The Sun. — London, England, 1854-11-04 00:00:00

MONEY MARK ET AND 00 m MET 0 TAL 112:7 3LLIGENCE. CITY, TV 0 o'CLOCK. 'The sales of •otton at Liverpool yesterday 'were estimated at 7,000 bales, including 1,500 taken for export. The market was quiet and prices steady. Railway shares were very firm. The number of ships arrived yesterday in the Thames from abroad was 2U, and from Ireland 1, besides two colliers. The weekly return of the Bank of England, made up to the 28th ult., has rather disappointed some who were predicting a much larger increase in the precious metals, but there is good reason to be satisfied, as a considerable amount of gold yet re mains to be paid in. The Government account is by no means as high as could be wished at this period, and with such heavy liabilities impending. The discounts and loans were slightly reduced. Compared with the previous week, the changes were as follows -: Active circulation... Increase Bullion Increase Rest £20,935,885 64,365 13,581,426 175,448 3,132,547' Increase Public Deposits Incroase Other Deposits Decrease Seven-Day and other Bills Increase Government Securities Decrease Other Securities Decrease Notes unemployed Increase 6,713 1,905,513 12,026 11,441,511 261,356 1,130,644 15,638 10,960,762 152,511 14,556,912 185,551 6,086,425 139,820 The gold by the recent Australian arrivals is re ported by Messrs." Haggard and Pixley not yet to have been sent into the Bank of England. The specie per Atrato from Mexico, &c., is to be deli vered to the consignees to-morrow. The 294,0001. rec.2ived from Madras and Calcutta per steamer Ca nala, is gold in bars, and nearly all consigned to th. , Honourable East India Company. The foreign exchanges were firm yesterday after- nom:. sh e amount of gold shipped direct from London during the we 4i to last Thursday was 3,882 ounces, and of silver 270,600 ounces, all to the Continent. It is feared that the sailing ship Swarthmore, which has been on her voyage home from Mel bourne since June 17, has met. with some disaster. Her gold freight is 252,0001., and insurances up to 40 per cent. have been done on her at Lloyd's. The Will Watch, which left Melbourne on the 20th June, has also arrived, but it is not yet known whether she brings gold. Accounts of the 2d inst. from Vienna state that the whole town of Sebastopol was in ruins on the 25th ultimo, and that the combined fleet had forced the port, and found the harbour floating with human bodies. Since the bombardment com menced the women and children had been prohi bited from fetching water outside the town, and great distress in consequence existed. Admiral Korniloff was killed in the cemetery which he had fortified, and which the English carried by assault. Prince Menschikoff having threatened to burn Sebastopol in case of its fall, General Canrobert, it is stated, had declared that in such case, according to custom, no quarter would be given to the besieged. The port of Eupatoria, which the Allios evacuated one day in presence of a large force of Cossacks was occupied by the former on the following day, with out any conflict. The Funds are rather dull this morning, but the quotations are supported. The business doing is almost entirely for present transfer. Consols have been 941 I for transfer, and 941 for account. The New 3 per Cents. have been 93g to and the 3 per Cents. 93k to Exchequer Bills have been firm at Gs. to 9s. premium. In Foreign Stocks the dealings have been limited, and there is a want of buoyancy. The Turkish Scrip has been at 1 to 1i premium, being steady. Surprise is still expressed that no " Fir man" has yet appeared. Peruvian 4i per Cents. have been dull at 70. A species of cajolery is still sought to be exercised by parties in pay of the re public, as well as by holders of the domestic debt, to get the bona fide foreign creditors to sanction the quotation of the former securities, but we opine that no such suicidal policy will be adopted. Spanish Deferred are 18i, and the Passive 4 I. The following are the nominal prices of foreign stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 5i to 6; Mexi can, 22a to 23 ; Peruvian, 70 to 72 ; ditto, 3 per Cents., 50 to 52 ; Portuguese 4 per Cents., 40 to 42 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 95 to 97 ; ditto, 4i per. Cents., 84 to 86 ; Spanish New Deferred, 18k to 18i ; ditto, 3 per Cents., 37i to 38 ; ditto, Certificates, 51. to 51; ditto, Passive, 41 to 4i. R iilway shares are generally supported, but with less doing. The French lines are dull, but Luxem burg are rather higher. _ _ S;ntino Mine has improved, London Chartered Bank of Australia and the English and Scottish are higher. Crystal Palace without change. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.-CLOSING PRICES. ( Prows the Oticial List. Be .thess done. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced AtinuWe~, 3 per Cent Consols Annuities, New 3 per Cent. Annuities Consols for Account 14th Nov. exchequer Bills, lid. =lOOO. 1500., 6 9 p Rmall . ....... 6 9 p PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. Peruvian Bonds, 4i per Cent. 7O Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent............ •..... 89 Spanish Roads, 3 per Cent 37i Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent Ditto Passive (Converted) Spanish Committee Cort. of Coup: not fun 54 rarkish Scrip 6 per cent Dividends on the above payable 1711.0, ; THREE 0 CLOCK. Consols Ditto November Aeor).ist THE NEWCASTLE FIRES. GATISHEAD, Nov. I.—The inquest held here befere Mr. J. M. Favell, coroner, closed this day. _ _ The jury, after being absent nearly two hours, brought in the following verdict :—",We are of opinion that the death of Thomas Scott and others was occasioned t.y the accidental explosion of a quantity of nitrate of soda and sulphur contained in a warehouse in Hillgate, commonly known as Ber:ram's warehouse. The immediate cause of the explosion was a fire (the origin of which, owing to conflicting evidence, we have not been able to discover, although there would appear to hrve been a want of caution displayed), which broke out in the adjoining worsted mill belonging to Messrs, Wilson, and commu nicated to the adjoining warehouse alluded to, but in what way the substances, nitrate of soda and sulphur, which in our opinion caused the explosion acted or re acted, chemically or mechanically, we are unable to state. At the same time, we think it our duty earnestly to re commend the proper authorities to prevent by every means in their power such substances as sulphur and an y nitrates, which, under certain conditions, we consi der to be of the most dangerous and destructive charac ter, from being stored or deposited near ea ch other. We are fully satisfied that there is a complete want of evi dence of the presence of gunpowder in the warehouse where the explosion took place." The Coroner, at the conclusion, said that he had pre viously omitted to mention Captain Du C ane ' s name in -eference to the assistance derived from him in the investigation. The gallant captain had been brought down at the instance of the corporation, but, so far from being any impediment, he had been o f th e greatest t , erTice to him (the coroner), and the jury, he was satis fied., must feel grateful in the same degree to Captain Du Cane. Tile jury having expressed their hearty concurrence in the feelings of the coroner, Captain Du C ine thanked them for the acknowledg. anent of his services, and complimented the jury on the ability and patience which they had displayed in their , invtstigation. IDTSCOVRRY OF COAL AND IRON IVIINES.—LISBON, Oet. 29.