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CUTRACT Fin CLOTHING FOR PRISOYERS OF WAR. Office of the Directors of Transport Service and Prisoners of War, Admiralty, Somerset-house, 13th Nov., 1855. TEEE Commissioners for Executing the Office of ';ord High Admiral of the "United liingdom of Great Britain anr:, Ireland, do Hereby Give Notice, that on FRIDAY, the 23d astant,l at One o'clock, they will be ready to treat with such persons as may be willing to contract supplying and delivering into her Majesty 's Trans P w % Storetat - Deptford, the undermentioned articles, Gre• 4 viOus Great Coats ... l,OOO No. ,z DO. Jackets ....... l,OOO No. g Do. Trousers „ - F :alico Shirts.. i d) - Worsted s cki Stong 2,000 Pain 114 _irey Worsted ztoc.u.. 0 .• Neckhandkerchiefs • l,OOO No. 11.4 I Caps ,Blucher Boots Pairs I Bins Cloth Great Coats ..... ...•. .. .. 1,000 50 No. )4 Do. Uniform Frock Coats 5O No. r:?.. I Do. do. Trousers It Do. Caps .. 5O No. alf to be delivered in three weeks, and the remainder in three weeks afterwards, or earlier, if preferred by the party tendering. And also for supplying and delivering into the said Stores all such quantities of the above Articles of Clothing as may from time to time be demanded, tinder a contract for 12 months certain, and after wards until the expiration of three months' warning. Patterns of the articles and the conditions of the revised contract may be seen at the said office. No tender will be received after one o'clock on the day of treaty, nor any noticed unless male on the printed form provided, for the purpose, and which may be obtained ma application at the said office. Every tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words "Tender for Clothing," and must also be delivered at Somerset-House. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. THIS EVENING, and every evening during the week, the GRAND ELEUSINIAN SPECTACLE of MAGIC and MYSTERY, by Professor ANDERSON, the Great Wizarei of the North, in 12 acts, with ever-changing varie:y of incidents, continuous surprises, novel and extraordinary effect 8 _ _ • . . . . Me ct and Mystery is an entirely new entertainment, pos aml'uall distinctive characteristics and peculiar phases of eel• n - ient. It is not a monologue, for the audience them. perform their parts with the principal actor some of them on the stage and others in front ; it is not an exhibition, for t' slough everything becomes metamorphosed before the eye s of the visitors no one can be positive that he sees any " se thing; but it is a comedy really performed by the corn ' ?any; a melodrama replete with startling poSitions and unCs pected denouements ; a magnificent spectacle, with 2,000 of the public every night to appear as auxiliaries ; and an ex travaganza, in which all that seems to be is entirely beyond rtho bounds of probability. Professor Anderson returns his thanks to thronged and fashionable audiences which have nightly filled the Lyceum Theatre to overflow', and by means of whose generous aid he has been enabled to announce Magic and Mystery for con tinuous repotition. Ho believes that no professor of his art has at any time or in any place been honoured with an amount of • success so extensive, so decided, and so unusual. He would attribute that success to three causes ; first, that in his pres ant entertainment he has placed before his visitors the resuP s a of a life sedulously devoted to the attainment of perfecte a skill in one-peculiar:art, and to perfect which he has tra - elled the globe in every clime ; secondly, that he has spared no trouble nor expense to 'put this entertainment on the 'age in the .most elaborate manner, by the employment of 0 se first mechanicians and artists of the day; and thirdly, thn a, while endeavouring to provide amusement for those w l ao honour him with their presence, he has not forgotten that i t i is possible to afford information also, and that the oppor tunity should not be neglected of exposing conjuring where ever it has been used for nefarious purposes, or whenever by resorting to the conjuror's arts, in an illegitimate manner, the designing have succeeded in making dupes of the credulous. The 937 letters on the subject of spirit-rapping, which Pro fessor Anderson, has received, from the time of opening the theatre np to the present date, bear witness to the great in terest taken on the subject of this singulaS delusion ; whilst many of them bear melancholy evidence to the dangers which attend a belief in the superstitious nonsense of the " Spiri tualists." Judging simply by the correspondence which has resulted, Professor Anderson's expose of spirit-rapping and his illustration of the so-called table phenomena, have pro duced a sensation unequalled by any previous attempt to ex pose a mischievous and impudent juggle. It is impossible for Professor Anderson to reply at length to a tithe of the communications which reach him on the subject. He regrets that many of these should come from ladies and gentlemen who, from their position in socie4 and their well-known in tellectual attainments, he would least have expected to have been converts to a belief so preposterous in itself, and so easily susceptible of being controverted and disproved. Every evening, from tha Lyceum stage, Mr. Anderson's opinions on spirit-rapping are expressed, and every evening, within the Lyceum, how tables can be made to • rap is exhibited and elucidated. It is respectfully requested that this public exposition will be accepted generally as Professor Anderson's only mode of replying at full length to his multitudinous correspondents. He regrets that the 'names of the great and learned of the land should have been made to figure in the documents emanating from the spirit-rippers, as for instance the following, ex tracted from the Morning Advertiser of Thursday, Septem ner 20, and taken by that journal from the New York Spiri tual Telegraph. It purports to emanate from an American spirit-rapper, Mr. D. D. Hume :—" Sir David Brewster frankly confesses that he is sorely puzzled' at what he has witnessed, and Lord Brougham acknowledges himself to be thoroughly nonplussed. Both of these noted men brought the whole force of their keen discernment to bear upon the eobation - of the phenomena; but the presence of substantial, actual hands, and the demonstrative strength of the spirits who thus clothed themselves for the time, and moved mate rial objects about the room, proved to be too much of a ques tion for them to master." Mr. D. D. Hume, the author of the above, has recently left England, and the following account of who, and what he is, occurs in the Family Herald, No. 648: This young man, who is a Scotchman by birth, and now in Italy, is a remarkable medium for all the manifestations without apparatus. Barnum, who is well-known throughout the Anglo-Saxon world as a splendidtiumbug, offered him 2,000 dollars per annum if he would perform at his museum in New York. Barnum then took it for granted that mediums could be bought. He was somewhat astonished when his offer was refused. Hume, on telling the fact in London lately, simply and honestly remarked, that the money would have been very acceptable to him, for he was poor, young (under 20), an or phan, and in very bad health : but he would have been afraid of losing his power as a medium, and he would sooner lose his life. The refusal, however, made Barnum thoughtful. He inquired into the subject; and now Barnum, one of the greatest humbugs in the world, and withal a conjuror, is one of the firmest believers in spiritualism." It is cer tainly surprising to find such a paragraph as this in the editorial article of an established journal, the editor of whom might be supposed to be sane. Even if Barnum does believe in spirit-rapping--does spirit-rapping gain or lose by this accession to its adherents and, with Barnum's endorse ment to it, is this bill, drawn on public credttlity, more likely to be negotiated? Professor Anderson would believe not ,but, when he finds that educated clergymen of the Church of England have the temerity to subscribe their names to so gross a swindle, when he finds that the incumbent of Wortley (the Rev. N. J. Godfrey) positively asserts his belief in it, and writes a book on the subject, he considers it t be time for him to state that which he knows of the mechanism by which it is effected, and the mischief 'to which it tends. In the Morning Advertiser of October 3 appears a letter from Sir David Brewster; relative to that which he saw at Cox's Hotel. in company with Lord Brougham. He distinctly states that - which the Wizard of the North proclaims every night—that spirit-rapping is nothing more than conjuring applied to bad purposes. In the Morning Advertiser of the following day however, there is an answer.to Sir David's letter from one who was present when ho and Lord Brougham had their seance with the spirits, in which the writer says, that " the ' table (a large dinner-table, I believe) moved about in the most eitraordinary manner, and, among other things, a large ac cordion was conveyed by an invisible agency to my hand and then to Lord Brougham's, in which, Held by his lordship's . right hand, apart from any person, it played an air through out." With such a statement, printed for the edification of the people of the 19th century, with the facts before us that the most talented men of the day are permitting themselves to be deluded by these juggling spirit-mongers—that the greatest novelist of the age is now engaged in making it the subject of a new work, and that a " spiritual convention" has actually been advertised to be held in St. Martin's-hall, Professor Anderson trusts that his exposures of the spiritual ists of America, as given by him nightly at the Lyceum, will bo received by the people of England as genuine honest at tempts to provide an antidote for the bane of the spiritual jugglers. - In the course of the last five weeks 100,017 persons have visited the Lyceum Theatre, —a larger number, it is believed, than has ever before been assembled within its walls in so short a period. Magic and Mystery is repeated every even. ing, the programme being continually changed. Grand fashionable Day Performance, or Saturday, November 17, at 2 o'clock ; the programme being thus arranged ; Part I.