The Sun. — London, England, 1856-10-29 00:00:00

NEWMARKET RACES.—(This Day.) - - (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPIT.) OPTIONAL SELLING PLATE. Noisede.. Blossom .. Four ran. SWEEPSTAKES. T.Y.C. Dramatist.. Tame Deer.. Teddy, Six ran. SWEEPSTAKES. T.Y.C. Spinster 1 Oltenit za Won by a neck. No more racing expected to-day in cotpequence of the fog. ARRlVED.—Madatne Clicquot and Bold Buccleuch. ;40N E Y MARKET NL '7O MMERCI A TNTELLI GEN° CITY, Two )'I The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed quietly, and prices of all kinds were well maintain ed. The sales were estimated at 7,000 bales, of Which 1,000 were taken for export and 1,500 on Veculation. The Railway Share Market closed steadily, at a slight decline on the current rates of Monday. The accounts from Paris contain the official table of the average prices of wheat throughout France up to this week, which exhibit a general decline in all the markets during the month of October. The average prices of wheat at the same period in September was 30f. 38c. per hectolitre, and this Month it is not more than 29f. 55c., showing a fall o f 8 3 centimes. This feebleness in the price of Wheat is considered unusual at this period of the Year, when an upward tendency is generally expe rienced. The farmers being busy at other work they send very little grain fo the markets, which diminishes the supply, and consequently there is usually a rise in prices during the months of Octo ber and November. This year, however, the re gular course of the markets has been disturbed by unforeseen causes, and the downward movement has not yet terminated. The exceptions to the general state of the markets are in the midland districts, but the chief is at Marseilles, where the average price of wheat is 33f. 27c. per hectolitre, being a rise of if. 57c. on the average quotations of the previous month. This firmness at Marseilles appears the more extraordinary as the imports Were -- very considerable during the month of Au gust last; but it is accounted for by the bad bar 'rest in the midland departments. The demand for discount accommodation con tinues very active, and the minimum rates fixed by the Bank of England directors are main tained with firmness. As the 6th proximo approaches the inquiry will no doubt increase, because parties anticipating augmented pres -Bnre will be making provision for the large Mass of mercantile bills which then fall due. The existing high rates for discounts, it is feared, may Yet be productive of much mischief among the commercial community, as their profits must be curtailed, however active the Board of Trade returns may represent the general com merce of the country. Yesterday afternoon an old rumour, affecting the credit of a large contracting firm, which appears to have good foun dation, was revived. The parties in question are Fox, Henderson, and Co., and their liabilities are expected to be very heavy. It was at first thought that they would be enabled to extricate themselves from their difficulties, and on this account nearly all the morning journals abstained from pub lishing the names, although the subject-was spoken of unreservedly throughout yesterday afternoon. The event has produced an unpleasant feeling, al though it occasioned no surprise, and it is feared that other houses may be similarly situated before long. When money is so dear as at present it ge nerally leads to such disasters, because house , which may have experienced previous embarrass ment find increased difficulty in procuring the necessary accommodation to perform their engage ments. According to the telegraphic message the rate of exchange at Shanghai on London has advanced to 78. 61d. This, if true, is unfavourable ; but it is generally supposed on the stock Exchange to be Incorrect. At Canton the quotation is reported at a alight decline. In speculative securities the dealings have been 'very limited, but the market has been maintained with tolerable firmness. Very little dealing, either real or speculative, is transacted, and the altera tions in prices are not very frequent. Consols have been 92i k , and 92k for money and the 6th Proximo. For December the quotation is about 921 • The New 3 per Cents. are 91i the Reduced 91i k I, and the Thirty Years' Annuities ( 18 85) 1.7 i to 18. Exchequer Bills are 2s. to 6s. Premium. Bank Stock is 213. The Foreign Market is dull, the dealings re- Corded being mostly in connection with the settle- Inent. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 89} ; Spanish Deferred, 23g ; Sardinian, 894 ; and Peruvian 6i Per Cents., 76a The following are the nominal prices of Foreign Stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 61 74 ; Mexi can, 211 ; Peruvian 41 per Cents., 75 7 ; ditto 3 per Cents., 54 6 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 43 5 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 106 8 ; ditto 4 per Cents., 95 7; Spanish 3 per Cents., 411 1 ; ditto Deferred, 23i 24; ditto Certificates, 51 I; ditto Passive, 61 This being gc making up day " in the share market the business has not been extensive, the Principal dealers having been engaged in the ne .eessary arrangem en t s f or th e se ttl emen t. Prices _have sho wn b ut little change. North Western and _ N lidland, ho wever, show a slight improvement. The CanadiAn and French lines are also in an im proved d eman d at an advance in value. J oint -Stock Bank shares are dull and prices un altered. Miscellaneous shares are rather active, but no material improvement can be reported. EItiTISH F UNDS THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES (From the Offietal List.) tgiontse done. Sank St, * .. 213 3 ~,,, . ... .................................. 914 i • out, Red/teed Ammiti. t. 2-1, + 8 ~,,, Pent Catania Xtnßitieg 91.113 iii N''' , * q Tier nettt.''Anntoties Long Anntlities, expire Sth Jan. 1860... Ditto 30 Years, e ire sth A ril, 1885 lB 17i ConDslnd'. Ronda. RlOOl 2 l P e l he qner Ni 2 p itto, un der 21000 .. .. ...... ..' 2 6 P Eols for Accou .. ... .................. tent24d: ................. 92# ' , !l ono ... 2 p A Th ", O ; .... ...... .................. __ p PRIC.RS ......... .„_ ............... 6 OF FREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. Peruvi an Bonds' 4i per O Cent . $ Russian Ponds, 1 822, .t St., 5 per Cent.... Ditto 4i Per Cent. . _ ............... 96 5i ShSardinian Bonds, 5 per . Cent. .. ............. 89} ^I.) Roude, fvpr oPut ............... 414 Ditto NOW Deferred, 3 per Cent. ........ 23A x ( account November 14 ............. 89/ 4 x Thtto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. ............ 993 Dut 40.70 .t4-abin Lonlor, Di ch Excl,ange, 2i per Cen',., 12 Guild ers tto 4 per Cent. Certificates 95 THREE (YOZOCK. 92s 92. f d vi, "h, money tto, account, November 6 Dr. ic, --- -•• -e.ane, the distinguished American Arctic navi gator, had interviewa yesterday with the Lords of the Admiralty ; ale , the Hydrozralihicrh Captain Washington, the head of Department, by whom he was cor dially received. W. regret to learn that Dr. Kane is in very inditLre ealth, consequent on his exertions and exPosure hisn expeditions in search of the late Sir John Franklin. Russie. —Le Nord of Monday bays: —"To•morrow we shall publish a ukase brought Ili by the Russian journals, providing for the free entry into Russia, with a few ex ceptions, of all foreign The merchants and traders. numerous formalities, amounting often to prohibitives, which foreigners have hitherto been required to surmount before penetrating the empire, are well known. For the future the Russian legations upon the continent will have nothing to do but to follo the t this ukase, and grant Passports to all who ask form, unless they be people of doubtful morality." MADAME TIIsqe.IID'S BEIM:1117017.