The Sun. — London, England, 1854-10-02 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. - . The sales of cotton at' Liverpool on Saturday were estimated at from 8,000 to 10,000 bales, in cluding 1,500 American taken for export and on speculation. The market was more firm without change in prices. The sales comprised 600 Pernam and Maranham at 6d. to 7/d., 100 Bahia at bid. to 61d., 500 Egyptian at 52d. to 9d., 1,000 Surat at 3d. to 4/d., 80 Sea Island at 11id. to Is. 4d., and the. remainder American. Railway Shares were steady. _ _ _ The corn trade has ruled steady, and last Mon day's prices mare well supported. _ The report of the piece goods market for the month which has just closed is thus given by Messrs. McNair, Greenhow, and Irving :—" Since the date of our last the tone and action of this market have been of a remarkably checquered character. At its commencement, and towards the middle of it, unl doubted prevailing confidence had existence, and, as a consequence, considerable transactions were entered into. No doubt or hesitation entered into these, neither was any material misgiv ing supposed to be associated with the sound ness of transactions which had, for a season, tke characteristics of sound and discretionary operations. A declining and inactive state of the cotton market had, however, induced greater cau tion, and circumspection had originated a belief that lower prices for the manufactured article would be soon rendered available. The market, in the meantime, continued to be comparatively firm un til the announcement of the suspension of an old and established firm with liabilities of unusual mag nitude became public. Its solvency necessarily en dangered the stability of other houses with which it was connected. The result has been to originate a degree of distrust and apprehension in this loca lity to an extent unknown since the memorable year of 1847. Since the announcement the mar ket has been exceedingly dull and lifeless ; indeed, transactions have been comparatively suspended. Stocks so far continue-to be much as they were a month ago. It is only that in some instances any in crease of supply can be met with. The consignments made by manufacturers and spinners, which continue tobe upon a large scale, contribute necessarily to the present comparative scarcity. Were an active demand for such goods to ensue, a rise would at once take place. Blessed with a good. and abundant harvest, we may reasonably hope for an increased demand for the country trade. So far, however, the operations of those engaged in it have not been marked by animation or activity." Tie Americana advices to the 20th ult. still represent the Stock market as being tight, and a good deal of specie continued to bo exported to Europe. Public securities had fluctuated con siderably. The following is a gloomy picture, by a New York writer, supposing it be not exag gerated " Our internal financial affairs are by no means in a favourable condition, and the future is not free from serious apprehension. Our shipments of specie have reached an alarming extent, and are likely to increase. Our home supply of breadetuffs is likely to be sufficiently limited, to enhance prices for domestic consumption, and cut off our own exportations almost entirely. While our exports, in the aggregate, will, without date, be largely reduced, our importations are likely to be un usually large. Cheap prices for food in England will stimulate productions of all kinds of fabrics, and as the manufacturers on the other side generally look to this coun try for matketsforalltheirsurplus products, we shall proba bly find the present system of forcing sales through our auc tion houses a fixed fact for more than one reason. The country at large is deeply in debt. Individuals, corpo rations, and states are all involved, more or less, beyond their available means of payment, and must undergo the process of contraction and liquidation. This must tend materially to the reduction of actual consumption, if not to the supply. Hardly a section of the country has been free from disaster. Freshets, panics, fires, droughts, disease, hurricanes, blight, mildew, and rot, or something else destructive to life and proper‘, have swept over the land, spreading desolation and despair in its course ; and the effect upon the prosperity of all classes cannot be otherwise than of an unfavourable character." The arrivals of emigrants at Now York had been 217,662 persons this year to the Gth Sept., being an increase of 22,565 over the corresponding period of 1853. The accounts from Melbourne by the Overland Mail, are to the 23d July. Owing to the badness of the roads as usual during the winter season, trade was exceedingly dull, and large as were the imports of 1853, those of the first quarter of the present year were still greater, being at the rats of twenty millions sterling per annum. The stocks, consequently, were very large, and prices were depressed for nearly all articles, when the spring came on an improvement would occur, but low prices aro almost certain to continue. The country at large, and the miners in particular, will derive the advantage .of this, and the new " diggins" discovered could be profitably worked at a much smaller cost. The government expendi ture likewise will be reduced. Mercantile failures of minor houses were spoken of. At Sydney business was dull also, but in a sounder state than at Melbourne. The English Stock Market has been subjected to considerable fluctuation, but there has been more agitation than business. Before the opening of the Stock Exchange great enthusiasm prevailed, the National Anthem being sung by a large num ber of the members present. Consols wore done at 95i I for Transfer, and 95/ to 06 for Account, but they are now 95R for the former, and 95a to 95i for the latter. The New 21 .5 per Cent. Annuities have been at 82 to 821. Exchequer Bills have been at Bs. and India Bonds at 10s. p.m. Foreign securities have been inactive. The Turkish scrip is buoyant ; however, having been 4i, though since only 3i to 31. pm. Spanish New Deferred Bonds have been at 18g Danish Five per Cents, have been at 100,. Dutch Four per Cents. 'have been at 921 to 93 ex dividend. The following are the nominal prices of foreign stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 51 to 6f ; Mexican, 24/ to 25 ; Peruvian, 70 to 72 ; ditto per Cents., 51 to 53 ; Portuguese 4 per Cents., 40 to 42 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 98 to 100 ; ditto 4i per Cents., 87 to 89 ; Spanish New Deferred, 18k to 18i ; ditto 3 per Cents., 371 to 38f ; ditto Certificates, 5 to 5i ; ditto Passive, 4 to 41. The Railway Share market has been rather bet ter, the advance in the funds having had a good effect. The chief transactions have been in' Cale donian, Great Northern, North-Western, Midland, and South-Eastern. French shares have been firmer. The Luxembourg are better. The Mining shares have been very quiet, the Panks are nominal, and the Crystal Palace rather higher. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Oficial List.) Bu , iness done. 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 9ss i a New 2i per Cent. Annuities India Bonds, £lOOO ...... . Ditto' under £lOOO —. 10 p Console for Account 17th Oct. ifixchequer Bills, 2,0. MOCI . small ...i ... 8 p ...................... ~. . 5 pElchequer rza ,.... 2 ,.• ... 3 .. A per Cent. 9B 9 - 18 58, 7,, Ditto 1859, PRICE 01' FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Danish Bonds, 1825, 3 per Cent Ditto 5 per Cent .........1001 Spanish New Deferred, 3 per c e Cent Turkish Scrip Ditto for the Account Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Exchange, 2i per Cent. 12 Guil ..... _ Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates...... ...... 