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

t ' . of his Sovereign, the grand cordon of the Order of St. Isabella." The Three per Cents. closed yesterday at 72f. 70c. for the end of the month ; and the Four-and-a- Half per Cents. at 96f. 25c. ; Orleans Railway Shares, 1,172 f. 50c. ; Rouen, 965 f. ; Havre, 545 f. ; Great Northern, 850 f.. ; Strasburg, 788 f. 75c. ; New Shares, 635 f. ; Paris and Lyons, I,ollf. 25c. ; Lyons and the Mediterranean, 855 f. ; Western of France, 645 f. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 607 f. 50e. ; Great Central of France, 513 f. 75c. ; Lyons and Geneva, 520 f. ; Bank of Credit Mobilier, 735 f. BANK OF FRANCE.—The following was the situation of the Bank on Thursday, Nov. 9 Cash and ingots Cash at the branch banks Bills due yesterday to be paid to-day Bills becoming due in Paris, of wh'ch 59,858,308 f. 31c. are from the branch banks 287,220,391 86 150,104,219 - 434,122 7 Bills in the branch banks Advances on corn and irgots Do. in the branch banks Do. on public securities of France Do. in the branch banks Do. on ra'lw.y shares and bonds Do. in the branch banks Do. to the State by treaty of June 30, 1848 Rentes of the reserve fund Treasury-bonds discounted for the 118,647,311 37 151,244,349 -- 982,100 -- 1.136,583 -- 21,325,936 10 5,954,800 -- 47,820,600 -- 14,676,100 -- 65,000,000 - 10,000,000 - Treasury Rentes of disposable funds Hotel and furniture of the Bank Real property of branch banks Expenses of administ:at'on Sundries 30,000,000 - 55,448,559 82 4,000,000 - 3,825,710 - 1,139,383 95 74,045 98 969,034,212 15 Dil. 91,250,000 - Uapitat , Reserve fund 12,980,750 14 Reserve immobiliere Notes to bearer, in circulation Do. of branch banks 149,287,600 -- Do. to order (Post bills) Bills payable at sight 10,446,665 Account-current of Treasury Creditor 58,249,837 57 Various accounts-current 110,615,281 1 Do. branch banks Dividends to be paid Discount, interest, and expenses Charge for safe keeping of securities Re-discounts of the last half-year Overdue bills Sundries 25,741,661 -- 647,577 25 5,619,166 90 22,780 65 916,188 68 219,008 48 7,061,103 89 969,034,212 15 From these returns it appears that the metallic reserve has declined during the month 38i millions in Paris and about 1 million in the branch banks. This large diminution is explained by the fact that Treasury bonds have been discounted by the Go vernment to the extent of 30 millions. The general discount accommodat'on has increased 8i millions in Paris and 6 millions in the provinces. The ad vances on public securities of France have increased about half a million in Paris, whilst remaining almost without change in the departments. The advances on railway securities have increased 5 mil lions in Paris and ± of a million in the branch banks. On the side of the liabilities the notes in circulation show a diminution of 1 million in Paris and an augmentation of 3 millions in the provinces. The account current of the Treasury has advanced 15 millions. Ordinary accounts current have fallen off 2 millions in Paris and 2± millions in the departments. The whole of the metallic reserve at present is 4371 millions, to 634 millions of notes in circulation. SPAIN. It is not usual for the Madrid journals, with the exception of the Gazette, to appear on Mon days, but we have received a Clamor Public() dated the 6th, together with the Gazette of the same date. Their contents are not important. The Clamor says that in some towns associa tions for obtaining recruits for the Carlists have been formed. A letter says :—" It is stated that England will insist on her proposition that Spain shall treat the slave trade as piracy. The postal treaty between England and this country has been sent to London. A treaty is also being proposed between the two countries for the pro tection of literary property. A meeting of the Esparterist deputies is to be held to-day ; that name has been given to the ultra-liberals—perhaps un justly. A meeting of the democrats was held yes terday, and it was decided at it to support the pro gressists against the moderados. The national guard has received orders to be provided with am munition on the Bth—the day of the opening of the Cortes." THIRTY THOUSAND FRENCH . TROOPS ORDERED TO THE EAST. We extract the following from a letter received from Paris this morning : "I noticed yesterday the movement of bodies of troops in the south of France. I am now assured that orders have been given for the immediate em barkation at Marseilles and Toulon of two divisions for the Crimea. These two divisions would amount to about 30,000 men. It was rumoured some six or seven days ago that the question of altogether withdrawing the army from the Crimea was mooted by one of the Ministers during a Cabinet Coun cil. This rumour bas been repeated to-day, and the name of the Minister, who is not unlikely to have suggested such a measure, mentioned. I cannot vouch for the correctness of the report ; but it is also affirmed that the Emperor at once cut the matter short, and stopped the mouth of the Minister by declaring that, if necessary, he would send 100,000 men more rather than give up Sebastopol. The order I have just alluded to proves that the war will be carried on with energy until this great object is attained." THE FATE OF SEBASTOPOL. A. letter from Paris this morning says :—"This is the moment for the most disheartening rumours. They are circulated abundantly, and are believed with too fatal facility. It is said that the amount of reinforcements reported to have reached the Russian head-quarters is very considerable, and that despatches to that effect have been received by the Government. There is nothing ex traordinary in the fact of the Russians receiving rein forcements, seeing that Perekep is still open to them. Why that door has not been shut up I have not seen satisfactorily explained. Whether the shallowness of the water prevents ships from reaching close to the shore, or that the Allied army could not afford to de tach a sufficient force to that point, I know not, but it is certain that as long as Perekop lies open the Russian army can be constantly reinforced. The same unmanly feeling of discouragement which I noticed yesterday still prevails among a certain portion of the Paris public, and I fear that the panic is encouraged by those who ought, on the contrary, to inspire hope in the prosperous issue of a cause so just as the one we are engaged in. It is difficult to discover any good grounds for such a state of things. The fable of the Tatar had deluded us into a belief that Sebastopol was not only taken, but even when the error was discovered, that it might yet be taken by a coup de main. ; and now when we are obliged to reduce it by the slow but certain process of a regular siege, we lament as if we had hitherto met with nothing but disaster and defeat ; and in our absurd impatience we even forget that such a battle as the Alma has been fought and won. There is nothing really unsatisfactory in our position. We have, under enormous difficulties, and in the face of formidable fortresses, and liable to be harassed every moment by a large army, successively pushed our approaches close to the defences. Our losses are shown not to be so great as was supposed, and as might have been expected under the circumstances. We have beaten the Russians wherever we have encountered them, from the heights of the Alma to the last sortie from Sebastopol. We have prove d ourselves su p erior to them with all our disadvantages, and whether thee met us in the open day, or stealthily approached us in the darkness of the night, we have in variably repulsed them. Much of 'the murmuring and discontent we now witness may, perhaps, be attributed to the fact of one date after another being fixed in the accounts published in the Moniteur for the taking of Sebastopol. The nervous public, finding that neither on the 23d, nor on the 25th, nor the 28th October, nor, as recently announced, on the Ist or 2d of November, has the event taken place, are naturally disappointed, and begin to think either that the Generals are not equal to their task, or that the obstacles are too for midable to be overcome. RETIREMENT OF MR. WOODIFIELD, OF THE CUSTOMS, Inspector-General of LONDON. —R. Woodifield, Esg the Imports and Exports at the C ustom House, after a upw ards of half-a-century's labour in the annum, service, has re tires on his full salary of 900 / , per proved himself t o be an invaluabl e public servant, and has gained the highest esteem from all w•ss, parties whom his official career has brought him in co nt act.