The Sun. — London, England, 1854-11-21 00:00:00

ba made from the let October next on twenty-five words, instead of twe_ity as hitherto. I'Ve read in the Scraiitclle de Touton of the 18th : " Semillante frigate sailed last night, with a detachment of foot chasseurson board for the East. The Requin also left with a number of men to re join their regiments iu Italy. The Egerie, govern ment transport, has gone into the outer roadsted and received orders to proceed to the Levant. The construction of the battery close to the water's edge to the west of the naval Pyrotechnic School, which is to be mounted with 30 heavy guns of very long range, and intended to complete the de fences of the roadsted, which had long since been decided on, but postponed for other more urgent works, is to be commenced forthwith." A letter from Sebastopol, in a French journal, says : " One would say that in all the great feats of war France is destined to furnish arms to her enemies. With out speaking of the Duke de Bourbon, Prince Eugene, and Bernadotte, at the siege of Rome, the artillery of the besieged was commanded by an old pupil of the Polytechnic School. At Sebastopol, it appears that it is a General or Colonel Godowin who commands it ; and that officer was formed in the schools of our coun try. Since Godowin, it is said, knew at Metz, where he remained several years, most of the superior officers cf the artillery and engineers, against whom he defends so well this bulwark of Rus,la. He even, before the war, corresponded with the colonel second in command of our artillery. Thus it is a fatality. This one at least is not a Frenchman." BOURSE, YESTERDAY.—CLOSING PRICES. Cash. fr. c. End of Month. 4:1 per Cezts 94 60 94f. 50e. 3 per Cent: 7O 40 70 15 Credit Mobilier 6BO Romau Credit Foncier — Austrian Belgian Fives. ..... .. Spanish Threes Piedmontese B5 25 Home Debt RAILWAYS—FOR CASH. fr. c. fr. c. Orleans 1,130 -- Lyons 9A -- Western 612 50 Rouen Cette - Mediterranean B3O -- Havre 520 -- Northern - Cherburg - M ON E NI A It K E T A.Z:D COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TV 0 O'CLOCK The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at 7,000 bales, including 1,000 Surat taken for export. The market closed heavily without change 'in prices. The . sales comprised 5,000 American, 150 Pernam and Maranham, at sid. to 7id. ; 200 Egyptian, at sd. to Sid. ; 1,500 Surat, at 3d. to 4d., and 30 Sea Island at ls. to is. 3d. per lb. Railway Shares were rather firmer. _ _ The commercial advices received this week from the Australian Colonies are of only a few days later date than previous accounts ; they are not satisfactory, as the market generally continued depressed. Many of the diggers were returning to settle in South Australia, but the reports from the mines are nevertheless very gratifying to those engaged in the pursuit of gold-digging. The mercantile interest and general public will be glad to hear that notwithstanding the heavy de mand which the Government have to make on the resources of the various steam navigation companies for the use of vessels destined to expedite the war like movements in the Crimea, they are not ne glectful of the requirements of the public with reference to the continuance' of the usual postal communications between our colonies and foreign possessions. As the vessel which was to have taken a mail to Australia next month has been engaged for the conveyance of troops to the East, the Post-office authorities have made engage ments with the owners of the fine clipper-ship James Baines, of Liverpool, to take out, on the 9th December next, the usual mails, under a con tract subject to forfeiture of penalties, if unsuc cessful, to perform the voyage to Australia in 65 days. The Government have also engaged for the trans port service the Niagara and Arabia, belonging to the Cunard line of steamers between Liverpool and America ; and also, the Magdalena and tilt) Tamar, belonging respectively to the West India and Brazil Mail Service. There will be some disarrange ment of the mail services, but arrangements have been effected to lessen the public inconvenience as much as possible, and accordingly the next mail for America (Halifax and Boston) will be despatched on the 9th December, the West India Mail on the 2d December. The Brazil Mail ►ill be omitted. The sale of Mr. Oliver's (of Liverpool) vessels has been postponed from the 23d inst. to the 7th of December next, when the number will ho increased from 32, to 78. The paper of Mr. Oliver is to be accepted as payment at the full rate of 20s. in the pound. The Directors of the Trust and Loan Company of Upper Canada have issued their report, which will be read at the forthcoming general meeting. A dividend at the rate of 8 per cent. per annum is recommended out of the nett profits of the past half year, viz., 11,207/. 14s. Icl. Tire company has 418,0001. invested in Canada. The tone of the English Stock Market is firmer to-day, partly because there is not further news of a decided character from the Crimea, and because the operations by buyers and sellers of stock are equally balanced. Consols are now 91 for money, and 911 for the account, and unless the sales increase the Market appears likely to become somewhat better. Exchequer Bills are ls. to 4s. pm., and the Bonds steady, at about par. Bank Stock is firm at 211. to 213. There is very little business doing in the Foreign Market. The attention of the dealers is directed chiefly to Turkish Scrip, the market for which is firmer, at 6i to 6 per cent. dis. The Firman of the Porte,authorising the contrac tion of the Turkish Loan, and the hypothecation of the Egyptian Tribute, amounting to 82,0001. per annum, for the due payment of the interest on the 5,080,0001. of Stocks, will, it is said, be forwarded by the next, or succeeding, mail from Constanti nople. The following are the nominal prices of foreign stocks:—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 5/ to 5, ; Mexi can, 218 to 21 ; Peruvian, 66 to 68 ; ditto, 3 per Cents., 47 to 49 ; Portuguese 4 per Cents., 40 to 42 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 95 to 97 ; ditto, 4i per Cents., 84 to 86 ; Spanish New Deferred, 18t to 18i ; ditto, 3 per Cents., 37/ to 38k; ditto, Certificates, 51 to 5/ ; ditto, Passive, 48 to 41. A trifling advance has taken place in the leading Railway Shares, but the dealings continue limited. In other descriptions of shares there is very little variation. Mining. Shares are neglected, and also those of the Joint-stock Banks. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES. ( From the Official List.) 17 ... Itu.iness done ink Stock ... . • 3 per Cent. Reduced Annu i t ies . 9) 89 1 90f 20 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 914 i 4 20 Nlw 3 per Cent. Annuities 20 Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 -16 I 20 fn lia Bonds, 1000 . ... , — 7 100 Ditto, under £lOOO lO Consols for Account 100 Exchequer Bills, 21d. 1-1000 £5OO 1 4 5 25 25 F.mall 2 5 25 Exchequer Bonds 1858, 3i per Cent. — Ditto 1859, ~ PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent 97 100 Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent B6 51 6 20 Spanish Bowls, 3 per Cent — 5 Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent lBi 5 Turkish Scrip 6 per cent Ditto for the Account si 3 i 6 51 6 d In yesterday's List, read—Turkish Scrip 6. and for Ac- 100 count 51 63 43-4 i i dis. oivideLds on the above payable in London. 