The Sun. — London, England, 1854-10-27 00:00:00

Y 1 0 N Li; 8 1 . c: ..ND ouMMEROIAL -INTELLIGENCE.. CITY. rwo o'CLOCK The sales of setton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at 8,000 bales, including 1,000 Ameri can, and 500 Surat' taken for export and on spe culation. The market closed tamely, without change in prices. The sales comprised 6,000 American, 280 Pernam and Maranham, at sid. to 7d., 300 Egyptian at sd. to 10d., and 1,200 Surat at 3d. to 4d. per lb. Railway Shares were dull, and prices had a downward tendency. Among the sales of produce yesterday, the Daily Commercial Gazette notices 1,500 ounces of sulphate of quinine, taken for the Russian market. Is this in conformance with the Royal proclamations and orders in Council ? We had imagined that trade with Russia was prohibited. Colonial Produce has been in limited request this week, and for some descriptions of sugar a slight concession in prices has been made by sellers, but generally there is a disposition to hold for full rates. Colony plantation coffee has been in demand at ls. advance, and native is wanted. Rice has been benefitted by the material advance in grain, and the quantity offering is smaller. Very high prices are now asked, middling Bengal having been sold up to 15s. Gd. In spices very little has been done, and saltpetre, cotton, hemp, tallow, and iron are all quiet. Tea has been dull from public sales being declared. Yesterday there arrived in the Thames 37 ships from foreign parts, 2 from Ireland, and 88 colliers. The sentence upon Mr. Cole, of four years' penal servitude, is considered lenient here, since no doubt is entertained of other cases being provable against him. The fabrication of dock warrants strikes so deeply at the root of all mercantile honour, that no man can be safe in his dealings or advances unless justice is rigorously executed against the fraudulent parties ; but at the same time we think it has hitherto been too much regarded as a matter of course that the merchandise hypothecated is in the warehouses. Without in the least impugning the credit of any one seeking advances, the fact, undoubtedly, should in all cases be verified. Accounts from the Baltic state that the greatest exertions are making to get Russia supplied, be fore the navigation closes, with the articles of foreign production that she most requires, and has been hitherto prevented by the blockade from ob taining. The scarcity of colonial staples experi enced in Finland had already ceased, owing to the arrivals from Swedish ports ; and St. Petersburg and the interior provinces would be supplied in the same way. In referring yesterday to the Customs revenue of France the decrease should have been stated at 10,000;000f. The investigation into the affairs of Mr. Edward Oliver, of Liverpool, shows, it is said, assets 1,168,2501. against liabilities 700,0001.; but, allow ing for depreciation of property, the surplus is not estimated at more than 78,0001. There are no less than 100 ships entirely owned by Mr. Oliver. At the opening of the Stock Market this morning prices were heavy, but an improvement has since occurred, and Consols, which were 94. E to 941, have been done at 941 f for transfer, and from 94# f have risen to 94i f for tim•:. The New 3/ per Cents. have been 93f to 931, and the 3 per Cents. 93 to 93g. Bank Stock is still rising, having touched 213. Exchequer Bills are 6s. to 9s. pm., and East India Bonds 10s. pm. Notwithstanding the larger supply of stock since the transfer books were opened there is a better tone, and an impression exists in some quarters that the supply has not only been absorbed by parties inclined to hold, but that the speculators, unless favoured by a tighter money market and ad-, verse political events, will find stock rather scarce next settling day. _ Foreign Stocks have been quiet. Russian 5 per Cents. are 95i, and the 4i per Cents. 85 to f. Turkish Scrip has been 2i to being flat. Brazi lian Bonds are 98k. The letters by the Overland Mail are expected to be delivered to-morrow by 11 o'clock. The outline of the news is not favourable in respect to commercial affairs. The " patriots" were in pos session of Shanghai, and there was no trade going on at Hong Kong. The tea market will probably be affected by this. In India trade was dull. The rate of exchange at Calcutta was Is. 11d. for bills on London. The pressure of late in the United States money market is producing the ordinary result—contrac tion and severity on the part of the very institu tions which most contributed to speculation and over-trading. In the revulsion that ensues, how ever, such banks themselves very often get severely punished, and a worse feature is the discredit thrown upcin the banks which probably never pur sued an objectionable course. _ . The prices of United States Public Securities have undergone no alteration worthy of notice since this day week. _ _ The following are the nominal prices of foreign stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 51 to 6 ; Mexi can, 221 to 23 ; Peruvian, 71 to 73 ; ditto, 3 per Cents., 51 to 53 ; Portuguese 4 per Cents., 40 to 42 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 95 to 97 ; ditto, 4 per Cents., 84 to 86 ; Spanish New Deferred, 18k to 18i ; ditto, 3 per Cents., 37i to 38f ; ditto, Certificates, 5 to 51 ; ditto, Passive, 4i to 5. The Railway Share Market has been rather heavy, but without any prominent change in 'values. Luxembourg shares are firm. In the Foreign Mines there have been a few purchases, at rather fuller rates. The Joint-Stock Bank shares are brisker. Crys tal Palace are supported. BRITISti FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'cL( ( Front the Utkial List. • - I%ti.iness done. Bank Stock .. . 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 93h 3 i 3 per Cent . Console Annuities 94.4 i i New 3 per Cent. Annuities Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 ... 4i 5-16 India Bonds, £lOOO ...„,. .......... ..... ..... Ditto, under £lOOO lO Bank Stock for Account 212 Consols for Account 14th Nev Exchequer Bills, 24d. 210(X) £5OO Small .......... ......... .. ... .... .......... . 9 p Exchequer Bouds 1858, Si per Cent. — Ditto 1859, „ PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent 94 Ditto New, 1852, 4A per Cont .... Portuguese for the Account • 37i ktussian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent. £ St._ 95i Ditro 41 per Cent. B5 Ditto Small ..... Bi} ......... ....... Turkish Scrip G per cent Dividends on thr &neve payable in London Belgian Bonds 44 per Cent. ox. 25 fr Dutch Exchange, 24 per Cent. 12 Gull Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates .. HAL.P-PAST TWO. Consols Ditto November A co' m nt ...... ... 94 10 5 20 20 CHOLERA IN VIENNA.—From the 16th of September to the 9th of October there were 693 cases, of which 67 recovered, and 289 died. DESTRUCTION OF A WADDING FACTORY,rrSPdIT.ALFIELDS. —The most extensive fire that has occu a In the ire tropolis for some weeks broke out yesterda afternoo j n, between the hours of three and four o'clock y in pre mises belonging to Messrs G. Bahbinson and Co the wad- Spitmanufcurers on a very arge scaled Co., al-street, Spitalfields. The building in which the misfortune commenced was the main factory, which was le between 50 and 60 feet long by n early 40 wide, and con. tained a great stock of manufactured wadding and ma chinery. Adjoining the factory was a range of dryieg. houses, of precisely the same length and . width as the first named, also filled with stock, undei going the process of drying; so that it became manifest from the first that, unless the fire could be extingaished in . its incipient sta g e, th er e wee every probability of the entire property falling a prey to the fury of the flames ; and unfortu nately the worst fears were soon realised. The fire was first discovered by some of the workmen ant e sendiuee prngses, who lost no time in sounding an alarm d off for proper assistance. It was not su bdued he d untryinil the factory and contents were destroyed, and t houses levelled with the ground. The total loss must be considerable, and unfortunat el y the sufferers insured wcre not for a single penny. One fortunate circum stance was that the Haines were prevented from reachini! ti e steam - boiler, so that no explosion took place, whic.li otherwise might have been the case. The disaster, it is supposed, was caused by the friction of some a the ma chinery driven by steam-power. 100 20 5 5 20 SUAEE MARKETS. (THISDAT.) 13RITISH RAILWA VS. Fltces yesterday. I rald 4 RAILWArd. , 10() Aberdeen .. ..... dutbg, Nottng. Bosi • • and Eastu. all Belfast & Ballymena. all Binning. Wolverh. & Stour Valley ...... 296 Birkenhd. Lanesh. & Cheshire Juuct all Do. Chesh. & .250 and £25 Cons. 19 I 0., 0£20.. 30 Myth &Tyno origina £25 (issd. at £45; 100 Bristol and Exeter... 