— Civil Service Gazette. A TICKET-OF-LEAVE MAN.—John Green, a nativ e of Bisbrooke, in this county, was convicted at the Easter sessions, 1850, of felony, and sentenced to seven years' transportation. After serving three years at the convict hulk, Portsmouth, he received a license of leave for his good conduct, and shortly after his arrival at Bisbrooke it was evident to the good people there that Green had the same inclination to appropriate his neighbour's pro perty to his own use as be manifested before his depar ture ; and for helping himself without leave to some kidney beans growing in a neighbour's garden, he was committed to the house of correction at Oakham for two months. The period expired on Friday last, and as Green was leaving the gaol a Mr.Tukner, of the metro politan police, introduced himself, very much to the an noyance of Green. The officer very politely addressed him thus—" Mr. Green, I am sorry to have to inform you, that, in consequence of her Majesty's Secretary of State having revoked your license of leave, I am autho rised to take you before Thos. J. Hal l, Es q ., chief me tropolitan magistrate, who I have no doub t will send you to your old quarters at Portsmou th, where you will have to undergo the remainder of your sentence of transporta tion."—Stamford Mercury. THE BUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER it s 1854. NIONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIA L INTELLMENCE. CITY, TV 0 O'CLOCK. The sales of eotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at 7,000 bales, including 1,500 American, taken for export and on speculation. The market was firm and steady, without animation. Railway Shares were again lower. There were several important changes last week in the monetary balances of the Bank of England, with a curtailment of discounts. There was never theless a reduction in the amounts credited to private depositors, so that the demand for cash apparently declining on the one hand was increas ing on the other. The Government had a larger sum at disposal, but this would seem to have been in part provided by borrowing upon deficiency bills, since we find the item " Government securities" considerably swollen. There could be only one other explanation, viz.—that the Bank of England either bought Stock or Exchequer Bills, or lent upon them to private holders. Seeing the greater inquiry for cash is in the " house," it is just possible the last supposition may be right. Finally, the bullion again diminishes in amount, although the heavy arrivals warranted a different expectation. Compared with the previous week the changes are as follow Active circulation £20,603,610 Decrease Bullion Decrease 332,275 18,525,026 56,400 3,136,875 4,328 2,858,100 952,587 10,932,023 Rest Jncre: - .se Public Deposits Incroase Other Deposits Decrease Seven-Day and other Bills 509,488 1,120,999 Decrease Government Securities Increase Other Securities 9,645 11,524,492 563,730 14,155,089 Decrease Notes unemployed Increase , . 401,823 6,366,340 279,915 There was a decline yesterday afternoon in the rates for bills of exchange upon some of the prin cipal Continental cities. Paris, 90 days, was taken at 25 30 to 35, Hamburg at 13 6 to 6i, Amsterdam at 11 17 to 17k, Trieste at 12 10 to 15, and Frank fort at 118 k to 1181. Bar silver is at ss. lid. per ounce standard. Five franc pieces are ss. to ss. Oid. Spanish Pil lar (carolus) dollars 6s. per ounce. The amount of specie shipped from London direct during the week to Thursday last, comprised 111,723 ounces of silver, and 2,866 of gold, all to the Continent. The effects of the decree by the French Goyern ment prohibiting distillation from grain are most satisfactory for Belgium. A distiller of Liege using ordinarily 360 hectolitres of grain, weekly, has doubled that quantity, and will this week consume at least '7OO hectolitres. The receipts of the Namur and Liege Railway from the Ist January to the 31st October this year are given at 2,078,482 francs, an increase of 412,068 francs compared with last year. A project has been approved by the Charleroi Chamber of Commerce for a railway from that place that will bring the oil and metal districts into direct com munication with Flanders. There has been a very agitated market for public securities, and a further decline of to per cent. has occurred. Consols have been 93 to and since 92i fcr transfer ; the account prices having been 93i, and since 92g. The confirmation of our serious losses on the 25th ultimo has caused a de pressed fiteling, although the ultimate issue, with the large reinforcements going out, is scarcely to be doubted. The fact has transpired also that the National Debt Commissioners have been selling stock in order to take up the last series of Exchequer Bonds, amounting to 2,000,0001. Exchequer Bills are ss. to Bs., and India Bonds 11s. to 14s. prem. East India Stock has been at 232±. The New 3 per Cents. are 9.11 Stocks are now better. Consols 93 to I. Foreign Stocks are declining, owing to the fall in our own aiarket. The Spanish Threes are 37i, and the Committee's Certificate has been 5} to /. Mexi can Bonds have been 21i to 22, or 4to worse. Russian 4i per Cents. are 84 to 85. Turkish Scrip has been as low as 2 to 21 dis. Tho following are the nominal prices of foreign stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 51 to 54 ; Mexi can, 214 to 22i ; Peruvian, 68 to 70 ; ditto, 3 per Cents., 48 to 50 ; Portuguese 4 per Cents., 40 to 42 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 95 to 97 ; ditto, 0 2 per Cents., 84 to 86 ; Spanish New Deferred, 184 18 a ; ditto, 3 per Cents., 37i to 38 ; ditto, Certificates, 5i to 5i ; ditto, Passive, 4i to 4/. The Railway Share Market has been about per Cent. lower, and the Midland and one or two other lines have receded even more. For the mo ment sales are pressed, and buyers hold back. Foreign shares are dull. The Mines are nominally the same, and the Bank s some what lower. Van Diemen 's iand are in re quest. Crystal Palace, heavy. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES. ( From the Olicial List.) Business dens 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9ls * i 2 3 per Cent. C o nsols Annuities 93 i 3 New 3 per Cent. Annuities Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 India Stock ndia Bonds, £ lOOO l4 11. Consols for Account 14th NOT. Exchequer Bills, 24d. A.000 2,500 5 8 p Small er Cent. E xc h eque r Bonds 1858, Si p Ditt o 1859, „ 991 ICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per C ent 9B 7 i E qua dor Bonds M e xican 3 per Cent. P eruv i a n Bonds, 4i per Cent. — Ditto 3 per Cent. Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent — Ditto 4 per Cent Russian Bonds, 4i per Cent Spanish Bowls, 3 per Cent — Ditto for the Account 37i Ditto Now Deferred, 3 per Cent - Ditto for the Account lB Spanish Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun si f p 03 Turkish Scrip 6 per cent — Ditto for the Account 2i 23 2 i d Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Exchange, 24 per Cent. 12 Guil nitto 4 per Cent. Certificates......