—An English gentleman of the name of Croft, who has been long resident in this country, whilst en gaged in looking out for a suitable tract of land to be planted with the Purgueira tree, from the nut of which oil is extracted, has accidentally discovered a large coal field of several square miles, as %YEN as another of equal extent richly impregnated with iron, between Batalha and Leiria, at a distance of about 70 miles from this city, and has already secured from the Government the exclu sive right of .xplorini, of the beat gn:~l;t * • both. Bath the coal and iron are ~,r;r abondant, and come up cloae to the sur'•ac r ; ofl 11,1,i,y situ united , t , C," a a4IIIIL, La Uti 25 a lawf u l prize, and she i s ordered to be sold forthwith 50 for the benefit of her captors. Rl2s 20 St. St. St. 10 St. 25 20 2G 50 20 17i 20 20 20 20 100 20 20 ' 20 33!, 50 50 100 100 q ~, •:: r ; r ,t)t .00 THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EV gNING, NOVEMBER 4, 1854. SHARE MARKETS. (THIS DAY.) BRITISH RAILWAYS. !Closing Prices this day. guineas done this day. RAILWAU. too kterdeen ..... ' inbg• Nottng. Bost and Eastn. Bel fast & Ballymena.. Wolvorh. & Stour Valley •. llirkeuhd. Lancsh. rSti Cheshire Juliet _ . 1 Do. °bosh. & £5O and £25 Cons. Do., Myth &Tyne origina' £25 (issd. at £45 3risto , and Exeter... Carraarthot and Car all 100 41: 00 digan +.l,ester & Holyhead Cork and Bandon ork, Black, & Pass. Cornwall Crieff Junction Dublin &Bel fas tJunc Dundee Perth &Abei• deen Junction Do. New ...... ....., East Anglian.... Eastern Counties Eastern Union, A Stock ..... D , 5., B. Stook Do., New A East Lemeashire 'Edinburg)) & Glasgow 'li7.dinb. and Peebles... Edin. Prth & Dundec L ortli & Clyde June, Glasgow & S. Weston Great Northern (Do., A. Stock Do. B. Stock Ut. Stli.&West.(lre `Great Western Do. Stour Val. Rai Gua. Stk Irish South-Eastern. Lancaster & Carlisle Do., Thirds Do. New Thirds__ Lancash.audYork: l l Do., Fifths Wst. Riding 'Tn Liv.Crshy.liSoutlipt Loudon & Blackwal Land. Bright & S.Csi !Loud. and N. West, Do. Fifths 0/. 5h.,M&8... , Do. Eighths., London and S. Westn Do., £5O Do., 440 Lndu &Ty& Coleraine !,ndudrry. & Enni sic. thinch.Shef.& Line Li) )0., Mau. & Lin. Un. Midland Eirtnn g & D er1); Midld. G. West. (lra.) Do. Half Shares Vewcastle& Carlisle ti ovvmkt. Bury Ext,en Nwpt.Aborg. &Hrfd , iewry & Enniskillen Newry Warrenpoint and Rostrevor , Nlorfolk s;orthn.Connties Un. 'slorth British.,, North Devon, No. 1. !)0., No. '2 6 A Deferred 1)o., A B Guarwitee V. Eastern—Berwick Do. do. Extension ),..do. G.N.E. Parch Do. La de Do. York north London . Do. New £lO V.&`i.Wstrl.,llt.iU , 3tead, and. Oity , ;ortl, stsifurdsliir .. Westo rn . N . S. Westin. Junc inc k ley dasi Leicester ')xford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton .'ortamouth 'sottish Central 'Scottish Siidland Herefd -4!lrlpshiro Union • .0. A, B, C,& D,ful!_ paid up at per iriath Devon loath Eastern .iouth %Vales . Yrksh. dt Riv. Dut :taines, Wok. SzWol: tocktou & Dar itocktou (St Itlartlq),' Taff Vale )o. £lO shares Do, Pref., No. 1 Charnes Haven Dock and Railway Vale of Neath Wa.tertl. & Kilkenny Waterfor,i&Limericl. West Cornwall..... . West End of London and Crystal Palace.. West London. Arimbledn & Croydou FOR: A ntwerp&Rotterdam Belgian Eastn. June Boziers to Graissessac Bombay, Baroda, and Central I n dia, Se rip Central of Italy Demerara Dijon and Besancon Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France Do. New East Indian li l/ —6 l a 4 I d id—lip - P 3 -21 ti 33} -33 i 3 iP id d Do. Extension Do. 4 p. c. Bds., pay '57, convertible Do. do. do., '59, do Gd. .Innet. of France Gd. Tk of CanadaA. is. Do. do Do. St. Lawrence & Atlantic do. Do. Cert. of Deben , con. into Stk. till '63 Do. Comp. 6 p. c., do. Gt. Central of Franco (4. Indian Peninsula Do. New 5 per cent. Gt. Western of Cana d,-, .d ll 74 63 8 6d -- 7d I $P 4 - iP par.-- ip Shares ... Do. Bds., payable's7, with option till '55 Do. do., '62, p. '56 Do. do., '76, p. '6O Do. do., '73, without option & Toronto Do. 6 per cent. Lake Coust. & Basle [nee& & Pistoja 5 p.e 18i - 19 1 - 3 1,1 par id P 2 -- 4p prof Great Lnxemhoury Constituted Shares 1)0. Obligations Lyons and Geneva Lyons & Mediterran Madras Do. New Maria Antonia Do. do. New Melbourne Dk. & Ry Namur dz Liege (witll - 41 - 51 2} - 3i 1 - lip id—ip 7i - 7i iii - 35 interest) Do. (ox interest) Northern of France D 0.201. Shs.late Char leroi and Erquelines guff. 3 p. c. & red. at 22y. dur. 88 yrs. front 1 Jan. 1854 Do. 201. 3 p. c Ws (fmy.B.& Ams.F.hs. NorwegianTrunkPref Paris and Lyons Ditto Bonds Paris and Orleans Paris and. Rouen ParieCaen & Cherbrg Rouen and Havre Royal Danish Royal Swedish !Sambre and Meuse._ Do. 54 p. cent. Pref. Southern of Frauce St. Andrew's and Quebec (A) West Flanders Do 5i per c. Western of France ' West. of Switzerland Wiesbaden ...... . Z ea l a nd Ili -- 13 9 - 10 21/ -22 p 47 49 38 40 pm 221 221 par 1p 2 —ld4 7i ... - pm 3i - 4 -61 P, JOINT-STOCE BANKS. 80 - S 3 Aitstrai ............ British Colonial Bank and Loan Company, 3riti.di N. American Chart& Bank of Asia Chrtd. Bnk. of India, i el --, par 1 id Australia, & China Oolonial io = 32 .Commercial of Lond 7nglish Scottish and Australian 2 li d Lond. Chart. Bk. el Australia London and County London Joint Stock , Lond. & Westminster National Provincia: of England Do. New National of Ireland , Now South Wales , Oriental Bank of Corporation. Provincial of Ireland Do. Nov: 25 -26 • ..: j.,Tniou of Australia—A Do. New Union of London.. ,„ 21 - 22 41- 4i - 11j 1111 17 IS - 95 - 97 61i - 62 13. - 14 111 - 12 . -- • 4 - 2. -7, 15 - 16 11i - 12 32 - 34 22 - 24 61 - 71 55 - 57 20 - 21 ... - • . 90 - 91 76 - 78 125 - 126 90 - 92 71 71i 69 - '7l 78 82 100 8 10 73i 74 5i -- 8 8i 105 —lO7 , 'O2 102 i I id — iP 4_41 - C dj-7 811 FA ; 10 9 11 9 al iii 7 ii 70 70 : 40 - 42 id i d 9 8 i 2t 2i 49 - 51 3)1 8i 34 ... 35 6 10 764 —77 a 6 5i 14 146 53} 54 55 1 ld T 44 - 4 7 d 32 - 34 44 - 96 60 - 62 7i Si 45 47 13 14 62i - (3 31 -32 i i- i d - 37 ••• '''''' • • • ''''' S - !8 19 4+ - 22 - 6 - 7 6 ... - ... - 7 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Leasing Compans. , losins Prices this day. RAILWAY/. Bedford and Bletchley Buckghamsh. Clydesdale Je. E. Lincoln gr. 6 per cent. Glas. Barr. Neils. Direct Do. New...... ...! Glstr.& Dn. Fr Tirtlpl. Dk. Railway__ I Hull & Selby Do. 4 Shares. Do. r Shares. Lon.&Greenw I )o. Preferen Lan , Til., & S. Lowestoft gr . 4 per cent. 'Do. 6 per ct. 'Ranch. Bxtu and Matlock Middlesbro' Redcar Northern • Easternsp.e. Do. 6 per et. Do. Fixeds p Prest. & WYrc Do. shares. Roystn.Sz Hit. Slief.lloth a. (. Gooleg.s p.c. 'S. Statiordsh. Wear Valleygr 6 per cent_ Do Wiltslzomrst 95 - 100 99 - 101 136 - 138 ... - • 102 - 104 51 - 52 25 -25 i 13 - 136 23 - 24 11i -11 i 2a 2if 4 = 95 5$ - 60 iii = lie ii = lid 30 - 31 93 - 95 London/ N. West L.&N.W. Caledon., It.Nrthn.l 'aldonian.' (;t. Westn )(k. New. Borw. V. &N Do Do IS. Eastern Pet. & Co. Norfolk L.&N.l7tr. & Midid. Stekton Darlingt. IE. Count Do Do L. &N.W. SILu&Ylc D 0... ;t Northn Lancash Yorksh. M. MClean itockt. & Darlingt UtWestn. PREFERENCE SHARES. 100 - 105 192 -96 9e tlB f - 1i: - 1 13 -13 i 22 - 24 65 --: 70 - 15 -117 108 - 110 100 - 101 6 - Elk 98 - 100 90 - 92 93 - 95 10i - 11 16 -17 i 10 10 72 - 74 183 - 19} 91 -9i 14 - id 138 139 ... ••• "" •• 2i- 8 pl 11 - 11 i - ip 138 140 1 id 67 - 90 104 - 106 92 - 94 3i - 3i .. ••• 1 -- id 112 - 114 12 14 id par 231 99 101 17 —l9 ••• ••• 2 1d Aberdeen )o. No. 2, 7 p. c IlythandTynelOpeJ c. pref. (issd. at 50l iris. t!‘ Ex. 4 p. c. Si Do. 4 p. c. Shares . Jaledonian £lO lbester & Holylies, Guar. 5i per cent. )o. do, Pref. No. 2. Do. do. Pref: No. 2 Jork &Bandons3p. , Dundee Perth AEA her deep Jur. tioa AlastAngli. n (S 3 10s) 6 per cent Do, (X 5) 7 per cent (.e7 17s) 7 p. c. Pastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No. 1 Do. No. 2 . Do. New 6 r. c. o,astern Union, Scrij Guar. 6 per cent... Do. 51., 10 per cent. )o. 101. Debentr.Sb Do. do. 4 percent... -]ast La.ncash. 6 p. cts. ri;ast and West York shire June. Fifths Edinb Prth.&Dundo 4 per ceut. Glasgow & S. Western Guar. 5 per cent 3reat Northn. 5 p. c Do. 5 p. c. Redeem. , at 10 p. c. prem. Do. 4 p. Gt.N. of Scot. lat Pre ;R. Southn. & Westni. (Ireland) Eighths) Do. 4 per c. Pref. St h. Westu. (Barks & Hants Ex. 5 p. c) Do. con. red. 4:1 p.c Do. con, red. 4 p. C irred. 4p.c. Do. Birm Pref Rh Do. Chester S p. d*. 