The Sun. — London, England, 1854-10-26 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND GUAIMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TIN 0 o'CLOCK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at 8,000 bales, including 1,500 Ameri can, and 1,000 taken for export and on specula tion. The market was steady, and prices of all kinds remain without change. The sales com prised 5,500 American, 150 Pernam and Maran ham, at 61d. to Gid., 100 Bahia at 6/d to Gid., 200 Egyptian at Gd. to Bd., and 2,000 Surat at 2d. to 4d. per lb. Railway Shares continued dull and inactive. The state of the Silk Market during the present month is thus described by Mr. Henry W. Eaton:— "The public sales of raw silk concluded yesterday. The quantity sold in the room was as usual small, but a large business has been done in Chinas by private con• tract ; the sales I should i.ay exceeding 2,500 bales, re sulting ;n an advance of is. to 2s. 6d. per lb. on the rates of August. The prices realised have been 17s. 6d. and 18s. 6d. for best first and second Tsatlees, 14s. to 16s. for other sorts, and lls. to 14s. for Taysaams. The fully confirmed reports from China of short settlements and the inferiority of the new silk has caused consider able buoyancy in the market, and the unprecedentedly large quantity of 6,00 0 to 7 , 000 ba les have chan g ed hands during the last four weeks. In Bengals there is little alteration ; rather more has been doing, but the qualities offered are not generally adapted to present re quirements." The Produce Markets generally during this month may be said to have decidedly improved, a better demand having arisen for the principal staples, both for home use and exports. The im ports, however, are large, and the stocks generally exceed those of the corresponding date of 1853. In the accounts from Germany mention is made of rather an important circumstance, viz., the in creasing scarcity of ammunition in Russia, and of the materials for manufacturing it. So se verel y is 15-41 this felt, that the Government at St. Petersburg 16i is making every exertion to discover mines of lead, 1 4l sulphur, or coals,'and will resume the workin g of I 9 those which hitherto have been neglected. For- 14 merly a large quantity of lead was obtained from 17 4 the mines of Finland, when that country belonged st. to Sweden, but subsequently the working of them 3 0 t. was abandoned, owing to the cheapness of the 12' 10 article supplied from abroad. In proof of the existing scarcity, it may be mentioned that the 50 price of lead, which in ordinary times is 11 roubles 10 per good, has risen to 6 roubles. Sulphur likewise, N owing to the blockade, is extremely scarce. st. The return of the French Custom s Recei p ts for 4s/ t 2, the first nine months of 1854 gives the total at st. only 107,000,000 francs, being a falling off to the 50 amount of 70,000,000 francs, compared with the iOO like date of 1853. 6) The arrival of the steamer Atlantic has occa- 5 J r sioned great satisfaction, seeing she is the bearer of 20 news that 109 passengers, in addition to those pre viously reported, have been saved from the Arctic. The greatest anxiety prevails on the part of those who had relatives on board to ascertain the names. The amount of specie is 900,000 dollars. The letters are not yet delivered. The Stock market has not maintained yesterday's improvement, the statement that M. Soule, the American Minister at Madrid, had been refused admission into France, on his way to Spain, having occasioned some uneasiness, or given at least en couragement to the Bear party who previously were inclined to operate with greater boldness upon the rumour of a new French loan being con templated. The funds being high at present, how ever, a reaction of 1 per cent. is of no moment Consols have been 944 to 1 for transfer, and 94i for account. East India Bonds have been 11s. premium. The New 3 (late 31) per Cents. have realised 931 to 93a, and the 3 per Cents. 