The Sun. — London, England, 1855-11-06 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLoca. The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed with a hardening tendency ; prices of Americans were fully Id. per lb., and Surats 1-16 d. per lb. dearer than last week. The sales were 12,000 bales, 1,000 export and 500 on speculation, com prising 370 Pernam and Maranham 51d. to 71d., 2,300 Bahia sid. to 6d., 450 Egyptian sid. to 9d., and 2,000 Surats 41. to 41d. per lb. In the Rail way Share Market little business was transacted, still prices were not only well supported but a degree higher. The latest intelligence from Vienna relative to the new Credit Bank gives the following. The society of Austrian nobles, who were to furnish a moiety of the sum required to establish the new Lank, had not again met, which had created some surprise. It appears that when the committee formed to represent them had engaged to subscribe the required sum of 30,000,000 florins, they asked for greater privileges than were to be granted to the other large proprietors. Some arrangement, however, must have been come to privately, for the Minister of Finance announced, on Saturday, the 3d inst., that the Emperor had ratified the concession of establishing the bank to the Princes Schwarzenberg, Auersberg, Furstenberg, Count Choteck, Louis Haber, and the firm of Roths child ; the capital to be 1,000,000 florins. Recent accounts from Breslau state that large quantities of wheat were arriving there from Hun gary, to be deposited in the local depots ; and in consequence a considerable fall in prices was ex pected throughout the Silesian grain markets. The last fishing boat of the season has arrived at Ostend. The imports of stock fish into Belgium have risen this year to 6,438 tons from the Dogger bank, and 8,781 tons from Feroe. On the Paris Bourse yesterday, previous quota tions declined from 10 to 25 centimes, and Rail way Shares fell with some degree of rapidity, ex cepting those of the North Midland and Grand Central, which rose 2f. 50c. Otherwise the Money Market was tolerably easy, and the rumour of negotiations for peace, which was industriously circulated by spectators, gave some firmness to ruling prices. Shares of the Credit Mobilier and the Austrian Railway Association were particu larly affected with a downward tendency. Nothing of importance had taken place during the day in the grain and flour markets ; the supply was equal to the demand, and the bakers and millers were not inclined to lay In stocks. The Bankers' Magazine for the present month contains a very interesting article upon " Austrian Financial Progress." As the banking and other operations at Vienna recently have attracted con siderable attention, and have had so much influence upon monetary affairs both here and in France, the information afforded is very acceptable. The monetary crisis of 1855, and various other subjects, are also fully remarked upon. The settlement of the account for English Stocks being fixed for the Bth inst., a contraction of busi ness is observable, and quotations of the Funds are now narrowly watched by brokers and others. This morning there has been some flatness, but the decline is scarcely noticeable, Consols being 881 to 88i for money, and 881 to 88a for ac count. After the account is adjusted, the market will no doubt assume a firmer aspect, as the Money Market is daily becoming easier, and there are no longer any unfavourable rumours in refer ence to the United States. The New Three per Cents. are in request, and have brought 881 to 881, and the Reduced are 871 to 871. Exchequer Bills remain at Bs. to 4s. discount. Foreign Securities are very dull, and in several cases nominal. Grenada Active Bonds are steady at 19i to 20. Sardinian Bonds are 85, being firmer. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 791 2, which is *to + per cent. lower than yesterday. French Threes are 65, with the exchange at 25 25. Dutch Bonds are at 63/- for the 2} per Cents., and at 92 and 92i for the 4 per Cents. The Spanish American Bondholders, at their meeting yesterday, passed a series of resolutions expressing their disappointment at the non-fulfil ment of the terms entered into by the Government of New Grenada for liquidating its foreign debt, requesting the committee to urge their claim on that Government, and thanking the Earl of Claren don for his attention to their i nterests. Tho following are the nominal prices of foreign stocks ; Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6 to 7 ; Mexican, 191 to ; Peruvian, 74 to 7 5 ; ditto Three per Cents., 53 to 54; Portuguese Four per Cents., 43 to 45 ; Russian Five per Cents., 95 to 93; ditto Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 85 to 88; Spanish New Deferred, 19k to ; ditto Three per Cents., 37i to 8 ; ditto Certificates, 4} to ; ditto Pas sive, 5} to I. In RAilway Shares there is no particular feature, yesterday's prices being generally current. Great Northern A Stock is 1/. better, and North-Eastern Berwick are somewhat lower. The French undertakings are neglected. Great Western of Canada rule steady. Mines and Banks are firm, and also the miscel laneous shares. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRIG} S. (Prom the 0(46;31 Mei. ) nmines.. don. 3 Per Cent. Reduced Annnitio4._ B7l i a nor Cent. Consols Annsities B Bi i i ...Nazi 3 per Cent. Annuities ....„ BBl 171 8i lamiz Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 18P0 _ 3 7-16 1 Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth Jan.,1860 3a 11-16 Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth April, 1885 16 3-16 i India Stock India Bonds, £lOOO ...•••••••. 6 Ditto, under £lOOO 3 d riongols for Account BBl I i Etchequor Bills, 21d. 1.1300 - Small Rxohequer Bonds 1858, 31 per Cent.... 981 Ditto 1359, „ .. 98.1 PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. Brazilian Bonds 5 per Cent. . Grenada Bonds, 11 per Cent. Peruvian Bonds, 41 per Cent — w i Ditto for the account ... Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Ditto for the account B5 41 Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent — Ditto for the Account 3B Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent. Ditto for the account l9 Ditto Passive sa Tarkii.h Bonds, 6 per cent — Ditto for the Account 79 3 i Ditto New Scrip, 4 per Cent. Ditto for the Account 2B d 'itvidends on the above payable In London. French Rentes, 41 per Cent — Ditto 3 per Cent. D,ttch Kzehange, 21 per Cent. 12 Coil 631 Ditto 4 per Can. Certifieates ....... Consols . ......... THREE O'CLOCK. Ditto for Account, Bi f l.,;; ............. 883 ............. 88i MARKET NEWS. —(This Day). HAY MARKETS. BISMRIFIELD.—Meadow hay, 31153 to 616 s ; cloys / dit to 41 Os to 61 10a ; and straw, 1 / 8 s Od to 1 / 13 s Od per 1, u .; A moderato supply and a sluggish trade. CUMBERLAND.— Meadow hay, 31 163 to 61 Gs ; clove) do., 41 Os to 61 103 ; and straw, 11 Ss to 11 149 per load. Trade steady. WRITEOHAPEL.— Mesdow hay, 3/ 15s to G' Gs; clover do., 4 1 Os to 61 13s ; and straw, 1/ 7s to 11 139 per load. Supply tolerably good, and trade rather dull. COLONIAL. TEA.—Tha market has been very inactive, and prices remained tho same as last week. SUGAR.—A large business has boen dons by private con tract, in various descriptions, at higher prices, the par ticulars of which were not made public. Refined bad also shown a slight advance, brown lumps 65s 6LI to 603 per ewt. COFFEE.—The market is dull, very good ordinary native Ceylon sold at 49s 3d per cwt. RICE. —No transactions are reported in this article. RUM.—Tho market has had an improved appearance, 100 puns. of Leaward proof sold at 2s Id. SALTPETRE. —This article is very dull, but the prices aro unchanged. COTTON.—FuII rates are current. TALLow.—The market was flat on Satnrday, and de clined to 663 61, Jan. and March. To-day we have been steady, but very little doing speculatively. On the spot the demand has bJen good tiom the tiode, and where prompts aro given 6 , is ha s b een paid for new tallow. On peculation there has been but little activity, and our clos ing prices ore, spot Y.C. new 665, old 65s 9d, all the year GsGi to 9J, Doc. 65s 9d to 665, Jan. and March ibis to 3d. We quote palm oil Vs, cocoa nut oil 46s 61 to 475, Ceylon 45s 6d to 41is, tallow oil 44s to 4-Is 6d, tallow Blaine 625, linseed oil 423 6d to 9d; town tallow 6 - a nett oath. LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day.) QUEEN'S BENCH. (Sittings in Banco.) (Baforc Lord Chief Justice CampbSll, Mr. Justice Wightman, and Mr. Justico :Erie.) PO ELL AND ANOTHER V. HYDE. Sir F. Thesiger moved that the, verdict in this case should be entered for the defendant. The action was tried at the last Guildhall sittings, before Lord Camp bell, 'and was an action on a policy of insurance on goods in a ship on a voyage from Galatz to London. The ver dict was entered for the plaintiff, with liberty to move to enter it for the defendant. The ship in question sailed from Galatz on the 17th of March, and when at the mouth of the Ishmail, where there is a Russian fort on one side and a Turkish fort on the other, and the ship in question having English colours flying, the Russians compelled her to come to an anchor, and imprisoned her crew, alleging afterwards that it was done by mistake, considering the ship a Turkish ship. The action was brought on the clause of the Charter party, which stated " free from capture and seizure, and the consequences of any attempt thereof." The Court granted a rule nisi. ZUCESTIELD AND OTHERS V. BELL AND OTHERS. Mr. Watson, Q.C., moved