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

, - MONEY MARKET SHARE MARKETS. LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. (THIS DAY.) ...— AND ass Shy Paid. R,ArovAxei cm Leasing o Closing Prices this day. BRITISH RAILWAYS. pans. yesterday. CO,II3IERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. . • Shr. Paid. ItAnwAys. Clositig Prices Business done 50 all Bedford and London & --. aa ..—...._ yesterday. this day. Bletchley ... N. West. ... ... CITY, TW 0 o'CLOCK. -- -------"- St. 100 Buclighamsl2. L.&N.W. 95 100 St. NO Clydesdale Jo. Caledon... 99 1131 The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were ~ i l m A , io 20 --: 21 Jl . ,11., ar d ean • ,•••~ estimated at 7,000 bales, including 1,500 American I'4 13: Ambg. Nottng. Bost ' 6 per cent. Gt.Nrthn. 136 138 taken for export and on speculation. The market and Eastn. Juuct 4i 41 4a i 25 all Glas. Barr. &Caldonian. 50 all Belfast & Ballymena ses ••• Neils. Direct •losed flatly ; compared with Friday's rates, prices 13i all Birming. Wolverh. & „ 25 all Do. New Do ••• ••• of all kinds tend downwards. The sales comprised Stour Valley ...... ... 0 —' 8i 25 all Glstr.dt Dn.Fr Gt. Westn ... ••• 31 294 Birkenhd. Lancsh. & 101 d 100 all fhtlpl. Dk. & Yk. New. 5,500 American, 1 3 0 Pernam and 11.1aranham at Cheshire Juliet lli Railway & terw. ..• •,. 614 to 61c1., 300 Egyptian at sid. to 81d., and 27i all. Do. Chesh. & Birk., i , ..... 18 50 all ,Hull & Selby Y. & N Md. 102 104 4000 Surat at 2id. to 4-id. Railway Shares were ~50 and £25 Cons. 1 6 1 1 ..... 5i 1 25 all Do. 4 Shares. Do 5l — 52 22 19 Do., au.30..... ..... .. •-s 14a ell *Do. i Shares. Do 25 254 'very dull.i 25 30 Blyth &Tyne original 12i all Lon.& Greenw S. Eastern 13 134 The Indian and China mails are expected to- £25 (issd. at £15;• ;:,:, •,:,.; 20 all Do. Preference Do 23 —24 morrow, having arrived at Marseilles. St. 100 Bristol and Exeter... 'Z'„) _. s ii i 5, si ,i 10 all Lou., Til., &- S. Bete &Co lll lli St. 100 Ca1ed0nian............ u" St, 100 Lowestoft gr. The Admiralty is taking up steamers in every 10 21s. Carmarthen and Car _ 4 per cent.' Norfolk ... ••• ••• St. 100 Do. 6 per et. .• ••• possible direction, and a further notice out this day all & I ,- 1 00 all Chesterio y Bead. 54 all Manch. Bxtu. L.& N. W. invites tenders for the conveyance of troops, with-- 10) all Cork , and 8,and0u.... 10 12 and Matlock' & Midld. 21 —2i Black &Pass. ••• ... 50 all Micldlesbro' & Stekton & out any particular day being named. In fact there 20 16 Cornwall Redcar Darlingt. ... ..• is a pressure for the vessels, and the faster the 10 i. Cecil' Junction ••• ••• 10C all Hidld.Bradfd Nlidland.. 94 —95 tenders go in the more acceptable to the authorities. 50 50 all Northern alio i 25 2 D D un ub l e l e n e & p ß a c rt l f i a i IT: c r . 4 •— 2 t , Easternsp.e. L.". Count. 58 60 59 i The meeting yesterday of the proprietors a the deep Junction 6i 74 50 all Do. 6 per et. 1 -Do. General Screw Steam Navigation. Company is of 25 all Do. New ... ... 50 all Do. Fixeds p , Do' ••• ••• 15 16 St 100 East Anglian 25 all Prost. & Wyre L. &N.W. public as well as special importance, and shows the 11i -- lig in i i &Ln&YIK ... ... 20 . all Eastern Counties inconvenience to which the mercantile community St. 100 Eastern Union, A 123 all Do. Shares. Do — ... is exposed by a probable cessation of the diroct Stock - 34 St: 100 Roystn.&llit. GtNorthr 136 138 , 22 24 ! steam communication to Australia. Already the St. 100 De., B. Stock 25 18$ Shef.lloth.a.::(: Lancash& 25 84 Do., Now A......... ••• ••• Goole cr. 5 p.c. York sb. m •.. line established between England and the Cape of St. 100 East Lancashire 7 1 12 9:3- S. Stall'ord.sla .Nl.?.lClear 2i lid St 100 Edinburela&GlasgolN 54 55 Good Hope has been abandoned as unprofitable, 50 all Wear - Valicygl Stock t. & 10 . 9! Edinb. and Peebles.. ••• ;. , • 6 per cent... Darliugt ... ... - • and now we have official information of what has St. 100 Edin. Pith &Dunde 2 03 22 :I 25 all Do. ..! • I,_. .I. 1......mr irsecno . 11,9,ck 10 1 If'C'rth & Clyde June. ••• ••• St. ,100 'lTilts&C..,'emrst,GtWestn. 93 95 93 1 CITY, Tee 0 O'CLOCK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at 7,000 bales, including 1,500 American taken for export and on speculation. The market closed flatly ; compared with Friday's rates, prices of all kinds tend downwards. The sales comprised 5,500 American, lelo Pernam and 21.1aranham at 614, to 61c1., 300 Egyptian at sid. to 81d., and 4000 Surat at 2il. to 41d. Railway Shares were very dull. 4 The Indian and China mails are expected to morrow, having arrived at Marseilles. The Admiralty is taking up steamers in every possible direction, and a further notice out this day invites tenders for the conveyance of troops, with—. out any particular day being named. In fact there is a pressure for the vessels, and the faster the tenders go in the more acceptable to the authorities. The meeting yesterday of the proprietors a the General Screw Steam Navigation Company is of public as well as special importance, and shows the inconvenience to which the mercantile community is exposed by a probable cessation of the diroct steam communication to Australia. Already the line established between England and the Cape of Good Hope has been abandoned as unprofitable, and now we have official information of what has been before averred, viz., that heavy losses have attended each voyage to the antipodes. The enormous quantity of coal required engrosses all the available tonnage room, and throws the whole burden of defraying the expense upon the passengers and the postage. Under these circumstances it becomes of great moment to consider What remedy can be devised. Occasion ally the steamers navigating by the Cape of Good Hope make good voyages, but the clipper sailing ships frequently outstrip them, and unless an ade quate pecuniary return can be secured there is evidently no prospect 'of steam being kept up either by any company or individual owner. The movement recently made by the Australian Postal Association is particularly interesting, and so long as the war lasts the plan they suggest will probably be the only one practicable, all the available steamers of the General Screw Steam Navigation Company being engaged as transports for the troops. It is this peculiar state of things which, at the meeting of the company yesterday, led to very strong opposition to the adoption of the directors' report, and the dividend recommended at the rate of 5 per cent. per an mum for the six months, the belief being enter tained that the company's trading operations have been unremunerative, and that if the accounts 'were made out in another form very different re salts would be shown to those now exhibited. The war contracts, it is contended, have alone redeemed the position of the company, and, therefore, the pre sent would be a favourable opportunity for selling the vessels of the company and winding up. We need not say that the lines started by the company have proved most useful, and that their cessation upon many points, at any rate, would be matter for sincere regret. This is a question, however, for the proprietory, who cannot be expected to do otherwise than consult their pecuniary interest, and the result we shall learn at the adjourned meeting next Wednesday, a ballot being taken in the interim. What we desire now, however, more particularly to dwell upon is the proposal of the Australian Postal Association at present under the consideration of the authorities First, they ask a semi-monthly communication. Second, greater regularity. Third, a speed equal to 10 knots per hour. Fourth, a direct course. To accomplish this, the overland route via Suez seems the only reliable means, as far as letters are concerned ; and if the vessels are wanting, the China service, which is of far inferior value, can be altered from a fortnightly to a monthly route. There is nothing in the least unreasonable, or even difficult, in the plan submitted the Postal Association a plan which would bring the Australian colonies within 44 days of England were the same speed kept up as between England and India. The route would be simply this :—From Dover to Marseilles 1 day 11 hours, Marseilles to Alexandria 5 days 21 hours, Alex andria to Aden 7 days 12 hours, Aden to Galle 9 days 3 hours, Gallo to King George's Sound. 