100 Dutch Exchange, 2 per Cent. 12 Guil 6oi a 1 103 100 Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates .. . THREE 0 CLOCK. ..20 Consols tte, Acc lint SYMPATHY FOR RUSSIA. A general meeting of the subscribers of the Newcastle Exchange Subscription Rooms was held yesterday, at 12 o'clock noon, to take into consideration the conduct of Mr. William Joseph Thompson, a member of these rooms, and his pro• Russian views ; and also to decide on the propriety of exercising in his case the power of expulsion vested in a majority of the votes of the sub scribers, convened at a general meeting. About 150 to 200 gentlemen were present. The chair was taken by Mr. Alderman Pollock. _ _ _ —.. The CHAIRMAN, in opening the proceedings, dilated upon the opinions of Mr. Thompson ; and after a short address, _ .. Mr. HARRISON proceeded to address the subscribers, and moved a resolution to the effoct that Mr. W. J Thompson be expelled as a member of the subscription rooms. Mr. BOWNES seconded the proposition of Mr. Harri son. He said, Mr. Thompson had always been found to express pro-Russian opinions. The Russian successes were to him a source of joy, their defeat of sorrow. He (Mr. Thomps }n) had scored and altered newspapers, and hung them up near the telegraphic news, under lined. This last act came under rule No. 7. Mr. Thompson attended, and protested against the proceedings. The motion was formally put from the chair, and carried unanimously. Mr. Thompson's name was accordingly struck out of the list of members, amidst the cheers of the meeting. SPAIN. The Madrid journals of the 14th have arrived in duo course. The Government had received news by telegraph of grave disturbances at Herencia, owing to the refusal of the population to pay the taxes, and of the military commander of Ciudad Real having sent troops to the town. The officers who took part in the affair of the 28th of August, but were set at liberty, had received orders to leave Madrid. The discharge of soldiers of, the class of 1848 had commenced, owing to the diminution of their period of service. THE SIEGE OF SEBASTOPOL. The Siecle of yesterday has the following on the siege of Sebastopol :-- "In spite of our well-known military sympathies, we have replied impartially to the reproach which might be addressed to the Generals of the Allied troops for not having, before laying siege to Sebastopol, endeavoured to finish completely with the forces of Prince Menschi koff. The advanced season of the year did not allow the principal object of the expedition to be neglected for a single instant. They hurried there, and history will record that in a few days an army, long ex pected by the Russians in their richest province. on their strongest point, obtained there —notwithstanding these four enormous results—a most succes-ful landing ; a first victory which opened the country to it ; the pus sibility of passing through it from the North to the South, from the Alma to Balaklava ; and the faculty of commencing the siege of Sebastopol with perfect secu rity. It is a repetition of the veni, vidi, vici, of Caesar ; but, unfortunately, these prompt results gave such an impulse to public opinion that in the eyes of a great number the expedition assumed all the character of a coup de main. Successes were hoped for which would have been little short of prodigy. In Eng land as in France, where the remembrance of M4zieres, Valenciennes, Lisle, Mentz, Toulon, and Genoa, ought not to have been forgotten, no exact idea was formed of what the conquest of a fortified place of the first rank ought to be. No one took the trouble of thinking what efforts would be accumulated, if Ports mouth or Brest were attacked. The general feeling which thus prevailed was, we repeat, a misfortune. A first act: of a most wonderful effect rendered the spec ' tatois difficult to be pleased with the rest of the piece, and the persons who are anxious about the glory and honour of their country behold with grief, in England and France, a heavy fall in the public funds. greeting bulletins announcing victories, but not coming up to all the ardent desires of public opinion. As we have already said, from the plan of campaign which has been adopted, and which consists in taking Sebastopol, in spite of the Russian forces in the field, the Anglo-French army has a double task to perform —to keep in check a powerful army fully master of its actions, and to obtain possession of a fortified place of immense extent and tremendous strength. Everything has as yet proved that the Anglo-French army is not be low the level of its noble task. Not only has it worsted the Russian army, though reinforced from the Danube and from the North, but each day of the siege had been marked by a step in advance ; the fortified wall had been at the date of the last accounts nearly reached at. Sup pose now that they who have so well accomplished this double task receive, like the Russians, considerable rein forcements ; suppose that by meansof thedivision May ran from Athens, which left Constantinople on the sth, and must have already arrived ; that by means of reinforce ments from Oran and Malta ; by means of the divisions of the camp of the south, which must at the present time be at sea ; and by means of Turkish troops sent from Varna and the Bosphorus, the generals-in chief of the Allies may in their turn form an army for the field of which the forces already so ably handled by General Bosquet should serve as the nucleus—suppose 'all that, and matters at once change their appearance. The army of the siege has only the task of carrying the town, and the forces of Prince Menschikoff, in place of disquieting the besieging army, are forced to defend themselves. THE NATIONALITY OF POLAND. (From the Journal des Debuts.) It is not difficult to show, history in hand, that when ever Poland has appeared to hope for her resurrection from the hand of the revolution, she has at the same moment, found all Europe. which desires the maintenance of social order, united against her. There is, then, an opposition of interest between the Polish cause and the revolutionary "'lse- Compare for a moment what Poland may ex pect from the revolution, and what she may expect from the question of European equilibrium. The revolution would only give her a war of insurrection, without re gular support, without 'monarchial allies, a war which Yv'ould instantly cause all European social order with It s kings, its princes, its armies, and even its peoples, who would soon be tired of anarchy, to coalesce against Poland, and to hasten to seal up anew the stone which causes her tomb—blaming the whole crime of partition, but finding that the reparation of the evil would become itself a great evil. Look, on the con trary, a t w h at t h e war o f equ ilib r i um , an d no t a revolu ionary war, would give to Poland. It would give her Allies or powerful and friendly supporters. Her name would naturally enter into the calculation of European equili brium, instead of as heretofore forming a portion of the alarms of social order. She was a danger: she may become a remedy. This is an immense change. This change of situation must necessarily lead to an analogous change in Polish opinion. It was natural that a good many Poles should entertain sympathy for revolutionary opinions, when they believed that the revolutionary party could and would alone re-open to them the gates of their Country, Experience has shown them that this party could not do it, and that it would not do it. The chiefs of the revolution of 1843 wore not favourable to the Polish cause to the extent of declaring war against all Europe in favour of Poland. Far be it from us to blame those chiefs for their prudence ; on the contrary, We praise them for it ; but the Poles, no doubt, thought