_ 9O TWO O'CLOCK. Consols Ditto November Account ... 93 i HEIGNAM HALL LUNATIC ASTLUM.—We understand the Commissioners of Lunacy are in the city. At pre sent we have not heard of any public inquiry on the matters in dispute regarding the County er the Heigham Hall Lunatic Asylums, Nor have, we believe, the visit- 2 ing justices of the city been in communication with the commissioners.—Norwich. Mercury of Nov. 4. 10 SUSPECTED MURDER.—The Lords Justices offer a 20 reward of 1001. for the person or persons who were ins- 40 20 plicated in the alleged murder of James E. Prendergast, an inhabitant of the town of Claremorris , whose body ro was found in a quarry near that town on Sunday last, 20 the sth instant. The verdict of the coroner's jury was, 20 " Wilful murder against some person or persons un- 5 known." 20 WANT OP LABOUR IN CANADA.—In a recent letter 10 Sir C. P. Roney says, speaking of Canada :—" We have 20 had here a singularly prosperous year, but the sudden 20 failures in the timber and shipping trade (at Liverpool) 8; have produced very serious effects at Quebec. With this 10 exception everything is of the brightest in Canada—our 20 greatest want being emigration. The Government of 20 Canada have just appointed a commission to secure a 6 proper representation of the products and resources of 20 the Province at the Paris Exhibition next year, and Parliament is about to vote 10,0001. for the purpose ; To so we are determined not to b e behind handin our efforts to shine at the World's Fair.' " Everybody who 40 knows (and who does not know !) Sir C. P. Roney will be able to give their due weight to the remark respecting 50 emigration. Sir C. P. Roney is himself engaged in 25 extending railways in Canada, and ho finds the only bar 20 to their quicker progress the want of labour. Therefore 100 he is enabled to speak with confidence on the subject. 100 BOARD OF TRADE.—Messrs. Akers and Garrett, of 20 the department of the Ger eral Register and Record office of Seamen, Board of Trade, who were carried off 20 by the epidemic lately so prevalent, the latter after ai - attack that lasted only five or six hours, are much re- 50 gretted. The deceased of Mr. Gray in July last consti- 50 tutes with these two no less than three deaths in one .I °° „,, small office in thre e men th e — a ll o f t h em contr ib u t ors to 1 " the superannuation fund for seventeen, twelve, and ten 20 years, and u n d er f orty years of age, and all leaving 60 six widows, innumber o ne in onewithout,ease, an a and twond five in of themtvihe other. ithch Allildren, 2 20 5 these widows are left in very straitened circumstances, and receive not one fraction in return for the large con- 100 tributions that have been forcibly deducted from their 10 husbands' salaries, and levied by the authority of an op- 5 pressive and unjust act of Parliament, instituted on grounds proved by investigation to be false and erre- 2 Z, aeons, and in the opinion of many amounti ng to a gross and gigantic swindle.—Civil Service Gazette. 1 50 SHARE MARKETS. (THIS DAY.) BRITISH RAILWAYS. IPaid4 RAILWAYS. 100 !Aberdeen. 8 I Ambg. Nottn -- Bost. and Eastn. all Belfast & Ballymena. all Binning. Wolverh. & Stour Valley 29 Birkenhd. Lancsh. & Cheshire Junct all Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O and £25 Cons. 19 Do., 220- ..... 30 Blyth & Tyne original £25 (issd. at £45) 100 Bristol and Exeter.., 100 Caledonian. 121 s. ICannarthen and Car digan all Chester 4 Holyhead all Cork and Bandon._ all Cork, Black, (St Pas 4. 16 Cornwall 1 Crieff Junction 45 Dublin&BelfastJunc all Dundee Perth&Aber (leen Junction all Do. Now 100 East Anglian all Eastern Counties 100 Eastern Union, A 00 Stock . ........ 1 De., B. Stock 81 Do., New A 100 East Lancashire 100 Edinburgh & Glasgow _ __ _ 91 Edinb. and Peebles... 100 Edin.Prtb &Daudet- 1 Forth & Clyde June. 100 Glasgow &S. Western 100 Great Northern 'lOO Do., A. Stock 1100 Do., B. Stock 100 t. Sth. &West.(lre ) 100 Great Western 100 Do. Stour Val. Rail, Gua. Stk 1 all Irish South-Eastern 1 all Lancaster & Carlisle 14 Do., Thirds 4 Do. Thirds 100 Lancash.andYorksh ,Do., Fifths 11i Do., Wst. Riding Un all Liv.Crsby.&Southpt all London & Blackwal 100 Loud. Bright & S.Ost. 100 Lond. and N. Westn. 12 Do. Fifths 1 Do.lo/.5h.,M&8...( 2 Do. Eighths ,100 London andS. Westn 42 Do., £5O 34 , Do., £4O all Lnndrry& Coleraine all Lndndrry. & Ennisk. 100 Wanch.Shef. & Lincln 4 Do., Man. & Lin. Un 100 %fidland 100 Do. Birmn g. & Derby all Widld. G. West. (Ire.) 22 Do. Half Shares 111 Newcastle & Carlisle 5i Newmkt.l3nry Exton. 19 • Nwpt.Aberg. &Hrfd. 8 gewry & Enniskillen all gewry Warrenpoint and hostrevor. 100 lgorfolk 3 Northn.Connties Un 100 North British ally North Devon, No. 1 ' all Do., No. 2 all Do., A Deferred all Do., B Guaranteef , 100 N. Eastern—Berwick 20 Do. do. Extension 13 Dodo. G.N. E. Purch. all De. Leeds 100 Do. York all North London Do. New £lO I/ le N.&S.Wstrn.,Hamp stead, and City Jn 17, 1 , North Staffordshire all North Western.., all N. &S. Westrn. June. l Nuneaton, Hinckley _ and Leicester 100 Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton .... 6 Portsmouth - LOU Scottish Central 1.00 cottishMidland all 'hrewsby. do Plerefd all Shropshire Uuion ... o. A, B, C,& D,full) . _ , all So p u al t d h 1 u p p e a v t on per cent 100 South Eastern all South Wales 15 i. Yrksh. dr Riv. Due 5 ID° 8 itaines,Wok. &Wok all tockton & Darlino.% itoekton & Hartlepl. WO raff Vale . 9 Do. £lO shares. LOO Do. Pref., No. 21 Mantes Haveu Dock and Railway all Vale of Neath all Waterfl. & KilkennA l all vVaterford&Limerici 18 West Cornwall. 3 Went End of London and Crystal Palace all West London Ills. Wimbledn &Croydor FOR: all Antwerp&Rotterdam 3t, Belgian Eastn. June. 8 Beziers to Graisseseac 2s. Bombay, Baroda, and Central I ndia,Serip Central of Italy all Demerara 14 Dijon and Besancon 9 Dutch Rhenish all Eastern of France 10 Do. New all East Indian 2 Do. Extension all Do. 4i p. C. Bds., pay '57, convertible all Do. do. do., '59, de 10 Gd. Junet. of France 12i IGd. Tk of Canadab is. all Do. do all Do. St. Lawrence & Atlantic do. all Do. Cert. of Deben , con. into Stk. till '63 all Do. Comp. 615. c., do. 10 Gt. Central of France all Gt. Indian Peninsula 1 Do. New 5 per cent. all Gt. Western of Canada Shares all Do. Bds., payable's7, with option till '55.. all Do. do., '62, p. '56 all Do. do., '76, p. '6O all Do. do., '73, wit - bent option all Hamilton & Toronto all Do. 6 per cent. 11 Lake Const. & Basle, all Lucca & Pistoja 5 p.c. prof 12 Great Luxembourg Constituted Shares all Do. Obligations 10 Lyons and Geneva 12 Lyons & Mediterran 16 Madras 2 Do. New 31. A Maria Antonia all Do. do. Now 2 Melbourne Dk. 4k Ry all Namur & Liege (with interest) all Do. (ex interest) all Northern of France all D 0.201. Sbs.late Char leroi and Erquelines guar. 3i p. c. & red. at 2211. dur. 88 yrs. from 1 Jan. 1854 all Do. 201.3 p. c Bdr. (fmy.B.&Ams.Slis.) all NorwegianTrunkPref 14 Paris and Lyons all Ditto Bonds all Paris and Orleans.... all Paris and R0uen...... 10 ParisCaen &Cherbrg. all Rouen and Havre..... 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 5i per c. Pref 10 Western of France 16 West. of Switzerland all Wiesbaden 20 Zealand relosing Prices this day. 20i -21 i 4i -- 4i 8 - 11i 101 17 - 18 6i - 5i 95 - 97 59,E -59 i 13 - 11 10 - 12 - - 2 0 gi - 74 15 - 16 11i - 111 32 - 34 22 - 24 68 - 70 54 - 56 20 := i2i 89 - 90 75 - 77 125 - 126 90 - 92 70i 71 68 - 70 78 -- 82 8 -- 10 , : 8 -- 10 71* -- 716 5f -ij - ". 8 84 [O5 106 .00 100 i d par d par 1 80 81 10i • 9AII 9 di ii = iii 6 68 40 - 42 d -- d 1011— 96! 