The Sun. — London, England, 1854-10-27 00:00:00

ON E i A 11 K r f;0111111 - EBUIAL INT ELL I GENVE. CITY, I'VO o'CLOCK The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at 8,000 bales, including 1,000 Ameri can, and 500 Surat 'taken for export and on spe culation. The market closed tamely, without change in prices. The sales comprised 6,000 American,. 280 Pernam and Maranham, at 51d. • to 7d., 300 Egyptian at 50. to laid., and 1,200 Surat at 3d. to 4d. per lb. Railway Shares were dull, and prices had a downward tendency. Among the sales of produce yesterday, the Daily _Commercial Gazette notices 1,500 ounces of sulphate of quinine, taken for the Russian market. Is this in conformance with the Royal proclamations and orders in Council ? We had imagined that trade with Russia was prohibited. Colonial Produce has been in limited request this week, and for some descriptions of sugar a slight concession in prices has been made by sellers, but generally there is a disposition to hold for full rates. Colony plantation coffee has been in demand at is. advance, and native is wanted. Rice has been benefitted by the material advance in grain, and the quantity offering is smaller. Very high prices are now asked, middling Bengal having been sold up to 15s. 6d. In spices very little has been done, and saltpetre, cotton, hemp, tallow, and iron are all quiet. Tea has been dull from public sales being declared. Yesterday there arrived in the Thames 37 ships from foreign parts, 2 from Ireland, and 88 colliers. The sentence upon Mr. Cole, of four years' penal servitude, is considered lenient here, since no doubt is entertained of other cases being provable against him. The fabrication of dock warrants strikes so deeply at the root of all mercantile honour, that ito man can be safe in his dealings or advances unless justice is rigorously executed against the fraudulent parties ; but at the same time we think it has hitherto been too much regarded as a matter of course that the merchandise hypothecated is in the warehouses. Without in the least impugning the credit of any one seeking advances, the fact, undoubtedly, should in all cases be verified. Accounts from the Baltic state that the greatest exertions are making to get Russia supplied, be fore the navigation closes, with the articles of foreign production that she most requires, and has been hitherto prevented by the blockade from .ob taining. The scarcity of colonial staples experi enced in Finland had already ceased, owing to the arrivals from Swedish ports ; and St. Petersburg and the interior provinces would be supplied in the same way. In referring yesterday to the Customs revenue of France the decrease should have been stated at 10,000,000 f. _ _ The investigation into the affairs of Mr. Edward Oliver, of Liverpool, shows, it is said, assets 1,168,2501. against liabilities 700,0001.; but, allow ing for depreciation of property, the surplus is not estimated at more than 78,0001. There are no less than 100 ships entirely owned by Mr. Oliver. At the opening of the Stock Market this morning Prices were heavy, but an improvement has since occurred, and Consols, which were 94i to 94i, have been done at 94i 4 for transfer, and from 942 have risen to 94a j for time. The New 31 per Cents. have been 93i to 93i, and the 3 per Cents. 93 to 93g. Bank Stock is still rising, having touched 213. Exchequer Bills are 6s. to 9s. pm., and East India Bonds 10s. pm. Notwithstanding the larger supply of stock since the transfer books were opened there is a better tone, and an impression exists in some quarters that the supply has not only been absorbed by parties inclined to hold, but that the speculators, unless favoured by a tighter money market and ad verse political events, will find stock rather scarce next settling day. Foreign Stocks have been quiet. Russian 5 per Cents. are 95i, and the 4i per Cents. 85 to I. Turkish Scrip has been 21 to being flat. Brazi lian Bonds are 98. i. • The letters by the Overland Mail are expected to be delivered to-morrow by 11 o'clock. The outline of the news is not favourable iu respect to commercial affairs. The " patriots" were in pos session of Shanghai, and there was no trade going on at Hong Kong. The tea market will probably be affected by this. In India trade was dull. The rate of exchange at Calcutta was is. 11d. for bills on London. The pressure of late in the United States money market is producing the ordinary result—contrao tion and severity on the part of the very institu tions which most contributed to speculation and over-trading. In the revulsion that ensues, how ever, such banks themselves very often get severely punished, and a worse feature is the discredit thrown upon the banks which probably never pur sued an objectionable course. The prices of United States Public Securities have undergone no alteration worthy of notice since this day week. The following are the nominal prices of foreign stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 5& to 6 ; Mexi can, 221 to 23 ; Peruvian, 71 to 73'; ditto, per Cents., 51 to 53 ; Portuguese 4 per Cents., 40 to 42 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 95 to 97 ; ditto, 4i per Cents., 84 to 86 ; Spanish New Deferred, 18j to 18i ; ditto, 3 per Cents., 371 to 38i ; ditto, Certificates, 5 to 5& ; ditto, Passive, 41 to 5. The Railway Share Market has been rather heavy, but without any prominent change in values. Luxembourg shares are firm. In the Foreign Mines there have been a few purchases, at rather fuller rates. The Joint-Stock Bank shares are brisker. Crys tal Palace are supported. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES. (Prom the 00cial List. Engines' dens. Bank Stock ..... .. 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 3 per Cont. Consols Annuities 944 4 i ;i i New 3 per Cent. Annuities Long Annuities Expire sth Jan., 1860 India Bonds, ilOOO ....,.. ..... ...... Ditto, under £lOOO lO Bank Stock for Account 212 Consols for Account 14th Noy Exchequer Bills, 24d. i.:1000 £5OO Small 9 6 p Exchequer Bonds 1853, 3i per Cent. lOO Ditto 1859, „ ...... 99i PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. Brazilian Bonds; riper Cent ... 931 Ditto New, 1852, 4 per Cent .... ....... 95 Portuguese for the Account Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent. £St 95:1 Ditto 44 per Cent. Ditto Small .. ,Turkish Scrip 6 per cent Dividends on the shove payable in London - Belgian Bonds 44 per Cent. ex. 25 fr Dutch Exchange, 24 per Cent. 12 Gull Ditto 4 per Cent. Cortifieates.. . THREE O'CLOCK. Consols ...... ........... .... Ditto November A ceonnt ..... 20 20 10 10 St. 10 25 20 50 CROLEICA IN VIENNA.—From the 16th of September t• the 9th of October there were 693 cases, of which 67 recovered, and 289 died. DESTRUCTION OF A WADDING FACTORY, SPITALFIELDS . —The most extensive fire that has occurred in the me tropolis for some weeks broke out yesterday afternoon between the hours of three and four o'clock, in the , pre mises belonging to Mes srs. G. Babbinson and Co:, wad ding manufacturers on a very !sage scale, situate in Spital-street, Spitalfields. The building in which the misfortune commenced was the main factory, which was between 50 and 60 feet long by nearly 40 wide, and con tained a great stock of manufactured wadding and ma chinery. Adjoining the factory was a range of drying. houses, of precisely the same length and width as the first named, also filled with stock, under going the process of drying ; so that it became manifest from the first that, uniess the fire could be extinguished in its incipient stage, there was every probability of the entire property'rt falli ng a p re y t o th e fury of the fl am es ; anThe d unfou- fire was nately the worst fears were aeon realised• first dis covere d by so me of the workme n on the pre off mises, who lost, no ti me i n b ounding an alarm and sending for proper assistance. It was not subdued until the factory and cont e nts were destroyed , and the drying. houses levell e d with the ground. The total loss must be considerable, and unfortunately th e sufferers wire not insured 8 for a single penny. One f qttiliate circura -lancnv ° was that the flames were prevented from reachi the • Leam.botler so that no explosion took pl ace, which otherwi se m i g ht h ave b een the case. The disaster, it is auPpose d, was caused bye the friction of some of the ma chinery driven by steam-power. SBARE MARKETS. (Tril DAY.) BRITISH RAILWAYS. RAILWAraI 100 Aberdeen.. ..... Asibg Nottng. Bow and Basta. Juuct... all Bel fast & Ballymena. all Binning. Wolverh. & ' Stour Valley Birkcnhd. Lanesh Cheshire Juuct ' all Do. Chesh. & £5O and £25 Cons., 19 0:3k0., £2O 36 lilyth & Tyno origi na £25 (issd. at £4s' 100 Bristol and Exeter... 100 Caledonian. ........ . 21s. Cain:al - then and Car digan all Chester & Holyhead all Cork and Bandon all Cork, Black, & Pass 16 oJrnwall 14 Crieff Junction 45 Dublin&BelfastJunc all Dundee Perth &Aber dean Junction all Do. New...—. 