that the revolution of 1843 would be less circumspect, and that it wou ld no t f a ithf u lly f o ll o w on that point the poli c y o f King Louis Phili ppe. Th e revolu tion of 1843 was then a first lesson for the Poles. We can, howeve r , understand that this lesson has not sufficed to cure some Poles of their revolu tionary sympathi es. Devolutionary parties have this advantage— composed generally o f severa l regiments who replace one another, what th e fi rs t regiment has not done, it is hoped that th e sec o n d will do. But as we just said, the can promise to Poland nothing revolutionary party which the party of social order cannot give much hetter and much more offer which Lt e surely. A revolutionary war has nothing off is worth what is offered by a war of equilibrium. the Poles convince themselves of this truth, and let them at the same time understand that the sol of rendering the war favourable to Poland is to continue meansntnme to keep it free from any revolutionary emotion° idea. They may have f ormerl y believed that the more r the war might be revolutionary, the more it would be Polish ; but the contrary is and will be the case at present. The more the war may remain political, the more it will become Polish. It is by the modifica tion of European equilibrium, and not by the revolution that Poland may be partially or wholly resuscitated. We have always admitted and maintained in this journal that the position of Poland was the gravest encroach silent on European equilibrium. But as long as it was believed, erroneously it is true, that Poland, to re pair that equilibrium, wished to destroy social order, the cause of Poland was only supported in Europe by hot-headed people ; it had the support neither of capi taliets nor statesmen. At present, however, by a con junction c f unexpected events, an opportunity of modifying the European equilibrium, without endanger. ing social order, has arisen ; it is an unexpected piece of good fortune for Poland. LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(TBIS DAY.) it COURT OF EXCHEQUER. 50 25 QUEEN V. ALISON. This was a p rosecut i on un d er t h e a ct for repressing 20 assaults on women and children. The defendant was 100 a surgeon in extensive practice at Burton-upon-Trent, wo theson , treadmill a lad of for seven six years calendar and h av i ng b een convicted of an assault upon hi s ow n 20 ()fagmesonhtehsw. was S co u t b n s n eclnt it u t e edt ly o 20 to the committal Mr. Huddlestone obtained a rule call ing upon th e j us ti ces o f Staffordshire to show cause w h y 50 a habeas corpus should not issue to relea , e the prisoner, 50 on the ground that the warrant of commitment did not I°C) , specify that the c onv i c ti on h ad taken pace before two l'''' Minlcartu.....emorzosearmseg , 0n.maTeme1......... l , justices sitting at th e p l ace where the ,- ' . of p.tty sessions The New York Crystal Palace has been converted the district were u sua ll y h e ld . 20 into a t rans i ent auct i on mar t , w h e re all exhibitors 50 have • Mr. Scotland now sh owe d cause aga i nst the rule, and 20 the right, within certain restrictions, to sell their goods, cited the Administration of Justice Act, which sets out 25 fur thirty days, to the highest bidder. the form of a commitment in cases like thi s. The - TliF. E war DINBURGH COUNTY MILITIA is fast filling up. rant of commitment in the present case followed that 100 If recruits continue to conic forward as they did last form, and, therefore, it was perfectly good, although it 10 week, it is expected the number will be complet ed before did not distinctly specify that the justices at the time o f 5 all their stations are visited. Numerous steady farm- the conviction were sitting in the place where the petty servants are presenting themselves, and their employ ers sessions were usually held. 25 seem to ev i nce a d es i re fo r them to enrol under the The Court held. this objection to the rule t oo well 245 Duke o f B ucc l euch,—Co urant. founded, and discharged it accordingly. 60 ... THE SUN, LONDON', TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 21, 1854. SPORTING NOTES. SHARE MARKETS. (TILTS DAY.) SOMETHING ABOUT SHREWSBURY. BRITISH RAILWAYS. The character of the Shrewsbury Meeting was not a little extraordinary ; it differed widely from that of any other race gathering in England. The course was crowded with thimblerriggers, who plied their trade openly, and without let or hindrance from the police, and in and out the stand were roulette tables, on which people made their game seemingly with the full conni vance of the authorities. Baden-Baden liberty and Hamburg freedom for the nonce prevailed at Shrews bury, and the scene on the race-course reminded one of the times when the laws relating to gaming were naught and policemen were not. Things, teo, were cleverly managed at Shrewsbury— albeit, good intentions were marred by foul weather and unforeseen occurrences. 0 ,vners of horses had little to com plain of. Mr. Frail evinced every desire to accommodate and give them good terms, but circumstances unexpec tedly defeated his eff)rts. Favourites whose success was reduced to seeming certainties were bowled over, until backers became weary of the sport. Fielders were, however, fortunate enough, and at . few meetings during the season have they had such a long run of good luck as at Shrewsbury. Selling Races were the leading items in the programme, and after each event the winner was promptly put up for auction. Of the many sales, how ever, certainly not more than three a ere genuine, and the race fund was not therefore enriched. to that large amount which the return of the salessetforh. Horses too were sold with wonderful rapidity. Rosaline, for instance, was "put up" at thirty guineas, and knocked down for thirty-five before bidders could open their mouths. In fact, persons were appointed to buy in the winners. A curious anecdote is, by the way, told respecting the modus operandi. At the Summer Meeting two men undertook this office, and when a certain animal was put up they unwittingly began bidding against each other, and had ran the auctioneer up to an alarming price, and would have gone on bidding all day had not the clerk of the course been informed of the proceeding, and given them the whisper to stop. This blunder caused much merriment at the time. RIUMAYS. (113aing Prices this day. Baslne.s done this day. Of the sport it will be sufficient to say that for the period of the year it was too abundant. It now requires no lengthened comment. The principal races were won by "outsiders." Pantomime, the sometime favourite for tte Shrewsbury Handicap, was scratched, because the public forestalled his owner in "getting on." Some heavy forfeits were paid bofore Catherine Parr was allowed to start for the Column Handicap. She, however, was easily defeated by lanthe, who was well served by the weight and the deep ground. In my "notes" of the meeting, lanthe was among my "picks." A strange rumour was circulated in the " sporting circles" at Shrewsbury, to the effect that Knight Errant and Maid of Golborne, who had engagements at this meeting, are the property of no less a personage than the Grand Duke Constantine ! However ridiculous this report may appear, some people are credulous enough_to believe that it is not utterly without foundation. A muddle was made of the steeple chase. " Black Peter," who jumped in capital style, and looked as fresh as a three-year-old, was disqualified, because he went on the wrong side of the turning flags to the right of the race course. Escape was, therefore, declared the