The Sun. — London, England, 1854-10-18 00:00:00

MONEY _NIA It KE; AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at 6,000 bales, including 1,500 American taken for export and on speculation. The market closed with increased firmness, and prices of all kinds were extreme, and in some cases a point against the buyer. The sales comprised 4,800 Ame rican, 250 Pernam and Maranham at s!d. to 6id., 150 Egyptian at 51d. to Bd, 700 Surat at 3kd. to 4 d., and 40 Sea Island at is. to is. Bd. per lb. Railway Shares were dull. The number of ships arrived yesterday in the Thames was 65 from foreign parts, 3 from Ireland, and 48 colliers. The ship John Barrow has arrived with Sydney dates of June 11, and 6,314 ounces and 7,1001. in gold. I 2 The steamer La Plata, with the West India mail, is telegraphed. Her accounts notice the prevalence 3 of stormy [weather and sickness in many parts. . The letters are not yet in town. . The amount of t bullion is 600,000 dollars. The rumour has become very general that an v order in Council will s h or tly appear, announcing g the intentions of Government to institute a much. stricter blockade next year of the Russian ports, or 2 at least to adopt such measures as will prevent the produce of our enemy coming either directly or in directly to the United Kingdom. It is positive that the supplies of some articles, tallow for example, have this year been as large as though no blockade had existed, with the additional disadvantage that the consumers here have to pay for them more than usual. How, it may be asked, could this 1 1 have happened during a period when our cruisers were proverbially vigilant, and were capturing ves- 1 eels in all directions ? The answer is simple enough. There was no measure adopted to prevent the 1 transport of Russian staples across the Prussian frontier ; therefore every inducement existed for the commercial men in the north of Germany to 2 employ theii6apital in the trade. Since we have no reason to be pleased with the policy of the Berlin E Government, we shall, of course, not feel the 1 slightest delicacy in adopting any course that will . injure its subjects ; although our main object is to cause loss to the agriculturists and traders of the Emperor Nicholas. When we consider that the mercantile guilds at St. Petersburg partake so much of the character of monopolies, we 8 shall feel leSs hesitation in adopting means to bring about that inevitable result, ruin to a number 'of • the prties who have in time , of peace legitimately 1 conducted their operations. The expo rts of Russia are valued at 13,000,0001. yearly, and if we cannot impede the whole of these, we can at least •mate rially interfere with them, and the circuitous route which the produce will have to take will depr ive the Russian merchants and proprietors of nearly all profit. We shall prevent the importation into Eng land of all tallow, hemp, flax, &c., coming from the Russian territories ; and in this there will be no great difficulty. Commercial men in the City are unanimous as to the expediency of such measures, and in many instances condemn their non-adoption at an earlier date. There may be, however, some r arguments adduced to justify our Government _ for not • having sooner interfered. Matters last autumn had not yet assumed such an- aspect as to preclude all hope of an amicable settlement. At least so thought the Ministers, and accordingly English capitalists made their usual advances for the pur chase of produce in the interior of Russia during the winter, to be ready for shipment in the ensuing summer. This was . not done to the usual extent we are aware ; because a deputation waited upon Lord Clarendon, who advised • great caution in the matter. Still the sudden prohibition of importations, even of tallow, &c., brought over land and indirectly, would have resulted in great loss to the English ; whereas proper notice being now given, not a sixpence would be advanced, we may conclude, and the entire effect would he expe rienced by the subjects of the Autocrat. It is expedient whatever may be done that it should be done without delay, nQt only as a hint to our capitalists, but likewise as a demonstration against Prussia and her ally. The English Stock market has not improved, and the current prices appear to be considered as nearly as possible a fair average, under circum stances. Consols have been 94a -I, and are now 94/ a. For account they have realised 94a to The New 3i per Cents. have been 93g- to and the 3 per Cents. 931 to 93g. Bank Stock has been done at 210. Exchequer Bills have been quoted 4s. to 75., and East India Bonds 7s. to los. premium. Foreign Securities are almost nominal. Spanish Three per Cents. bring 37i, and the Turki sh Scrip is flat at 2# to 2 1 . The accounts from Peru state that a conflict between the Government and revolutionary forces was hourly expected, but that the President had not been taken prisoner, as was supposed. The fol!owing are the nominal prices of foreign stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 5/ to 61- ; Mexi can, 23i to 231 ex div ; Peruvian, 71 to 73 ; ditto, 3 per Cents., 51 to 53 ; Portuguese 4 per Cents., 40 to 42 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 96 to 98 ; ditto, 4/ per Cents., 84 to 86 ; Spanish New Deferred, 18k to 182 ; ditto, 3 per Cents., 37i to 38 ; ditto, Certificates, 5 to 51 ; ditto, Passive, 4i to 44. The English Share Market has been flatter, and in some lines a decline of about per cent. has oc curred. Great Northern, however, are still main tained. Midland, North-Western, North-Eastern, and Caledonian are lower. The French lines are dull. Santiago de Cuba Mine Shares are in demand, at fuller prices. The Joint Stock Bank Shares are neglected. The Land Shares are steady. • BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (Frain the OnEcial List.) Ba iness done. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities... 931 i 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 9 43 i ?, I Nov 3 per Cent. Annuities Low Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 Ditto 30 Years, Exp;re sth Jan., 1860 4i India Bonds, £lOOO Ditto, under 21000 Consols for Account 14th Nov. Exchequer Bills, 20, 21003 2500 4 7 Small 4 7 Exchequer Bonds 1858, 3i per Cent. 99i Ditto 1859, „ PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK Mexican 3 per Cent. Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 374 Turkish Scrip 6 per cent 2i i P Dividends on the above payable in Loudon. HALP•PAST TWO. . . Consols Ditto November Account PRICE OF Coax.—The rapid rebound in the corn market during the past few weeks and the prospect that the anticipations lately entertained as to the cheapness of food during the ensuing winter will be realised only to a very partial extent have caused some dulness in the money-market. It must be remembered that there is a great difference in a question of high prices whether they are paid for foreign supplies or to our own producers, and that on the present occasion the latter is, the case. No dread therefore nee d be felt of a resumption of that heavy and continuous drain of bullion in return for wheat which pressed _upon the United Kingdom throughout the whole of the past year, whatever maybe the demand for it from other causes. If at any period during the next twelve months we should import any large quan tities of foreign grain, it will be chiefly for the purpose of profitable shipment elsewhere, while all the prin cipal results of this state of things will flow into the pockets of our agriculturists. One portion of the popu. lation will gain what the other pays, and, although a more equable process would be better as regards the prospects both of our home and foreign trade, there i s nothing under these' circumstances t) excite uneasiness. Meanwhile there are some impor tant benefits to be looked for from the prevaleuce of high prices at the present ‘ moment which tend to coun teract their disadvantages, since they will prevent a said• den abandonment of the economy which has been so long practised, and at the same thus tend to insure the sowing of a large breadth of land for the C4illift g year. AUCTION OF THE SPANISH FOREIGN ) R EDEEMABLE DEBT.