The Sun. — London, England, 1855-10-20 00:00:00

. new re all lives of the !" 13 the the t on, 's love from 1, how parted hich I that I must be its lead ing on in the le 22d ,ortant of the CT. 18 a, has remast having A this and to of the Cing of iter of ia, his c of the issued ared to of law witness e taken :eep his A late, Lth par 4d. per 3e. 6d. Ee their rare-- Adver- ncl sub amount,. sum 0 )alanoe, ngland. ver. innexed ieasures -" City, to the a whole 4th of of the ore than. er Cen t ' xy, an d ,s o n the Ban k of rould on as mo st late, the ces, abu t been 66 dderable ,ADlat•' • _,____-,--'. M 0 .75 E Y MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. In the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday there was a quiet demand, the sales being 6,000 bales, and prices were hardly supported. The rates of Friday week were obtained, with the exception of Brazil and Egyptians, which were hd . per pound lower, and the common qualities of Sea Islands id. down. The Railway Share Market was very dull, and prices were again much lower. On the Paris Bourse, Rentes of the 4i per Cent. Stock for money fell on the 17th 75 centimes, while for the account they remained stationary. The 3 per Cents. for money and account declined respectively 5 and 10 centimes. The general effect upon shares, after the measures adopted by the Banks of France and England to increase their rates of discount were known, was to create unsteadi nese, especially those of the Credit Mobilier, which underwent some violent fluctuations, leaving off at 1,175 E, being a fall of 25f. from opening quota tions. Railway shares likewise experienced a de cline, and the public sold without regard to price in their desire to obtain money. Meanwhile the occasion was good for capitalists who had a store of the needful. An impression was prevalent that the Government would have to call for a new loan at an early date. The recent loan was quoted at from 65fr. to 65fr. 25c. for money, and the same for time bargains. It was announced by the Council of Administra tion for Public Works that the subscription of 30,000,000 francs, for carrying oub the projected line of railway from Lyons to the Mediterranean, would be called for in one bond of three shares, payable by instalments of 180 fr. each, from the 22d Oetober, inclusive. _ . The Paris grain markets, by our latest advices, continue in the same calm state which has marked their condition during the week. New buyers were numerous, which caused old purchasers to buy, whether they realized a profit or not. The high prices in. Paris had drawn all the disposable wheat into the market from the adjacent country, and qualities averaging 118 to 120 kilogrammes brought from 59 to GO francs. The demand for rye was active, and brought 33fr. per 115 kilog. Although the Bank of England did not lose much more than half a million sterling last week, according to its return to the 13th instant, it suf fered a reduction also of over 900,000/. in its re serve. This arises from the quarterly payments rather than from increased discounts. We ob serve nothing particularly new in the other features, and the great redaction in the Government Secu rities must be due to the sales, or the loans called in upon them. The following are the principal changes Active circulation Increase Bullion -• Decrease Rest £20,648,365 356 810 11,752,421 526,860 3,147,899 Decrease Public Deposits Decrease Other Deposits In crease Seven-Day and other Bills Decrease Government Securities Decrease. Other Securities Decrease Notes unemployed Decrease 534,549 4,359,851 2,746,673 11,905,925 1,068,282 973,867 38,680 10,556,040 857,103 194191,293 510,847 4,557,490 915,980 The Mermaid from, Melbourne, has arrived off Liverpool with 98,655 ounces of gold, but her dates are old. The Marco Polo has been telegraphed from the same port, and the intelligence is to the 21st July, or one day later than that by the Over land Mail. She brings a large sum of gold, but the particulars are not yet known. The shipments of specie direct from London during the week ending Thursday last comprised 25,000 ounces of silver and 500 ounces of gold, all to the Continent. The steamer Indus, which leaves Southampton this evening for India and China, takes out 318,9281. in gold and silver. . . The large receipts of gold from Australia just announced have benefitted the market for English Stocks, as it is considered that they will tempo rarily, at least, afford some ease to the Money Mar ket. Consols, after being 87i and 87k, advanced to 8 71 and 87k, at which price they close. Exchequer Bills are rather better, being 103. to 3s. discount. The Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities are 86i to 86i. The business transacted in the Foreign Market has been of a very unimportant character, and very little alteration occurred in prices. Turkish 6 per Cents. rose to 78 and 79, being 1 per cent. better. The New Scrip advanced about 1 per cent., namely to 3i discount. The Dutch 2i per Cents. were 641 ; Spanish New Deferred 191 ; Brazilian Small 991 ; and New 41 per Cents. 92±. The following are the nominal prices of foreign stocks: Grenada Deferred Bonds, 18 to 20 ; Mexican, 19; 19-1 ; Peruvian, 71 to 73 ; ditto Three per Cents., 51 to 63; Portuguese Four per Cents., 43 to 45 ; Russian Five per Cents., 95 to 98 ; ditto Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 85 to 88 ; Spanish New Deferred, 371 to 38± ; ditto Three per Cents., 191 to ; ditto Certificates, 4to4± ; ditto Passive, 4± to 5. For Railway Shares there was very little demand to-day, but an improved tendency in prices was observable, and the market closes with a firm aspect. The transactions have been principally in Midland, North-Western, Great Western, and South-Western. Midland were about 10s. to 15s. better. Hamburgh and Rotterdam were a shade higher, and also Paris and Lyons. Great Western of Canada were dull, but rather better than at the close of yesterday. Mining and Banking Shares were without any particular change. Canada Land Shares were 3/. lower. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CI,G , (Prom the Oficial List.) Enone., done 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities... B 6l 3 i 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities B7 i New 3 per Cent. Annuities Lang Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 .., 3i 7-16 India Bonds, £l000 Ditto, under 21000 par 5 d Consols for Account Bl 1 i i Exchequer Bills, ?id 2(1. £lO00. ... 2500 5 10 3 d 5 10 3 d Small .. Exchequer Bonds 1858,3 i per Cent.... 98. Ditto 1859, ~ - ... 98i PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT. ONE O'CLO( K Brazilian Bonds 5 per Cent. . Ditto Small 99i Ditto 5 per Cent. (Rothchild's) 99 Ditto New, 1852, 44 per Cent - 921 Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent ... vs.. — Ditto New Deferred, 3 per C — Tarkibh Bonds, 6 per cent .. Cent, l a i a G hl nil e 10 I'°OnS.:IdcycLOCIL Ditto for the account ........... ************ •• 7 _ 8 4 , ~ g , Ditto New. Scrip, 4 per Cent, ****** ********* '' i V v Ditto for the Account o 2 n i t ro ll e r a c bo e v n e t. p D atoll E n ac ivi han dea g d e g , Consols S 7 Ditto for tha Accoun t Bth Nov 40 20 10 10 THE ALDERSHOTT INAUGURATION BALL.