winner. This horse is by no means a bad jumper, and in the present scarcity of good steeple chasers he will, doubtless, be useful. _ Mr. Frail certainly deserves well of the sporting com munity and of the town of Shrewsbury for the energy and tact which he displayed in conducting this meet ing. From his own private purse he supplied the chief " means and appliances" for carrying out the proceed ings, although it must be acknowledged that certain innkeepers contributed liberally to the fund. Still, Mr. Frail does not receive from the inhabitants generally that support to which he is justly entitled. Mr. Tophani again solicits the patronage of the turfites, and has prepared a programme of sport, which will be celebrated at Hoylake over the Liverpool Hunt Club Course on Wednesday and Thursday next. The list contains ten items, the principal of which are, of course, handicaps. I am informed that Boddicot is a "good thing" for the Visitors' Plate, and that Fordham will ride him. The events appointed for decision have not sufficient importance to warrant my extending my notes to them. Nov. 20. A FRESH MAN. ELtILWAY INTELLIGENCE. SOUTH LONDON. It is intended to apply to Parliament in the next ses sion for au act to incorporate a company to make a rail way from the West of London and Crystal Palace Rail way at Battersea, via Wandsworth, Clapham, Lambeth, Brixton, Walworth, and Peckham, to the South-Eastern Railway at Deptford, near the Grand Surrey Canal ; also to enable the company to enter into agreements and arrangements with the London, Brighton, and South Coast, the South-Eastern, the London an•l South- Western, and the;West-end of London and Crystal Palace Railway Companies, in reference to tie management of the proposed railway, and the working of the traffic thereon. LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE AND BLACK BURN. Notice of application to Parliament in the next session has been given for power to amalgamate these two com panies upon such terms and conditions as may be mutually agreed upon. MONMOUTHSHIRE. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held on Wednesday at Newport, Mr. Booker, M.P., in the chair. - The Secretary then read the report. On the motion of the CHAIRMAN resolutions were passed adopting the report, declaring a dividend at the rate of b per cent, per annum for the half-year ending the 30th of June, payable on the 30th of December next ; authorishig the directors to borrow m one y on the Newport Dock shares, and to make application to Par liament in the ensuing session for power to raise addi tional capital to the extent of 270,0011., to complete the works and provide working stock. SOUTH YORKSHIRE. This company have given notice of their intention to apply to Parliament in the ensuing session for powers to construct an extension of their railway from its junc tion with the Great Northern line to Doncaster to Crowle, in the Isle of Axholme, North Lincolnshire ; also for power to construct a branch from Crowle to Bole, near Gainsborough, to join the Manchester, Shef field, and Lincolnshire lineat that point ; also for powers to make working arrangements with the latter com pany, and to construct a branch line to Woombwell wood. THE EELYFORCEMENTS FOR THE CRIMEA. The Guar Is continent leaves, we believe, on Friday, amount, 60) men. Yesterday a detachment of the Royal Artillery, escorting four tumbrils, arrived at the Tower to receive stores for the companies of artillery and field batteries from Norwich and Ipswich under orders for the Crimea. They took away tents, canteens, and ether essentials necessary for field service ; the novelty attracted a nu merous assemblage of the populace, who greeted the escort most enthusiastically as it passed _over Tower-hill on its return to Woolwich. Captain Graydon's company, Ist battalion of Artil lery, and Captain Oldfield's company, 4th battalion, each 150 strong, have proceeded to Portsmouth to embark on board her Majesty's screw steam-frigate Dauntless, Captain Alfred P. Ryder, for the seat of war. These two companies go out for service with the siege guns. Two hundred' and six men from the depot of the 34th Regiment are to proceed to the Mediterranean, to join the service companies of that regiment, in the Adelaide, hired steam-transport, which is daily expected. The 34th is expected to go on to. the Crimea. The Drake, mortar vessel, shipped her mortar along side the dockyard this aftersoon. It is a 13-inch one, and weighs 5 tons and a half, and is en Captain Julius Roberts' (of the Royal Marine Artillery) plan for sling ing mortars, by which the vessel on their discharge suffers less recoil than by the old plan of fixing them on deck in a bed. The entire weight of the mortar and its appendages is about 7i tons. The Drake is expected to go down to the Needles to-morrow to try this tremendous gun, or rather the utility of Captain Roberts' plan. CAVALRY TROOPERS. —Authority has been sent to the depot, Newbridge, to give over immediately 28 young three-year olds from each regiment on service, and take over from the cavalry at home the same number of sea soned troopers. The Manilla, screw steam-transport, has arrived at the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, to take on board a large supply of powder, shot, and shell, and is ordered to have her cargo put on board with the greatest despatch, and proceed with the least possible delay to the seat of war in the Crimea. The Admiralty will receive tenders on the 22d inst. for the conveyance of 4,000 tons of stores to the Crimea —2,000 tons from Portsmouth, and 2,000 tons from Southampton. The Government are in a new contract for upwards of 150,000 articles of warm clothing, including wool jackets, cow-skin boots and under-dresses, to be sent out imme diately. THE VOLUNTEERS FROM CHATHAM—The volunteers from the provisional battalion at Chatham have all been medically inspected, and are found fit for service. The following routes have arrived from the Horse Guards to take their departure to join the corps they have volun teered for :---Those for the 71st Highlanders proceed this (Tuesday) morning to Canterbury, and there join the corps. The volunteers for the 34th embark to-mor row at Gravesend, on board the Dublin steamer, for Plymouth, and there join their corps ; and these volun teers to the 17th and 89th Regiments will proceed from Chatham to Gravesend on Thursday morning, and em bark on board the Cork steamer for Cork, and thence the former proceed to Kilkenny, and the latter to Wa terford, to join their corps. RECRUITS FOR THE 23D WELSH FUSlLlERS.—Yester day afternoon a draft of fifty young men from New port, in Wales, arrived per railway at the military de pot, Duke•street, Westminster, for the purpose ofjoining the 23d or Royal Welsh Fusiliers, which played so conspicuous a part at Alma. The increase of the number of recruits into Chatham garrison become greater week after week,. and it is quite surprising to witness the buoyant spirit that animates the young men on their entering the barracks, and they are received with cheers by the, young recruits, who assemble round them with their red drill jackets. It is expected that the provisional battalion alone will have from Liverpool above 100 young men per week. THE STEAMERS FOR THE CRIMEA. - LivEßroori, Monday.