The Sun. — London, England, 1854-11-15 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLOCK. *Thr. The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at from 6,000 to 7,000 bales, including 500 American taken for export. The market closed St flatly, with prices of all kinds tending downwards. 3 The sales comprised 130 Pernam and Marauham 50 at 6d. to 6id., 600 Egyptian at 5/d. to 8,1 d., 800 Surat at 3,id. to 4d., and the remainder American. Railway Shares continuo very depressed. 31 The public sales of wool have closed, and the 27 prices are above those of August by about 5 per cent. There have been 50,471 bales of all sorts 22 pat up. Three or four large firms at Bergen, in Norway, have suspended payment. Still the condition of the corn trade excites at tention and solicitude, nor need we feel surprised at this when we look at the high prices current. The prospects of a supply from the United States are undoubtedly more satisfactory, although it is positively affirmed at the same time that the grain, having to come from the interior, will only be brought forward under the stimulus of high prices. The Bankers' Circular, in an article upon this sub ject, has the following remarks : "It has been sail that large purchases ha ve been made 20 abroad for future delivery ; but we very much doubt St. whether any considerable quantity can reach the English markets before the early part of the coming spring. If we St. had been at peace with Russia, we should probably have 25 received as much from that quarter as in 1853 ; but the St. war, in addition to the consumption of old stocks on hand, s t. and the diminished supplies from other countries which 10 have hitherto 'supplied us with considerable quantities, St. constitutes the principal obstacle to any material retitle- 10 tion in the price of wheat on this side of Christmas. St Calculations have been made by persons who have gone St. so far as to state that large quantities will be exported to St, this country from France and Belgium ; but such estimates St. appear to be wholly destitute of any accurate knowledge St. of the result of the last harvest in those countries. There St. is, however, one fact by no means of an insignificant cha racter, which may be deduced from the contradictory esti mates which appear in print upon this vital subject, that 12 we are still without the statistical information necessary to 50 come to any accurate conclusion about the agricultural pro- 10i duce of the country. The following extract from the circu 163 - hr of Messrs. Sturge, of Birmingham, of November, shows St. that their opinions upon supplies and prices are almost 19i identical with those which we hare expressed since the 14 termination of harvest :-- 20 " `Since the commencement of last month we have had 11 . A a further advance of from 16s. to 18s. per quarter on wheat St. making fully 265. per quarter upon the lowest price since St. harvest. This has occurred not only with an almost entire 20 absence of speculation on the part of every one connected 10 with the trade, but with a larger delivery than nsual from 1 . 2 . the growers. It is very natural that such high prices, im- St. mediately after a very fine and producti ve harvest, should 50 create surprise and even discontent in the minds of those 40 who do not examine closely cause and effect. 25 " `The average price of wheat in 1849, 50, 51, and 52 25 was 41s. ld. per quarter, and had not the deficient harveet St. of 1853 exhausted the old stocks, the crop of this year 512 s would, supposing peace had continued, have justified an St. expectation of a return to these prices, but ao little old St. wheat remained in any of the consuming countries of 50 Europe, that, under any circumstances, the trice would 25 probably not have ranged below 50s. during the easuing 100 whiter. The war with Russia has, however, placed us 6? in an entirely new position with regard to the supplies 2r of foreign wheat. If France and the United States had SA as much to spare this year as in some former seasons, this 20 might net have so soon been felt by the people of England ; but as the stocks in these countries were quite as much St. exhausted as our own, and their crops not so abundant, 50 the former has imported from this country, and the latter St. will not send us even a limited supply, except at high 16 prices. The sudden cessation of all imports from our chief 16 source of supply has therefore rendered us at once almost 8 entirely dependent upon our home growth.' " 8 It should be stated in qualification of any uneasi- St. ness that may be felt, that the estimate of high E. authorities leads to more favourable conclusions 50 than would have otherwise been entertained. Mr. St. Caird estimates our wheat crop at 16,Z)50,000 qrs., 50 and the annual consumption of the United Kingdom 10 being only 18,000,000 qrs., there is no great quan- 1.0 tity needed. The bareness of old stocks, he never- 20 theless thinks, will cause prices to rule compara- 20 tively high, although the country is in a much 10 safer position in regard to its supply than at this 10 time last year. qt. The Committee of Spanish American Bondholders received this morning letters from Mr. Giro, their 20 special commissioner at Buenos Ayres, dated Sept. St. 30th, and Oct. 3d, from which it appears that no s i t • o an s wer had then been given to the letter of the 6) British Consul on the subject of the Foreign Debt. The Bank of Buenos Ayres is to have a new orga nisation, so as to make its action and operation in- r 49. dependent of the Government, in discu ssin g which, ;i0 in the Legislative Chamber, the Finance Minister 20 incidentally alluded to the Foreign Debt, stating 20 that he would soon lay before the chamber the 20 correspondence that had taken place on this matter, 2 5 and that it would become necessary to think St. about it. 10 This is "pay day" in the English Stock Market, St. and the quotations are affected still by the settle- 25 ment, being very depressed. The account appears to have been decidedly bullish , and the absence of . . 2 2 1 real buyers, with an increased demand for money 5 6 among the speculators and dealers, has, in conjunc- 20 tion with the suspense concerning our position at Sebastopol, had temporarily a greater effect than might have beenoth er wise the case. Consols have been 212 92± to 92.1 for transfer, and 92/ to 92?,- for account, the present rates being about 92 The " con- ____ tango" is about per cent. Generally the dif ferences are being well met. The New Three per 1.0 Cents. have been 90;:t to 91 1 1, Exchequer Bills are 20 3s to 75., and India Bonds Us. to 12s. premium. 20 In foreign securities the transactions have been mostly at lower values. Grenada have been at 15, ... Equador at 3/, Mexican at 21, and Peruvian at IV, 65 to 66 for the Four-and-a-Half per Cents., and 20 at 47 for the Three per Cents ; Spanish New De- t ) ferred Stock has realised 181 ; Turkish Scrip has 20 been at 4to 48 discount for money, and at 3/ to 20 4 discount for account ; Dutch Four per Cents. 20 have been 901. 100 The following are the nominal prices of foreign 100 stoclu , :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 5t to 5i ; 20 can, 21-i to 21i ; Peruvian, 65 to 67 ; ditto, 25 3 per Cents., 46 to 48 ; Portuguese 4 per Cents., 25 40 to 42 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 95 to 97 ; ditto, 25 4i per Cent s ., 84 to 86 ; Spanish Now Deferred, 100 18i to 18t -; ditto, 3 per Cents., 37± to 38 ; ditto, Certificat es 51 t o 51 ; ditto, Passive, 4± to 5. 100 The Raifwav Share Market has been flatter, the 20 account being in course of adjustment. Shares 5 have been carried over either without charge or at a small rate of interest. The North Western have declined about per cent., and the Midland, 1 00 South-Eastern, and ono or two others in the same Proportion. Caledonian are higher, and Great 100 Northern very good. The Foreign lines have been 100 dull at barely previous rates. 100 Mines are lower, especially Waller, the Joint 20, Stock Banks are in favour of buyers, and also the 100' Land and Crystal Palace Shares. 