—A very elegant u gllre of the Mitre s of the I`)tlchess of Sn'herlan~l, has j ,4° b b e e :' n He completed p G l e r t a e c d e and placed behind Her Mai-sty to the group which repre -44s her youthful family and the chief ministers of her ccutled and court. The Duchess is represented in a Ala n d• and •Id brocade profusely decorated with gold, net, the 6 %vele. The likeness is considered excellent and ON ie natural and life-like. T H;.; &uA 1 g SA. Pt, RETZ LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS LAW INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) THIS DAY.) RAILWAYS. Compam, Cloy, lets this day. thisinets this day , RAILWAY COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Pane.) 3hr. 'Wild it* ILWATZ. Closing Price Nits day. buslaeas done this day .betifo,d 31 etc h ey Brzekghaaisi, Ciydesdal-% . clol, Stour Lei. E. Lin. g, pe. E. Un. H. Ulas. Barr. & Neils. Direct Do. New...... Glstr.& Dn. Fr Hrtlpl. Dk. & Railway Hull & Selby Do. 6 Share. Do. t Shares. Lon.&Greenv7 Do. Preference Lon., Ti1.,1. Do. Bark. Sh. Lowestoft • . 4 per cent. Do. 6 per et.. Manch. 13xtx: and Matio .1 Middleebrn' Retie. g 6 p.c. Midld. tio,l,‘ Newmarket Bury E. G.spc N.& Est.s p.c. Do. 6 per at Do. Fixeds p c Prest. & w y Do. 6 Shre. A Roystn.& Hit. Shef. Roth an Goole g. 5 p.c . Shrews.&Her S. Staflordsh. Wear Valleygr 6 per cent... Do.. N. \Vest. L. &N. W. Cnledon... E. U. &E. C Nr E. Count. Caldonisat. IN RE ALLEN. This bankrupt was described as of the Wharf, Har row-road, Paddington, dealer in drain-pipes and cement, and now applied for his certificate. The balance-sheet, prepared by Messrs. Thomas and Copley, extended from May, 1854, to July, 1856, shows Dr. to Cr., 1,066/. ; liabilities, 388/. ; profits, 767/. ; Do at. Weetn Yk. New. & Berw. Y. &NMa Do Do capital, 611. Creditor, by good debts, 13.5/. ; property, 10/. ; trade expenses, 772/. ; personal, 7841. Mr. Chidley, for the assignees, appeared to oppose on the ground that the bankrupt had dealt in accommoda tion bills, and that the trade expenses alone exceeded the profits. IS. Bagel L !D0.... Peto he Co Do The bankrupt, in examination by Mr. Linklater, ex plained that he had not accepted bills for the accommo dation of other parties, but had paid a commission to a Customer to accept bills for him to raise money to go on with business. Norfolk I Do L.& N. W. & Midi& Stckton & , Darlingt. Midland.. His Honour granted a certificate of the third class. IN RE STREDDER. This bankrupt was described as of Launcelot-place Trevor-square, Knightsbridge, builder. Mr. chidley applied for his discharge from custody. He applied on-a former occasion—the bankrupt's certi ficate having been suspended without protection, and he was arrested. His Honour, on that occasion, refused to release him until be had been in custody six months ; that time having expired, Mr. Chidley now renewed th• application, which was granted. En. Conn. L. Count. D 0... Do L.& N.W Do Gt Northn Lancash& Yorksh. T. Brassey M. hiClean Stockt. & Darlingt Do Wiltg&r•omrst latwestn. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAy OCTOBER 29 •,!856„ I Bea. Junet... ;":adynier.,l.. Wolverh Stour Valley...-. Birkeand. Cheshire Junet....,., !Do. Chesil. dz Birk. ~ Do. ; do. ..... Blackburn f;tyti. .£W (iisd. at 1/ Bristol and !Cade Caledonian. Chester & Holyhead Cork and Bandon, 'Cork, Black, & Pae Cornwall Do. A Do. B Dub liu&Belfasti Inc Dun. P. a Jnc. East Anglian Eastern Counties East. ;?Wien, A Stl• hi.., B. Stock New A.— East Kent East Lancashire Fdinburgb Edinb. and Peebles Edin.Prth &Dund- Forth & Clyde Jun Furness. Do. Extension.. !Great N. of Scotlnd. (Great Northern Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock I Gt. Ath. AtWestalre ) Great Western Stops Val. Rai Qua. Stk .. :rich South-Eastern L mes.ster & Carlisle Do., Thirds Do. New Thirds Lancash.andYorks , Do., Wst. Riding Un. Do. Southi ort London & Blackwail, Lond. Bright & S.Cst. Lond. and N. Westr. Do. Fifths D0.101.9h.,M&1i Do. Eighths,. onvionnndS.S. . dandnirry&Colorain. Lndnirry. & Ennisk Nianah.Shef.k Lind!, D 9., Man. & Lin. 17n Vfetropoli tan Do. J L. Ricardo's arrangement kWland 'o. Birmng. &Dort (ildld. G. West. (Ire ) )o. Half Shares__ Veweastle & Carßel qwpt.Aberg. &Ha' , Jewry & EnniskillF qewry, , Warrenpeint and iiostrevor Vorfolk /orthn.Conntiee TTo North British...... Jth. Devon Rail. & Dock Stock 'o., A Stock B Stock N.itistern—Bervn k ,o. do. Extension _ _ )o.do. G.N.E. ?nrol Do. Leeds , )o. York north London N.AcS.Wetrn.,fiain staad, and City J 1 North Staffordshir• forth Western.... & S.Wostrn.Jun 'x., Worc., & Wolv. Rhymnoy • at' , Ceitral Scot. N E.Abrdn St. Do. Scot. Mid. St oßhirP Sitingbourne&Sheer. att. vevozi 3oath Eastern., outh Wales ..., Vrksh. Riv. Pu' aines,Wok. &Wc ' tookton & Dariing. 1 , 0., do., 1854 Do., do., 1855 4toekten & Hartle[ raff Vale ....... ►o. Prof., No. 1.. Mimes Hay. D.& R. Vale of Neath..., • . Waterfd. & Kilkenn Waterford&Llmer West Cornwall..... West End of Lend, and Crystal Palace Do. A ......, . Do. B West London..., Do. Fii st Class Do. Second Class Wimbledn &Croydot 4i 4/1 8 83 17 - 18 5 16 12 - 13 92 55f 5i 33 36 ... ••• ••• ••• ...P 94 - 16 - 17 104 8i P 7 f 35 :4 23 25 7 - 5 SOi 511 52 32 - 33 91 93 8 - g. 921 93 81 83 120 125 114 116 64 6Q E 8 62 71 74 5t 6i 54 64 93i 94i 6i 7 105 107 102 103 , par - p par I p • 1 101 105 331 344 . - 1 - id 78 -78 i 51 - 53 14 - 15 48 - 50 34 - S t 364 37t ••• • N. 79 - 51 4ta _ 3 l - 17i 18 56 57 93 97 t ' 6 - 10 11 26 - 28 j .01 103 24 25 69 71 47 49 1 14i 5 694 70 77 - 79 5 -- 3d 2 - 1 14 16 36 38 i 8 - 19 5 54 W . 6 8 2 - 4 5 - 5i 7 - 9 FOREIGN. 'Antwerp&Rott rd m Ardennes >Zelgian Eadn. Juni Beziers to GraissesEtt e Rombay, Baroda, am' ("en. India, g. 5 p. c Do. Buff. & Lk. Hur. Ry. Caruieaux & Toulousel Coal Mines and Ry. Ceylon A shares 1 Do. B. do Demerara t3b. Rhenish Eastern of France .. no Nrew Eastern Bengal ... East Indian A and B, E. 5 1 ) . Do. Ex. C, gu. 5 p. c Do. do. D, gu. 5 p. c. Do.4i p.c.Bnds.,'s 7 no. do. do.. '59, Euphrates Valley Eur. In.Jn.Tel.Rail Geelong t Melbourne guar. 5 per cent.. Gd . Trunk of Canada Do. Cert. of Deben. con. into Stk. till'6 • Do. Comp. 6p. c., do Gt. Central of Fran, Gt. Tn. Pen. g. sp. c. Do New, guar. 5 p. c 14reat Luxembourg... Gt. Western of Canad 11 Do. New Do. )3ds., payable '5" Do. do., '76, p. '6O no. do., '73 do. Do. do., '73, withou , ontion Italian Junction Lake Const. & Bask Lierre and Turnhout Lombardo Venetian. Lucca & Pist. sp. c.p. Lyons and Geneva Lyons at Mediterra , 4adras, guar. 4 ljp.c De. do., 5 p. C. Do. 4i p. c. Exten Do. 3dEx., g. sp. c Karig' Antonia ... :)o. do. New vs.mnr & Liege Do. do., E p. c. Prof northern of France srorwegianTrankPre Paris and Lyons..... Paris and Orleans. Recife & San. Fran., (Pernam.) g. 7 p. c. 'Rome and Frascati Royal Danish Royal Swedish ... isinbre and Meuse Do. 5i p. cent. Prei 3cinde, guar. 5 p. c Do. . !nuthern of France kndrew's an Quebec (A) Vest Flanders Do. 5 per a. Prof dx N. W. of Franc. Western of Austria... West. of Switzerland Wiesbaden Do. 8 per eent.Pref. 4ealanl ...... lid 1 4' 44 4i - 1 - 1331 - 11 - 34 j 0 22 - 224 21i - 224 - 23i - 24 ii - 12 77 82 3i 41 21 —21 a lip 4$ 4k 234 /4i 2 99 101 112 117 112 117 107 110 •• • • 4W - TV; n - Bt3/4 10§ 20 21.* —21 i d A P 8 - 19j - 20 37 - 8 - 9 49/ - 501 48 - 50 par I p 1 19 - 20 i - lA 104 -10 i 9 - 9i li -24 p • .1111 . .. OM ........ pm 4R 41 9i 10 34 - 35 4 - Ip, . ...- ... JOINT-STOCK BANKS. .stra • ••• Rank of Egypt Bank of London 'cll. Col. Bk.& Ln. C •tritish N. American Chartd. Bank of Asia Chrtd. Bnk. of India, Australia, & China City Colon tal Commercial of Lond Eng. Soot. &Ans. Cht Loud. Chart. Bk. of Australia Ditto Now Lon lon and County Lnd. &E. Bnk g. Corp London Joint Stock London and Paris Loud. & Westminster National Pro.ef Eng Do. Naw.. National Bank New South Waite Oriental Lk. Corp , Ottoman Bank Provincial of Ireland Jo , New ............ . kni .t & •} c , -ingth Union of Australi s . IDo. New 101 Union of London—"' 50Wotan Bk o Lona 98 - 100 3i 3d l 64 66 ... ...r, 67 691 .., -- ... is :16 196 -- 20 .1 - il; ~. ... d .. '"" e II • ••• - • 45 47 38 39 3t 34d 33 35 61 - 66 7 - 8 ••• - ... 8 ••• 6 d 95 - 97 98 - 102 12 - 14 134, -- 135 4 ... 44 ~M ~~ c 1 16'6 121 - 13 221 -- 23} 108 - 112 P - 91. - 93 P - i 55 - 57 134 -- 138 71 8} 3i 3 d 32i - 33 90 - 92 IN RE NEWENS. This bankrupt was described as of King•street, Richmond, baker. Mr. Chidley appeared for the bankrupt, and asked for a second elass certificate, which was granted without opposition. IN BE ROWLAND AND EVANS. To-day was appointed for consideration of the certifi cates of these bankrupts, whose transactions with a person of tl , e name of Tingey, of the Bedford Pantechnicon, have been so fully discussed and reported during the last few days. There was no opposition. Mr. Lawrence appeared for the bankrupts, and sub mitted that their losses had arisen from misfortune, and was to be attributed to the conduct of Tingey. His Honour granted certificates of the first class. CRIMINAL COURT.—(Thi4 Day.) OLD COURT. (Before the Lord Chief Baron and Mr. Justice Erie.) ROBSON'S CASE. The case of W. J. Robson, charged with defrauding the Crystal Palace Company, is fixed for hearing to. morrow morning. .Tohn, Pratt, a fashionably-dressed youth, 17 years of age, surrendered to his bail, and pleaded guilty to an indictment charging him with having embezzled 981.105., the property of the Bank of Australia, his employers. Mr. Bodkin said he was instructed on the part of the prosecution to recommend the prisoner to mercy, because he had conducted himself well in their employ until he was led away by the blandishments of some females of notorious character with whom he became accidentally acquainted. The facts of the case were these : the authorities of the bank sent the prisoner to Somerset House with 981.105. in notes and gold to purchase stamps, but instead of doing so he defrauded the bank of the amount. One of the notes entrusted to him had been found, and the prisoner had rendered every assistance to the bank in recovering it. Mr. Robinson, who appeared with Mr. Sleigh, on behalf of the prisoner, said he had been for some time in the service of the bank. On the day on which the fraud took place the prisoner was entrusted with a check to get cashed, and for it he obtained the money and returned it to his employers. He was then sent to Somerset House with 981. 10s. for stamps. He was too late to get the stamps, and on his return to the bank the cashier had left, and he retained the money in his pos session for cafe custody. It unfortunately happened that he was tempted to visit a certain house in the City road, where no doubt he was robbed of the money, 701. of which had been since restored ; and although it bad been said that he went with the proprietor of the brothel to the Bank of England and changed a 201. note, he be lieved there would be some difficulty in proving that fact, because the name of the keeper of the house was the only one that appeared on the back of the note. He trusted that, under the circumstances, the Court would deal leniently with the prisoner. Mr. Justice Erie said . he would defer sentence until to-morrow. FBAIID.— William Neavy, 25 years of age, clerk, re manded from the lase sessions, was indicted for fraud. There were three counts in the indictment, and the sum■ charged with being defrauded were Bs. Bd., if., and lie. Bd. Mr. Sergeant Ballantine and Mr. Salter were counsel for the prosecution ; Mr. Sergeant Parry, Mr. Ribton, and Mr. Lilley for the prisoner. It appeared from the evidence that the prisoner was in the employ of Messrs. Walker a. • 0., iron manu facturers and contractors, carrying ..4: n extensive busi ness at Milwall, Poplar. They employed a large number of clerks, and the prisoner bad been between five and six years in their service as one of their confidential clerks, at a salary of 21. per week. In 1854 be left the prosecutors' employment, but returned again in 1855, and remained until June, 1856, when the charges brought against him were discovered. They consisted of his making false entries in the wages book, and the purchase of old metal, putting the difference into his own pocket. The defence was that these charges were trumped up against the prisoner to attach a stigma to him when he came to give evidence in favour of a person named Fassey, who had a claim of 7,0001. against the prose cutor, and who was to be indicted for fraud in certain timber transactions between him and the prosecutor, and not for furtherence of the ends of public justice. Several highly respectable individuals gave the pri soner an excellent character for his honesty and general integrity. The jury, shortly after three o'clock (the case having lasted more than four hours) returned a verdict of guilty with regard to the lead transaction, and not guilty on the other counts. They recommended him to mercy on the ground of his previous good character.—Sentence de• ferred. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.— (This Day.) THE MURDEROUS OUTRAGE IN PARLIAMENT STREET. IDENTIFICATION OF TOE PRISONER BY THE INJURED MAN. About seven o'clock last evening the unfortunate man Richard Cope, who had not previously articulated a single word, was heard by one of the nurses in the ward where he was lying to whisper his ability to eat some thing. Immediate information was given to Mr. Mar shall, the house surgeon, who, after seeing the patient, and consulting with Mr. Barnard Holt, the senior sur geon, felt it his duty to communicate with Mr. Walker, chieisuperintendent of the metropolitan police at the King-street station, with a view to obtain the attendance of a magistrate at the bedside of the injured man. Mr. Walker at once put himself into communication with Mr. Burnaby, chief clerk at Dow-street Police court, who, on learning that there was a probability of Cope identifying his assailant, promptly despatched Inspector Bradstock to the House of Detention for the prisoner, himself under taking to see Mr. Jardine, and personally explain the circumstances to that learned magistrate. Mr. Jardine, on learning the facts, at once accom panied Mr. Burnaby to the hospital, where they arrived at nine o'clock, and awaited the coming of the prisoner, who was brought in a cab in charge of one of the warders of the prison, accompanied by Inspector Bradsteck and another police officer, very shortly afterwards. On being told by one of the warders that he was about to be taken to Westminster Hospital the prisoner nei ther said anything nor manifested the slightest emotion. He was securely handcuffed before entering the cab, and during his transit through London be made no remark to either of the officers. Upon the prisoner's arrival at the hospital, Mr. Mar shall having first satisfied himself that Cope was in a perfectly rational state, and able to articulate, allowed Mr. Jardine and the other officials to be introduced. Mr. Burnaby took a position close to the bedside of the injured man, to whom he explained in a soothing manner the occasion of the visit, introducing to him Mr. Jardine, who stood on the other side of the patient's bed. All be- I ing in readiness the prisoner was brought in between two officers and placed at the foot of Cope's bed, in a position allowing full observation of his features. The prisoner bore this trying ordeal with remarkable nerve, looking down sternly and unmoved upon the emaciated and pallid form of his victim, whose personal appearance was rendered more haggard than it would otherwise have been by a grisly beard and moustachios, which nearly covered his face. The first question addressed to