The Sun. — London, England, 1854-10-24 00:00:00

AUSTRALIA. ARRIVAL OF THE LIGHTNING. LIVERPOOL, MONDAY. It is with much satisfaction that we announce the arrival, after an extraordinary run of 63 days, of the celebrated Black Ball clipper Lightning, Cap tain James Nicol Forbes, from Melbourne, and by her we have 20 days' later news from the Austra lian colonies. Her, dates are—Melbourne, 20th August ; Laun ceston, 16th ; Hobart Town, 11th ; Sydney, 7th ; and Adelaide, 3d. She brought 40 passengers, and 40,000 oz. of gold, besides a large quantity in the hands of pas sengers. She has brought answers to the English letters of the 12th June, making a course of post of only 132 days. The Lightning sailed hence on the 14th May, and has made the voyage out and home, including the detention of 20 clear days at her anchors in • Hobson's Bay, in 5 months 8 days and 21 hours, mean time, from passing the Rock Light till she . was haele in the river again ; thus performing the voyage in upwards of three days less time than the Red Jacket, notwithstanding that she was at an chor in Hobson's Bay for a period of five days mere than that vessel. . The Lightning anchored opposite Sandridge, three miles from Melbourne, on the afternobn of the 31st July, and her mails were delivered, after she had anchored, at the post-office, Melbourne, ' at half past five o'clock on the afternoon of that day, which entirely contradicts the report of her - having been towed into Hobson's Bay on the fol lowing day. The time occupied by the Lightning in making the round voyage to Australia and back, consider ing her detention in port, is unprecedentedly short, notwithstanding that the outward run, from the nature of the winds experienced, occupied longer than might have reasonably been expected ,from the well-known qualifications of the ship and the great ability of her commander. Her run from the Mersey to the equator occupied 25 days, and from the parallel of the Cape to Port Philip Heads 30 days ; indeed such was the nature of the - winds, that the topgallant sails never had occasion to be furled during the entire passage, neither was there occasion to reef the topsails. With the exception of five days, when the ship logged 332, 348, 300, 311, and 329 knots respectively per day, no extra ordinary distances were logged. Cape Otway Light was made on the night of the 29th July, Port Philip Heads on the 30th ; and she cast anchor, as above stated, in Hobson's Bay, on the 31st, her run having occupied 774 days mean time. • On the 20th of August the mails and passengers being embarked, and everything ready for sea, the anchor was hove up, and the Lightning was taken in tow by the steamer Washington as far as the Heads, which she passed at 4 p.m., _a smart north- West breeze blowing at the time, and by noon of the 21st 268 miles were logged, Swan Island Light, Banks' Straits, having been passed at 11 a.m. On the 24th, at 4 a.m., passed a large ship, supposed to be the Mermaid, which sailed two days previously for Liverpool ; and at 10 p.m.; same day, passed the Auckland Islands. From thence to the 28th, when the ship was in lat. 57.20 south, long. 124 W., fresh westerly and south-westerly breezes were experienced, and the ship went nobly along, seldom logging less than 14, and frequently 18i and 19 knots per hour. At 11 p.m. on the 28th, whilst under a heavy press of canvas, a violent squall from the SW. caught the ship, and carried away the foretopmast studdingsail boom, the foretop, foretopgallant, and foreroyal yards, and blowing all the sails to pieces, and the ship was obliged to go under easy canvas for the succeeding four days, until the yards and sails had been replaced. From the Ist to the Bth September fine westerly winds were expe rienced, And the ship averaged close upon 300 miles per day, as per log. On the Bth, at three p.m., Cape Horn bore NW. distant about 50 miles, being a run of only 19 days mean time from Port Phillip Heads, by far the fastest ever recorded either under canvas or steam. On the 10th, Ilth, and 12th, N.E., E., and S.E. winds were experienced, and but moderate dis tances were logged, the ship having to be fre quently tacked to make a fairway course. On the • 13th and 14th strong S. and S.W. winds were expe rienced, and she ran 351 and 354 miles per day respectively. From the 15th to the 20th light and head winds were met with, and only from six to seven knots per hour were averaged. On the 20th she was in lat. 29 13 S., long. 31. 40 W., and from thence to Pernambuco, which port was passed, at a distance of six miles, on the morning of the 28th, nothing but light N.E. and N.N.E. winds were experienced. The Efaluator was crossed at 9 a.m. on the 34th, in long. 34 30 W., the , ship at the time being only out a little over 40 days, mean time, from Port Philip—an extraordinary achievement, considering the adverse winds encountered after rounding Cape Horn. For the first live days after crossing the Equator, lieht winds and calms were met with, ac companied by heavy torrents of rain, and the ship made little or no progress. On the sth, in lat. 10 N., long. 34 W., gentle N.E. trade winds were ex perienced, which continued until the 10th, in lat. 30 N., long. 37 W. On the 11th and 12th she had moderate S.E. winds, and at noon of the latter day was in the latitude of St. Michael's, and long. 30 W., being only 4 months and 29 days out from the time of leaving Liverpool. From the 12th to the 19th the winds were E.N.E. and N.E., very light; and daring the intervening seven days the ship reached lat. 46 15 N., long. 28 W.., and at 10 p.m., on the 19th, a strong northerly breeze sprang up, which continued until her arrival off the Old Head of Kinsale at 4 a.m. yesterday. At 10 a.m., off Mine Head, signals were exchanged with the Royal mail steam-ship Arabia, hence for New York ; at 3.30 p.m. Tuskar Light was passed ; at 8.33 p.m. Holyhead Light was passed ; and at 10.30 p.m. the ship was abreast Point Lynes, where she received a pilot. The ship was kept under easy sail during the night, waiting a sufficiency of water to crossthe bar, and arrived in the river at 9.30 this morning. The steam-ship Great Britain arrived at Mel bourne on the 18th August-67 days from Liver pool—and was ordered into quarantine, there being small-pox on board. The Black Ball clipper Ocean Chief, Tobin, arrived at Melbourne, Aug. 7-72 days from Liverpool. The screw. steamer Lady Jocelyn, with the English mills of the 4th June, had also arrived at Melbourne. The Governor-General, Sir Charles Hotham, was at Geelong, where be was entertained at banquet, and made the & following speech : " Mr. Mayor and Gentlemen,—The peculiar posi . Lion in which I am at present placed will be soma excuse for my not occupying your time for a longer period than is usual on such occasions. I feel, indeed, that 'my position is a very peculiar one, so sudden and so vast have been the changes in the colcny whose government I have been called on to assume. I stand between two systems of government—the present and the pregnant ; and in all probability it will shortly be my duty to wind up the one and commence with the other. (Cheers.) The people of this colony have adopted one of the most liberal constitutions, compatible with monarchy, that a people could have. It is a consti tution of your own choosing, formed • by your own repre sentatives, lauded by the press, and admired by many enlightened statesmen, and it now lies before the Sove reign waiting for her final sanction. But when yon adopted that constitution you adopted with it the prin ciple from which it ejminf43-7ethat all sower proceeds from the PenPle• (Cht;ers.) It is on that priiseiple that I intend to conduct ray administration. (Cheers.) The first element of that principle is publicity. I intend no reflection by what I din now going to say. I s i mp l y feel bound to state my firm conviction that, in the pre sent day, a government cannot be conducted with sa tisfaction to the people without the fullest and freest communication with the people. (Cheers.) It is on this principle that the new constitution is based ; and if You did not intend to adopt that principle fairly and fully you had no right to found your constitution upon it. when the government of this colony was first offered t o me, th e S ecretary of State sa id , 'I o ff er to you the third most nott im portant colony in the British Empire.' I am going to divulge state secrets, and I shall not there fore mentio n what were of the other two colonies ; but this I will say— that neither them i s equal to Victoria in commercial importance. I accepted the trust reposed in me with a deterrainat. • ep e' first act was to(Chee rs .) go intoion to do my duty. MY and seek the opinion of the City—the City of London — and Victoria. The motel, merchants of the City regard ingconsulted gave it as their eminent merchants wheal I Vic toria were not in a satis fact o ryinion that the affairs of Vic- i ever-trailing, and that a commercialstate—that there was feared. This topic was very well lh crisis was to he given by the Mayor of Melbourne a t l l i e dled at the dinner ! other think it was satisfactorily s h own that 'tv day, a n d 1 the colonies, but the people at home, wli s e as not you in sent out enormous quantities o f goads, t a h l t reeklessly i blame. The second unsatisfactory e i rcumsta were to i tiened by the merchants of Lord..n was the f act ' o f ' ti len. 1 ! c,a ob y being in debt ; ana it certainly did strils ie those shrewd and practical men with surprise that -4 ;, caleny gifted with such resources as Victoria, should be in a state of debt. There is nothing so kasy m a to fi n d In tilt ; and it would be roost unja A in ins not to make • eery allowance for the position in which my prede cessor was placed. That gentleman was exposed ta very great trials ; gold-hell after gold-Seld . was dis covered ; the people abandonedtheir usual avocations ; the whole surface of society changed, and the necessity arose for creating many new offices, and adapting the old order of things to the new order of things thus suddenly created. It would, therefore, be =it unfair to compare a colony so situated with Canada, the Cape of Good Hope, or any other long•established colony ; 14 T: 0 4 t 5e allowance must be made for the great trials-that had .. l-Tr'' —to contended with, and the great obstacles . that Iset ' * surmounted. This brings ' - :37'.: ~ .. I "ista-‘ . :43 . ~,.: '.