for a rule to show cause why a new trial should not take place in this case on the ground of misdirection on the part of the learned judge, and that the verdict was against evidence. The action was for a nuisance arising from injury al leged to be inflicted on the plantifrs land by the work ing of the defendants' coal mine, and was tried at New castle, before Baron Platt. Rule granted. tr ONDO N s TUESDAY XvENINer t ___NOVEmBER a, togs, THE COMING MEMBER FOR SOUTH WALL (Pon?, tire Civil Service Gazette. ) In this shifting, changing, ever-varaing world, where so many things are doubtful, so many difficult to be averred, one thing at least is certain ; and it is this, that the famous interrogatory which every day appears iu the advertising columns of the Times, " Do you double up your perambu lators ?" most be answered with an indignant negative if addressed to Sir Charles Napier. So far is he from doubling up his perambulators, f hat he is flinging them out with a freedom, a force, and an energy not to be surpassed by any gentleman of his weight and yeas within the four seas of England. Wlicther he is getting himself in training to-enter the lists with that amiable and ac complished lady in America, who has wagered to roll a wheelbarrow a hundred miles in as many hours is more than we can undertake to say, but should he feel in clined to engage in the ennobling strife we, after what we have this week seen of his pedestrian achievements in the bailliWiek ofsSouthwark should be disposed to back the gallant admiral at any reasona'rle odds. He has been per forming miracles of locomotion such as might provoke the 011 vy of that athletic pedestrian so famed in the literature of the nursery, who took seven leagues in a single step, and cleared a mail-coach and four horses at a bound. If Sir Charles did not capture Sweahorg he has done the next best thing ; he has bombarded Southwark, and that, too, with a vigour and velocity which have exceeded the ex pectaiots of his friends and carried dismay into the camp of the enemy. " Panting time speeds after him in vain." Now at Rotherhithe, now at Bermondsey, pre sently at Blackfriars, then at St. Saviour's, anon at St. George the Martyr's; he has been flying about like bottled nle in all directions, and the difficulty would be to say where he Las not been. He has sallied forth on a now crusade, and if his performances are not precisely those of the knights and minstrels of the middle ages, they are assuredly somewhat analagous, and he has shown that he is animated with a kindred inspiration. If he has not gone about like them cleaving giants, behead ing serpents, slaying dragons, routing armies, shat tering fleets, and dissolving enchantments, he has under taken tasks scarcely less chivalrous and not a whit less hazardous. He has been bearding power in its high places, running a tilt against official routine, try ing a fall with the dark demons of misrule, flinging his glove in the teeth of traitors, and breaking a lance with the windmills of the Admiralty; and in all these enter prises ho has displayed an amount of juvenile energy which, if he were a soldier instead of a sailor, would have ruined him at the Horse Guards, and destroyed his pro spects of a field-marshal's baton. Now this all comes of having a grievance. " What is a gentleman without his recreations?" was a favourite sentiment of George IV. Might we not rather ask, " What is a gentleman without Lis grievances ?" Heavens ! what a _cue to passion is a grievance ! what a soul of action it infuses into a man what young blood it sheds into his veins ! what fire it gives to Ills eye, what wings to his feet, what fervour to his tongue ! Sir Charles Naples is that king amongst his fellows —an ill - used man who has sworn that there shall be no peace in the land till his wrongs are acknowledged and his injuries redressed. If not the hero of a hundred fights, he is at least the hero of a hundred grievances, and he will have satisfaction fur them all, or, as his arch-enemy would say, "Know the reason why." His years are three score and ten, but what of that? Inspirited and invigorated by the sense of in jury, he feels them no more than if each year were a thistledown. He has renewed his youth like the eagle, and on thee, thou recreant Knight of Netherby, his dazzling eye is fixed. The storm without is but the faint external image of the commotion which swells in the breast of the man whom in an evil hour thou didst injure. But the day of retribution is at hand. During the greater portion of this week the w ea th er i n London was trrific. There was a paroxysm of tempest —the wind wailed and howled through the deserted streets, and the rain came down in floods which threat ened to wash out the policemen. But high above the storm, in the dead waste and middle of the night, rose the wild accents of Sir Charles Napier, like those of an aveng ing angel. Sometimes they were heard to proceed from the back parlour of the "George," sometimes f rom th e front balcony of the "Pig and Whistle," occasionally from Mr. Walker's corrugated iron manufactory in Grange-road, but, come from what quarter they might, they were always and everywhere the words of the avenger—accusing de nouncing, rebuking. There he stood, the sad geniu s o f the raging storm—wet, but witty; cold, but unconquerable. What cared ho for loose slates, flying chimney-pots, or shivering const a bles? Nut a potato. He is the Lear of politics— " Blow, winds, and crack your cheeks ! rage ! blow ! You cataracts, and liunicanes, spout Till you have drenched our steeples, drowned the cocks ! " A man with a grievance can look and laugh at all that. But what means this tumult inn seaman's veins ? Nicking Malicho ; it meaneth mischief. It means—and see to it, ye base transpontiue burgesses, doomed to vegetate in rank luxuriance on the wrong side of the river I—no sleep for Southwark till Sir Charles and Sir James have had it out on the floor of the House of Commons ! Listening senates must arbitrate between them. Sir Charles is now the right man in the wrong place. Send him to Parliament, where alone he can effectively vindicate his fair fame, and then we shall have the right man in the right place, ac cording to the requirements of that everlasting apothegm which threatens to become almost as great a nuisance as the " Popping Weasel" and the " Ratcateher's Daughter." Seriously, we wis I success to Sir Charles Napier, and should be glad to see him returned. In the first place, the fend between him and Sir James is not a mere personal quarrel. It is a question of some national interest, and sooner or later it will have to be decided on its merits. It is fit that it should be calmly and carefully investigated by Parliament in the presence of both parties, and that the public, to use a vulgar but expressive phrase, should " know the rights of it." Ther e i s a pr e v a l en t opinion that Sir Charles experienced unjust treatment from the Admiralty, and that for this Sir James Graham is largely responsible. Let this opinion be refuted or established as the fact may justify, for, as a third knight, a certain Sir Isaac Newton was wont to observe, " the whole world must bow before a fact." In the second phce, putting the quarrel • altogether out of- the ques tion, we believe that it would conduce to the in terests of the country that such a man as Sir Chas. Napier should have a seat in the house. He is not a revolutionist —sailors seldom are —but he is liberal and progressive. He is eccentric and impulsive, but fearless and single hearted, and if it be true, as he avers, that in the Admi ralty, which is a most important department of the State, the public money is squandered and patient merit de pressed, it is right that there should be in Parliament at least one man unfettered by office to expose and denounce such abuses. At one of his midnight meetings this week, while the wind was blowing and the rain falling around him, he assured his hearers that the Admiralty depart ment was even now full of abuses, and that they wanted a man in the House of Commons to expose them. If they did not return such men these things would go on till there came a great crash, and then people would say, "Who would have thought it ?" It will be pleasant to ste the Admiral slouching up the house once more with his battered old white hat and his short trousers, and gripping the floor with his toes as if he were walking with out shoos and trying to keep his footing on a wet forecastle in a high gale. Moreover, the set-to between him and Sir James Graham will be worth all the money—the contrast between the two men, both in mind and body, is so dra matically striking—the one round fat, and sailor - like ; other high, haughty , the other tall, stately, and patrician; the one frank, bluff, hear ty, and out-spoken; th e reserved, and polished ; yet, with a l , excee di ng l y c ourteous, his courtesy, however, envelopi ng th e d ea dly s nake of a most envenomed irony, like the warm bl an k e t wrapped round a cobra capella. THE LATE FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE WEST CROYDON AND MITCBASI RAIL WAY. SPECIAL VERDICT. Yesterday Mr. W. Carter, the coroner for East Surrey, resumed, at the Plough, Beddington, the adjourned in quest on the body of John Bingham, the unfortunate engine-driver who lost hi s lif e at th e a ccident which oc curred on the 24th of last month, on the newly-formed %Vest Croydon and Mitcham Railway. The inquest was adjourned from the 26th ult., to allow time for the reco very of the other parties, who were also seriously in- j ured. Ueut.