93 21, z d HALF-PAST TWO. Consols Ditto October Account TEE GIMBAL TIIANKSGIVING.—Yesterday was the day set apart by authority for a national thanksgiving for the abundant harvest, but the intelligence which ar rived on Saturday of the success of the allied forces in the East, imparted much additional importance to the services, and the whole of the metropolitan clergy, while they read the thanksgiving prayer, prepared in obedience to the Order in Council by his grace the Archbishop of Canterbury, also read that which offers thanks for vic tory in time of war. St. Paul's Cathedral, Westminster Abbey, and most of the large parochial churches were crowded with worshippers, and at nearly all collections were made on behalf of the poor women and children whose husbands and fathers have fallen by the pestilence or perished by the sword. There was full choral service at Westminster Abbey, and in the parish and district :lurches th roug h out the metropolis'collections were for the acidic:l' wiyea and children. SHARE MARKETS. (THIS DAY.) BRITISH RAILWAYS. ld.l EALLITAYS. Closing Prices Saturday. Shr. 'Pi St. 12i 50 13Th .00 Aberdeen. .. 8 &lag. Nottng. Boat and Eastn. Janet all B .Ifn st & Ballymena all Binning. Wolverh. & Stour Valley !9 Birkenhd. Lanesh. & Cheshire Juliet ill Do. Mesh. & Birk., £5O and £25 Cons. .9 Do., £20.. 10 Myth &Tyne original £25 (issd. at .£ 45 ), Bristol and Exeter... )0 Ca1ed0nian............ a. Cannarthon and Carl digan LiikChester an dz a H o lyead ill Bandon ill Cork, Black, & Pass A Cornwall . Orloff Junction k 5 Dublin&BelfastJunc 11 undee Perth&Aber clecn JunCtion ,11 Do. New 0 East Anglian 11 , Eastern Ccnntics Eastern Union, A Stock .00 De., B. Stock 8 Do., New A. )0 East Lancashire )0 Edinburgh& Glasgow 96 ,Edinb. and Peebles )0 Edin.Prth &Dundeci 1 Forth & Clyde June. 10 Glasgow& S. Western O Great Northern O Do., A. Stock O Do., B. Stock O Gt. Sth. &West.(lre ) 100 Great Western 100 Do. Stour Val. Rail Gua. Stk Irish South-Eastern, ►ll Lancaster & Carlisle L4i Do., Thirds 4 Do. Now Thirds__ )0 Lancash.andYorksh L9,* j Do., Fifths Ll 4 Do., Wst. Riding Un al Liv.Crsby.&Southpt ill Lo`ndon & Blackwali )0 Loud. Bright & S.Cst. 100 Lond. and N. Westn. 12 Do. Fifths 1 Do.lo/.Sh.,M&B ( 2i Do. Eighths 0 London and S. Westn., 42 , kt Do., £5O 34 90. £49 all 'L n dndrry& Coleraine all Lndildru. & Ennisk. DO Nianch'.Shef.& Linde 44 Do., Ma.n. & Lin. Un DO Midland DO Do. Birmng. &Derby 611 :Aidld.G.lVest.(lre.) l ;V, Do. Half Shares 611 Newcastle & Carlisle 5.i Newmkt.Bm - yExten Nwpt.Aberg. &llrfd S Newry & Enniskillen 611 Newry Warrenpoint and Rostrevor )0 Norfolk ICorthn.ConntiosUn )0 North British 611 North Devon, No. 1 all Do., No. 2 - all Do., A A Deferred all Do., A B Guaranteed 100 N. Eastern—Berwick 20 Do. do. Extension 13 Do. do. G.N.E. Purch. all Do. Leeds [OO Do. York 31 I 21 27i a] 22 I 25 31 St. 11 St. 11 10 2 : 50 al 50 20 a ] 20 1 10 1 50 4 25 ai 25 }a St. 10 20 a, Lii I North London ...., 8 Do. New £lO li N.&S.Wstrn.,llamp steadond City Jn 20 1' 20 a] 10 a] 10 I .71 North Staffordshire 1 11 North Western 11 N. &S. Westrn. June INuneaton, Hinckley and Leicester 100 Oxford, Worcester,St Arolverhampton 4 Portsmouth /0 . - cottish Central 10 Scottish Midland 0 I all 20 St. 1.1 St. 11 ihrewsby. & Herofd 1 ihropshire Union Do. A, B, C,& paid up at per cull „ 31 South Devon south Eastern 3.1 South Wales & Riv. Bur •5 Do 8 itaines, Wok. &Wak ill :tockton & Darling. L 6 •Atoektou & )0 I TaffVale 9 Do. £lO shares 100 illo. Prof., No. 21 Mamas Haven Dock 20 a. 20 al 50 'al 20 11 and Railway • 611 Valo of Neath ill Waterfd. & Kilkenny 11 Waterford&Limerick 6 West Cornwall. 201 a 10 8: 3 West End of Lordon and Crystal Palace.. El I West London s.I Wimbledn & Croydoi 211 --: 22, - di *es ..... • 8 --i 9 12 —ll a 163 -- 17. 7 -, 6d ••• 95 - iii 61i - 62} 15 - 16 10 - 12 .•• 3 " 1 ' dl 7 - 7 16 - 17 1113 - 11, •• • ...-. • , 67 - 69 57 - 59 22 2 - 24 86 - 87 68 - 70 124 - 126 90 - 92 711 70 - 72 80 - 85 8 -10 u 8 -10 70 - 71 - 5 ...d 8A 103 104 101 • 1014 A d. par par 4 p d 82 —; 84 9 81 8 d 24 - 691 - 40 - d 8i 5A - 6 49 - 338 32A ... 33 IC 10 74 77 78 Md. —31 d, 14 15 51 -- 55 54 56 6 --lp P 411 nd 6A 7 32 - 34 95 - 97 62 - 64 7/1 - $ ••• - mil 13 14 63 c 3, 33 34 2 35 - 3;7 3i 19 4 26 811813108 dam) this day. 17 4+ - 24 - 4 = ii FOREIGN. 11 Antwerp&Rotterdam 3 Belgian Eastn. June. 8 Beziers to Graissessae ;s. Bombay, Baroda, and Central India,Scrip Central of Italy ill Demerara .4 Dijon andl3esancon 9 Dutch Rhenish dl Eastern of France [0 Do. New East Indian 2 Do. Extension ill Do. 4 p. c. Bds., pay. '57, convertible 11 Do. do. do., '59, do LO Gd. Junct. of France .0 Gd. Tk of CanadaA. is. ill Do. do ill Do. St. Lawrence & Atlantic do. al Do. Cert. of Deben , con. into Stk. till '63 11 Do. Comp. 6p. c., do. .0 Gt. Central of France al Gt. Indian Peninsula 1 Do. New 5 per cent. 11 Gt.Westernof Canada Shares . Do. Bds., payable's7, with option till '55 al Do. do., '62, p. '56 .11 Do. do., '76, p. 11 Do. do., '73, without option 11 Hamilton & Toronto .11 Do. 6 per cent. 8 Lako Const. & Basle Lucca & Pistoj a 5 p.c. pref .0 Great Luxembourg Constituted Shares 11 Do. Obligations .0 Lyons and Geneva .2 Lyons '& Meditorran. .6 xadras Do. New ?, Maria Antonia dl Do. do. New 2 Nfelbourne Dk. &Ry dl Namur & Liege (with interest) al Do. (ex interest) 11 Northern of France dl D 0.201. Shs.late Char leroi and Erquelines guar. 3 a p. c. & red. et X2ll, dur. 88 yrs. from 1 Jan. 1854.... 11 Do. 201. 3 p. c Bds. (fmy . B. & Ams.Shs.) 11 NorwegianTrunkPref .4 Paris and Lyons dl Ditto Bonds 11 Paris and Orleans 11 Paris and Rouen .0 Pari sCaen & Cherbrg al Rouen and Havre.„ Royal Danish 3 Royal Swedish Al Sambre and Meuse, a Do. 54 p. cent. Pref .0 Southern of France .4 St. Andrew's and Quebec (A) Lii West Flßnders 11 Do 5l per c. Prof LO Western of France._ !6 West. of Switzerland 11 Wiesbaden '0 Zealand JOINT-STO I 11 Australasia 11 British Colonial Bank and Loan Company 11 British N. American 5 Chartd. Bank of Asia 2 Chrtd. Bnk. of India, Australia, & China 15 Colonial Commercial of Lond 4 English Scottish and Australian.. Lond. Chart. Bk. of Australia 20 London and County 10 London Joint Stock 0 Lond. & Westminster 15 National Provincial of England .0 Do. New 2i National of Ireland l New South Wales 11 Oriental Bank of Corporation 5 .ll Do. Newt Pro of Ireland 1 Royal Austialn. Bk g . & Gold Imp Co.. 11 South Australia, .... 11 Union of Australia 2. Do. New 17v.ivia of 1mac1912..„, 6t - 1 7 1 4 3 d id-IP P 24 2 d 32a 321 ••• •• aid d— d ... ...1: , 7 6 d 7i 6:i 9 -- 7d 9 -- 7d iP S iP A. -- 4P 16i -17 i ... -- ... par 2 ld par Id. par 2 4p dis 2 3 I 1 - lip ... ... par p 7 - 7. := 34. 12.1 12 9 -- 10 19i -191 p 48 50 38 40 !_•• —' Pm 24 —23 i par 1p . d - 71 8.1 ••• --- ••• ... pin 31 - 4 6 - 6ip 1 is— 17 BANKS. 82 - 84 "i := yd - - ••• 30 - 32 3 —2; d 21 22 38 7- - 40 42 - 44 44 - 46 67 -6) 7i - 8i IT! = mix 20 I 1 20 2: 17i 20 1 20 20 a 20 1 20 20 ' 100 a 100 al 20 11 25 11 25 a] 25 a] 100 20 1 1 5 I a; 100 I al 100 a , 100 al 100 al 20 I 11 4 a ; 20 ti 20 20 14 20 2 33 20 a] 11 a] 20 a: 10 20 40 a . 20 a] 20 a 20 1 20 a] 20 2' 20 al 10 al 20 1 20 1 10 - al 20 11 20 1 C a] 20 2, 100 21 100 21 20 1, 20 I 20 11 50 2: 20 a] 25 a] 634 2.1 34 88 71 694 914 721 71 ad 7212 8 loti 4 3 102 f 2 25i i 11 70 1k 70i per cent. 13 644 541 x d 33 18 34i 51 21 201 THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING-, OCTOBER 2, 1864; LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. ,Paid.{ Leasing Company. London &I N. West. L&N.W. Caledon...l Gt.Nrthn. Caldonian. Gt. Westn Yk. New. & Berw. Y. SzNlld :Do Eastern 'Do Pete & Co INorfolk.. L.&N.W. & Midld. Stcktou & Darliugt. Midland.. E. Count Do Do , L.SzN.W.I &Ln&Yk Do 11 GtNorthil Lancash& Yorksh. 