-.•,-..!_:_,,::', ,-,, ~ ;',i, r had • me to the important What is to be done for the future ? Gentle.. ;. . „..,: :: i , , . gd s., t{ men, it is my firm conviction that you have within the bowels of the earth an inexhaustible fund of wealth, and that on 'this you are fairly entitled to borrow money. There are, no doubt, some here, and still more out of doors, who will object to such a scheme on the ground that we have ne right to throw our burdens on poste rity. It certainly is not right to hand down to pos terity debts incurred by war or a reckless expenditure for political purposes ; but I maintain that it is quite fair for posterity to pay a portion of a debt incurred in a great measure for their benefit. I hold it to be wise and just, in the present circumstances o f Vi c t or i a , t o b orr ow money swer has as yet been received, but may now soon be ex pected. " 4. I have directed a bill to be laid before you for orga nising volunteer corps of rifles and artillery. In the event of legislation for this measure meeting your concurrence, the military, as also the armed police, will, in case of need; be enabled is receive such augmentation of force from the patriotism, zeal, and manliness of the volunteers as will , insure protection against any haAile assault. The bill also provides for the eventual formation, when necessary, of a gent sal body of militia. " 5. In closing the last session of this council, I expressed an opinion that the present meeting of the Legislature might probably take place under the new constitution which you had framed. I have not, however, as yet, re ceived any communication on the subject. The delay which has hitherto taken place may, with great probability, be ascribed to the important European events which were imminent when our local legislation was transmitted. "6. I have much pleasure in informing you that the public finances continue in a prosperous condition. The remittances in 1853 for immigration were 140,1631., and in 1854 they will soon reach to 265,0001., whilst the remit="' tances for 1855 will probably not be less than 162,0001. "During the current year 4,344 Government immigrants have arrived. The population of the colony is now 81,752. The increase during the last 18 months has amounted to rather more than 13,000. " The Crown moiety of the land fund, after providing for the survey and other local charges appropriate to that fund, contributes in 1851 in aid of the general revenue 111,090/. ; and in 1855 the aid may be reckoned to be &AWOL, exclusively of the previously- mentioned quota appertaining to the emigration fund. " The general colonialerevenue in 1',51 will amount to about 190,8361., and is reckoned at 228,6511. for 1855. " 7. The estimates of revenue and expenditure will be duly submitted ; and I have directed a bill to be lai 1 be fore you to constitute a trust for Port Melaide to raise a loan of 100,0001. for certain purposes of improvement, in deepening the harbour and in removing its outer and inner bars, as set forth in an address which reached me at the close of !ast session. it is proposed that, in the first in stance, the loan should be provided for out of the general revenue, and afterwards be repaid by such means as may appear most appropriate and effectual. "A bill will also'be laid before you to raise 250,0001. for the construction of a railway between Adelaide and Gawler Town. "Also, a bill to make the deposit of original deeds equivalent to registration, and another bill to amend the Supreme Court Act, as recommended by their honours the TEE MEDICAL SERVIOE OF 1 7 11 E FRENCH AIi:MY. (Front the Moniteur de l' A rmee.) Thanks to the admirable organisation of the medical service in our corps of troops, in our ainbulances and hos- • pitals, no sooner does a man fall in the ranks than he is carried to the rear, where the regimental health-officer at tends to him first, with the help of a small portable medi cal bag carried by a soldier. If the wound is a severe one, the man is either led or carried to the temporary post, where the canteens of the regiment's own ambulance are set up, and, if it be necessary, to the ambulance of the bri gade. Nurse soldiers in sufficient numbers, with seats fas tened on the backs of mules, aro always at hand to pick up the wounded on the field of battle and take them to this ambulance, under the immediate direction of the adminis trative. officers appointed. for the purpose, and under the active control of the military sub-iuteadaut, this service forming an important part of his ditties. for the construction of great national works ; the in terest and capital can be gradually defrayed as the po pulation and general revenue increase, until at length the entire extinction of the debt is thus brought about within a given time. Let us look at the examples of some other states. There is Belgium—a state not so much thought about as it deserves--a small state, but a very prosperous one. Belgium follows the principle of borrowing money to construct her public works ; and in no state will you find stocks stand higher or see signs of greater prosperity than in Belgium. Look at the United States, too—particularly at the states of Pennsylvania, Ohio, and others, which have followed the same principle. I say nothing about repudiation here ; but I say that these states have gone on the plan of borrowing money to expend on works that will bene fit the present generation as well as their posterity— old on that plan they are thriving wonderfully well. The leglislisurgeons do not appear a,s'yet to have suffi ciently appreciated the advantages obtained by this system of lifting up and removing th e w ou n d e d. They h a v e pro• •ferred te mule seat, the utility of which has been found so great in Africa, and which is now rendering such good Service in the East, a kind of flying hospital on wheels, that. was puifed off immensely some mouths ago by the London jourr.als. We have son a coloured print of this • and are far from granting to it the merit generally attrßuted to it. The front part, separated from the rest, like the coupe or chariot of our diligence, holds three sick people Cult are a'sle to Sit up, but their seats are placed lengthwise just as they ere in au omnibus. The coach part behind is made for holding four sick ur wounded patients, lying horizon tally ox shelves that slitle in and out like drawers, two be ing below and the other two above them, just like berths is a steam-packet. I think the tiine hes come when the attention of the colony should be strongly drawn to the great benefits which have resulted in other countries from the mode of constructing great national works which I have just brought to your notice. (Hear, bear.) I come now to another point, on which a good deal of interest is naturally felt at present ; I allude to the defeuce.s of the colony. Our present forces are certainly small, and would perhaps be unable to cope with a hostile fleet, should such visit our shores. But it appears to me that there is not much occasion for anticipating the ap proach of an enemy to our shores. Russia is too much occupied at home, and too well watched everywhere to render it probable that she will do any damage here. At the same time it is quite as well that we should be on our guard. It is nuder these impressions that I ar ranged with the Secretary of State, before leaving Eng land, to despatch to this country some heavy ordnance ; and, accordingly, sixteen 32-pounders may shortly be ex pected. The officer of the Royal Engineers sent out for that purpose has reported that it is impossible to fortify this port so as to prevent the entrance o f th e enemy's ships • and in this opinion I quite agree with him. But the colony possesses a fleet of goad and fast steamers, and should occasion arise, and these steamers be placed at the deposal of Government (of course with compensa tion), I am confident that such a fleet, each vessel armed With a heavy 32-pounder, would present an array of force that would astonish an enemy, and would ren der us entirely independent of Imperial aid. (Loud cheers) There is another subject to which I wish to call your attention. When I was speaking of loans, I ought also to have alluded to contracts. If great public works are to be executed here, the contracts for them should not be confined to this colony ; on the recognised principles of free trade we should throw open the market to Australia, and invite competition for our money from all the neighbouring colonies. If any large building—as a custom-house, for instance—i 3 to be erected, my view is that it will be erected better and cheaper by giving all publicity to the terms of th 3 con tract for it, and by throwing the competition fur such contract open to all Australia. It is with impressions such as these that Government has written to the editors of newspapers in the different colonies, asking them the terms on which they will iesert necessary notices. A charge, a slight charge, has been made that there is a cessation of operations in some public