The Sun. — London, England, 1854-10-20 00:00:00

btrb Mbttion. SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock. BRIGHTON RACES. (THIS DAY.) (B Y ELECTRIC TELEGRAPEI.) INNKEEPERS' PLATE. Grey Chicken Honesty Seven ra►n. AUTUMN HANDICAP. Postulant .. Parrtheon . Eight ran. HUNTERS' STAKES. Malmesbury ilero... ....., Six ran. 301. PLATE. Wro wick - rue Earl Four ran. SUSSEX. Miss Hatch Grey Chicken Seven ran. LATEST BETTING—TWO O'CLOCK. CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES. 4to 1 agat Orinoco (9 to 2 taken freely). 13 to 2 agat Rattle. 10 to 1 agst Scherz (taken freely). 20 to 1 agst Helena (taken). 20 to 1 agst Quince. 33 to 1 agst Assayer. 10 1 "4 to 1 agst Violet. Orinoco and Scherz in great demand. THE LONDON GAZETTE. (THIS EVENING.) At the Court ai Windsor, the 18th day of October, 1814, present the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council, her Majesty having been pleased to appoint Thomas Lloyd, Esq., Lord Lieutenant and Custos Rotulornm of the county of Cardigan, he this day took the oaths appointed to be taken thereupon, instead of the oaths of allegiance and supremacy. WINDSOR CASTLE, OCT. 16. This day had audience of her Majesty—Admiral Virgin, B:nvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary from The King of Sweden and Norway, to deliver his letter of recall. To which he was introduced by the Earl of Cis. rendon, S.G., her Majesty's Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. HULL, OCT. 14. The Qneen was this day pleased to confer the honour of Knighthood upon Henry Cooper, Eiq.. Mayor of Kingston upon-Hull, Doctor of Medicine of the University of Lon don, and Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons. DOWNING-STREET, OCT. 17. The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be prepared under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom, appointing the Reverend Frederick Barker, Doctor in Di vinity, to be ordained and consecrated Bishop of the See of Sydney, and to be Metropolitan Bishop in Australia, sub ject to the general superintendence and revision of the Archbishop of Canterbury for the time being, and subor dinate to the Archiepiscopal See of the Province of Can terbury. DOWNING-STREET, Oar 17. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Doctor Saveiro Schembri to be Rector of the University and Lyceum of the Island of Malta. WAR-OFFICE, 0cT,20. 7th-Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant Thomas Tyron to be Captain, without purchase, vice Hon. W. Monck, killed in action, Sept. 21. 23d Foot—Major Daniel Lysons to be Lieutenant- Colonel, without purchase, vice Chester, killed in action, Sept. 21. Captain Arthur James Herbert to be Major, without purchase, vice Lysons, Sept. 21. TO BE CAPTAINS WITHOUT PURCHASE. Lieutenant George Henry Hughes, vice Sutton, de• ceased, Sept. 16. Lieutenant Edward Gascoigne Bulwer, vice Herbert, promoted, Sept. 21. Lieutenant Henry D'Oyley Torrens, vice Wynn, killed in action. Lieutenant Jervoise Clarke Jervoise in. action. vice Evans, killed Lieutenant Francis Edward Drawn, vice Conolly, killed in action, Sept. 21. TO BE LIEUTENANTS WITHOUT PURCHASE. Douglas Dyneley, vice Huglies,promoted, Sept. 16. Second Lieutenant William .Ished. Poole, vice Bul wer, promoted. Second Lieutenant Edward Griffith Bowen Thomas, vice Torrens promoted. Second Lieutenant Savage Mostyn, vice Jervoise. pro moted. Ensign Frederick Honford, vice Drewe. promoted. Ensign Sydney C. Millett, vice Radcliffe, killed in action, Sept. 21. TO BE ENSIGN WITHOUT PURCHASE. Hubert Deline Radcliffe, Gent., vice Millett, Sept. 2: TO BE LIEUTENANT WITHOUT PURCHASE. Ensign Thomas Scovell Digga, vice Sir W. N. Yonri art., killed in action, Wept. 21, [854. , 33d Foot—Ensign C. More Brabazon Sirec, to bo Lieu tenant, without purchase, vice Montagu, killed in action, Sept. 21. .... 55TH FooT. TO BE CAPTAINS WITHOUT PURCHASE. Lieutenatt Robert Hume, ♦ico Brevet-Major Rose, killed in action, Sept. 21. Lieutenant deorie Edward Chartres Bissett, vice Scha' killed in action, Sept. 21. TO BE LIE';TENANTS WITHOUT PURCHASE. Ensign Edmund Fortescue Twysden, vice Hume, pro moted, Sept. 21. _ _ Ensign J. George Eschalaz, vice Bissett, promoted, Sept. 21. 9.3 d Foot —Ensign Richard Augustus Cooper to be Lieu tenant without purehase, vice Abercromby, killed in action, Sept. 21. _ _ _ 95th Foot—Lieutenant Edward S. Charlton to be Cap tain without purchase, vice Dowdall, killed in action, Sept. 21. Lieutenant Henry Fester to be Captain, without par chase, vice J. G. Eddington, killed in action, Sept. 21. TO BE LIEUTENANTS WITHOUT PURCHASE. Ensign William Braybrooke, vice Charlton, promoted, Sept. 21. Ensign Evelyn Bazalgette, vice Foster, promoted, Sept. 21. Ensign William Hill, vice Polhill, killed in astion, Sept. 21. Ensign Basil C. Boothby, vice E. W. Eddington, killed in action, Sept. 21. Ensign Francis George C. Probart, vice Kingsley, killed in action, Sept. 21. TO BE ENSIGN WITHOUT PURCHASE. Charles Frederick Parkinson, Gent., vice Braybrooke, promoted, Sept. 21. Ceylon Rifle Regiment—Second Lieutenant Rupert Campbell Watson to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Braybrooke, killed in action, Sept. 21. WAR-OFFICE, OCT. 20. 2a Regiment of Dragoons—Liententant and Adjutant William Miller to be Captain, without purchase, vice Freeman, deceased ; Regimental-Sejeant-Major Daniel Moodie to be Cornet, without purchase, and Adjutant, Sept. 30. Bth Light Dragoons—Lieutenant Joseph Reilly to be Captain, without purchase, vice Longmore, deceased ; Cornet Clement Walker Henetwe to be Lieutenant, with out purchase, vice- Reilly; 'ftegimental-Serjeant-Major John Reilly, from the 4th Light Dragoons, to be Cornet, without purchase, and Riding Master, vice Heneage, Sept. 3. 13th Light Dragoons Regimental - Serjeant - Major George Gardner to be Cornet, without purchase, and Ad jutant, Sept. 27. 4th Regiment of Foot—Serjeaut-Major Wm. Connell to be Quartermaster, vice Leahy, deceased, Sept. 19. 7th Foot—Lleutenant Dudley Persse to be Captain, without purchase, vice the Honourable C. L. Hare, died of wounds, Sept. 23. 19th Foot —Ensign and Adjutant Ambrose Marshall Cardew, to have the rank of Lieutenant • Ensign Hen r y . Mitford to be Lieutenant , without purch ase, vice Ward law, died of wounds, Sept. 23. 30th Foot--Major James Thomas Mauleverer to be Lieu tenant-Colonel, without purchase, rice Hoey, deceased; Brevet-Major Charles Sillery to be Major, without put eh , vice Mauleverer; Lieutenant Charles Mingaye Green to be Captain, without purchase, vice Sillery; Ensign Johit S. Cha n d os H arco urt to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Green, Sept. 30. 55th Foot—Serjeant-Major Francis Williams to be En without purchase, vice Twysden, promoted, Sept. 21. 1,.. 9411 Foot—Lieutenant Alexander J. J. Macdonald to Mutant, vice Kingsley, killed in action, Sept. 21. WAR-OFFICE, OCT. 20. 6th Regiment of Draoons, Lieutenant German Whea , croft to b e Captain, by Rowley, wh o retires ; C ornet William Sawrey Rawlinson , purchase, vice the Hon. H. L. B . to be Lieutenant, by purch ase , vice Wheateroft, Oct. 20. Coldstream Regiment of Foot Gluards, Lieutenant and Captain Lionel Daniel Mackinnon t o b e C a pt a in and Lieu tenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice C umm i ng, w h o retires, Oct. 20 ; Ensign and Lieutenant the Hon. William Henry Wellesley to be Lieutenant and Captain, without pur ' chase, vice Coat, killed in action; Charles t , wit ho u t Lane Fox, Gent., to be Ensign and Lieutenant, without pur chase vice Hon. W. H. Wellesley, Sept. 21; Ensign and Lieutenant the Hon. Robert Drummond to be Lieute nant and Captain, by purchase, vice Makinnon ; Cor net John Baillie Baillie, from the 6th Dragoons, to be Fn 4ign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Drummond, Oct. 20. 16th Foot—Staff-Surgeon of the Second Class, William to be Surgeo n , v i ce Al'lllree, pro- George Swun, M.D., nioted, OcL. 20. 18th T'oot—Charles Hotham, Gent., to bo Ensign, nub. out pr.rchase, Oct. . .)0 . 26,11 Foot—Lieutenant Richard Chute to bo Captain, by purchase, vice Brevet-Major Freed, who retires, Oct. 20. bOth Foot—Ensign Charles Jocelyn Cecil Sillery to le Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Luxtnore, killed in ac tion ; Colour-Serjeaut John Thompson to be Ensign, with out purchase, vice Sillery, Sept.2l ; Henry David Erskine, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, Oct. 20. 3(.311 Foot—Lieutenant Charles James Hale Monro to be Captain, by purchase, vice Evans, who retires; En s i gn Barrington George Dashwood to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Monro; Frederick Willoughby Harris, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Dashwood, Oct. 20. 52d Foot—Captain James Abercrom by Dick, from the 77th Foot to be Captain, vice Luard, who exchanges, Oct. 20. sSth Foot—Lieutenant C. St. John S. Herbert to be Captain, without purchase, vice Westropp, deceased ; En sign John H. R. Harrison to be Lieutenant, without put.- chase, vice Herbert; Oct. 8; William Owen, Gent.; to be Ensign, by purchase, Oct. 20. 59th Foot—Colour-Serjeant John Shepherd to be En sign, without purchase, Oct. 20. 