The Sun. — London, England, 1854-10-25 00:00:00

1j iitrb,"mbition SUN OFFICE, Six o'clock. NEWMARKET RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) CI erry Brandy SWEEPSTAKES. CimicinA MATCH. Pyrrhic beat Contention. SWEEPSTAKES. Plicadra Doralice - Medina HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES FOll 2-YR•OLDS Jack Sheppard Moonbeam Colt }Taber& Almond Nine ran. SWEEPSTAKES OF 200 SOVS. Raterfelto Vandyke . SUBSCRIPTION PLATE. Nine ran. SWEEPSTAKES. Dandy Shunting Came Chicken SELLING HANDICAP. Surgeon General New Brighton Six ran. HANDICAP PLATE Grand Inquisitor Gamelad Eight ran. SWEEPSTAKES. Cineas Guy Mannering Four ran. PROGRAMME OF TO MORROW'S RACES. Subscription Handicap Plate of 50/. ; for three-yr-olds and upwards. Sweepstakes of 10 soya each ; for three-yr-olds, 7st 41b ; four, Bst 41b ; five and upwards, het 111 b ; mares and geldings allowed 31b. The winner to be sold for 2501., if demanded, &c. A.F. Sweepstakes of 10 move each; for two-yr-olds, 7st ; three, Bst 121 3 / 4 , ; fillies allowed 21b. The winner to be sold for 801., if demanded, &c. T.Y.C. Handicap Sweepstakes of 15 sevs each, 10 ft, for two-yr olds. D.M. Handicap Sweepstakes of 15 love each, 5 ft, if declared by ton o'clock the evening before running, with 60 added, for three-yr-olds and upwards. The 5 sore, &c., to go the owner of the second horse. Round Course. Sweepstakes of 10 sore each, for two-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 71b ; and fillies, Bst 41b. The winner to be sold for 401., if demanded, &c. Last half mile of Lb. M. Sweepstakes of 10 cove each, for two-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 71b; and fillies, Bst 41b. The winner to be sold for 1501., if demanded, &e. T.Y.C. The Prospect Stakes of 10 sons each, for three-yr-olds, Bst ; four,•9st llb ; five, 9st 81b ; six and aged, 9st IMb. The - *inner to be sold for 2001., if demanded, &c. ; horses entered to be sold for 1501., allowed 71b; for 1001., Alb; for 501., 241 b. D.I. Renewal of the Glasgow Stakes of 100 cove each, h ft, for two-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 716. Last three-quarters of R. 14. Cavelier Glen gyle I Claret Spinner Tumbler Valentinian Pugnater Strood Bro to Citadel Greeculue Ecu- Hazel Uncle Tom rice, Tynemouth Sweepstakes of 50 Seri each, h ft, for two-yr-obis; colts, Bst 71b ; and fillies, Bst 41b. Ab. M. Lady of Lyons cby Alarm—Gi- Miss Eva I The Pr o f essor novas Conveyancer N a g ara Jackdaw Vandal Hazel I Oulston William the Third Handicap Sweepstakes of 100 sovs each, h ft, for three-yr- olds. A.F. it lb Xing Tom The Trapper Wild Huntsman 7 11 nospodar. 7 11 it lb Ivan 7 8 Physalis a Middlesex (paid) Alembic (dead) CRIMINAL COURT-(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. (Before the Lord Chief Baron.) Joseph, Windle Cole, 45, a person of gentlemanly Appearance, described as a merchant, was charged with misdemeanour, in haying conspired with a person named Maltby, who was not in custody, to obtain an order for 10,0001., by meals of false pretenesS. Mr. Bodkin and Mr. Gifford conducted the prosecu tion. Mr. E. James, Q.C., was epeCially retained, with Mr. Clarkson and Mr. DaDentine, for the defence. This case occupied the Court the grater part of the day, and the circumstances of the charge appeared to excite great interest in commercial circles, in conse quence of the magnitude and character of the frauds imputed to the prisoner. The prosecutors in the first indictment were Me3srs. Lang and Campbell, colonial brokers, and it appeared that they bad had very extensive transactions with the prisoner, who car lied on the business of a merchant and imposter of fo reign produce upon a large scale in Mincing-lane. It appeared that, in 1850, a wharf, called Hyam's Wharf, at Southwark, was leased to the prisoner, and Maltby, the person who was charged with being concerned ne the fraud imputed to the prisoner, had the charge of that wharf. It seemed that it was the custom in com mercial circles for large Advances of money to be made upon the security of foreign produce, and it appeared that, in July, 1853, the prisoner applied to Messrs. Lang and Co. to advance him a sum of 41,0001. upon the secu rity 'of different parcels of tin and spelter, for which he re presented that he held warrants, and it appeared that, on the 29th July a cheque for 10,0001. was handed to the prisoner, and he gave as security his accounts for a large quantity of tin and spelter, which was represented to be lying at Hogan's Wharf. It appeared that soon after this transaction some suspicion was created as to the nature of the proceeding, and Mr. Lacy endeavoured to obtain-possession of the goods, but he was put off upon various pretexts, and at length one of his clerks was sent to see whether the property referred to in the accounts was really in existence, and Maltby took him to a ware house above, and showed him a quantity of tin and spelter, which he represented as the same that was re ferred to in the accounts, upon which the 10,0001. had been advanced. It turned out that the warehouse in question was not in any way under the control of Maltby, and that it belonged to another wharfinger, named Groves, and that the tin and spelter were in reality the property of another merchant named Pickers gill. It transpired in the course of the case that the transactions of the prisoner with the prosecutor had been to the amount of 200,0001., and it was said that 18,0001. had been advanced upon warrants of the same description, but which referred to property that was not in any way under the control of the prisoner, and, in deed, in many instances not even in existence. From the remarks of counsel the defence appeared to be ingested was that Maltby, who has absconded, was in reality thetiiilly party, and that the prisoner, who ap peared up to'the time of these occurrences to have borne a high character in the City as a merchant, bad acted with good faith in the transaction. The jury instantly returned a verdict of guilty. Sen tence deferred. STATE OP TRADE. (From the Manchester Guardian of this day.) MANcusszen, Oct. 24.—The difficulty of selling shirt ings, madapollams, and jaconets, together with printing cloths from 60 reeds downward, has been greater to-day than it had previously been ; prices are consequently increasingly irregular snd adverse to sellers. The better qualities of printing cloths continue in a relatively bet ter position than the lower. Long•cloths, T's and some sorts of domestics, are in fair request. Taking the goods market on the whole, however, it betrays a tendency to a further restriction. In yarns there has been for some days a demand for warps and pincops as a winter supply for Holland. This continues, though scarcely in the sates degree ; and there is still some purchasing of mule ,twist for India. But, as a general characteristic, the dullness is sensibly greater in yarns than it was before. The inclination of prices is rather against spinners ; and, in some description, the buyer has an advantage of Ad. per ib., as compared with this day week ; though, on the whole, a remarkable degree of steadiness is main 'Weed. Spinners appear as yet to be under no neces sity to press sales. HALIFAX, Oct. 21.—The trade in our Piece Hall does not show any signs of improvement and there is scarcely •any demand for either plain or fancy goods. Yarns ,ai.d wools remain pretty much as they were. Rom:um; Oct. 23.—We have had a steady demand 'for flannels, at prices much the sante as those that have , been given for these few weeks past. In wool the prices are firm, and the demand moderate. Hunnxasenstn, Oct. 24.