works—that some tendency has been shown to check the progress of public works. Gentlemen, I denounce that charge as nothing mere than, to use'a very plain but expressive English word, ' twaddle.' The case stands thus :—I ask any man present, if he were going into partnership in a busi ness concern, would not his first step be to look at the books? (Laughter and cheers.) This is what I do. The cases are parallel. I have become the principal partner in the great colonial concern, and before I under take the thorough management of it, I'll Lave a look at the books. (Cheers and laughter.) When that is done. and I have mastered the financial state of the colony, I shall take the part that it becomes me to take. I shall aid the legislature in every scheme for the public good, and I shall exert myself in every way and to the utmost extent of my power to promote the general good of the colony. (Cheers.) In a country with conflicting in terests like this the administration of affairs is a difficult task. (Cheers.) My endeavours shall be to act honestly for the good of the people. (Cheers.) I wear blue and silver to-day, but I may shortly go back to blue and gold. But I have, under all circumstances, been ac customed to do my duty, and be the term of my adminis rtration here long or short, I trust at whatever time I retire from it, you will be able to say of me as was said of the preux chevalier of old, ' He lived amongst us sans peer et sans reproche.'" Sir Charles resumed his seat amid loud and long-continued applause. Tne Melbourne Morning 'Jerald say,— "An investigation of a most important character has been decided upon by the Lieutenant-Governor. His ex cellency has appointed a board, consisting of three gen tlemen, to review thoroughly, and report upon, the whole -financial condition of the eoleay. Tile board is to coi*- fpriseitir...3lart, the principal member hers et-the-firm of Wright, Brothers, and Mr. Macarthur, of the Bank of, Australasia ; but by a singular fatality, the Governor has, it is reported, fixed'upon the auditor general, Mr. Grimes, as the third member. In the two first diet we have named will Le recognised gentlemen as thoroughly fitted in every respect for their important task as any that the c deny could iorpp'y ; and as this laborious duty is strictly honorary, it is difficult to esti mate the obligation that they will thereby lay the colo nist; under. Of the third gentleman, if it be really true that the Governor has made so serious a mistake, we have no wish to say anyLhingdisrespectful, and we there fore say nothing at all. The board is to meet imme diately, and to work steadily at their duties till they have thoroughly mastered the subject, arid, considering the vast importance of the undertaking, and the elabo rate nature of the inquiry, we trust that every good co lonist who can furnish information, or iu any nay facili tate their views, will emulate their own patriotic exer tions, and strain every nerve to assist them, and render their task as light and as effective as possible. " We have received a prospectus of anew colonial bank, to be cared the Melbourne and Geelong Banking Com pany, to tie incorporated by an act of the Legislative Council, limiting the liability of shareholders. The great advantages and inducements which the bank holds out to the public will be a great benefit, and pay its share holders well :—the allowance of interest on current ac counts, 1 per cent. ; allowance on deposit receipts, 2 per coat, for three months ; allowance on deposit receipts, 3 per cent. for six months ; and the transmission of small sums of money to Great Britain and Ireland at a low rate of charge. One main feature in this bank is, that daily discounts may be submitted, This project will shortly come out before the public in a matured shape. Influential partie3 here have signified their 'in tention of joining the committee, and some thousands of ;hares have been already subscribed for in Melbourne. "Tae DIGGINGS. —The rush to Sandy Creek still con tinues. Accounts from 'all hands are favourable, and we have every reason to believe that the place is going to turn out well. I regret that a multiplicity of engage ments has prevented me from paying my contem templated visit ; I hope, however, to be able to give you all particulars in my next letter. A new l d e j a ir d er h e as ei b i : h e t n lyfoo struck rz a t t h t e he Nine Mile C ree k ; th e go ld ueral yield, fro b m th more geee i e n a g h d r . a t h o e o r coarser, and Spring , easily separated Creek there are very few at work, but those few are doing well ; and en Reid's Creek, both business and raining continue pretty much the same. "M. Gustave Beck has bees appointed vice-consul for Belgium at Melbourne." In the Gazette of the 11th August, his Excel lency, in announcing the resignation of Sir John Lewis Pedder, observes, that, "though certain that throughout the colony there will be 'but one feeling of regret that the country has thus been de prived of the services of one of its oldest and most respected servants, yet desires to place on record the high estimation entertained by the Government of his honour's long and faithful services, and of the upright and able manner in which he has dis charged the duty of Chief Justice during the long and almost unprecedented period of thirty years.?' The sane number of the Gazette notifies the appointment of Mr. Fleming as Chief Justice, and of Mr. Smith as . Attorney-General. A re markable circumstance connected with these no tices is the entire absence of Mr. Macdowell's name. It has oozed out, though we cannot say with what correctness, from the mystery which seems to cover the transaction, that this gentleman is merely to perform the functions, without the honours of the office of Solicitor-General, until a more favoured person is forthcoming from one of the adjoining colonies. . The mode of transport, very uncomfortable. to the pa tients, is acc,mnpa,tied with a hest of disivtreeabler4, esp:- cially for those in the lower berths. The vehicle cannot, besides, turn with the same ease a; our mules. These latter are evidently more advant4geoui on the field of battle, as also in mount a i nous di stric t s o f didi cu lt access . When it is required in our armies to remove patients, to whom the recumbent positions is necu,s,iry, litters are made use of, carried also by mules. For transferring -the - sick or wounded from the temporary ambulance to the regular hospital, our military cars, hung on springs, are more successfully used than the Euglish vans, for in the first, at least, the patients can breathe the fresh air and see the broad daylight. We said just now that nurse soldiers pick up the wound ed on the field of battle, ureter the direction of the admi nistrative officers on the hospital staff, and under the in spection of the military sub-intendants. A few more spe cial details on this important subject will not be out of place here. _ _ . judges. " Some other legislation, comparatively of less public importance, will also be submitted to you; and on other subjects, which I may have occasion to bring to your notice, I will communicate with you in the usual form, by message. " 8. In conclusion, Mr. Speaker and gentlemen, I would offer to you the expression of my cordial desire that the mutual co-operation between the executive and the Legis lature which has happily characterised our intercourse throughout the whole period of my administration of the government may continue uninterrupted to the end of it, which the rules and regulations of the service lead me to expect will now shortly be attained. _ _ In our army the military physicians have nothing what ever to do with the organisation and management either of the ambulances and hospitals themselves, or of the dis pensaries attached to them. Engaged exclusively with their noble profeision, they prescribe with unouuuded powers. By their side the military apothecary is ready to wake up - their prescriptions ; the administrative officer superintends the use made of the medicinal stores and the application of the o.lisuentary prescriptions, for all which he is responsible. The male nurses, selected from the volunteers c,f the dif ferent corps, or from among the young annual recruits, are trained beforehand in the military infirmaries, and taught all the duties of the sacred mission confided to them. They are all sensible and kind-hearted men, strong, and of a good constitution. They are really picked soldiers. At the head of this organised system stands the officer of the military commissariat, who, by virtue of the orders transmitted to him, sends of the staff and dispensary f the ambulance, and orders the removal of the wounded to the temporary or permanent hospitals, which the military administration has established, and which are also under his authority. In this organisation, .as complete as possible,- each per son has his part in the action, in the authority and in the rsspousibiiity ; the than of science is absolute lord at the bedside of the patient, which is as it ought to be. The apothecary and the administrative officer, both of them obliged of course to csnlosin to the prescriptions of the physician within the limits traced out by the regulations, are nevertheless not iu the least sabordinate to his autho• rity, fur both of them are accountable and responsible. if difficulties or disputes arise, the military sub-intendant bacomes then thtrreferias, and his decision has to be abided by on the part of each. Down to the present time the service has been ivell car ried on in France with this regulation of each person's attributes, nor have any objections been made to the sys tem, unless by a few wause susceptibilities have been