—The Governnient, in addition to tho Europa, Niagara, and Arabia, royal mail steam-ships of the Cu nard Company, have chart..red the new screw steamer I mperatrix, of the South American Steam Navigation Company, for the conveyance of troops to the Crimea. This will cause a slight interruption in the despatch of monthly mails from Liverpool to the Brazils, which will in future be started on the let of each month, instead of the 24th as formerly. Notices were to-day posted in the Exchange-rooms h ere, asking tenders to be sent in to Somerset-house, before 1 p.m. on the 22d inst., for steamers to convey 4,000 tons of bats and stores to the Crimea ; to embark them at Portsmouth and Southamp ton. 20 - 21 41 - 7i - 81 111 101 17 - 18 7 - 6 94 - 591 -59 i 13 - 14 10 - 12 - 4 - 2J 6i -,74 15 - 16 11* - 11 2 3 2 2 2344 67 - 69 53 - 55 20 - 22 88 - 89 75 - 77 24 - 126 87 -8) 69;, 70 68 - 70 75 - 80 7 - 90 7 - 9 704 - 71 5i 58 7 1 1 84 [Ol 103 98 984 id— 4d t d par 1 a 7z) 8 0 10 • 9 11 9 8 I 21i -22 i 67.4 67 39 - 41 loi 2 2 47 - 49 7,a 3 A 33. 33A 8 10 6 4 74 75 76 GA— 6 3Ar. 13i 51 -- l bz 53 55 A —' p ;-- P 4A 41 6A 7 d P 31. - 33 92 - 94 60 - 62 Si 44 -- 46 12 - 14 68i -59 t 29 - 30 / i d 35 - 37 3 - 3f 7i I 8 41 - 4. 22 - ; - 4 6 - 7 6 - 7 MINES. 1 1 10s.\ 20 1 A.gua Fria .... Austrlu. Gold Anglo Californian Australian Australian Cordillera Xustralian Freehold Ave Maria Baden (Gd. 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A very large meeting of the governors, committee governors, &c., was held this day at Christ's Hospital, to take into consideration the sermon lately delivered by Dr. Jacob, in which the management of the hospital was freely alluded to. The chair was taken by Mr. Gilpin, the Treasurer. The usual routine business having been concluded, A proposition was made to read somo letters from the other masters to the Almoners. A resolution to the following effect was then moved as an amendment by Mr. APGRAcHY :—" That the thanks of this Court be given to Dr. Jacob fur his excellent and well-timed sermon." Mr. ALDERMAN WILSON supported the amendment. Mr. CLARK hoped that all the documents that had been alluded to would be printed, so as to enable every one to form an unbiassed opinion. _ _ Mr. KIMBLE said there had been an attempt to lead Dr. Jacob by those holding office but it had signally failed. lle sincerely hoped that the majority of the gentlemen present would support the preposition of Mr. M'Geachy. Mr. PAINTER opposed the amendment, and dwelt strongly upon Dr. Jacob, who, he said, instead of de claring as he had his peculiar views before the whole of the boys in the shape of a sermon should have laid them before the governors. He thought the best thing was to adjourn the question. (Loud cries of " no, no.") The Rev. Dr. 14PNEir then addr.:ssed the meeting, and The CHAIRMAN proceeded to put the amendment of Mr. M'Geachy, namely, " That the thanks of the Go vernors be given to Dr. Jacob for his excellent and-well timed sermon." Those gentlemen in favour of the amendment would be pleased to take ono side of the court, and the dissentients the other. The result was that tho amendment was carried by a d large majority. • x The announcement was received with loud cheers. • A long discussion then ensued, in which a great many speakers took part. Eventually a resolution for the adjournment of the court was moved and seconded— some of the speakers maintaining that the motion for adjournment was an amendment to the resolution just carried ; others contending that the resolution of thanks to Dr. Jacob had been carried, and therefore it was out of order to put the motion for adjournment as an amend• ment. After a rather stormy debate, the CHAIRMAN put the resolution simply as follows—" That this court do now adjourn." This motion was carried by a large majority. The result of the day's proceedings is against the almoners, and in favour of Dr. Jacob. The court adjourned at half-past four. MABKET NEWS-',THIS DAY.) HAY MARKETS. SIIITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 21 lOs to 41 lOs ; clover ditto, 41 Os to 6/ Os ; and straw, 1/ 6s to 1/ 12 s per load. A moderate supply a n d a s t ea d y demand. COMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, 21 12s to 41 15s ; clover ditto, 41 Os to 51 15s; and straw, 11 Ga to 1112 s per load. Trade steady, at full prices. WHITECELAPEL.—Meadow hay, 21 14s to 4110 s; clover ditto, 31 Os to 61 Os ; and straw, 11 6s to 1112 s per load. supply good, and trade tolerably firm. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Nov. 21. —Wind this day at Noon, S.W. ; fresh breeze, with haw weather. SHEERNESS, Nov. 19.—Wind E.N.E. Arrived—Ora, from Hambuigh, assisted in from the Black Deeps, bound to Callao. BRIDGEWATER, Nov. 19.—Wind, E. Arrived—London, from Quebec. DARTMOUTH, Nov.. 2 0.—Wind, E. Arrived—Fadrenes Minde, from Cape Haytien, for Hamburgh. PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 20.—Wind, E.N.E. Arrived. — Scotland, from Hong Kong, with loss of bulwarks, &c. ; Balder, Gothenb urg, f or Adel ide, S.A., and proceeded for Cowes, with l oss of mainmast, &c. PLYMOUTH, Nov. 20.—Wind, E. by N. Arrived—Hes peria, from Ne w Y ork, for Dunkirk ; Corregio, Quebec, for Southampto n ; P rovidence, St. Michael ' s ; Catharina, Constantinople ; P a l myra, Dunkirk ; kctif, Skien, for Melbourne. FALMOUTH, Nov. 20.—Wind, N.E. Arrived — Australia, from Hondura s , w ith thirteen of the crew of the Pampero, Quebec to the Clyde, which was abandoned, Nov. 2 ; Gra finds, Miramichi, for Hull ; Mary and Sarah, Carthagena , for Newcastle ; Lady Camilla, Gijon ; Lord Nelson, St. Malo, for Glasgow ; Duke of Cornwall (s), Dublin, and left for London ; T. S. Reeves, London, for Liverpool, with dump, having been in collision off the Eddystone with a barque. Sa iled — Actlalus, for Cardiff and Constantinople Brilliant, Ardrossan. SOUTHAMPTON, Nov. 20.—Wind, E.N.E. Sailed — Tagus (s), for Alexandaia ; Brilliant, do. WHITSTABLZ, NOV. 2 0.—Sailed—William 1., for Ran goon, in tow of two steamers. BRISTOL, Nov. 20.—Wind E. Arrived—Levaniega, from Barcelona. Sailed—Arrow, for St. Michael's. — Arrived in B r i s t o l Ch ann el—Messenger, from St. Stephen's; Nicaragua, Qu e b ec. HULL, Nov. 20. Wind, N.W. Arrived—Boxanna, from New York ; Flora, Malaga. CARDIPP, Nov. 20.—Wind, N.E. Sailed—Frederick, Batta, Insole, and Harmonic, all for Constantinople. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Tuesday, 10.19 a.m. -W ind S.W. ; tide, two hours' flood : li g ht and hazy. No arrivals. Sa iled—Blackfriars, for Moreton Bay ; Candace (a), Fer. nando Po ; Mystery, Leghorn ; Eagle (s), Boulogne. DEAL, Tuesday, 9.30 a.m. Wind S.W., light,hazy. Passed—Elect ra , from London, for Grenada. INDIA AND CHINA MAILS.—The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-ship Tagus, commanded by Captain J. K. Joy, left yesterday afternoon with the above mails. She had on board fifty-two first-class and fourteen second-class passengers, amongst whom are Lieut.-Col. Caulfield, Captain Bishop, Lieut. Ogilvie, and Rev. Mr. Bonnerstock, for Calcutta ; General and Mrs. Cragie, and Captain and Mrs. Cadenhead, for Madras ; Captain Stirling, for Aden ; Hon. R. Hough ton, for Alexandria ; Dr. Fraser and Paymaster Cat mail, for Malta. Her specie comprises 15,0001. for Alexandria. The Tagus has but a small cargo, in con sequence of the large quantity of baggage which she has on board belonging to persons who intend making their destination via Marseilles, the number of whom are about 60. The Euxiue, with the next homeward portion of the Peninsular mail, will arrive on or about Thursday. Placards were extensively posted through the city on Saturday night, requiring "800 smart, active, young men as volunteers far the city of Dublin militia." It was stated that the bounty would be 61., and that the term of service would be five years. They had at foot the names of David Charles Latouche, colonel, and Cap tain Russell, adjutant. It may he observed that the number of men ruettioned in the Gazette for the city was about 1,200. SALE OF VESSELS.. --The sale of the vessels of Mr. Oliver, at Liverpool, has been postponed from the 23d inst. to the 7th of L, comber, when the total to be offerel bill be increased to 77 ships, the number ori ginally advertised being 32. The paper of Mr. Oliver is to be accepted in payment at 20 3 . in the pound, and by this means the vesse l s will be reta i ned among t h e existing creditors, or become the property of persons who may put themselves in the place of the creditors by private purchases of the dishonoured bills. VPPERA AT NEW YORK.