—The grand military ball given at the camp by the officers of the re spective militia regiments at Alde rsbott, in which the Grenadier Guards and Rifle Brigade (2d and 3d batta lions) joined, took place on Thursday. The company exceeded 600, and, notwithstanding the i solated position of the camp from the metropolis or large towns, the officers were complimented by the presence of 320 ladies. Lord Panmare, Gen. Power, R.A., and other military fiag officers of the Engineers and Artillery also honoured the club with their presence. The ball was opened by " God Save the Queen," played in the best style by the quadrille band, the whole of the company] rising simul taneously. RESIGNATION OF THE MARINE SURVEYOR AT LlVER roon.—At the meeting of the Dock Committee yester day, just after the reporters retired, Lieutenant Lord announced that the state of his health would no longer admit of his undertaking the surveying department, which at present forms a very material portion of the whole of his official duties. At the same time he has expressed his willingness to undertake the duties of his office on shore ; but in the event of his services being retained, he should require his present salary of 6001. per annum to be increased. In the event of this pro posal not being agreed to by the committee, Lieutenant Lord intimated that he merely held his office until his successor was appointed. The consiieration of the sub ject was referred to the Marine Surveyors' Committee, with the understanding that the salary was not to be in creased above its present amount-6001. per annum. — Liverpool M murk 25 8128 10 5 5 2s► 10 20 20 20 100 25 25 SHARE MARKETS. (THIS DAY.) RAILWAYS. RAILWAYS. .tbordcen Ambg. Nottug. Bost. and Eastn. Jtmet Be!fast Ai Kailirmen Firming. Wolfe rb Stour Valley ..... Flirk e.iud. Lancet. dz Cheshire Junet Do. Chesh. dz Birk., £5O and £25 Cons. Do., £2O Rlyth &Tyne original £25 (is d. at £45) Bristol and Exeter... Caledonian Cairo. and Ca, digan Chester dz Holyhead Cork and Bandon Cork, Black, 4 Pas , Cornwall Do. A Do. B Ciieff Junction ...... DuAin&BelfastJune Dun. P. & Jne Do. N ...... East ALglian Eastern Counties East. TTnion, A St ) De., B. Ste 4 Do., New A East Kent East Lancashire Edinburgh& GlasgoNs - Edinb. and Peebles Edin. Prth & Duarte, Forth & Clyde Jul.: Furness Do. Extension Glasgow &S. West•- ,,, Great N. of Seotlnd Groat Northern Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Gt. Sth. &West.(lre ) Great Western Do. Stour Val. Rail Gua. Stk .. Irish South-Eastern. Lancaster & Carlisle IDo., Thirds Do. New Thirds Lancash. andYorksh Do., Wst. Riding Un. Liv. Crsby. &South p t London & Blackwall Lond. Bright & S.Cd Lond. and N. Westn. !Do. Fifths Do.lol. Sh. ,M&8...0 Do. Eighths London andS. Westn. Do., £5O Do., £4O Lndndrry& Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk. Manch.Shef.lz Lincln Do. Shares, No. I Do., Man. & Lin. Un Metropolitan Midland Do. Birmng. &Derby Midi& G. West. (Ire. ) Do. Half Shares Newcastle &parlisle Nwpt.Aberg. &Hrfd Newry &Enniskillen Newry Warrenpoini and Rostrevor. Norfolk Northn.Counties North British North Devon, No. 1 Do., No. 2 Do., A A Deferred Do., B Guaranteed N. Eastern—Berwick Do. do. Extension Do.do. G.N.E. Do. Leeds Do. York North London .&S.Wstrn.,Hanar - stead, and City Jn.. North Staffordshire.. North Western N. & S. Westrn. June Nuneaton, Hinckley end Leicester..... Ox, Wore.. At Wolv i'orts:nouth o.Lish Central SeottishMidland... Thropshiro Union South Devon South Eastern ,oath Wales Yrksh. & Riv. Dun 100 all 82!. 100 100 all all Inn 100 t& 1713 al' al] 1 too 100 21 all 3 all all rio itaines,Wok &W(* lockton 8; Dar Stockton & Hartlepl raff Vale Do. Pref. ) No. 1 Thames llay. D.& R tTlverstono & Lancs Vale of Neath Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford&Limeriek West Cornwall West End of London and Crystal Palace Do. A . Do. B West London. Wimblodn & Croydon Ant7ferperßott , rd. Do, 5 p.c. Oblgs. con.'' in Sh. at par till '64 Ardennes Belgian Eastn. June. Reziers to Graissessae Bombay, Baroda,ano Central India,Scrir Do. Demerara Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France Do. Now East Indian, g. 5 p. c Do. Extension.., Do. do. do., '59, do Gd. Tk of CanadaA is Do. St. Lawrence & Atlantic do. Do. Cert. of Dcben , con. into Stk. till '62 Do. Comp. 6 p. c., do. Gt. Ceutral of Franc• Gt. Indian Peninsula guar. 5 per cent Do. New 5 per cent Do. Extensions Groat Lnxembour' Constituted Share= Do. Obligations Gt. Western of Cauad Sharps Do. New Do. Bds., payable's7, with option till '55. Do. do., '62, p. '56 Do. do., '76, p. '6O DI). do., '73, without option Hamilton & Toronto IDo. 6 per cent. Lake oonst. & Basle Lierre and Turnhout. Lyons and Geneva Lyons & Mediterran. Niadras Do. New Maria Antosis Do. do. Now Namur 4 Liege ( with interest) Do. (ex interest) 'Northern of France. D 0.201. She. Do. 201. 3 p. c Bds . (fmy.B. & ems. Shs NorwegianTrunkPre Paris and Lyons , Ditto Bonds Paris and Orleans Paris and Ronen ParisCaen & Cherbrg, Do. Rome and Frascati 'Rouen and Havre Royal Danish Royal Swedish Do. Obligations Sambre and Menge , Do. 5i p. cent. Prof Scinde Do Southern of France St. Andrew's and Quebec (A), , West Flanders Do 5 per c. Pref, western of France, Do. Zealand JOINT-8' Australasia Bank of London firi. Col. Bk.&Ln. C British N. American Chartd. Bank of Asia Chrtd. Bnk. of India, Australia, & Chins Cit y Colonial . ....... Commercial . of Lond En g.Soot&Ams.Cht Loud. Chart. Bk. of Australis ........... Ditto New ************* ........... London and County.. Lnd . &E. Bnkg. Corp. London Joiiit Stock.. Loud. & Westminster National Pro. of Eng. Do. New.. ......... National of Ireland.. New South Viola.— Oriental Bank of Corporation .......... Provincial of Ireland Do. New............... Royal Anstraln.Bkg. k Gold Tmp C 0.... Royal British .4onth Australia ...... Union of Australia.. Do. New Uni9n 9f London ietwging Prices yesterday. 23 - 24 4 7 - 7i 16 - 15 14 - 15 9 -8, 87 89 571 - b7i - 6} - 41 6 - 6i 9 9i C 6 - 68 49 - 51 9i - 9i 16 - 17 ••• ..• 71 - 73 6i - 7 82 - F 3 63 - 68 1 19 - 121 99 - 101 50 50i 50 55 65 - 70 5 - 6 5 - 6v 74 - 744, 94 96 91 916 21 lidi 1 —3 . 1k 82 83 91 84. 8• 7 d il ---- ii ... .- ... if - id 63 63. 36 38 12 - 14 14 - 2 ii - ig 25i ... 26} 68 - 69 8 rid 44 4/d lli 12/ 45 46 92 97 - 71 5i - 23 -- 25 , 66 - 105 73 75 41 43 tl4 2i 56 57 —31 i 5 - 3d 2d pau• ~ 33 - • •• '''''''' ... ""' ... - lg 19 3- 4 18 - 20 5 - 7 4 2d 2 3 par ip aG/T. 7f - 7i 2i —, 2id 4 2 41 I 34i -- 35 9 -10 p 21/ -22 i - 14— 1521 , 70 72 89 91 21 31 5 —5l par -- 1P 4 - 4i 2 - 3 221 - 23/ 1/ - lip 99 - 101 112 - 116 113 116 103 105 22i - 23 110 - 115 ••• "'" 5 - 6p 19i -- 2p P i 7 2 - 3 4/ - 51 - 5 lit 121 -- 7 i - 43 - 43RD 6 - ;i6 ... - pm 20 - 21 2 - 2f - 1 8 - 8 ••• •• - 1 • p ." - pm 3i - 4 29 - 30 18i -- i 9 BANKS. 84 - 86 50 - 52 d par die 52 -- 54 ... ... NO 16 -16 i 1 191 -- -- 1 d 91d 40 1 38 Pax -- 2p ••• "'' ... • ••• .... .. . 34 - 36 40 - 42 52 - 54 ••• .'"" r • " 69 - 70 7} 8 Business done this day. 10 all 17i all all all all ss. 1. "''" 82f 68 119' 100 50A 13 6i 974 5 91i 45 4. 5 224 3 x d 7i 10313 x d THE SU LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING; OCTOBER 20 1835. LINES VT.XED RENTAL!. 1.