60th Foot—Serjeant-Major George Charles Kelly to be Quartermaster, vice Berry, deceased, Oct. 20. 65th Foot—William Popham Wrixham, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, Oct. 20. 67th Foot—Colour-Serjeant Edward Coxen to be Ensign, without purchase, Oct. 19 ; Arthur Forbes Robertson, Gent., to be Ensign, by p urc h ase , v i ce Di sney , w h o re tires, Oct. 20. 73d Foot—Lieutenant James Whittaker Barnes to be Captain, without purchase, vice Brevet-Major Wellesley, deceased, Sept. 22 ; Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick William Clements, from the Royal Canadian Rifle Regi ment, to be Captain, vice Brevet-Major Walker, who ex changes, Oct. 20; Ensign Allen Allieocke Young to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Barnes, Sept. 2L 77th Foot—Lieutenant Henry Kent to be Captain, with out purchase, vi ce C ro ft on , d ecease d, Sept. 27 ; aptain R. G. Amhert Luard, from the 52d Foot, to be Captain, vice Dick, who exchanges, Oct. 20 ; Ensign William. Newenham Morris Orpen, to be Lieutenant, without pur chase, vice Kent, Sept. 27. 81st Foot—William Norris Franklyn, Gent., to be En sign, by purchase, vice Deans, promoted, October 20. Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment—Brevet-Major Fitz william Walker, from the 73d Foot, to be Captain, vice Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel F. W. Clements, who ex changes, Oct. 20. HOSPITAL STAFF.—Surgeon John Drops Mclllree, from the 16th Foot, to be Staff-Surgeon of the First Class ; Assistant-Surgeon George Saunders, from the 47th Foot, to be Staff-Surgeon of the Second Class, vice Swan, ap pointed to the 16th Foot, October 20. BREVET. TO BE MAJORS IN THZ ARMY IN THE EAST INDIES. Captain Alfred George Goodwyn, of the Bengal Engi neers. Captain John Harley Maxwell, of the Bengal Engineers. Captain William Kendall, of the Bombay Engineers, August 2. Erratum in the Gazette of the 13th Oct. 45th Foot—Far, Ensign Edward Gambier Eliot Ather ley to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Smyth, promoted ; Read, Ensign Edward Gambier Eliot Atherley to be Lieutenant by purchase, vice Fleming, who retires, Oct. 13. MEmottANDErti.—The appointment of Daniel Bartlett, Esq , to be Paymaster for Army Services, to hear date let 1854, as previously stated. Aug., 1854, and not 6th Oct., COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD LIEUTENANTS. Bedfordfordshire Regiment of Militia—Alfred Henry Caulfield to be Ensign, Oct. 14. 2d Somerset Regiment of Militia—Henry Sacheverel Edward Schroeder, Esq., to be Surgeon, vice Barrett, re signed, Oct. 17. The Essox Rifles—Wm. Henry Drage, Gent., to be Ensign, Oct. 14. THE -SUN, LODOI4 I I, PRIDA.Y-EVrEINI-NG,;OCTOBES 20, let C. than in London and Paris, in the distant districts, where the sheep are healthy, they are killed and boiled down for tallow ; where the scab rage, they are killed, piled in heaps, and burnt by the hundred, to destroy every trace of the n. Tn neither case do they add a pound to the supply of human food. Australia is called A " great grazing and pastoral country," and yet mutton and milk are scarce and dear ; both are growing scarcer, and meat of all kinds, according to colonial authorities, is fast deteriorating in quality. Australia is not a pas toral or grazing country i❑ the true sense of the words ; its surface is devoted to the production of wool and tallow for exportation—the last may be termed a manu facture ; but the supply of wholesome and abundant food for the inhabitants is not the chief object of the so called pastoral interest ; it is secondary to the exports, to obtain one of which the cattle must be totally de stroyed as food. Thus, with 1,500m0 of horned cattle and 8,000,000 of sheep in this province alone, less than 300,000 people pay more dearly for meat than the in habitants of the densely crowded cities of Europe ; and milk, that most pastoral article, can scaroely be obtained pure, even for money. The following is an abstract of .the quarter's revenue for New South Wales to the 30th of June : it, and contrasts most favourably with the sluggish in difference of the authorities in both provinces before his arrival. The lighthouse built on Cape Howe after the dreadful wreck of the Monumental City had been allowed to run short of oil for the lamps and provisions for the attendants. The superintendent sent notice of the state of affairs both to Sydney and Melbourne, but nothing was done. Questions were asked in the Council here, but the Government could only hope, and believe, and consider as usual. The shipping interest grew alarmed, and, through the press, urged the Government to send down supplies instantly. Nothing effectual was done, and the light was reported to be burning dine as if the attendants were eking out the stock of oil by reducing the number of lamps. At the end of six weeks the light was extinguished, and there was no beacon on this dan gerous turning point of the coast for eight nights. On his last voyage down the captain of the Hellespont, a coasting steamer, reported the total disappearance of the light to the previous immovable authorities of Victoria ; but in the interval Sir°. Hotham had arrived ; the instant he heard of it a stock ofoil was placed on boardthe Helles pont, with a letter from the Governor's secretary to the cap tain, containing a stronger expression of feeling than is generally found in an official" hereby directed"—namely, an intimation that " as the articles were sent in the cause of humanity, and especially for protecting the lives of sea merle" his Excellency felt confident "every possible exertion would be used to land the stores," and with all despatch they were landed accordingly. The authorities of both provinces, if they can read between the lines, may, perhaps, detect in Sir Charles's letter a censure of their previous indifference to the " cause of humanity and the lives of seamen," for which they cannot plead ignorance. Slight as the incident may seem at a dis tance, it has produced a most favourable impression here, where quick decision and prompt action are unusual, and an inexplicable difficulty in getting anything done weighs on the community like an evil spell. It is also rumoured that Sir Charles Hotham has already ex pressed his disapproval of the lavish and, in some cases, senseless extravagance of expenditure in some of the departments. There is some chance of the estimates next year not being a million above the revenue. The prospects of steam communication with England begin to be regarded with anxiety. The success of the American Company that has opened the Pacific route to Panama, with the Golden Age, is yet uncertain, and from the Atlantic side of the Isthmus no exact arrange ments have been made for the conveyance of mails or passengers. One English Company has abandoned the line ; the one steamer of the Peninsular and Oriental Company every 2 months, and the vessels of the General Screw Company by the Cape of Good Hope, are now the only steamers to Australia that can be depended on. It was expected the war would withdraw some vessels from the Australian trade ; but it is feared, unless the colonies afford some substantial assistance to the companies, that the reduction of the number may be carried further. One of the heaviest items of the expense of a steamer is the stock of coals for the home voyage and the labour of shippine. it. It has been suggested that the New South Wales coal might be dug by the labour of prisoners under sentence, brought down from the Hunter River in ships chartered for the purpose, and put on board in the same inexpensive manner. The Government could thus lessen the outlay of the steam companies in Syd ney considerably ; but a joint subsidy in money, to which the three provinces might contribute equally, would be simpler. It is regularity of arrival and de departure that is required as much as speed ; and with out some recompenes it is not to be expected that any English private company can regulate the sailing of its vessels to suit the colony alone. At the same time the colonists feel that, in the postal arrangements of the English Government, they have not received the con sideration they are entitled to. To China, where the Europeans may be counted by scores, there is a fort nightly mail ; to Australia, with a population almost exclusively British approaching a million, till lately the only contract mail was one every two months ; even now there is only one a month. The Argus calculates the amount of postage to and from the Australian colo nies at 200,0001. a year. For half that sum a' steam communication might be established every fornight, and as it seems an accepted principle that postage should not be considered a source of revenue, the present rates might be reduced fully one-half. The establishment of a Mint in the colony has excited a long debate in the Council ; doubts have arisen whether a colonial gold coinage is now necessary, though it was so when the permission to coin was applied for. But, as the expense has been incurred, and the staff and machi nery provided, the general feeling is that the experiment may as well be tried. The privilege of