The Sun. — London, England, 1854-11-16 00:00:00

S PART IL THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET. Under the management of Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, Nov. 16, •••••••••••••••••• PATRIOTIC FUN - D.—The Right Hon. the LORD MAYOR will PRESIDE at an aggregate PUBLIC MOETING of the CLERKS, WAREHOUSEMEN, and others en gaged in the various wholesale and mercantile establishments of London, in aid of the above fund. The meeting will take place in the Large Room of the London Tavern, on MONDAY Evening next, 20th instant ; the chair to be taken at 7 o'clock. It is confidently believed that the various commercial young men of L ladon will, by their presence and support, prove themselves not behind any other class of the community in aiding, each according to his means, so Important and holy an object as that for wnich the meeting is con vened. (Signed for the Committee) JOHN LILWALL, Hon. Sec. pro tem. Offices of the Early Closing Association, 32, Ludgate-hill. TEEEATRE-ROYAL, DRURY-LANE, M. JULLIEN'S CONCERTS. LAST WEEK BUT TWO. Last Week of the " British ArmY Quadrille. The Programme is changed Every Evening. PROGRAMME for TRLS EVENING (Thursday, Nov. 16) PART I. • Overture, " Oberon"• • ..... . • • • • ••• •• Weber.Jullien. Quadrille, " The American Quadrille" ...... • • Symphony, the Andante from the " Scotch Sym- Mendelsohn. phony in A" •• • • • ..... ........ •• New Song, " Minnie," sung by Iladarae An hillon ...... .• • •••.. • . G. Linley. T Polka. " The Staff Polka" (second time)• •••••• •• • • Koenig. Quintette, " Dac Ma dchen am if performed by MX. Duhesn, Stene bru g gen, Sinter, Hughes, Fcska. and Herr licenig •• • ..... •• • • • ...... Quadrille,TLe British Army," assisted by the military bands (being the last but two of its performance, in consequence of the production of " " God save the Q ueen." _ t pour la Syrie.' the new .` Allied Armies Quadrille.:.. ) Warner. OvLrt . ur , e , ,;: . aonlansFeritends at Home," (American B°--- ied ) sung by Madame Anna Trillion rue Y , Did" r v ol aise4 te" ‘: ttYK v a a se D'Adleu," with solo for cornet-a pistons, by Herr Keenig selo, Violin, " Vales Diabolique," performed by Signor Robblo Galop, " The Charge Galop" (second time) PRICES or ADMlSSlON.—Promenade, boxes, and galleries, Is. ; dress circle, 2s. 6d. ; private boxes 1/. Is. and IL II s. 6d. The Concerts on each evening will commence at Eight and termi te at Eleven o'clock. M. JULLIEN'S GRAND BAL MASQUE will take place on MONDAY, Dec. 11. WIN be performed TFIE IRISH AMBASSADOR. Characters by Messrs. Hudson, Chippendale, Howe, Rogers, and Calleniord ; Miss Ellen Chaplin and Miss Martindale. To which will be added THE SPANISH DANCERS. To be followed by THE IRISH POST. Principal character by Mr. nudson. To conclude with the FLOWER OF THE PORT. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. CasaLas Kikle. THIS EVENING. Nov. 16, After which, THE COURIER OF LYONS. Principal characters by Mr. C. Kean, Messrs. J. Vining, Addison, Graham, D. Fisher, Cathcart, and Baker: Misses C. Leclercq, Heath, iernan, and K. Terry. After which will be presented a new 'Melo-dramatic Spectacle, in three acts, entitled SCIIAMYL, the Warrior Prophet. THEATRE. ROYAL ADELPHI. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celesta. THIS EVENING, Nov. 16, Will be performed THE SERIOUS FAMILY% Charact rs by Messrs. C. Selby, Leigh Murray, and Keeley ; Miss Woolgar, and Mrs. Keeley. After which, a new Farce called THE SLOW MAN. Followed by BONA FIDE TRAVELLERS. - -- - To conclude with THE FIFTH OF NOVEMBER. BOYAI. OLYMPIC THEI,TRE. LC53443 and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan. MS EVENING, Nor. 16, will be presented THE BEULAH SPA. Principal characters by Messrs. A. Wigan, Emery, F. Robson, and H. Cooper; Miss Marston, Mrs. A. Wigan, Mrs. Fartßan, and Miss Julia St. George. To be followed by THE TRUSTEE. Charactors by Messrs. A. Wigan, F. Vining. Emery, and Leslie; Miss Maskel', an Miss Stephens. To conclude with the Farce, called A BLIGHTED BEDIG, in which Mr. Robson will appear. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPIIITEIEATRF.. Lessee and Manager, Mr. William Coke. Indescribable Attraction, and success beyond all precelent! THIS EVENING, A GRAND MILITARY SPECTACLE, by J. 11. STOCQUELLZA, EN., called THE BATTLE OF THE ALMA 1 After which, those PREMIERES SCENES in the CIRCLE, for which this Theatre is so renowned. TA conclude with an interesting PIECE DERNIERE. early attendance is respectfully suggested. in consequence f the numbers who nightly throng the doors of the Theatre. Box-of2lee open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. Vest. Acting Manager, Mr. W. H. Cooke. Equestrian Director, Mr. Wm. Cooke, Jun. HIGH Ivens. AT LONDON BRIDGE. This DAT —Morning 53 min.after 10 I Evening 22 intn.ist. n To MO) now—Morning 46 min.after II Evening 0 inia.ett. 0 TEES WEATHER.--Stris Osstas, Nov. 16. TNNBNONZTER, IN THE SHAD& 52 highest since noon yesterday. 45 —lowest this morning and during the night. 56 —this day, at noon. _ _ _ - - BAROMETER, 29.05. WIND, S. to S.E.—Light, with dull mild weather. THE "COMING" CAPTURE SEBASTOPOL WILL BE PUBLISHED IN AN EXTRAORDINARY EDITION "THE SUN" THE MOMENT THE EXTRAORDINARY GAZETTE '.‘ IS ISSUED, TOGETHER WITH A LIST OP THE KILLED AND WOUNDED. Orders received by all News Agents, and at " THE SUN" OFFICE, 112, Strand, London. c4e.'; ~~~~ _~+ ~< i ~ ,~_~~ LONDON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1854. Some deplorable fatality attends the despatches of Lord RAGLAN. Those of the 18th ultimo, giving an account of the two first days' bombard ment of Sebastopol, were missing for a consider able time. The bearer was induced to part pos session for a short time, to permit them to be removed from under his own sight ; and lo I the iroportant documents vanished, and could not be recovered for weeks, until the intelligence they conveyed had become perfectly stale, and the urgent demand for reinforcements had been ne glected for an undue time. Now again we have to record another mishap to a communication of the utmost consequence. On this occasion, how ever, itwas the electric telegraph, running through the Austrian territory, or at least wholly under Aus trian control, that chanced to be out of order. The *juries received during a violent storm (!) had prevented the t r ansmission of the anxiously looked-for despatches. At half-past 4 p.m., on Friday, the 10th instant, accounts transmitted by Lord RAGLAN respecting the desperate conflict fought before Sebastopol on the 45th instant, had arrived at Bucharest, but although forwarded to Kronatadt (Transylvania) at six the same even ing, they did not arrive in London until a late hour last night, or rather early hour this M o rning. a Much valuable ti me has rx thus been sacrificed. T he p ublic mi ght have learned th e in teresting tidings on Sunday in place of Thursday, and Government mi g ht have ado p te d the rae y a , sures rendered advisable thereby four d ays sooner. These repeated accidents are, t o say the least of it, very extraordinary, it would seem as if there were something more than ehancc concerned in the untoward delays that have already taken place. We ear -8 I 7 pfstly hope that the causGs may be stringently ' -- izonstigatecl, and measures adopted to prevent, • -,•,, ,*::-,\ •of X lso tat as practicable, the repetition similar A.: ::-.. -,' _,. -*ants. 0 1 ''''''''' -'- e•-:-: 6l ."Lctrd RAGLAN, it will be seen, fully corroborates ( \;,.' "fr - , . e.