The Sun. — London, England, 1854-09-14 00:00:00

Woe to him who shoUlddareto remain behind to at tempt to extinguish the fire. "KRUSENSTERN, Governor." 'PREPARATIONS FOR DEFENCE. , n .The corn magazines had been mostly removed to Irmo pol. The arrival of the allied fleet was ex -I:,ected. daily. A great number of troops passed rough Odessa during the last few days of August frot h Novomirgorod, on their way to Akerman and The criminals in the prisons at Slawiansk, tiezandr°wsk, Bacbmet, and Tschugujew, have e ll employed for a long time on the fortifications : Odessa and the neighbouring coast. Prince Men aehlked was at Perekop on the 24th, inspecting the fo rtifications ther e , and returned on the same day to .Sebast o p o l. A correspon d en t of the Lloyd (to which journal we are principally indebted for the above int e lli gence ) sa y s th a t Prince Menschikoff at tslies great importance to Oczakow and Cherson ; 'ee fortifications of hese places have consequently l) , much strengthetned. THE BALTIC. ,9 0 1'EN - 1U GEN, Wednesday.—The National Oppo -Btion lists, from which the electors are to choos e ;three. members to the uper House, have been car "ea in every district by large majorities. Orders have been given to the chief of the Gotha arti ll fry to place the materiel in a state of com- Ipeteness. The same steps are to be taken at the toertress of Carlsten ; so that Sweden would app ear be looking after its " armed neutrality." 13 0marsund is said to have been blown up with out even removing the cannon. As an excuse for this step, it is asserted that many of them were Unserviceable. The Swedish Parliament has recommended the establishment of an ecclesiastical college for the despatch of Church business, and the assembling of national synod, to consist of priests and laymen in equal numbers, but to be only consultative to begin With. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, Sept. 9.—Some time since you were l)l ...,forrned that the Austro-Russian party was parti cularly active, a n d th ere i s s o me little reason to be -I,l,eve that its eff or t s h ave not been entirely in vain. : s ihe B res l au Zeitung has a B er li n corres p on d e nt r : h e is particularly well informed on all matters ce nnected with that part of the policy of the Prus sian Government which consists in counteracting th e endeavours of Austria, to induce the German States to make common cause with her in opposing the ambitions projects of Russia. The writer in question now stat e s that Couut Buol is likely to e hi portfolio, and it . cannot be doubted t hat_ the remova l of suc h a pa t r i o tic Minister Would give extreme satisfaction to the Russian Go vernment and the " Junker " party in Pros pub' 1 . For r easons no t pos itively known to the l et , le, but p ro b a bly co rrectly stated in my riotier of yesterday, it was resolved in Council t to consider the refusal of Russia to give the guar antees demanded a c asus belli, but this is no Leo!' that his M a j es ty h a s lost confidence in his Z in ister, or that hi s d e t erm i na tion to insist on the Ou r conditi ons h as b een s h a k en . The Philo theelans are un a bl e t o k eep th e i r own counsel, and w ant of discretion enables me to give you et „r versi on as we ll as of w h at h as . t a k en pl a ce as l ai which is now p ro p ose d. During the Em peror'sl' sojourn in Ischl everything was done to pers uade him " to proceed with less energy" in the 13eurracoo-Russian question, and even the names of the f or l lages who mor e p ar ticularly disapproved the t i on e 'gn policy of th e C a binet might be men are e,d• It is no t or i ous t h a t the Bohemian nobles ab the head of the Austro-Russian party, and ~r are the re f ore not surpr i se d t o l earn that Count Frederic, Thug, the Austrian Minister at Berlin sterhazy only acts there ad interim), has unt n fix-ed on as Count Buol's successor. After e D.l read ing this, you may be inclined to suppose th at Ministerial crisis is probable, but such is not the case ; my letter of the Ist it was said that the policy of Austria had made itself, and that was not an em lrtY phrase. As long as the Russians were in Wallachia, the great majority of the Austrian aeannfacturers were living on their capital, but as 03 °4 as the invaders turned their backs on &I- N, ares% commerce revived, and the export trade t a s as brisk as ever. The ruinous consequences ° Austria of a hostile Russian occupation of the p ri ncipalities are now so evident that no Minister 'LZr Foreig n Aff a i rs , e ven if it were Count iT c quelmont himself, could ever again permit • The first and last of the four conditions concern Austria even more nearly than they do th 1 , Western Powers, and it has been resolved :ere, cost what it will, that Russia shall never :Fain exercise an exclusive protectorate either in Danubian Principalities or over the Greek o hristians in Turkey. The correctness of this View of things does not admit of dispute, and there fore there can be no question of a change of mea sures in Austria, even though there should he a change of men. Well-informed diplomatists are of °Pinion that there will be neither the one nor the Other, although they are well a ware that every ' , ling is being done to prejudice the Emperor against Count Buol. One of the best-informed men i n this city affirms that there will be no campaign of 1855, "as the Oriental ques tion will be settled l uring the winter." Such an opinion from such a source,. to state could not be withheld, but it is necessary o 'bate that it is in direct opposition to m y own. Th ere 4 .,_ will be a campaign in 1855, in which Aus tria will share, for it is repugnant to com mon sense suppose that t she can long maintain au armed ne utrality which costs her 800,00011. a-day. The limber of horses at present employed in the army is 8 2,000. It must be well understood that it is no t my intention to say Austria will wage war a gainst R uss i a t o please England, France, and Tu rkey ; she will do so simply because her interests i mperatively require it. THE AUTOCRAT'S ANSWER. ~ A letter from Vienna of the 9 th, in the Po se -44.mpt Gazette of Frankfort, says " Were a new proof necessary of its being strategical motive s w hi c h d e termined the evacuation of the Prin cipalities we should find it in a passage of the despatch which conta i ns t h e l as t Russian answer, and which prince Gortschakoff lately read to Count Buol. The followi ng is a m ammary of the passage :---` Rusia would not have either yielded the line of the Balkans or evacuated the Principalities if the demands of the great rnar, powers had not been supported by the military attitude of Austria.' On the other hand, it is true that 11"sp. • 4 does not the less make a merit of that evacuati on, fur it is said in the note that the Czar was still dis posed to yield to the wishes of the Great Powers, Whenever his honour permitted him to do so, and the !vacuati on is appealed to as a proof of that disposition. Prince Gortsohakoff had yesterday a new conference at the ministry of foreign affairs. It is said that he has n iacin some communication relating to the leave of ab sence of which he is about to avail himself. The Russian counsellor of legation, M. d'Oubril, is to replace him during his absence." TILE ALLIED AND RUSSIAN FORCES. We read in the Soldier's Friend of Vienna 'of the 91;h "The state of the belligerent forces of the three allied powers and of Russia is as follows :—Black Sea—Che Turks have 120,000 men on the Danube and in Wal lachia • the Anglo-French army consisting of 8 divisions is 80.,4100 strong ; the Anglo-Franco-Turkish fleet con sists of 40 vessels of the line without counting frigates and other vessels, and bears crews amounting to 60,000 men. The Turkish army of Asia , consisting of the corps of B atoum, Kars, Erzeroum, and Bayazid, is 100,000 strong. The total is consequently 