—The market has been ver y flat, scarcely anything doing in the Cloth Hall. The warehouses have also been quieter than for a long time past. The rise in the price of corn, and the un certain state of commerc i a l a ff a i rs , h a ve tended to throw a .. gloom over t h e market, and p re vent that activity i n te autumn t ra d e w hi c h was confidently expected a f ew Weeks ago. The wool market, like that of manufaotured • Podli has been flat. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 25, 1854. SHARE MARKETS. (TIIIS_DAY.) BRITISH RAILWAYS. I Paid.' ItiaLwlTs. 100 jAberdeen 8 I Ambg. Nottng. Bost aud - Eastn. .lunet... all !ielfast & Ballymena. all Birming. Wolverh. & Stour Valley ...... 2 9 4 Birkenhd. Lanesh. Cheshire Junct all Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O and £25 CODs. 19 Do., ... . 30 Myth &Tyne origina £25 (issd. at £45 100 Bristol and Exeter.. 100 Caledonian 21s. Cat raarthen and Car digan all Chester dt Holyhead all Cork and Bandon all Cork, Black, & 16 C nmwall A Urieff Junction 15 )111,1in Belfast.Tunc all Dundee Perth dtAbei Aeon Junction all Do. New...... 100 East Anglian a Eastern Counties I i 00 Eastern Union, J Stock . 10( De., B. Stock iDo., New A 'lOO t East Lancashire_ 100 i Edinburg') & Glasgow 1 9.e . , Edinb. and Peebles 100 Edin. Prt h & Dundee ! 1 Forth & Clyde June. 100 Glasgow& S. Western 100 Great Northern 100 Do., A. Stock .100 Do., B. Stock. , 100 Gt. Sth. &West.(lre :. 100 Great Western 100 Do. Stour Val. Rail Gua. Stk all Irish South-Eastern all Lancaster & Carlisle 14k Do., Thirds 4 Do. New Thirds 100 Laneash.andYorksh 104 Do., Fifths 11} D 7., Wet. Riding Un all Liv.Crsby.&Soutlipt all London & Blackwal 100 Lond. Bright & S.Cst. 100 Lond. and N. WeAn 12 Do. Fifths 1 iD0.101.5h.,M&8.,.< 2 4 Do. Eighths 100 - Loudon audS. Westu 42 Do., £5O. 34 Do., .£4O all Liindrry& Col eraine all Lndndrry. & Enuisk. 100 Nfancli.Shef.k Lineln 44 Do., Mau. & Lin. Co 100 Ifidland 100 'lo. Birmng. &Derby all 34idld. U. West. (Ire.) 22 Do. Half Shares 311 Tewcastle k Carlisle 5i Newinkt.BuryExten. 19 Xwpt.Aberg, \reivry & Enniskillen all lewry Warreupoini and lloatrevor.. 100 I gorfolk 3! gorthn.CountiesUn. .00' North British all 4 North Devon, No. 1 all Do., No. 2 all c)o., A Deferred all Do., B Guarantee LOO N. Eastern—Berwick 20 Do. do. Extension 13 D0.d0.G.N.8. Purch. all D.. Leeds 100 Do. York all North London 8 Do. New £lO IL .6 N.&S.Wstru. ,Hamp stead, and City Ju.. 17i North Staffordshire.. all North Western • all N. &S. Westin. June 1 Nuneaton, Hinckley and Leicester........ 1.00 Oxford, Worcester,& Wolverhampton ... 4 Portsmouth lOU icottish Central SeottishMidland all ihrewsby. do Pierefd ki.ll shropshiro Union Do. A, B, C,St D,full paid up at per eetl _ all 'outh Mayon tOO ;oath Eastern all i'outh Wales 15 ~ Yrksh. & Riv. Dui 5 130 i 3 I itAines, Wok, kWoli all tockton k Darlin , 1(i'! itoekton 1.00 rail' Vale 9 Do. DJ) shares 100 )o. Pref., No. 1 21 Plumes Haven Doel and Rollway all Vale of Neath all Waterfd. & Kilkenn: all Vaterford&Limerick 18 West Cornwall... 4 3 •.Vest Eud of Lotdo: :,nd Crystal Palnc,. al) West London 111 g. Wimbledn & Croydo; all tntwerp &Rotterdam Itelgian &tato. June. 8 Beziers to Gratissossac.l 2s. Bombay, Baroda, and Central ludia,ScriP ... Central of Italy all Demerara 14 Dijon and Besancon 9 Dutch Rhenish all Eastern of France 10 Do. New all East Indian Do. Es-tension all Do. 4i p. c. Bds., pay '57, convertible all. Do. do. do., 'i9, do 10 Gd. Juliet. of Frauce 12S C.; d. Tk of Ca.n.adAA. is. all Do. do all Do. St. Lawrence Atlantic do. all Do. Cert. of Deben., con. into Stk. till '63 all Do. Comp. 6p. c., do. 10 Gt. Central of France all (it. Indian Peninsula 1 Do t i-,:prew 5 per cent. all at.Woeteruof Canada Shares‘.. all DO. Btls., payable's7; with tyption till '55., all Do. do., '62, p. '56 all Do. do., '76, p. '6O all Do. do., '73, without option all ilamilton & Toronto all Do. 6 per cent. 11 Lake Coust. & Basle all Lucca & Pistoja 5 p.c. prof 12 Great Luxembourg Constitutell Shares all Do. Obligations....... 10 Lyons and Geneva 12 Lyons & Mediterran 16 Madras 2 Do. New 3 l Maria Antonia all Do. do. New 2 Melbourne Dk. &Ry all Nanini• & Liege (wit! interest) all Do. (ex interest) all Northern of France all D 0.20/. Slis.late Char leroi and Erquelines gu,r. 3i p. c. & red. at 221/. dur. 88 yrs. from 1 Jan. 1854 all Do. 201. 3 p. c Bdr (fray. B.& Ams. Shs. all NorwegianTrunkPref 14 Paris and Lyons all Ditto .Bonds all Paris and Orleans.... all Paris and R0uen...... 10 ParisCaen & Cherbrg all Rouen and 20 Royal Danish 3 Royal Swedish all Sambre and Mouse all Do. 54 p. cent. Pref 10 Southern of France 14 St. Andrew's and Quebec (A) all West Flanders .. . all Do 5A per c. Prof... 10 Western of France._ 1g West. of Switzerland all Wiesbaden 20 Zealand JOINT-STO( all Au5tra1a5ia............ all British Colonial Batik and Loan Compa n y all British N. A l ndriCali 5 Chartd. Bank of Asia 2 Chrtd. link. of India, A us t ra lia, & China 25 Colonial ........Lond. 20 Commercial of Loud. 16 English Scottish and Au5tra1ian............ all Lond. Chart. Bk. of Australia ............. 20 London and County.. 10 I.ondon Joint Stock 20 bond. k Westminster 35 National Provincial of England 10 Do. Now 22! National of Ir eland all., N o w South Wales all Orinital Bank of Corporation 25 Provincial of Ireland all l Do. New Loyal Australn.Bkg St Gold Imp Co all South Australia all Union of Australia 2:. Do. New 10 . WO of Loudon.. ,, Closing Prices this day. 21 - 22 4i - 4i - Si 111 101 17 - 18 6 - 51- 95 - 97 591 - 591 - 15 1111 - 12 4 -2, 64 - 7 ilk - 11 67 69 55 b 7 21 - 23 89 - 90 75 - 77 L 24 - 126 90 - 92 70i 71 69 - 71 7$ - 82 8 - 10 , 8 - 10 7O - 714 64. 8 84 [O3 105 00 101 i d— id - 81 82 9 8f 8 7 u 23i 63i 69 40 - 42 d 54 48 50 3 3 1 Si 10 11 - 11 64 - 75 - 76 61 - 31 -31. i 14 - 144 53 -- 51 :53 - 55 ; - 1 p id A r 32 34 94 - 96 60 - 62 71 - 81 46 -45 13 -- 14 62 ..; 42. 324 - 33 i 4d 35 37 - 8 19 4} - 23- 6 - 7 i' ------- 7 Fc)REIGN. fil - . 61 i li 4 - a d— i r ,„ ...... ••• .. -"' • .• , . ... ... 3i - .. P 3 -24 ri 33i - 33} i . = iir.l id i (.1 7i - 63 7d 9 7d 1 lip IP A' - iP 181 —19 i Li pal r 2 4pl ... dii 4a 41 2i 3A 1 lip id —iP 74 - S 35 : 35~ 12} • - 13 9 -- 10 22i -22 j 48 50 38 40 Pro 22t pa►r 1p 2 —16 d 81 ••• ...... 0•• ... .... pm 4 66 - 7 p i• -- il ,K BANKS. ~• ....." ••• .•• -- ••• i d par io ---- 32 11 -2} 22} - 22} Business doll I 50 this day. MONEY MARKET I AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TV 0 O'CLOCK. 811r * The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were .