-_:•„;;;;., --- -- .:291a0rt already received from General Cazilto tiadi,,74•2.4NANKr of a very severe and sharply-contested battle eforo Sebastopol on Sunday, tho Otlx instant-- the Russians, who made so loud an outcry about the attack on Odessa on the anniversary of a fes tival of their Church, being quite indifferent to the desecration of the Sabbath by their own pro ' ceedings. They had, however, received unex- pected e ncouragement. Two of the sons of him, whom they blasphemously regard rather as a deity than as a man, had arrived amongst them, and they were desirous of signalising their advent by some brilliant exploit. A determined effort to dislodge the Allied troops from their position was therefore resolved on, and the anniversary of the Gunpowder Treason was selected for the attempt. They must have received very considerable re nforcements before this energetic attempt. Lord RAGLAN declares that " the enemy, with immense forces, attacked in the dawn of morning the right of the English position before Sebastopol ;" and adds, " The number of the enemy much exceeded that which was opposed to us at Alma." And Prince MENSCHIKOFF himself speaks of " a great superiority in numbers." Nor could it be sup posed that the Grand Dukes came unattended, that the moral influence of their presence was the only aid they rendered to the Russians. What we have so frequently put forward re specting the deplorable carelessness and apathy exhibited by the English Government, and the mode in which we have suffered ourselves to be jockeyed by onr faithful friends of Austria, thus receives an additional and very powerful illustra tion. Had the troops of OILER PACHA. made the anticipated incursion into Bessarabia, it would have occasioned a diversion that would have pre vented LIPRANDI and LUDERS, and the troops under their command, from entering the Crimea —attacking our troops, and impeding our opera tions. Had it been positively announced that the Austrian occupation would prevent any pur suit of the retreating Muscovites ; that Wallachia and Moldavia were to be held as firmly against the troops of their lawful Sovereign as against those of the unconscientioua and unauthorised in vader, these forces might have joined the expedition to the Crimea, where they would doubtless have maintained the honour of the Ottoman arms, and prevented the blot that fell on the Moslem escutcheon from the ignominious flight and sub sequent misconduct of some raw and undisciplined recruits, the sweepings of the streets and offscour ings of the population of Stamboul. Austria, however, the pretended friend of England, so managed as to afford the most important aid to the AUTOCRAT. Although the Allies were kept in ignorance of its intentions, Russia was perfectly informed. It was well known in Bessarabia that no attack from the Principalities need be antici pated. The Russians were, therefore, enabled to dispose of their battalions at pleasure, and to send them to the seat of war in such numbers as to warrant their taking the initiative and assuming the offensive. Although unable to alter the result, or to preserve Sebastopol, they have caused much bloodshed amongst our valiant troops, every drop of which cries to Heaven for vengeance against the treachery that has led to its prodigal outpouring. It is Austria, " ever strong upon the strongest side," that is responsible for the fate of so many thousands Austria, of whom, slightly para phrasing a well-known, and over-true passage of England's greatest dramatist, we may exclaim, " Thou wear a lion's hide, doff it for shame, And hang a bear skin on these recreant limbs." It was on the right of the English position that this immense force made the first onslaught on the dawn of morning, on the sth inst. They had not, however, Turkish recruits to deal with. The second division, and the Brigade of Guards of the first light division, and part of the third division sustained the brunt of the assault in the first instance. They were, however, speedily assisted by their brave Allies—the division of General Bos- QUET and other corps of the French army—which, as Lord RAGLAN informs us, and we can easily credit it, "by their gallant conduct contributed essentially to the decided success of the day." General CANRODERT was also on the spot without a moment's delay. But although there was no yielding, although not a French or English sol dier gave way in the face of an enemy vastly superior in numbers, and every man faithfully and efficiently discharged the duty he owed to his country, "the battle was extremely obstinate, and it was not until past noun that the enemy was definitively repulsed and forced to re treat, leaving the field of battle covered with his dead, and several hundreds of prisoners !" Lord RAGLAN states the loss of the enemy to have been enormous. General CAN ROBERT puts it down as between 8,000 and 9,000 ; and even MENSCHIKOFF admits that "it amounts to 4,000,"—a number that may safely be doubled, as we find him stating that he had 22,000 en gaged, whereas it appears from Lord RAGLAN that " the number much exceeded that which was opposed to us at Alma !" It necessarily followed that our own losses should also have been serious. The numbers are not given, but we shall, doubtless, speedily have the names of the killed and wounded, and a more detailed account of the proceedings, contenting our selves for the preseut with the knowledge that we have won a glorious although, unfortunately, by no means a bloodless victory, and determined to strain every nerve to send speedy and adequate assistance to the gallant fellows now fighting their country's battles under the walls of Sebastopol. The subscriptions to the Patriotic Fund are proceeding in a spirit well worthy of the country which sent forth the victors of the Alma. The same conscientious, steady performance of the duty of the hour, whether shown in a cool and deter mined charge on batteries almost unassailably placed, or in the high-principled liberality which provides, by personal contribution, for the widow and the orphan, is conspicuous in both soldier and citizen. We never preferred the plan of voluntary contributions, but, when adopted, we were as cordial as any in asking for unstinted contributions. We cannot all have our way ; the voluntary system was chosen, the burden was thrown on English generosity, and it has nobly responded to the demand. Local organisations have up where none suitable exist e d. Counties,rusp towns, ng and villages, religious congre gations, and classes of workmen—indeed, i n every form in which Englishmen are ac- customed to unite in action, the English public has gladly shown its sympathy with those who suffer in its service. Nothing can s the n s o pir b it lu l s v t h e i r ch o p r e p r a v r a a d d e e s t b h e e m m o o r v e e g r r a e a n ti t f . yin T g h t e h r a e n about it. It is felt to He a truly holy cause. The war itself is for the most sacred rights of nations ; it was entered upon, so far as the people are con cerned, from a long, deep-seated, and growing hatred of the savage despotism which crushed, successively, province after province in its march to universal domination, which trampled Poland under