The Sun. — London, England, 1854-10-31 00:00:00

Writ; bitto SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock. THE LONDON GAZETTE. (THIS EVENING.) WHITEHALL, OCT. 28. ' The Queen has been pleased to grant to John Thomas .ILbdy, L.L.D. ' the o ffi ce of Reader of the Civil Law in the University of Cambridge, in the room of Henry James ISamner Maine, L.L.D., resigned. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, OCT. 30. The Right Hon. the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade, and Plantations have received, through the Secretary State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a de 'Patch fri - Jm )'ier Majesty's Ambassador at Constantinople, under date 6th October, announcing the re-establishment of the freedom to export grain from Turkey. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, OCT. 30. T.he Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received, 4 ahrough the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy 'of a despatch from her Majesty's Consul at Vigo, reporting that a quarantine of ten days is imposed at present upon English vessels arriving at that port from a port in the United Kingdom infected with cholera ; as also a quaran tine of three, five, or eight days upon vessels from a port in the United Kingdom suspected of cholera, according to the nature of the cargo and the length of the voyage. ADMIRALTY, OcT. 28. The following proreotioros, dated the 26th instant, have this day taken piano, Consequent on the decease, on the 25th instant, of Rear• Admiral of the Blue John Leith : Captain Octavius, Vernon Harcourt, Captain the Right Honourable Henry John Chetwynd, Earl Talbot, C . 8., -- Captain. S;h• William Symonds, Knt., C. 8., to be Br...az-Admirals on the Reserved Half-pay List. Car,Gain James Scott, C. 8., to be Rear-Admiral of the Blu a: ADAIRA.LTY, OCT. 30. The following promotions, dated the 27th instant, have 'this day taken place, consequent on the decease, on the 26th Instant, of Vice-Admiral of the Blne Richard Arthur, C.B.:— Rear-Admiral of the: Red William Fitzwilliam Owen to be Vico - Admiral of the Blue. Rear-Admiral of the White Sir Charles Sullivan, Bart., to be Rear - Adrairal of the Red. R ear . Admi - eal of the Blue Edward Boxer, C. 8., to be Rear-Admi:al of the White. Captair i Williams Sandom to be Rear-Admiral of the Blue. . Ret;.red Captain John - Fitzgerald Studdert his been prow qted to the .rank of Retired Rear-Admiral, ou the terra4.proposed in the London Glzette, of Ist Sept., 184;i, brit without. inrea.ae of half-pay. C , 02 , 11115610 SIGNED BY LORD LIEUTENANT:=3. County of Devon—Lawrence Palk, Esq., to be R.puty - - 'Lieutenant, May4s, . Gi Regiment of Devon !dilit"..a—John Iltehcn to be Cap. - tain, James Butler to be Ensign, Henry Dimsdale Parr to Oct 14. - .Ikos,•Caithness, Sutherland, and Cromarty Regiment of ilitia—George William Holmes Roar; Esq., late Liet3.l.o - her Majesty's 92t1 Highlanders, to be Captain, Oct. 26. Northair pton.Thire Regiment of Militia —Will iams r,vaus, Gent., to Le Ensigri, vice M..yeock, resigned, Oct 27. RUPTS. John Rogers, tradin7, undcr the style or firm of Rogers and Company, commission agent, Laurence Pountneygane, sarrrirler, Nov. 14, at eleven, and Dec. 19, at twelve, at the C our t o f B an k rup t c y. Bell, official assignee, ( Coleman- stree t-build ngs ; A brahams, Southampton-build ings. . Joseph ThourpsOn, jun., draper, Terrace, Kensington, Nov. 13, at two, and Dec. 19, at ono, at the Court of Bankruptcy: Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Lawrence, Plows, and Boyer, Old Jewry-chambers. Ed r. and William Tuson, boarding-house keeper, Harley street, Cavendish-square, Nov. 11 and Dec. 22, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, offic...isl assignee, Tiesingliall-street ; Lawrence, news, and Boyer, Old Je wry - chew hers. William Owen Tucker, share broker, Throa lneedle•st., .Nov. i'at half past eleven, and Dec. 22 at half-past one, at the Court of Blnkrriptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Lowrance, Plews, and Boyer, Old Jewry chambers. Henry Brett, grocer, Portsea, Southampton, Nov. 11, at eleven, and Dec. 22, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official assignee, Aldermanbury ; Lawrance, Plews, and Boyer, Old Jewry-chamber?. Peter Smith, licensed victualler, Hoaton Nev. 11, at half-past one, and Dec. 16, at one , a t the dourt of Bank ruptcy. Pennell, °Mehl assignee, Guildhall-chambers ; Carpenter, Elm-court, Temple. Joseph Brooks, grocer, Salford, 9th and 30th (and not 13th, as advertised in last Friday's Gazette) Nov., at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Hernaman, official assignee, Manchester; Sale, Worthington, and Shipman, Manchester. Nathaniel Magnus, the younger, shoe manufacturer, Fore-street, Crippl—mte, City, Nov. 11, and Dec. 16, at two, at the Court o(Bankruntcy. Pennell, official assig nee, Guildhall-chambers ; Laurance, Plews and Boyer Old Jewry-chamb ers . ' Henry Boleno Mason, licensed victualler, Windmill street, Nov. 11 and Dec. 16, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Nicholson, official assignee, BA singhall-street ; Buchanan, Guildhall-chambers. James Whitney, draper; Worcester, Nov. 10 and Dec. 7 at. half-past ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore, official assi g nee, Birmingham ; Hughes, Wor cester ; Motteram and Knight, Birmingham. William Henry Barlow, hatter, Leeds, Nov. 17, and Dec. 8, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, official assignee, Leeds; Middleton, Leeds. John Midgley, soda-water manufacturer, Nottingham, Nov. 14 and Dec. 5, at ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Harris, offict-al assignee, Nottingham ; Bowley, Nottingham ; Hodgson, Birmingham. Lydia Wood and Charles Henry Wood, carpenters and builders, Willow-walk, Bermondsey, Nov. 11, at one, and Dec. 16, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Guildhall-chambers ; Edwards, Lothbury. Wm. Bickloy, draper, Stoke-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, Nov. 9 and Dec. 7, at half-vast ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Bittlestone, official assignee, Birming ham ; Jones, Size-lane, London ; Motteram and Knight, Birmingham. Jame; Wright, surgeon, Wenclover, Buckinghamshire, Nov. 11 and Dec. 16, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy, Nicholson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Downes, Adelaide-place, London-bridge. John Matthews, farmer, Nowent, Gloucestershire, Nov. 13, and Dec. 11, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Hutton, official assignee, Bristol ; Lovegrove, Gloucester. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. William Dewar, post-horse hirer, Glasgow. Robertson and Company, manufacturers, Dnnfermline. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. ( Prom the London, ?Vew Price Current of this day.) St:MAR.—The lower descriptions of brown have been in good request, and again at rather higher prices. Manilla clayed, 4,000 bags, has been sold also, but the terms have not transpired. Refined has been more inquired for. Brown lumps are 435, and low to fine grocery is 43s 6.1 to 48s per cwt. The quantity of British Plantation landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 750 hhds 127 tierces 204 barrels ; there were taken for home con sumption 1,406 hhds 226 tierces 583 barrels. The stock in the same places is 29,123 hhds 2,832 tierces, 5,576 barrels. MoLAssE3.-,-There are still o .ger buyers, and another rise has taken place. Si see Friday sales amount to 2,000 puns, low to fine West India at 14s Cal to 16s, and Cuba 15s 6d per owl. COFFEE was in moderate demand, and the sales of native Ceylon are 300 bags at 46s 3d, and a few small lots 46s 6d, and 600 bags of common and good ord Rio at 44s to 45s 6d, COCOA is wanted, and 2G) bags Grenada in auction to day went at 32s to 38s per cwt, being rather higher rates. TEA.—This article is quiet. Common sound Congou, 10jd to 100 per lb. Rms.—The market is dull. Good mid white Bengal to arrive has been at 14s 68 ex ship. CINNAMON.—At the Quarterly Sales a reluctance was evinced to operate. The part sold went at 2d to 3d under last sale's rates, and about 150 bales have been placed since the auctions on those terms. The low and broken kinds nearly supported previous terms. The next sales will take place on the 28th January. COCHINEAL.—At the public sales of 225 bags, the de mand was slack, and only a portion was placed at late rates to id discount on good and fine silvers, whilst the ordinary sorts were unsaleable, anti bou g ht i n com paratively above their value. Prices ranged from 3s 2d for small clean fogey grain, to 3e lid for bold fair colour Honduras silvers, with more or lees pastly at 3s to 3s 3d per lb ; 14 bags garblings sold at is 4d per lb. GUM. Bcs 32 cks Kowrie in auction held at 32s per cwt. VALENCIA. RAISINS.—To - clay at auction 3,449 boxes of New were partly sold at 455, and damaged 36s to 40s. ALMONDS.—At alaction 86 hoses of New Jordan. went at 6111 s to 101. 8s per cwt. PIG IRON.—The market keeps in a dull state, and 80s taken for Scotch mixed numbers cash. SPNLTEB is not much wanted, and sales to-day on the spot were made at 241. 10s. per ton. . b tte r to-day— sb e sold re b a e t . PRovraioNs.