1 . .Clean l Stockt. & Darlingt Do. [GtWestn. !Closing Prices Saturday. ••• ••• 95 - 100 98 - 100 139 - 141 ii - ii 100 -- 102 50 -- 51 25 -- 254 12i -- 134 23 -- 24 lla -- 111 2i - 2ixtl 92 - 94 5$ - 60 136 - 139 ••• ••• 2i lid ••• - ••• 30 - 31 94 - 96 RAILWAYS. 3edford and ' Bletebloy Buckgbamsh. -OlydesdaleJc. E. Lincoln gr. • 6 per cent. 31a.s. Barr. & Neils. Direct Do. New ..... . Glstr.& Dn. Fr Dk. & Railway Hull & Selby Do. Shares. Do. Shares. Lon.&Greenw Do. Preference Lon.,Til., & S. Lowestoft gr. 4 por cent. Do. 6 per ct. Manch. Bxtn and Matlock 61iddlesbro' & Redcar Nfidld.Bradfd Northern and Easternsp. c. Do. 6 per et. Do. Fixeds p e Prest. &Wyre Do. Shares. Roystn.&Hit. Shef.Roth.and Goole g. 5 p. c. S. Staffordsh. Wear Valleygr' 6 per cent Do Wilts&Somrst PREFERENCE SHARES. Aberdeen Do. No. 9, 7 p. c BlythandTyne 10 per c. pref. (issd. at 50/) Bris. & Ex. 4 p. c. St. Do. 4 p. c. Shares Caledonian £lO Chester & Holyhead Guar. per cent._ Do. do. Pref. No. 2 Do. do. Pref. No. 2 Cork drßandonsip.e DundesPerth &Aber deen Junction EastAnglian (£3los) 6 per cent Do. (£5) 7 per cent Do. (£7l7s) 7 p. c Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No. 1 Do. No. 2 . Do. New 6 p. c. St. Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent Do. 51., 10 ner cent. Do. 101. Debentr.Sh- Do. do. 4 per cent East Lancash. 6 p.ets East and West York shire June. Fifths EdinbPrth.&Dundee 4 per cent. Glasgow & S. Western Guar. 5 per cent Great Northn. 5 p. c Do. 5 p. c. Redeem., at 10 p. c. prem..., Do. , q p.c Gt.N. of Scot. Ist Pref Gt. Southn. &Westm. (Ireland) Eighths) Do. 4 per C. Prof. St Gt. Westn. (Berks & Hants Ex. 5 p. c) Do. con. red. 44 p.c Do. con, red. 4 p. c Do. irred. 4p.c. Do. Birm. Pref. Sh Ds. Chester 8 p. c. P. S. Ds. do. 5 p. C. do Do. Birm. Gua. Stk Do. Ches. Gua. Stk Do. do. do Do. do. do. Lan. & York. F. £2O Do. 6 p. c. Stock London and Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. o Do. Pref., 5 p. c. St. Do, New Guar.6 p. c. Lon. &N. W., Coy. di Nuneaton 5 p. et. London & S. Western Con. Thirds Londonderry& Color Sharps Londy. & Ennio. SL Sian., SLef., & Shares, No. 1. Do. New, £lO Do. £6 Ifarypt . & Carl. 4 p.c Do. 4i per cent Do Aid. Consol.6 p.c.St. Do. Consol. Bristol & Birm. 6 per cent Do. Pref. 4i per cent Norfolk Debenture Do. Prof. 4 p. c. Stock Do. 5 p.c. Eat Do. 5 per ct. pref Do. Way. Val. 5 p. c ' Niorth British Y. E. Barw, 4 p.c. P. Do. do. do Do. Leeds 6 p. c . Do. do. Quarters '4B Do. York &5. Pur. North Staffordshire Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverh. Xl5, 6 p.c. Scot. Cent., New Pref Do. 5 per cent South Devon De. fixed,4 per cent S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. Do. 4i per cent 3.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar S. Wales Gin. 4 p. o Do. (10. 4Lp. c Stockton and Dar- lington, 4 per cent. Do. do. do, Stockton and Hartle. pool, guar. 5 p. c. till Ist July, 1856 Watorfd.&Kilk.6p.c. ;96 - 98 -3/ 4 - 5 P 1- 111 - 1 13h - 13 22 - 24 —ad 114 116 - 108 99 - 101 6 -- 64 98 -- 100 90 -- 92 93 -- 95 11 -11 i 17 -- 18 10,E -10 i 71 -- 73 19i 900 91 10f 14 -- 11 11 /a 137 139 2k -21 p 7 - 8 10 - 12 7i - Si 11:t - 12 f - .p 137 - 139 1 - /(1 S 7 - 90 103 - 103 0 - 64 31 - 3i .. —•• ••• 1 --, 3,c1 111 - 113 12 14 Par, 23 23} 99 101 17 19 .• 1 ••• 2 d, i - li _ a 1 i' -=. 1' ••,, --- .• i --i ..• - ••• 3 - 3i 14 - 2 27 - 29 42- 44 52 - 57 2- 4 p 12 - 14 - 2 iP i - i • i - - - 4 8 ... 9 I - i 6 -6i i - i 15. -16 i 22 -- 4 6 - 8 3 ° 3 - 3i 40 - 42 .•• - •• • 65 - 70 98 = 10?; Lio 111 n 3k is li' .. --- ••• 6 -- li ••• ...' .A. i ...... I ii : 4 ••• .... ••• ••• •-•• ...p 2 -- 2ixd 2 -- 35 37 1 12i :T 13a Apia Fria • ••• ....... Anglo Austrin. Gold Anglo Californian Australian., Australian Cordillers Australian Freehold, ,Ave Maria Baden (Gd. Duchy of) IBlzenarvon Iron and Coal IBritish Iron. Brazilianimp. (issued at p,5 pm Do. Cocacs & Cuiada Do. St. John Del Rey Carsons's Creek Clarendon Cons. Min. Co. of Jamaica ICobre Copper„ Gold.. Copper Min. of Eng.l Do. Pref. 7i p. cent. Copiapo . English and Austin. Copper Smoltg. Co. Fortuna General.. Gt.NuggetVeinßeg. Great Polgooth. Liberty Linares. Mariquita Niexican&S.Anterien Now Granada New Linares Mining and Smelting Co Nouveau Monde - Pontgiband Silver Lead Min. & Smelt Port Philip Quartz Rock Rbymney Iron Do. New Santiago do Cuba—_ , South Australian__ Tin Croft... United Mexican Waller West Mariposa Worthing Mining of Australia Yuba BliscEL • Aubin Coal and Iron Australian A grieult. Australsu.Pcific.Mail A.ustraln. Royal Mail Berlin Water Works Brit. American Land Brit. dc Coln. Smoltg. and Reduction Co Canada Canada Gov. 6 p. ct Jan. and July Crystal Palace Crystal Pal. of France Eastern Steam Electric Telegraph (A) Electric Teleg. of Ir. Geu. Steam Navigat. General Screw Steam Irish Beetroot Sugar Magdalena St. Navig. Mediteran. Elec. Tel. Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel Netherlands Land._ N. S. W. Coal & Inter. Steam Navigat. Co. N. B. Australasian._ Nrth. of Europe Steam Peel Rr. Ld. & Minrl. Peninsular& Oriental Do. Do. Portland Iron Co Royal Mail Steam Scot. Mistral. Invest. South Austral. Land Submar. Telegraph.. Do. Registered. rArttp DionoVis law; Business this day. MARKET .NEWS-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCIT A.NGE. Most of the country markets held on Saturday wore but moderately supplied with wheat. Selected samples were in good request, at very full prices. Low and middling parcels sold slowly, at late rates. Barley moved off steadily, at extreme currencies. In the value of other grain, in cluding flour, very little change took place. The continental markets have ruled steady for all articles, and good heavy wheats have produced rather more money. Our latest advises from New York satate that flour was dull and dreoping. Very moderate supplies of English grain were received up to our market last. week. The imports of foreign amounted to 8,340 quarters of wheat, 2,563 barley, 15,564 oats, 2,886 beans, 457 peas, 6,560 linseed, 83 rapeseed, 46 mustard seed, 146 sundry seeds, and 50 sacks of flour. There was an average arrival of English wheat put up to our market to-day, coastwise and by land carriage, and the general quality of the supply was good. The atten dance of town and country buyers was by no means nume rem ; nevertheless, the demand for all kinds ruled steady, and nearly, or quite, the whole of the arrivals were dis posed of at last Monday's prices. The show of foreign wheat was good. Prime qualities commanded a firm market, and, in some instances, rather more money was paid for them. Low and middling kinds were in fair request, and quite as dear as last week. The arrivals of floating cargoes off Falmouth since our last report have been extremely small. There are none on sale to-day. We were but moderately supplied with barley, for which there was a good demand, at an advance in the quotations of is per quarter. There was an improved sale for malt. Prices generally were well supported. Oats, the show of which was moderate, moved off steadily. In prices no change took place. There was a steady inquiry for beans, but we have no change to notice in their value. Most kinds of peas sold to a fair extent, on former terms. The flour trade was tolerably firm, without leading to any change in price. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. Wheat—Essex & Kent, Malt—Chevalier •• 69s to 70! Red .... new 533 to 623 Oats— Yorkshire and Ditt0............ old 563 683 Lincolusk.,Feed 22s 26s Ditto, White new Otis 70s Potato ...... 253 28k Ditto.• • ..... old 533 65s Youghal and Cork Norfolk and Lin- Black..• .... Its 25s coin, Red, old 48s 545 Cork,White ..... 245 272 Ditto new' •• 47s 52s Scotch,Feed.•• 28s 30s Rye —Old ••••••• • • • • • —s —s Beans—Tick .