—Act 1. The Mesmeric Couch : or, the Clinical Capabilities of the Atmosphere : in which the Wizard will do by magic that which some suppose to be effected by mesmer inn, and illustrate the possibility of sleeping unsupported in t 'se air. Act 2. The Aqua-Avial Par , adox ; exemplifying the power ' of producing animated nature from fire and water only, and • the possibility of eliciting from the simplest elements the most • complex forms of ornithological existence. Act 3. Le Livre des Reeueils Choisies : or, Puck's Own Pocket Book, with. Puck himself within it. Typifying the evening's entertainment in the production of the very volu minous from a small volume, in the extraction of magnitude out of minuteness, in developing bulk where no space appears for its existence, in discovering odd things in odd places, and in bringing forth unexpected wonders from the most unlikely place for to be found. Act 4. Magical Locomotion ; or, Transition without Trou ble. In which will be comprised—the Adventures of a Wed ding Ring, the Peregrinations of a Bank Note, the Transfor mation—black into white, and the Discovery of every Article in the.position which would seem the most inappropriate. Act 5. L'Ecrin de Verse; or, the Casket of Crossus. Into svhiels., though made entirely of glass perfectly transparent, and suspended so as to be visible to the eyes of all present, the Wizard will cause the money of his visitors to transport itself, and rain into the casket, though its lid be closed, .ocked, and the key in the possession of the audience. Act 6. •Clairvoyance Extraordinary ; or, the Transparency of Opacity. Act. 7. A New Bottle of Bacchus ; or, the Novel Wine and Spirit Store. An improvement upon the " inexhaustible bottle," inasmush as the Wizard's bottle will not only be in exhaustible, but will change its contents, ad infinitum, a t t h e word of command, producing soda-water, butter-milk, Epsom salts, Port, Sherry, brandy, gin , . rum, whisky, noyeau, or any other wine or spirit requlred;andfinall e proving to be filled with pocket handkerc hiefs perfectly dry, and occupying the whole space when tightly packed. of Act 8. Half an Hour with the Spirits ; or, a Expose Spirit-rapping. Introducing the spirit-rapping table and tocsin of the invisibles. Act. 9. Grand Mystic Amalgam, in whic h the property of the Wizard's patrons will undergo some strange metamor phoses, and, amongst others, their handkerchiefs become transformed into the flags of victory—the banners of Eng land, France, Turkey, and Sardinia. Act. 10. The Enchanted Chair of Comus, in which be who seats himself will be under the magic spell, and appear to the audience, under circumstances least expected, in a posi t tion as peculiar as perplexing. Act. 11. The Mystery of the Charmed Chest ; or, the Nuclei's of the Night's Wonders. To comprehend which the audience will have the goodness to observe, in an earlier part of the evening, the Chest suspended (like Mahommed's coffin) in mid-air, into which all things will travel, and out of which all will be reduced. Act. 12. The Homological Evaporation'; or, the Shortest Route to •the Antipodes. Illustrating the easiest mode of ridding ourselves of a troublesome friend, and the advantages of the newly-discovered dia-terrestrial passage from the west ern to the eastern heriaisphere. Doors open each evening at half-past 7,; commence at 8. Private boxes, 1/. lls. 6d. and 1/. ls., to be obtained at the Box-office, or at the principal libraries ; stalls, 4s. ; dress circle, 3s. ; upper boxes , 2 s. ; pit, ls. ; gallery, 6d. The Box-office is open daily, from 11 till 5, under the direction of Mr. Chatterton, jun. Grand fashionable Morning Per formanee on EiaturclAy, November 17,A 2 o'clock. Doors open st half-past is - rh • at. daily lofmon r. 20 Clertatn 16 mon 16 mou DE de di? trlit d thO a been erday. 4 0 — )n and beater, new 6 quiet 43 Pref., ',one at dig.— , 87— ree per 87k 48i r cent. in and Cerne by the Bul nd the k, the iehols. untess . Can. 'reties 'Wro• of D. utton, a-hill, It son lenrl 3 ship I ieut ..• of the shire. a-ship eldest Sty of )Bello) JNO, . 112, 117 of No. 19,694.] R OYAL SWEDISH RAILWAY COMPANY. KOPING TO MILT. Notice is hereby given that all Shares in this Company, upon which the Final Call 0(21. per Share became due and payable on the Ist October, 1855, will, according to the Statutes of the ( oinpany, be liable to Forfeiture if the Call be not paid en or before the Ist day of December neat. JOHN SADLEIR, Chairman. London, 18, Cannon-street, Nov. 12, 1855. UNITYJOINT- ST 0 CK MUTUAL BANKING AS-OCIATION. Principal Offices—Unity-buildings, 8 and 10, Cannon-street, City. CLOSING OF THE SHARE LIST. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN. that no further applications for Shares in this bank will be received after Friday, the 30th of November. By order. HENRY LAKE, Secretary. Unity-buildings, 9th Nov., 1855. ESTABLISHED 1837. BRITANNIA LIFE ASSURANCE COM PANY. Empowered by Special Act of Parliament. BRITANNIA MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION, Empowered by ller Majesty's Royal Letters Patent. MAJOR-GENERAL ALEXANDER, Blackheath-park. Chairman. Every description of Life Assurance business transacted, at the lowest possible rates consistent with security to the assured. E. R. FOSTER, Resident Director. ANDREW FRANCIS, secretary. 1, Princes-street, Bank, London. MUTUAL AQ SUR 4NC E, SCOTTISH WIDOWS' FUND AND LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. The INVESTED FUND or CAPITAL arising from the accumu lation of Premiums, and which belongs exclusively to the Assured, now amounts to unwards of TWO MILLIONS EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND POUNDS STERLING Intending Proposers are reminded that, in all future Divisions of Profits, Assurances effected ba .re the close of the pres.nt year will rank as of a FULL YEAR'S STANDING OVER THOSE DELAYED TILL 1856. HEAD OFFICE —Edinburgh, No. 5, St. Andrew-square, LONDON HONORARY HOARD, George Young, Esq., Mark-lane Charles Edward Pollock, Esq., Rarristar, Temple David Hifi, Esq., East India House John Murray, Esq., publisher, Albemarle-street Samuel Laing, Esq.. M.P. Sir John Thomas Briggs. Admiralty Leonard Horner, Esq., Home-office John Taylor, jun., Esq., C . E., Queen-street-place LONDON AND THE SUBURBS, • CENTRAL AGENT. Hugh WKean, 4, Royal Exchange-buildings, Cornhill. DISTRICT AGENTS. Captain R. S. Ridge, 49, Pall-mall, Agent for the West End District Benton Seeley, 2, Hanover-street, Regent-street James Harris, Estate Agent, 29, Lower Belgrave-street, Eaton square, Agent for Knightsbridge and Pimlico District. TO LOVERS OF FISH.-100 GENUINE YARMOUTH BLOATERS for 65., ouckage included. THESE HIGHLY ESTEEMED DELICACIES AND CHEAP ARTICLE OF FOOD' forwarded to all parts Lo n receipt of penny postage stamps or P. 0.0. (preferred). -end full and plain direction, county, and nearest sta tion.—Address TFIOB. LETTIS. jun., Fish Curer, fit. Yarmouth. " This is the third season Mr. heals has supplied us with Yar mouth bloaters, and we find the quality excellent.--J. Brashowe, house steward, Blenheim Pal tco. —Oct. 20, 1854." . _ Mr. Lettis,—As soon as you send out your genuine bloaters, I shall be glad to have a supply as usual; those I had last year gave great satisfaction.-1. P. Courroux, Ambassador's Court, St. James's Palace.—Oct. 1, 1855." ELEGANT PERSONAL REQUISITES. IIOWLANDS' MACASSAR OIL.- . The "s , ccessful results of the last half-century have proved beyond question that this unique discovery possesses peculiarly nourishing powers in the growth, restoration, and improvement of the Human Hair. Price 3s. 6d., 75., family bottles (equal to four small), 10s. 6d., and double that size, 21s. ROWLA.gDS' iCALYDOB, an Oriental Botanical Preparation for improving and beautifying the complexion, rendering the skin soft, fair, and blooming, and eradi cating all cutaneous disfigurements. Price 6d. and Bs. 6d. per bottle ROWLANDS' ODONTO, or Pearl Dentifrice, prepared from Oriental Herbs with unusual care, transmitted to this country at great expense, and of inestimable vane in preserving and beauffying the teeth, strengthening the gums, and in rendering the breath sweet and pure. Price 2a. 9d. per box. ..* Beware of spurious imitations. The only genuine of each hears the name of " ROWL ANDS" preceding that of the article on the wrapper or label. Sold by A. ROWLAND and SONS, 20, Hatto i-garden, London, and by Chemists and Perfumers. CARLISLE AND CANOBIE RAILWAY. (Incorporation of Company for making a Railway from the Port- Carlisle Railway to Canobie, with Branches to the Caledonian Railway, and to Canobie Coal Pits—Arrangements with the Port Carlisle Dock and Rail way Company, and with the Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway and Dock Company.) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That application is in tended to be made to Parliament in the ensuing Session for leave to bring in a Bill for the purposes following, or some of them—that is to say, to authorise the con struction and maintenance of the following Railway and Branch Railways, with all proper works and con veniences therewith connected, viz. :—First, a Railway commencing by a junction with the Port Carlisle Rail way at or near to the Kirk Andrews station of that Railway, in the parish of Kirk Andrews-upon-Eden and county of Cum berland, passing from, through, or into the parishes, town ships, or extra parochial places of Kirk Andrewsu4on-Eden, Beaumont, Grinsdale, Stanwix, Cargo, Rockliffe, Churchtown, Castletown, Kirklinton, West Linton, Kirklinton Middle, Arthuret, Lyneside, Longtown, Kirk Andrews-on-Esk, Kirk Andrews Middle, and Kirk Andrews Nether, and Moat, all in the county of Cumberland, and the parish of Canobie in the county of Dumfries, or some or • other of them, and terminating at or near to the church of Canobie, in the said parish of Canobie and county of Dumfries. Second, a Railway or branch Railway commencing by a junction with the first named proposed Railway at or near to the village of Todhills, in the parish of Roekliffe and township of Castletown, and passing from, through, or into the parishes, townships, or extra parochial places of Rockliffe, Castletown, and Churchtown, and terminating by a junction with the Caledonian Railway, at or near a point about three furlongs south of Blackrig, in the parish of Rock life, and township of Churchtown, the whole of the said branch Railway being in the county of Cumberland. Third, a Railway or branch Railway commencing by a junction with the first-named proposed Railway, at or near to the Church of Canobie, and terminating at or near to the Canobie coal pits, the whole of the said branch Railway being in the parish of Canobie, and County of - Dumfries. And it is intended by the said Bill to incorporate a Com pany for the purposes aforesaid, with power to raise a capital, and borrow a sum of money therefor, and to take powers to stop up, alter or divert, either temporarily or permanently, all works, highways and roads, streams, rivers, canals, and other works situate within the parishes, townships, extra parochial, and other places aforesaid, as it may be necessary to stop up, alter or divert, for the purposes of, or during the construction of, the said proposed Railway and branch Rail ways ; and, also powers for the compulsory purchase of lands, houses, and other heritages, and for the levying of tolls, rates, and duties, on and for the use of the said intended Railway and branch Railways, and the works and con veniences to be connected therewith. And Notice is further given, That it is intended by such bill to empower the Company (thereby to be incorporated) to enter into an agreement with the Port Carlisle Dock and Railway Company, and the Carlisle and Silloth Bay Rail way and Dock Company, or either of them, for working the traffic upon the said intended Railway and branch Rail ways, and works, and for the management, repair, and ma i n tenance thereof, and for the use of any stations belonging to the said Port Carlisle Dock and Railway Com pany, or the said Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway and Dock Company, and that on such terms and conditions, and for such consideration, as may have been, or may be, agreed upon between the said Companies, or either of them, and the Company so intended to be incorporated ; and also to autho rise and empower the said Port Carlisle Dock and Railway Company, and the said Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway and Dock Company, or either of them, to enter into such agree ment ; and, so far as may be necessary for the purposes afore said, to amend the pravisions of the several Acts of Parlia ment relating to the Port Carlisle Dock and Railway ; that is to say, " The Port Carlisle Dock and Railway Act, 1853 ;" and relating to the Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway and Dock Company ; that is to say, local and'personal Act 18 and 19 Victoria, Cap. 153. And Notice is further given, That it is intended by the said Bill to vary or extinguish all such rib hts and privileges as may in any manner interfere with other objects aforesaid, or any of them, and to confer other rights and privileges. And Notice is further given, That a pablished map, on a scale of not less than half an inch to the mile, with the lines of Railway and branch Railways delineated thereon, so as to show their general course and direction, and duplicate plans and sections describing the lines, situations, and levels of the said intended Railway and branch Railways, and the lands, houses, and other, property in the lino of the said Railway and branch Railways and works, or *thin the limits of de viation as defined on said plans, or which may be taken for the purposes of such Railway and blanch Railways, and of the works to be connected therewith ; together with books of reference to such plans, containing the names of the owners or reputed owners, lessees or reputed lessees, and occupiers of such lands respectively, and a copy of this notice, a as publi s h e d i n the Lond o n azdte and Edinburgh th azat?, will be deposited for public inspection on or before lined thtieth day of November, one thousand eight hundred Cumberland, fifty-five, at his office with the Clerk iu theof the Peace of carfloisrlet,heancod in theuntyof office of the principal sheriff-clerk in the town of Dum fries for the county of Dumfries; and that a plans, sections, and book ofas r elates to the sever a l Parishes, lawnships; or recfoepreynce of so much of the said Extra Paro chial places in and through which the sa id proposed Railway and branch rail wa y s a fe int en d e d t o . th e r with a like copy o f thi s no ti ce published) as , afore said,' will also be deposited on or before the said 30th day of November with the parish alecks of such of the sail parishes as are situated in England, at the respective resi dences of such parish clerks, end, in the case of any extra paroc hial place, with the parish clerk of some parish adjoin if there be no schoolmaster, with t h e sossion iinf g a t n h y e , r eatuod, at his place of abods ; and with th e sc h oo l mas t er, clerk of the said parish of Canobie, at the usual place of abode of such schoolmaster or session-clerk. And Notice) is hereby given, That a printed copy of the said proposed Bill annexed to the petition therefor, together with other printed copies of the said proposed Bill, will be depo sited in the Private Bill Office of the House of Commons on er before the thirty-first day of December next, MOUNSSY & McALPIN, Carlisle, DA J.,30.H0Y & WOOD, Edi n b urg h , Solicitors. 100. &Tmber, i_t865,.! • , ••• t , , [PRICE 4D. STAMPED SD• LON DON, THURSDAY EVENING, N OVEM BEit 15, 1855. PUBLICATIONS. To be had of all Bookselers, CHEAP EDITION of EVELYN'S DIARY AND CORRESPONDENCE. In 4 vols. post Bvo., price only 6s. each, boand, with Portraits, either of whili may be had separately. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, successors to H. Colbur n. On Thursday, the 22d of November (Almanack Day), will be published, in Twenty-eight pages, stitched, price 4d., T HE HOUSEHOLD WORDS ALMANACK, For the Year 1856. Households Words Office, No. 16, Wellington street North, Strand. GRAND BAL MASQUE at the CASINO de VENISE, High Holborn, TO-NIGHT, Nov. 15, the arrange ments for which are upon a most extended scale, and will eclipse any shnilar entertainment yet witnessed In the metropolis. Mr. W. M. Packer's band will perform many new works composed for this occasion. Doors open at half-past 9, to commence at 10 o'clock punctually. Gentlemen's tickets, ss. ; lady's ditto, 3s. each. Mr. Nathan, Castle-street, Leicester-square, is the appointed costumier ARGYLL ROOMS.-LA.URENT'S CASINO NOW OPEN for the winter season. The following Music will be performed by his celcbrated Band during the week March aux Flambeaux. Waltzes —The Lily of the Valley (D'Albert), Zephir Lufte (Gungl), Fenella (Tinney), Ethel Newcome (Laurent), La Sultane (Bosislo). Quadrilles—Le Roi du Pastel Lamotte), Les Hugenots (Laurent), Palermo (D'Al bert), Bride of Lammermoor (Tinney), II Trovatore (Tutton). Polkas—Des Hulands (Lamotte), ((aaviolo), The Lillian (D'Al bert), Des Conceits (Bousquet), The Zouaves (Laurent). Galops— The Imperial Guards (Laurent), The Ueda (Streather). Schottische —La Guirlande de Fleurs (Bccquet), La Varsovtana (Laurent). Prin cipal Cornet a Piston, M. Boulcours.—Doors open at 8. Admission One Shilling. Oa Saturday next, the 17th, 11. Laurent's new Varsoviana will be played for the first time. STAR PACKETS from the TERRACE PIER, GRAVESEND, 9, 2. B RUNS WICK W 11A BF, BLACKWALL, on the atriva folloiving Trains from Fenchurch-street, 10%, 3%, Weather permit- The Packets will call at the ROsherville, Greenhithe, n111143(11, and North Woolwich Piers. To or f s•Lia orave.nu unu Gondon•• •• •• •• lOd. Is. 2d. lrave3end and Blackwall or Woolwich Bd. .. Os. iOd Brith and London.-- Rd. .. Os. 10d Erith and Blackwall or Woolwich... .. 6d. .. Os. Bd. bet .4rqv .send and Intermediate Piers.. 6d. .. Os. 8d Octo-er 23, I MS. SIR WM. 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JOZEATTS COPAHINE, or SACCHARATED CAPSULES, approved of by the french College of Physicians, iuccessfally administered in the Paris and London Hospitals, and acknowledged by them to be the best remedy for a certain disorder. (See " Lancet" of Nov. 6, 1852.) A copy will be forwarded on appli cation.