-- estimated at 6,000 bales, all to the trade. The market was heavy, at previous rates. The sales comprised 3,500 American, 200 Pernam and Maranham at Gad. to Gr i d., 10 Bahia at 621, 300 Egyptian at 6d. to 11d., 2,000 Surat at 2id. to 40., and 50 Sea Island at Is. 2d. to is. 9d. per lb. Railway Shares were dull. The number of ships arrived yesterday in the Thames from abroad was 36, and there were 44 colliers. Accounts from Turin state that a new Pied montese loan was talked of, to meet the probable eventualities of war. The sfate of Central Italy is described as being unsatisfactory, owing to the high provisions, and the additional taxation im posed. The truckling and uncertain policy of Prussia is exercising an injurious influence upon the.mone tary and mercantile markets at Berlin, and on the 21st inst. a sort of panic prevailed on the Bourse there. Many securities declined considerably, and the fall iu the Silesian Railway (A shares) was nearly 6 per cent. Prussia has adhered to the proposal of the Conference, at Hesse Darmstadt, to prolong to September, 1855, the free entry of grain, flour, and fruit, which was to have ceased on the 31st Dec. of this year. We may infer from this that the Northern States of Ger many have no very abundant stocks of old corn, and expect to feel the prohibition of the export from Poland. The Diet of Mecklenburgh is to assemble on the 16th Nov. Mecklenburgh, the three Hause Towns, and Schleswig Holstein are the only States in the north of Germany that have not joined the Zollve rein, and the Diet being composed chiefly of the nobility it is expected they will vote for a continu ance of independent action. The one or two small failures that have occurred this week at Brentwood, Birmingham, &c., have occasioned no anxiety, as the letters from the pro vinces advise generally a tone of greater confidence. Money continues ♦ery easy in the discount market, owing to the large recent arrivals, but some amount being merely in transitu was taken yesterday for exportation. 25 The Foreign Exchanges yesterday afternoon for St. three months' bills showed further symptoms of B s t ! weakness. Paris was at 25 32i to 37i, Antwerp st. at 25 32i to 37i, Amsterdam at 11 174 to 18, 2 2 Hamburg at 13 51 to 61, Frankfort at 118± to 100 1181, and Trieste at 12 6 to 12 18. 2t The amount of bills drawn by the Hon. East E 0 India Company upon the different Presidencies 20 during the last fortnight was 157,780/. st. This is the first regular transfer day in the Eng- 50 lish Stock market, the business hitherto done hay- S i ti ing been by special arrangement, and on payment 16 of an extra fee. The quotations have opened flatter by about I per cent., and this notwithstanding the s t. rumourel commencement of the bombardment of 2; Sebastopol, and the death of the c ommander. An 505 influential broker made a purchase of Reduced 3 St. per Cents., which gave some impulse to that secu -10 rity ; but there appears now to be an exchange from Consols to the other stocks which will next be entitled to a dividend. The New 3 f per Cents. 20 20 have now become 3 per Cents., and are dealt in 10 under that designation. Consols opened at 94-i 1, 10 but have since been 94i for transfer ; fer account st, the prices are 94 ft-. The New 3 per Cents. have ranged from 93a to I-, and the Reduced Annuities from 93i.t0 -ft. Bank Stock is 211 to 212. Ex chequer Bills are 55. to Bs., and the Bonds of 1859 991 to 100. In the Foreign Market, the changes have not been of importance, but there is a want of buoy ancy. The price of Russian Bonds at Amsterdam has been rather seriously affected within the last few days, and consequently there is less support given here. Mexican Stock is dull at 23, Sardinian Bonds are 881, Spanish New Deferred firm at 18k, and the Certificates at 5.1. Dutch 2i per Cents. are 6O to 61, and the 4 per Cents. 902 to 91k. Turkish Scrip is supported at 2i The following are the nominal prices of foreign stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 54 to 6; Mexi can, 23 to 231 ; Peruvian, 71 to 73 ; ditto, 3 per Cents., 51 to 53 ; Portuguese 4 per Cents., 40 to 42 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 95 to 97 ; ditto, 4i per. Cents., 84 to 86 ; Spanish New Deferred, 181 to 1817 ; ditto, 3 per Cents., 37i to 38 ; ditto, Certificates, 5 to 5i ; ditto, Passive, 4i to 5. Railway Shares were all flatter at the com mencement of business, especially the Great Northern A stock, but they have been slightly firmer since as far as the limited business doing can enable us to form an opinion. The principal 17i dealings have been in North-Western and North- E Eastern. The Foreign lines are without particular 20 20 variation. 20 Some demand has sprung u p for Gold Mining 20 Shares this morning, and Agua Fria have improved 100 to and the Nouveau Monde are also in request. no The Banking and Miscellaneous Shares are at 20 about previous values. 25 BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES. no ( From the Oficial List. ) Bit Inas done. 100 .3ank Stock 2ll 12 20 per Cent. Reduced Annuities... ......... i per Cent. Console Annuities 94 i i $ i it ' :' fts • Z.;el , 3 per Cent. ,Annuities Long Annuities, Expir4 stl) Jan., 1850 .: 4 5-15 ' - - "- ' ' ' ;riti;a, Bonds, .1009 . f.:ousols for Account 14th Nov. E xc h eq uer Bills, 24d. • 100 £IOOO £5OO 5 100 Small 5 8 p p E xc h eq uer Bonds 1858, 3i per Cent. lOO 20j Ditt o 1859, ~ 20 PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. B...azilian Bonds, 5 per Cent — Ditto Small 23 X d 1 exican 3 per Cont. Peruvian Bonds, 4} per Cent. — I itto 3 per Cent . . 52 Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent •. 88/ Spanish Bonds. 3 per Cent — Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent lBl Spanish Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun SR Turkish Scrip 6 per cent Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Exchange, 2i per Cent. 12 Guil 6oi 1 Ditto 4 per Cent. Cortifteates THREE O'CLOCK. • • Cot:Imola Ditto November Ace(mnt .......... 94 EXCHEQUER CHAMBER.—TIDMAW v. AINSLIII.—This 20 case came before the Court of Exchequer last term, and was then described as one of several actions for libel, 10 arising out of certain differences among the Congrega- 20 tionalists with reference to certain proceedings taken 40 against a missionary and his wife on the report of the 20 co mmittee of rumours. The case was not proceeded 1?) with, the court having recommended that it should be 20 referred to some gentleman of high standing at the bar, 20 who might make, if desired, a public award. It accord- 5 ingly came on on Tuesday before Mr. Wheatley, Q.C., as 20 arbitrator. The case was adjourned. 10 THE PAROCHIAL CHARITIES OF CAMBERWELL. 20 Yesterday morning Thomas Hare, Es q ., Ins p ector of 20 the Charity Commission, attended at the Vestry-hall, ' , C a mberwell "to rec eive evidence touchin g the charities , 'IBO4 of the parish , or an y information with reference thereto, 20 in order to render the same as beneficial as may be." 20 THE EXIIII3ITION or AMERICAN BABIES.—The great 6 " Baby Convention" came off on the 9th, at Spring- 20 field, in the State of Ohio. One hundred and twenty babies were entered, to compete for four premiums ; the first of a tea-set, with a salver, of three bun- 40 dred dollars, for th e finest baby of two years old 40 or under. This was carried (several lengths ahead) rA by the baby of Mrs. Romne, of Vienna, Ohio. F 5 The second premium—a tea-set of 200 dollars—was 20 awarded to the next best , which was the baby of Mrs. M'Dowell, of Cincinnati. The third premium—of 200 100 dollars— for the finest child under twelve months, 100 went to Mrs. Arthur, of Philadelphia ; while the 20 fourth—a Parian marble group—was decreed to Mrs. Howe, of Cincinnati.. One old woman who appeared 20 with her seventeenth child cllimed a premium for her 50 achievement ; but that baby having no special merits of 50 its own was " distanced." Letters were received from 100 the charming Fanny Fern, from the many-sided 100 Ko-ace Greeley, who thought too much attention could not be bestowed on the development of the 20 Inman constitution in a country where able-bodied men 50 sold for fifteen hundred dollars a piece ; while Mrs. Mott, , 2C the famous abolitionist, thought that negro ladies ought, 2 ' by all means, to have been allowed an equal chance in , A , the field. Whether she proposed it on the ground of 7 ( the equality of the races, or from humanity, is not s tated ; but if she had put it on the ground of lineage, - she might have made out something of a case, since 2l many so-called negro babies might claim to have as good 2! l white blood in their TOWS as any of their pretended IN A n glo-kazoo arils. t. ~ LINER LEA...I3ED AT FIXED .avirria.A. Leasing Cotnpans, London di N. West. L.