100 Caledonian 21s. Carmarthen and Car digan all Chester & Holyhead. all Cork and Bandon... all Cork, Black, & Pass 16 0 truwall 16 CrietT Junction 45 Dublin&BelfastJunc all Dundee Perth&Abet Teen Junction all Do. New 100 East Anglian.... all Eastern Counties 100 Eastern Union, A Stock . ... 100 Ds., B. Stock 84 Do., New A . 100 East Lancashire .. 100 Edinburgh & Glasgom 9r. Edinb. and Peebles... 100 Ediu. Pith & Dundee 1 worth & Clyde Juno., 100 Glasgow &S. Western 100 Great Northern 100 Do., A. Stock IGO Do., B. Stock 100 Sth. &West.(lre. 100 Great Western 100 Do. Stour Val, Rail Gua. Stk all Irish South-Eastern all Lancaster & Carlisle 14' Do., Thirds 4 Do. New Thirds__ 100 Lancash.andYorksl• 196 Do., Fifths 114 Do., Wst. Riding Un all Liv.Crsby.&Soutlipt all London & Blaekwal 100 Lond. Bright &S.Cst 100 Lond. and N. West,. 12 1)o. Fifths 1 Do.lo/.Sh.,M&B 26 Do. Eighths 100 l.ondonandS. Westn. 426 Do., £5O 34 Do., £4O .e all Ludndrry& Coleraine all Lndndrry. & Enuisk 100 Vlanah.Shef.& Liucho 4t o )0., Man. & Lin. Up. 100 Ilidland 100 .0. Birmng. & Derbs all Nlidld. G. West. (Irv.) 22. Do, Half Shares all ieweastle & 54 ‘Townikt.l3ury Exteu. 19 lsiwpt.Aberg. & arfol. 8 'ewry & Enniskillen all Newry Warrenpoint and Rostrevur...... It to , lorfolk 3! o rtlrn. Countie sUn 100 north British all North Devon, No. 1 all Do., No. 2 all 00., 6 A Deferred all Do. , B Guarantee' Eastern—Berwick 20 00. do. Extension ~ 13 Dodo. G.N.E. Purch. all Do. L00...d5.. DO Do. York Forth London 8 Do. New .210 o . .&S.Wstrn.,llami '- stead, and City Jo.. iortl, StatTordshir, Ol forth Western all , O` .& S. Westin. Jun, . Niuueaton, Hinckley and Leicester •.0 Word., Worcester, & Wolverhampton 4 .'ortsmouth itoottish Central o) , Scottish Midland all qtrowsby. & Pleref t ..litropshire UMOD „ Di. A, B, C,&D,full paid up at per tooth Devon 'oath Eastern...... .. ,11 4outh Wales Yrksh. & Riv. Do , oo S mines, Wok. SLW( , tockton H l>i Aockton & Ilartlep Pall' Vale 9 >O. £lO shares. )0, Pref., No. 1 lames Haven Doc; and Railway ail Vale of .0 ; Waterfd. & Kilk enn Vaterford&Limeri. I 8 West Cornwall..... 3 'Vest End of Lord° , and Crystal Palace.. al West London 111 s. Ximbledu &Croydol all Antwerp&Rotterdam 3 Belgian Eastu. June. S Beziers to Graissessac 2s. Bombay, Baroda, and Central ludia,Scrip Central of Italy all Demerara 14 Non and Besanqon.. 9 )utch Rhenish all Eastern of France 10 Do. New all Fast Indian 2 Do Extension all Do. 4i p. c. Bds., pay '57, convertible 411 Do. do. do., '69, de Crd. Junct. of France 12. (id. Tk of C.ll.nada.A. is. all 1)o. do 'Ai Do. St. Lawrence & Atlantis do. 411 Do. Cert. of Deben , con. into Stk. till '63 all Do. Comp. 6p. c., do. 10 (It. Central of France a ll tn. Indian Peninsula 1 Do. New 5 per cent. all 4. Western of Canada Shares . a ll i )o. Bds., payable's7, with option till '55.. all Do. do., '62, p. '56 . al. Do. do., '76, p. '6O . all Do. do., '73, without option .. . all :lamilton & Toronto all i)o. 6 per cent. 11 take Coust. & Basle sr ,ucca & Pistoja 5 p.c. prof 2 lreat Luxembourg Constituted Shares all to. Obligations 0 f,yous and Geneva .yons & Mediterran 16. vladra.s 2 Do. New 311, Ntaria Antonia all Do. do, New 2 Ntelbourne Dk. &Ry. all Namur di Liege (wit) interest) all Do. (ox interest) all Northern of France all D 0.20/. Shs.late Char• leroi and Erquelines gu,ir. 3$ p. c. & red. at '224/. dur. 88 yrs. l from 1 Jan. 1854.... all Do. 201. 3 p. c Bds. (finy.B.di Ams.Shs. all NorwegianTrunkPre) 14 Paris and Lyons all Ditto Bonds all Paris and Orleans , all Paris and Rouen 10 ParisCacu do Cherbrg, all Rouen and Havre 20 Royal Danish 3 Royal Swedish all Sambre and Meuse_ all Do. 54 p. cont. Pref 10 Southern of France. 14 St. Andrew's and Quebec (A.) all West Flanders all Do 5A per c. Prof 10 Western of Francs 1 ; West. of Switzerland all Wiesbaden 20 Zealand JOINT SW(: all l Austra lasia ............ all British Colonial Bank and Loan Company all British N. American 5 Chartd. Bank of Asia 1), Chrtkl. Bnk. of India, Australia, & China 25 Colonial 20 Commercial of Lond 16 Knglisli Scottish and Australian all Gond. Chart. Bk. of Australia 20 London and County 10 Loudon Joint Stock 20 Lund. & Westminster 35 National Provincial of England 10 Do. New 221 National of Ireland all Now South Wales all Oriental Bank of Corporation 25 Provincial of Ireland all Do. 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"... ••• 74 - $ iBi = sii i 2 - 13 9 - 10 22} - 22 48 50 38 40 pm 22t —2?, par 1p 2 lid 7 —B4 ••• -- ••• - - pm 4 d 6i 7 p .•• '.."" •, 16 - 11 BANKS. 78 -- 80 ••., 1 Gl par 80 - $2 8 —2i d 221 221 ... ..... • •• 41 - 42 43 - 45 68 - 70 7i - 8i = • .1 - /tiva _ _ THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY /BINNING, OCTOBER 11154 € NEWMARKET RACES. Polar Sea.* Where arc the facts? A general assertion is very acceptable to mankind in general, for life is too short for all to be equally attentive to one subject. But seven out of the ten Polar Sea Expeditions have failed since you entered upon this field of research in 1815, and the Admiralty, the newspa pers inform us, after having solicited the Royal (not the Royal Geographical) Society for their opinion (sad mockery), are now urging Government to send the eleventh; a few facts then will be apropos. They are, however, decidedly against you. Sir Edward Parry, who discovered the Fury and Heels Strait, and it has not been visited since his time, has dis tinctly stated that there is uo current in the Fury and Hecla Strait. Sir John Ross has published an Esquimaux Chart of North Somerset, wherein it is shown to be a peninsula. That you will say rests upon Indian information ; it does, and so did the existence of the Polar Sea, the Fury and Hecla Strait, .the Isthmus of Boothia and Melville Peninsular. And who doubts the accuracy of these Polar fishermen in theserespects ? Ou the contrary, their geographical knowledge is the admira tion of the world. Are you then justified iu doubting them in this solitary instance ? The same woman—women are the geographers at the Pole—who figured that extraordinary isthmus, the Isthmus of Boothia, figured that laud over which you are attempting to threw a doubt. When I contended this point in 1836, you referred to Sir• George Back's decided opiniont of the termination of the eastern boundary of the Great Fish River Estuary at Cape Ilay, in which belief the gallant commander, to do honour to the Earl of Ripon, the chief promoter of the expedition, named au island, lying off the Cape, Ripon Island. Alas! Cape Nay has now lost its importance, and Ripon Island is no more. His lordship has no resting place at the pole. Cape Britannia occupies the place of Ripon Island, and you are thus informed by that great traveller Simpson, whose death all deplore, that I was right, - .1. - and that Sir George Back was wrong. Sir John Ross was more careful of his patron, ex-sheriff Sir Felix Booth. He gave him six chances; 1, Boothia Felix; 2, Gulf of Boothia ; 3, Isthmus of Boothia ; 4, Boothians; 5, Felix Har bour ; 6, Sheriff's Harbour. There is yet another important point which Simpson decided in my favour, which I mention as serving to put a value upon the conjectures I have ventured. The Great Bay discovered by SiMpson in 1839 was supposed by me to exist in 1836,§ and which induced me to be so sanguine of success as to volunteer to the Secretary of State for the Colonies for the time being, year after year, to conduct an expedition such as Simpson undertook and successfully carried out ; for if several jutting points of land had occupied the space of that bay, not one season, but several seasons, would have been required for its survey. A few words in conclusion regarding the Northern Strait. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SELLING HANDICAP. Orson Jessamine Two ran. HANDICAP T.Y.C. Orinoco Henrietta Twelve ran. MATCH. Hospodar beat Orestes. MATCH. Refraction colt beat Weathercock. SWEEPSTAKES OF 10 SOPS. Usurer.. Cimicisaa . Eight ran. SWEEPSTAKES OF 10 SOVS Michaelmas Maid Vaultress Nine ran. SWEEPSTAKES OF 10 SOVS. Pyrrhia Rosaline Six ran. NURSERY STAKES. Lady Tatton • Laura Selina Moonbeam colt Sixteen ran. CRIMINAL COURT-(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. It is well known that the current setting down Baffin Bay brings drift wood with it, and it is equally well known that no drift wood passes through the Fury and Hecla, Hudson, and Barrow Straits. The presumptive evidence is very convinc ing to my mind that a large portion of the wood which is drifted down the Mackenzie River is carried out to sea, and, catching the western termination et the oceanic group I have mentioned, is rolled onwards by the Polar current until it ' finds its exit, losing in quantity as it travels, in Baffin Bay by Jones Sound. Additionally, the Esquimaux of Hudson Strait and of the Mackenzie River are, in manners and cus toms, alike; II the intermediate tribes altogether different. The Ethnologist will infer, that had the natives of Hudson Strait found their way from Mackenzie River along the coast of North America, they would have lost, in the