-a.n6Xra looms - 7 , es aastness Compam , yesteria.T. this day. 50 all Bedford and London & b St. too B B u l e e k t g o ta le m y sh .... L. Ni W N.w est St. 100 ClydcsdaleJc. Caledon 95 100 25 all Col. Stour Vy. E. Un, & Sod, and Hal. E. C — St. 100 B. Lin. ct. 6 pc. Gt.Nrtil l3l 135xd x d 5 all E. Us, H. Sh. E. Count ... St. 1.0.) Ulas, g am & Caldoniaa Neils. Direct ••• St. 100 Do. New Do ••• 25 all Glstr.di Dn•Fr Gt. Westr 26 28 • 100 all Hrtlpi. Dk. & Yk. New. Railway & Berw. t .• 50 all Hull & Selby Y. &N M 103 105 25 all Do. A Shares. Do., • ••• 126 all Do. Shares. Do ••• 124: all Lon.& Greenw S. Easton 124 13 20 all Do. Preference Do ...xd x d St. 10a Lou.,Til.,&S. Pete &Ca 11.24 1174 1161 St. 1.00 Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Norfolk — •• • St. tuO Do. 6 per et. Do • ••• 56 all Manch. Bxtn. L.& N. W and Matlock & Midld 2l —24 50 all Middlesbro' & Stekton & Redcar. . Darllngt. St. 100 Midld.Bradfd Midland 9O 12 90 64 54 Newmarket Bury Eaten.. En. Cowl. ,i -ip pm x d 50 all N.& Est.s p. c. B. Count. 56 58 all Do. 6 rer et. Do 50 all Do. Fixeds Do 15 all Prest. &a y L. &N.W ••• 12i all Do. Shr:•• ADo ••• St. Lk Roystn.&Hit. GtNortho 130 134 25 /8$ Shef.Roth and Lancash& Goole g. 5 p.c. Yorksh. 10 all Shrews.&Her. T. Brassey 8 84 12 94 S. Staffordsh. .MClean 3 24 1 50 all WearValleygr Stockt. & D oper cent_ Darlingt 25 all St. 100 Wilts&gomrst GtWestn B5 /0 MISCELLANEOUS. 25 t 174 Australian AgrivAlt. 25 26 1.0 all Auslraln. Royal Mai' 1U 8. Berlin Water Works 71 —Bi xd x d 50 40 Brit. American Land 100 326 Canada llO 145 145 40 St. 100 Canada Gov. 6p. ct Jan. anu July lO5 107 5 all Crystal Palace. 2 24 2i 5 Do. Preference. ...... • 5 54 4 all Crystal Pal. o f Franc, 1 $ Duston Iron Ore 20 11 Eastern Steam — 5 all En. &Aus Cop Sm Co • 1 16 25 24 Electric Telegraph, 174 184 15 171 1 all Electric Teleg. of Ir. 5 all Gen. Iron Sc Collier ... 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat. 18 all General Screw Steare 14 20 10 Irish Beetroot Suga , ..• 20 10 Magdalena St. Navig 10 all Mediteran. Elec. Tel 8 10 10 9 Wexican&S.Amerien 51 64 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel . . 10 5 Netherlands Land l4 10 all Do. Do. 5 1 Do. 8p c P iss at 1d 4 dis— par 2 1 N. S. W. Coal di Inter. Steam Navigat. Co. ... 100 80 Now B. &N. S. Land 1 all N. B. Australasian 20 15 Nrth.cfEuropeStaam . 131 1 all Oriental Gas 1 1 2s. Do. " New Shares" all Peel Rr. 14. & Minrl. 24 24 24 50 all Peninsular& Oriente', G 3 50 10 Do. New P 2 all Portland Iron Co 1 14 100 60 Royal Mail Steam . 1 all Scot. Austral. Invest ls 1 4 Ditto New 26 all mouth Austral.iand 34 35 1 all Snbmar. Tel. Scrip 1 all , Re2istered — 20 5 9 Prnst& L. Co.U.Can .• 100 ":%11,n Tliwenerew 1 134 POLICE INTELLIGENCE--(This Day.) MANSION-HOUSE. Four youths, from 16 to 20 years of age, named Bristow Prior, Spurgeon, and Fox were charged be fore the Lord Mayor with, felony. It appeared from the evidence that the prisoners Prior and Bristowe were in the employ of Messrs. Benda and Co., importers of foreign fancy goods, 1, Budge-row, as porter and errand boy. For some time they had been suspected of robbing their employers, and a watch had been kept over their actions, and the police spoken to respecting it, but nothing was disco vered until yesterday. One of the partners being alone in the warehouse with Bristowe left him in charge of the warehouse while he posted a letter ; on his re turn he saw the prisoner coming down the stairs leading from an upper ware room, and questioned him where he had been. His answers being unsatisfactory he went up stairs and on examining his stock he found 5 pocket books missing. He charged him with taking some of them, and informed him it would bra better for him to disclose what he had done, on which he said he had taken three of them and sold them to a man in the street for 4d. each. He also admitted having taken other things, and gave up ono of them and a portmannie. The prisoners Bristow() and Prior also admitted to the police they had taken various articles and disposed of them to the other prisoners, Spurgeon and Fox, who were appre hended for receiving the articles, knowing them to have been stolen. A number of the articles stolen by Bris towe and Prior had been pledged by them at different pawnbrokers' shops. The prisoners were remanded. MARKET NEWS.—(This Day). COVENT GARDEN. There was a good business doing in our market to-day, as follows : FRIIIT.—Pine apples, English, 3s to 6s per lb; colonial do., is to 3s each ' • hot-house grapes, is 6d to 4s Od p er lb ; foreign ditto, Od. to Os ; melons, is Od to 2s 6d each; peaches, is 6d to Gs; nectarines, is 6cl to 4s per dozen ; apples, is Od to 2s 6d per half sieve ; pears, 2s Od t o be per half sieve ; plums, 5s to 7s per sieve ; green gages, Os per punnet; apricots, is 6d to 5s Od per doz.; common plums, N 0 i to 7s Od per sieve ; cherries, Od to Od per pound; lemons, 4s to 8s Od per 100 ; oranges, 8s to lls par 100; fil berts, 6s to 9s per doz. lbs ; cobnuts, Os to Os ; almonds, Os to Os per lb. ; walnuts, 8d to 10d per 100; figs, Os 9d to is 6d per doz. ; strawberries, Od to Od per pottle ; goose berries, is Gd to 2s Od per half sieve 2 • currants, 3s Od to 4s Oct per half seive ; raspberries, 2d to 6d per pottle. VEGETABLES.—Greens, is 6d to 3s Od per doz. bunches; red ditto, 2s to 5s Od per dozen ; French beans, 2s 01 to 3s Od per half sieve ' • brocoli, Od per bund, ; potatoes, 60s to 100 s per ton ; vegetable marrow, 4d to is per doz, ; peas, 3s to 5s Od per bushel ' • broad beans, is Od to 18 9d per half sieve ; turnips, 2d to 4d per bunch ; carrots, 3d to 5d per bunch ; cucumbers, Os 2d to Os 6d each ; garlic, ed to Os 8d per prund ; spinach, is Od to is tid per sieve; old onions, Os to Os per bushel ; new ditto, 2s Gd to 4s per doz. bunches; leeks, Id to 2d per bunches ; shallots, 4d to Gd. , horse-raddish, 2s Od to 4s Od per bundle ; parsley, 2d to 3d per bunch ; celery,• Os 9d to is 3d per bunch ; endive, is 3d to 2s 3d per score ; beet, is Od to 2s per doz. • parsnips, Os 6d to is Od per dozen; small salad, 2eto 3d per punnet ; mushrooms, is 3d to is 9d per pottle ; artichokes, 5s to 6s per doz. ; cabbage lettuces, 9d to is Od per score ; sorrel, 6d to is per half sieve ; radishes, is to is 3d per dozen hands ' • tomatoes, 3s to 4s per half sieve; chillies, is to is 6cl per 100; Brussels sprouts, is Od to 2s per half sieve ; capsicums, is 6d to 2s per 100 ; walnuts pickling, 6cl to is per 100; cauliflowers, Zs to 5s per doz. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Turkeys, Os Od to Os Od ; Geese, 5s Od to 7s Od each ; Ducks, 2s Gd to 3s Od ; tame Rabbits, Os Od to Os Od; wild do., is to is Gd each ; Pigeons, 6d to 8d each ; large Surrey Fowls, Os Od to Os Od ; middling, 2s Od to 3s 6d ; Chickens, is 9d to 2s 3d ; Capons, 3s 6d to 4s 6d ; Hares 3s Od to 4s Od; Grouse, 2s Od to 2s 3d each ; Pheasants, 3s Oil to 3s 6d ; partridges, is 9.1 to 2s each ; Guinea Fowls, 2s Gd to 3s Od each. Ostend fresh butter, lls 6d to 12s Gd, and English lls Gd to 14s Od per dozen lbs. English Eggs, 8s Od. to 9s Od ; French ditto, 5s Od to 7s 0,1 per 120. and cart belonging to North and Light, his employers, in Charles-street, Whitechapel. The prisoner drew up in the middle of the street, took a large stone bottle from the middle of the cart, and carried it through several courts and alleys to the Crooked Billet public-house, is Johnson's -change, Rosemary-laze. He closely followed in the footsteps of the prisoner, and saw him pass the bar, go into the parlour, and deposit the bottle under one of the seats. He waited till the prisoner came out of the house, and asked him what the bottle contained. The prisoner gasped for breath, and, after some hesi tation, said the bottle was quite empty. He took the prisoner into custody, and upon uncorking the bottle found it to contain two gallons of strong rum, 25 degrees of strength over proof. He asked the pri soner where he obtained the rum, and he replied that a man employed him to carry it to Westminster, and that he was to receive a shilling for the job. Foay added that he had since ascertained the prisoner conveyed a cask of rum in one of his employer's waggons from the London Dock to Westminster. On the way the cask was bored, and 7 gallons taken out. This system of robbery had been carried on to a considerable extent lately. Wines, brandies, and rums bad been plundered on their way from the docks to the houses of wine mer chants and licensed victuallers. Mr. James Light, of the firm of North and Light, said the prisoner was in their employ, and had orders to con vey a cask of rum from the London Dock to Westmin ster, on Thursday morning. Mr. Robert Turner, landlord of the Bricklayers' Arms public-house, in Stratton Ground, Westminster, stated that he purchased a cask of rum of Messrs. Whiting and Roberts, wine and spirit merchants. It ought to have contained, as per invoice, 911 gallons. When it was delivered to him by the prisoner, from North and Light's cart, it contained only 84 being a deficiency of 7 gallons. The witness produced a sample of the rum, which exactly corresponded with that in the btotle. A gauger from the dock proved that the cask of rum consigned to Mr. Turner contained 91i gallons when it was delivered to the prisoner. Mr. Yardley committed the prisoner for trial. MARYLEBONE: HORRIBLE CRUELTY 10 A HORSE, WITH ABSAULT.— Wiltian Stamford, a cab-driver, badge 3,385, and G. Cochrane, also a cab-driver, badge 11,571, were charged, before Mr. Long, with being drunk and cruelly treating a horse, as also with a3saulting Police-constable Baldock, 304 S. Mr. John Simonds Spence, No. 1, Chichester-place, Ilarrow-road, stated that about two o'clock yesterday afternoon he was in the Finchley-road, when the pri soners passed him in a cab. Cochrane, who was on the box with another man not in custody, was lashing the horse with a whip he had in his hand with all his might. The poor animal was so distressed that it was scarcely able to proceed, and rolled about in the shafts. Mr. Long—The animal was very much exhausted ? Mr. Spencer—Very much so. Cochrane lashed the horse as long es he could. After the cab had got about 300 yards from him (witness) the other man by the side of Cochrane took the whip and lashed the horse most unmercifully. In answer to further questions from the magistrate the witnessed stated that on seeing the horse so cruelly used he got into his phaeton. I went in pursuit of the prisoner, who had reached the Swiss Cottage. He then found there were two men (one the prisoner Stamford) and a woman in the cab. Upon seeing Cochrane, he asked him for his number. The whole of the party, each of whom was under the influence of liquor, sur rounded him. One of them laid hold of the horse's head, and the others attempted to upset his phaeton. Fortu nately a policeman came in sight, upon which Cochrane got on his cab and drove off. Witness took the policeman along with him in his phaeton and pur sued him, when he (prisoner) was stopped by two other police-constables. The evidence was fully corroborated by other wit nesses, when Policeman Baldock, 304 S, one of the constables who stopped the cab, stated that, to be sure that Cochrane was drunk, he took him from the box, upon which ho struck him as hard as he could with his fist on his chest, and attempted to injure him in such a way as might have been attended with very serious consequences. Mr. Long said he hardly knew how to express his abhorrence of his cruelty to the horse. Stamford was fined 10s., or 7 days, and Cochrane was committed a month for the assault upon Baldock, and 20s. or 14 days for the cruelty. NEWPORT. Beef from 3s Gd to 4s 8d ; mutton, 3s Gd to 4s 84 ; lamb, N Od to 03 Od ; veal, 3s 8(1 to 4s 10d. ; pork, 4s Od to 5s 4d per 81bs. WHITECHAPEL. Beef, 3s 2d to 4s Gd ; mutton, 3s 4d to 4s Gd ; veal, 3s 8d to 4s 10(1 ; pork, 3s 101 to 5; 21 per Slbs. by the carcase. BILLINGSGATE. Turbots, 2s Gd to 25s ; Brills, is Od to lOs each; Salmon, 2s Od to Os Od per lb ; Cod Fish, 2s 6d. to 22s each ; Soles, 6d. to 28 bd per pair; Eels, 8d to is Od per lb; Lobsters, Gd to 2s 6d ; Crabs, Gd to 2s 6d ; Whitings, 3s Od to 12s per doz. ; Common Oysters, 12s to ---a j Natives, 40s to —s per bsh ; Mackerel, 60s to Os per 100 ; Smelts, is Gd to 3s 6d per doz.; Skate, 6d to Od per ib; Shrimps, is 6d to 2s Gd per gallon; Bloaters, is 6d to 2s Od per doz. ; Fresh Herrings, 8s Od to 03 per 100. ; Scotch do., 6d; Sprats, 8s Od to Os Od per bushel ; Doreys, is Od to I.os each; Haddocks, 6s to 18s per doz. ; Pike 6d ; Sturgeon, Gd per lb ; Prawns, 4s Od to Os; Mullets, 6d to is 6cl ; Plaice, 4d to is each ; Halibut, Gd per ; Flounders, is to is 6d per dozen. BREAD. The prices of wheaten broad in the metropolis aro from 10id. to 111 d; of household ditto, Bicl to 10d. per 41b loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 641 h, aid to 3/d ; 641 b to 721 b, 3/d to Od ; 721 b to 801 b, 3/d to 4d ; 801 b to 881 h, 4(1 to 4i d ; 881 b to 961 b, 4f d to 4;(1; 961 b to 1041 b, qd to 5d ; 104 t 1121 b Od to Od ; upwards, Od to Od ; Horse hides, 6s 6d to Os Od ; calf skins, light, 2s Od to 3s Od ; ditto, full, Os 6(1 to Os Od ; Polled Sheep, 3s 9d to 4s 9(1 ; Kents, 3s 4(1 to 4s Od ; Half-breds, 38 4(1 to 4s Od ; Downs, 2s Sd to 3s 4d ; Lambs, 2s 9d to 4s 6(1 ; Shearlings, Os Od to Os Od. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 3/ 30s to 616 s clover ditto, 3/ 35s to 6/ lOs ; and straw, 11 8s Od to 1/ 123 Od per lead. A fair average supply and a sluggish demand. CIIMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, 3/ 12s to 6/ 6.; clover do., 3/ 15s to 6/ 103 ; and straw. 1/ 7s to - 1/ 12s per load. Supply moderate, and trade rather dull. vv RITEOHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 3/ lOs to 616.: clover do., 3/ 15s to 61 lOs ; and straw. 1/ 8s to 1/ 12s nen. load. Both hay and straw moved off slowly, at our quotations. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.) LONDON, Oct. 20.—Wind this day at noon, W. ; moderate breeze and cloudy at times. PORTSMOUTH, Oct. 19.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Seme ramis, from Callao; H.M.Str. Transit, Crimea. PLYMOUTH, OCt. 19.—Wind W. Sailed Siren, for the Brazils. GUERNSEY, Oct. 18.—Wind N.W.—Sailed—Laura, for Demerara, via Cardiff. 11011TROSE, Oct. 19.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived—He len, from Quebec. GRIMSBY, Oct. 19.—Sailed—Elizabeth, for Valparaiso. A Norwegian brig, said to be from Norway, timber laden, was seen on fire from stein to stern yesterday, off the Spurn, by the Vigilant (s.s.), arrived here. FLEETWOOD, Oct. 19.