&N.W. Cod•don... It.Nrthu. 4ildonian.l Gt. Westn Yl. New. k Berw. Y.Stlilici Do [s. Easteri, Pete 0. Norfolk L. S i ; N. W 111 i clid. Stekton Dsrliugt idl and • . E. Count . Do Do L. & N.W &Ln&Yk Do Gt North b [.encash k Yorksll. ,M .11 Cleat' itockt. & Darlingt I , ltWerstn. ht. 1100 Aberdeen 100 'Do. No. 2, 7 p. c. 30 BlythandTyne lOper c. pref. (issd. at 501) 100 Bris. & Ex. 4p. c. St. 5 Do. 4 p. c. Shares 100 Caledonian I:10 all Chester & Holyhead Guar. 5i per cent all De. do. Pref. No. 2 all Do. do. Pref. No. 2 ' all Cork &Bandonsip.e all Dundee Perth dtAber-1 deen Junction all Ea.stAnglian (.E3los) 6 per cent all Do. (X 5) 7 per cent 2 Do. (X 7 17s) 7 p. c all Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No. 1 all Do. No. 2 all Do. New 6 r . c. St. all Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent ... all Do. 51., 10 per cent. all Do. 10/. Debentr.Sh all Do. do. 4 per cent... 100 East Laneash.6p.ets. all East and West York shire June. Fifths all EdinbPrth.&Dundce 4 per cent. 100 Glasgow &S.Western Guar. 5 per cent 100 Great Northn. sp. c 100 Do. 5 p. c. Redeem., at 10 p. c. 100 Do. 43 p. c 8i Gt. N . -of Scot. lstProf all Gt. Southn. &Westm. (Ireland) Eighths) 7 Do. 4 per c. Prof. St. 6 Gt. Westn. (Bells & Hants Ex. 5 p. c) 100 Do. con. red. 4i p.c. 100 Do. con. red. 4p. c. 100 Do. irred. 4p.c. all Do. Birm. Pref. lih all Do. Chester Bp. o.P.S. all Do. di. i p. o. do._ luo Do. Bina. Gua. Stk. all Di. Ches. Gna. Stk. ail Do. do. do ............ all Do. do. de ...... ••• ••• 6 Lan. &York. F. X2Ol I 100 Do. 6 p. c. Stock ...I 'lOO ILondon and Brighto , Guaranteed 5 p. S 100 Do. Prof., sp. c. St. 100 Do. New Guar.6 p. c. 100 Lou. &N. W., Coy. L Nuneaton b p. Ct. 5 London &S. Westen Con. Thirds all Londonderry& Colsr Shares ill Gondy. & Ennis. Sh. all Ntau., Shef., & Lin Shares, No. 1. all Do. New,, £lO Do. £6 all qarypt.& Carl. 4 p all Du. 4i per cent I 10i Do 100 ‘lid. Consol.6 p.c.St. U.XI )o, Consol. Bristol {Birm. 6 per cent,... 11 Do. Pref. 4A per een; 10 Mori ilk Debenture . ;00 Do. Pref. 4p. c. Stec! .1100 Do. sp. c. Ext . 100 I )0. 5 per ct. prof. • 100 Do. Way. Val. 5 is. c ▪ 1:eo North British 160 Y. E. Psrw, 4 p.c. P. 5 1)0. do. d. 13 Do. Lt,edsti p.c. No.l Do. do. Quartei s 'V. 1(1 4. York k r. h al i North Stanrdsiiire. 100 )xford, Worcester, Wolverh.Xls, 6p.c. all -cot. Cent., New Pre 10 Jo. 5 per cent all South Devon 1i Di. fixed,4i per cent 6 all 4. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £:1 Os. 6d. 100 Do. 4t per cent all Yor sh.4p.e.Guar all S Wales Gu4. 4p. e 16 Do. di. p. c all .itocktod and Dar lington, 4 per cent 25 5 Do. do. do. 12t all itockton and Hartle. pool, guar. 6 p. c. till Ist July, 1856 4 wAritterftl.StKilk.6p.e.' 95 - 100 99 - 101 136 - 138 102 104 61 52 2i —25 i 13 13!t 23 24xd 111 11 2i - 2i 92 - 94 5$ - 60 fa‘ = 2 - 1~ 20 - 21 93 - 95 ,ENCE SHARES. ii L # 1 13 - 131 22 - 24 116 -- 11$ 108 - 110 99 - 101 I 64 98 100 90 92 93 95 10 11 16 173 10 - 10 71 73 18§ 19 el gt 14 - 11 - 1( 1 il3B - 110 . 26 - I 5 = 12 iii : 1 . 1 i - iP 138 1 Fd L 7 !O 144 - 104 99 si .. ... 1 id 112 - 114 12 14 par 23 -23 i 99 - 101 17 - 19 ••• • 2 - •• MINES. all Apia Fria .... ...... ... all Anglo Austrin. Gold all knglo Californian „. _ 6 Australian all Auptralian Cordillera Att/tralittu freehold all Ave Maria all Baden (Gd. Duchy of) all BlMnarvcin iron and 'Coal 0.5 British Iron 24 Brazilianlmp.(issuerl at £5 pm all Do. 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Mr LORD,—One hundred and thirty-six men are at this moment in imminent danger of perishing from famine. Sir John Franklin's Expedition to the North Pole in 1845, as far as we know, has never been heard of from the moment it sailed. An attempt to save our countrymen, if not by the all-powerful efforts of Government, by the ever-watchful British public will be made. The exploring party were well aware of this when they started ; for they knew that Sir John Ross was not allowed to die the death of famine, nor Colonel Conolly and Captain Stoddart that of the sword, without an effort being made for their relief. I trust, my Lord, the British Government aro now fully aware of the wishes of the public in regard to the lives of their men of travel and of war. If the course adopted since Queen Elizabeth's time iu regard to Polar Discorery Expedi tions has hitherto been one of profound secrecy, scarcely worthy the honourable service iu which they have been engaged- and no one knows whither the one hundred and thirty-six lost men were intended to wander, for all is at this moment conjecture beyond the walls of the Admiralty— in future let the service be one of public competition ; and let the attempt that is to be made to save Sir John Franklin from his hard fate, in Christian charity, be made fully public, that the proposed plans—for there will doubtless be several—may be discussed, and therein be raised a praise-worthy competi tion, which will, at all events, have the semblance of au endeavour to follow the right course. It is greatly to be re gretted that Lord Stanley dial not entertain the plan which I proposed for acting by laud in concert with Sir John Frank lin's expedition by sea. It is scarcely possible that the two services could have missed each other: therefore there would not have been that anxiety for the fate of Sir John Franklin which now exists, nor the necessity which is now paramount for the most active and energetic exertions for his rescue. My proposal was couched in the following terms :- 17, Saville-row, 20th February, 1815. My Lo:•d,—As it is determined to prosecute the discovery of the North-west Passage by sea from East to West, I can fairly approa -h your Lordship to propose for adoption the following plan for a land party : I propose that a party of two officers, one of the medical profession, a boat carpenter, and thirteen men fu'ly equipped for the sorviee, should leave Montreal in Canada, sufficiently early to reach the Athabasca Lake in July. Here half the baggage should be left, and the boat carpenter and two men should remain, in order to build a boat 28 feet long—an occupation of three weeks. The explorers should then proceed to the. head waters of the Fish River to fix upon an eligible position to Mute-. The route to the Fish River from the Athbasca Lake is well known to the Indians and fur traders, and is minutely described in '° King's Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Arctic Ocean." The winter establishment fixed, one officer and five men, with an Indian guide, should return to the Athabasca Lake; and having despatched the boat carpenter with the Indian guide and the two men to the Fish River party, there to build a second boat, proceed in the newly built boat via the Slave and Mackenzie Rivers to the Great Bear Lake, the wintering post of two of the overland jour neys. The parties—which, for convenience, it will bo as well to call the eastern and western party—having securely housed themselves, should at once adapt their means to their ends in getting through the winter and providing for the future. To collect and hoard provisions, and to pave the way to the Polar Sea, so as to be on its shores as early as the navigation will permit,-and to observe everything in the vast field