—There was les s doing u Irish rea li se d f u ll rates, but fine Friezlandwat 104 s per cwt. Prices are well kept u p for bacon, jOg an active demand. Lard is on the advance. For all other articles rates are well supported. Roc continues in oo d demand, but the high rates asked checked business g . Proof Leewards, 3s 4d to 3s 5d Per g ell ft- The quantity landed last week, at the East and West India Docks, was 1,317 puns 19 hhds. The re were taken for home consumption 329 puns 116 hhds, and ex p orted 172 Puns 152 hhde , The stock in the same place is 13,100 13111;111,859 hhds. COTTON remains dull. SALTPETRE is quiet, w n i o t t h l 7 , nt change in prices. TALLOW.—There has per cwt on the spot. 65s ed to 65s 9d mach doing. P.Y.C. is - COURSE OF 81 -- c7 .------------ cp•Av r ,... ~, 1113421ebraltar .... •••••• • • • • -- •-••su.—s.lllS DAY. Amsterdam ............ Ili Ditto, three months .. .............. 25 40 ! ' , man Rotterdam ......•• •• •• 11 18 ' lo e t a rn •••••••• • • • • • • 30 47% .......... ...... 25 45 Antwerp Brussels .. •• ••• • •• .... 2.5 40 ! Venice. : —•• • • • • •• • • • • Harubargh ..........13 634 N a pl es .:• •• •••••• • • .. Altana •••••••••• • • • • • • Palernie •• •• • . Paris.... •• • • •••••• •• 25 12 y4•Meislii -:. •••••'• • • •• 124 !., Ditto, three months .. 25 37% Lisbon .. . ........ ••• 12834 Marseiile3 ....... ••• • •* 25 37 % 9Porto ..Ei:: . •• • • 6 3 ,ltio Janeiro ••••• "" 53 % Bourdesux • • •• • • •• •• F, ~fort on. watne •• .. 118% 'Buenos Ayres.... •.• :: Berlin .......• •••• • • .. New York, s 0 days ' Zest 12 14 IPhiladelphia .. .. •.• • . Trieste........ •••• • • •• 12 10 I P awn ov istaxicx, Aa 07. 35 Foreign Goldin Bare 43 17 9 Petersburg . ........ • • • • 50 (Portugal Gold Coin 0 0 0 Cadiz ......., • • _ New Dollars ...... 0 0 oBarcelona ...... „„ „ Seville.. •• •• .........,. ;Silver in bars • ... 0 5 1% Tat ASTRONOMER ROYAL'S EXPERIMENTS IN Hart- TOY COLLIERY.—On Tuesday evening last Professor Airy, the ,18tronoreer Royal, gave art exposition in the Central H 2 11, South Shields, of his recent experiments -Ifarton Colliery to ascertain facts with regard to the c! n:zip-Alf tl:e earth. The meeting was at the special ...4s:•>• 4t , i4ii4tectf the learned vhilosopher, and consisted of ...,,,.r k , •8 ate at i trtylca ding families and scientific gentlemen in 3. • % 4:4l tr . . 'f.::l a the weinhcrs of the South Shields Me `4. _ ,';-• • ~ . . to r ( ' '' fir., . 4 _A.4:54 L i on, and the members of_ the Working , „I A la -.. _lyi:tl,lto of the town.—Sunderlan d News. . a . AUSTRALIA. We extract the following remarks from a letter dated Sydney, Aug. 15 : Day by day seems to bring to pe o pl e in New South Wales the conviction, strengthening and in creasing, of the incapacity of British enterprise to establish to these shores the means of regular and speedy postal communication. It is difficult to know by which of the ordinary sailing traders to write. We pick out the clippers, and are often dis appointed at their making the longest passages. We wait in deferred hope for the expected steamers, and are comforted by the intelligence that they have been taken off the line, or laid up, or excused from duty in some other way, while we have allowed the most likely fast-going vessels to go out without correspondence. The advises from the Melbourne markets are of a very dispiriting character, and should there any storm arise it will certainly blow from that quar ter. lam not, however, disposed to think that any very urgent and disastrous crisis will take place. There will be inconvenience, perhaps distress, but it will be confined chiefly to the new firms, who, in the too sanguine anticipation of making wealth speedily, have overlooked the legitimate sources of trade—the laws of supply and demand—and have swamped the market. There is no change, however, of consequence in prices, which in ordinary times would be considered high. Flour is 321. per ton ; the 41b. loaf, Is. 4d. ; beef and mutton, 6id. per lb. ; potatoes, 30s. per cwt. ; and house rent, say for two small rooms, with an apology for a kitchen, 255. a week. In politics there is but little of note. The dis cussions of the Legislative Council are, as I pre dicted in former letters, confined principally to squabbles in matters of very small importance, and which only too frequently are reiterated on mere personal grounds. The estimates for the year 185 5 and the supple mentary estimates for 1854 afford by no means a satisfactory statement of our fiscal position. It appears that the total expenditure of 1854 will exceed its total income by a very considerahle percentage—say about 18 per cent. This in itself is very bad, and sufficient to excite alarm. The revenue for 185 h is calculated at a very considerable increase on the collection of 1851, but- in the minds of many whose knowledge au I experience are valuable on these subjects, the estimated amount is not likely to be realisel. There is not much doubt that the..iin port trade will fall off, and all the spirits that can be: taken out of bond have been taken out to avoid the excessive charge for store rent. Oa these grounds the. house has gone into committee, with a very stern determination of rednct;on, and the Go vernment does not seem i 7-1 a position, either I,y tact or talent, to make much head against its prin cipal assailants. On other great colonial matters there has been considerable talk to no purpose, and the result in every case has bceu reference to select committees, not one moiety of which will bring up more than pro e ress reports during the present session. The emigration question, the education question, the sale and disposal of Crown lands, are all referred to committees—committees which, if a new consti tution should be granted to us, whether of our own choice or modelled by the Imperial Parliament, in the next session will have every chance of being quashed. Nor can I say, from the constitution of these committees, that the feeling of the country would be much outraged by such a concurrence of circumstances. The advances made by the Government to the Sydney Railway Company have stimulated enter prise in this direction. Great efforts are being made to complete the line to Paramatta, and al though it will only cover 16 miles of ground, and will have been laid at an almost extravagant price, the initiation of this means of transit cannot be looked forward to with too high an expectancy of ultimate good. The works on a line from New castle to Maitland—the former the great coal depot, the latter the emporium of the agricultural produce of the northern districts of the colony—are also being commenced under favourable auspices. We are looking anxiously for the arrival of the Lady Jocelyn steamer, which will bring us news to the 4th of June, our latest date being the 2,id of May. SPORTING _UTE LLIGENCE. TA.TTERSA.LL'S-YESTEEDAT. Although a very large amount of money changed hands to-day, many accounts remain unclosed, and not a few are likely to be " wintered upon." The results of the recent Houghton Meeting were for the most part unfavourable to the fielders. Several of them lost heavily. Some ilea of the aggregate amount of less may be gathered from the fact that one book maker alone was minus 10,0001. on the transactions of the week. But notwithstanding this state of affairs, speculation was resumed at intervals with a good deal of spirit. Scherz was in great force for the Epsom Autumn Handicap, the odds varying from 2 to 1 to 6 to 4. Defiance had a few friends, and 10 to 1 was taken in fifties and ponies about Hungerford. THE DERBY. 3,000 to 300 was taken in one bet about De Clare, and 600 to 500 laid three times between him and Rifle man. 1,200 to 200 taken about Grmculus Esuriens. 600 to 50 St. Hubert, 300 to 25 Lord of the Isles, 1,500 to 100 Rifleman, and 6,000 to 300, in one bet, about Wild Dayrell, who was backed altogether for 5001. 1,000 to 25 was taken about Frederick, 1,000 to 20, and 4,500 to 100 about Westminster (by Touch stone). 1,000 to 20 about Prince of Wales, 1,000 to 20 Affghan, and 1,000 to 20 Polydora colt. The quotations at the close were as follow : WORCESTER AUTUMN HANDICAP. 7 to 2 agst Mr. T. Parr's Rataplan (taken) EPSOM AUTUMN HANDICAP. 6 to 4 agst Baron Mollendorfs Scherz (taken and off) 6to 1 Mr. W. Smith's Little David Bto 1 Captain Christie's Defiance (taken) 10 to 1 Baron Rothschild's Hungerford (taken) Haco is lame, and was struck out of his Epsom en gagement en Saturday last, at 4.30 p.m. DERBY. 10 to 1 agst Lord Derby's De Clare (taken) 12 to 1 Mr. Merry's Lord of the Isles (taken) 12 to 1 Mr. Howard's St. Hubert (taken) 12 to 1 Mr. Bowes's Grmculus Esuriens (taken) 15 to 1 Mr. Osbaldestone's Rifleman (taken) 20 to 1 Mr. F. L. Popham's Wild Dayrell (taken) 40 to 1 Mr. W. Gulliver's Frederick (taken) 45 to 1 —• Mr. Williams's Westminster (taken) 50 to 1 Lord Orford's Affoha❑ (taken) 50 to 1 Lord Dorchester's Prince of Wales (taken) 50 to 1 Mr. Payne's cby Cotherstone—Polydora(t) 600 to 500 on De Clare agst Rifleman (taken) CHESTER CUP. Offers to bet 5,000 to 100 on the field. DERBY LOTS, 1855. W. 13IITLER'S.—Paros, Pugnator, Spinner, JOHN DAT'S.