years that must have been spent in this migration, and in the intermarriages that must have taken place, somewhat in manners and customs, and that consequently they had folio wed another route, and the most likely route is that of the drift wood. I cannot but believe that many, very many, members of the Esquimaux family remain to be discovered, and that they will be found lining the shores of the supposed Northern Strait. Now let me not be misunderstood. Although lam con tending for a Polar Land journey, I am by no means desirous of putting a stop to the Polar Sea Expedition, which it appears Government has under its consideration. Let them sail and prosper if they can ; I only wish to point out what seems to me, after mature study, to be the right path. lam no econo mist, but if thousands of pounds are to be spent let us have a good investment; and the only safe investment in my opinion is in a Polar Land journey. In a third letter I shall submit a plan for the discovery of the North-West Passage, or rather North-West Passages, by a Polar Land journey. It is a source of deep regret that I am obliged thus publicly to address you, but it is my only hope of obtaining a hear ing, seeing that since 1836 I have incessantly been labour ing in vain for a quiet one. I am the better able to do this now than formerly, because the reflection can no longer be cast upon me " that it is from interested motives, and not from a love of science."—l have the honour to be, sir, your obedient servant, RICHARD KtNe. 17, Savile-row, Jau. 8, 1845. To Sir John Barrow, Bart., Secretary to the Admiralty. Sir,—ln submitting a plan for the exploration of the north ern coast of North America and the islands adjacent, I scarcely know where to begin, for if I consider the explorers at once at their starting point in the heart of the country I shall have Sir J. Franklin, as in 1836, calling it " ineagre,"a and if I minutely describe the inward route I shall merit the charge of making a long story. Conciseness in conducting a Polar Journey, and in reporting it, is so essential to the tra veler that I prefer to come under Sir John Franklin's lash; and, by anticipation, refer him to his own narrative as a guide book, or to that of Sir Alexander Mackenzie from which he obtained his material. (Before the Recorder.) Mr. John Qore, the extensive metropolitan contractor for the removal of dust, ashes, &c., surrendered to take his trial for a nuisance. Mr. Ryland and Mr. Locke conducted the prosecu tion, which was instituted by the corporation of the city of London. Mr. Clarkson and Mr. Ballantine appeared for the defendant. _ _ After some discussion between the Court and the learned counsel, it was arranged that the defendant should plead guilty upon the understanding that he should not be called up for judgment if the business was carried on in future in such a manner as should satisfy the officers of the Board of Trade, and so as to prevent it as far as possible from being any nuisance to the public. Mary Anne Anstey, 39, a respectable-looking woman, was indicted for the manslaughter of a child named Charles Wall. Mr. Gifford prosecuted, and Mr. Rebton was counsel for the prisoner. • It appears that the child in question was illegitimate, and it bad been placed in the charge of a woman named Tucker to nurse. Oa the afternoon of the 29th Sep tember, the prisoner went to the lodging of Tucker and made inquiry of her respecting her husband, with whom it appeared she suspected that Tucker was improperly convected. Tucker told the pri soner that she knew nothing of her husband, and the latter, who was is a very great passion, having made use of some bad language, made a blow at the woman Tucker. She had the child in her arms at the time, and it appeared that the blow missed the woman and the child received it on the side. A surgeon's assistant was called in the next day, and he treated the injury as one of a trifling character, and ordered an embrocation to be rubbed in. On the Mon day following severe inflammation set in, which resulted iu erysipelas, and the child died on the 7th October, the erysipelas being the proximate cause of death. It ap peared that the original injury was very slight, and by no means likely to cause death, and there appeared to be some doubt whether the erysipelas had not been the result of the embrocation. I propose, then, that a party of two officers—one being of the medical profession —a boat carpenter, and 13 men fully equipped for the service, should leave Montreal, in Canada, sufficiently early to reach the Athabasca Like in July. Here half the baggage shoUld be left, and the boat carpenter and two men should remain, in order to build a boat 28 feet long, an occupation of three weeks. The explorers should then pro ceed to tho head waters of the Fish River to fix upon an eligi ble position to winter, and the inner man as well as the outer man should be taken into consideration. The route to the Fish River from the Athabasca Lake is well known to the Indians and fur traders, and is minutely desribed in " King's Narra tive of the Expedition in search of Sir J. Ross." The winter esta blishment fixed, 1 officer and. 5 men, with au Indian guide, should return to the Athabasca Lake, and, having despatched the boat carpenter with the Indian guide and the two men to the Fish River party, there to build a second boat, proceed in The Jury returned a verdict of "Not guilty." 4ABKET NE WS--(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. Very moderate supplies of English wheat have been re ceived up to our market this week coastwise and by larul carriage. The show of samples here to-day was small, and a good clearance was effected at prices rather over those obtained on Monday. The amount of business done in foreign wheat was com paratively small ; but we had few sellers of any kind Ac cept at a further improvement in value of from is to 2s per quarter. The barley trade was firm, and fine parcels were is per quarter dearer. There was a good sale for malt, the value of which had an upward tendency. Oats moved off steadily at from 6d to is per quarter more money. Beans, peas. and flour changed hands at fully the late advance. ♦RRIVALS TIIIS WREN. Wheat. I Barley. Malt. 1,720 ( 3,180 860 2,190 tb. nowipbuiltboat via the Slav° A ult Braclionzießivers to Great Bear Lake, the wiuteriug post, of two of the oTerland journeys. The parties, which, for convenience, it will be as well to call the eastern and western party, having securely housed themselves, should at once adapt their means to their ends, in getting through the winter and providing for the future, for which purpose I refer them to the guide-books mentioned; but as the authors saw things differently, and met, in con sequence, with feasting or famine, success or failure, the exercise of some judgment will be required in the reference. To collect and hoard provision, and to pave the way to the Polar Sea so as - to be on its shores as early as the navigation will p rmit, and to observe all and everything in the vastfield before them, are the main features of au Arctic winter with a land party. With a sea party, such as the Admiralty have proposed, the time will bo spent in acting plays and other merry-andrew tricks that the officers may make a bock out of the sterility around them. The western party will be further occupied in transporting, as the traveller Simpson, their boat to the Copparmine River, and the eastern party their boat to the Great Fish River. .As soon as these rivers are open the parties must be in progress, the one for Cape Britannia, or Ripon Island as it was once called, and the other for Victoria Land ; the one to ascertain the connection of tho mainland with that of North Somerset, or with Melville Peninsula, and, if the former, the Character of its western shore ; and the other to trace Victoria Laud westerly with the view of testing its value relatively to the North-West Passage. Oats. I Flour. 430 i 670 4,320 3,28 J 3,3303k3 English .. Irish •• •• Foreign .. SMITHFIELD. To-day's market was but moderately supplied with beasts iu very middling condition. Prime breeds moved off steadily at full prices; otherwise the beef trade was heavy, and the quotations had a downward tendency. Although the supply of sheep was rather limited, the sale for that description of stock was in a sluggish state at barely Monday's currency. The inquiry for calves was rather inactive, on former terms. The pork trade was to• lerably firm. In prices no change took place. Mulch cows moved off heavily at from 141. to 191. 103 each, including their small calf. Per Sibs to sink the offals. s. d. s. d. Inferior Beasts.... 3 oto 3 4 Second quality.... 3 6 310 Prime large oxen 4 0 4 8 Prhne Scots, &c. 410 5 0 Inferior Sheep ...3 2 3 4econd quality ...3 6 3 8, Prime crse.