20 BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOW (Fro, the Official List.) Tlti‘ Imes done 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9O?, 3 per Cent Consols Annuities 92 , 1 1 New 3 per Cent. Annuities Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 41 5-16 India Bonds, £lOOO Ditto, under £lOOO Consols for Account Exchequer Bills, 24d. 1:1000 2500 933 i i Small PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK Equador Bonds Grenada Bonds, per Cent Mexican 3 per Cent. Peruvian Bonds, 41 per Cent. 65 6 Ditto 3 per Cent. Spanish Belida, 3 per Cent Ditto Now Deferred, 3 per Cent lBi Turkish Scrip 6 p er cen t Ditto for tho Account Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Exchange, per Cent. 12 Guil Ditto 4 per Cent. Cortifi ea t es LIALP-PAST TWO. 92i1 ........ 92 Consols Ditto, Accent FRENCH CAVALRY LEAVING ROME CIVITA. VECCHIA, 2 3 0 NOV. 10.—Vessels are expected daily port to 20 take away all the French cavalry now in for the is 8 supposed that this force will immediately leav m e e. seat of war. The Couamaader-in-Chief of the French the 10 army at Rome had received important despatches from 20 France by a special courier. 20 l PRICE OF GOLD. — Th e q uotation of gold at Paris • 6 about 1 per mule disco unt (accordin g to th e last tariff), 20 which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 101 d. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 25.141 • and, the exchange at Pa ris on London at short being 40 25.07 L,, it follows that g old is about 0.23 p er cent. 40 dearer in Paris than in London. By advices from 'lam- 50 burg, the price of gold is 4241 per mark, which, at the 25 English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 101 d. per ounce for stan- 20 dard gold, g ives an excha,nga of 13.-n ; and, the ex change at Hamburg on London at short being 13.82, it 100 follows that gold is 0.59 per cent. dearer in Hamburg 100 20 than in London. THE SEAMEN'S HOSPITAL SOCIETY.—We have been 20 much gratified at learning that the Emperor of Austria, in consideration of the services rendered to Austrian 50 seamen by the Seamen's Hospital for all Nations, has 50 been pleased to present to the society, through the 100 Consul-General in London, a donation of one hundred 110 J Pounds. This assistance is described as being peculiarly acceptable at the present time, as the greatly enhanced 50 cost of proviions, 20 the large increase in the average number of patients, and the expense of maintaining a 25 eparate ship for cholera patients, have caused a heavy excess of expenditure over income. The recent altera- 100 .Lions in the Merc a ntile Marine Law having ,deprived this 10 invaluable institution already of no less than 1,1501. per 5 annum, and provided for an additional loss of 550/. per annum after 1857, the committee are obliged to s eek for 25 more extended support from the public to enable them 25 to carry on the benevolent dpigus of the charity, ett TilE• SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 15, 18b4. SHARE MARKETS. (THIS DAY.) BRITISH RAILWAYS. 10loqing Pricks yistorlay. IPaid.l EA.lLwite. 100 A.berdecn.. Ambg. Nottug. Bost and Eastn. Junct all Belfast & Ballymena all Birming. Wolvcrh. Stour Valley Birkenhd. Lancsh. & Cheshire Junct all Do. Chesh. & Birk , £5O and £25 Cons. 19 Do., £2O " 30 Blyth &Tyne original £25 (issd. at £451 100 Bristol and Exeter... 100 Ca1ed0nian.......... 21s. Caimartben and Car digan an Chester & Holyhead P all Cork and Bandon all Cork, Black, & Pass 16 C Jrnwall 16, Orloff Junction 45 Dublin&BelfastJune all Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction all 'Do. New 100 East Anglian a Eastern Counties 100 Eastern Union, A Stock lOC , Do., B. Stock 86 Do., New A. 100 East Lancashire [OO Edinburgh & Glasgow 96 Edinb. and Peebles 100 Edin.PrLti &Duntle, 1 Forth & Clyde June. 100 Glasgow &S. Western 100 Great Northern 100 Do., A. Stock 100 ,Do., B. Stock. 1 100 'Gt. Sth. &West.(lre.; 100 Great Western .00 Do. Stour Val. Rai) Gua. Stk all Irish South-Eastern all Lancaster & Carlisle 14: 4 , Do., Thirds.. 4 Do. New Thirds 100 -Lancash.nuclYorksl , 19 Do., Fifths 11 Da., Wst. Riding Un all Liv.Crsby.&Soutlipt all Loudon & Blackwal 100 Lond. Bright & S.Cst. 100 Gond. and N. Westn 12 Do. Fifths 1 D0.101.5h.,M&8 26 Do. Eighths 100 London and S. Westn 42?-. Do., £5O 34 Do., £4O all Lndudrry& Coleraine all Lnclndrry. & Eunisk. 100 Nfancli.Slief.&Lincln 44 Do., Man. & Lin. Un 100 Midland 100 )o. Birmng. &Derby all Micild. G. West. (Ire.) 226 Do. Half Shares all Newcastle & Carlisle 54 Newmkt.BuryExten 19 Nwpt.Aberg.&Hrfd 8 Newry & Enniskillen all Newry Warreupoint and Rostrevor 100 Norfolk 3 Northn.Counties Un 100 . North British all 4 North Devon, No. 1 all Do., No. 2 all 110., t A Deferred all Do., B Guarantee(' 100 N. Eastern—Berwick 20 Do. do. Extension 13 Do.do. G.N.E. Purch. all Do. Leeds 100 Do. York all North. London 86 Do. New £lO U b N.&S.Wstrn.,Hamp stead, and City Ju North Staffordshire all North Western all N. &S. Westrn. June. 1 Nuneaton, Hinckley and Leicester 100 Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton 6 Portsmouth LOU Scottish Central 1.00 Scottish Midland all ihrewsby. & Bcrefd all Shropshire Union Do. A, B, C,& D,full: paid up at per c,a all south Devon 1.00 loath Eastern all South Wales 15 S. Yrksh. & Riv. Dun 5 Do 8 Staines, Wok & all •tockton & Darlin 16?, Stockton & Hartlepl. 100 NT Vale .. 0 Do. £lO shares. 1.00 Do. rref., No. 1 21 Cliames Haven Doc and Railway all Vale of Neath all Watcrfd. & 101 Waterford&Limeriel 18 West Cornwall 3 West End of London and Crystal Palace.. all West London Ills. Wimblodn&Croydol 20 - 21 4i- 4i 8 - 83 11i 103 17 - 18 - 53 95 - 97 58,} -58 i 13 - 14 10 - 12 4 • - • - 20 20 20 20 6i - 74 15 16 11a —ll 32 31 22 24 69 - 71 54 - 55 - 20i -- 8S - 89) 75 - 77 • 124 - 126 89 - 91 70 L, 70A 68 - 70 78 -- 82 8 -- 10 8 10 70i -- 714 5 i -- bi 7 SA 04A 105_ 99i 1004 A d par d par 1 7!— 80A 1! 9, 9 8 22 - 23 di 681 40 - 42 gd d -- 2 loi 9A 4 2 A 43 - 51 331 331, g 10 6 7i 75 76 6! 6 (i Sid -14 f b 2 53 55 1 p 4 6i 31 - 33 92 - 94 60 - 62 7i - 8:1 45 - 47 12 - 14 591 - fOl 30 - 31 i— i d 35 - 37 S -- 8 19 4f 22- 4 6 - 7 6 - 7 REIGN All Antwerp&Rotterdam 3 Belgian Eastn. June. 8 Bezicrs to Graissoeeae 2s. Bombay, Baroda., and Central I n dia,Scrip 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. 4 p. c. Bds., pay. '57, convertible i all Do. do. do., '59, (lc.' 10 Gd. Junct. of France 12. Tk of Canada.A. is. all Do. do all Do. St. Lawrence 6 1. 1§ 4 3 d 31 3i d 31 32 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 G t.Wostern of Cana& Shares all Do. Bds., payable's7, with option till '55 all Do. do., '62, p. '56 all Do. do., '76, p. 'GO all Do. do., '73, without 3 - id— cl option all Hamilton & Toronto all Do. 6 per cent. 11 Lako Const. & Basic all Lucca EL Pistoja 5 p.c. '7 6d 7 64 8 g 7(1 par 4 par iP 18 18 1 = 3 I . d pax 1 P i I ) 1 -- 31, dis prof 12 Great Luxembourg Constituted Shares, all Do. Obligations 10 Lyons and Geneva 12 Lyons & Meditorran 163 Madras 2 Do. New 31A Maria Antonia all Do. do. New 2 Melbourne Dk. &Ity all Namur & Liege (with interest) all Do. (ex interest) all Northern of France all D 0.20/. Shs.lato Char leroi and Erquelines guar. 311 p. e. & red. at 22:1/. dur. 88 yrs. from 1 Jan. 1854 all Do. 201. 3 p. c Bds. (f my. B.& Ams. Shs all Nor wegianTrunkPrei 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 Mouse all Do. 5 p. cent. Prof 10 Southern of France. 14 St. Andrew's and Quebec (A) all West Flanders all Do 5i per c. Prof__ 10 Western of France 16 West. of Switzerland all Wiesbaden 20 Zealand 4R 2i 3 par ip id —iP - 7 33 = A 12i -- 13 ••• "" ..• -- 69i i 60 1 2; 9 - 10 19 -20 p 45 47 37 39 Pm 21 21 La par 21 8 lid ... - pm S— 4 ... d 5 op JOINT-STOCK BANKS. all Australasia all British Colonial Bank and Loan Company all British N. .American 5 Chart& Bank of Asia 2 Chrtd. Bnk. of India, Australia, & China 25 Colonial 20 Commercial of Loud '' 16 English Scottish and Australian.. all 'Lona. Chart. Bk. of Australia 20 London and County 10 Loudon Joint Stock 20 Loud. & Westminster 35 National Provincial of England 10 Do. New 22!. National of Ireland all Now South Wales all Oriental Bank of Corporation. 25 Provincial of Ireland all Do. New 1 iloyal Australn.Bkg & Gold Imp Co all south Australia all Union of Australia 2; . Do. New 10 Union of Lonclonigni 81 -- 82 Ad — par 1 id - 32 2A -- A (11 24 - 25 30 - 41 ••• - 43 - 45 71 - 73 8 - 9 IN owe ..