•••• • • • • 403 48s New ............ 38s 40s Pigeons 42s 56s Barky—Grinding..... 305 323 Peas—Grey •• •• 35s 37s Malting ......... 303 328 Maple 38s 40s Chevalier.... ... 325 33s White........... 40s 45s Malt—Suffolk and Nor- Boilers —s .• 62s 67s Flour—Town-made... 508 55s 'Brown .•• ............ 685 60s Suffolk •• •......• 445 48s Stocktn 8c Norfolk 44$ 46s Kingston and Ware 683 69s SMITHFIELD. The show of foreign stock in to-day's market was exten sive, but the general quality was inferior, especially as regards the beasts. From our own grazing districts the receipts of boasts fresh up to-day were moderately extensive as to number. There was, however, a great deficiency in their weight and quality ; indeed, this was one of the worst markets for beef we almost ever recollect at this period of the year. Prime beasts were, therefore, in good request, at very full prices, and the few prime Scots on offer sold briskly, at prices rather over 5s per Blbs. Other breeds were firm, and quite as dear as last week. The arrivals from Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, and Northamptonshire amounted to 1,000 short horns. From other parts of England we received 600 of various breeds, and from Scotland 17 Scots. _ The Government contract, requiring from 250 to 300 beasts per week, will be tendered for to-morrow. It is supposed that nearly the whsle of the beasts will be pur chased in this market. We were fairly supplied with most breeds of sheep. On the whole, the mutton trade was in a very sluggish state, at a decline in the prices obtained on Monday last of 2d per 8 lbs. The general top figure for mutton was 4s 10d, but a few prime clowns realised 58 per 8 lbs. Calves, the supply of which was limited, moved off slowly, yet prices were well supported. The highest quo tation was 4s 4d per 8 lbs. There was more doing in pigs, and prices had an upward tendency. Last week's imports of foreign stock into London were again moderate—the total supply amounting to 7,746 head. In the corresponding week 1853 we received 8,859; in 1852, 10,548; in 1851, 7,128; in 1850, 6,166 ;in 1849, 6,590; in 1848, 3,901; and iu 1847, 4,582 head. IMPORTS INTO LONDOIf LAST WEEK. From Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. Tonu , ngeti Dordt ....... 38 121 Bromvershavea ' 109 ..• - Rotterdam— 456 1,527 ... 215 ... Bremen Nieu Diep 44 1,079 ... Elarlingen 309 220 Amsterdam 7l 1,146 Antwerp ••• Ilamburgh l5 7i ... 663 73 ... - - 119 ... - ... Total 2,081 ... 4,814 0 ... 388 ... 663 Tho yearly comparison of weekly imports is as under Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 853 1,722 6,311 77 360 359 .852 2,233 7,493 98 301 423 LB5l 1,317 4,499 124 413 775 1850 939 4,710 222 ..„ 295 1849 1,283 5,137 76 94 Per Slim to sink the offals. s. d. s. d. Inferior Beasts.... 3 2to 3 4 Second quality.... 3 6 310 Prime large oxen 4 0 4 Prime Scots, &c. 410 5 0 Inferior Sheep ...3 2 3 6 . Second quality ...3 8 310 Prime crse.-wiled.4 0 4 6 TOTAL SUPPLY. s. d. s. d. [ PrimeSouthdown 4 8 410 I Large crse. calves 3 0 3 8 ;Prime small do._ 310 4 4 rge hogs 3 0 4 2 mall porkers 4 4 410 Sucklingealves ..22 0 29 0 Quarter old pigs 21 0 27 0 FOREIGN SUPPLY. ges.sts 4,743 Beasts...... • • . 1,329 Sheep .•• •• Calves •• .......... 82 Ca1ve5....... ..... ........ 44 A. statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in Smithfield Cattle Market, on Monday, Oct. 3, 1853, and this day, Monday, Oct. 2, 1854. Per 81bs, to sink the orals. Oct. 3,1853. ' s. d. s. d. Coarse and inferior beasts ... 3 oto 3 4 Second quality ditto ... 3 6 3 8 , Prime large oxen 310 4 21 Prime Scots, die 4 4 4 61 Coarse and inferior sheep 3 2 3 6 Second quality ditto 3 8 4 0 Prime coarse woolled ditto ... 4 2 4 61 Prime Southdown ditto 410 5 2 1 Lambs .„ 0 0 0 0 loct. 2, 1854• d. s. d I 3 2to 3 4 ;3 6 310 14 0 4 1 4 10 5 0 1 ,3 2 3 6 ;3 8 310 40 4 6 4 8 410 !O 0 0 0 13 0 3 8 '3 10 4 4 30 4 2 4 4 410 4,743 30,870 82 315 Large coarse calves ... ... Prime small ditto ... ... ... Large hogs ... ... ... ... Neat small porkers ... ... Beasts... ... ... ... Sheep ... ... ... ... Calves... ... ... ... Pigs ... ... ... ... 4 10 ~ 5 0 5 4 3 8 4 4 1 46 5 2 * 5,421 27,260 277 385 SUPPLIES ox Sets, Oct. 4, 1852.—Beasts, 5,225 ; Sheer, 25,610; calves, 300; pigs, 320. October 6, 1851.—Beasts, 5,051; sheep, 27,090; calves, 185 ; pigs, 590. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. The supplies of each kind of meat on sale here since Monday last have increased to some extent, especially by railway. The general demand, however, is steady, and a good business is doing, as follows : Per 81bs by the carcase. B. d. s. d. Beef, inferior 3 0 3 4 1 Mutton, Inferior Do., middling 3 6 3 8 I Do., middling.... Do., prime large 3 10 4 2 Do., prime........ Do., do. small 4 4 4 6 i Veal Pork, large 3 4 4 2 Pork, 5ma11....... a. d, s. d. 34 3 6 ~3 8 4 2 ..4 4 4 8 .2 10 4 2 ~4 6 5 0 BOROUGH HOP. The arrivals of now hops up to this time amounts to nearly 2,000 pockets. Our prices aro still unsettled ; but choice East Kents and Farnhams may be quoted at 201 to 26/ ; Weald of Kents, 181 to 211; Sussex, 181 to 201. Duty, 45,0001; some parties call it 50,0001. Last week's imports were 235 bales from Ostend, 1,375 from Hamburg, 43 from Antwerp, 56 from Rotterdam, and 8 from Bremen. Year lings are in fair request, as follows :—East Kent pockets, 131 13s to 181 Os; Weald of Kent 131 Os to 151 153 ; Sussex ditto, 121 Os to 1610 s ; and foreign, 11/ Os to 131 13s per cwt. BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. Very large supplies of home-grown potatoes on sale in these markets, and their general quality is good. Last weeks imports were only 2 barrels from Rotterdam, and bags from Hamburgh. A steady business is doing in most kinds, on tho following terms:—Regents, 80s to 90s ; 75s to 80s ; middlings, 50s to 60s ; blues, 80s per ton. WOOL. The next series of colonial wool sales will be commenced on the 19th inst. At present 40,496 bales are advertised, but it is expected that over 50,0J0 bales will be brought forward. The English m 00l trade is firm, and prices are well supported, but foreign and colonial qualities are dull. Last week's imports were small, viz., 125 bales from Tagan rog, 180 from Hamburgh, and 28 from Leghorn. The following are the current rates of English wool : Southdown hoggets, is ld to is lid ; half-breds, is ld to is 2d; Southdown ewes, is ()id to is id ; Kent fleeces, ls ld to is 2d ; combing skins, is id to is 2d ; flannel wool, 10d to is 2d ; blanket wool, 9LI to lld ; and Leicester fleeces, is o,id to is ld per lb. SEEDS. Winter tares have sold briskly, at 10s. In linseed very little is doing, owing to the large arrivals, and prices are drooping. Other seeds are tolerably steady. Linseed and rape cakes are rather dull. Turnip,White, per bush. 2ls to 25s Swede .. • • 24e 38s Mustard, 8r0wn...... —s —s White, new...... lOs —s Lires,Winter,new....lo6 Od OsOd 01d........ Os Odes Od Canary, per quarter • . 40s 50s Rye 24s 25s Clover, Red Eng. (cwt.) —e —s White .• • • .....• —e —5 Foreign Red.... • • —e Mite •• • • —s Trefoil, new......., •• 16s 2O 363 40 8 Coriander .... • • • • —s liempseed, per quarter 40s 448 Linseed, Eng. Sowing.. 66s s Crushing •. .. 60s 62s Baltic ••••.. • • .. 57s 59s Odessa • .• • • 593 61s Linseed Cake, pr. ton— English .: . 101 Os 111 lOs Foreign, per ton 9753111 Rape Cakes, pr ton 6103 6110 s Rapeseed, New,prlst 28'10a 32101 TALLOW. Our market is in a very inactive state, and prices con tinue to decline. P.Y.C. on the spot is quoted to-day at 62s 9,1 to 63s 3d percwt. There is nothing doing for for ward delivery. Town tallow, 62s 6d, net cash. Rough fat, 3s 50 per 81bs. 1850. Stock this day 26,718 Price of Y. C. [ to:38 33 G9seld Delivery last week .. 2,004 Ditto from Juno 1.... 