-wlled.3 10 4 4 s. d. Prime Southdowy 4 6 410 Large crso. calves 3 4 4 0 Prime small do._ 4 2 4 8 Large hogs 3 2 4 4 !Small porkers 4 6 5 0 Sucklingcalves ..22 0 29 0 tQuarter old pigs 21 0 28 0 If I am rightly inf7,rmed, the Hudson Bay Company have already despatched Mr Ray, a surgeon, on an overland journey, for the purpose of making the survey which I propose fur the eastern party. This is an interesting fact, if true, but it by no means sets aside the necessity for a polar land journey, for if, Gn the arrival of the explorers at the Athabasca, it should be found that Mr. Rae has beon wholly successful, then, instead of one, two boats should be buit there, and the parties, instead of separating, should winter together at Great Bear Lake, and, on reaching Victoria Land, turn the prows of their boats cast and west, so as to double the power employed in solvinr , the great problem in that direction. To enter further into detail is unnecessary until the service is determined upon, but in order that my ability to supply the minutest detail may not be questioned I take leave to state that I led the mission in search of Sir John Ross not only into but out of the country. In Queen Elizabeth's time the North-West Passage pro blem was considered of sufficient importance to demand the attention of commissioners expressly appointed. If Queen Victoria will follow the steps of Queen Elizabeth I will undertake to prove the practicability of the plan here pro posed, and the impracticability of the plan proposed by the Admiralty. The first report that reached England of the laSt of the Polar Sea Expeditious led the Admiralty "to augur favourably of its success." I augured differently, and published my anticipations. It was subsequently designated the " 111-starred voyage in the Terror." It has been considered essential to have the cordial co operation of the Hudson's Bay Company in all overland journeys. Ido not know whether the Admiralty have con sulted the Royal Society upon this point, but I am prepared to prove that if the commander of au overland journey, such as I propose, should entirely depend upon the co-operation of the company he is wholly unfit for the command. It may even be thought satisTactory to find the Hudson's B.ty Company at last endeavouring to fulfil the engagement they entered into in obtaining'their b charter as a Fur Company, that of prose cuting by all possible means the North-West Passage ; but effectually as they have hitherto closed their country to the man of science it cannot last much longer. Geographical science is surely not all that requires furthering in North America. We have to thank the Admiralty and the Hud son's Bay Company for a state of ignorance regarding that country, which, in comparison with what has been learned of Northern Asia by Russia, places us nationally in a most dis advantageous light. --I have the honour to be, sir, your faith ful servant, RICHARD Knee. 17, Savile-row, Jan, 31, 1815. To Sir John Barrow, Bart. TOTAL SUPPLT. Beasts .. —•• .... ...... .. 1,130 Sheep .• • • • .. •• ........ 5,264 Pigs •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •••• 480 NEWGATE AND The general demand was in Per Sibs by 1 s. d. s. d. Beef, inferior 3 0 3 2 Do., middling 3 4 3 8 Do., prime largo 3 10 4 0 Do., do. small 2 4 6 Pork, large 3 4 4 2 FOREIGN SUPPLY. S B l ea ie:p ts. ... i..:::::.::•• ...:.. lro Ca1ve5................... 215 Pigs. • •• •• •• • ..... •••••• LEADENHALL. a sluggish state as follows: — the carcase. s. d. e. d. Mutton, Inferior 3 2 3 6 Do., middling 3 8 4 2 Do., prime 4 4 4 6 Veal 3 2 4 4 Pork, small 4 4 5 2 BOROUGH HOP. The old duty has been declared at 47,3691. 9s. 10d. There is rather more doing in new hops, as follows and East Kent pockets, 161 16s to 211 Os ; Weak! of Kent ditto, 151 15s to 161 10s ; Sussex ditto, 151 Os to 15/ 15s per cwt a, Ye , ngB are steady, and quite as dear as last week. The imlort3 are large, viz., 775 bales from Ostend, 194 from Itottetdam, 16 from Dunkirk, 419 from Hamburg, 4..6 from Antwerp, 8 from Havre, and 40 from New York. COLONIAL. SIIGAR.—West India has been in steady . request. Bar badoes realised 33s to 3856 d., for mid to prime yellow, and 80%. to 325. 6,1. for low. Jamaica brought 31s to 32s for ord yellow, 29s 6d to 30s 6d for brown, and 28s to 28s 6d for brown, and 28s to 28s 6d for low. East India—The dealings have been limited. Mauritius low to good yellow sold at 30% to 345, fine at 29s to 20s 6d, and grainy white at 43s to 43s 6d per cwt. Bengal, and Madras has been sold by auction, but privately there have been several pur chases. Porto Rico low to good brown realised 29s to 30s 6d, low grey to good yellow 31s to 36s 6d, and fine and very fine 31.6, to 38s 6,1 Cuba sold at full rates for the good qualities, low soft grey to mid yellow at 29s to 31s 6d, mid bright grocery 32s to 335, good and fine ditto 33s to 375, and low heavy to mid soft yellow at 30. 6d to 32s 6d. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Oct. 27. Wind this day at Noon, S.W. ; fine, clear weather. There was a sharp frost this morning. PORTSMOUTH, Oct. 26.—Wind, N.N.W. to S.W. Ar rived—Grotto, from London, for Savannah ; gun boat Pelter, from the Eastward. Sailed—Flora, London. PLYMOUTH, Oct. 2G.—Wind, W. Arrivecl—Eliza Fox, from Corunna ; Bee, Hull, for St. Michael's. FALMOUTH, Oct. 26.—Wind, W. Sailed—lntrinsic, for Liverpool; Amond Leon, Antwerp; Brierley Hill, London. RAMSGATE, Oct. 26.—Wind, W.S.W. Arrived—Bar tholy, from Dunkirk, for Southampton ; Mystere, Got land, for Brest, assisted in with loss of bowsprit ; Moro Castle, London, for Cardiff, with loss of anchor, &c. ; Pompilie, Newcastle, for Leghorn; Euphemie, Sunder. land, for Brest; Victoria, Newcastle, for Constanti no pl e . Dovsu, Ost..l6.—Wind, W. Arrived—Storwy Nymph, from Arbroath , for Melbourne, with loss of jibboom. OFF THE WIGHT, Oct. 24. Sea Breeze, from Mira michi, for Hull ; Elizabeth (of Bremen), for Bremen. SOUTHAMPTON, Oct. 26.—Arrived- Sylph, from London, and left for Dublin. HARTLEPOOL, Oct. 26 —Wind, SW. Sailed—Aspira ad Astra, for lon Kong ; Captain, Suez. MILFORD, Oct. 25.—Wind, N.W. Arrived—Frede rick, from Calcutta, for Liverpool, with loss of sails, &c. ; Robertson, Havannah ; Georgians, Quebec. BRISTOL, Oct 26.—Wind, S.W. H . en S r a y ile N d— es C in h it a h lc , o, N f e o w r .—Arrived—ldo Kimbell, from York.Af G iic o a u;c A jzs ll T a E n ß, Ga o r c d t i . ne 2 r 6 , St. Stephens ; Tay, Quebec. SUNDERLAND, Oct. 26.—Wirtd, N.N.W. Arrived— Oberton, from Quebec. Sailed—Margaret Dundas, for Constantinople. Hum', Oct. 21.—Wind, W.N.W. Arrived—Mean well, from St. Stephen's; Alvarado, Richibucto; Walter, Denis. CLYDE, Oct. 25.—Arrived—Cameo, from Callao; Che valier, Trinidad ; H. 31 S, Meande r, _ Trinid a d. QUEe, NS TOWN, Oct. 25.—Wind, N.W. Arrilied—James, from Bahia. Sailed—Sarah Jane, for Antwerp ; Bee, for Tralee. TilE PATE OF THE FRANKLIN EXPEDITION. TO THE SECRETARY TO THE ADMIRALTY. 17, Savile Row, 26th October, 1854. beg to enclose a " proof' of my corres pondence with the Government "on the Fate of the Franklin Expedition," which I have this Morning sent to all the London papers. It is my intention immediately to offer my ser vices to the Colonial Board, to descend the Great Fish River in search of the remains of " The Franklin Expedition ;" and if that "Board" de clines the offer, then to the Admiralty Board. I have the honour, cte., RICHARD KING. TO THE SECRETARY TO THE ADMIRALTY. 17, Savile-row, Oct. 27, 1854. Sin,—l transmit, for the information lof my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, a copy of my correspondence with their Lordships, bearing date respectively December 21, 1844 ; January 8, 1845 ; January 31, 7845. There was no Sir Robert Harry Inglis in those days ; so this correspondence has no place in the " Blue Books." It, however, should have, I think, a place in the next " Blue Book ;" for the lithographed con jectural chart, illustrative of the correspondence, bears, in indelible characters, not only the position of the "Great Polar Passage" discovered by Capt. M'Clure, but the Atlantic outlet of that " Great Polar Passage " through Jones Sound discovered by it E. Belcher. The actual chart of 27th October, 1854, now about to issue from the Hydrographer to the Admiralty, is, doubtless, more ornamental but not more truthful, than the conjectural chart,.of 31st January, 1845. , According to a principle, my unerring guide from the moment I had to deal with life and death on a great scale, I forward copies of this corre spondence to the " London Press:L:--:. - 3 , have the honour, &a., RICHARD KING. POLAR SEA EXPEDITIONS AND POLAR LAND JOURNEYS. Sir,—The problem of a North Polar passage between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans having occupied your attention for ?some years, I beg to submit to you a careful digest of the services which have taken place since you entered upon this field of research in 1818. Th '-to 13^' Jay are divisible into Polar Sea Expeditions and Poi. Land Journeys. The Polar Sea Expeditions amount'to ten, the Polar Land Journeys to three ; seven out of the ten Polar Sea