—The George and Jane, of Bristol, was in contact with a screw-steamer, on the 16th inst., off the Mull of Galloway, supposed to be the Beaver, of Glasgow, and lost bowsprit, stanchions, rail, covering board, &c., started deck planks in port bow, and is mak ing water. (PER ELEOTRIO TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Saturday Morning. Arrived.—The steamers Cruiser and Jolly, from Jersey ; Northam, imerick Swansea Bessie and Miriam, Sunderland ; Limerick Lass,Newport ; Gleaner, Newcastle ;, Indus, Littlehampton; Copia, Seaham; Atalanta (s.), Havre. Sailed.—Brunswiek (s.), for Plymouth ; Wonder (s.), Havre • C o urier (s.), Jersey ; Victory, Poole ; Efford, Sunderland. _ LIVERPOOL, Saturday Morning. Wind W.S.W. _ Off.—Marco Polo, from Melbourne. Sailed. —Tapley, for Africa ; Vanguard, New York ; York, Mobile; W. 11. Wharton, Galveston ; Marianne, Alexandria. QUEENSTOWN, Oct. 18. Wind N. W. Arrived.—Sea Serpent, from Salonica ; Reliance, Syra ; Hare, Patras ; Portend, New York. DST SDBMARINIR AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Saturday, 9.39 a.m. Wind W.N.W. ; tide, 2i hours' ebb; weather fine. Arrived. —Celerity , from Capenhagen ; Carl, Lands erona ; Medina, Lagos ; Marian, Patras. Sailed.—Charles J. Mare, for Konigsberg ; Mary Bai ley, Leghorn; Roseberry, Cape of Good Hope. DEAL, Saturday, 9.27 a.m. Wind, W.S.W.; light. Passed.—Matilda Luckie, from Demerara; Johanna Lange, Singapore.l vq,brttiton SUN OFFICE, Six o'Clock. TATTERSALL'S.—(This Evening). CAMBRIDGESHIRE. 7 to 2 agst Crown Pigeon (taken and offered) 9 to 2 agst Flatterer (5 to 1 taken) 9 to 1 agst Veteran (offered) 11 to 1 agst Flacrow (taken freely) 100 to 8 agst Vandyke (taken) 12 to 1 agst Robgill (taken) 20 to 1 agst Pole Star (offered) 25 to 1 agst Lord Alfred (take 30 to 1) 50 to 1 agst Blooming Heather (taken) 50 to 1 agst Lady Tatton (taken) DERBY. 20 to 1 agst Peter Wilkins (taken) 20 to 1 agst Artillery (taken to 5001.) 20 to 1 agst Rogerthorpe (taken). 1000 to 15 agsb Bucolic (taken). ARRIVALS AT NEWMARKET. Hebe 2 yr, Yellow Jack,' Queen's Head, Ariel, Pyrrha, Findon, Little Harry, Barrel, Blooming Heather, Fla crow, Goldfinch 2 yrs, Blue Mantle, Cineas, Bucksfoot, Shelab, Robgill, Matilda, Mortimer, Vine, Romeo, Usurer, and Ghika. PROROGATION OF PARLL ( From a Supplement to Friday's Gazette.) At the Court at Windsor, the 19th day of October, 1855, present, the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, in Council. It is this day ordered by her Majesty in Council that the Parliament, which stands prorogued to Tuesday the twenty-third day of October instant, be further pro rogued to Tuesday the eleventh day of December next. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) MEDAL AND GRATUITY FOR CONSPICUOUS GALLANTRY. ADMIRALTY,• Saturday Evening. The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty have this day been pleased to grant a medal and gratuity of 151. to John Shepherd, boatswain's mate, late of her Ma jesty's ship St. Jean d'Acre, now belonging to her Ma jesty's ship Rodney, for conspicuous gallantry, in endea vouring to set fire to the Russian ships in the harbour of Sebastopol, by means of an exploding apparatus, on the nights of the 15th of July and 16th of August, 1855. The following appointments have also been made at the Admiralty this day : Commander J. E. Elliot to be temporary agent of transports at Portsmouth. Lieutenant John C. Wells to the Excellent. Lieutenant H. B. Everest, additional of Flag-ship at Portsmouth, for service of transports, vice L. A. Parks, appointed additional to Saturn, for service at St. Anne's Head. Assistant-Paymaster W.ll.Thompson to the Penelope. Assistant-Clerk John A. Marston, to the Magicienne. The Rev. J. L. Moore, chaplain of the Illustrious, to ;he Euryalus. The Rev. W. S. Davis, to be chaplain to the Illus trious. The Rev, E. Good, chaplain to the Royal Albert, for disposal. Mr. T. B. Sullivan, naval instructor of the Tartar, to the Euryalus. Mr. A. C. Johnson, naval instructor, to the Tartar. Mr. G. S. Burch, naval instructor, to the Eurydice. STATE OF TRADE. (Prom the Manchester Guardian of this day.) MANCHESTER, Oct. 19.—Yesterday week, when the merchants assembled in our Exchange room, 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 are still pre tty well supplied with orders, not a few are approaching their last deli veries, and others see more or less of actual aceuniula 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 mann 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 complained of. The India letters are not generally come to hand. We have, however, conversed with one eminent merchant connected with Bombay, who has received advices from that market, and we learn that the long drought had at length been succeeded by commencing rains, and it was hoped that the progress of the monsoon would be such as to rescue the crops from the destruction which had appeared to be impending, and to give an impulse to trade. The telegraphic statement of the week's busi ness in the Liverpool cotton market, which is given on 'Change for the information of subscribers, is so mani festly incorrect—so much more incorrect, even, than usual—that we decline copying it. NOTTINGHAM, Oct. 18.—The improvement in the lace trade wo noticed last week continued for plain goods and a few descriptions of fancy articles, but the generality o f houses engaged in the fancy trade complain of inactivity. Low priced articles in hosiery goods are chiefly sought for, while wrought or fashioned hose are but in little demand. There is not much doing in yarns, and pri ces are irregular. WOOLLEN TRADE• (From the Leeds Mercury of this day.) 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. BRADFORD.—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 com pelled 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, i n truth, few seem to think th at an y ver y material impression will be made upon the quotations n o t cur rent in the wool market ; as, in the growing districts, the article is held very tenaciously for full rates, The re has been a steady though not pressing business doing i n pieces and yarns. RUSSIAN ARMY IN THE CSIMEA—I TS PROSPECTIVE STATE.—The following calculations ir_ detail may in terest our readers, and perhaps throw some i ns i g h t i nto the existence, and probable condition, of the Czar's forces :—lt is stated at 120,000 men. Allow e ac h man 11b. of previsions (chiefly bre ad ) per diem ; the consump tion 50 tons (which is w i t hi n the mar wa ggon employed i n th e transit, k) d ; daily will supposing be, ea c hs a, drawn by two oxen, to carry two tons (quite an extreme quantity o f estimate), the averagewaggons requ i re d would be twenty-five daily. Take six months as a winter campaign, or 180 days. The consumption by thel2o,ooo men would amount to 9 , 000 tons, requiring an aggregate transit of 4,500 waggons, .over a distance varying from 100 to 300 miles, depending upon the supplies b e i n g drawn from the N.B. by the TFliong arßridge, or from the Ukraine and southern di!rtrict! of Russia Proper and Poland via Perekop, and this during the winter months, with the roads barely passable. The above refers only to human food. The quantity of provender requisite for the draught cattle and cavalry must be added thereto. On the 17th ultimo an order was rece i ve d from St . Petersburg to prevent, with the gre a t est v i gilance, t h e dispersion of foreign pamphlets and