^ ..... PO. Thisincos done this day. LINES LEA.SED AT FIXED RENTALS, Leasing Compans. ICloslng Prices yesterday. RAI:LW/Al; Bedford and Bletchloy Buckgliamsh. Clydesdale Jc. E. Lincoln gr. 6 per cent. Glas. Barr. & Neils. Direct Do. New Glstr,& Dn.Fi Dk. & Railway Hull & Selby Do. A Shares. Do. Shares. Lon.&Greenw Do. Preference Lox., Til., &S. Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Do. 6 per ct. %inch. Bxtn. and Matlock Siiddlesbro' & Red car Vlidld.Bradfd Northern ant , . Easternsp. e Do. 6 per et. Do. Fixcds p Prest. & Wyre • Do. blares. Roystn..k. ibcf.Roth.am r ; Goole g. 5 p.c. S. Staflordsh. Wear Vali eygr, 6 per cent._ Do WiltsliZomrst 48 - 100 99 - 101 136 - 138 162 - 51 - 52 25 - 251 13 - 136 23 -24 11 -11 i 28 - 2i ._.. - ... 94 - 95 5$ - 60 136 -: 138 ti - is al 93 - 95 London & N. West. &N. W. Calcdon.. C4t.Nrthn. Caldonian., Gt. \cestn Yk. New. & Y. &Nlici, Do Do S. Eastern Do Peto & Co. Norfolk.. L.&N. W. St Mid la. Stekton Sr Darlingt. Niidland E. Connt Do.. ...... L. AL N.W &Ln&Yk Do G t Northn Lanca.shBt ' Yorksh. Vl.MClean Stockt. k Darlingt ntWestn. PREFERENCE SHARES. Aberdeen 'Do. No. 2, 7 p. c. Blyth and Tyne 10 per c. pref. (issd. at 501) Bris. & Ex. 4 p. c. St. Do. 4 p. c. Shares Caledonian £lO Chester & Holyhead. Guar. 52 per colt_ Do. do. Pref. No. 2 Do. do. Pref. No. 2 1 Cork &Banclonsp.c , D undee Perth &Aber4 (leen Junction EastAnglian (1.:310s), 6 per cent Do. (X 5) 7 per cent Do. (X 7 17s) 7 p. c Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No. 1 Do. No. 2 _ Do. New 6 p. c. St, Eastern Union, Seri' Guar. 6 per cent.., _ _ DO. 51., 10 ner cent. Do. 101. Defoentr.Sh- Do. de. 4 per cent East Lancash. 6 p. eta East and West York shire June. Fifths Edinb Prth. &Dundee 4 per cent. Glasgow &S.Westerni Guar. 5 per cent Great Northn. 5 p. c Do. 5 p. c. Redeem. at 10 p. c. prem. Do. 43 p. c . Gt.N. of Scot. Ist Pre' Gt. Southn. &Westnt. (Ireland) Eighths)... Do. 4 per c. Pref. St Gt. Westn. (Berta & Hants Ex. 5 p. c)... Do con. red. 41 p.c. Do. con. red. 4 p. c. Do. irred. 4p.c. Do. Birm. Pref. WI Do. Chester 8 p. •.r.S. D.. do. it p. •. do Do. Birra. Gua. Stk D.. Ches. Go.a. Stk do. d• Do. d.. d• Lan. &York. F. £2O Do. 6 p. c. Stock London and Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. S Do. Pref., 5 p. c. St Do. New Guar.6 p. c Lon.&N. W., Coy. & Nuneaton p. et 'London & S. Wester , Con. Thirds Cendonderry&Coler Shares hondy. & Ennie. a Sh Kan., Sher., & Lin. I Shares, No. 1. ... Do. New, £lO . Do. £6 Sarypt Carl. 4 p c )0. 4l per cent lid. Consol.6 p.c.St. Cousol. Bristol & Him. 6 per cent.... )o. Pref. 41 per COW ~T orfolk Detienture Do. Prof. 4 p. c. Steel Do. 5 p. c. Ext Do. 56 per ct. pref._ Do. Way. Val. 5 p. c. \Tor' British Y. E. Berw, 4 p.c. P. Do. do. de Do. Leeds 6 p.c .Ne.l 00. do. Quarters '4 )e.York & P , r. North Staffordshire )xford, Worcester, A Wolvcrh..£ls, 6 p.c. Scot. Cent. , New Pre' Do. 5 per cent i'outh Devon De. fixed, 4i per cent 3. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. Gd. Do. 4l per cent Yorksh.4p.c.Guar 3 Wales Gua. 4p. c Do. de. 4 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.SzKilk.6p.c. 98 - 102 02 - 56 6c is 5i - 64 4 - lAr - 13 - 134 22 - 24 65 - 70 1 . 5 --- 117' 108 - 110 100 - 101 4 -- 64 98 -- 100 90 -- 92 93 -- 4 95 10 1 --11 164 -- 174 10 -- 104 72 -- 74 184 -19 i 91 -- 91 14 -- 15 11 id 138 ,Z 140 ... '.'. Nv 24 - 8 p 11 - 1q i - b 38 10 id S 7 - 90 1.04 - 106 91 - 93 3i - 3i - ••• 1 - ? 2,1 112 - 114 Id u 14 par' 22 - 23} 99 - 101 17 - 19 MINES. Agua Fria . Angle Austrin. Gold Anglo Californian Australian Australian Cordillera Australian Freehold Ave Maria Baden (Gd.Dachy of) Blwnarvon Iron and Coal British Iron Brazil lanlmp.(issued at a 5 pin Do. Cocaes Sti Cuiacia Do. St. John Del Roy Carsons's Ccc , ;lc Clarendon Cons. Min Co. of Jamaica • Cobre Copper Colonial Gold Copper Min. of Eng Do. Pref. 7i p. cent Copiapo . English and Austin. Copper Smeltg Co Fortuna General.. Gt.NuggetVeinßeg. Great Polgooth. Liberty Linares. Slariquito. ........ Nlexican&S.A.mericn New Granada New Linares Mining and Smelting Co Nouveau Monde Poutgibaud Silver Lead Min. & Smelt Port Philip Quartz Rock Rhynaney Iron Do. New Santiago do Cuba south Australian Pin Croft United Mexican Waller West Mariposa Worthing Mining 01 Australia Yuba MISCELLA Rubin Coal and Iron 7 Xustralian Ag,ricult. 6 2Australsn.Pcific. Mail 611 Australis. Royal Mail 61 Berlin Water Works 10 Brit. American Land 1 Brit. & Coln. Smeltg. and Reduction Co.. 32 Canada J Canada , Gov. 6 p. et.. Jan. and July al Crystal Palace all Crystal Pal. of France 5 Eastern Steam 21 ElectricTelegraPh(A) all Electric Teleg. of Ir. 14 Gen. Stearn Navigat. all General Screw Steam 10 Irish Beetroot Sugar 10 Magdalena , St. Navig. all Mediteran. Elec. TeL; all Nat. Pat. Steam FuC 5 Netherlands Land..... 1 N. S. W. Coal & Inter, Steam Navigat. co, al N. B. Australasian... 2 Nrth. of Euro pc S team Peel Br. Ld. & Minrl. dl Peninsular& Oriental 1.5 Do. Do. di Portland Iron Co ;0 Royal Mail Steam 11. Scot. Austral. Invest. 11 [ S o uth Austral. Lane n u bmar. Telegraph. .00. Registered YAa DiealeD'a JAW 1 - 11 I - i. i - i I" -- i - 8 - 1 - 30 - 82 46 - 48 50 - 6 5 2 - 4p 15 - 17 11 - it i - iP 1 - t Ili - i Ili ... lii $ - i i fi 1 i - 7i - 15i -- 1 =7 23 - 2 5 - 6 - 6A -- 11 --i# 1 -- 8 2/ - Ai ;011E3 ii 7- ii ii 7- ia is —165 10 - 111 3 -3/ la 17 a li •• i •••••• ..• '''' i 3~ - 4~ ...I) 2 - 2i - 2 35 - 37 - 1 1 1.3 e •rr 14A air - IPaid, i 0 I all ;t. l lOO ;t. 100 >t.. 100 15 I all 15 all 15 all /0 all 50 all 25 all 12A all 12i all 20 all 10 all :St, 100 St. tuO 5 all ( all io all it\ all all it. 100 ;5 18 2 9 i 0 al] 15 I all ;t. 100 St. 100 St. 1100 t. 1100 5 all 21 all 2i all 64 all 61 all 3n :ill 5 all 7i 2 6i all _1:) . all !O all 5 all L 0 all it. all t• 110 0 5 all 5 1 all It. i too Business this day. SHREWSBURY RACES (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES. Lerrywheut liiteflyer Eleven ran. DEBBY BETTING. 12 to 1 agst St. Hubert (taken). THE CZAR'S ANSWER TO THE PRUSSIAN NOTE. The Press of Vienna contains a letter from St. Peters burg of the let, which says:— "A circumstance which took place on Oct. 30, in the drawing-room of the Princess Tr--, proves that the no bility here have no great confidence in the suc cess of the Czar. The despatch relative to the success which General Liprandi affirms he obtained over the Allies was brought in, but no one would believe the statement until the account given of the affair by the eneray should have been seen. On the proposition of a gentleman present, a collection for the wounded in the Crimea was made, and it amounted to 1,200 roubles. Afterwards another being set on foot for the continuation of the war, only 150 roubles were collected. The Czar had yesterday a long conversation with Count de Ncsselrode, in which he gave him the necessary instructions for the reply to be made to the last Prussian note. The Czar persists in the sentiments which he has hitherto manifested, and is disposed to make concessions to Austria only. It is not difficult to see in what they will consist ; the Czar, all of whose troops are now occupied in fighting against the Western Powers and the Turks, will avoid for the moment engaging in any dispute with Austria. Political motives will be put forward as the pretext, but in reality it is for strategical reasons that the guards are to quit the Austrian frontiers. The Czar expects a long war,. and is taking all the measures required to ensure his own success in it. A new levy of 200,000 men is being pre pared in silence, and all the governors of the empire have received orders to make the necessary preparations to have that measure executed promptly. The Prussian ambassador has, it is said, handed to the Czar au auto graph letter from his Sovereign." STATE OF TRADE. (From the Manchester Chtardian of this day.) MANCHESTER, Nov. 14.---There has been an increased backwardness to operate, and the business of the day has been considerable. On the other band, the various counts of extra hard twist continue in request for the Mediterranean and Turkish markets, and, being under contract, the spinners are enabled fully to there is very little regular demand for anything ; even command their prices. In the department of goods, T cloths and longcloths being less in request. Of prices, all that can be said is that their bearing appears to be still against sellers. HALIFAX, Nov. 11.