—Price per 100, 4s. 6d. ; 50, 2s. 9d. To be had of the inveator, GABRIEL JOZEAU, sole French chemist, 49, Haymarket, London, and All the principal chemists. THE TURKISH' GUARANTEED LOAN. The following correspondence has passed regarding he exemption of foreign holders of the Turkish Guaran ,eed Loan from any deduction for income tax " - Committee room, Stock Exchange, London, Nov. 3. " Sir,—l am instructed by the Committee of the Stock Exchange to inquire whether, in paying the divi- dends on the Turkish Four per Cent. Loan, guaranteed by, England and F rance , th e i ncome t ax w ill be deducted on such bonds as are bona fide the property of foreigners residing abroad am, sir, your obedient servant, ` a GEO. WEBB, Secretary " N. Marshall, Esq., Chief Cashier, Bank of England." " Rink of England, Nov. 13. "Sir,—With reference to your letter of the 3d inst., inquiring whether the dividends on Turkish Four per Cent. Bonds, the bona fide property of foreigners residing abroad, will be exempted from income tax, I beg to transmit a copy of a letter received from the Commis sioners of Inland Revenue in reference thereto, and also a copy of the declaration which will be required in such cases.—l am, sir, your obedient servant, " M. MARSHALL. "Geo. Webb, Esq., Secretary, Stock Exchange." "Inland Revenue, Somerset•house, Nov. 12. " Sir,—l have laid before the Board of Inland Revenue your letter of the atb inst., enclosing a copy of one ad dressed to you by the Secretary to the Committee of the Stock Exchange ' in which he inquires whether, in pay ing the divid en d s on the Turkish Four per Cent. Lnan, guaranteed by England and France, the income tax will be deducted in those cases where the bonds are bona fide the property of foreigners residing? abroad, and re questing the Board's instruction as to the answer to be given to this inquiry. " In reply, I have to state that in the opinion of the Board the dividends alluded to should be exempted from the tax, when it shall be satisfactorily proved that they belong to foreigners residing abroad. "Under an arrangement, sanctioned by the Board, it is the practice of agents intrusted with the payment of foreign dividends not to charge the tax in such cases, but to pay the dividends ag full, on proof of the necessary particulars by a declaration. I enclose a form of this declaration, and I am to add that the like course should be pursued in regard to the Turkish dividends when the Bank shall be satisfied of the truth of the claims. " If in any case a doubt should be entertained on this point, then the party making the application should be referred to this office. "I am, Sir, your obedient servant, " THOMAS KEOGH. " M. Marsball, Esq." " LiA No. " London, " To Messrs. " I hereby declare that the Bonds, amount ing to £ ,to which the coupons specified at foot refer, and which became due on the 18 , are, to the best of my knowledge and belief, in the posi tion of and are bona fide the property of a foreigner =- siding abroad, and that no British subject or foreigner resident in Great Britain is interested in such bonds in any way whatever, and I therefore claim exemp tion from the income tax thereon, and engage to furnish further evidence of the right to such exemption ; if re quested by the Commissioners of Inland Revenue, and also to hold you harmless from any claim which may be made upon you in consequence of the payment in full of of the said coupono;_, THE OVERLAND MAIL. We have received our letters and papers in an ticipation of the Overland Mail. The dates are— Bombay, Oct. 17 ; Calcutta, Oct. 8. • The following is from the Bombay Times of Oct. 17 The Sonthals, we regret to say, still continue tra versing the country, and are every here and there committing acts of depredation and violence. The panic that they at the outset occasioned was such that the people fled from the country, and there still continues much difficulty in getting the pre servers of order to withstand or secure the insur gents. The insurrection has long lost its character as a civil war, and at present continues simply as a nuisance, mainly alarming from the difficulty of getting it finally extinguished. Serious disturb ances continue every now and then to break out in the Nizam's dominions. Information having been received that a party of Rohilla robbers were plundering the country to the north of Hyderabad, a force consisting of 250 men of the Nizarn's cavalry, under Capt. Doria, a wing of the 4th Nizam's In fantry, and a coupl e of awitzers, started on the 6th of September against the enemy. They reached Nandaiar on the morning of the Bth, but experi enced much difficulty in getting across the river then in flood. They reached Sulghurra on the evening of the 9th, after a march of 30 miles. Here they learned that the Rohillas were ignorant of their movements, and it was hoped to take them by surprise. A further march of 40 miles, on which they were compelled to leave their howitzers behind, brought them to Bander Koontah by day break on the 12th. The Rohillas were now only a mile a head, and the infantry, under Capt. Daniel, with a few cavalry, under Lieut. Biden, dashed on and took the enemy wholly unawares. A few of them showed fight, and 10 or 12 were cut down ; 136 were taken prisoners, of whom 25 were found wounded. They had hardly well secured their cap tives and concentrated their force, when they heard of another body of Rohollas having established themselves at Lingi, a couple of miles off. Thither ward the infantry, with a few troopers, started in the afternoon. As they approached the village the enemy made their escape and no traces of them could for a time be discovered, till a man found in hiding undertook to show. where they were, and they were soon afterwards seen skulking in a ravine close by. It was now dark, and the bulk of them made their escape-17 were taken prisoners. On their return to camp, another party was found in hiding ; of these seven were captured. The extrordinary rapidity with which this most successful expedition was conducted is worthy of mention. Their second march was thirty miles in length ; in their third they covered forty miles in thirty hours, over a country partly of black cotton soil, softened by showers, and partly covered with loose jagged stones. The country after this seems to have been quiet for a time ; that it should con tinuo so for a month on end would be contrary to all precedent. Religious disturbances have once more made their appearance in Oade, and they are not likely on this occasion to be so easily disposed of as for merly. In February last, a Hindoo renegade, who had become Mahomedan, spread about a statement that the Hindoos had defiled and dultroyed a temple in Hunnoomanghurree. Contriving to col lect a considerable force, he proeeeded thitherward, and established his head-quarters in the neigh bourhood ; a violent, conflict ensued, in which the Hindoos proved victorious ; some seventy or eighty of the Mahomedans cut their way through and found refuge in one of their own temples near by. The Hindoos, in a state of the most violent excitement, now attacked the temple, and, after repeated repulses with h eav y l oss o f life, succeeded in capturing it, and putting the whole of their enemies to the sword. This was but the com mencement of the strife, and both parties are now so violently inflamed that it is impossible to foresee the result. The Punjaub frontier continues as usual disturbed. Parties of robbers every now and then descend from their glens and attack our villages, and so continua to pester us, till we are from time to time compelled to exact from them a heavy retri bution. The policy brought into existence by Sir George Arthur, in 1844, of stopping the promotion of civilians encumbered with debt, is now being rigidly enforced by Government, with promise of infinite advantage to the country. Were the order made absolute and universal, and young men on their arrival in India made aware that from the moment they became in debt their promotion would cease, the benefit resulting to the parties them selves would be indescribable. The Bombay gov ernmen t have been indefatiga ble in their ende avours t o mitigate or provide against the scarcity o f wa t er apprehended in the beginning of next year, in consequence of the ex treme scantiness of the monsoon. A committe3, consisting of Dr. Carter, Dr. Leith, Dr. Buist, Mr. Aher, Major Crawf or d, and Mr. Berkley , have been appointed to examine the geological structure of the hills, constituting the projected reservoir in Salsette, suspicions having arisen that these may be traversed by stratifi e d roc k s p e rmeable to water. Singularly enough this matter seems to have been overlooked, and though we have been nearly ten years employed in examininc , the other condit ions of the Vehar hills, th e most i m p o rtant of them all appears to have been neglected.—The first cotton spinning factory e s t a bli s h e d i n Western India com menced its operations at Broach on the Bth of October, no more than ten months having been occupied from their commencement to their com pletion in constrncting the works. The enterprise, which owes its origin exclusively to Mr. Landon, is one of the greatest promise, and if s uccessful will be the source of countless benefits to the country. The weather of late has been showery and threat ening, indicating showers on the other side of India. The Governor-General is stil on the Neilgherries. Lord Harris and General Anson are about to return to Madras after a shortvisit to the hills. Lord E . Iphin stone continues to remain at the Presidency, Sir Henry Somerset and the Bishop being at Ma hawbleshwar, the latter is about to proceed on an episcopal tour to Scinde, but whether he will go further than Kurrachee is still an open question. Sir Lawrence Peel being about to retire from his seat on the bench at Calcutta, Sir Chas. Jackson has been removed from Bombay to fill the vacancy occasioned by the promotion of Sir James Colville to succeed Sir Lawrence Peel as Chief Justice. MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. Casualties by death in India since tho departure of the Mail on the 3d October. Gould J. 11. Gould, at Bom bay, on the 4th Oct. Bengal—Brigadier Mactier, Commanding Benares, at Jourpore, on the 16th Sept. ; Lieutenant Chas. George Reid, Artillery, at Deyrah Dhoon, on the 25th Sept. considerable business has been done, at an advance of 10s. per ton, and ships average now fur London 41. 