-Col. Yolland, the Government Inspector of railways, was present at the request of the coroner, as were also Mr. Sleight, the secretary, and Mr. Faithful, the solicitor of the comp an y , an d se veral other railway officials. George Weller, a fireman, said—On Wednesday, the 24th of October, I was employed as stoker to the de ceased, on the Croydon and Wimbledon line, which had opened three days. The train consisted of an engine and four carriages. About a quarter of a mile from the junction the engine ran off the line at a time when we were going 20 or 26 miles an hour. I heard Mr. J. Craven, the superintendent over the locomotive department, tell the deceased that he was not to look at the time-table, but to run cautiously and steady. He told him that on Monday morning. The engine ran off about thirty yards from the metals before it turned over. It fell to the right. One carriage, a third-class one, was next to the engine, which was also thrown over across the rails, the coupling-chi ins giving way. I did not notice whether the other carriages were separated. They were all off the line, but not overturned. The moment the train went off, deceased said, " She is off the road." I fell with the engine, and Mr. Whitley fell on me, between the fire-box and the tank. I saw the deceased between the handrail and the engine. Ho appeared killed. I made no attempt to ascertain how the engine and trai n got off the line. No obstruction bad been noticed by any of us on the lino. I did not notice any one near at the time. Nothing arose to lead me to think the train wo u ld go off, as there had been no particular oscillation noticed. There had been seven trips performed that day by the same driver. There was a slight curve at that part of the line. I noticed one of the rails bent up and t urne d over the front of the driving-wheel in the foim' of a circle, on the right side. It was fixed , b ut I did not notice in what part. The rail was not broken, only bent. I think the jerking of the train had forced out the wooden key between the chair and the end of the rail. I think that as we were passing over the end of the metal the fly-wheel caught the end of the rail and twisted it up. Nothing else was found to account for the engine going off. By the Coroner—l know of nothing else to show the cause of the occurrence. John Little, a guard in the employ of the Brighton and South Coast Railway; Mr. Donald Fraser, inspec tor of the P division of police ; and Cuthbert 0 liver, time keeper aed foreman over the plate-layers on th e London, Brighton, and South Coast line, having been examined, Colonel Yolland, one of the Government inspectors of railways, said—ln consequence of notice having been served on the Boerd of Trade for opening the line, I made au appointment to inspect it on the 11th o f last Sept. I went at the appointed time to the Wimbledon station, but not finding the officials present I walk e d some dis tance down the line to lookinto its state. Finding that the signals were not erected I was going to ret urn to London, when an engine from Croydon came down, and I proceeded from Wimbledon to Croydon, an d then to Lon h n I made my report the same day, and the Board of Trade made an order for the postponement of the opening of the line for a month i n consequence of the incompleteness of the signals at the Wimbledon and Croydon junction?. The rails were laid down like most others in the kingdom. 0n the 28th Sept em b er I aga i n surveyed the line, proceeding from Croydon to Wine- JEFFREYS V. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. Mr. Keating, Q.C., moved for a rule to show cause why a new trial should not take place in this case on the ground of misdirection of the learned judge and on affi davits. The action was tried at the last Gloucester Assizes, before Chief Baron Pollock, when a verdict was given for the plaintiff for 4701. The action was one of trover brought by the plaintiff against the defendants for the conversion of 10 railway waggons that had been the property of a person named 0 wen, who had become bankrupt. Both the plaintiff and defendants claimed the property under a sale from the bankrupt. Rule granted. COURT OF EXCHEQUER. (Sittings in Banco. —A Weldh July.) JOSEN V. POWELL. Mr. Evans, Q.C., moved to set aside tho verdict in the case which was for the defendant, and that a new trial be granted. The action was tried at the last Car marthen assizes, before Lord Campbell, arid was for the account of the Carmarthen Steeplechase Stakes, and the dispute arose relative to the pedigree of the plaintiff's horse. The horse had been named at the Aberyts with Steeplechase as the "Colonel," under a mis• take, and was entered at the Carmarthen races am "Master Frederick," without allusion to the former name. The learned counsel, in moving for the rule, said the verdict was given on the trial against evi dence, and by the improper conduct of the jury. He entered at great length on the evidence adduced on the trial, and with reference to the conduct of the jury said he had the evidence of the bailiff who retired with them, who stated that the jury (which consisted only of eleven, from the others in court being in some way interested in the race), before entering into a considera tion of the case, agreed to decide the case by vote, five voted one way, and five another, the foreman giving the casting vote. The Chief Baron said that was a sufficient ground on which to grant a new trial. The Court would grant it on that point now, and would, no doubt, do so on the other point, after consulting Lord Campbell, who, tried the cause. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—(This Day.) SOUTHWARK. UNFOUNDED CHARGE AGA/NS? A RESPECTABLE MAR RIED FEMALE.— William Baker, an ill-looking elderly man, who stated himself to be a plasterer, was brought before Mr. Combe, charged with assaulting and annoy. ing Elisabeth Keene, the wife of a searcher in the Cus toms, under the following circumstances : The complainant, a very respectable-looking young female, stated that she lived in Iloramonger-lane, and about 10 o'clock last night, she, was proceeding along the Borough-road towards home, when the prisoner came behind her and seizod her roughly by the shoulder, and asked her to come back with him. She was much frightened at his uncouth appearance, and told him to leave her, as she knew nothing of him. He still per sisted in laying hold of her, and because she would not return with him, he accused her at first with steal ing a sovereign from him, and afterwards said she had stolen three sovereigns. She was so frightened, that she ram into a shop crying, when he came after her, and attempted to seize hold of her again, but, fortunately, a constable came to her protection, and took the pri soner into custody. Mr. Combe asked whether he was sober ? The complainant said that ho appeared much under the influence of liquor, but his conduct so frightened her that she had hardly recovered herself. In answer to the charge, the prisoner said he was ex tremely sorry for his bad conduct towards the lady, and he was willing to make every apology. Tile fact was, he got too much to drink last night and was robbed by some female, which caused him to accuse the lady by mistake. Mr. Combs asked him what he was ? He replied that he was a plasterer, and he Wa3 tho roughly ashamed of his conduct. He hoped his worship would excuse him this time. Mr. Combo told him he certainly should not do any thing of the kind, as he had been guilty of gross bru tality to a respectable married female, who was bound to be protected. Under all the circumstances, he should sentence him to pay a fine of 403., and in default of pay ment to be committed to the House of Correction for one month. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.) LONDON, Nov. 6.—Wind this day at noon, S.W. ; light breezes, and fine. PORTSMOUTH, Nov. s.—Sailed—H.M.S. Penelope, for the West Coast of Africa and Cape; Niagara (s. tpt.), He ligoland. DARTMOUTH, Nov. s.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Azorian Lass, for St. Michael's. FALMOUTH, Nov. s.—Wind for Adelaide. Off the port—Europa and Weideman, both from Akyab, for Hamburg- Emma, from Algoa. Bay. OFF TUX LIZARD, Nov. 3.—Osiris, from Batavia. CLYDZ, Nov. s.—Sailed—Jucatra, for Singapore ; John McKenzie, for Now Orleans ; Ulidia, Buenos Ayres • Maria Engracia, Havana ; Francis Patrick, Newfoundland ; Chieftain, New Orleans. OFF THE TAY, Nov. 3.—Bankaide, from Callao. PILL, Nov. 5. —Wind S.—Arrived—Nuovo Nilo, from Trieste, for Malta. BRISTOL, Nov. s.—Arrived—Leopard, from Havana. NEWPORT, Nov. s.—Arrived—Do3dalus, from Quebec. Sailed—Rainbow, for S'. Thomas. COLCHESTER, Nov. 5.