14 days 2 hours, King George's Sound to Mel bourne 5 days 18 hours. If the Chagos Island were made a coaling depot instead of Galle, the distance would probably be accomplished in 43 days. The English Stock Market has been unfavourably influenced by the scarcity of money experienced in the " house, and the fact that a few of the specu lators have been unable to meet their differences with promptitude upon Turkish Scrip. Consols are 17. 91 to 92 for Money, and 94 to 924 for Account. 29 The New-3 per Cents, are 90/ to 90a, and the Re- 20 duced. Annuities 934 to 4. Bank Stock is rather 20 weakerebeing 211 to 212. Exchequer Bills are 3s. 20 to 6s. prem., and India Bonds Bs. prem. Exche- 20 quer Bonds of 1858 are marked 99k, and those of 100 1859, 93 1 The following are the nominal prices of foreign 100 stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 54 to 5e ; Mexi- 0 can, 21e to 21i ; Peruvian, 65 to 6 7 ; ditto, g 3 per Cents., 47 to 49 ; Portuguese 4 per Cents., 25 40 to 42 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 95 to 97 ; ditto, 4i per Cents., 84 to 86 ; Spanish New Deferred, 100 184 to 18/ ; ditto, 3 per Cents., 371 to 38 ; ditto, 100 Certificates, 54 to 5e ; ditto, Passive, 41 to 5. In the Foreign Market this has .been settl in g day 25° in Turkish Scrip, and the circumstance of one 5 party having been unable to meet his differences 20 upon a large amount, and of others having serious difficulty in accomplishing the same, has caused 100 considerable agitation and a further decline in the 100 quotations. Probably, however, after this account 100 ie got over, and the next instalment is provided, 100 we shall have a steadier market. Tho extreme rates have been 4i to 51 discount. Spanish 12000 i New Deferred Bonds have been at 18, 20 and the Committ ?e's Certificate is at si. 5 Portuguese 5 per Cents. ex over-due Coupons have been done at 381. Buenos Ayres Bonds have 2 realised 57, and Brazilian New 96. Dutch 4 per Cents. have been 90 3 / 4 to 91±. The share market is again lower for all the Eng lish lines. Some, however, are relatively better than others, and among these must we include the Caledonian, which has only receded per cent. The Great Northern, which is about the same as yesterday, to decline. Great Western has dropped Ito Great Western about 1, Midland 4to and South Eastern 4. The foreign lines have given way about 1 to 1 per cent., but with very little doing. Great Western of Canada are firmly maintained. The mining market has been quite neglected. In the Joint Stock Banks there are but limited dealings at about the former rates, and the Crystal Palace Shares continue heavy. The Australian Pacific Mail are a trifle better, probably in conse quence of the General Screw Company's steamers being at present off the routes. The last week's railway receipts ascertained up to this day are in round figures as under 1854. 1853. £21,085 £20,538 52,621 48,504 11,978 11,220 13,179 11,761 26,875 24,793 15,920 14,375 11,536 9,926 23,063 18,820 19,640 18,574 30,757 27,293 I I Perth & Clyde June. LOO Glasgow &S. Weston LOO Great Northern LOO Do., A. Stock [OO Do., B. Stock LOO Gt. Sth. &West.(lre ) [OO Great Western LOO Do. Stour Val. Rail Gua. Stk.. all Irish South-Eastern, all Lancaster & Carlisle 14 Do., Thirds 4 Do. New Thirds LOO Lancash.andYorksh 19:. Do., Fifths 114 Do., Wst. Riding Un all Liv.Crsby.&Southpt all London & Blackwal LOO Lond. Bright &S.Cst. LOO Lond. and N. Westn. 12 Do. Fifths 1 Do.lo/. Sh.,M&B k 21 Do. Eighths LOO London andS. Westn 421 Do., £5O 34' Do., £4O all LndrrySt Coleraine all Lndudrry. & Ennisk. 100 Aancli.Shef.& Lincln 44 Do., Man. & Lin. Un 100 Midland 100 Do. Birmng. k.Derby all Nlidld. G. West. (Ire.) 22 Do. Half Shares 911 Newcastle & 54 Newmkt.BuryExten. 19.?, Nwpt.Aberg. &Hrfd. 8 Newry &Enniskillen all Newry Warrenpointl S 9 - 90 74 - 76 L 24 - 126 89 -91 691 70} 68 - 70 and itostrevor. 100 Norfolk Northn.Counties Un 100 North British alli North Devon, No. 1 all Do., No. 2 all Do., 1 A Deferred all Do., B Guarant - ed 100 N. Eastern—Berwieli 20 Do. do. Extension 13 Do.do. G.N.E. Parch. all Do. Leeds 100 Do. York all North London Do. New £lO I/ lb N.&S.Wstrn.,Hamp stead, and City Jn 17 North Staffordshire all North Western all N. &S. Westrn. June. 1. Nuneaton, Hinckley. and Leicester LOO Oxford, Woreester,Sz St. 10 St. 25 Wolverhampton ... lii -- 82 g 10 8 -- 10 701 714 5i -- 58 I Si .04 105 991 • 100 d pal d par 1 796 L 0 1) 10 • kr 9 t o 22 - 23 67i 6SI 40 - 42 iA dl 10i -- 2 -- 22 3g $A 33 g 10 la GA 76 75 76 6 a Sid —14. f 11 - 52 - 53 55 --- 1 p 4d. # P 4 41- - 7 gd—ip 31. - 33 89 I 125 6 Portsmouth 100 Scottish Central . 100 Scottish Midland all Shrovrsby. 6z Flerefd all Shropshiro Union Do. A, B, paid np at per co, all South Devon 100 South Eastern all South Wales 15 S. Yrksh. do Riv. Dun 5 Do 8 ,itaine,s,Wok. &Wok' all t•ockton & Darling. 16? itockton & Hartlepl 100 Taff Vale 9 Do. £lO shares 100 Do. Pref., No. 1 21 Thames haven Dock and Railway all Vale of Neath all Waterfd. & Kilkenny all Waterford&Limeriek 18 West Cornwall. 3 West End of Londor and Crystal ralacci all West London 111 9.lWimbledn & Croydon. 62 - 94 60 - 62 7i - 45 - 47 - 14 fig}- g 0 d 3 ; 7 3 - 3i 18 19 41 - 4i 22 - 6 - 7 ic = f FOREIGN. all Antworp&Rotterclana 3i Belgian Eastn. June. 8 Beziers to Graissessac 2s. Bombay, Baroda, ands Central Illdia,Serip ... Central of Italy all Demerara 14 Dijon and Besancon 10 Dutch Rhenish . all Eastern of France 10 Do. New all East Indian 2 Do. Extension all Do. 41, p. c. Bds., pay. '57, convertible all Do. do. do., '59, do 10 Gd. Jnrct. of France 126 lad. Tk of Canad.uk. is. all Do. do all Do. St. Lawrence & Atlantis do. all Do. Cert. of Deben., con. into Stk. till '63 all Do. Comp. 6p. c., do. 10 Gt. Central of France all Gt. Indian Peninsula 1 Do. New 5 per cent. all Gt. Western of Cana& 691 i i 70 i 994 8 f 6 q 11 10 4 3 d d it P 67 i i - - P 34 -31 314 -32 i Id V— 6 d 7i 6i '. ••• 8 .—, 7d g 7d par par 1p 60 1 591 6i i St. 100 St. 1100 25 I 30 it. 100 !CI 5 ,t. 100 .5 , all all ! i f all 6 all 64 all 3d all Great Western North-Western South-Western Brighton Midland South-Eastern Caledonian Great Northern Lancashire and Yorkshire North-Eastern Shares all Do. Bds., payable's7 with option till '55. all Do. do., '62, p. '56 . all Do. do., '76, 171 - 18} par p 1 -- 3p BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK ( Front the Oftica List.) 4LI 1 - i' all Do. do., '73, Withou option all Hamilton & Toronto all Do. 6 per cent. 11 Lake Const. & Basle all Lucca & Pistoj a 5 p.c prof 12 Great Luxembourg Constituted Shares all Do. Obligations 10 Lyons and GeneTo 12 Lyons & Mediterran 16j Madras 2 Do. New 31. t., Maria Antonia all Do. do. New 2 Melbourne Dk. & Ry. all Namur & Liege (witl interest) all Do. (ex interest) all Northern of France all D 0.201. Shs.late Char leroi and Erquolines guar. 3i p. c. & red. at 2211. dur. 88 yrs. from.' Jan. 1854.... all Do. 20/. 3 p. a Bds. (fmy.BALAms.Shs.) all NorwegianTrunkPref 14 Paris and Lyons all Ditto Bonds ..... all Paris and Orleans all Paris and Rouen 10 ParisCaen & Cherbrg all Rouen and Havre , 20 Royal Danish 3 Royal Swedish all Sambre and Meuse all Do. 54 p. cent. Prof 10 Southern. of France. 14 St. Andrew's and Quebec (A) all West Flanders I all Do Siper c. Pref._ I 10 Western of France_ I 16 West. of Switzerland all Wiesbaden 20 Zealand . •• ..". •.' die 4i 43 2 3 par ap 20 20 20 20 ... -.... id-tp ~• ••••• •• - 7 33 3 := 34 12i -- 13 9 - 10 19 - 204 p 45 47 37 39 Pm 21. 21. ld par 721 8 d ••• ".. •• • "".' pm 4 ... - Si - BuiThess done Bank Stock 2ll 12 8 per Colt. Reduced Annuities 93 a i 6 3 per Cent Consols Annuities 913 2 New 3 per Cent. Annuities 90 Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 India Bonds. .El000 Ditto, under £lOOO Consols for Account ... .Exchequer Bills, 2id. S-21000 Small 4 7 p Exchequer Bonds 1858, 3,i per Cent. 991 Ditt. 1859, ~ ...... 