10s., and Liverpool 41. 7s. 6d. per ton. EGYPT. ALEXANDRIA, Nov. 6. The steamers from Bombay and Calcutta arrived at Suez on the 3d inst., and the mails and pas• sengers proceed this clay to Southampton and Malta by the Indus and the Valetta. The Austrian steamer, direct from Trieste, due here on the Ist, had to take shelter from bad weather in a port on the Adriatic, and arrived here only yesterday even ing, and some 15 passengers, who intended to pro ceed to India from Suez by the presentmail, pushed on at once for Suez, although they have but a slight chance of catching the steamer there. The French steamer due here from Marseilles on the Ist has not yet made her appearance. Said Pasha, the Viceroy, in the beginning of last week brought down to Alexandria, from the inte rior, a great number of troops and three days after wards started with them for the Nile, taking back infantry, cavalry, and horse artillery. The town of Alexandria is occasionally full of soldiers, and suddenly they disappear, as if the Viceroy's object was to keep them constantly on the move. His Highness is just now on the site of the Barrage in specting the building of thefortifications of the new town, to be called after himself, Saidieb t of which he laid the foundation last spring. Meanwhile the governors of the provinces are taking every advantage of the administration of affairs, and plunder and tyrannise over the natives as much as they can. The Governor of Suez in particular is acting with more boldness on account of the dis tance at which he is from the Pasha, and for his own benefit taxes the inhabitants of the town and the pilgrims to and from Mecca to an enormous extent. Said Pasha is still waging war with the Bedouins of the desert, and recently, having induced a num ber of them to give themselves up with the delu sion of reconcialition, they were all put to death. It is very bad policy on the part of the Viceroy not to be on amicable terms with the Bedouin tribes, who occupy the desert all round Egpyt, for they have it in their power to do much injury to the inhabitants of the cultivated lands by sudden fo rays, and then withdraw into their native deserts, where they are quite beyond the reach of the army. If the Bedouins find that the Pasha is deter mined upon keeping on bad terms with them, the transit will not be'io secure as it has been, for there is nothing to prevent them plundering the station houses in the desert, or attacking travellers be tween Cairo and Suez, and some robberies have already been committed on that road. Some workmen who are boring for M. de Les seps on the line which he proposes to take for his Suez Canal scheme have come upon hard rock, which quite nullifies the estimates put forth by him in his pamphlet on the subject, in which he assumes that the canal will be dug entirely out of sand or light soil. Ancient history informs us that in the year 610 before Christ a canal to connect the Medi terranean and Red Seas was commenced and aban doned in 12 mouths, after a loss of 120,000 men. Mr. Pasquale, the projector of the Bank of Egypt, with English shareholders, has failed to ob tain from the Viceroy for his bank any exclu sive privileges. In answer to his application, Said Pasha informed him, through his secretary, that the trade of Egypt was perfectly free ; that be had no objection to the formation of the bank, and that it might benefit the trade of the country ; but his Highness seems to have taken care not to compro mise himself in any way, or to pledge himself to give to the bank any assistance or support. An agent of the Crimea Land Transport Corps has been hero since September, engaging natives for work at the seat of war. He has enlisted some 500 or 600 men ; they are daily fed and lodged at no small cost to the British Government. They do nothing ; no steamer comes to carry them off, and it is anticipated that when the time comes for them to embark, a large proportion of them will disappear. The last steamer from Beyrout brought news that Lady Emmeline Wortley was very ill there, and not expected to live. She and her daughter have been travelling in Syria during the hottest summer months ; their maid died of a coup de soleil ; two or three different servants and couriers were obliged to leave their service from their in ability to stand the fatigues of travelling in the hot season Cthe daughter had a coup de soleil, and Lady Emily, after having dislocated her leg at Jerusalem, had suffered from intermittant fever, and was dying of dysentery. Some cases of cholera have occurred among the shipping in the harbour, though the town is quite free from the disease. Prices of produce keep up very high. Exchange on London has gone up to 93 piastres per pound sterling, in consequence of large impor tations of specie. TILE HOLY WAR IN OUDE. (From, the Della Gazette.) Seven or eight months ago one Shah Gholam Hussein, a dissolute vagabond, formerly a Hindoo, but like many others at Lucknow, a pervert to Islam, with that fierce rancour which animates renegades, published through- out Lucknow and the principal Mabommedan towns and villages of Oude, that the Hindoos had lately de stroyed and defiled a Musjid, which until recently had existed in Hunooman G-Ouree. This monstrous fable was eagerly believed ; hundreds came forward to wipe out this dire insult to Islam, and Shah Gholam Hussein, cleverly takin g a d van t a ge of the credulity of his dupes, proclaimed his mission. He was empowered to raise the sten lard of Islam, had been encouraged in visions ; he had been honoured by divine revelation, and now boldly proclaimed a crusade against the infidel. Col lecting a very large force of bigoted and well-armed fol. lowers, he placed himself at their head and marched on Hunooman Ghuree. Selecting a Mujid not far from the sacred shrines of the Hindoos, the Shah and his fa natics made it their head-quarters, and prepared for vic tory or death. Those who were on the spot and in authority made use of every argument to deter them from their insane object. Everything that was prac ticable was urged to dissaude them, but in vain. Teey had resolved to win or die, and calmly replied, "We have dug our graves." After reciting the noon day prayers, and pronouncing one and all the “Pathia," and exhorting each other to win paradise by slaughtering the infidels— the Mahomedans sallied out, and invoking God and His Prophet, opened fire on the defenders of the Hunooman Ghuree. But the priests had been neither inactive, nor indifferent to what had been threat ening for some time. They were fully prepared. In an instant, from house, shop, temple, tenement, and gardens,—Rajpoots, Chatrees, Rajkoornars, in hundreds poured fourth in defence of their priests and time-ho noured shrines. A desperate hand to hand combat en• sued ; the numbers and bravery of the Hindoos soon turned the scale ; outnumbered, overpowered, attacked on all sides, the Mahomedans gave way, were routed, pursued, and put to the sword. Some 70 or 80, however, cut their way through, ncade good their retreat, and regained the Musjid. Protected by massive walls and well armed, they imagined them selves safe, their position impregnable. But a terrible fate awaited them. The passions of the Hindoos had now been thoroughly aroused, blood had been profusely shed ; nothing but the lives of their foes could appease their thirst of vengeance. The Hindoos swarmed like bees round the Musjid, but at a distance a brief consultation was held. It was re- solved to storm the 11Tusjid at all risks, and to destroy their assailants. A band of priests and Jogees, with matted locks and begrimed from head to foot with dust and ashes, stepped forward to lead the assault, swords in band. But the Chatrees and Rajkoomars waved them back, declaring that the work before them was not such as holy men should engage in, and they were forced to retire. A dense column now advanced straight upon the gate of the Musjid. With one tremendous yell of Bum Maha deo ! the Ilindoos, sword in hand, dashed at the Musjid, and nearly gamed the walls, when a smashing volley, poured in at ten paces distance, destroyed the leading ranks, staggered the column and drove it back in con fusion. Again reforming their shattered ranks and en couraging each other by voice and gesture, the Rajpoots rushed at the gate, but again were received by a well directed and galling fire, and a second time were driven back, broken, routed, and in terrible confusion. As each Hindoo fell his body was instantly passed from man to man to the rear, and at once consigned to the river. Some few minutes BOW elapsed ; a brief consultation was held, and for the third time with terrible cries and frantic gestures, the Rajpoots stormed the Musjid, were met by a crushing fire, but succeeded in gaining the %ails and forcing the gate. No quarter was asked for, cr given ; on all sides the clash of steel, the ringing shouts of the combatants, and the shrill screams of the multi tude outside resounded, blood ran ancle deep in the Musjid ; and in a few moments every one of the Moham medans was put to the sword. Thus terminated the ill-starred expedition of Shah_ Gholam Hussein. The author, at the commencemento the fray, threw away his garments, a nd his divine 1 mis sion, and trusting to his heels rathe r than toh d is re . v a. tion, nimbly made his escape, and disappeare ----- THE MURDER NEAR SIIOTLEY-BRIDGE.