—Accounts from New York state that the Italian Opera performances, in which Mme. Grisi was engaged, have been brought to a stand still by the illness of Signor Mario. Miss Pyne is said to be attracting crowded houses. THE FRENCH REINFORCEMENTS. The Courrier de Lyons says :--"An order arrived here two days back by telegraph, to have the 18th light in fantry, the 47th, the 52d, and the 73d of the line, de spatched at once for the East. They are to leave with out delay." These regiments are not comprised in the organisation of the 7th and Bth corps. Two hundred and fifty-four men, belonging to various corps of engineers and artillery, left Marseilles on the 17th in the Thabor for the East. Several detachments of various regiments passed through Marseilles the same day on their way to Toulon, where they are to embark for the Crimea. The Courrier de Marseilles states that it is seriously in contemplation to establish at that place a new park of artillery, and every arrangement, it is said, will be made to carry it into execution as soon as possible. DEATH OF PROFESSOR E. FORBES. We are satisfied that no event which has happened fer some years will excite more surprise, and create a more profound feeling of grief in the scientific world, than the demise of Professor Edward Forbes, on Saturday, in the 39th year of his age. When a student in Edinburgh twenty years ago he gained distinction for his ardent cultivation of the different branches of Natural History, and was the centre of a group of young men, all of whom have since risen to eminence. After visiting Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, and other continental coun tries, in order to extend his knowledge of Natural His tory, he gave a course of lectures on his favourite science in the extra-academical school of this city. Bat hearing of a scientific expedition about to proceed to Asia Minor, under the auspices of Government, he was induced to join it in the capacity of Naturalist. During his absence the Professorship of Botany in King's College, London, became vacant, and his friends applied for it in his name. He was appointed, and returning a few days afterwards immediately entered upon the duties of the chair. His vast know ledge of natural objects was soon appreciated, and he became Secretary and Curator to the Geological Society of London, when he commenced arranging the Museum of that institution, and thus extended his knowledge of Fossils and of Palaeontology. Here also he began to form friendships with all the most distinguished gce logists and men of science in the metropolis, and of which rechably no man living could boast of a larger num ber. When the Government School of Mines and Designs, and the Economic Museum in conjunction with it was founded by Sir E. de la Beeche, Porbes was placed at the head of the Paleeontological department. To him the Museum is indebted for the laborious arrangement and display of the British Fossils, now seen in the mag nificent institution in Jerrnyn-street, London ; and science is no less indebted to him for a series of splen didly illustrated Monographs of new species. To enter, however, at any length upon his numerous contributions to science, or on a description of his well-known works on the Star Fishes of Britain, his British Conchology, and the many papers he published in the scientific transactions and journals of the day, is, in this necessarily hurried sketch, obviously impossible. It is enough to say that when the veteran Jamieson died last April, Forbes was universally recog nised as the only man in Great Britain who was worthy to succeed him. The writer of this hasty sketch knows that the Chair of Natural History, in the University of Edinburgh, was with Forbes the highest object of am- Lition, and that, had his life been spared, it would have been dedicated to extending its already great reputation, so that no school, probably, in tha civil ised world would have equalled it in greatness. With this view he had formed g i gan ti c an d mos t a bl e plans, which through his great influence with the Go vernment would have been liberally supported, and we have no doubt ultimately carried out. But, arrived at the culminating point of his ambition, and at the com mencement of his long-matured schemes of usefulness he has, by a mysterious dispensation of Providence, been removed from us, when we were beginning to appreciate his worth. A chronic disease contracted when in the East, re-excited an d ren d ere d violent by a severe cold caught last autumn on a geological excursion, and which burst out with uncontrollable fury about 10 days ago, was the immediate cause of his premature death. — Caledonian Mercury. Mails for the United States and British North Ame rica will be made up in the General Post-office on the morning of the 22d inst., on the evening of the 28th inst., on the evening of the Bth proximo, and on every alternate Friday afterwards, to be sent via Liverpool. SCOTTISH EXHIBITION Or ARCIITECTURAL ARTS AND MANUFACTURES. —The Glasgow branch of the Architec tural Institute of Scotland have undertaken an exhibi tion of arts and manufactures connected with architec ture. They have purchased ground, and erected galle ries as exhibition rooms, and have converted a house on the property to serve as a home for the institute. The council aro desirous of promoting a love of art in that part of Scotland, and of extending the means of educa tion, and of assisting in the foundation of a permanent pr i mus eum of architecture , sculpture, painting, and art sympathise with We need not say that we with them in their efforts , and would gladly aid pinath ose . curing contributions of of of ar t an d manufactures. We understand they have experienced some difficulty in unaware obtaining contributions is England, manufacturers espe ciallyopene dapuppeatrointgh them o in be tbe reat manufacturing metro of the field thus this enterprise are desirous Scot ti sh architects associated in polis of Scotland. The 14 and the sale of every of jest ofo promoting a knowledge at home or abroad ; and whilst 4 inviting the contributions real merit produced either the exhibition of their Englishand foreign brethren, they hope that may be of advantage to them ; and the ib w it il i r do their utmost iit t e o v p u r i oa ci o , te the success of all who may contribute.--/ 4 , ;Z ~~~- :".c.`i -1 .7 r: -x4 rs;:' ~_-~,.