—The Spanish Financial Commiss on have give n notice that th e 34th auction of the for ign redeemable debt will t a k e p l ace at M a d r id on, th? 'lst instant, for which purpose 375,000 reals have beef assigned by the Government. t RUSSIAN PRODUCE.—There was ghat activity yester day afternoon in Russian produc&6t advancing prices, owing to increasin g con fid ence ir. the rumour that th e ve-?alnent are about taking decided measures for u checking tin ourlansi traffic to fie Prussian ports. SHARE MARKETS (THIS DAY.) BRITISH RAILWAYS. ------ RAILWAYS. Closing Fritts ysterday. 21i --. 22 0 - 5 Si - 9 12 -11 163 - 11 7 6 d ..• 95 - 97 60 - - 15 10 - 12 i" 1 a 6i - 7 16 - 17 111 -11 i •• •,. 66 • - 68 55 - 57 22 - 2 89 - 74 - 76 V 24 -126 90 - 92 71 71! 70 - 72 73 - 82 8 - 100 8 - 10 71i - - 5t 8; 2 1 tO3 - 105 101 10J 2 ' i ip id - Rk 81. 9 Si 8 7d 23 - 24 6 41 - 43 - - 2i dg — 50 66 31 8 10 1 75A —76 A 6 rjri 3:1 3t4 144 —14 t -- 51 53 A —' p • ad. I) Ai— 7 d—ip 32 - 34 - 9 6 61 - 63 15 - 48 13 - 14 C 2 - ( 3 - i - 35 - 4} - 24 - 6 - 7 Aberdeen ....... .... Ambg. Nottng. Best. and Eastn. Belfast & Ballymena. Birming. Wolverh. & Stour Valley ... Bi r kenhd. Lancsh. & Cheshire Junet .. Do. Chesh. Jr Birk., £5O and £25 Cons. Do., £20... ..... M y th &Tyne origina' £25 (issd. at £45) Bristol and Exeter Caledonian. .... Carmarthen and Car digan . ... ... Chester .& Holyhead. Cork and Bandon Cork, Black, & Pass Cornwall .. Crieff Junction Dnblin&BelfastAme Dundee Perth &Aber dean Junction Do. New East Anglian Eastern Counties Eastern Union, A Stock ..... ......... De., B. Stock Do., New A East Lancashire ...... Edinburgh &Glasgov. - Edinb. and Peebles... Edin.Prth &Dundec. Forth & Clyde June. Glasgow & S. Western Great Northah Do., A. Stock Do., B. 5t0ck........ Gt. Sth. &West.(lre.) Great Western Do. Stour Val. Rail Gua. Stk Irish South-Eastern Lancaster & Carlisle Do., Thirds..- Do. New Thirds ... L a ncash. andYorksii Do., Fifths '3)0., Wst. Riding Un Liv.Crsby.&Soutlipt London & Blackwal Lond. Brigut &S.Cst. Lond. and N. Westn. Do. Fifths DOJO/. 5h.,M&8... , Do. Eighths London and S. West'. Do., £5O Do., £4O Ludy drry& Coleraine Lndndrry. & Enni sk . Aanch.Sbee.& Lincho Do., Man. & Lin. Un. Aidla.nd Do. Birmug. &Derbi Uidld. GI. Webt. (Ire.) Do. Half Shares Newcastle & Carlisle Newmkt.BuryEaten , Nwpt. Aberg. & lirftl . N e wry & Enniskillen I Newry Warreupoint and Rostrevor Norfolk Northn.Connties lin North British North Devon, No. 1 Do., No. 2 Do., 6 A Deferred Do., B Guarantee N. astern—Berwiek Do. do. Extension Do.do. G.N.E. Purch, Do. Leeds Do. York North London Do. New LlO • N. &S. Wstrn , Hamp stead, and City 3n North Staffordshire North Western S. Westin. June. Nuneaton, Hinckley and Leicester.. Oxford, Worcester, 8: Wolverhampton „ Portsmouth 130 ottish Central Seottishktidlancl illrewsby. fi lieret - i ihropshire Union Do. A , C, D,full paid up at per coli , •iouth Devon -iouth Eastern ioutit Wales 3. Yrksh. dt Riv. Du .itaincs,Wok. &Wo -, Stockton &z Darlin FAO ekton & Hartlepl. Taff Vale . Do. £lO shares. Do, Prof., - No. 1 Thames Haven Doel and Railway Vale - of Neath ...... Watertl. & Kilkenn‘ Waterford&Limeri (A West Cornwall....: West End o" Londo; and Crystal Pak ce.. West London Win2l37edn&Croydol FOR,EIGN. Ensineos done thIS day. tie i *. 'Pali ;t.11.00 .2il a 292 rri all 2 l9 5 30 100 t. 100 .0 21s. O all 0 all ',O all ;Co 14 LO 1 i ;0 4 an ►,r ; all st. 100 :0 all It. 100 6a 61 1 4 3 ad—iP - P 3 - 331 - 33 2 . 1 3ia id s d ( , 41 8 - 7 ... .." . 11 9 - - .P 4 - fP A - 4P 17a —18 A .. .... ... Inar 2 ld id —4 P 2 4P die 5 4 3 lx lap ." ••• par P ••• .... ••1 7i - 8 34~ - 84', .12k -- 13 9 - 10 214 - 2 49 BO 33 40 . . pm 231 —23 i par 1p 2} lid 8 8j ••• ".". ••• ••• - pm 3 - 4 6} - 7 r - 17 BANK B. id -- par .. - .•• 30 - 32 21 d 214 - 221 43 ---- 45 4 - 44 43 - 45 67 - 69 7i - 84 ••• = !2 1 all i 6 all . 6.: 1 14i .. 6 .. 4 3t: WO .9) 1V: le 11;1 0 all all 1.00 >t. 100 !CI 12 1.0 1 L 2 2 10 34 ;5 all ?,5 all 3t. 100 r, 2s 41 R. WO R.llOO 5 I 22i I 19: ;0 l all ;t. 'lOO 10 3! M. 100 6 all 4 16 all 8 all 8 all It. 100 5 20 :5 13 i 0 It. WO 1 0 8 '0 ti IFI 9 all 0 all 10 1 it. 1100 1.00 M. WO 0 all 6! all N 15 20 6 20 8 25 Pll lcz St. 100 10 9 St, 100 25 21 KY all O al I ;ii I 18 o I all .0 1111 a. 10 4 al 11 A ntwerp&Rotterdam Belgian Eastn. June. 8 Bezi en to Graissessae !s. Bombay, Baroda, and • Central Tudia,Scrip 20 [ 21 17 al 20 1 20 1 20 a] 20 1 20 a] 'Central of Italy ill Demerara .4 Dijon and.Besancon.. 9 Dutch Rhenish 11 Eastern of France 0 Do. New 11 East Indian 2 Do Exten&on.... Do. 42 p. c. Bds., pay.' '57, convertible...... 11 Do. do. do., '59, do.. 0 Gd. Jnnct. of Fiance 2 Gd. Tk of CauadaA is. 11 Do. do all 100 al 20 1 25 25 25 Do. St, Lawrence & Atlantic do. Do. 'Cert. of Debeu., con. into Stk. till '63 11 Do. Coinp. 6p.c. , do. 0 Gt. Central of France 611 Gt. Imlian Pouinsul, 1 Do. New 5 per cent. 11 Gt.WesternofCanado Shares 100 I all leo 1 al 20 /I 5 - a] 20i1 al Do. Bds., payabl (3'57, with option till '55.. B. Do. do., '62, p. '56 .. 611 Do. do., '76, p. '60... 61l iDo. do., '73, without 100 al 100 a] 100 a] option 1 Hamilton & Toronto ) 11 Do. 6 per ctnt. 8 Lake Const. & Bas 3.1 Lucca & Pistoj a 5 /Lc prof .2 Great Luxembourg Constituted Shares 611 Do. Obligations 0 Lyons and Geneva ' L 2 Lyons t U . Mediterran Ai, Madras 2 IDo . New 3IA ia Au touia all iDe. do. New 2 ;Melbourne Dk. & Ry. all ramur & Liege (witi , interest) all Do. (ex interest) all !Northern of France all D 0.20/. Shs.late Char leroi and Erquelines' guar. 3$ p. c. & red. at 221/. dur. 88 yrs. from 1 Jan. 1854.... all Do. 201. 3 p. (fmy. . B. & Ams. She. ) all NorwegiargrunkPrei 14 Paris and Lyons all Ditto Bonds ' all Paris and Orleans all Paris and Rouen 10 ParisaLen &CI terbrg, all Rouen and Havre , 20 Royal Danish 3 Royal Swedish all Sambre and MouSe all. Do. 51 p. cent. Pref. 10 Southern of France.. 14 St. Andrew's and Quebec (A) all West Flanders all Do 5A per c. Pref 10 Western of France_ 16' West. of Switzerland all Wiesbaden 20 Zealand 20i al [GO al 20 20 1 1 4 l 20 811 20 1 .j rNrI.~'ST !Australasia .... . ....... British Colonial Bank and Loan Company firitiih N. American Chartd. Bank of Isla IChrtd. Bilk. of India, Australia, & China Colonial commercial of Lond English Scottish and Australian Loud. Chart. Bk, of Austialia London and County.. London Joint Stock.. Loud. & Westminster National Provincial of England Do. Now National of Ireland Now South Wales Oriental Bank of Corporation Provincial of Ireland Do. New Royal Australn.Bkg, & Gold Imp Co , South Australia Union of Australia_ Do. New 7ULQU Of LI4IId9U 40 20 20 20 50 50 100 100 20 50 20 25 20 10 20 35 all all 2 10 THE -SUN, _LONDONt WEDNESDAY EVEN f 1:4 Cr, OCTOBER 18, 1854. 81111Paidl RAILWAY!. I Leasing Compans, 1t.11.00 it,. 100 4. 1.00 ',5 I all 5 I all all 50 all n all 12A all 12 all 20 all 10 all St. , 1.00 all it' I all 15 I all Bedford and Bletcbley Tiuckghamsh. lsdesdale Jo. E. Lincoln gr. 6 per cent. alas. Barr. & Neils. Direc Do. New Glstr.& Dk. & Railway Hall & Selby Do. h Sharer. Do. Shares. Lon.&Greenw Do. Preference Lon., Til. , & S. Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Do. 6 per et. tanch. Bxtn. and Matlock, !..iiddlesbro' Redear Nfidld.Bradfd Northern and Easternsp.e. Do. 6 per et. Do. Fixals p c i?rest. & Wyre London t N. West. 'ialodon... Cit.Nrthn. Caldoniam. Do Gt. Wostn New. & Der ;N. V. SLNlicl Do Do S. EasterL Do ?eto & Co. gorfolk. G.&N. W. & Midid. 3tekton & Darlingt. E. Count Do Do L. & N. W SzLnkYk Do GtNorthn • Lancash& Yorksh. Nl.MCleat Stockt. Darlingt IGtWestn. L2il all R.llOO ,),5 I 181 Do. shares. ftoystn.& Hit. 31ief.Roth Arc: Gooleg.s p.c. 3. Staffordsb. Wear Valleygi 6 pet cent... 2I 9' KII I all Do - Wilts&Somrst 15 I all It. ,100 ;t. JO) t. 1100 it. I too 5 It. iOO L 5 all all all all all 1 all 5 all 7i 6t all 6 all 10 all 20 all 5 all. 10 all 3t. all . 6t. 00 6 all 51 all It. 1100 ,t. i 100 '4,. I LOO >t. 10 Eq 6i all !O I 7 X) 6 Closing Peas yesterday. 95 - 100 99 - IC.I 136 -13 S 27 - 29 ht - 103 51 - 52 25 - 256 13 - 136 23 - 24 11i -11 i 21 - 2i ••• --- ••• 92 - 94 56 - 60 136 : 139 ••• ....... ••• 2i - li, 30 - 31 93 - 95 PREFERENCE SHARES. Aberdeen Do. No. 2, 7 p. c Myth and Tyne l Oper c. pref. (issd. at 500 Bris. & E. 4 p. c. St. Do. 4 p. c. Shares Caledonian £lO Chester & Holyhead Guar. 5i per cent._ Do. do. Pref. No. 2 Do. do. Pref. No. 2 Cork &Bandons p. c Dundee Perth ikAber deen Junction EastAnglian (£3108) 6 per cent Do. (X 5) 7 per cent Do. (£7l7s) 7 p. c Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No. I Do. No. 2 . Do. New 6 p. c. Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent Do. 51., 10 per cent. Do. 101. Debentr.Sh. Do. do. 4 per cent East Itancrsh .6 p.cts East and West York shil c June. Fifths EdinbPrth.&Dundet 4 per cent. Glasgow & S.Western Guar. 5 por cent—. Great Northn. b p. c. Do. 5 p. c. Redeem.,! at 10 p. c. prem Do. 41 A. C. IGi..N.OtSCOt. ls t?rOil Sonthn.e..tWestm. (Irelancl) Eighths) 1 Do. 4 per c. Pref. St I Gt. Westn. (Barks & •ITarts E. 5 p. Do. con. red. 4 p. Do. con. xca. 4 p. c. Do. irred. 4 - 2. c.... Do. Eirm. Pref. Si) I Do. ChestorS p. c.P.S. !Do. do. 5 p. c. de .. Do. Birm. Gna. Stk.l Do. Ches. Gua. Stk.l Do. do. do Do. do. do ........ Lau. &York. P. £2O Do. 6 p. C.. Stoek Loudon and Brighto; Guaranteed 5 p. Do. Pref., 5 p. c. St. Do. New Guar.6 p. c. Lon. &N. V. Cow. e Yuneaton 5 p. ct. Loudon & S. Westerr Con. Th*rds r.oudond erry& Color Shares Sh tau., Sbe7., & Lin Shares, ;..o. 1. Do. New, £lO ...... Do. £6 Saint .& Car!. p e Do. 4A per cent : 1 )0 ft. 100 It. 1.00 ft. 100 2il all 21 sll 5 all 10 all 6 4 all 12r all 12f, 1 1 .0 1 00 St. 100 2 !O It. Conso l .6 p.c.St. Do. Consoi.. Eristol. Birm. 6 per cent I')°. Pre!. 4. per cen Debenture . too •_ 4p: c. , 100 5 p.c. Eat 100 1 )o. sper cL.prer.„ 100 I Do. Way. Val. 5 p. c -: 98 North"Dritish 4. E. Uerw, 4 P Do. 'do. do Do. Leeds 6 p.c. Ns 1 Do. do. Quarters '43 i) &-I. ID , r. North Starordshire.. Oxford, Worcester, & Wolierh.Xls, 6 P.c. cot. , New Pre Do. 5 per cen:; ion:1 Devon 9x.e(l, 46 per cent Eastern (ileadinp £l. 03. 6(1. Do. 4. poi 3. Vo rksh .4p. c.G Wales Girt. 4 p. o. Do. Os. 41. p. c.... itoekton aud Dar lington, 4 per cent Do. do. do stock ton and Hartle- , pool, guar. 5 p. C. till st July, 1856 Waterfd.kKilk.6p.c. .3,71 4 1 4 - 5 1- - 1 1 , 1 - 1 13 - 22 - 24 • •• ~ - 114 - 116 107 - 109 99 - 101 6 Gl 98 300 90 92 93 95 10 —ll 16 171 10;. - 104 71 73 is) 191 9} 91 14 13'T - ... NIL 2a 3 p 7 - 8 10 - 12 11 - - L.) ,•11 .. 116 37 - 139 1 - PO tel 106 92 - 94 -- 31 i :--- is 112 - 114 12 14 pai 23 23} 99 101 17 —l9 •.. 2 1 d Businoss this day. MA Frri 'FfjQ .T.. 5 COEN EXCHANGE. We had a very limited supply of English wheat on sale in to-day's market. The businep doing was comparatively small, yet. most of the factors ,refused to sell," except at prices somewhat above those of Monday. The trade was decidedly firm. The show of foreign wheat was small. Fine heavy parcels wore again rather dearer, and the value of other qualities was well supported. Floating cargoes Were iu demand, and held for more money.. Barley and malt moved off steadily, at vary fall prices. We had a brisk sale for oats, at 6d. to is. per quarter more money. Beans and peas commanded extreme rates. The floor trade was active. Tie best American flour was worth 38s. to 40s. per barrel. Town-made was up to 60s. par sack. • Wheat. 840 ARRIVAL* TIM WZIEK. Barley. Malt. otts. 1 Flor.r. 1,780 j 130 I 21 0 310 2,2;0 , 3,23) English .. Irish .... Foreign .. 2,!5 - 1 i 1,9-40 11011OUGLI:II9P. Owing to the large imports ot- foreign hops,Afurmarket is dull, and prices are drooping. WHITECHAPEL. The trade ruled steady to-day, at the following prices : —Beef, 3s 4d to 4s 6d. ; mutton, 3s 6d to 4s B.i ; veal, 3s 6d ts 4d; pork, 3s 4,1 to 5a 2d per Blbs. by the carcase. LLOYD'S SHIPPING (THIS D4,41'.) LONDON, Oct. 13.—Wind this day breeze, with rein. RAMSGATR, Oct. 17.—Wind, S.S.E. Arrived—Hud seatt, from 'Smyrna, for Leith ; Mary and Agnes, Bou logne, for Hartlepool. at Noon, W. ; light PORTSMOUTH, Oct. •17.---Wind, N.E. Anived—John Barrow, from Sydney, N.S.W. ; Sir R. Peel, London, for New York. PLYMOUTH, Oct. 17.—Wind, S.E. Arrived—Falcon, from Coruuna ; Orwell, London, for Port Philip ; Mary Ann, Gijon. The Four Sisters, ..of Sunderland, timber laden, was passed to - the nor th wa rd. of St. Michael's, waterlogged and abandoned, by the William Bromham, arrived here. • FALMOUTH, Oct. 17.—Wind, N. Arrived—Johanna Catharine, Galatz ; Duke of Cornwall (s), from London, and left for Dublin ; Ludeine, Shields, for Quebec, leaky ; Off Port—Asia, from Africa; Henry, Santos, and both sailed for Hamburgh ; Lodovic, Porto Rico. SOUTHAMPTON, Oct. .17.—Wind, E.N.E. Arrived— Sleipner, from Sundswall ; Hermione, Gothenburg; On dine, from Dublin, and left for London,; Amelia, Cork. Sailed:—Magdalena (s), for the West Indies; Madrid (a), Gibraltar. PENZANCE, Oct 16.—Arrived—Earl of Devon, from Naples ; Elwy, Antwerp. Gitlttspv, Oct. 16.—Wind, N. Arrivad—Elizabeth, from Miramichi ; Keples; Quebec; Swanland (s), Rot terdam. YARMOUTH ROADS, Oct. 16. -Arrived—Quern of the Isles, from St. John's, N.B. - TORBAY, Oct. 17.—Wind, N. Arrived—Courser, from Hull, for Malta ; Lady Bannerman, Queenstown, for Hull. Sailed—Agenoria, for St. Übe's. POOLE, Oct. 16.—Wind, E.N.E. Sailed—Speculator, for Seville ; Lord Nelson Leghorn. BRISTOL, Oct. 17.—Wind, B. Arrived—Tay, from Quebec ; Gambia, Africa. SUNDERLAND, Oct. 17.—Wind, N.E. Arrived—Mar garet, from Richibucto ; Pore Adam, St. Valery ; For saket, Christiania. SHIELDS, Oct. 17.—Wind, N.B. Arrived—Mattina, fi on Emden • Ida, Bury ; Newcastle Packet, Christian rand ; Arendabl, do. ; St. Helena, Dram. Sailed—Zephyr, Constantinople. HULL, Oct. 17.—Wind, N.N.W. Arrived—Emerald Isle (s), from Antwerp; Rob Roy (a), Hamburgh. Sailed —Thecla, for Elsinore ; Viscount Harding°, Memel; H M.S Fairy. HULL ROADS, Oct. 16. —Arrived —H.M.'s steamer Malacca. QUEENSTOWN, Oct. 16.—Wind N.W. Arrived—Lydia Bl'llenry, from Moulmain ; Mareha Brown, Callao ; Cashmere, do. ; Reform, Mazagan. Sailed -Lady Blaney, for Loud on ; Elpis, Clyde. • WATERFORD, Oct. 16.—Wind, W.S.W. Sailed—Glen 'you; for Savannah; Union, Charleston. (BY SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Wednesday, 10.34 a.m. Wind E.N.E. ; tide, high water ; raining. .Arrived.—Leonne, from Gravelines. DEAL, Wednesday, 9 a.m. Wind, N.W.; light, and raining. Passed,—Parrock Hall, from London, for St. Kitt's ; he-: Majesty's steamer Wrangler, gun-boat, Hull, west ward. Anchored.—French war steamer Cocyte, from the Baltic, NEW Guar.—As to the new gun of which Austrian military men are so proud, it only differs from the com mon musket in the fact that tix very superficial grooves are cot down the inner surface of the barrel. The sur face of the lower half of the bullet, which must be of r V a e ; rllYr s oft O bet llet into the grooves. The barrels are furnished at d o l a e t a o d r , a l i isyd forceseeply the,notched, pl. o a j e l f, i o t h g e e a d c g t i e o s n o o f f t t h h e e the breach with was technically called a "thorn." This the•rn, or tige, is a round solid piece of iron projecting rte:irly an inch and a half into the inner and lower part of the barrel. Round the thorn—that is, between the tie orn and inner surface of the barrel—there is, of course, an empty space, andinto this the charge of powder of course Wis. When the indented or crimped bullet is rammed de wn, it completely fills the lower part of the grooves, 'ot it can descend no further than the point or top, of the th urn ; "and the consequence is, that the powder being subjected to no pressure, every grain of it ignites at one and propels the ball with prodigious for d e e t . ILe same time, ' THE CONSECRATION OF ST. JAMES'S CHURCH, HAT oshnopthoef right t ec i o s t.: 7 .inse.go,f The h o h fl o e k e rh p ou l a a r( c le a h t y os e t saptneder Deptford, t a or y onr b da y ,n t a h ne e dm L ii nsoerncd close e i to the New C rocs station of the Brighton and Croydon Railway. r a at v iv er o y st e y l l e e g o a f n t i .he design of an eminent architect, Mr. Walter ___rao h K e Rev. A. .B. Caranville, M.A. architecture,speehnen aoifidthaeshhaelefo Englishere c t ed G -ville, brother of the incumbent, t fromhalf ' THE PATRIOTIC FUND.— OXFORD, Oct. 17. -- W II have s ouch pleasure in stating that the subscrip tion for the ! :sick and wounded in the Crimea has rapidly increased 1 since we announced it yesterday. Nearly 1001. has been , subscribed towards the relief of these galla nt fellows. THE PATRIOTIC FUND.