The Sun. — London, England, 1854-09-26 00:00:00

maintain the strictest neutrality in the war between Russia and Turkey. Advices from Berne of the 18th state that the Federal Council has just decided.upon revoking the orders given for the concentration of troops on two points of the Swiss territory—namely, one in an eastern and the other in a western canton. . The Press of Vienna, of the 21st, positively states that the reinstallation of Prince Stirbey in Walla chia is only provisional, and that the deliberations of the plenipoterrtiaries, having for object the defi nitive settlement of administrative affairs, continue without interruption. The following passage in a letter from Giur gevo goes far to overthrow the theory of the _Lloyd, that the Turks intend to attack Bess arabia from the Black Sea :—" We hear hardly anything of the movements of the Turkish army in Wallachia, - but during the last few days a great deal of artillery and a vast. supply of provisions have been sent on towards Bucharest." The Austrian Soldaten Freund has a letter from Tirasopol of the 11th inst., in which the Russian forces iu the Crimea are set down at 140,000 men ! Since the Austrians entered Wallachia, a move ment on the part of the Russians towards the eastern part of the Galician frontier Las taken place. The journals of Tarbes complain that on the Spanish side of the Pyrenees bands of armed men prevent wine purclv.sed. by French dealers from being exported into France. The Russian head-quarters are at Kalarasch on the Byk, in Bessarabia. The Russians who have crossed the Pruth take strongly intrenehed posi- tions. The cholera is raging fearfully among the troops now in Bessarabia, and the murrain among the cattle is so general that precautionary measures to provent its spreading are no longer taken. A Galatz letter of the 13th distinctly says that the Turks intend to cross into Bessarabia. We are told that the operations will be carried on under the direction of Ferik Achmet Pasha, who is now at Galatz. _ _ The Russians are already constructing their "Bordei" (large pits with roofs of reeds and bul rushes) for winter quarters along the whole of the left bank of the Pruth. The Archduchess Maria of Austria, who is ill of typhus, is better, but not yet out of danger. The enormous quantity of 8,000 litres of adul terated wine was seized yesterday in the cellars of a large wine merchant in the Rue des Bour<mignons. The Marquis of Albaida has arrived at Valencia, the governor of which province is said to have received orders to arrest him. The French army in Greece has sustained a severe loss in the death of Colonel Faure of the 53d. Regiment, who died in the Piraeus on the 9th, from the consequence of an attack of cholera. The two most conflicting elements appear to have conspired against Silesia. The village of Kusser, 'which, had escaped inundation, was destroyed on the . night ,of the 18th. Upwards of thirty-five dwellings with their barns, stables, and store of grain and forage, fell a prey to the flames, and 430 inhabitants were left roofless and penniless. His Royal Highness the Prince of Prussia will leave Berlin on Monday for Weimar, and after a short visit there will return to the Rhine. Count Alvensleben has received the King's per mission to accept the Grand Cross of the Leopold order conferred upon him recently by the Emperor of Austria. His Excellency well deserves a Russian order also. The Prince Repent of Baden has returned to Baden. Lord Adolphus Loftus, her Majesty's chargé d'affaires, has had an interview with the Minister for Foreign Affairs. The publication of books in the Hebrew language is forbidden throughout Russia, unless each volume be stamped by the censors. It is said that Prince Menschikoff has instructed the admiral of the Russian fleet that in case of an attack being made on the fleet, he should, if pm ail le, break through the enemy's line, and fight it out on the open sea, rather than the fleet should remain in the harbour to be burnt. It is reported that on the 16th inst. a Turkish reconnoitring party from Isatchka crossed the Danube, and came into collision with the Russians at Satinowo. The affair seems to have terminated unfavourably to the Turks, who " retreated hastily to the right bank." It appears from advices received that the atten tion of the Russians was diverted from Eupatoria, to Balaklava by the division of the armada de tached to Anapa stopping to reconnoitre the coast at Balaklava, thus leading the enemy to suppose that the disembarkation was to take place at that point, being nearer to Sebastopol. Letters from Varna state that to the 13th inst. 5,000 Turks had arrived there to servo as a garrison. LIVERPOOL, Sept. 25.—The clipper ship James Baines, 2,500 tons register, arrived hero this morning, after an extraordinary run of 12'days 6 hours, having sailed from Boston on the 12th inst., at 1 p.m. WARERAM.—PRIDE OF BREAD TESTED BY A CON TRACT.—In this place the contract for the Union-house and parish was taken last week—good bread 41d., and flour at 30s. per sack.—Salisbury Journal. FEMALE PEDESTRIANISM.—Mrs. Dunne, the Bloomer pedestrian, accomplished her task of walking 1,000 half miles in 1,000 successive half-hours on Saturday morn ing, and so little distressed was she iv the feat that she immediately commenced another task of walking 150 quarter-miles in 150 quarter-hours, which she completed in due time.—Bristol Mirror. FATAL PRIZE FIGHT.—On Friday evening last, an investigation took place before the coroner of the city of York, touching the death of Joseph Jackson, who had been killed in a prize-fight. The jury returned a verdict of manslaughter against Hague as the principal, and against Kendall and Hall as being present aiding and abetting. On Saturday the prisoners were brought before the Lord Mayor and Mr. Barstow, magistrate, when an application to admit them to bail was granted. Tun BIRMINGHAM GUN TRADE.—There is a consider able increase of private military work, and preparations are being made for execution speedily. Whether to the extent of the notorious gun year, 1848, is at present un known, but great activity already exists, and unerring signs of large orders are apparent. As the birding-gun trade is flat, an incredible number of military guns are now capable of being made up ; and if the funds should be deposited faithfully to agreement, the gunmakers of Birmingham state that they could produce, of continental quality, arms far the equipment of probably an army of 200,000 men in sufficient time for a campaign in the en- suing spring. THE COAL TRADE.—From a Parliamentary paper re cently printed it appears that in the year 1853, 8,835,573 tons of coal, 40,142 tons of cin ders, and 195,269 tons of culm, in all 9,070,984 tons, wore shipped at the several ports of England, Scotland, and Ireland, coastways, to other ports of the united kingdom. In the same year 3,738,123 tons of coal, to the declared value of 1,507,9501., and 176,939 tons of cinders, to the declared value of 96,641/., were exported from the several ports of the united kingdom to foreign countries, and to the British settlements abroad. 4,026,985 tons of coal were brought into the port of London during the year, of which 3,373,256 were brought coa stwa y s, and 653,729 by inland navigation and land carriage. The export of coals to Russia during the yparlBs3,amounted to 212,762 tons, the dechired value of which was .78,559/. MURDER AT DURHAM. —Mr. Favell, the coroner for North Durham, held an inquest in the pit village of Kibblesworth on Thursday afternoon, on the body of Edward Liddell, a pitman, aged 28 years, who died on the previous night from wounds inflicted in a titreet fight. Liddell .and several other pitmen bad been drinking on " Pay Saturday," and bad com e-1 on to kept by a man named Ironside, until nearly midnight. The jury re turned a verdict of wilful murder against Woodcock, who has been committQd for trial at Durham assizes. GAROTTE 'ROBBERY NEAR WESLEY COLLEGE.