99;1 • PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK, Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent ................... Ditto New, 1852, 4A per Cent ......... Buenos Ayres Bonds, - 6 per Cent ............. 57 Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent ................ Ditto ex. all over due Coupons ... 3Bi Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent ..................... Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent lBl Spanish Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun 5l p c Turkish Scrip 6 per cent Ditto for the Account .... 5i N4i d Dividends on the above payable in London. Dut.,l Exchange, 2 per Cent. 12 Cull -- Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates HALB•PAST TWO. Consols . - 91 i 2 P 1 4 02 Account _ mulmulommemm 92 91i 2i 5 - Op . s • ''' 16i - 17 4g I BANKS. 81 -- 83 .. ••• i . d Par 1 id 50 50 100 100 i o ii 2i 2d 24 25 ••• ... 39 - 41 5 all 74 2 63 all 0 all . 0' all 5 all [0 all , t. all It. 100 5 all 5 1 all t WO 100 it. 100 t. 1.00 0 8 64 all A i 7 0 6 >t. 100 >t. 100 >t. 100 L.2i all 123 all 15 all .0 all 6 4. L 2 all L 27 all L 2 10? 2 ;t. 100 >1 100 114 LO 10 100 'it. 100 3t. 100 it. 100 it. 100 St. 100 17 5 10 13 12 9 25 10 It. J too 8i all 10 10 25 all 10 11 .0.6 all ,t. 100 !O all !O all !O 16 15 all ;5 5 2 all 5) 4 1 all 1 all LOs. all 1 all 1 all 1 all 1 all 50 all 0 13.5 ;5 25 10 all 0 15 1 1 , tO all 5 1 it. all !.5 all 51 all MINES. 2 i !O all 1 all 3i 4 1 all 1 all .0 9 1 all 1 all Agna Fria Anglo Austrin. Gold Anglo Californian Australian Australian Cordillera Australian Freehold. Ave Maria . - li Baden (Gd. Duchy of) Blmnarvon Iron and ii 1 -1. i' -: *1 1 1 all ;0 I all s • " - Coal British Iron Brazilianlmp. (issued at £5 pm Do. Cocaes & Cuiada Do. St. John Del Rey Carsons's Clarendon Cons. Min Co. of Jamaica • Cobro Copper Colonial Gold Copper Min. of Eng. Do. Prof. 7i p. cent. Copiapo English and Austin. Copper Smeltg (;to Fortuna General Gt.NuggetVeinßeg. Great Polgooth Liberty Linares Mariquita ........ Mexican&S.Amerien ] New Granada New Linares Mining and Smelting Nouveau blonde Pontgibaud Silver Lead Min. & Smelt Port Philip Quartz Rock flaiymncy Iron Do. Now 43 ii 71 73 8 --. 9 t!2 = ro. 7 - 8 1001 100 98 9 2f - 2i 14 - 30 - 22 1 - 46 - 4$ 50 - 65 2 - 4p 15 - 17 ii - li i - il, - i 5 1 1 all .5 all 10 11i J. all LO !N all 1 all 1 all 1 12s. Si Si $ $ 6 - 71 I - - 151 - 16 23 -2" 6 - - 11 1 - 3 21 - 31 1 I at Santiago do Cuba South Australian Tin Croft .. United Mexican Waller West Mariposa..,.,,, , Wortking Mining fa . Australia Yuba HISCEL: :ous Rubin Coal and hop , .76 Xustralian Agricult. 6 A.ustralsn.Pcific. Mail Lll A.ustraln. Royal Mail 5?, 3erlin Water Works L-0 Brit. American Land 1 Brit. & Coln. Smeltg. and Reduction Co. 32? - 2 Canada .00 Canada Gov. 6 p. et Jan. and Jaly 5 all 25 1 l' 20 Crystal Palace A Crystal Pal. of France 5 Eastern Steam ElectricTelegraph(A) Lll Electric Teleg. of Ir. 4 Gen. Steam Navigat.. al General Screw Steam. Irish Beetroot Sugar Magdalena St. Navig. 11 Mediteran. Elec. TeL ell Nat. Pat. Steam Fu63 5 Netherlands Land._ 1 N. S. W. Coal &Inter, Steam Navig,at. Co, 1 all 20 25 2' 1 al 15 1 20 al 20 1' 20 1 1 10 al 1 a] N. B. Australasian... ) Nrti l .ofEnropeSteam 31 Peel Rr. Ld. iz, [l]. Peninsular& Oriental [5 Do. Do. 38 - 40 5 0 I al 2 I a'. 100 Port] and Iron. C 0..., 60 :ball Steam t 11 iloEtrAi. Invest, 1.11 ,South Au9tral.Land übmar. Telegraph ll Do. Registered. Yika DioaleVis Utiat ii = n ••• - ••• P 5 - 100 25a. 1 a 10 - 111 2i - 3 iC - ii .. i - ••• ... li .. I --- .•• - i ii =_ i'i 2 - 2i 2 35 ^ - 37 - 1 , - 1 1 3 11 1.r., THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 16, 1854. JOINT-STOI all A u 5tra1a5ia ............ all I British Colonial Bank and Loan Company all British N. Amorican 5 Chart& Bank of Asia 2 Chrtd. Buk. of India, Australia, & China 25 Colonial 20 Commercial of Loud 16 English Scottish and AUstralian.. all Loud. Chart. Bk. of Australia 20 London and County 10 London Joint Stock 20 Lond. & Westminster 35 National Provincial of England 10 Do. New 226 National of Ireland all New South Wales all Oriental Bank of Corporation 25 Provincial of Ireland all Do. New Royal Australn.Bisg. & Gold Imp Co all South Australia all Union of Australia Do. New 10 Union of Imadou.mt PREFERENCE SHARES. Aberdeen Do. No. 2, 7 p. c. Blyth and Tyne lOper c. pref. (issd. e t 501) Bris. & Ex. 4 p. c. St. Do. 4 p. c. Shares Caledonian £lO Chester Sz Holyhead Guar. 5, 1 , per coat , Do. do. Pref. No. 2 Do. do. Pref. No. 2 1 Cork &Bandons Dundee Perth &AberH deen Junction EastAnglian (X 3 10s) 6 per cent Do. (~4 2 5) 7 per cent Do. (X 7 17s) 7 p. c Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No. I Do. No. 2 . Do. New 6 r . c. St. Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent DO. 5/., 10 ner cent. Do. 101. Del;entr.Sh- Do. do. 4 per cent East Laneash.6 p. ets East and West York shire June. Fifths Edinb Prth. &Dundee 4 per cent. Glasgow Si - , S.Western Guar. 5 per cent Great Northn. 5 p. c Do. 5 p. c. Redeem., at 10 p. C. prom. Do. 46 p. c. Gt.N. of Scot. lst Pref Gt. Southn.&Westm. (Ireland) Eighths) Do. 4 per c. Prof. St. Gt. Weste. (Berks & Hants Ex. 5 p. c) Do. con. red. 4. p.c Do. con. red. 4 p. c Do. irred. 4 p.c. Do. Birm. Pref. Sh Do. Chester 8 p. e.P. S De. do. 5 p. c. do Do. Birm. Gua. Stk Do. Ches. Gua. Stk Do. do. d 0... .......•• Do. do. do. ••• •• • Lan. & York. F. £2O Do. 6 p. c. Stock London and Brightonl Guaranteed 5 p. e Do. Pref., 5 p. c. St Do. Now Guar.6 p. c Lon.&N. W., Coy. 6, Nuneaton p. ct. London & S. Western Con. Thirds Londonderry& Color Sharos Londy. & Ennis. Sh Wan., Shef., & Shares, No. 1. ... Do. New, £lO . Do. XG .. 11 , farypt.8L Carl.4p Du. per cent Do Cousol .6 p.c.St. Do. Consol, Bristol & Birm. 6 per cent Do. Pref. per cent igorfolk Debenture Do. Pref. 4 p. c. Stocl= Do. 5 p.c. Ext Do. 5l per ct.pref Do. Way. Val. 5 p. c Norti British g. E. Bervr, 4 p.c. P Do. do. du Do. Leeds 6 p.c. N.. 1 De. do. Quarters '4B Do. York. ii. & P» r. North Staffordshire. Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverh.Xl.s, 6 p.c. Scot. Cont. ,New Prei Do. 5 per cent South Devon De. fixed, 4& percent S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. Do. 4. per cent S.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar S Wales Gila. 4p. C. Do. do. 41 p. c.... Stockton and Dar lington, 4 per cent Do. do. do. Stockton and Hartle pool, guar. 5 p. c. till Ist July, 1856 Waterfd.&Kilk.6p.c. 98 - 102 92 - : 4,6 iia :- iii 51 - 61 E - lip i - I. P 13 -13 i 22 - 24 65 - 70 ...xd 1115 -- 117 108 - 110 103 - 101 6 -- 6A 98 -- 100 90 -- 92 93 -- 95 10i -- 11 16i -- 173 10 72 -- 74 -19 i ei -- 9i 14 -- 15 lt - 138 140 ••• ..... ••• - 8 p 11 - IIU - iP 38 - 140 1 - S 7 -tO 104 - 106 91 - 93 - Si ,„ ••• 1 id 112 - 114 12 14 par 22i 23} 99 101 17 —l9 SHREWSBURY RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) HANDICAP. Dead heat with Prieetcraft and Baronet. ARRlVED.—Baustead, Garland, Goodlad, Malresley, Gaylad, Diana, Theodore, Teddesley, Emigrant, Parch ment, and Old Misery. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT-(THIS DAY). HOUSE OF LORDS. Parliament was this day further prorogued until Thursday, the 14th December. The Lord Chancellor and the other peers named in the Royal Commission, took their seats on the wool sack shortly before 3 o'clock, and immediately afterwards the Yeoman Usher of the Black Rod was directed to summons the Commons to attend at the bar and hear the Commission read. In obedience to this summons, several officers of the Lower House appeared at the bar, when the Commis sion was read, and the Lord Chancellor, in her Ma jesty's name, declared the Parliament to stand prorogued until the 14th of December. The proceeding was of the ordinary formal character. LA TV INTELLIGE:VCE.