coining is also no small step in the progress to self-government. The vote of the Council, therefore, confirms the proposal of the Governor's speech, and the Mint will commence work as soon as the arrangements can be made. Pur chasers have frequently been imposed on by direct frauds—coating lead by the electrotype has been prac tised successfully. Shipping agents are well aware of the differences of quality even in genuine samples of gold, and will not give receipts for the value, only for the weight of parcels exported. It is to be feared that, on examination at home, they have not always been found up to the Bank standard, though the price here has long been above it. This .uncertainty, at least, will not attach to the Australian sovereigns, which are to be of the weight and value of the Imperial coin. There need not, therefore, be any prejudice against them, though legally they will net be money in England. As so much of the raw material of coin is raised here, it cannot be any disadvantage to convert it into the manufactured article on the spot, as in that shape it will be equally valuable everywhere else. It does seem irrational to send gold half round the world to be coined that it may come back again as money. But those who think the establishment of a Mint will dimi nish the exportation of gold, or even check it, will be dis appointed. The Council has voted the sum of 5,000/. which the Executive proposed- to advance as a loan to the Paris Exhibition Committee for the purchase of specimens of the gold of New South Wales, to be sent to Paris among the other products of the colony. After the Exhibition is closed, it is calculated the gold can be sold, and the sum advanced by the Treasury replaced. There was some opposition to the plan, as many think the money can be better appropriated in the colony—in repairing the roads for instance—and that the richness of our soil in this metal, is sufficiently known to the world already. But it was urged with much force that an exhibition of the products of New South Wales, without any classi fied specimens of its gold, would be very incomplete, while, if well arranged, a collection of every variety of form in which geld is found would be the most interest ing of our native productions. The money was there fore voted, the more readily as it is tolerably certain it will be recovered by the sale of the solid " nuggets," dust, and gold-bearing quartz which are to represent our mineral wealth at Paris. Our other staples—wool and t a ll ow — m ay not attract much attention ; but the speci mens of theedifferent Australian woods will be well worth the notice of the French cabinetmakers. A far better selection will the ie forwarded ar dt e some ha admirablynthat adapted sentto t f a o r i r i e d r t s heornamental anl°"gh work in w hi c h th e F renc h excel. To make the collection of speci mens as complete as possible, Mr. Moore, the director of the Sydney Botanic-garden, was despatched to the most remote northern districts of the province to obtain some of the varieties only to be found in the region ap proaching the southern tropic. We have no manufac tures, except those of a few common articles that are made better and in larger quantities in the poorest countries of Europe ; but of natural products Australia will send enough to prove her immense " capability," as yet wholly undeveloped. In everything that requires labour it is only a land of promise, the realisation lying far in the future. If gold could not be dug out of the earth ready for the market—if it required any process of smelting or working to render it saleable—not a tenth of the quantity exported would be produced. We have abundance of iron, for instance, but not a single mine has been opened, though a few score miles of tramway would be more valuable than a new gold field. There is an enormous coalbed at half the distance by sea from Sydney that Newcastle is from London, yet the retail price of coals this winter has ranged from 71. to 8/. 10s. per ton. Specimens of our iron, coal, and copper will, no doubt, also be sent for exhibition ; but the public in France and England must not there fore be led to believe that the community derives more than the slightest advantage from them. We have scarcely smelted native iron enough to make an axletree, and native coals can only be burnt by the weal thy, who, in case of necessity, could feed their kitchen ranges with lumps of silver ore if that were combustible. The tickets of most of the specimens of native produc tions, vegetable and mineral (gold excepted), to give an honest account of the state of thinge, should be inscribed " Known to exist, but not to be had." This is the case even with colonial wine, of which several cases will be sent to frighten the French growers by apprehensions of competing vineyards of clarets and Burgundies. The French vignerons need not feel the least alarm. At the present rate of progress in the cultivation of the vine iu the colony there will not be a cask of native vin ordi naire for sale in Sydney itself for the next half century. The annual meeting of the New South Wales Vineyard Association has just been held, and its report proved a complete stagnation of enterprise. Even if the growers were as active as they are apathetic, they would not ef fect much in the manner they now proceed. They are few in number, wealthy, and indifferent to the. pursuit, except as it furnishes a source of amusement ; there is a mild, quiet rivalry between the dilettanti, who grow vines much as they might grow dahlias or tulips. At the annual meetings they taste each other's samples; pro nounce an opinion more or less flattering of this or that gentleman's squeeze "of 1851."—to call it a vintage would be absurd ; and, after reporting they have done nothing during the past year, separate to do the same through the next. Wine-growing in Australia is not yet an indus try; the result never reaclies the market, and foreigners who have read the glowing descriptions of the " capa bilities" of the colony, copied by one bookmaker from another, are astonished to find that in what they have been led to suppose is a wine-growing country it is im possible by ordinary means to obtain a single bottle. This is to be regretted, since it makes a had impression on the natives of those countries who brine , a practical knowledge of this branch of cultivation with them ; ex cept as a labourer iii the employ of what may be called exhibiting amateurs, no Frenchman or German has yet embarked in the pursuit. One article formerly grown in the colony to some ex tent—tobacco—has disappeared from commerce. The revised tariff destroyed that branch of cultivation, ner is it much to be regretted. The supply of meat is running short, if rising prices can be taken as an indication. In the western dis trict of Victoria the scab is ravaging the flocks of sheep. It has appeared, also, in the district of Moreton Bay, in this province. It does not seem possible to arrest this disease by any individual effort, and combined action is alleged to be impracticable. Thus, while mut ton is at a higher retail price in Sydney and Melbourne GENERAL REVENUE Second Quarter 1 1851 ~. £151,999 ...- 169,110 Increase, being 8i per cent £14,111 TERRITORIAL REVENUE! Second Quarter { 1853 £46 825 b 9,982 Increase, being 28 per cent £13,157 TOTAL RECEIPTS. .. Second Quarter 185 18534.. ~. £201,824 ... 299,092 Increase, being 13i per cent £27,268 The Customs' revenue shows a considerable increase : Second Quarter 1853 £75,658 { 1834 98,164 Increase, being 30 per cent £22,505 All the items of this branch of the revenue show an in crease except one ;-- Increase. Per cent. Spirits imported £10,510 24 . 3 Tobacco imported Wine 3,763 72'6 Sugar 855 11.9 Tea 4,532 62'1 Coffee, &e 1,267 221'5 Decrease. Ale and beer £239 10 . 