—On Thursday night about half-past nine o'clock, Mr. Mi chael Hamilton, manufacturer, Wicker, was robbed and much ill used as he was proceeding to his residence at Broomhill. He was found by a gentlerfian shortly after wards, who assisted him to his residence, where he was attended by Dr. Baitolome, and he is now progressing satisfactorily. THE CORPORATION EXPENSES OF MELBOURNE. —The expenses of the corporation of the city of Melbourne are wholly paid from licenses to public-houses and the fines of drunkards granted and imposed by the police courts. - CHARGE OF EMBEZZLEMENT BY RAILWAY SERVANTS. "Ai Cambridge, on .Saturda,y, before the borough ma gistrates, a case was brought forward which excited a Considerable deal of interest, from the fact that the accused parties have hitherto moved in a most respect able sphere. A charge was laid by Mr. Fox, the district superintendent of the Eastern Counties Railway Com- Pany, against Benjamin Ward and William Looker — th e first a coaching inspector and deputy ticket-taker, and the latter head ticket-taker. The prisoners were remanded. Bail was taken for Ward, but refused for Looker. HABVEBT HOME ON THE ROYAL FARMS, WINDSOR. * -- On Saturday the whole of the laboure rs em p lo y ed on the N or f o lk, Flemish, and Bagshot farms, occu p ied by his Royal Highness Prince Albert, as well as the extra hands engaged for the harvest, with their wives, were regaled with an excellent dinner in the large barn on the Norfolk farm. DEATH-BY`-Dnowienvo.--We regret much to announce the melancholy death of Mr. George Maxwell, jun., of -fi.bercromby-square, who was drowned on Th u r sda y last, while fishing in one of the rivers on his father's estate of Glenlee, in Upper Galloway. DISCREDITABLE REFUSAL.—A few weeks ago the managers of the Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, received an appli ca ti on o f ra ther a no ve l character on this side of of the Atlantic. A lady graduate Cleveland College, Ohio, named Miss Blackwell, after Maternity having been em ployed a s h or t ti me i n the Royal Hospital, applied to the managers of the Royal Infirmary for leave to visit the fem a le wards of that institution, Permis sionaltimes to vi s it th e I n fi rmar y is, we believe, at most readily granted to gentlemen who have at English or roreign universities, and whe graduated m ding this city, desire it. The request of thaeyl, on a dy, however, was t o the manager's an- unprecedented one, 4 an4.tha tog y ,consideted# to_ ,ke their duty respeetfally t o biwooa 14)41ga1ti404/Cf9tircee, • MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at 7,000 bales, including 1,500 American taken for export and on speculation. The market was tame but steady, without change in prices. The sales comprised 4,500 American, 130 Pernam and Maranham at IPA. to 7id., 70 Bahia, at 62d., 400 Egyptian at 51d to 9d., 700 Surat at 3d. to 4d., and 400 Sea Island at 11d. to ls. 4d. per lb. Railway shares were firmer. The New Orleans Picayune says—" The prospects of the present crop are highly flattering, as we have had three months magnificent weather; but it is too soon to venture upon an estimate of the crop, as an early frost, followed by a wet fall, might nullify our anticipations. We have received 1,382 bales new cotton against 74 bales last year. The colour and staple are generally very good." There arrived yesterday in the Thames 59 ships from foreign parts, and 3 from Ireland, besides 22 colliers. Reviewing the state of trade in Mincing-lane during the last three weeks, Messrs. H. W. Jewes bury and Co. observe :—" We have again to report a dullness in the foreign and colonial produce markets, except for one or two articles more par ticularly noticed below. Importers have supplied the markets freely, but the amount of transactions at public sale has been limited ; yet privately a fair business has been done, which would have been further increased had importers been more inclined to meet the views of buyers. The stocks in the houses of dealers are small, but they confine their purchases to their immediate requirements. Within the last few days a considerable business has been done in rice and tea at higher rates, but the demand has now somewhat subsided. The de liveries from the warehouses continue good for home use, and for export there has lately been an improvement. The stocks generally are larger than at the corresponding period,:of last year. The continuation of fine harvest weather expe rienced during the month has enabled the crops to be gathered in in splendid condition, which, under present circumstances, is a boon of more than ordinary value, and has already been the means of giving greater confidence to commercial transactions. There has been an in creased demand for indigo and cochineal since our last, and both of these articles have increased in value, the tendency being still to higher rates. In other dyes there is little or no alteration to notice. The late accounts from the Continental Produce Markets report more activity in consequence of the abundant crops of grain throughout the greater part of Europe. The late failures at Manchester and Liverpool have created much distrust in the cotton manufacturing districts, and prices are not so firm. In the woollen districts the manufacturers are well employed and the demand being quite equal to the supply prices are firm, and the stocks continue below an average." Money is still in demand at sto 5 per cent. for first-class paper, and 51 to 7 for other bills and securities. On "call," the rate allowed is 4 per cent. vV In the English Stock Market there is no rally after the depression which occurred yesterday after noon, and the business doing is more limited even than fur some time past. Consols have been 95 to 95i for transfer, and 95k for account. The job bers complain of the extreme dullness that pre vails, but there are two or three circumstances which readily explain it. In the first place, at this season of the year many influential members of the "House" are in the country, and certainly a large proportion of the moneyed interest aro away. Secondly, it is well known that during the present year the specu lators have been frequently " wrong" in their operations, and therefore to some extent disgusted with their frequent losses, for whether they ope rated for a rise or fall, they have been alternately frightened out of their account, by some extra ordinary political rumour or threatened change. If we are to believe the members of the Stock Exchange, they have not benefitted by the sums which the outside speculators have dropped, since, with a few exceptions, the members themselves assert that they have been equally unlucky. Seve ral of them made a great mistake in obstinately adhering to the belief that the Chancellor of the Exchequer could not do without a loan ; others were foiled because the war progressed more tardily than they had hoped ; and third parties lost alter nately on each " tack" by changing their accounts at critical moments. The inquiry will naturally bo made, therefore, "Who have been the gainers ?" And we presume that the answer must be that capitalists and the richer classes of annui tants among the public who bought for money during the panics and periods of depression, have added to their wealth by the steady advance, having disregarded the occasion, checks, and reac ti o n. The minor dabblers and the mere time dealers have not done well this year, and thus far the poor have become poorer, as is too often the case when venturing beyond their means. Exchequer Bills are Os. to 9s. premium. The Bonds of 1859 are at 99k. In the foreign market the feature is a further decline in the Turkish Scrip. The contractors and their friends who kept such a largo proportion of the loan to themselves, and thereby failed to secure the good-will of the Stock Exchange, now expe rience the result when they attempt to sell out. The quotation has been 2i and 3 this morning, and as low as 2i to 2g prem. Grenada Deferred Bonds have been done at 6. Buenos Ayres Stock is 55-. The following are the nominal prices of foreign stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6 to 6i ; Mexican, 241 to 25 ; Peruvian, 70 to 72 ; ditto 3 per Cents., 51 to 53 ; Portuguese 4 per Cents., 40 to 42 ; Russian 5 per Cents. , 98 to 100 ; ditto 41- per Cents., 87 to 89 ; Spanish New Deferred, 18/ to 18i ; ditto 3 per Cents., 374 to 38 ; ditto Certificates, 5 to 5i ; ditto Passive, 4 to 41. The following are the railway " calls" due in October : Date due. Call. *Central Peninsula of Portugal Cork and Youghal Dublin and Drogheda, Pref. 25/..... 