Alexander and Ballarat on the 13th brought 37,987 ounces of gold dust and 26,2011. in cash. 4 - t; 22,- 1855. lAtion in the early part of the season. Competition is viery severe, and p ro fit s genera ll y can w i th di f fi cu l ty b e realised. The chief object seems to be to quit stocks without a loss, and thegreater part having been laid in when goods in Melbourne and cartage were very low, they are Sow sbld on the diggings at a very small advance on the i I resent Melbourne prices. Th e m i ners genera ll y bei ng ell off, the consumption is larg e . B u ildi ng opera ti ons a e commencing on th e gold fi e ld s; the miners are get g up their f am ili es , an d a l arge ' po p u l at i on i s settl i ng ' d wn in the various townships formed around the centre of the gold field s . Th ere h as b een a grea t i ncrease i n chltivation this year. ,The crops are now springing, and 'the season having been very favourable, they look re niarkably well. Th ere i s now no d ou bt f ,the continued siiccess of qzartz crushi ng , a n d of a large increa s e i n th e yield of gold ; and on the whole the prospeote of the country, and of a considerable improvement in trade, after the next few mo n th e , are cer t a i n ly good: • ! Breadstuffs—The flour market has of late been un settled, and there is some uncertainty whether the present prices will be maintained. There can be no doubt, how ever, that supplies in the colonies are very deficient, and hi all probability remunerative prices will be maintained till about six months hence, when the new crop comesin. Soft Goodi—The market is .overstocked, even with summer goods, and only particular descriptions will be wanted to complete assortments. ' - • Liquors.—ln consequence of the cessation of ship ments stocks are much reduced, and holders are firm, but there are very fewitransactions. The best brands of brandy, Geneva, and English gin are particularly scarce. Burton ales are held for 101. Porter and bottled malt liquors are very dull. Tobacco is getting scarce, and when trade revives all kinds of negrohead and good cigars will bring good prices. • Coffee.—There is no first quality Jamaica in the mar ket, and prices are firm. Groceries, Provisions, and Oilmen's Stores.—There is little demand, but prices generally are • maintained. Pearl barley, split peas, oatmeal, butter, cheese, candles, salt, dried apples, currants, and pork are advancing. , • 'Building materials of all kinds are at present unsale- ! able. '1 • , Agricultural operations are going on with consi derable vigour in, th 9 neighbourhood of Ballarat, Fencing, clearing, and propping are, we are told ' proceeding in a style which shows evident earnest ness of purpose. The inhabitants are sanguine, in their anticipations that the district will ere long become quite an agricultural one, aad speculators are already said to be on the look out for good sites for flour mills. "Grain, &c.—Oats, barley, and all kinds of home•fed are declining. Meta kinds of mining tools, pig and bar iron, border plate, suitable hardware, and machinery, are in fair demand. The Goulburn Chronicle says that the yield of gold at the Tuena Creek diggings is fast improving. The recent "rush " to Brown's Point had been successful to an eminent degree, and the yield of the precious metal has turned out to be greater than at first anticipated. The Little River dig gings at Braidwood had been also very successful. A Sailors' Home was about to be started at Mel bourne. FREIGHTS. To London. Ad lb. To Liverpool. t,d to id Ib. Wool Government notices had been posted over the diggings, announcing that the " miner's right " was required to be taken before the 19th of July, in order to qualify for the possession of the fran chise, and the diggers must be prepared, if re quired, to give the necessary notice on or before the 15th day of September. Money (says the Journal of Commerce) is scarce among a certain class ; but the really solvent trader finds no difficulty in obtaining discount at 7 per cent. for bills at ninety days, and 5 if for a longer period— a rate of interest we conceive low, considering the value of money elsewhere, and the still somewhat unsettled state of our affairs. The Government, too, we are happy to state, is taking most energetic measures for improv ing its financial condition. Expenditure is being de ferred wherever practicable, and in other cases mate rially lessened—a course which must shortly place the colonial finances on a sound and satisfactory basis. The Government has also acted prudently with respect to its debentures ; the step taken must be productive of ulti mate good, although it may cause some temporary diffi culty. Instead of selling them at the absurd price for which one of our local banks tendered—hoping thereby, we suppose, to repeat the success of the contractor of the corporation loan—it has for some days past been advertising them, and wigs satisfactory results, at rates commencing at 10s. above par, and at a gradually in creasing discount, according to the period over which the currency of the debentures extends. On the subject of our staple export, gold, we have the most satisfactory evidence to offer. Not only is the quantity produced so far this year greater than that ob tained during the same portion of last year, but most undoubted testimony presents itself daily that it will continue to increase; and this statement will not cause any surprise to those of our readers whose information has kept pace with current events. Besides the usual primitive mode of cradling, machinery of various kinds is now applied to gold mining to a large extent. Quartz crushing is attracting considerable attention ' • and al though at present we cannot report any general amount of success, yet we are aware of some instances in which