9 Tho gold revenue again shows a falling off, the decrease on the quarter having been 8,570/. WHITEHALL, SETT. 19, The Lord Chancellor has appointed William Hulbert, of East Ilsley, in the county of Berki, Gentleman, to be a Commissioner to administer oaths in the High Court of Chancery in England. BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED. Paul Rhodes, innkeeper, Menstone, near Otley, York. BANKRUPTS. James Surman, market gardener and dealer in bee r, New Hampton, Middlesex, to surrender, Oct. 26 and Nov. 23, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Official assignee, Bell, Coleman-street -buildings; Messrs. Solomon, Fe nchurch-street. Edward Hawkins, builder, Ponsonby-street, Westmin ster, Oct. 27, at eleven, and Nov. 30, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Official assignee, Bell, Coleman street-buildings ; Hopgood, King William-streot, Strand. Charles Dearie, mei chant, Old Jewry, City, Oct. 30, at two, and Nov. 30, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Baeinghall-street ; Laurance, Plews, and Boyer, Old Jewry-chambers. Harvey Meadows, draper and grocer, Warboys, Hun tingdon, Oct. 30, at half-past twelve, and Nov. 30, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Jones, Sise-lane. Henry Mantle Hitchcock, miller, Ilkeston, Derby, Nov. 7 and 28, at ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Harris, official assignee, Nottingham ; Spooner, Leicester. Robert Lambert, merchant, Liverpool, Nov. 3 and 30, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Turner, offi cial assignee, Liverpool ; Bathurst, Liverpool. John Hewett (and not Hewitt, as advertised in last Friday's Gazette), brick maker, Leamington Priors, Oct. 27 and Nov. 16, at half-past ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham ; Overell, Leamington Priors ; Motteram and Knight, Birmingham. Thomas Wheeldon, tailor, Bakewell, Derbyshire, Oct. 30 and Nov. 23, at twelve, at Manchester District Court. Hernaman, official assignee, Manchester; Bowley, Not tingham, or Roberts, Manchestor. William Yeatherd Ball, wholesale glover, Wood-street, Cheapside, Oct. 28, at half-past one, and Dec. 9, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Nicholson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Depree and Austen, Lawrence-lane, Cheyside. William Moss, cabinetmaker, Liverpool, Oct. 31 and Nov. 22, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Morgan, official assignee, Liverpool ; Evans and Son, Liverpool. Isaac Fletcher, stock and share broker, Liverpool, Nov. 3, and 30, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Bird, official assignee, Liverpool ; Dodge, Liverpool. Christopher Crew, and Christopher Crew, jun., builders, Chelsea, Oct. 28, at half-past one, and Dec. 9, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Grane, Son, and Fesemeyer, Bedford row. George M‘Millan, draper, Blackfriars-road, Oct. 28, at eleven, and Dec. 9, at half-past ono, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Nicholson, official assignee, Basinghall-street J. and J. H. Linklater, Sise-lane. Peter Ormerod, George Hayworth, Timothy Hayworth, Edmand Bridge, and Robert Crossley, cotton manufac turers, Egypt Mill, Lancaster, Oct. 31, and Nov. 23, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Hernaman, official assignee, Manchester ; Alfred and Grundy, Man chester. Lambert Tetley, cotton spinner, Ince, near Wigan, Nov. 3 and 24, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Hernaman, official assignee, Manchester; Rowley, Man chester. BANK OF ENGLAND. An Account pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap 32, fur the Week. ending on Saturday thu 1 ith day of Oct., 1454. taste DEPARTMENT. Notes issued ........ 26,333,410 Government debt.... 11,015,100 Other securities 2,954,900 Gold coin and bullion. 12,333,410 - £2G,333,410 .C 26,333,410 MAILSTIALL, Chief Cashier. Dated the 19. h day of Oct., la. BANKING DI Proprietors' capital .. 14,553,000 Rest . . 3,117,968 Public deposits (in cluding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, Sav- P.LITUZNT. Government securities (includg•Dead Weight Annuity) .......... 11,07 4 ,038 Other securities...... 15.116,462 Notes .. .... • . 5,755,445 Gold and silver coin .. 571,195 ing's Banks, and Dividend Accounts) 2,551,622 Other deposits ...... 11,216,564 Seven Day and other 111 . 1,079,986 £32,522,110 432.5:2,140 MARSHALL. Chia Casslaier. Dated the 19th day of Oct., 18 PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar com puted from the returns made in the week ending the 17th Oct., 1854, is 21s. 3id. per hundredweight, exclusive of the duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the im portation thereof into Great Britain. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current of this day. SUGAR.—In British Plantation the dealings have been large. Barbados. sold at 37s to 38s for free yellow, at 32s 6d to 36. 6d for mid to good, and at 37s for good grainy. Jamaica at 59s to 61s for brown, at 31a 6d to 34s for ord to good yellow, and St. Vincent's at 32s 6d for mid yellow. Manilla has declined 6d per cwt, mid to good clayey at 28s to 29s 6d, and 30s 6d. East India— Madras privately has been steady, and , also Bengal. Mau ritius brought 32s to 35s for mid to good yellow, 38. to 41s for good and fine grainy yellow, and 29. 6d to 30. 6d for low grey. Foreign—Pernambuco realised 26. to 27s 6d for low brown, and 27s 6d to 28s for low yellow, being cheap. Porto Rico sold at 30s 6d to 38s for low heavy to fine bright yellow. Cuba has been generally at full rates, viz., 30. for low grey to 36s for good bright yellow, 29s t. 364 for low grey to good yellow, and 353 to 38s for heavy small grainy. Yellow Havannah has been depressed ; low to good found buyers at 30s 6d to 34s ; florettes, at 37s to 38s 6d ; mid to fine yellow, 33a to 372 ; and at 31. to 3616 d for washed. Brazil was taken in at 29s to 30s for low brown to mid yellow. Bahia and Maceio refined has been firm at previous rates. COFFEE—Plantation Ceylon has been in request at full rates, low mid and mid at 58a to 595; mid and good bold eoloury at 57s 6d to 611; fine fine ord small to good mid do at 54s to 615 ; good and fine at 68s 6d to 80s ; pea berry at 61s to 70s 6d 7 - fine fine ord a n d sma ll a t 55 s t o 55s 6d ; and triage at 45. to 57s 6d per cwt. Fine and native has been at 45s ca for good ord; mid to good Neilgberry, 67s to 68s 6d por cwt. Porto Rico found buyers at 52s for fine fine ord ; Rio good ord was taken in at 451; Jamaica good and palo realised 45s to 52s for good ord pale ; East India, 48. to 56. for good sad fine ord pale ; and 55s to 56. for low to mid and coloury. Mocha low mid brownish brought 65s to 67s 6d, and 48s to 620 for triage and ord. Costa Rica was taken in at 53s for low mid coloury. Ricr.—Holders have been firm ' and low m id B enga l was taken in at 13i 9d for low mid, and at 12a 6d for erd heated. SPlCES.—Pimento sold at sad to Sid for good mid. Calicnt ginger at 36s 6d to 38s, mid small lean and wormy and fine at 765, Jamaica good bold whit e a t 120 s. Nutmegs sold at full rates, viz, 31 4d to 3s 6d for good held brown. TEA.—At the pnblie sales good prices have been realised for Assam. About 10,400 pkge remain to pass sale. 1111 M.—A brisk demand continues at 2s 10d for proof seaward. COTTJX.—Vary little doing. SALTPETRE.—Good mid Bengal has sold at 25s M, for good mid 6j to 64 per cent ; and good yellowish at 26s 3d for 3i per cent. Bombay 21s to 22e for low soft grey, 24 to 18.} per cent refraction. CoculNEAL.—Pricw are lower, Teneriffe black being 4s ld to 4s 3d and Honduras silvers 3s 5d to 4s 2d per lb. TALLOW. —The market has been animated and P.Y.C. up to 68. per cwt en the spot ; but it is since down a g in to 67s 6(1. COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—THIS DAY. Amsterdam • 11 16% Gibra:tar. • Ditto, three months .. 11 18 I,Pgl orn .••• • • • P.ottertlan t 11 IS l a Genoa ...... •• • • Antwetp .......• 25 40 Milan •• •••• • • • • trus4els •II ambur •......... 25 40 Venice ........ •••• • • • • gh - ' ... 30 50 ... 25 tO 13 G Naples •• • ....• Palermo .... ..... • • • •• l ,81 / 2 Messina . . 123.4 Lisbon .• .• • • ...... • • Oporto • • • • • • • • " 11110 Janeiro Buenos Ayres.... ••• • • • ;New York, G 3 days' sight 'Philadelphia • • ••• • • • — OF OF BULIICN, PEA OZ. Foreign Gold In Bars £3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coln .. 0 0 0 Mexican Dollars .... 0 b 0 .New Dollars 0 0 1) 0 Saver In bars • .... l 1!6 _ Altoaa •• Ditto, three thr months .. 25 37% Marseilles Bourdeaux •• .• 25 37% Frankfort on-Main ' e •• 116% Vienna.. •• 1 54 Trieste •• •• •••• •• •• •• 11 56 Petersburg •• •• •••••• •• 115% Cadiz 50% Ilarcelo Bit • • • • • • • • • • • • I • OS •• •• AUSTRALIA. SYDNEY, July 13.—The ses,ion of the Legislative Council of New South Wales was opened by the Go- vernor-General on the 6th of June In his address his Excellency stated that, fur the first time in the history of the colony, the legislative body was called together to contemplate the possible contingency of war. He added that measures had been taken for the defence of the harbour and city of Sydney, quite sufficient to insure both against any predatory attack from armed vessels under a hostile flag, while the instructions given to the French and English naval forces on the Indian and Pacific stations and the vigilance of the commanders were an adequate security against any more serious attack. By the authority of an act of Council a volun teer corps is to be raised for the defence of the country ; but, for the present, no militia or more regular force is to be organised. The finances of the colony were de scribed as very prosperous (there is a large increase of revenue on the quarter just expired, and a surplus on nearly all the branches of expenditure.) From the despaLches of the home Government on the subject of immigration, it appears that the self-supporting system, proposed by the act of Council of 1852, cannot be brought into immediate operation ; and, to obviate the inconvenience of an interruption of the supply of labour, his Excellency stated `hat the Land and Emigration Commissioners would be utborised to expend the funds now at their disposal in sending out immigrants under the ordinary regulations, which the new act was intended to supersede. It was also announced that an application had been made by the Sydney Railway Company for an additional loan and guarantee of interest on an issue of new shares, which the Executive is prepared to grant under