—A Norwegian ship, from the Baltic to London, ran ashore on the Whittaker, on the 3d inst., became waterlogged, and was left yesterday by all her crew excepting tho master; both her masts are gone. (PER ELECTRIC TBLEGUAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Tuesday Morning. Arrived—Courier (s.), from Jorsey ; Argyll (s.), Caren tan ; Maid of Erin, Cardiff; Caroline. Sunderland , Pro gress, Port Madoc ; Alliance (s.), and Transit (s.), Havro ; Dr.ke of Cornwall (s.), Dublin ; Prouen, Skive. Sailed—James and Emma, for Portland ; Dispatch (s.), Jersey; Atalanta (s.), Havre. LIVERPOOL, Tuesday Morning. Wind, S.W. Arrived—Morning Light, from St. John's, N.B. ; Flora McDonald, Chincas ; Ontario, New York; Lampedo, St. John's, N.B. ; Sebastopol, Calcutta. Sailed—Ocean Chief, for Melbourne ; Jane Glasson, New Orleans ; Julia, Charleston ; Pauic, Bahia ; Lord H ar diuge, St. Thomas; Ww. F. Schmidt, New York; Alert, Newfoundland ; Euphrates, 'Trieste ; Speed, Mobile. QUEENSTOWN, Nov. 4. Wind W.S.W. Arrived—Martha, from Callao. (BY SUBMARINE ANL BRITISH TELEGRAPIT3 GRAVESEND, Tuesday, 10.12 a.m. W ind S.N. ; tide, 22 hour's flood, weather fine. s th--Auspicious, from Amsterdam ; Gretina, Bremen ; Julia Aalborg ; Agnes and Pomona, Memol ; Florence, Stettin. DEAL, Tuesday, 9.39 a.m. Wind, ; f resh. Ancbored—Ed ward Johnstone, from Mauritius, and Sir IL Peel, from New York —both fur London ; Fantome, from London, for Jamaica. Passed—Ashburton, from Shanghai ; Rodney, Colombo; Fanny Buck, American barque, and Excel, brig, westward; Comet, Madeira—all for London ; Her Majesty's steamer Basilisk, from Sheerness, for westward. RAILWAY TRAFFIC' RETURNS. LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAY.— Traffic return for the week ending N ov. 3, 1855 £12,67313 4 Corresponding week last year 14,967 18 0 Total of the half-year to this date, 18 55 309,636 18 5 Total of the half-year to thiS date, 1854....., 298,973 9 0 LONDON AND SOUTII-EASTERN RAILWAY. —Traffic re turn for the weok ending Nov. 3, 1855 2,19,208 i 0 7 Corresponding week last year 16 , 332, 11 10 Increase in 1855 GLASGOW AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic re turn for the week ending Nov. 3, 1855 £6,031 8 1 Corresponding week last year 5,586 1 2 Iparoazo in 1555 EVAUG(I7RATION OF THE RAILWAY CLUB AT MANCHESTER. An association has recently been fennel at Meneheet,er, with the above title, having for its object the promotion of more frequent communication between tie; principll ollicsrs of all railway companies, for the purpose of interchange of information and friendly offices, anal eecurire; the comforts and conveniences of a club-house for miscellaneous meet iegs. The association already includes a large proportion of the principal officers of the railways of this country, and it is intended, we believe, as the precursor of a more ex tended and complete establishment in London ac soon as circumetances are deemed favourable for its removal to the metropolis. Tile institution was inaugurated by a dinner at the Clarence Hotel, Manchester, on Friday evening, pre sided over by Mr. Edward Watkins, the general manager of the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway, and president of the club. Amongst the guests were Mr. Hindley, M.P., Mr. B. Nicholls, mayor of Manchester ; Messrs. G. Wilson, J. Heron, Edmund Buckley, Malcolm Ross, W. Fenton, L. Lees, Jonathan Mellor, and W. T. Blacklock ; and amongst the members of the association present were Messrs. A. C. Sherrill, of the North-Eestern Railway; Mr. K. Morison, manager of the Railway Clear ing House ; Dr. Harrison, of Manchester ; Mr. J. Blen kineop, Liverpo o l ; Messrs. M'Connell, Woodhouse, C. Cooper, Poole, Ramsbottom, Rely, Norris, Perrin, and Nolen, of .the North-Western Railway; Messrs. Elwell (general manager), Smithells, and Perriug, of the East Lancashire; Mr. Sturrock, of the Great Northern; Mr. Cawkwell, of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway; Mr. Ashcroft, of the South-Western, &c. The CHAIRMAN, in proposing " Prosperity to the Rail way Club," which, he said, he regarded as the toast of the evening, said the object in view in founding the association was the progress and perfecting of railway enterprise. Those who had originated it believed that, in all such wide spread and important enterprises as that in which they were engaged, all such associations as the present, bring ing the various members together for the purpose of inter changing the results of their daily experiences, and also for the purpose of exchanging what is perhaps even better —those kindly offices which ought to pass between the members of an important profession, must be useful. He begged to propose " Prosperity to the Railway Club and to Railway Enterprise." The MA!OR of MANCHESTER, in responding to " The Health of the Mayor and Corporation of Manchester," said all he had seen and heard since he came into the room led him to wish the Railway Club every possible success. Mr. HINDLEY responded to "The Health of the Members of Parliament for the District." He said ho thought, when railway people proposed the health of members of Parlia ment, they were indeed returning good for evil. Mr. M. ROSS responded to " Prosperity to the Manches ter Chamber of Commerce and Commercial Association." He said there was a community of interests between such commercial bodies as those he now represented and the railways, and if they had failed in some instances to fulfil the objects for which they were associated, ho believed it was from no fault of their own, but from the fact that those who might have beuelitted by their assist ance had not availed themselves of any service they could perform. Mr. G. WILsoN, Mr. MonisoN, of the clearing-house, and Mr. E. BUCKLEY, spoke in connection with the subse quent toasts. Mr. SITERRIFF, of the North-Eastern Railway, proposed " The Press." He referred to the advantages afforded by the newspaper parcel syst e m, an d t rus t e d that b the more the press and the railways were brought into contact with each other, the good feeling between them would be increased. (Hear, hear.) Previous to the conclusion of the proceedings, the chair man read a letter from the Earl of Yarborough, expressing high approval of the association, and regretting that his present indisposition would prevent his attendance at the opening dinner. H.M.S. Pigmy has received instructions to cruise in the mouth of the Elbe, to look out for contra band of war. She is said to have already picked up a Dutchman, with a cargo of sulphur, bound for Hamburg. CRYSTAL PALACE. SHILLING DAY.—Nov. 5. Admi,sions on payment, 1,742 ; do. by season tickets, 332 ; total, 2,074. Corresponding day last year, 2,698. FREEDOM OF THE CITY OF GLASGOW TO LORD ELGIN.—At the meeting of the Glasgow Town Council last week, the Lord Provost gave notice that he would move, at an early meeting, that the freedom of the city be conferred on the Earl of Elgin, as a tribute of appro• bation for his eminent colonial services, particularly as Governor-General of Canada. REDUCTION OF POSTAGE ON LETTERS FOR VIC TORIA, AUSTRALIA.—GeneraI Post Office, Nov., 1855. —On and from the 7th instant, the postage on letters addressed to the colony of Victoria (Australia), whether conveyed by packet or by private ship, will be again reduced to sixpence when not exceeding half an ounce in weight ; one shilling when exceeding half an ounce and not exceeding one ounce ; and so on, increasing one shilling for each ounce or fraction of an ounce. This postage will include both the British and Colonial rates, aid it may be paid In advance, or the letters may be forwarded unpaid, at the option of the sender. EXTENSIVE ROBBERIES AT A RAILWAY STATION.—No less than three robberies of passengers by the South Devon Railway were perpetrated last Thursday at the Newton-Abbott station. A party of pickpockets, with whom was a woman, arrived by the north mail at Teign mouth at half-past 11 o'clock. They got out upon the platform, where they stole 121. from a lady's pocket. They re-entered the train and proceeded to Newton- Abbott, where a lady lost ten 51. notes, another pereon 48 sovereigns, and a third a sum which is not known. The. thieves have not yet been captured. RUSSIAN NEWSPAPERS.—The first Russian newspaper was founded in 1703. Peter the Great not only took part in making it up, butalso himself revised the proofs, as may be seen by several sheets still in existence, which are corrected in his handwriting. Only two complete copies of the first year's impressions of this journal exist, and both are in the imperial library at St. Petersburg. The chief librarian, Baron Modesto von Korff, ordered the numbers of this journal, as corrected and edited by Peter the Great, to be republished for the centenary commemorating the foundation of the Moscow Univer sity (January 27). This reimpression forms one volume in Bvo, and it contains besides an historical summary of Russian journalism. —Le Nord. GARRATT, Tja BANK ROBBER.—Extract of a letter from Melbourne, Aug. 17: —" Garratt, who was brought back here from London, has just been tried, and found guilty of the daring attack and robbery of the bank here, and sentenced to death. The career of this daring con vict has been a remarkable one. Daniel Garratt was a nobleman's valet in London, where he gained the sobri quet of D'Orsay.' Dissipated habits led him to a con federacy for plunder on railroads ; and his seizure by Superintendent Collard and Mr. Nash, when heavily armed, in 1845, is fresh in public recollection. That confederated gang was broken up by the exertions of Mr. Nash, but led to expensive lawsuits. Mitchell, of Irish notoriety, encountered Garratt at Bermuda, and relates the enormous plunder he had perpetrated on the rail roads, and the ruin which had followed on those who pursued the prosecutions in the interests of the company and the travelling public." AMERICAN SYMPATHY WITH RUSSIA.