100 East Anglian all Eastern Counties 100 Eastern Union, A Stock . ... [0(1 De., B. Stock 84 Do., New A. .. 100 East Lancashire 100 Edinburgh & Glasgow 9 Edinb. and Peebles 100 Edin. Prth & Dundee 1 P'orth & Clyde June. 100 Glasgow &S. Western 100 I,lreat Northern 100 Do., A. Stock 100 Do., B. Stock LOU Gt. Sth. &West.(lre. 100 Great Western 100 Do. Stour Val. Rail Gua. Stk all Irish South-Eastern all Lancaster & Carlisle 14$ Do., Thirds 4 Do. New Thirds 100 Lancash.andYorksl 00., Fifths 11#Wst. Riding Uri all Cr•sby.&Southlnt all Loudon & Blackwal WO ;ion& Bright &S.Cet (00 Limd. and N. West. 12 1)0. Fifths 1 Do.lo/.5h.,11,1&8... 2. Do. Eighths 100 f .endon and S. Westn. 42: Do., £5O 31 Do., L4 l ) all f niildn•y&Coloraiite all ''udn ( lrrY. & Ennisk • 1110 itanch.Shef.& Linc)n 1, Po., Man. & Liu. Un. 100 Aidia.nd 10(1 . o. Birmn g. & Derby all vtidld. G. West. (I re. ) 22 ~ )o. Half Shares 111 Newcastle & Carlish f Newinkt.Bury Exten. 19 Swpt.Aborg. & Hrfd. Newry & Enniskillen all Jewry Warrenpuini cod Rostrevur 1110 Norfolk .. 3. Nortlm.Connties Un, 1014 North British all 'forth Devon, No. 1 a ll Do., No. 2 all •0., A Deferred all flO., B GuaratitA.e In» N. Eastern—Berwick 20 ilo. do. Extension 13 :)odo. O.N.E. Parch. all De. Le•ids 100 Do. York al North London 8 Do. New XlO jr 4 N . &S. Wstru. stead, and City Ju 17. \Tort], Statrordsl tire all North Western all N. &S. Westrn, June 1 Nuneaton, Hinckley and Leicester 100 11xford, Worcester, & Wolierhampton 4 i'ortsmouth lot • icottish. Central iOO Scottish Midland • all ihre2wsby. & Plena ihropshire Union ... Do. A, B, C,& D,full paid up at per • all ,nuth Devon 00 ;oath Eastern 4 11 ientli Wales & Riv. Dur lo 8 ;taines, Wok &Wok all tockton & Darlt . 1(i toekton & Hartlep" Caff Vale 9 Do: £3O shares RIO Do. Pref., No. 1 ?,] flames Haven Doel, and Railway all Vale of Neath all Waterfd. & Kilkenn% a ll Araterford&Limerieli 18 West Cornwall__ , 3 West End of London and Crystal Palace all West Loudon. 111 s. Wimbledn&Croyr (Toxins Prices this day. ausiritsis this day 95 - 97 58i - 594 14 - 15 10 - 12 22 - 24 30 - 35 67 - 69 55 - 47 21 - 23 5A 48 50 3a $A .. 4 t i 10 14 6 7o 754 —76 i, 3i4 14 141 53 - 54 33 55 1 --li. id 1 41-4 32 - 34 94 - 96 60 - 62 7 i Si 45 47 13 14 61. - 2 32 - 33 - 35 - 37 s' i FOREIG.N . 201 - 211 4i - 81 lla 10i 17 - 18 6• - 6.4 •. - ... 4 • -2,, - 74 Ili - lli 89i - 904 75 - 77 24 - 126 90 - 92 70} 71 69 - 71 7$ - 82 8 - 8 - 10 71 - 714 5/ -- 7 1 1 8i 03 105 00 101 el) d - p 81 g 10 9 i 9 8 68i 64 40 - 42 1 ,1 - - SA 8 19 41 -4; 23- 5 6 - 7 all Autwerp&Rotterdam 3 Belgian Baatu. June. 8 lieziers to Graisseanae 2s, Bombay, Baroda, and Central I n dia,Serip Central of Italy all Demerara ... 14 IBiou and Besancon.. 9 Dutch Ilbenish all Eastern of Franca 10 Do. New all }last Indian 2 Do Extension all Do. 4i p. c. Bds., pay '57, convertible all Do. do. do., '69, do 10 Cd. .Tnuct. of France 12 Tk of Canadal is. all Do. do .i.ll Do. St. Lawrence & Atlantis do. all Do. Curt. of Deben., con. into Stk. till '63 all Do. Comp. 6p. u., do. 10 Ut. Central of France all Gt. Indian Peninsula 1 Dn. Now 5 per cent. all Gt. Western of Canada Shares all Do. Bds,, payable's7, with option till '55 all Do. do., '62, p. '56 all Do. do., '76, p. '6O all Do. do., '73, without option all Hamilton & Toronto ail Do. 6 per cent. 11 Lake Coust. & Basle all Lucca& Pistoja 5 p.c, prof 2 Great Luxembourg Constituted Shares all Do. Obligations 0 Lyons and Geneva 12 Lyons & Mediterran 16 Madras 2 Do. New 31•?, Maria Antonia all Do. do. New •2 Melbourne Dk. & Ry. all Namur & Liege (wits .interest). all Do. (ex interest) all Northern of France. all D0.2@1. Sbs.late Char leroi and ErquAinee gu tr. 3$ p. c. & red. at 22:11. dur. 88 yrs. from 1 Jan. 1854_, all Do. 201. 3 p. c Bdr, (fmy. B. & A ms. Shs. all NorwegianTrunkPref 14- Paris and Lyons all Ditto Bonds ..... all Paris and Orleans all Paris and louen 10 ParisCaen do Cherbeg all I? onen and Havre 20 Royal Danish 3 Royal Swedish all Sambre and Meuse._ all 1)o. 54 p. cent. Pref. 10 Souther!, of France , 14 St. Andrew's and Quebec (A) all West Flanders all Do 5A per c. Prof 10 Western of Franca 1 , West. of Switzerland all Wiesbaden Ifo Zealand .1 0 1 N T-81'0( al]l Ali Aralatil6 ............ all Brake) Colonial Bank and Loan Company silt - ;trith, N. American 5 Chartd. Bank of Asia Bnk. of India, Australia, & China 25 ;olonial 20 tlounnercial of Loud 16 English Scottish and. Australian all Lond. Chart. Bk. 01 Australia 2u London and County 10 London Joint Stook 20 Loud. & Westminster :35 National Provincial of England 10 Do. New 22 National of Ireland all New South Wales all Oriental Bank of Corporation 25 Provincial of Ireland all Do. New Royal Australn.Bkg, Az (4u1(1 Imp C o :Li; AustrL:lia al. U u ion of Australia 2. Do. Now 0 . 1.110 u of link , - lt 4 - Z it d— i p l• '''' ••• 3 2i s 33j 331 id a d ,• "'". ... “. .-”' • .• .r - 74 - 64 8 61 9 - 7.1 1 - lip - IP I iP 18i - 19 Itl par id a P 2 41) dig - 4 2i - 3 i 1 - lip - - - id-ip 74 - 8 3~~ - 35 12i • 13 9 - 10 24 - 22 48 50 38 40 pm 22k —2?. par 1p 2 lid ri 8 ••• --- ••• ••• - pm' 3i - 4 d 6i 741) 16 - 17 li BA.N ii 5 - 80 f - a - par 1 id 30 - 3 2 -2}a 22i - 23 41 - 42 43 - 45 68 - 70 ... 7.7 es LO 5 20 20 100 20 2:i 25 25 20), [OO 20 5 20 50 20 25 ittlft 3 .47tfm, LO SOW,- in.iii'i.TY:_ieviNi-wo;.. NEWMARKET RACES. THE FATE OF THE FRANKLIN EXPEUrTioN. (THIS DAY.) TO THE SECRETARY TO VIE ADMIRALTY. .17, Savile Row, 26th October, 1854. SIR,—I beg to.enclose a " proof" of my corres pondence with the Government "on the Fate of the Franklin Expedition,"' which I have this Morning sent to all the London papers. It is my intention immediatAily to offer my ser vices to the Colonial Board, -to descend the Great Fish River in search of the remains of "The Franklin Expedition ;" and if that "Board" de clines the offer, then to the Admiralty Board. I have the honour, &c., RICHARD KING. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SELLING HANDICAP. Orson .... Jessamine Two ran. HANDICAP T.Y.O. Orinoco . Henrietta Twelve ran. MATCH. Hospodar beat Orestes. MATCH. Weathercock beat Refraction colt. SWEEPSTAKES OF 10 SOYS. TO THE gECRETARY TO THE _ADMIRALTY. 17, Siwile-row,_ Oct. 27, 1854. SIR,—I transmit, for the information of my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, a copy of my correspondence with their'Lordships, bearing date respectively December 21, 1844; January 8, 1845; January 31, 1845. There was no Sir Robert Harry Inglis in those days; so this correspondence has no place in the " Blue Books." Usurer.. Citnicina . Eight ran. SWEEPSTAKES OF 10 SOVS Michaelmas Maid Vanitress Nine ran. SWEEPSTAKES OF 10 SOPS. It, however, should have, I think, a place in the next " Blue Book ;" for the lithographed con jectural chart, illustrative of the correspondence, bears, in indelible characters, not only the position of the "Great Polar Passage" discovered by Capt. ll'Clure, but the Atlantic outlet of that "Great Polar Passage " through Jones Sound discovered by Sir E. Belcher. _ . Pyrrhi a Rosanne Six ran. NURSERY STAKES. Lady Tatton Laura► Salina. Moonbeam colt Sixteen ran. The actual chart of 27th October, 1854, now about to issue from the Hydrographer to the Admiralty, is, doubtless,' more ornamental but not more truthful, than the conjectural chart_of 31st January, 1845. • _ HANDICAP. P.M. Vineez . ~,, Orinoco _ Eight ran. SWEEPSTAKES. According to a principle, my unerring guide from the moment I had to deal with life and death on a great scale, I forward copies of this corre spondence to the " London Press."—l have the honour, are., RICHARD KING. Rosaline Queen Mab filly Seven ran. SWEEPSTAKES. Dame Partlett Doralice “.. Eight ran. £5O PLATE. A.F. POLAR SEA EXPEDITIONS AND POLAR LAND JOURNEYS. Sir,—The problem a * North Polar passage between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans having occupied your attention for some years, I beg to submit to you a careful digest of the services which have taken place since you entered upon this field of research in 1818. _ _ _ Humguffin New Brighton Fourteen ran. AUDLEY END STAKES Vindex They are divisible into Polar Sea Expeditions and Polar Land Journeys. The Polar Sea Expeditions amount to ten, the Polar Land Journeys to three ; seven out of the ten Polar Sea Expeditions may be briefly described :—Captain Lyon's expedition was modestly called by him " an unsuccess ful attempt to reach Repulse Bay ;" in the body of the nar rative of Captain Back's expedition, will be found the same tale which Captain Lyon told on his title-page ; Captain Ross returned after four years' wintering, without advancing a step towards the object in view ; Captain Parry failed in his at tempt to reach the Polar Sea by Regent Inlet ; Captain Beechey saw the Polar Sea, and that is all; and Captain Buchan was not so fortunate as Captain . Beechey To the remaining three I call your 'particular, attention ; Ist, to that of the Isabella, of 385 tons,.under the command of Captain John (now Captain Sir John) Ross ; and the Alex ander, of 252 tons, commanded by