—We have no improvement to report as regards the demand for worsted goods, which is exceedingly languid, and vary little business has been done to-day in our Piece Hall. The inquiry for yarn is very limited, and the proportion of machinery not running is unusually great. Wool is very quiet, with the turn in favour of the buyer. ROCHDALE, Nov. 13.—The flannel market has been a little quieter to-day, and the demand for goods not so brisk ; but there has been little or no change in prices. The wool market is steady, with a tendency rather in favour of the buyer. HUDDERSFIELD, Nov. 14.—The market continues very flat. There appears to have been even less doing to-day than usual, and complaints are general. Short time in the country manufactories is now general, and yet stocks increase. It is to be hoped that there will shortly be an alteration for the better. MARKET, NEWS-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. To-day's market was again but moderately supplied with English wheat. Tho demand, however, was rather inac tive, at about Monday's prices. Foreign wheat, the show of which was limited, moved off slowly, yet we have no change to notice in its value. There was less doing in barley than on Monday. The quotations, however, were tolerably firm. The sale for malt was steady, at late rates. The oat trado was steady,' at full prices. Beans, peas, and flour sold slowly, at late ratos. ARRIVALS TIIIB wattx. Barley. I Malt. 3,430 3,560 560 I'3o Wheat. 1,750 English .. Irish •• •• Foreign .. Oath. Flour. 101 1,290 9,940 4,910 300 brls. 1,149 BOROUGH HOP. Tho import of foreign hops still continues very extensive, yet the demand is steady, and prices aro well supported. WHITECHA.PEL. Our market is dull, and the quotations are ac follows : —Beef, 3s 4d to Is 6d ; mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 8d ; veal, 3s 10d o 48101; pork, 3s 441 to 5s 01 per Sibs. by the carcase. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. ( Front the London New Price Current of yesterday. SUGAL—There will be offered for public sale on Thnrs day 4,200 chests yellow Havannah, 70a bags white, 3,400 ' bags brown Brazil, and 250 baskets Java. For Friday, few parcels are declared of colonial or foreign. Operations were 920 hhds, ke., including at auction 610 hhds 7 tee Barbadoes, which went generally at former terms, and to good yellow at 33s to 37s Gd, and low 31s to 32s Gd, but 80 hhds 50 barrels Demerara crystalised fetched 37s Gd to 40s Gd, being the full worth. MAURITIUS.—Few parcels were sold privately to-day, yet full rates were obtained for better sorts of grocery and yellow ; but this was not generally the case for other kinds. At public sale 903 bags field at 29s to 30 5 for good to fine brown, and at 30s 6d to 31s for low to good mid yellow. MADRAS.—Grocery and grainy are wanted, the rates being fully equal to last week, supply being limited. The market is still dull for N a ti ve , and sellers are willing to accept former prices. None of any sort was offered at auction to-day. FOREIGN.—There was a good demand to-day for duty paid foreign, still holders were unable to obtain better prices for brown or yellow sorts. White Havannah duty paid is wanted at 39s to 43s per owt. There are still buyers of floating cargoes at full prices. OlLS.—Linseed oil is wanted, and 363 to 36s 3d is now the value on the sp o t, an d 37s t o: 37s 6d for delivery. Rape is on the advance ; pale 52s Gd to 53e, and brown 49s 6 l to 50s A rise has taken place for seal • pale selling at 421 . to 431. There are few sellers of sperm under 1121. for body: The value of southern is 441. to 461. COFFEE . — Prices are supported at the Continental mar kets, still operations have been limited, except in colory. The value of good ordinary Java at Amsterdam is 28; to 29 cents, and Brazil at Antwerp 24 to 251 cents. There was no public sale here to-day. LLOYD'S SIIIPPING-(THIS DAY.) • LONDON, Nov. 15.—Wind tS. day at Noon, . , light breeze, and cloudy weather. RAMSGATE, Nov. 14.—Wind, S.S.W. Arrived — Foe , from Christian san d , f or Barcelona. PORTSMOUTH, N ov . 14 . —W ind, S . S . W. Arrived—Nor folk, from Honduras ,• Anna Mario, Amsterdam, for Suri nam ; Agenori a , L ondon, for Galway; Ru b y, W a t er f or d. Sailed—H.M.S. Curacoa, Black Sea.—The Agenoria, from London to Gal way, took the shore this morning on Ryde Sand, but is exp ec t e d to come off next tide. PLYMOUTH, Nov. 14.—Wind, S.W. Arrived — Fairy , from Prince Ed ward ' s Island ; Carl, Newcastlo, for Mes sina ; Lightning, London, for St. Michael's. Sailed — True Briton (t ransport), for the Black Sea; H.M.S. Han nibal, do. ' • Jean R ay, A ntwerp ; H . M . S . C a l c utta, west ward; Hoffnung, Ro u i gs b erg .—Th e Alpha, from Gothen burg to Melb ourne, which put in here on the 11 t h , l ea ky, has come int o th e h arbour to discharge part o f cargo . FALMOUTH, Nov. 14.—Wind, variable. Arrived—Co lumbia, from Kertch • Nordcap, do. ; Flora, London, for Constantinopl e ; Dulje of Cornwall (s), from London, and left for Dublin ; 'Union° Z, Hull, for Leghorn ; Kino, Kertch. Sailed—Catharina, for Liverpool. SOUTHAMPTON, Nov. 14.—Wind, E.N.E. Arrived — Argyle ( s ), from Carentau ; °saline (s), Dublin, and left for London. COWES, Nov. 14.—Wind, E. Sailed—Hernosand, for Oran. DARTMOUTH, Nov. 14.—Wind, N.W. Arrived—Georgi ana, from London, for Constantinople; Blessing, Sunder land, for Marseilles ; Lavinia, do., for Almeria. LOWESTOFT, Nov. 14.—Wind, S.S.W. Arrived—Alice, from Seville, for Memel. GRIMSBY, Nov. 14. Wind, S. Arrived—Balfour, from Bathurst; BRIDGEWATER, Nov. 14.—Arrived—Olinda, Quebec. BRISTOL, Nov. 14.—Wind, S.W. Arrived—Gibraltar, from St. Jolla's, N.B. ; Kelvin, Quebec; Edward and James, Denia. TORBAY, Nov. 14.—Wind, W.N.W. Arrived —Daring, from Inverkeithing, for Salonica. HULL, Nov. S.S.E. Arrived —Marchioness of Queensberry, from Quebec ; Geralamo, Leghorn ; Emerald Isle (a), Antwerp; Sea Gull (s), Rotterdam. Sailed—A rgo , for Smyrna.. NEWPORT, Nov. 14.—Arrived—William, frera London, for Havannah • Intrinsic, Gloucester, for South Caroli na; Veritas, do., for Copenhagen, Sailed—De ux Unis, for Sierra Leone ; Maria Eliza, Rio Janeiro. WARRENPOINT, Nov. 13.—Wind, S.W. Arrived— Rossett, from Quebec. BEnwicit, Nov. 13. —Wind, E. Arrived—Kohineor, from Callao. LFITU, Nov. 13.--Arrived—Marchioness of Ailsa, from the Mauritius ; Eglinton (s s), Rotterdam. Conic, Nov. 13.—Arrived—Falcon (s s ), f rom L on d on; Jupiter, St. Üb e s. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Wednesday, 10.30 a.m. Wind S.E., steady, and wet. The sloop Letitia, of Arklow, from Wexford, for Liver pool, was passed this morning by the steamer Windsor, inside the North-west Buoy, in a sinking state, having been in contact with a schooner. Arrived—Gertrude, from Norway; Moira, Quebec; Hermanns Franciscan, Leghorn ; Acreme, Trieste ; Fanny Mitcheson, Alexandria ; N. S. de Bergona, Santander ; Occidenten, Stockholm ; and Louisa, Prestoe. I A O P . H 22a.m. (BYSTIBMAR G IN R E Iv I E N s D EN B I T Iv is e a dn T e E sd L a R y 7 Wind S. ; tide, high water; raining. Arrived—Nov.l4, .Millbay. from Malaga; Mallard, Cal cutta; Odian, 'Tarragona; Star of the East, Ramousky; British King, Callao ; Julia, Oporto. DEAL, Wednesday, 9.30 a.m. Wind S., strong, with rain. Passed—Contest, from Petras, for London. pagalig 7 Roclbrout, brig,. from woritwarcl._ THE SIEGE OF SEBASTOPOL. THE GREAT BATTLE OF THE 25 TH OF OCTOBER. THE CHARGE AT BALAKLAVA. The following is an interesting account by an officer : " We were ordered to charge some Russian batteries and cavalry, and the Light'Brigade went down—the 17th and 18th leading in line ; the 11th were ordered to hang a little back as a support, and the 4th and Bth followed, in a sort of third line. " We all knew that the thing was desperate before we started, and it was even worse than we thought. "In cur front, about a mile and a half off, were several lines of Russian cavalry and nine guns—to get at which we had to pass along a wide valley, with the ground a little falling, and in itself favourable enough for a charge of cavalry ; but the sloping hills on each side gave the enemy an opportunity (which they used) of placing guns on both our flanks as we advanced ; and not only guns, but infantry with Minie