29,302 Arrivals last week.. 5,782 Ditto from Juriel .... 30,893 Frio of Wm.-- 4i QL , 1851. 1852. 34,933 33,059 19,401 38s 9d ...a 40s 9d :o 578 6d 39s Od 41s Od to —s Od 2,049 2,345 3,135 28,932 25,944 32,361 7,809 1,404 397 27,352 18,835 28,447 41a Od 439 04 599 GJ 1853. 31 .725 523 9d to 633 3d 1,633 21,908 1,967 17,C33 6in 9cl THE LATE MELANCHOLY AFFAIR ON BOARD THE DAUNTLESS. CHARGE OF MANSLAUGHTER AGAINST LIEUTS. KNIGHT AND SEYMOUR. PORTSMOUTH, SATURDAY. SECOND DAY. Popular excitement has eomewhat abated, as the witnesses in their examination fail to show that any criminality attaches to Messrs. Knight and Seymour with regard to the death of the unfortunate young woman Matilda Jane Lodge. The court was not half so crowded to-day, nor was that anxiety so visible as on the preceding day. At eleven precisely the mayor, C. Stigant, Esq., and the following magistrates occupied the bench :—B. Bramble, T. E. Owen, Major Travers, G. Gilman, G. J. Seale, and Captain Sayer. Captain Ryder, of the Dauntless, also sat behind the bench, and remained to the end of the day's proceedings. The court having opened, Rebecca Lodge, mother of the deceased, was exa mined, and the next witness was Henry Carter, Esq., surgeon, of Portsea, who deposed to having attended deceased, and described at considerable length the appearances, external and internal, of the body. It is unnecessary to the general reader to more minutely report this evidence, than to say that it was to the effect that death had resulted from peritonitis, occa sioned by rupture of the bladder, causing its contents to flow into the abdomen. He observed no mark of vio lence in the region of the bladder. He was of opinion that pressure without violence might cause a distended bladder to be ruptured. The impression of witness was that there was ulceration of the bladder, and he had stated so at the inquest. Mr. Ford—Nature exerts herself to s u pply the injury produced by a ruptured bladder ? • Witness—Yes, by throwing out an adhesive lymph. This had commenced in a small degree. An enlargement of the rupture of the bladder was made after it was taken from the body, but it was plain to see the extent of O: Ls by the difference of appearance between the erigina!, an d the new rupture. Re-examined—There was more fluid in tk e abdomen than the bladder would contain ; this worjid arise from all the fluid taken after the rupture of the bladder on Sunday night VII death finding its way into the abdo men. Thomas Singleton Gray, Eso., surgeon, of Gosport, deposed to the appearance of J.eceased's body on a post mortem examination, and fusther proceeded—l did say to deceased's sister, knowi - ag 'that she was a woman of experience, that "the appearances were not natural." I saw deceased on the 'Wednesday morning, and she asked me if she was gang to die. I told her that if she had anything to say or do, she must do it at once. I used the catheter, but produced no urine. I believe I prescribed toast and water for her to drink. I thought, from not findine, distention of the bladder, that it must be ruptured : When I placed my hand on her belly on Monday, had she could not bear it, I regarded it as a symptoln that peritonitis had set in. I examined de cease:4's body. There was a discolouration of the head. The bandages were removed. There was a mark on the outside of the right arm. There might have been marks on the left arm without my seeing. I did not see any marks under the arm. I did not raise the arms, but somebody else did, and I saw no marks. On the right and left sides of the body there were disco lourations. I could distinguish no difference as to the amount of discolourations between the two sides. I could discover no appearance which could have been the result of violence during life. I saw a blow above the us ilium, rather before it, and approaching the region. It presented the appearance of occhymosis very slightly. It appeared to me to be the result of violence inflicted during life. There were no unusual appearances on the legs ; there was one on the knee ; that was a bruise apparently, the result of a contact with a foreign body during life. Deceased's body was opened by Mr. Knight, Mr. Lowe's pupil. I found the contents of the chest quite healthy. I next examined the abdomen ; the stomach and intestines were distended with air. In the stomach was a fluid. The intestines were healthy. I then examined the lower part of the abdomen, and found nearly two quarts of fluid serum. I found the bladder in a collapsed state, and a slight inflammation in the peritoneum. The serum we found in the abdo men was urine. I agree in the opinion that death was caused by the rupture of the bladder. I have no doubt but that violence during life would produce that rup ture. Mr. Ford—Might not pressure on the abdomen have caused rupture of a distended bladder Witness—lt might. Concussion, however, would have been more likely. Mr. Ford—Did you take any steps when deceased died to give information to the police ? Witness—No. I think that a fall from a bed two feet and a half high might have caused rupture to a dis tended bladder. Striking against the side of a ship might have caused bruises to the head, which again might have thrown her on her knee. Mr. Ford—Would the same blow or fall that pro duced rupture of the bladdorhave produced all the blows that were found on the deceased's body ? Witness—l believe all the appearances were produced by falls. Mr. Ford--But might not the same appearances have been the result of blows ? Witness—Yes. Mr. Ford—What data have you for arriving at the opinion that the bruises were the result of falls ? Witness—l arrived at the opinion after hearing the evidence at the coroner's inquest. Mr. Ford—Exactly so ; from what you hears from officers of the Dauntless. Now what was your opinion before the coroner's inquest took place ? Witness—l thought death was the result of ill-usage. Mr. Ford—.-Was not a question asked you by Super intendent Harvey ae to whether a fall from a bed 24 feet high would be likely to cause death Mr. Gray—l endeavoured to evade the officer, for I saw he wanted to get everything out of me he could and carry it elsewhere. Mr. Ford—Then you thought it consistent with your duty as a medical officer to try to evade the efforts of the police to carry out the ends of justice ! Mr. Gray—l endeavoured to be guarded in my re marks. Mr. Ford—Did net Superintendent Harvey toll you he was sent by the coroner ? Mr. Gray—He did. Mr. Ford—Did be not say that it was reported that deceased had fallen from a bed two feet high ? Mr. Gray—l cannot answer the question ;it is too trivial. Mr. Ford—lt is very important. Mr. Gray—lt is so important relatively that I cannot answer it. Mr. Ford—But did Harvey say so ? You are on your oath, sir. Mr. Gray—He might have done. Mr. Ford—Did Harvey ask you this question :—" It is said that she fell from a bed in Knight's cabin, which had inflicted violence, and would this violence cause death ?" Mr. Gray—l believe he did say so, and I replied " Yes." Mr. Ford—But did you not tell him death from such a cause was " impossible ?" Mr. Gray—l did not. Mr. Ford—Now sir, on your oath, did you not say it was " impossible ?" Mr. Gray—l du not think I did, for Harvey came to me in such a way that I was careful. The Mayor—l cannot see how you as a medical man could object to such a question. Mr. Ford—Did not Harvey, with Serjeant Monok with him, come to you in a most respectful way, and say they were sent by the coroner to make inquiries ? Mr. Gray—l think they did. Still I did not under stand their manner, and was very careful with them. Mr. Ford—You saw them twice ; were you so careful on the first occasion ? Mr. Gray—No, I was not. Mr. Ford--Did they not ask you in the most respect ful way what