—The Russians receive great supplies of arms and ammunition from this part of America, or from all New England. They have bought all the saltpetre that could be got hold of, through means of agents, and this has had a great effect on our market. Last spring there was so much saltpetre on band here that all the places in the United States' warehouses appropriated for its stowage were filled to overflowing, and much of it lad to be stored where it was damaged, or in danger of being so. Now, not a bag of it can be had. It has all been taken on Rus sian account, and shipped to Hamburg. This is not all. Powder and arms have been sent to Russia in im mense qeantities. A famous clipper ship that sailed from New York "for San Francisco and a market," some months ago, took out nothing but Hazard powder, Colt's pistol's, and similar Connecticut " notions " the "mar ket" being the most convenient port in whichi they can be landed for the Czar's use. A large quantity of powder is now being put up in such a way as to be mistaken for log wood by careless examiners, and will be sent to Russia from Portland. The intention is to get into the Baltic after the English fleet shall have left it, it being sup posed that there will be as much time left for action then as there was gained by British slowness last spring. If the Samuel Appleton—which vessel every one here be lieves to have had arms and ammunition for her cargo in part—could get in ahead of the English, it is not un reasonably inferred that there will be time enough for operations at the close of the season to admit of some dashing skipper landing powder enough at Port Baltic to blow all Europe to pieces, if it could only be used directly for that purpose. The saltpetre that the Rus sians have bought here all came from Calcutta, so that the English may have the satisfaction of knowing that their dominions have supplied the Czar with this most important material of war. Why did not she shut down the gate a year ago S By the steamer which came out last week, I am told instructions were sent to some of the principal British consuls in America to inquire into the matter. That is England all over ; the mischief being done, she proceeds to Elio* how it could have been prevented.—Boslon Correspondence of New York Herald. CHURCH LIVINGS FOR SALE.—Alderman Farebrother has announced a batch of church livings which he in tends to bring to the hammer. The first is the vicarage of the large town of Bicester, in Oxfordshire. There is a good vicarage house, with offices and garden, 125 acres of meadow, pasture, and arable lands, awarded in lieu of tithes, under the Bicester Enclosure Act, let at yearly rents amounting to 2241. The Easter dues produce 251. per annum, and the surplice fees 281. per annum. The present incumbent, who is in the 53d year of his age, holds the office of chaplain to the Union, and receives 901. a year from the Pastoral Aid Society, in aid of his curate's salary. The next is the vicarage of Eltham, Kent. The rent charge in commutation of tithes is fixed at 3451. per annum, and the surplice fees and Easter dues, with a benefaction of 71., amount to 401. per annum. The present incumbent is in the 49th year of his age. The next is the vicarage of Ambrosden, 12 miles from Oxford, with the hamlets of Arncott and Blackthorn annexed. There is an excel lent vicarage house, with offices and garden. The glebe comprises a barn, stable, and cow-house, and 111 acres in the hamlet of Arncott, producing 1201. per annum, 75 acres in the hamlet of Blackthorn, let at rent.; amounting to 731. per annum, rent charge fixed at 1141. Bs. Gd. per annum, varialne with the price of corn ; a, rent charge of 11. per annum is payable to the vicar out of land in Black thorn, surplice fees, &c. The present incumbent is in the GOth year of his age. Another is the consolidated rectories of Battlesden and Potteegrove, parishes situate a3johung t:e one to the other, and near to the town of Woburn, Bedfordshire. Battleßden Rectory consists of the parish church and churchyard, and globe containing unwan.ls of two acres of meadow land. Rent charge fixed at I 2041. Ils. Pottesgrove Rectory consists of the parish church and churchyard, a neat parsonage house, erected a few years since, an acre and a half of glebe land ; rent charge in commutation of tithes, 2451., exclusive of sur plice fees, Easter offerings,. &e. The present incumbent is in his 51st year. bleclon, and I made my report the next day, and the Board of Trade wain postponed the opening for another month in consequence of the signals being still incom plete ; and nroptr arrangements had not been made with thSouth-Weetern Company for giving up the use-cf their siding at Wimbledon. I then informed the repre sentatives of the lessee that 33 soon as ouch arrangements were made I would recommend the Board of Trade to sanction the opening. On the 9th of October I received notice of the signals having been put up, and on the llth the board allowed the line to he opened. Some time ought, in my opinion, to elapse before a new line is opened for rrrer,grr traffic. Goods trains ought to pass continually over it before passengers are conveyed ortr it. Great care ought also to be tolen to watch the lines, especially in wet weather, as it is only by passing along that the weak points are found out. I believe that the accident was caused mainly by the speed the engine was going at. The curve is slight, and the engine does not appear to have gone off at that place. My impression is, from the waving of the rails, it was owing to the en gine oscillating from side to side, and finding a weak point tore up the metal. It is, however, possible that a key might have come out. By the Coroner—l have no idea that any one is cul pable. The weakest part of the line has been sought out and found. Looking at the state of the atmosphere, I think the present rate of speed is objectionable. I think the speed ought not to exceed 20 miles an hour on this lino at present, ncr until the earthwork is fully consoli dated. After that time the trains could, of course, run faster. Mr. Craven, locomotive foreman, said that he told the deceased not to work by the time-table, but to go care fully, and use his own j u d gmen t. The deceased did not at any time tell him that the line- was insecure. He rode with him the greater part of Monday, far the pur pose of looking after the state of the line, and he found two or three slight defects, which were repaired by the platelayers. The learned Coroner summed up, and said it would be for the jury, after the evidence they had heard, to decide whether due care and precaution had been used in constructing the line, and afterwards in working the trains. They would also have to say whether the driver was going at that reckless speed as to endanger his own life or the safety of those under his charge. The court was then cleared of strangers, and after de liberating for some considerable time, the jury returned the following special verdict :—" That the deceased met his death by accident, but we (the jury) recommend-that the maximum speed, until the line becomes consolidated, should not be greater than 20 miles an hour, agreeably to the suggestions of Lieut.-Colonel_Yolland, the Go. vernment inspector." The proceedings, which lasted nearly six hours, then terminated. TOTE ESS ELECTION. TOTNESS, Monday.—The Mayor (Mr. Huxham) opened the proceeding; at the Guildhall, Totness, at 11 o'clock this morning. Captain PORTMAN, R.N., in proposing Lord Gifford, recommended the vigorn . us prosecution of the war with Russia. Mr. J. DERRY, banker, who seconded the proposition, said that the borough had been well represented by Lord Seymour, and he had no doubt that the opinions of the present candidate being similar would give equal satis faction. The resolution having been carried unanimously, -Lord GIFFORD rose, and was received with great en thusiam ; having recently expounded his political opinions to them there was no occasion to enter at length upon that subject again. He coincided entirely with the popular feeling against the encroachments of the great Northern Power, and should support Lord Palmerston in his efforts to obtain a creditable-peace. His late competitor i❑ the borough, Mr. Mackenzie, had by himself or his friends been reprekented as a Conservative in public and an ex treme Liberal in private. Soon after he (Lord Gifford) became of age he was offered a county seat in the House of Commons, provided he would advocate Protectionist principles. This he declined, not having bad sufficient opportunities to judge properly on the great political questions of the day. Since then he had travelled much, and had spent four years in India, where much experience was obtained. The Conservative party bad frequently opposed all progress ; they were against Roman Catho lic Emancipation, repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts, free trade, &c., and are now against the Emanci pation of the Jews. They even grumbled in private against free trade, although corn was ranging up to 100 s. per quarter. He was no blind adherent of Lord John Russell's, and could not admire all his acts, especially during the last four years ; but it was that nobleman whom the country bad to thank for most of those useful and salutary measures which bad passed the House of Commons in the present time. He (Lord Gifford) held the utmost respect for the opinions of the Duke of So merSet, but he was absolutely independent of him, aid should follow his own political opinions, whatever was the consequence. The long friendship which had existed between him and the duke ought to be no bar to his being the repeesentative of the borough of Totuess. His lordship concluded by proposing a vote of thanks to the Mayor, which, being seconded by Mr. Ferris, was car ried unanimously, and the business, which occupied about an hour and a half, was closed. TIIE CASE OF TEE ROYAL MAIL SHIP MERMAID, AT PERNAMBUCO. The inquiry into the conduct of the captain of this vessel was resumed yesterday, at Liverpool. The first