360,000 men. Baltic —The combined fleets comprise 30 vessels of the line and 40 smaller vessels; they carry 3,500 guns and 30,000 sailors. The division of General Baraguay hers is 11,000 strong, and there are besides 4,000 English marines. The total of the forces employed against Russia amount therefore to 405,000 men, and they have with theta at least 8,000 guns. As to Russia she has in Asia, on the frontiers of Armenia, three corps d'armee, commanded by Generals Andronikoff, Bebutoff, and Wrangel, which do not amount altogether to more than 100,000 men. In Finland, without counting th e local garrisons and the crews of the vessels an °bowed in Sweaborg, Russia possesses three strong div isions of infantry. Cronstadt and St. Petersburg are well defended by the fleet and the Imperial guard. Nc r are Revel and Riga without means of defence. In Po land and in Lithuania are the let and 2d corps d'arinee h their reserves, and two divisions of the corps of grenadiers. The army is exclusively destined to protect Pa land and Volhynia. As to Podolia and Bessarabia, the y are defended by the 3d, 4th, and sth corps d'arm4e. In the rear of these troops is a second reserve, con sis of veterans who have 12 years' effective service, an d whose numbers are also very considerable. The Lc itnea is defended by the 6th corps d'armee, by the crews of the fleets, and by a part of the reserve of the Oth corps." THE AUSTRIAN ARMY. We read in the German Journal of Frankfort, ider the head of Vienna :-- "The following are the present positions of the Aus- Wan troops. Two of the four armies of Austria have be en mobilized, viz., the third, which is under the orders of the Archduke Albert, and the fourth, at the head of which is Count Schlick. General Hess has the chief ' en mrnanl o both theta armies. The line of position b' Ins at Cracow, and extends,the whole length of the R.,ssian frontier of Galicia by the Bukowine and Tran sylvania as far a; Wallachia. The total amount of this to Fee may be estimated pretty correctly at 300,000 1- ' ) en. There are 82,000 cavalry. Up to 1848 the Aus trian army had never more than 48,000. The army corn roanded by General Schlick occupies She line of Cracow. The Archduke Albert has his head quarters in the Buko wine, near Surzawa, where the bulk of his army is, ready to enter M o ld av i a . An almost equal concentration exists at Czernowitz, the frontier fortified town of the Bukowine, on the side of Bessarabia and Moldavia. 11 0 12th corpa crarm(c is in Transylvania—of thin THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 14, 1854. 7,1 It K 1 4 1 'T AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE'. CITY, TWO o'CLOCK. ems ' The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at 8,000 bales, including 1,500 St American taken for export and on speculation. 12, The sales comprised 6,500 American, 600 Egyp. 50 tian at sid. to Bid., and 800 Surat at 3d. to 4id. 13 per lb. Railway shares were very firm at an ad- 31 vance of to 1 per cent. The state of trade is satisfactory in the produce 27. markets, but the purchases are almost entirely for 22 consumption. 25 Mr. Edward Chaloner, the timber broker, st. writing on the Liverpool wood trade, states : st. "In July month the harvest was uncertain, the Bank 10 rate of loanable capital was 5A per cent. ; Canadian fir timber was 2s per foot. Since that month we have been 50 blessed with a harvest now generally cut and secured, 20 which for quantity, quality, and weight, has had no 20 pa-allel in the present century, causing the Bank to re- 10 duce her interest rate, already, to 5 per cent. ; and it is 50 confidently expected it will be further reduced to 4 per 25 cent. before the end of this month, and yet Canadian fir timber can only be quoted at is 6d per foot. Although 25 the stocks are not heavy, and the second or fall voyage St. will not be generally made this year by the shipping em- 20 ployed in th North American timber trade ; hence the " four causes which have always been considered as pre- St. monitory to an advance in prices, namely, cheap corn, an 25 easing money market, low stocks, and small supplies ex- St. petted, now.operate upon this market." St. There are several arrivals from Australia this morning, and although not bringing later dates, •10 they have a large amount, of bullion, say, 360,0001., r ii t t on board. The Nile, from Sydney, brings 17,391 St. ounces, the Washington Irving, also from Sydney, St. 13,734 ounces, the Briseis, from Melbourne, 43,612 t . ounces, and 10,0001., and the Nelson, from Mel- St. bourne, 14,234 ounces. These vessels do not in 12 any instance bring later advices, but they supply 50 some intermediate dates with a few details of in 161 - 16+ terest. The following account is given of the s t : future prospects of Ballarat, Victoria : 19 14 " When we consider what Ballarat is now, and what 20 position in the list of important places she may hereafter 114 occupy, the mind loses itself in the contemplation of the St: extent of her resources and capabilities. St. " Ballarat, unlike the other mining districts of Aus- 20 tralia, cannot be worked out in a few years or months 10 and left by the legitimate miner, for the • downy fossi- 12 kers' to turn over and over again the rich soil at present St. refuse, but in which many a shining nugget lies hid. 50 The claims at Ballarat cannot be worked by one or two 40 men, and perhaps finished in a day ; other tools than a N pick and shovel are requisite to commence a real Bal- St. larat claim, and no sickly or weakly miner can under- &2, take to sink a shaft of from a hundred to a hundred St. and sixty feet deep, with occasionally sixty or seventy St. feet of it to be sunk working up to the middle in water, 50 with the additional inconvenience of foul air to boot ; 25 and no man or party of men will have the temerity to 100 commence sinking a shaft without at least a hundred 6 i pounds in hand to defray the cost of food , clothi n g , and Fr•-or' mining implements, for some two or three months, with 20 the risk of the same claim turning out a " slicer." "Of course fortunes, and immense ones, have been St. made by men who have put forth the least exertion, and 50 who have been possessed of the minimum amount of in- St. telligence ; but, as a. general thsng, none but strong, 16 persevering, practical miners, can expect to be success- 16 8 ful here. " And of such men is the majority of the Ballarat miners composed—men who see plainly that no other district in Australia presents so many opportunities of realising a competence in so short a time, and offers such inducements to settle down 'as the delightful country of and around Ballarat. Already we see de cided indications on the ,part of miners, storekeepers, and professional gentlemen to locate permanently here, and are sending for their wives and families to join them in this their future home. "The township is advancing with rapid and at the same time well-directed strides, and even now pre sents a regular appearance. The carpenter's hammer, the bricklayer's trowel, the smith's ringing anvil, and the crack of the drayman's whip, are heard from early morn to far advanced night, and stores, offices, private dwell ing houses, neat Elizabethan cottages, are springing up with a Californian rapidity, but of more durable con struction. " Land in the township has been sold at the rate of above 3,0001. per acre, and cannot be obtained in some localities for double that sum. The site is admirably well selected, being on a raised kind of plateau, with a never-failing supply of good water from a rivulet or creek, which meanders along the skirts of the township, and is fed by the finest lake imaginable— seemingly irf tended by nature as a reservoir from which a large and populous town is to be supplied with the greatest ne cessity, water. " The country around is well wooded, and is able to supply both timber and firewood for the factory, the , railway train, and the domestic hearth, without being for years at all perceptibly diminished. From the ele vated position of the township, the work and expense of drainage will be reduced to a mere trifle. Add to all these natural advantages the fine roads now in construc tion, I. a railway from Geelong, the principal port and 2 future capital of Western Victoria, a line for telegra phic communication soon to be established from the. 20 metropolis to Ballarat and the Bendigo. Add to this the 10 pushing, persevering, go-a-head character of the popula tion, the enterprise visible everywhere ; and we have more than twice the number of places of amusement and recreation than are to be found in Geelong, and 10 all more extensively patronised. Theatres, Olympic 5 circus, ball rooms, concert rooms, American bowling 20 saloons, and lecture rooms, all supported by talent and 20 ability of the first order ; so much so, that a trip to town to enjoy holiday recreation is no longer felt ;in ... fact, the scales will soon be turned, and the good, quiet, 20 steady folks of Geelong will hav e t o coma t o B a ll a rat to enjoy their holidays. 