—Arnaut, Cruiser, Dazzle, Jackdaw Kingstown, Lawyer Endless, The Nailor, Namur, Prince of Wales, Saucebox, Supplicant, S w a gger , colt by Veni son out of Defiance's dam, William th e Third. , . J. B. DAY'S. —Cavalier, Ouliton, colt by Surplice out of Ferina. W. DAY'S.—Brinklow, colt by Epirus out of Fraudu lent, colt by lago, dam by Gladiator out of Marohesina, colt by Joe Lovell out of Buzz, Lord of the Isles, New ington, Triumvir, Westminster by Touchstone. DILLY'S.—CoIt by Bay Middleton out of Industry, Joshua, Valentinian, colt by the Libel out of Splitvote. Mr. DRINIKALD'S.—Donum, Katerfelto, Le Fripon, Monge, Professor Airy. DOCKERAY'S.—CoIt by Cotherstone out of Polydora, colt by Epirus oat of Glaris, Gerard. Loa]) EXETER'S.—Aztm, Hazel, Nutjobber, Strood. FOBERVEL—Corcebus, Courtenay, Deerstealer, Dirk Hatteraick, Freddy, Neoptolemus, Van Winkle. Jottx Soores.—The American, Aurifer, the Bonnie Morn, the Corfiote, De Clare, Dr. Cooke, Elvaston, Grmoulus Esuriens, Hickleton, The Huntsman, Lorenzo, Louvat, Marco Spada, The Mosquito, Noddy, Paletto Phcebus, Priesrcraft, The Professor, Sir Roger Hill. [ADVERTISIMENT.]—Medicine always aggravates chronic diseases, such as dyspepsia (indigestion), habitual constipa tion, nervous, bilious, and liver complaints, consumption, &c., but Du Barry's Delicious RevalentaArabica Food invariably cures them in a very short time. We extract a few out of 50,000 testimoni a l s o f cures, which had resisted all medicines. Cure No. 180. "Twenty fiv° years nervousness, constipation, indigestion, an d 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, Ridlington Rectory, Norfolk." Cure No. 51,416.--" Fifty years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia, nervo - asmess, asthma, cough, consti pation, flatulency, spasms, sickness at the stomach and vo mitings, have been removed by Du Barry's excellent Feed. —Maria Jolly, Wortham, Ling, near Diss, Norfolk." Cure No. 3,9oo.—Thirteen years' cough, indigestion, and gene ral debility have been removed by Du Berry's excellent Food.—James Potter, Athol-street, Perth." Cure No. 81.—" Twenty years' live: complaint, with disorders of the stomach and nerves, have been perfectly cured by Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica. Andrew Frazer, Haddington, East Lothian." " Trevagler , Gavel, near Penzance. Feb. 20th, 1851.—Eighteen years' nervous debility, violent palpitation of the heart, throb stg.of the temples, violent pains in the left side and back, L t neft of breath, coughs, numbness of the extremities, Barry's excellent my legs; Cr amps, spasms, flatulency, weakness, that I ency, retching, and such general these was constantly fearful of falling when on Vraptoms have been removed by Du —llb., 2s. Od. • suitably Packed for all°o(l.—Mary Gilbert."—ln canisters, super-refined, I.lh 21b climates, and with full instructions The 101 b. and 121b4, 45. 6d. ; 51b. ; 121 b., 225. ; lis. ; 5113., 225. ; 101 b., 335. Barry du B arry 2 . d e- riage free, on post office order. ; cadillY; also at 68, CorniptAiTire• Fortnum, Mason, and C0,,0 77 , Regent-street, London ; Yore to her Majesty, Pic -330 and 451, Strand ;63 amid Gracechurcla-street ; ; r. Oxford-street ; 55, 1 Charing-cross ; 4, Cheapsid e ; ' 11"12°Paiteit9-atreet, HE SUN LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 31, 1 8 54. NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. The Eurydice, 24, from Portsmouth, and the Govern ment emigrant ship Amazon, for Adelaide, arrived in Plymouth Sound yesterday afternoon. The Rollo, naval training brig, Lieutenant Fenwick, arrived in Plymouth Sound yesterday afternoon. The Lizard, paddle steam-vessel, left Portsmouth yes terday on her return to the eastward. APPOINTMENTS. Captain Lord Edward Russell (1833), in command of the Vengeance, 84, on the Mediterranean and Black Sea station, to be Naval Aide-de-Camp to the Queen. Captain Henry J. Codrington, C.B. (1836), in com mand of the Royal George, 120, screw steam-ship, on tier way home from the Baltic, to be Naval Aide-de- Camp to the Queen. Captain Thomas Birch (1850), to command the Esk, 20, screw steam-corvette, commissioned yesterday at Woolwich. Captain Hugh Dunlop (1850), to command the Tartar, 20, screw steam-corvette, commissioned yesterday at Chatham, Second Master Jaraes H. Lawrence (1853), from the Leopard, 18, paddle-wheel steam-frigate at Portsmouth, to the Britannia, 120, flag-ship on the Mediterranean and Black Sea stations. Assistant-Surgeon John R. Holman (1847), recently serving in the Phcenix screw steam-sloop, to Greenwich Hospital. Acting Assistant-Surgeon W. S. Roche, to the Snake screw steam despatch gun-boat, at Woolwich. THE GUN BOATS-TRIAL OF THE PELTER'S ARMAMENT. The Pelter, 2, screw gun-boat, 60-horse-power, the first of her class, on her voyage from the river to Ports mouth, called in at Dover on Monday last, took on board Captain Julius Roberts, R.M.A., and proceeded into the Channel to make experiment on her high pres sure locomotive engines, armaments, &c. Two 8-inch 65 cwt. guns were taken out of her, and an 8-inch 95 cwt. gun (not Lancaster's), throwing solid shot and shell, put forward in her, with the requisite ammuni tion, besides .two howitzers abaft to make up her pre vious weights, and, with the authorities on board, she proceeded to the Needles to try the heavier armament and her qualities under sail. A. number of solid shot and shell were fired with beautiful precision while under steam, her speed being nine knots, and her draught of water Gft. 6 in. The yrcaut space left by the 65 cwt. gun it was decided by these trials might at any moment be occupied by an additional 8 in. 95 cwt. gun from the line-of-tattle ship to which she with others would be at tached—thus rendering her, while a mere speck upon the water; with her little masts lowered, and at her ex- I trerne range, a most formidable opponent. The remainder I of her c!ass will be forwarded with despatch. The Wrang'er, screw wan-boat, will undock and haul out of the fitting basin, Portsmouth, on Wed nesday. THE AUSTERLITZ. The French screw line-of-battle ship Austerlitz, from the Baltic, steamed into Sheerness harbour yesterday, fi re d a Royal salute to the port, with the English standard flying at the foretopgallantinast head and the flying jib set, according to the French nautical custom of salutie,. The flag-ship returned the salute. Shortly after the Austerlitz fired a Royal salute f-.r the fort, ..hich was returned by the land garrison saluting bat tery. Previous to these salutes a salute was fired in honour of the Commander-in-Chief's flag, which was re turned by the flag ship with a full salute, in accordance with the rank of the captain in command of the Auster litz. This ship, it will be remembered, shared the same fate as some of our own ships of war serving in the Balti3. By pushing on with our ships, side by side, she ran on one of the many sunken rocks in enter ing the Gulf of Finland ; and, in order to lighten the ship forty-five of her guns were thrown overboard, by which, after a detention of about two hours, she was got off, and proceeded. She left Wingo Sound on the 231 of this month at 9 a.m., and proceeded home ward-bound in company with the French Admiral's ship Inflexible. Thee Fated company on the 27th, and on the 28th saw the Inflexible at the back of Yarmouth Sands. The Admiral's ship was proceeding for the Downs. The Austerlitz arrived at the Nore on Sunday, at 2p m. A guard of honour of the Royal Artillery was in attendance at the Admiral's-stairs to receive the captain's gig from the Austerlitz. Captain-Superinten dent John Jervis Tucker, accompanied by his Com mander, Josiah Thompson, of the Formidable, 84. guns, went on board to welcome the arrival of the ship, also officially, as the Captain-Superintendent of the Royal Dockyard at Sheerness. Commander John B. Marsh, of the Waterloo, also paid an official visit to the Aus terlitz. Captains Cannon and Forbes, of the Royal Ar tillery, in garrison, paid a visit to the captain and officers of this ship, and in the after part of the day the principal part of the ward-room officers of the Royal Albert paid them a visit, and invited the ward-room officers of the Austerlitz to dine on board the Royal Albert. Every one, both of the navy and army, seems to vie with the other who shall first be favoured with the company of their French brothers in arms. The upper deck of this ship, from stem to stern, is a fighting deck, flush fore and aft. Her middle deck mounts short 32-pounders, and she has 82-pounders on her lower deck. She has a very heavy armament; and a crew fully efficient to work her guns. She lost 75 of her crew by cholera. Her officers and crew at present are all well. THE HARRIER. Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas Cochrane, K.C.8., Corn mander•in-Chief, went to Spitbead yesterday afternoon, and inspected her Majesty's steam screw-sloop Harrier, Commander Story, and was received, on going on board and leaving, with manned yards. The War-office has ordered 120 new gun-boats, with two heavy guns in each, and 40 floating batteries, with 70 guns in each—total, 2,800 guns—to be ready in the spring, for Cronstadt. The French have agreed to send a large force. THE ROYAL ALBERT. —ln consequence of no chaplain yet being appointed, there has not been divine service on board since the day she was commissioned. All her officers and crew now mess on board. There are yet many little etceteras required for the comfort of the officers. She has a noble ward-room, but, strange to say, they have not had (during these heavy rains and strong winds, by which they have been daily drenched to their skins) a ward-room fire. We learn by electric telegraph that the storeship Con rad, which returned to Plymouth dismasted on Sunday, has been discharged out of the Government Service. The True Briton, Captain Morris, is ordered to load hay forthwith, and the Belgravia to take in bread, beef, and pork at the Royal William Victualling-office, both for Varna. MILITARY. Accounts from Cork, dated Saturday, say—" The barracks here are at present somewhat crowded, caused by the draughts from several regiments which have taken up their quarters in it, previous, it is believed, to embarkation for the seat of war. Draughts of the 29th (Dorsetshire), 14th (Buckinghamshire), and 3d Buffs, expect to receive orders for embarkation, to rein force their several regiments. The 59th (2d Notting hamshire) Regiment, serving at Hong Kong, will, it is believed, be reinforced by a draught from this garrison. The public spirit in favour of the present war is such that the vast majority of recruits insist on joining regi ments in active service, comparatively few being ready to serve in the regiments which are not at the seat of war. The allowance given to the sergeant or ether person for procuring a recruit is 1/. if for a regiment engaged in the war, and 15s for all other regiments. Men are now taken into the army whose height does not exceed 5 feet 4 inches." NEW MILITARY DRESS. —There is not to be any re turn to the old system, but a slight deviation from the new pattern. A slight addition is to be made to lace. The new staff patterns were received yesterday at the establishment of Mr. Salaman's, in Charing•cross, who is the constructor of the new light division coat, as pro posed by Colonel Lothian Dickson. There is no alte ration to be made in the cap. All the patterns are now deposited at the Clothing Board, Whitehall. FORMATION OF A PERMANENT CAMP AND NEW FORTIFICATIONS. PORTSMOUTH, Oct. 28.—1 t is intended to construct forthwith a permanent camp at Aldershot near to the. site of the Chobham Camp of last year, and also to erect some important artillery defences to Portsmouth and the adjacent eoast. The camp at Aldershot will com prise barracks, magazines, and other buildings necessary for the accommodation of 10,000 men. This will in clude two regiments of cavalry, detachments of horse and foot artillery, and infantry. The works are to be proceeded with with all despatch, and it is reported that 10,0001. will be spent upon this camp by March next. This week the Board of Ordnance have advertised for tenders for the erection of a battery, with magazine, shell, and fuzee room, and master-gunner's store, near Southsea Castle, one of the defences of the entrance of Portsmouth Harbour. This, we believe, will be an earthen battery, mounting five or six heavy guns. A similar battery is to be erected on the opposite of the harbour's mouth at Fort Monckton. At Freshwater Gate, outside the Needles, in the Isle of Wight, a powerful battery is to be erected ; this will mount 15 or 16 guns of the heaviest calibre, whilst the Sussex coast is further to be strengthened by the construction of a strong battery at Shoreham, near Brighton. The new and very heavy battery at Sconce Point, inside the Needles, in the Isle of Wight, is now on the point of completion. GREAT STORX IN CORK.—The Cork Reporter of Sa turday, says :—" This city was visited last night by a severe storm, accompanied with heavy rain, which con tinued from about half-past seven o'clock yesterday evening until this morning, when it subsided. The wind was due south, and blew with such violence that some houses have been stripped of some slates, and a few chimneys throughout the city have been blown down. In Foster's-lane, in the Blackpool district, a house te nanted by some poor people was entirely demolished, and a boy, 14 years of age, named Patrick Mahony, killed. The other inmates escaped uninjured. This is the only serious accident that we have heard of occur ring during the night, but it is to be feared that we shall shortly hear of some disasters ,having occurred at sna. So great was the flood in the river, this morning, consequent on the heavy and continuous rain that fell last night, that it has been deemed prudent to close Patrick's-bridge to foot passengers. The fields adjoining the Mardyke, and along the banks of the river further westward, presented an unbroken sheet of water. This is the first flood we have had since the departure of sum mer. The wind which accompanied this fall of rain blew with great violence from the south-west, and still continues ill that point." THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT AND MR. SOULE. The French Government have taken an unusual, though not an unwarrantable, step when all the facts of the case are known, in declining to allow Mr. Soule, the Minister of the United States accredited to Madrid, to enter the territories of the French empire. We un derstand that this gentleman expressed himself in very strong language upon his return to London, after an ineffectual attempt to continue his journey through France, from Calais or Boulogne, and that the personal affront to which Mr. Soul 6 conceives himself to have been subjected has been taken up as an affair of na tional and political . importance by Mr. Masson, the American Charge d'Affaires in Paris, and by Mr. Buchanan, the American Minister in this country. It is to be regretted that men who are entrusted with the important and responsible duty of representing such a country as the United States in Europe should display so much sensitiveness on so paltry an occasion. What ever affronts may befall Mr. Soule have been richly earned by himself since he set foot in Europe, and, while he has forfeited his claim to the courtesy usually shown to strangers, he can claim no especial considera tion for his diplomatic character, which is, of coarse, confined to the country to which he is accredited. The circumstances of this case are, however, peculiar, and there is reason to apprehend that they will give rise to some discussion. In the first place, Mr. Soule is by birth a Frenchman, and, although he has done all that lay in his power to repudiate his national character and to assume that of a citizen of the United States, it can hardly be contended that the French Government is bound to take no account of his origin, or to regard him precisely as it would a citizen of Boston or New Orleans. In adopting a new country, it would, at ;least, have been in good taste if Mr. Soule had not forgotten that he owed something to the land of his birth. The United States not only adopted him, hut raised him to the honourable position of one of their Ministers abroad, and President Pierce selected him as his repre sentative in Spain, apparently because he had identi fied himself with the party which did not disguise its intentions upon Cuba. With the political effects of such a nomination We are not here concerned, but no sooner had Mr. Soule arrived at Madrid, where he was received in official society, than his son contrived to pick a ridiculous quarrel with the Duke of Alba, at the house of M. de Turgot, the French Ambassador, which was followed by a duel with M. de Turgot himself, in which that gentleman was most dangerously wounded. The outrage thus offered to the brother-in-law of the Emperor of the French was evidently a fortuitous cir cumstance. The career of Messrs. Soule, both father and son, in Madrid continued in the same course both in politics and in society. They freely associated with the revolutionary leaders in diffe rent parts of Europe. The Spanish Government were satisfied that they- traced the active partici pation of Mr. Smile in some of the disturbances which occurred in Madrid shortly before be left that capital. In the south of Prance, which Mr. Soule visited for a short time in the course of the summer, he held without di s gui-e language with reference to the head of the French Government which was at least indecorous in the accredited representative of an allied State ; and more recently he has teen playing a part at a so-called conference of American Ministers at Brussels, where, if we are rightly informed, the chief topics of discussion were not exclusively of American interest. In short, Mr. Sould bad done what he could to obtain an unenvi able notoriety in society and in politics, and he can hardly comnlan i , he is regarded in the character he has c, anxious to assume. _ The French Government, under all preceding regimes as well as the present, have possessed and exercised the right of excluding from the territory of France such persons as they did not think fit to admit. Not long ago, for instance, M. Kossuth was informed on his arri val at Marseilles that he would not be allowed to enter the country. The other day, upon Mr. Soul6's landing at Calais or Boulogne, he was politely informed by the police that orders had arrived not to allow him to proceed. No objection was made to his passport, and no reason was assigned for this decision beyond the will of the French