Expeditions may be briefly described :—Captain Lyon's expedition was modestly called by him " an unsuccess ful attempt to reach Repulse Bay ;" in the body of the nar rative of Captain Back's expedition, will bo found the same tale which Captain Lyon told on his title-page ; Captain Rose returned after four years' wintering, without advancing a step towards the object in view ; Captain Parry failed in , his at tempt to reach the Polar Sea by Regent Inlet ; Captain Beechey saw the Polar Sea, and that is all; and Captain Buchan was not so fortunate as Captain Beechey. To the remaining three I call your particular attention ; l et, to that of the Isabella, of 385 tons, under the command Pola: of Captain John (now Captain Sir John) Ross ; and the Alex ander, of 252 tons, commanded by Lieutenant (now Cap tain Sir Edward) Parry, having in view a western passage from Baffin Bay. Captain John Ross rounded Baffin Bay from east to west, without discovering an opening to the west. 2dly, to that of the Hecla, of 375 tons, under the command of Lieutenant Parry, and the Griper, of 180 tons, under the command of Lieutenant Liddon, with the same object as Captain John Ross in view. Instead of round ing Baffin Bay, Lieutenant Parry made an attempt to cross the Atlantic, in the parallel of .58 deg., and afterwards in 73 deg. He succeeded, but the passage was one of great risk. The result of this expedition everybody knows, and ap preciates. We became acquainted with a Sea, of 31 de grees of longitude, bounded on the north by broken laud, called the North Georgian Group; and on the South, by Banks Land to the West, land without a name to the East, and North Somerset between the two. The Sea between the land without a name and North Somerset, is called Regent Inlet, while that between North Somerset and Banks Laud, is without a name. 3dly, to that of the Fury, of 327 tons, under the command of Captain (lat.•ly Lieutenant) Parry, and the Hecla, commanded by Captain Lyon, fitted out with the view of reaching Regent Inlet, by some unknown southern commu nication from Fox Channel. A communication was found, through the agency of the Esquimaux, in the Fury and llecla. Strait, but it was ice-clogged. From these premises, what is the state of things ? " When you applied in 1818 to this question, the power of your vigor ous mind and penetrating judgment," a reflection was cast upon those who had hitherto laboured in this field of researca, and no doubt was entertained that the problem would be speedily solved. But another expedition, and another, until they cumber ten, have sailed and returned, and the North west Passage remains equally a problem ; but with this dif ference, that it is no longer of a simple, but of a compound character. The lands that have been brought to light are so many lesser puzzles, as additions to the great puzzle of three centuries. The great difficulty in the way of these various attempts, all know, was ice, but no one, not even the author of the " Chronological History of Arctic Voyages," has inquired where was it found, where was it not found, and where, therefore, was it for the future to be avoided. That which forced itself, especially upon Sir Edward Parry's mind, was the fact of the adherence of ice to those shores which had an eastern aspect, while those of an opposite character were free. have tested this fe.ot in conneetien with 4h. ,uuvements of the various Polar Sea Expeditions which have been set afloat since 1818, and I find that in every instance the difficulties arose from the same cause—the clinging to lands having an eastern aspect. It may be as well to mention them, for facts are always worth repeating. Sir Edward Parry, in his second expedition, made attempts for two successive summers, to el t a he St F ra . i i t y w hile pushing his way along the eastern laud of North , a h n e d lo n s e t ai, penetrated failed the ; a n e d a , s i t n e r u his e n thirdt u e expedition,ofthe F ury Somerset. Sir John Ross, in his second expedition, was four years advancing four miles along the same eastern land, and was at last obliged to abandon his vessel. Captain Lyon and Sir George Back made separately unsuccessful attempts to reach Repulse-bay, which has an eastern aspect. How, it may be inquired, is this general difficulty to be avoided ? By doing, from experience, that which Baffin and Ross did from instinct, by taking the road, which is fairly open to us—the lauds that have a western aspect. The diffi culty then is clearly one of our own seeking, and uo longer presents an insurmountable barrier to arctic research. Iu 1818, you partic u l ar ly c; ll e d a ttention to the easterly current setting through Beh r i ng Strait, on the Pacific, and the southerly current se tti ng d own Baffin Bay, on the At lantic, and you, in con sequence, i n f er red that there must bo a northern connecti ng S ea t o th e t wo great oceaus. It was , iu fact, your most powerful, if not your only, lever to set in motion a Polar Sea Expedition. Yettbe absence of a current in Lancaster Sound, a n d th e F ury a nd Hecla Strait, never seems for a mom en t t o h ave surpr i se d you. By some unac countable means, you ha ve b een mos t effectually drawn from your original stronghold. It'is quite clear t hat the master mind has not yet b een a t wor k on th e subject of Polar Sea Expeditions, and while th e p o l ar t ra vellers are divided amon g themselves, and while you aro intent upon Regent Inlet, which may, with as much justice bo called Barrow His Hole, as James Bay was called " Gibbons His Hole," and as the lower part of the Regent Inlet would most assuredly have been called, had Sir John Ross done as Sir John Barrow thinks he ought, Ross His Hole, the mastermind is not likely to be brought to light. And now let me call your attention to the other service which has been at 'work upon this interesting q uestion. I mean the Polar Land Journeys, those fruitful missions, but for which you would ha , e been deprived of one or other of your favourite Polar Sea Expeditions. A short survey of the Pola r L an d J ourneys will afford a standard of com parison with the Polar Sea Expeditions, and develop, the true position. The publication of the travels of Hearne, the fur trader, for which we are indebted to a Frenchman, demon strated that the Polar Sea could be reached overland by way of Canada, a n d th e success which atten d e d the first Govern- Inca expedition proved th a t the opinion which bad been formed was i n every way correct. The di s tance between the Coppermine River and P o i n t T urnaga in, as Sir John Franklin named the p o i n t o f hi s retrograde move ment,, was thus made known to us. •A second e x p e dition added the di s t ance be tween the Mack enz i e and the Copperm i u e, and as far west ward of the Mackenzie as Foe I s land, which far surpassed in extent th e prosperous voya'g gY e of Sir Edward Pa rr y , in 1819 and 1820. A thi r d expedition eclipsed all, and left to be sur veyed but a small porton of the North American boundary of the Polar Sea ; in that portion, small as it is, rests the problem of three centuries. Is not this sufficient encouragement to send a fourth ? The fruits of the ten Polar Sea expeditions will not balance with those of th e l as t of the three Po l ar l au d journeys ; and the harvest of the fi rs t an d th e l eas t succ essful of these into resting missions isgreater than that wh ich remains to be gathered, whil e i n expenditure the three land journ e y s have g certainly not cost more than two, if one, of the ten Polar Sea expeditions. Even the little that has been done by the Polar Sea expedition is of doubtful character. Banks Land, North Somerset, the North Georgian Group of Islands, and the boundaries of Barrow Strait are still problems ; they are the lesser puzzles which I have mentioned. It is not so with the labours of Franklin, Richardson, and Simpson ; the foot ing they made is permanent, while Croker Mountains have dissolved, and islands threaten to be continents, and conti nents islands, the natural consequence of discovery in ships. Had you advocated in favour of the Polar Land Journeys, with a tithe of the zeal that you have the Polar Sea Expedi tionsAthe North-West Passage would have long since ceased to be a problem, and, instead of a baronetcy, you would deserve a Peerage, for the country would have been saved at least two hundred thousand pounds. But what use have you made of the Polar Laud Journeys ? You have invariably made use of them to stir up a Pola r Sea Expedition, which, if it ceased not to exist in embryo, as was the case with the expeditions under the command respectively of. Captain Lyon, Captain Beechey, and Sir George Back, it had but a short uninte resting life. If your are really in earnest upon this subject, you have but one course to pursue: search for the truth, and value it when you find it. Another fruitless Polar Sea ex pedition, and fruitless it will assuredly be, if not well di gested, will be a lasting blot iu the annals of our vogages of discovery.