20 " But, says the distant read er , sur p r i se d, w h a t i s there 20 to maintain such a state o f thi ngs ? W e w ill t e ll him. 20 20 There are hundreds of square miles known to contain 20 gold, in and around Ballarat, that have not yet been aandyea century,r w to h c il o e m t e h , e a g n r d e ' a g t o d o e d p w th ag o e f s th to e 10 2 0 0 1® touched, and which will, no d ou bt, f urn i s h nuggets in galore,the fos s f i o c r k e y r e f a o r r s sinking will render it impossible that the ground can be 25 worked in the present age. 25 " Very numerous other reasons combine to indicate 25 that Ballarat has a splendid and glorious future before it, and that it is destined to be one of the most im portant cities in Australia." Tho half-yearly general court of proprietors of 20 the Bank of England was held this day, J. G. Hubbard, Esq., the governor, in the chair, who 20i, said ho bad to inform the court that the net profits 100 of the half-year were 625,3261. 6s. id., making the amount of rest on the 31st of August, 3,654,9121. 100 Bs. Id. After the dividend now proposed of 41 10 per cent. for the half-year free of income tax, the I rest would be 3,000,0271. Bs. ld. The dividend 1 2 0 0 0 i was agreed to unanimously. 20 The Consol market was tolerably firm at the 5 commencement of business, but there has since 20 been a delivery of stock, and' a reaction has in consequence taken place from 95 i to 951 Time 4 20 bargains have been entered into at 95g t, and since 2( at 951 There is, however, scarcely any specu -21 lation on foot, and we shall probably have a very 3 dull account until the October settlement takes I place, so many persons being now out of town. Exchequer Bills have been Gs. to 9s. and East India Bonds 9s. premium. Exchequer Bonds, both of 1858 and 1859 have been done at par. Bank Stock for account is steady at 213. In the foreign market there is a heavy tone. The Turkish Scrip has been flat at 51 to 51 pre mium. Russian 41 per Cents. have been 88i. Brazilian Old Stock is quoted 101/ and Buenos Ayres 56. The Swedish 4 per Cents. have been done at 871. Spanish and Mexican Stocks have been merely nominal. In the Railway Share Market, the settlement of the account has been in progress, and has led to an advance in the prices of the chief lines. The transactions, however, are almost exclusively con nected with the account, and have been mostly in the Great Western, Berwick, North Western, and Midland. The Foreign Shares are merely nominal. The Gold Mines are dull, and the Joint Stock Banks in fair request. Crystal Palace shares have -- been lower. 'OO 25 50 St. 50 20 20 10 10 St. 10 St. 25 BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.-CLOSING PRICES (Prom the OP,:ial List.) quess done. 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 95 i d I n di a Bonds, £lOOO . ...... ~... ......... Ditto, under £lOOO 6 p B an k Stock Ditto for the Account 213 Consols for Account 17th Oct. ~ Exc h eq uer Bills, 20. 95i £lOOO Exchequer Bonds 1858, 3i per Cent. lOO Ditto 1859, „ PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent lOl Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent — Ditto for the Account 5B Grenada Bonds, Deferred Peruvian Bonds, 4 per Cent. 72 x d Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent 4O Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent. £St — Ditto .1 per Cent sBl Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 37 Spanish New Deferred, p per Cent. lBa Ditto Passive (Converted) Swedish 4 per Cent..•••••• ......... .. Turkish Scrip Dividends; on the above payable in London. THREE O'CLOCK. Consols Ditto October Account SB.ARE MARKETS. (THIS DAY.) BRITISH RAILWAYS. RLILWAU. 100 Aberdeen Ambg. Nottng Bost. and Eastn. Junct... all Belfast & Ballymena. all Birming. Wolverh. & Stour Va11ey...... ... 29i Birkenhd. Lancsh. & Cheshire Janet all Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O and £25 Cons. 19 Do., £20 ... 30 Blyth &Tyne original £25 (isad. at £45) 100 Bristol and Exeter 100 Caledonian. 21s. Caimarthen and Car digan all Chester & Holyhead all Cork and Bandon all Cork, Black, & Pass 14 Cornwall 1 j Crieff Junction 45 Dublin&BelfastJunc all Dundee Perth&Aber deen Junction all Do. New ... .... 100 East Anglian all Eastern Counties 100 Eastern Union, AI Stock 100 Do., B. Stock 8i Do., New A 100 East Lancashire 100 Edinburgh& Glasgow 9i Edinb. and Peebles 100 Edin.Prth &Dundee 1 Forth & Clyde June. 100 Glasgow &S. Western 100 Great Northern 100 Do., A. Stock 100 Do., B. Stock 100 Gt. Sth. &,Wost.(lre ) 100 Great Western 100 Do. Stour Val. Rail Gua. Stk all Irish South-Eastern all Lancaster & Carlisle 1 14i Do., Thirds 4 Do. New Thirds 100 Lancash.andliorksh 18 Do., Fifths 11i Do., Wst. Riding Un all Liv.Crsby.&Soutlipt all London & Blackwal 100 Lond. Bright & S.Cst. 100 Loud, and N. Westn. 12 Do. Fifths 1 Do.lo/. Sh., M&8...( 2i Do. Eighths 000 London andS. Westn. 42 Do., £5O 34 . D• 0., £4O all Lndudrry& Coleraine all Lndndrry. & Ennisk. 100 Sfanch.Shef.& Lineln 41 Do., Ilan. & Lin. lJn 100 Midland 100 Do. Birmng. &Derby all Niidld. G. West.(lre.) 22?, Do. Half Shares 311 - N• ewcastle & Carlisle 54 Newmkt.BuryExten 19! Nwpt.Aberg. &Hrfd 8, Newry & Enniskillen all Newry Warrenpoini and. Rostrovor 100 Norfolk 3 j Northn.Conntios Un 100 North British all North Devon, No. 1. all . D• 0., No. 2 _ _ all Do., 1 A Deferred all Do., B Guaranteed 100 N. Eastern—Berwick 20 Do. do. Extension 13 Do.do. G.N.E. Porch. all Do. Leeds 100 Do. York all North London 86 Do. New £lO 11 1s N.,B,;S.Wstrn.,Hamp stead, and City Jn 17i North Staffordshire all North Western all N. &S. Westrn, June, 1 Nuneaton, Hinckley. and Leicester 100 Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton 4 Portsmouth 100 Scottish Central 100 Scottish Midland all Shrewsby. & lierefd all Shropshire Union „ Do. A, B, C,& D Jun: Closing Prices this day. 22 --: 22i 4 i bit 9 9i 11 —lO d 17 18 7 6d ••• - 96 - gi 67 -67 i 15i - 164 10 - 12 2 I ' a 7 - 74 ••• - ... 17 - 18 12 - i2i 70 - 72 63 - 65 21 _I 25 P 89 71 124 93i 74t - •u - 73 - 127 -94 i 741 75 - 78 86 - 83 10 - 12 u 10 - 12 , 751 -75 i 5 - 4t 8i 105 1041 1 p 0 85 86 9 8d 8 7 d 8 104 104 • 25 - 26 72 -72 i 42 - 44 i d par 8 6 a 21 2i 5 i - 6 i 48 - 50 paid up at per cent all South Devon 100 South Eastern all south Wales 15 i.Yrksh. & Riv. Dtu , 5 Do 8 - Staines, Wok. &Wol. all Stockton & Darling. W Stockton & Hartlepl. 1.00 Taff Vale . 9 Do. £lO shares 100 Do. Pref., No. 1 21 Thames Haven Dock and Railway all Vale of Neath all Waterfd. & Kilkenny all Waterford&Limerick 16 West Cornwall. 3 West End of London and Crystal Palace all West London 81s. Wimbledn & Croydon BODINE done We day. L. 34 ... 