witness called was Mr. John Wilson Green, who knew the Mermaid well, and was certain that the water she made every 22 hours could easily have been pumped out in two hours. He certainly should not have hesitated to have acted as the captain bad done under the circumstances he was placed in at Pernambuco. Mr. James, emigration surveyor, at Liverpool, de ipu.oesveidoutshatot herhe s d u e r p v a e r y tu ed re the l ...ll. e e ih rm ou a r id oe i . n s J h an e u w a a ry s t l h aL e t u , thoroughly caulked, and was in every way efficient for a slip of her class. She was in dry dock and was coppered. She was kneed and fastened under his and Mr. Easel den's inspection. Would not consider a ship of her class making 7 inches of water per hour unsafe. With the two pumps on board they could pump out 6 tons of water in five minutes. Had seen the ship in dry dock since her re turn. Observed a leakage next to the keel and the foremast on the larboard side. Ordered the copper to be taken off that spot, and there was then a rash of water about three inches in width. It arose from the neglect of the caulkers at that particular spot. The ves sel had since been stripped of all her copper, but they had discovered nothing more ; the ship's bottom was thoroughly caulked. The hole was the size of the seam. It would be impossible to say how many gallons of water would pass through it in a minute. Nut 250 cer tainly. One of Air. Miller's men, who did the work 'of the ship, would be to blame for the hole. Captain Read, manager of the Woodside Ferry Boats, deposed that he knew the Mermaid well. Her usual draft of water was 10 to 20 feet, with a moderate cargo. If she was drawing 16,i feet of water, it would be neces sary to lighten her fully from 12 to 12i feet to take her over the bar at Pernambuco, and from his knowledge of her as a crank ship, he did not think she could have been lightened to 12i feet to cross the bar with safety. Evidence having been given that the cargo had been delivered without damage and that no claims had yet been made, an d Mr. Hall having addressed the bench for Captain Devey, Captain Robertson said he shou'd just state the sub stance of his report to the Board of Trade at once, viz. : I consider from the evidence adduced in this case, and after taking all the circumstances into consideration, that the captain was justified in prosecuting the voyage to England in the Mermaid ; and, so far from being to blame, I consider that under the trying eircumstanceshe did all that could be reasonably expected from a person in his responsible situation. The decision was received with marks of approval. ALICE GRAY, THE IMPOSTOR" Statements have been published to the effect that the extraordinary young woman who has so recently at tracted so much attention throughout the country by her clever but heartless impostures is a native of Limerick, and that her mother, a very honest woman, resides there. Also that her father, who is dead, bore the name of Hug garJ, and was Penn Oilgate i in the county of Wexford. The Mancheste r Gu a rdi an cf yesterday, however, says : —Mary Atkinson, alias Alice Gray, is the daughter of a poor but industrious man, a mason, or wailer, in Ken dal, who many years ago died suddenly of cholera. Mary Atkinson, at her father's death, sought the protection of an aunt, named Askew, a widow, at Old Hutton about five miles from Kendal, and who took her under her roof. "Alice" had lived with her aunt—who pos sessed a small farm-- -only a short period, when the latter disposed of her farming stock and agricultural imple ments, the precees being deposited in the Bank of Westmoreland. " Alice" knew this, and in order to ob tain the money she represented to her aunt that there was a kind-hearted lady named Robson, living at Am bleside, who took great interest in money belonging to widows,- and she would give twice as much interest as the bank to any widow of good reputation ; and that Mrs. Robson had made several inquiries respecting the integrity of Mrs. Askew. The bait took. Mary Atkin son succeeded in obtaining on different occasions the sum of 201. from the widow (who withdrew it from the bank), pretending, in the meantime, that Mrs. Robson had presented her with Bs. 6d. to purchase clothing for the children, which Alice bought at a draper's shop. Alice subsequently persuaded her aunt to withdraw the remaining 601. front the bank, and deposit it in the hands of the benevolent lady, telling her, at the same time, that the Bank of Westmoreland was going to discon tinue payment, and that for the 601. Mrs. Robson would pay her 81. a year interest. Mrs. Askew handed it to her niece to give to to Mrs. Robson (who of course was a " Mrs. Harris"), and " Alice" never again re turned to her aunt's. These things took place in 1547. Some weeks prier to this fraud being discovered, Mary Atkinson had entered upon a house in Kendal, furnished it in style, and then disposed of the furniture, by night, to private individuals, and by these means defr aued several tradesmen who had placed confidence in her re presentations. She also induced a 1 idy, a resident Kendal, to entrust her with a package of clothingfor the lady's son, which she offered to carry to the metro pAis, where, she asserted,. she wal going to receive a large amount of money. Three years after t.,ke death of her father (about 30 years ago) her mother married a tailor, who died three years ago, and the mother of 1" Alice" is still living in Busher, Kendal, and takes in I washing. So much for,the parentage of the Alice Gray of many aliases I Naval and Military Intelligence. A court-riartial, comprising Capt. Sir Thos. Mait lanl, C. 8., of her Majesty's ship Excellent, president ; Captains G. A. Elliott, C. 8., of the St. Vincent ; J. J. Stopford, of the Calcutta ; G. T. Gordon, of the Vic tory ; E. Ommanney, of the Hark° ; R. Harris, of the illustrious ; G. S. Hand, of the Sampson ; W. Crispin, second captain of the Victoria and Albert ; and G. L. Grcethatr, Deputy Judge-Advocate of the Fleet, assem bled yesterday morning on board the flag-ship Vie,tory, in l'ortimouth harbour, to try James Vienor, ordinary :-cainan, belonging to her Majesty's ship ilastings, on a charge of having, on or about the2sth ult., deserted that ship and enlisted as a private in her Majesty's 80th Re giment of Foot, with intent to defraud her Majesty, &c. It appeared that the prisoner was on 40 days' leave from his ship, which did not expire yet for upwards of a week, and had enlisted into the 80th at Portsmouth, on purpose to obtain the bounty of 8/. now given to re cruits volunteering for that regiment. In this, how ever, he was foiled, for Lieutenant M`Cres, First of the Hastings, happening to witness the 80th at drill on the 30th ult., two days after his enlistment, instantly rzcugnised the prisoner as a deserter from the ship in spite of his metamorphosis from a sailor to a soldier, and had him immediately apprehended. The prisoner tried to make away with his military habiliments on being taken to the ship, but they were recovered. The charge was declared proved, and the prisoner was sen tenced to receive 50 lashes on board suck one of her Majesty's ships as the Lords of the Admiralty may think fit, and to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for the space of 12 calendar months in the county gaol of Win chester. Vice• Admiral of the Red Sir George Francis Sey mour, K.C.8., G.C.H., will succeed Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas Cochrane, K.C.8., as Commander•in•Chief at Portsmouth, on the expiration of the latter officer's term next month. The Niagra steam-transport left Spithead yesterday morning for Heligoland, to embark 500 of the British German Legion and convey them to Folkestone. The Queen Victoria screw-transport is alongside Ports mouth Dockyard, taking in for Balaklava the last ship meet of the huts built for the Government. Her Majesty's steam-yacht Fairy, having sustained an injury while at Cowes lately, has been docked at Portsmouth to remedy the defect, and the opportunity was taken to give her a little external embellishment. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam•ship Ripon, Captain Cooper, transport No. 25, arrived at Southampton yesterday morning from the Black Sea with invalde, &a. The Rip©n left Balaklava on the 13th ult., and Malta on the 23d, touching at Constantinople and Gibraltar. There were on board 23 officers, and about 70 invalided soldiers, sailors, and other per sons. Among them are from Balaklava—Captain Ar buthnot, R.A., Lieutenant De Winton, R.A., Quarter. master Walker, 71st Highlanders ; Lieutenant Maxwell, R.A., Lieutenant -Colonel Fitzmayer, R.A., Captain Warburton, 3d Buffs; Lieutenant-Colonel Herbert, 3d Regiment ; Captain Drewe, 23d ; Ensign Young, 19th, wounded in left band ; the Hon. Lieutenant Deane, 4th Dragoon Guards ; Major Custance, 6th Dragoons ; Major King, 49th Regiment ; Captain Pocock, 30th, left arm shit off, and wounded in right ; 2 privates of th e Grenadier Guards ; General Benti na and t 3 servants ; Major Armitage, 1 private of the Coldstream Guards, 7 Commissariat labourers, 2 warehouse labourers, 3 dis tressed British sailors, 1 sailor from the steam transport Candia, Messrs. Edwards, Robins, Hartley, Carray, Cole, &c. From Constantinople—Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas, 16 naval invalids, &c. ; from Malta—Mr. 0 wen and Mrs. Eman, 3 children and servant, 8 distressed British seamen, 5 orderlies of the medical staff corps, &c. ; from Gibraltar—Major Strachan, Quartermaster- Sergeant