6 p. c. de t)o. Bina. Gua. Stk De. Ches. Gua. Stk 1 Os. Flo de De. de. di.. ...... Lan. & York. F..£20 . Do, 6 p. c. Stock London and Brighto Guaranteed 5 p. c )o. Pref., 5 p. c. St ►o, New Guar.6 p. c Lon.&N. W., Coy. & Nuneaton 5 13. et... London & S..Westeri Con. Thirds .ondonderry& Coler Shares Londy. & Ennis. Sli, Aan., Shef., & Lin. t Shares, No. 1. ... Do. Now, £lO .... Do. £6 Nfarypt Carl. 4 p C Do. 4i per cent Consol.6 p.c.St. Do. Consol. Bristol & Birm. 6 per cent Do. Pref. 4i per con, Norfolk. Debenture Do. Pref. 4 p. c. Stock Do. 5 13. c. Est Do. 5i per et. pref Do. Way. Val. 5 p. c North British N. E. Berw, 4 p.c. P Do. do. de Do. Leeds 6 p.c. No.l D.. do. Quarters '4B De„York It & r. North Staffordshire Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverh.Xls, 6 p.c. Scot. Cent. , New Fret Do. 5 per cent South Dovon D. fixed, 44 per cent S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. Do. 4 iper cent S.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar S Wales Gua. 4p. c Do. de. 4i p. c.... Stockton and Dar- lington, 4 per cent Do. do. do, Stockton and Hartle- pool, guar. 5 p. c. till Ist July, 1856, Waterfil.&Kilk,6p.c. MINES. Agna Fria ....... Anglo Austrin. Gold 'Anglo Californian Australian Australian Cordillera Australian Freehold lAve Maria Baden (Gd.Daelly of Bleenarvon Iron and Coal British Iron Brazilianlmp. (issued at £,5 pm Do. Comes & Cu'sex % Do. St. .John Del Rey CArsons's C:•e4( - Clary nd )1 COW. Min Co. of Jamaica • Cobre Copper Colonial Gold Copper Min. of Eng Do. Pref. 74 p. cent Copiapo English and Austin Copper Smeltg Fortuna ••• • General Gt. NuggetVeinßeg. Great Polgooth Liberty nares gariquita ........ Nlexican&S.Amerien New Granada New Linares Mining j and Smelting Co I Nouveau Monde Poutgiband Silver' Lead Min. & Smelt Port Philip Quartz Rock Rhymney Iron Do. New Lutiago de Cuba.... south Australian.... Tin Croft .. United Mexican Waller . West Mariposa Worthing Mining oil Australia Yuba Aubin Coal and Iron kustralian Agricult. Australsn.Pcific.Mait Australia. Royal Mail Berlin Water Works Brit. American Land Brit. & Coln. Smeltg. and Reduction Co.. Canada Canada Gov. 6 p. et Jan. and July Crystal Palace Crystal Pal. of France Eastern Steam ElectricTelegraph(A) Electric Teleg. of Ir. Gen. Steam Navigat. General Screw Steam Irish Beetroot Sugar Magdalena St. Navig. Mediteran. Elec. Tel Nat. Pat. Steam File. Netherlands Land._ N. S. W. Coal & Inter. Steam Navigat. Co. N. B. Australasian Nrth. ofEuropeSteam Peel Rr. Ld. & Miurl. Peninsular& Oriental Do. Do. Portland Iron Co I Scot. AuAtro.l. Iliv ot L-'..tith Awl') pabniar. Telegraph Do. Registered. I Van DOwes 1 - lf - 4 - 1 I• :- 1 i" :: I T - 8 2 / - 2f 1.4 -14 32 - 32 i - i 46 - 43 52 -55 2 - 40 13 - 15 11 - 11 410 "i 2- i ii .... ti A - i 6 1 - 7 i i - i - 15 - 16 --- 6 - 1 - 11 1 - a 8_ - 3.1 IL I 4 :- ii ii = ia Q 8 - ... ilB - 103 1.10 - 111 3 - 3i 14 4 - li •• i •-•.' ••• "" I 3f - 41/ - 21 33 - - 1 - 1 =33 Busines•: this day. SPORTING NOTE'S. MULTIIM IN PARVO. Tho meetings which were held at T i'orcester and Epsom were partial failures. Few peep le assisted at their celebration; even the most inveterate turfites seemed weary and indifferent to the sport. The is ocidents which marked the proceedings at Worcester were scarcely worth record. The defeat of Rataplan for the Handicap was much talked about at the time, and some persons even believed that he was not "intended,' " because, for sooth, Mr. T. Parr had another horse o. oiled Mortimer in the race. Jack Leeraing, however, wl ion in the vain, can race a bit, and his success was, consi Bering his very lenient impost, a matter of no surpris, t. The Flying Stakes looked on paper a certainty for Falcon, but in order to make security doubly secure ? Ir. Wood pur chased Kennyside Here in the morning, lest that horse should prove a troublesome opponent. In the evening Kenny,ide Hero was sold to Mr. J. Da vson, in whose stable at Ilsley he will be for the future lc tented. Need wood is likely to have a fair share of the " good things" of the Steeplechase season. Ifa jumped his fences in capital style, and won wi tb consummate ease. He looked too in the first bloom of health and condition, and his eppearance did great credit to the training skill of Ban Laud. The owner of Thirkleby was not a little c hagrined at the mishap which befell his horse, and stout dy asserted that had no accident occurred he could hay c won. I don't believe it. Spring was backed at one ti me as if he were really "meant." Whether he was or 0 of is beyond my ability to determine. Charley Boyce c tid good service with Cervus, and seemed ever ready► to assist the winner. Steeplechases were this year wisely • discontinued at Epsom, and the probability exists tl tat the Autumn Meeting will be either brought forwai 4, or altogether abandoned. At present the promoters of it find it any thing but a paying Speculation. The 11 lilway company, however, make a "good thing" of it. Xi [ore extortionate and shameful fares were never charged. Think of seven and-sixpence for the privilege of ridin g fourteen miles and back again in dirty third-class c arriages I They who returned by the train which left ; Epsom at five o'clock suffered intolerable anaoya noe. Although charged first-class express fare, the train stopped at every little station on t!e line, and the our 'ply of first-class carriages was purposely inadequate. G entlemen were stowed away lit e sheep in open carriia ges, and were crowded and squeezed by the indiscritni in ate admittance of labourers and their implements from Sydenham. Had space enough been afforded, perhaps the grumbling would not have been ve r y violent ; but high and low were so inconvenie: aced that they uttered complaints in no measured language. The Germans are certainly well vers ed in turf tactics. The running of Thir and the performam te of Scherz were at least suspicious. Should the doubt s which I enter tain on the subject be confirmed, I sh: ill not scruple to expose the proceedings connected wiith these horses. One thing is evident : certain partie:l betted against Scherz as if he were dead, and Thir for the Bedding ton Stakes was, as a tout significantly observed, a stiff 'un. I hope, however, to be soon in possetts.ion of informa tion more germain to the matter. The. sport was sug gestive of no further comment. The Liverpool Autumn Meeting will take place on Tuesday and Wednesday next. The prospect of sport is most cheering, but it !nay be delusive. I shall re serve my remarks on the events appeint‘A for decision until Monday. Nov. 4. A FRESH MAN. LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(TILTS DAY.) QUEEN'S BENCH. HILL V. STEVENS. Mr. Collier applied for a rule to show cause why a new trial should not be had in this case, on the ground that the verdict for the plaintiff was against evidence. It was MI action for libel brought by a discharged ser vant against her former mistress, and the libel, which accused the plaintiff of theft, was contained in a letter addressed to a third party, and signed " C. E. Stevens" —the defendant's name being Charlotte Stevens. At the trial the plaintiff herself declared the letter to be in the defendant's handwriting ; but the defendant's son, Charles Edward Stevens, was called for the defence, and he admitted that in a fit of passion he wrote the letter complained of in the declaration. Notwithstanding that, however, the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff ; damages, 201. Lord Campbell—Was that the whole of the evidence Mr. Collier—Yes, my lord, the whole of it. Lord Campbell—The verdict was clearly against evi. deuce. then. Take a rule. Rule nisi accordingly. STEEL V. SCROMBERG. Mr. Cowling applied to the court for a rule to show cause why a new trial should not be had in this case, on the ground of misdirection. The plaintiff was a ship owner, and the defendant the emigration officer at Liver pool ; and the action was brought to recover damages, because the defendant bad refused to certify a ship under the