before them, are the main features of an Arctic winter with a land party. The western party will be further occupied in transporting —as, the traveller Simpson—their boat to the Coppermine River, and the eastern party their boat to the Groat Fish River. A■ soon as these rivers are open the expedition must be in pro gress : the ono detachment for Cape Britannia or Ripon Island, as it was once called, and the other for, Victoria Land —the one to ascertain the connection of the mainland with that of North Somerset or of Melville Peninsula, and if the former, the character of its western land ; and the other to trace Victoria Land westerly, with the view of testing its value relatively to the North-West Passage. To enter further into detail is unnecessary until the service is determined upon ; but in order that my ability to supply the minutest detail may not bo questioned, I take leave to state that I led the mission in search of Sir John Ross wet only into, but out of, the Polar regions. In two instances overland journeys have been set in motion to aid expeditions sent by sea; and it cannot be questioned that the knowledge of such a journey as I propose being in progress from west to east; under a determined leader, would mainly assist in raising that moral courage which is re quisite in pushing an adventurous way through an un known sea. As it now stands, Sir John Franklin will have to "take the ice"—as the pushing through an ice blocked sea is termed in utter ignorance of the extent of his labours ; and, in case of difficulty, with certainly no better prospect before him than that which bJel Sir John Rise ; whose cseapo from a perilous position of four years' standing is admitted by all to have been almost miraculous. I have contended against the present attempt by sea from an honest conviction of its impracticability iu the present state of our knowledge of Arctic lands ; and, except the journey which 'I propose is undertaken, it is no difficult matter to foresee that the grand problem will actually bo in abeyance. My position now is very different to that Of 1836. I was then unknown, and from the simplicity and economy of my views considered a visionary. Nine years have altered the state of things. The views put forward by me in 1835 in favour of a land journey have been verified : the Government Expedition in the Terror has failed ; And the little band of adventurers, led by the most successful of the Polar travellers, the intrepid Simpson— after my own economical fashion—have astonished the most sanguine geographers of the day. Well pleased should I have been if that intelligent traveller had lived to complete his task, so ably begun; and then he who is now addressing your lordship would not have iutrude.l himself upon your notice. It cannot bo denied that I was mainly instrumental in directing the spirit of enterprise again to the North, at a period when the surveys of Sir J.Ross and Sir G. Back were fresh before the Government—supported by their powerful testimony, " that there were fewer temptations than ever for making any fresh attempts at solving the great geographical problem of three centuries ;" and my restless activity on this subject con. tinned until the " ill-starred voyage in the Terror," in com mand of Sir George Back, and the successful overland journey in command of Mr. Simpson, were determined upon. My last effort in regard to. the Expedition in the Terror closed with the words :—" That those who were sanguine as to the success of that enterprise would be grievously mistaken ; and should that insane portion of the instructions, the cross ing the isthmus dividing the waters of Wager B ty from Regent Inlet, be attempted, the most disastrous results might be :eneettd." Mawr tar: I was corral' the Government has sad , proof.: Although I do not cherish the most distant idea ofagain haying an opportunity of pleading in favour of a Polar• journey, under my own charge—seeing that. I have pleaded nine years in vain—l am as aliie as ever to the pro gress of arctic discovery; and I do hope that your lordship will entertain the plan here submitted. Your lordship will ha •o no difficulty in finding volunteers for such a service ; but in order to meet any difficulty of this nature, I am ready to volunteer the whole command, or part of the command, with any officer your lordship may appoint, provided that ho is of my own ago and in possession of the same amount of physical capability.—l have the honour to be, die." RICHARD KIN% To the Right Hon. Lord Stanley. With these few words of introduction I take leave to address your lordship under three heads. The probable posi tion of the Polar Expedition; the condition of the Polar lands about it; and the best means of saving it. In the outset I have a difficulty, owing to the route of Sir John Franklin not having been officially announced. Sir John Barrow, in his private capacity, has, however, stated in his " History of Arctic Voyages," that it is by Barrow Strait and the Sea washing North Somerset on the one side, and Banks and Wollaston Land on the other, which may be presumed to be correct, as he was the official who drew up the orders given to Sir John Franklin on his departure. The position, then, that I should assign to the Expe dition is the western land of North Somerset—the midway between the settlements of the Hudson's Bay Company on the Mackenzie and the fishing ground of the whalers in Bar row Strait. If Sir John Franklin • has attempted to make a short cut westward, instead of sailing southward along the western land of North Somerset, and wrecked himself on Banks and Wollaston Land, he has run headlong into that danger of which I expressly warned him in the following words :—" If we direct our attention to the movements of the variety; Polar Sea Expeditions which have been set afloat since 1818, we find that in every instance the difficulties arose from the • same cause—the clinging to lauds having an eastern aspect. Sir Edward Parry, in his Second Expedition, made attempts for two successive summers to penetrate the eastern entrance of the Fury and . Heels Strait, and failed; and in his third Expedition he lost the Fury while pushing his way along the eastern land of North Somerset. Sir John Ross, in his second Expedition, was four years advancing four mi!es along the same eastern land ; and was at last obliged to abandon his vessel. Captains Lyon and Back made, separately, unsuccessful attempts to reach Repulse Bay, which has an eastern aspect. How, it may be inquired, is this general difficulty to be avoided I By taking the road which is fairly open to us—the lands that have a western aspect." If, however, Banks and Wollaston Land should form the resting place of the Erebus and Terror, it will not be that of the Expedition. If the party have kept together (and woe be to them if they have not !) they will take to their boats and make for the western laud of North Somerset, for the double purpose of reaching Barrow Strait in search of the northern whalers, as Sir John Ross did successfully, and the Great Fish River in search of Esqnimaux for provision,—or for letter conveyance to the Copper Indians, with whom the Esquimaux are now in friendly relation. It is to the western laud of North Somerset that wo must direct our attention — to that spot we must bond our course. North Somerset is a peninsula, forming the north-eastern corner of North America, the western shore of Regent Inlet, and the eastern shore of the Great Jo Fish hn esßoss, tuary. At least I , such it is represented to us b y Sir —and leas I believe it to be; for the evid.enee in favour of it is very con- Ti4011 1 64.W 1 4 1 . , tlak 1 4 1 .4 _MU 044 11 ,40 i 5 mere conjecture. 