newspapers, th e G overnmen t having learned that there i s a regu l ar o ffi ce in London for printing revolutionary documents in the Russian language, and that masses of these are smug gled into Poland, where they are distrib u t e d among th e Russian officers and private soldiers. Int o R uss i a Pro per they do not so easily gain entrance. GUILDHALL. A lad named Pugh, and a man named Roddick, in the employ of Messrs. Besley and Co., type founders, of Fann-street, Aldersgate-street, were charged before Alderman Sidney with robbing their employers. It appeared from the evidence of police-constable 42 G, who was on duty last evening in plain clothes in Compton-street, Clerkenwell, that he saw the prisoner Pugh go into a marine-store dealer's in that street, and dispose of a parcel of brass cuttings. He questioned him about it, and he said what be had sold was the per quisites of the shop, and the prosecutor's foreman would inform him so. The quantity sold was Vbs. The foreman stated to-day that Pugh bad been in the prosecutor's employ about 5 years, and that the men were not allowed to take the cuttings. When the prisoner Pugh first offered the marine-store dealer brass cuttings for sale he refused to purchase them, desiring him to send his father to him. Roddick, in the evening of that day, went to the marine-store dealer's, represented himself as the boy's father, and sold the cuttings. The prisoner Roddick contended that he bad only acted according to the usage of the shop in taking the cuttings. They had always been allowed as the men's perquisites. The foreman denied such was the case. Alderman Sidney said there could be no doubt the property was illegally taken. Roddick he was obliged to discharge, because the property bad been sold by the marine store dealer to a person who bad melted it, and could not therefore be identified. Pugh he remanded for a week. ROBBERY AT A LICENSED VICTUALLER'S.— William TVetherley was charged with stealing a cash box from the bar parlour of the King's Arms, Philip-lane, Wood• street, containing 101. in gold, 255. in silver, several silver spoons, rings, two dock warrants for two hogs heads •f brandy, and an American 20-dollar gold-piece, the property of Mr. Stinron, and George Howse, with attempting to dispose of the 20-d ollar piece, knowing it to have been stolen. Bull, one of the city detectives, deposed that the pri- soner Wetherley kept the Greyhound public-house at Croydon, but left there yesterday to enter on another public-house at Waltham Abbey. Yesterday witness and Mr. Stinron went to Waltham Abbey, and in the church yard first saw Wetherley. He told him he was a police officer, and that he took him into custody on a charge of stealing a cash-box from the prosecutor. He replied he knew nothing about it. Witness asked. him where Howse (his father-in-law) was. Prisoner called him from three or four men who were standing near. When he came over witness asked him where he got the gold dollar piece he had yesterday at Croydon. After being silent for some time, he said, "I shall not answer any questions until I have seen a solicitor." He then took the prisoners into custody. At the police station there Wetherley threw his arm round the prosecutor's neck, and said, " For God's sake don't pro secute me ; consider my wife and child." He afterwards brought the prisoners to London ; and, at Moor-lane Station, Ho wse, in reply to a question from the Inspec tor respecting the gold dollar piece, said, " I'll not sacri fice my child." This morning, after the prisoners were in the cells at the Guildhall, they sent for witness. Howse said, "I am very sorry, officer. I did not tell you the truth yesterday; I had the dollar piece from my son-in-law, Wetherley. lam innocent of the robbery." Wetherley said, "Yes ; Mr. Bull, my father-in-law, knows nothing about it. I committed the robbery my self, and he is quite innocent of it." Mr. Stinron deposed that he knew the prisoner We therley very well indeed, but not the other prisoner. He last saw the cash-box about 7 o'clock on Wednesday evening last, in a drawer in a desk in the bar parlour. The drawer was locked. He moved the cash-box, with its contents, about half-past twelve o'clock the same evening. Wetherley was in the bar parlour that even ing. He corroborated the officer's statements, adding, that on the way up to town Wetherley said "he had destroyed all the papers that were in the cash-box," and detailed the articles and money he found in it. The cash-box he threw into a pond at Croydon. Prisoner made the statement to him voluntarily. Witness had received three spoons, three rings, and some postage stamps from a female at Crcydon, whom he believed to be Mrs. Wetherley. The gold dollar piece was like the one he lost. The spoons and rings he could identify [his property. The prisoner Howse endeavoured to raise a sum of money on the gold dollar piece to pay out an execution on his premises at Croydon. Howse said he bad not the slightest knowledge of how his son-in-law became possessed of the gold coin. It was given to him by bis son-in-law, who, he thought, had come by it honestly. The prisoners were committed for trial. BOW-STREET. Ann Chamberlain, a woman of bad character, was placed at the bar, charged with stealing a watch and other articles. Mr. George Dawson, bootmaker, residing at No. 43, Basiaghall-street, stated that, on the evening of the 9th inst. he was proceeding down Holborn, when the prisoner accosted him, and persuaded him to see her home. Ho yielded to her solicitations, and they went to a house in Barley-court, where he remained with the prisoner from about half-past 11 until 3 in the morn ing. When he was about to leave the house, the pri- Boner caught up her clothes and his waistcoat and rushed out of the room. He dressed himself as quickly as possible, and having locked the room door he went in search of a policeman. Having found an officer they both entered the room, and found a bonnet and shawl, and a purse containing some duplicates. He was posi tive the bonnet and shawl were the same as the prisoner had on when he met her. He was also positive that he had his watch when he entered the 'room with the pri soner. The property had not been found. The pri soner was apprehended last night. Mr. Jardine asked if the prisoner was known ? Inspector Mackenzie said she was. She was a most expert thief, and had been in custody for a similar case of robbery very frequently. She cohabited with a man who was now in Newgate on a charge of burglary. Mr. Jardine said he should remand the prisoner till next Wednesday ; in order to give the police time to find the watch. Ax OLD SMASHER was placed at the bar, charged with stealing a half-pint pot, the property of Mr. Winder, of the Mogul Tavern, Drury-lane. _ From the evidence of the complainant, it appeared that last night he had lost no less than three pewter pots within about two hours. He placed himself in such a position as to be enabled to watch the bar. He saw the prisoner come in and call for a half-pint of ale. Having drunk it he distinctly saw him put the half-pint pot into his hat and walk off. He followed him and seized him. He pulled off the prisoner's hat, when the pot produced fell to the ground. lie had lost a great many pots lately. Mr. Jardine—And I suppose they are returned to you in the shape of bad money ? The prisoner said he was hard up at the time, or be should not have taken the pot. Mr. Jardine—There is no knowing how many these pots you have stolen. I shall send you to prison for a month. THAMES. PLUNDERING A CABS OE RUld. -- • Henry Blackburn aged 22, a waggoner, in the employ of Messrs. North and Light, town carmen, of Well-street, Wellclose square, was brought before Mr. Yardley, charged with stealing seven gallons of rum. Police-sergeant Foay, No. 7 H, stated that at seven o'clock last evening, be saw the prisoner driving a horse SOUTHWARK. ROBBERY IN A PENNY GArr.