-(THIS DAY.) COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. CRIMINAL INFORMATION-IN BE MARSHALL. Mr. Watson applied to the Court for a rule calling upon the Judge of the County Court of Wakefield, to show cause why a criminal information should not be filed, upon the ground that from motives' of malice he had excluded a barrister named Shaw from practising in his court. It appeared that a report of a case appeared in the Wakefield Express, some time in the month of June, which gave considerable offence to Mr. Mar shall, and as he suspected Mr. Shaw to be the author of that report, he had peremptorily refused to allow him to practise in his court. Mr. Shaw had re peatedly had offers of retainers made to hire, but owing to the prohibition, he was compelled to reject them. He appeared in the court to conduct a case, but Mr. Mar shall refused to let him proceed because he would not con fess himself to be the author of the report. Lord Campbell—You say then that Mr. Marshall has maliciously misconducted himself in the administration , of justice. Mr. Watson—Distinctly, my lord. Lord Campbell—We think a prima facie case of malice has been made out, and you may take a rule to show cause, though the judge may have acted with perfect faith in what he did. It may hereafter appear that there is sufficient ground for an action, but it does not follow that a criminal information ought to issue on that account. Rule accordingly. A SUBSTITUTE FOR MALT. The last report of the Agricultural Society of Clermont (Oise) strongly recommends the substitution of chiendent (couch -grass) for malt in the making of beer. The fol lowing is the mode of operation pointed out :—" Four kilogrammes of the chiendent is put into a mash tub and thoroughly wetted with lukewarm water, but not to excess. As soon as it has begun to germinate and thrown out small white shoots nearly half an inch in length, it is put into a barrel with 1 kilog. of bruised ju niper berries, 60 grammes yeast, and 2 kilog. of course brown sugar. On these ingredientsthrow 8 litres of water very hot 'but not boiling, and stir the whole well up with a stick. On the following day add 8 litres more hot water, aad on the next day 9 litres, stirring it well up on both occasions. The barrel is then bunged down, leav ing only a small vent-hole stepped with a little whisp of straw. At the end of five days the liquid is racked off into a clean cask, and in two days after it is fit to drink, aid forms a pleasant and wholesome beverage." The report recommends this preparation for three reasons :- Ist, It tends to clear the ground of a parasitical plant which renders it unfruitful ; 2d, it gives the country people a wholesome and pleasant beverage, particularly valuable when wise and cidar are scarce ; and 3d, It leaves for the food of the people a considerable quantity of corn which is every year consumed in making beer. We may add to the above that it has been discovered that the couch-grass yields a fine spirit when distilled ; a patent for this was taken out in France, Belgium, and England, about a month since. MARKET .NEWS-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the week ended Nov. 16, 1854, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors In the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales per Imperial Quarter. WHEAT. esabEr. l OATS. I RYE. BEANS. PZAII. 723 Id 35s 01 1 283 7,1 , 42s 5,1 48; 10d 1 48s 24 THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGE. WHEAT. I BARLEY. I OATS. RYE. I BEANS. I PEAS. 62s Ot 152 s Id 26s td 36s lld 45s 9d j 42s 53 DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. WHEAT. I BARLEY. OATS. I RTE. I BEAM* I PE". Is Od Is Od Is Od Is Od IS Od Is Od QUANTITIES OF GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK. Wheat, 114,174; Barley, 68,634; Oats, 11,317 ; Rye, 43 5 ; Beans, 4,401; ieas:l,Bl7 ' quarters. MEAT MARKETS. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL.—The general demand ruled inactive, as follows :—Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 6tl; Mut ton, 3s 6d to 4s 8d ; Ve a l, 3 s 101 to 43 10c1; Pork, 3s 4d to 5s 2d per 81bs, by the carcase. SOUTHALL, Nov. 15.—Our market was fairly supplied, and the trade ruled firm, as fellows :—Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 10d ; Mutton, 3s Gd to 5s 0,1 ; Veal, 3s 10d to 4s 10c1 ; Pork, 3s 6d to 4s 8d per 81bs, to sink the offals. ROMFORD, Nov. 15.—We had a good demand for each kind of stock, the prices of which had an upward tendency. Beef, from 3s 4d to 5s Od ; Mutton, 3s 6d to 5s Od ; Veal, 4s Od. to 5s Od ; Pork, 3s Gd to 4s 8d per 81bs. Quarter old Store Pigs, 21s to 27s each. HAY AUBXETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 21 12s to 41 12s ; clover ditto, 31 Os to 61 O s ; an d straw, 11 6s to 11 12s per load. A fair average supply and a heavy demand. CIIMBEILLAND.—Meadow hay, 21 15s to 41 15s ; clover ditto, 31 Os to 51 15s; and straw, 116 s to 1113 s per load. Trade rather dull. WHITECHAPM.—Meadow hay, 2115 s to 4110 s; clover ditto, 31 Os to 61 Os ; and straw, 1/ Gs to 1112 s per load. A moderate demand. LLOYD'S SHIPPING--(THIS DAY.) —..--- lig r a N b D re O eTe, N w o it v h . PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 15.—Wind, S.W. Potsdam, from Batavia ; Rajah (s s), Southampton; rain.l6.— Wind this day at Noon, S.E. ; • ed—Victoria, H.M.S. Salamander, from the coast of Sco t t o la B n . d. Arrived PLYMOUTH, Nov. 15.—Wind, S.W. limy from Quebec. FALMOUTH, Nov. 15.—Wind, W.S.W. S.S.W. Arrived—Cate rina, from C onstantinople, for Southamp t on ; Ad o l p h, Kertch ; Amo r , C ampodonieo. DOVER, Nov. 14 . — Wind Wingle, from H ull, for St. D om i ng o, with damage to rudder. OFF MARGATE, N ov . 15. —C as h mere , from Callao ; Arrived—Soren U. E. D., Batavia. SOUTHAMPTON, Nov. 15.—Wind, E.N.E. Arrived— Candia (s s), from Toulon. OFF THE GOODWIN, Nov. 15.—Baldur, from Copen hagen, for the Brazils. BRISTOL, Nov. 15.—Wind, S.W. Arrived—Ocean Gem, from St. John's, N.B. ; Marcianus, Quebec. HULL, Nov. 15.—Wind, S.S.E. Arrived—Jane and Elizabeth, f rom St . John's, N. 8.; Admiral, do.; William, Quebec ; Wanderer, do.; Ocean Child, Spatoto; Cork screw (a s), Bremen. PENZANCE, Nov. 14.—Wind, N. Arrived—Cornelia (s s), from Loi2don, for Swansea, with loss of foremast and crank-axle broken. LYNN ROADS, Nov. 15.—Arrived—Mary, from New York. REDCAR, NOP.ls.—The Jane Erskine (brig), of Belfast, from Antwerp to Newcastle, ran on shore early this morn ing near this place, and is now breaking up ; crew saved. SUNDERLAND, Nov. 15.—About fifteen ships are on shore near this port, amongst them are the Integrity, Auckland, Belmont, Conqueror, of this port, and Calypso, of London ; crews all saved. DUNBAR, Nov. 15.—The Brilliant, of and from Boston, for Leith, is on shore five miles east of this place, and is likely to became a total wreck. CLYDE, Nov. 14.—Arrived—Meteor Flag, from Pictou ; Harriet, Girgenti. GUERNSEY, Nov. 14.—The Mars (cutter), of and for Jersey, was in contact last evening in the roadstead with the Primrose (cutter), of Lynne, and sunk immediately; crew saved. QUEENSTOWN, Nov. S.E. Arrived—Lord Elgin, from Demerara ; Messenger, St. Stephen's ; Silistria, Prince Edward's Island; Cicero, Alexandria. WATERFORD, Nov. 14.—Wind, S.W. Arrived—Hero, from Cadiz and Corunna. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LivEurooL, Thursday, 10.20 a.m. Wind N., light, and very wet. Three men belonging is the Letitia h ave arr i ved i n t h e schrioner Thomas, o Ramsey, from Newport, which vessel had been in collision with the Letitia. Arrived—The Sultan, from Denia ; Anna Gertracle, Danzig ; Minho, steamer, Cadiz and Vigo ; Commodore, steamer, Havre. Sailed—Tho Juliane, for Trinidad ; Anne Morrice, St. Michael's ; Sarah, Rio Janeiro ; Wilton, Jamaica; Anna, Sydney, New South Wales ; Albion, Mazagan ; Kozia Page, Rio Grande; Adroit, Rouen. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Thursday, 9.57 a.m. Wind S. by W. ; tide, four hours' flood; cloudy. Arrived, Nov. 16—The Rainbow, steamer, from Rotter. darn ; Baron Osy, steamer, Antwerp. Nov. 15-1 - Ada, steamer, for Rotterdam. DELL, Thursday, 9.0 a.m. Wind S. by W., very strong, and dirty. Passed—Waverley, from St. John's, for London. Anchored—Victoria, from London, for Now York (sup. poked) ; weather too bad for boarding. SPANISH BONDROLDERS. The committee of Spanish bondholders (through Baron Lionel de Rothschild) have addressed a memorial to General Espartero, advocating the cause of the holders of the certificates issued for the half of the coupons left unfunded at the last conversion, and begging his Excel lency to recommend some measure to the Spanish Cortes on the subject. The following communication has been received from the agent of the committee in Madrid : Translation. Madrid, Nov. 6. Sir,—l had the honour of receiving the letter which you addressed to me, dated the 10th and 27th October, and, in consequence of the confidence which the committee has placed in me, I will continue to employ every effort to give validity, with the Government of her Catholic Majesty, to the claims of the bondholders. I have delivered into the hands of his Excellency the Duke do la Victoria the letter which you have sent to me addressed to him, and, after having informed. his Excel lency, in a few words, of the nature of the claim, I re ceived from the duke the assurance that he and the cabi net, over which ho presides, will heartily endeavour to obtain from the approaching Cortes a just and prompt solution of this affair, respecting which the Minister of Finance had consulted him. I hasten, sir, to apprise you of the favourable turn which it appears the question will take at a later period, for even if the views, which I presume to have been concocted be tween the Minister of Finance and the Duke de la Vic toria, do not assure us of a project of law to that effect, I see in them a pledge that the present government aban dons the policy pursued by the preceding cabinet respect ing the certificates for the coupons, and that it will act with good faith before constituent Cortes. It is difficult to foresee what will then be the fate of our claims before the scrutiny of a political assembly : I think that at the proper-time it will be suitable to enlighten the opinion of the deputies by means of discussion and publi city, and that at prese:lt we have only to await the effect of the steps which have been recently taken. Lord Hoyden, whomever ceases from showing the kindest interest, is informed by mo of every step taken, and I can not sufficiently praise his kind support and good counsel, as well as those of nay predecessor Mr. Weisweiiler, who has recently returned to Madrid. Receive, sir, the assurance of my entire devotion. IGNACE BAIIER. THE ENSUING PATRIOTIC FUND BALL. LIST OF PATRONS AND PATRONESSES. Yesterday a meeting of the committee connected with the above laudable purpose was held at the Guildhall ; Sir James Duke, Bart,, M.P., in the chair. The fol lowing was announced as the accurate list of patrons and patronesses. PATRONESSES.—The Lady Mayoress, the Countess Walewski, Madame Musurus, her Grace the Duchess of Norfolk, her Grace the Duchess of Argyll, her Grace the Duchess of Beaufort, her Grace the Duchess of Welling ton, the Marchioness of Breadalbane, the Marchioness of Aylesbury, the Countess of Derby, the Countess of Clarendon, the Countess Granville, the Countess of Shaftesbury, the Lady John Russell, Viscountess Pal merston, Viscountess Canning, Viscountess Hardinge, Lady Ernest Bruce, and the Lady Molesworth. PATRONS.—The Right Hen. the Lord Mayor and Sheriffs, his Excellency the French Ambassador, the Turkish Minister, his Grace the Duke of Norfolk, his Grace the Duke of Newcastle, his Grace the Duke of Argyll, his Grace the Duke of Beaufort, his Grace the Duke of Wellington, the Marquis of Breadalbane, the Marquis of Aylesbury, the Earl of Derby, the Earl of Clarendon, the Earl Granville, the Lord John Russell, M.P., the Lord Viscount Palmerston, M.P., the Lord Viscount Canning, the Lord Viscount Hardinge, the Lord Ernest Bruce, M.P., the Lord Dudley doutts Stuart, M.P., the Right Hon. Sir W. Molesworth, ALP., the Right Hon. Sir James Graham, M.P. Mr. Bathe, of the London Tavern, we are informed, has been appointed to provide the entire supply of the refreshment department. 4th QUEEN'S OWN LIGHT DRAGOONS. The following is a nominal list of killed and missing in ;he action of 25th October, 1854 : Major Halkett. Lieutenant Sparke. Sergeant-Major Fowler, married, four children. PP „ Herbert, married, one child. Sergeant Campbell, married, two children. PP Thomas. „ Lynch. Trumpet-Major Crawford, married, four children. Trumpeter Lovelock. Corporal Armstrong. „ Spence. Private Parks. If Phelan. IP Nereoyle. PP Waight. PP Thomsett. 9, Michael O'Brien. IP Donaldson, married. it Hexall. PP Boxall. PP Lucas. „ Moody, married. PP George Robinson. ~ Swan. IP • Frederick. If Bagshaw. „ Farquharson. „ King, married. ), Hutton. )) Marshall. f 1 Barnes. if Bolton. „ Fletcher. 48 horses killed. 1 died of wounds. 8 destroyed in consequence of injuries. 18 wounded, still living. UNFAIR CHARGES MADE BY THE NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. a merchant buys coal in the county of Durham to supply his customers in York aid the neigh bourhood, the above railway company charge 4s. 3d. per ton for the use of the railway; whereas if a merchant buys coal at the same colliery for his customers at Don caster and the neighbourhood, the above railway com pany charge 2s. 71d. per ton for the use of the railway. The Railway and Canal Traffic Act, 1854, sec. 2, cites' that the duty of railway companies is to receive and forward without partiality in any respect whatsoever. This railway company appear to set the Government of the country at defiance ; for I also find in the North- Eastern Railway Act, 1554, obtained in the last session of Parliament, the toll authorised to be taken for the conveyance of coal, coke, &c., for 30 miles and upwards, is one penny per ten per mile (say 30 miles, 2s. 6d.) ; whereas in looking ever the charges made fur conveying coal in August last, I find that for 31& miles the charge is 45. 4d. per ton, and this system of management ap pears to have been going on for some time past. The public complain of coal being too dear ; and if the mer chant complains to the colliery owners that the charge for the use of the railway is too high, the reply is, "The railway company make these charges, and we have no redress ; if we complain they stop our trade." If the merchant complains to the railway company's officers, the reply is, " We do not know you ;" consequently this system of management goes on, thus : The railway company overcharge the colliery owners, the colliery owners overcharge the merchant, the merchant over charges the public; and the shareholders of this railway pay no less than nice thousand pounds per year for this system of direction and chief management. I do not expect the mineral traffic is the only one subjected to this system ; and if all merchants give themselves the trouble to look into the charges authorised by the act, I think they will discover the same reason to complain. Your kindly inserting this will do good to the public, and also to the merchants, and no barn to the share holders, because " ill-gotten wealth goes a bad gait." Let each ono who believes in the right take his stand and boldly maintain it, and do his utmost te remove from the management all trickery and cunning, and all tortuous courses—" the goings of the serpent, which goeth basely upon the belly and not 'pen the feet." Brand the man who violates confidence and abuses trust as a thief ; remember the public credit of the nation is in your keeping. " The fear o' hell's a hangman's whip To hand the wretch in order; But where you feel your honour grip, Let that aye be your border-: Its slightest touches, instant pause, Debar a' side pretences, And resolutely keep its laws, Uncaring consequences." I trust those who brought this system of management under direction will have to answer for it. I advise the shareholders to select those officers who are of sound principle to take counsel together at once and drive out for ever those who have brought in this bad principle of managing the railway. My experience teaches me that the North-Eastern Railway is one of the best under good direction and management ; under bad it will be come the very worst. The directors have asked her Majesty's permission to make such and such charges for the use of the railway ; if they are in error, by having asked too little, let them go back and ask for permission to charge more, and not mislead her Majesty s Govern ment and use the public unfairly by charging more than they asked permission to do. They compel all merchants to apply to the officers to know what will be the charge for the use of the railway before they can purchase any article they may wish to deal in. The merchants Inns!' not be used in any such a way, and I will oppose it to the utmost in my power.