'n a practical point of view, however, it is of very little moment whether the %character of North Somerset is insalar or peninsular ; and I can therefore spare your lordship's time by avoiding to give you proof of this—which would fill a volume, in consequence of the importan2o that has been put upon it, in support of the theory of a North-West Passage at the bottom of Regent Inlet. The western land of North Somerset can easily be reached by a party travelling overland from Canada ; and it cannot be denied that a land journey affords the only sure mode of extending our geographical knowledge, and therefore the only sure ladder by which to reach Sir John Franklin. In prac tice, however, it is necessary to know whether the question mooted has science or humanity in view ; for, hi the former case, it is argued that expeditious by sea are the best, and iu the latter journeys by land; although there is always tacked on to these even larger promises of advancement to geographi- cal science than is made in the other. I confess I could never understand the logic of the argument; but it is not less a mat ter of truth, for the scientific expedition which Sir John Frank- lin now commands was set afloat in the face of the following facts that seven of the ten Polar S a expeditions could be thus briefly described :—Capt. Lyon's expedition WAS modestly called by him " An unsuccessful attempt to reach Repulse Bay ;" in the body of the narrative of Captain Back's expedition will bo found the same tale which Captain Lyon gave on his title-page ; Captain Ross returned after four years' wintering, without advancing a step towards the of joet in view; Captain Parry failed in his attempt to reach the Polar Sea by Regent Inlet ; Captain Boechey saw the Polar Sea, and that is all ; and Captain Buchan was not so fortunate as Captain Beechey ; while a short survey of the polar laud journeys affords a standard of comparison, and developos the true position. The journey of Hearne proved the existence of a Polar Sea, and demonstrated that it could be reached over land by way of Canada ; and the success which attended Sir John Franklin's first polar land journey proved that the opinion which had been formed was in every way cor . rect. The distance between the Coppermine River and Point Turuagain was thus made known to us. A second polar land journey added to our knowledge of the coast line the distance between the Mackenzie and the Cop permine Rivers, and as far westward of the Mackenzie as Foggy Island, which far surpassed in extent the prosperous voyage of Sir Edward Parry in 1819 and 182 v. A third polar I%nd journey eclipsed all, and left to be surveyed but a small portion of the North Atherican boundary of tho Polar Sea. The fruits of the ten Polar Sea expeditious will not balance with those of one of the Polar land journeys; and the harvest of the first and the least successful of those interesting missions is greater than that which remains to be gathered. Even the little that has been done by the Polar Sea expedi tions is of a doubtful character. Banks Land, the North Geor- gian Group of islands, and the boundaries of Barrow Strait are still problems ; in fact, so many lesser puzzles as additions to the great geographical puzzle of three centuries. It is not so with the labours of the commanders of the Polar laud journeys. The footing which they made is permanent; while Croker Mountains have dissolved, and islands threaten to be continents, and continents islands—the natural conse quence of discovery in ships. It is altogether illogical to suppose that a party isolated rom the known world, as Sir John Franklin is at this mo ment, can reach civilisation with as great facility as a party from the known world can reach him. Sir John Franklin, if he can keep his party together, will rest where he is, and daily look for assistance from his home. This was a subject which the promoters of the expedition in search of Sir John Ross had to prove in 1833; and nothing has since occurred to create a different opinion. There are manifestly two modes of attempting to afford Sir John Franklin relief—to convey provision to him and convey him to the provision; but I shall have no difficulty in proving to your lordship that there is but one mode practicable—that of conveying him to the provision. The conveyance of provi- sion to Sir John Ross was a failure—and in that case ft was only contemplated to relieve a small party of twenty three men—for this evident reason, that the country is too poor to support a large party—and a large party it is ne- cessary to have, when every kind of provision has to be carried on men's backs over the innumerable obstructions which are to be met with in an overland journey. The party in search of Sir John Ross saved themselves from starvation by consuming the food intended for that gallant officer long before they had reached the half-way house to him. These are not mere assertions to suit the moment : for the facts which support these opinions were recorded in 183 G, iu " King's Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Arctic Ocean," in these words :—" Although overland expeditions towards the northern coast of North America may be re- garded as less expensive and less dangerous than an arctic voyage, and more likely to obtain accessions to science and commerce, they may greatly vary amongst themselves in all these respects, according to the mode in which they may be undertaken. They may, however, be all com prised in two classes. To the first class belong small companies, travelling with the least possible incumbrance, and strictly adopting the mode of proceeding and the means of subsistence iu use amongst the natives of the country and the traders who visit them. Individuals uniting physical ability, both for doing and suffering, necessary to meet the dangers and fatigues of this mode of travelling, with talents and acquirements necessary to render their journey availing for the purposes of science, have already effected much at a very trifling outlay. Hearne and Mackenzie prove the truth of this assertion. The second class consists of those expedi tions which possess a more organised and stematic form ; being composed of a company of men and officers accustomed to military or naval service, seldom or never amounting to a smaller number than three officers and twenty men ; and con sequently requiring a considerable amour tof baggage. For the conveyance of these men and their stores the small canoes of the couutu, which are readily made, repaired, and trans ported, are quite inadequate. Boats of larger dimensions a,i e therefore had recourse to; which aro easily damaged, are with difficulty repaired, and are too cumbrous to be conveyed across the portages when the distance is great or the ground uneven. These evils aro not theoretical ; they have been proved by fearful experience, and have been the cause of im mense difficulty or failure ; for though they form but a small military troop, they arc too large to travel with advan tage through a country in which the means of subsis. tence are very !scanty and still more precarious. The diffi. culties which they havo to encounter are infinitely increased when the individuals comprising the company are not prac- tically acquainted with the mode of travelling through the district to be crossed, and consequently cannot be separated from each other without the greatest danger of fatally losing their way; on which account they cannot seek game and other sources of subsistence. From want of experience they are unable either to bear the burdens or travel the dist ince which a Canadian or an Indian would disregard. Time, the most important element in northern expeditions, is inevitably lost, and neither the energy nor the genius of the command ing officer can retrieve the error when the season is advanced upon them.