Mr. Cope by Mr. Burnaby was—" Do you know the man standing at the foot of your bed ?" Cope surveyed him with penetrating glance for some few moments, and then faintly ejaculated, " Yes." Mr. Burnaby pursued the question by inquiring how he knew the prisoner, upon which Cope replied in a tremulous voice, "That is the man who struck me." Mr. Burnaby next asked Cope whether he could tell what it was he struck with ? Cope looked anxiously towards the prisoner, and articulated in a thick guttural voice, " A life preserver." Mr. Burnaby tben asked the sufferer whether he could tell how many blows had been given to him by the pri soner ? Cope appeared anxious to reply more fully to this inquiry, but after an effort was only able to articu late a simple " No." Mr. Burnaby, after a short pause, next asked Cope whether the prisoner had spoken to him before commen cing to attack him. The unfortunate man, whose utter ance up to this point had been gradually becoming more imperfect, appeared excited by the last question, and in reply muttered some inarticulate sounds, from which nothing could be gleaned. Mr. Burnaby looked towards Mr. Marshall, who all this time stood at the bedside watching the effect of the examination on his patient, and on gathering from him that a continuation of this mode of examination might probably be very prejudicial to Cope, Mr. Burnaby said be had got quite enough, and that if the patient would affix his mark to the depositiOn he should not be troubled any further. Upon this intimation Cope stretched out his hand, and tremblingly affixed his attestation, upon which the pri soner wa-s removed, and the few present retired, pain fully affected with the scene they had witnessed. After the magistrate had retired, Mr. Marshall in formed Mr. Jardine that the hesitation exhibited by the patient in replying to the last question occasioned a dread of increased paralysis, and therefore it was that he bad felt it advisable to stop the examination when all that was legally necessary had been obtained. The prisoner was conveyed back to the House of De tention in a cab, accompanied by the officers who bad ' brought him to the hospital. His exit from the hospi tal was watched by a great crowd of spectators. After Mr. Jardine had retired Mr. Walker, chief sup intendent, and Mr. Thornton, principal officer of the London detective police, expressed a desire to put one other question to Cope if his condition would allow it, in order to assist them in the inquiries they were en gaged in relative to the prisoner's accomplice. They were desirous to ascertain whether Cope had any pre vious knowledge of his assailant ; and as they considered it highly important to the ends of justice that they should ascertain this fact, Mr. Burnaby, with the sanction of Mr. Marshall, undertook to make the inquiry. It was done with all due care, and the patient having had half an hour's repose replied by a distinct negative. He had never seen his assailant before. SOUTHWARK. DARIN 4 GAROTTE ROBBERY IN THE BOROUGH.— Charles Hunter, a tall, powerful-looking, well-dressed man, with long shaggy beard, was brought before Mr. Burcham, charged with being concerned with three other men not in custody in assaulting Edward Masson, and robbing bim of a pipe and case. The prosecutor said that he was a clerk, and on the previous night he had been to the theatre. Shortly after one o'clock he was proceeding home along the Borough-read. It was so extremely foggy at the time that he could not see far before him. When he was near the Post-office he was suddenly seized by the arms by two men, another caught him by the neck and nearly strangled him, while a fourth put his hands in his pockets. Witness struggled very hard with the ruffians, and contrived to call out, which attracted the attention of the cabmen on the cab-stand. Some of them drove towards the spot when the men let him go and ran away. There was a gas light near the spot where they attacked him, and he distinctly saw the man's face who rifled his pockets. That man was the prisoner. When witness recovered himself he found that he had been robbed of his pipe and case. His money was safe, and had not he been so close to the cab-stand no doubt the ruffians would have stolen that. Abraham Dewdney, police constable 38 M, said that he was on duty about one o'clock that morning in the Borough-road, when he heard a faint cry near the Post office. He went towards the spot and saw the gentle man on the ground, and the men running away. He saw the prisoner go towards Trinity-street, and the other he followed into Horsemonger-lane, where he lost sight of him. John Armistead, 124 M, said he was on duty near Trinity-square. About one o'clock he h ea rd som e one running towards him , and directly afterwards he caught hold of the prisoner, who said he had been assaulted, and was running after the party. Wit ness th en h ea rd the cry of " Stop thief, " when the prisoner struggled hard to gain his liberty, and would have escaped had not another constable came up and assisted him to secure him. said that he was on d u ty nea r the John Smith, 480 A, Police-court about one o clock, when he heard the stifled cries of some one round the corner. He went there direct'y, and saw the prisoner running away from the spot where Mr. Ma sson was lying. Witness pursued him into Trinity-street, and saw him struggling with last witness. He assisted in taking him into custody. Mr. Burnham asked 38 M whether he would know the fellow he pursued into Horsempger-lane ? He replied that he should, as he saw him distinctly, an d was acquainted with his haunts. Mr. Burnham said that under these circumstances he should rsinand the prisoner for a week, ino 1 all 1100 all L. St. St. St. St. it. • r 8L '26 5 St. 541 5! / St? St. ?REFERENCE SHARIk. ______ • 25 i all BlythamiTyne lOpei c. pref. (issd. at 50/ ... • .., 3t. 100 Brio. & Ex. 4p.c. S. ... ~, 20 5 Do. 4p. c. Shat es ~. 3t. 1' 9 Caledn. £lO 44 p.c. 95 - 100 lf, all ,Ches. & Flo. Gn. 56 pt ••• . ••• 9$ ail Do. do. Pref. No. 2. ... - „. 2i all Do. do. het'. No. 2 .. . - .4 all Cork dtßandons6p.c 44 - 5 34 all Dun.Prth .dt Aber. J. 6 - 64 10 2 E. Anglian Cls. ASh ... - St. 100 Do. do. Cls. B 6 p.. 106 - 110 st. 10.; Do. do Cls. C7p. c 93 - 98 .+...j al. Ras. Co. Bv , 6pc No * $ i on i -1.11 Do. No. 2 - iP w all Do. New 6p.0 S. tll - 124 r) ' all East tln., G. 6p c ... - ••• 5 all Do. 51., 10 per cent ... - 10 all Do. 101. Debentr.Sh. ... - .• St. all Do. do. 4 por cent. ... - 75 St. 100 East Lancash. 6 p.cts ... •.- ... 5 all F. kW. York. J. sth, ... - 10 4 Edin. & Gi. 5 p.c. sh ... - ... it 100 .:d. Prth.&Dun.4p. , 75 - 77 7'6 St. 100 Furness .. - •• • x d A. La) alas. &5.W.G.5 p.c ~. 3t. 100 Great Northn. sp. , 114 116 116 St. 100 Do. sp. a. Redeem at 10 p. c. prem. 109 - 111 110 A. 10t• Do. 4} p. e lO3 - 105 100 60 Do. sp. c., Red. at I p. c. pm... 61 - 63 61 0 all Gt.N. of Scot.l3 ~,,,, 10 - 104 St. 100 Gt. S. W. (Ireland i ... 20 14 Do. 4per c. Prof. S ... - '0 6 Gt. W.(B. it H. Ex s pc 6 - 6. St. 100 Do. con. red. 46 p.c. 93 -- 95 St 100 Do. eon. red. 4p. c 86 - 88 St. 100 Do. irred. 4p. c. 86 - 88 88 St. 100 Do. sp. c. red. pref 98 100 8 all Do. Birm. Prof. St, 9i - loe 10 all Do.ChesterB p.c.P.: 17 - 17 4 10 all Do. do. sp.c. do lO 10 St I.o` Do. Birm. Gus. Stk 68 - 72 2.1 all Do. Ches. Gus. Sh.. 194 - 20. i '.l all 'lo. do. do 9l - 104 At .11 Do. do. do l4i - 154 16 5 Lan. &York. F. 120 i - i d St. 'lOO Do. 6p. c. Stock 136 138 St. 100 Lon.&B. 0.5pc.N0.1 .., - .., 116 St. 100 Do. P., 5p e.. St.No.2 - St 100 Do. New Guar.6 n.. 135 - 137 St. 100 Do. do. sp. c.,N0.4 114 - 116 115 St. 100 fan. &N. W., Coy. 4 Nuneaton sp. ct... ... -.- St. 3 100 Lon.& S.W. 7 per ct late 3d Shares .., 156 - 158 124 all uundy. & Color. 613 h. ... --... 124 111 Londy. k Ennis. Sh ... - ... St. 100 K.,5.,& L. 6p. Cent . , •••• ... 