Government. Some expostulation followed, and a reference was made by telegraph to the authorities in Paris, who confirmed the refusal of the local police. So Mr. Soul 6 was compelled, re infector, to recross the Channel and to return to this country, which is per fectly indiscriminating in its toleration of all who may reach its shores. No one, we imagine, will see much reason to pity Mr. Soul6's wrongs. If he has been affronted, the exception made to his prejudice is ob ' viously on personal grounds, and has nothing to do with his public character, which was not involved in the question. It would be absurd to contend that he has any right to enter the French territory, for whatever right he may have possessed as a French citizen was waived by his own act, and he may console himself with the reflection thnt thousands of better men than himself are just now excluded from that soil to which they pro- I fess more attachment than he can do. His grievance, if it be one, is a private affair, and, though he happens to hold the commission of a Minister of the United States in Spain, he has no public or official character in France or any other country. We advert to the subject because we find that there is some disposition on the part of the Ministers of the United States here and in Paris to give an importance to this affair which it does not possess, and to demand explanations and redress for a measure which the French -Government had a perfect right to take, if it thought fit. We hope that we may be permitted to tell these Ministers in a friendly spirit, that if they really do re sort to violent measures for such a cause they will not be supported by public opinion in Europe, or probably in the United States. It cannot be supposed that the American people are insensible to the inconvenience of appointing as their envoys in Europe men who set every rule of social and political life at defiance—who mix with gentlemen of character and station only to insult and assail them —and then fall back into that congenial society which has been thrown on our shores by the political convulsions of former years. No class of states men has been more favourably received or more gene rally respected in Europe than the Ministers of the United States, when they brought with them the qualities which maybe reasonably expected in men filling their position ; but it is too much t o requ i re th a t t h e mere title of an American Minister should exempt such a person as Mr. Soul 6 has shown himself to be from the penalties which attach to his conduct. If the people of the United States are anxious to maintain the dignity and honour of their representati ves , th ey h ave on l y to select Ministers in whose bands the character of their legations will not suffer ; but it would be the height of folly and inconsistency first to send such an envoy as Mr. Soul 6 to Europe, and then to resent as a national injury what is, in fact, no more than the result of his own want of conduct and discretion. The French Government will probably decline in such a case to give any explanation and any redress. Their motives drop, and er not od for the exclusion of easilyetAtlhii.sSfoouolisisharaeffairro understood and justified ; but, if the American m i ss i ons are we ll advised, th-eY convert this private grievance into a cause of dispute between two powerful States.—Times. IRISH AND SCOTCH BANKS. The returns of circulation of the Irish and Scotch banks for the four weeks ending the 30th of Septem ber, when added together, give the following as the average weekly circulation of these banks during the past month, viz. : Average circulation of the Irish banks £3,673,568 Average circulation of the Scotch banks 3,970,706 Average circulation during past month... £9,644,274 On comparing the above with the fixed issues of the several banks, as given in the Banking Almanac, the following appears to be the state of the circulation : The Irish banks aro below their fixed issue £680,926 The Scotch banks are above their fixed issue 883,497 Total above the fixed issue £202,571 The amounts of gold and silver held at the head offices of the several banks during the past moith have been as follows : Gold and silver held by the Irish bank 5......... 2 1 ,807,358 Gold and silver held by the Scotch tank 5......... 1,488,319 Total of gold and silver held 4,295,677 The above statements complete the returns of the cir culation in England, Scotland, and Ireland for the month ending the 30th of September. There is a decrease of 189,2871. in the circulation of notes in England, and an increase of 10,1351. in the circulation of the United Kingdom, when compared with the month ending the 2d of September ; and, as compared with the month ending the lst of October, 1853, a decrease of 2,997,5511. in the circulation of notes in England, and a decrease of 2,707,488/. in the cir culation of the United Kingdom. THE ACCIDENT AT THE CHAPEL IN CORL—The Cork Reporter of Saturday says :—" From inquiries made this morning at the South Infirmary we are happy to be able to state that the sufferers by the accident in the South Parish Chapel, on Wednesday evening last, are going on favourably, and that there now appears to be no fear of any of the injuries received terminating fatally. The boy Donovan, whose case at first seemed to be hopeless, is progressing most satisfactorily, while all the other pa tients are expected to be so far recovered as to take their discharges in a few days." A GOOD EXAMPLE.—The members of the Broadhem bury Agricultural Association, in Devonshire, have, at the suggestion of the excellent squire of the parish, Mr. E. S. Drewe, readily agreed to forego the pleasure of their annual ploughing match, and have devoted all the money annually expended in awarding prizes, &c., to the fund for the relief of the widows and orphans of our gal lant soldiers. DISASTERS IN THE CHANNEL, LIVERPOOL, MONDAY.- The Irish letters received this morning report a severe gale in the channel on the 27th and 28th instant, and several disasters to shipping have been reported. The Belgian galliot, Loochriste, from this port to Ghent, was towed into Holyhead, having been on the Cleopatra Rocks. The Sarah Ann, of and from Liverpool for Ma tanzas, is on shore near Ardglass, on the north coast of Ireland, a total wreck. The Brother Jo,nathan, from Liverpool for Charlestort, is on shore near Pontaferry, reported to have been in contact off Cape Clear with the William Penn, from this port for Aden. These three vessels sailed from Liverpool on the 26th inst. The United Kingdom, from Quebec, same to anchor in Bel fast Lou g h, on the 28th, for orders, and during the gale dragged her anchors and ran ashore near Carrick. The sloop Emma Jane, from Falmouth to Dublin, ran ashore on the 28th, olno miles from Wexford, and lies high and dry on the Leach. Crew saved. The John and Ellen of Amla eh, was abandoned in a sinking state in the channel, during the gale of the 27th ; crew taken off by the Paraguay, arrived hero from Islay. OPERATIONS IN THE CRIMEA. We translate the following from the Pays of yes terday : " It is impossible to receive fresh details every day of the events which take place in the Crimea ; the diffi culties of communication and the distance must be taken into account. Several French and foreign journals have expressed regret at receiving accounts more rapidly via Rue is than by the more sure and impartial way of Turkey or even of Austria. We think we are justified in saying that the French and English Governments, anxious to gratify the legitimate impatience of publio opinion and to give all the information for which it is so eager, have made arrangeinents for news to arrive from Sebastopol every two days at Varna, from whence it will be sent to the Austrian frontier, and immediately transmitted by electric telegraph. When these arrange ments shall have been definitively brought into practical operation we shall receive almost daily such positive inforiiaation as will dissipate the doubts created inces santly in Europe by the statements of the German press. In the meantime our character as historians obliges us to publish, under all reserve•, the details which reach us, and which the official reports alone can either confirm or contradict. There are, neverthe less, some facts which from their probability may be readily credited. In the number may be mentioned the destruction of the Quarantine batteries. It is cer tain that a great part of the besieging force has been directed against this point. One of the principal bat teries has been established for that object on the extreme left of the first parallel, and, thanks to a bold manoeuvre, executed by Admiral Bruat, a battery has been raised on the sea side in order to keep up a cross fire on that. The Quarantine Fort would, therefore, have been attacked on two sides at once, and hence there would be nothing extraordinary in its fire having been silenced, as has been announced in a despatch, since confirmed by a note of the Moniteur. If the Quarantine Fort were destroyed, the port which it commandsand protects would be open to us ; we should thus have a new and very important basis ofopera tions for the attack of the town and the bombardment of the forts situated an the opposite side of the port of Sebas