its feet, and but lately seized Hungary in its fangs, and threw it into the jaws of its odious subordinate, Austria. Turkey was the victim next destined for absorption, and Constantinople for a new stronghold of the all-threatening tyrant. English blood could endure it no longer. The nation had groaned inwardly, while an English journal and an English GoTertuneitt eucouraged I Russia to destroy Hungarian liberties ; this time it would brook no more of Tory complaisance to the uni versal oppressor, and it compelled our governors to give effect to its righteous convictions. And if the war itself be righteous, a character of sanc tity itself is impressed on the claims of those whom it has bereaved of their most beloved, and those on whom they depended for sil pport. And such has evidently been the general feeling of the na tion in performing the duty cast upon it of raising a Patriotic Fund. We must, however, protest against this sacred fund being administered in any red-tape or mar tinet spirit. Not a subscriber, except perhaps an old buckram member or two of " the service," had any idea that his free-hearted gifts were to be distributed by heartless military rules. We allude of course to the administrative limitation, by which only widows and orphans of those who, married according to military rule, are to share in the bounty. Gracious Heavens ! surely these men have learned a lesson from NICHOLAS himself. Nothing can more revolt all the feeling which has made these offerings than thus to wound additionally by mortifying comparison the unhappy bereaved ones, and to give a weeping widow a workhouse to shed her tears in. As men our hearts are too tender to stand this. We drop our tears as freely with the poor widow and or phans who are such beyond Horse-guards' rule, as with those who are within it. Their husbands were equally brave, and have equally died for their country, and their lauftclly married wives are equally the widows of our lost patriots. Tell those sixty Paddington cabmen who sent in their subscription the other day that the poor innocent girl and youth whose love was too strong to live apart, and whose honesty too great to live in shame—tell them that l %ho surviving widow is to have no fraction of their subscription ; that she is to be dealt with practically as a harlot !—the honest fellows would wipe their eyes with their sleeves, and vow that all their future contributions should be for the wronged ones. Yes, and the rich Merchant and the Peer are English men of the same stuff too. We, one and all, feel that if the national taxes must be administered by rule, the free-will offerings of the people must be administered according to the heart's desire of the people. Nowhere could heartless military etiquette be more out of place than in victimising those whose cruel sorrows have called for a whole nation's generosity. To our ears it is solemn pedantic mockery to talk of " in convenience" to the service in such a case. Were the funds drawn from the military chest, of eourse military rules must be enforced ; but when they were freely raised by a charity which, like the mercy of HEAVEN, knows of nothing but the sor rows and wants of the sufferer, we hold it to be little short of impiety to divert the streams of such benevolence into artificial channels constructed at the Horse Guards. Inconvenience to the service! What ! that each honestly - married soldier who dies in the Crimea should know that his widow was safe in his country's care. Every meeting, and every individual, ought to accom pany his donation with a request that every real widow and her offspring should share their bene volence. CRYSTAL PALACH, NOV. 15 (SHILLING DAY).—Ad, mission at the doors, 729 ; admission by season tickets, 186. Total, 915. _ _ _ THE GALE IN TEE CHANNEL.—It blew so hard at Dover on Monday night that the English and Belgian Royal mail steamer could not leave the harbour until two o'clock on Tuesday morning. It was thought she might have got away to the Downs and have embarked her mails, but by those experienced in the work it was deemed impossible for the mails to have been got off from Deal with the wind in the quarter whence it was blowing. CAPTAIN ATCHERLET, of the 30th Regiment, whose bravery is spoken of by Lord Raglan in his despatches, was formerly quartered in this town when a lieutenant. He is a son of the late Mr. Serjeant Atcherley, who, it may be recollected, officiated as one of the judges al the Oxford Circuit a few years since, and on that occa. sion tried Beard for the murder of the housekeeper of Mr. Lowther, of Wednesbury.—Wo7.verh«mpton Chro , nicle. LEAD SHIPPED FROM HULL FOR RUSSIA.—Last week fifty tons of lead were shipped from London to Memel, via Hull, which it was known would be taken from thence to St. Petersburg. The Custom house authorities at Hull refused to pass it, but a telegraphic message was received from London authorising them to forward it, and that was accordingly done.—• St a ffordshire Advertiser of Nov. 11. THE GATE-KEEPER, named Charles Street, at the Eling gates on the Southampton and Dorchester line, was killed on Tuesday night by the 5.30 p.m. down train. He was not quick enough in opening the gate to let the train pass, and the latter caught him, threw him down, and cut him to pieces. He had been warned several times to be more careful is attending to the gate. The poor man has left a widow and two children. MESSRS. ALLEN AND ANDERSONS' FAILURE.—A meet ing of the creditors of Messrs. Allen and Anderson, engaged in the American trade, who failed on the 6th of October, was held yesterday, Mr. D. B. Chapman pre siding. With regard to the general result of the accounts, it was explained that the assets show a dividend of about ss. 6d. in the pound, and that their is every expectation of ss. at least being realised. The liabilities ►nay, it is stated, be increased by the sum of 26,0001., and diminished to the extent of 40,0001. SHIPWRECKS DURING OCTOBER.—It appears that 52 vessels were stranded on the coasts of the United King dom during the past month, 21 of which occurred in the heavy gale of the 17th and 18th. Twenty-three became total wrecks, the crews of five of which perished, be sides 10 persons variously drowned from the others. THE CULTS MURDER —We learn that the young man Forbes, who was tried at Edinburgh last week for the murder of the young woman at Cults, and acquitted, returned to Aberdeen, where, on his arrival, he was assailed by a mob, and narrowly escaped from the con sequences of their indignation. LORD RECTOR OF GLASGOW UNIVERSITY.--A meeting of the supporters of the Duke of Argyll as Lord Rector of the Glasgow University was held in the Latin class room yesterday afternoon ; Mr, Williamson in the chair. Addresses were delivered by Messrs. Fuller ton, M'Aulay, Wishart, and Kerr. The audience was very numerous, and, from the expressed feeling of the meeting, the supporters of his grace are very sanguine of his election. ENGLISH, SCOTTISH, AND AUSTRALIAN CHARTERED BANK.—Yesterday an extraordinary meeting of the shareholders of this company was held at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street. The chair was taken by Chas. Johnston, Esq., who, having pointed out the necessity of completing the capital fixed by the charter, moved a resolution for effecting such alterations in clause 134 of the deed of settlement as would render the shares forfeitable for non-payment of future calls at the expiration of two months instead of six months, after the days to be appointed for payment of such calls, and after one month's notice, instead of three, as hereto fore. The resolution was passed, and the meeting ad- jouraed ROBBERY OF 130 SOVEILEIONS.