certain conditions. Among the measures of local importance proposed for discussion are an amended building act, a bill regulating common lodging houses, and an act for the promotion of public health. In addition to the usual grants for the purpose of public education in the colony, his Excellency recommended the appropriation of an other grant to establish colleges of residence affiliated to the University of Sydney. He also stated that the plans and estimates for the buildings and machinery required for the new colonial Mint had been prepared ; till the works are actually commenced the detachment of Sap pers and Miners sent from England to erect them are employed on the batteries in course of construction in the harbour. The act for the management of the gold fields of the province expires with the close of the present year. It is proposed by a short bill to make the regulations of the present act permanent. The law of marriage in the colony is to be placed on a more satis factory footing ; it is at present productive of much legal uncertainty. His Excellency stated, in conclusion, that measures would be proposed to the Council intended to increase the trade of the northern districts of the pro vince, which he had recently visited. The new settle ment at Port Curtis promises to be of great value to the colony, oa account of the advantages of its harbour, its genial climate, and fertile soil. In the address in reply to the Governor's speech, the Council pledged itself to provide all the funds required to raise a volunteer corps, and to provide for the defence of the colony generally. On the 27th of June Sir Charles Fitzroy communicated to the Council a copy of the declaration of war with Russia, which he had re ceived on the 26th. It was accompanied with her Ma jesty's announcement of her intention, during the war, to wave certain belligerent rights appertaining to her Majesty by the law of nations. In consequence of this communication the Council, on the motion of Mr. C. Cowper, unanimously voted the following loyal address to the Crown : " We, your Majesty's most loyal and dutiful subjects, the members of the Legislative Council of New South Wales in Council assembled, having learnt from your Majesty's royal proclamation, dated Buckingham House, 28th of March, 1854, that the anxious efforts of your Majesty, and your Majesty's ad visers, for preserving the blessings of peace have been unsuccessful, and that, in concert with your Majesty's ally, the Emperor of the French, it has been' deemed necessary to declare war against the Emperor of Russia, offer your Majesty the expression of unfeigned loyalty to your Majesty's Court and per son, and of our hearty sympathy with those just princi ples by which your Majesty and your Majesty's Minis ters have been guided in so momentous a crisis. Unit ing in that sentiment of cordial approval of the policy of your Majesty's Government which has been mani fested by the great body of our fellow-subjects through out the British empire, we most earnestly pray that, under the favour of Divine Providence, your Majesty's arms may be crowned with success, and we humbly assure your Majesty that, as far as in us lies, we are prepared to adopt all necessary measures for resisting external aggression, and for upholding and maintaining your Majesty's royal authority in this distant portion of your Majesty's dominions." Several of the subjects alluded to in the speech of the Governor-General at the opening of the session have since been debated—the new loan to the Sydney Railway Company and the question of immigra tion, at considerable length ; another discussion has been raised by Mr. Martin on the state of the common roads throughout the province. All these debates threw a strong light on the state of the colony, and none of them a very hopeful one. Now that the feverish excitement of the first period of the gold discovery has passed away, it is possible to consider calmly the actual effect of that event on the social con dition of the country. It is evident, even visible, that all has not been gain ; in some things we are not pro gressing—in others, positively going hack ; against the sudden rise in wealth must be placed the difficulty of employing it with permanent advantage. Many classes in the towns are much worse off than they were before the change, and are thoroughly discontented. On the oldest and best gold fields there is so much disease and want that an appeal has just been made to the public for subscriptions towards the establishment of a benevolent asylum. In a short time even the golden soil will have its full quota of pauperism, and the successful minority of gold-seekers at Bendigo and Ballarat may yet find themselves "daily rated to the relief of the poor." The tendency of things is really in that direction ; the appear ance of a pauperised section of the population on the great centre of colonial wealth is only a question of time. The charity now invoked for several purposes will not be sufficient for all, and the different necessities may soon increase beyond relief by the "voluntary prin ciple." While the gold fields, though still productive, have ceased to return the former average of gain to the population on them, the results of the sus pension of labour (or its withdrawal from other occu pations) are becoming more apparent, and create some uneasiness. In the first place, the roads through out the colony, bad as they were, are now worse than ever. The inland mails cannot run by night, and stick fast and upset in all directions by day. Communication with the interior towns is possible only at enormous cost. The price of conveying a ton of goods from Sydney to Bathurst, about 130 miles, is eight times the freight of the same quantity from London to Sydney. In cost of conveyance London and Liverpool are, in fact, only 16 miles from Sydney by land, though the distance by sea is 16,000. We here see daily the most striking llustrations of the truth that " Seas but join the regions they divide." Cargoes are poured into the seaport; with the greatest facility, and then the distribution is suddenly checked. Hence the enormous rents of stores, cessation of de mand, and the necessity of forced sales, with the natural consequence—heavy losses to the exporters, who perhaps wonder how trade with Australia can be so unprofitable, scarcely suspecting one of the main causes of its uncer tainty. English merchants might do worse than help to open up the internal communications of this conti nent, for at present the waste of capital in this province alone, from the want of them, is above half•a-million & year ; and the calculation does not include the losses by forced sales of goods, compelled by the impossibility of removing them from the port of landing, I doubt if one-fourth of the persons who have rushed into the " Ause tralian trade" as a "good spec" ever gave a passing thought as to what awaited their consignments at the other end of the line, and why they returned as loss instead of profit—with the country full of gold too I If they can imagine the Great Western Railroad, instead of termi nating in a splendid station, with every means of convey ing and removing goods to roads in every direction, end ing suddenly in swamp, forest, and sand, through which, by dint of lashing, and swearing, and unloading, and reloading, a team of bullocks and a dray drag their Manchester goods 10 miles per diem, at 501. or 801. per ton for the journey, they hare a notion of one pecularity of the Australian market ; and if they suppose they are not affected by this state of things they are griesously mistaken. The channel of trade is all that civilisation, science, and capital can make it, from the threshold of the Manchester factory to the edge of the Sydney wharf. There it breaks suddenly, and beyond all is primitive, rude, and barbarous in the means of conveyance. The bale of goods last unloaded from the railway train is trans ferred to the bullock dray, to begin its " crawl" up the country, costing all its freight from England for every 20 miles. It cannot be otherwise. There are no passable roads ; and, from the last debate on the subject, there is no prospect of the want being soonsupplied. The distances are so enormous that many years would be required to repair and reconstruct the lines. Railroads on the English model cannot be attempted. The coat is too great, as proved by the 16 miles of way to Paramatta. The company is agai❑ a suitor for a Government loan. There is a disposition to consider favourably the system of tram-roads. We do not so much want high speed as the facility of moving merchandise and produce at any pace. We must find some medium between the present roads and the expensive railway, and with a little ear nest exertion it would not be impossible. The Paramatta line will be invaluable as an example of what may be done by skill ; and if it only serves to disgust the colonists thoroughly with the existing system of crawling, the money it has cost will have been well laid out. The company, in consequence of the rise in the price of labour and materials, is compelled again to apply to the Government for assistaree. The subscribed capital is 100,0001., with a Government loan of 150,0001. At present rates the line when completed will cost 380,0001., or 139,000/. more than its own capital and loan together. The company has, therefore, resolved to issue ❑uw shares to the amount of 100,0001., and to ask for a second loan from the Government of the same amount as V:e first-150,0001.