—A reward of 3001., of which the Government pays 1001:, has been offered for the apprehension of the murderer of Mr. Stirling, surgeon, who was shoton, robbed and murdered, in the open day, a short distance from Gibside-park, in the county of Durham, this day fort night. The adjourned inquest will be held on Thurs. day, IN THE HIGH COURT OF CHANCERY. RIESEMAR.—On the 29th of May, 1855, an injunction was granted by the High Court of Chancery, and on the 11th June following was made perpetual, against Joseph Franklin and others, to restrain them, under a penalty of one thou sand pounds, from imitating* this Medicine, which is protected by Royal Letters Patent of England, and secured by the Seals of the Ecoie d P aarmacie do Paris, and the Imperial College of Medicine, Vienna. TRIESEMAR, No. 1, 's a remedy for Relaxation, Spermatorrhcea, and Exhaustion Of the -;y3tcm, whether arising from excesses, accident, or climate. To those persons who are prevented entering the married state by rie consequences of early errors it is invaluable. TRIESEMAR, No. 2, f7ectually, , in the short space of three days, completely and entirely radicatx s all traces of those Disorders which Capivi and Cubebs ave so long been thought an antidote for, to the ruin of the health of a vast portion of the population. TRIESEMAR, No. 3, Is the great Continental Remedy for that class of Disorders, whist, mfortunatcly the English physician treats with Mercury, to the in evitable destruction of the patient's constitution, and which all the sarsaparilla in the world cannot remove. TRIESEMAR, No. 1,2, and 3, are alike devoid of taste or smell, sni of all nauseating qualities. They may lie on the toilet talk without their use being suspected. Aold in tin cases at I Is. each, free by post, 2s. extra, divide I int* eoarate doses, as administered by Valpeau, Lallemand, Roux, ite.,&c.—To be had Wholesale and Retail in London of Johnston, 68, Cornhill ; Hannay and Co., 63, Oxford-street; and Sanger, 150, Ox ford-street; it. H. Ingham, druggist, 46. Market-street, Manchester ; 11. Bradbury, bookseller, Deansgate, Bolton; J. Priestly, chemist, 52, Gerd-street, Liverpool; Powell, bookseller, 15, Westmoreland-street, Dublin : Winnall. bookseller, High-street. Birmingham. THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY. rust published, terfbe 25., illustrated with oases; free by post for 26 stamps, ER V O U S DEBILITY; fts Causes, Symptoms, and Cure.—An Essay on Spar , datorrhcea, with Practical Observations on a safer and more n,:i.,,sstul mode of treatment of the diseases of the Generative , ) , ,tem, obtained by the use of the Microscope in detecting rid vanguishing, by urinary examination, the real cause and effect of very variety of complaint, whether arising from solitary habits, •tresses, accident, or climate, followed by practical remarks, founded in "wenty years' experience in the treatment of Impuissance , Tervorts Debility, Local Weakness, Spermrtorrhma, &c. To which m added, Commentaries on the Physiology of Marriage, with pro : Lutionary hints on the evils emanating from empirical prcetice ~td on the dangerous remedies advocated by various writhes on iese important disorders. By SAMUEL LA'MERT M.D. BEDFORD-SQUA IE, LONDON, octor of Medicine, Matriculated Member of the University of , urgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society dcentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, &c., &o. .'1143 essential object of this treatise is to point out the fearful con oences resulting from certain habits, irregularities, and excesses, lizb have produced more misery in Youth, degradation in Man od, and premature decay at all stages of Life, than, perhaps, and , ier class of disease known to modern pathologists Its perusal rticalarly recommended to persons antertaining secret doubts o eir physical condition, and who are conscious of having haiardeo a health, happiness, and privileges to which every human being is entitled; . . I is absolutely necessary that all men should know, that there ar. inciples of personal management which cannot be violated without ,ufring grievous penalties, and when wisdom and rev ft succeed e heyday of inoonsiderate self-indn'gcnce, how thse penalties Ay be mitigated, bew the sting of their bitterness may bo removal. ,d how the evil and its consequences maybe avoided, and above all, at there is scarcely any degree of physical infirmity or functiona , ,rangement to which the time .y aid of science cannot apply a cure e Author hav for a series of years been e-gaged in an extensive detice in the treatment of these delicate complaints, which haw: ;—ortunately teen too generally confided to the care of ignora.l/ emeirics, who inflict great injury on those who are tnducad to Place with in their pretensions. NIERVOUS DEBILITY may he hal price 2s, of Messrs. Sher wood and Co., 23, Paternoster•-row• 'Hannay, 63, Oxford-street; H , rne,l3, Leicester-square; Mann, w 9, Cornhill ; or froe by post for 26 ittzrot to an. ut,iresg from the Author's residence, al, Bed. fwd.. ,nare AA home for consultation daily from eleven till two, awl from six till eleht. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. BOMBAY, Oct. 16. —Money continues easy, and ob• tainable at former rates, Government and other securi ties remain at about former quoations. The state of our import market is by no means satin importations of staple gre y ) factory, and although the goods and yarns have been very moderate, prices have not enhanced; and grey long-cloths, T cloths, domestics, yarns, and other bleached goo ds have decidedl y declined in value, ' while thei-e is no active inquiry for goods of any description. No material improvement can be looked for in this state of m atters until after the Dowel lee holidays, which commence on the 7th, and terminate on the 10th of November next, when dealers may be induced to extend their operations. No rain has fallen during the past fortnight, and the most serious appre hensions are entertained of a famine and great scarcity of water about March next year. Cotton Wool has greatly advanced in price owing to favourable accounts rece ived last week from China, and supplies are bought up freely as the stapl e arr i ves from the interior at the high rates of 103 rs. per candy for Broach, 103 re. to 105 rs. for Dhollera. Cotton Piece Goods —The transactions havebeen large, particularly in grey T cloths and domestics, most of which have been in hand for upwards of 18 months, but prices have been far from remunerative. Freights have declined, owing to the large amount of unemployed tonnage in the harbour and the advanced value of cotton, together with the increased rate of ex change rendering it unprofitable to ship cotton. To Liverpool we quote 2/. 10s., and to London 31. ; Rs. 15i per candy has been given to China. Exchange on England during the fortnight has ruled slightly higher than reported in our last, and the busi ness done towards the close may be quoted 2s. 1 9-16 d. to 2s. L-Id. for China and first-class credits, and 2s. ld. to 2s. lid. for documents. On Calcutta we quote Rs. 102 at sight, and Re. 1001 at 60 days' sight : on Madras Rs. 1001 at sight ; and on China Rs. 223 at 60 days 'sight. CALCUTTA, Oct. B.—Although prices of British piece goods have been maintained, the sales have been to a moderate extent. Exchange has ruled high, the rates for six months' sight American credits ranging at 2s. 2d. Bank Bills at 2s. Lid., and Document Bills at 2s. 21d. to 2s. 2id. On China 60 days sight bills are quoted at Re 216 to 217 per 100 dollars. Freights have improved considerably, owing to the expected large number of ships keeping out, in conse-. quence of the prevalence of northerly winds and strong • carro ts at the Sandheacle, For Loudon Azid Liverpool _ _ AUSTRALIA. SOUTHAMPTON, Nov. 14. By the arrival of the Royal Mail Company's steam-ship Atrato last night, with,the West India and Pacific mails, we receive via Panama, dates from Melbourne, August 15 ; Sydney, August 18. At Victoria a great public meeting had been held for the purpose of organising an association to agitate for the opening of the Crown lands. A committee was formed for the purpose of carrying out the wishes'of the meeting. Preparations were being made by the French consul for a grand ball in aid of the wounded French veterans of the Cri. mea. The various diggings are spoken of as pro gressing favourably ; several new " rushes" are said to have taken place on the flats near Kanga roo Point, Fryer's Creek. The escorts from Beechworth arrived at the gold office on the 13th, and brought the following re turns—viz., Beechworth, 7,6240 z., 1,5881. cash ; Buckland River, 518 oz. 10dwt. Total, 8,142 oz. 10dwt. 1,5881. cash. Intelligence from Sydney states that the Legis lative Council were engaged in discussing the esti mates, in which the independent members—repre sentatives of all the large constituencies—have op posed the Government, but without success, owing to the large official majority placed at the disposal of Government by the defective constitution of the colony. The estimate for the formation of the ar tillery corps was warmly debated. The sum placed on the estimate was 12,0181. 