35 8 10 ••• §A V 8 5 oa a t 3.0 154 O 4 1 p id k P 6 4 34 - 36 97 -- 99 63 -- 65 74 -- 8 34 -- 3id 13i 1461 67 67 1 3461 2i 1 par ii = i.. 3/ -2/ 18 19 41- 4 24 - 26 4 - 5 G :- FA 751 41 76 si i 1041 1 5 41 72t 3 24 3 . 3 i i i 79 8 14i 9 i 8 15k. 06i i 1 4 3i 3 d d-ip ii -- 2 1) (1 1 32i -32 i 2i 3p id - par 6 - 5 7 - 6 8 6d S 6d 4 ip A 4P 171 -- 18 ; 2.1 par 1d 1p 2 4 1(1 .- par Icl par , 2 4 3 - 3i 11 - lip ••.. ... par -.--ip • • • .--• . , • •. ••••• . so. •••••• ~ 7 - - 34; 121 -- 12; 8 I Q Ag isi p 38 -- 40 21 23 Par 7 1 p. - 11 . 8 - Si '" - Put 3/ - .4 - 7-p 16 -- ii. per cent, 50 25 12 12i, 20 1 1 all 1 all Os. all 1 all 1 all 1 all 1 all i 0 all 13.5' i I 1 I g A all 5 1 A. all '.5 all 21 i K) all 1 all 3i all 1 all 3 all 1 all LO 9 1 all 1 all 1 all 10 all $I 1 1 all i)1 all .$ all 1 all n :8i all 1 all 1 all 1 12s. 1I all 25 20 10 10 a BANKS. 84 -- 32 1.00 I I" id ii = ii 21 2i d 21 i 22 •• • -- •.. 38 -40 43 - 45 ••• ... 43 45 67i Mai Ti ili •. • .. . -_-_ ~,, all all 6 20 21j i all 12i all all 40 60 all all all all 2'ii Leasing Compans. London & N. West. L.&N.W. Ogedon... Gt.Nrthn. Caldonian. Po ~ Gt. Westn Yk. Now. & Berw. V. &Mid Do 1. - -ilosttui Prices this day. D 0.., '3. Eastern Do Peto & Co. orfollt... L.& N. W. & Midld. Stckton & Darlingt. Kidland.. E. Count Do Do L. &N.W &Ln&Yk Do GtNorthn Lancash& Yorksh. til.MClean Stoat. & , Darlingt GtWestn. Agna Fria Anglo Austrin. Gold Anglo Californian „ Australian Australian Cordillera Australian Freehold Ave Maria Baden (Gd.D achof) BlEenarvon Iron and Coal British Iron Brazilianlmp. (issued at £5 pm Do. Cocaes & Cuimis Do. St. John Del Rey, Carsons's Creek Clarendon Cons. Min ; Co. of Jamaica Basinass th day. 93 - 100 98 - 100 137 - 140 ii 1 - iO Gamekeeper Boer 100 -- 102 50 -- 51 25 -25 i 12i -13 t 23 -- 24 11; -11 i Hospodar Eva Seducer ..... Orinoco Guico war. ... 2i - 2i iii 7- k 58 - 60 135 := 137 2} : i s 30 - 31 93 - 95 2 - 1 1. i' --- 1. ... .. i ' i - 31 - 3i lt - 2 26 - 28 Cobre Copper Colonial Gold Copper Min. of Eng.l Do. Prof. 7i p. cent Copiapo English and Austin Copper Smeltg. Co Fortuna General Gt.NuggetVeinßeg. Great Polgooth Liberty 42 - 44 52 i - 5/ 1 - 3p 11 - 12 li - 2 I - iP 4 - 8 ... 6 E. 6 Linares. Niariquita ........ Wexican&S.Amerien New Granada New Linares Mining and Smelting Co Nouveau Monde Pontgiband Silver Lead Min. & Smelt Port Philip Quartz Rock Rhymney Iron Do. New 15i = -16 i i 13_ 28 Santiago de Cuba South Australian Tin Croft United Mexican Waller - West Mariposa Worthing Mining of Australia Yuba 8 - 9 4i - 5 1 - 3} - 31 3 2i ~., , 1 1 4 A ' I* J rtr bttio n. SUII OFFICE, Six o'Clock. DONCASTER RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) FOAL STAKES. SCARBORGIIGH STAKES. CLEVELAND HANDICAP. Eight ran. LATEST BETTING. CESAREWITCH. 14 to 1 agst Calamus (taken). 15 to 1 agst Balrownie (taken). 16 to 1 agst D. 0. (taken). 25 to 1 agst Poodle (taken.) 25 to 1 agst Burlington (taken. STATE OF TRADE. .•••• 1 ( Front the Manchester Guardian of yesterday.) MANCHESTER, Sept. 12.—We continue to receive American advices in the highest degree favourable to an abundant supply of cotton. Although these accounts hold out the promise of a wider margin than has existed for some time between the price of the raw material and that of the finished article, whether yarn or cloth, they certainly contribute to keep up a feeling of cau tiousness in purchasing our productions, because of an anticipated cheapening of their cost. Though cotton of good usable staple does not yield in price at Liver pool, there is an impression that, in some degree, it must ere long do so. In yarns, we may instance the Germans and the home manufacturers. But there is ano ther cause of sluggishness, and that is the general absence of buyers connected with some most important foreign markets. The depression in India goods is ruinous. There is a pretty steady demand for many kinds of yarns, and for printers, T cloths, long cloths, and do mestics ; we learn, too, from some sellers, that there is some buying of India fabrics on rather better terms than the lowest which were lately submitted to. HALIFAX, Sept. 9.—There were more persons in our Piece Hall to-day than for some time past, and the gene ral tone was more cheerful. The yarn trade is tolerably steady. The spinners are moderately employed ; but the prices are not proportionate to the cost of the raw material. Wool continues firm, but there is not much doing, as the spinners are generally well supplied. ROCHDALE, Sept. 11.—We have had a brisk demand for goods at the previous week's prices, and a consider able amount of business has been transacted. The wool market continues steady, and prices firm. IaIIDDEREMIRLD, Sept. 12.—There has been very little doing in the cloth market again to-day, especially in goods of low quality, which until lately have been chiefly looked atter. A few light sales have been effected in fancy trouserings of good quality and in broad cloths of superior make. In fancy vestings there is very little doing. The wool merchants aro doing very little, al though they are inclined to do business on terms slightly in favour of the manufacturer. MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) MEAT MARKETS. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL.—The general demand was very inactive to-day, at the following quotations :- -Beef, from 3s 2d to 4s 6d ' • Mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 8d Lamb, Os Od to Os Od ; Veal, 3s Od to 43 2d ; Pork, 3s 4d to 4s 8d per Blbs, by the carcase. SOUTHALL, Sept. 13.—The supplies of each kind of stock were large, but in very middling condition. The general demand ruled heavy, and prices were barely support ed : Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 10d ; Mutton, 3s 6d to 5s 01; Lamb, Os Od to Os Od ; Veal, 3s 2d to 4s Od ; Pork, 3s fid to 4s Sd per Sibs, to sink the offals. ROMFORD, Sept. 13.—Prime beasts and sheep were in fair request, at full prices ; otherwise, the trade ruled dull. Beef, from 3s 4d to Ss Od ; Mutton, 3s 6d to bs Od ; Veal, 3 s 4d to 4s 4d ; Pork, 3s 4d to 4s Sd per 81bs. Quarter old Store Pigs, 22s to 27s each. - 40,000 men are to enter Wallachia. In the spring an Austrian corps wai posted from Montenegro along Herzegowina and Bosnia to Servia. That corps has been dismissed and placed on a peace -footing. In the same way, the 6th corps d'armee, which had been called from Italy to Vienna to form there an army of reserve, was placed on a peace-footing when the cabinet of Vienna had received the notiecation of the evacuation of the principalities by the Russians." PRUSSIA. The Prussian Government sent off on the Bth for Silesia M. de Manteuffel, Under-Secretary of State, with very extensive powers, to make ar rangements for relieving the misery caused by the late inundations. A committee of assistance has been formed at Berlin for the province of Silesia, with the President of the Council at its head. THE AUTOCRAT AND THE AUSTRIAN CABINET. A letter from Berlin of the 9th says :—" We are assured from a good source that Russia has had a formal protest handed to the Cabinet of Vienna against the occupation of the principalities by the Austrian troops. It is evident that, in present circumstances, that protest cannot have any prac tical effect. The King has renounced visiting the court of Mecklenburg, and will be back on Sunday. It is only after his return that he will come to a decision on the question of his acceding to the in vitation for a personal interview sent him by the Emperor of Russia. It becomes more and more probable that Count Esterhazy will remain some time at Berlin, in place of Count de Thun, ambas sador of Austria. At least, he has made all his arrangements for remaining here, and he is bring ing all his family to Berlin." A Vienna letter of the 9th says :—" Our Am bassador ad :interim at Berlin, Count Esterhazy, is expected here towards the middle of the month. Count de Thun, who is here on leave, is to return to