—Yesterday, Mr. Stewardeon, high constable of Ohester, forwarded further information of the cash robbery, &c., from the person of Mr. William Parkinson, butcher, while stepping at the Red Lion, Bickersten, taking refreshment. The thief is a well-known "duffer," and connected with the Lon don swell mob. The property stolen was a yellow bag, marked "W. P.," contailing 130 sovereigns, by a man named Moore. He was last seen at a coffee house in Crewe, where and at other places he showed the bag and gold. He has left the Crewe station'for Manchester, and is supposed to have come to London. He is six feet high, quite bald on the tap of his head, and about 40 years of age. CAPTAIN CRAIGIE, R.N.—Our readers will learn with some regret that Captain Craigie, who was employed last spring and summer in raising the Royal Naval Coast Volunteers in Scotland—in which service he was remarkably successful—has been appointed to be Captain Seperintendent of the Packet Service, Southampton, in the room of Captain Horatio T. Austin, C. 8., appointed Captain Superintendent of Deptford Victualling and Dockyards. We say this intimation will be re ceived with regret, but the regret is only that Ciptain Craigie will no longer be connected with the North, where, during his labours last summer, ac also in his exertions in Shetland, in the time of the High land destitution, he had made himself many friends by the uniform courtesy of his manner, his unbending in tegrity, and his warm zeal for the public service.— Banfsiiire Journal. SEAMEN'S LIBRARY AT SENDERLAND.—The seamen of Sunderland have made an appeal to the public for books and subscriptions to open a library. In the address of Mr. Wm. Hodge, their secretary and librarian, they state that the seamen of the port, anxious to aid the march of improvement, good government, and tempe rance, are about to open a reading-room for sailors fre quenting or belonging to the Wear, in which both in- Aruction for the mind and occupation for leisure hours may een be appliedco combined. d. and T R h . e Ingham,E members s f q o Q .o . Sunderland ,th nie a h r n a e v d e b member for Shields, had promised to lend his personal aid in the carrying out of so laudable an undertaking. We say—bravo, Jack THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 16, _lBb4. COURT CIRCULAR WINDSOR, Nov. 15. The dinner party yesterday included her Royal High ness the Duchess of Kent, his Highness the Maharajah Duleep Singh, Lady Augusta Bruce, Baroness de Speth, Sir James Graham, Sir William Molesworth, Major- General the Hon. Charles and Mrs. Grey, Lady Emily Cavendish, the Hon. P. Talbot, Sir Hamilton and Lady Seymour, Lieutenant-General Sir Hew D. Ross, and Sir John Logan. The band of the Royal Horse Guards was in attend ance during dinner, and performed the following selec tion : Overture, " Espagniola" Selection "Frieschutz" Weber. Waltz, " Fair Star" Grand Duo, " Les Huguenots" Quadrille, "Malta." Her Majesty's private band afterwards attended in the Castle, and played the following pieces : Overture, "Seraglio" Selection, " Sinfonia Pastorale " Finale (third act), " Zora". Mozart. Beethoven. Rossini. The Queen and Prince, accompanied by the Maharajah Duleep Singh, walked in the Home-park this morning. His Highness the Maharajah Duleep Singh took leave of her Majesty to-day and left for Wi►nbledon, accom• panied by Sir J. Logan. Sir William Molesworth, Sir James Graham, Sir Hamilton and Lady Seymour, and Lieutenant-General Sir Hew D. Ross left Windsor for London, and the Hon. P. Talbot for Dover. Mr. John Wood, Chairman of the Board of Inland Revenue, and Mr. Timm had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday at his official residence in Downing-street. President Roberts, Mr. Spencer P. Plumer, and Mr. W. H. Fisher bad an interview yesterday with Lord Clarendon at the Foreign-office, on business connected with the Republic of Liberia. LORD PALMERSTON'S VISIT TO PARIS.—Lord Palmer ston was to have left town yesterday for Paris, but was prevented by indisposition. We believe it is his lord ship's intention to take kis departure for France this afternoon, if the state of his health permits. Their Excellencies the Count and Countess of St. Germans and suite have left Dover-street, for the Vice regal Lodge, Dublin. The Earl and Countess of Desart and family left the Earl of Cawdor's, in South Audley-street, yesterday, for Desart Castle, Kilkenny. Lord and Lady Ebrington and family have arrived at Lord Fortescue's, in Grosvenor-square, from Castle Hill, Devon. Lord and :Lady Rokeby and the Hon. Misses Mon tague have arrived at Montague-house, Portman-square, from Hughwood-house, Herts. The United States Minister to the Court of the Queen of Spain, M. Sould, arrived, we hear, on the 10th inst. at Madrid, via Paris and Bordeaux. Sir Benjamin Hall left town yesterday for his seat, Abercarn, South Wales. The right hon. baronet will remain absent for about a fortnight. The Archbishop of Dublin arrived in Cork on Satur day, and is on a visit at the see house. His grace deli vered a sermon on Sunday at the Cathedral of St. Fin Barr's, which was crowded. The Lord Lieutenant, during his stay at Cork, will also be the guest of the bishop. The Lord Bishop of London has consented to preach on Sunday morning next at St. Mary, Islington, a sermon iR aid of the funds of the Islington Protestant Institute, whereof the Rev. R. Maguire is the clerical secretary. SOUTHAMPTON DOCKS.—These cl i nks look like one vast workshop. The servants of the great steam-packet companies labour with the utmost zeal to get the steamers off to France as soon as possible. Everyone seems to work with a will. THE BALL AT GUILDHALL.—The Chartered Gas Company has most kindly given 1001., being equivalent to the expense of lighting the hall, and the concert will be entirely gratuitous. LLOYD'S.—The members of this establishment, at a general meeting held yesterday, voted from their funds the sum of 2,0001., as a contribution to the Patriotic Fund. GRESHAM COLLEGE. —The Gresham Professorship of Geometry has become vacant by the death of Mr. Robt. Pitt Edkins, M.A. ARCHDEACON DENISON.—We understand it has been determined to move for a prohibition in the case of the proceedings instituted by the Archbishop of Canterbury against this gentleman. ORDINATION.—The Bishop of Norwich intends holding a general ordination in the cathedral church of his diocese on Sunday next, the 19th inst. ST. MARTIN'S HALL.—Mr. Hullah has commenced his annual series of concerts of sacred music. Last evening Judas Illaecabeus was performed in an admirable manner, and with great success. ADVANCE IN THE PRICE OF BREAD.—Yesterday, the rise in the price of bread became general throughout the metropolis, the advance being one halfpenny in the quartern leaf. The price now stands thus :—Best qua lity, lid. the 41b. ; seconds, 10d. and 9d. ; and thirds, or household bread, 9d. BAAZILIA.N CONSULATE, DEAL.