6 44 Do. do. do. £ 6 - 8 St. 100 Do. do. 34 per cent. 66 - 70 .z. 2 all Warypt.&Carl.4p o ... - .... 1 12 all Do. 4i per cent 12 1 10i Do. do. - ••• St. 1100 'Rid. Consol.6 p.c St ... - St. 1100 lTho. Con.Br.Z;ir. 6pc 136 --138 St. 100 D. 44 p. c. Pref. •-• 98 - 100 St. 'lOO Ditto L. &H. Pref. St 87 - 8 10 all 1 New. , '' '' Abor dtc pr. -• ap. c. red. 5 p.c. pm. )"' '" 10 4 Do. Perpet. 6 p et. with optn. till '66 1 - 14., 10 all Norfolk Debenture ... St. 100 Do. Prof. sp.a.St c• ~. .- „, St. 1100 Do. 5 pc. Ext.,1846 ... - ... St. 100 D‘J. 56 per c.pf ,1847 ... -•.- St; 100 Do, Wy. V.51)(4,1847 Bt. 100 North British lO2 -IC4 St. 100 N. E. Perw, 4 p.o P. 92 -94 17 81 Do. do do li - 4 , d 20 13 Do Leeds 6 p.c %No. I ... - .. 12h 9 Do. do. Qre.,1848... , - 25 10 Do.lforkFl.& 4. rm.. .if - la 20 all North Staffordshire. . . - St. 100 ox, Wo,N.W., 6 pc... 10 . 5 - 107 St. 100 Do. 6 p.c. Redeem. ... ... ii all Soot. Cent. ,New Pref ... - ... 3t. ;100 Sc.N. E. Aber. gG pe ... - .L 5 ' all Do. do., 7p. c. pf. st. ... - 3t. 100 D0.d0., 3. p.c. pl. st. 60 - 65 25 all iontb Devon l5 - 16 154 4 LO all Do. fixed, 46 per cent ... . ... 0.6 all S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. 234 - 24 3t. 100 Do. 44 per cent 9B - 102 10 all Do. Fixed 44 pc sh 9l - 10 it. 100 S Wales Gina. 4p. o ... - ... St. 'lOO Do. do. 44 p. a. ... - ... 20 all 9.Yorksh.4lp.c.Guar. - - 25 all itock.& Dar., sp. a. 27 -- 28 25 15 Do. do. do. 2 - 3 p 124 all Stock. & Hartl. g. 5 p. c. till July 1, '56 .. . 5 all Waterfd.& Kilk. 6p c 3 - ii MINES. all ! Aga:. Vria ..... all Anglo Californian 7 't.ustralian all Baden (Gd. Duchy of) all Bltenar. Iron & Coal 14 British Iron 266 Brazilianlmp.(issued at £5 pm.) all Do. Cocaes Er, Culab 15 Do. St. John Del Rev 6 Clarendon Cons. Min Co. of Jamaica all Cobre Copper 1A Colonial , alt Copper Min. of Eng all Do. Prof. 76 p. cent IF. Copiapo all Fortuna all ,Gencal all ,Gt.NuggetVeinßog all Great Polgooth all Gt Wheal Vor United all Liberty all Linares 16 Lusitanian all ,Mariquita ......... all New Granada all Nouveau Monde all Pontgi.Sil. Le. Min 1 'Port Philip all 'Quartz Rock hall it ymney Iron. all Do. New 14i Santiago de Cuba.. 6s. ,Sort. Cons. Min. Co. all ;South Australian all IDo. Scrip all I Do. 10 per cent Prof 46 i Tam. S. &L. Min. Co. 9 Croft United Mexican Waller West Mariposa Worthing Mining of Australia all all all 12s ••• --- ••• i ''''' 1 ••• - ••• 5 - 7 11 - 2} 3f - in 18 - 20 52 - 54 32 36 26 28 15 17 $ $d 3i i MISCELLANEOUS. 25 19 a.ustralisa Ag .Omit • 23 25 231 I 10 , 1 Australn. Royal Mail ... 10 all Berlin Water Works 5t 5i 50 40 Brit. American Land ... 100 3 t Canada ll5 120 • St. DO C.Go.6p.c.Jan&Jaly 1121 113 112/ 1 St. 100 Do. 6 p.c. Feb & Aug ... ... St. 100 Do. 6p c. Mar & Sept ... ... 5 all Crystal Palace...—. 11 2* 14 2 5 all Do. Preference.. 5 5t 5 4 ail Crystal Pal. of France ... ... 1 i Duston Iron Ore ... —• ••• 20 15! Eastern Steam — • St .100 Electric Telegraph 92 94 93i 1 all Sleetrie Teleg. of Ir . . 5 all En.duAus Cop Sm Co I li 25 all Gen. Iron Sc Collier ... ... 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat. ~ 16 all General Screw Steam 12 13 4 all Lond. Gen. Omnibus 3f 31 3j i 20 10 Magdalena St. Navi, . ... 10 all Aediteran. Elec. T e i. 8 . 10 10 all Mexicau&S.Americn. 2i - :-I 3 i 25 5 Nat. Discount Co. -- 1 p 51.1 i 25 1 Do. New 10 5 Netherlands Land 1 i 10 all Do. Do. 5 3 Do. 8 pcPissatld id p 100 80 New B. dr N.S. Land N.S.W.B 22 ••• ••• . Gov.sp.e.D. _ ... 101 i 1 all N. B. Australasian i ....... 20 17!, 7 , l )r r i t e h n .o ta f l Eu G r as 1 opeStzam 3 ____ 2 d 1 al) 1 2s. Do. "New Shares" p it) Pra 5 all Peel Rr. Lci. & Minrl. 2t -- 2i 50 al; Peninsular/Oriental 67 69 50 10 Do. New 4 5p , 681 100 61) ':oval Mail Steam , 63 ..:... 65 H i 1 -.:' Scot. Austral. Invest li -- Ti 64k 4 1 all Ditto New ... .. 11 25 ,i, -,irm , i 118 - 0"' I, ' . 1 ' 34 36 1 ma. dubmar. Tel. Scrip... i 1 1 al: too. tivgiltereti...., i 1 20 5 rrustdc L. Co.U.Cam. .. :17 : 100 2? t Vas Diemen's Lialit 15 ::-.4: 16 ... ~. V.4).6p.c.,Ja3BrJuly 9011 '... ... ti ii I a 2 3 7 - 8 - 4 - 4 I - 22 - 24 5 - 7 1 - 21 - 3i * - - i - li 3f - 3i 3i - 4 if - I ••• - all I.uo 811 123 4 64&3 94 ni4ii 105 i 1031 31 Ismi 31 77i i 8 i ~,.. 36i 7 79i 80j 17i 56i 51 63 8 70 St. Bt. 10 10 St. Bt. st St: Bt. 78} 214 211 5 23 4 2 9110 i lot) Cbtrti `Mbittion SUN OFFICE, Six o'Clock. SPAIN. The Madrid Gazette of the 24th contains the de cree, mentioned by telegraph, which fixes the float ing debt at 640,000,000 reals. The report of the President of the Council (Narvaez) on which the decree is founded, and which is published in the Gazette, sets forth various reasons to show that the amount of 440,000,000 reals, at which the floating debt had been fixed was insufficient ; it besides de clares that the receipts put down in the budget for the present year are notoriously insufficient to meet the obligations of the government, and that conse quently the latter is preparing plans for establish ing "permanent taxes and revenues." The mini sterial papers publish a declaration " by authority" to the effect that, whatever tho opinions of the present Minister of Finance on economic questions may be, he is convinced that the government owes protection to national manufacturers, and that con sequ'ently the Catalonian manufacturers have no thing to fear from him. Owing to some differences of opinion with the Government, the muncipality of Madrid had talked of giving in its resignation, but after an interview with the Minister of the Interior it abandoned its design. The nature of the dissension is not stated. COTTON PACKING. The following statement on behalf of the Liver pool American Chamber of Commerce and the Cotton Brokers' Association respecting the evils arising from the false packing of cotton has been forwarded to us for publication : " Liverpool, Oct. 23. " To the Chambers of Commerce of New Orleans, Mo bile, Charleston, and Savannah, and to all concerned in the cotton trade of the United States. "The inagnitiide and importance of the commerce of Great Britain with the United States in the article of cotton is sufficiently known, and to those who are ac quainted with the details of the trade it is a matter of sasisfaction that the machinery by which the distribu tion of so enormous a quantity of material is effected, has, up to this time, worked so smoothly, owing to the honourable character of all concerned, from the planter to the manufacturer. " But in order to sustain the character of the trade, and to retain the mutual confidence which has hitherto existed, it is essential that every sample of cotton offered in the market should fairly represent the quality of the bulk from which it is taken, as every deviation from this rule tends to create distrust. "Of late, however, so many instances of careless packing have occurred, causing a discrepancy between the sample and the bulk, that serious loss has been sus tained, both by the manufacturer and the merchant, and it has become a duty to call the attention, not only of the American planters and factors, whose reputation is thereby injured, but also of the trade generally, to the present growing increase in the proportion of irregular and false packed bales, and to invite their serious consi deration of the evils which must inevitably follow the continuance of the practice, and to solicit their assist ance in checking it. "In most cases the irregular packing is only disco vered when the bale has reached its ultimate destination and is opened by the manufacturer, and the trouble, cost, and inconvenience of repacking and returning the bale, and the trouble and difficulties which attend a prosecu tion of his claim have freqaently induced him to bear the loss in silence. Similar reasons have prevailed with the merchant to suffer the loss resulting