almost fabulous quantities of the precious metal have been obtained from the quartz matrix. The establishment and commencement of the opera tions of the Sydney Mint have lately occupied a large share of the attention of the mercantile community. Considerable difference of opinion exists as to the proba ble value of the establishment to our neighbours, one party alleging that it is a mischievous and expensive toy, and another that it is a great boon. Experience alone can reconcile these statements, or prove which is the correct one. We believe, however, that the former party will come off victorious, particularly as the coiu has not been proclaimed a legal tender in this and the colony of South Australia ; and as the law-officers of the Crown here have ruled that it is liable to the gold export duty on its re-exportation. Telegraphic communication has been discussed, and viii undoubtedly claim more attention at an early date. Its value has been demonstrated by that already in ope ration, and its extension to Sydney and Adelaide would be productive of much benefit. Indeed, we believe the time is not far distant when we shall find ourselves in the full enjoyment of daily telegraphic intercourse with Europe. The Gold Export Duty Bill works more harmoniously than was anticipated ; and the same may be said as re gards the amount of revenue which it produces. The high price which breadstuffs have been realising, and a continuance of which for some months to come seems almost a certainty, has led to a large extension of agricultural operations. We have no reliable data to show the acreage of this extension, but that it is a fact the concurrent testimony received from every district affords abundant proof, and no doubt can be entertained that the results will be as satisfactory to the producer as to the consumer. In connection with this subject we may here state, that sines September last, when the first cargo was imported, not less than 900 tons of guano has been purchased by the agriculturists of Victoria, at an expense of about 151. per ton. We observe also that about 60 tons have been imported and sold at Sydney within the last fortnight, the price realised being from 131. 10s. per ton. The executive has lately made a concession to the ship owner which we have much pleasure in placing before our readers. We allude to the announcement that ships calling at any of the ports of the colony for orders or assistance, without breaking bulk, shall be exempt from all charges, except for services actually solicited and rendered. This, with the assistance of the telegraph to the Heads, must prove advantageous to the shipper and the consignee. A reduction will no doubt be at once made in the pilotage chargeable upon ships arriving in the various ports of the colony. The present rate is excessive in amount, and not as fairly levied as it might be. We think it would be preferable to charge it upon draught of water, and not upon tonnage, as at present. Prom returns submit , ed to the Chamber of Commerce on Wed nesday last, and published in another part of this issue, it appears that the pilotage received from Ist Septem ber, 1854, to 30th April 1855, at Melbourne, Geelong, and the outports, was 43,6881., and this has not only enabled the pilots to pay themselves at the rate of 9001. a year each, but to credit a decayed pilots' fund with 4,8201., and to purchase the entire stock of vessels, boats, &c., necessary to carry on their occupation. The decreased tonnage arriving in Hobson's Bay renders the present staff of pilots quite unnecessary. The immigration returns before us, for the quarter ending sth July, 1855, exhibit a balance in favour of arrivals over departures of 16,200. This includes Chi nese, who continue to arrive in considerable numbers, and will do so, we believe, notwithstanding the stringent enactment which was passed at the close of last session with the view of preventing, or, at all events, regulating such immigration. Assisted immigration appears to be no longer necessary : the more extended information of our vast resources being apparently sufficient to supply us with as many of that very superior class—voluntary immigrants—a s can be readily em ployed. Indeed, th ere has lately been an outcry, which has been designated "destitution." We would be far from asserting that " distress" does not exist ; but that either the colony, or our social or political arrangenen,o n t i s, have o t believe for caused or aided to p ro d uce it, we moment. With the exception of a few cases, which are unavoidable wherever a large population is congregated, we believe the cause of the distress may be traced to the conduct of the individuals suffering from it. A movement has been made, which, it is b e li eve d , will result in the establishment of additional lighthouses on our coast, the late melancholy wrecks on King's Island— another has just occurred —having forcibly impressed the necessity of such works upon the attention of the autho rities of this and the adjcining colonies. The experiment made by the Oriental Bank Corpora. tion of allowing interest on current account balances, does not appear to have been very successful, inasmuch as a notice has been issued that "in one month from the 30th ultimo, interest on such balances will cease." Tallow sos to 60s ton 40s to - 50s ton Hides Gold 4d to 6d oz. 4d to 6d oz. Do. in large suantites 4d oz. 4d oz. Bones and horns sos to 63s ton 553 to 60s ton Dead weight Light goods ' 60s to 80s ton 50s to 60s ton Bank Discounts.—On bills under 95 days' currency, 7 per cent. ; over 95 days' ditto, 8 per cent. ; renewals, 10 per cent. ; overdrawn accounts, 10 per cent. G-old.—Price charged by brokers, Si 17s 6d to Si 17s 9d per oz. Wool.