rifles. " However, there was no hesitation, down our fellows wont at the gallop—through a fire in front and on both flanks, which emptied our saddles and knocked over our horses by scDres. Ide not think that one man flinched in the whole brigade—though every one allows that so hot a fire was hardly ever seen. We went right on, cut down the gunners at their guns—(the Russians worked the guns till we were within ten yards of them)—went on still, broke a line of cavalry in rear of the guns, and drove it back on the third line. But here our bolt was shot : the Russians formed four deep, and our thin and broken ranks, and blown horses, could not Attempt to break through them, particularly as the Russian cavalry had got round our flanks, and were prepared to charge our rear (with fresh men). We broke back through them, however, and then had to run the gauntlet, through the cross fire of artillery and Minie rifles back to our own lines, with their cavalry hanging on our flank. The heavy brigade, which had made a good charge of its own in the morning, covered our coming out of action and lost some men from the artillery. " There is no concealing the thing ; the light brigade was greatly damaged, and for nothing ; for though we killed the gunners and the horses of nine 12-pounders, we could not bring them away. " Nolan, who brought the order, is dead. The first shell that burst hit him in the breast. He gave a loud cry, his horse turned, trotted back (with him still in the saddle) between the first and second squadrons of the 13th, and carried hint so for some way, when he fell dead. He was hit in the heart. " In the two leading regiments, including Lord Car digan (who led in person) and his staff, we had 19 officers. Only three came out of action untouched, both man and horse ; all the others were killed, wounded, or prisoners, or had their bosses hurt. The 17th had no field officers, but 5 captains. They came out of action commanded by the junior captain I believe. Morris is severely wounded ; Winter is supposed to be killed ; Webb is shot through the thigh ; White through the leg; Thompson is supposed to be killed, &o. One of Lord Cardigan's aidessde-camp is wounded—Maxse • the other, Lock wood, is missing, and supposed to he killed. We have lost about 335 horses (exclusive of officers' horses) out of a little more than 600, which we (the light brigade) had in the field • besides that, a great number are wound e d with gun-shot wounds, and about 25 have already been destroyed, and more will. . It was a bitter moment after we broke through the line of cavalry in rear of their guns, when I looked round and saw there was no support beyond our own brigade, which, leading in the smoke, bad diverged and scarcely filled the ground. We went on, however, and hoped that their own men flying would break the enemy's line, and drive them into the river. When I saw them form four deep instead I knew it was all up,' and called out to the men to rally. At this moment. a solitary squadron of the Bth came up in good order. This saved the remnant of us, for we rallied to them, and they, wheeling about, charged a line which the Russians had formed in our rear. You never saw men behave so well as our men did. As we could not hold our ground, all our dead and badly wounded were left behind, and we know Not who are dead or who are prisoners. All this makes use miserable, even to write ; but it is the naked truth. Our loss in men is not so great as that in horses ; for men whose horses were shot in the advance got back on foot. I hear from a man who dined with Lord Raglan to-day, that they do us justice at head-quarters, and say that our attack was an unheard-of feat at arms, and that Lord Raglan says that the moral effect has been wonderful. The Russian prisoners since taken at Sebastopol say the Russians were petrified at the auda city of the attack and the energy that could, after such a fire, break through their lines. These prisoners were taken in a very successful affair by Sir De Lacy Evans. Do the old fellow justice. He is a first-rate division leader." The following extracts are from a letter, written on board her Majesty's ship Himalaya it is dated Balaklava Bay, Oct. 27 : I could see occasionally shells bursting over the high hills by which the bay is surrounded ; so as soon as passible I went on shore, and found that a very heavy cavalry action, with artillery, was going on, the Russians having driven the Turks completely out of three batteries which had been erected and armed with guns, and the Turks placed to man them. However, they got panic-stricken and fled, and dOwn came the Cossacks and Russian Cavalry (im perial Guard) to attack ours, and a most bloody fight ensued, our Light Cavalry—viz., 4th Dragoons, Bth and 11th Hussars, and 17th Lancers—being dreadfully cut np, having charged a battery of guns numbering 30. They were supported by the Greys, who have again dis tinguished themselves beyond praise, suffering, how ever, severely in the affair. They charged right through the Russian cavalry, who numbered about five to one ; got surrounded by them, made another charge, and cut themselves out by sheer fighting. Colonel Griffith got shot in the head, Brevet-Major Clarke a sabre cut at the back of hi 4 neck, Cornet Prendergast shot right through the foot, Cornet Handley stabbed in the side and arm, being at one time surrounded by four Cossacks, three of whom he shot with his revolver, and the fourth was cut down by his sergeant. I saw this young gallant fellow a few hours after, and he was then getting ready to rejoin his regiment from the tem porary hospital, not finding his two wbunds of suffi cient consequence to keep him from his post. The Colonel did the same, after getting his bead dressed. Major Clarke did not, I believe, leave the field. I also saw Lieutenant Elliot, sth Dragoon Guards, riding into Balaklava, his face so covered with blood and his head bound up that we could not recognise him. The gallant Captain White, too, of the 17th Lancers, was lying on his back when we came up to him, with a sound shot right through his leg, with Sir W. Gordon, dreadfully cut about the head, both receiving, however, every at tention and care from Surgeon Kendall, who was for merly at Southampton with Mr. Ward, surgeon, of that town. In this garden and temporary hospital could be seen men with every description of wound, from the sabre cut to the grape and canister shot. One poor fel low's leg was taken off while we were there, nor can one easily forget the shocking scenes, the result of such a day's fighting. The surgeons (Brush and his assistant Chapple) of the Greys were working away with their sleeves turned up, arms bloody, faces the same, looking more like butchers than surgeons, so hard had they worked all day. CAPTAIN MAUDE. During the afternoon, subsequently to the Russians being repulsed with heavy loss, their object evidently being to take Balaklava, they retreated to the brow of a hill on the right, and formed themselves round the battery they had driven our allies, the Turks, out of ; and our troops, with the Rifles in front, were formed in line of battle, not more than three-quarters to one mile from them, occasionally trying the effect of the shells from the artillery guns, and the precision with which these missiles are directed is truly astonishing. Poor Captain Maude, of the Horse Artillery, than whom I believe it is universally admitted a more gallant or more efficient officer does not hold a commission in her Ma jesty's service, was severely wounded early in the day by a shell, which, bursting near, hit him in three places. The loss of his services will be severely felt, and he is universally regretted. He was carried into the har bour, and placed on board ship. OUR RIDLEMRN. One of the most wonderful things I think is to see the way in which our riflemen go about in small detached parties, crawling along on the ground up the side of a hill, till they appear to be within 300 yards of the enemy, and thus they lie on their bellies till a chance offers, when crack goes a Alinie and down falls a Rus sian. I was informe d most creditably that one of these brave fellows a few days since thought he would go and do a little business on his own account, got away from his company, and crawled up close to a battery under shelter of a bill, lay on his back and loaded, and turned over and fired, when, after killing 11 men, a party rushed out, and he took to his heels, but, sad to say, a volley, fired after him by this party, levelled him with the earth, and he was subsequently picked up with 32 balls in his body. THE WOUNDED. "To-clay (Oct. 26) numbers of the wounded were sent on board different ships in Balaklava harbour, and a most mournful sight it was to sea the poor fellows car ried down on stretchers, some minus a leg, others an arm ; one with his face battered to pieces, another with a sabre cut at the back of his head. TILE TURKISH SOLDIERS. 