from such cot ton, returned by the manufacturer, rather than resort to the tedious and often useless process of seeking redress against the planter abroad. " It is on this account that so few instances have oc curred in which the real offender has borne the conse quences of his neglect, and, presuming on this forbear ance, the evil complained of has, from carelessness or otherwise, increased to such an extent that, in a large proportion of shipments arriving in Liverpool, instances of false or irregular packing are discovered, and occa sionally whole parcels, consisting 'of 20, 50, and even 100 bales, are found mixed in the bale, and sometimes plated ; in other words the outer layer, from which the sample is taken, is more or less superior in quality to the interior of the bale. "It is hoped that all parties will see the urgent neces sity of promptly co-operating to stop and remove this serious and increasing evil, which will otherwise disor ganise the trade, and destroy that mutual trust and confidence without which such an extensive and impor tant branch of commerce cannot be carried on. "THOMAS SELLAii ; President American Chamber of Commerce. "Ti3O3IAS HAIGH, President Cotton Brokers' Asso ciation." At a meeting of the shareholders of the Surrey Gar dens Company, held this day, the report (which has already appeared in The Sun), declaring a dividend of 5 per cent. for the half-year, vras adopted unanimously. LITERATURE'. The British Quarterly Review. A paper on Theology, New and Old, opens the present number, and takes a moderate and sen sible view of some of the recent controversies. A brief but interesting sketch of Mendelssohn and his music follows, in which the powers and works of the great composer of " Elijah " meet with cor dial appreciation. The author claims credit for this country for the immediate recognition which it gave to his genius, and for its connection with some of his greatest works. " Our pride is not merely that Mendelssohn's genius linked itself to our highest literature by his Os sianic Overture to the Hebrides, and the Symphony in A minor, nor even that the grandest tones which have clothed the Christian verities since " The Messiah" was written, first awoke at his bidding in the noble ball of one of our great manufacturing towns. He gave England much, but from Eng land he won no niggardly response. It is not mere insular complacency to assert that here all the greater works of Mendeissohn awoke the echoes of the world." In remarking on the quantity he ac complished in his brief existence, the writerobserves that composition was not the task, but the instinc tive occupation of his mind. "Though his life did not extend to thirty-nine years, he lett behind him a hundred works. The Elijah' was to Mendels sohn what the Requiem' was to Mozart—the crowning work on which were lavished the splen• dours of a matured and chastened imagination, and the resources of a consummate composing skill. The ancients piously accepted the death of youth ful greatness as showing the love felt by the gods for it ; and we might almost h ave d reame d that endelssohn's spirit had been sublimed into fitness for the reception of harmonies nobler than his own, ' which ear hath not heard.' But no such dream could beguile the natural regret everywhere felt, that the school of grand oratorio was not to be further enriched by a faculty which had only had time to show its wonderful capabili ties." A paper on natural history follows this in teresting memoir, and affords us an outline of the scientific careers of Cuvier, and his pupil and rival, De Blainville. Au article on " British Caffraria" takes a retrospect of the history of the Cape, and its present and future prospects. The proposed set tlement of the German Legion is taken into consi • deration, and is regarded with favour. The article which follows occupies a very prominent place in the number, though it is not likely to prove very generally attractive. It is entitled " The Ignatiau Controversy," and treats of the Syriac version of the epistles of St. Ignatius. The Manchester Ex hibition and the Cambridge University Bill afford subjects for two political papers, while fzreign affairs meet with a share of attention in an article on Piedmont and Italy. The usual epilogue on affairs and books concludes the number. ELECTION OF• THE BISHOP OF LONDON Yesterday, in pursuance of a special citation from the Very Rev. the Dean (the Rev. H. H. Millman, D.D.), a Chapter was held in the Chapter-house, St. Paul's. churchyard, for the purpose of proceeding with the elec tion of the Bishop of London, in the room of Bishop Blomfield. The Very Rev, the Dean presided. There were present the Ven. W. H. Hale, Archdeacon of London and vicar of St. Giles, Cripplegate ; the Rev. H. Melvin, 8.D., Principal of Haileybuty College and Canon of St. Paul's; the Rev. T. P. Dale, M.A., Canon of St. Paul's and vicar of St. Pancras ; the Right Worshipful R. J. Phil limore, D.D., Commissary-General to the Dean and Chapter ; F. Jenner, Esq. (Jenner, Dyke, and Jenner) ; E. C. Currie, Esq., proctor ; and G. H. Brookes, Esq., proctor. The proceedings opened by the Dean ordering her Ma jesty's letters patent and the conge-d'elire to be read. This having been done, at the suggestion of the Dean Dr. Phillimore was ordered to act as directer of the election, Mr. Jenner was appointed actuary, and Messrs. Currie and Brookes witnesses. The DEAN, after conferring with the rest of the Chap ter, then read the monition and protestation or first schedule, monishing all persons who had not any business to be present at the election to depart from the Chapter house. The very rev. president then protested on behalf of the Chapter that all such persons who were not pre sent, and who could have taken part in the proceedings bad they been so, in consequence of their absence should not in any way invalidate and afford no assistance, or do any prejudice to the election, an , l concluded by pro nouncing the dean and canons present a full Chapter. Dr. PHILLIMORE, the director, then publicly declared the Chapter to be opened, and explained that there were three ways of proceeding in the election. The observa tions were purely technical. _ _ _ The Very Rev, the DEAN then 'proposed, which was agreed to by the rest of the Chapter, that they should proceed to the election by compromise. It was then suggested by the canons that the dean should act as arbiter, upon condition that before he should go from the Chapter-house he should choose a fit and lawful person to whom the major part of the Chap ter should seem to incline as bishop and pastor, promis ing to accept him as bishop, if the said arbiter should think fit to elect him. The ARBITER said he accepted the said compromise, and the canons then withdrew. Upon their return, The Very Rev. the DEAN said he gave his vote for the Very Rev. Archd. Campbell Tate, Doctor of Civil Laws. The Chapter having a sented to the acceptation of the said election, The DEAN, on behalf o imself and the Chapter, gave instructions to the Rig orshipful the Commissary- General to declare and e known to the clergy and the people of the said election. He was also ordered to inform the bi. , hop electitand to request his consent to the election, and also to ask the consent of her Majesty and the Most Rev, the Archbishop of Canterbury. The Very Rev, the Dean and the Rev, the Chapter, accompanied by the Commissary-General, the Actuary, and the witnesses, then proceeded from the Chapter house to the Cathedral, where " Te Deum Laudamus" was performed by the full choir. The ser • returned was made and the • Chapter, a. .te.'' broke up. - The cion on of the election will take place in the parish church • . Mary-le-Bow on Friday week, and the consecration in Lambeth Palace on the following Sunday. to over, the procession