Lieutenant (now Cap tain Sir Edward) Parry, having in, view a western passage from Baffin Bay. Captain John Ross rounded Baffin Bay from east to west, without discovering an opening to the west. 2dly, to that of the' Hecla, of 375 tons, under the command of Lieutenant Parry, and the Griper, of 180 tons, under the command of Lieutenant Liddon, ,with the same object as Captain John Ross iu view. Instead of round ing Baffin Bay, Lieutenant Parry made an attempt to cross the Atlantic, in the parallel of 58 deg., and afterwards in 73 deg. He succeeded, but the passage was one of great risk. The result of this expedition everybody knows, and ap preciates. We became acquainted with 'a Sea, of 31 de grees of longitude, bounded on the north by broken land, called the North Georgian Group; and on the South, by Banks Laud to the West, land without a Dame to the East, and North Somerset between the two. The Sea between the land without a name and North Somerset, is called Regent Inlet, while that between North Somerset and Banks Land, is without a name. 3dly, to that of the Fury, of 327 tons, under the command of Captain (lately Lieutenant) Parry, and the idecla, commanded by Captain Lyon, fitted out with the view of reaching Regent Inlet, by some unknown southern commu nication from Fox Channel. A communication was found, through the agency of the Esquimaux, in the Fury and Hecla Strait, but it was ice-clogged. From these premises, what is the state of things f " When you applied in 1818 to this question, the power of your vigor ous mind and penetrating judgment," a reflection was cast upon those who had hitherto laboured in this field of researei, and no doubt was entertained that the problem would be speedily solved. But another expedition, and another, until they number ten, have sailed and returned, and the North west Passage remains equally a problem ; but with this dif ference, that it is no longer of a simple, but of a compound character. The lands that have been brought to light are so many lesser puzzles, as additions to the great puzzle of three walked over CRIMINAL COURT-(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. (Before the Recorder.) Mr. John Gore, the extensive metropolitan contractor for the removal of dust, ashes, &c., surrendered to take his trial for a nuisance. Mr. Ryland and Mr. Locke conducted .the prosecu tion, which was instituted by the corporation of the city of London. Mr. Clarkson and Mr. Ballantine appeared for the I lefendant. _ _ After some discussion between the Court and the learned counsel, it was arranged that the defendant should plead guilty upon the understanding that he should not be called up for judgment if the business waq carried on in future in such a manner as should satisfy the officers of the Boat(' of Trade, and so as to prevent it as far as possible from being any nuisance to the public. Mary Anne Anstey, 39, a respectable looking woman, was indicted for the •manslaughter of a child named Charles Wall. Mr. Gifford prosecuted, and Mr. Rebton was counsel for the prisoner. It appears that the child in question was illegitimate, and it had been placed in the charge of a woman named Tucker to nurse. On the afternoon of the 29th Sep tember, the prisoner went to the lodging of Tucker and made inquiry of her respecting her husband, with whom it appeared she suspected that Tucker was improperly connected. Tucker told the pri soner that she knew nothing of her husband, and the latter, who was in a very great passion, having made use of some bad language, reads a blow at the woman Tucker. She had the child in her arms at the time, and it appeared that the blow missed the woman and the child received it on the side. A surgeon's assistant was called in the next day, and he treated the injury as one of a trifling character, and ordered an embrocation to be rubbed in. On the Mon day following severe inflammation set in, which resulted in erysipelas, and the child died on the 7th October, the erysipelas being the proximate cause of death. It ap peared that the original injury was very slight, and by no means likely to cause death, and there appeared to be some doubt whether the erysipelas had not been the result of the embrocation. centuries. • - The great difficulty iu the way of these various attempts, all know, was ice, but no one, not even the author of the " Chronological History of Arctic Voyages," has inquired 'where was it found, where was it not found, and where, . . therefore, was it for the future to be avoided. That which e e as while e ihi c ei i li a e. e l especially upon eosoe foi cc e E tl d lo w sc ard sho P r a e r s ry w 's hi ra ch in h d a , d w a a n s forcedet t efirt eastern ti aspect,t o s f el t f h S an itro opposite character were free. I have tested this fact in connection with the movements of the various Polar Sea Expeditions which have been set afloat since 1818, and I find that in every instance the difficulties arose from the same cause—the clinging to lands having an eastern aspect. It may be as well to mention thorn, for facts expedition, made attempts for to Edward Parry,. in his second rti c ;o B F u u c i c." y a s n7 I s l u ec m la r l r t s ;ait, his expedition, he lost the Fury and failed ; and, in third ' his way along the eastern land of North while pushing four Somerset. Sir John Ross, in his second expedition, was and ape: alwayset r penetrate the worth ea eastern ter n repeating. e n ti• n entrance r o years advancing four miles along the same eastern land, was at last obliged to abandon his vessel. Captain Lyon and Sir George Back made separately unsucc essful attempts to reach Repulse-bay, which has an eastern aspe ct. How, it may be inquired, is this general diff icult y to be avoided ? By doing, from experience, that which Ba ffin and Ross did from instinct, by taking the road, which is fairly , open to us—the lauds that have a western aspect. T he diffi culty then is clearly ono of our own seeking, and no longer presents an insurmountable barrier to arctic research. In 1818, you particularly c , lled attention to the easterly current setting through Behring Strait, o n the Pacific, and the southerly current setting dow n B a ffi n Bay, on the At lantic, and you, in consequence, i n f erre d that there must bo a northern connecting Sea to th e t wo grea t oceans. It was , in fact, your most powerful, if n et y our o nly, lever to set in motion a Polar Sea Expedition. Y e t th e a bsence of a current in Lancaster Sound, and the F u ry an d Hecht Strait, never seems for a moment to have surprised you. By some unac countable means, you have been most effectually drawn from your original stronghold. It is quite clear that the master mind has not yet been at work on the subject of Polar Sea Expeditions, and while the polar travellers are divided among themselves, and while you are intent upon Regent Inlet, which may, with as much justice be called, Barrow His Hole, as James Bay was called Gibbons His Hole," and as the lower part of the Regent Inlet would most assuredly have been 'called, had Sir John Ross done as Sir John Barrow thinks he ought, Ross His Hole, the master mind is not likely to be brought to light. • . . • And now let cue call your attention. to . the other service which has been at work upon this interesting question. mean the Polar L an d J ourneys , those fru i t f u l. missions, but for which you w o uld ha been deprived of one o r other of your favourit e P o l ar S ea Expeditions. A short survey of the Polar La n d J ourneys will afford a s t an dard of com parison with the P o l ar S ea E xpeditions, an d develope the true position. Th e p u bli cat i on of the trave l s o f Hearne, the fur trader, for whi c h we are i ndebted to a Frenc hman, demon strated that the P o l ar S ea cou l d be reache d ov erland by way of Canada, and th e success which attended th e first Govern ment expedition p rove d t h at the opinion w hi c h had been formed was in ev er y way correct. The distance between the Coppermine River and P o i n t T urnagain, as Sir John Franklin named the point o f hi s retrograde movemen t , was thus made known to us. A secon d expedition adde d th e distance be tween the Mack enz i e an d the coppormine, a nd Its far west ward of the Mack enz i e as F oggy Island, w hi c h far surpassed in extent the prosperous voyage of Sir Edward Parry, iu 1819 and 1820. A third expedition eclipsed all, and left to be sur veyed but a small portion of the North. American boundary of the Polar Sea ; in that portion, small as it is, rests the problem of three centuries. Is not this sufficient encouragement to send afourth ? The fruits of the ten • Polar Sea expeditious will not balance with, those of the last of the three Polar land journeys ; and the Lai rem., of oho g,s,f and the fans} successful of these ;ate resting missions is greater than tnat which remains to be gathered, while in expenditure the three land journeys have certainly not cost more than two, if one, of the ten Polar Sea expeditions. Even