—Mayaret Geary, a young female about 19 years of age, was brought before Mr. A'Beckett, charged with stealing 4/. 13s. from Mar garet Reardon, under the following circumstances : The prosecutrix stated that she was a domestic ser vant, and had known the prisoner some time as a visitor. A. few days ago she left her situation, when she received five sovereigns from her mistress, and after that she went and lodged at the prisoner's house in Ashmore street. Last night she went with her a-shopping, and after purchasing a few trifling articles they went to a penny gaff at Retherhithe. She then had 4/. 13s. in gold and silver in her purse, which was deposited iu the pocket of her dress. When' inside the theatre the prisoner sat on her right side. There were other persons crowding about her all the time, and feeling rather unwell after remaining there a short time she and the prisoner left the place.• As soon as they got out into the street, the prisoner ran away from her in a sudden manner, and putting her hand to her pocket she missed her purse and money. Feeling satisfied that no other person had robbed her but the prisoner, she went and told a constable what had occurred, when they went to her lodgings, but she had not returned home. How ever, this morning, she met her in the street, and gave her into custody. In answer to the charge the pri soner said sbe was as innocent as a baby. It was not likely that she should rob her friend. The penny gaff they went to was full of young thieves, and they crowded about her all the time she was there. That's how she lost her money. The complainant admitted that the "gaff" was an improper place to go to, and while there she was much pressed upon by some lads, who acted rather rudely towards her. Mr. A'Beckott said that she should not have gone to the penny gaff with so much money about her, as she must expect to be robbed. She admitted that other persons pressed upon her, therefore it was as much likely some one else robbed her as the prisoner. She must be discharged. SPORTING NOTES. THE HOUGHTON MEETING. The Criterion and The Cambridgeshire are at present the only events which attract attention. The former is, however, likely to be less interesting than its prede cessors ; whilst the latter will as usual afford an en counter of vast and stirring importance. Although speculation on the Cambridgeshire makes somewhat slow progress, and although its range has been very li mited, still its tendency is becoming clearly traceable, and the changes effected in the daily price current are peculiarly siguificaitt and indicative of coining events. Notwithstanding, however, the advance of Flatterer, Veteran, Flacrow, Polo Star, and others, Crown Pigeon still maintains his pride of place, and is supported with a steadiness and con fidence not a little encouraging to his backers. I shall not enter into the comparative merits of the probable competitors, intending, as usual, to despatch coy notes from Newmarket on Monday. I hav e no hesitation, however, in stating my present fancy for Flatterer and Crown Pigeon. The next, in my estimation, are Pole information calculated and Miss Allen. Should I g ather any calculated to alter my opinion, I shall place it fully b e . fore the reader on Monday evening. The Criterion Stakes will be carried of! by either Porto Rico or Walmer. A FREsu Oct. 20. Epaminoudai and Mortimer, 4 yrs, aro out of train- ing. N u m 2l ool7S SIIDDS2i BEATHS.--- - Yesterday Mr. Baker rece i v ed information of the following sudden deaths which have occurred in his district during the last few days : —One took pl ace at No. 32, Radnor-street, St. Luke's, under the following circumstances :—The de ceased's name Was Elizabeth Rickett, a married woman. Sho wont to bed on Wednesday evening in good health, and was found dead in bed the following morning. The next case was that of another female, named Elizabeth Beard, who lived in Gifford-street, Bethnal-green. She was also found dead in bed on Thursday, having gone there the previous night in good health. The former emale was 52, and the latter 58 years of age. The third case related to the death of an illegitimate child, named Warwick, about 4 months old, who is reported to the coroner as baying been neglected by his mo ther. The last was that of another infant 12 weeks old, living in Church-street, Ratcliff, who was fo und dead by his mother in bed by her side, and who is alleged to have died of suffocation, being overlaid. THE SECOND EXAMINATION FOR TH IS INDIAN CIVIL SERVICE. In the Report on the Ind an Civil Service pre sented to Sir Chas. Wood by Mr. Macaulay, Lord Ashburton, the Rev. H. Melvill, the Rev. B. Jowett, and Mr. J. G. Shaw Lefevre, it was proposed that there should be two examinations —one general and one special ; the one to select young men who are to be probationers for the Indian Civil Service; the other to confirm their appointment as actual ser vants of the East India Company. The first examination has been held. It was con fined to those branches of knowledge to which it is desirable that English gentlemen who remain at home should pay some attention. It was to be a test of that liberal education which can be obtained at public schools and universities ; which opens, invigorates, and enriches the mind, and should precede that special education which must qualify a man for his professional career, whether at home or abroad. A concession made in favour of Sanscrit and Arabic was indeed a slight deviation from this prin ciple. But the number of marks which can be ob tained by these two languages is so small that no young man will be induced to study them for the purpose of this examination. He can obtain no more marks by Sanscrit and Arabic than by French and Italian, and the provision has avowedly bean made to meet the case of persons who have com menced the study of these Eastern dialects at Oxford or Cambridge, and who will thus be enabled to bring up Sanscrit and Arabic in place of German and Italian. There were but three candidates who wished to be examined in Oriental languages at the first examination, and one only obtained any considerable number of marks, he having been brought up in India. According to all accounts, the result of the first examination has been successful. The best 20 can didates have been elected probationers. They have been told that in a year or two they will have to undergo a second examination, and that their studies must now fake a more special tendency to fit them for their appointments in India. What is the second examination to be, and how are the selected candidates expected to prepare for it? We have only two official documents on this sub ject—the Report of Mr. Macaulay, and the Regu lations drawn by Mr. R. Lowe, and signed by Sir C. Wood, the former President of the Board of Control, Jan. 26, 1855. These two documents are at variance nn some essential points, and it is probable that new Regu lations will have to be published. In the meantime we beg to offer the following remarks with particu lar reference to the study of Oriental languages and literature : It was at first proposed that a probationer shou:d spend the interval between the first and second ex amination at Haileybury. But, as the College of Haileybury is to be abolished, a young man, after beingmade a civil servant elect, will now be allowed to fit himself for his final examination in London or wherever his circumstances may render it most expedient. According to the report, this second or special examination was to comprehend four branches :- 1. The history of India, ancient and modern. 