last Passenger Act, the 15th and 16th Vic., chap. 44. It would appear that the plaintiff was the owner of an Australian emigration ship, - called the Millines, and the defendant refused to pass her for her last voyage, because she was too deep in the water, her draught be ing 16 feet 6 inches, whereas on her former village she had come safe home, while drawing IS feet 6 inches. All the provisions of the Passenger . Act had been com plied with, but under the 16 t h section the defendant c'aimed to be the sole judge of whether the vessel was too deep er not. On the other hand, the plaintiff con tended that the question did not rest with hire at all, but with the Surveyors, whom he was to appoint under the act, and if they were satisfied he had no alternative but to grant the certificate. The defendant had pleaded not guilty by statute, and at the trial, under the direction of the judge, the jury found a verdict in his favour. Lord Campbell—Do yo u mean to say, Mr. Cowling, that there may be an a pp ea l i n ever y case against the bona fide judgment of the emigration officers ? Mr. Cowling—Not in every case ; but here we say he has exceeded his jurisdiction, because be has nothing to do with the requirements of the 16th section of the act, which relates to the seaworthiness of the ship, and vests the authority in the surveyors, who had passed the ship in this instance. Lord Campbell_ Was any reason assigned why the vessel was too deer I Mr. Cowling—No, my lord, except that a vessel called the A.Z., drawing 16 feet, had just come home with her house on deck washed away. Lord Campbell observ e d that the point was of t oo i much 'migration t o t h e public to b e h as tily disposed of. E migration o ffi cers must be protec t e d in the bona fide discharg e of their duties but it might happen that he had no authority under the 16th section of the act. Howev er , t h e court would take t i me t o consider the matter, and give its decision on a future day. EXC PI EQUER. IdIITCHINSON 17. SIDNEY. case, on the ground that the judge ought Mr. Serjeant Shee applied to the court for a rule to show cause why a new trial should not be had in this di rected the jury that there was evidence of a set-off suffi cient to answer the plaintiff's claim. The plaintiff was an engineer, and the defendant Sir Robert Sidney, of Bournbridge-lodge, Berke, and the former sought to re cover from the latter '251 , but the defendant pleaded a and Coke Associati on, to have set-off under these circumstances. It appeared that the plaintiff was the originator of the Surrey Consumers' Gas become a director of that society upon a promise of in demnity to hold him harmless from all expense and liabilities which he might incur in respect of the office. For the purp•se of property of the plaintiff who was to make qualifying himself as a director the defendant took up twenty-five shares in the association, and he induced the defendant t• but still upon the understanding that they were to be the Eventually the plaiutiff brought the present action, awl the defendant pleaded a set-off, alleging that the expenses more he had been put to as a director of the gas company than covered the claim, but at the trial the set-off was not allowed by the judge, and the jury found for the plaintiff. Renee the application for a new trial. good the calls. The Lord Chief Baron said the court would take time to consider the motion, but would take that opportunity of intimating that if they granted a rule something might be said about the practice of accepting directorships in public companies under guarantees of indemnity. In his opinion it was exceedingly incorrect, and he was disposed to believe it to be illegal. SHOREDITCH COUNTY COURT. (Before Mr. Serjeant Storks.) AN IMPORTANT DECISION UNDER THE DRAMATIC AUTHORS .&CT.-VINCENT V. DOUGLASS. This was an action brought to recover penalties under the Dramatic Authors' Act. The plaintiff is Miss Eliza Vincent, lessee of the Victoria Theatre, and the defend ant Mr. Joha Douglass, of the Royal National Standard Theatre, Shoreditch, and thepresent action was brought te recover the penalty of 40s. a night from defendant for having, without receiving proper authority, performed for a certain number of nights a drama by the late Thomas Egerton Wilke, called Kate Wynsley, the Cottage Girl. The entire right of the drama in question had been sold te the late Mr. Osbaldeston, and had by him, with others, bees demised to the plaintiff. The author had also again sold it to the defendant. To prove the right being entirely invested in the late Mr. Osbaldeston, Mrs. Robert Honner, the actress, was subpoeaned to prove that the late Mr. R. Honner, when lessee of the City of London Theatre, had paid Mr. Os baldesten for the right of having it played at that house. After hearing a long discussion, The learned Sergeant decided that the cause was one for the Superior Courts. The Cuurt had power only to try actions for the recovery of small debts, and not where penalties were sued for. The plaintiff was thereupon nonsuited. BHRLIN ART-EXHIBITION : LATRIIIT WORK OP Kiss. — The present Berlin exhibition is considered unsatisfac tory, although all the spaces are crowded. The insigni ficant and even bad are so numerous, that the good al most loses itself at their side. Amongst the hundreds of oil paintings, not one historical piece of any worth is to be descried. The largest plastic work has been exhibited by Professor Kiss, in his atelier—St. George vanquish ing the Dragon, or the Victory of Faith over Infidelity, which, however, is another amazon transposed into the masculine gender. In such colossal proportions, the vani , llPg too much b,fore the midi - Imlay of the horse and dragon. There will be a plaster copy of this neAt year at the Universal French Exhibition, and the casting in bronze, we are told, will take place in Lou. don. It will be an oxpoloiyo work.--27w Beikkr._ , SUN OFFICE, Six o'Clock. SPAIN. Our accounts from Madrid are of the 30th ult. Persons who pretend to be in the secrets of Espartero stated that he intended to resign the Presidency of the Council before the opening of the Cortes. This course was recommended by the de mocratic party, which is anxious that the Ministry should be appointed by that Assembly. The Minister of Fomento was preparing a pro ject of law on foreign immigration, which was said to be drawn up on most liberal principles, and cal culated to induce foreigners to settle in Spain. The Three per Cents. were done at 34f., and the New Three per Cents., at 17f. 90c. STATE OF TRADE. (Front the Manchester Guardian of this day.) MANcriEsTER, Nov. 3.—The general tendency of prices, both in yarns and goods, continues to be against producers. But, in the former, this tendency is still a very slow one, being, in some kinds, scarcely perceptible in the course of a week ; in others -4d. per lb. during that time. In the latter, the depression proceeds, as it has all along done, in a greater ratio. There have lat terly been some Lidications of a disposition among mer chants to speculate in goods specially adapted for the mar kets of India. For India mule twist offers at a further reduction in price. Yet, as to piece goods, we see that the shipments to Calcutta in the last month were nearly 22 million yards against 11i million in October, 1853 ; and, in the ten months of 1E54, seventy per cent. more than in the first ten months of 1853. We hear from some large sellers of cloth that they perceive some increase of general inquiry to-day. And, as to the general yarn market, we see, as yet, no change for the better in the disposition of buyers. The Liverpool cot ton market is not only firm, but inclined to harden in price. - BRADFORD, Nov. 2. Wool—The supply in the ,ma r ket is fully equal to the demand ; prices are a littlein favour of the buyer. Noils and brokes are good sale, Yarns—There is no better state of things to report. Pieces—We cannot report any material change to-day. The general opinion is, that stocks do net accumulate. The amount of idle machinery was never so great at any period as at present. Prices are ruinously low. NOTTINGHAM, Nov. 2. --Some additional orders have been received for hosiery goods this week, which has in fused a little life into this business. The lace trade is still very flat, without any appearance of amendment. There is no change in the price of yarn so far as regards late prices. WOOLLEN TRADE. (From the Leeds Mercury of this day.) LEEDS, Oct. 27.