Berlin. Gen. Lefang dined yesterday with the Emperor. Good accounts have been received here of the health of the Archduke Charles. Lie is now entering on convalescence." DISARMING OF THE WALLACHIAN MILITIA. The disarming of the Wallachian militia took place at Busco on the 26th ult.; that of the Walla chian artillery at Ibraila. The men, having refused to enrol in the Russian service, were allowed to depart (half naked), and 180 have reached Bucha rest. Only two officers (Colonel Lens, a brave Russian, and a lieutenant) obeyed the Russian summons. The cannon were carried off. Letters from Galatz come down to the 28th ult. Every effort is made to clear off the immense stores accu mulated at that place. The hospitals had already been removed into Bessarabia, and it was expected that Galatz and Ibraila would be evacuated in 5 or 6 days. The reserve of Ludere corps stands near Galatz—of which corps about 35,000 men, with 32 field-pieces, are on the Moldo-Wallachian territory, and the main body in and around Ibraala. Luders and staff were at Galatz, where also are 2 steamers and 2 gun-boats. The retreat of the Russians appears to Fe delayed as long as possible, and is as slow as can be, in order to remove all suspicion of retreating before the enemy. The officers assemble to amuse themselves, and the bands play for the diversion of the public. It is said that 300 families intend to follow the Russians from Ibraila, and 150 from Galatz. W TREATIES BETWEEN RUSSIA AND KING OSCAR. We have this morning received a communica tion which contains the' following :—" It is high time that England and France at once extinguished Russian usurpation in Finland, for facts show that Sweden and Norway are fast becoming Rus sian vassals. At Bomarsund, fortifications were going on which in a couple of years would have rendered Sweden a mere Russian pro- vince ; and in Norway we find Russian intrigues of the most extraordinary character. Without again referring to King Oscar's odious and unexampled four-ship affair—an open Russiaa trick concocted in Stockholm—l would direct your serious atten tion to the two new measures. One is the new border-treaty between Russia and Norway, which deprives the Norwegian Finmarkers of two-thirds of their pasture grounds. The other is a new mutual delivery-treaty between the Czar and Oscar, which compels Norway-Sweden to deliver up all refugees, fugitives, wanderers, settlers, &c., of every kind, at the mere request of any servant of the Emperor, and at the expense of Oscar's people. Both these one-sided, dangerous, and ruinous acts have been proposed to the Norwegian Parlia ment by King Oscar himself, and driven through by the influence of the Administration, in spite of the murmurs and warnings of the most intelligent members. The reason assigned was that Norway was too weak to resist. This is the policy, this is the patriotism, this is the morality, of a man made King at an enormous expense, that he may defend the people over whom he rules. You will agree with me that it is high time decisive steps were taken if Scandinavia is to be saved." FRANCE. The Moniteur of this morning announces the departure of the French and Turkish divisions of the expedition against the Crimea on the sth ; and it adds that the British fleet was to join them at Serpent Isle. The Gironde of Bordeaux gives the following on what it states to be undoubted authority The Emperor, preserving the strictest incognito, will leave Paris on the 18th, and arrive the same day at Bordeaux, where he will sleep ; and on the following day will proceed to join the Empress at Biarritz. Two days after, their Majesties will quit their residence and return to Dax, where a fete will be given on the occasion of the inaugura tion of the part of the railway between Dax and Bordeaux, at which their Majesties will be present. From Dax the Emperor and Empress will proceed without further stoppage to this place, where they will arrive in the afternoon." The King of the Belgians having recovered from his indisposition left Brussels yesterday morning for Tournai, and will be present at the last day of the fetes. On Sunday last the authorities of Bordeaux gave a grand banquet to the Minister of the Marine and Mme. Ducos, who were on a visit to that city. The dinner took place at the Hotel de la Marine. Among the guests were the Cardinal- Archbishop of Bordeaux, the General commanding the military division, the Prefect of the Gironde, M. and Mme. Espeleta, and a number of the nota bilities of the place. The hotel was brilliantly illuminated on the occasion, and the band of the 11th regiment played during the entertainment. At the dessert the commissary-general of the mari tinr service proposed the health of the minister, which was drunk with all the honours. The Bourse was rather heavy yesterday The Three per Cents. closed at 73f. 85c. for the end of the month; and the 4i per Cents. at 97f. 80c. ; Orleans Railway Shares, 1,230 f. ; Rouen, 972 f. 50c. ; Havre, 582 f. 50c. ; Great Northern, 856 f. 25c. ; Strasburg, 808 f. 75c. ; New Shares, 631 f. 25c. ; Paris and Lyons, 973 f. 75c. ; Lyons and the Mediterranean, 872 f. 50c. ; Western of France, 652 f. 50c. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 615 f. ; Great Central of France, 515 f. ; Lyons and Geneva, 535 t. ; Bank of Credit Mobilier, 728 f. 75c. POLAND. The Vienna Lloyd states that there will shortly be a great reduction in the number of troops in Poland. The commanders have been notified of this, and the regiments to be removed have been named. Where they are to go is not yet known, but orders are expected to arrive i from St. Peters burg every day. The infantry s to be reduced most extensively. For some time past there has been but little artillery in Poland. ITALY• According to letters from Chambery, of the 2d inst., the French frontier town of St. Laurent du Pont has been completely destroyed by a dreadful fire. The submarine telegraph at Sardinia - will in a very short time be in working order. The Ameri can corvette Levant, of 20 guns, with a crew of 2. men, has run into the haven of Spezia. She came from Scio, Messina, and Brindisi. On account of a number of murders having taken place at Carrara, in frequented places, and in the open day, a general disarming has been ordered. All weapons are to be delivered up within 14 days. Murderers will be shot. Attempts at murder are to be punished by a sentence of 20 years at the galleys. A fire of a very destructive character happened on the premises of Mr. Mott, a tailor, carrying on business in Prospect-row, near the Canal-bridge, Old Kent-road. The flames when fi rst disPovered were ra g in g with g reat fury in the lower part of the premises, but fortunately the inmates were out at the time, or they doubtless would have been suffocated, for the flames had seized u pon the stairs, and ascended almost to the top of the house before their existence became known. Several engines of the Loudon Brigade, and that of the West of England Office, were soon in attendance, and a plentiful supply of the Lambeth Company's water having been procured, the engines were worked with full vigour for a considerable time, but the firemen were unable to get the mastery over the confla gration until the stock in trade, furniture, &c,, were all but destroyed. The o c rigin of the disaster is enveloped r in obscurity, and it co not be learned whether the sufferer was insured. ICAILWATIS. all Bedford and Bletchley 100 Buckghamsh. 100 Clydesdale Jc. 100 E. Lincoln gr. 6 per cent. all Glas. Barr. & Neils. Direct all Do. New_ all Glstr.&Dn.Fr all Hrtlpl. Dk. & Railway all Hull & Selby all Do. 4 Shares. all Do. I Shares. , all Lon.&Greenw all Do. Preference all Lon.,Til., &S. 100 Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. (00 Do. 6 per ct. all Manch. Bxtn. and Matlock all Iliddlesbro' & Redcar. . all Hidld.Bradfd all Northern and Easternsp. c. all Do. 6 per ct. all Do. Fixeds p e all Prat. &Wyre all Do. Shares. 