* The evidence which I have brought forward I most consc'en %lonely believe to be conclusive, that the means to be adopted for relieving Sir John Franklin will be for,the Government to despatch one or more vessels with provisien . to the western land of North Somerset by Barrow Strait - 1n the simmer of , 1818, and to call upon the Hudson's Bay Company to use their best exertions to fill their northern depots with pemican, dried meat and fish by the same date. Information of such provision having been made should be conveyed, in the course of the summer of 1848, by a small party provided with Indian guides—in case it should be desirable to convey the lost party to the Hudson's Bay depots on the Mackenzie or the Great Slave Lake, instead of to the southern boundary of Barrow Strait, in search of the provision vessels. Such a party, my Lord, I will undertake to lead, in company with any officer whom the Government may appoint, provided he be of my . own age and in possession of the same amount of physical capability. lam induced to volunteer my services, because I believe that I am the only person in whom the requisites for such a journey are to bo found. Sir John Richardson counts twice the number of years that I do, and he is not acquainted with either the country or the American Indians to the extent that I am; and I should disgrace myself as an Englishman if I did not stop forward to save a veteran in the service like him from the necessity of fulfilling his promise to the Admiralty of going in search of Sir John Franklin in March next in case of our receiving no tidings of him in the autumn of this year. The Government surely cannot con sent that Sir John Richardson, arrived at an age much better suited to receive honour than to endure hardship, should ex pose himself to fresh dangers and privations, when there are the young and the competent anxious to take their turn. If Sir John Franklin is to' be relieved, it must be in the summer of 1848. He must - be spared the winter of that year; and the Government will incur a heavy responsibility if every effort that experience can suggest is not made to save him from such an ordeal, which can scarcely be contemplated without the most painful feelings. Sir John Franklin's ex pedition should never have set sail in the face of the facts that I laid before the late Government ; and the least that the present Government can do is to lessen the evils that their predecessors have allowed the veteran to heap upon himself. And it will certainly not be taking the best means to send one veteran in search of another. In conclusion, my Lord, I would call your attention to the opinions of the medical officers of the sec ond expedition of Sir Edward Parry in answer to the query com mander, "as to the probable effect that a t h h e ird hea w lth of passed in the Arctic regions would produce on t harge.., the officers, seamen, and marines under hi of that gallant Edwardsiocrwinter F last number and character in general, together with the increase an and and subsequently, li*lr. Ske° c theh report,es ect () d i f t t il h a e t cis u w cr n o g f t t h h e e the climate and service was slowly affectingt Lyon emarks, of the complaints, strongly indicated thattheapseecruiolivasridtyecaoyf of their constitutional powers ;"t and Cap • that " ho has for some time been of opinion that the Fury's passing a thirdfi wisiinutderucinedtthheuscotuonetrxypre ns-osuilliduabeelfexfit.roemmtehlye hazardous. groat change he has observed in the constitution of the officers and men of the Heels, and by the appearance of some very severe cases of scurvy since the summer has commenced. Long continuance on one particular diet, almost total depriva tion of fresh animal and vegetable food fbcorteeadublyt fortwoeovtehv easuyeseaecs of the o iil thentghe years, andeach and close n eo u n tleu fin m g ne o r f al alteration of constit u ti on which has for some m • " Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Arctic Ocean, by Richard King." PP , 293498. Nils_seppoYczar, p. 421. go 131 j 50 50 20 20 25 St. 20 St. 10 St. 25 20 20 50 20 10 5 20 20 12 20 59 i 90 89i St. 71 25 71 8k 104 3 1001 1 1001 23i 10 6S St. St. 76 i 13k 14 ad { 50 331 20 20 20 25 1 8 {. i i I SZ 3 I 25 41 - 42 43 - 415 G 8 - 70 7i 7 8i No ..": Se% i 81 1161 109 10i 72 I! 1381 its ;‘, 15i 16 1311 60 69 time past been so evident. He therefore conceives that a continued exposure to the same deprivations and confine. ment, and the painful monotony of a third winter to men whose health is precarious, would in all probability be at tended with very serious consequences"." Notwithstanding these opinions so strongly expressed, Sir John Franklin Must. pass a third winter in the polar regions if there are no tidings of him in the autumn ; but I trust, my Lord, that you . will not allow him to contend with a fourth, without giving me an opportunity of rendering him the only succour which has the probability of success —that of being the messenger of the information where provisions are stored for hint. I have the honour to be, my Lord, dre., RIcUALD * Parry's Second Voyage, p. 473. [The rest of the correspondence will be published to•mor row.] SIR JOHN FRANKLIN: TO THE EDITOR OP TAE SUN. Sift,--Perhaps you will now refer to your file of 27 0 sun, 1549, to a letter of one who, though he did not use the magic letters R.N., sent you a letter from Aber. 'ken, to draw the attention of the Admiralty to the pro. baLle situation of Sir J. Franklin and his party, so that parties might be seat out immediately in search of them. Your ob,erva . ions attached to that letter, with the letter itself, may add, 29 it were, a link to the chain, that will cause others to think whether or not those in high places value the lives of those who serve their country either in war or science. I do nut draw the attention of the public Ate autho rities to that letter ; but, aware that the writer of that letter gave lectures in Aberdeen and Edinburgh pub licly, showing that there was hope, and that, if the true energy had been used at the proper time, some at least of those valuable lives might have been eared. There is not one with a heart within his breast but must feel for the families who are left behind of the unfortunate martyrs to science ; and, now that their fate is known, justice may be done to the survivors. I trust the Ad. miralty will now, in place of cutting of the pay, imme diately lay before her Majesty the necessity of placing the survivors on the public purse ; and duty to Ged and man require that there shall be no false appearance, but that we may show our real sincerity by a publio pull altogether, that it may be immediately done. I knot that the response will be unanimous.