was re-formed, and Thapter-house, where full publicatio❑ ilection by the Commissary-General, ':les were signed by the Dean and `by the witnesses, and the Chapter STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER, OCT. 28. In cloths manufacturers still adhere to the higher rates asked last Tuesday, but it stops business for export, and transactions are limited to very small amounts for the supply of more pressing orders. In yarns spinners have been unable to obtain the rates asking at the close of last week ; but a fair extent of business (certainly not a large one) has been effected in yarns, at id. to d. per lb. advance sought to be obtained this day week. These rates spinners are firm in adhering to. The business done In yarns includes sales both for shipping and the home trade. In cloth the large export houses are all holding back, not deterred alone by the advancing price of goods, but by the heavy rates of discount, which are a yet more serious obstacle. The following is an account of advances made in the rates for different kinds of fabrics since the 24th ult., as reported by Messrs. G. Fraser, Son, and Co., but it must be observed that these rates are in a great measure nominal, as stated above, buyers holding aloof, though sellers exhibit much firmness generally in adhering to them. On 7-Bths printers and madapollams the advance is lid. per piece ; low 9-Bths shirtings lid.; and the finer makes of 66 and 72 reeds, 3d. to 4id. per piece. India shirtings, lid. to 3d. per piece; figured shirtings, lid. per piece ' • jacconnets, Id. per per piece for low qualities, the finer kinds remaining without change ; mulls, id. to lid. per piece, and domestics (which are considerably curtailed in make) l-16d. to id. per yard. Messrs. John Slagg and Co. say of this day's market : —"From Tuesday last to the close of the week, owing to the excitement in the cotton market there was a con derable business done in 40-inch shirtings, which were relatively cheaper than most other goods, and stocks, which were in some instances heavy, were cleared out at the full rates of this day week. An advance of lid. to 3d. per piece is now generally asked on these goods, but is realised only in very few inst Ances and for small quan tities. In other respects there is no change to notice in the market. The demand for the home trade continues good, and prices are steady at last week's quotations." LEEDS, OCT. 28. There has been no change to note in the state of the woollen cloth trade this morning. There was a moderate attendance of buyers in the Cloth-halls ; the market for winter goods was steady, and at the close it was found that an average quantity of cloth had changed hands. The weather, being fair and dry, does not yet call for the wear of winter clothing, so that the stocks of winter goods in the hands of retail dealers are not moving off very fast. A change of weather will probably bring more buyers into the market, but some are hanging off till after the opening of the ensuing wool sales in Lon don, to see if the range of prices at those sales induce manufacttirers to sell on easier terms. The woollen market at Huddersfield has been, scarcely so good to-day as last Tuesday. There has been good attendance at the Clo%-hall, but transactions have been few and light. Black doeskins find an average sale, and fancies of middling quality about the usual demand. There is no variation in wool. MELANCHOLY 'ACCIDENT.—A melancholy accident has occurred at Cuidrach in the parish of Snizort. Angus Macleod, shepherd, was gathering in sheep in tended to be sent to the market. One of the flock broke off, and descended a bold projecting rock bordering the sea. M ac l eo d procure d ropes, an d , accom p a nied by other men, proceeded to the spot, and tied the rope about him and began to descend the rock, two holding the other end, in order to draw him up when necessary ; but from some unaccountable reason he very unfortu nately untied the rope, some suppose with the idea of securing the animal, and the man fell headlong over a stupendous rock of considerable height, and was instan taneously killed. The sheep also fell and suffered the fate.—Scotinwns. Naval and Military intalligiiii6-43, The following circular memorandum was issued Seste!• day to the army:— "Horse Guards, Oct. 21. " With a view to prevent interruption in the training of troops to the use , )f the rifle musket, his Royal High ness the General Commanding-in-Chief, after conferring with the Secretary of State for War, has bean pleased to command that the directions at page 109 of the 'Queen's Regulations and Orders for the Army' be cancelled, and that henceforth the whole yearly allowance of am munition for practice and exercise shall be considered due and issued accordingly upon the application of com manding officers through the proper channel, on the 15th of March, in Great Britain, North America, &c., and on the 15th of September in the Mediterranean and other stations where, in account of the heat, the annual course of training is required by the Instructor of Mus ketry, to commence on that date. " The annual allowance of practice and exercise ammu nition for a regiment of 40 sergeants and 800 rank and file is estimated t.) requira magazine accommodation for 37 half and 108 quarter barrels, and if that quantity cAnnot be stowed in the magoz ne of the station at which a regiment itiay happen to be quartered, the corn inand:ng-otficer will in the first instance apply for such portion only as can be accommodated, taking care td indent for the residue in ample time to preveet the pos sibility of interruption to the practice. " The above arrangement has rendered an alteration in the prescribed printed form of application necessary. "A copy of the revised form is enclosed, and a fur ther supply can be obtained on application, in the usual manner, to the War Department, Horse Guards. " When a corps is quartered at a station, where the target practice range does not extend to 300 yards, no ammunition is to be demanded for practice at that sta tion, but the preliminary drills and theoretical instruc ttion are to be duly carried out in conformity to the es tablished regulations. "By command, "G. A. WETHERALL, A.G. " P.S. A supply of the old form of application will be kept on hand for the present, for the use of regiments not yet armed with the rifled musket." Vice-Admiral Sir George Seymour, K.C.8., Captain Peel, of the Shannon; Captain Seymour, of the Victory; Captain Stewart, of the dragon, &c., went to Sauthamp tol Water in the Fire Queen steam yacht yesterday, to see the Merrimac American steam frigate. Her Majesty's steamship Shannon, 51, Captain Wm. Peel, C. 8., will go to Spithead about Monday next. Her Majesty's steamship Hannibal, 91, Captain Hay, struck the flag of Rear-Admiral Sir Houston Stewart, C 8., last evening, at sunset. Her Maje-ty's steam despatch vessel Flying Fisb, 6, Commander Dew, was undocked at Portsmouth yester day, and the Sealark naval training brig taken in for re pairs. The Raleigh, 50, Commodore the Hon. H. Keppel, C. 8., is alongside the Victoria hulk, taking in her guns, provisions, and stores. Her Majesty's steameloop Bulldog, 6, Commander Gordon, was taken into the steam basin at Portsmouth on Monday for repairs. _ . The Admiralty steam yacht Osborne, Commander G. H. R. Bower (master R.N.) was taken into dock at Portsmouth on Monday to be re-embellished and have sundry improvements (the suggestion of her commander) perfected. The Stirling Castle and Briton convict hulks in Ports mouth harbour discharged their prisoners yesterday by railway for Woolwich, where they are to be berthed in the Defence and Warrior. The Stirling Ca . stle is to be employed for the future for prisoners returning from fo reign parts, whose terms have nearly expired, for the purpose