2 -- 26 50 52 3a 8i 33 ... 34 g 10 11 64 74 751 -76 i 6 sio 81di 14 144 52 .- 53 53 55 —' p 4d ASP 41 4 6. 7 id—ip 32 - 33 93 - 95 60 - 62 71 - 81 45 - 47 12 - 14 sot - fly 31 - 32 i #a 35 - 37 3 - Si 18 19 4+ - 22 - 4 6 - 7 . i - 7 6 6 4 -- 3 d d— i P .. .... ... 31 —3 d 32i 321 i . -:: ail id i 7 7.. 41 7} - 6i 8 7d 9 P par lad - 182 -7. 1. ld • per 1 --3 p ... die 4i - 41 2i - 3 i - lip i••. - •.. d-IP 6 - 7. 33 = 33, 12i -- 13 9 - 10 2ot 20, 47 49 37 39 Pm 211 21 'ld par 21 lid 74 81 ••• - ••• ... - pm Si - 4 d 5i 6p ••• ''''' 1 16i - 17 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. . all Australasia all British Colonial Bank and Loan Company all Britich N. American 5 Chartd. Bank of Asia 2 Chrtd. Bilk. of India, Australia;& China 25 Colonial 20 Commercial of Lund 16 Kuglish Scottish and, Australian all Loud. Chart. Bk. St Australia 20 London and County 10 London 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 /loyal Australn.Bkg & Gold Imp Co all South Australia all Union of Australia 2, Do. New 10 Union of Loudon 81 -- $3 4 d par 1 id 80 - 32 2 lh d 241 - 254 37 - 39 43 - 45 72 - 74 8 - 9 ... - , Business done this day. IST REGIMENT OF FOOT, Killed—Private William Webb. Wounded—Privates Martin Kenny, John Ray, Win. Goose, James Muiready, Thomas Jones. 4TH REGIMENT OF FOOT. Wounded—Patrick Michael Calligan. 38TH REGIMENT OF Foot Killed—Private Michael Sweeney. Wounded—Sergeant John Smith ; Privates Donald glliott, Wm. M'Callogb, Henry Humphreys, William Wareham, William M'Quade, George Savery, Daniel Flinn. 44TH REGIMENT OF FOOT. Killed—Corporal James Fither ; Privates Thomas Kennedy and Wm. Warr. Wounded—Sergeant James Holland ; Privates Nel son Dunlary, Joseph Shambrook, and Henry Hooks. 50TII REGIMENT OF FOOT. Wounded—Privates Patrick Walsh, Michael Doherty, John Dignan, Edward Doyle, Samuel, Davis, John Gray, Thomas Wilson. 20TH REGIMENT OF FOOT Killed—Privates James Wosley and Thomas Wyatt. Wounded—Privates John Langley, James Riton, G. Young. 21ST REGIMENT 07 FOOT. Wounded—Privates Robert Brogan and John Kay. 57TH REGIMENT OF FOOT. Wounded—Privates Michael Murphy and Robert M'Farlane. 68TH REGIMENT OF FOOT. Killed—Privates James Hove, William Gwyer, Pat. Carroll. Wounded— Privates James Wilson, Patrick Holden, George Brown. _ _ 187 BATTALION RULE BRIGADE. Killed—Private John Mead. Wounded—Colour-Serjeant James Powell ; Privates Joseph Lowe, Robert Goodfellow, James Worton. 7THf REGIMENT OF FOOT. Wounded—Private James Henry. 23D REGIMENT OF FOOT. Wounded—Corporal James Dawson, Privates Wil liam Corfield, David Davies, James Murphy, George Moulton, James Ogilway. 33n REGIMENT OP FOOT. Wounded—Sergeant John Woodcock ; Privates Pat rick Thrieston, Patrick Bradley, William Ward, Patrick Dogherty, William Greenwood. 19TH REGIMENT OF FOOT. Wounded—Colour-Sergeant Patrick Campion, Cor porals John Austin and Thos. Cruikshank, Drummer Henry Hanlon; Privates James Maher, John Corbett, Thos. Dickson, Michael Loughlin. 77TH REGIMENT OF FOOT. Wounded—Privates Edward Gulliford and Gilbert Monaghan. 88TH REGIMENT OF FOOT. Killed—Sergeant John Matthewman ; Privates Ro bert M'Donald, Peter Leonard, Michael Hynes, Mi chael Perryman, and Daniel Griffin. Wounded —Serjeant Michael M‘Donagh ; Privates Timothy Doherty, Thomas Foley, Morris Savage, Pat rick Leonard, Patrick Burns, Morris Ferris, Edward English, Patrick Cullen, John Bush, Daniel Monarty, Patrick Morrissey, James Kenny, and John Daly. 2D BATTALION RIFLE BRIGADE. Killed—Corporal W. Campbell, Privates John Bishop and John Carlow Wounded—Bugler Daniel INl‘Carthy ; Privates Wil liam Regan, George Cann, Alfred Green, Joseph Crevy, James Berry, Charles Taylor, Thomas Pinfold. THE FOLLOWING IS ALSO THE NOMINAL RE TURN OF THE CASUALTIES IN THE ROYAL ARTILLERY SINCE THE 13TH INST. HEAD QUARTERS BEFORE SEBASTOPOL, OCT. 18, 1854. Killed—Pocook, acting bombardier ; name not re ported, gunner and driver. Wounded.—H. Webber, acting bombardier, slightly ; John Orr, gunner and driver, slightly ; Robert Garland, surgeon, severely ; J. Walker, corporal, severely ; E. Solomon, acting bombardier, severely ; J. Wilson, gun ner and driver, severely ; R. Bake, acting bombardier, severely ; J. Carson, gunner and driver, severely ; J. Hughes, gunner and driver severely ; J. Orran, gunner and driver, severely ; J. McKaffery, gun ner and driver, severely ; J. Welsh, gunner and driver, severely ; R. Mallet, gunner and driver,slightly ; D. McCawley, gnnner and driver, severely ; C. Haw kins, gunner and driver, severely ; Samuel Nicolls, gun ner and driver, dangerously ; John Crofts, gunner and driver, severely ; James Murphy, gunner and driver, ; slightly ; James McFs,ddyeri, bombardier, slightly ; T. Haggett, gunner and driver, slightly ; Patrick Devlin, gunner and driver, severely ; J. Gummie, gunner and driver, slightly. Four other men were wounded ; their names not yet reported. J. B. BUCKNALL ESTCOURT, Adjutant-General. MABEICT .Ivl.i.' WN---(1'111,s DAY.) COVENT uARDEN. Both fruit and vegetables moved off steadily, and prices were well supported. FRIIIT.—Pine apples, English, 3s 6d to 6s per lb; apricots, Os to Os Od per doz. ; hot-house grapes, 3s Od to 6s per lb ; foreign ditto, 10d to is 6d ; melons, Os Od to OA each peaches, Os Od to Os ; nectarines, Os Od to Os per dozen ; apples, 4s 6d to 103 Od per bushel ; pears, 2s Od to 6s Od per half sieve ; Orleans plums and green gages Os to Os Od per punnet ; ditf,o, Os to Os Od, and common plums, 3s 0.1 to Os Od per half sieve ; cherries, Od to Os per pound ; lemons, 2s to 3s per doz. ; oranges, 10s to Os per 100; fil berts, 93s to 110 s per 100 lbs; cobnuts, 120 s 1255; almonds, Os to Os per lb. ; walnuts, Od to Od per 100; figs, is Od to 2s 6d per lb. VEGETABLES.—Cabbages, 8d to is Od per dozen ; red ditto, 2s Od to 5s per dozen ; French beans, is 6d to 2s Od per half sieve ; brocoli, 6d to is per bundle ; potatoes, 80s to 120 s perton; vegetable marrow, Od to Os each; peas, is 6d to 3s Od per bush.; broad beans, 9d to is per half sieve ; turnips, 2d to 4d per bunch ; carrots, 3d to 6d per bunch ; cucumbers, ld to 4d each ; garlic, Os 6d to Os 8d per pound ; spinach, is to is 6d per half sieve ; onions, 2s 6d to 4s Od per bush. ; Spanish ditto, is to 3s per doz. ; leeks, ld to 2d per bunch ; shallots, 4d to 6d ; horse-raddish, 2s Od to 4s 6d per bundle ; parsley, 2d to 3d per bunch ; celery, 9d to is 3d per bunch ; endive, 9d to 1s 3d per score ; beet, ld to ld each ; parsnips, is Od to 2s Od per dozen ; small salad, 2d to 3d par punnet ; mushrooms, is Od to is 3d per pottle ; artichokes, 4s to 5s per doz. ; cabbage lettuces, 9d to is Od per score ; sorrel, 6d to is per half sieve ; radishes 9d to is per dozen hands ; tomatoes, 3s 6d to 4s 6d per half sieve ; chillies, is to is 6d per 100 ; Brussells sprouts, is 3d to 2s Od per half sieve ; capsicums, is to 2s per 100. NEWGAPE AND LEADENHALL. Turkeys, 4s 6d to 7s Od ; Geese, 4s 6d to 7s 6d each; Ducks, 4s Od to 6s Od ; tame Rabbits, Os Od to Os Od ; wild do., 10d to is Gd each ; Pigeons, Gs to 8s per doz. ; large Surrey Fowls, --s Od to —s Od ; middling, 2s 3d to 48 Od ; Chickens, is 6d to 2s 3d ; Capons, 4s 0(1 to 6s 0d ; Hares 2s 6d to 38 6cl; grouse, 2s Od to Os Od each ; Leverets, Os Od to Os each. Ostend fresh butter, 10s 6d to 12s Od, and English 11s 6d to 14s Od per dozen lbs. Engish Eggs, 8s 6d to 9s 3d; French ditto, 5s 6d to 7. Od per 120. NEWPORT. Beef from 3s 9d to 45 6d; mutton, 3s 6d to 4 Ed; veal, 3s Bd. to 4s Ed ; pork, 3s 6d to 5s 2d per 81bs. WHITECHAPEL. Beef, 3s 4d to 4s 6d ; mutton, 38 4d to 4s 8d ; veal, 38 63 to 48 8d; pork, 3e 4d to Os Od per albs. by the carcase. BILLINGSGATE. Turbots, 5s Od to 21s ; Brills, 3s to lOs each; Salmon 18 6d to is Sd per lb; Cod Fish, 4s to 12s each; Soles, 3d to 2s 3d per pair; Eels, 8d to 1801 per lb; Lobsters, fid to ls 6cl ; Crabs, 4d to 18 6ci ; Whitings, 3s to lie per doz.; Common Oysters, lOs to 16s ; Natives, 408 to 50s per bsh; Mackerel, Od to Od each ; Smelts, is to 18 3d per doz.; Skate, 6d to Od per lb; Shrimps, Os 9cl to 2s 6d per gallon; Bloaters, is 6d to 2s Od per doz. ; Fresh Herrings, 6d to 18 Od per doz. ; Scotch do., 6d to is Od. BREAD. The prices of whten bread in te metroplis are front lOd to 11d; of hou se hold ditto, Bid. h to 90 per 4 lb loaf. LLOYD'S SLIIPPING--(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Nov. 11.