—Super. fks., is 3d to is 5Ad per lb. ; scoured, is 2d to is 41d; fair to good, is 2d to is 3d ; low to middling, is to is 2d; greasy, 6d to 8d ; slips, 10d to is 2d ; haudwashed, lid to is id ; sheepskins, each, 2s 6d to 35i. Tallow—Mutton, 3/ to 3/ 5s per cwt. ; mixed, 1/ 17s to 2/ ; station, 2/ to 2/ 9.F. Hides—Cured, heavy, 12s to 12s 3d each ; grinders, 1/ to 1/ 10s per ton ; ditto, shanks and hoofs, 2/ 2s to 2s ss; horns, 1/ to 1/ 5s per 100. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE . MELBOURNE, July 25.—This market is at present ex cessively dull, and there is little or no prospect of any material improvement for a couple of mouths. The cause of this is the continued cessation of orders for the inte rior. We learn from parties who have recently visited the various gold fields that stocks are very heavy. With few exceptions, the storekeepers there are sound, but many have severely hampered themselves by over-specu. = ~~f RESULTS OF VICTORY. (From Cite Examiner.) Though still without means of judging clearly of the field operations in the Crimea, or their chance of success, we are not without other intimation of some results of victory. Already the fall of_ebastopo,l tells AI the gene ral politics of Eur Ope. There is hardly a country in which some signs of shifting or unsteadiness may not be perceived. As you see a fleet at anchor moving rest lessly with a sudden turn of the tide, it is now with the nations of the continent. Though the movement is hardly voluntary, an approaching confusion is perceptible enough. The impregnability of Russia was become in fact the creed of Europe. Whatever doubts were entertained of it before siege was laid to Sebastopol vanished as the stubborn defence of the place became apparent. And a feeling in consequence arose which soon spread far and wide, and has nowhere declared itself with a more naive impudence than (of all places in the world) at Bucharest. The Hospodar was absent when news reached his go vernment that the Russian stronghold had fallen. But his son was acting in his stead, and this respectable young potentate refused to believe the intelligence. He would not permit a gun to be fired or a candle to be lighted in honour of an event so manifestly apocryphal. Such is the family to which the Allies have up to this time committed, and are besought to continue, the rule of these unhappy Principalities I Stirbey himself, in deed, soon returned, and did his best to correct the mis take of his son. He prostrated himself before the English and French Consuls, and ordered no end of Te Deums. Now, this is pretty much what has also been going on at all the small Courts of Germany, of which little Bucharest and the Hospodar is no bad type. Almost all of them are on the absolutist tack, in which they yet feel perseverance would be dangerous if Russia were really losing power. Sad, therefore, has been the per plexity of the principuli since the news of the Bth of September broke in. We cannot, indeed, relate details very particularly. A press completely gagged does not let much ooze out. But already there is a total change of the Hesse Cassel Ministry, and the detested Ha,ssen pflug has resigned. His Majesty of Bavaria, too, has been wildly rushing to exchange speech with the Emperor of Austria at Ischl. And the Ereutz Zeitung, that here tofore much-favoured journal whose ultra-Russian mani festoes have enjoyed infinite popularity at Potsdam, has had a sudden and severe reprimand from the Cabinet of Prussia for an unmannerly diatribe against England and France. The failure of Russia in defending her own territory must in truth alai m Prussia more than any other power. Exposed to the rivalry of Austria, and regarded coldly by England and France, where has she a friend if not in. the Czar ? She is not a first-rate power, and now, with out a single hold o n G erman sympathies or support, could not bring the half of an Austrian, or the third of a Russian army into the field. Her only true strength is in the intelligence of her people, against which her Go vernment has set its face. But the new posture of affairs already begins to restore influence to the constitutional party in Berlin. Only the other day the electors of Berlin chose Bunsen to represent them, and although be may prefer not again to enter the Ch am b er , it i s c l ear th at the genuin e liberals, the men who held aloof from the last election in disgust and despair, will once more form a party in the Prussian Parliament. They are to a man (Schwerin among them) English and anti-Russian, and here lie yet themlements of German freedom, and Ger man force and independence. In the courts of Southern Europe, however, with even more immediate and startling effect than in Germany, have certain results of the victory been perceptible. Does any one believe that his Majesty of Naples would so promptly have dismissed his brutal and infamous police minister before the Bth September? Yet more remarkable is the case of Spain. Before the fall of Sebastopol was known the Ministry of Espartero and O'Donnell had fallen into most imminent danger. The Queen was openly hostile, the courtiers in rebellion, the Papal Nuncio . blOwing the coals, and capitalists had no money to lend to Ministers so threatened with instant expul sion. Add to this that the Orleanists were making no secret of their Russian leanings, the Duke of Mentpen- Bier had openly visited the Count of Chambord, and the Journal des Debats was denouncing or laughing at Es partero and the constitutionalists of Spain- What now is the condition of affairs ? The Queen has become to lerant of Espartero ; the conspiring chamberlains and court ladies are dismissed ; the finance minister is sud denly found capable and capitalists are helping him ; the Duke of Montpensier is on his good behaviour ; and the Debats is turning its sarcasm of Espartero into lauda tions of his genius and virtue. And all this in the little interval which has passed since the capture of the Mala khoff ! Strangely enough, indeed, it is out in the Crimea it self that the results of victory are as yet least apparent. But there is no need to be impatient or despairing. The belief we last week expressed that an advance would be made to cut off the enemy's communications on the Bel bek with Simpheropol and the north-eastern road has proved to be correct ; and a large force of English under Sir Colin Campbell is now at Eupatoria to co-operate with Marshal Pelissier on the Belbek. The result of such movements vigorously carried out can scarcely be doubtful. FATAL ACCIDENT.