you could say in reference to this poor girl's death ? Mr. Gray—l cannot recollect the conversation. Mr. Ford—l did not ask you for the conversation. Now, did you not know at that time that the coroner Wag prosecuting inquiries into the death of the girl ? Mr. Gray—l did not. Mr. Ford—Well, did you see Harvey and Monck before or after the post-mortem examination you made of the body ? Mr. Gray—l believe I saw them after the examina tion. _ _ _ Mr. Ford—Did you not receive the order to make this examination from the coroner ? Mr. Gray—l did. Now I recollect myself. I saw the officers before the post-mortem, examination. Mr. Ford—Well, do recollect yourself, and we will try to arrive at the fact. Had you not the uterus and bladder in your possession when Harvey and Monck called on you ? Mr. Gray—Very likely. Indeed, I know I had. Mr. Ford—And did you not tell them that you had discovered internal injuries sufficient to cause death ? Mr. Grey—l recollect I did. Mr. Ford—Then you must not have seen the police officers after the post-mortem examination if you had dis covered this fact ? Mr. Gray—l suppose it must have been so (marks of disapprobation from the gallery). Mr. Ford—Well, we have got at that fact. Now, did you not tell Harvey to call in an hour and you would tell him your opinion ? Mr. Gray—l did, and I think he called ; but from my many engagements I do not recollect. Mr. Ford—Did you not tell him when he called that you could not give him your opinion ? Mr. Gray—l did so, for I felt that he did not come as an honest man. Mr. Ford—This is a gratuitous insult to the officer. The Mayer—This is very improper. Mr. Harvey has done his duty in an excellent manner, and it is not a disgrace to do that duty. Mr. Gray—As a general rule I do not like the police. I have been treated ill by them. Mr. Ford—Well, did Mr. Harvey say he had heard deceased fell from a bed 2& feet high'? Mr. Gray—lle might have said so. The Mayor remarked on the hesitation with which the witness gave his evidence. Mr. Gray—As the medical man of the poor girl who is dead, you are pressing me very hard. Mr. Ford—l am merely doing my duty. Now, I ask you if Mr. Harvey did not ask in the presence of Monck whether a fall foam a bed might result in death,. and did you not reply "Certainly not ?" Mr. Gray—l could not have said so ; I could not have been in my senses to have said so. Mr. Ford—Well, as this is your opinion as to the cease of death after the inquest, what was it before ? Mr. Gray—l sympathised with the female, for I thought she had keen ill-treated from her appearance. Mr. Ford—You say that your present opinion was formed from what you heard at the inquest ? Mr. Gray—And th e post mortem examination. Mr. Ford—The n h ow l ong were you at the inquest ? Mr. Gray—l was in and out several times, and was told by a friend at the door what was going on. Mr. Ford—Then your opinion was formed from what was told you ? Mr. Gray—Yes, with what I know besides. The Mayor—You do not mean to say that the same fall from the bed that might have caused rupture of the bladder caused also the bruises on her person ? Mr. Gray—l only suppose that in falling she might have struck her head against the side of the cabin, which might have also caused her to fall on her knee. Frederick John Lowes, Esq., surgeon, of Anglesey, also gave some lengthened medical testimony as to the in ternal and external appearances of the deceased's body. This gentleman agreed with the other witnesses as to death being caused by peritonitis. Mr. John Thomas Knight, pupil to the last witness, also described the appearance of deceased's body. This witness produced the uterus and bladder from deceased's body. William. 11. Carrington, Esq., surgeon, of Portsea—l have seen the uterus and bladder. The bladder did not present any trace of prior disease or ulceration. If there had been any previous ulceration of the bladder I should have been enabled to detect it. This witness agreed with tho other medical gentlemen that pressure, as well as a blow or fall, might cause rup ture to a distended bladder. The court then, it being half-past six, adjourned the case to nine o'clock en Tuesday morning, when some witnesses from the Dauntless are to be examined. THE WAR. NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. The Royal Albert, 121, screw steam-ship, Captain Sir Thomas Pasley, is ordered to take her coals on board on Wednesday next at Sheerness, and prepare for pro ceeding round to Spithead. The Clyde steam-packet is taken up by the Govern ment, to convey the remainder of the 46th Regiment from Woolwich to the seat of war in the East. The Gomelza, hired transport, left Deptford on Fri day last for Portsmouth, to convey detachments of the 34th Regiment to Corfu. The Rhadamanthus, paddle-wheel steam store-ship, Master-Commander John Belem, came down from Deptford to Woolwich on Saturday, and remains for further orders. The Prince, screw steam-ship, of 2,700 tons, recently purchased by Government for service as a store-ship, is being laden with a great quantity of shot and shells for conveyance to the seat of war in the East. She has also been placed under orders to embark, as soon as she is ready to proceed to sea, the seven companies of the 40th Regiment now at Windsor under orders to pro ceed for foreign service in the Crimea. DEPARTURE OF THE ALGIERS. DEVONPOET, Oct. I.—The Algiers, 91, Captain Tal bot, would, it was thought, have to put to sea short of her complement, by reason of many of het crew being absent when she left harbour for the Sound ; but nearly every one of the men returned to her before leaving the Sound. The Algiers relieves the Albion, 90, in the Black Sea. The Indefatigable, 50, Captain Hope, was paid wages yesterday, and will sail in a day or two for Rio, where she will bear the flag of Rear-Admiral Hope Johnstone, commander-in-chief of the South American station. The Havannah is being fitted for sea for the Aus tralian station. It is said she is in a very bad state, and will require extensive repairs. The Hornet, 16 (screw), Commander Forsyth, was taken out of dock yesterday, and is now ready for sea. APPOINTMENTS. Masters'-Assistauts --Charles Sullivan to the Cossack, 21, screw steam-corvette at Chatham ; Richard E. Tracey to the Harrier screw steam-sloop, at Portsmouth. Naval Cadet—Seymour J. Smith to the Curacoa, 30, screw steam-frigate, at Portsmouth. THE GUN-BOATS.-ARMAMENT FOR THE PE LTER Captain Sir Baldwin Walker, Surveyor of the Navy, Captain Sir Thomas Hastings, Storekeeper of the Ord nance, and Mr. Watts, Assistant-Surveyor of the Navy, visited Woolwich Dockyard on Saturday to inspect the Pelter light-draught of water gun-boat and the arma ment with which she is now fitted. The Lancaster oval guns which have been cast for the light-draught gun boats are each one and a half tons lighter than those fitted in the screw steam despatch gun-boats, the guns mounted on traversing platforms on board the Pelter being nominally 65 cwt., or actually the gun aft the funnel 63 owt. 3 qrs. and 41b, and the gun before the funnel 64 cwt. 1 qr. and 121 b., while those on board the Arrow class of screw steam despatch gun-boats are 95 cwt. each. The guns of the Pelter, although of only 65 cwt., have the same 8-inch oval bore as those of 95 cwt., and are each 9 feet in length. Notwithstanding the dif ference of weight of metal in the guns, the 65 cwt. 8-inch guns appear of a very serviceable construction, and ad mirably adapted for being worked effectively on board the light-draught gun-boats. Th 6 Pelter has been taken into dock, and is advancing fast towards completion. TRIAL OF THE VIPER. The Viper screw steam despatch gun-boat, Lieutenant- Commander M`Killop, when she left Woolwich in the early part of last week for service with