1...2 10 18,500 *Grand Trunk of Canada, shares A., 9...2 10 unkwn. *Do. do., Debentures 1 and 2, 9..10 0 unkwn. *Great Luxembourg, Constituted ... 12...2 0 unkwn. London and North-Western, 201.... 14...4 0 123,868 Do. M and BC, 101. 14...4 10 256,720 Midland, New 51., 4 per cent 24...2 0 270,000 Portsmouth *Royal Danish *Victor Emanuel West Cornwall 7...2 0 32,130 Wimbledon arid Croydon 10...1 10 6,820 £1,000,538 * The proportion called by foreign companies is 215,0001., but the holdings of English proprietors are not known. Total called in 1 854 £11,197,559 Railway Shares have rather improved upon the lowest prices of yesterday, but there is still palpable irregularity and heaviness in the quotations. The foreign lines are dull. Mining Shares are quiet, and the Banks firm. Crystal Palace are depressed. Australian Agri cultural are firmer. BRITISH FUNDS. THIS DAY.-CLOSING PRICES, ( Prom the Official List.) 20 10 12i 1 St. 50 40 812 s En.iness done. 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 95-i 5 India Bonds, 13000 ....... Exchequer Bills, lid. £l000 .2500 Small 6 9 p Exchequer Bonds 1858, 3i per Cent; — Ditto 1859, ~ PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent lOl Buenos Ayres- Bonds, 6 per Cent SSA Danish Bonds, 1825, 3 per Cent Ditto 5 per Cent. Grenada Bonds, Deferred Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent.. ...... Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent s7i Spanish NOW Deferred, 3 per Cont. lB3 Spanish Committee Cert, of Coup. not fun si p Turkish Scrip Ditto for the Account 2i 3 2liiip Dividends on the above payable in London. THREE O'CLOCK. St. 25 25 50 ,Console Ditty Oatober Account St. 10 St. 25 100 20 25 25 25 SHARE MARKETS. (THIS DAY.) BRITISH RAILWAYS. Closing Prices this lay. 21i - 22 , 41 - 5 9 -9; 11 —lO d 17 - 18 7 - 95 - 97 65 - 651; 15 - 16 le 12 2 - 7 - 7 16 - 17 114 - 12 35 - 40 24 26 68 - 70 57 - 59 ••• - 22 - 24 88 -88 A 70 - 72 121 - 126 91 - 93 72 „". 1 , 72i 72 - 76 80 - 85 8 -l0 t 8 -10 714 - 72 511 - Si Bi— -103 105 ,101 i 1024 par p par p 8 - ' 83 85 9 Bdl 8 7d 2Ai - 25 70i 7O 41 - 43 d— par 8i 7il 2g 2i 5A - 49 - 51 3i 3 32 ... 33 8 10 64 -- 77i -- 78 5t -- bid -34 d 5 55 -- 1 56 54 -- 56 --1 p - ip - 6 7 d p 32 - 34 ... .. 97 99 62 64 74 i 3 3id 13. - 63/ 64 4 33 - 34 2 - 34 - 36 4f 4i 24 - 4- 5 ; 6 7 - 7b Gi - 7 1 I - it 4 - 3(i d— i p ."-' ••• P 2 el 32i —32 i 2t td i d ''''' ••• Business dons this day. '6i ---- cl 7 6 - ... 9 7d 9 7d A - it) A - iP ... •.• ld "--:- par id iP 2 4p ".."' • • • dis 2 1 1 3i 1 lip ... .. Par i . P • - ••• • """' ••• • '. ••• . ..... ••• 7 - 7i 341 -- 348 .21 -12 i - 0 -10 19i -- 19ip 48- 50 38 - 40 • • Pm 231 — 2 3 i i —l bP d - it Si .. - pm s' -_-_ 5 ~ - ... iii - 17 BANKS. 83 -- 85 — i. = yci i9i 301 3 2i d 21i 22 311 i 38 = 40 42 - 44 - 46 67 -69 7i si 231 THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 26, 185 4. RAILVATS. Aberdeen Ambg. Nottng. Boat. and Eastn. Junct Belfast & Ballymena Birming. Wolverh. & Stour Valley Birkeuhd. Lanesh. & Cheshire Junet Do. Chesh. & Birk.,: £5O and 1-.!25 ConsH Do., ...... Myth & Tyne original £25 (issd. at £45) Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Caimarthen and Car diean Chester C.; Holyhead Cork and Bandon Cork, Black, & Pass Cornwall Crieff Junction Dull in &Belfas tJunc Dundee Perth &Abe r, deco Junction Do. New ...... East Anglian Eastern Counties Eastern Union, Stock De., B. Stock Do., New A 1100 8.5 all MO zll 00 all 100 LOO 12 2. 100 42A 34 . all 'East Lancashire. Edinburgh & Glasgow Edinb. and Peebles..., Edin. Pan &Dundee' Forth & Clydo June. Glasgow & S. Weston , Great Northern Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Sth. &Wost.(lro ); Great Western Do. Stour Val. Rail Gua. Stk Irish South-Eastern Lancaster & Carlisle Do., Thirds Do. Now Thirds Lancash.andYorksh Do., Fifths Do., Wst. Riding Un Liv.Orsby.&Soutlipt London & Blackwal Loud. Bright & S.Cst. Loud. and N. Westn. Do, Fifths Do.lo/. 5h.,D1&13 ( Do. Eighths London andS. Westn. Do., £5O Do., .£4O Lndndrryez Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk. Aanch.Shef.& Linen Do., Man. & Lin. Un. Do. Birmn g. & Derby Aidld. G. West. (Im) Do. Half Shares Newcastle & Carlisle Newmkt.BuryEaton Nwpt.Aberg. &Hrfd Newry & Enniskillen Newry Warrenpoint add Rostrevor Norfolk Northn.Conntics Un. North British North Devon, No. 1. Do., No. 2 _ _ A Deferred Do., 1 B Guaranteed N. Eastern—Berwick Do. do. Extension Dodo. G.N.E. Purch, Do. Leeds Do. York North London Do. New .£lO.. N.&S.Wstrn.,Hamp stead, and City Ju North Staffordshire North Western N. & S. Westi n. June. Nuneaton, Hinckley and Leicester........ Oxford, Worcester,& Wolverhampton Portsmouth Scottish Contral,, IScottishMidland ihrewsby, & bereft' Shropshire Union Do, A, 13, C,&D,full paid up at per eon' south Mayon south Eastern South Wales • Yrksh. t Riv. Dun 3taines, Wok. &Wok tockton & Darling•. itoektort & Hartlepl Taff Vale 9G 654 t 50i 32i 3 3 i i 35i t, 23} 3 la i Do. £l.O shares. Prof.,Do. No. 1.. 'lames Haven Dock and Railway Vale of Noath Waterfcl. & Kilkenny Waterford&Limeriek West Cornwall 'West End of London and. Crystal Palace Vest London Wimblecbi&Croydoll FOREIGN. Antwerp&Rottordam Belgian Basta. June. Beziers to Graissessac Bombay, Barod2., and Central I ndia,Scrip Central of Italy Demerara Dijon and Besancon Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France . Do. Now East Indian.. Do. Extension. Do. 4i p. c. Bds., pay. '57, Convertible - - Do. do, do., '&9, do Gd. Junct. of France Gd. Tk of CanadaA is. Do. do Do. St. Lawrence Atlantic do. Do. Cart. of Deben., con. into Stk. till '63 Do. Comp. 6 p. e. , do. Gt. Central of France Gt. Indian Peninsula Do. New 5 per cont. Gt. Western of Canada Shares . Do. Bds., payable's7, with option till '55 Do. do., '62, p. '56 Do. do., '76, p. '6O Do. do., '73, without option Hamilton & Toronto Do. 6 per cent. Lako Const. & Basle Lucca & Pistoj a 5 p.c. prof... Great Luxembourg Constituted Shares Do. Obligations Lyons and Goneva Lyons & Mediterran. . _ Madras Do. New Maria Antonia Do. do. New Melbourne Dk. & Ry Namur & Liege (with interest) Do. (ex interest) Northern of France D 0.20/. Shs.late Char leroi and Erquelines guar. 3a p. o. & red. at 2*. dur. 88 yrs. from 1 Jan. 1854 Do. 20/. 3 p. c (fmy.B.& Ams. Shs.) NorwegianTrunkPref Paris and Lyons Ditto Bonds Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen ParisCaen & Cherbrg Rouen and Havre Royal Danish Royal Swedish Sambre and Mouse Do. 5i p. cent. Pref , Southern of France I St. Andrew's and Quebec (A) West Flanders Do 54 per e. Pref 1 Western of France_ I West. of Switzerland Wiesbaden Zealand JOINT-STO , al Australasia ill British Colonial Bank and Loan Company al British N. American Chartd. Bank of Asia, 2 Chrtd. Bnk. of India, Australia, & China 25 Colonial i 0 Commercial of Lond 14 English Scottish and Australian ill Load. Chart. Bk. of Australia 20 London and County 10 London Joint Stock 20 Lond. & Westminster 35 National Provincial of England 10 Do. New 22 National of Ireland all Now ._ all Oriental South Bank of Corporation. 25 provincial of Ireland all Do. New 1 g o yal Australn.Bkg. & aold Imp Co all south Australia all Union of Australia._ 2i bo. Now 10 than of London.. „I 17 11i i 691 81 58i 7 72i I i 71i a a 21 2 8$ 103 0 1011 i 2 25 7o I 78i 8 per cent. 64i i n id 33}4 LINES LEASED AT FILED RENTALS. iPaid. l . Leasing Compans•l London & N. West. L. &N.W. Caledon... Gt.Nrthn. Caidonian. Do Gt. Westn Th. New. ' & Berw. Y.StNMd Po.. Eastern Do 1 Peto k Co. Norfolk.. L.& N. W. & Stckton kl Darl;no ts t .• .1 E. Count, ..... ,Do • &N.W &Ln&Yk Do GtNorthn Lancarh & Yorksh. Nl.MClean Stockt. Darlingt D 0.. . IGtwestn. - 1- i - 13A - ••• ..' Nd - Si 11A - 12 - ip 111 - 113 I -1 • i - 1 A , - 1 . - • • ••• i . - i ••• 8 -- t3i a 36 ii 2 27 29 a i - ••• - ... 