~~ w'=~ T.HE PRUSSIAN RING AND CINALBARSe The unequivocal indications of the spirit which animates the King and Court of Prussia increase the anxiety with which the friends of national in dependence throughout Europ© are looking forward to the meeting of the Prussian States-General. Our readers are aware that by an edict recently pro mulgated an entirely new constitution has been given to the First Chamber of the Prussian legis-, lature. By that edict, in addition to the members who are to sit in their own right, certain corpora tions have been empowered to propose a limited number of additional members, the power of con firming or vetoing these recommendations being reserved to the Crown. The assemblies of these corporations, fur the purpose of recommending to the Crown members for the First Chamber, have been nearly all held ; in the great majority of cases Conservatives, more or less prononces, have been nominated, not a few of whom are mem bers of the Representative Chamber. So sensible are the Junker —or ultra-aristocratic party in Prussia—of the extent to which this will weaken them in the Chamber of Representatives, that they are becoming clamorous to have the meeting of the Legislature postponed until the vacancies thus created can be filled up by new elections. There is no doubt as to the entire sympathy a hich exists between the Court and this party ; and the fact that the meeting of the Legislature has been definitively fixed for the 30th inst. would, there fore, seem to indicate that the Court are of opinion they are likely to lose rather than gain by elec tions at the present moment. This is a most unequiiro:...al confession, on the part of the Court, of what are the real sentiments of the great body of the Prussian people with respect to the contest now waging in the East. The partisans of Russia are confined almost exclusively to the narrow circles of those corporations empowered to nominate candi dates for admission into the First Chamber. Those consist of the nobles of the seven provinces ; a few towns (some of them of very inferior consequence) which were at one time free -towns of the old Ger man Empire or the kingdom of Poland ; and the • Universities. In the province of Westphalia there are 365 persons entitled to vote in the nomination of a candidate for the First Chamber ; in none of the others does the number amount to 260 ;in one it is only 35. The municipal authori ties in the towns, and the professors of the univer sities, are all more or less dependent upon Govern ment. Even within these fpw and far from wealthy corporations there is an opposition respect able in point of numbers ; and against them are arrayed the combined intellect and capital of the whole of the rest of the nation. With such a feeble support is the infatuated monarch bidding defiance to the opinion of the nation, and sacrificing its true interests at the shrine of that brother-in-law of whom he has made for himself an idol to bow down and worship. Still it is extremely doubtful whether the Prus sian Chamber of Representatives will have the courage to assert their constitutional right to re monstrate, with the weight and energy which unanimity bestows, against the suicidal poliCy of their Government. True, in 1814, the Prussian people compelled their reluctant monarch to`em brace the cause of national independence ; but the King of that day, though from indecision of cha racter and pusillanimity averse to throwing down the gauntlet to the first Napoleon, cherished a kind of sneaking desire to do so. His people only com pelled him to do what he would have done of his own accord had he possessed the courage. But the present King, in resisting the wishes of his people, is indulging his own inclinaticns. It will be more difficult to induce to change his policy, and the Representative Chamber of Prussia—elected exclusively by a good-natured middle-class in easy circumstances, and imbued with a great deference for royalty—is not likely to address its Sovereign in a peremptory strain. It will at most " hint a fault, and hesitate dislike" at his conduct, and let him take his own way. The meinbois will shake their heads and muttter that he is bringing ruin on then, all, but they will allow him to bring it.— Daily Hews. THAMES EMBANKMENT. Notices of intended application to Parliament in the next session have been given for an act to isicorporate a company to make an embankment and railway along the north side of the Thames from Queenhithe-stairs to West minster-bridge ; and a branch rail xay from a point op posite Whitehall-place to the Westminster Terminus rail way, near the Grey-coat Hospital, Westminster. It is also proposed to construct' a public carriage road and footways, chiefly on the embankment from Chatham place, Blackfriars-bridge, to Whitehall-place. It is in tended (if necessary) to enable the London and North- Western, the Great Western, the London and South- Western, the London, Dighton, and South Coast, the West of London and Crystal Palace, and the Western Terminus railway companies to subscribe to the under taking. LONDON AND SOUTH-EASTERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic re turn for the week ending Nov. 18, 1854 14,841 7 3 Corresponding week last year 14,286 9 9 Increase in 1 4 54 £554 17 6 LONDON, BRIG HTON, AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAY.- Traffic return for the week ending Nov. 18, £11,315 9 10 1854 Corresponding week last year 11,087 8 3 Total of tho half-year to this date, 1854 323,468 18 7 Total of the half-year to this date, 1853 295,298 17 2 THE DECEMBER MAILS FOR AUSTRALIA.—A Liver pool correspondent reports, that owing to the Govern ment having required the services of the mail steamer of the 4th proximo, the Postmaster-General has entered into an arrangement with Messrs. James, Baines, and Co., owners of the Liverpool Black Ball Line of Aus tralian Packets, to despatch their; celebrated clipper, James Baines, on the 9th proximo, with the mails for Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide, Zee. The vessel in ques tion is one of the swiftest in the world, having made her maiden trip from Boston to Liverpool in 12 days. The James Baines will sail under the command of Captain C. M‘Donnell (late of the Marco Polo), who is bound, under a penalty, to deliver the snails in Melbourne in 65 days, but from his experience of the ship (it having been built under his superintendence), he anticipates making the passage in even shorter time. MAILS FOR SOUTH AMERICA..—The following- notice was issued from the General Post-office yesterday—viz. "The South American Steam Navigatien Company not being prepared to despatch a. steamer to Brazil, the River Plate, &c., on the 24th instant, the next mails will be despatched from London on the evening of the 30. h inst., and from Liverpool on the morning of the let prox. A mail for Rio de Janeiro will be made up at this office on the evening of the 24th inst. for convey ance by H.M.S. Brisk. Letters contained in this mail will be liable to the packet rate of postage—viz , Is. w hen not exceeding half an ounce, 2s. alien exceeding half an ounce and nut exceeding an ounce, and so on. Newspapers will he conveyed without charge. All let ters and newspapers intended to be sent by this vessel must be addressed 'By H.M.S. Brisk.'" THE TELEGRAPH.— A correspondent writes : There is much talk at Berlin about tic arrest of a banker ac cused of having corrupted the telegraph clerks. He was the head ofs . a band who have frequently succeeded in stealing official despatches. A despatch from Count Nesselrode to the Russian envoy at Dresden has been found at the residence of one of the parties inculpated. 20 20 10 10 20 St. St. 10 St. 10 St. 25 20 20 50 20 Paid.l 100 Aberdeen 81 Mag. Nottng. Boat and Eastn. Junct all Belfast & Ballymena all Birming. Wolverh. & Stour Valley 29.3 Birkenhd. Lancsh. & Cheshire Junct all Do. 