—The government of his Imperial Majesty the Emperor of the Brazils has confirmed the appointment of Norris Adams, Esq., as Brazilian vice-consul for the port of Deal and its did trict. Majer-General Morton Eden, commanding this die trict, has gone on leave of absence in consequence of the death of a near relative ; the command during General Eden's absence devolves on Colonel Ward, R.E.—.Ply mouth Mail. DEPARTURE OF AMERICAN MAlLS.—Yesterday after noon, about three o'clock, the United States Mail steam-ship Baltic, Captain James Comstock, sailed from the Mersey for New York, with the usual mails for the United States, Canada, &c., 120 passe, gers, and a full cargo of merchandise on board. THE ATTACK ON MR. DARGAN'S WORKMEN IN LIIJERICK.—Mr, Barron, R.M., Limerick, has offered a reward of 301. for such information as may lead to the arrest and conviction of the unknown parties who beat Mr. Dargan's masons, in Carey's-read, on the 9th inst. Farmers in the south of England are purchasing sheep in the north of Scotland to fat them for the London market. Four-year-old sheep are purchased for about 17s. 6d, a head. The conveyance of them to the south costs about 3s. a head more. These sheep have been fed on the Moors, and have never tasted a turnip. They are found rather wild at first--almost too wild for the follow. DUBLIN, Nov. 15.—The Irish Poor Law Commis niissioners have given their sanction to an order of the Governor of the Government Hospitals in Dublin pro hibiting the attendance of Sisters of Charity in the hos pitals, and adopting other restrictions previously in force in the workhouse hospitals. NEW CHURCH AT NOTTING-HILL.—The new church o All Saint,,, Netting-hill, which has been erected and en dowed by Dr. Walker, who has offered to found the bishopric of Cornwall, is approaching completion, and will be ready for consecration early in the ensuing year. REPORTING IN 1723.—" I was in the House of Com mons t'other day, and wrote shorthand from Sir R. Wal pole and other famous speakers, for which I was told I had like to have been taken into custody, but I came away free.—Drs Byron 's Remains. TRADE WITH THE RUSSIANS —Mr. J. T. Damson tolls us, in a paper recently read before the Statistical Society on " Our commerce with .Rus‘ia," that, while Great Britain exports goods to the annual value of sixty shil lings for every inhabitant, and France to the value of thirty-three shillings per individual, the shipments from Russia amount to no more than four shillings and two pence per head. AUSTRIAN ITALY. --The Emperor of Austria has just laid an additional tax upon Lombardy, to the amount of 41- kreutzers per florin of direct taxes (th e fl or in is 60 kr . eutzers, and its value corresponds to 2f. 50c.) The Bologna Gazette publishes a sentence, pronounced by the tribunal of that city, condemning two robbers to death, and twenty-six more of the same band to various periods of hard labour. The Weser Zcitung states that 80 persons out of 218 lost their lives by the stranding of the emigrant ship Johanna, of Bremen, which was driven ashore off Neu- Larrlingersyl on the 6th inst. The rescued passengers have lost all they possessed. According to Russian statements, the Russian Ural gold mines have been extremely productive this year. A quantity of bars, to the amount of somewhat more than 200 puds, are said to have been forwarded recently to the Imperial mint, the brute value of which, at 411bs. troy per pud, would be about 450,0001. A letter from Naples of the 7th, in the Parlamento of Turin, states that the judicial proceedings in the case of the Ercolano steamer, which foundered in May last in consequence of a collision in the Tuscan sea with the Sicilia (sinoe stranded off the English coast), are likely to last many years, a conflict having arisen be tween the courts of Palermo and Naples as to com petence. An Imperial decree, dated the 25th ult., inserted in the Bulletin des Lois of yesterday, opens a credit of 7,000,000 f. for part payment of the subvention granted to the Paris and Caen and Cherburg Railway Company, fTohrethreee o e i considerationrece i pts wohf otinthe elc4 o f the section from Rosny to Caen. The sums paid i n t o the Paris Savings' Bank last week amounted to 460,773 fr. from 4 , 099 depositors, of whom 543 were new. Th e reimbur n set w. Retraitenents w fo er r e 0 3 1d 25 a , g 62 e O f f o r r . the last fortni g ht amoun ted to 195,9431 r. from 2,275 de positors, The following are th aB e is p wse de r e i r ee e e schargedfor certain articles which from time to time reach the camp of Sebastopol from Varna :—Brandy, rum, and absinthe from 6fr. to Bfr. a litre ; wine, according to the supply, 2fr. 25c., 2fr. 50c., an d 3f r. ; t o b acco , 4f r . th e kilogramme; sausages and hams, Bf r . the kilogramme ; and potatoes lfr. 25c,, and lfr. 50c. the kilog. These are nearly all the artic'es that can be procured. The Posen Gazette has the following from Thorn, Bth : —" The Russian troops, who a short time since had oc cupied the towns near the left bank of the Vistula, such as Sluzewo, Nieszawa, and Wloclaweck, left them last week, and those places are now clear of troops. It is said that the majority of them have gone to the neigh bourhood of Cracow, and the rest to that of Kalisch. It ie not known whether they will be replaced by other troops." A serious accident, attended with loss of life, occurred two days ago at the paper mills of Saint Apoilonie, in the commune of Entraenmes (Mayenne). A quantity of rags had been placed in a large iron cylinder to be re duced to pulp by the action of steam, and when the cylinder was about to be opened, the gas which had col lected drove out the hot pulp with such violence on all the persons near that seven of them were scalded in the most severe manner. One of them, M. Lannos, the director of th restablidament, has since died, after 20 hours' horrible sufferings. LATEST NEWS. GREAT BATTLE BEFORE SEBASTOPOL. :From the London Gcr.:ette Extraordinary, Nov. 16. ) Portman-square, Nov. 16, 12 . 30 a.m. The Duke of Newcastle has to-night received a .elegraphic despatch, of which the following is a ;rauslation, from General Lord Raglan, G.C.B. The despatch was delayed between. Bucharest and Vienna by an interruption of the telegrapt From. injuries received during a violent storm : TRANSLATION OF A TELEGRAPHIC DESPATCH RECEIVED BY THE DUKE OF NEWCASTLE ON THE 16n/ OF NOVEMBEIt, 12.30 A.M. FROM LORD RAGLAN. " NOVEMBER 6. " The enemy, with immense forces, attacked yesterday, in the dawn of morning, the right of the English position before Sebastopol, which was defended by the Second Division and the Brigade of Guards of the First Light Division, the Fourth Division, and part of the Third, and subsequently by the division of General Bosquet and other corps of the French Army, which by their gallant conduct contributed essentially to the decided suc cess of the day. General Canrobert immediately came to the spot, and gave me the support of his assistance and of his excellent counsel. The battle was extremely obstinate, and it was not ti past noonthat the enemy was definitively repulsed and forced to retreat, leaving the field of battle covered with his dead and several hundreds of prisoners. The number of the enemy much ex ceeded that which was opposed to us at Alma, and the losses of the Russians Lave been enormous. Our losses have also been very great. Genera Sir George Brown, Major-General Bentinck, Brigadier-Generals Adams, Buller, and Torrens