100 Roystn.&Hit. 18i Shef.Roth_a.nd Goole g. 5 p. c. 9:1 S. Staftordsh. all WearValleygr 6 per c01t..., all j Do. . 100 I Wilts&Somrst PREFERENCE SHARES. 100 Aberdeen 100 Do. N 0.2, 7 p. c 30 Blyth and Tyne lOper c. pref. (issd. at 500 100 Bris. & Ex. 4p. c. St. 5 Do. 4 p. c. Shares 100 Caledonian £lO all Chester & Holyhead Guar. 5i per cent all Do. do. Pref. No. 2 all Do. do. Pref. No. 2 all Cork &Bandonslp.c all Dundee Perth &Aber- 2i 2i dean Junction all EastAnglian (.£3los) 6 per cent all Do. (Z 5) 7 per cent 2 Do. (£7l7s) 7 p. c all Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No. 1 all Do. No. 2 all Do. New 6 p. C. St. all Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent all Do. 51., 10 Der cent. all Do. 101. Debentr.Sh all Do. do. 4 per cent... LOO East Lancash. 6p. ets. all East and West York shire Junc. Fifths all EclinbPrth. &Dundee 4 per cent. LOO Glasgow & S.Western Guar. 5 per cent LOO Great Nordin. sp. c LOU Do. sp. c. Redeem., at 10 p. c. prem... LOU Do. 4i p. c 8 Gt.N. of Scot. Ist Pref all Gt. Southn.&Westm. (Ireland) Eighths) 6 Do. 4 per c. Prof. St. 6 Gt. Westu. (Perks & Hants Ex. 5 p. c) 100 Do. con. red. 4 p.c. 1.00 Do. con. red. 4p. c. 100 Dc,, irred. 4p.c. all Do. Birm. Pref. Sh... all Do. Chester Bp. all Do. do. 5 p. e. d 0... L9O Do. Birm. Gua. Stk. all Do. Ches. Gua. Stk. all Do. do. do all Do. do. d 0... 6 Lan. & York. F. .£2U 100 Do. 6p. c. Stock . . 100 London and Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. c ... 100 Do. Pref., sp. e. St. 1100 Do. New Guar.6 p. c. 100 Lon. &N. %V., Cqv. di 1 Nuneaton 5 p. ct. ... 5 London &S. Western Con. Thirds all Londonderu& Color, Shares sill Londy. & Ennie. Sh all %lan., Shef., & Shares, No. 1. all Do. New, £lO 411 Do. £6 all Ilarypt • & Carl. 4 p. c all Do. , q per cent 10 1 , Do M . C on.s ol .6 p.c.St. 100 Do. Cense'. Bristol & Birm. 6 per cent.... 11i Do. Pref. 4i per cent 8 !iorfolk Debenture .. 100 Do. Prof. 4p. c. Stock' 100 Do. sp. c. Ext WO Do. 5i per ct.pref 100 Do. Way. Val. sp. c 16! 10 St. St. St. St. St. St. 20 20 20 25 100 North British 100 Y. E. Berw, 4p.e. P 5 Do. do. do 13 Do. Leeds 613. e No.l 9 Do. do. Quarters '4B 10 Do. York .3. Per. all North Staffordshire 100 Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverh. X 15,6 p.c. all Scot. Cont. , New Pref . 10 Do. 5 per cent all South Devon De. fixed, 4i per cent all S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os, 6d. 100 Do. 4 per cent all .3.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar. all S. Wales Cwt. 4p. e. 16 Do. do. 41 p, e all Stockton and Dar lington, 4 per cent. 5 Do. do. do. all Stockton and Hartle pool, guar. 5 p. c. till Ist July, 1856 4 Waterfd.&Kilk.6P.e. 98 : 100 31 -- 31 44 -- 5 i -- i P 1- lip -- 1 13 i --13 p 22 - 24 3a 33 ad 114 116 107 - 109 100 - 102 6-64 99 -- 101 90 -- 92 94 -- 96 11 -11 i 17 -- 18 10i -- 11 75 -- 77 20 -- 21 10 -10 A 15 -- 156 -- id ,137 -- 138 ~. ... - - ••• 21 - 2113 7 - 8 10 - 12 8 - 9 11 3 / 4 - 12 it - Bp .36 138 i id S 7 - 90 103 - 106 92 - 94 34 - 4 1 1 - - Yd 114 - 116 12 - 14 3- p 234 - 24 99 - 101 •.• 1 --- ••• 2 d HAY MARKETS. SMITOPIELD. — Meadow hay, 2/ 15s to 4/ 10s ; clover ditto, 3/ 5s to 61 Os ; and straw, 1/ 14s to 1/ 18s per load. A full average supply and a moderate demand. CIIMBEBLAND.—AIeadow hay, 31 N to 41 15s ; clover ditto, 315 s to 51 17s; and straw, 1/ 14s to 2/ N per load. Trade steady. WHITECIIAPRL.—Meadow hay, 2/ 15s to 4110 s; clover ditto, 31 Os to 6! Gs ; and straw, it 12s to 11 18s per load. Both hay and straw were in moderate request at our quota tions. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Sept. 14.—Wind this day at Noon, N.W., with passing clouds. OFF MARGATE, Sept. 13.—Bonanza, for Madras—master decd. PORTSMOUTH, Sept. 13.—Wind, S.W. Arrived--H.M.S. Dauntless and H.M.S. Stromboli, from the westward ; Australia, Callao, for Antwerp. PLYMOUTH, Sept. 13.—Wind, S.W. Arrived—N. S. de Carmen, from Tarrag ona ; Catherine Rosser, Coranna. FALMOUTH, Sept. 13.—Wind, S.W. Arrived—Clemen tina, from Oporto ; Gertrude, Jamaica; Cacace, Odessa ; Mendica E. Leone'', Rio Janeiro. BRISTOL, Sept. 13.—Wind, S.W. Arrived—Sarah and Mary Evans, from Amsterdam ; Ratanza, Africa ; Helen, Trinidad. SOUTHAMPTON, Sept. 13.—Wind, S.W.Sailed—Her mann (s), for New York. COWES, Sept. 13.—Wind, S.W. Arrived—lrene, from Limn ; Ellenora, Odessa, and sailed for Hull. Sailed— Tjalfe, for Copenhagen. OFF THE WIGHT —Anna, for London. STOCKTON, Sept. 13.—Wind, W.S.W. Arrived—Prince Oscar, from Dalhousie. LOWESTOFT, Sept. 13.—Wind, S.W. Arrived—Mary Mitchison, from Queliec. SHIELDS, Sept. 13.—Arrived—Hope, from Carthagena ; Wilberforce, Faro. PENZANCE, Sept. 12.—Arrived—Niles, from Sydney, N.S.W. PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. LIVERPOOL, Thursday, 11.15 a.m. Wind W.N.W., fresh, and rai, y. Arrived—Mooreafort, from Akyab ; Skiddaw, Iquique ; General Washington, New Orleans; Nictorioso, Alex andria; Jane Catherine, Hamburg ; Victoria, Old Cala bar ; Salween, Valparaiso ; Caldera Rosalie, Monte Video ' • Gratidao, Rio Janeiro ; Leila Dale, New Bruns wick ; Pilot, Smyrna ; Star, Callao ; Indian Queen, Mel bourne ; Seahorsa, Calcutta ; Africa, Bonny ; Liverpool, Jamaica ; Fleece, Montreal. (BY SUBMARINE AND EIJROPEAN TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Thursday, 11.30 a.m. Wind, W.S.W. ; tide, five hours' ebb, efOudy. Arrived--Moro, from Triest • Jane, Quebec ; Thos. Hablock, Callao ; Mariner, Quebec ; Fisgal, Launceston ; Arrived, 14th—The Dublin Lass and Courier, from Guerniey ; Priam, Portland Bay ; St. Vincent, Constan tinople ; Presello, St. Vincent ; Sauncria, Havannah. Baron Osy, Antwerp ; Soho, Havre; Lord John Russell, Rotterdam ; Rainbow, Rotterdam. Sailed.—Sarah Ann, for Launceston ; William Jolliffe, steamer, Calais ' • Mary Goddard, Hobart Town ; Neptune, Havre ; Ocean, Havre. DELL, Thursday, 10.15 a.m. Wind, S.W., strong, and squally. Passed.—Northern Bello, from Quebec; British Tar, Jamaica ; Louisa Maria, schooner, westward ; Kiellasted, 9,631, second pendant, westward ; Rising Sun, New York ; Anne Logan, St. Vincent; Nelson, Melbourne; Louisa, Calao; Carl, Colombo; John Grey, Quebec. MR. WILSON PA.TTEN, M.P.—This gentleman, while performing his duties as colonel of the 3d Regiment of Lancashire Militia in Preston, was seized on Saturday last with a serious illness. We are glad to learn that the honou'rable gentleman has recovered from his attack, but it is not probable that he will resume for some days his duties in connection with the pilitia.—Preston Chronicle. THE ENGLISH PRISONERS AT TELSCHEN.—Letters from Telschen, of the 6th, in the Konigsberg Ciazette, state that the four Englishmen arrested and detained by the Russians, for apparently no other offence than tres passing on their soil, are still kept there. Madame de Victinghoff and Mdlle. Lich, the professional singers, are not,;allowed to leave, but, like cage-birds, are per mitted to sing, and are giving concerts. PARKS IN LONDON.—Since the year 1830, four new parks have either been formed, or are in the course of formatinn, throughout the metropolitan districts. Prim rose-hill, containing 60 acres, was completed in 1842 ; Kennington Park, containing 18 acres, is now enclosed, laid out, and nearly finished ; Victoria Park, contain ing no less than 265 acres, was completed in 1849 ; and Battersea Park, containing 319 sores, is now in the course of formation. The sums expended upon these various places of resort amount, in the aggregate, in round numbers, to 380,0001. ITALIAN OPERAS IN DUBLIN. —The first of a series of Italian operas was performed on Monday night in the Theatre Royal. The company embraces the following Luchesi,Albini az e d . T T a h m e b o u p rl e i r k a , T distinguished artistes, viz. :—Mdlle s . Sophi a C ruve ll i M a a g r i a i c a o n , and F A O r l t b i ini Po n ;M l a o d n a i m ni e , produced was Norma. The house was well filled w ith a brilliant audience, and the sp ecu l a ti on promises to be a highly successful one. BOAT SWAMPED.