—Wind this day at Noon, N.N.W. ; light breeze, with cloudy weather. Cowls, Nov. 10.—Wind,W.N.W. Arrived—Ora, from Monte Video ; Dido, Sundsvall, with damage. OFF DOVER, Nov. 9.—Einikeit, from Rio Janeiro, fer Hamburgh ; Carl, Shields, for Rio Janeiro ; Ida (barque, No. 5,401), OFF VIE LIZARD, NOY. 7. Thomas Butler, for Hong g o ng ; Amazon, Sunderland, for Madras. OFF DUNGENESS, Nov. s.—Aletta Augusta Delfzyel, for Akyab. BRISTOL,Nov. 10.—Wind , W. Arrived—Arrow, fr om Denis. Wind, W.N.W. Arriverl—Norfolk HULL, Nov. 10.— (s), from Rotterdam ;Ir (s), do. Sailed—Soren Winkel, for Ana Cayes. PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 10.—Wind, N.W. Arrived—Swea, from C a li c o; Bengal, London, for Adelaide, and sailed for Sentlampton ; Planter, Cork. FA.LMOUTII, Nov. 10.—Wind, N.E. Arrived—Twende Brod re, from Dram ; Catherine, Krageroe, for Liverpool ; Georja, Troon, fur Constantinople, to stop a leak ; Devon shire <s), Dublin, and left for Loudon. Sailed—Paz, for San Sebastian. Off Port—J um), from Batavia, fur Dordt Secret, Smyrna ; Wanderer, Stettin. Put back—Pearl, Oporto, leaky. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRA ESE, Saturday, 10.5 11.82. Wind west ; tide 5 hours' ebb, fine. No arrivals. Sailed —Holland, steamer, for S Ostend. atu DEAL, rday, 9.30 a. m, Wind N.N.W., moderate. Passed —Minerva, from London, for Cape of Good Hope. Sailed —Duchess of Sutherland, for London ; Lombard, New Orleans ; Dependent, Bermuda; Minden, 122 trans. is prt, Malta ; Grang e , Greenock ; Georg ians, ,Constan. t i noP le ; !dim Meg, Boston. Tlbts.bWbatonf THE MISSING DESPATCHES. The following official account of the proceedings on the 17th and 18th appears in an Extraordinary Gazette published this afternoon- : WAR DEPARTMENT, 11.55 A.M., Nov. 11, 1854. His Grace the Duke of Newcastle has this day received a despatch, of which the following is a copy, addressed to his Grace by General the Lord Raglan, G.C.B. - - (This despatch was lost in its passage through France, and was received at the above hour by his Grace, to whom it was transmitted by his Excel lency the Lord Cowley, G.C.8.) : BEFORE SEBASTOPOL, OCT. 18. My Lord Duke,—it was arranged between Gen. Caurobert and myself that the batteries of the two armies should open immediately after daylight on the morning of the 17th, and we invited Ad miral Dundas and Admiral Hamelin to attack the enemy's works at the mouth of the harbour with th© combined fleets, as nearly simultaneously as circumstances might permit. Accordingly, upon a signal being given from the centre of the French lines, the batteries of the two armies commenced their fire about a quarter be fore 7 yesterday morning. On this occasion we employed about 60 guns of different calibre, the lightest being 24-pounders. It may here be proper to observe that the cha racter of the position which the enemy occupy on the south side of Sebastopol is not that of a fortress, but rather of an army iu an entrenched camp on very strong ground, where an apparently unlimited number of heavy guns, amply provided with gun ners and ammunition, are mounted. The guns having opened as above stated, a con tinuous and well directed fire was carried on from the works of the two armies until about 10 o'clock a.m., when, unfortunately, a magazine in:the midst of one of the French batteries exploded and occa_ sioned considerable damage to the works, and I fear many - casualties, and almost paralysed the efforts of the French artillery for the day. The British batteries, however, manned by sailors from the fleet, under the command of Captain Lushington and Captain Peel, and by the Royal Artillery, under the superintendence of Lieu tenant-Colonel Gambier, kept up their fire with unremitting energy throughout the day to my own and the general satisfaction, as well as to the admiration of the French army, who were wit nesses of their gallant and persevering exertions, materially injuring the enemy's works, and silenc ing the heavy guns on the top of the loopholed tower, to which I adverted in my despatch of the 13th instant, and many of the guns at its base, and causing an extensive explosion in the rear of a strong redoubt in our immediate front, the enemy, notwithstanding, answered to the last from a num ber of guns along their more extended lines. The fire was resumed this morning at daylight by the British sailors and artillery, and responded to, though in a somewhat less degree, by the Rus sians ; but the French troops, being occupied in the repair of their batteries, and in the formation of othe rs, have not contributed to the renewal of the attack, except from a work on their earfilime expect, however, to be able to do so to left ; they morrow morning. I beg to lay before your Grace a return of the loss sustained by the Royal Navy, and the Army under my command, between the 13th and 17th instant, and to this I am deeply concerned to add that of Colonel the Hon. Francis Hood, command ing the 3d battalion Grenadier Guards, an excel lent officer, whose death in the trenches this morning has just been reported to me. The English, French, and Turkish fleets moved towards the mouth of the harbour about noon, and kept up a heavy fire upon the enemy's forts for several hours. I am not fully acquainted with the details of the attack, or its result, but I understand that Rear-Admiral Sir Edmund Lyons, with the Aga. memnon and Sanspareil, assisted occasionally by the London, Queen, and Albion, gallantly ap proached to within 600 yards of Fort Constantine, the great %s ork at the northern entrance, where he maintained himself till late in the afternoon, and succeeded in exploding a magazine and causing considerable injury to the face of the fort. Since I wrote to your Grace on the 13th, six battalions of Turkish infantry and 300 Turkish artillery have been added -to the force in front of Balaklava. These troops have been sent from Constantinople, and placed under my command by the Government of the Porte, and I feel greatly indebted to her Majesty's Ambassador, Viscount Stratford de Red cliffe, for the ability and energy with which he brought under the notice of the Sultan the import ance I attached to an immediate reinforcement of the Imperial troops. _ _ _ I have, &c., RAGLAN. His Grace the Duke of Newcastle, &c. RETURN OF KILLED AND WOUNDED IN THE FORCES UNDER THE COMMAND OF GENE RAL LORD RAGLAN, G.C.8., FROM 13TH TO 17TH OCTOBER, 1851, INCLUSIVR. Artillery -2 rank and file killed ; 1 sergeant, 25 rank and file, wounded. 3d Battalion Grenadier Guards-1 officer, Captain Rowley, killed ; 10 rank and file wounded. 42d Regiment -1 sergeant, 1 rank and file wounded. 55th Regiment -1 officer, Ensign Twysden, slightly wounded. 47th Regiment -4 rank and file wounded. 49th Regiment—l rank and file wounded. let Regiment of Foot--1 rank and file killed; 6 rank and file wounded. 38th Regiment-1 rank and file killed ; 1 sergeant, 10 rank and file wounded. 50th Regiment -1 officer, Lieutenant-Colonel Waddy (slightly), 1 sergeant, 7 rank and file, wounded. 44th Regiment —3 rank and file killed ; 1 officer, Lieutenant Wood (slightly), 1 sergeant, 4 rank and file wounded. 