93 to 4. Bank Stock has been buoyant at 211 to 2121. Foreign Securities are almost nominal. Sar dinian Bonds have been dealt in at 881, Russian 5 per Cents. at 96. Peruvian 44 per Cents. have been at 71. Dutch 4 per Cents. are 90-g to 91/. The following are the nominal prices of foreign stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 51 to 6 ; Mexi can, 22i to 231 ; 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, 4i per Cents., 84 to 86 ; Spanish New Deferred, 184 to 185 ; ditto, 3 per Cents:, 374 to 38 ; ditto, Certificates, 5 to 54 ; ditto, Passive, 4l to 5. The last week's railway receipts ascertained up to this day_are in round figures as under 1854. 1853. £24,429 £22,753 56,466 53.816 13.414 12,285 14,797 13,012 26,785 25,609 17,932 17,519 11,802 10,600 22,185 19,218 19,126 17.613 32,385 30,089 Great Western North-Western South-Western Brighton Midland South-Eastern Caledonian Great Northern Lancashire and Yorkshire North-Eastern The railway share market has been rather heavy, 20 but without material change in values. The Cale- 20 douian, North-Western, and Great Western have 20 been principally dealt in. Foreign shares have been V ) slightly in favour of buyers. 100 The Colonial and Foreign Mines are more dealt 100 in, but far from brisk. 20 The Joint-Stock Banks have been firm. Crystal 25 Palace are better. 25 13itiTISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Ittpiness done. Bank Stock .. 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 938 3 / 3 per Cent Consols Annuities 944 i h New 3 per Cent. Annuities Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 Dittc. 30 Years, Expire 10th Oct., 1859. 4 3.16 1-16 India Bons, 11000 . ...... ....... ..... , — Ditto, under £lOOO ll p Console for Account 14th Nov. .. 94 Exchequer Bills, 24d. £lOOO £5OO 9 6 p Small 9 6 p Exchequer Bonds 1858, 31 per Cent. lOO _Ditto 1859, „ PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK Peruvian Bonds, 4i per Cent. Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent. £ St 96 Serdinian Bonds, 5 per Cent ........ .... Dividends on the shove payable in London. Dutch Exchange, 2i per Cent. 12 Guil Ditto 4 per Cent. Certifieates..~,. HALF-PAST TWO. Console Ditto November A celnnt .. 99441 EMBEZZLEMENT OF 7151. BY A PARISH OFFICER.— 20 Yesterday information was received at the Chief Police- 16 office, Great Scotland-yard, that William Badger, who 20 had been for some years a.sietant overseer for the parish of Elesmere, Salop, had absconded, and for whose apprehension a warrant had been issued on the charge of embezzling the sum of 7151. 17s. l ld., the property of the Guardians of the Ellesmere Union. DEATH OF THE RIGHT 110 N. JAMES GRATTAN.—The Dublin Mail of yesterday evening announces the death of the Right Hon. J. Grattan, which event took place suddenly on Tuesday at his residence, Tinnehinch, county of Wicklow. The right hon. gentleman was the eldest son of the late Right Hon. Henry Grattan, and repre4ented the county of Wicklow in many Parliaments. He leaves no i.sne. " COMING. EVENTS CAST THEIR SHADOWS BEFORE " Until the time of their victorious gathering on the glo rious heights of Alma, the last occasion when the French and Bri',ish armies met each other on the field of battle was on the plains of Waterloo, at a spot prophetically ailed La Belle Alliance. ST. JOHN'S-WOOD.