6 * --6 t I - 6 - 8 i - I 1 - g 8 - 34 t __ I IClostas Prices this day. PREFERENCE SHARES. ii = leo 13 lhp1 i 22 - 24 - 114 - 116 106 - 108 100 - 102 6 -- 6A 99 -- 101 99 -- 92 93 -- 95 11 -- 114 17 -- 18 11 -- 114 75 -- 77 19i -- 90 9i -- 10 144 --15. 137 -- 139 2 - 2ip r s 10 12 137 139 1 ld - 90 103 - 106 92 - 94 - 3i I -- id 12 -- 14 id par 23 —23 99 101 17 —l9 ... ..- • i •• 2 d ;.~~ ~ ••• ... 42 - 44 i - 62 - 51 2 - 4p 12 - 14 2 ii - I - iP 15i -16 i 2 1 -- 15 Business this day. RAILWAYS. Bedford and Blotchley Buckghamsh Clydesdale Jo E. Lincoln gr 6 per cent. Gins. Barr. & Neils. Direct Do. New Glstr.4 Dn. Fr Dk. & Railway ull & Selby Do. Shares. Do. 3 Shares. Lon.& Greenw Do. Preference Lon., Til., & S.' Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Do. 6 per et. Manch. Bxtn and Matlock Middlesbro' & Redear Nlidld.Bradfd. Northern au!i Easternsp.e. Do. 6 per et. Do. Fixeds p Prest. & Wyrc Do. i Shares. Boysln.& Hit. 'Shef.Roth.and Goole g. 5 p.c. S. Staflordsh. Wear Vali eygr. 6 per cent Do Wilts&Sorurst 100 5 lop all all all all all Aberdeen. Do. No. 2, 7 p. c Blyth and Tyne lOper c. pref. (issd. at 501) Bris. & Er. 4 p. c. St. Do. 4 p. c. Shares Caledonian £lO Chester & Holyhead Guar. 5i per cent Do. do. Pref. No. 2 Do. do. Pref. No. 2 Cork &Bandons gyp. c Dundee Perth &A ber deen Junction EastAnglian (4:310s) 6 per cent Do. (£5) 7 per cent Do. (X 7 17s) 7 p. c Eastern Counties Ex. tension, 5 p. c. No. jDo. No. -2 Do. New 6 p. c. St. Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent Do. 51., 10 nor cent Do. 101. Dobentr.Sh- Do. do. 4 per cent East Lancash.6 p.cts East and West York shire June. Fifths 'EclinbPrth.&DandLe 4 per cent. Gla;gow&S.Westeri Guar. 5 per cent , Great Northn. 5 p. c Do. 5 p. c. Redeem., at 10 p. c. prom Do. 4i p. c Gt.N. of Scot. Ist Prel Gt. Southn.drWestm. (Ireland) Eighths)... Do. 4 per c. Pref. St. Gt. Westn. (Berke Hants Ex. 5 p. c)... Do. coo. red. 4i p.c. Do. con. red. 4 p. c. Do. irred. 4p.c. Do. Birm, Pref. Q... Do. Chester S p: c•P•S• Do. do. 5' p. c, do Do. Birm. Gua. SW. 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. • Do. Pref., 5 p. e. St Do. Now Guar.6 p. c Lon. &N. W., Cot. & Nuneaton 5 p. et. London & S. Weston Con. Thirds Londonderry& Color Shares Londy. & Ennis. SL Shef., & Shares, No. 1. ... Do. New, £lO Do. £8 Nfarypt . be Carl. 4 p.c Du. 4i per cent Do Consol.6 p.c.St Do. Cousol. Bristol & Birm. 6 per cent Do. Pref. 4i per cent Norfolk Debenture Do. Pref. 4 p. c. Stock Do. 5 p. c. Eat Do. 5i per ct. prof. Do. Val. 5 p. c North British g. E. Berw, 4 p.c. P. Do. do. do Do. Leeds 6 p.c No.l Do. do. Quarters '4B Do. York IL& S. r. North Staffordshire Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverh.£ls, 6 p.c. scot. Cent. , New Pret Do. 5 per cent....... South Dovon Do. fixed, 4A per cent S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. d Do. 4A per cun t S.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar S. Wales Gua. 4 p. 0 Do. do. 4A p. c Stockton and Dar lington, 4 per cent Do. do. do. Stockton and Hartle- pool, guar. 5 till Ist July, 1855 Watorfcl.&Kilk.6p.c.l MINES. AgraFria ............. Anglo Austen Gold A.uglo Californian Australian . ... Australian Cordillera Australian Freehold. Ave Maria . ........... Baden (Gd. D uchy of) Blmnarvon Iron and Coal ....... British Iron ...... Brazilianlmp. (issued at £5 pm ............. Do. Comes & Cuiada Do. St. John Del Rey Carsons's Creek.,...., Clarendon COILS. Min; Co. of Jamaica__ Cobre Copper Colonial G01d..... Copper Min. o f Eng Do. Pref. 7i p. cent Copiapo ........... English and Austin. Copper Smeltg. Co Fortuna Genera 1........ Gt.NuggetVeiniteg. Great Polgooth. Liberty - Linares IMariquita ..... I NexiCan&S. America. New Granada ..... New Linares Mining' and Smelting Co Nouveau Monde__ Pontgiband Silver Lead Min. & Smelt Port Philip Quartz Rock Rhymney Iron Do. New Santiago de Cuba South Australian Tin Croft ..... United Mexican Waller West Mariposa Worthing Mining of Australia ;Yuba MISCEL Aubin Coal and Iron Australian A gricult. Australsn.Pcific. Mail Anstraln. Royal Mail Berlin Water Works Brit. American Land Brit. & Coln. Smeltg. and Reduction Co.. 60 all all all 6 - 43 • •• . ••• 65 ..... 70 N - 103 Canada Canada Gov. 6 p. et. Jan. and Ju1y........ Crystal Palace Crystal Pal. of France Eastern Steam EloctricTelegraph(A) Electric Teleg. of Ir. Gen. Steam Navigat. General Screw Stearn Irish Beetroot Sugar Magdalena St. Navig. Moditeran. Elec. Tel. Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel Netherlands Land N. S. W. Coal Is Inter. Steam Navigat. Co. N. B. Australasian... Nrth.ofEuropeSteam' Peel Rr. Ld. & Mbar]. Peninsular& Oriental Do. • Do. ... Portland Iron Co 2 2i x d Royal Mail Steam Scot. Austral. Invest 2 2 1 South Austral. Land 36 38 übmar. Telegraph i 1 ' 10. Registered. i 1 r, Viva MC:IMA 14110 1154 14i 1071 23 3i I 42} 2 LlO - 111 21 - 2i 16 -17' •. i --- ••. •-• li ... ..-.0 .„ . I ."-* i 3i = iii 1101 2i MABKET SEWS-(THIS DAY.) HAY MARKETS. SMITIIFIELD.—Meadow hay, 21 103 to 4/ 103 ; clover ditto, 41 Os to 61 Os ; and straw, 1/ 6s to 1/ 14 8 p er l oad. Supply good, and trade dull. CIIMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, 2/ 113 to 4/ 12 s ; clover ditto, 3/ 103 to 610 a ; and straw, 1/ 8s to 1/ 16s per load WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 21 103 to 4/ 10 s; c l over ' ditto, 3/ 15s to 61 Os ; and straw, 1/ 8s to 1/ 15s per l oa d . Both hay and straw sold slowly, at our quotations. A moderate supply and a sluggish demand, ••• - ••• 95 - 100 98 - 100 139 - 141 ii 1 -- - ii foe -- 102 50 -- 51 25 -- 254 124 -- 134 23 -- 24 11a -- 111 2ixdl ii'i : iii 5g - 60 136 = lii ii = fid ... - •• • 30 - 31 94 - 99 COLONIAL. SUGAR.—The small public sales to-day aro going off steadily. Barbadoes low to fine is worth 30s to 39s ; West India brown 28s to 31s; Mauritius low to good brown 25s Gd to 30A 6d ; Bengal yellow low to fine 29s Gd t 0.365; and white Benares 37s Gd to 41s Gd ; Madras grainy 36s to 42s ; and brown 26s Gd to 27s Gd per cwt. The quantity of British Plantation landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 2,828 hhds 49G trs 1,119 brls ; there were for home consumption 1,247 hhds 122 trs 580 brls. The stock in the same places is 16,253 hhds 2,851 trs 5,352 brie. Privately, a cargo of 1,270 boxes yellow Havana, average 15i, sold at 24s 3d for Memel. Refined is steady; brown lumps 435, and grocery 4:3s Gd to 49s per cwt. COFFEE,—In this article the purchases have been con !hod to a few bags good ord. Native Ceylon at 455, and Plantation mid at 57s Gd, Rio ord 425. lltim.,The quantity lauded last week at the East and West India was 1,690 puns 110 hhds. There were taken for home consumption 279 puns 21 hhds, and exported 233 puns 213 hhds. The stock in the same places is 11,983 puns 1,835 hhds. RICE.—At auction 7,053 bags Bengal were offered. and all bought in at 13s to i4s for good mid to good white; Bengal privately has been sold at 12s 9d to 13s for good mid. _ . . TEA.—Tho market is dull. The current prices are : Congou ord to good ord 10d to lOid, rather blackish leaf is I.ld to is 3d, blackish leaf is 4d to is 10d. Pekoe kind 1s 10(1 to 2s 3d. Souchong, good ord to but mid 104 to is 2d, ditto mid to good mid Is Gd to 2s 3d. Flowery Pekoo is 4d to 3s 4d. Caper Is 2d, ditto scented is ld to is Gd. Orange Pekoe is 2d to is 4d, ditto scented is 8d to to 2s Gd. Twankay, good ord to but mid 101 d to is ld, ditto mid to Hyson kind is ld to is 2d. Hyson skin, ord to good ord 10(1 to ls, ditto but mid to mid Is 2d to is 3d. Hyson, good ord is 7d, ditto but mid is 8d to is 9d, ditto mid to good mid 2s to 4s. Young Hyson is 3d to 2s Gd, ditto Canton kind lOid to is 2d. Imperial is 3d to 2s, dito Canton kind Is to is 2d. Gunpowder is 5d to 3s 6d, and Canton kind 9d to is 5d per lb. INDIGO.—The market is firm at the advance of Gd to 8d per lb upon last July rates. TALLOW.