touched. Let the results be. compared in the one army and in the other, and then let o. judgment be delivered on the respective merits of the two systems followed. We will complete these explanations, by giving a suc cinct account of the resources placed at the disposal of our military administration, in the army of the East, in cairy iug on the hospital service. Each corps of troops is provided with a chief physician and a sub-physician. These have, wherever they please, fur each battalion or for two squadrons, an ambulance bag that can be carried wherever it is wanted, anct a couple of " H. E. F. YOUNG. " Government House, Adelaide, Aug. 2, 1851." COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. MELBOURNE, AUG. 19. The price of gold has remained throughout the week at 4/. The shipments have been large, bat have been chiefly by the banks. The only difference we have to note in monetary and banking affairs is that the business at the banks has been still more dull than we previously reported. In the wholesale markets no movement has taken place, if we except the flour trade, in which the town mills quo tations show an advance of 1/. per ton, Mr-, Rucker having increased the price to 3G1., and the other millers to 351. per ton. The mill quotations for wheat remain as before, viz. :-11s. 6d. to 15s. per bushel. Bran is quoted at 6s. by Mr. Rucker, and at ss. by the other millers. The arrivals for the week ended yesterday consist prin cipally of ,colonial vessels ; but the large size of the ships now arriving here from England canes the tonnage of the latter to predominate. We have had one large cargo of flour and sundries from America this week, being the only foreign arrival. The following is the return of the number of vessels and passengers arrived, and of the number of vessels cleared. at the pert of Melbourne, from Aug. 11 to Aug. 17 inclu sive :—Number of vessels arrived, 38—viz., 24 from Ails tralasiau ports, 11 from Great Britain, 2 from Hong Kong, 1 from the United States of America. Tonnage of the above :—lntercoluuial, 4,607 tons ; Bri tish, 6,535 tons ; ditto (colonial), 914 tons ; Apaerican, 910 tons. Aggregate, 12,992 tons. Number of passengers by the above, I,lsl—viz., 249 cabin, and 902 intermediate and steerage, including 279 Chinese and 10:3 soldiers, with 29 members of their fami lies. Of the passengers, 71 cabin and 218 intermediate, &c., arrived from neighbouring colonies ; 177 cabin and 405 intermediate, &e., from Great Britain ; 1 cabin p,s senger from America; and 279 Chinese from Holtz Koug. gnmber of vessels cleared out in same period, 41—viz., for kustralian ports, 23; fur British ports, 3; for foreign ports, 15. Tonnage of the above.—lntercolonial, 5,709 tons ; British, 2,722 tons; foreign, 5,833 tons. Aggregate, 14,264 toms. canteens, tilled with medicines, linen uhil lint, aud s with everything in short required for the medical treatment of 200 wounded men. If the corps stays some time in a camp or place, a regimental infirmary is formed, and the reserve stores supply them everything require,: for its organisation. Each division or each detached brigade is supptied, more over, and concurrently with the inedicauiehts above men tioned, with a regular ambulance, the supplies for which, belonging as they do to two different sources, have been combined on the spot by the competent authority, so as to meet the wants, as they turn up during the march, of the men in that division or detached brigade. Oneof these sources is the organisation of the ambulances with the African army, where the medical stores are eon yged on the hacks otram/AisTihe other source. is the ergs,- nisation of the flying hospitals or - the ambulances moved by ' wheels. In combining these two means the latter serves as a reserve to the former, this lieisg, wore especially used fur the service of the vanguard or of the freut line. The junc tion of the vehicle foi ms a kind of tempoem'y hospital. The flying ami=iularice of Afiica, fur a divi,iou of IJ,OOO lieu, consists of the following staid, with the fulluwing stock of medicAnients : STAFF OF THE DIITERENT GRADES. physiciaus and apothecerics. 7 wialinistrative officers. 1.04 male nurses. 1 4:1 • 'k •,. ir z -r "0 j sreir • 3 . _ THE SUN, - LONDON. TUESDAY, EVEN N 4, OCTO-Brin, Q 4. 111-8.44' SUSPECTED MURDEI;.4T THE WEST-END. EXTRAORDINARY AND MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR. Yesterday_ afternoon b 1 r, Charley Bedford, the West minster coroner, held a lengthened iiiveeticeation in the boardroom of the workhouse of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, relative to:the death of a male infant, whoee body was found in the Green Park ou Thursday morning last.• The case excited great interest, and the court was crowded during the inquiry, which was of the most myeterious end extraordinary nature. James Eldridge, a glazier, deposed, that as he was proceeding through the Green Park oa Thursday morn ing . last, at- about six o'clock, he saw a bundle lying ender one of the benches. On examining it he found it to contain the body of a fine male child, wrapped in a part of a sheet, and covered with a handkerchief. He delivered the body to a police constable. Richard Tanner, police-constable 191 C, proved re ceiving the body and conveying it to the workhouse. Mr. J. T. Bainbridge, surgeon to the workhouse, de posed that he saw the body on the morning it was brotight in. It was an extremely fine child. There were no external marks of violence. He made a post niortem, examination of the body on Friday. He opened the chest and fiend the lunge to be fully expanded, filling the whole of the chest. He felt assayed the child must have lived and breathed, and it must have been killed either during or subsequent to the birth. By the Coroner—There was no appearance that would justify him in stating the exact cause of death, or whether the r'eepiration took place before or after the birth. It was very probable that the child died from suffocation from the gorged state of the brain. That 'night have been done by coverine the face with a cloth. Mrs. Sarah Butler, of 49, Claverton-terrace, Pimlico, deposed-that she kept an establiehment for ladies and gentlemen 'to reside with her. Witness had a servant in her employ named Sarah Hart. [lt was afterwards proved that her proper name was Smith.] She did not know that that servant was the mother of the dead child. She left witness's house on Thursday night last. Wit ness taxed her with being in the family way, - but she denied the fact until the latter end of September, when she said she was going to live with her sister at Finchley during her confinement. She slaw her several times during that_evening, when she appeared very well. At about half-past 12 she knocked at witness's room door, and said she wanted to speak with her. Witness went to hereroom, and she then said she had fallen doweesthe scullery steps, and was in pain, and she wanted to go to her..sister, who was in service near the Haymarket. Witness advised her to stop the . night acid she should have some attendance, but she still persisted upon going. Witness then said that the servant should have a cab, and precured'one accordingly, into which the woman got. - By fhb CorOner—Witness went with the servant.. The servant had a bundle with her, but witness thought it wa. too small to contain the child. Witness- resumed—S nail told the cabman to knock at a house in Panton-street, and ask for " Mary." Ile did so, and a lady answered him, saying, that Mary was in 1.),_-.(1 and could .not be distufued. The cabman was then told to go to a house round the corner, which ho did, and the servant got out and went into the house, and witnes went back home. By the Coroner—When she got home she SAW nothing that would lead her to suppose that a child had been born, Wa.,; quite sure .that no child was ever born in her estab- lishinent. After Smith said she had fallen down she did not say she was in labour. Charles King, 35 0, deposed, that on Friday morning, between nine and ten o'clock, he went to No. 1, Hunt's court, Castle-street, Long-acre, and there found the female Smith iu bed with her sister. He cautioned her as to what she said, and she burst into tears, saying. she would tell the truth. She then told him that about two o'clock on the previoas Saturday morning she was delivered of a male child at Mrs. Butler's house ; that Mrs. Butler made her get up, provided her with two sheets to wrap the child up in, got her a cab, and drove her off to her sister's. Bbe also said that Mrs. Butler went with her to . 9, Panton-street, where she (Smith) was refused ad mission, and from there she went to a house in Green street. Witness went to Mrs. Butler, who said she had missed two sheets. Smith further stated that there was a mess in the room where the child was born, which Mrs Butler said she would clear up. He aske I what she had done with the child, and she said she had wrapped it up and put it under one of the seats in the Green-park, and concluded by stat►ng that Mrs. Butler's daughter was present during the birth of the child. The Coroner asked Mrs. Butler if she wished to make any alteration in her statement after the testimony of the constable ? Mrs. Butler denied the truth of the statement made by Smith to the constable. She then made the follow ing extraordinary statement :—" I wish to state that I have been much harassed by a third party, a resp,.etably dressed man, .who called upon me and said that I had been an accessory to a crime, and that if I paid him 201. he would make the matter a secret, and wouid send the girl to. Guernsey. -A watch was on the mantelpiece, and he took out his own and said—" The magisirates are sitting at one o'clock ; you have not a moment to lose ; you had better give me -the 20/., and I will get the girl away. He also said that, if the jury found me guilty, which they would do, I should have two years' impri sonment. He stopped more than an hour, and said if I had 'not the 207. in the house I could make it. He went away, and Caine again next morning in a cab. I asked if he was an official, and he replkcd in the negative. lie said a child had been found in the Green-park, which child had come from my house, and if I a'are him 20/ he would evade justi c e, an d ge t me clear ofd'. Of couree I did not give him the 201." The Coroner expre, , sed his surprise that Mrs. Butler had not given notice to the police, and cause the fellow to be apprehended. The jury, after a short consultation, returned as thei: verdict, " That the deceased child was born alive, and died from suffocation ; but there is no evidence to satisfy 1 1 the jury by whom or how the child W 0.3 suffocated." THE LATE CLIA ,, GE OF RAPE AT TBE HON. AND REF. A. SUGDEYS. HAILSHAM, Monday.