Goodman, Messrs. Smith, English, Hick, &c. There were also on board 12 officers' servants, and seven horses, one of which belonged to the late Lord Raglan. All of the officers, together with their baggage, were landed in the course of the day. The distressed British seamen, however, remained on board the transport all night, and will be despatched to their various destina tions by the Admiralty department at Southampton this day. Owing to a very dense fog in the Southampton Water at the time the Ripon arrived, she unfortueately got aground ; and, it being an ebb tide, she could not be moved till the evening. The officers, with their bag gage, &e., were sent on shore in a steam tug, and very little inconvenience was experienced by the prevention of the Ripon's coming into dock. As soon as the Ad miralty were made acquainted with the arrival of the transport a telegraphic message was forwarded to the Peninsular and Oriental Company, asking what number of troops the Ripon was capable of conveying to the Crimea. in addition to 200 tons of coffee, and what would be the earliest moment she could be got ready to depart ? The reply returned was to the effect that accom modation could be provided for 550 men, and that the ship would be ready for sea in the course of a week. The Phoenix, 6, screw steam sloop, Commander H. M. Elliott, arrived yesterday at Sheerness from the White Sea, at 9.45 a.m., last from Yarmouth, where she was detained for four days by stress of weather. She oft Vardhuus, in Norway, on the 16th of October, in consequence of the bad state of the weather, the wind blowing in heavy gales at short intervals from every quarter of the compass with equal fury. She arrived at Lerwich on the 29th ult., left there on the 30th ult., and arrived at Yarmouth roads on the Ist inst. She re ports that the Meander, 44 guns, Capt. Thos. Baillie, which ship arrived at Yarmouth on the 3d inst., from the White Sea, experienced a succession of heavy gales off the Dudgeon; she lied a very narrow escape of go ing on shore on the Dudgeon Sand. When the Phoenix was lying at Vardhuus there was no less than 20 sail of merchant vessels there bound for Archangel—Americans, Bremens, Danes, Hamburgers, and Norwegians. Se veral of them were known to have been laden for Eng lish interest. Some of the American were last from London, their port of loading ; and at Hatnmersfest, a port on this side of the North Cape, about double the above number of vessels was waiting the arrival of the allied blockading squadron to start on the sane errand for Archangel. Some of our gun-boats might have made a rich harvest had they been there, as there was not the slightest doubt that most of the vessels referred to con tain contraband of war, under neutral flags, for the Rus sians. All these vessels actually sailed from the above named ports while the Phoenix was lying at Vardbuus, most of them making certain of discharging their cargoes and of being laden and coming out again clear before the ice set in. During the cruise of the Phoenix in the White Sea the exertions made were principally confined to enforcing the blockade, which has up to the time of leaving been done most strictly, and in destroying the coasting trade between Archangel, Onega, and the ports in Norway. She has destroyed a great number of small fishing craft, principally laden with fish, intended for the markets at Archangel, and which has had the effect of making fish exceedingly dear there. The privation is greatly felt by the Russians, as the fasts ordered by their religion are very numerous, and on most of these occasions fish con stitutes almost their only article of food. She has also destroyed several ifihing ports and villages, which would have bseu spared had not the villagers and fishermen, on the approach of the boats for the purpose of purchasing supplies, fired on the boat's crew. On one of these occa sions a seaman named Horton was unfortunately killed by a rifle ball through his head. This was the only casualty. On the 27th of September last the ships forming the squadron were compelled to leave their anchorage at Cross Island in consequence of the severity of the wea ther, the Phoenix losing an anchor and cable, and being forced to run to Soriatoi Nos, where she remained until Oct. 10, with the allied squadron, consisting of the French frigate Cleopatre, the steamers Cocyte and Pe trole, and the English frigate Meander 7 the steamers Phoenix and A.riel, also the collier Nautilus in tow, in company together, except the French part of the squadron which had previously left. The Phcenis rolled so heavily as to carry away her foretopmast, and spring her main topmast, thereby endangering the lives of seven seamen on the foretopsail)ard at the time. On the morning of her departure from the White Sea a keen frost was ex perienced, the thermometer being 10 deg. below freezing point. The whole coast was deeply covered with snow. Heavy showers of snow have followed them as far as the Shetlands, with a very low temperature. The Otter, 3, paddle-wheel steam-vessel, Lieut.-Com mander J. 11. Glover, was put out of No. 1 dry dock, Sheerness, on Saturday, to complete her defects in the fitting basin. The gun-boat Thistle, Lieut.-Commander D. Spain, was taken into No. 1 dry dock, Sheerness, for repairs yesterday: The Pelter gun-boat, Lieut.-Commander W. F. Lee, was also taken into the fitting basin fur making good de fees yest rday. The Magpie, gun-boat, Lieut.-Commander B. C. J. Piny, left Sheerness yesterday for Plymouth. The Basilisk, 6, paddle-wheel steam-sloop, Commander Robert Jenner, received orders at noon yesterday to pro ceed from Sheerness to Portsmouth ; she takes supernu meraries from the flag-ship Whterloo. s The old paddl e - w h ee l s t eamer J a nus, Lord Dando na ld' s p r i nc ipl e , was taken con stricted on into even i ng to ro w u je n h . basin on Saturday to be broken up.. is - p fit for further se rv ic e , and the work of demolition gressing rapidly. The Merlin, Captain Sullivan, arrihvedcaet IV: embarkedt.) l Wi ell o n Saturday evening from the Baltic , . wen an invalided seaman of her Majesty's ship Firefly, wh o died on It will be recollected that the Merlin the passive home. had the whole of he r crockery broken by the explosion of a Russian infernal machine. The offi-e rs o f the ship succeeded in obta in ing one of these mac hi nes before their departure f rom the Baltic, and h ave much the ready process by w hi ch thePe pleasure in explaining destructive instruments aro worked. The Merlin is at present anchored off the dockyard, and will be taken into dock to be overhauled , . adviceßy \\ r eceived at oolwieh f rom Bermuda it is understood that the 21st company of Roy a l S appers an d M i ners , under the command of Captain White, Royal Engineers, were to embark thence on board the brig James on the Ist of the present month. They will ar rive in England in the early part of December. Considerable numbers of Colt's revolvers have been recently landed at Woolwich and received in store there, and yesterday several cases coctaining 50 each were un loaded there for reshipment for Bala,klava, to the charge of her Majesty's storekeeper there. John Thomas has been prometed to be a retired com mander. A mistake has been made in reference to the officer commanding her Majesty's ship Tribune. Capt. H. E. Edgcll was appointed to that ship last Aug. He took the command about the 20th of Sept., and still retains it. The following promotions appeard in our late edition of ye.terday : PROMOTIONS FOR THE CAPTURE OF KINBOURN. The following promotions have been made by the Board of Admiralty this day, k congequenee of the, sue• ccssful operations atKinbottrn Lieutenant G. H. Marryat, of the Cracker, to tLe rank of Commander. Mr. E. V/. Brooker, mister of H.M.S. Spitofnl, has been off ref a commission as Lieutenant in the Loyal Navy. P;e follow;ng appointments were also been made yes ttrday LIEUTENANT. Colin C. A. Kane, additional of Royal Albert, for service in the Cracker. PAYMASTER. Arthur G. Thomas, to the Salamander. Mr. John Thomas (a) has been promoted to the rank of retired Commander. DEATH OF REAR-ADMIRAL PREVOST. We regret to announce the death of Rear-Admiral James Prevost, retired under her Majesty's order in council of l e t S eptember, 1816, which occurred at Southampton ou the 28th ultimo, at an advanced age. The following account of his services are extracted from O'Byrne's "Naval Biography :”- " This officer entered the navy in 1754, as captain's servant, on board the Culloden, 74, Captain Cotton, guard-ship, at Plymouth. From March, 1785, until June, 1793, he served on the Ne w f oun dl and and Jamaica stations in the Leocadia, Captain Alex. Edgar ; Expedi tion, 44, Commodore Gardner ; Chichester, 44, Captain H. Brydges ; Nautilus, 18, Captain John Trigge ; and Salisbury and Europa, flag-ships of Admiral Milbank° and Commodore Ford. He was then, ou the 19th of the month last mentioned, promoted to the rank of lieutenant and placed in command of the Flying Fish schooner, in which vessel he witnessed the surrender of Jeretuie, St. Nicholas Mole, Leogane, and othtr places is St. Domingo. His appointments, after he l' ft the Flying Fish, were-March 9, 1794, to the Hound, 18, Captain F. Gardner, on the Jamaica sta tion ; April 20, 1795, and April G, 1796, to the Defence, 74, Captain Thomas Wells; and Barfleur, 9S, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Hon. Win. Waldegrave, both in the Medi ttrranean ; Feb. 22, 1793, to the Agincourt, 64, bearing the flag of the officer last mentioned at