—N0 material change in the state of the woollen market. There was a fair, steady business done in the Cloth-halls both on Saturday and on Tues day. The manufacturers and woollen merchants are operating with great care at the present wool sales, and we probably may have during the coming winter restricted hours of employment in the mills. There have been very few buyers in the town during the current week, consequently the trade in the warehouses has been rather dull. HUDDERSFIELD, Tuesday.—Business was exceedingly dull to-day in the Cloth-hall. There appeared to be scarcely any buyers in the town. The reasons assign, d are generally the advanced price of cern and our balli gerent position. ROCHDALE, Oct. 30.—The demand for flannels con-' tinues very good, and it is quite equal to the supply. Prices are firm. There is lin new feature in the wool market to report; the manufacturers continue to buy sparingly. HALIFAX, Oct. 28.—With regard to the piece and yarn markets, we can only repeat o'ir last week's notice of these branches, in which there does not yet appear the least sign of improvement; nor is there anythin„, ,,, better to report of the wool business, sales being still extremely difficult to effect, at somewhat worse prices. MINING INTELLIGENCE. (Front the Mining Journal of this day.) MINES.-The Share Market has been quiet this week, and prices have, in many instances, given way. South Tamara, although the mine looks as well as ever, have re ceded to 81., 81. 108. ; Sortridge Consols, 3/. 15s. to 41. ; North Robert, 271. to 291. ; Devon Great Consols, 3851. to 3901. ; Buller, 670/. ; North Basset, 181. 15s. to 191.155. ; Mary Ann, 361. 10s. to 371. 103. ; East Frongoch, 17s. 6d. to U. Clijah and Wentworth hare been done at 161., and in good demand ; the mine, we hear, has very greatly improved. Trefusis, 51, to 61. ; Alfred Consols, 171. 10s. to 181. 10s. ; South Frances, 255/. to 2601. In Lydford Consols a large business has been done, at 7s. 6d. to 10s. ; the shaft is reported as sinking in a fine lode, and in a.bout a month it is expected the shoot of ore which was seen in the bottom of the adit will bo met with. Great Sortridge, 15s. to 17s. 6d. ; West Sortridge, Bs. to 10s. ; North Mug ston, 6s. to 7s. 6d. Mines which have sold Ore.—Carbons,, Clara, Clijah and Wentworth, Cubert, Cwm Darren, Darren, Great Cowarch, Great Hewas, Great Wheal Alfred, Great Wheal Baddern, Great Wheal Yor, Helvellyn, Lydford Consols, Molland, Not th To wy, North Wheal Robert, North 'Wheal Trelawny, Orsedd, Perran Wheal George,, Polgear, Rorrington, Sithney Wheal Buller, Sortridwe Consols, South Wheal Yeo land, Trannack Consols, Trebarvab, Tyn-y-Berth, West Crinnis, West Polberro, West Wheal Frances, Wheal Crebor, Wheal Trefusis, Wheal Zion, Yeoland Consols, and Taman. In Foreign Mines, the market has this week been firm. MARKET NB! WS-(1' IIIS DAY.) COVENT UrAPuDEIN.T. A full average businens was transacted in fruit and vegetables to-day, as follows : FRUIT.—Pine apples, En glish, 3s 6d to 6s per lb; apricots, Os to Os Od per doz. ; hot-inouse grapes, 2s Od to 4s per lb ; foreign ditto, 8d to le 6d ; melons, Os Od to Os each peaches, is Od to 5s ; nectarines, Is Od to 5s per dozen , apples, 4s Gd to lOs Od per bushel ; pears, 2s 0.1 to 6s Od per half sieve; Orleans plums and green gages is to is 6d per punnet ; ditto,. 2s to 3s 6d, and common plums, is 3 to 3s Od per half sierve ; cherries, Gd to is per pound ; lemons, 2s to 3s per doz.. ; oranges, lOs to Os per 100; fil berts, 90s to 110 s perloo lbs; cobnuts, 120 s 130 s ; almonds, 2s to 3s per lb. ; walnuts, 6d to 10d per 100; figs, is Od to 2s 6d per lb. VEGETABLES.—Cabbages, 6d to is Oil per dozen ; red ditto. 2s Od to 4s per dozen ; French beans, is 61 to 2s Od per half sieve ; brocoli, 6d to is per bundle ; potatoes, 60s to 120 s porton; vegetable marrow, 6d to is each; peas, ls, 6d to 3s Od per blob.; broad beans, 9d to is per half sieve ; turnips, 2d to 4d per bunch ; carrots, 3d to Gd per bunch ; cucumbers, ld. to 4d each ; garlic, Os 6d to Os 8d per pc unit ; spinach, is to Is 6d per sieve ; onions, 2s Gd to 4s Od per bush. ; Spanish ditto, is to 3s per doz. ; leeks, ld to 2d per bunch ; shallots, 4d to 6d . horse-raddish, 2s Od to 5s Od per bundle ; parsley, 2d to 3d per bunch ; celery, 9d to is 3d per bundle ; endive, 9d to ls Od per en re ; beet, d to ld each ; parsnips, is Od. to 2s Od per dozen ; small salad, 2d to 3d per punnet ; mushrooms, is Od to is 3d per pottle ; artichokes, 4s to 5s per doz. ; cabbage lettuces, 9d to is Od per score ; sorrel, 6d to is per half sieve ; radishes 9d to le per dozen hands ; tomatoes, 3s Gd to 4s 6d per half sieve ; chillies, 1s to is 6d per 100; Brussells sprouts, le 3d to 2s 3d ; capsicums, is to 2s per 100. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Turkeys, 4s 6ct to 7s Od ; Geese, 4s 6d to 7s 6d e ac h ; Ducks, 2s Od to 3s Od ; tame Rabbits, Os Od to Os Od ; wild do , 10d to is 6d each ; Pigeons, 6s to 8. per doz. ; large Surrey Fowls, —s Od to —5 Od ; middling, 2s 3d to 43 Od ; Chickens, is 6d to 2s 3d ; Capons ' 4s Od to 6s Oct ; Hares 2s 6d to 3 s 6 d ; grouse, 2 s Od to 239 d each ; Leverets, Os Od to Os each. Ostend fresh butter, 10s 6d to 12s Od, and English lls 6d to 14s Od per dozen lbs. Eogish Eggs, 8s 6d to 9s 3d; French ditto, 5s 6d to 7s Od per 120. NEWPORT. Boef from 3s 6d to 4s 6d; mutton, 3s 6d to 43 6d; veal, 3s 4d to 4s 4d ; pork, 3a 4d to 5s Od per 81bs. WHITECUEL&PEL. Beef, 3s 2d to 48 6d ; motto'', Es 4d to 48 Ed ; veal, Es 2d to 4s 4d; pork, 35 4d to N 2d per Blbs. by the carcase. BILLINGSGATE. Turbots, 5s Od to 215 ; Brills, 3s to 105 each; Salmon is 6d to is 7d per lb; Cod Fish, 4s to 12s each ; Soles, 3d to 25 3d per pair; Eels, 8d to ls Od per lb; Lobsters, 6d to is 6d ; Crabs, 4d to is 6d; Whitings, 3s to Ils per doz.; Common Oysters, 10s to 16s ; Natives, 40s to 50s per bah; Mackerel, Od to Od each ; Smelts, is to 15 3d per doz. : Skate, 6d to Od per lb; Shrirops, Os 9d to 2s 6d per gallon Bloaters, ls to 25 Od per doz. ; Fresh Herrings, Od t o 2 Os Oct per doz es ; Scotch do., 6d to is Od. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 10d to 11d; of household ditto, Bid to 9id per 41b loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 34d to Od; 641 b to 721 b, 3id to 3id ; 721 b to 801 b, 3id to 31d ; 801 b to 881 b, 3id to 4d ; 881 b to' 961 b, 4d to 44d ; 061 b to 1011 b, 4ld to 43d ; 1041 to 1121 b 4id to 4;4d. Horse hides, 6s Od to Os Od; calf skins, light, 2s Od to 3s Od; ditto, full, 6s Od to Os Od; polled sheep, 4s 01 to 5s 6d. ; Kents, 38 6d to 4s Od ; Half-breds, 3s 6d to 4s Od ; Downs, 2s 10d to 3s 4d ; Lambs, Os Od to Os Od. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD. —Meadow hay, 2/ 12s to 41 lOs ; clover ditto, 31 Os to 5/ 15s ; and straw, 1/ os to 1/ 12s per load. A full average supply and a moderato demand. CII/ABERLAND.—Meadow hay, 2/ 15s to 4t 15s ; clover ditto, 31 Os to 5l 15s; and straw, 1/ 68 to 1/ 12s per load. Trade steady, at fall prices. WHITECIIAPEL.