the little that has been 'done by the Polar Sea expedition is of doubtful character. Banks Land, North Some rse t, th e N orth Georg i an G rou p o f Islands, and the bound ar i es of Barrow Strait are still problems ; they are the lesser pu zz l es w hi c h I have men ti o n e d. .It is not so with the labou re o f F ran k lin ' , Richardson and Simpson ; the foot ing they mad e is permanent, while Croker Mountains have dissolved, and i s l an d s th reaten t o be continents, and conti nents islands, the natural consequence, of discovery in ships. Had you advocated in favour of the Polar Land Journeys, with a tithe of the zeal that you have the Polar Sea Expedi tions4the North-West Passage would have long since ceased to be a problem, and, instead of a baronetcy, you would deserve a peerage, for the country would have been saved at least two hundred thOusand pounds. But what use have you made of the Polar Land Journeys ? You have invariably made use of them to stir up a Polar Sea Expedition, which, if it ceased not to exist in embryo, as was the case with the expeditions under the command respectively . of Captain Lyon, Captain Beechey, and Sir George Back, it had but a short uninte resting life. If your are really in earnest upon this subject, you have but one course to pursue: search for the truth, and value it when you find it. Another fruitless Polar Sea ex pedition, and fruitless it will assuredly be, if not well di gested, will be a lasting blot in the annals of our vogagos of disc6very.—l have the honour to be, sir, your obedient servant, lttenattoßaKe. 17, Savile-row, Dec. 21, 1844, To Sir John Barrow, Bart., Secretary to the Admiralty, Author of the " Chronological History of Arctic Voyages." Sir,—l revert to my letter of the '2lst of December. The Polar travellers are pretty well agreed as to the Northern boundary of America fi mu Behring Strait to the Great Fish River Estuary. From this spot to Melville Peninsula, and to the north of this hiatus, all is conjecture. Such being the case, I venture an opinion that North Somerset is a part of the main continent of America; and that Victoria Land, Bank Land, and Wollaston Land, arc portions of an extensive island, or an archipelago of islands, which, with the NOrth Georgian Group, occupy a central position in the Polar Sea. The Atlantic outlet of the Polar basin is thus divided. In other words, there are two North West Passages. That be tween the oceanic group and the continent of America, which, at its eastern limit, is called Barrow Strait, has alone been explored, and is still incomplete. A small sea-way remains to be discovered in the direction of the Great Fish River Estuary. It will be found, I believe, washing the western shore of North Somerset. • The Northern Strait, as I have named it for present conve nience, has au oulet, in all probability, in Jones Sound, or hard by. Here we may look for the current which we lose at Behring Strait, and find in Baffin Bay. H ere we may ex pect to discover a country teeming with life and its neces saries—man as well as beast, food as well as fuel. Thus much iu conjecture. Now for;the argument. You implicitly believe North Somerset tobe an island, and the Fury au4_4ecla Strait .to be the Atlantic outlet of the The Jury returned a verdict of "Not guilty." OCTOBEIit QV im I 8 Polar Sea.* Where are the facts? A general assertion is very acceptable to mankind in general, for life is too short for all to be equally attentive to one subject. - Bat seven. out of the ten Polar Sea Expeditions have failed since you entered upon this field of research in 1815, and the Admiralty, the newspa pers inform us, after having solicited the Royal (not the Royal Geographical) Society for their opinion (sad mockery), are now urging Government to send the eleventh; a few facts then will be apropos. They are; howeVer, decidedly against you: Sir Edward Parry, who discovered the Fury and Heels Strait, and it has not been visited since his time, has dis tinctly' stated alit there is no current in the Fury and Heels Strait. Sir John Ross has published an Esquimaux Chart of North Somerset, wherein it is shown to be a peninsula. That you will say rests upon Indian Information ; it 'does; and so did the existence of the Polar Sea, the Fury and Hecla Strait, the Isthmus of Boothia and Melville Peninsular: And who doubtsthe accuracy of theSe Polarfishermen in theseresnects ? On the 'contrary', their geographical kn ow l e d ge i s th e admira tion of the world. Are you then justified in doubting them in this solitary instance? The same woman— women ar e th e geographers' at the Pole—who figured that extraordinary isthmus, the Isthmus of Boothia, figured that laud over which you are attempting to throw a doubt. When I contended this point in 1836, you referred to Sir George Back's decided opinionf of the termivation of the eastern boundary of the Great Fish River Estuary at Cape Hay, in which belief the gallant commander, to do honour to the Earl of Ripon, the chief promoter of the expedition, named au island, lying off the Cape, Ripon Island. Alas! Cape Hay has now lost its importance, and Ripon Island is no more. His lordship has no resting phe; at the pole. Cape Britannia occupies the place of Ripon Island, and you are thus informed by that great traveller Simpson, whose death all deplore, that I was right, - : and that Sir George Back was wrong. Sir John Ross was more careful of his patron, ex-sheriff Sir Felix Booth. He gave him six chances ; 1, Boothia Felix ; 2, Gulf of Boothia ; 3, Isthmus of Boothia ; 4, Boothians; 5, Felix Har bour ; 6, Sheriff's Harbour. There is yet another important point which Simpson decided in my favour, which I mention as serving to put a value upon the conjectures I have ventured. The Great Bay discovered by Simpson in 1839 was supposed by me to exist in 1836,§*and - which induced me to be so sanguine of success as to volunteer to the Secretary of State for the Celonies for the time being, year after year, to conduct an expedition such as Simpson undertook and successfully carried out ; for if several jutting points of land had occupied the space of that bay, not one season, but several seasons, would have been required for its survey. A few words in conclusion regarding the Northern Strait. It is well known that the current setting down Baffin Bay brings drift wood with it, and it is equally well known that no drift wood passes through the Fury and Hecla, Hudson, and Barrow Straits. ' The presumptive evidence is very convinc ing to my mind that -a large portion of the wood which is drifted down the Mackenzie River is carried out to sea and, catching the western termination of the oceanic group I have mentioned, is rolled onwards by the Polar current until it finds its exit, losing in quantity as it travels, in Baffin Bay by Jones Sound. Additionally, the Esquimaux of Hudson :strait and of the Mackenzie River are, in manners and cus toms, alike; If the intermediate tribes altogether different. The Ethnologist will infer,, that had the natives of Hudson Strait found their way from Mackenzie River along the coast of North America, they would have lost, in the years that must have been spout in this migration, and in the intermarriages that must have taken plane, somewhat in manners and customs, and that consequently they had followed another route, and the most likely route is that of the drift wood. I cannot but believe that many, very many, members of the Esquineaux family remain to be discovered, and that they will be found lining the shores of the supposed Northern Strait. Now let me net be misunderstood. Although lam con tending for a Poiar Land journey, I am by no means desirous of putting a stop to the Polar Sea Expedition, which it appears Government has under its consideration. Let them sail and prosper if they can ; I only wish to point out what seems to me, after mature study, to be the right path. lam no econo mist, but if thousands of pounds are to be spent let us have a good investment; and the only safe investment in my opinion is in a Polar Land journey. In a third letter I shall submit a plan for the discovery of the North-West Passage, or rather North-West Passages, by a Polar Land journey. It is a source of deep regret that I am obliged thus publicly to address you, but it is my only hope of obtaining a hear ing, seeing that since 1836 I have incessantly been labour iug in vain for a quiet one. I am the better able to do this now than formerly, because the reflection can no longer be cast upon me " that it is from interested motives, and not from a love of science."