topol. Let us hope that the last efforts which we have to make to secure the success of our laborious enter prise will be attended with the same good fortune that has already crowned our armies. The most difficult part of a siege evidently consists in the prelimi nary works far bringing near the fortifications the engines of destruction which are to destroy them. Those first operations have been accomplished under the most favourable conditions. The Rus sians have uselessly thrown against the workmen enormous masses of projectiles. Their batteries being compelled from the nature .of the ground to fire with their guns much elevated, their balls have passed harm lessly over the besiegers. During the long siege works we have scarcely had any men killed or wounded. The fire of the enemy has never for a moment checked the operations of the men who worked in the trenches, aid our soldiers only laughed when they heard the report of the Russian cannon. It is thus that the trenches advanced to within a distance which en abled the opening of a fire from 200 pieces of heavy cannon at the same time. Now, in the opinion of com petent men, the fall cif the place is only a question of time; the batteries of the besiegers advance closer and clo-er to the walls of Sebastopol, until the moment when they shall have reached the edge of the ditch, and dis charge their thunders within point blank. It is calcu lated that the English and French batteries may every d a y throw 23,600 shells and balls into Sebastopol, and it would be astonishing if such a mass of iron should not soon open a breach which would permit the allied armies to march to the assault. It is stated that General Luders has entered Sebastopol with 13,000 men, and that 12,000 Russians occupy and de fend the li,ights of the Belbeck. This news appears to us to require confirmation. According to all previous reports, the first troops expected by Prince 11Ienschikoff were those of General Liprandi. We now learn that those troops had barely arrived at Perokop on the 15th, and en the uther hand the despatches recently published announce that at the last dates the Russian reinforce ments had not arrived. The German journal which gives this news states that General Bosquet had received orders to cut off communications on the north of Sebastopol, which would remove all danger of the pretended movements of the Russians. Besides, if it be true that 12,000 Russians have established themselves on the Belbeck, they may perhaps soon have to fight, for it is announced that 10,000 men who have left Varna are to land at that point for the pur pose of making a diversion whieb will attract a part of the 'Russian forces to the north of Sebastopol. How ever this may be, everything is proceeding on the most favourable conditions. The besieging army has, more over, all its supplies secured from the sea coast, which is in its power, and also on the land side, thanks to the unequivocal good feelings which the Tartars testify towards us, and which the Russian generals themselves admit in their .reports. Success, and a most striking one, is evidently therefore the only possible conclusion, and the crowning one of all these facts." OCEAN STEAMELM. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES, Sir,—While Mr. Cunard assures us that the steamers bearing his name carry boats of the Parliamentary num ber and standard, I am still wholly at a loss to under stand how these can on all occasions accommodate every person in the ship, when, as I stated, on my voyage out we numbered 273 souls, and the six boats could only accommodate 210 persons. It is perfectly true that I am no seaman, and there fore I took especial care to procure the best official in formation respecting the accommodation provided by the six boats, and the time required to launch them, and I would ask any one who has seen the manner in which boats are stowed within the shrouds on the top of the deck-house bottom upwards, and filled with vegetables —hew, under even the most favourable circumstances, they could be "launched, equipped, and manned in three minutes ?" _ My own observation inclines me to believe that, as the chief officer informed me, three-quarters of an hour would be required to launch each of these boats. A reference to my letter will show that I did not call upon Parliament to " punish the owners of the Cunard steamers." I gave unqualified praise to the officers of the America, and confined myself to the publication of the fact that on nay voyage to the United States the boats were not sufficiently numerous or capacious to con tain the number of persons on board, and, as you truly said in your leading article on the loss of the Arctic, it is evident to the commonest understanding that no ship should be allowed to go to sea under such circumstances. Parliament may set up a standard of boat accommo dation for ocean steamers, but it should at the same time limit the number of persons to be carried.—l am, sir, your hutnbl6 servant, C. R. WELD, Somerset-house, Oct. 30. THE BAND OF THE FRENCH IMPERIAL REGIMENT OF GUIDES. WINDSOR, MONDAY NIGHT. M. de la Verdibre, capitaine d'dtt-major, and Baron Videl, an officer of the French Regiment of Guides. after dining with the royal circle last night, slept at the Castle as the guests of her Majesty: This morning, after break fast, they were . shown over the state apartments, and inspected with deep interest the different arrangements of the royal household. At 11 o'clock they proceeded on lioreback, accompanied by Lord Alfred Paget (chief equerry and clerk-marshal), and attended by two of the royal grooms, to view the principal objects of interests in the neighbourhood. The first visit was to the infantry barracks, where their stay was very brief. They , went next to the cavalry barracks, where they were received by Capt. F. Sutton, of the Royal Horse Guards (Blue). The colonel of the regiment (the Hon. Cecil Forrester, M.P.) is absent on leave, and the lieutenant-colonel (Colonel Howard Vyse, M.P.) was at Stoke Place, but their places were well supplied by the officers in garrison, who invited the distinguished strangers to luncheon at two o'clock. The invitation was accepted, and then the French officers, with Lord Alfred Paget, gallopped off to the Long-walk, from which they diverged to take a peep at the magnificent range of buildings erected on Prince Albert's Home-park farm. Continuing their ride through the Great Park, they halted at Cumberland lodge, to inspect the hunting stud belonging to the Royal buckhounds. From thence they went to Vir ginia Water, and afterwards to the Ascot kennels. They then returned to Windsor, and arrived at the Cavalry barracks just in time for lunch at two o'clock. The officers of the Blues were joined by Major Spitty, the com manding officer o ithe Essex Rifles, and by other military friends. The fine band of the regiment played several of their best tunes on the lawn during the luncheon. Pre viously, however, to sitting down they went over the stables, admired the horses, and visited some of the men's rooms. Captain Sutton lad caused a troop cor poral-major, a corporal, and a private of the regiment to be mounted in full marching order, so that the French officers might see every minutiae of the uniform and equipments, They expressed great admiration of the horses, the men, and the whole of the arrangements. At lunch, as a matter of course, the fraternisation of the French and English officers was as complete as it was sincere ; and Capt. Verdibre, of the Emperor Napoleon's staff, left the Spital barrack-yard, accompanied by Baron Videl and Lord Alfred Paget, when the band struck up the French national air of " Partant pour la Syrie." The compliment wan feelingly acknowledged by the strangers, who waved their caps most enthusiastically. They then proceeded at once to the Castle, and from thence to the terminus of the South-Western Railway. While there Mr. Madigan politely showed them over the Queen's station, a building erected for the special ac commodation of the royal family, and most sumptuously furnished, principally at the private expense of the late Major-General Reid, who, at the time of his death, in 1852, was a leading director of the South-Western Company, and one of the members for the borough of New Windsor. Before the officers took their departure (by the 4.30 train) Baron Videl, who speaks English fluently, spoke most rapturously of the reception himself and Captain Verdibre had experienced from the Queen and Prince Albert. The baron also stated that the band of the Guides would be competed to return to Paris on Thursday or Friday next, and added his regret that his stay in England would not be longer. DUBLIN CIISTOMIL—The Customs duties recei ved at this port last week showed an increase of 1,1301. over the corresponding week of last year, the amount being 17,7001., against 16,570/. P a id o n tea, 5,970/. ; Mus covado sug ar , 3,5 3 11. ; re fi re d ditto, 329/. ; coffee, 931.; wine, 2,172/. ; spirits 8571 . ; tobacco , M 97 1. ; tim b er, 3501. ; and miscellaneous 624/. Tot al sum received since 10th inst., 47,5621.; , samq time in 1853, 46,0851. increase, 1,4771, POLICE INTELLIGENCE. CLERKENIVELL.