—and also for a guarantee of 5 per cent. interest on the new shares as well as on the old ones. Tho Executive Council has approved the application ; and the Legislative Council, after some debate, has affirmed the Governor's message proposing the advance. It is understood, however, that for the present the line is not to be carried beyond Paramatta. The Council had really ne alternative except to grant enough money to finish what had been begun, or all the money previously spent would have been utterly wasted. One of Sir Charles Hotham's first public acts has ex hibited prompt decision in a case that urgently required POLICE INTELLIGENCE. CLERKENWELL.—A working man, named 'Wil liam Buskin, of Birmingham, applied for advice under the following circu'nstances : Applicant, like others, was induced to subscribe to the Working Man's Emigration Society, for the purpose of being sent out to South Australia. He subscribed 161., but in consequence of the death of two of his chil dren and his being out of work he was unable to con tinue his payments, and he gave a month's notice, pur suant to the 16th rule, for the return of his money, but Mr. Soper sent him word, after the expiration of the month, that his case was under the consideration of the " directors." Finding his applications for his money were of no avail, he wrote to Sir John Shelley, one of the trustees of the society, soliciting his interference, and received the following answer : " Maresfield-park, 6th Oct., 1854. " Sir,—ln reply to your letter of the 2d inst., I must refer you to the directors of the Working Man's Emigra tion SoCiety, with whom alone rests the power of return ing you the money which you say is your duo. This duty does not rest with me.—Yours faithfully, "JOHN VILLIERS SHELLEY." Mr. Corrie advised the applicant to institute legal proceedings in the county court. A clergyman connected with the Scotch Church, Re gent-street, applied to Mr. Corrie for advice in connec tion with a discovery he had made the previous day of four poor children, who were left for weeks together by their father (a doctor) in a dreadful state of filth and destitu tion, and whom he (the clergyman) had found all in one room of a house in Tunbridge-street, St. Pancras, lying on the floor in a state of starvation, and much emaciated. Mr. Corti, said the proper way would be to apply to the overseer at the workhouse if applicant would not deem it too much trouble so to do. If the parish au thorities do nothing (continued the magistrate), return here, and I will interfere. pplicant promised to act on this advice, and left the court. WORSHIP-STREET.— John Crowe, a well-dressed middle-aged man, described as a bird-cage tnanufactarer in New-street, Bethnal-green, was placed at the bar be fore Mr. Hammill, charged with having knowingly uttered two forged 101. Bank of England notes. The prisoner bad obtained cash for the notes at the shop of Mr. Jacob Russell, a pawnbroker in High street, Shorediteb, and when the forgery was discovered, and he was traced and arrested, he said he had received them from two hawkers. with whose address he was unacquainted.—Remauded. LA.MBET)I.—James Spicer and Elizabeth. Moi-ton, both well-known thieves, were finally examined and committed for trial on a charge of burglaripus entry into the house of Mrs. Brown, a widow lady, No. 6, _Ken nington-;green, and (as respects the latter prisoner) re ceiving the property taken thence, well knowing it to have been stolen. SOUTHWARK. Yesterday afternoon, Mr. A'Beckett was again occupied in hearing adjourned summonses against Mr. John .Durney, and Mr. Lewis Haslcncood, directors respectively of the Cry stal Palace and Citizen Steam-boat Company, for unlawfully laying, making fast, and mooring in the inshOro passage of the river Thames, within the port of London, certain lighters, barges, and craft, so as to pre vent the free transit of other vessels, &c., near London bridge. The summonses were taken out by Mr. Pillow, the extensive lighterman, of Cotton's-wharf, and James Richard Law, a free waterman, plying at the East stairs, on the Surrey side of London-bridge, where the defendants have constructed a floating pier. Mr. Pulling, the barrister, appeared for the complain ants, and Mr. Cattarne, of the firm of Cattarns and Fry, for the defendants. _ _ The case, as relied upon by the complainants, has already been reported. On the previous hearing an ad journment was ordered for the production of the original bye-laws from Waterman's-hall. Yesterday Mr. Henry Webton, the beadle of the Watermen's Company, was sworn, and having produced the original bye-laws they were admitted. The bye-law was made to preserve the free navigation of the River Thames, &c., and imposed a penalty of 51. on all offend ers. It also gave the Harbour Master power to remove all obstructions, and sue for expenses, &c. Mr. Cattarns objected to the sunnyins, contending that it did not come under the section , of the bye-laws, which merely related to the free waterm en, their appren tices or widows ; he therefore considered that the charges could not he sustained. Mr. A'Beckett asked whether the City authorities had interfered at all in the matter, as he imagined it would be their duty as conservatore of the River Thames ? He thought tke case too important t• be settled by summons, and penalties of 205., at this court. Mr. Pulling said the Court of Aldermen had given the defendants no sanction whatever to construct the pier, neither had they power to do so without altering the bye-laws. The defendants were clearly amenable to the Jaw, and must put up with the consequences. Mr. A'Beckett observed that Mr. Cattarns' objection could not stand. Mr. Cattarns, in defence, said that in this particu lar matter there had been no obstruction, as stated. The whole affair had been buforo the Court of Common Council and the Navigation Commit tee, when two plans for a pier at the very spot were laid before them and approved of, but there was a difficulty as to the law, in consequence of which it was not carried out. It was well known that the pier was a great advantage to the public, as there had been one person previously killed and several in jured in crossing the road towards the railway terminus and hospitals. The public had frequently complained to the steam -boat companies as to the want of accom modation on the east side of the bridge, and deputations had waited on the Lord Mayor on the subject. His lordship gave his clients permission to put a barge and beat where they had, and they acted ,actordingly. Mr. A'Beckett said it was not a question of public or private convenience, but a simple question of law. Inspector Griffiths, of the Thames p olice, deposed to the fixing of the lighter, &c., at night time, by the de fendants. When Law came with his boat to the stairs, and wanted to get in, he could not, owing to the barge. In answer to a question from Mr. Ce.ttarns, The Inspector said that there was n o obstruction at present, as two boats could be got in easily. Other evidence having been adduced, Mr. A'Beckett, in giving his judgment, said that as a magistrate his province was to adnuini ster the law as he found it ; he had nothing to do with public convenience. He had it not only from the evidence cif the complainant, but of the defendants' witnesses, that there was an ob struction to an extent of not less than fifteen feet. They urged the convenience to the public a nd the sanction of the Lord Mayor, but neither mitigate , i the offence. He regretted very much that a matter od such importance was not taken before the court which had authority over the navigation of the river, and if they considered such an erection necessary the bye laws could be altered 1 to give them a legal right. As the Cave stood before him the law had been clearly violated, therefore he should inflict a penalty of 20s. on the defendants. Mr. Pulling asked for costs.. The co :nplainant Law represented a class of mea who sustained great injury by the stairs being blocked up. There wens 8,000 water men, and each of them could take out a summons against the defendants every day the obatruction lasted. Mr. A'Beckett considerA that he was intitled to costs in such a case, therefore ho should make the order 20s. fine, and 50s. costs. _ _ _ The next summons, taken out by Mr. Pillow, the lighterman, against the defendants, for platting a lighter and landing-place in the inshore passage of the River Thames, on the Surrey side of London-bridge, so as to be an obstruction to him in his lawful busineek, was dis missed, Owing to want of sufficient proof. Mr. A'Beckett, however, contended that if the pier was such an obstruction as that stated to be, it wag the duty of the Harbour Master to remove it. the bye laws of the W4terinen's Company empowered kito to do so, SPORTING INTELLIGIINCE. TATTERSALL'S - -THURSDAY. CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES. The Early Bird's downward tendency had for the last two or three weeks been so palpable that his entire dis appearance occasioned no surprise. The declaration that he would not run was received in London at 2.45 p.m. on Wednesday, the 18th inst. All bets about him after that time are consequently void. It is suggested by many of his backers, who thought to "pick up the worm" with him, that in future he be called the Decoy Bird. At the commencement, 5 to 1 was taken about Rattle, and 6 to 1 betted against Orinoco ; but after the latter had been hacked for 751., he advanced to 5 to 1, taken to upwards of 1501., and was then backed against Rattle for 500 even, and so strong was the subsequent demon stration in his favour that at the close he took up his position at 9 to 2, whilst Rattle receded to 7 to 1, taken anti offered. _ _ _ _ Scherz was in considerable force, and was backed for some money at 100 to 8 and 12 to 1. Hervine was also well supported ; at first 20 to 1 was taken to 1001., 500 to 30 was afterwards booked two or three times, and the last investment was a pony at 15 to 1. The odds quoted against Helena, Stonehenge, Barrel, Prime Minister, and the Assayer were taken only to •mall sums, Offers to lay 1,000 to 5 against Monie Moses. THE DERBY. 