—MEETING AT ST. JOHN'S ' woos.—A public meeting of the inhabit ants of St. John's-wood was held on Monday in the great room of the Eyre Arms Tavern, St. John's-wood, for the purpose . 'of forming a local committee, in conformity with her Majesty's waria.nt, to collect contributions in aid of the :Patriotic Fund. The Rev. Henry Maddock, Rector of ::.All Saints, occupied the chair. Resolutions appointing a local committee, and soliciting the ladies of the dis• %net to join the same, were unanimously carried. ; THE PATRIOTIC FUND.—The gentlemen in the em ployment of Messrs. A. Guinness, Son, and Co., brewers, .b.; we subscribed a day's pay each to the Patriotic Fund to r the benefit of the widows and orphans of our brave at I.diers who have fallen in the East. Oa the subject of th e Patriotic Fund, the Dublin Evening Post says : ", We are moss anxious that Ireland should not be slow or negligent at such an emergency, but we are confident tit at it is only necessary to offer a suggestion on the subject, in order to insure active measures, in co-opera ti on with these commenced in other parts of the United 11:ingdom." NEW CONVICT PRISON BOARD:—The board of direc t;o r 3, under the Convict Prisons Act, has been appointed `ay the Irish Government. It consists of three members. 'TI to name of the chairman has not transpired ; but the ot her two members of the board are Captain Knight (h eretofore connected with the convict department in E agland) and Mr. John Lentaigne, a Roman Catholic m agistrate, of the county of Dublin, who had been an :4 tive member of the committee of the Irish National 1 :hibitiou, The salary of those gentlemen is 6001., to increase to 8001. per annum. THE LATE RAILWAY ATROCITY.--VERDICT OF WIT, Fa L MURDER.--The investigation of the circumstances co anected with the recent atrocious attempt to overturn Ha'. 3 excursion railway train at Trillick has at length isfi sn brought to a close. The greater part of Wednes da y last, on which day the inquiry was resumed, was oc copied in receiving the evidence of the Earl of Ennis. Id lien, and that of the locomotive manager and engineers .sf the railway, th e resu l t o f w hose testimony was com pleaely to overturn :the statement that the train had accidentally run off the line, and that the stones were iela ced there subsequently. At a late hour on Thurs. , lay evening the coroner's jury agreed to the following er dict :—That the deceased, John Mitchell, came to his death abont eight-o'clock . on the night of the 15th of September, 1854, in the toWnla.nd of Gargadis, in the p'axish of Kilskerry, in the county of Tyrone, in con sequence of havin g been crushed between two en gines, which we re drawing an excursion train pro. coeding from Londonderry to Enniskillen, and which engines were thrown off the line at Gargadis afore seiel, by coming in contact with several large stones, in aliciously placed upon the line for that purpose, fold by which the said Jobn Mitchell was thereby in stantaneously killed and murdered. And the jurors afo:resaid do f ur th er say , th a t Hu g h Harkin, John ' Manran, Willi am Fl anag h an , R o dy M urp h y, William Harkin, and Francis M'Mahon, did feloniously, wilfully, anti maliciously conspire together to place said stones on thee line, with intent to upset the said engines and car riages, and thereby to kill and murder those proceeding by said train ; and the jurors aforesaid do further say, I P I a . a , trick ls E previousn i SERIOUS us Lynch,i MISTAKE, lis l b , : K t w h i : e. b d_ e g f o o e r n e osc a tit the n d hd ea a y f i t in e a r t se t t t: h ta e i o o n target from certain expr ess i on s that were ma d e use o f by v seriouset r o t u overturn vn n ec i ng ri incident r o n I of sal d engines, they are of opinion that said P a t r i c k L ync h said carriages. _ ocuurred in Bonhill. Some parties had been in the house of Mr. Nelson, spirit dealer and grocer, either drinking or in want of drink, and instead of getting a pint of 'water, as asked, they had by mistake been handed a bottle of caustic lye. It appears that the person who got it swallowed nearly half a glassful before he detected his error, and, in the greatest state of alarm and pain, ran to Mr. M`Farlane . e dispensary, where an antidote was speedily administered, and with beneficial results. Tho case is in the hands of the police, and it is to be hoped will be investigated with spirit.—North, British. Daily Mail. . SENDING PAUPERS BACK TO ENGLAND. —The city of Bt+ston has entered into a new forwarding business. Four paupers were on Saturday last arraigned before a justice in that city on a joint charge of being " foneign pa upers, receiving aid from the city of Boston, against the peace of the commonwealth, and contrary to law in such cases made and provided." The charge of pau perism was sustained. and the Court ordered the .pri souers to be returned to the Queen of Great Britain. They will be forwarded in the ship Star of the Empire,. which leaves Boston in a day or two for Liverpool.— American paper.. _ . _ _ . . , ._ , , , . COURT CIRCULAR, WINDSOR, OCT. 17. The following had the honour of dining with her Ma jesty yesterday :—Admiral Virgin, the Swedish Minis ter ; the Earl of Clarend on , L a dy Caroline Barrington, Major-General the Hon. C, and Mrs 'Grey, and Sir Jas. Clark. The band of the Royal Horse Guards was in atten dance during dinner. Her Majesty's private band after wards attended in the Castle, and played the following selection : Herold. THE W WOUNDED AT SOUT.ARI. TO Tin IDITOB OF TH3 SUN. Srn,—Having just returned - ;rom Scutail, on sick leave, I learn, with astonishment and regret, that reports have been prominently put forward in cortp;n nlwspapers, to the effect that the sick and wounded of our expeditionary army have b:en grossly neglected, and that there was a great want of lint, bandagcs, and dressings for the wounded, as well as wino and other comforts for the use of the sick. I hasten to inform you that these reports, to my co.- tain knowledge, are utterly false and groundless. I was myself under treatment for some time at the Military Hospital at Scutari, and can speak confidently and truly in praise of that establishment and of its staff. I saw the wounded arrive front the Crimea. I went on board the "Andes" and " Vulcan." The wounded in both ships are very well caredfor ; there were awniugs and screens to protect them from the weather, and each man had his cot, bed, and blankets. The exounded officers had also been made as comfortable as possible under the circnmstances, and I heard no complaints whatever. On the contrary, all, both officers and men, were willing to testify to the unremitting attention and the extreme kindness and humanity of the over-worked me dical officers. Further, I visited the wounded after their removal to th e h os pit a l a t S cutar i . I spent h ours with them, and I can safely say that, with the exception of those who were only s li g htl y woun d e d , an d w h o were assi ,ting their less fortunate brethren in arms, every man, had a comfortable bed , and all necessary attention and ' care bestowed by the medical officers and attendants. The wounded officers, in my hearing, frequently ex pressed their satisfaction with the arrangements made for theta. When anv of them uttered a cry of pain, at once was a medical officer by his side. Nothing could exceed the devoted attention of the medical staff to the wounded, both officers and men. No distinction was made ; all were treated alike (the officers being in separate wards), and all fared well, as well, nay much better than might have been expected. The Turkish Seraskier, when he visited the hospit;al, was equally surprised and delighted with the arrange ments which had been made for the requirements of the sick and wounded. Lastly, during my stay at Scutari, I learned from several officers of the medical staff that there was in the British hospital a profusion of medical stores of every kin,d, many thousands of yards of plaister; besideslint, ban dages, and every other needful appliance, as well as abun • dace of wine, brandy, and nutritious delicacies for the sick and wounded. I trust you will give immediate insertion to this con tradiction of these false rumours, in order to alleviate the painful anxiety and agonising suspense which have been excited in the minds of the relatives of the sick and wounded by these cruel and harrowing reports, which have been but too eagerly circulated and believed. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your obedient servant, HENRY FOSTER, Lieutenant 95th Regiment. Cox and Co., Army Agents, Craig's-court, Oct. 17. TILE WOUNDED ON THE ALVA. The following letter has been addressed to our con temporary : TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. SER,—Subscription lists have been started in the several departments of this railway in aid of the suf ferers in the Crimea. It is purposed that a day's pay be subscribed by each officer, clerk, and other person in the service of the company. I have the pleasure to enclose a check fur 3001. on account, the balance will be sent as soon as the lists ard made up. I am instructed to ask you to let this amount be pail in equal moieties to the Patriotic Fund and the Relief rand.—l have the honour to be, sir, your faithful servant, SEY:+roun CLARmr,, (-leneral Manager. Great Northern Railway, General Manager's-office, King's-cross Station, Oct. 17. CITY COMMISSION OF SEWERS. V'esterday a eourt was held ; Deputy Peacock in the chair. Mr. ABRA.EIAMS give notice of motion—" That the present mode of ventilating the sewers by air - -holes in the streets is prejudicial to the public health, and that it be referred to a committee to consider and report to this Court whether it would be desirable to substitute for tLe air-holes ventilating shafts, affixed to the houses in cases in which the owners and occupiers give their permission, and whether any improvement cn he made upon the present mode of ventilation." (Hear.) A COMMISSIONER expressed his apprehension that those who were employed about the houses at the Fleet street end of Chancery-lane were acting in violation of the law, by projecting the fronts too far into the street, raid desired to have the opinion of Mr. Haywood, the engineer to the commission, upon the subject. Mr. ITAYwoon assured the Court that - in no one case bad there been a projection of one inch upon the public ' way, whatever liberties the proprietors might have t ken with their own property ill the erections they were making. Another COMMISSIONER, who considered it very bad taste in tbs City to allow the lower part of Chancery lane to be continued in its present narrow condition, asked whether means could not be adopted to remove the obstructions ? Mr. HAmoon said that an improvement of the spot, such as would answer the public wish and accommoda tion, would cost an enormous sum of money —probably 30,0001. or 40,0001. (Bear, bear.) Mr. G. WALTER asked whether it was in centempla• tion to make any movement towards widening the neigh bourhood of Paternoster-row—a most desirable change ? Mr. HAYWOOD replied in the negative. the CHAIRMAN—There are a vast number of improve ments which we would wish to "see carried out, which are, indeed, every day appearing to be more and more necessary, but we have not the means. Already a debt of 1,3001. is due in matters of the kind. Mr. DAY (the chief clerk) read the Postmaster-Gene• ral's letter upon the subject of the erection of pillar pot offices. It was referred to a committee without delay, to be acted upon. CONSUMPTION OP SMOKE Mr. H. L. TAYLOR said about 12 months ago Messrs. Calvert came to this court to answer a complaint which had been made against them for not having used effec tual means for the consumption of the smoke of their premises. The explanation which was given at the time was not satisfactory, but additional opportunities were afforded. I have, I consider it necessary to say, from time to time taken notice of the premises of the firm, and it gives me great satisfaction to be able to state that the difficulty has been overcome. (Hear, hear.) It is also satisfactory to me to say that the consumption of the smoke in the extensive concern has not been attended with the expense which was anticipated by the proprie tors. On the contrary, the improvement had been accomplished by the judicious application of the stoker's duties and the fuel alone, and the whole has been, I am given to understand, under the direction and superin tendence of Mr. Richardson, whom Messrs. Culvert authorised to act on the occasion with unlimited power. (Hear, hear.) It is pleasing to have such a communica tion to make, and I thought that as I was one of those who here down very bard upon Messrs. Calvert when the matter was originally discussed, I could do no less than acknowledge as soon as possiblethat the directions of the Court had been complied with, and that the nui sance had been abated. Mr. DAVIS agreed in the statement which Lad just been made by Mr. H. L. Taylor. The whole of the smoke consuming mystery was referable to the state of the furnaces and the conduct of the stokers. It was a great advantage to the coMinmnity to be aware of that important fact, as there could now be no excuse for the filthy discharges of smoke from the extensive manu factories in the metropolin. (ifear, hear.) They could all banish. the imisa,uce by the. most simple and cheap process. (Hear, hear.) • HOLBORN-HILL. Mr. DAVIS wished to k now f;;;.the engineer how far it was possible, under existing circumstances, to improve Holborn-hill? (We believe the Commissioner meant a temporary improvement.) Mr. HAYWOOD said it would be impossible to alter the 'declivity without sinking the houses on each side, and the expense would be enormous. Several of the members said that, as the question was beer° the corporation, who alone could deal with it, the discussion of it in the Court of Sewers would be ex tremely injudicious. It was, they admitted, obvious to all that the llolborn-hill improiement must be the next great improvement of the City. Mr. DAVIS was afraid that the public would then have to wait till doomsday. Adj ourned. METROPOLITAN SEWERS COMMISSION. A court was held yesterday at the principal office, in Greek-street, and was attended by the under-named commissioners :--The Chairman (Mr. R. Jebb), Lieut.-. Colonel Dawson, Captain Vetch, and Messrs. Smith, Hawes, and Redhead. The SECRETARY presented the usual cash account, which showed an available balance in hand on the 14th instant of 42,7001., together with 120,0001., the ailment of the deposit account. A long list of payments to the extent of 37,000/, was sanctioned, The Citairtitaist stating that the greater part of this largo sum would go towards pavieg off -certain bond herders, and substituting the Rock Life Office. The "State of the Collections " for the month of Sep tember was thus given :—.A.mentit of rate, 237,0001. ; already collected, 17,200 1 . ; uncollected, 83,6301. roman AND BLACKWALL. Mr. NEEnnam appeared on behalf of abouotp3Or ditch,hnuse holders residing on the north side of the Poplar to shoW cause why the sowers rate made in December last shoull not be enforced a g ainst his clients. He n deavoured to show that the defaulters were properly e en: en titled to exemption from the payment of sewers rate both by law and by the practice of former commissions of sewers. The Ca..intma.:sr, after reviewing the arguments of the learned counsel, decided that the rate should be enforced against those parties who resided on the north side of the Poplar ditch and sot. contiguous to it, but that rate would not be demanded tnipi ,those persons whose habi tations abutted upon tike ditch. The court then: broke up., CAOLXItii Afi IlAiicanwiEß.—Within the last few daysthere hayQ been' three 'deaths from Asiatic ciLoivra AeOhks City. . . Gri 81 1031 4 101 1003 75 14 14 53i all 10 1 . 0 25 all 1.0 11 .0.6 all It. I wo !st) I all ',5 19.11 r) 5 ,2 all 5I 4. MIN ES. 1 all Igna Fria ...... i 1 I i glo 1 all An Aus:;rin. Gold' ... ... .. I 10s.. all Anglo Californian * • 20 6 lustralian 1 -- I,' 1 all :lustralian Corcl 4ll err ... - :. 1 all Australian Freehold. * —i.: 1 all Ave Maria . 1 all Radon (Gd.Dachy of 1 -- 4 50 all Bleanarvon Iron an( C0a1.., 20 .13.5,13riti5-. 70U 7i . -- I 8i 35 A I Brazillanlinp.(issue ' ; at £5 pm' 2/ Si 30 all Do. Comes & • Ca 4 aii: , 14 2 1 20 15 Do. Si. John Del Re:, 27 —2U 1. A IGArsong's Cicek ... ... 