'Whenever during the day you saw any of the Turkish soldiers, you saw the people hooting them and calling them cowards and runaways. I witnessed two Irish women actually driving four of these chivalrous gentry before them, making them carry some things for them, probably to their own wounded husbands, and saying, " Eh ! ye cowardly divils, this is all you're fit for, to be our servants ; sure, you are afraid to fight ;" and on our return I saw a young middy drawn up before some 50 of them, abusing them most heartily for their having run away. Ono of them made a sign as if ho was going to draw his sword, when master middy sang out, " Oh," said he, " I'm not afraid cf you, such a set of cowards as you are," set his arms akimbo, and then stood, the pic ture of a young lion, and, I should say, about as brave. Had our Turkish friends only spiked the guns be ' fore deserting them, it would have been less disastrous ; but that our own guns should be made at use throughour cowardly conduct of these men, for whom we are sacri ficing England's best blood and treasure, is too provok ing and discreditable to write about ; and I am sorry to say that, not content with deserting their post, they plundered everything they could lay their h ands on, even to the very breakfasts which some men of the Greys were preparing for their officers, who were then out in fact; of the enemy. The universal feeling is, that a very severe example should be made of this flagrant act of cowardice, the probable results of which will be another hard-fought battle, with a possibility of evacuating Ba laklava ! THE GUN-BOATS-A LONG SHOT. LieuEonant-Commander - Jolliffe has been for sonic time in his gun-boat the Arrow at Eupatoria, which place is kept constantly on the alert by the Cossacks who hover round ; a large party of them were pointed out to the Arrow, and, though they considered them selves well out of range, Lieutenant Jolliffe managed to plump a shot at 3,400 yards right in among them, killing, as they were informed next day by a Turk, some 16, and so astonishing the rest as to cause them to bolt from the proximity of such terribly long shots. The Himalaya is just ordered off to Varna for stores and troops, and to return to the fleet. Verily, this noble ship is kept well up to her work. THE CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE, The charge of the Light Brigade of Cavalry on the batteries of the enemy, some 30 guns strong, though brilliantly and bravely done, was most disastrous in its consequences to that gallant and devoted band, for it seems that out of 700 men who went into the fray only 130 answered their roll when it was over ; and it ap pears to have been done under a misapprehension of an order from the Commander-in-Chief. Lord Cardigan pointed out to his superior officer the immense difficulty of charging a battery, flanked by another, into a sort of cul de sac, with the hills lined with Rifles and guns ; but, receiving the p'sitive order to charge, at it he and his splendid brigade went, and as they approached within a few hundred yards of the big battery a shell burst close to him, and struck Captain Nolan in the chest, which caused the poor fel low to scream awfully, and his horse turned and galloped to the roar, when his gallant but impetuous rider was found lying dead. The Light Brigade still kept sweeping on till they were right in front of them, when a 32- pounder went off within two feet of Lord Cardigan's horse, quite lifting him off the ground, but he got in among them, and was, where he always will be when it comes to the point, in the first rank. It seems they rode right through the guns and turned, after killing the men who were serving them. Ilis lordship's extra aide-de-camp, it is supposed, was wounded and taken prisoner, for he has not since been heard of. NARROW ESCAPES. Mr. Wombwell, of the 17th Lancers, had a most ex traordinary escape, showing a monstrous deal of pluck. His horse was—it is said two were—shot under him, and he was taken prisoner, but while being marched off he saw an opportunity, mounted a Russian's horse, aed gal loped back, rejoining some of his brigade who bad re formed, and charging again without sword and pistol. Mr. Cook, of the 11th, also had a regular run for his life of a mile and a half, pursued by the Russian cavalry, to avoid whom he ran under range of the guns of one of their batteries, and finally escaped. Major Clarke, of the Greys, in addition to a bad cut in the neck, had his horse's tail almost cut off by a sabre cut; and I hear the gallant Adjutant Miller, an unusually powerful man, did extraordinary execution when he got to close quarters with them. Lord Cardigan was attacked by two Cossacks, who with their lances gave him several pricks and rather staggered him in his saddle ; but his lordship being well mounted, and a good cross-country rider, and, moreover, as cool as brave men ever are in real danger, parried their thrusts, and escaped with the aforeiaid lance pricks is his leg. THE SORTIE ON THE 27TH. The partial success of the Russians at Balaklava on the 25th emboldened them to make an attack on our front (that of the 2d Division), on the extreme right of the Allied position. At about 12 o'clock on the 27th (writes an Artillery officer) we were ordered up to the front, and it soon appeared that the Russians were advancing in force—in masses of columns, as they always move. Our field battery got into position on the brow of the hill opposite to that over which the Russians were advancing. We were just in the nick of time, and peppered them most thoroughly. They brought up a field battery, which opened on us, and fired about 20 rounds, after which the battery seemed to find our fire too hot, and limbered up and retired. We continued to fire on the enemy's columns as long as they were within range, but they could not face it long, and our infantry went in at them in splendid style, and finished them off. We took a good many prisoners, and the enemy's loss in killed and wounded was considerable, though I have not heard from any authentic source what it was. The loss of the 21 Division was 65 (perhaps this number is correctly stated, and the official return of 82 includes the losses in the let Division, which came to the support of the 2d), in killed and wounded. The on dit is that the sortie was headed by Prince Menechikoff himself. AN OFFICER'S STUD. I cannot say much in favour of my stud as to con dition, though in numbers it is very flourishing. I have got three ponies and an Arab ; but., except the Arabs, which keep their condition wonderfully, all the nags are looking more like greyhounds than horses. One of my ponies is a Russian, captured at Balakla.va ; another, my Government pack poney ; and the third I picked up fur 1/. at a sale in Bulgaria. The Arab that I originally had fell lame of ringbone, as I have now a very good beast, an iron-grey, very good-looking, standing over 14 hands 2 inches, and compactly built. He makes an admirable charger, and is as steady as a rock under fire, which is everything to me now. 1 have been out on picket all day with a demi-battery, and, though having to turn out against two in the morning, it is now high time for me to turn in. THE FIELD AFTER A BATTLE. It is a very easy thing, writes a soldier of the 68th, to talk of war, but it is a very different thing to take a part in it, or to view the field after it is all over—to see the mangled bodies lying in all directions, their limbs torn and broken to pieces, and some of them obliged to re main in the fields for some days before they can be at- tended to. But in all these affairs the Russians have suffered by far the most; and on the 