--I have the honour to be, sir, your obedient servant, RICITAILD KUM. 17, Savile-row, Dec. 21, 1844, To Sir John Barrow, Bart., Secretary to th Admiralty, Author of the " Chronological History of Arctic Voyages." Sir,—l revert to my letter of the 21st of December. The Polar travellers are pretty well agreed as to the Northern se, e nael r oi danv E :ooaec s intottuptdnhua: continent actluluni Wollaston oh r f) ainoi opinion Ltomeuann t s nel America laatpi spot ;:so ascp: notiot. conjecture. Melville tl o ojthneitochsitnnauofrtneovh ef. the . an Polar nte P sot uei e ht i Peninsula, aeusan partil being y. a d e , , boundary of America om Baring Strait to the Great and is ia ian o Ft Gri l f ae se t no h h k e t t . e g aßo island, or an archipelago of islands, which, with the North The Atlantic outlet of the Polar basin is thus divided. In other words, there are two North West Passages. That be tween the oceanic group and the continent of America, which; at its eastern limit, is called Barrow Strait, has alone been explored, and is still incomplete. A small sea-way remains to be discovered in the direction of the Great Fish River Estuary. It will be found, I believe, washing the western shore of North Somerset. The Northern Strait, as I have named it for present conve nience, has an oulet, in all probability, iu Jones Sound, or hard by. Here we may look for the current which we lose at Behring Strait, and find in Baffin *Bay. Hero we may ex pect to- discover a country teeming with" life and its'neces i n Youeonj e ir c n t p u l lie c . it y N o b w el i f e o v r e t N h e o r a t it , u S m om en e t icet to . be an island, and 'neces saries—man as well as beast, food as w e ll as f ue l . Th us muc h the Fury and. Hecla Strait to be the Atlantic outlet of the * Royal Geographical Society's Journal, vol. 6, p. 35. 1 + Back's Narrative , p. 403 . •.t: King's Narrative, vol. 2, p. 2G. § King's Narrative, vol. 2, p. 77. • 11 A paper in the Journal of the Ethnological Society of London, by Richard King, M.D. a See Annals of Philosophy, for Sir John Franklin's attack and my defence. b " Whereas our dear entirely beloved cousin, Prince Rupert, &c., &c., have, at their owu great cost and charges, undertaken an expedition for Hudson's Bay, in the N.W. parts of America for the discovery of a now passage into the S ou th Sea. * * * And whero the said undertakers for their further encouragement in the said design have humbly besought us to incorporate them, and grant unto them and their successors the whole trade and commerce of all those seas, straits, and bays, rivers, lakes, creeks, and sounds, in whatsoever latitude they shall be, that lie within the entrance of the straits commonly called Hudson's Straits, &c., &c." The Lord Mayor requests that the press will fa vour him by the insertion of the following grateful a cknowledgment :—Mr. Cooke, the proprietor of Astley's Royal Amphitheatre, has paid into the hands of the Lord Mayor the sum of 601. 10s. 6d., being the amount of the proceeds of a night's entertainment given at the theatre for the relief of the sick and wounded soldiers in the East. Mr. Flarrison, Sig. Borrani, and the Misses Pyne had commenced their engagement at the Broadway Theatre. The two performances of Sonnambula and the Bohemian Girl, which had taken place, were most successful, the house on both nights being crowded, and the audience quite enthusiastic. Mass GLYN.—This lady, having retired from the St. James's Theatre, has resumed her " readings," and commenced a series last night at the Polytechnic Insti tution. The play selected was Macbeth, which she read through with great effect, and with a nice discrimina• tion of the various characters, still keeping the distinc tion that ought to exist between the reader and the actress. The large theatre was filled to overflowing, and Miss Glyn, baying been warmly received, was loudly applauded at the conclusion of the play. 7 111 i 701 I 103,1 41 1001 68i 49 -, li i 431 69 + •81 8 23 i COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. Yesterday a court, which was numerously attended, was held for the despatch of public business. THE PATRIOTIC FUND—VOTE OF MONEY. Mr. J. WOOD movs..(l the resolution "That this court contribute the sum of two thousand pounds to the Pa triotic Fund, for the relief of the widows and orphans of the soldiers, sailors, and marines engaged in the present war." Mr. Wood said that when the time ar rived for considering the vote he was about to propose, he was quite sure that members of the court, if they eb jected to anything, could only cavil as to the amount, and certainly not to the principle of the motion. In 1798 the corporation subscribed in aid of the voluntary contributions at the Bank of England, 10,0001. In the same year, far the relief of the widows and children of the men who had been killed aid wounded at Lord Nel son's victory of the let of August, 5001. In 1800 for the widows, wives, and children of the killed and wounded in the expedition to Holland, 2001. In 1801 for the re lief of the wounded and the widows and orphans of those who were killed in the battle of Copenhagen, 5001. In the same year for the relief of the widows, wives, and children of the killed or disabled in the battles fought in Egypt, 500/. In 1805, tolthe Patriotic Fund at Lloyd's, 25,0001. In 1811, fcsr the relief of the British prisoners in France, 5251., and for the sufferers in Portugal, 1,0001. In 1812, in aid of the suffering Russi 2,0001. (Hear.) In 1814, towards relieving the di:- tresses in Germany, 5251. In 1815, in aid of the funds for the relief and benefit of the families of the men killed, and of the wounded sufferers of the British army in the victory of Waterloo, 2,0001, In 1823, in aid of the Greeks, 1,0001.; and in the same year, in aid of the Spaniards, 1,0001. (Cheer -.) These were some of the instances, he (Mr. Wood) would not say of the libera lity of the corporation of London, but of the duty which they owed not only to their own suffering countrymen, but also to the discomfited of other nations. In conclu sion, he was satisfied that his motion would not only be seconded, but carried by the unanimous voice of the Court. (Cheers.) Deputy STEVENS seconded the motion. Mr. ANDERTON, while declaring his sympathy with the objects of the Patriotic Fund, and his intention to sub:Tribe to it, objected to the proposed mode of its-ad ministration. He thought Government ought to make sach provision for the widows and orphans of soldiers as would make it unpocessary for them to rely on charitable contributions. Mr. BELL said that the Patriotic Fund of 1803, from which the title of the new body had been taken, was still in existence, with a good sta ff , a n d h e believed 76,0001. in hand. Under these circumstances, he moved as an amendment—" That the further consideration of this question be adjourned until the next court, for the purpose of considering the best plan to be adopted." Mr. J. DAVIES seconded the motion, being decidedly of opinion that the subscription was undertaken upon an entirely mistaken principle, and conceiving that the re lief of the unfortunate sufferers was a national affair to be originated with the Government, and not left to pri vate charity. Mr. DARIN supported the original motion. The LORD MAYOR put the amendment, and declared it to be lost. On the original motion being put, Mr. H. T. TAYLOR moved that 1,0001. be inserted in the resolution, instead of 2,0001. Mr. Cox seconded the amendment. The amendment was then put, and lost by a great majority, and the original motion was carried amidst general cheering. BALL IN AID OP THE PATRIOTIC POND, On the motion of Sir J. DUKE, seconded by Mr. CARR, it was resolved that the use of the Guildhall, after the Lord Mayor's Day, be granted for a ball for the be nefit of the Patriotic Fund. NEW METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. The report of the Markets Improvement Committee (of which Mr. H. L. Taylor is chairman) wax brought up and ordered to be printed. It recommended that no alteration should be made in the day for holding the market. The Court then adjourned. THE P.A.TRIOTIO FUND. MEETING AT THE MANSION-HOUSE.—A preliminary meeting was held yesterday, attended by the Governor of the Bank of England, T. Smith, Esq., M.P., T. Baring, Esq., M.P., and several other gentlemen, at which a resolution was come to, calling upon the Lord Mayor to convene a public meeting in favour of the object contemplated by the Patriotic Fund. His lord ship has accordingly convened a meeting, to be holden in the Egyptian Hall, Mansion-house, on Thursday next, at one for two o'clock. THE WAREHOUSEMEN AND CLERKS of THE CITT.