1 ; Cal...Aid:3n Cons. Min Co. of Jamaica •-, ... ... 40 all Cobre . - ;,.)per 42 44 43 5' 1 ;Colonial Gold - i St. all ;Copper Min. or Eug. 52 57 25 all I Do. Pre% 7i p. coat. 2 4 p .. 16 ICopiapo . l3 15 5 or English and Austin. Copper Smeltg (lb 11 —ll 2 / Fortuna 1; —2 ' P 20 all General.. • • 1 all Ort.NuggetVel.nßeg. i i n, all Great Polgooth. • • ••• 1 all Liberty h - i 3 all Linares 1 • 44 ... 9A 1 all. Mariquito......... ..... . i A 10 9 Aexican&S.Anierien. 6 —6. i 1 all New Granada ' i ii 1 all N3w Linares Minin, • and Smelting Co ... ••• 1 all Novvear Monde 4 -- 20 all Poutgiband Silva - had Mir. .4z Smelt i 14 16 5 1 Ft.rt Philip 4 1 all quartz Recd 4 4 50 all ithymney Iron 22 21 15 all Do. Now 6 8 30 11 Santiago de Cuba 64 6 5i i 1 all south A us6ralian i 1 ili 1 10 74 Tin Cro:t .. 2k all United Mexican 3— 34 1 all Waller i i 1 all West Mariposa h ii 1 12s. Wortking Mining 01 Australia ". ". 1 all I i Yuba • ••• . . ..-"-------MISCELLANEOUS _._—_—_---_----. 5 all I A u bin Coal and Iron ... ... 25 Ili. lus t ra lian Agricult. 40 42 41 20 6' A.ustralsn•Pcific.Maii ... . 10 all .i us traln. Royal Mail ... ... .10 N Ber lin Water Works ... ... 50 40 Brit. American Land -65 70 5 1 Brit. di Coln. Smeltg. an d Reduction Co.• ... •„ 100 322;02.iiac1a .. ............... 98 103 St. WO' 'Canada Gov. 6 p. et. ; I Jan. and Ju1y........ , 1024 1104 5 all C r ystal, Folace 1 24 3b• 4 all 'C rys tal Pal. of France ... ... 20 5 Eastern S team •. • . 25 20 ElectrieT e l egra ph(A) 15 —l6 1 all Electri c Tele g . of Ir. ... ... 15 14 ( lon. Ste am Navigat. ... ... 21) a ll General Screw Steap, ... ... 134 20 10 (slab Beetroot Susat ... _ ... 20 10 Magdale na St. Nari !. ... _ ... 10 all M e diteran. Elec. Tel. ... ._ ... 1 all Nat. P at. Steam Fuel ... ... 10 5 Netherl ands Land.... i ii 2 1 N. S. W. Coal &Inter. Steam Navigat. Co. ... ... 1 all N. B. Australasian... i _ 20 ltl!, Nrtli.ofEuropoStoan ... ... b• all' Peel )Zr. Ld.& Minrl. 34 44 5J all i?en insular & Oriental ... _ ... 5 , , 3 40 Do. Do. ... ... r , 2 all Portland Iron 0 , , 2 24 100 60 Royal Mail Steam .... ... - ... 2 1 5 all 33coontiiiAnAsutis•atral.-lanensta. 252 7... 3 1 1 all Subma.r. Telegraph.. 4 1 all Do. Registere d . i ..... 1 . . 100 2.i ~ VP DLlplelo'S lan 121 7.7 13 18 x in 139 i Si dis -91 c: Overture, "Le Pre anx Clercs" Selection Ballet, "La Estrella." Romance and Chceur Strad°lla. Prince Victor of Hellenlobe has arrived on a visit to her Majesty. His Serene Highness has just landed from her Majesty's ship Cumberland, iu which he has been serving in the Baltic. Admiral Virgin was presented by the Earl of Claren don, and had an audience of the Queen to deliver his letters of recall as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary from the King of Sweden. Lord Waterpark and Mr. J. Ormsby Gore were the lord and groom in waiting. The Earl of Clarendon and Admiral Virgin left Wind sor by an early train this morning. Count Walewski, the French ambassador, had an in terview with the earl of Clarendon yesterday, at the Foreign-office. Lord Join Russell arrived in town yesterday morning from Woburn Abbey, Bedfordshire, to attend the Cabi net Council. _ The Swedish Minister, the Turkish Minister, and the Greek Minister transacted business yesterday at the office of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Mr. John Wood, Chairman of the Board of Inland Revenue, had an interview with the Chanc3llor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence in Down ing-street. The Earl of Clarendon arrived in town yesterday from Windsor Castle. Viscount Palmerston arrived in London yesterday to attend the Cabinet Council, from his seat, Broadlands, Hants. 4. Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon at the Foreign-office, Downing-street. The Ministers ,present were—the Earl of Aberdeen, Lord John Russell, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Duke of Argyll, Viscount Palmerston, the Earl of Clarendon, the Duke of Newcastle, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir James - Graham, Sir Charles Wood, the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, Sir William Moles worth, and Earl Granville. The Council sat three hours and a half. The Marquis and M;.rchioness of Abercorn are enter taining select circle at Brocket Hall, Herts. Mr. J. Page Reade and Lady Mary Page Reade have arrived at Edwards's Private Hotel, in George-street, Hanover-square. Mr. John Wood, Chairman of the Board of Inland Revenue, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official residenCe in Down ing-street. - - LORD DIIDLIIIT STITART.—We are authorised to con tradict a statement which lately appeared in an evening paper relative to the health of Lord Dudley Stuart. He is not "lying dangerov,sly ill at Stockholm," as has been represented. Letters recently received communicate the intelligence that his lordship has been indisposed, but that he is recovering. We regret to announce the demise o f th e H on . and Rev. T. Hotham, rector of Dennington, who died on Tuesday. This gentleman was canon of Rochester, and had been connected with the chapter of that cathedral many years. The deceased was the -third son of Beau mont, second Lord Hotham, and uncle of the present Lord Hotham, M.P. •He was born 16th of Jan., 1774, and married 23d Nov., 1802, Miss Anna Elizabeth, eldest daughter oflMr. T. H. Hodges, by whom he leaves a numerous issue. His eldest son, Sir Charles Hallam, is the Governor of Victoria. ARRIVAL OF GOLD.—The Guiding Star has arrived from Port Philip with 50,000 ounces of gold and 12,000 sovereigns, making a total value of 212,0001. PRICE OF GoLD.--The quotation of gold at Paris is about 3 per mile discount (according to the last twill), which, at the English Mint price of Si. 17s. 101 d per ounce for standard gold, gives •an exchange of 25.091 ; and, the exchange at Paris on London at short being 25.081, it follows that gold is about 0.04 per cent. dearer in Paris than in London. By advices from Hamburg, the price of gold is 4261 per mark, which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 101 d. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13.5 i ; and, the exchange at Ham burg on London at short being 13,42, it follows that gold is 0.41 per cent. dearer in Hamburg than in Lor - don. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is 110 rer anat., and, the par of Exchange between England and America being 109 23-40 per cent., it folloWs that the exchange is nom;.- flatly 0.42 per cent. in favour of England ; and, after making allowance for charges of transport and difference of interest, the present rate leaves a profit on the impor tation of gold from the United States. LIVERPOOL SPECULATIONS.—The accounts from Ire land published yesterday morningexhibitsin a remarkable Manner the complicated extent of the Liverpool spe culations which have lately excited public attention. At Dublin more than five houses are stated to have been compromised by them and to have suspended, with liabilities in each case ranging apparently from 15,0001. to 60,0001., while at Limerick and Cork the embarrass ments are understood to be on a still more serious scale. It is evident that among the parties now in difficulty, both at Liverpool and in •Ireland, a system of accom modation paper has been carried on in a manner scarcely paralleled since the failures among the East India firms at the commencement of 1847, and that under any circumstances a final explosion must sooner or later have taken place. However great may be the disquiet occasioned at the present moment, the public will therefore have reason to congratulate themselves that it has happened at a time when, although a consi derable pressure exists, commercial affairs are every where inherently sound, and that when the influence of such proceedings is removed the business of the legiti mate traders of the country will be carried on under freer and healthier conditions than could otherwise have been attained. SUICIDE IN BATTERSEA-FIELDS.—On Friday last, the body of Mr. George Edginton, the extensive fly proprie tor of Clapham, was discovered in Battersea-fields, near the Duchess of York Tavern, with a frightfal wound in his throat, and quite dead. BURGLARY.—LUGGAGE OF THE RED-JACKET'S PAS SENGERS.