—The magistrates (Mr. J. It. Dunn and Mr. F. Thomas), at the petty sessions held here, were occupied for some time in hearing a charge against George• Huagett, of Stunt's-green, for having, on the 14th of July last, given a false character of George Elphick to the Hon. arid Rev. A. Sugden. Mr. Sadler appeared for the prosecution. It will be recollected that George Elphick, who was a groom in the employ of the Hon. and Rev. A. Sugden, George Elton (the brother-in-law of the rev. gentleman), and another party, were committed for trial by the ma gistrates at Dorking for having committed a rape upon the person of a young girl, a housemaid at the Rectory HouseLNewdigate. The Hon. and Rev. A. Sui7den, on being sworn, stated that he resides at Newdigate, Surrey. and that he received the character produced in court by post, in consequence • of which he had engaged George Elphick in his service as groom. Within two months after Geo. Elphick had been in his employment, he (Elphick) had been committed by the Dorking bench of magistrates, along with other parties, to take their trial at the next Surrey Assizes, upon a serious charge. Witness produced a letter, which lie stated to be in George Elphick's handwriting, and found it in his rouse after his arrest, addressed to the pfsoner, to the effect that they must try and make up another character. The prisoner pleaded guilty, and stated that he was sorry for what he had done, but he did it out of kindness to George Rphiek, who was his cousin. - The magistrates stated it was a most serious offence. No person could be safe in taking servants if such practices as these were allowed to go unpunished ; And they should, therefore, fine the defendant 201. and 10s. costs, and, in default, to be committed to the House of Correction for three calendar months. SOUTH AUSTRALIA. The fifth session of the Legislative Council of this colony was opened at Adelaide on the 2d of August. The following is the address delivered on the occa sion by his Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor, Sir Henry Young : " Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen of the Legislative Coun cil,—ln meeting you on this occasion of the ordinary annual session, I am well assured, from the general mani festation of the public sympathy which is now in progress, that you entirely participate in those sentiments of devo tion and loyalty to her Majesty which so cordially animate every breast on the subject of the just and necessary war with Russia in which her Majesty has engaged, for the maintenance of treaties, the honour of the Crown, and the welfare of her people. "2. All the official despatches which have reached me from her Majesty's Secretary of State, together with a satisfactory communication from the naval commander-in chief, through the senior naval officer of this station, will be laid before you. coaf te`?"• neer xt.r se sauj: d e s o vOt c yep u :ia in n.tii e ooo nt , s i nhi a .oo n wn d s y O e t .r l y i in p r t x l ) 11 a c b intelligence i 4 co n t l o i geney that hostilities may be tx`ended to this remote part 3. o f war L nwever,. to inform you that the rumours that time to England of w hich. anuary reachedlast t this colony through the public jour nals.ii.vluced me to send an application at Vincent, in order that, ° of h of her Majesty' s of her Majesty's forces l b ' vessels additional arms, and also for one to be stationed in Gulf St. guard against any open oyrilst confiding in the superiority sea . and land, as an ample safe the bravery and loyalty of the colonists from the enemy, with a timely supply of the most efficient might be furnished and approved description of arms, to repe l any marauding on their hearths and hom es . To thisappatUr no an- MELBOURNE LABOUR MARKET, AUG. 18. There is s nito a superabundance of labour of every description, and the demand for servants is Unprece dently dull. There is very little farming work going on at present, and until sheep shearing is commenced in earnest we cannot expect any improvement. Wages are declining, but experiepeed bush servants will not accept the rites given to raw hands, and hold out in expectation. of bettor times as the busy season approaches. Female servants are abundant, but the greater part are totatty luetptirbgerce/t, really useful Scotch and English females being scarce, and readily engaged at high salaries. Married couples, without family, per annum, with ratious £BO to 290 Ditto, with family 7O 75 . Married couples, for shepherds and hut-keepers, 55 -7 GO Ditto with ynung families Shepherds, with rations, per annum Old shopLrds ilut-kepeN, per annual, with rations 35 0 General larm-servants, with rations, per week, 255. to 30! , . Stoue-breakers, 85. to 105. per yartl, without ... 55 - 0 • 0 - ▪ - 50 rations. Bush earpanters, with rations, per annum Stock-keepers, with rations, per annum Cooks, male, 30s. to 60s. per week. __ _ Grooms, with rations, per annum 6O 70 Gardeners, with rations, per annum 75 —lOO Blacksmiths, 6/. per week, without rations. Ditto, country, with rations, 4/. lOs. per week. Si - leaders, 30s. per hundred, and rations. Sheep-washers, 30s. per 100. Ploughmen, 355. per week. Thrashing, Is. per bushel, and rations. Bullock drivers, on roads, with rations, 3/. to 3/. lOs. Tier week, on the road ; horse teams, 50s. to 60s. on tho roads. Bullock•drivers, on stations, 355. to 40s. and rations. Labourers, 255. to 303. per week, with rations. Day labour, from lOs to 125., without rations. Masons, 303. per day. Bricklayers, 255. to 303. per day. Joiners, 2 , 5. per day. Plasterers, 255. to 303. per day. Reapers, 255. per acre. Hay-cutters and trussers, 40s. per week, or Bs. to 10s. per ton, rations. Carpenters, 20s. per dal-. Wheelwrights, 5/. to 71 par week. Compositors, 2s. 6d. per thousand. Ditto, Cl. 6s. per week. Pressman, 61. per week. Weekly rations consist of 101bs. flour, 10 lbs. beef or mutton, 2 lbs. sugar, and lb. tea. FEUALE SERVANTS. Thorough servants, per annum £3o to£3s Housemaids, ditto 25 30 Laundresses, ditto 4O 45 Nursemaids, ditto 2O 25 Cooks, ditto 45 50 Needlewomen 3O 35 SEAMEN. For coasting, 81. per month. To London, by the run, 301. to 351. ; Calcutta, ditto, 30/. ; Callao, ditto, 301. SYDNEY, AIG. 7. An active demand continues for gold, and all that comes to hand is eagerly sought after by brokers. The price con tinues high. This is nothing compared to cur Port Philip friends. I understand such is the opposition carried on by the various agents at the gold-fields that 4/. ss. is now given for Ballarat gold. The report from our various di;gings is satisfactory. There is but a small population engaged in the pursuit: Price of New South Wales gold If Port Philip PRODUCE CIRCULARS. ViroOL.—The the weak have been un important, and are likely to continue so, until augmented by the new clip. The market is not so buoyant, and last week's prices scarcely maintained. SHEEPSKIN S.—There is an improvement in the supply, and a steady business doing. TALLOW.—The aspects with reference to this article continue gloomy, and prices have again receded from 2s. to 3s. per cwt. on the transactions of the week. HIDES. —Notwithstanding the limited nature of the re ceipts the tendency of price is in favour of the buyers. MAIZE.—The stock of bay is still large, and parcels are being forced on the market at very low rates, indirectly affecting the price of corn, which has been sold rather under last quotations. The market is very barn of oats, for which good prices are obtainable. PRICES CURRENT WOOL. Fine clean samples Fair to middling Greasy • Sheepskins s. d. s. d. .1 4 to 1 6 1 0 1 2 0 4 —0 6 0 3 —3 6 Primo Mutton Beef TALLOW £5O 0 0t0254 0 0 45 0 0— 49 0 0 _ _ Station . 40 0 o 44 _0 6 Hides, fair to good 0 9 0- 013 0 FARM AND DAIRY PRODUCE. Maize, good samples ---- ---- -£0 10 6 to £0 11 0 Ditto, cracked Barley 0 5 6 0 7 0 Oats Hay, per ton lO 0 0 20 0 0 Cheese • 0 0 6 0 0 7 Bacon 0 0 6 0 0 8 Batter Tobacco 0 0 8— 0 0 9 NEW COLONIAL BlSHOPRlC.—Arrangements arc in progress for the appointment of a missionary bishop for the i3lands of the Pacific Ocean, where it is calculated more than 50 different languages are spoken-. [ADVERTISEIIENT].—Hutioway's Ointment and Pills e tain Cures for all Cutaneous Diseases.-Copy of a let ter from Mr. James Meredith, Ashton-under-Lyne, dated the 15th January, 1854 :—" To Professor Hullo: way. Sir,—For seven years I was a victim to the most unsightly of cutaneous diseases. My whole body was covered with sores, alai although I had recourse to a variety of means to relieve myself from this odious dis figurement, they were totally unsuccessful ; eventually, however, I had recourse to your ointment and pills, which miraculously by slow degrees healed the whole of the sores, and left my skin without a blemish, to the utter astonishment of my friends."