—A. meeting of the inhabitants of St. John's-wood supplementary to a meeting held some days ago, in aid of the Patrotic Fund, was called for last evening at the Eyre Arms Tavern. Mr. A. Watts Pro fessor Creasy, the Rev. Mr. Ma dock, incumbent Of All Souls Mr. Ridgway, and some other gentlemen of in fluence in the district, were present ; but the attendance generally being, in consequence of the inclement state of the weat'ier, extremely thin, the Rev. Mr. Maddock, who took the chair pro forma, moved an adjournment, which was carried, and the meeting was fixed for Wed nesday next. etsveen four and five o'clock FIRES YESTERDAL — B yesterday morning the Queen's Theatre, in Tottenham street, Tottenham-court-road, narrooly escaped destruc tion by fire, which, it appears, broke out at the back part of the stage, under the flooring. When discovered, the flames had possession of the whole of theitu flooring, jointing, and scenery, and, b ut for the promptde dis played by the police, and the speedy. arrival of the en gines, the building must have been quickly burned to the ground. The cause of the fire is not yet ascertained. Previous to the above outbreak no fewer than nine other fires occurred in the course of the morning in various parts of the metropolis, but were got ui,der before any serious mischief had resulted. GALLANT CONDI:JCL—A private letter, from an offi cer on board one of the ships of the Pacific squadron, states that, during a visit to Nuka, Siva (one of the Marquesas Islands), Mr. Nugent, a naval cadet belong ing her Majesty's ship President, was saved from drowning by Commander Connolly, who incurred great risk of his own life in the act of saving that of the young gentleman. SHARE MARKETS. (THIS DAY.) BRITISH RAILWAYS. IClosing Prices yesterday. PiLid.l RAUMAYII. 100 Aberdeen .... Anibg. Nottng Bost. and F.astu. Juuct... all Belfast & Ballymena. all Birming. Wolverh. . Stour Valley ....... . 29A Birkenhd. Lancs . !). & Cheshire Junct all Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O and £25 Cons. 19 Do., £20... 30 lilyth & Tyne origins' £25 (issd. at £45 100 Bristol and Exeter 100 Ca1ed0nian............ 21s. Cainaarthen and Car digan all Chester & Holyhead all Cork and Bandon._ all Cork, Black, di Pass 16 Cirnwall 1A Orloff Junction 45 Dublin&BeleastJunc all Dundee Perth &Aber deco Junction all Do. New 100 East Anglian all Eastern Counties 100 Eastern Union, A Stock 1.00 Do., B. Stock.. Do., New A 100 East Lancashire . 100 Edinburgh do Glasgow Edinb. and Peebles 100 Edin. Prth di Dundee 1 Forth & Clyde June. 100 Glasgow &S. Weston; 100 471reat Northern 100 Do., A. Stock 100 Do., B. Stock 100 Gt. Sth. &West.(lre 100 Great Western...... 100 Do. Stour Val Ra: • Gua. Stk. . all Irish South-Easter! all Lancaster & Carlisle 14; Do., Thirds. 4 Do. New Thirds__ 100 Lancash.andYorksll 194 Do., Fifths 111 Da, Wst. Riding Up all LivCrsby.&Soutlipt all London & Blackwal 1(10 f.ond. Bright & S.Cst 100 Lond. and N. West!. 1 12 Do. Fifths 1 Do.lo/. Sh , 2A Do. Eighths 100 London andS. Westn. ' , t 2: Do., £5O 34 . Do., £49 all Landrrydi Col eraine all l.ndudrry.& Ennjsk. 100 ‘lanch.Shef.& Linclu 44, Do., Man. & Lin. Un. 100 Widland 100 'o. Birmug. & Derb:c all Aidld. G. West. (Ire.) 22: Do. Half Shares all Newcastle & Carlisle 5.1 Newnakt.BuryExten Nwpt.Aberg. &Hrfd 8 Newry & Enniskillen all Newry Warreupoint and Rostrevor .. 