—l am, Sir, yours obediently, York, 15th Nov., 1854. A MERCHANT. ROYAL SOCIETY OF ARTS.—l r estorday evening the members of the Society of Arts held the first meeting of the 101st session of the society at the offices of the in stitution, John-street, Adelplii ; Viscount Ebrington, the chairman of the council elected for the present yea r , in the chair. The meeting was an unusually large one, and comprised nearly all the most influential members of this truly valuable association. SUPPLIIMENTS GRATIS WITH DISPATCR." The unexampled interest which attaches to every incident connected with the operations of the Allied Armies in the East has determined the proprietors of the Jrcel,.l y Dispatch to devote a greater space to the intelligence from the seat of war than the ordinary limits of this the largest newspaper could possibly afford, and, with the view of giving the amplest details, have resolved upon the issue of a series of Supplements, which will include every particular connected with the Siege and decision of the Contest at Sebastopol, and will be continued when ever demanded by the progress of the campaign. By the publication of these Supplements the portion of the to.nally devoted to incilents of domestic and poli tical importance will be reserved intact, and the engross ing subject of war will receive the fullest and most varied illustration. A Supplement will be publified on Sunday neat, NoireulbOr nth, SIR C. NAPIER AND HIS FLEET. We extract the following from a letter received from Berlin this morning "As to our ships of war, it is almost marvellous, all things considered, that the whole should have escaped tie dangers by which they were surrounded. They have gone where no Russian vessel of similar size and draught ever dared to go, even with all the assistance of buoys, lights, and experienced pilots. They have stood the sea during six months, in despite of all obstacles and wea ther, and will return home with scarcely a scratch of importance—without, it is true, having gained any great naval triumph, for Russia took good care to prevent any trial of strength ; they will return with out making any mad-brained assault on Cronstadt or Sweaborg (an abstention for which every man of sense ought to be grateful to Sir Charles Napier) ; but they , will not return without proving to the world that Rus sia's fleets are utterly useless for war purposes—without having completely destroyed Russian maritime commerce, with the exception of its own immediate coasting trade — or without having kept in check and paralysed the movements of an army of nearly 140,000 combatants d'e/ite, ' which might otherwise have been marched elsewhere, and thereby enabled the Emperor to have disposed of the whole of the first and second army corps for service in Bessarabia or the Crimea. "Impetuous men may blame Sir Charles Napier for not making a dash at Cronstadt or Sweaborg, and for being over-careful of his spleudid ships ; but what would the nation have said had he made a dash,' failed, and lost a fourth of his vessels in the attempt, and this without injuring one of the enemy's ships, ingloriously hidden behind their granite bulwerks ? Why, the whole nation would have hurled anathemas on the admiral's head, and he would have been set down as unworthy of being entrusted with the care of her Majesty's ships and the lives of their valiant crews. The test of the 17th at Sebastopol is sufficient to show the capabilities of ships against powerfully casemated batteries, unless the latter can be approached at once within point-blank range, or even closer ; and this every child knows is more imprac ticable at Cronstadt and Sweaborg than at Sebastopol. " Every man of the British Baltic fleet, from the ad miral to the cabin-boy, has well done his duty—has done all that could be demanded under existing circum stances. Russia alone can regret that they did not at tempt more." THE CHARGE AT B.ALAKLAVA. (From the Constitutionri,el.) "We have placed before our readers the report of General Canrobert, relative to the combats of October 25 and 26. We think that in addition the reports of the English generals concerning the same affairs will be read with interest. The perusal of these reports, which are as clear as they are detailed, shows how much General Liprandi, in giving an account of his operations to the Czar, had exaggerated the advantages which he had obtained. It is quite true that the Russians remained in possession of two of the batteries which they had taken from the Turks ; but if they have kept them, it is solely because the English have not made any effort to dislodge the enemy from positions which are without any military im portance. As to the points which it was essen tial to preserve, the Russians were immediately driven from them, and with a considerable loss. That brilliant day would have cost the English but a very small number of men, had it not been for a fault or a mistake on the part of the officer in command of the English cavalry. When the Russians were already in full retreat, and had crossed the ravine which runs at the foot of the English pesitioats, Lord Raglan sent to Lord Lucan a general order to have the enemy pursued by the brigade of light cavalry, and to prevent them, if possible, from carrying off the guns abandoned by the Turks. Whether this order was inexactly transmitted, or was looked on as a positive order to charge, Lord Cardi gan's hussars dashed forward on the Russian army, which they passed through almost entirely, and, carried on by their irresistible impetuosity, they arrived as far as the batteries which crowned the other side of the ravine, and sabred the artillery men belonging to them. It was then necessary to return under a fire of grape and musketry which carried away whole ranks. If the Chasseurs d'Airique had not by a happy diversion occupied the attention of the enemy, or if the Russian cavalry had ventured to charge in their turn that small body of in trepid men, not a single English hussar would have sur vived this heroic but imprudent attempt. It is to be de plored that the impetuosity of unreflecting valour should have had for consequence this useless sacrifice of several hundreds of brave soldiers. But, notwithstanding this admirable and afflicting episode, nothing in the combats of the 25th and 26th of October has been of a nature to weaken the legitimate confidence of the Allies in the success of their operations. That confidence will be still more increased when the public shall he aware of all the details of the battle of November 5." THE PRUSSIAN BOTE. A Berlin letter of the 11th, in the Gerntan, Journal of Frankfort, says _ _ _ " The Prussian note which was despatched on the 23d ult. to St. Petersburg recommended in the most pres sing manner the acceptance of the four guarantees, and at the same time raised some objection against the con centration of Russian troops on the Austrian frontier. It is said that M. de Budberg has warmly supported this note, and some journals pretend that the result has been certain provisional communications, expressing the readiness of the Russian Cabinet to accept the propositions of Prussia. It is impossible to form as opinion of the signification of that communica tion until the diplomatic document be known which contains the real reply of Russia. It would seem, how ever, that the hopes indulged is from the telegraphic despatch go too far, since the general idea is that Russia has no other intentions than to bring about negotiations, and so escape from a definitive declaration. Numerous details