3,000 to 100 was taken about Oulston, and 1,000 to 30 twice about Wild Dayrell. The room was ♦ery thinly attended. The prices at the close of business were as follows : CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES. 9 to 2 asst Mr. J. M. Stanley's Orinoco (5 to 1 t) 7to 1 Mr. Dennett's Rattle (t and offered) 12 to 1 Baron Mollenderf's Scharz (t) 15 to 1 Mr. Aumont's Hervine (t) 100 to 6 Mr. J. Osborne's Helena (t) 20 to 1 Mr. Duke's Stonehenge (t) 25 to 1 Mr. G. Mather's Prime Minister (t) 25 to .1 Mr. Saxon's Barrel (t and offered) 35 to 1. Mr. R. L. Walker's The Assayer (t) 1000 to 5 Mr. T. Johnson's Atonic) Moses (offered) 500 even between Orinoco and Rattle (t) DERBY. 30 to 1 agat Mr. Howard's Oulstos (t) 33 to 1 Mr. F. L. Popham's Wild Dayrell (t) NOTIOIL—The Room will be opened on Saturday next. 00 UN TR Y 14 A.fR.6D', . DERBY SMITIIFIELD.—OcT. 1 . The supply of fat beasts to-clay was about the average, without any alteration in price. Sheep and lambs were plentiful. A large number of fat pigs. Fat calves scarce. The following were the quotations :—Beef, 51d to Old ; mutton, Old to 7d ; lamb, 7d to Od ; veal, 7d to Od per lb. ; pigs, 9s 9d to Os 0 d per score ; rough fat, 6s Od to Oa per 141 b.; hides, 3ld to Old per lb ; calf-skins, 4d to Od per lb. RICHMOND RACES.-WEDNESDAY. THE THIRD YEAR OF THE FIRST ASKE PRODUCE STAKES of 10 goys each, 5 ft ; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 41b. Two miles. (6 subs.) Mr. West's Fairthorn, by Lanercost, 4 yrs (Stronseh) _ walked over. A SWEEPSTAKES of 5 sovs each, with 25 added ; colts Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 41b ; those by untried stallions or mares allowed 31b. Cup Course. (7 subs) Lord Zetland's Ivan, by Van Tromp (31b) (J. Marson) Walked over,. The EASIIT STAKES of 15 soya each, 10 ft, with 20 added ; the second to save his stake ; allowances and penalties. Grey Stone in. (8 subs, 2of whom pay 10 sovs each.) _ _ Lord Zetland's Fandango, by Barnton, 2 yrs 6st 101 b (Ashmall) 1 Mr. Osborne's Lord Alfred, 2 yrs Est 121 b (Bearpark) 2 Mr. Clarkson's Amy, 2 yrs, Est 81b (Frond) 3 Jack Sheppard and Dame Judith ran, both of which bolted. Won by three lengths. The RICHMOND HANDICAP STAKES of 10 1109 S each ; ft, with 70 added. The second to save his stake. Winners extra. Once round and a distance. (22 subs, 5 of whom declared.) Mr. J. Osborne's Merry Bird, by Birdeatcher, 5 yrs, 6st 81b (Brazier) 1 Captain Harcourt's Ellermire, 2 yrs, sst 21b (Bullock) 2 Mr. E. Gill's Maid of the Tees, 3 yrs, sst 9ib (J. Gill) 3 Loi d Eglinton's Bianca, 3 yrs, sst 61b (Bat& 4 THE COMMITTER STAKES of 5 song each, with 30 added, for 2-yr-olds, optional selling weights, &c., Grey Stone in (7 subs), were won by Captain Skipworth'a Fanny Fern (601.), 7st 411 (Baarpark), beating Mr. Gill's Exmouth (30/.), 71b (J. Gill), second, Mr. Rid ley's Qiieosferry (301.) Est 41b (Bates), third, and four others. THE SELLING STAKES of 3 sovs each, with 20 added, for 3-yr-olds and upwards, optional selling weights, &c., one mild and a quarter, 4 subs., was won by Mr. Oaborne's Chorus, 6 yrs (301.), Bst 81b (Osborne), beating Wensloy, Contentment, and The Sheriff. THURSDAY. THS CUP STAMM. Grapeshot Hopeless THE! WRIGHT STAKES Dame Judith Fandango Lord Alfred THE TWO AND THREE TEAR•OLD SWEEPSTAKES. Henrietta EPSOM AUTUMN MEETING—Nov. 2. THE EPSOM AUTUMN HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES of 10 sovs each, 5 ft, if declared by nine o'clock the night before running, but only 2 if declared to Messrs. Wea therby of or before Tuesday next, the 24th inst., with 100 added. Certain winners extra. The second to re ceive back his stake. New Derby Course. Age st lb Rattle Defiance 4 8 7 Little Harry 5 8 5 Hungerford ..A.dine 5 8 0 Little David 4 8 0 Ethelbert The Trapper 3 7 12 Wild Huntsman 3 7 12 Stern Good Morning 4 7 10 Sanchie Haco Balrownie Scherz The Early Bird 3 7 6 Joe Miller 5 7 4 Old Knoll Lady Vernon 4 7 4 Jack Leeming.. Mincemeat Sleeping Partner 6 7 2 Nancy Whanghae 4 7 0 Farsa 3 7 0 E thel wolf Candlewick Age st lb Bracken 3 6 12. D. 0 3 6 10 St. Clare Baalbec 3 6 10 Calamus 3 6 8 Qui Viva Omoo 3 6 7 Ptolemy 3 6 6 Kidnapper. Benvenuto 3 6 4 Georgey 4 6 4 Allington Naomi Epinician John Bull The Caliph Miss Tennyson 4 6 0 General Breezo 3 5 12 Star of Surrey Gruyere 3 6 12 Diana 3 5 10 The Medal 3 5 10 Cable 3 5 10 Bridesmaid Mishap Giminunist Valeria NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEETING, 1855. PROPOSED NEW HANDICAP. MONDAY. A FRED HANDICAP of 500 sovs each, h ft. Cesare. witch Course (2 miles 2 fur. 28 yds). Age et lb Age st lb Stockwell Muscovite d 8 5 Andover .......... 4 8 1 Rataplan Acceptances to be signified on Tuesday next, the 24th inst. They may be sealed up till after the expiration of the time. If two acceptances, to be a match ;if only one acceptance, to be returned unopened. WORCESTER AUTUNIN MEETING, OCT. 31. The Worcester Autumn Handicap. Forfeits to be de clared on or before Tuesday the 24th instant. Two miles. Age st lb Rataplan Ethelbert Deformed Ticton Elcot Octavia Tanthe Candlewick Mortimer Postulant Whalebone Merry Bird Butterfly (h b) Little Davie Jetty Tretrz Sleeping Partner 6 6 6 Gaslight Cleveland Magnet Age st lb Little Gerard 3 6 4 Mrs. Birch 6 6 0 Jack Learning Pyrois Seducer Neville Ceres Omer Pasha 4 5 8 Waterfall Hinerva 4 5 8 Kidnapper 3 5 8 The Spinner General Breezo 3 5 8 Incubus 3 5 8 Red Rose Claret 3 5 2 The Gem 4 5 2 Shakepeare 3 4 10 CRYSTAL PALACE, Oct. 19.—Shilling Day.—Adneis sion at th• doors, 3,300 ; admission by season tickets, 451 ; total, 3,751. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—Medicine always aggravates amnia diseases, such as dyspepsia (indigestion), habitual constipa tion, nervous, bilious, and liver complaints, consumption, ko., but Du Barry's Delicious Revalenta Arabica Food invariably cures them in a very short time. We extract a few out of 50,000 testimonials of cures, which had resisted all medicines. Cure No. 180. " Twenty-five years' nervousness, constipation, indigestion, and debility, from which I had suffered great misery, and which no medicine could remove of 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, with cramps, spasms and nausea, have been effec tually removed by Du Barry's delicious food in a very short time.—Rev. John W. Maven, Ridlington Rectory, Norfolk." Cure No: 51,416.—" Fifty years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, consti pation, flatulency, spasms, sickness at the stomach and vo mitings, have been removed by Du Barry's excellent Food. —Maria Jolly, Wortham, Ling, near Dies, Norfolk." Curo No. 3,9oo.—Thirteen years' cough, indigestion, and gene ral debility have been removed by Du Barry's excellent Food.—James Potter, Athol-street, Perth." Cure No. 81.—" Twenty years' liver complaint, with disorders of the stomach and nerves, have been perfectly cured by Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica.— Andrew Frazer, Iladdington, East Lothian." " Trevagler. Gulval, near Penzance. Feb. 20th, 1851.—Eighteen years' nervous debility, violent palpitation of the heart, throb bing of the temples, violent pains in the loft side and back, shortness of breath, coughs, numbiess of the extremities, cram p s , spasms, flatulency, retching, and such general weakness, that I was . constantly fearful of falling when on my logs; all those symptoms have been removed by Du Barry's excellent Food.—Mary Gilbert."—ln canisters, suitably packed for all climates, and with full instructions —llb., 2s. 9d. • 21b., 4s. 6d. • 51b., lls. ; 121 b., 225. ; super-refined, lib., 6s. ; 21b., its. ; 51b., 225. ; 101 b., 335. The 101 b. and 121 b., carriage free, on post office order. Barry du Barry and Co., 77, Regent-street, London; Fortnum, Mason, and Co., purveyors to her Majesty, Pic cadilly ; also at 68, Coruhill ; 60, Gracechurch-street ; 330 and 451, Strand ; 63 and 150, Oxford-street ; 55, Cl4aring-crou ; 4, Cheapside; 49, DishopsEpte-street. EDINBURGH GRAIN.