—On the evening of Wednesday last an accident occurred at Forestmoor, near Wigtown, by which a man's life was lost from so trivial a cause as to render the event peculiarly distressing. On that even ing Elliot Craig, wood-forester to the Earl of Galloway, was cutting up a cheese with a common clasp knife. While he was forcibly pressing the instrument down, the blade slipped off the cheese and entered his thigh with such force as to cut the femoral artery. Iu the course of atrhour and a half the unfortunate man bled to death. Dr. Snowdon of Wigtown was sent for immediately, but before he could reach Foreetmoor all was over; //2,eati,-cze [ PRICE 4D. STAMPED SD• TIIE CAPTURE OF TAMAN. The following spirited letter is from the pen of a young officer engaged in the expedition to Taman: " Taman Fort, Asia, Sept. 28. " Here we are •at Taman, pulling the place to pieces as fast as we can ; but I must begin, and tell you the whole of our proceedings. 1 " On Monday morning last we left Kertch in the Minna, about 250 strong—viz., S—'s, and P—'s companies, each about 80 strong, the officers being Major H--- (in command), Captains L--- and. P--, Lieutenants W— (in charge of S—'s company, as S— was slightly unwell, and I was thought too young a soldier), S—, M--, and O'M-- • we had also with us about 350 French, six Englsh, and - one dozen Fren©h dragoons, voila tons.' The French came across in their own gun-boats, and we in the Minna, a Danube boat that is employed hero as a despatch boat; she only draws four feet of water, with 1,000 men on board. I dare say you remember hearing her spoken of when the troops were being landed last year at Kalamita Bay; there are two of them, sister boats (the Minna and the Brenda). All the gun-boats, French and English, came with us— altogether 15 boats. We came across rather slowly in two long lines, the French on the left—the English on the right. We first went to the ships lying off Fort Paul, and there saw the Trent. which had just come in with our draught from the front ; our men cheered them as we passed ; we then turned and went straight across, but, as we went slowly, did not do the distance (about 12 miles) until near noon. As we came across we saw the Cossacks looking at us from the hills, and leaving the village, but the gun-boats did not fire at first ; we turned when we came across, and passed along in front of the village, a long strag gling one, on the top;of a cliff. Here some .f the French boats anchored, and just as we were pass ing them whiz' went the first shell, but a regular Oh—oh—oh !' from the men, like you hear in the theatre when the curtain won't draw up or something goes wrong, told that it was a bad shot. We saw it strike the top of the cliff. The next time there was a buzz of approbation as a large hole appeared in the middle of one of the largest houses. The other English and French boats then took it up from right to left, and one might have imagined an action was going on, except that it was all on one side. The in habitants were by this time all away, but several Cossacks were to be seen in all directions. The Minna and the English boats went on till they came opposite the old fort, about half-a-mile from the village, and there we got into large flats to be landed, but though they draw hardly any water, it was so shallow that we had to jump out and wade ashore. We then formed up on the top of the cliff, to wait for the cavalry, &c. Just before landing, from the paddle-box of the Minna we saw a large party of Cossacks, dismounted, making their appearance out of a ravine. As soon as they made their appearance the gun-boats began shelling them, and the second shell burst right in the middle of them, sending them in all directions, but not, that we could see, wounding any of them; one on horseback, apparently an officer, remained very coolly between us and the main body till we were going to land, when he cantered off. Some few Cossacks came down from the hills (about three miles off), and remained looking at us about a quar ter of a mile off, till the 6th Dragoons appeared, which not liking, they went away. About half past 1 p.m. we marched in and took possession of the old grass-grown fort, which appears to have once been very strong towards the land, but has now no guns. All the outworks have nearly crumbled away, but the main ditch is tremendously deep, and by getting up a couple of French and one English small ship guns the place was as strong a position as ono could wish to have. We found the houses inside nearly all Government buildings, containing all sorts of things. We divided the ace with the French, they having the largest share, and pro ceeded to break open the different buildings. The most valuable things found were four hay-pressing machines of very great value ; we got two each, and they aro now being removed on board ship— no easy operation, from their tremendous size ; lots of old knapsacks, canteens, Russian clothing, some medical books, ch. But everything that could be of use and could be removed had evi dently been carefully taken away. We all took