—On Saturday it opened steady, with a good demand on the spot ; but on the delivery of the letters to the 4th (16th) it became flat, and closed at a decline of about Gd. per cwt. The immediate cause of this decline was that the comparative lists of tallow despatched from Russia showed as follows :—Shipped at Cronstadt to this date (1853), 60,895; despatched overland from all places to this date (1854), 47,180. It is mach to be regretted that we have not more perfect information as to the actual po sition of this tallow " despatched ;" but comparing the shipments at Cronstadt last year with the actual shipment at Archangel and Prussian ports this year, the following would be the result as nearly as our information goes : Shipped at Cronstadt in 1853 to 4th (16th) Sept., 60,895; of which arrived about 25,000. Since Saturday the market has been again quiet, and but little business has been done speculatively, and our closing prices are—Spot, new, 64s (1853) ; old, 63s 3d to 6d ; Oct. and Dec. 63s 3d ; Dec. and Jan. 63s 9d ; Jan. and March, 61s ; separate months, 63s 9d to 645. " Sorts" are scarce, and are quoted—Australian sheep, 64s and 63s ; Beef, 62s 6d to 61s ; South American, 63s to 64s 9d ; Town tallow, 62s Gd nett cash. Tallow Elaine, 58s Gd. Palm oil, 45s to 47s 6d ; cleaned, 51s. Cocoa-nut oil—Cochin, 50s Gd ; Ceylon, 49s 6d. Linseed oil, 345. LLOYD'S SHIPPING--(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Sept. N.—Wind this day at Noon, W. light breeze, and fine clear weather. OFF THE WIGHT, Sept. 26.—Alcides, for Hull ; Ludvig Auguste, from Hambargh, for Jamaica; Rapid, Waster wick, for Rio Janeiro. DOVER, Sept. 25.—Wind, N.N.W. Arrived—Jane, from London, for Belfast, with loss of sails. Sailed—Jane Archibalds, for Sunderland, after repairs. PORTSMOUTH, Sept. 25.—Wind, N.N.W. Arrived— Jacobus Duf, from Onega, for Bordeaux; Lena, London, for Trieste ; Eliza, do. , for Nap les ; Rattlesnake, New castle, for Civita Vecchia ; San Paolo, do., Genoa • Vale rie, do , for Toulon; Orion, Shields, for Cadiz. gailed— Walmer Castle, for Cherbourg. COWES, Sept. 25.—Wind, N.N.W. Sailed—Egham, for Malaga. SOUTHAMPTON, Sept. 24.—Wind, N. Arrived—Argyle (s), from Carentan. Sailed—lndian (s s), for Havre. DARTMOUTH, Sept. 25.—Wind, W. Sailed—Escort, for Labrador. PLYMOUTH, Sept. 25.—Wind, W. Arrived—Friend schaft, from Corsoer.; her Majesty's steamer Hornet, from Portsmouth, for China. GLOUCESTER, Sept. 25.—Arrived—Barmah, from Que bec ; John Moore, do. ; Nancy, Trieste. BRISTOL, Sept. 25.—Wind, N.W. Arrivod—J. K. L., from Quebec ; Nymph, Marseilles.—The Robert Alex. Parke (barque), of Belfast, from Quebec, was passed, waterlogged and breaking up, Sept. 14, in lat. 48 N., 35 W., and the crew taken off, by the Cosmo, arrived hero. SHIELDS, Sept. 25.—Wind, W.N.W. Arrived—Echo, from Quebec ; Starling, Licata ; Competitor, Girgeuti ; Betsey, Carthagena. HULL, Sept. 25.—Wind, N.W. Arrived--N. Signora del ltoschetta, Taganrog ; Heinrich, do. ; Sea Gull (s), Rotterdam ; Ocean Queen (s), do. Sailed—Dowthorpe, for Bombay. STAR CROSS, Sept. 25.—Wind, N. Arrived—Akbar, from Rio Grande ; Edina, Smyrna. SWANSEA, Sept. 25.—Wind, N.E. Arrived—Owen Glendower, from Coquimbo. Sailed—Marnus Willem, for Port Wakefield ; Drie Vriondon, Singapore ; Argyle, Coquimbo ; Countess Bective, Cuba ; Col. Ledvard, No w York ; Jane , Madeira ; Louisa, Gibraltar. MILFORD, Sept. 24.—Wind, N. Arrived—Little Nell, from Quebec, for Solve; Ellen Simpson, Quebec. WATERFORD, Sept. 24.—Wind, W.N.W. Arrived— Boreas, from Quebec. TORBAY, Sept. 25.—Arrived—Lochnagar, from London, and sailed for Adelaide, S.A. ; Abbott, Loudon, and sailed for Mauritius; Pakenham, London, and sailed for the Persian Gulf ; Gundroda, London, and sailed for Hong Kong. CHRISTIANSUND, Sept. 17.—The Cleopatra (French fri gate), from Bomarsuird to Cherbourg, is at Flekeroe ; also a Hanoverian vessel, prize to her Majesty's steamer Conflict. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Tuesday, 10 a.m. Wind W., light breeze, and find. Arrived —Georgina, from Licata ; Bela Marina, Maza gan ; Enosis, Taganrog ; Union, Ostend ; Tuscarora, Phila delphia. Sailed.—William Owens, for Africa ; Ben Nevis, Gal veston ; Spray of the Ocean and Lin:Auden Castle, Mel bourne ; Gondar, Charleston ; Charles Sprague, New Orleans. (ET SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH.) • GRAVESEND, Tuesday, 9.53 a.m. • Wind, N.W. ; tide last hour's ebb ; fine. Arrived, 25th—Faith, from Jamaica ; Citizen, steamer, Bordeaux. 26th—William, from Rouen. Sailed—City of Boulogne, steamer, for Boulogne. DEAL, Tuesday, 9.40 A.M. Wind, N.W., fresh. Passed—Dawson, from Newcastle for Constantinople ; Rienzi, London for Adelaide ; Pantaloon, London for Port Natal ; Raratan, London for St. John's ; Caliance (sup posed), Sunderland for Calcutta. SWIFT AND LEAP-THAR.—The following occurs in the .journal to Stella, March 1, 1710-11 :—" Morning—l have been calling to Patrick to look in his almanac for the day of the month ; I did not know but it might be leap-year. The almanac says it is the third after leap year, and I always thought till now that every third year was leap-year. I am glad they come so seldom ; but I am sure it was otherwise when I was a young man. I see times are mightily changed since then." Swift did not pick up much ordinary school learning while he was young ; but the above is almost beyond compre hension. That he bad a good head for figures, and for expressing proportions in numbers, any one who has been with him to Lilliput and Brobdignag will not fail to see. Possibly he might have picked up his notion in this way. Say that in 1679.80 he happened to see the almanac (which counted 1680 from January 1, as did all the almanacs), from which he would learn that 1680 is leap-year. Suppose that in 1683-84 he happened to note February 29, from the common parlance of those about him, as falling in 1683, and to remember that the last year was in 1680. With such a departure he might live in the belief that leap-year comes every three years. —From "Notes and Queries." SERIOUS IRISH RIOTS AT LIIIDER.—This usually quiet burgh was the scene of great excitement and alarm on Monday last, in consequence of the riotous behaviour of about 300 Irish reapers collected from the neigh bourhood. Quarrels arose among them during the fore noon ; sticks, sickles, fists, find hobnailed shoes being freely employed. At twelve o'clock the appearance of a party of the dragoons from Kelso on their way to Edinburgh put a stop to their riotous proceedings. Thinking that they had been sent to put them down, the belligerents at once took to flight and made off in sepa rate directions, the greater number taking the road to Stow. But hero the most serious part of the distur bances took place. A most determined struggle ensued, the Irish using their hooks with the most blood-thirsty intentions. Finding themselves likely to bo over powered, the townspeople at last fired upon their oppo nents, not without repeating a warning ; and their wea pons being loaded with small shot took effect upon four or five of the Irish, who were afterwards secured. Four prisoners were secured at last and lodged in gaol. The ringleader, however, unfortunately escaped. Border Advertiser. 'ENGLISH NEWS FROM RIISSIA.--The following para graph, which we translate from the Journal ds St. Petersbourg, will be news indeed to most of our readers : —" Lieutenant Perry, who was on board the Tiger when it was taken by the Russians at Odessa, has been brought before a court-martial. The young man has been acquitted on account of the long and loyal services of his father, but is obliged to leave the royal navy of England and sell his commission. This has caused great excitement, and numerous subscription lists are already opened in favour of Lieutenant Perry." THZ BISLH SOCIETT.—During the past year the Bible Society has circulated, at home and abroad, the great number of 1,367,528 copies of the Scriptures, making the total issues since the formation of the society to amount to no less than 27,933,631 copies.—atureheand State Gazette. BIEMINGHAM.