---Sold by all drug gists, and at Professor Holloway's establishments, 244, Strand, London, and 80, Maiden-lane, New York. STOCK. S canteens or medical chests,each containing 338 dress , Lugs. 4 medicine chests. 4 canteens of administration for the stock. 16 canteens of reserve fur the health service. 22 do. for the administrative service. 20 do. for the Private use of the medical staff officers. 10 tons of vegetable infusions. 20 hand barrows. 200 counterpanes (or quilts). 50 tilts and awnings for the sick, &c. 30 tents. 24 litters. 6561 pair of mule-seats. The total of the resources amounts io 6,50) dressings, distributed among the various canteens in use or in reserve. The conveying of ali this stock is performed by 364 pack mules. The stock of a regular ambulance, for a division of 10,000 men, is composed of live vans, each carrying 2, , ,00 dressings, and all that would set up the dispensary of a sw all hospi tal. The ambulance of a cavalry division consists of three vans only. Each van is drawn by four horses. The military administration of the Eastern army has at its disposal 23 ambulance vans fitted up in the way de scribed. The entire medical and hospital staff, now with the French army in the East, is composed of -276 physicians or apothecaries. 54 officers of Ara uistratiou. 5U hospital sisters (female nurses). 731 male nurses. As for the dispensary stock, withoat including what is required for present use in the ambulances, there has been already sent from France for the organisation of permanent hospitals at different paints, a complete lit out of medica ments for 7,700 patients, not including also the require ments in the hospital of the Piraeus, that make up 500 beds. At this moment a complete stock is going out for the organisation of two new hospitals, each to contain 500 beds. The number of 500 has been fixed upon simply for of each h os pit a l. L as tl y , l arge unity collected of various arti c l es , especially of l sr i ee n rp e vr n eess a e have n n t t ligln been intt.he Taking all these amounts seat out toge ther, we may consider the supply to be equal to the wants of 200,000 cases, and yet, not a day passes still, but what seine ships leave France with additional stock for the ma gazines of reserve established at Constantinople, and with fresh articles that may be required for the treatment of the sick. The principle has been not to send more than 1,000 iron bedsteads, since the temporary hospitals are fitted up with straw mattresses, sheets, counterpanes, &c. But in conse quence of the additions subsequently sent out the iron bedsteads now amount to 4,00, to be shortly increased to 8,000 or 10,000. The hospitals in the East will very soon be as well off as those of Europe in every respect. The dispensary branch has been attended to in an equal degree, for not only is every kind of medicine supplied,. but even the fittings up are on the spot. A, central dispensary established at Constantinoplerfosse'Pes all those articles it requires for supplying the par till dispensaries. 'The arrangements that have been made for many years past by the military administration for regulating the man ner of packine , the different parts of the hospital stock are admirably adapted for determining beforehand the nature and importance of the means required for conveying each batch. The dimensions, contents, and weight of the chests aro fixed, and hence the great ease experienced in forward ing this kind of stock. Thus for a temporal y hospital of 500 patients the proportions are - r - Administrative stock (bedding, &c.) 9 cubic metres; weight 1,800 kilogrammes; pharmaceutic materials 9 cubic metres; weight 1,800 kilo grammes. E Leh hospital for 500 • patients has a supply of medica meats for three months. As for the articles of diet, which the mess-officers of the hospitals procure in a great measure ou the spot, the cen tral administration attends more to the means of supplying the patients with such dietary articles as they peculiarly require, and have sent out a large supply of vegetables, preserved on the Chollet principle, to the reservemagazine at Constantinople. We hear that an agreement, to continue for five years!, has been entered into between the Scottish Central and the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway. Companies. Mr. J. A. Jamieson, secretary to the Central, is to act in the same pracity for both companies, and Mr. Latham, of the E(l7nburge and Glasgow, will discharge the duties of rnamw,er under tie new arrangement. —Perthshire Advertiser. [A.DVERTISEMENTJ—SuppIemen, gratis, With the llreek/g Dispatch of Sunday, October 29th, The 'freckly Dispatch of Sunday, the 2961 of October, will be accom panied by a Supplement, containing the tuoi,t ample pArticulari of the Bombardment of Sebastopol and every event of interest connected with the operations of the Armies in the Crimea up to the momeiit of pub• lication. Tbii Supplement, like the one published or. the 15th instant, and which was so highly a,ppreciated by the public, will he entirely devoted to tyre intelligence of the War. Pui chasers will thus possess a detailed nar rative of all the great events of this important under taking, which may be preserved separately from the newspaper, if des:red, or, being uniform in size and ap pearance, can be boand with the volume of the year. It is the intentions of the Proprietors to issue at intervals other Supplements, carrying on the History of the War, and giving the fullest, and 'cost authentic information or, the subject. The Dispatch will also contain a full account f the fate of Sir John Franklin and his lir'ave corn paniOas. Oide7s siotlld be immediately given to the .News-agents in tows and country, or at the Dispatch Office, 139, Fleet-street. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAY. — Traffic; return for the week ending Oct. 21, 1854 £14,79717 4 Corresponding week last year • 13,012 9 9 Total of the half-year to this date, 1851 263,761 19 .5 Total of the half-year to this date, 1353 216,301 8 7 LONDON AND SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY.—Tratlic re turn for the week ending Oct. 21, 1851 £17,932 11 9 Corresponding week last year "~:"+e.+:T.,~. 3 `.-.-wß":h+:iiett-~ ::x'"i,'.S`.ClL;'~:7ae.' SPOBTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET HOUGIITON MEETING, • MONDAY. Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each ; for three-yr-olds. 7st 7th; four, B:4t 31b ; five and upwards, 84t 51b. The winner to be-sold . f0r.350' soya if demanded, & c . Criterion Course, 7 sub., Duke of Bedford's Nathan, 4 yrs (S. Rogers) 1 Mr. J. Powney's Cineas, 4 yrs (Maton) 2 Mr. Warrington's Kiteflyer, 5 yrs (W. White) 3 Mr. J. Osborne's Seducer, 3 yrs (kshinall) 4 Lord Exeter's Filbert, 4 yrs (Flatraan) 5 Betting-6 to 4 agst Nathan, 7to 4 agst Cineas. Won easily-by' halt a Length; bad third; the ethers beaten off. Sweepstakes of 10 sous each ; for three-yr-olds, 7st 61b; four, fist 41b ;,five, Bst 8113 ; six and aged, Bst 101 b. 'l`tie winner to be sold for 60 soya if demanded, &c. 4XM. 543ubs. Captain D. Lane's Guy Mannering, 6 yrs (Bartholomew} 1 : Mr. Bailey's New Brighton, 4 yrs (W. Aladale) Mr. Benstead's Economy, 6 yrs (C. Marlow) 3 Mr. \V Cookson's Sweetness, 4 yrs (Charlton) 4 Mr. Sargent's Cable, 3 yrs ' (Wells) 5 B4tting-7 to -4 agst Sweetness, 3 to 1 each ayst Cable and Guy ,Mannering. After a very fine race in, Guy Mannering won by a head. A neck only be tween each of tbe others. Setting Handicap . of 10.'sovs each, for two-yr-olds. The `Winner to be eold for 150 save, if demanded, &c. D. 141. 5 subs,„ - V[r. Ke.nyon's Siding, 8 t 71b (Sly) 1 Mr. Rogers' Guitar, B:it (G. , E. Sharp) 0 Duke of Bedford's Triton. 7st 131 b (Pettit) 0 Lord Clifden's Socinian, 7st 21b (Welk) 4 Mr. Saxon's - Banbury, Bst 31b (Clement) 5 . .Bettin„i-f-5 to 3 each agst Siding and Guitar. Won by a neck ; dead heat for second place. Bad fuurth. Match.:. 300, h ft. T. M.M. Lord Glasgow's c by Pautaloon—Physalis, 3 yrs, 7st _ 7lb .. Lorii Derby's Dervish, 3 yrs Bst 91b (Teinpleinan) 2 :Betting-5 to 4on Dervish. The favourite, at au in- terval of two or three lengths, waited on his competitor until they entered the cords, when he drew up. A good race in ensued. Dervish was, however, beaten rather cleverly. by half a length. Sweepstakes of 10 sous each, for two-yr-olds ; colts, Bst ; and fillies, Bst 51b. The winner to be sold for 2501. if demanded, &c. First half of Ab. M. 4 Hubs; Mr. Morris's Priestcralt (Basharn) 1 Mr. Walker's Merry Nun (A. Day) '2 Mr. J. Adkins's Fearless (Corderey) 3 Lord'Exeter's Nagura ' Betting : 5 to 4 on Merry Nun, and 2 to 1 agst Priestcraft. Won,by a length, two lengths between the second and third. A. Day made a complaint against Basham fez' swerv ing against him near the finish. The case was heard after the races, but was not decided. It will be brought before the stewards again to-day (Tuesday). Sweapstakes of 10 sovs each ; three-yr-olds, 7st 91b ; four, Bst 71b ; five, Bst 121 b ; six and aged 9st. The • winner to be sold for 250 sovs if demauded, &c. Ab. •M. 5 subs: Lord Exeter's Nicotine, 4 yrs ' (Norman) 1 Mr. T. Johnson's Black Swan, 4 yrs (Whitehouse) 2 Lord Win. Powlett's Bobby, 3 yrs ...(G. E Sharp) 3 Mr. Howard's Diana; 3 yrs (Wells) 4 Lifsid Lonsdale's Welham, 3 yrs (Flatinan) 5 Betting : 2 to 1 agst Wellman, 5 tot agst Bobby, 3to 1 agst Black Swan, sto 1 agst Nicotine. Only Welliam was backed with spirit. Nicotine made all the running and won by a length, two lengths bAween the second and third, and a bead between third and fourth. Plate of 501., for tw•-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 71b ; and fillies, Bst 31b. Penalties for certain winners. Last three quarters of the Rowley Mile. Mr. Pell's Polestar, Bst 91b (Marlow) 1 Mr. J. Powney's William the Third, Bst 71b...