—A youth of aenteel appearance and address, who gave his name William Fellowes, a native of New York, applied to Mr. Corrie under the following circumstances. Applicant said that some time ago he took it into his head to pay a visit to the "Great Metropolis," to gratify his curiosity. He brought a little money with him. Since his arrival he had parted with his money ; he could not get any employment, and he was driven to destitution and starvation, and having no place to rest his head in, he was anxious to get back to his own coun try, where he had a father and mother living. He shed tears. Mr. Corrie suggested that he should call on the Ame rican consul, and if .he could satisfy him that his story was true, he might assist in getting him back to his na tive country. On the same day he returned with a certificate from the consul stating that applicant was a citizen of Am erica. Mr. Corrie thought him very silly to come such a distance without some permanent object. However, if he would go to the captain of an American vessel which was about to sail, and try to get out at a cheap rate, he (Mr. Corrie) would assist him. It was arranged that an officer should accompany him to the vessel, and see him off comfortably, Mr. Corrie humanely advancing the means. MABYLEBONE.—John Guest, a house painter, was charged with having committed a rape on Margaret Daly, aged 24. Prosecutrix said—l am a servant out of place. I was employed yesterday morning at 12, Cumberland-street, Bryanston-square, in getting the house in proper order for the family, some of whom are expected in town to-day. I was in the back room on the first floor polishing the grate, when the prisoner, who had been engaged in cleaning windows in the room adjoining, entered the apartment in which I was, quite unaware, and pulled me back violently upon the floor. I struggled as hard as I could to get away from him, and began to call out, but he stifled my cries by putting his hand over my mouth. Prosecutrix here gave further evidence to show that the prisoner had effected the commission of a capital offence. She added that she at length succeeded in re moving the hand of the prisoner from her mouth, and screamed with all her might, as she did at intervals as well as she could thine he was effecting his object. She kept struggling all the time most violently. He pulled her into the front room, at which time she was in a weak and almost fainting condition, and she ultimately made her way down stairs to the hall door, when the prisoner came after her, dragged her forcibly into the butler's pantry, and there threw over her a quantity of water. He had his arm round me and kept on kissing me, and told me to hold my tongue. I was then screaming loudly. Mr. Broughton—Were there any other persons in the house besides you and prisoner ? Prosecutrix—Only a child, sir, about two years old. The mother, who had care of the premises during the family's absence, bad gone out. Prisoner—Were you not in my arms on the sofa the same morning ? Prosecutrix—No ; I'll swear I was not. Prisoner—Did you not tell me you were in the family way ? Prosecutrix—l never said anything of the sort. Prisoner—Are you with child ? Prosecutor—l am not. Burton, 82 D—l live at 11, Cumberland-street, next door to where the prosecutrix was working. At half past ten yesterday morning I was in the yard and heard a tremendous screaming in No. 12. It continued for some time, and I at last thought from the sound that some one was being stifled. I went to the front door, and tried to force it open, but could not. A consider. able crowd had assembled. I got over the area-gate, and finding the kitchen door unfastened, made my way into the pantry, where I found the prosecutrix st►ll screaming. The prisoner had hold of her, and was kiss ing her. I asked him what was the matter, and he re plied, " Oh, its only the woman making a noise." Upon my questioning him further, he said, "The fact is, the stool slipped and threw me down against her." Her face was wet, and the upper part of her dress was saturated with water ; her hair was also dishevelled. In the room up stairs, which she pointed out, I observed that everything was in such disorder as to satisfy me that a struggle had taken place. Witness added, that in consequence of other particulars communicated to him by the prosecutrix, he conveyed the prisoner to the station-house in Marylebone-lane, where the charge was taken by Inspector Jackson, by whose directions he went with prosecutrix to Mr. Wilson, Baker-street, Portman-square. _ _ -- . - Mr. Wilson, who examined prosecutrix, gave evidence of recent bruises upon the legs and one of the arms, and some further particulars which left no doubt of the commission of the crime imputed to the prisoner. The prisoner, who reserved his defence, was fully com• mitted for trial. ALLEGED ILLEGAL MARRIAGES. THE QUEEN V. FERGUSON. Two applications were made yesterday at Judges' Chambers in this matter, which has created a good deal of interest, before Mr. Justice Crowder and Mr. Justice Crompton. The defendant, a Roman Catholic priest, it will be recollected, was indicted for felony in performing an alleged illegal marriage at Fulham. On Thursday at the Central Criminal Court an application was made to postpone the trial, as the case involved several important points of law, and subsequently it stood over for an ap plication to be made to a judge at chambers for a writ of certiorari to remove the indictment into the Court of Queen's Bench. The first application on the present occasion was made to Mr. Justice Crowder in consequence of the non-arrival of Mr. Justice Crompton from Cambridge. A clerk from the office of Mr. Harting, attorney for the defendant, attended, and Mr. T. Alley Jones for the prosecution. Mr. Alley Jones informed his lordship that it was an important case, and he had no objection to the writ of certiorari being issued to remove the indictment, pro vided the trial took place at the sittings after Michael mas term, and also on payment of the costs of the day at the Central Criminal Court. He felt bound to insist on the costa, as the parish of Fulham, who prosecuted, would have no remedy for them. On the part of the defendant the minute of counsel on the brief was relied upon, stating " Certiorari by con sent on the usual terms," and he was not aware that the costs of the day were made a condition. Mi. Alley Jones said he had had a communication with the Registrar-General, and he bad no objection to the indictment being removed. All he (Mr. Jones) requires was a speedy trial and the payment of the costs of the day, when Chief Baron Pollock expressed himself in favour of the application. Mr. Justice Crowder said the officers of the Crown office would state what were the " usual terms," and as the parties were by the .indorsment on the brief, they had better ascertain what was meant. Mr. Ailey Jones said it was clearly understood that the costs of the day were to be paid, and he should re sist the application, as it would be a loss to the parish. On the suggestion of his lordship the parties pro ceeded to the Crown Office, and the officers were of opinion that the indorsement " the usual terms" would not include the costs of the day. The defendant was liable to all costs on conviction, consequent on the writ of certiorari. Subsequently the parties went before Mr. Justice Crompton, and the circumstances were detailed to his lordship, and the grounds stated for opposing the appli cation, unless the terms mentioned were complied with. Mr. Justice Crompton said the case was before him a few days ago, when a similar application was made, and he had refused the writ of certiorari. The question was discussed, and his lordship was urged to grant a writ to remove the indictment. The Chief Baron was in favour of a postponement. Mr. Justice Crompton thought it was a proper case to be tried at the Central Criminal Court, and not in the Court of Queen's Bench, and he should therefore refuse the application. The parties might, however, if they thought proper, apply to a full court at the commence. ment of term for the writ to issue. It was stated that an application would be made to the full court on the first clay of term. The defendant is on bail in the sum of 1,6001. FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE RAILWAY. An accident of a most terrible description occurred on the above line of railway on Saturday evening last, be tween 5 and 6 o'clock, by which two boys lost their lives, and a third had a near escape. The boys were going from Burslem to Newcastle by the field road, and had to cross the railway at Lunt's-level crossing. Two of them were walking together. One of them had his arm on the shoulder of the other and was talking to him ? the third was about half a yard behind them. As soon as the two first got on the up line a light goods train came up, and the engine struck the two first, and forced them about 20 yards up the line, and the train passed over their bodies. One was killed instantly, his head was severed from the trunk, one leg was cut off, and the body was frightfully mangled. The other lived only a few minutes. An inquest was held on Monday morning last at the W. the Harding anage and n ofd Pack-horse Inn, Longport, befiireorMsyrt.h , a most respectable jury. Mr. F the railway, and Mr. Keary, solicitor to the company, were in attendance. The above facts having been given in evidence, the jury returned a verdict of " Accidental Death." T HE ACCIDENT ON TUB LONDON AND NORTH wEsTxRN RtLwat e coroner's inquest wa s h e ld h body of Elijah Clark, the stoker of the i .