—This town, hitherto free from the fatal malady, has at length been visited, and four deaths from Asiatic cholera took place on Tuesday last, but happily, up to the present time, no flesh case has occurred. THE GENERAL T.HANKSGIVING. A Prayer of Thanksgiving to Almighty God, for the present Abundant Harvest. To be used at Morning and Evening Service, after the General Thanksgiving, in all Churches and:Chapels in England and Wales, and in the town of Berwick-on-Tweed, on Sunday, the Ist of October next. Almighty God and Father, of whose only gift it cometh that the earth is made to yield its increase for the sustenance of man, vouchsafe, we beseech Thee, to accept this our sa crifice of praise and thanksgiving, that Thou hest crowned the year with Thy goodness, and canseth the earth to bring forth abundantly, that it might give seed to the sower and bread to the eater. We acknowledge, 0 Lord, that it is of Thy great mercy that the evils of want and scarceness are not added to the dangers of warfare abroad, and the terrors of pestilence at home. We might have sown much, and brought in little; the Leaven might have been stayed from dew, and the earth stayed from her fruit. But Thou hest dealt gra ciously with Thine unworthy servants, and bast blessed the labours of the husbandman, and filled our garners with all manner of store. And now, Lord, we entreat Thee, to gether with these temporal mercies, to bestow the inesti mable gift of Thy Holy Spirit, that a due sense of Thy goodness toward this land may awaken in us a more sincere repentance town , d Thee, and a more earnest faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ. Grant that the dangers by which we are still threaten e d—th e pestilence which - walketh in darkness, and the sword which destroyeth at noon dav— may lead us to a more active obedience to Thy laws, a more earnest endeavour to conform to Thy will, anti to advance Thy glory. Dispose the hearts of those to whom abun dance has been given, to use that abundance in relievine• the necessities of the poor and destitute ; that, whilst re a p y base gathered plenty, none may pine i n want and penury. 'rhea may thy judgments and Thy mercies alike work together for the spiritual benefit of 311 the people of this land, and tend to graft in their hearts au increasing love and fear of Thee, our only refuge in the time of trouble.* Hear, we beseech Thee, 0 Lord, these our humble peti tions, and receive these our thanksgivings,lfor his sake, our only Mediator and Advocate. Amen. 4 ' To bo added where the cholera prevails : And may the frequent instances of mortality which we have seen remind us all of the nearness of death, and of the judgment that is to follow ; that, whether living or dying, we may be found faithful disciples of Him who has taken away the sting of death, and opened the gate of everlasting life to all believers. BUBNIIVG OF BOULOGNE THEATRE. BOULOGNE, Sunday Evening.—The return of the Em peror on Saturday evening to the Hotel Brighton put all Boulogne on the qui vine for a new round of festivities, especially as it was for some time thought that he had brought the Empress with him. The people, however, were again disappointed, as her Majesty had postponed her visit until Tuesday. As on this day week, the solemnisation of a grand high mass at the camp at Am bleteuse drew to that locality an immense number of visite' s. Meanwhile another scene was taking place in the low town, the result of which has been to throw more than 100 persons out of employment, and materially to curtail the programme of the public amusements in honour of the visit of the Empress. This was nothing else than the total' destruction of the Theatre by fire. About half•past twelve o'clock the bells of the Hotel Ville, St. Joseph's, and St. Nicholas rang the alarm of fire, and the rappel summoned the military to duty. Every one was soon o►l the alert, and a general rush took place in the direction of the Rue Neuve Chaussee, whence the smoke and flames seemed to proceed, which circumstance gave rise to the opinion that it was the Hotel Windsor which was on fire, for the theatre being at the top of the Rue Monsigny almost faces that cele brated establishment. As they arrived on the ground they were, however, made aware of the real state of the case, and were called on to form the chain and pass the buckets of water from hand to hand to be thrown on the blazing pile by the firemen, who were mounted on lad ders placed against its aides. The alarm no sooner reached the Emperor than he ordered his carriage, and, accompanied by his staff, drove to the scene of destruc tion. The moment he discovered what structure it was that was in flames, he alighted, and leaving his carriage in the Rue Neuve Chausde, walked up the Rue Monsigny, and directed the efforts of those who were struggling to extin guish the conflagration, and was as active as any other man there in forwarding the water-buckets to the fire men, in which service he was zealously aided by the officers of his staff. There is a law in France that all persons present on such an occasion should aid in extin guishing the flames ; but an ignorance of its existence was well nigh bringing a few of our countrymen into trouble, as they crowded the ground merely in the cha racter of spectators, and did not understand the lan guage or brook the manner in which the military called on them to help. Indeed, one of them who, in attempt ing to pass onward, was preirented by a soldier, imme diately wrested the musket front his grasp, and to pre vent any injury being inflicted in the scuffle, unscrewed the bayonet. This latter manoeuvre was altogether mis• understand by the bystanders, who, under the impres sion that he was going to use the bayonet for the pur pose of stabbing his antagonist, became fearfully excited against him. He was immediately surrounded and placed in the hands of two of the police, who unceremo niously dragged him to prison, one holding by the necktie and the collar of his coat, and the other impelling him with his hand pressed against the back of his neck. This was an episode to the main act, which might have been avoided by a little forbearance. The fire still raged in despite of all the efforts made to ex tinguish it, and, indeed, it would have been a miracle if they had succeeded, for the scanty supply of water, scanty when compared with the magnitude of the con flagration, must have bad the effect of increasing rather than of allaying the flames, and the fire engines would have brought a broad grin on the face of Superintendent Braidwood. All soon became convinced of the futility of trying to subdue such a body of fire by means so in adequate, and accordingly the building was left to its fate. The fire, it is said, originated in an actor having incautiously brought a lighted cigar into the costume room, the burning ashes of which having fallen on a dry portion of the properties ignited them, and they spread the flames to the scenery and stage, where the company were at the time rehearsing. It is said that the loss is amply covered by insurance. HORSE RACE IN THE SANDWICH ISLANDS. The women and girls are decidedly the best riders. With them, not as with the ladies of our Atlantic cities, side-saddles are out of the question. In their loose, flow ing drapery, hair streaming in the wind, their beautifully erect position, and their horses careering along like the march of the whirlwind, they look majestically dangerous, and yet they are never thrown from the saddle. There is many a lady in civilised nations who would envy the eques trian skill of these Hawaiian women. There is many a finished artist that would be glad to have one of them as a subject for his pencil. It may be owing to this mode of exercise that they, in part, acquire such an exquisite de velopment of form. I wish I could fully portray these Saturday afternoon sports. Yonder, on the plain, some forty or fifty women are speeding almost with the ra pidity of light toward some well-selected goal. Every nerve and muscle of both horses and riders is stretched to the utmost tension—the former from sheer instinct to gain the victory, the latter from a