up our quarters in the houses, whore we are now, and will be, I suppose, till it comes to their turn to be pulled down, when wo shall have to move into tents. " The men of the different companies were put into houses near the places they were meant to de fend, and the officers went into three small houses in rear—perhaps Russian officers' quarters. I went into the house with W—, and S— ; we got one big room (in which W— and S— sleep) to mess in, and P-- has a room off at one side, and I a small one at the other, with a stove, in which yesterday and the day before we had a fire ; but it is not so cold to-day. I got out cf one of the stores two tables for our messroom, and one for my own room, also a chair and a small green bedstead, like oue I used to have at school (of these there were a large quantity), and with a hay mattress and my blankets, &c., on top, the room is as comfortable as possible. (All the kit 1 brought was a change in a little portmanteau.) After some difficulty we got our dinner (Turkey and ham), which some one had brought with him, and I went to bed about 9 p.m., rather expecting to be turned out. Our sentries were posted all round on the ramparts, but a picket was not thought necessary. The men of course lay down loaded and with ac coutrements on. About 4 a.m. I was awoke by loud ' pop-popping' unpleasantly near, so I jumped up and got my clothes on, and on going out found the men all out, lining the top of the ramparts, and those all about the field gun keeping up a sharp fire ; but I could see nothing of the enemy. However, it seems the Cossacks crept down a ravine and fired a volley of six or eight rifles at the sentry near our gun, a sailor, and hit him in the foot (not a bad wound) ' • the other sentries fired, the men turned out and fired too, and so on, though most of them, I fear, were only firing because the others fired I' The Cossacks, however, did not show themselves again ; so, after leaving a party at one point where we thought a rush might be made, we all turned in again. " Nothing more happened that night, and in the morning at it we went tooth and nail, tearing down the roofs, up tho flooring, and heaping up anything in the shape of wood near the cliff ready to be car ried away. I went with a party to make a jetty to put the wood into the boats, which I was trying to make a neat job of. It was made with bedsteads principally, but afterwards, much to my disgust, a breeze coming on in the afternoon, the end part of it was carried away. The working parties went on all day nearly, and, among other things, barricaded the opening iu the rampart. " The Cossacks kept about the village of Taman as near as they could without being seen, for the moment they appeared whizz went a shell from a gunboat. The French, however, were all through the place (taking their firelocks with them, as they always do). I went intc the village in the evening to try and got some grub, as the French were shooting pigs and catching fowls right and left. I found everything gone—not as if taken by the French, but removed by the people ; indeed, a letter found here from a Russian to his wife, said, You had better move and take everything witl! you, as I soon expect the gunboats over here. Soon after getting into the village I saw a m ludicrous pig hunt. I heard a shot fired,so I fol lowed by the furious squealing (whomof ' a 11 ' 2 taken rushed on with my servant I c ame up to with me, with his musket) ; before the French, I heard pop, nz all direc tions, but the to him etancling, pig seemed to u an6l was only wounded. I came up of water, and to o k at bay in the middle of a P°°l a deliberate shot with , m y revolver, but mi sse d him. My servant then fired and missed him. then got into the u rushed oa to get another shot, but fell fl a t my a gain, who all fired one after the face in the mud. The pig_ mid dle of the French direction other, missing im, a what as usual without lrecti"' so that one caring the leas h t in heard the not pleasant " ry ping' ' of the Minie balls going in all directions (I think one servant who wen t in, of ours, g o t a slight scratch on the hand from a slug out of one of their pieces,) Well, t h e u ndaunted pig rushed on, followed by the French, stabbing at him with their bayonets and cutlasses, and falling over on their faces afterwards. You never saw such a scene ; at last, in doubling back, some one again wounded him, and imme diately about 20 sailors' cutlasses and soldiers' bayonets were d as h e d i n t o hi m . A s th ey carr i e d him past in triumph, he looked more like a pin cushion than any thing else. On Tuesday night we had another alarm, but I do not think there were more than one or two Cossacks, and we saw nothing more of them; by the way, the first day after they had gone about two miles, as I suppose they thought out of the range of our guns, they collected on the hills about three miles off, to watch our Prmedings, wlien i after little time taken w MILITARY GOSSIP. A correspondent draws our attention to a report that Sir William Codrington is to be Commander in-Chief. Under existing circumstances the story is so incredible that we are disposed to place more reliance on a statement which has reached us from high authority, that it was decided on Wednesday last neither to recal nor supersede General Simp son. Common sense would, indeed, suggest the imprudence of changing the Commander-in-Chief during the very short time that must elapse before the close of the year's campaign. To appoint a new one at the present moment would be in effect to render any further operations before winter impos sible. At the same time it is but right to state, that the outrageous attack of the Times upon General Simpson is understood to have contributed materially to the decision to retain him at the head of the army. _ _ Changes - in the Quartermaster-General's depart ment are also freely spoken of. We believe that Major-General Freeth is desirous to retire, having been actively engaged in the department since 1813. We are also informed that the office has been of fered to Sir Richard Eyre, and that Major-General' Freeth's retirement is contingent upon Sir Rich ard's acceptance. Of the appointment of Colonel Gordon—son of Lord Aberdeen—to the post of Deputy Quartermaster-General we fear there can be no doubt ; but the report that he is spoken of for Quartermaster-General is too monstrous for be lief.