—A- yesterday o . n x the London and North-Western Rail was caused by a collision b e t ween the and a cattle train at the Tring station. express ss w h o train se d e o a l s t h ex press train i The accident wa s re p orted in The Sun of yesterday, and the evidence given before the coroner threw no new light on the cause. The jury returned a verdict of accidental death, and appended thereto that "the jury desire to ex press their opinion that death was caused in this case, and may be caused in other cases, by a practice of moving engines up and down sidings, in order to pump water from the tender into the engine boiler, such engines, un less very carefully driven, being liable to foul the main line." A LONG ASSTZES.—The Cork Constitution says :--- " The summer assize of 1854 will be remembered as the most protracted which has ever been known in this city. It commenced in August and did not terminate until Thursday last, owing to the indisposition of the presiding ticllo.7 COUNTRY MARKET& CHELMSFORD—Ocr. 27. The wheat trade was dull to-day, and there being a largo supply and slow demand last week's prices were with diffi culty maintained. Barley and oats were worth is per qr. more money, and Spring corn of all sorts was the tun dearer. Prices to-daywere as follow :—Wheat, white, old Hs Oct to 74s Od, new3ss to 745 ; red, eld 49s to 675, new 49s to 678 ; barley, 27s to 33s ; chevalier, 29s to 328 ; grinding, 21s to 27s ; malt, 71s to 75s ; chevalier, 74s to 78s; oats, 28s to 34s ; peas, partridge, 38s to 42s ; white, 40s to 43s ; boiling 46, to 52s ; dun, new, 35s to 38s ; beans, tick, 41.0. to 41s ; Harrow ticks, 39s to 47s ; lliazagan, 38s to 40s. COLCHESTER- OCT. 28. A fair supply of wheat, but the high prices demanded by the farmers checked the trade, and but little business re sulted, towards the close at 2s per qr. over last week's rates. Barley of fine quality was is per qr. dearer, other sorts are without change in value. Beans and peas were both the turn dearer. Prices to-day were as follow :—Wheat, white, 72s to 844; red, 68s to 71s ; barley, 32s to 368 ; oats, 28s tons ; beans, Mazagan, 42s to 45s ; middle and small, 44s to 50s ; peaty, white, 48s to 50s ; grey, 42s to 465. Official Statement of the Quantities of Corn, &a., received in the port of London, from the following ports, frcm the 22d to the 28th Oct., both inclusive. .4 • . - 4 rg d 4 i o , i 8 a i , _ 18 21 22 65 57 97 Colchester Harwich Leigh Mallon 188 682 1 402 90() - j - 58 507' 1.15 - 131. - -, COAL MARI Prices of Coal per ton at t d. s. Hasting's Hartley 2O 0. Holywell ............ 2l North Percy Hartley l9 Ravensworth Hartley _2O 0! Redheugh Main 17 a Wylam. 20 9 Wallsend, &c. Northumberland ZO 6 1 Hetton 26 0' Haswell 26 0 ET.—Ocr. 30. ,he close of the market. Wallsend, Izo. P. ci. Lambton 25 6 'Stewart's 26 0 Whitwell 24 0 I Heugh Hall 25 0 Kelloe 25 6 South Kelloe 25 0 Trimdon 25 6 Cowpen 20 0 Derwentwater Hartley 20 6 RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, OCT. 30. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market presents an improved feeling, and closed firm. Caledonian, 2*. 3O ; East Lancashire, 17 3-16; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 72 Manchester, -•-heffield, and Lincoln, 23i; Midland, 69 4; North British, 8 9-16; South Eastern, 18i 13-16 i; Great Northern, 5 per cent. 13k. MANCHESTER, OCT. 30. STOOK EXCHANGE.—Today the market closed firm, and a good business done. Eastern Counties, 114 ; East Lan cashire, 17; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 23i; Midland Consols, 69j ; South-Eastern, 13 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 724. BIRMINGHAM, OCT. 30. STOCK EXCHANGE.—Business dull, but prices tending upwards. Great Western (Birmingham Guaranteed), 72i; South Staffords, sellers 38s. 9d. BRISTOL, OCT. 30. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market was tolerably firm throughout. Great Western, 74; Midlands, EH. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAY.--• Traffic return for the week ending Oct. 28, 1854 £15,243 11 7' Corresponding week last year 12,354 15 2 Total of the half-year to this date, 1854 284,005 11 0 Total of the half-year to this date, 1853 258,656 3 9 LONDON AND 6OUTII-EASTERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic re turn for the week ending Oct. 28, f 854. £17,0 4 7 18 4 Corresponding week last year 16,070 6 5 Increase in 1854.., .. £1,017 11 11 SEABORNE MAILS. (N signifies that tho mails are sent from tho General Post-ofile by the night—and M by the morning—despatch.) Day when male m From What When COUNTRIES. in General Post- Port due in Office, London.* Dispatched. England.. America(byßrit.pack)N Every Friday ... Liverpool ... Each Mon America (by United Sts. pac k et ) Oct. 14 ..... ... Liverpool ... Nov. America (by U. State. packet) Oct. 11 .. • • ...... iouthampto , Nov. 1 Australia (via South ampton) ,Nov. 4 ..... 4outhamptor r cc. 4 Ditto (via Marseilles) N Nov. 9 • Dover •• •• • • NOV. 30 Ditto via Cape of Good; Hope) Doe. 4 • Uncertain Africa ( West Coast) —I. 'rid et the month .. Plymouth .. Nev. 6 Dover Alexandria........„As 4th & 20th of mon. .southamptoi Bahama . 17th of the month genthamptoi OT.I Belgium ............N Daily • • • • • • • • .... Dover Brazil 9th of the month.. ,ou thump tot Nov. 16 Buenos Ayres 9th of the month.. inuf ham isf , 'l Nov. 16 Cape of Good hope ...N Various ports ['mortal:l Cape of Good Elope N Cape de Verds 9th of the month .3outhamptor Nov. 16 Ceylon (see In lia) Ceylon. Channel Isles Mon ~Wed.,&Friil Aouthampt( ru.T11.9..at Chili... 31 2d & 17th of mont Senthamptor Nov. 1 China (see India) Constantinople 8,18,111,23,&;8 ofin Dover Nov. 1 Constantinople ........ 1 1th S., 20th of mo 4. - rathamptot Cont. of Europe M & N Twice daily ..... Dover Pwicedaf 7 Egypt (see India) France ........ M & N Twice daily...—. Dover Gibraltar .. 4,7, 17, 20, 27 of rn iouthamptoi Nov. 4 • Greece (see India) Greytown .. • • M 2nd & 17th of mon. iouthamptor • Hamburgh Tuesday & Friday London Havannah .......... M 2nd of the merit' 6..nithamplob Nov. 1 Holland ............ M DallY • • .. • • Dover Honduras 31 17th of the month. ionthainpicn) IiTOY. 16 India (viaS'outhampt.)34l4th & 20th of MOIL Plym nith India (via Marseilles)3l 9th&29th of month Dover Nev. 16 lonian Isles (see India) 7, 17, & 27 of mon Dover.... •• Ireland & N Twice daily Holy head Lisbon ,7, 9, 17, & 27 of m. Southampton N - oaf. 15 Madeira .......... .. 3119th of the month Southampton Nov. 16 Madeira 23d of month .... Liverp00l Malta (see India) Malta 8, 11, &28 of men. Dover .... Nov. 11 Mauritius (see India) Mauritius 14th of the month Mexico .• • • _NI hid of the month., .*iouthamptei, Nov. I N aples .............N sthlsth2sthofmon. Dover ...... Nov. 2 New Granada ......31 2d & 17th of month Southamptoi Nov. 1 New Zea1and .... .... .. By private skip .. Various port Uncertain; Papal States ........,N 'ithlsth2sthofmon. Dover ..... Nov. 2 Peninsula ..........A1 7 thl7th27thonnon. 3outhampto Nov. 26 Peru ... ...... „Id 'd & 27th of mon. qouthamptn , Nov. 1 Port Natal By private ship Various ports Uneertiell; Sicily —IC sth sth2hthot mon, Dover .... Nov. 2 Tuscany nth 15th25thoirrion. Dover Nov. 2 Venezuela ..........31 2d& 17th Ofmontb Southampton Nov. 1 Van Diemen's Land (se. 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Sold (also Holloway's Ointment) at Professor Holloway's Establishment, '244, Strand, London, and 80, Maiden-lane, New York ; and by all medicine vendors throughout the civilised world. BIRTHS. OF A BON. On the 26th inst., at Spittal-house, Berwickshire, the wife of the Rev. Wm. Compton Lundie, of Spittal. On the 26th inst., in Albion-street, Hyde-park, the wife of the Rev. M. D. French. OF A DAI7GIITBR. On the 23d inst., at Bathurst-street, Hyde-park-gardent, Mrs. Ogden Pierrepont EdwardeB. On the 26th inst., at Navenby, Lincolnshire, the wife of the Rev. Chas. C. Crakanthorp. MARRIED. On the 26th inst., at Berrisokane, county of Tipperapr, by the Rev. Francis . Studdart, Ed ward D'Heillimer Fairt lough,leeutenant and Adj u t ant H.M. 14th Regt., of Lieut.-C o l one l Fairtlough, Drogheda, late Regiment, to A nn i e G rattan, only daughter of Eyre, Wood v i ew, Eyre-court, county of Galway, ERHBi.Richard seconda: r2d E ss s toh q n .' 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Mockler, a nd chap lain attached to the 3 d divi sion of the British Army, aged. 31. He fell a sacrifice to his zeal in attending to the sick and wounded after the battle of the Alma. He was buried on the heights of Sebastopol. On the 28th inst., at Dankold, Scotland, General Chas. Edward Stuart Count Rohenstart, aged 73. On the 24th inst., at Coburn-street, Bow-road, Jes se Cullum, Esq., late one of t he Commissioners of the As sessed Taxes, and Deputy%Thentenant of the Tower Ham lets, aged SO. LONDON : Printed and Pabibled by MURDO YOUNG, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The &a Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the county of AficCaleffea, Tueniag, Oct.. 31, 1854,