have been wounded. They are all doing well. " The conduct of the troops in the face of an • enemy so superior in numbers has been excellent. C RAGLAN. "Received at Bucharest Friday, the 10th o November, at 4 p.m., and forwarded to Kron stadt at 6 p.m. " THE BRITISH AGENT." We have received from a correspondent at Con stantinople the following telegraphic summary o f the letters brought to Marseilles by the Sinai : " Your correspondent at Constantinople writes on the sth that the latest advices which had reached that city from the Crimea were of the 3d inst. " Captain Fellowes, who was despatched with a flag of truce, had an interview with General Gortschakoff in the valley of Balaklava on the 28th, and ascertained that Cornets Clowes and Chadwick were prisoners and wounded, but well treated. " Sir De Lacy Evans was ill, having had a fa: from his horse. " Sickness was on the increase, and the cold very severe at night. " A French battery of 64 guns opened fire on the Ist, and made great impression. " Our fire, as well as that of the Russians, was weak. " A Turkish ship 'of 80 guns and a frigate had iunk during the late "The Himalaya is disabled, and unable to keep the sea." The following despatch, which contains some additional particulars of the news brought by the Sinai, is from our own correspondent in Paris : " The Sinai, which arrived to-day at Marseilles, brings news from the Crimea of the 3d inst. " It had been decided that the assault of Sebco- topol should be made on the sth. " Three thousand men, under the orders of Prince Napoleon, were to attack first the fortress near the cemetery. " The state of Sebastopol was frightful. " In the conflagration of the hospital, 2,000 sick and wounded were burnt to cinders. " The first division (French) has been detached from the siege army, to increase the army of ob servation. " There was no water, and typhus prevailed in the town. " The fire of the place had much diminished " A great resistance was, nevertheless, ex. petted in the interior of the town. " Four ships of the Russian fleet had been sunk. " Admiral Sir E. Lyons was watching l Anapa, Tamana, and the Sea of Azoff. " Admiral Bruat had landed on the 26th, near Balta, where he had been very well received by the inhabitants. " Russian reinforcements continue to pass by Perekop. • " The weather was beautiful in the Crimea; but in the offing the sea had been very heavy, and many ships had been obliged to put out to sea. "Admirals Hamelin and Dundas were in the Bay of Katcha. " The Sinai met at sea the brigade of General Mayran, on its way from Athens to the Crimea, and 2,000 Zouaves, who had been embarked in Algeria." The following despatch, dated yesterday evening, has been forwarded by our correspondent at Vienna. It is difficult to decide whether it re lates to the battle of the sth inst., the character and result of which are already known to us through General Uanrobert's and Lord Raglan's despatches, as well a s the Russian bulletins, or to a more recent battle, of which this -is the first mention. It will be observed, however, that the Russian loss-9,000 men—is the precise number already assigned to them in the battle of the sth, Our correspondent's message is as follows " A despatch of the 11th from Balakiava has been received this evening (15th), according to which another great battle has been fought. " The Russians are 'aid to have lost 9,000 " The loss of the Allies was also great, but they remained masters of the field." BERLIN, WEDNESDAY, Nov. 15. A Russian despatch brings news from Sebas- ,opol to the Bth Nov. The siege operations continued. The damage done is quickly repaired. The French are entrenching their left. Nothing important had taken place since the sth. MALTA, Nov.ll. The Miranda, Jura, and Queen of the South have sailed. THE CRIMEA. THE FRENCH PRISONERS. Letters have been received from M. de Lagondie and M. de Dampierre, taken prisoners by the Rus sians in the Crimea—the former on the eve of the battle of the Alma, and the latter during the ope rations of the siege of Sebastopol. Both speak highly of the attention shown them. After being extremely well treated during their detention in Sebastopol, they were conveyed, by order of the Emperor, to St. Petersburg. There, by his Majesty's directions, they wore shown all that is curious in the capital, and were even taken to the theatre. They were then supplied with fur pelisses, and with provisions of all kinds, and were removed to Yar roslaw, which is to serve as a depot for the French prisoners. THE BLACK SEA. Private letters from Varna, of the 30th ult., in form us that both the Ottoman and French troops are being daily embarked at that port for the Crimea. The French reinforcements are to be formed into a new, namely, the 6th. division, which is now concentrating partly at Constantinople and partly at Varna. A brigade of this division, con sisting of the 23d light and 28th regiments of the line, and the troops that were in occupation in Greece, must already have arrived at Balaklava. A second brigade is to be formed of the 6th battalion of the Chasseurs de Vincennes, and of two infantry regiments, now on their road to Varna. This brigade will probably also have been already em barked thence in the meantime. THE PRINCIPALITIES. A letter from Galatz, 2d, states that Field marshal Count Coronini had arrived there from Bucharest., The Austrian and Moldavian garrison were under arms to receive him. According to some accounts his visit is for the purpose of in specting the Austrian troops, while others say that it is to meet Prince Ghika, who is expected at G alatz in three or four days. TURKEY. The Journal de Constantinople of the 29th Octo ber represents the speedy fall of Sebastopol as ine vitable. On the 23d the Allies were still 600 French, metres from the fortress, but on the fol lowing day they had got into a parallel 200 metres nearer the place ; and two companies, composed of the best marksmen among the Chasseurs de Vin cennes and the Zouaves, were able to "" pick off" the Russian cannoneers at their guns. We are told that on the 25th the artillerymen of a whole Rus sian battery were killed by these unerring marks men. The two 120-pounders with which the Eng lish played upon the war harbour proved a source of great annoyance to the Russians, who were obliged to place the ships as close as possible to the quays. On the 25th a new battery was to be un masked and to fire red-hot balls at the Russian fleet. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, Nov. 12.—The Lloyd of this morning con tains the following :—" The Allies have succeeded, by dint of the most strenuous and unremitting exertions, in advancing their cannon to within the short distance of 156 metres of the fortress. The bombardment was, so fearfully effective that a practicable breach was made on the 4th inst. The town is also reported to have suffered enormously." The Lloyd adds hereunto that, under these circum stances, it may be safely taken for granted that a general assault upon the fortress would certainly take place on the sth or 6th at the latest ; and that we may confidently expect to receive the news hero of the result by to-morrow. At the same time, this journal gives the public to understand that the despatch in question also intimates that the conflict will probably not be limited to the fortress alone, but that a general engagement will most likely take place at ono and the same time. The blow that is to be struck is to be carried out with the whole disposable forces of the Allies, who aro fully prepared to give battle also outside the forti fications of Sebastopol, if the enemy should attempt a diversion with the view to the relief of the for tress, and warding off the impendino• catastrophe. In this case the Allies hope to celebrate a double victory. • PRUSSIA. BERLIN, Nov. 13.