26th a party of from 6,000 to 8,000 endeavoured to make their escape from Sebastopol, but were seen found - out and many killed, with about 800 prisoners ; the rest made good their retreat. But I can assure you it is a very hard duty, for we have not been undressed for more than two months, nor can we take off our boots ; and we were a very long time without tents, so that wo had to sleep in the open air without any covering but one blanket and a greatcoat and we are ♦ery often for four or five nights together without any sleep and at very hard work in the trenches, er watching the enemy while others work. The weather has been very favourable to our cause ever since we landed in Russia. If the winter or wet season sets in it will very soon thin our ranks, and we must abandon the enterprise. A DRAGOON'S ACCOUNT OT THII CHARGE. The worst affair we had was the day before yester day. At daybreak the enemy appeared, and advanced, and in such numbers that they took from the Turks two of their batteries, and turned the guns upon us. We were obliged to retreat out of range of the guns ; and this so elated the enemy that they actually had courage enough to come into the open field with us, Three re giments of their cavalry tried to gain possession of the Highlanders' (93d) position, and charged them, but they had not time to repent, for they went down like cut corn ; what were left of them turned and fled, and we pur sued them over their own hills ; hero they were re inforced by three more regiments of cavalry, includ ing Nicholas's crack Imperial Guards. There were the Greys and First Royals up at this time, and we charged them—they had nothing else for it, so they charged at the same time. Oh God ! I cannot describe it ; they were so superior in numbers that they " out flanked" us, and we were in the middle of them. I never certainly felt less fear in my life than I did at that time, and. I hope God will forgive me, for I felt snore like a devil than a man. We fought our way out of them as only Englishmen can fight ; and the 4th, sth, and 6th were there up with I escaped without a scratch, thank God, though I was covered with blood ; my horse was not even wounded ; but, oh 1 the work of slau4hter that then began—'twas truly awful, but I suppose it was necessary; we cut them down like sheep, and tiny did not seem to have power to resist. The plain is covered with dead Russians, and of course we left some of our poor comrades on the field. We only lost two, and about seven wounded. Well, when we had finished this lot, we thought of going home to breakfast ; but, no ; they (the enemy) had some guns over the hills tb.t Lord Raglan sent word were to be charged and captured at any cost: So off we went again. They received us very quietly into their ground---Lord Lucan lead ing the Heavies, and Lord Cardigan the Light Brigade. The Light charged first this time, took the guns, cut down the gunners, and then, when they thought all was right, they were met by thou sands of Cossacks who had been in ambush. The Royals, the Greys, the 4th, sth, and 6th how charged again. The butchering was repeated ; when suddenly a cross front and rear fire opened upon us from the hills —cannon, rifles, and file firing. I cannot attempt to describe to you the scene that ensued—balls, shells, and rockets whizzing about our ears. The men on the right and left of me were both killed on the spot. We hacked our way out of it as well as we could, but were obliged to leave the guns. Colonel Yorke bad his leg broken, and all the officers in the front rank were wounded. The Heavy Brigade have not lost many.ruen, hut, sad to tell, out of about 800 of the Li ht B tb ri . g a ade i. that went into the field, only 400 came out ; but nothing to what the enemy suffered. GENERAL LUDERS. d rs of the Grand A wounded Russian officer stated tfhathteG2esntobranliLt.u, daenrds had commanded in chief th e attack o that the cavalry were u nder the o w throughout the Crimea. Duke Maximilianovitsch. bMoosbtaodf beenertohleleeetrtoedoptshbernadfrom different garrisons and depots sent in by Menschiko ff, expected l c a o n u d n try, still had five days ' provisions They had march e d frommore. p them, a w r i t t s h of th THE WOUNDED RUSSIANS. I saw two at orders of ono o o f r th m e e d c e la a l d s , o w n h e ich had been of thedateof tlts,k2, ftrhoemotthheer cloSl6. On leaving the field of battle I turned one of the wounded Ilussians over on his back. H e had a fearful sabre cut in his side. Tha poor devil looked anything but good tempered at me ; they are all Ftern, determined looking fellows, and if these are a sample of the army, they are certainly not clothed in the wretched manner that the majority of the people of England are led to believe. Their clothes are very good quite ; equal to our ar m y, an d t h e i r arms also I speak of their cavalry. I did no t see any of their in fantry among the killed or wounded, as they were not engaged near the spot. THE OFFICERS. In the two leading regiments, including Lord Car digan (who led in person) and his staff, we had 19 officers. Only three came out of action untouched both man and horse ; all the others were killed, wounded, or prisoners, or had their horses hurt. The 17th had no field officers, but five captains. 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Colonel Alexander owed his first sword to the Duke of Kent, and his com mission as second-lieutenant was dated July 20, 1813. From that time his life was one of active service in Canada, at the Cape, St. Helena (where he was charged with the duty of superintending the exhuming of the body of Napoleon), in the West Indies, and the Channel Islands, where he was on duty when selected for service in the East. He died of apoplexy in his tent, where he had flung himself on his bed, without undressing, for a short sleep, after his return from the trenches. His death was, no doubt, due to over-exertion—to mental and bodily wear and tear in the construction of those English fieldworks before Sebastopol of which Sir J. Burgoyne reported to Lord Raglan that he had never known works better executed. To Colonel Alexander we owe those trenches and batteries, constructed under singular difficulties of ground, but which, tested by the Russian artillery as fieldworks never were before, have so stoutly and successfully stood the trial. Among the friends of Colonel Alexander there is but one regret beyond those inseparable from such bereave. ment—that he did not live to see the achievement to the consummation of which he had so much contributed ; but if his death lacked the glory of the battle-field, it was not the less a soldier's death, encountered at his post, in harness, front to the foe. The only consolation for the widow he leaves behind will be to know that her dead husband's countrymen so look upon his death. The service has also sustained a most severe loss by the death of Captain L. E. Nolan, the celebrated writer on cavalry strategy, who was slain in the affair of the 27th of October, while acting on the staff of Brigadier Airey, Quartermaster-General. Captain Nolan for many years belonged to the 15th (King's) Hussars, in which gallant regiment he served i n India , and ret urned previous to his regiment, having been ordered for horn. service. Major Halkett, of the 4th Light Dragoons, also slain, was nephew of Sir Colin Halkett, Governor of Chelsea Royal Hospital. Lieutenant Morris, of the 17th Lancers, who was so severely wounded, saw distinguished service in India under Lords Hardinge and Gough, and holds (if alive) two medals and a clasp. Viscount Fitzgibbon, of the Bth (Royal Irish) Hus sars, son of the Earl of Clare, is stated to be among the killed. Captain Stewart, of the Firebrand steam-frigate, severely wounded during the naval bombardment of Sebastopol, on the 18th, having .his arm and side lace rated, is the gallant son of Rear-Admiral Houston Stewart, superintendent at Malta, and nephew of the Duchess of Somerset. His gallant conduct in rescuing the Albion, and towing her out under a most heavy fire, has been a theme of general admiration in the fleet. She was too close to the shore to be able to turn, and, being on fire in three places, it was neces sary to bring her out of action immediately ; so he cut away the after towing hawsers and backed