Newfoundland ; and August 29, 1800, to the Foudroyant, 80, flag-ship of Lord Keith, again in the Mediterranean. In the De fenci he fought in Hotharu's first partial action, March 14, 1795 ; in the Barfleur he took part in the action off Cape St. Vincent, Feb. 14, 1797, and assisted, in com mand of the launch, in Nelson's bombardment of Cadiz ; and in the Foudroyant he obtained the Turkish gold medal for his services on shore during the operations of 1801 in Egypt. On the Bth of October, in the latter year, he wav promoted to the command of the Bonne Citoyenne sloop, also on the Mediterranean station where, in 1802, be removed to the Vincejo brig. In August and December, 1804 (he had left the Vincejo in 1803), he assumed command, in succession, of the Ex plosion bomb, and Saracen, 18 ; in the latter of which vessels we find him recommended by Rear-Admiral Mur ray to the protection of the Admiralty as 'an active and very zealous officer,' for his conduct during the opera tions in the Rio de la Plata, whence he was sent home with the naval and military despatches announcing the disastrous result of the attack upon Buenos Ayres, July 5, 1807. He was advanced to post rank March 13, 1809, and was lastly, from Dec. 11, 1812, to June 4, 1814, employed at Chatham, in the Ceres, 32, as flag captain to Rear-Admiral Thos. Surridge. We may add that for a short time in 1802 he acted as captain of the Success frigate at Malta. He accepted his present rank October 1, 1846." DEATH OF COMMANDER PIILESTON. Commander John Puleston (1848), on the retired list of 1830, died in Coburg-street, Plymouth, on the 29th ult., at the advanced age of 73. " This officer entered the navy on the 3d Dec., 1794, ac third-class boy, on board the Cambridge, 74, Captain Richd. Blger, guard-ship at Piyinouth ; and from May, 1795, until Apiil, 1802, served, with the exception of an interval in 1796-7, in the Camilla, 20, Captains Thomas Graves, Robert Larkan, and Edw. Brace, on the North Sea, Channel, West India, and Newfoundland stations —part of the time in the capacity of midshipman. Joining next, in March, 1305. the Melarnpus, 36, Cap tains Stephen Poyntz and Edw. Hawker, he assisted•, 13th July following, at the capture of the Hydra, priva teer, of 23 guns and 192 men, and, in September, 1806, at the destruction, off Cape Henry, of L'lnapetueux, a French 74. In January, 1309, we find him escorting a fleet of transports from Halifax to Barbadoes ; and on the 16th of that month contributing to the capture of Le COT ri, a French brig of war, mounting 16 guns, with a complement of 92 men, having on board 570 bar rels of flour and a large quantity of gunpowder, for the relief of SI . . Domingo. He was made a lieutenant July 1, 1809, into the Martin, sloop, Captain John Evans, at Nowfoundlani ; and was afterwards appointed, Dec. 13, 1809, to the Indian, sloop, Captain Charles John Austen, William Bowen Mends, and Henry Jane, with whom he served on the Halifax and West India stations until October, 1812—November 4, 1313, to the Hannibal, 74, Captain Sir Michael Seymour, in which ship, prior to returning to the West Indies, he aided at the capture, off Cherbourg, of the French 40-gun frigate Sultane— and, Dec. 29, 1814, nearly four months after lie had left the Hannibal, to the Scylla, sloop, Captain George Ben net Allen. He has been on half-pay since September 30, 1815." RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. LANCASTER AND CARLISLE. The report of the committee of shareholders appointed on the 12th of September last states that a majority of the proprietors at the last meeting having indicated an opinion adverse to an amalgamation with the Little North-Western, the committee have not thought it in cumbent upon them to investigate the subject, but they by no means underrate the importance of maintaining the most friendly relations with the Little North- Western. The committee report that the traffic between Liverpool and Newcastle-upon-Tyne does not pass over the line, owin g to the want of cordial Co - o p era ti on on the part of the Newcastle and Carlisle Company, and not from any unwillingness of the Lancaster and Carlisle Company to exchange such traffic. It does not appear to the committee that traffic from Liverpool has been diverted by the London and North Western Company, with the exception of cotton from Liverpool to the Con tinent, which was for a period sent over the Manches ter, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire line, instead of the Lan caster and Carlisle line to Leith, fer shipment to the Continent. And they also report that difference of opinion between the Edinburgh and Glasgow and Scot tish Central on one side, and the Caledonian on the other, has caused and still causes diversion of traffic to the east, to the detriment of the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway. The committee recommend that arrangements should be entered into with the Kendal and Windermere Company under the existing Parliamentary powers, by which the passenger and mineral traffic of the Lake dis trict might be further greatly developed, and a very large excursion traffic in the summer months be brought on the lino from the manufacturing districts of Lanca shire and Yorkshire. The committee also recommend the issue of season tickets to the Lake district as a fur ther means of encouraging the traffic. The committee recommend that a strong effort should be made to effect better arrangements with the proprietors of the Preston station ; and that, if such arrangements cannot be made amicably, they recommend that advantage should be taken of the first application to Parliament by any of the companies who are proprietors of the station to get the position of the railway placed upon an equitable basis. The committee observe with satisfaction that the directors, on the occasion of a probable clashing of in terests with the Loudon and North-Western, had sus epended forwarding the minutes of the Lancaster and Carlisle board to the London and North-Western board (which had previously, as a matter of courtes placed not of legal right, been so forwarded), are d me a n a t o i p n the the legal case of the company in that at They report North•Western Company. hands of a solicitor unconnected a t r h l e a London and is unable pre senttoiatehrechaLnCompany is Liver. Lancaster a's t r t a e ili r Preston Railway. The London pool with the East Lancashire the East Lancashire 3,0001. e and nt Carlisle C tn om an p d an and North -Western nu pay ange of traffic with the per annum for nonouter the l Preston station f this 3,0001. ; Lancaster and Carlisle at 3 paid by the London and North-Wes tern they receive 1 , ' 000/. per annum 500/. back from the La ncaster and , Carlisle, and about 1 500/. from the Caledonian. To ob tain t his advantage the London and North-W es t ern de partedfrom a previous agreement made bet wean them selves and the Carlisle Company. This agreement for the p a yment of 3,0001. per annum has above three years yet ' re d. The committ ee unexp entertain a strong opinion that the Liverpool traffic to Preston ought not to be sent 10 miles round, greatly to the inconvenience of the pub lic, and clearly to the detriment of the Lancaster and Carlisle interests. The principle =A be established that &Ural! ways enteri ng t h e Preston station are to be received on an equal footing by the Lancaster and Carlisle Corn pany. The committee think the renewal of the present octuple treaty expedient for the sake of avoiding useless competition, and apportioning to sash line of railway its due proportion of traffic ; the only question, therefore, seems to be one of terms, which they think should be left in the bands of the directors. The committee suggest that it would be desirable now, that the share capital in the company held by the Lordon and North-Western Com pany amounts to 350,0001., that the number of directors nominated at the board should be reduced. It appears obvious to the committee that it is the interest of the Lancaster and Carlisle to promote, cultivate, andtmain tainand south, friendly relations with all companies, both north south, and especially so with the London d North- Western Company, looking at its c • t n e n flexions and ce n ia ry ramifications in the south, as well as its thank the in terest in the northern lines. The committeege n aeement of th e directors for their general policy and d it free from all gua rantees and amalgamations. line, and for their having maintain ed t The committee state th ath ey dire c t ors and officers of th e com panyhave received from the ti d facility for inquiry with ou t every information a, i n conclusion, d express t • the slightest reserve; an undertaking, p rov id e d t h e unabated confidence in the same leading priccip l e a which have hith er t o guided the directors in their management and policy shall be still kept is view and maintained. PANAMA.. It appears that the freight business by this route is progressively increasing, and will receive an impetus from the recent reduction of the transit rate on coffee and cocoa, which was made in consequence of the assurances received by the directors from various quarters that the quantities of both articles seeking the Panama route were very great, and that the reduced rate would secure the entire transport business. The receipts ou the line for August were $125,000. A whole cargo of flour bad beeia shipped at Baltimore for Callao to go over the rail w3 y, and st ores were b e i ng s hi ppe d a t N ew York to be sc nt over the railway for vessels in the Pacific.