-OOT. 18 Wheat on the top lOs Od up, and the average 7s 4d up. Barley on the top 2e up, and the average is 10d up. Oats on the top 2s 4,1 up, and the average is 3d down. Beans on the top as before, and the average 2s 3d up. Total Supply and Sales. Wheat 1317 qrs sold 1245 qrs Barley 1430 qrs sold 1384 qrs Oats BO5 qrs sold 786 qrs Beans 72 qrs sold 71 qrs Top of Wheat ........................., ... 64i lb 84s 04 Barley. 58 lb 386 Od ...- Oats Beans 64. lb 54s 01 AVERAGES PER IMPERIAL QIIARTER. Wheat, 3/. 11 2 0-12ths I Barley, ll. 14 4 0-12ths Oats, ... 1/. 10 7 0-12ths I Beans, 2i. 10 9 0-12ths BOSTON—OcT. 18. At to-day's market there was an unusual degree of ani mation in the wheat trade, and sales were readily effected at an advance on the quotations of the previous Wednes day of 5s to 7s per qr. There was also a brisk demand for all descriptions of Spring corn, at enhanced prices. The supplies continue liberal. Prices :—Wheat, red, 54s Od to 66s Od; white, 67s Od to 703 Od • extra, 72s Od. Barley, 303 Od to 36s Od. Oats, 22s to 295. Beans, 46s Od. to 51s Od. Peas, 41s Od to 44s per qr. NEWARK-OCT. 18. Prices :—Wheat,- white, 66s Od to 72s Od; red, 549 Od to 65s Od. Barley, malting, 34s Od to 379 Od ; grindin4 32s Od to 34s Od. Oats, old, 36s Od to 38s Od ; new, 32a Od to 34s Od. Beans, 52s Od to 54s Od. Peas, 44s Od to 46s Od. Malt, 56s Od to 70s Od. Tares, 56s Od to 70s Od. THE HOP DUTY. An account of the duty on hops of the growth of the year 1854, distinguishing the districts, and the old from the new duty : DISTRICTS. DUTY. 2. s. 16 Cornwall Gloucester Hereford Isle of Wight Lincoln Suffolk ... Sussex 9,683 6 635 2 3 5 3 14 22,225 16 32,552 4 •£. s. d. Old duty at 1 12-20 d. per lb. 17,826 9 6 16-20 New duty at 2 8-20 d. per lb. 13,176 1 92 4-20 Additional duty of 5 per cent. per Act 3 Vict., cap. 17 32,552 4 4i The returns from the remainder of the districts will be published as soon as received. L. S. Jam; A. and C. G. Inland Revenue Office, Somerset-house, Oct. 20, 1854. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, OCT. 19. STOCK EXCHANGE.—We have to note a sharp fall in prices, and the mai ket closed quiet and without demand. Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire, 11 11-16 d.; Chester and Birkenhead, 17ic.; Blackburn , sa; Caledonian, 24 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 704 ; London and North- Western, 100] i; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 23k; ditto, 101. shares, 11a ; Midland, 688 ; North-Eastern, Berwick Ex tension, 6i d.; Shrewsbury and Hereford, 20. ; South Eastern, 18 11-16. MANCHESTER, Om 19. STOCK EXCHANGL—Prices have been rather easier, but no improvement in demand worth naming, and the market closed flat. North Staffords, 4i ; Leeds, 70i; Afidlands, 68g ; Dovers, 11g ; East Lancashires, 164 ; ditto, Fifths, (5/. paid), 1-16 pm.; Sheilields, 23i; Eastern Counties, Ili; Preston and Wyre, BIRMINGHAM, OCT. 19. STOCK EXCHANGE.—Te-day the market WIN active and prices firm. Shrewsbury and Birmingham, Great Western Guaranteed, were done at 721. LEEDS, OCT. 19. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market was decidedly flatter, and pricers have further declined. Midlands opened at 69, and afterwards done at 68i; Leeds Northern, 14i; Lanca• shire and Yorkshires, 71. SEABORNE MAILS. (N signifies that the mails are sent from the General Post-eftle by the night—and M by the morning—despatch.) Day when mate tti From wha. When COUNTRIES. in General Post- Port due in (Mice, London.. Dispatched. England. —,--- America(byltrit.pack)N Every Friday .. . • Liverpool ... Each Mosi America (by United Sts. pac k e t) „ „„ „ Oct. 14....... .• .. Liverpool ...Oct. 23 • America (by U. States packet) Oct. 11 ..........Southampton l Oct. 19 Australia (rla South ampton) ......,... 81: Nov. 4 ...... Southamton 'Dee. 4 Ditto (via Miuselllee) ov. 9 Dover 3O Ditto (via Cape of (4oodl Hope) ../1 - ;Dec. 4 .......Nov. Attica ( West Coast) i3d of the month., Plymouth Alexandria.......... N 9, 21, &30 of tn. Dover Nov.6 Un talo ree • Alexandria.......... 117tIth&02f h O t th o o m f s So oo u t th hln mp pt ti , o ol i Nov. 1 Bahamas ....... • • • . Belgium ............N ..... ....... Dover ..... . 'Daily Brazil NI 9th of the molt!!.. Southampton Nov. l6 Buenos Ayres.. ....M 9th of the month.. Southampton Nov. 16 Cape of Good Hope N Yari,us ports Uncertain Cape of Good Hope ..N Cape de Verds ......N 9th of th e month Southampton Xov. 16 Ceylon (see India) Ceylon .. „ ......N Channel Isles ........N Mon ~Wed.,&Fricl Southampton Tu.Th.Sat Chili ••• • • • • • ... M 2d & 17th o f wont: S sut h ampton )N ov . 1 China (see Indio . Constantinople ......N 8,13,1 8,23,&28 oral Dover Oct. 29 Constantinople . . 4th & 20th of mon. Southampton Cont. of Europe M & N Twice daily Dover ..... Twicedally Egypt (see India) France ........ M & N Twice daily ...... i Dover Twicedstlll Gibraltar .. —ld 4, 7,17, 20, 27 of m. douthamptou Oct. 90 Greece (see India) Greytown M and & 17th of mon. Southampton liamburgh N Tuesday & Friday London ..... Havannah .. 51 2nd of the month Southampton Nov. 1 Holland ....... hi Daily.. Dover Daily Honduras • M 17th of the month. Southampton Noy. It India (vlaSouthampt.)M 4th & 20th of mon. Plymouth .. Oct. 211 India (via Marseilles)M 9 th& 25th of month Dover ...... Oct. 31 lonian Isles (see India) 7. 17, & 27 of mon D0ver...... Ireland ..M & N Twice daily ...„ ~ Holyhead Twlcedally ' Lisbon.— ... • • • ..... 51 7,9, 17, & 27 of m. Southampton. Oc!. 26 Madeira • hi 9th of the month Southampton Nov. 16 Madeira 235 of month .. ,„ Liverpool ... Nov. 2 Malta (see India) Malta 6, 18, &It of mot. Dover ...... lOot. IS Mauritius (see India) Mauritius ••N 14th of the month Mexico hid of the month. 'Southampton Nev. 1 Naples .• .. • • • . N sthlsth2sthofmon. Dover ...... Oct. 22 New Granada .... •• M 2d & 17th of month Southampton Nov. 1 New By private ship Various port! Uncertain Papal States ith 1 sthlsthotlnon: Dover Oct. 22 Peninsula f thl7th27thoftnon. 1 4 0il t t h h aro antp pt t o o: ! 0 N : J :1 2 6 6 Peru ..............M id & 27th of mon. 0o Port Natal By private ship, , Various ports!Uncertalll. Sicily • • • • • • • .N ithl Stll2sth of mon, Dover ...... Oct. 22 Tuscany ............N rithlsth 25 thofmon. Dover Oct. 22 Venezuela Ai 2d & 17th of month Southampton Nov. 1 Tan Diemen's Land (see Australia) ...„ West Indies IdBc 17th of month Southampton Nov. 1 When any of these do snatched on the followir Southampton), and the I preceding day. rtes fall en a Sunday, the mails will be do. 1 [ day, witk the exception of the India via Malta. both of which will be despatched Us. AMIRICAN EDITORIALS.—Editors in some parts of the United States seem to take things pretty easily. In the Western Friend (Iowa), we read the following notice : "Being called away to see some sick friends, and the Junior partner replacing the absent rib, we failed in is suing last week's paper. Our readers will look over this failure, and we will try and do so no more. We are under obligations to S. A. Evans for overseeing our business during our absence." BIRTHS. OF A BON. On the 19th inst., at 23, Finsbury-square, the wife of Herbert Davies, Esq., 11. D. On the 13th inst., at Ashford, Middlesex, Mrs. J. H. Butler. _ _ _ _ ----- - On the 16th inst., at Stanford Parsonage, Eleanor, the wife of the Rev. William Tyldon. OP A DAUGHTER. On the 14th inst., at Southsea, the wife of Capt. Coffin, R.N., H.M.S. Penelope. On the 17th inst., the wife of Henry Newall, Esq., of Hare-hiil, near Rochdale. MARRIED. On the 18th lint., at the Church of St. Mary Magdalene, St. Leonard's•on-Sea, John Kirkpatrick, Esq., to Marga retta, eldest daughter of Major Caldecot, of Holton-hall, Lincolnshire. On the 18th inst., at St. James's Catholic Churoh, Spa hish-place, Joseph Percival Radcliffe. Esq., eldest son of Sir Joseph Radcliffe, Bart., of Rudding-park, Yorkshire, to Katherine, only surviving child of the late Sir Edward and the Hon. Lady Doughty, of Tichborne-park, Hants, and Upton-house, Dorset. DIED. On the 20th ult., killed in the battle of the Alma, Sir Wm. Norris Young, Bart., Lieut. 23d Royal Welsh Fula liors, aged 2 . The deceased Baronet was married but a few weeks previous to his departure for the East. On the 20th ult., killed in the battle of Alma, whilst carrying the colours, George Thomas Dixon Stockwell, En sign in H.M. 19th Regiment, eldest son of the late Lieut.- Colonel Stockwell, of the East India Company's Service, aged 20. Esq., late of Cheltenham, aged 67. On the 14th inst. , at 13, Grove-roa d , St. John's - wood , Henry Brigs, On the 14th inst., at Paris, Mr. William Forrest, of 54, Strand, aged 58. On the 14th inst. ' at Colston-Basset, Notts, Capt. Geo. Bohun Martin, R. N., C. 8., Captain-Superintendent of Deptford D.)ckyard, aged 55. On the 17th inst., at 22, Devonshire-place, Rachel, wife of S. J. Waley, Esq., aged 64. LONDON Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 112, strand, in the Precinct of the Bovoy, in the county of I.liddlesex, Friday, Oct._2o, 1854.