(Maton) 2- Mr.. Mare's Tynemouth, Bst 71b (S. Rogers) 3 • The following also ran :--Thor, fby Epirus, DutCh Tar, f by Cowl, Lady Alicia, Schamyl. • Betting--5 to 4 agst Polestar, sto 1 agst Tynemouth. Won cleverly by _a length, the second beating the third by a head. Schamyl was fourth, fby Epirus fifth, Thor Sixth, and Lady Alicia seventh. Criterion Stakes of 30 sovs each, 20 ft, for two-yr olds ; colts, B,t 71b ; and fillies, Bst 51b. Penalties for certain winners. From the turn of the lands 33 subs. Duke of Bedford's Para, Bst 81b (S. Rogers) 1 Lord Dorchester's Cruiser, Bst 71b (A. Day) 2 Mr. Osbaldistone's Rifleman, Bst 131 b (J. Marson) 3 Tho following also ran :-Fayeaway, Saraband, Be. sika, Antoinette, Dr. Cooke. Betting-6 to 4on Rifleman, sto 1 agst Cruiser, 7 to 1 agst Saraband ; only Rifleman Was backed for Money ; 10 to 1 was, we believe, taken to some small sums about the winner. Para made the running, with Fayeaway .second, and Cruiser and Rifleman well laid up; at the Duke's Stand Cruiser made all sail and got alongside Para and the two ran in close company to the finish ; Para, however, won clever at last by a neck, the second beating the thiid two lengths ; -Saraband and Fayeaway were the next two. Handicap Plate of •501., for three-yr-olds and upwards. Cambridgeshire.Course. . Mr. J. Osborne's Garnelad, 3 yrs, sst 121 b (I3earpark) 1 Lord Anglesey's Old Rowley, 5 yrs. Est 111 b (J. Goater) 2 Ur. Prenter's Duke of Lancaster, 3 yrs, 5.t. Sib (F irdharn) 3 Mr. Conibe's Nervous, 4 yrs, 7st 111 b (Wells) 4 The following also ray :—Adine, Cat' paw, Cope: - hagen, Raekapelt, Dioreedia, Merry Peal, Banstead, liuinguffin, Determination, The Medal. Betting-2 to 1 agst Adine, 6to 1 each agst Medal and Cara'spaw, 8 to 1 agst Garnelad, 10 to 1 each agst Old Rowley and Humguffin. Won by a length, half a length between the second and third ; the others were scattered. Arline was restive at the post, and the start was consequently delayed. Match : 500 h ft. No weights mentioned. T.Y.C. Lord Caledon's b c,(dead) by Simoorn out of The Quee❑ (Kiteflyer's dam) eget Lord Waterford's c (dead) by Seahorse out of Red Rose. More than a hundred horses have arrived since Fri day last, and there is every prospect of an excellent meeting. The trains to-day have brought in a con sideraJle accession of visitors, and the town is likely to be quite full. Hay and corn consVerations were chiefly productive of the sport this afternoon, must of the winners being liable Co be sold according to the terms respectively specified. The weather was clear, sunny, and bracing, until just before the race for the Criterion, when the sky became thickly overcast, the wind blew keenly, and a smart shower fell until the race was over. The above details will show that .Rifleman missed the mark, and was beaten two lengths from the Cruiser, who ran the winner in to a neck. Recent rains have brought the running ground into first-rate condition. BETTING AFTER THE RACES. THE CAMBRIDGESHIRE. 4to 1 agst Rattle (taken). sto 1 agst Orinoco (taken). 12 to 1 agst Hervine. 13 to 1 agst Scherz (taken). 25 to 1 agst Gamelad (take 30 to 1). • DERBY. 12 to 1 apt Grmeulus Esuriens (taken). • NEWMARKET-MONDAY NIGHT. ADDITIONAL CAMBRIDGESHIRE SCRATCHING& Barbatus, Caracara, Allington, I3arrel, Scarecrow, Knight' of St. George, Indian Warrior, Eulogist, Kha ,ficlja,h, Nabob, Orestes, Cat'spaw, Lady Bird, Ptolemy, Eva, Helmet, Rodo-Meli, Lady Elizabeth. LATEST ARRIVALS.—Orinoco, D. 0., Miss- &Min. Tile Nursery Stakes closed with 61 nominations. NEWMARKET RACES.—Tma DAY. Eight races are fixed for this day. The first at 12.0, the Cambridgeshire at 3.20. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. CIISTOM-HOUSE, OcT. 22. ENTERED INWARDS.—The Haabet from Nordkjobing ; Mercury, Memel ; -Kangaroo, Amsterdam ; Diana, Har lingen and Nieu lie', • Eudora, Malaga; Stadt Dordrecht, Dort ; Enigh e d en , Rostock ; Sykpens Forsoy, Nordkjo ping ; Freedom,. Shediac : Laing, Swartwick ; Hebe, Riva desella ; Reliance, Memel; Clyde, Falkland Islands ; Jo hannes, Calmar; Denmark, Jamaica; Mary Gillespie, Gefle ; Veracity, Memel ; Regina, Quebec ; George Lowe, Savannah ; Prospero, Malaga ; Santiago, Callao ; Pore Merry, 4 ; eelong ; Delhi, Calcutta; Thomas Baker, Buc touche ; Volga, prize of war; Old Rapp, St. Stephens ; Le Valliatns, Stettin ; Sophia, Dantzic ; Robert, Stettin ; John Barrow, Sydney ; Zephyr, Demerara; Sophie, Nor den ; John Dunmach, Tadousac. ENTERED OUTWARDS.— The Mercury for Memel and Co penhagen; Patriot, Sant% Cruz and Teneriffe; Belir, Stockholm ; Punch, Guinea ; Hero of the Nile, Rangoon ; Old Hickory, Callao ; Margaretta, Trieste ; Wynanan Jatina, Amsterdam ; Cabo, Harburg. CLEARED Our WITH CARGO.—The Lloyds for Ri Janeiro.; Margaretta, Amsterdam ; William, Zahndam ; St. Louis, Geelong; Perseverance, Leer; Halpning, Altona; George, Altona ; Lune, Yard ; Twende Brodre, Krageroe; Bury St. Edmunds, Mauritius • Rosa, Genoa ; Terza, Harling ; Lowestyne, Adelaide ;' Haddington, Botnbay Flying Childers, Hong-Kong and Canton. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. The Seringapatam, London to Melbourne , Oct. 12, lat. 48 N, long. 11 W ; Providence (brig) of Shields, same day. The Friendi, Mauritius to London, Sept. 6, lat. 12 N, long. 26 W. The Deptford, Liverpool to Rio Janeiro, Sept. 7, lat. 12 N, long. 26 W. The Norma, for East Indiesp Aug. 17, lat. 19 S, l ong. 3 5 W. The Thomas 'Arbuthnot, Callao to Cork, Aug. 20, lat. 53 S, low*. 62 W. The Guiding Melbourne to Liverpool, Aug. 5. lat. 37 N. • Tile Neleus, Southampton to Melbourne, Aug. 27, lat. 27 N, long. 15 W. The Harriet (barque), of Jersey, for Rio Janeiro, Sept. 5, lat. 10 N, lung. 27 W, which spoke the Roman Empire, for Calcutta, Aug. 29, in lat. 16 N, long. 25 W. The Mary . (brig), Stockholm to Melbourne, Aug. 3, lat. 12 N, Icing. 25 W. TRH CHOLERA. IN SCOTLAND.—Since our last, th'r teen cases and eight deaths have been reported to. the Edinburgh City and St. Cuthbert's Parochial Boards, occurring in Leonard's-street, Hermitage-place, Qowan's-ctose, George IV. Bridge, India-place, Mer chlnt street, Hard well close (Pleasance), Williant-stieet, Btaukfriars'-wynd, Putter-row, Fume's-elose,.and West sow. No cases have taken place in the Canongate parish for upwards of a week. The disease still lingers in Stirling, Clackmannan, and Abordeen;—Scotsman, MARRIED. On the 21st inst., at East Grafton, John, second son of Henry Hogben, Esq., of the Bank of England, to Ann R. Edwards, eldest daughter of the late John Rushley Ed wards, Esq., of Wilton, Wilts. On the 19th inst., at St. John's Episcopal Chapel, Edin burgh, Dr. James Sherlock, Physician to the City and County of Worcester Asylum, to Emily, daughter of the late Major Sl`Pherson, of Ayr. £413 5 6 Increase in 1534 CRYSTAL PALACE. —Return of admissions for six days ending Saturday, Oct. 21.-- Numbers, including season tickets, 17,729 ; amount received fur admission, 796/. 145. 01 CRYSTAL PALACE, Oct. 23.—Shilling Day.—Admis sion at the doors, 3,282 ; admission by season tickets, 299 ; total, 3,581. THE JIIBILEE.—At the several Roman Catholic churches in London, a pastoral letter was yesterday read from Dr. Grant, Bishop of Southwark, announcing by authority of the Pope, a jubilee or season of special indulgence, commencing from Sunday, the 22d instant, and ending Sunday, the 21st of January, 1855, to all who' should perform certain devotional and religious exercises specified, offer up prayers on three separate days in some church " for the exaltation and prosperity of the Church, for the extirpation of heresies, for the peace, and concord of Christian princes, and for the peace and unity of all Christian people." They are also to fast and to give alms for the relief of the necessitous poor. These alms to be deposited in a separate box, and one-third to be retained by the pastor of each church Mr his own poor, the remaining two-thirds to bo for yarded to the biehop, to be applied towards the founda tion of a he use for destitute children. ROWING MATCH BETWEEN MANCEY AND ROLLS.---The long-talked of race between R. Mancey and J. Rolls., for 201. a side, took place yesterday, and created con siderable interest. Their rival pretensions lrel been repeatedly questioned by their friend', and the preli minaries of the match weresucceeded by bets to a stiffi-h imiount, at even: The course was from Putney to Aortlake. Rolls first made his appearance, and had "shower bath" in his boat, which we opine is a bad way of taking it, when a fellow is going to row a wager. Elis adversary was a bett r judge, and stopped till the . rain was over, which certainly gave him an advantage.: tjpen the signal being given both started evenly and well, anti were scull and scull, with alternate shoots, till nearing the Crab Tree, both rowing extremely plucky and well. At the Crab Tree Mancey began to show a superiority of strength, the lumpy water in Corney [teach giving him an advantage of a clear length and , a which he never lo s t, and but little increased. re pace was reniarleably good, only twenty-five minutes being occupied. Rolls's cutter kept considerably too far behind him. .;~,~. - ^~:~~ COI/NPR V MARKETS. CHELMSFORD- 00T. 2). We h-td a very large supply of wheat on offer to-day, and a considerable quantity changed hands at an advance of 6s to 7s per qr. upon the priced of this day so'nnight. Peas and oats niade rather more money; other things firm at late rates. Prices to-day wore as follow :—Wheat, white, old 54s Od to 74s Od., new 55s to 745.; red, old 49s to 675, new 49$ tc 67s ; barley, 26s to 32a ; chevalier, 29s to 32s ; grinding, 21s to 27s ; malt, 71s to 75s ; chevalier, 74s to 78s ; oats, 27s to 33s ; peas, partridge, 38s to 42s ; white, 40s to 43s ; boiling 46s to 52s ; dun, new, 35s to 38s ; beans, tick, 410 to 418 ; HaITOW ticks, 39s to 47s ; Mazagan, 38s to 40s. COLCHESTER- OCT. 21. We have had a most exciting trade to-day. Wheat is fetching .10s per qr. over last week's prices. Barley 2s and all other grain is to 2s per qr dearer. Prices to-day were as follow :—Wheat, white, 72s to 803; red, Os to 748 ; barley, 268 to 32s ; oats, 23s to 28s ; beans, Alazagao, 42s to 458 ; middle and small, 448 to . 