the fleet in the Black Sea, remained for some time at Greenhithe, to have her compasses adjusted, and to take in a large sup ply of live shells and powder from Purfleet. She sub sequently made a trial to ascertain her speed below the Mouse Light. The engines worked well without any hot bearings, and her average speed was found to be about 12 knots an hour. Captain Sir Edward Belcher, of the Assistance, Cap tain Kellett, of the Resolute, and Captain 31‘Chare, of the Investigator discovery ships, were all at the Admi ralty during the greater part of the day on Saturday in communication with their Lordships relative to their recent voyages and travels in the Arctic regions. The Phoenix, screw steam-sloop, in which they were brought home, is hourly expected at Woolwicla. The following young gentlemen, who passed into the navy from Mr. Eastman's preparatory naval establish ment at Southsea at the last monthly examination at the Royal Naval College, Portsmouth, have been appointed naval cadets to the undermentioned ships :—Mr. W. Otter and Mr. A. Jephson, to the Queen, 116, in the Black Sea ; Mr. A. Jekyll, to the Cossack, at Chatham ; Mr. F. B. Renshaw, to the Powerful, 84, at Spithead ; Mr. G. J. B. Elphinstone, to the Monarch, 84, in the Baltic ; and Mr. C. Giffard, to the Sphinx, on her way to the Black Sea. The postmaster of Portsmouth, Mr. John Sheppard, published outside the office shutters yesterday a copy of the official despatch from the Minister of War, an nouncing the successes of the allied forces on the ap proach to Sebastopol, which created no small gratifica tion throughout the port. Major. General Sir Frederick Smith, R.E , has pro ceeded to Boulogne, to inquire into and report upon the French system of hutting their troops, preparatory, it is believed, to its introduction into the British military service. A new corps or mounted staff for similar service to the ambulance corps is now in progress of formation in London, for the purpose of proceeding to and serving at the seat of war in the East, and will embark at Wool wich for their destination when the necessary arrange ments are completed. _ A number of military prisoners have been pardoned during the past month who were confined at Fort Cla rence, Chatham, the Governor, Captain Manners, having recommended them to the Secretary at War for their good conduct while in prison. ARRIVALS, &c., AT MALTA. MALTA, Sept. 26.—Our report under this head by to day's mail is void of interest, except the arrival of the Courier, Brooking, Samuel, Riverdale, and Tanjore, with naval and ordnancp stores, from England, for Malta and the East ; for which latter destination the Courier and Brooking have already proceeded. Her Majesty's steam-transport Supply arrived from Ply mouth on the 24th, also with stores, and left for the Black Sea on the 25th. Eight sailing vessels in the French transport service have also arrived, bringing 150 horses, 16 mules, and 170 officers and non - commissioned officers and privates, for the French army. Most of these have already proceeded onwards. The Telemaqu e' s t eam er, from Marse illes, bound t o Const ant inople, brings lE7Ogyrpatnil,:n and file. raid Djehaat arrived le : The r u i 14, t. li a h m a v p i t n o g n o y n e b s t o e a r i d , (l a y L , oradndandleL ay a e d s y H to a -d d a d y o and the lion. G. Gordon A fro le m xan S S , proceed' og to Egypt to recruit their health. l The Nubia, front Alexandria, has just arrived with• the India mails, with the heavy portion of which she proceeds to Southampton this afternoon. The Valletta leaves immediately with the Overland mails for Mar seilles. She will have a clean bill of health, no new cases of cholera having been reported here for several days, INT wspivput "?, THE MEN OF THE TIGER IN fOS ._ 4 MENT AT ODESSA. A few days after our landing, as the empty 4 - 1-A0 magazine was not considered by the medical boa34-to' a healthy residence, the men were all removed tci+largoi house which had been occupied by a school, and was ca pacious enough to accommodate the whole of the ship's crew. The scholars had been transferred to the country, in the environs of the city. This establishment was about a quarter of a mile from the place still occupied by the officers, and outside the ruined fortress, at the foot of the gfacis ; it formed the corner of a large street in the suburbs of the city. Sentinels were posted in front of the two sides, and a strong guard was established on the opposite side of the street, facing the • entrance. There was abundant room in this building, one floor remaining unoccupied ; and the courtyard before the house afforded space in which the men could take the air, and exercise themselves with the school-boy games of their early days. One great com fort was a pump of good water, which gave the men an advantage over their officers, the latter being supplied with this element in casks brought to them daily. The town of Odessa is scantily supplied with good water, which the inhabitants are obliged to buy from carriers, who bring it in barrels from some little distance. The scholars' bedsteads, although rather short, were not otherwise objectionable to th• men, who accommo dated themselves on them, being accustomed to shorten their stature whilst sleeping in their hammocks. A piano, found in one of the rooms, was soon taken pos session of by those who could play on it ; and, with the assistance of a violin bought by subscription from a player in the orchestra at the Opera, and a flute that one of the men had brought away with him, a smart little band was organised, to which they danced merrily of an evening, whilst enjoying their pipes ; and thus whiling away the tinae, like true Jack Tars, made the best of their inac tion. As a remarkable proof of the power of excitement on the physical strength of the sailor, it may be stated, that often, after a hard day's work, the sound of the fiddle will bring out some young votary at the shrine of Terp sichore, who will go through such rapid evolutions with his feet as to astound the looker-on, persisting therein for 20 minutes or half an hour, as if his very life depended on them, and concluding without evincing any over fatigue after such violent exertion ; and others will then get up and emulate, if not surpass, the first dancer. It was fortunate that the men could have recourse to such innocent and healthy diversion, as it checked any ten dency to brooding over their fate, and useless longing after their homes. We were critically situated, as we could not be in formed of the probable duration of our detention ; and were thus left in 21 blank state of mind, easily conceived by any one who has felt the emptiness of uncertain expecta tions. As no Russian prisoners of war bad at that time been made by the English, we had no reason to hope for release by exchange of prisoners. The good effects of habits of order and discipline were strikingly shown, and in a manner very creditable to the men. As they were deprived of the surveillance of their officers, who were in another building, at some distance, and could not see them without a written permission, they appointed, of their own accord, one of the petty officers, who could speak French, as su perintendent ; and he, in conjunction with the others, established regulations for the cleanliness and order of the rooms, arranged the messes, abolished smok ing in the bed-rooms, and prescribed the ex tinction of lights at ten o'clock at night. These ar rangements—which tended greatly to their personal comfort, and secured the goodwill of those to whose care they had been consigned—were submitted to the first lieutenant for his approval, and any infringement of the rules was reported to him. Culprits might have been treated according to the