—On Monday, or early yesterday morning, the Waterloo Dock passengers' depot, Liverpool, was broken into through the roof, and the luggage of the passengers per Red-Jacket ransacked. What amount of property has been stolen has not been ascertained. UNIVERSITY COLLEGE. —Yesterday the session of the Faculty of Arts was inaugurated by an introductory lecture on college education and self-edueation, by Pro fessor Masson, A.M. In addition to the students pre sent, the theatre was graced by the attendance of a large number of ladies and gentlemen. KING'S COLLEGE.—Last night Mr. Leone Levy de liverel the first of a course of twelve lectures to the students of King's College, on the subject of the Law of Life, Fire, and Marine Insurance. A large number of students attended. ort that TRADE IN. RUSSIAN PRODUCE..—The rep( vernment intend to prevent the importation of Russian produce into this country, from any quarter, during the continuance of the war, may be true ; or it may be merely a story spread to affect the market. All that we can say is, that it ought to be true. The trade in Russian produce, through Memel, is au exceptional trade, at which the Russian Government only connives during the war ; which it prevented before the breaking, out of hostilities ; and which it would prevent again; were the war to end to-ntorrow. Memel is the nataral port for all the produce which finds its way from the interior by the Niemen, and the rivers or canals connected with that stream. But till the war commenced, all Russian produce was, by the Russian system of Douanes, com pelled to find its way to foreign countries from Prussian ports, except what was smuggled across the RUssian frontier. The interdiction of the importation of all Russian produce iuto England from any quarter while the war lasts would be a blow - not at Prussian, but at Russian commerce. It would be no encroachment on the bona fide. neutral rights of Prussian traders. The measure would, moreover, have this advantage, that it cannot resuscitate the quwstio errata of the rights of mercantile neutral flags. CHOLERA 4T THE EAST END. — At the ea st end of London the poor are still suffering from the epidemic. During the last few days it has again made its appear ance among the mariners employed on board the colliers moored off St. Paul's, Shadwell, where the medical officers of the Stepney Union have been engaged in at tending to the afflicted. WnAT's IN A Name ?—The Austrians are building forts round Cracow ; one of them is called Fort Kos ciusko ! Can the Austrians pronounce that name with out a blush ? ACCUMULATED DISTRESSES OF MENSCHIROFF.—First it was reported that Menschikoff had lost his carriage at the Alma ; now we are told that his cook was taken prisoner there. The poor man can neither take an airing to get an appetite, nor have a dinner properly dressed if he had one. COBLENTZ, OCT. 14.—Yesterday evening, the North American Ambassadors—Mr. Buchanan from London, and Mr. Maison from Paris—arrived here with a part of their suites. They put up at the " Giant," and are expecting Mr. Soul 6 from Madrid to join theta this day. 'THE MAILS.--SOUTHAMPTON, Tuesday, Oct. 17.—The Royal mail steam-ship Magdalena, Captain Abbott, sailed this afternoon with the mails for the West Indies, the Spanish Main, and Pacific, taking out 142 passen gers, among whom are the lion. Mr. 'Matthews and fa mily, the Rev. R. Dennett, Capt. Hawtayne, Lieute nant Morris, R.N. &0., a full general cargo, specie value 5,050/., and jewellery value 4,1821. sterling. The Royal mail steamer La Plata, Captain Weller, with the home ward mails from the West Indies and Pacific, is hourly expected at Southampton. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-ship Madrid took her departure at 2 p.m.- to-day for Vigo, Oporto, Lisbon, Cadiz, and Gib raltar. The Madrid has 35 passengers, amongst whom are the Chevalier Silva, Major Munro, and Ensign Thack well ; and on freight, specie for Oporto, value 5,7501. ; for Cadiz, 29,7121. ; and for Lisbon, 26,4021.—t0ta1, 01,8041., and jewellery value 1,1001. NEW PAINTING PRESS.—Mr. Stephen Brown, of Syracuse, has invented an ingenious pr ess for printing four different colours simultaneously, a the rate 0f.500 impressions an hour; and not only can different lines and letters be printed in various hues, but so perfect is the invention that one letter may be printed in two, there, or four colours, or be printed in one colour and haled by another, all with the saw iraprosion.—Ame: A?I courier. _ _ MELANCHOLY SUICIDE OF TWO SL: TE S. NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE, Monday Evening.--Je , ::. as the inhabitants of this town were recovering from the shock occasioned by the recent calamitous accident, the public feeling has been again wounded by the death of two fine young women, sisters, under circumstances to which a melancholy interest attaches. Their names were Ellen and Isabella Rohinges, and respectively about 17 and 15 years, and they were the daughters of a man named Zekiel Robinson, who has long been employed at the glass-works of Wright, Brothers, and Co., in this town, and who resides in Duke-street. The two deceased and another elder and unmarried daughter lived with their father there, all three girls being occupied daily from home in some employment by which they assisted in maintaining themselves, the youngest working in the establishment of a bookbinder. It appeared that late on Saturday night, when the father was not in the house, a quarrel arose among the three unfortunate sisters, all of whom slept in one bed, which eventually became exceedingly violent. In the midst of the disturbance the father returned home in liquor, it is said, and either ordered the elder of the deceased to leave the house, or said something which induced her to do so. She is described as being of an exceedingly irritable and stubborn temper. She left the house with little mere than her night clothes on, and never returned. Her father relenting, and dreading that she would catch cold, sent the youngest of the sisters after her with her bonnet and shawl ; but not coating back again he went in search of them, but, they could nowhere be found, though the remainder of the night was spent in anxious inqui ries concerning them. Their melancholy fate was not known until yesterday morning, when they were dis covered drowned in the river in the vicinity of Elswick, about two miles from this town, by a man named George Todd, and, ib is said, locked in each other's arms. They were conveyed to the dead-house in Pandon, where they await a coroner's inquest. They are described by those who knew them as industrious girls of good character. As they lay side by side in the dead-house to-day they t presented a t ouc hi ng spectac l e, " decay ' s e ff ac i ng fi nge rs " not having yet obliterated remarkable. The beauty for which, when th e y were n p e r o u b n a d b e i r l i t t y h ei excited that th efeeell feelings s threw occas o h n e e r d sel b f y ie th to e the T quarrel, and that the other was drowned in attempting to save her, or, what is more likely, they committed suicide by mutual consent. TEE NEW STAMP ACT. Various prints in connection with the working of the new Stamp Act continue subject to discussion, and the following note, stating an amended interpretation of the mope of the sixth clause, has been received at the Bank of England from the Stamp-office. The object of this clause was to enforce, under a penalty of 100/., the drawing and delivering of the whole number of a set of bills in all cases where the instrument purported to be drawn in a set, but a question arose whether it applied to bills drawn abroad and payable here as welt as to bills drawn here and payable abroad. Under date the 23th of August, Mr. Keogh answered that it applied to "foreign bills drawn and payable abroad if negotiated in this kingdom, as well as to foreign bills drawn in this kingdom payable abroad." Subsequent consultation with the law officers of the Crown, however, has estab lished a different view, which will occasion much less disturbance to mercantile usage and convenience : " Inland Revenue, Somerset-house, London, Oct. 16. " Sir,—l hare to refer to the Board's communication to you dated the 28th of August last, in answer to your letter of the 26th, containing several questions relative to the Stamp Act, 17 and 13 Victoria, c. 83, in which communi cation it was stated that section 6 of the act applies to fo reign bills drawn and payable abroad, if negotiated in the United King - dom. " I beg leave to acquaint you thatthe matter has since undergone further consideration, and, having been sub mitted to the law officers of the Crown, th,ly have advised that the operation of the clause in question is confined to bills drawn and issued within the United Kingdom, and payable _ abroad.