5,0 s ; pew', White, 468 to 50s ; grey, Us to 425. Official Statement of the Quantities of Corn in the port of Loudon, from the folloviir the 15th to the 21st Oct., both inclusive. • Sze., tg p 0 , receive 1 ,rts, from 4 . ; . .47 P 4 cl X Colchester Harwich Leigh ...., 133 244; 2001 - - - I 20 - 369 36 - - 4005 r 300; - -; 31 COAL MARK] Prices of Coal per ton at t Budd's W. Hartley dai3tiug's Hartley . Eiolywell Canfield Moor taufield Moor Butes.. Walker Primrose ..... South Peareth , 8 I,e, ;.. ' 5 157 100 ET.-:-Ocr. 23. ;he close of tlio market. s. d.! WYlam •.. , ' 21 0 ,21 0 Walisend, &c •_ _ _ ,20 6 Northumberland E 21 t South Hartlepool Cowpen ,17 3 Wayne's Merthyr ,18 I - Whitworth ,17 6 _ l9 „.27 0 ~.21 0 ..25 • _2l 0 RAILWAY SH A RE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, Ocr. 23. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market has been flat, with quotations 4 to per cent, lower than on Saturday. Cale donian, 29; ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 71; Lancaster and Carlisle, thir ,s, rte pm.; London and North-Western, 101; Midland, 68 , 1; South Eastern, 18 11-16. MANCHESTER, OCT. 23. STOCK EXCHANGE.—Today in the market there was very little business transacted, and prices a shade lower. Lancashire and Yorkshire, 71a ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 23a i; Midland Railway Consols, 68i BIRMINGHAM, OCIT. 23. '"STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market inactive, but quota tions generally are steady. Nothing of importance was transacted on 'Change. Great Western, Birmingham Guaranteed, are still in request, and apparently in consi derable favour. BRISTOL, OCT. 23. STOCK EXCHANGE.—Tbe market was flat, and with but little business. Midlands., 4 , 8 ; South Devon prof., 13. SEABORNE MAILS. (N signifies that the mails are sent from the General Post.ollie ly the night—and M by the morning--despatch.) Day yrhen male ut From what When COUNTRIES. M General Post- Port due in Office, London.* Displtcheri. England. anerica(byltrit.pack)N Every Friday ... Liverpool Each Mel =erica (by United 9th. packet) ..........h let. 14...... Liverpool Oct 23 merica (by U States packet) ..........N Oct. 11 •• •• .• Southampton Oct. 19 kurtralia (via South ampton) .......• Nov. 4 Sogtharnptor , ripe, 4 .)itto (via Marseilles) N Nov 2 ... Dover ov. 30 iMtto (via Cape of Good' Hope) ............N Dec. 4 utica (blast Coast) toe tootitc . Plymouth .. 1 ov. 6 itexandria.. N 9 24, &390 f r, Dover •• •• •• itexandria........ 20th of mo , uuttiamptoi. •tn.hamas 1M 17th of the month imaillarliptoi Nov. 1 teigium 'ally . . . L .. .............. M 9th of the month 'oat munpi on Nov. 16 Buenos Ayre5........M JELL ot ale month: 4 vipttl.im • •r, Nov. 16 ::ape of Good Hope ..N Various ports Uncerta 2 Cape of flood Rope ..N • lane de Verde ......N 9th of the mOnt i 4 out h amptot Nov. 1 6 leylon (see India) 1ey10n..............N • *flannel Isles... ..N Won.,Wed.,&Fricl 4nuthampr, n Th.9a4 hill .......... „Al tlc 17th of mont 4suthampt br Nov. 1 thins (see India) !onstantihople 4,13,18,23,&20 of I. )ovor ..... Jct. 30 !onstantinople ........ Ith sc 20th of mu iouthampim unt. of Europe 111 & N revic, daily )over ...... rwttedalli '.gypt (see India) trance ........ Dd & ls rwice Jove, rwtrF dalFj .ibraltar,.l4l 1,7, 17, 20, 27 of It - 4ruth:lmph, let. 20 ireece (fee India) litytqwn 31 rid & 17th of moi, .mithamptof, lamburgh ..........N Tuesday & Frida London ..... lavannah .......... h and of the moot ,outhamptca. Nov. 1 Tolland ............ )over . .7' •• londucas .......... 7th of the rnon,t. Nov. 16 udia (viaSouthampt.) ith & 20th of m uth* rulia (via Marseilles) di 9t.h&2sth of moot: Dover Oct. 31 • ,mlao Isles (see India) 1, , 7, &27 of ino )•;\ er • •• •• , reland .• ......21 & N Pwice •tally ii,t be .. 7,9, 17, & '27 of I, olitharn, ton tc. 2.; - tadeira ............31 with of the mom top ov. 16 ade:ra ........ :371 of month I.lverpool 'ov. 3 :alts (see India) mita .... • 818&26 of mon. D0ver...... Oet. 29 lauritius (see India) mritfus ......•• ••N .4111 of the mon , • Mexico •••••• •• .• ••M —r • th••• nv,,,. Southamptet, Nov 1 ..ptu ) . . ........N stlllsth2stitormon. Dover ...... 22 ew Granada .... •• ls) 2d & 17th of mouth Southampto. ov. 1 New Zee1and.......... 71r pri , ate slt „ Various port U .611 e.aPal Males •• •• .th I sth2 , th o a no ... Dover ...... • 22 'thl7.th`ttiorinot 4outnau.pr , ov YG ~ e ru ••.. • . • ..111 .1 7ir 7th ot trio! . tort Natal ..........N By priv.tte ship Various ports , neertalis• • • •• • • • • • • • • ••N th2.ithomion Dover •••• • • Oct. 22 Cuacany • •• •• •• • •N mo Dover •• •• .. Oct. 22 ienezUtla •• •• .• 2dS,l7th o f mon th Southampton van piemen's Laud (se , . • Australia) .. . Nest Indies id Sr. 17th at mono „. Southampton Nov. 1 When any of these dates fall cyi a Sunday, the wails, will Le de spatched on the following day. with the exception of the India yid touthampton), and the Malta, both of which will be despatched the acceding des. [AnvEnTlsEmENT.]—Medicine always aggravates chronic diseases, such as dyspepsia (indigestion), habitual constipa tion, nervous, bilious, and liver complaints, consumption, &c., but Du Barry's Delicious Revalenta Arabica Food invariably cures them in a very short time. We extract a few out of 50,000 testimonials of cures, which had resisted all medicines. Cure No. 180. --"Twenty-five years' nervousness, constipation, indigestion, and debility, from which I had suffered great misery, and which no medicine could remove or relieve, have been effec tually cured by Du Barry's food in a very short time —W. B. Reeve, Pool Anthony, Tiverton." Cure No. 4,208.—" Eight years' dyspepsia, nervousness, , debility, with cramps, spasms and nausea, have been effec • tually removed by Du Barry's delicious food in a very short time.—Rev. John W. Flavell, Ridlingtort Rectory, Norfolk." Cure No. 51,416.—" Fifty years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, consti• pation, flatulency, spasms, sickness at the stomach and vo. mitings, have been removed by Du Barry's excellent Food. —Maria Jolly, Wortham, Ling, near Diss, Norfolk." Cure No. 3,9oo.—Thirteen y ears ' coug h , indigestion, and gene ral debility have been removed by Du Barry's excellent Pood.—James Potter, Athol-street, Perth : " Cure No. Twenty. years' liver complaint, with disorders of the stomach and nerves, have been perfectly' cured by Du Barry's Revalental Arabica.— Andrew Frazer, Haddington, East Lothian." " Trevagler, Gulval, near Penzance. Feb. 20th, 1851.—Eighteen years' nervous debility, violent palpitation of the heart, throb bing of the temples, violent pains in the left side and back, shortness of breath, coughs, numbness of the extremities, cramps, spasms, flatulency, retching, and such general weakness, that I was constantly fearful of falling when on my legs ; all these, symptoms have been removed by Da Barry's excellent Food.—Mary . Gilbert."—ln canisters, suitably packed for all climates , and with full instructions —ll b., 2s. 9d. ; 21b., 4s. 6d. • 51b. lls. ; 121 b., 225. ; super-refined, lib., Gs. ; 21b., ; gib., 229. ; 101 b., 335. The I.olb. and 121 b., carriage free, on post office order. parry du Barry and Co., 77, „Regent-street, London; Fortnum, Mason, and Co., purveyors to her Majesty, Pic ea .illy; also at 68, Cori:thin; 60, Gracechurch-street ; 8 J and 451, Strand ; 63 and 150, Oxford-street ; 55, )haring-cross ; 4. Cheapgide ; 49. Dishopsgate-street. BIRTHS. OF A SON. On the 20th inst., at St. Leonard's-on-Sea, Lady Parish On the 21st inst., at Kidderminster, the Hun. Mrs. Claughton. OF A DAUGHTTeR. On the !WI inst., at 25, Glocester-crescent, Hyde•park, the wife of Colley Herman Scotland, Esq., barrister-at law. On the 21st inst., at 24, Brunswick-square, the wife of the Rev. P. B. Power. DIED. On the 22d inst., at Brighton, the Right Honourable the Countess of Stamford and Warrington. On the 211 inst., at 15, Green-street, Grosvenor-square, Anne Lady Douglas, wife of General Sir Howard Douglas, Bart., G.C.B. On the 26th June, at the Sarra Victoria, Australia, Ann Elizabeth, wife of G. D. Hedley, E sq ., M.D., and eldest daughter of the late R. J. Peck, Esq., of Newmarket, aged 31. On the 20th ult., at the camp, Balaklava, John Arthur Froeman, late Captain in the Royal Scot s G reys , and only son of John Freeman, Esq., of Gaines, Herefordshire, aged 27. On the 18th inst., at Windermere, in Westmoreland, Charles Wm. O'Reilly, of the Admiralty, London, cousin of the Right Hon. Sir Charles Wood, Bart., President of the Board of Control, aged 34. On the 21st inst., at 15, Lower Belgrave-square, the Dowager Lady Thomas, aged 95. On the 21st inst., at Tanhurst, Henrietta Maria , the y ou ngest daughter of the Hon. Mr. Justice Vaughan Wil liams, aged 9. On the 21st inst., Mrs. Yelloly, widoveof J. Yelloly, Esq., M.D., F.R.S., of Cavendish Hall, Suffolk, aged 70. LONDON : Printed and Published by biIJEDO YOUNG, of NO. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 112, Strang!, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the 'minty of ikliddles9V Tuesday, Oct, 24, 1854.