—Yours, PRO BONO PUBLICO. London, 23d Oct., 18U. The following is the letter referred to, inserted it. The Sun of November 2, 1849 :-- [From tho subjoined communication—addressed to us by a party eminently qualified to form an opinion upon the subject—it will be seen that reflection only tends to increase the conviction that the intelligence brought to this country by the Truelove is less the detail of facts than the effusion of fancy. And as humanity, at the = very least, requires that no effort should be overlooked which could possibly tend to diminish the perils of the isolated expedition, the proj-ct of Gale's balloon ought, to our thinking, to b e a tt e mpted as a means of comma= mooting assi3tance. Every day the matter is becoming more and more serious, and it beheves the Admiralty to direct every available energ y t owar d s the succour of the heroic, but otherwise doomed navigators.—ED. TO THE EDITOR Ol THI SUN. Sia,—The Pacific is now in pert ; and, being doubtful all along that the news was "too goad to be true" that the natives bad seen the vessels, from what I hear and know of the coast, I feel convinced that the whole statement is not worth a rush, as the distance overland from the two points, which is only 215 miles right across the land ; so that if natives had been there, they could and woud have been inclined is have gone again and brought some sort of intelligence of the parties. But what I now write is at the instance of Captain Reid, of the Pacific, who has his brother with Sir John. He feels also assured that the natives have not seen the yes eels, and therefore those in high quarters, though com fortable and snug at their own firesides, should net forget that they, the explorers, who have thus imperilled their lives for the gratification of scientifie clubs and coteries, that they may have something to chatter about, should be up and still doing what may yet bring us intelli gence of these noble fellows. I feel assured that "Gale's" balloon might give a very good " bird's-eye" view of the country, had it only been thought of in time ; as, if the balloon were started at Ponds Bay it would give a very great range of view, and even might be seen by the ex plorers, as they have plenty of means in their power to raise a balloon from fire, rags, and tallow. At night a balloon would be seen a great way. Everything that can be done ought to be done, if it were but for one thing—that is, to soothe the heart of that noble lady who has shown the old women at the Admiralty how to be up and doing. I trust your powerful pea will be employed in this matter. The provisions, &c., sent out by Lady Franklin were left there by Captain Reid, of the Pacifie.—Yours, &c., " NEVER GIVE UP, For they may be saved yet." Persevere and use means. Aberdeen, Oct. 30, 1849. MARKET NEWS---(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. Scarcely any English wheat was on offer in to-day's market. Holders generally were very firm, and Monday's advance was freely paid iu every instance. We had more doing in foreign wheat, and, in some cases, the quotations were 2s per quarter higher. Barley—the supply of which was limited—sold briskly nt very full ntices. Malt was the turn dearer. The oat trade ruled firm, and good sound corn was quit• Gs per quarter higher. Bans and peas sold freely at extreme rates. The flour trade was brisk, and the top price of English was 70s per sack. From Spain, 2,710 sacks have arrived this week. ARRIVA.LB TITUS WEER. Wheat. k Barley. l Malt. 1 Oata. 1 Flo u r, 421 I 770 390 1 33) 210 - 670 613 ) 2,521 2,7103 ks English .. Irich .. • • Foreign .. BOROUGH HOP. As the imports of foreign hops continue large, the demand is very inactive, and prices are barely supported. WHITECHAPEL. The general demand ruled inactive to-day, as follows - -Beef, 3a 4d to 4s Gd ; mutton, 3s 4d to 4e 8 l ; veal, 34 4d to 45 4d; pork, 3s 4,1 to 48 10d per 81bs. by the carcase. LLOYD'S SKIPPING-(THIS DI Y.) LONDON, Oct. 25.—Wind this day at Noon, E.N.E. dull, cloudy weather, with rain. PORTSMOUTII, Oct. 24.—Wind, W.S.W. Arrived—Ann, ;l e o pFs . ll.l, : f::oo t i b TTL T :ii — Odooc ll tnc. o l2. r i. y r2— s 4C li .i i a r rp e ivien , 7,i f i ,: n r s(i t E b e . Black from Youghal. Sailed—William, for London ; Flora, Arrived—Bacchante Coast.S.W. Arrived—John Thomas, from Ails Cayes, for Liverpool ; Ayrshire Lass, AlesaAria ; Ondine (s), from London, and left for Dub -14- 114 MA. colossus, Portsmouth, and sailed for the West Indies ; Olive Branch, Liverpool, for Seville; An dante, Marseilles • Fortitude, London; for Cape Palmas. Sailed—Empresa, ! for Plymouth. RAMSGATE, Oct. '24.—Wind, W.S.W. Arrived—Thetis, frota Hernosand, for Oran. Sailed—Freundschaft, for Hamburgh. TORBAY, Oct 21.—Wind, S.S.E. Arrived — Wilson, from London, for Algot, Bsy, with loss of topsail-yards. Sailed—Maria, for Madeira ; Emerald, St. M i chael's. .11 8 i W ra . mich A i r ; r1 D ve u d r — us 8 , i° 1r n o a ni fro H na u s t j O o c h t u . Quebec ; Nairn', do. ; Resolution, Taganrog ; Peter Baag, Marseilles. &imam, Ott. 24.—Wind, S.W. Arrived—lndustrie, from Altona. Sailed—Bordeaux, for Constantinople ; Ariel, do.; Odessa, Palermo. NEWPORT, Oct. 23.—Wind, W. Arrived—Mary Mae, f ro m Quebec ' • British Queen, Alexandria ; Royal George, Bristol, for Gibraltar. Sailed--Robert A. Lewis, for Savannah. GLOUCESTER, Oet. 24.—Arrived—Woodstock, from * Quebec ; Thankful, Alexandria. LOWESTOFT, Oct. 24.—The Ellitla , of Carlshaurn (prize). in charge of an officer from H.M.S. Cruiser, from the Baltic to Sheerness, has put in here, with loss of anchor and chains. QUEENSTOWN, Oct. 23.—Wind, N.W. Arrived --'Alice Wilson, from Quebec ; Jura (a a), Liverpool, for Constas• tinople ; Peruvian, Troon, for Quebec, anti with loss of sails and spars. r le f ro m Cadiz and BELFAST, Oct. 23.—Arrived — Creo le, Dublin. •Te• A rr ived—Gondola, N SCILLY, Oct. 23.—Wind, • w ith iron, leaky, from Havannah, and proceeded; whaitdnenexcoturantebraenddsthaet galethe pumps, for London, very • her hold, and had part Of much as five feet of water i n cargo thrown overboar d • of the 11th Sept., had beelneaokny h er beam ends, and had as William P a tte n, Ri ch- Eno(pax ELEC TRIC TELEGRAPH.) D v sarooL, Tuesday, 10.15 a . m. Wi n d W. modera te, and frosty. Arrived — St ar of the East, from Honduras ; H e lios , Nta n Off t h e port—Arabian (s), from Alexand r i a ; Sea Gull, and Propolltill. Sailed—Bombe (s), for Havre • Now 0 ; r 1 J eans o tig.; Ltsuagn: B S ey i Singapore . r • ; ) Ranger (s), Rotterdam ; Culloden, Bombay. F UN D ,—T to forwar d the helr o i r shp r spers a c reditably ex n e lO rt T l l n C g themselves this fund.objectsmoostf FATHER MATHEW IN LIVERPOOL—The Rev. Father Mathew, the apostle of the temperance cause, arrived in Liverpool on Thursday last from Cork, and has since been the guest of Wm. Rathholie, Esq., of Greenbank. THE LAIR FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT NEAR LEEDS. —ln this journal of last week we gave some particulars of an affai r w hi ch had occurred on titir railway between Leeds and Horsforth, where a young woman was sup posed to have been thrown out of a railway carriage. The coroner's jury who sat to inquire into the matter adjourned until Monday. On that day they met. and returned an open verdict. They censured the guard for neglecting to see that the woman was in the carriage when the train stopped at each ktation, she being drunk ; and they recommended the railway company to keep the off-side door of their carriages locked i in future. on an ode on The Poet Laureate is said to be busieddCoranna BYrob the battle of tbckirna. Wolfe hymned but, vid, thins Waterloo, and Campbell Hohhenvis sun ; successfully 01' g exceptions, few of our poets a battle. treasury of the East Wilk- The amount paid into the .. e _ al to tile 2ith but. house for bills on India fro3B th v wai 1671704 46i 6 82i 321 i 92 1.1 i 36 5 13j 22i 28t 20 20 20 10 100 97 8i 102 i 1031 61 i 1101 3