195., but the Govern ment declared that 2,0001. was all it required. This sum would have been . readily voted, but afterwards the Government demanded the entire amount, which was resisted. Division after divi- sion took place, but at last the independent mem bers left the house in a body, and the Government party then carried their own motion. A large meeting was held in Sydney on the 30th of July to petition the Governor-General for the release of the Rev. Dr. Lang, imprisoned for libel on Mr. Alexander Stuart. _ _ The drainage of the city of Sydney and other public buildings were progressing. The works of the Sydney and Paramatta Railroad were also fast approaching completion. The agricultural prospects of the colony were favourable, the weather was generally fine, and a . mach-increased breadth of land had been sown with wheat. In reference to commercial matters we learn that trade generally continued in a depressed state, and numbers of the business concerns established during the last three years had been forced into the Insolvent Court. There were, however, evident signs of improvement, not the least of which are the increase of colonial production and more careful and economical habits among the pro. ducti ve classes. In sales of wools a better price was obtained for good samples ; the bulk of the wools was of a rather superior quality ; prices ranged from ls. sd. to ls. sd. There was a large parcel of sheepskins sold ; prices firm. Hides realised from 13s. 6d. to 14s. ; some of the lots were slightly damaged. Ia the tallow-market there was an evident de cline, the consumers buying only for present con sumption ; both beef and mutton tallow were dull, and holders not disposed to sell at prices offered. From Melbourne we have intelligence to the 14th inst. The wool and tallow markets are thus reported, under date August 11 : "The favourable accounts of the home markets have caused a considerable stimulus in this market, and some large parcels have changed hands for shipment per vessels now on the berth, and prices may be cansidered firm at our late quotations, which are as follows, viz.:— " Superior flocks, 15&d. to 171 per lb. ; fair to good, 14c.1. to 15d. ditto ; inferior to average, 121. to 13d. ditto ; broken low, &c., 101 to 11d. ditto ; locks, grease, &c., sd. to 74d. ditto ; handwashed and slipe, 101 to 121 ; scoured, 131 to 15d..; sheepskins, full wool, 2s. 6d. to 2-. 9d. each. "Tallow and Hides.—Market barely supplied, with considerable inquiry. Our quotations are : " Mutton tallow, 58/. to 651. per ton ; mixed ditto, 371. to 401. ditto ; hides, salted, Hs. to 12 61. each ; ditto fresh sound, 9:4. to 103. 61 ditto. " Freights to London or Liverpool.—Wool, id. per lb. ; tallow, 355. per ton ; skins, 40s. ditto." Another circular says— " Wool.—There has been little doing durin the week, aid the arrival of the Arabian, or the D anal l 111`Kay, with the June mail, is Tooke I forward to with coneiderable interest. AdVices of the progress of the wool sales would be made up for the departure of the former vessel, which may be hourly expected. A few lots of superior scoured lambs, also scoured and washed slipe wools, are in the market, being well worthy the at tention of persons wishing to avail themselves of some thing beyond the usual style in these descriptions. " Tallow.—Very little is brought into the market, and candle tallow still maintains a high price. " Mutton, 601. to 651. ; beef and mutton, mixed, 371. to 401. ; bides, salted, 11s, to 12s. 61 each ; 2s. 3(I. to 3s. " Freights on wool to Lon-ion or Liverpool, Ad. per ►b. ; on tallow, 355. per ton." The Argus, of August 13, thus reviews the state of the import markets : •' The week just elapsed has been like its predecessors for the pist two mouths—au extremely dull one in mer cantile affairs. " This is accounted for in several ways. I. In the winter season business is always inactive. 2. The traders on the goldfields over speculated in the early part of the season, and then, large stocks having to a great extent remained on hand, or having been quitted at unremuner ative rates, they are unable to operate to the usual ex tent fur the ensuing sensor, and few orders from the in terior have consequently been received. 3. In firmer seasons the banks purchased their gold through the city broker;, hut this year their purchases are made on the goldfields by their own lccal agents. Few digger=, there fore, come to town. They sell their gold and spend their money on the spot, and the town trade is consequently much reduced. This has greatly disarranged the calcu lations of the mercantile community in the seaport towns, and added much to the embarrassments arising from the late crisis. 4. That crisis and the high prices of all kinds of provisions have induced habits of great economy among every class 5. Above all, the stoppage of Government works and the general tightness of the money-market have severely affected the working classes ; and the consumption of imports, and of all kinds of mer chandise, has been greatly diminished. Doubtless the f►ll in the price of flour, the increase of cultivation, and the excellent prospects of increased production of gold by quartz-crushing, and of good crops, have a strong tendency to maintain confidence ; but all these favoura- We circumstances are greatly counteracted by the de pressing influence of very large stocks in most staple articles, and there seems little prpspect of a decided re vival for two or three months to come. As the spring advances, however, an impetus will be given to the tow❑ trade by the necessity of supplying the requirements of the interior ; but it is not probable that any great im provement will take place until the summer has fairly set in. " Breadstuffs.—There have Leen several arrivals of flour during the week, and prices have declined. The town mills are now quoting first flour at 441. per ton, but, in the absence of transactions, it is difficult to give prices for Gallego, Haxall, and Chilian. The retailers are buying in small quantities only, and the trade is very much depressed in consequence of the want of demand. It is reported, however, that the diggings are giving signs of a reviving demand ; but, in spite of this, it is believed that prices cannot be maintained, even at their present rates. The supplies from abroad are now cer tain to pour in, and will p ro b a bl y b e i n excess o f demand. r _ P It is known that ord ers f or cargoes h ave gone forward to Chili from all the n e i g hb our i ng A us t r alian or well as from this), an d it i s ver y questionable whether, after all, their hom e su ppli es are d e ficient. This market will, therefore, be aff ec t e d no t only by direct but probably also by constant supplies of small imports , ma ll parcels P coastwise. dull, and • • I "Beer, Ale, &c.—This trade is Ail very . a slig ht o duction. holders of bulk ale have submitted to a h a ve advanced. Porter and stout, in sound condition, re Bottled beers are dull of sale. i s glutted with " Boots and Shoes—Thin market is in some cases, not un suitable goods. For winterotr an d generally not more more than invoice can g°t, t baedvance. Some inquiry is now than 10 to 15 per een d - f : . American boots and shoes are made for summer good.. dull, and do not realuisee, m of or c e o t l h o a n n ia r m to an 2 u s fa p e e t r ur c e ent. "Cand,es—S teari is. , have so ld readily at and from 3d. to is. 6d. per lb. " Cordage —Price s i ce s are nominal. There h ave b een no large arrivals at Syd ney are likely to - t ra nsactions, have some effect on this market. Large -sized Manilla is wanted. This“ Draga ..— trade is overstocked with most arti cles 4nn_ carbonate of soda is in qu i re d for. , A further fall has taken place in all descrip tions o f grain, especially i n h orse-feed. Scotch eats have been sold at from 68. 6d. to 7s. per bushel ; and the q uantities pouring in render purchasers unwilling to s peculate to any extent at that figure. " Gunpowder. The consumption of blasting gun powder and safety fuses is now very large for the quartz reefs. The former is out of first hands, and is advancing. Safety fuses are worth is. per coil. " Groceries and Oilmen's Stores.—Pearl barley and sago are much wanted, and the latter article has ad vanced. Blue has declined. Large supplies of candles have been received. Price's composition have fallepls. per lb., and o th ers in proportion. Fairfield sperm b ` lv e been sold at I s . 10d., b u t holders are anxious t o o s ell , very and diff eren t pr i ces are t a k en . C o ff ee stocks ar low, and th ere i s littl e o f a s a leable description in first hands. A large lot of Rio has been shipped to Sydney. Sales of Java have been made at 81d., and it is now held • at 9d. A sale of chicory at 54 d. is place in hay. re ported. -1 " Hay.—A further decline has_ are " taken ‘, H ar d wares ...A. om i= *nem _ scar_ce as eYtt . . /5 1- L 7:1/1 / 4 1 Z 14 '" 11 Mary borough - Daisy 11111 Av oca at par. n Melbourne. Stocks are held chiefly at high rates, by one house, and the trade has b een par tl y supp li e d f rom Sydney. American spades are much wanted. They are liked best for garden purposes. Long strapped English spades are in great demand on the goldfields. American picks, axes, and hatchets are also sc arce , an d fi rm at our quotations. Axe and pick handles. —The former are worth 18s., and the latter 15s. per dozen. B u ildi ng ironmongery.—A brisk demand is expected in the spring for the goldfields, where building operations on a large scale are contemplated. Camp ovens are scarce, also patent and clout nails. There is no eale for cut nails. The stocks of ironmongery and hardware generally are light. The market is supplied with English tools. " Metals.—Muntz's patent sheathing is scarce, but the demand is very limited. Iron.