are also given relative to the negotitions pend ing between Austria and Prussia, and it is said that the difficulties which subsisted between them have been smoothed down ; but it results from these details that the supposition is that previously Russia shall have ac• cepted the propositions made to her. In fact, if Austria declared herself satisfied with the four points after Russia had accepted them, the Diet would declare that it ap proved of the entrance of the Austrians into the princi palities, and afterwards would premise its aid to Austria in the principalities and elsewhere. Austria, it is said, agrees on these points." NEW SYSTEM OF ELECTRIC SIGNALS. Some experiments have lately been made of a new system of electric signals at the Paris station of the Northern Railway. An apparatus having the words train and tout cst Lien is placed at each station. Aa indication or hand is placed on this apparatus, and is attracted by the magnetic power oa the inside in one or the other direction, according to the electric current. On the outside of each station is placed a pedal with a spring adjusted in such a manner that each wheel of the train presses on the spring, thus establishing a contact which gives a mcventent of the pile to the apparatus and produces the following effect :-Ist, A ring of a bell at the next station announces that the train is ad vancing, by which means the employ6s prepare fur its arrival ; 2dly. The indication to the preceding station having just signalised la voie est libre, it allows the an nounced train to advance, if, on the contrary, the hand points towards the word train, in drawing the handle of the apparatus at the station ; it communicates to the in dication fixed on the locomotive the signal a) rcte: ; but as soon as the indicator at the station shows la voic est litre, by reversing the handle above mentioned, the en gine driver receives the signal tout est Lien, and be then knows that he may advance with security. By a very simple combination, when the signal arrctez is given, the engine driver can immediately shut off his steam, so that all accident may be prevented. HEROISM OF THE FAIR SEX. " Dear me !" cried an American lady, clasping her hands earnestly, " are wo to have war ? Oh, I de so hope we shall have a war." This was said by a gossa mer creature, surrounded by ether gossamer creatures, in a ball-room, when the talk was of the quarrel, sup posed to be irreconcilable, between the Government of Louis Philippe and that of the United States. Every ono who entered the room was pestered for news, and with the lady's hopes that there would be a war. "But what do you mean ?" asked an innocent stranger: "It is so very long since we had a war," replied she, " and it is so dull—having peace always." shocking as this looks to us now, amidst the first griefs of a new war, and disgust,ing as it sounded from the lips of one who could do nothing, and was likely to suffer nothing for the war, there was a touch of nature in it, or the anecdote would not have lived so long. There was a touch of nature in it, as will be acknowledged—possibly by some English women who may have felt the craving for excitement which the American lady so openly avowed ; and it will be acknowledged, no doubt, by not a few gentlemen, who may be more like fine ladies than they suppose, in that part of their characters to which the Ameri can belle's observation appealed. Putting aside and fops, who are only fit to worry our llotspurs,_ bed speaking of brave and busy men, it may po t s h s e b ir ly pri. the case that their wives and sisters h out, ess of the Ist of September, at the solemn. earnestness about vate jests, when the gentlemen are fairelysatvi on the sportsmen about their sport — dog, gun, shot, and about making or dispensing in all its points. They come from b game-bag t the affairs of the laws, from holding councils a " of nations ; and they their rp their equipment world, from managing the financelbeut the accessaries of are just as serious and eagersum of their business. as the mighty their pleasure about they out bird" go The "little bird" tells (not the sort of bird as immortal as the 'Amnia) to shoot, but a "litt l e that when the gentlemen are fairly among the stubbles flab and ask one anoth er moor, the ladies la • or on the whether it is not rather absurd to prose about women's frivolity and love of pleasure, and anxiety about the means of it, when men can be such grea t babies about their September holiday and its toys. This seems true in time of peace, and many a man must have b een con scious of it while smiling at the female love of fancy fairs, races, or balls. The difference is (an unfathom able difference) that the same earnestness in frolic fits meit for war and its eccentric modes of life, whereas in women it can rarely extend beyond the immediate object. Fine ladies sit at home and hear of war, obtaining release from ennui. Fine gentlemen go and transact it. There is the difference, and prodigious it is, and great accord ingly is the blessing to the female sex that there are Florence Nightingales and Maria Foresters to bridge over the gulf, and show thatthe heroism is not engrossed Py 9 11 0 ox.—Daily Nov, )AIL WAY INTELLIGE GREAT WESTERN. The portion of this line between Promo and Radstock, which from various causes of delay has been so long in construction, was opened for the conveyance of minerals on Tuesday.. OXFORD, WORCESTER, & WOLVERHAMPTON. The directors of this company have given notice of their intention to apply to Parliament in the next session to repeal all provisions in the acts relating to the company, which require the company's rail way to be construct e d so t h at it ma y b e wor k e d continuously with the Great Western, and so much of the act of 1854 as requires the Oxford, Worces ter and Wolverhampton Company to lay down, under certain penalties, a double line o f ra il s on th e b roa d ga uge within certain periods therein specified ; to enable the company to construct and complete their railway sidings and works on the narrow gauge exclusively, and to discontinue and take up the rails laid on their line adapted for engines and carriages on the broad gauge, except upon the part of their railway near Priestfield. .They also propose to a pply for the repeal of all provisions which give power t o e Great Western Company to subscribe towards the capital of the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Company, and to raise any additional capital for such subscriptions, to appoint directors in the com pany, and all ether powers which give the Great Western Railway Company any power or right over, or in any manner to interfere with, the Oxford, Wor cester, and 'Wolverhampton Railway Company, or the railways and works belonging to them, except the use of part of the line at Priestfield ; to limit the subscription of the Great Western to the amount now held by them in the company, and to relieve the Great Western Railway Company from their obligation to com plete the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Rail way ; to enable the latter company to guarantee to the Great Western Company a fixed rate of dividend upon the amount of the stock now held by them in the capi tal of the company, an d t o i n d emn if y t h em f rom a ll loss arising from the guaran t ee o f i ncome to the S evern Navi gation Commissioners, NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE. The directors of this company intend to apply to Par• liament in the next session for power to transfer or vest the undertaking in the London and North-Western Company, either permanently by means of amalgamation or purchase, or for a term of years ; also to carry into effect certain agreements made or to be made between them. SOMERSET CENTRAL. This company have given notice of their intention to apply in the ensuing session for power to construct an extension line from the Glastonbury station to the city of Wells ; also to make a branch railway from the main line at Highbridge to Burnham, and a pier or landing place at the latter place ; and to raise a further sure of money. A LETTER