—Meadow hay, 2/ 12s to 4/ 10s; clover ditto, 3/ 5s to 61 Os ; and straw, 1/ 6s to 1112 s per load. Trade rather dull, yet prices were well supported. The Sing of Denmark arrived at Altona on the 30th ult. According to private letters from Oth sea the women anti children are no longer permitted to come outside the walls of Sehastopol to fetch water. The wound which General Canrobert received on the Alma is not yet per fectly koled.. BUSSIAN • POWER-CONDUCT OF MINIS ,TERS- MEETING OF PARLIAMENT. ( From the Press of this day.) Wb ;en Mr. . Disraeli, before the prorogation of Parlia ment, sugg,e: tt<ed the expediency of an autumn session, it was n o t, , se - apprehend, from any wish to unduly mag nify the infl it ience of the Legislature, but from an idea that cir( e arias tances might arise, in the peculiar state of affair u, try hick the Government might naturally wish to lay b, efore , Parliament for advice or decision. The Queen's Ministers in time of war have large powers committ ed to them. It is for them to conduct negotiati ons, to conclude treaties, to prescribe rules and pri neiples of warfare by the issue of orders in counc. 1, and to direct as they please the move ments o f our fleets and armies. No powers analogous to these a re called into requisition when the country is at peace. We do net say that they are larger than the public goo, d requires, but that they may net he abased by a weak or corrupt Administration, it is very desir able that tl toy should, more especially at the commence ment of af a Teat war, be exercised under the immediate supervision a f Par!iament. Why she ui d the Ministry of Lord Aberdeen be re luctant to Parliament at this juncture? 'We can imagine that . a. Government, confident in the sincerity of its intenthans: and the wisdom of its policy, would be anxious, in a time of difficulty like the present, to meet the represe ,atives of the country, if only to receive their support, and obtain from them such an expression of the national i will as would invigorat e our defenders, and show our ene my how vain was the hope he had founded on our assur and instability and desire of peace. We have had tw, autumn sessions within the last seven years ; the f irst to mitigate the evils of scarcity in Ireland, the s econd to determine whether Lord Derby's Government had a majority in the House of Commons. It will hardl y be pretended that, in either case, was there more n eed for the action of the Legislature than now exists. The public are not only anxious, but deeply dissatis fied on many points. They cannot understand the delay in the invasii 3n of the Crimea so long after it was almost officially as nounced—the inactivity of our fleets, rendered m ore remarkable by the sneers cast on their comma nders from Ministerial sources—the great advantages c onceded, contrary to common sense and all former ulag e, to neutral commerce—the scandalous inefficiency of our commissariat arrangements for the Crimea arm 7—the unaccountable delay in the publi cation of ant elligence, after the solemn promise of the Duke of Net vcastle that whatever was received by the Government should forthwith be made known—fhe entire absent ,e of any system of postal communication with the tht :etre of war. Why should Government shrink from ! meeting inquiry on all these points ? It is not the least- important function of Parliament to clear up misconceptis , ns on Ministerial conduct, or when suspicions are well-gre , unded to secure the redress of abuses by their expo )sure. How long, but for the interference of Parliamea ,t, might it have remained a doubtful ques tion whetht r Mr. Lawley, while possessed of all the secrets of th .e Exchequer, had really speculated in the funds ? Ile w long might the Prince Consort have been exposed to 11e brutal calumny but for the Parliamentary explanation s which the unreasoning clamour against him called forth ? It is no secret that certain members of the Ministir y affect to view Parliame n t as an obstructive and antique ted machinery which might advantageously be dispense( 1 with altogether. It is the Peelite section of the Cabin let which especially hates, and with reason, the inquisiti .ve spirit of Parliament ; and we acquit the Whigs of o Cher blame than of meanly succumbing to their colleaf ;ues beaureaucratic horror of publicity, and morbid anti pathy to free debate. Nor are t hese the only topics requiring Parliamentary consideratic n. The Ministry, in commencing the war, commenced also a series of grand experiments. From their nevebty alone they required watching, and it is very nec,;wary that the country should now receive smm infc rr nation on their practical effect. We should like to know how far Mr. Gladstone's new taxes have answered his expectations, and whether the receipts of the rewnue are equal, as he anticipated they would be, to the expenditure of the war. His manage- merit of the Exchequer has not inspired much confidence in his sagitlity. It will be great news to hear that his schemes h ave proved successful, and that our finances wider his. care are in a flourishing state. If this be so, how (tract of him to delay the cheering announce. 'neat ; b ai, if the contrary be the case, the public will have :to pay dearly for postponing till the last moment th e necessity fur repel, log his errors. Every one is astonished and indignant at observing the effect oil the novel principle of admitting without let or hindrance the produce of our enemy. The facts of the case are patent. Russia finds in England abetter market for her produce than ever she found before. Her credit is upheld by our payments. Her great landowners, en riched by ourlwealth, scoff at the notion of our hostility, and finding their prosperity enhanced by war, afford it their cordi: d support. Her Government, through the continued imports of our gold, is enabled to keep its paper —notwithstanding enormous fresh issues—at par ; and thus the war, which we imagined would so im pair the fortunes of her nobles and cripple her resources as to compel her to sue for peace, only pours a flood of prosperity over the face of the land, and raises her credit higher than it has ever stood before. It is literally British capital which feeds and clothes her troops, and supplies her with the very sinews of war. .We dwell on these facts, as they are admitted by the Ministerial prints, and as they urgently demand —more, perhaps, than any other single subject—the attention of Parliament, Is it to be supposed that bad the operation of this order in Council been foreseen at the time when it was promulgated it would have been allowed to pass sub silentio by the Le- , gislature? Yet the policy is defended, while its evil re sults are admitted. Commercial reasons are still pleaded in its justification, and the question has arrived at that point when we have to choose between resistance to the economic projects of the Coalition, and sub mission to the Will of the Emperor Nicholas. It is vain to think of subduing him by wasting the extremities of his empire while we nourish its heart, or while we cling to the ignoble principle that our trade is more precious than our blood, and that the lives of our brave fellows by sea and land are nothing in comparison with hemp and tallow. We can strike at the power of Russia only through the material interests of her people. The notion that the power of Russia can be broken in a single campaign is at an end. There has been a foolish disposition amongst us to underrate her resources, and especially her power of resistance. From the commence ment of hostilities the Ministerial press has laboured inces santly to disguise the real character of the contest. To k, ep our people in good humour they have been flattered with the idea of rapid and easy victory. Our boasting, cre dulity, and abuse have been carried so far as to make us appear ridiculous in the eyes of Europe. It is not by such means that we can hope to conquer our enemy. We must learn to take a juster measure of his strength and of our own, and aim not only at conquering his armies in the field, but at the destruction, by every means at our command, of the industrial prosperity which continually renews them, and which is the real secret of Russia's power and pride. The war only commenced in reality after our Parlia ment had been prorogued. In the interval the whole aspect of affairs has changed. Sensible persons, slow to credit that we were really on the brink of a tremen dous contest, now shako their heads when peace is men tioned, and express their fears