Russian scale of punishment ; but the authorities kindly permitted the officers to im pose such penalties as they thought sufficient. It was found that exclusion from the society of their messinates for a few days was sufficient to bring any of them to a proper sense of their misconduct. The quarantine regu lations rendered solitary confinement impossible, as a guardian must always be in the same ward with the guarded. Besides the sentries stationed in front of the building, there was always a g reat many of the people of the town.' hanging about till a late hour, to satisfy their curiosity by the sight of the prisoners. Among these many kind hearted women brought bouquets of flowers, throwing them into the rooms, to the great amusement of the men, and establishing a telegraphic communication by s i gns an d the recondite language of flowers. As an instance of the for bearance and good nature of the Russian soldiers, I may relate that on one occasion, as the women pressed to o near the building, at the windows of which the men were standing, they were ordered off by the sentry, and the men were signed to retreat within ; one of them did so, but returned with a glass of water, which he poured over the astonished functionary, much to the amusement of the bystanders. One might have expected some dis, turbance or remonstrance onthe part of the soldiery, but no notice was taken of the affair, either by them or by the ruling authorities, who attributed the deed rather to Jack Tar's inherent delight in a joke than to any mali cious or improper feeling. As an instance of the satisfaction of the men felt at the kindly manner in which they had been treated, I would mention the fact of their having, at the end of their 21 days' probation, subscribed, of their own accord, to present a ring to one of the commissaries of quaran tine—a fine, hale old man of eighty-four, who had spent his life in that branch of the service.— A Personal Nar rative of the First Lieutenant of B.D.S. Tiger, by Alfred Royer, Lieut. R.N. 13.5 1 . z 46 all all all all 12s 1} pm THE MAIL CONTRACT SYSTEM. Public attention has just been called to another illus. tration of the mail contract system, the alleged circum stances being as follows :—The General Screw Company have lately established a line of steamers between Havre, Southampton, and New York in conjunction with an American line previously in existence. They advertised to take freight at 25 dol. per ton. The Cunard Company at Liverpool have for some time kept up a competition for this trade, the goods being brought from Havre to Liverpool in branch steamers, and there shipped in the mail contract boats. Their charge for freight has been 30 dol. per ton, and the lower price adopted by the Screw Company was considered a fair equivalent for the difference between screw and paddle boats. When the Screw Company advertised the Indiana, however, for the 3d of October, the Cunard Company put down their rate by theii vessel to leave Havre on the same day at 18 dollars. To meet this the Screw Company came down to 15 dols., whereupon the Cunard Company went as low as 12 dols.--a 'charge which, it is said, will only just cover the cost of conveying the goods from Havre to Liverpool (including trans-shipment), so that they actually propose to take them across the Atlantic for nothing. Of course, if this competition were between two companies starting upon equal terms, the public would have nothing to do with it, except to congratulate themselves temporarily upon the cheapness with which it enables them to carry on their trade. But the case is different when the funds by which one company contrives to crush another and to limit the facilities of commerce are derived from a Government subsidy. The Cunard Company receive an annual bounty of 188,0401., on the plea that, without such payment, no boats could carry on the Atlantic service at the requisite speed. If this plea be true, they have no need to attempt to drive off com petition, since no company can compete with them without certain ruin, and, even if such were not the case, it would still be hard to justify them in claim ing the trade between France and the United States as well as that between the United States and this country. Not lone- ago the same company con trived to induce the 'Board of Trade to refuse a charter to a company asking no bounty •or exclu sive privileges of any kind, but simply proposing to establish steam communication with Canada, on the ground that it would check private competition. We now see them availing themselves of all their power,- not only to annihilate a rival that has no exclusive advantages, but also to drive away Eng lish enterprise when it has just succeeded in esta blishing itielf on a route that has hitherto been con fined to American capitalists. Happily, the present Government have recognised in a great degree the argu ments that were so long vainly urged against the mono poly system ; but, if a final blow were wanting, the facts thus stated, unless they can be satisfactorily answered, would, it may be assumed, prove sufficient. It is, indeed, the system that is principally to blame. The Cunard Company, through the skill and energy o f their founder, have carried o n their business years with an efficiency that has e xcited and admiration,for many b ee n creditable to the coun tr y . That the y should tr y a to w a a y va a il ll t r il i e v m al s r e y l , ve a s nd of re th n edierradthveapnutabgliec s oas to sweep entirely depend ent upon them, is o nl y one of t h e common r esu lt s o f th e , position in which th e y have been placed.--Times. S TATE OF TRADE. s i crled ed b h ( F re e, the Manchester Gu ar di an o f S atur d ay. ) mtlecEporzn, Sept. 29.—O ur market i s still suffer ing, e t g h r e e e r , e f c r e o n m t i e that av y feeling e o s f . ' Th e shippers are doi ng extreme l y little, especially for the mo re distant m ar k e t s ; and the bi as of prices is slightly distrusti n though u w g h h i i h n a w a diminished unfavourable in some kinds of yarns, and more markedly so in goods suitable for India. The home manufacturers are, however, buying 203 to 34s twist and weft in the cop more freely than before ; and 32s cop twist, being scarce, is rather inclined to harden in price. GLASGOW, Sept. 29.—Our market keeps very steady. The inquiry from the trade being good they buy pretty freely. Prices of all descriptions of American cotton aro steady at last week's rates. Sea Islands fully one penny per lb higher. BRADFORD, Sept. 2S.—The business of to-day has been on the same limited scale as for several weeks, the spinners buying only what they require for immediate consumption, prices being such as to retard extended operations. Neils and brokes continue in request. HUDDERSFIELD, Sept. 26.—The market to-day in the Cloth-hall was not an improvement on the previous week, but rather under the average of what we have had to designate quiet these few weeks past. ROCHDALE, Sept. 25.—We have had a brisk market, and the demand for flannels is exceedingly good, at prices much the same as the preceding week. The wool mar ket has undergone little or no change ; the manufac turers buy very sparingly, and for immediate use only. THE TURKISH EXHIBITION. —Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, accompanied by the Princess Mary, honoured the Turkish Exhibition, TT —yde-park. corner, on Saturday, with their presence ) attended by the Baron Knesebecit and Major Purvis, 50 50 100 100 79 8 14i 554 I 13a i 2 3 50 25 • 12 12i 20 St. 20 St. 15 100 5 100 all 2/3 2 1 1 6i 6i all all all all 5 10 bt. St. 5 all all all 100 all St. St. 8 10 10 10 6 12i 12. 12i all I N 100 100 10' 25 10 ~.0.8 St. 20 20 20 25 100 all all 16 all 10s. 20 40 5 St. 25 20 20 20 10 :MB 1854.