100 Norfolk 3 \lorthn. Counties Un 100 North British 2114 North Devon, No. 1 all Do., No. 2 all )0., A A Deferred all Do:, B Guaranteed 14441 N. Eastern—Berwick 20 Do. do. Extension 13 Do.do. G.N.E. Purch. all Do. Leeds ......... 100 Do. York all North London 8? Do. New £lO 11 N.&S.Wstrn.,Hainp stead, and City Jn 17: North Staffordshire all North Western all N. &S. Westin. June 1 Nuneaton, Hinckley and Leicester 100 Oxford, Worcester,& Wolverhampton 4 100 ;cottisli Central 404 1, Scottish Midland all ihrewsby. di Nereid ail Shropshire Union _ _ Do. A, B, C,& D,full paid up at per all a:nth Devon 100 ;oath Eastern all 4outh Wales 15 ;. Yrksh. & Riv. Due 5 )c) 8 -;taines, Wok &Wol all tockton & . -;tockton da Hartlep 100 . Taff Vale 9 Do. £lO shares 100 110. Pref., No. 1 21 ('Lames Haven Doel and Railway all Vale of Neath all Watered. & Kilkenn: all Waterford&Limeriel 18 West Cornwall 3 :Vest End of Loud(); -and Crystal Palace.. all West Loudon Ills. Wimbledn&Croyde: 25 St St, St. 25 25 50 St. 10 St.. 25 20 20 50 20 10 5 20 20 all ntwerp&Rotterdam 3 Belgian Eastu. June. 8 Bezicrs to Graissessac 2s. Bombay, Baroda, and Central 1 ndia,Serip (Central of Italy all Demerara 14 Dijon and Besancon 9 Dutch Blienish all Eastern of Franco 10 Do. Nov all East Indian 2 Do Extension all Do. , q p. c. Bds., pay. '57, convertible all Do. do. do., '59, de 10 Gd. Junet. of France 12 Gd. Tk of CanadAA is. all Do. do all Do. St. Lawrence & Atlautio do. al] Do. Cert. of Deben., 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. Western of Canada Shares all Do. Bds., payable's7, with option till '55 all Do. do., '62, p. '56 all Do. do., '76, p. '6O all Do. do., '73, without 0pti0n....1 all Hamilton & Toronto all Do. 6 per cent. 11 Lake Coust. & Bask all Lucca & Pistoja 5 p.c. prof 12 Great Luxembourg Constituted Shares all Do. Obligations....... 0 Lyons and Genera 12 Lyons & Moditorran 16{ Madras 2 Do. New 3 Maria Antonia all Do. do. New 2 Melbourne DIE. &Ry all Namur & Liege (with interest) all Do. (ox interest) all Northern of France, all D 0.20/. Shs .late Char leroi and Frqueliues gu p. c. & red. at 22y. dur. 88 yrs. from 1 Jan. 1854 all Do. 20/. 3 p. c Bde. Only. . B. & Anis. Shs. )i all NorwegianTrunkPre 14 Paris and Lyons all Ditto Bonds ..... all Paris and Orleans all Paris and Rouen 10 ParisCaen &Cherbrg all Rouen and Ilayre 20 Royal Danish 3 Royal Swell; sh all Sambre and Meuse all Do. 54 p. coot. Pref, 10 Southern of France 14 St. Andres. ar Quebec (A) all West Flanders ~ all Do 5 per c. Pref, . 10 Western of France.. 1 West. of Switzerlan( all Wiesbaden ........... 1!0 Zealand JOINT-STOC all 'A ustra lasia ............ all British Colonial Bauk _ and Loan Company all British N. American 5 Chartd. Bank of Asia 2 Ohrtd. link. of India, Australia, SG China 25 Colonial 20 Commercial of Lond 16 English Scottish and Austr►lian all Lond. Chart. Bk. of Australia 20 London and County 10 London Joint Stock 20 Lond. & Westminster 35 National Provincial of England 10 Do. New 22 National of Ireland all New South Wales all Oriental Bank of Corporation. 25 Provincial of Ireland al) Do. New I Royal Australu.Bkg. & Gold Imp Co._ all South Australia al. Uniciu of Australia 2 * Do: New 10 trAign of London Subsea done I 50 this day. 4i I 21 - 22 43 - 4i - Si 111 101 17 - 18 6 - 95 - 97 59 -59 i 14 - 15 Al - 12 - 61 - 7 :.. - ••• 11- 67 - 69 55 - 57 21 - 23 89 90 75 77 124 126 90 92 7oi 71 69 71 71 - 82 8 - 10 8 - 10 7O -71 i 51 -- 65 8 84 iO3 105 00 t 101 d— # p d - - 1 - 82 • 8 - 7 23i -23 i 684 69 40 - 42 -- 0 9i -- 2i -- 2 . 