—Morning Parer. NEWSPAPERS IN TECH WORLD.—The following is sup posed by the American Publisher's Circular to be the number of newspapers in the world :-10 in Austria, 14 in Africa, 24 in Spain, 26 in Portugal, 30 in Asia, 65 in Belgium, 85 in Denmark, 50 in Russia and Poland, 350 in other Germanic States, 500 in Great Britain and Ire land, and 2,000 in the United States, or nearly twice as many as in all other nations. AFFAIRS OF MR. OLIVER.-It appears that the efforts at Liverpool to prevent Mr. Oliver's affairs from being brought before the public through the Court of Bank ruptcy have at length terminated successfully. A com promise has been effected by the trustees with the agent of the Bank of Quebec, who lately arrived as the repre sentative of Canadian claims, said to amount to 40,0001., and the a dj u di ca ti on obtained at his instance has conse quently been annulled. A year having elapsed since the deed of assignment was executed, no further proceedings in bankruptcy can now be taken. The ult;mate realisa tion of the estate will ha kept as quiet as possible, but it has long been known that it will be bad, and the heavy compromise just effected, in addition to the previous ones, may be presumed to have necessitated some con siderable sacrifices. MEXlCO.—According to advices from Mexico of the 19th of September, the danger of the country being split up by a variety of factions, predominant in their separate localities, was still imminent. In San Luis Potosi, Haro y Tamarez, under the name of "Chief of the Revolution," was upholding the church and the army; while Vidaurri, in Monterey and the north, was fur doing away with the army altogether. La Liave, who commands at Vera Cruz, had ordered the seques tration of the estates of Santa Anna, which extend a great distance between that city and Talapa, and are very valuable. Whatever may be their worth, how ever, they are likely to form but a poor compensation for the wealth with which he has absconded. The atti tude of the United States' Minister in watching the pro gress of the national disorganisation continued to cause a variety of reports to be circulated, many of them in herently preposterous. One was that he had offered the Provisionnl Government 6,000,0001. on the security of the church property, and 10,000,0001. to form a Banco de Foment°, to encourage railroads and other internal improvements, under the conditions of an American protectorate, the admission of European immigration, and the removal of all prohibitions and internal duties ; the allegation being that General Comonfort, who was lately in the United States, came to an understanding to that effect at Washington. However eager the Southern party in America may be for the junction of Mexico and her conversion into a slave-holding State, a large advance of money for the purpose is at the present moment highly improbable. The report in this case seems as idle as that which has been lately spread of America being ready with a loan of 5,000,0001. for Rus sia. The rate of discount at New York ranges from 9 to 11 per cent., and an export of 5,000,0001. would carry it to a point that would speedily bring about a convul sion. HANDWRITING OF DIFFERENT NATIONS.—It is a re markable fact that no man can ever get rid of the style of handwriting peculiar to his country. If he be Eng lish, he always writes in English style ; if French, in French style ; if German, Italian, or Spanish, in the style peculiar to his nation. Professor B states : —" I am acquainted with a Frenchman, who has passed all his life in England, who speaks English like one of our own countrymen, and writes it with ten times the correctness of ninety-nine in a hundred of us ; but yet who cannot, for the life of him, imitate our mode of writing. I knew a Scotch youth, who was educated entirely in France, and resided 18 years in that coun try, mixing exclusively with French people—but who, although he had a French writing-master, and, per haps, never saw anything but French writing in his fe, yet wrote exactly in the English style ; it was really national instinct. In Paris, all the writing-masters profess to teach the English style of writing ; but, with all their professions, and all their exertions, they can never get their pupils to adopt any but the cramped hand of the F renc h. Some pretend to be able to tell the charac teristics of individuals from their handwriting. I know not how this may be, but certainly the nation to which an individual belongs can be instantly determined by his handwriting. The difference between the American or English and the French handwriting is immense—a schoolboy would distinguish it at a glance. IVlix toge ther a hundred sheets of manuscript written by a hun dred Frenchmen, and another hundred written by Englishmen or Americans, and no one could fail to dis tinguish every one of them, though all should be written in the same language and with the same pens and paper. The difference between Italian, Spanish, and German handwritings i s equa lly d ec id e d. I n f ac t, there is about as great a difference i n th e h an d wr itings of different na ti.ths as in their lang uages . A n d it is a singula r tru th , bout that, though a man may shake off national habits, ac cents, manner of thinking, style dregs—though he may become perfectly id en tified with another nation, and speak its language well, perhaps of bterthan his own----yet never can he succeed in c han g in g his hand t writing to a foreign style.", 7 /./71 y ( 7 -1,,c1 giving it the proper elevation, up went a Lancaitet,:q shell right into the middle of the m , an d must, it.