— On Thursday evening a well-attended preliminary meet ing of gentlemen, engaged as clerks and assistants in connection with several wholesole houses, was held at the offices of the Early-Closing 'Association, the object being the organising a plan for raising subscriptions to the Patriotic Fund. It was decided that a public meeting upon the subject should forthwith be held in Lhe large room at the London Tavern. POPLAR.—Yesterday evening a public meeting was held at the Town-ball, Poplar, Edward Coleman, Esq„ one of the churchwardens in the chair, for the purpose of appointing a local committee in aid of the Patriotic Fnnd authorised to be collected under the Royal corn mission. The following resolution was agreed to :- 1 " That a local committee for this parish be now formed in aid of the Patriotic Fund, authorised to be collected under the Royal commission, for the widows and orphans of soldiers, Fallon', and marines who have been killed, or who may hereafter die amidst the ravages and casual ties of the present war." The usual votes of thanks having been accorded to the chairman, the proceedings terminated. Noßwics.—A meeting was held here on Wednesday for the purpose of forming a local association in aid of the Patriotic Fund ; the mayor (Sir S. Bignold) in the chair. The meeting procAsied•to the actual business of the day—the signing the subscription list. The mayor headed the paper with a donation of 251., the sheriff subscribed his name for 50/., and that of Mr. Gurney, M.P., 1001., and several other gentlemen promised equally liberal sums. HASTINGS.— A public meeting was convened by Mr. C. Cleft, the mayor •f this borough, in the market-room, on Wednesday evening, at eight o'clock, in pursuance of the commission of her Majesty appointing commissioners in aid of the Patriotic Fund—to select from the trades men and working classes, as agreed at the preliminary meeting held on Monday last at the Town-hall, those who amongst that body wished to become members of the local sub-committees appointed to raise subscriptions in aid of the fund, and to give them an opportunity of manifesting their interest for the fund. The Mayor presided, and the necessary appointments were made, and a considerable sum was subscribed. At Manchester, yesterday, a preliminary meeting was held, the Mayor in the chair, and arrangements made fora public meeting in support of the fund. . • WINDSOR.— Yesterday (Thursday) a meeting of the committee appointed last week was held at the Town- hall, Winds Cir; the Mayor (Mr. J. T. Bedborough) pre siding. The general meeting was called for the purpose of promoting a subscription in aid of the sick and wounded soldiers in the East, but much difference of opinion prevailed. The Provost of Eton (the Rev. Dr. Hamtrey) earnestly and eloquently advocated a sub scription for sending out experienced surgeons to assist in ministering to the wants of the wounded soldiers. Under these circumstances a committee was formed to decide how the subscriptions already received should be applied. The Mayor now reported that 2341. had been received towards the Royal Patriotic Fund, and 671. had been subscribed for the special purpose of aiding the sick and wounded. He recommended that the whole amount be paid over to the treasurers of the Patriotic Fund. Agreed to. BIRMINGHAM.—A public meeting of the clergy, bankers, merchants, and other inhabitants of Birmingham, con vened by the Mayor, by the authority of the Royal Com missioners, was held in the large committee-room of the Town-hall yesterday, to promote the establishment of a local committee in aid of the Patriotic Fund. Lord Calthorpe said that the resolution he was about to pro pose did not require any advocate, or he should deeply regret being called upon to move it. It was as follows : " That this meeting cordially approves of the proposals which have been made for extending, by means of a patriotic fund, under the management of the Royal Com missioners, succour and relief to the widows and orphans of soldiers, sailors and marines engaged in the war."— The Rev. J. C. Miller seconded the resolution. The re solution was passed unanimously. Thanks being voted to the Mayor, the meeting separated. POOLE.—The inhabitants of this borough met on Tues day, under the presidency of the mayor, and passed a series of resolutions in aid of the Patriotic Fund. Liberal subscriptions were made. GLASGOW.--We understand that the Lord Provost has received a cheque for 501. from Mr. Boyd Alexander, of Southbar, for the Patriotic Fund for the benefit of the widows and families of our soldiers and sailors. The Lord Provost has not yet had a public meeting regard ing this object, but we believe that his lordship intends calling one on an early day to appoint committees to obtain subscriptions for the fund.—Olasgoto Mail. Du ILIN.—We understand the Lord Mayor is actively engaged, in concert with some of our principal _felld to o vr. Ire citizens, in organising me a sures for enabling I co-operate fully and generously in forming patriotic s oldiers fund for the relief of the widows and children of a Ireland and sailors who may fall in the course of the gallant struggle for the liberties of the world in which our coun ', try is now involved. S OUT HWARK LITERARY ...TNSTITUTION.— On Wedneadsy evening Professor Allen (a n American citizen ) delivered a thrilling lecture at the a bove I n stitution ; the subject of which was, "Great m en a nation's vitality." Pro fessor Allen—to the shame of ourTra t n o za fi tl e a e nt h ic is b e r o e u th n r t e ry, account brethren, be it spoken ! — has been comp ell e d on of the colour of hi s il skin. A contract has been granted to M9ssrs. James Baines and Co., of Liverpool, for the conveyance of the entire Govern me nt emigration from England to Van Di emen ' s Land. At Liverpool there are now loading 35 ships, of 31,667 tons, for .Australia, and of these 19,000 tons are for Victoria alone. Only two vessels have sailed for Australia, and both for Sydney, since the 19th inst. SILK SALES.—The public sales are concluded—the quantity printed was about 6,000 bales China and 1,000 bales Bengal. As usual, there were no biddings as the sales progressed ; but ti good business has resulted during the week ; probably 2,500 bales China have been sold at prices fully confirming previous doings. Messrs. Durant and Co. state that a large portion of the Chinas were old silk that had been bought twelve or eighteen months since, at rates very different even from those now current. Of Bengal silk, about 200 bales were taken at previous prices ; this silk has, at present, re ceived no impetus from themovement in China silks. 1 I A 1" L 71 7 G lifY 0 N, BELGJ AN BASTE !Z.N JUNCTION RAILWA Ti " h alf - yearly meeting of the Belgian Eastern Junc tion Railway Company was held yesterday, at which a favourable report was read and adopted. The following may be taken as its substance : The directors are happy to announce, that the traffic on the first section of the line, viz., between Manage an l Nivelles. has been most satisfactory, notwithstand ing the disadvantage incident to its having been hitherto almost limited to passenger traffic, and notwithstanding also the immaturity of the arrangements for the joint traffic of the adjacent lines. During the two months that the line has been opened, the receipts bare not only been adequate to defray the whole of the cost of working, but ha►e left a surplus towards the general expenPes. The line belonging to this company being in immediate connexion with the best coal-fields in Belgium, and form ing the direct route for their produce to Brussels, Lou vain, Luxembourg, and the frontiers of Germany, there seems to be no reason to doubt that the traffic will approach the average of the state lines, and yield to the shareholders an ample remuneration for the capital in vested. The total effective capital will now stand at 328,7501., viz.:— 4 per cent. Debentures ............... £lBO,OOO 42,500 Shares, 3 /. 108. paid ......•• 148,750 £328,750 The expenditure of which may, by approximate cal. culation, be classified as follows : Cost of works and rolling 5t0ck...... £242,000 Interest during constructio n ......... 18,000 Discount on loan ........................ 45,000 Cost of concession, engineering ex penses, administration, general ex penses, and prufit and 1055......... 