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Bombay, Baroda, and Central India,Serip Central of Italy all Demerara 14 Dijon and 13esancoia 10 ! iutch Rhenish all Eastern of France 10 Do. New all East Indian 2 Do. Extension all Do, 4z p. c. Bds., pay. '57, convertible - - all Do. do. do., '59, do 10 Gd. Junct. of France 12 Gd. Tk of CanadaA is. all Do. do all Do. St. Lawrence & Atlantic do. all Do. Cert. of Debon., con. into Stk. till '63 all Do. Comp. 6p. c., do. 10 Gt. Central of France all Gt. Indian Peninsula 1 Do. New 5 per cent. all Gt.Westernof Canada Shares all Do. Bds., payable's7, with option till '55 all Do. do., '62, p. '56 all Do. do., '76, p. '6O all De. do., '73, without option all Hamilton & Toronto all Do. 6 per mat. 11 Lake Const. & Basle all Lucca dr Pistoja 5 p.c. prof 12 Great Luxembourg Constituted Shares all Do. Obligations 0 Lyons and Geneva 12 Lyons di Meditenan Madras 2 Do. New 31., Maria. Antonia all Do. do. Now 2 Melbourne Dk. do Ry all Namur di Liege (with _ interest) all Do. (ex interest) all Northern of France all D 0.20/. Shs.late Char leroi and Erquelines guar. 31 p. c. & red. at 22A/. dur. 88 yrs. from 1 Jau. 1854 all Do. 201. 3 p. c Bde (fmy.B. & A ms.Shs ) all NorwegianTruukPref 14 Paris and Lyons all Ditto Bonds all Paris and Orleans all Paris and Rouen 10 ParisCaen & Cherbrg. all Rouen and Havre 20 Royal Danish 3 Royal Swedish all Sambre and Mouse all Do. 54 p. cent. Prof. 10 Southern. of France.. 14 at. Andrew's and Quebec (A) a ll West Flanders all Do 54 per c. Pref 10 Western of France 16 West. of Switzerland all Wiesbaden '2O Zealand JOINT-STOP Nustal'ralasia all British Colonial Bank and Loan Company all British N. American 5 Chartd. Bank of Asia 2 Chrtd. 13uk. of India, Australia, & China 25 Colonial 20 Commercial of Loud. 16 English Scottish and Australian all Loud. Chart. Bk. of Australia 20 London and County 10 London Joint Stock 20 Loud. & Westminster 35 National Provincial of England 10 Do. New 22!. National of Ireland all . Now South Wales all Oriental Bank of Corporation. 25 Provincial of Ireland all 1)o. N3w 1 'loyal Australn.Bkg. R. Gold Imp Co.._ all -4outli Australia all iniion of Australia_ 2 Do. New ............ 10 (Juion of Loudon.... 942 59 t I I 111 i i i 68 $ 88i 9 B.} 124 6911 70 691 71 i 70/ 1051 i 5 9814 i I 22 li 67i i 13 A 581 9i 30 17i / 18 13.5 5 30 20 1 1 40 5 St. 25 all all 11 all 411 THE ENGLISH DANES. The meeting of the Danish residents in London last week ought not to be forgotten, or passed over as an event of small importance. The present struggle between the Government and the people of Denmark cannot but come to some memorable issue ; and every incident which conduced to that issue ought then to have its place in history. Among those incidents should be reckoned the gathering together of Danish citizens in London, sympathised with by their compatriots in Bristol, Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham, arid Cardiff, to strengthen the hearts and hands of the defenders of the Con stitution at home. It is observable that in all the meetings and pub lic declarations of the popular party in this contro versy all quarrel with the King is carefully avoided. Like the chairman on the present occa sion, the great Copenhagen meeting and the Diet have, with excellent prudence, spoken of their Constitution as the grant of their Sovereign, which they mean to defend to the death. They direct their accusations and opposition to the Ministers, and thus leave open the way to reconciliation, with out revolution,whenever the King becomes aware of the necessities of his position. It is, in fact, impossible for the most uncongenial observer of the case to charge the popular party and their leaders, thus far, with anything factious in temper, acts, or words. The King has hitherto upheld his unwor thy Ministers ; he has been rude to deputations ; he has cut down the trees on the ramparts at Copenhagen, and cleared the ground for a siege, in case of the people standing fast for their Consti tution. These are his own personal acts, so that, without reckoning his authorisation of the control of the press and other illicit ministerial acts, his people have abundant cause of quarrel with him. Yet they quietly and wisely leave open to him a way of retreat from his false position ; and, while suthciently indicating what th ey mean t o d o, o ff er to their Prince an opportunity to lead them in the doing of it. It is highly important to others than the Danes that their King should not lose the op portunity. We need not explain to our readers our view, nor insist upon our sense, of the importance of this Danish controversy. From the outset of it we brought it prominently into notice, and we have left e r i e m a p d o er r s tan ar ?: o e m e hich consti tuted e d r n e s e f i lv o g 7 1 : l i i r c a a e s p T a c r e o e f o d fti the h e u e s n t a r a r e t i e ; erd.tto.opni Ourtopics t w h the business of Thursday's meeting: „,._ In the first place, the chairinan avowed the pre cise object of the assembly : To recognise the duty of all true Danes to protest against the late in fringements of their Constitution, in the dissolu tion of the Diet, and the prosecutions of the press, and to declare their intention of holding fast their constitutional liberty, in whatever laud they might be residing while the strife was going forward in their own. The second topic was the obligations of Danish citizens to the press of England. We certainly have upheld their cause, when, as they say, the German news Russian doctriiialepearsndWeserne ti l lo n ° e r n / y . translations of Denmark is not free. That of France is silent — the national mind being shut down under hatches. That of all the German and Italian States is un trustworthy, even when it speaks. T here is onl y the English press, in all Europe ( considerin g the peculiar relations of Denmark to Norwa y and Swe den), that can act as the organ of the Danish peo ple ; and they, by their compatriots in London, appear to be satisfied with what that press has done. The third topic was the war, and the action of the Allies. Nothing could be more explicit and the cause of the Western Alliance by these unquestionable than the declaration of adhesion to whatever the l e i - n il i e s a t r r t y e d , repre sentatives of Danish nationality. They declared mig It be, this that the fate of that nationality, and the indepen denceandthoefspDecaukmerarbkoldhluyningfoornintel(iieuesvtehnattoi,f, t t h h e a t D t a h n e i s h f r i) e free-spoken war ; Danes were with the h th e e o f o e u e l l d ing sa s y o! people of England mighty struggle of liberty Whatever success or failure the against despotism." with in making the German States his tools, in order to make them afterwards his victims, there ought never to be any doubt about his chances with the Scandinavian stations. The Danes in England have declared their view and feeling in a voice which will roach St. Petersburg •andwhen , release of their own press at home shall enable their countr 3' -1 nen to hear and speak, the response will be on e N vhich the whole world will echo with. —Daily News. GENERAL SCREW STEAM-SHIPPING COMPANY. TO THE EDITOR OF THII SUM. SIR,—My attention has been called to a report of this meeting, as it appeared in your paper of the 13th inst., at which a Mr. Hutton attended, and interaliaed ; the amendment, as put by Mr. Itaikes Currie, goes on to state—" That Mr. Hutton is entirely igno rant of mercantile accounts, and that be has been grossly imposed upon." I will thank you, in justice to myself, as an accountant practising in the City, to state that I know nothing of the company in question, and that neither myself nor any,relative of mine have had anything to do with the investigation of their accounts. —I am, Sir, your obedient servant, JAS. BUTTON, Accountant. 1 46, Moorgatc•street, London, Nov. 20, 1854. N~r: .~;~, ~3 :.; 32i I 80A 1