-X should think, have done some damage ; they then retired, leaving only a sentry here and there to look" - -' at us. Last night and the night before we were not .; turned out, which I wonder at, as one Cossack riding down and firing his piece has the power of turning us all out and annoying us a good deal. As to attacking the place, to be successful, or to have a chance of it, they would require about 2,500 or 3,000 men, whereas there are only a few Cossacks and about 1,000 men between this place and Tern rouk (20 miles off), which place the Sea of Azoff squadron bombarded the day we landed here, and tried to set fire to, but found there were some trooi s there, so they could not. Fancy, we heard the firing here quite plain ! We have got a good many houses down, and the wood collected on the beach, and have sent over our Minna full of wood, but are not getti ng on so qu i c kly as wo expected, andinstead of leaving to-morrow, shall, I dare say, have to remain till Tuesday or Wednesday (this is Friday). On Wednesday morning some French officers going down to the village too early by them selves found the Cossacks and some few foot (about a dozen), who had been spending the night there, had not left, and g o t fi re d at ; one was slightly wounded in the foot, the other had his cap knocked on ono side; also the . first day some o f our navy of ficers got hemmed into the Church, and had to dodge the Cossacks. We have sent armed parties out in different directions the last few days to burn some houses a distance off, &c. One that started yesterday went to a splendid vineyard, but all the best g ra p es had been shaken down by the Russians to prevent our getting them. The vineyard is a long way off, and here even—far as it is—one unfortunate Frenchman had strayed with that insatiable thirst for plunder and was found murdered (not shot) ; he was lying n ear ly na k e d, an d s t uc k in the side and neck with a lance or sword. I suppose there were Cossacks in the place, and that they first fired at and wounded him, and then murdered and robbed him. This is the first man we have had killed here. "A great treat here are the mushrooms, of which there is a large quantity. When several of us were out picking them the day before yesterday we found the place the Cossacks fired from, and a little fur ther on I found one of their cartouch-boxes, which they had dropped the other night, with 48 rounds in it of Minie ammunition. It is made of sheep skin, and I mean to keep it as a tobacco-pouch. They aro to send us down huts, I believe, from Balaklaep ' 25, which will not be nearly enough, _ iall have to build some, and shall not ue tep all the wood we . gee here for firewood ; so I dare say, some of that will have to be sent down to us from Balaklava. While they are about it they might as well make us com fortable, but fully expect that the officers will have to pass the winter in double tents, which is by no means a pleasant look-out, though I almost ques tion if a double tent to oneself would not be better than a hut with four in it, as digging down very deep, putting a fireplace in the side, double one tent over the other, digging one ditch close round, and another further out, banking up clay to keep the wind out, boarding the bottom, &c., one can make oneself pretty comfortable after all ! SUNDAY, SEPT. 30. " Well, my letter has not gone yet, and I believe one mail has left the other side, but ono has had such a lot to do here between perpetual working I parties, foraging, &c., that it could not be helped. However, I pe to be able to get it across to Yenikale to-day by the Minna. We have not been turned out the last two nights, but nearly all of us sleep with our clothes on, boots and all ; not a very comfortable way of resting, which reminds me of a passage you used to laugh at in Scott's Lay of the Last Minstrel about the 40 warders, tall and strong, or something of that kind, who did everything with their armour on, and even drank the red wine through the helmet bars, for such was the custom of Branksome-hall'—do you remember it ? We have been able to got some fowls, &c., here, and so have been able to live pretty well, but they are nearly all finished, so that the sooner we go the better, but I fear we shall not get away before Friday or so. I told you the day before yesterday about the Frenchman who was found killed. Well, I believe he had two comrades with him, one of whom was found also murdered, and the other is still missing. " We now have a guard and sentries out in the village, and we are, with armed working parties, carrying away the best of the wood from there for firing, &c. ; the rest of the place has been set fire to, so that when the Cossacks come back they will not find much of their town ! I was hard at work down there yesterday, from daylight till sunset, coming back for one hour for dinner and breakfast at 9 and 1," STATE OF TRADE. ( From the Manchester Guardian of Sci ,urday.) MANCHESTER, Oct. 19.