out with her. He had before greatly distinguished himself in rescuing an Austrian transport from under the guns of Fort Constantine. In the list of those who suffered is the name of Mr. Henry Baillie, midshipman of her Ma jesty's ship Spiteful, son of Mr. George Baillie, of Mel lorstain. Mr. Baillie is described in the official list as being "wounded severely, having sustained a deep la cerated wound by a fragment of a rocket in the upper and back part of the left thigh." By a letter from Mr. Henry Baillie, dated from the Naval Hospital, Therapia, October 24, we are glad to learn that he was rapidly recovering. The following letter from the French camp before Sebastopol appears in the Patric. A French officer writes : " The affair took place as follows :—About a score of Russian battalions and a numerous body of cavalry were signalled at daybreak. Soon after, the Russian artillery commenced its fire against the works in front of Bala klava. The Turks who occupied them withdrew before the mass of the enemy. The Russians rushed on the works, and at the same time sent forward their cavalry towards Bala klava, but they found other enemies in front of them. The brave Scotch waited for them until they were almost hand to hand, and then poured in their fire ; and the moment after the Russian cavalry withdrew in the greatest dis order. The squadrons at the rear of the column passed to the right to avoid the fugitives, and advanced on the ,English cavalry which was coming against them. The Scots Greys then executed an admirable charge against the Russian cavalry, which it rode down and put corn. pletely to flight. The Russian cavalry, thus forced back, came on the Russian infantry, obliged in its turn to retreat. The English infantry retook two of the works on the left, and the Russian army, in fill rout, was going to abandon the two on the right, whe❑ another charge of the English light cavalry, as inopportune as possible, although the execution was heroic, chanted the state of things. The Russians, is retiring from the two works on the right, were going perhaps to carry away the seven guns which were there, when Lord Raglan sent orders to the officer in com mand of the cavalry to charge the Russians and retake the guns. The officer, who carried the order, and who was killed in the charge of which I am about to speak - , signifiel Lord Raglan's wishes to Lerd Lucan. Lord Cardigan, in command of the light brigade, to whom the order was transmitted, observed that the battery against which he was to charge was flanked by two others, with a cross fire o❑ the ground to be traversed ; that the distance was enormous ; that the infantry would join its fire to that of the artillery, and that the Russian cavalry would be able to act in its turn. He was told that the older was imperative, such as it was sent by the commander-in-chid. Lord Cardigan set off with 800 men, who conducted themselves like heroes ; they advanced under a firs of artillery and musketry. The men who,n the fire did not stop on the way arrived at the battery, which many went across ; but the horses were fatigued and blown, and it was found necessary to again traverse back this piece of ground, ploughed up by the fire of the enemy ; 430 horses did not return, and 160 men were kille 1, wounded, or made prisoners; the rest returned on foot." The same letter says : " We owe many thanks to the English for their readi ness in placing at our service all the means that they possess for the conveyance of reinforcements. They are, it is true, interested in this like ourselves, but there ex ists in:+ll the relations a cordiality which is remarkable. Those between the two Generals-in-Chief are perfect. Lord Raglan has the highest esteem for General Can rubert, and shows it by a real affection. A few days ago, they had a long conference, at the termination of which Lord Raglan said how happy he was at being able to entertain on so many points the same opinions as General Canrobert." FRANCS-TIREURS. French letters and despatches from Sebastopol frequently speak of a small body of skilled riflemen called francs-tireurs. A recent letter contains the following details respecting them : "I must tell you what the francs tircurs are. There are two companies of them, each composed of 150 men chosen from amongst the best marksmen of the Chasseurs de Vin cennes. In the night they creep in front of the entrench ments, dig holes, and place themselves in them as well as they can. Then they fire at the Russian artillerymen. They have already killed so many that the Russians now close their embrasures with a sort of double door, which is ball-proof. But they are obliged to open it to point their gun and fire, and no sooner is this done than twenty balls whistle through it. The Russians have sustained such losses that they were at times seized with despair —raising their guns from behind they fired volleys of grape shot at their disagreeable visitors. Nevertheless the latter have succeeded in extinguishing all the first line of their batteries ; I say first line, because there are several others in the rear, the part of the town which faces us being an inclined plane en w hi c h b a tt eries h ave been raised in lines one above the other. That our francs-tircurs have done good execution is evident from the fact that, in the evening cf the 26th General de Martimpre, chief of the general staff, received a note informing him that the Russian fire had become uncertain, and that artillery men were so scarce that the guns had to be served by the infantry. Express no surprise at the w ord . uncertain, for men fdriodmnetthneeafieethtetio)einthtethle7irth, guns th at e n at g a en t t a l r e : a get, whilst we did not deign to answert musket shot. They consequently attained such preci sionon which we that the day as unmasked our batteries cast by the hand. their balls entered our e mbrasures if uth of a canno n, but w as too large to penetrate more than a u e u sin e ven by a Russia s a s third. It, however, him," was carried to the genera stuck fast. This wis conls s ptent t s e e b cu e r e i h ou e s w t n h t a e t the gun It appears pa that, in a ddition to the various mail con tract steamers already cli,artered, the Governm en t have of 1,800 tons, a n d t h e Alps justSae the taken up Europa, w-steamer, of 1,500 tons, belonging t o th e C unard Company, toge ther with the Indiana, o f 2 , 3 6 7 tons, be. longing to the General Screw Company (h our l y expecte d f ro m New York, whence she was to sail on th e 31 s t u lt . ), and the Thames, of 1,889 tons, belonging to the Brazil line of the Royal Mail Steam Company. The course of Exchange a t N ew Y ork on London for bills at 60 days' sight is 1094 per cent., and the par of exchange between England and America being 109 23-40 per cent., it follows that the exchange is nominally 0.17 per cent, in favour of England; and, after making allowance for charges of transport and difference of interest, the present rate leaves a trifling profit on the importation of gold from the United States. THE GREEKS IN LONDON.—It is satisfactory to state that since the late strong expression of public opinion against their conduct the Greek firms in London have behaved with decency and discretion. In fact, the una nimity and plain honesty of the reproof inflicted on them, coupled with the sense of shame which always seems more or less to oppress the enemies ' of England when they commit themselves to expressions of sympathy for Rus sian rule, evidently produced an amount of dejection which rendered their position a painful one. So long, however, as they continue to practise their present er reserve, they will find they have nothing to fear, and the public, moreover, have not lost sight enta of e among the fact that there are some few of the most respectable " them who have always kept a course free o them in There is full disposition, also , to do justicel-rom reproach. resence in a body whose p their mercantile relations, as . from their peculiar the country is beneficial, since, of eceeenimerce, they have aptitude for some branchesthan any other class, especially con tributed perhaps more to give rapid effect to ou r by their operations in grain,ndto extend the foreign conaurap. free-trade legislation, andto tion of our manufactures. 5 i all 1 I al ilk a