that we are at the com mencement of a great European war. It is most desi rable that Parliament should meet that the country may more clearly understand its conditions and prospects. Bat Lord Aberdeen has no taste fur free discussion, and, in spite of the incalculable mischief his secret in triguing ha's occasioned, he still clings to the belief that he can best administer the affairs of the empire in his closet, and that the true art of statesmanship is to ex clude a nation from taking part in the management of its own concerns. GENERAL CANROBERT'S ADDRESS TO THE FRENCH" TROOPS. The following is the order of the day addressed to the army of the East by General Canro bert, on assuming the command-in-ehief of the French troops. It is dated from the head-quarters of Tchernaya, Sept. 26 : " Soldiers of the army of the East, my comrades— The melancholy circumstances under which has fallen upon me the high honour of being your commander-in chief would increase the weight of that task, if the co operation of all were not assured to me in the name of the country and of the Emperor. Penetrated as I am with the grandeur of the historical mission which we accomplish on this distant land, you will each of you bring to it, each within your sphere, and with the most absolute devoted ness, that active part which is indispensable to enable me to bring it to a successful termination. A few days more of sufferings and of trials, and you will have caused to fall at your feet the threatening bulwark of the vast empire which only a little tinse age braved Europe. The successes which you have already gained are the gua rantees for those which await you ; but do . not forget that the intrepid marshal who was - our General-in-Chief prepared th em b y kis perseverance in organising the great operation which we execute, and by the brilliant victory of the Al ma . " CANHOBIEST. NOUVEAU MONDE COMPANT.—The Noveau Monde Company have issued to their shareholders on account of their general meeting held at Paris on the 30th of Sep tember, together with reports from the g6rant and Messrs. Taylor and Sons, the London agents, describing the expenditure into which the company were led by the advises from Mr. Clement, their manager i n California, the actual natures of which was only discovered upon Mr. Phillips being sent out to test them. At the Paris meeting the g6rant was authorised by the shareholders considered d in t g o to take such proceedings against Mr. Clement as h e might deem advisable ; and, i n preference to wi n di ng up the company, it was unanimously resolve .1 t o enter tain some propositions recently made for worki ng cer twabini which very ti mines t s h fa e ct republ ic o information New ation G r anada,lvas con have been received. [AnvsivrissmENTl — Holloway's Pill s a prompt and certain iaryco c oi uz for Bilious and Liver Complaints.—Mrs. of Mayling's-green, near Romford, had been suffering for many years from bil e , s i ck, headaches, and a severe liver complaint, for which she tried almost every medicine usually taken for such complaints, but could obtain no relief whatever. She then had recourse to Holloway's Pills, and so wonderful vs the effect of this inestimable medicine, that in a vlry short time she was completety cured by thei Suse, and !low elijoys better health titan ever. Mr.ull, druggist, Rurnsford, can testify to the iruth of this Professor Holloway's Establishment. 244, strand, Lion don, don awl 0 Alaides-lane s New Yak. (From the Int:aide Russe.) On the Bth (20th) September, Prince Menschikoff occupied a position on the left bank of the Alma, with 42 battalions, 16 squadrons, and 84 pieces of artillery. The centre of the order of battle was formed on the steep bank of the river opposite the village of Bonrliouk, and the left wing on a hill about two versts from the sea ; the right wing was the weakest point of the position. In front of the line of battle, the village of Bour lioukrbeys e s r h r a e r p o s f h oot threeer . Behind c i e o n t t i r o e t r w y a s t p h o o s s t e e d o a f and th e a dj o i n i ng v i neyards were occupied nie the nt s of regiments ArGlhynia, Minsk, and Moscow), with two light fuot batteries ; on their right, the two regiments of hus sars with two light foot batteries, and on the right of these the two regiments of hussars with two batteries of horse-artillery, and behind the right wing the regiment of chasseurs of Ouglitsch. A reserve battalion of the regiment of Minsk had been detached to occupy the village of Buloukoul, behind the left flank of the posi tion, close to the sea coast. At noon the enemy marched upon the Alma, and resolutely attacked our position. Their right wing consisted of the French, and their left of the English ; the Turks remained in reserve behind the French troops. Both advanced with precision in extended lines, under the protection of a thick chain of sharp-hooters armed with carbines. Ours received the enemy with a well directed fire, and in a few instants a sharp fire of small arms was opened all along the line of battle. From the commencement of the battle, the numerous sharpshooters of the enemy, armed with car bines with conical balls, made great ravages in our ranks. A great number of officers fell the first victims to that murderous weapon, and this circumstance naturally had a great influence on the further progress of the battle. After occupying the vineyards of the right bank of the Alma, the enemy's battalions formed into columns and crossed the river, and deployed again in lines on the opposite bank, notwithstanding the constant fire of our batteries. Prince Menschikoff gave orders to the first line to receive the enemy at the point of the bayonet, in order to drive him over the river again. Several times our 'battalions, headed by their intrepid chiefs, charged the enemy with the bayonet, but each time, meeting with the terrible rolling fire of the deployed line, or by the thick chain of skirmishers with the carbin es , th ey were repu l se d w ith great loss. The enemy's infantry sustained with firmness, and without ; th e wavering, the well-directed fire of our artil lery deployed battalions lay down, and took cover behin d th • the shelter afforded by the ground, while en - h a r p. shooters kept s hooting down our artillerymen. In one of our div isions of eight guns, all the men and horses were disabled. Whilst this sanguinary cont es t was going on in the centre of the position and on our right wing, the left wing notwithstanding its di stance from the sea was reached by the projectiles of the fleet. Under cover of the fire from the ships, a French co lumn, having at its head some Africa n t roops called Zouaves, crossed the valley of the Alma near the seashore, and rapidly climbed the cliff by a path throu g h a *arrow ravine. The appearance of these troops on our flank, and almost on our rear, obliged Princexi • M ensch ikoff to bring up from the reserve the regiments Moscow, and some sq ua d rons of hu ssars. nlents of Mix" and The French had, however, succe e d e d in esta blishing the heights, whi c h received our reserve with such a sharp fire that they were obli ged . t o f a ll b ack. Prince Menschikoff, the n , seeing his not b e ing left wi ng t urne d , and t h e centre and ri g ht w i n ground in consequenc g e of eing able t o ma i n t a i n th e i r the enormous losses they had suffered, b egan to withdr aw his troops towards the Katcha. In order to re rea cover their t thbrought up the brigad e o f hussars, andthis , e der. a s the consid era b le losses which measure the enemy had an suffered, checked the pursuit. The y remained on the Al ma, and our troops at midnight crossed the Katcha. In this sanguinary combat both parties suffered very consi derably. We had 1,762 men killed, 2,315 wounded, and 405 received contusions. 