—1 t is asserted this evening, and not without foundation, that this Government has despatched instructions to Counts Bernstorf and Hatzfeldt to intimate to Lord Clarendon and M. de Lhuys the desire of the Berlin Cabinet for nearer approachment towards those of France and Loudon, and for the resumption of more cordial relations ; to assure them of its intention to maintain "the most scrupulous neutrality," without favour or affection on the one side or on the other • and to express hopes that their intentions will be appre ciated and respected. The Stock Exchange was surprised this day by an order from the authorities forbidding the pub lic negotiation or quotation of the last Russian loan. It is not pretended to say whether this order results from a spontaneous desire on the part of the Government to give proofs of its neu tral disposition, or whether it has resulted from representations on the part of the British and French Governments. The Russian organ here prints in large type the Russian telegraphic despdtch, of the 6th, from Se bastopol, and then not only gives the extract from the Ai oniteur, containing General Canrobert's short account of the same affair in small characters, but adds remarks which tend to indicate that the repulse was a mere ordinary retreat after a suc cessful sortie ; and further, that the great veracity of all Russian reports entitles them to more credit than those of the Allies. The Russian despatch communicated to the Russian organ at this place omits to mention the death of General Soimonoff, commanding the 10th division of the fourth corps, who was killed during the attack ; and the same organ contradicts itself flatly by first saying that the reinforcements of which Soimonoff's division forms a part did not take part in the affair of the sth, and then declaring that they could not fail to have arrived on the 3d. When the detailed reports are received, it will be seen that the two divisions of the 4th corps (Soimonoff and Popoff) did arrive as anticipated, and that it was iu consequence of having received these reinforcements that Menschi koff ordered his two sorties. The Russian organ, in quoting the oniteur, places a mark of interro gation or query after the 9,000 Russians, said by General Canrebert to have been put hors de combat. THE RUSSIAN REPLY. The Cologne Gazette, under date of Berlin 12th, says :—" The Russian reply to the Prussian de spatch of the 23d ult. has been received. The Russian Cabinet therein declares that it is ready to discuss the four points, and appears inclined to make use of the intervention of Prussia in the event of such a discussion being, desired by the ad verse party. It appears that in this affair Russia renounces the good offices of Austria. Under all cases the Austrian Government has not renounced the idea of taking the initiative against Russia." FRANCE. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, WEDNESDAY EVENING. The Moniteur of yesterday has the following pa ragraph in the column usually appropriated to late news:— " Advices from Vienna of the 13th inform us that te- legraphic communications via Kronstadt and Bucharest are accidentally suspended in consequence of the breaking of a wire. There is, therefore, nothing astonishing in the fact that the news from the East, which we have been accustomed to receive rather by this than by any other line, should be subject to some delay until the re storation of the broken wire." An Imperial decree opens to the Minister of Ma rine an extraordinary credit of 23,150,000 francs, to be employed as follows :—Pay, 1,000,000 f. • pro visions, 5,000,000 f. ; workmen's wages , 600 , 000 f. ; general stores, 16,000,000 f. ; freight, 100,000 f. ; breakwater and arsenal of Cherburg, 400,000 f. The regularisation of this credit will be applied for to the Legislative Corps. M. Borel de Bretizel, chief of the staff of the 6th division of the army of the East, and several officers of different branches of the army, left Marseilles on the 12th in the Caire, bound to Constantinople. A detachment of dragoons and one of the 4th regiment of artillery also left by the same vessel. Two com panies of artillery, at present at Vienne, are about to Le sent to Lyons to receive new materiel prepare,- tory to being despatched to the East. Large quau tities of projectiles, gunpowder, and shells of a large size have been sent from the arsenal of Per pignan to Port-Vendres to be embarked for Galli poli. M. de Persigny has just received frem the Sul an the insignia of the grand cross of the order of the Mecljidie, first class. General Yusuf, who was on the eve of returning to Africa, has had so serious a fall that it is feared lie will be unable to travel for some time. It was rumoured yesterday, among the garrison of Paris, that the 2d and 20th battalions of Foot Chasseurs had received orders to hold themselves in readiness to join the army of the East. This announcement caused the greatest enthusiasm among the officers and soldiers. The effective force of each battalion is to be raised immediately to 1,300 or 1,400 men. The detachments which marched from the camps of Aix in the course of the last fortnight belong to the following regiments :-7th, 20th, 21st, 2(3th, 39th, 42d, 46th, 74th of the line ; sth, 7th, 20th light infantry ; and the 3 , 1 and 6th companies of the Bth Engineers. All these troops, with the ex ception of the last, who were ordered to Lyons, have left for Toulon or Marseilles, and embarked for the East. In consequence of the number of gun-boats ordered by Government at Havre, the Minister of Marine has authorised Mr. Normand, the contrac tor, to retain in his dockyard all the workmen in cluded in the last levy of carpenters. A number of floating batteries are in progress of construction at Brest. About 20,000 kilogrammes of iron plates, intended for those batteries, have already arrived there, and more are expected shortly. Directions have been given to the military ope ratives of the different regiments to suspend for a time whatever work they have on hand, in order to finish off, with as little delay as possible, a supply of great coats for the army of the East. It is stated on good authority that the Legisla tive Corps will be soon convoked for the purpose of having a proposition submitted to it for raising a loan, and for a levy of men. The amount of the loan is said to be 500,000,000 f. or even 600,000,000 f., and the levy about 200,000 men. The Three per Cents. closed to-day at 72f. 25c. for the end of the month ; the Four-and-a-Half per Cents. at 96f.; Orleans Railway shares, 1,175 f.; Western of France, 653 f. 75e. ; Cette, 605 f. ; Mediterranean, Of. ;' Northern, 851 f. 25c. ; Lyons, 1,005 f.; Rouen, Of.; Strasburg, 790 f.; Havre, 540 f.; Cherburg, 510 f.; Bank of Credit Mobilier, 730 f. THE BALTIC. KIEL, HOLSTEIN, Nov. 11.