— FIVE MEN DROWNED.—By infer oration from Thurso, we are sorry to learn that a boat's crew, consisting of four persons and a passenger, were, on Monday, drowned off Holburn Head. It appears that a crew of four men purchased a small winter-fishing boat in Wick, last week, in which they sailed for Stor noway, and on their way homewards they had called at Scrabster, and there remained over Sabbath. On Mon day forenoon they again started, taking along with them a passenger, another hired man, who had lost his pas sage by the Ch eva li er i n t h e morning. When o ff Hol burn, in com p any with smother boat, a sudden squal 1 overtook them, whil e th e s h eet was apparen tly fastened, an and the b oa t i mme di ately f i lled and went d o wn, s t hands p er i s h e d . Th e other crow were near ly submerged, and were unable to render any assistance turned to Thurso with the sad tidings of the neighbours.—John o'Groat Journal. OPENING OF A NEW ROMAN ~,ATH handsome Ro- WOLSINGHAM.—On Tuesday : t v ‘ e V ri o r lsingham. The . fate T o h f ey th r e e h l man Catholic Church was opened n OLIO CHAPEL AT ceremony was performed 4 , garth, " Bishop of Hexham t itual is celebrated. ' for which the Roman Catholic r t w i lth ili a g l i l it th ß e ev. D r. munificencei 1 Paid.l FOREIGN. all Antwerp&Rotterdaml 3 Belgian Eastn. June. 8 Beziers to Graissessae 2s. Bombay, Baroda, andl Central India,Serip ... Central of Italy all Demerara 14 illijou and Besancon 9 I Dutch Rhenish all Eastern of France , 10 Do. New all East Indian 2 Do. Extension all Do. 4 p. c. Bds., pay '57, convertible all Do. do. do., '59, do 10 Gd. Juliet. of France 10 Gd. Tk of CanadaA. is. all Do. do all Do. St. Lawrenco St Atlantic do. all Do. Cert. of Deben, con. into Stk. till '63 all Do. Comp. 6p. c., do. 10 Gt. Central of France all Gt. Indian Peninsula 1 Do. New 5 per cent. all Gt. Western of Canada Shares all Do. &Is., payable's7, with option till '55.'. all Do. do., '62, p. '56... all Do. do., '76, p. '60.. all Do. do., '73, withou t option ................. all Hamilton & Toronto all Do. 6 per cent. .. . . 8 Lake Cou s t. & Ba.s.ie all Lucca & Pistoja 5 p.c. Prof. .................. 10 Great Luxembourg Constituted Shares , all Do. Obligations..,, ) 1 0 Lyons and Geneva ... 0 12 ' Lyons & Mediterran. 0 1.331 Madras ................. 0 2 Do. New ................ 311 313 Maria Antonia ...... .0 all Do. do. New ........ 1 2 Melbourne Dk. 4 E y, tO all Namur & Liege (with interest)... A all :0 all Do. (ex interest) ... Northern of Fiance D 0.20/. Shs.late Char leroi and Erquelines gum.. 3i p. c. & red. at 22 1, dur. 88 yrs. from 1 Jan. 1854 Do. 201. 3 p. c Bds (fmy. B. & Ams. Shs. , NorwegianTrunkPref Paris and Lyons Ditto Bonds Paris and Orleans.... Paris and R0uen...... ParisCaen & Cherbrg Rouen and Havre Royal Danish Royal Swedish Sambre and Meuse_ Do. 5. p. cent. Pref. Southern of France St. Andrew's and Quebec (A) West Flanders Do 5i per c. Pref Western of France West. of Switzerland Wiesbaden Zealand .0 all !,0 14 LO all ?,0 all tO all O 10 O all ;0 - 15 5 3 !O all 10 all 0 10 8i all .0 all !CI 10 !O 16 6 all )(1 tio J kustralasia British Colonial Bank and Loan Company British N. American Chartd. Bank of Asia Chrtd. Buk. of India, Australia, & China Colonial Commercial of Loud English Scottish and Australian Loud. Chart. Bk. of Australia Loudon and County London Joint Stock Lond. & Westminster National Provincial of England Do. New National of Ireland New South Wales Oriental Bank of Corporation Provincial of Ireland Do. New Royal Australn.Bkg & Gold Imp Co South Australia r Union of Australia... Do. New Union of London." MINES. MISCELLANEOUS kibin Coal and Iron Australian A gricult. A us t ra lsn.Peific.Mail A u stralis. Royal Mail Berlin Water Works Brit. American Land Brit. & Coln. Smeltg. and Reduction Co Canada Canada Gov. 0 p. et Jan. and July Crystal Palace Crystal Pal. of France Eastern Steam ElectricTelegraph( A ) Electric Teleg. of Ir. Gen. Steam Navigat. General Screw Steam Dish Beetroot Sugar Magdalena St. Navig. Meditoran. Eleo. Tel. Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel Netherlands Land N. S. W. Coal & Inter Steam Navigat. Co. N. B. Australasian Nrth. ofEuroPeStearu Peel Rr. Ld. & Minrl. Peninsular& Oriental Do. Do. Portland Iron Co Royal Mail Steam ... Scot. Austral. Invest. South AustraLLand Submar. Telegraph .. Do. Registered. van Dismou'is Laue, 42 - 44 6 ::: FO ii = ibi LO9 - 110 3 - 34 iii :1" lii *i = ii ••• ... ••• i ..' i - 4 : if 2 2ixd 2 - 37 - 39 1 1 13 RAIL WA LIGENCE. EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW. The half-yearly meeting of this company was h e ld in Glasgow on Tuesday ; Mr. P. Blackburn in the chair. The CHAIRMAN, in opening the proceedings, said he would be willing to answer any questions that might be addressed to him. It must be satisfactory to the share holders, as it was to the directors, to notice the increase which had taken place on the traffic, and it was still more satisfactory to see that the increase bad not taken place between Edinburgh and Glasgow alone, but extended over the whole line. There had been an increase in the mineral trade on the Edinburgh and Glasgow and the Stirling and Dunfermline line, as well as on the whole local traffic. He then moved the ap proval of the report, and the declaration of a 3 per cent. dividend on the ordinary shares. Mr. H. DUNLOP seconded the motion, which was agreed to, and the meeting separated. LEOMINSTER AND KINGTON. A public meeting of landowners and others was held at Presteign on Saturday, for the purpose of conside r i ng the propriety of promoting the construction of the above railway. The High Sheriff of the county of Radnor presided. Mr. J. BEDFORD explained that the act authorising the construction of the line was passed in the last ses sion of Parliament. The capital, 80,0001., was to be raised in 8,000 shares of 101. each. Mr. Brassey was ready to undertake the construction of the line for 70,0001., to make a single line of the railway including certain preparations for a double line should it be re qui▪ red. The works would not be commenced until the remaining sum of 15,0001. was subscribed. Resolutions were passed in favour of the undertaki n g , and several parties subscribed for shares inthe line , with a vi▪ ew to assist the p romo t ers i n o bt a ining the requisite capit▪ al for commencing the works. HEREFORD, ROSS, AND GLOUCESTER. A special general meeting of the proprietors was held thie afternoon (Wednesday), at the Green Wagon Hotel, Hereford, to consider and decide upon authoris ing the directors to raise 30,000/, by the creation of shares, with or without a preference or guarantee, not exceeding 5 per cent, per annum. Lieutenant-Colonel Vaughan presided. A resolution to this effect was proposed by the chair man. In answer to questions, The CHAIRMAN said the purchase-money of land had nearly doubled the estimate. As to the opening of the line, he could only state that it would be in about n i ne weeks. The resolution was agreed to. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAlLWAY.—Traffic re turn for the week ending Sept. 10, 1854 £22,092 911 Corresponding week last year CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for the week ending Sept. 10, 1854 £6,149 14 0 Corresponding week last year 6,405 9 2 Decrease in 1854 £255 15 2 EXTRAORDINARY DUEL. An affair of honour extraordinary, says the Nets Or leans Picayune, of August 15, came off yesterday on the old Luisiana Race Course, in the Third District. The belligerents were two coloured gentlemen, named re spectively Adolphus and Eugene. The former was born in the Yazoo region of Mississippi, and the latter is " native and to the manner born ' here. The cause of trouble was that prolific source of joy and woe to man— woman—and it is needless to add that the parties were rivals for the foremost place in the affections of some saddle coloured Chloe or Dinah. When it was first pro posed to submit their quarrel to a mortal arbitrament, a dispute arose as to the weapons to be used on the occa sion. Adolphus, biassed by his early predilection, at once declared his preference for the bowie-knife, but Eu gene scouted at the idea, and gave it as his opinion that the small sword was the only weapon a gentleman could use. Adolphus objected to this, ackrowledging that his early education was rather neglected in this respect, and a compromise was finally effected upon sharpened foils. Thus armed, the parties, accompanied by their seconds proceeded to the field at an early hour in the morning, ' and after the usual preliminaries had been gone through with they set to work. A few cautious passes convinced. Eugene that his opponent was destitute of any know ledge of his weapon, and he commenced a series of aggra vated thrusts and extensions, making his foil play around Adolphus's head in the most extraordinary and bewilder ing manner. The latter couldn't stand this ]opg. He saw that Eugene was playing with him, and his anger rose in pro portion as the mocking smile upon his opponent's lip grew broader and broader. Striking his heels together, and, giving a regular Mississippi yell, he made a sudden spring, which threw Eugene completely off his guard, and the point of his sword passed. through the right side of the latter's neck, inflicting a slight wound. To ima gine Eugene's rage at this coupe de main was impossible. The seconds interfered and stopped the fight. Blood had been drawn, and by the code of honour both parties were bound to be satisfied. Adolphus left the field triumphant, with head erect, and a broad grin of satis faction upon his countenance, while Eugene, crestfallen and forlorn, started in search of a druggist, where he could get a piece of sticking plaster for his wound. So ended the first act of this dark drama, but we suppose the denouement is yet to come, as our informant states that Eugene has declared his determination to seek satisfaction for the double wound to his neck and feelings. Mr. Peto and the other undertakers of the Norwegian Railway have given a dinner to 300 gentlemen in Chris. tiania. The toasts and speeches were in English and Norwegian, and the utmost good feeling prevailed. Yesterday forenoon considerable alarm was caused in the immediate vicinity of St. Paul's Churchyard in con sequence of the sudden outbreak of a fire in the im mense range of premises belonging to Messrs. Hitch cock and Rogers, silkmercers, haberdashers, and linen. drapers, carrying on business on the north side of the cathedral. The flames originated, from some cause not clearly ascertained, in the muslin warehouse at the back of the premises, and were rapidly extending along the bales of goods, when a number of the workmen rushed into the room, and with the aid of buckets of water kept the flames from reaching the other portions of the premises during the time lost in sending for the firemen. In a very short time several engines of the London Bri gade and one of the parish attended, and owing to the exertions of all present the establishment was saved, not more than a few hundred pounds worth of the con tents having been consumed. The firm was insured in nearly all the principal London fire offices. THE LAW OF DEBTOR AND CREDITOR.—An important alteration in the law of debtor and creditor will take place on the 24th October next. By the Common Law Procedure Act (17 and 18 Viet., c. 125) it is provided that a creditor who has obtained a judgment in any of the superior courts may apply to the court or a judge for a rule or order that the judgment debtor should be orally examined as to any and what debts are owing to him beforei a master of the court, or such other person as the court or judge shall ppomt, and the o a r nd or f d o e r r th f for r p t r h o e . ecxouamrtinoratijoundgoef such duction of any books or documents, and the examination may ch judgment ml.ke sueh deb ru to le i shall be conducted in the same manner as in the case of an oral examination of an opposite party before a master. A judge may order an attachment of the debts, which order of attachment is to bind the debts. The third party owing the money is called the garnishee, and pro ceedings may be adopted to levy the amount due from the garnishee to the judgment debtor. A judge may allow the judgment creditor to sue, and the garnisher is to be dis charged as against the judgment debtor to the amount paid or levied, although such proceeding may be set aside or judgment rever,ed. NEW ROUTE TO THE CONTLNENT.—A. new route to the Continent has been opened via Harwich, by the esta. blishment of a steam-packet service from that port to Antwerp, in connection with the express trains on the East ern Counties Railway. The North of Europe Steam Packet Company have had two magnificent packets, the Aquila and the Cygnus, constructed for this sta tion—the Aquila for the Antwerp traffic, and the Cygnus for Rotterdam ; the latter service is expected statement ish op : s a P t :--passengers .s s s t o a n t g i. ° e a r s be to commence at the end of the p resent month. The advantages of the route vi a H arw i ch over that at present in vogue will b e obvious from menabthled the to leave the g i 3 at a quarter past eight in the morning, be taken in the rail way carriage to the pier, and there alight within twenty yards of the steam-packet, and the whole voyage from London to Antwerp will be comp leted in about twelve hours, little more th an h alf th e time occupied in the passage from the Thames. Pa ssen g ers and go ods will be booked throughout, and the rates of charge will be the same as now in operation by the packets from the Thames.Por the present the Aquila will sail from Harwich every Saturday on the arrival of the 8 . 15 ' a.m. train f rom Bishopgate s tation, and will return every Tuesday in time for the express train ' from Harwich due in London at 9.20 m. An arrangement has p been m a d e f or the issue of return tickets, giving ten days' stay on the Continent, at reduced rates. No person who has seen the harbour of Harwich can be insensible to its very great natural advantages as a Continental packet station ; its proximity to the chief p orts on the Continent n or th of Dunkirk ; its accessibility at all times of tide, and in all weathers ; and its connection by railway with every part of the kingdom, must, ere eat outlet fro E 1 d Gm ng an to long, re-establish it as the great H d Goan , ermany, Northern France, Belgium, Den mark, &c. FISHERIES. —The pilchard fisheries THE seen nrr ieg i n la sgo t ntl h ehd e .e l ap e tAa i g s t2th New quayslel:4Pkr gasket. Several s upwards continue p wa rodose\Votsfol:6l.sbt aloneTioeEhpi ih N r dohsd shoals aocfilftosi fish, h e si ao , h ;toehoebe whiche fi d e s an h y b wd e ue i hood, aAndg Agnes s er t e fi e is s ele e ry fi p a t v •o e sp ta e k ct en o u f p m 3 o o r o e hbheids. of being taken. fish, . At S which realised similar prices. At Portloe the seine have enclosed 20 and 27 bhds. each a-day, but the drift boats have not been very successful. FoanIGN AND WAR DEPARTMENT.—Lord Clarendon, who returned to Grosvenor -crescent on Tuesday night from Osborne House, Isle of Wight, on a visit to the Queen, where his lord s hi p i ntroduced Baron Esersdo ff , formerly Minister at our Court from that of Saxony, on a special mission. The noble earl and the Duke of Newcastle, Minister of War, attended at Buckingham Palace yesterday, at the Privy Council which took place soon atter the arrival of her Majesty and Prince Albert from the Isle of Wight at half-past five p.m. The Duke of Newcastle, we hear, owing to the receipt of despatohei from the seat of war, still remains in town. i