45 superior and subaltern officers are among the killed, and among the wounded are Generals Kvitsinsky, Sichelkanoff, Goguinoff and Kourtianoff,, ' an d 96 superior and subaltern officers. The loss of the enemy is not known with any certainty, but, according to some reports, it even exceeded ours; e the obstinate unde r an y c i rcums t an ces, it is impossible that obstinate a tt ac k o f their battalions, under the alio wer of our shot and grape, has not coat the allies very dear. EXTENSIVI BURGLIRY.—Another of these mysterious and peculiar robberies, which of late have been so fre. quent in the metropolis, has taken place on the exten sive premises of Messrs. Debeilham, Son, and Fresbody, siikmereers, Wigoiere-street, Cavendish-square. O n en . ternig, the thieves appeared to have at once commenced packing the most valuable silks and 'stills, wkich tiie picked by* the stock, and, got clear off, 40 - 42 • • • ..... . `!3 70 - 72 7i - 8} 4 ,4 WM eh. 90 128 5i 733 I I 1011 2 81i 2 23 i 691 70 50} 33 4/ 77i el 71 3 i f 4j5 3 '26 * all all all all 4 60i 60 . THE NEWS FROM T.UE CRIMEA. The Pays of yesterday morning „ - has Fine 4eful re marks on the private telegraphic despatches which reach us from St. Petersburg, and which, notwithstanding the evident falsehood or exaggeration of the news they oon tain, produce, in the absence of official accounts from the allied armies in the Crimea, occasionally a certain amount of despondency. When the article of the Pays was written, the means of the writer to show- how little credit was due to the Russian accounts were more limited than they would have been if the accounts pub lished yesterday in the Moniteur had been before him. A singul ar f ac t h as struck the at- The Pays says :--« tentien of every one since the commencement of the siege of Sebastopol, or rather since the landing of the allies in the Crimea, and that is, whilst our generals-in chief, disdaining charlatanism and boasting, send but very few reports to their government, either written the day after a victory, or pointing out some positive results, Europe has been inundated every day with Russian despatches, direct from St. Petersburg, and the official source of which was a secret to no one. This search after publicity on the part ofthe Czar c aused . the more surprise as hitherto all his military opers.ons have been kept per. lectly secret. It is well known that mystery is one of this main springs of the policy of illus.ion and falsehood of the Russian Government. This rnysteryallows it to act at will on the imagination of its people, and at the same tine to hide from Europe the real mi,eries and desolations of its apparent grandeur. The best-inforn. , ed writers have never been able to arrive at the truth Its to the loss in men and money which its conquests have cost it. Its whole history is a piece of stage acting, wi:ere the parts are distributed beforehand for the greatest glory of the Russian flag, and which is c are f u lly kept from the ex aniination o the foreign press, for fear of seeing itself at every moment convicted of falsehood and bad faith. It was, therefore, very extraordinary that on the occasion of the present war, the Cabinet of St. Petersburg should suddenly depart from all its tradition to publish tehe understand, ofour every d a y a b ulletin from Prince Menschikoff. People s in to w now h t b h e e g g by en c e o r re al p s, that aring fresh manmuvre to di s t ur b the public mind, and create tihtese was bulletins onlya uneasiness as, to the consequences of the war. The Go vernment of the Czar evidently does not public make the confidential and detailed reports of its genera in 1-':c hief. What it requires to act on public ' opinion are special de spatches drawn up in vague terms, which, though they may be contradicted by i n f ormation from the Crime:. will at least have produced a certain emotion in the pub lic mind, particularly in Germany, and amidst the diplo matic intrigues which are still carried on in the Confede ration. The flagrant bad faith of this manoeuvre will strike every eye by comparing the last despatches of Prince Mensehikoff tramsmitted from St. Petersburg with the contradictory ones which have arrived from Varna, and which come down to the 25th ult. At that date, according to all the information, the bombardment continued without interruption; the Quarantine Fort had been silenced ; a first breach had been made, and the general assault was imminent. According to Prince Menschikoff, on the contrary, no advantage had been gained by the allies, and nothing of importance had taken place. To-day the same comedy continues almost in the same terms, with a little more obscurity, and pro bably a little more falsehood, for we receive one after another the three following despatches :—' Vienna, 31st Oct., Evening. —A Russian despatch from W arsaw s t a t es that the English entr e nchments have been forced, their cavalry dispersed, and their cannon dismounted.'-- Vienna, Ist inst., St. Petersburg, 31st ult.—The last despatch, from Prince Menschikoff states that nothing important had taken place up to the 27th. The first despatch of yesterday wasalmost entirely false.'—'Berlin, let. A fresh despatch from St. Petersburg, dated to-day, confirms that from Kichineff, on the 20th. It adds, the en trenched camp taken from the enemy was atßalaklava. At the same time a French battery was destroyed by f l ee on the 26th before Sebastopol.' Thus, according to Prince Menschikoff, Sebastopol on the 27th was still in the same state ; the allies had not obtained any advan tage, and the guns of the Quarantine and south batte ries doubtless continued to reply vigorously to our fire. On the other hand, the French had had a battery de stroyed, and the English their camp forced and their guns dismounted. In the despatch of the 31st, how ever, this last advantage appears to have been gained under the very walls of Sebastopol, by a very vigorous sortie of the besieged ; whilst on the following day it was only an isolated camp near Valaklava, and carried perhaps by a coup de main without importance. The despatch of the Ist inst., in order to reduce to nothing all these exaggerations, avows that the one of the previous 'day was almost entirely false. As to the death of Admiral Nachircoff, the bombarder of Sinope, as to the thousands of victims which encumbered Sebastopol, the powder magazines blown up and the town in ruins, not a word is said. It is only necessary to oppose to these hypocritical recitals the following despatches from Varna. (The Pays here gives the two despatches from Varna published in the Monit eur.) The German journals are also explicit on the progress of the allied armies, and on the imminence of a definitive result.' The attack of General Liprandi on the flank of the English army is even called in question by the Press of Vienna. This journal states, on the contrary, that the fire of the besieged was weak, that the two powder magazines have blown up, and that the .A.nglo.French guns have caused immense damage to the town. These evident successes certainly have not been obtained without painful sacrifices. It is possible that an isolated battery at Balaklava may have been carried by a coup de main of General Liprandi, and that our ships may have suffered in the attack on the forts which protect the entrance of the roadsted, but the important fact, which the Russian despatches designedly pass over in silence is that we approach the object in view, that the operations have gone on with mathematical precision, and that Sebastopol, wh a t ever may h appen, will fall into our hands. On that day Prince Menschikoff will probably write to his Sovereign that nothing important has taken place in the Crimea, and as his despatch will be known 24 hours before that of our Generals, the Russian agents will have had 24 hours more to work on German hesi tations for the benefit of Moscovite invincibility." PRINCE MICNSCHISOFF'S ACCOUNT OF THE BATTLE OF ALMA. 1 25 St. 20 St. all 1115. all 3i 8 2s. all Ali 11 ai 16 2 31A all JON. 71 i 0 i 401 1 96} 614 20 12 25 20 20 20 20 25 I_o 5 St. 25 50 25 12 12 13.5 4. all all all 12a, 32 [OO all all atSi tl.sa 103 5f li I Si it 1101 3i A c'k