—By a private letter received yesterday from St. Petersburg, I am in formed that the winter has set in with its usual severity. The barometer had fallen within a few • degrees of zero, from which it might be inferred that the Neva will speedily be covered with ice, and the Russian fleet frozen in both at Cronstadt' and Helsingfors. Even at this port, several de grees to the southward of the Gulf of Finland, hard frosts have occurred during the last two nights. Snow fell for several hours yesterday. The tem perature at 4 a.m. was 2& deg. of Fahrenheit. The wind shifted to N.N.W. in the afternoon ; a clear sky supervened, and another severe frost set in. Should the present state of the weather continue, of which there is great probability, the final depar ture of the fleet for England will be accelerated as a matter of necessity. You may therefore not feel_ surprised if it should arrive home by the end of the present month ; but it is positively determined that it shall not quit its present anchorage until it is certain that the enemy's ships are precluded by natural causes from leaving their harbours, of which fact information will be forwarded by the officer in command of the squadron blockading the. port of Revel, and those to the northward and east ward thereof. Notwithstanding the vigilance of our cruisers,. intelligence has arrived, on which dependence may be placed, that two merchant vessels, freighted with cargoes for the Russian market, have reached St. Petersburg. On the other hand, others who have attempted to do so have been captured, and have been detained as prizes, in the proceeds of which the captors alone will share. Since my despatch hence of the 9th inst., there is nothing to report with respect. to the proceedings of the fleet, except that on the forenoon of yester day the Driver steam sloop was despatched on particular service, and that the crews of the vari ous ships, in accordance with the usual routine, wore exercised at general quarters, at which in every particular they have attained great profi ciency. SPAIN . There is nothing of much importa nce i n the Madridjournals of the 11th, which have arrived in due course. The Ministerial journals complain of two deputies of the Moderato party, for having re frained from voting at the election of vice-presi dents of the Cortes, whereby the ultra-Liberal party succeeded in electing one of their candidates, to the exclusion of the Government candidate, M. de Abrantes. NI. Heros, who had been proposed for the ultra-Liberlls, bad declared that that party had brought him forward without his permission, hr having had no intention of opposing General San Miguel. TUSCANY. The Civil Administration of Leghorn has issued a notice, informing the public that the Russian Go vernment has admitted the claims of Tuscan sub jects with respect to purchases of corn in the Black Sea, and that the Governor-General of New Rus sia and Bessarabia has accordingly received orders to buy up, for the account of the Russian Govern ment, the corn put chased by Tuscan subjects on or before 12th March last, and deposited at Odessa. Purchasers having given earnest money are to have it returned to them. THE INDIA MAIL. MARSEILLES, WEDNESDAY. The Indian Mail left hero at nine o'clock this morning. JOHN BULL.—The English are a calm, reflecting people ; they will give time and money when theyare con vinced ; but they love dates, names, and certificates. In the midst of the most heart-rending narratives, Bull requires the day of the month, the year of our Lord, the name of the parish, and the countersign of three or four respectable householders. After these affecting circum stances, he can no longer hold out ; but gives way to the kindness of his nature—puffs, blubbers, and sub scribes.—Sydney Smith. THE COAL AND IRON TRADE— There is still a slack ness of orders in some descriptions of iron boiler plates, and bars are not so much in demand as they were, but sheet-iron and rails are in good request. Some of the houses are about sending out more circulars declaring a reduction of 20s. per ton in some sorts of iron. We have already considered the present price of iron too high for general purposes, but the high rate of the raw material having forced up pigs, there was no alterna tive, as we then stated, but an advance in merchant iron, which took place in July last. Pig having receded in price these last few weeks leaves room for a reduction in malleable iron ; but some of the first houses are so full of orders that they will not readily give way. Ironstone is still scarce, and is realising 225. and 235. per ten. This being the case, pigs cannot fall in price much till the other resources are made available. The coal trade remains good, and if it were not for the miserable state of the canals through the shortness of water it would be much brisker. The labour market is in a highly excited state, and there is no probability of a diminution. taking place at present in the rate of wages. — Wolverhampton Herald. CORN STATISTICS IN FRANCE.—We read in the Siecle :— " According to the latest statistical returns, the crops of every kind of corn in an average year in France now amount to about 180,000,000 hectolitres. In wheat our country produces 60,000,000 of hecto litres ; rye 16,000,000 ; barley, 19.000,000 ; metiel (a mixture of wheat and rye), 11,500,000; oats, 46,000,000; buckwheat, 5,000,000 ; maize and millett, 7, 000 000 ; small grain, p u l se , &c., 2,500,000. The crop of ;heat is, therefore, in the proportion of 60 to 180 ; that of oats, 30 to 180 ; and that of rye, 23 to 180 ; that is to say, these three descriptions of corn, compared with all the others, are in the proportion of 103 to 77 only. This quantity of 180,000,000 of hectolitres of corn is not all consumed ; deducting a seventh part, or 25,700,000 hectolitres, for seed, there remains 154,300,000 for the general consumption. As, however, oats, the net produc tion of which is 39,250,000 hectolitres, cannot be reck oned as human food, we find that the quantity remaining for the food of the people is 115,050,000 hectolitres. If a • now take the different crops by weight, which is the best means of estimating the nutritive value of each, it may be said that the average weight of wheat is 77 kilogrammes per hectolitre, that of rye 60 kilogrammes, barley 60 kilogrammes, met i el 70 kilogrammes, buck wheat 60 kilogrammes, maize 78 kilogrammes, and dry pulse 80 kilogrammes. It follows, therefore, from these bases that with 51,500,000 hectolitres of wheat, weighing 3 milliards of kilogrammes, and the other quantities of corn in proportion, we have a total weight of 8,046,800,000 kilogrammes of corn fit for the consump tion of man. It has been calculated that on an average, including women, children, and old people, it requires 220 kilogrammes of corn per year for the food of one person. This would therefore be for France, where the population is reckoned at 36,000,000, a total of 7,920,000,000 kilogrammes. If, therefore, from the 8,046,800,000 kilogrammes calculated, as above stated, for human c onsumption, there be deducted the 7,920,000,000 for the consumption of France, the following result, which must be satisfactory to every one, is come to—namely, that France, in an average year, has a crop of 127,000,000 kilogrammes of corn be yond the wants of the people, and that she could still feed 600,000 inhabitants more than the present number of her population." men. '