2. The general principles of jurisprudence. 3. Financial and commercial science. 4. The vernacular languages of India. To each of these branches—and this is an essen tial feature of the Report—an equal number, of marks was assigned by Mr. Macaulay and his col leagues. A knowledge of one Oriental language would therefore have given to a probationer the same distinction as a knowledge of law, or his tory, or political economy. But a further provi sion was made to encourage the unattractive, but, according to the opinion of the reporters, most important study of the languages of India. " Sometimes," it is said in the Report, " a probationer may study more than one of these vernacular languages among which he is at liberty to make his choice, or may, in addition to one or more of the vernacular languages of India, learn Sanscrit or Arabic. We think it reasonable that to every language in which he offers himself for examination an equal number of marks should be assigned." This was an important provision, and the more so as comit , from the pen of Mr. Macaulay, who during his stay in India was supposed to entertain no very high opinion of the advantages which a civil servant might derive from a knowledge of file ancient and modern languages and. literature of that country. It was a clause probably not fixed upon without a full and mature consideration of the objections against the study of Oriental languages in this ccimatry._. Notwithstanding the Regulations drawn up by Mr. R. Lowe, and signed by Sir C. Wood, entirely omit this essential feature of the Report ; and by assigning a more subordinate position to the languages of India, ancient and modern, they have changed most materially the character of the second examination. Instead of allowing, with Mr. Macaulay, an equal number of marks, to history, law, financial science, and languages, M r . L owe has changed; the order of these four branches of knowledge, and as signed to each an unequal number of marks :- 71. Law, including the ordinary rules of taking evidence and the mode of conducting civil and criminal trials, 1,000 marks. 2. The History of India, 400 marks. 3. Political Economy, 400 marks. 4. Any language of India on which the sekcted candidate shall have given notice of his desire to too examined, 200 ranks. The bearing of these changes requires a careful consideration. As a graduated scale of marks has been adopted by Mr. Lowe for the second as well as the first exa mination, and as it is stated in the Report that in the first examination, where the principle of a gra duated scale had been recommended by the commis• sioners, no candidate can be expected to gain more than half the number of the sum total of marks, it would be possible, under Mr. Lowe's Regulations, for a probationer to pass his seeond examination if he gains his 1,000 marks in law. He need not offer himself for examination in history, political eco nomy, and the languages of India. At all events, he might altogether dispense with the study of the languages spoken in India, because he could obtain 1,500 out of 2,000 marks without any knowledge of even an Oriental alphabet. As this, however, would be too much against the wishes expressed by the comissioner s' we may be allowed to suppose that th e a d opt i on of a graduated scale of marks at the second examination arose from a misapprehension, or was intended fora dif ferent object. We may therefore remove this gra duated scale of marks, in which case a probationer be bound to pass in every one of the four branches of knowledge recommended by Mr. Ma caulay and his colleagues as equa lly conducive to the proper discharge of those special duties which devolve on the Civil Service in India. The next question which has to be determined is in n whether an examination modern languageoe n a is sufficient, and whether the choice of Accord- is n Accord ing to the Regulations, olive can be left free to the probationer of t a candidate m t i omay proceed to India if ho possesses a competent owl ed ge of any one of the vernacular l a nguage_s,. and it i s ent i rely left to each candidat e to make his choic e b etween the 13 languages sp oken in British India. I3ut this is probably a mere o versight ; for, r e f err i ng to sec. b e appointed shall b e d etermined by the order Their choice of the p re sidency of I n di a to which tion 7 of the regulations, we re a d-- i the ll they stand onli s t of th e fi rst examination. " Referring to the report, we f i nd the same provi sion,itn he which s and at the same time a statement of the object for which it was made : ult seems to us, therefore, advisable that the distri bution of the civil servants among the presidencies, if it cannot be made the means of rewarding merit, should be left to chance. After the allotment, of course, any two probationers should be at liberty to make an ex change by consent. But, in whatever manner the dis tribution may be made, it ought to be made as soon as the issue of the first examination is decided ; for, till the distribution is made, it will be impossible for any pro bationer to know what vernacular language of India it would be most expedient for him to study." It will be necessary, therefore, to alter the Re gulations on this point. It is not sufficient to say, " Any language of India in which the selected cap date shall have given notice of his desire fixed for be examined." Certain languages must b each presidency. A probationer al Presidency of Bengal cannot be allowed Tamil ; nor one appointed to Madras,lottteoedfibxrtiongtluipe e al l th s e t m u up Bengalee. It is high time tehaist subject, to bring je s c e t l . u ecte a d candidate should be informed on . dy wdehrattheveer language presentisregulationsmo Hindostanee, for insta nce, or Ben galee—which would cause serious inconvenience t o th e C ivil Ser vicest c n t h v e e y n i m n a t y for of the Madras or Bomba y Pre sidency. Again, even after this dis tribution of languages has been made, another difficulty still remains. Under the existing regulations of the Indian Government, a certain proficiency in two of the spo k en languages must be acquired by a junior civil servant before he is fully available for public em ployment. I n Bengal, for the Lower Provinces, be must pass an examination in Hindostanee and Bengalee; for the Upper Provinces, in Provinces in Persian and Hindee. 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