—l have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient servant, " THOILIS KEOGH. "J. R. Elsey, Esq." The anne2:ed letter from Mr. Wood, the chairman of the Board of Inland Revenue, relates to two other ques tions, also submitted from the Bank—namely, whether a certain form of cancellation adopted by that institu tion is sufficient, and whether the amount of duty to which a bill is liable may be made up by the use of two or more stamps. In both cases the reply is in the aflir• illative, as far as the opinion of the Thard is concerned, although, of course, in case of litigation, the construe• Con of the terms of the act can be authoritatively set. tied only by a court of law : " Inland Revenue, Samerset-house, London, Oct. 16. " My Dear Sir,—ln reply to your letters of the 14th and of this date, inquiring, first, whether the Board consider that the printed form adopted by the Bank of England for the cancellation of adhesive foreign bill stumps be a suffi cient compliance with the Act of Parliament, and secondly, whether the amount of duty to which a bill of exchaNe is liable may be denoted by two or more stamps, I beg to state, in reference to the first question, that, so far as the Eoard is concerned, the use of the printed form in ques tion will le considered a sufficient compliance with tie act. " The Board will not require that the whole of the name, or firm, or date shall actually be upon the stamp, an d will esteem it sufficient if those particulars be written or printed across the stamp, notwithstanding a portion of such writing or printing may not be actually upon it. "The object of cancellation is to prevent the use of a stamp for more than one bill; and, provided this be effected even by initials and date, the Board certainly will not pro. secute, and no prosecution can be instituted, excepting by the Board. " I must, however, distinctly state that the Board can. not by any regulation, or the e.mpression of any opinion, remove difficulties that may arise between the parties to a bill. Its validity, so far as the parties are concerned, must, in case of doubt, depend on the interpretAtion which may be put by a court of law on the terms of the act. " In reply to the second question, I have to state that there is nothing in the act to prevent the required amount of duty being made up by several stamps.—l am, my dear sir, yours most faithfully. " M. Marshall, Esq "JOHN WOOD." STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER, Oct. 17.---The cloth-market is very flat, and in some cases sellers report that there is no market, prices being quite nominal, especially as regards goods for India. Tie advices to hand from Bombay report that the trade in imports had scarcely re-opened, as the weather had not admitted of regular communications with the ports on the coast. From Calcutta intelligence is received that a fair amount of business in cloth and yarn had . been done at steady prices, considering the heavy supplies coming to market and the general desire manifested by receivers to realise on arrival. It is known, however, in Manchester, that very heavy supplies had still to arrive at last dates, and very little business is likely to be effected for that quarter for some time to corns. Prices are a shade lower, with a downward ten. dency in almost all descriptions of cloth. The market is generally reported as the quietest we h-tve had for a long time, with a degree of despondency that is quite un usual. Houses trading to the Levant are doing a fair business for long cloths and T cloths, and these form nearly the only exception to the general flatness. There is still much talk of a resort to short time, and manufac tutors continue more and more to throw looms out of work altogether. In yarns there is some demand from the Greek - houses for extra twist such as they are able to find a market for in the East, and rather better prices even have been obtained for it ; an one or two descriptions of cop yarn for manufacturers are still scarce and maintain their full value; but, generally speaking, yarns, both for horns consumption and export, meet with very little demand, and too market may be described as flat, with a down ward tendency of prices. A small house here, doing business with Brazil, and well connected, is reported to have suspended ; butthey owe nothing in Manchester, andtherefore it cannotbe said to have exercised any influence on the market; but there is much suspicion existing, and this want of confidence appears to pervade nearly all circles since the failures at Liverpool. LEEDS, Oct. 17.—Heavy woollen clothe, suitab le to fu.. overcoats and winter wear, have sold tolerably 11 o d w ed with day, and the market is not by any h al ite, ie rather in the hands of manufacturers or the mere season stock. Indeed the quantity ofwomolleaennscloctrher, whether of the below than above the average 0 parties sot to year; Much care is manifested h f b a r yi id t a , have an accumulation of goods on hand, a ll i nd the clothiers fair proportion to the endeavour to keep the supply ha i manufacturers of this town demand. t eteadily employed. Prices There has been an ad of cloths, too, rule very steady.inthe Leeds market to-day and n tj ei l gT i bou tl rh e o w od h a l r e e vance iu the price of corn market on Monday. The to feel some alarm as to what may Public are beginning . t' ensuing be the price of brea d which has equal to that in the Lond on at the a dvance just taken place. surprised a appe ars to be good ground to believe that there is e i in ago, and a n d e needy hence, circum stanceswthrarnhder will b e plenty of corn to supply the nation till next mere earsfeawre. years characteristic anxiety to obtain the hi ghest price os eliaracprice p • sible for their grajp, they are offering but small portions fur sale • harrest' a b . s u ttht t he Any undue alarm on the part of consumers should be guarded against, as it would tend to still further send 'prices up, much to the disadvantage of the great bulk of the community and to the checking of manufacturing operations for the home market. APPROACHING CIVIC 11....4.1TQUETT;i401; JOHN RUSSELL AT BRISTOL. 'this banquet, which will take place on the 27th i ns t an t , w i ll be on ascale of magnificence h of the reno wn of city . tha„ancient Amongstthe I d a v ld i Q r s e t t t i a ug y y uished p ersonages w h o i t is un.i lerstood have accepted, are his Grace the Duke of Beaufort, Lord High Steward of the city ; the Right Hon. the Earl Fitzhardinge, Lord Lieutenant ; Right Hon. Lord Portman, Lord Lieutenant of the county of Somerset ; the Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol ; the Very Rev. the Dean of Bristol ; Dr. Gilbert Elliott, the Hon. F. H. Berkeley, M.P. ; W. H. G. Langton, Esq., M.P. ; P. J. W. Miles Esq., High Sheriff of Bristol ; W. Miles, Esq., 11i.P. for East Somerset ; W. F. Knatchbull, Esq., M.P. ; Sir Arthur Hallam Elton, Bart., of Clevedon Court ; Sir J: Eardley Wilmott, Bart., Stoke Bishop. The following Gold Company : is from the Port Philip and Colonial t b h e e i p n r i ; at cWe Melbourne,have r ec e underived d a a dt date i t c h e: 3 f l ro s t m e our f ju resift ly tvn to; w r s h e i t e c h r the following is an extract : jest of leasing land to vats ' Mi s e e n r i e n t a g r . — y , I e h t a a a t - i o n receivedtaehnesoutbb r Governorn o t a (will ll better position to enter io visited the gold fi elds.' public companies after ho bee vi ing • u or to break up the Govern men t ten " tiMoneltoinfgtahnedGAesysaz Establis_hment.—lt was the in. A ssa y.office ; this step w ould . u 3 3 1," 504 / 1. 4 ire Prove thin branch of the company s PUrgeL 7e - 1001