20th Regiment -2 rank and file killed ; 5 rank and file wounded 21st Regiment -2 rank and file wounded 57th Regiment -3 rank and file wounded 68th Regiment -1 o!rEcer, Assistant-Surgeon O'Leary, 3 rank and file, killed; 3 rank and file wounded Ist Battalion Rifle Brigade-1 rank and file killed ; 1 sergeant, 3 rank and file wounded 7th Regiment -1 rank and file wounded 23d Regiment -6 rank and file wounded 33d Regiment -1 sergeant, 4 rank and file wounded 19th Regiment -1 sergeant, 1 drummer, 6 rank and file wounded 77th Regiment -2 rank and file wounded 88th Regiment -1 a ergeant, 5 rank and file killed ; 1 sergeant, 14 rank and file wounded 2d Battalion• Rif le Brigade-3 rank and file killed ; 1 drummer, 7 rank and file wounded Total--Two officers, one serjeant, 21 rank and file killed ; 3 officers, 9 sergeants, 2 drummers, 824 rank and file wounded. (Signed) J. B. BUCKNALL ESTCOURT, Adjutant-General. War-office, Nov. 11, 1854. The Right Honourable the Secretary -at-War has received from his Grace the Duke of Newcastle the following list of casualties amongst the non commissioned officers and privates in the forces un der the command of General the Lord Raglan, G.C.8., from the 13th to 17th October, 1854, in clusive. NOMINAL RETURN OF CASUALTIES IN THE FORCES UNDER THE COMMAND OF GENERLL LORD RAGLAN, G.C.8., FROM 13TH TO 17Th OCTOBER, 1854, I 2 CLUBIVE. 31) BATTALION GRENADIER GUAE.DS. Wounded.—Privates George East, Jan les Fordham, Henry Gilbert, William Bridgman, Thomas Whetstone, John Newton, John Steel, Elijah Smith, William Tay lor, Benjamin Tibbitt. 42D REGIMENT OF FOOT. Wounded.—Serjeant Rawkin, Private Pa trick Salmon. 47TH REGIMENT OF FOOT. Wounded—Private Patrick Hanley, Fr ederick Chit• tock, John Donohoe. 49TH REGIMENT OP FOOT. Killed—Private Wiliam Hanley. LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.) The Court of Queen's Bench was occupied the who'e of the day with the Crown papers, which contained no cases of public interest. There was a Crown case set down for hearing in the Exchequer, but the parties not being ready, it was adjourned until a future day. There was no other business before the Exchequer, and the court rose early. CHANCERY COURT. (Before Vice-Chancellor Sir John Stuart.) POWDVELL V. JONES. His Honour the Vice-Chancellor delivered judgment on this petition this morning. Mrs. Harper, widow of the late Mr. Harper, claimed the dower of the eopyhold lands in which her husband was seized, according to the custom of the manor. Mrs. Harper's claim was opposed by the trustee under her husband's devise. His Honour was of opinion that Mrs. Harper's claim was not barred by the surrender made by her husband in favour of his trustee ; and his Honour made an order in favour of Mrs. Harper, finding her entitled to her dower of the copyhold lands in which her husband was seized, in terms of the prayer of her petition, and found her entitled to costs, to be paid out of the purchase money of the sale of the copyhold property. WRECK OF THE FORERUNNER AFRICAN MAIL CONTRACT STEAMER. General Post-office, 10th Nov., 1854. Sir,—l have the honour to enclose, for theinformation of my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, the copy of a letter which has just been received from the agent of this department at Lisbon, accompanied by the copy of a report from her Majesty's Consul at Madeira, dated the 28th Oh/to, announcing the loss of the Contract Mail Packet Forerunner.— I have, &c., (Signed) J. HILL. R. Osborne, Esq., M.P., &c. &c. &c., Admiralty. (Copy.) British Packet-ofice, Lisbon, Nov. 1, 1854. Sir,-1. I have the honour to enclose copy of a letter addressed to her Majesty's Minister at this Court by Mr. Consul Stoddart, of Madeira, relative to the loss of the contract steamer Forerunner. 2. As Mr. Stoddart wishes the loss of the said steamer to be reported to you with as little delay as possible, and as the regular packet wilt not leave until the 9th inst., I have deemed it prudent to send this via France. I have, &c., R. REEVES, Agent. (Signed) Rowland Hill, Esq., &c. (CoPY•) Madeira, 28th Oct., 1854. Sir,—As the Portuguese steam-packet is going to Lis bon, I just write a line to tell you of the total loss of the African contract steam-packet Forerunner, on the evening of the 25th instant, on a sunken rock close to the shore at the extreme east point of this island, two hours after she had left the port for England. The mails, cargo, and all the effects of the crew and passengers were lost; 11 of the crew of 34, and 3 of the 13 passen gers, were also drowned. Those saved w ill go home i n the Brazil packet, w ith my reports to the different departments, but as some previous oppor tunity may offer for England from Lisbon, perhaps you will do me the favour to convey the information I now give you to the packet agent, as well as Lloyd's agent in Lisbon, with a request that they may report the unfortunate dis aster to the proper authorities at home. The Governor of Sierra Leone, Lieut. Beddingfield, R.N., late of H.M.S. Pluto, Mr. Evans, clerk of works at Sierra Leone, Mr. Kinell, schoolmaster, from Cape Coast Castle, two shipmasters, Gregory and Bennett, Mr Crosby, merchant, Lagos, Mr. Mitchell, an engineer, late of Dover steamer, and a child, three years old, daughter of the late Captain English, of 3d West India Regiment, were all saved. The mother of the child, with Lieut. Child, of Gold Coast Corps, and Mr. Virtes, merchant, Sierra Leone, were all drowned. The master of the steamer was saved, but two mates were lost. The weather was fine, and I fear blame attaches to the captain for running so close to the shore. I am writing against time, and must therefore pr a y y ou t o excuse these hurried lines, and believe me, with the greatest respect, sir, (Signed) GEORGE STODDART. P.S.—The Forerunner bad a very valuable cargo on board, perhaps worth from 30,0001. to 40,0001. The melancholy loss of the Forerunner, screw-steamer, and 14 of her passengers and crew, was announced at Lloyd's on Wednesday. The wreck was described to have taken place off Lorente Point, Madeira, some short time after the unfortunate vessel left the island with the mail and passengers for England, the last American mail packet having been spoken with and the intelligence communicated. Yesterday the loss was confirmed by the receipt of a letter, of which the fol lowing is an extract, by Captain Halstead, the secre tary at Lloyd's, which had been forwarded by the Bri tish Minister at Lisbon, who had received it from the English Consul at Madeira : "Madeira, Oct. 28. "I just write a line to tell you of the total loss of the African contract steam packet Forerunner, on the evening of the 25th inst., on a sunken rock close to the shore, at the extreme east point of this island, about two hours after she left this port for England. The mails, cargo, and all the effects of the crew and passengers were lost ; 11. of the crew of 34 and three of the 33 passengers who were on board were drowned. Those saved will go home in the Brazil packet. Among t gem are the following : The Governor of Sierra Leone; Lieutenant Bedingtield, R.N., late of her Majesty's ship Pluto ; Mr. Evans, clerk of the works at Sierra Leone ; Mr. Kinell, schoolmaster, from Cape Coast Castle ; two shipmasters ; Mr. Gregory, Mr. Bennett, and Mr. Crosky, merchants of Lagos ; Mr. Mitchel, an engineer, late of the Dover steamer ; and a child, three years old, daughter of the late Captain English, of the 3d West India Regiment. The mother of the child, with Lieatenant Child, of the Gold Coast Corps, and Mr. Virtes, merchant, Sierra Leone, were drowned. The cap tain was saved, but two mates were lost. The Forerunner had a very valuable cargo on board." The Forerunner was the property of the African Steam- ship Company, who