of keeping them separate from the other pri soners. She is to be removed to the vicinity of the Port sea prison, and the Briton will be broken up. Yesterday an interesting ceremony was witnessed at the Marine Barracks, Chatham—that of the presentation of a silver medal, with a gratuity of 101., which had been awarded by the Lords of the Admiralty to Corporal W. Harvey, 29th company of Royal Marine Light Infantry, for long service and meritorious conduct. The whole of the troops having been formed into square, Corporal Harvey, who has been in the service for 22 years, was called to the front, when he was add resse d by Col. E. A. Parker, the second commandant, who expressed the gratification afforded him in presenting the medal, which be trusted Corporal Harvey would long live to wear. Col. Parker then gave the medal, which was fastened on Corporal Harvey's breast by Serjeant-major J. Lewis, the senior sergeant-major of the division. The Royal warrant anthorisingthe augmentation of the corps of Royal Engineers has been received by Col. H. Sandham, director of that corps, at their head-quarters, Chatham. The whole of the companies will be completed and formed into a body of 120 rank and file, with a propor tionate number of non-commissioned ufficers to each com pany. As soon as the augmentation of this important branch of the service has been effected several of the com panies will be sen t to Ireland to be stationed in the several large garrison tavns. A turther increase of companies will also take place at the military stations abroad, to which the Royal Engineers will be sent from Brompton Bar racks. This latter arrangement has been decided upon in order to admit of increased accommodation being given at Chatham to the young soldiers joining this corps, where every facility has been rendered for their instruction in the several branches of engineering science previously to their joining their several companies, so that each company may have an equal share of skilled mechanics in the several departments. The whole of the stores which were brought from Kertch and the East by the Turkish Contingent En gineer Corps having been deposited at the Ordnance store., Gun-wharf, Chatham, under the direction of Cap tain G. Allan and Quartermaster T. B. Thornett, General Sir John Burgoyne, G.C.8., R.E., Inspector-General of Fortifications, visited Chatham yesterday afternoon for the purpose of inspecting the stores and receiving them from the Turkish Engineer Corps, it having been ar ranged that they shall be deposited with those of the Royal Engineers. Some idea of the immense quantity of stores brought home from the Crimea and deposited at Chatham may be formed from the fact that it has taken the non-commissioned officers and men of the Turkish Engineer Corps nearly three months to deposit them in the store places at Chatham. The waggons containing the articles brought home extended upwards of one mile and a quarter, and required 400 horses to draw them, there being a complete equipment for an army of 26,000 men. Among the stores are 104 wag gons and carts filled with every description of mining and intrenching tools, together with 22 pontoon wag gons. There is also a waggon filled with photograph apparatus, and another with every requisite required for the electric telegraph, including voltaic batteries and about ten miles of telegraph wires. In addition to the stores enumerated there is a printing press, upwards of 100 tents, most of them made of waterproof materials, 10 large indiarnbber boats, each capable of holding and sustaining 30 persons, 22 officers' tents, nearly 10,000 shovels and pickaxes, besides every other description of tools, some of them quite new. There is also an immense quantity of harness and everything required to supply the wants of an immense besieging force. Among the stores, also, are 64 of Gen. Blanshard's large pontoons, brought home from Kertch, which, when formed into rafts, would present a surface each raft of 24 ft., capable of sustaining a weight of several tons, and over which a body of troops and ammunition could be conveyed. Gen. Sir J. Burgoyne and Major G. T. Graham carefully in spected the whole Of the stores, over which they were conducted by Capt. Allan and Quartermaster Thornett, and expressed themselves highly satisfied with the way in which they had been arranged. They were afterwards handed over to Gen. Burgoyne by Capt. Allan, and they will be deposited, with the other stores of the Royal En gineers, at the Casemate Barracks, Chatham. The following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty : 7 _ _ . Lieut. W. A. V. Boyse, to the Coastguard service ; G. F. S. Jeayes, Midshipman, to the Gladiator ; W. F. Law, Second-Master, to the Blenheim. The Vulcan, 6, screw steam troopship (iron), Comman der J. i 3. Furneaux, got up steam yesterday at Sheer ness, and at 11 a.m. proceeded out of the basin ; she steamed to Saltpan Reach to complete coaling, prepara tory to her going out on a trial of her engines and ma chinery, all of which has undergone very extensive alte rations. She will be ready for a trial trip on Saturday next. The Melampus 42, storeship, C ap t . J . B orlase, C. 8., &u., was paid off yesterday at Sheerness. The Marines proceeded to Chatham barracks by the steam vessel Lizard, Lieut. Commander T. B. Christopher, yesterday at 10 30 a.m. The Wellington, late stcreship for ordinary service, now fitting for Coastguard for the Hull station, is all ready for coppering in No. 1 dry dock, and her crew are progressing in her rigging and equipment at Sheerness. The Nimrod, 6, screw steam gun vessel, in No. 2 dry dock at Sheerness, is nearly ready for being put out of dock. Her engines are nearly ready to be put out of the hands of the manufacturers, Messrs. Maud3lay and Co. The Terrible, 21 guns, paddlewheel steam frigate, and the Cyclops, 6, paddlewheel steam frigate, are being actively brought forward at Sheerness in the fitting basin for the steam squadron of reserve. The Terror, 16, floating battery, is again preparing to go out on a series of experiments under command of Captain E. P. Halsted. She is being coaled for that prove men t the is power te be made at purpose from the floating coal depot at the Saltpan Reach. It i reporteds shoeb u r t y h n a e t s a s n i n in a te fe re w st d in a g ys e t x o peri of the monster gun there, and also the resisting floating battery, coaaptaibni liatitetsery, of the floating oabetinsgenbtaottveerriest.herTehteole berthed within l Etna, shot range of the monster gun referred to, so as to prove the effect of 3001 b. 'shot ,on the hull. A. committee of Admiralty and Ordnance officers are to superintend the experiments. Various opinions from scientific men have been given as to the effects that will be produced. The screw steam mortar ship Forth, 12, was placed in dock at Devonport, on Monday, to receive a false keel. The gunboats Buzzard, Mohawk, and Lapwing, from Portsmouth, arrived at Plymouth on Sunday, and went up Hamoaze on Monday to be paid off. His Prussian Majesty's steam corvette Dantzic, Capt. his Highness Prince William of Hesse, five days from Gibraltar, arrived in Plymouth Sound on Tuesday morning. The large screw steamer Jura, having refitted at Liverpool, will sail from that port on Thursday for Gibraltar, Malta, and Corfu, with men, women, and chil dren belonging to various regiments. The fine sailing ships Sultana and Culloden are being . fitted at Liverpool under the superintendence of Captain Bevis, R.A., and Mr. Benest, for the conveyance of men composing portion of th e German Legion to Algoa bay. The vessels must be at Portsmouth, under risk of heavy penalty, on the sth of November. 100 100 100 20 20 1100 100 100 130 100 100 100 i all all 100 100 54 1 1001 all ' 14 3 34 3i 24} 4 48 34} 4 221 2 22 301 1 34i 4 614