23,750 £328,750 GREAT NORTHERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for the week ending Oct. 15, 1854 £22,185 3 8 Corresponding week last year 19,218 16 8 SCOTTISH CENTRAL AND MIDLAND RAILWAY. — T Iffia return for the week ending Oct. 22, 1854 L 1,632 18 Corresponding week last year 2,385 9 1 WATERFORD AND KILKENNY RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for the week ending Oct. 21 (31 miles) L/46 18 9 Corresponding week last year (29 miles) lB7 0 5 STEAM COMMUNICATION WITH SOUTH AMERICA. - tertllreadAmericannt ra ct anden y b t T he G b lv en er e n fi m cia el l into effec tswith of the t h e South m a lcontract General Steam Navigation Com p an y are being felt, for boats of a first class have bee n p ut u p on the station, with passenger accommodation unsurpassed by that of any vessels Ramat, either in point of elegance or comfort. The enterprise of the company is developing branch lines of steamers in various directions, and by that means ex tending and opening out our commercial relations with the rich and extensive, but hitherto, in many instances, unapproachable territories of South America. The vast trade that is capable of being carried on with the dis tricts on the shores of the mighty Amazon will receive a great impetus from the establishment of steam navigation on that magnificent river. The company's new screw steamer Imperador, Captain Brown, which will take out the Brazil mails of the 24th instant, is one of the improved class of vessels to which we have jest al luded. She is of the following dimensions :—length, 265 feet ; beam, 36 Doer, ; depth, 25 feet ; measurement, 1,800 tons. She has direct acting engines of nominally 200-horse power, and has already attained a speed of 11 miles an hour. Besides carrying an immense cargo the Imperador will accommodate 160 first class pas sengers, and has also spacious and comfortable cabins forward for second aid third class passengers. Her dining saloon is placed in the forward part of the poop, the whole width of which it occupies. It is furnished in the most luxurious style, and the decorations are elegant and chaste. The panels are formed of decorated glass bearing rich designs in fruit and flowers, emblazoned and artrrounded with tracery. There are also beauti fully painted views, representing Lisbon, Madeira, Rio Janeiro, &c., executed in the first style of art. From the dining saloon a corridor leads aft to the music saloon and lounging boudoir, state rooms being placed on each side of the passage way. Robinson's patent panels form the walls of the state rooms, whicli, besides securing the best means of ventilation, afford scope for very tasteful decorations. Iwo staircases, one at each end of the poop, lead to a spa cious, first class dormitory below, ventilated in an im proved manner, and with several ranges of state rooms. The ladies' cabin adjoins the dining saloon ; and the bath room, washing rooms, closets, and other conveniencies are attached to the cabins, and placed in various other suitable positions in the ships. Next month, the Imperatriz, a sister ship, will be despatched, and, no doubt, if the company meet with the support which they deserve, they will speedily add other large ocean beats to their fleet. Their new paddle-boat, the Pampero, intended for the branch service between Rl* and the River Plate, at present performed by the La Plata, will be sent off the stocks, from Mr. Laird's yard at Birkenhead, to-day or to-morrow. Every preparation was made for launching her on Saturday ; she was christened by Madame Con 'tette, wife of M. Coulette, of Paris (of the Compagnie des Messageries Imp6riales), and started on her " pas sage" to her proper element ; but just befire reaching the water she gradually stepped, through the ground having given way at a place under her landing blocks ; but she sat as firmly in her cradle as if the daggers bad not bean struck down, and did not sustain the slightest injury. The Pampero is 200 feet long, 25 feet beam, and 16 feet depth of hold, and will accommodate 60 first-class passengers in an elegant galloon aft, besides a large num ber of second-class passengers in a commodious cabin for ward. Her engines have been made by Messrs. Humph refs, Tennant, and Dyke, of Woolwich, and, besides, being a very handsome, she will be a very fast boat. The com pany have sold their two smaller vessels, the Braziliera and Lusitania, to the Compagnie des Messageries Lupe dales of France, for whom Nlr. Laird is also building another fine vessel of 1,300 tons and 250-herse power, to he called the Jordan. The Braziliera is now in port, and the Lusitania will be handed over to her purchasers on arrival here in a few days. Mr. Laird will launch from his yard, at the Dingle, to-day, a fine modelled boat, called the Tapojnz, the property of the River Ama zon Steam Navigation Comp my. The Tapajoz is 210 feet long, 27 feet beam, and 780 tons measurement. She is to have engines of 200-horse power, by Messrs. Faw cett, Preston, and Co. ; her wheels are to be fitted with feathering floats, and as she will, when loaded, have a draught of only seven feet, she is expected to steam very 'ast. She will have accommodation for a large number of passengers in cabins on the American plan of deck houses, efficient ventilation being secured by side win dows. The Tapajoz will be one of the pioneers of steam navigation on the Aifflizon, and she Is ili, no doubt, bear a conspicuous part in extending our intercourse with those scarcely known regions of wealth on the bank of that magnificent river, and in furthering the progress of civilisation into those part; of the world,—.Liveepoed Albion. RUSSIAN TF.LICGRION.--KONINGSBERC, OCT. 21. — The telegraphic line from this town to the Russian frontier is at length completed, the wire being now sunk to the bottom of the Pregel. It is clear that no despatch has been sent by this line as yet ; consequently, the official telegraphic despatches that have of late reached Berlin from St. Petersburg must have • been sent by another line. trsra e s f s ma h y a e s fa a e c e c f e r p e t m ed tli th e e m a c u o t4 m eri a t n ie d e e o f f T t t e l e s G F P e e ß r d l m e N r e c a n E l e n Band. fortress Po DUBLIN, Thursday.—Potatoes are now the only article of food of native growth that can be considered moderate i n p r ices. This article is now in abundant supply in the Dublin markets at from 6d. to 7d. per stone, and the quality generally is excellent. In several of the provin cial markets the price is still more moderate, whilst breadstuffs are rapidly advancing. SUDDEN DEATH OF A CLEIICITMAN.—A very melan choly circumstance occurred on Sunday, at Desert!erg•it Church, near Bandon. The curate, the Rev- Baldwin, while engaged in the solemn services conveyed f ey t e h d e day, was seized with i n di spos iti on . liehworr eee be died. to the vestry-roo m , an d th ere n a He had just asce n d e d th e p u lpit, and for about three mi nu t es , when ane fe h t w te ad be eke e speaking for apoplexyeakng i came on, and he was immediatel y removed pe t r o ie t n h e e e ve e e e t u ry la . Every means that medical skil l . at half-past suggest were resorted to, but_ wit hout st. avai l strongly six that evening he breathed hi s d — oe ,, s T t h h e is re a i w e f b ul ev ute en et t i f ep n b i Constitution. press etwe . o . n m u e s the dwdoer deaths o rc_ D c e ov r i rneln , lt7ofcaßyusidTetLarrrAivLeAdc:frcri T p he a b ri a e n b d y of t t h h e e Ismouptehr.iEalaßsteegft The Emperor has permitted the in the Railway last evening. solelyt the ar at th e t fe h e e f p urpose the of aidi ng sufferers military concert at the la fundsnd e t s i r t e iLBioengd London r.f Crystal Pa Emperor, band of the Guides is the private band o f t and consists of 56 English arlmaycebtoy-pinlaoyrrinober. The members. It is under the charge of the Baron de Verdiere, captain on the Emperor's staff, and the Baron Vidil, one of the officers of the Regiment of Guides. Quarters have been prepared for the members of the band at the St. George's Barracks, Trafalgar -square, SUDDEN DEATH OF A LICENSED VICTUALLER.—Yes terday morning, Mr, Samuel Hierons, who was for many years the proprietor of the Cross Keys, Theobald's road, and for the last two years proprietor of the Ele phant and Castle, King's-road, opposite the St. Pancras Workhouse, set out, about ten o'clock, with his friend Mr. Mosely, proprietor of the Fortune of War, Pratt street, Camd en T own, for a day ' s pleasure at Gravesend. They started in a eab fur the railway station, to pro ceed to their destination, when on the road Mr. Hierons suddenly complained of indisposition, and, upon arriving at the Eagle Tavern, Camden-road station, he became so bad that Mr. Mosely, after giving him a slight quantity of brandy and water, deemed it advisable to return to his friend's house. Upon arriving at home, a medical man was immediately in attendance, but Mr. Hierons died in less than twenty minutes. The de ceased was in his 60th year, and much respected by all who knew him. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNR. - -Mr. Wakley, one of the two official assignees of this court, has been obliged to resign his office in consequence of ill-health, On his retirement a memorial was pre sented to him, signed by the president and officers of the Newcastle upon-Tyne and Gateshead Law Society, and by 56 solicitors practising in these towns. The me morialists state that they could "not allow Mr. Wak ley to retire from an office he had so long and so ably filled without expressin their high sense of his official and private character." Mr. Wakley received his ap. pointment from Lord Lyndhurst, when that distinguished nobleman was Lord High Chancellor, 50 50 100 100 20 50 20 25 411 a