WRITTEN IN SEBASTOPOL. Among the many letters, says a correspondent at Berlin, which you published from before Sebastopol per haps you can find space also for one written in Sebas topol during the bombardment, and forwarded. to the Kreuz Zeitung for publication. It is dated October 24th, and says : "After being bombarded for eight days the town has indeed w.iffered a good deal, but the fleet is unhurt; only the steamer Vladimir has got two balls in her. The sailors who man the works erected by Colonel Todtleben suffer the most. The resistance seems to irritate the besiegers, for, for the last few days, they have been firing with red-hot balls. You cannot escape them anywhere in the town. If the bom bardment lasts long the streets of the southern part will be, so to say, paved with iron. The sailors under Todtleben are, as it were, the living bul wark of the Crimea. They are admirable ! Nachimoff, who formerly had never been outside a horse, is now continually riding along the line of batteries. In his own concise manner he addresses his sail ors, who adore him. The moral influence of such men makes them saviours in great crises. Mens chikoff, too, does not spare himself. As he was lately riding along the fortifications in the briskest of the fire, the artillerymen called out to him, This is not the place for your Highness !' The commander of a bastion said to him, 'Have you come here because you do not trust us ? I swear to you we shall all of us to the very last do our duty.' Then let me also do mine,' said the Prince calmly. Danaenberg will arrive at Sebastopol on the 2d or 3d of November." R USSIAN PREPARATIONS IN POLAND. The Independance Belge publishes the following letter, dated Hamburg, 12th inst. " The military measures adopted of late by the Rus sian Government in Polanclevidently prove that it wishes to be prepared, should political complications render that country the theatre of war. All the fortresses have been placed in a formidable state of defence, and supplied with provisions for 18 months, and three divisions of the army are now installed in the three camps the military engineers have been engaged in constructing since the first fortnight of September. I am moreover informed that within a few days the engineering department, with a view to complete the measures of defence at Warsaw, and con nect the different military points, has ordered the demolition of the great bridge of boats over the Vistula, by which the populous suburb of Praga com municates with Warsaw. Being desirous, however, to keep up the communication of that city with the right bank, from whence it derives its principal supplies, the Government has ordered the construction of a tempo rary bridge over the Vistula, under the protection of the guns of the citadel of Alexander. This bridge, thus com manded by four formidable batteries, may, in case the events of the war require it, be removed in a few in stants. Down to the 9th no other regiments of the Rus sian Guards had entered Warsaw, a fact confirming the announcement that, by the order of the Emperor, that numerous corps, composed of his best troops, hare halted on the way, to await the ulterior development of events. The Hereditary Grand Duke had not either arrived in the Polish capital, having remained with the Guards which are under his command, and the buildings prepared for the establishment of his head-quarters have remained at the disposal of the general staff. The dearth of all sorts of provisions is at present cruelly felt at Warsaw. MURDER AT WOLVERHIIIPTON.—A boatman named Leverett, accompanied by two other boatmen and his wife, were walking np Canal-street shortly before 11 on Saturday night last, with the intention of purchasing some articles of food in the town. Opposite the door of the Admiral Vernon public-house, a number of blackguard Irishmen were collected, who hailed the passing Englishmen with epithets of a most disgusting character, and insulted Leverett's wife in revolting terms. The woman asked her husband to turn back, as she was afraid of these scoundrels, to which the poor fellow re p arel re plied, d l 0 , t ` s ` o I f t ' l s r a i s s n b b a e d h t i n o d g . 0 ,, backwards e a l ys forwards,af t after this o a b s s t e h r e v rae tion his wife was knocked down, her head striking forci bly against a putnp which is erected at the spot. Leverett was also felled to the ground. Leverett's two " but ties," fur such his companions were, managed to escape, and communicated to a couple of policemen in Staf ford-street, the particulars of the savage and unpro voked assault that had just occurred. What followed is not so clear as could be wished ; but we give the version related by Leverett's wife. She says that she was assisted from the ground by a 'woman, and that, accompanied by her husband, she ran towards the Black Horse public-house, where theymet two policemen, who inquired if they were the parties who had been ill sesdevlne7aehni- had only' been used by the Irish. They replied in the affirmative, and the officers requested them to walk down Canal-street, promising to be on the watch if any one dared to interfere with them. Unfortunately they complied with this desire, and on approaching the spot where they had before been assaulted, saw the same four Irishmen again collected, one of whom exclaimed, "Here the come again," and directly ran towards them. The woman washer knocked down, and while on the groundl caw •11that hue hand fall heavily to the earth, and pro strate k i s from the fellows P a e ro si u t n i Thi r m e ke i ie s a na.kive of Oxford, twenty-five years of age, and 11 I pton Herald. married two months.— . ceiv T e he se d v e e e ra ea l on the bodies, of tho day Mr. Dearden held aninquest '-illed on Saturday last at the seven colliers who were near Rochdale. After a very THE COLLIERY ACCIDIEVI:Tit:eAraRnOCIIDALE.-0a Tues. Thistlen Field theColloiery, particulars of the case, whi c h, patient inquiry i " Accidental death, witla a re. the following verdict . that the rules should be printed, and each appeared in our imntpres.s_ionofTouressdiaxy,dtrhaewjeurrsyhriaertuuuirdnegdo commendationhave a copy, and that a printed rule should. person should have a four " The inquiry lasted six hours. down at once. SHOCKING CASE Os' MANSLAUGHTER. —A young man, named John Clegg, alias Shorrock, is in custody at Dar- Fen,onlygetters near Bolton, Lancashire, on a charge of causing the death of his sister by the most brutal violence. On Mon day evening he went home in a state of intoxication with several companions. He o r d ere d hi s wife to prepare some on which H hisr husband wifeleffto followed hdou herse food, but she remonstrat e d w i t h him, and toll him there eo was not enough in the h ouse for his children. This only raisedwent tohish a e t r i g e mother'sr and and began to beat her ; to prevent which, her mother and the prisoner's married sister, who was enceinte, inter fered. Clegg then struck the mother in the mouth with his clenched fist, knocking several teeth out, and kicked his sister in a most savage manner, from the effects of which she died on the following morning, after giving birth to a dead child, which, shocking to relate, was fearfully bruised. DINNER TO HIS GRACE THE DUKE OF RICHMOND.— Our readers will recollect the zealous and successful efforts of his Grace the Duke of Richmond to procure the issue of the war medals to the officers of the last war. The decorated veterans are about to show their grati tude hy giving a dinner to his Grace, which is fixed to take place in the Hopetoun rooms, Edinburgh, on Wednesday evening the 2 9 th inst. As the United &r -vice Ga.:cite observes, it is honourable to the ß w e fh i r for the that they do not forget their benefactor. Peninsular heroes ' exertions of the estimable duke, the .sta.Tournal. ' would not have been deco' ated.—.paiff/ _ ._Trafue re ' LONDOT AND SOUTH-EASTERN ..1L7,..W..A.: £15,920 16 2 ' turn fort o t o week ending Nov. 1 1 , i-s° l _ , „,,_ _ ............ 14,6 i b L 6 0 ' Corresponding week last year ........ LaorowieiAlSs4ouostvoeffiliiiiiiiliit 81 i 545 10 _ 2