spirit of almost matchless daring, mirthfulness, and excitement. Now comes along a party of men and boys, many of them clinging, with their naked limbs, like leeches to the flanks of their foaming steeds, while their restless hands and arms are describing all sorts of circles in the air, as if under pain of dismemberment, but, in reality, to cheer along their animals to a swifter speed. Clouds of choking dust follow their wake. Here and there may be seen a mounted foreigner, quietly looking on, or sharing in their mirth and sports. But yonder is a scene that defies all attempts at description. . A few horses and donkeys, not under immediate use, but which, a few minutes since, were quietly feeding on the ever-living pasture, have caught the spirit of that fiery locomotion by which their compeers are impelled over the plain. Unable any longer to control their nature, away they speed, in the utmost confusion, as though their powers of a life-endurance were all concentrated in this single moment. Now they have mingled with the mounted animals, sharing their foam, and madly plunging through the clouds of dust, and endangering the life and limbs of any pedestrian who fails to get out of the way in time. On, on they speed, like fiery Arabians over their native sands, all and each one struggling for the mastery in the well-contested race for glory.—Sandwich Island Notes. NEW YORK. The specie brought by the New York steamers yesterday amounts to 180,0001., of which a por tion is for the continent. The accounts on this occasion show that the anticipated reaction in the stock-market, which had partially commenced a week previously, is likely to be sustained. Erie Railroad shares have advanced from about 321 6 to 44, and there has likewise been a decided improvement in almost all other specu lative descriptions. Commercial matters generally pre sented a more healthy appearance than for months past, and the dealers in the interior were making their pay ments to the New York importers with unexpected promptitude. The pressure for money, however, was still considerable, and 12 percent. was the ordinary rate for good bills. With regard to the supply of breadstuffs the opinion now was that in the absence of any foreign demand the quantity in the country would be sufficient to remove all apprehensions of scarcity, and that the prices which farm produce had recently attained during the panic in relation to the Indian corn crop would not!be permanent. The shares of the Nicaragua Transit Company had risen in consequence of an ange ment with the riv a l li ne v ia Panama by which the steamers of each • company, instead' of running i n . opposition, will d e p ar t f rom their res pective -ports every alternate week. News from California will consequently be received for the future at naera-reguldv, and frequent intervals. According to the last accounts from that State, the production of gold continues with' undiminished steadiness, and will be fully equal this year to that of 1853. At the port of San Francisco'an extra- A ordinary decision had just been arrived at in atfaction against the Customs' authorities which requirekto be ~ mentioned as a caut i on to foreign merchants shicOmg to .- that port. A b on d ed warehouse was so inseeuret/ built; or overloaded that it fell and destroyed a quantity ef . : goods, but the claim of the owners for indemnity . lvasle sisted, a n d upon a trial judgment was given for the Go vernment. AMSTERDAM AND ROTTERDAM PRODUC E MARKETS.— and Rotter dam weekly rev i ews from the Amsterdam and of dam produ ce - mar k ets a l lu d e to a slig ht 1 acti vity. Pu rc h ases o f tea h a d b een made at rather better prices, bl ac k d escr i pt i ons e specially mand. Sugar, raw and refined,, dency to f ur th er i m p r ovemn alteration. Indigo was on the average well supported. l The transactions in rice had b ee n having been in de also exhibited a ten t but coffee was without e at former quotations. TERRIBLE ILYCOUNTER WITII A BEAR. The following terrible encounter with a bear occurred in Lower Canada ; the particulars are translated from the Canadian : " A most painful occurrence has spread a panic in the parish of St. Raymond. A man has been torn to pieces by a bear. The bear killed and carried off, over night, a cow belonging to a man of the name of Michael Can tin. On the morrow an experienced hunter in that re gion, named James Cantin, whose aim for 40 years had brought down bears, moose, and other large game of the forest without number, prepared means to put an end to this ferocious brute. It was sundown before these were completed, and he had not time to go for his son to assist him in the hunt. The bear came, according to custom, to feed upon the prey he had secreted ; and the inhabitants' of the village heard the firing of a gun. Fifteen minutes later another gun was heard, the report sounding as if near the woods ; and ae the night was closing a third report was heard, coming from within the forest ; then all was silent. "The people gathered together to meet the hunter on his way home, and hear from Ins own lips the story of his encounter with the be:tr. But - the night has begun, and he does not come. The. hopes of his friends turn to fear, and they resolve to fly to his assistance. They F.tart with lanterns, and pro.7:eed to the edge of the forest, where their cries mil discharge of firearms re main unanswered. They enter the wood, and scour it in all directions, without s•,eing or hearing anything. Then they return homeward, sad and dispirited, to re sume the search at dawn the next day. " More than forty person, who bad been s ummone d . . in the course of the night, met at daybreak on the mor row at the spot whence the r'port of the hunter's firs shot proceeded. A. bloody track led them on through the forest • and many who 'sere following it came to th bear, which they found lying dead in a clump of bushes near a swamp. But no bunter was to be found. They continued on their way, stilt keeping to the traces of blood on the ground which extended beyond the spot where l ay the animal, until in the middle of a dense thicket they stumbled on to the unfortunate Cantin. The soil trampled and torn lip, the bushes broken and down trodden, 'the trunk of the trees hard by, the leaves on the bushes, and the face of the earth gory with the blood that had been shed, and the mutilated limbs of the deceased ; everything told of a long and desperate con flict waged hand to hand between the unfortunate hunter and his terrible adversary. " From all that cou ld b e gathered on the subject, it is surmised that the horrible tragedy took place in the following manner :—Cantin's first shot had wounded the bear severely, and driven him to the wood. The hunter followed . pursuit, and fired a second time, but from the rear, as in the first instance. Still this could not have been a mortal wound. Then it is supposed that the bear finding that he was followed up closely, and urged on by fear and rage, plunged deeper into the forest, where at length he laid dow n to recruit his strength/or per haps to die after the cus t om of his species, the members of which usually seek some retired spot to breath their last. Accordingly, the monster•selected the densest thicket to be found in the wood. "Animated by the noble ambition of the hunter who thinks he is sure of his game, and is desirous of adding another to his numerous exploits, Cantin persevered in the chase, notwithstanding the increasing darkness around him. Still it must have been sufficiently light for him to distinguish the gory track of the bear ; but it is highly probable that he stumbled suddenly upon him in his secure retreat ; and then in his rage the ani mal regained his strength for a while, and rising con• fronted his pursuer before he could escape. Still Cantin must have had time to fire a third shot, but so hurriedly that his aim could not have told effectually, the ball being found in the neck. Then he undoubtedly clubbed his gun and beat the animal on his head until the weapon fell shattered from his grasp to the ground, where he was