have the Government contract for the Africa• mad service. She was the first steamer which the company had built, was 400 tons burden, and bad been highly succesiiful in her passages. She was on a return voyage from Fernando Po, Cape Coast Castle, Sierra Leone, &c., when she met with her unfortunate disaster. The ship, it is reported, is fully insured. THE PATRIOTIC FUND IN BERLIN. The following has been issued by the English resi dents : " TO THE ENGLISH RESIDENTS AT BERLIN AND ITS ENVIRONS. " Berlin, Oct. 25, 1854. " Fellow-countrymen,— A subscription having been opened in England for the purpose of alleviating the suffer ings of the wounded soldiers and sailors who have been and are still fighting the battles of their country against the Russians, the undermentioned Englishmen in Berlin, in a meeting held on the 22d of this month, decided on making a like subscription for the above-mentioned object, viz., Messrs. Watson, Harrison, Rawson, William Turner, Lee, Crabtree, H. Turner, and Thompson. " Mr. William Turner having been elected treasurer, and Messrs. H. Turner and Watson, auditors, w• beg to make the following remarks : _ " We have no doubt you are all satisfied with the result of our brave soldiers' and sailors' doings, and hope you have the same confidence as ourselves in their future un dertakings. " With this short comment, we appeal to your genero sity to remit to us your trifle towards providing for the wounded those small comforts of which they are at present so much in need. " Donations will be thankfully received by any of the above named, who will remit the same to the treasurer, who, when the subscription is closed, will wait upon his Excellency the British Envoy, and request him to have the kindness to forward the sum collected to its proper desti nation. (Signed) " H TURNER, " J. WATSON, " W. TURNER." The above simple appeal merits being and it is to be hoped that the worthy example shown by her Majesty's subjects here will be followed by Englishmen in every part of the continent. If this appeal meets the eyes of our heroic soldiers and sailors, they will no doubt feel cheered with the thought that their "doings" are appreciated, and that the "confidence" felt in their valour and endurance is not less universal amongst all classes of their fellow-countrymen than are the prayers fervent and genuine that Almighty Providence may crown their "undertakings" with glory and success. THE FEAT OF ARMS BEFORE SBBAS- TOPOL. The Fremdem Blatt learns from St. Petersburg tlik -" The feat of arms before Sebastopol, in the night from the 20th to the 21st October, on which oc casion the Russians succeeded in spiking eight inor tars and eleven guns of a French battery, was per. formed by a detachment of volunteers, consist ing of five officers and twenty•seven soldiers, of which two officers and some soldiers were killed. The Emperor Nicholas has been pleased to command that the names of these volunteers, both officers and men, should be published in the general order of the day. A letter from Odessa, of the 29th ult., says that Men schikoff's army is 63,659 strong, with 160 guns, and is concentrated on the right bank of the Chernaya. Tirs troops were provisioned for eight days, and bad taken up the position mentioned, in order that theymight attack the Allies in the fl ank and rear, wh ente offer en gaged in the storming of Sebastopol, or attacks them battle previous to the storm. The of General Liprandi's division were on the 26th and 27th. It appears ve ry venture to give battle indeed, that the Russians would not ini p r r e o n b e a w b l e e d , g hop to u to the Allies, as in case of their b el d e e e f t e . a t theA r n d l e of saving Sebastopol would Admiral in t he Varna letters, the fleet sulffterieedeeitdertriiibalty bombardment on tbe .l7th. Dundas, at a council of war held on the 16 th, ob jected to operating wa the eetthe against the fortg aines, ad that advantage n d gave it as his opinion wou ld not be proportionate to the danger to which the d batxposed under the most favourable fleets would woul cuiustances ; he was overruled in his view. The ships in jure d the most were towed to Buyukdere, in order to be su fficiently repaired there to go to Toulon. It is said that it has since been decided upon that the fleets should only operate passively against Sebas topol. An order was sent from Constantinople to Omer Pacha on the 19th, to concentrate 20,000 of his best troops at Varna, to be ready for embarkation to the Crimea, and we now learn by advises from Varna, of the 30th, that these troops had begun to embark two days previously. Some hundreds of Russian prisoners arrived at Scutari on the 25th from Balaklava. They were cap tured on the Chernaya on the 17th, 18th, and 19th. General Tscheltschanoif, who was wounded in the battle of Alma, is perfectly recovered, and is imprisoned at Stamboul." 25 25 50 St. 20 20 10 10 St. 10 St. 25 20 20 50 20 17i 20 20 20 100 20 25 25 25 100 20 5 5 aq 591 9 i 90 89 90 76 i 901 1 69 701 71 70i 71} 1041 4 5 100 991 1001 151 1 80 79 80i 221 68 7a a 40 61 60j 31 82t li THE MISSION OF M. YONDER PPORDTIN. The following letter from a Berlin correspondent in the Presse may not be uninteresting, strongly bearing as it does upon the present mission of M. von der Pfordten "The despatch which Count Esterhazy delivered to the Prussian Cabinet on th e 27 t h u l t. was b r i ef and well adapted i to an ntermystic state of things, inasmuch as it simply paved the way for more ample communications that would probably soon follow. The Prussian reply hereto bore the same character, and merely recapitulated what had been discussed and a rrange d w ith M. von d er Pfordten. Previous to th e d epar t ure o f thi s Minis ter for V iennn, the Prussian Cabinet acquainted him with the precise contents of this document, in order that he might be perfectly sure of the basis whereon he would have to continue his mission at Vienna. Prussia now cedes to Austria a f u ll c l a i m to fe d era l military support in all cases in which she might be molested by Russia, whilst in a defensive position within the frontiers of the Danubian Principalities, and requests to be favoured with explanations touching the means and ways which Austria con s id ers practi cable for the eventual recognition of the four points of guarantee. Prussia, furthermore, desires to be in formed in precise and certain terms as to whether Aus tria does or does not intend to go beyond these points in her demands of Russia, and apprises the Imperial Govern ment, on the one hand, of the reiterated urgent represen- tations which Prussia has addressed to the St. Peters burg Cabinet in favour of the acceptance of the said points of guarantee, and, on the other, of the demand which it has likewise addressed to Russia, to the effect that the Russian military forces in Volhynia and Podo lia may be ordered to take np a position which would not justify the Austrian Government to entertain appre hensions and to make complaints, as has at present been the case." UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, Nov. 10. MAGDALEN COLLEGE. Yesterday Mr. Edgar Morton Acock, clerk of this society, son of Mr. Acock of this city, was elected to the vacant Hebrew Scholarship, founded at Magdalen Col- lege by the late Dr. Ellerton, for many years a fellow. ALL SOULS COLLEGE. This morning Mr. Arthur George Watson, 8.A., and Mr. Robert George Wyndham Herbert (the latter, founder's kin) were admitted actual Fellows, and Mr. William Henry Fremantle, Mr. G eorge Fi tzc l areno• Slade, and Mr. Godfrey Lushington, - were admitt e d p ro . bationary Fellows of this society. UNIVERSITY PREACIIERS. The Rev. the Master of Balliol, Sunday morning, at St. Mary's. The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Oxford, Sunday