—Yesterday week, when the merchants assembled in our Exchange mem, between one and two o'clock, were expecting every moment to hear that the Bank of England had given the monetary screw a long turn, and were looking somewhat gloomy in the anticipation, they were relieved by the intelligence that no change had been made. In the market of Tues day last, there was, consequently, a little more cheer fulness, and although extreme caution was still the domi nant feeling there were buyers who ventured upon offers, few of which, however, were accepted. Yesterday, when no alteration was looked for, certainly none of much severity, the announcement that the rate for discounting bills was six per cent, up to 60 days' date, and seven per cent. anywhere from 60 to 95 days, seemed to give everybody a sort of galvanic shock. Coupling this mea sure with the statement that the directors had prayed the Government to authorise the issue of a large amount of notes, without placing against them an equal sum in gold, people began to fall into rather anxious forebodings as to difficulties ahead, which might be discernible from Threadneedle-street. At once a stop was put to busi ness. Buyers closed their order-books, and recalled any unaccepted offers which they might previously have plucked.up courage enough to make for yarns or goods. There is, of course, some business which buyers may deem it necessary or advisable to effect ; but, in these cases, a further abatement of price is insisted upon on the one side, and conceded on the other, by this or that seller. In this respect great irregularity prevails, in consequence of the very diverse situations of pro ducers ; for, while many arc still pretty well supplied with orders, not a few are approaching their last deli veries, and others see more or less of actual accumula tion going on. With the exceptions referred to, how ever, the merchants and dealers having no idea what prices may be safe, consider it to be their wisest policy to continue narrowing their liabilities, and bringing their resources under command. Pursuing this course, which is the one of safety, and the one to help on a reac tion, the mercantile classes in this city generally disap prove of the measure sought from the Government by the directors of the Bank of England ; and we hear of the same disapprobation expressed by spinners and manu facturers from various parts of the district, who see in the proposed course a stimulus to that very exportation of the precious metals which is the evil com plained of. _ The India letters are no t genera lly come t o hand. W have, however, conversed w ith one e minent merchant connected with Bombay, who has received advises from f . that market, and we learn that the long droul'htndn ad at length been succeeded by commencing rains, and would b he destruction which waneekim'sputse it such as to rescue the crops from t was hoped that the progress of the monsoon e which is given on had appeared to be impending, to trade. The telegraphic statemrket, on of subscribers, is so Mara aenndttoOf g t i h r e e 'Change for the information busi ness in the Liverpool cotton ma festly incorrect—so much sn ore incorrect, even, than usual—that we decline copying h e improvement in NOTTINGHAM, Oct. the lace last week continued for trade we noticed plain goods and a few descr ip tions of fancy articles, but th e generality of houses engage d in the fancy trade complain of inactivity. Low pri ced articles in hosiery good s are chiefly sought for, w hil e wrought or fashioned hose are but in little demand. Thera is not much doing in yarns, and prices are irregular. WOOLLEN TRADE. (Front the Leeds Mercury of Saturday.) LEEDS, Oct. 19 . —There has not been any change of moment in this branch of business during the present week. Sales have not been large, and have been limited to a supply of the current requirements of the manufac turers. Prices are quoted without any material altera tion, but in actual sales there is a turn in favour of the buyers. I 3 RADFORD.—The shipping houses are transacting a very fair business in manufactured goods, but for the home trade there is next to nothing doing. The prices obtained of late for combing wools are firmly maintained, there appearing no prospect of decline, and demand is somewhat more limited. The yarn trade remains steady. HALIFAx—For a few days subsequent to our last Friday's report, there was some mitigation of the very depressed tone then noted. Now, however, we are cosi palled to remark there is, for the present at least, a con siderable relapse, and scarcely any business can be effected in wool. The little that is done shows the price to be rather in favour of buyers, w h o evince a very cautious and shy bearing ; though, ii truth, few seem to think t hat any very material. impression will be made upon . the quotation s not au r rent in the wool market ; as,in the growing • districts the article is held very t enaciousl y for full rates. There has been a steady tho u g h not p res sing business doing in pieces and yarns. STABBIN G CASE IN LIVERPOOL.—On Friday night stabbing case, which will probably involve a charge cf 4 , Raymond-street, Vauxha . o ned being Ger mans . Th e p e r s ni on u dr : stabbed,murder, to ccurred p ar t Louisie n actconcerned No Gean,°e; a shoemaker, deposed that OR that evening ho had been drinking with a sailor named Grimer, at a beer-house in Raymond-street, after which they commenced to fight, and in the scuffle Grine stabbed Gean in two places on the right side, the weapo penetrating the intercostal muscles and the pleura, an causing collapse of the lungs. Grimer has been rewt4d. EWSRAPFI Ara 14 11 GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. - SUN DAY OCTOBER 28.—An EXCURSION TRAIN to BATH and BRISTOL will leave Paddington at 7.45 a.m., and will return the same evening from Bristol at 6.30, and Bath at 7 o'clock. Fares—Bath, 9s. and ss. ; and Bristol, 10s. and 6s. No luggage allowed. 11 ANK OF LONDON, T hreadneedle•street, and 450, West Strand. 111 NOTICE. —The rate allowed on deposits bas been raised from this ay to 51. per. cent. October 18, 1855, MATTHEW MARSHALL, Jun., Manager. ct. 24 ttg. 14 et. 2 rov. I