discovered by his friends. The man and the brute must have closed then in the last fearful con flict which terminated so fatally ; but disarmed, with out a knife, and having nothing but his stout arm to oppose the fury of the bear, the brave fellow's courage could not save him from the tragic end he met with. " When a bear engages in a fight he rises, and sitting on his haunches strikes his paws like a monkey, but uses his claws in addition like a cat, while his enormous muscles indicate a strength that is almost inconceivable. His claws, projected with a terrible power, tear and carry away everything they fall upon. From these poor Cantin received several terrible blows before he succumbed, the marks of which made the blood run cold in those who looked upon his corpse. His hands were torn by the claws, and partly devoured by the animals teeth. The hair of his head and the scalp hung in pieces about his face, and his right thigh was mangled into mince meat. Ho must have been still contending against the bear, when the brute, with a fearful instinct, directing his blows against the man's face, fixed his murderous claws in his face, for, by a blow of his right paw, he literally stripped off the hunter's left cheek. One of the claws had penetrated immediately beneath the left eye and torn away the cartilage of the nose, without, however, injuring the eye itself. This terrific blow doubtlessly threw Cantin to the ground, when the bear left him and retreated to die a few rods from the scene of conflict. " That wound was not mortal, and Cantin survived it several hours. The blood which deluged his knees showed that he had sat down to let it flow. It may be that at that very moment he heard, without being able ' to reply to them the cries of the party who sallied in quest of him at night. Exhausted at length by thehe morrhage, he laid himself down gently on his right side, perhaps to make his face and limbs less painful. Pos sessing. his consciousness still, he consecrated his last moments to God in prayer. He was found with clasped hands, and holding his blue bonnet. Honest and strictly pious, the last 'thoughts of that unfortunate 'man were worthy his whole life. He leaves a disconsolate widow and four children to lament his untimely and awful end." DEPARTURES FROM TEE PORT OF LONDON.—The de partures for the Australian• colonies during the week have comprised seven vessels-411-ce for Port-Philip, with an aggregate burden of 2,545 tuns; two for Sydney, with an aggregate burden of 1,274 tons ; and two for Adelaide, with an aggregate burdea of 7G2 tons. Their total capa city was consequently 4,58: 1 tons. The rates of freight exhibit no material alteratic.n. THE TEA TRADE.—Messr.. James Goddard and Co., in their circular say :—ln the tea market business has been quiet during the pa st fortnight, and prices re mained unchanged until the arrival of the telegraph on the 15th instant, advising threatened disturbances in the neighbourhood of Cant on, and considerable alarm and interference with business there. Importers upon this, determined to wait tht arrival of their letters, and declined to sell, excepting a t an advance ; exporters, who had generally orders on ban d unexecuted, showed a dis position to purchase, and cemmon congou was done at id. per lb. advance. Sales were also made to a mode rate extent on speculative: account. The trade, how ever, have not shown any if clination to get into stock, so that, with the exceptiont of some 4,000 or 5,000 chests of common congou that have changed hands at the ad vance, the business done hats not been large. VENTILATION OF SEWER s.—Complaints of the gully hole emanations are now ; .eneral, and though I should be sorry to defend the bar barons practice of ventilating the sewers through slits in ti le streets orthrough the gully holes, yet there is one view • of the subject which has es caped the notice of the pub lie, though, of course, scien tific men are aware of it. It is this : —lf the foul air can not get away through these street openings it will make its way through the house drains into the interior of houses, and woe be to the+ tenant whose drain is un trapped. The flap-traps aye never air tight, even the syphon-traps are frequently insufficient. In a county town a few years ago, the borough surveyor was afflicted with a vehement spasm of gully-trapping. There was immedi ately a rapid increase of disease, and in the higher parts of the town, clearly attributable to the fact of the foul air entering the houses through the untrapped drains. What are we to do between the two fires At any rate, the liberty of the subject should be so far trespassed upon as to make it compulsory on the landlords to have the house-drains trapped, whether they like it or not. Next, if by ,some means the sewers could he relieved of the air-pressu re inside tending outwards, we should get rid of the discharge through the outlets in the streets. I would suggest that the commissioners might make an experiment to ascertain if this Could not be done by means of chimney-shafts divided from top to bottom into two unequal flues. It would not cost much to make the experiment on a small scale first. The etg n hnbr e taet e .: inupTior approximatelyihwt n h ege e rdnrwoa fftouue friction lmliagbn if difference in area making amount experiment. this sieuffr continual,tiemi mt r e i the two columns of air, up and down, and create a draft lr w a r h t bo h a em e t t o nb e f eo s s b a o l e to m tw een, determined b ascertained but n w tgtlt r teo ; w by. n oo u ui mber of ventilating -shafts for a given district.—The Builder. held E t FAIR OF NOV GOROD. The fair annually held at Nijn9 ,Novgorod, upon the right bank of the Volga, is the great mart of Russian commerce between Europe and Asia. In th e coarse o f the last t wen t y years, however, it has become more and more a market for the interchange of the products of the national in dustry, owing to the establishment of Armenian houses of business at Moscow. On the other hand, up to 1853, British manufactures were gradually supplanting those of Russia, notwithstanding the protective system adopted by the Emperor. An official account has recently b een p u blished of the business do ne at t hi s fair were e in n which it appe ars th at t h ere w 5. fonl _ 3 Rurssian merchandi se , va l ue d at t a h k e e la y e a t o r l i B t 42, 28 8, European and colo n i a l, 7,40 4,825 50 roubles—m a k ing a total of 63,459,275 roubles. This amount was l ess b y 1 , 8 06,004 roubles at the fair of 1852. The s a l es pro d uced a roubles 1 ' y AO s i o a u t c l s 766, 3 r , n of 34,417,705 roubles, being con s id era bl y amount in 1851, wh en t h e value sold was re turned at 53,690,400 roubles. Th e receipts of the restaurants, cafds, and s h o p s — most of which ore mere stalls, but of which a regu l ar account is kept . s how a corresponding di m i nu ti on i n 1853 compared ! w ith 1852. Among the Asiati c ar ti c l es b rought to the l g e r ss oss tr2 : . the hair was tea from China, to the value of 5,374,500 roubles. And in speaking of those produced by Russia, the report 'vayslhat the ordinary cotton fabrics made by the native ' rpsedfacturers continue to hold the first rank in compe. tion with those of foreign production. Their value the greatest of all the ar ti c l es enumerated among the duce of Russia, with th e except i on of wrought ir pro on, it is put down at 8,189,100 rou b les, or one-sixth of the fr whole. The co mmon an d average qualities of these fa brics suit exactly th e t aste and circumstances of e eo-* ple, and some cre dit i s ta k en for the diminution the of p the business in 1853 compared with that of the preceding year, in the goods sent by foreign traders. But it added that the aggregate diminution was mainly caused by cholera or the fear of it. 1t is a significant fact that the circulation of coin, both gold and silver, 10 8 leo in 1863 than in 1852. All 3 8 23. 20 2Q, 20 20 St. 20 St. 15 21 2i 6 ; 6; 5 10 St. St. 5 17 20 12i 25 20 St. 8i 10 25 10 ..0.6 St. 20 20 20 25 10s. 20 13.5 24 all 15 4 Q 50 50 2 100