afternoon, at St. Mary's. BALLIOL COLLEGE. _ _ An election to one Fellowship, and two Scholarships on the old foundation will take place on the 29th of No vember ; also to certain exhibitions, namely, one for Devonshire, with preference t 3 the kindred of Blagdon, the founder ; one for Somersetshire, with preference to certain parishes ; and one for Worcestershire, or, in de fault of fit candidates, then open generally. Candidates to the Scholarships and Exhibitions must not have com pleted their nineteenth year on the day of election. Members of the Church of England intending to be candidates are required to call on the master, on the evening of Monday, the 20th instant, with certificates of their birth and baptism, and testimonials from their college or school. LINCOLN COLLEGE. There willbe an election to two scholarships on Friday, Dec. 15. One scholarship is open. The other, founded by Mrs. Tatham, is limited to persons born or edicated in the county of Buckingham. Candidates are required to call upon the rector between the hours •f two and four p.m. on Tuesday the 12th, and candidates for the Tatharn scholarship must bring with them satisfactory evidence of the place of their birth and education. QUEEN'S COLLEGE. There will be an election of an exhibitioner on the foundation of Sir Francii Bridgman on Thursday, Deo. 7. Candidates must be natives of Lancashire, Cheshire, and Wiltshire. They should call on the Provost with testimonials and certificates of birth on Saturday, Dec. 2. 'The examination will commence at 10 o'clock a.m. on Monday, Dec. 4. CAMDRIDGE, Nov. 10. CROSSE SCHOLARSIIP. There will be an examination for this scholarship on Monday, 20th inst., and following days, at 10 o'clock. Candidates must be " bachelors of arts in the first year from their degree." Candidates are required personally, or, if non-resident, by letter, to give notice of their in tention to each of the electors, who are the Vice-Chan cellor, the Margaret Professor of Divinity, the Regius Professor of Divinity, the Regius Professor of Hebrew, the Regius Professor of Greek, the Norrisian Professor of Divinity, and the Professor of Arabic, on or before Thursday the 16th inst., stating their names at length and colleges. MINING INTELLIGENCE. (From the Mini,tg Journal of this day.) This week has been characterised by an absence of general business, and a depression in some of the fa vourite stocks, for which it is difficult to account, other. wise than by supposing that, during the late excitement, many persons purchased shares merely for the rise, and are now selling out at every opportunity. If this be the case, and from the fact that the mines are looking as well, and in some Cases better, than when the up ward movement continence 1, we are warranted in presuming that is so. the bona fide holders of shares, or those Hho purchase for ultimate results, and not for the mete purpose of taking advan tage of the daily and almost hourly fluctuations in the market, need not be under any alarm. North Roberts, which rose to 311., 321., have fallen to 20/. ; Sol tridge Consols, 31. ss. to 31. 15s ; West Sortridge, fis. to 7s. 6d. ; Devon Great Consols. 385/. to 3901. ; Wheal Clif ford in demand, at 1401. to 150/. ; North Basset, 201. to 211. ; Great Wheal Fortune, 121. to 131. ; Wheal Charlotte, 51. to 61. ; Trefusis, Si. ; Great Alfred, 221. to 231. ; East Buller, 41. 10s. ; Cupid, 51. to 61. ; Clijah and Wentworth, 141. to M. ; Bedford United, 9/. 17s. 6d. to 101. ; North Towry, ss. to 7s. 6d. Some of the heavy stocks, such as Buller and Basset, are quoted lower, but we do not hear of any actual sales having taken place. In Foreign Mines, the market has shown a marked improvement. STATE OF TRADE. (Prom the Manchester Guardian of this day.) MANCHESTER, Nov. 10.—There is very little apparent change since last week. To a large ex t en t, th e quota tions are the same ; but buyers find that they have a further slight advantage in actual transactions. This appears to hold good as to yarns and goo& at large. But, in the India department of our market, the decline of prices proceeds more markedly. We hear of offers for certain cloths which are fast approaching this lowest point of 1848. BRADFORD, Nov. 9.—Wools : Thera is a very limited business doing in all kinds of combing wools. The holders are more disposed to sell, and sales are made at prices in favour of the buyer. NOTTINGHAM, Nov. 9.—ln consequence of the pre sent temporary derangement of commercial affairs in the United States, where a number •f failures have recently taken place, there is an unusual dearth of demand for both lace and hosiery goods, and the Lon don and Manchester hosiers are not giving out their accustomed amount of orders for goads for the ensuing spring trade. LEICESTER, Nov. 9.—There is lot so muck doing in the regular hosiery as is usual at this period of the year ; but stocks in hand being light, but few frames have beenlaid down at present. The glove demand has rather improved, though still much depressed. In fancy hosiery more is doing. WOOLLEN TRADE. (Front the Lads Mercury e at: , do.) Liam, Nov. 10.—We have De change of any eons*• quence to report in the state of the woollen market since our last week's notice. There was a. fair business done in coloured Cloth-hall on Saturday, but on Tuesday flatter tone prevailed. In the White market there was a better feeling both on Saturday and Tuesday; on ood the latter day there was con siderable anitn ation and a g business was done. Prices are firm, an il stooks without any material alteration. H UDDER SFIELD, Oct. 7.—Business was at a still lower ebb than on the preceding week. There were ex ceedingly few buyers i n town, and those few purchased. N mos t sparingly. r B a LDFORD, bus i ness doing in all kind s of combin g wooll t ov. 9.—Wool — There is ave limited are more dispose d to sell, and sales are mask ; limited in favour of the buye r. Yarns—There is no theirimproveLnent to re port. Spinner s are still curtai linprou t c li t , on se s m as e daylight decrea ses. Pieces—The curtail ing g 6upply coming mar ket is very limited, and the purcha ses are to character. SALE OP RIISESIAN PRIZE .—yesterday, three of the Russian prize ships captured by her Majesty's cruizers, and condemned as prizes by the High Court of Admiralty, were sold by public auction at Lloyd's Cap tains' - room, Royal Exchang e , by Messrs. Lachlaus aed Macleod, Admiralty brokers, namely, the Fama, the Troya, and the Fidentia. The Fauna was sold for 1,7501. to a Mr' Northcott ; the Froya sold 1,1. 4841. 155., and the Ft- dentin was knocked down to SNlr. C. Moller at 1,8501. DiscovElaY OF A STALACTITE CAVIL—An interesting discovery has been made ht ON stermouth, in Glamorgan shire. At a spot near to Ov; termouth-castle, in Swan sea-bay, is a small limestone quarry and kiln, oe.'rupied by a man :tamed Joseph 1X .ries. In excavating the rock the occupier came upon a crevice, whi ch shortly widened into a cave, and on eaterin be beautifully ornamented with. ittala g• _ getiitteist h w a as e i f mg ouud ir _ e t ei o is al ought it and pass to th e end, but the roof and sides. The cave is su ffi ciently largo in , person to en ter hr istened hitherto made. The cavern, which ' has been ;isbi-ed by to extend further than the disoeveries which be have been by the occupier "Jos4h's C:i . ve,' e _ as s irgct f o r con- . many of the curious, and has rorm er d et _ tious ui . not lor.g ago The occupier, who has aleasf" a e 9 e 9 xagenar i sx , is very jecture and mystery to the e seurp__ years, granted, and who is h i m self assurance from the proprietor that anxious to receive an Welshmen. he will renew the lease to him when it is run out 1 ICI.N. lli f 5 3 i