—l have the honour to be, sir, your obedient servant, ItICLIARD KING. 17, Savile-row, Jan. 8, 1545. To Sir John Barrow, Bart., Secretary to the Admiralty. Sir,—ln submitting a plan for the exploration of the north ern coast of North America and the islands adjacent, I scareely know where to begin, for if I consider the explorers at once at their starting point in the heart of the country I shall have Sir J. Franklin, as in 1836, calling it " ineagre,"a and if I minutely describe the inward route I shall merit the charge of making a long story. Conciseness in conducting a Polar Journey, and iu reporting it, is so essential to the tra ♦e'ler that I prefer to come under Sir John Franklin's lash ; and, by anticipation,- refer him to his own narrative as a guide book, or to that of Sir Alexander Mackenzie from which he obtained his material. I propose, then, that a party of two officers—one being of the medical profession—a boat carpenter, and 13 men fully equipped for the service, should leave Montreal, in Canada, sufficiently early to reach the Athabasca Lake in July. Here half the baggage should be left, and the boat Carpenter and two men should remain, in order to build a boat 28 feet long, an occupation of three weeks. The explorers should then pro ceed to the head waters of the Fish River to fix upon au eligi ble position to winter, and the inner man as well as the outer man should be taken into consideration. The route to the Fish River from the Athabasca Lake is well known to the Indians and fur traders, and is minutely described in " King's Narra tive of the Expedition in search of SirJ. Ross." The winter esta blishment fixed, 1 officer and 3 men, with an Indian guide, should return to the Athabasca Lake, and, having despatched the boat carpenter with the Indian guide and the two men to the Fish River party, there to build a second boat, proceed in the newly-built boat via the Slave and Mackenzie Rivers to Great Bear Lake, the wintering post of two of the overland journeys. The parties, which, for convenience, it will be as well to call the eastern and western party, having securely honsed themselves, should at once adapt their means to their ends, in getting through the winter and providing for the future, for which purpose I refer them to the guide-books mentioned; but as the authors saw things differently, and met, in con sequence, with feasting or famine, success or failure, the exercise of some judgment will be required in the reference. To collect and hoard provision, and to pave the way to the Polar Sea so as to be on its shores as early as the navigation will p rmit, and to observe all and everything iu the vast field before them, are the main fe.atums of an Arctic winter with a land party. With a sea party, such as the Admiralty have proposed, the time will be spent in acting plays and other merry-audrew tricks that the officers may make a bock out of the sterility around them. The western party will be further occupied in transporting, as the traveller Simpson, their boat to the Goppsrmine River, and the eastern party their boat to the Great Fish River. As soon as these rivers aro open the parties must be in progress, the on. for Cape Britannia, or Ripon Island as it was once called, and the other for Victoria Land ; the one to ascertain the connection of the mainland with that of North Somerset, or with Melville Peninsula, and, if the former, the character of its western shore ; and tho other to trace Victoria Laud westerly with the view of testing its value relatively to the North-West Passage. If I am rightly inf:rmed, the Hudson Bay Company have already despatched Mr. Ray, a surgeon, on an overlaudjourney, for the purpoie of making the survey which I propose for the eastern party. ,This is an interesting fact, if true, 'but it by no means sets aside the necessity for a polar laud journey, for if, cu the arrival of the explorers at the Athabasca, it should be found that Mr. Rae has beea wholly successful, then, instead of one, two beats should be built there, and the parties, instead of separating, should winter together at Great Bear Lake, and, on reaching Victoria Land, turn the prows of their boats east and west, so as to double the power emaloyed in solving the great problem iu that direction.' To enter further into detail is' unnecessary until the service is determined upon, but in order that my ability to supply the minutest detail may not be questioned I take leave to state that I led the mission in search of Sir John Ross not only into but, out of the country. Iu Queen Elizabeth's time the North-West Passage pro blem was considered of sufficient importance to demand the attention of commissioners expressly appointed. If Queen Victoria will follow the steps of Queen Elizabeth I will undertake to prove the practicability of the plan here pro posed, and the impracticability of the plan proposed by the Admiralty. The first report that reached England of the last of the Polar Sea Expeditious led the Admiralty " to augur favourably of its success." I augured differently, and published my anticipations. It was subsequently designated the " 111-starred voyage in the Terror." It has been considered essential to have the cordial co operation of the Hudson's Bay Company in all overland journeys. Ido not know whether the Admiralty have con sulted the Royal Society upon this point, but I am prepared to prove that if the commander of an overland journey, such as I propose, should entirely depend upon the co-operation of the company ho is wholly unfit for the command, It may even be thought satisfactory to find the Hudson's Day Company at last endeavouring to fulfil the engagement they entered into °mauling taai. 6 ter as a Fur Company, that of prose cuting by all possible means the North-West Passage ; but effectually as they have hitherto closed their country to the man of science it cannot last much longer, Geographical science is surely not • all that requires furthering in North America. We have to thank the Admiralty and the Hud sou's Bay Company for a state of ignorance regarding that country, which, in comparison with what hassbeen learned Northern Asia by Russia, places us nationally in a most dis advantageous light.--I have; the honour to be, sir, your faith ful servant, RICHARD KING. 17, Savile-row, Jan. 31,1815. To Sir John Barrow, Bart. HABEET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. Very moderate supplies of English wheat have been re ceived up to our market this week coastwise and by land carriage. The show of samples here to-day was small, and a good clearance was effected at prices rather over those obtained on Monday. The amount of busisess done in foreign wheat was com paratively small ; but we had few sellers of any kind ex cept at a further improvement in value of from is to 2s per quarter. The barley trade was firm, and fine parcels were is per quarter dearer. There was a good sale for malt, the value of which had an upward tendency. Oats moved off steadily at from 6d to is per quarter more money. Beans, peas. and flour changed hands at fully the late advance. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. .4 Barley. 1 Malt. 1,720 3,180 i ( 8110 2,192 Englisn .. Irish .... Foreign .. Oats. I Flout. 431 670 4,320 3.260 3,3303 ks SMITHFIELD. To•day's market was but moderately supplied with beasts in very middling condition. Prime breeds moved off steadily at fail prices; otherwise, the beef trade was heavy, and the quotations had a downward tendency. Although the supply of sheep was rather limited, the sale for that description of stock was in a sluggish state at barely Monday's currency. The inquiry for calves was rather inactive, en former terms. The pork trade was to lerably firm. In prices no change took place. Mitch cows moved off heavily at from 14/. tQ 191. 10s each, including their small calf. Per Sibs to sink the offale. s. d. s. d. Inferior Beasts.... 3 oto 3 4 Second quality.... 3 6 310 Prime large oxen 4 0 4 8 Prime Scots, &c. 410 5 0 Inferior Sheep ...3 2 3 4 Second quality ...3 6 3 8 Prime crse.-wlled.3 10 4 4 a. d. s d. IPrimeSouthdown 4 6 410 Large erse. calves 3 4 4 0 Prime small d 0... 4 2 4 8 Large hogs 3 2 4 4 Small porkers 4 6 5 0 Sucklingcalves ..22 0 29 0 ;Quarter old pigs 21 0 28 0 TOTAL SUPPLT. _ Beasts ....... .......•• • • 1,130 Sheep ................... 3,284 Calves .......... ..•• 300 Pigs .. •• •• •• •• •• •• •• 480 NEWGATE AND The general demand was in Per Sibs by , s. d. s. (1. Beef, inferior 3 0 3 2 Do., middling 1 4 3 Do., prime large .3 10 4 0 Do., do. small 4 2 4 6 Pork, largo 3 4 4 2 FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts. •••• . • • ••••• • .. • 425 Sheeli •• •• •• •• .• •• •• 710 Calves •• ......•• 215 Pig 5............ **** •••••• LEADENHALL. l a sluggish state as follows: — the carcase. 0. d. e. d. Mutton, Inferior 3 2 3 6 Du., miciallug a Q 4 2 Do., prime 4 4 4 8 Veal 3 2 4 4 Fork, small_ 4 4 5 2 BOROUGH HOP. The old duty has been declared at 47,3691. 9s. 10d. There is rather more doing in new hops, as follows :—Mid and East Kent pockets, 16/ 16s to 21/ Os; Weald of Kent ditto, 151 15s to 161 10s ; Sussex ditto, 151 Os to 151 15s per cwt. Yearlings are steady, and quite as dear as last week: The imports are large, viz., 775 bales from Ostend, 194 from Rottei dam, 16 from Dunkirk, 419 from Hamburg, £6 from Antwerp, 8 from Havre, and 40 from New York. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DI Y.) LONDON, Oct. 27. Wind this day at Noon, S.W. ; fine, clear weather. There was a sharp frost this morning. PORTSMOUTM, Oct. 26.—Wind, N.N.W. to S.W. Ar rived—Grotto, from London, for Savannah ; H.M.S. gun boat Pelter, from the Eastward. Sailed—Flora, London. PLYMOUTH, Oct. 26.—Wind, W. Arrived—Eliza Fox, from Corunna ; Bee, Hull, for St. Michael's. FALMOUTM, Oct. 26.—Wind, W. Sailed—lntrinsic, for Liverpool; Amond Leon, Antwerp; Brierley London. RAMSGATE, Oct. 26.—Vi r ind, W.S.W. Arrived—Bar tholy, from Dunkirk, for South:mpton ; Mystere, Got land, for Brest, assisted in with floss of bowsprit ; Moro Castle, London, for Cardiff, with loss of anchor, &c. ; Pompilie ' Newcastle, for Leghorn ; Euphemie, Sunder. land, for Brest; Victoria, Newcas tie, for Constantinople. DOVER, Oat. .26.—Wind, W. Ai rived—Storuay Nymph, from Arbroath. for Melbourne, with loss of jibboom. OFF THE WIGHT, Oct. 24. —Sea Breeze, from Mira michi, for Hull ; Elizabeth .(of Bremen), for Bremen. SOUTHAMPTON, Oct. 26.—Arrived- Sylph, from London, and left for Dublin. HARTLEPOOL, Oct. 26 —Wind,. SW. Sailed—Aspira ad Astra, for Hong Kong ; Captain, Suez. MILFORD, Oct. 25.—Wind, I\r„W. Arrived—Frede rick, from Calcutta, for Liverpool,. with loss of sails, &c. ; Robertson, Havannah ; Georgians., Queb ec . BRISTOL. Oct 26.—Wind, Sailed—Chalco, for Africa ; Allan Gardiner, Pacific; Henry Nesmith, New York. G LO UCESTER, Oct. 26.—Arrived—Ido Ki m b e ll, f rom St. Stephens ; Tay, Quebec. SUNDERLAND, Oct. 26. Wind, N.N.W. Arrived— Oberton, from Quebec. Sailed--Margaret Dundas, for Constantinople. HULL, Oct. 21—Wind, W.N.W. Arrived—Mean well, flout St. Stephen's ; Alvarado, Richibucto; Walter, Donia CLY . DE, Oct. 25.—Arrived—Ca.meo, from C a ll ao ; Che vaQlieurE, Li,rrioitwlactl4;oicit..M2sS.—, 2: vv de i a ia n t c i l : e N r, .T w ri . ni A d r a r tl i . ved_ m a es, from J 3 4 .0. Sapid—Sarah Jane, for Antwerp ; B ee , f or Tral;3e. • * Royal Geographical Society's Journal, vol. 6, T. 35. + Back's Narrative, p. 408. 1: King's Narrative, vol. 2, p. 26, § King's Narrative, vol. 2, p. 77. II A paper in the Journal of the Ethnological Society of London, by Richard King, M.D. a See Annals of Philosophy, for Sir John Franklin's attack and my defence. b•" Whereas out dear entirely beloved cousin, Prince Rupert, &c., &c., have, at theiroWn great cost and charges, undertdren an expedition for Hudson's Bay, in the N.W. parts of America for the discovery of a now passage into the South Sea. * * -And where the said undertakers for their further encouragement iu the said design have humbly besought us to incorporate them, and grant unto them and their successors the whole trade and commerce of all those seas, straits, and bays, rivers, lakes, creeks, and sounds, in whatsoever latitude they shall be, that lie within the entrance of the straits commonly called Hudson's Straits, &c., &c." The Lord Mayor requests that the press will fa vour him by the insertion of the following grateful acknowledgment :—Mr. Cooke, the proprietor of Astley's Royal Amphitheatre, has paid into the hands of the Lord Mayor the sum of 601. 10s. Gd., being the amount of the proceeds of a night's entertainment given at the theatre for the relief of the sick and wounded soldiers in the East. Mr. Harrison, Sig. Borrani, and the Misses Pyne had commenced their engagement at the Broadway Theatre. The two performances of Sonnanz We and the Bohemian Oirl, which had takes place, were most successful, the house on both nights being crowded, and the audience quite enthusiastic. Miss GLTN.—This lady, having retired from the St. James's Theatre, has resumed her " readings," and commenced a series last night at the Polytechnic Inca tution. The play selected was Macbeth, which she read through with great effect, and with a nice discrimiiia• tion of the various characters , st ill kee p in g the distinc tion that ought to exist between the reader and the actress. The large theatre was filled to overflowing, and Miss Gl gyn, havin been warmly Feceived, was loudly applauded at the c e no lusion of the play, 96 594 8i 71 I 8 it 103/ 4i 100/ i 11- 811 1 li i 62A 3 4" 694 81 1 9i 23 1 r' e 0 TT.RT OF :Calif 21102 4 7 - CO.UNCTL.f‘ . . - . • - YeStor;itay a',court, which 4AS- ituntronely atttntided, was'held for the despatch hf publie business .' J - THE .PA.TRIOTIC3 FIMI'D'-:I=Vd.TE OF MO.N'E. Woon. ronvid - the' resolu.tibtrf,'That this cOirt coutribUte the.surn cif two tlionsao .petindi,.to;theFa triotiC- Fund, for tberellef of the. 'Widows land orphans of the soldiers,: sailors, -414.*MaTtillP$_;..engaged, i,in -the present war.'.' MN Wood said) that wheu:tbe time ar rived fornoesidering the vote ne.wat_about:itO firopase, he was quite siire.that members of the eouctilf they ob jected to anythige could only , cavil at; 'to the ittnetint, and certainly not to- the principle 'of thi'motion. 1798 the corporatiOn subscribed in aitf . of the vaitmtary contributions at thp kink of England, 1.0,0001.' In the same year, for the - relief of 'the widowed and children of the men who had. been killed and wounded•at Lord Nel wm's, victory of the Ist of, August. 5901. In 1800 for the widows, wives, and children of the killed and ntinded is the expedition to . Holland, 2001. lo 1801 for the re lief of the wounded, and the widows and orphans of those who were killed in the battle of Copenhagen, 5001. In the same year for the relief of the widows, wives, and children of the killed ,or disabled in the battles fought in Egypt, 5001. In 1805, tosthe Patriotic Fund at Lloyd's, 25,000/. In 1811, f irthe relief of the British prisoners in France, 5251., and for the suff e rers in P or t uga l, 1,000/. Is 1812, in aid of the suffering Russians, 2,0001. (Hear.) In 1814, towards relieving the tresses in Germany, 5251. In 1815, in aid of the funds for the relief and benefit of the families of the men killed, and of the wounded sufferers of the British army in the victory of. Waterloo, 2,0001. In. 1823, in aid of the Greeks, 1,0001.; and in the same year, in aid of the Spaniards, 1,0001. (Cheer .) These were some of the instances, he (Mr. Wood) would not say of the libera lity of the corporation of London, but of the duty which they owed not only to their own suffering countrymen, but also to the discomfited of other nations. In conclu sion, be was satisfied that his motion would net only be seconded, but carried by the unanimous voice of the Court. (Cheers.) Deputy STEVENS seconded the motion. Mr. ANDERTON, while declaring bis sympathy with the objects of the Patriotic Fund, and his intention to subscribe to it, objected to the proposed mode of its ad ministration. He thought Government ought to make such provision for the widows and orphans of soldiers as would make'it unnecessary for them to rely on charitable contributions. Mr. BELL said that the Patriotic Fund of 1803, from which the title of the new body had been taken, was still in existence, with a good staff, and he believed 76,0001. in hand. Under these circumstances, he moved as an amendment—" That the further consideration of this question be adjourned until the next court, for the purpose of considering the best plan to be adopted." Mr. J. DAVIES seconded the motion, being decidedly of opinion that the subscription was undertaken upon an entirely mistaken principle, and conceiving that the re lief of the unfortunate sufferers was a national affair to be originated with the Government, and not left to pri vate charity. Mr. DAiur supported the original motion, The LORD MAYOR put the amendment, and declared it to be lost. On the original motion being put, Mr. H. T. TAILOR moved that 1,000/. be inserted in .he resolution, instead of 2,0001. Mr. Cox seconded the amendment. The amendment was then put, and IoA by a great majority, and the original motion was carried amidst general cheering. BALL IN AID OF THE PATRIOTIC FUND. On the motion of S:r J. DUKE, seconded by Mr. CARR, it was resolved that the use of the Guildhall, after the Lord Mayor's Day, be granted for a ball for the be nefit of the Patriotic Fund. NEW METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. The report of the Markets Improvement Committee (of which Hr. H. L. Taylor is chairman) was brought up and ordered to be printed. It recommended that no alteration should be made in the day for holding the market. The Court then adjourned. THE PAT BIOTIO FUND. MUTING AT TEN MANSION-HOUSE.-A preliminary meeting. was held yesterday, attended by the Governor of tile Bank of England, T. Smith, Esq., M.P., T. Barin g , Esq., M.P., and several oth er gen tl emen , at which a resolution was come to, calling upo n th e Lord: Mayor to convene a public meeting in favour of the object contemplated by the Patriotic Fund. His lord ship has accordingly convened a meeting, to be holden in the Egyptian Hall, Mansion-house, on Thursday next, at one tor two o'clock. THE WAREHOUSEMEN AND CLERKS OF THE CITY.