—Of bar and bolt there are large stocks. Galvanised and corrugated have advanced 51. per ton. Sheet iron has advanced in value 11. per ton. Lead.—There is a slight disposition to spe culate in sheet lead, but the stocks are still very large. Assorted shot h as ra th er d ec li ne d. R o ll e d z i nc , h eav y, is now worth 301. "Provisions. --Bacon and hams have declined, and are dull. Irish pork is scarce, and wanted. Butter and cheese are still in good d eman d . The former art i cle has been sold in large quantities at from is. 10d. to is. 11*1. Stocks being very short in Ireland it will probably re main firm. Cheese is not quite so firm , but is still rea dily saleable at Is. 11d. for the best English, and some parcels of Dunlop have been sold at th e same rate. "Fish.—Sales of red herrings at and lOs. o per firkin 0 6 g r l k is i h n iob o . f salted salmon at 7d. to Bd. per lb.; sters at ls. Bd. are reported. " Spirits.—A slight fall has taken place in brandy, caused by arrivals from Sydney, Hobart Town and other colonial ports, and parcels have been offered at 14s. for Martell's, and other brands in proportion ; but as at times it has been found that the brandies from the neighbouring ports have been tampered with, they do not command in this market the same prices as impor tations direct, via London. Sales of Martell's at 14s. 6d., and of Hennessey's at 145., cash, are reported, and a number of houses hold Martell's for 15s. This port has now become the greatest depot in these colonies, and prices will probably rule higher, unless considerable im ports are received from abroad. Rum—Comparatively little of this spirit is now consumed here, and prices rule low in the face of small stocks. Geneva and Old Tom, in case, have receded since our last, and sales are made at 21s. to 225. Booth's clear glass bottles are in demand. Irish whisky is lower. " Sugars.—Since tie fall in price, some three weeks since, this trade has been steady. The stocks of refined are large, and the demand is decreasing. The stooks of other sugars are moderate, and prices are pretty will maintained. Some Java and China sugars have been received. Brown Java is quoted at 271. to 281., and China brown to yellow 331. to 351. Tobacco.—Generally, negrohead is dull. The prices, however, are pretty well maintained. There is none of Cheve's eagle in first hands, and it is inquired for. There is no sheepwash in the market. Strrng descriptions have been sold at Bd., and 7d. could be got for an invoice from first brands. Cigars.—lnconsequence of supplies, No. 2 Manillas are offered at 575. 6d. Real 11a.vannahs are worth from 12s. to 17s. per lb. Other kinds are un- "Timb T.—This trade is altogether without transac. tions, and prices are nominal. " Wine.—There is improvement in the quotations for good sherry, but the wine trade is excessively dull compared with last year." The gold dust received at the Sydney Mint dur ing the week ending the 18th August amounted to 939 ounces. Mr. Khull reports the gold market as follows : " Gold has continued unaltered in price during the week at 765. 6d. The demand for shipment per the Ballarat has been fully met from the increased quanti ties that have been offered for sale. " Now that the Mount Blackwood gold-fields have assumed a steady yield, it becomes the duty of the gold authorities to grant it facilities with regard to escort accommodation, which its rising importance demands. They cannot withhold it on the score of its not yielding a sufficient revenue, as the large amount of cash remitted lately to the Treasury demonstrates. Being distant only a few miles from where the main escort passes, a branch could easily be started to meet it, and thereby give the Mount B!ackwood community the weekly facilities for transmission which they are entitled to. Should this ample matter of business not be at once done, without being consigned to the conventional routine of a Board of Inquiry,' composed of men whose feelings and inter ests are not at all concerned, we can expect no other re sult than its being burked. "The quantity of gold for the week keeps well up ; and were it not for the monopolising channels through which it is confined, a very consideiable amount of bene fit would accrue to the commercial and trading interests of this bank-ridden colony. Number of persons arrived Number that have left Addition this week 322, and year 38,828 "The escorts have brought from — Mount Alexander and Bendigo 17.803 ounces. BAllarat, including Geelong 13,265 8,02 G 1,153 398 Amount this week 40,645, year 1,181,794 Gold shipped in 1855 Per Nile to Hong-Kong 5,454 Per Te'egraph to Sydney 1,396.103 Or 58 tons 3 cwt. 1 qr. 171 h. 2 oz., at 804., 5,584 424/. " Exchange on London—Draaghts against gold taken Freight of gold, 43d. per ounce, delivered t►: the Bullion-office, Bank of England, London. Insurance, 24 per cent." AMERICA. NEW YORK, Oct. 31.—The arrival of the George Law yesterday from California places us in receipt of gold to the amount of 1,670,477 dols., and it is supposed that the Star of the West, now overdue, will increase the amount to over two millions. This carries up the total receipts this year (as shown by manifests) to 30,182,919 against 40,816,107 dols. during the corresponding months of last year. The total exports of specie from Naw York and Boston for the same time amount this year to 39,132,000 against 39,964,000 dols. during the corresponding part of 1854. At present a much larger shipment is going on than is usual at this season. The bill drawers, especially for the continent, are making large shipments, induced by the present value of gold in London and Paris. The export of breadstuff:3 has also revived under renewed orders. Last week it amounted to nearly a million of dollars from this port alone, and orders are yet unfulfilled, and shipments going on. The supply from the west is equal to the pre sent or probable future demand. Freights con tinue high, and our ships aye now amonc , the most productive property of the country. The rates to Liverpool and Havre are said to be double those of last year ; and considering, also, that American shipping is engaged in the colonial trade of Great Britain and her colonies, and also to some extent in transport service for the armies, this branch of national wealth was probably never more prosper ous than at present. With au abundant harvest, yielding a rich tribute of freight to the railwa3rs,.a business still contracted within reasonabloedu limitsati on from the reverses of last year, a continued of Californian gold, and so favourable u a lit topresent the navigating interest, this countrwyhoicg h it is now in a picture of prosperity ; instead . of Stocks of Stocks have sunk the middle of a financial pa k nic. eculators for a rise and are sinking, and stock are breaking and threateningey to break. This comes ircles of London and money is always peculiarly Paris, to which this of the feeling in the momentni the Bank of England ad sensitive. The obability of American securities interestof flg4 a people eng London begin t o hous this market. specu latevancuespotnheoraetepr upon being returned e that, owing o to the higher N wr e o w t York; and to the exchange being in favour of United States, the London banks purchased In the panic the American stocks for remittance to New York, and that the Anil ricau debt was probably much reduced during the year. The present feeling here is partly a partiallyresponse au to the eLondon an d P ar i s mar k e ts, and is by the unusual exports of gold and the fall in exchange, and partially by the fear that American securities held in Europe will be returned upon New York. The justice of the latter appre hension can be better determined in Europe than here ; but I have been induced to think, from the views entertained by some of the leading houses, especially those having continental connexions, that the fear is an exaggeration. There is a popu lar idea among those not familiar with the business, that the flow of these securities in times of pro_,. perity is all one way, and that there is a cclistan! but t _ • e L , have___ increase of indebtedness to Europe ; been assured that such is by no means constantly casothat, on the contrary, they are as w hich must the present com ing in as going out. If experi?nce tell the story shortly—do not justify w ithin itself apprehensions, this countryn for the comingliess ele ments of a prosperous busi season. The weekly Bank statement shows a decrease in loans of 887,004 dole., in specie of 1 , 2 98,202 dols., and in deposits of 877,695 dols. Within 12 weeks the loans and deposits have decreased each about 6,000,000 dols., and the specie about 4,000,000 leading house yest er d ay sold a quantity i dols. The best exchange on L on d on sells at 109 at 109. A ad - _ COLONIAL PRODUCE MARKETS.—In the colonial pro duce nuvkets yesterday there has been a great change of tone, the recent excitement having subsided and a dis position to realise being generally observable. The transactions in sugar at public auction were at a decline of is. to is. 6d. per cwt., and subsequently there was ex treme difficulty in effecting sales. In coffee, also, there was a reaction of is. 6d. from the price paid yestertayy, in private b arga i ns f or p l antat i on C ey l on . T ea W . 14 2 , at a slight re d uct i on. Th e on l y ar ti c l e w hi c h exhibited increased firmness was rice, for which an adTa Doe __ : n the was obtained, owing to the state of the huim" Corn F4change. . 0.1111 • 4, 4. • t .;, • 1 1 1 J _ - = -71 - /4 1 4? (96 - `l . -1)1 /:11 ' D BANK OF DEPOSIT, No. 3, PALL•HALL EAST, LONDON, Established A.D., 1844. 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