— On Thursday evening a well-attended preliminary meet ing of gentlemen, engaged as clerks and assistants in connection with several wholesole houses, was held at the offices of the Early-Closing Association, the object being the organising a plan for raising subscriptions to the Patriotic Fund. It was decided that a public meeting upon the subject should forthwith be held in the large room at the London Tavern. POPLAR.—Yesterday evening a public meeting was held at the Town-ball, Poplar, Edward Coleman, Esq„ one of the churchwardens in the chair, for the purpose of appointing a local committee in aid of the Patriotic Fond authorised to be collected under the Royal com• mission. The following resolution was agreed to : " That a local committee for this parish be now formed in aid of the Patriotic Fund, authorised to be collected under the Royal commission, for the widowsand orphans of soldiers, sailors, and marines who have been killed, or who may hereafter die amidst the ravages and casual ties of tiv present war." The usual votes of thanks having been accorded to the chairman, the proceedings terminated. NORIVICIL—A meeting was held here on Wednesday for the purpose of forming a local association in aid of the Patriotic Fund ; the mayor (Sir S. Bignold) in the chair. The meeting proc: e led to the actual business of the day—the signing the subscription list. The mayor headed the paper with a donation of 25/., the sheriff subscribed his name for 501., and that of Mr. Gurney, M.P., 1001., and several other gentlemen promised equally liberal sums. linariNGs. A public meeting was convened by Mr. C. Cleft, the mayor of this. borough, in the market-room, on Wednesday evening, at eight o'clock, in pursuance el the commission of her Majesty appointing commissioners in aid of the Patriotic Fund—to select from the trades men and working classes, as agreed , at the preliminary meeting held on Monday last at the Town-hell, those who amongst that body wished to become members of the local sub-committees appointed to raise subscriptions in aid of the fund, and to give them an opportunity of manifesting their interest' for the land. The Mayor presided, and the necessary appointments were made, and a considerable sum was subscribed. At Manchester, yesterday, a preliminary meeting was held, the Mayor in the chair, and arrangements made for a public meeting in support of the fund. -- WINDSOR.— Yesterday (Thursday) a meeting of the committee appointed last week was held at the Town hall, Windsor ; the •Mayor (Mr. J. T. Bedborough) pre siding. The general meeting was called for the purpose of promoting a subscription in aid of the sick and wounded soldiers in the East, but much difference of opinion prevailed. - The Provost of Eton (the Rev. Dr. Hamtrey) earnestly and eloquently advocated a sub scription for sending out experienced turgeons to assist in ministering to the wants of the wounded soldiers. Under these circumstances a committee was formed to decide how the subscriptions already received should be applied. The Mayor now reported that 2341. had been received towards the Royal Patriotic Fund, and 67/. had been subscribed for the special purpose of aiding the sick and wound e d. H e recommended that the whole amount be paid over to the treasurers of the Patriotic Fund. Agreed to, EIRMINGUAII.—A public meeting of the clergy i bankers, merchants, and other inhabitants Of Birmingham, con vened by the Mayor,. by the authority of the Royal Com missioners, was held: in the large committee-room of the Town-ball yesterday, to promote the establishment of a local committee in aid of the Patriotic - Fund. . Lord Calthorpe said that the resolution he was about to pro pose diti not req'uire any .cleeeate, or he should deeply regret being called upon to move ,it. Nraa.att follows : " That' this meeting cordially approves of the proposals which have been made for - extending, by means of a patriotie fund; under the management of the Royal Com missioners, succour and relief to the'widovis and orphans of soldiers, sailors, and marines engaged in the war."— The Rev. J. C. Miller seconded the resolution. The re solution was passed unanimously. Thanks being voted to the Mayor, the meeting separated. POOLL—The inhabitants of this hornug,h met on Tues day, under the presidency of the mayor, and passed a series of resolutions in aid of the Patriotic Fund. Liberal subscriptions were made. GLASGOW.—We understand that the Lord Provost has received a cheque for 501. from Mr. Boyd Alexander, of Southbar, fort the' Patriotic Fund fore the benefit of the widows and familiei of our soldiers and sailers. The Lord Provost has not yet had a' public meeting regard ing. this object, but we believe that his lordship intends calling one on an early day to appoint, committees to obtain subscriptions for the fund.-7G/cts;;010: Mita. • DUBLIN.--W e understand the,Lord Mayor is actively engaged, in concert with some of our principal fellow citizens, in organising measures for enabling Ireland patriotic co-operate fully and generously in forming fund for the relief of the widows and children of so ldier and sailors w h o ma y f a ll i n the course of the gallan t struggle for the liberties of the world in ' w hich our coun try is now involved. - - SOUTHWARK LITERARY INSTITIITION.—On Wednesday 'vening Professor Allen (au American citizen) delivered a thrilling lecture at the above Institution ; the subject of which was, " Great men a nation's vitality." Pro fessor Allen—to the shame of our Transatlantic brethren, be it spoken !—has been compelled to flee his country, on account of the colour of his skin. A contract has been granted to Messrs. James Baines and Co., of Liverpool, for the conveyance of the entire Government emigration from England to Van Diemen's Land. At Liverpool there are now loading 35 ships, 31,667 tons, for iiustr alia, and of these 19,000 tons are f for Victoria alone. Osly two vessels have sailed for Australia, and both for Sydney, sincaertehecoln9ethluidnesdt_. O sa o l O es bales Chi na and 1,000 qn S an a t ic ity S p A r L in ES te .— d w Th as e a p b u ou b t lic 6, the business ha s resu l te d during s h a a l l e e s s p ß r e o i g ig r a es l . se (I A ; s hu n t s u a a g l, o t o h a e b r were no biddi ngs as the s al)larlee: China ha ve b een so ld the week ; probably csoalitfier 2 tilh s i a o n ; pious d o i ngs. M essrs. at Durantp r prices s a nd fully Co. state old silk th a t h a d been bought portion g ht twel twelve eor the eighteen Chinas l a i r months since, at rates very different even from those now current. Of Bengal silk, about 200 bales were taken at previous prices ; this silk has, at present, re ceived no impetus from themovement in China RAILWAY -.IIFELLIGENCE. BELGIAN EASTERN JuNcrioN RAILWAY. liaff-iearTy orth - eßelgiiiit Eastern Jnno tion Railway g.9! . .4p.aiy was held yesterday, at which a f iaa avt;u;n ta le k9 rz a lt ,it w 3 as st,ll i: s e t li u, a e tid i_ a_do , piei. The following Theilirooroesftaik joi)py,fptariOtyt the traffic on'the first section o f t h e line, viz., between Manage and Nivelles, has . ' been -Urariaiiisfalidtk, notwithstand ing the disadvantage incident:so-its-having been hitherto almost litnitedf.tb .pasa_enaztraffiv;a i gitostptithstanding also. tie- immaturity ofr-the arrar4go4ol44 firAr, jpi*t traffic:4)f th& , adjadeint•liceswe- r , ' Daring the two!*,loa‘that the'llne:has been opened, the receipfg'haVe - notiquly. , ,bee z ti-adequati to defray the whole of the 'cost (if 6 rkii?it,`-,!iltquittii , ( left a—surplus towards' the general,Xxie~t{as ing the direct;Vut;har tUrtlr ArUssels, Lou. Luxepb9urg,,Zl94 there seems to. bo_no rown„. 1:0,,‘ ouot that the tr/a3 a?peapsrtric.(cAlidetrt eaat:garmagrei :f r : c t u h i e: n t e a r t a e ti i o in n e t 7 th d e - y e i a e p ld ita to i th in ! • he total' effective capital will now st and at 328,7501., viz. 4 per cent. Debentures ................. £lBO,OOO 42,500 Shares, Si. 10s. paid ..... : ... 148,750 •': £328,750 The expenditure of which may, by approximate cal culation, be classified as follows : Cost of works and rolling , L 242,000 Interest during' cons t r uction lB,OOO 4 5 , 000 Discount on loan . . Cost , of concession, engineering. ex pense, adminietratio,n, general ex penses end, protit'and lo4sel-111 23,750 428,750 IidSILL n~ioi ‘in , _f writ Gnitlitr , Noittriltßk RaiLWA.T.Teitthe return for the week ending Oct. 15, 1854 .i.0.,e22,185 3 Corresponding week last L year... 19,20 16 a SCOTTISH CENTRAL AND )IIITIAN.P.AILWAY.—TraffiG D return for the week' itirtint - 0at.'122, 18Dt. - 4. £2,632 18 9 Corresponding weekilastyear 4 WATERFORD AND . KILKENICT RAlLWAT:—Traftic return for the week:ending Oct. 21 (31 miles) ~.1:246 18 x 9 Corresponding week last year (29 Intlesk.e ..... .. 1 8 7 0 5 STEAM COMMIINICATION WITH SOUTH AA Already beneficial effects of, the: Mail contract en tered inn> by Government with the South American and General StvainiNavigatioa,Campany , are being felt, for boats of a first class have been put upon the station, with passenger accommodation unstypassed by that of any vessels' afloat, either in pairit of elegance or comfort. The ehterprise of the company is developing branch lines of steamers in various directions, aid by that means ex tendirigi and opening out - our commercial relations with the rich and extensive, "but hithertc - nin many instances, unapproachable territories of SOuth Anierica. The vast trade that is capable of being carried on with the dis tricts on the shores of the. mighty Amazon will receive a great impetus from the establishment of steam navigation on that magnificent river. Then company's new screw steamer Itnperador ' Captain Brown, which will take out the Brazil mails of the '9.4th instant, is one of the impOyed class . , of vessels. to which we have just al luded: She , the fi.ificinigg Aimensions :--elength, 265 feet iseatin: feei, depl, ,2.A . feet ; measurement, 1,800 tons. She has direct acting engines of nominally 200-horse power, and has already attained a speed of 11 miles an hour. Besides carrying an immense cargo the Imperador will accommodate 160 first class pas sengers, and has also spacious and comfortable cabins forward for second and third class passengers. Her dining saloon 'is placed in the forward part of the poop, the whole width of which it occupies. It is furnished in the most luxurious style, and the decorations are elegant and chaste. The panels are formed of decorated glass bearing rich designs in fruit and flowers, emblazoned and surrounded with tracery. There are ale') beauti fully painted views, representing Lisbon, Madeira, Rio Janeiro, &e., executed in the first style a art. From the dining saloon a corridor leads aft to the music saloon and lounging boudoir, state rooms being placed on each side of the passage way. Robinson's patent panels form the walls of the state room', which, besides securing the best means of ventilation, afford scope for very tasteful decorations. Two staircases, one at each end of the poop, lead to a spa cious, first class dormitory below, ventilated in an im proved manner, and with • several ranges of state rooms. The ladies' cabin adjoins the dining saloon ; and the bath room, washing rooms, clo'ets, and other conveniencies are attached to the cabins, and placed in various other suitable positions in the ships. Next month, the Imperatriz, a sister ship, will be despatched, and, no doubt, if the company meet with the support which they deserve, they will speedily add other large ocean beats to their fleet. Their new paddle-boat, the Pampero, intended for the branch service betwt:en Rio and the River Plate, at present performed by the La Plata, will be sent off the stocks, from Mr. Laird's yard at Birkenhead, to-day or to-morrow. Every preparation was made for launching her on Saturday ; she v . aA elni,tened by Madame Con iette, wife of M. Coulette, of Paris (of the Compagnie des Messageries Itimp4riale,.), and started on her " pas sage" to her proper element : but just before reaching the wafer she gradually stele:a, through the ground having given way at a place under her landing blocks ; but she sat as firmly in lwr cradle as if the daggers had not been struck down, And did not sustain the slightest injury. The Pampero is 200 h'.-t long, '25 feet beam, and 16 feet depth of hold, and will accommodate 60 first-class passengers in an elegant salemi aft, besides a lar g e num ber of second-Class passengers in a commodious cabin for ward. Her engines have l,e.m made by Messrs. Humph reys, Tennant, and Dyke, of Wnel wich, and, besides, being a very handsome, she will lie a very fast boat. The com pany have sold their two smaller vessels, the Braziliera and Lusitania, to the Comps , me des Messageries Lope riales of France, for whom. Air. Laird is also building another fine vessel of 1,300 tons and 250-horse power, to be called the Jordan. The Braziliera is now in port, and the Lusitauia will be handed over to her purchasers on arrival ; here in a few days. Mr. Laird will launch from his yard, at the Dingle, to-day, a fine modelled boat, called the 'rapojoz, the property,of the River Arra zon Steam Navigation Comp Any. The Tapajoz is 210 feet long, 27 fact beam, and 780 tons measurement. She is to have engineA of 200-hotAe poweri, by Messrs. Faw cett, Preston, and Co. ; her wheels' are to be atted with featharing.fleats, and as she will, . when loaded, have a draught of only seven feet,,sliejs expected to steam very last. :She will have accommodation for a large number of passengers in cabins on' the American plan of deck houses, efficient ventilation being secured by side win dows. ' The Tapajoz will be one of the pioneers of steam navigation on the Amazon, and she will, no doubt, bear a conspicuous part in extending our intercourse with those scarcely known regions of wealth on the bank of that magnificent river, and in furthering the progress of civilisatiun into those pasts of the world.—Liverpool . RUSSIAN TELEGRAPH.--KONINGSBEIM, ' OCT. 21. The telegraphic line from this town to the Russian frontieiis at length completed, the wire being now sunk to the bottom of the Pregel. - It is clear that no despatch has been. sent' by this line- as yet; consequently, the official telegraphic despatches that have.of late reached Berlin from St. Petersbutg.intist have been sent by another line. , , .. : - • -. " L''' , ~, THE PRINCE -OP PRUSSIA has' accepted the command of the Federal fortreke of -Mayencei frOm the authorities of the Germanic Bu,nd, Duzifif, Thureday.--PetatdCh ire 4w - the only article of-food of native growth that call be considered moderate in prices. , nit; article is now in abundant supply in the Dublin inackets at from tid. to 7d. per stow), and the quality generally is excellent. . In several of the provin cial..markets :the price is still ,more moderate, whilst breadstuffe are:rapidly advancing, .. • SUDDEN DEATH , OF A CT.RROTMAN;--A. very melan choly circumstance occurred-0;i Stiiidav,;at Desertsergee Church, near 'Bandon:. ' The curate; the Rev. J. W. Bald Win, while engaged in the sole nn services of the day, was seized with indispnsition:''' Be WWI conveyedconveyedto the vestry-rocini,"and lit theren' fes hours he died. He 414 just a§ceuded the pelpif3 andj4a • for, about three rninute,e,,wlien au-iattack o f apoplexy came oa, and he was iromediatelysemoved to the vestry. Every means 'that medical skill and' experienchealfcaaladt suggest were resorted to!,l3ut withon a va l a w ; men speaking p six that evening be broth4il:bis;. 11 ' l .: l ii n d death !" Cork 1 7 1 };( ? ' words of strongly David does this awful event iiripre:*s 0 . 1 - ;,, k g : e' A.' - c r ... ,---.. -Ei-,,:an'rpt'rtyr tiliiLSpoeurtilniitEteatisttehrne —Cfbn:a°enni:ltidil:sl.7B:9nDeCfo4l:ll::::•ibl'!al:ilantag' arr..fastoe:ii:thr':vl:er:r•g',:,:tl,-'4,;:n:ltdll.3ry' sufferers in the . ...,. .. ~ ,• it the bandofthe Imperial Regi. of the Guides is Railway last ,ere`ning: : A 0 so ldy bir a purpose of aiding the Ei th:ge 'of the Baron de : 11,.otperor, end English-gas), by tyliyiog w. at_ 1 concert at the consists of 56 Verdieie., caPtaie 'oo the -I.:mpetor's- staff, and the Baron the private band,..PL,Ji i i,i CtIll'ey:11:::.114:6,40:70c,;, i,th_e Vjdil, one of,the officers of .the 3.legiment of Guides. Quarters basis been prepared for - the members of the band. at the ,St. George's Barracks, T ra f i g q SUDDEN DEATH OF A LICEXSRD , V a - ar.. ware, SUDDEN V ALLER.—Yea terday morning, Mr...Sainucl ifierons, who was for many years the proprietor of the Cross Keys, Theobald's road, and for the last te.o pliant and Castle, King's. years proprietor of the Els- Workhouse, set out, about•i•oatl, opposite the St. Pancras ten o'clock, with his friend Mr. Mosely, proprietor street, Camden Town ft of the Fortune of War, Pratt lay's pleasure at Gravesend., They started io a cab l io . r ' the railway station, to pro ceed to their destination, when on therosatda3i j o r n, i z eron s suddenly c omp l a i ned of indisposition, and, upon arrivin C at the Eagle Tavern, Cilinden-road station, he becan to so bad that Mr. Mosely, alter giving him a Alight quantity of brandy and water, deemed it advisable Ito, return to his friend's house. Upon arriving at home , a medical man was immediately in attendance, but ISS' r. ilierons died in less than twenty minutes. Thc, lie ceased was in his 60th year, and much respected le e all who knew him. COURT OP BANKRUPTCY, NEWCASTLE-UPON-T 3 la.'" —Mr. Wakley, one of the two official assignees of this court, has been obliged to resign his office in conse plaice of ill-health, On his retirement a memorial w ss allow pre rented to him, signed by the president an d oP Acergl the Newcastle upon-Tyne and Gateshead Law, s o met o y, _. and by 56 solicitors practising- iu these towns. . The na e. _ - naoriaiists state that they could "n o t f g x . Wak ley to retire from an o ffice be had so long r • a nd so ably , \ b• h sense of , v mia l .:_. filled without expressiug their W ig Sl - 1 rec 4 - 'g t)-- ' i and private character." Mr. . , eY. . 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