5 -- 48 -- 50 3 Si 33i 34 g 10 6 3 / 4 —7/..) 75 3 / 461 76i St! 14 14 3 / 4 53 -- 54 53 55 3 / 4 —1 p id P 41 4 6 3 / 4 7 1 d—lp 32 - 34 94 - 9$ 60 - 62 7i Si - 48 13 14 62 2 :;24 - 33 ... ... i— 4 d 35 -- 37 3 - 31 8 19 41 - 23- • 5 6 - 7 6 - 7 - 61 - 2-0 d— i p - P 3 -2i .• • --33 i 3 ip d •• ••• •F . 6 id 74 6§ 9 7d g - 7d 1 lip - IP A - 18i 19} .. ..... ... , . ...... ... .•. li par id P 2 41) dis 4i - 4 2i - 3 i 1 - lip ... - ... id-iP .•. •* I •• ...... • • 74 - S 35 - u 12i - 13 .9 - 10 22i -22 j 48 50 38 40 pra 221 par 1p 2 —ld 84 ••• '''' ... - pm 3} - 4 6i -7; I 16 - 17 BANKS. .. - ••• 4 d par 30 - 32 2i d 221 22; ... - 41 - 42 43 45 68 70 7a -- 4 s. 50 50 100 100 FUR 'AGIN. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 26, 1854. LINES LEASED AT FIXED EENTALS. Leasing Company, Prieoll yeaterday Pald4 RAILWATO. all Bedford and Bletchley 100 Buckghamsh. 100 ClydesdaleJc. 100 E. Lincoln gr. 6 per cent. all Glas. Barr. t. Neils. Dircr.ti, all Do. New all Glsti.4l Dn. all ilrtlpl. Dk. & Railway all - ull & Selby all 10. Shares. all Do. i Shares. all Lon.&Greenw all Do.Preferenee' all Len.,Til.,B:S. 100 Lowestoft gr., 4 per cent. as) Do. 6 per ct. all \fanch. Bata and Matlock all Vlicldlesbro' & Redear all Nlidld.Bradfd all Northern and Easterusp. all Do. 6 per et. all Do. rixeds p all Prest. &V yr:- all Do. A Shares. 100 Hit. Shef.lloth a c Goole g. 5 p.c. 91 :3. Staflordsh. al] WearValleygr. 6 per cent_ all IDo 100 1 Wilts&Somrst London & N. West. L.&N.W. Caledon... IGt.Nrth , iCaldonlan D• Gt. Vrestn Yk. New. Borw. Y. &NM( Do Do S. Easton , Do Foto Sr, Co. 1 Norfolk L.& N. ►. & (110 3tekton Darli ag+ ,Midland. E. Count. Co L. &N.W kLn&Yk Do at Northn laincash & Yorksh. . MCleao 4tockt. & Darliugt . .ItWesto 4.1100 Aberdeen 100 Do. No. 2, 7 p. 30 BlythandTyne 10 per c. pref. (issd. at 501) 100 Bris. & Ex. 4p. c. St.' 5 Do. 4 p. c. Shares 100 Caledonian £lO all Chester & Holyhead Guar. 54 per cent . all De. do. Pref. No. 2 all Do. do. Pref. No. 2 all Cork &Bandonsip.c all Dundee Perth daher-i deen Junction all EastAnglian (X3los) 6 per cent all Do. (£5) 7 per cent 2 Do. (£7 17s) 7 p. c all Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No. 1 all Do. No. 2 . all Do. New 6 r . c. St. all Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent all Do. 51., 10 ner cent all Do. 10/. Del;entr.Sh all Do. do. 4 per cent 100 East Lancash. 6p. cts all East and West York shire June. Fifths all EdiubPrth.&Dunde , 4 per cent. 100 Glasgow &S.Western Guar. 5 per cent..., 100 Great Northn. sp. c. 100 Do. 5 p. c. Redeem., at 10 p. c. prem... 100 Do. 41 p.c 84 Gt.N.Of Scot. Ist Pref all Gt. Southn.thWestm. (Ireland) Eighths) 7 Do. 4 per c. Pref. St 6 Gt. Westn. (Bork* & Hants Ex. 5 p. c) 100 Do. con. red. 4 p.c 100 Do. con. red. 4p. c 100 Do. irred. 4 p.c. all Do. Birm. Pref Sh all Do. Chester Bp. o.P.S all Do. do. 6 p. o. do 1.0 Do. Biros. Gua. Stk all Do. Ches. Gua. Stk ail Do. do. do. all Do. do. do 6 Lan. & York. F. £2i -100 Do. 6 p. c. Stock 100 London and Brightoi Guaranteed 5 p. 0 100 Do. Prof., sp. c. St. 100 Do. New Guar.6 p. c. 100 Lon.&N. W., Cov. 41: Nuneaton i p. ct. 5 London &S. Weston Con. Thirds all Londonderry& Color Shares 311 Londy. & Ennis. #Si all 'dam, Slief., & Lin. I Shares, No. 1. ... 10 all Do. New, £lO .... 6 4' 2 Do. .£6 126, all \larypt.& Carl. 4 p c 12?, all !)0.4. 1 1 per cent 12 ? 101 Do.. St. 100 Cousol.6 p.c.St. St. 100 Consol, Bristol 2' , 13irm. 6 per cent.... llr Do. Pref, 46 per cen 10 Norfolk Debenture 100 Do.Prcf. 4p. c. Stec 101, Do. sp. c. Ext 1.00 Do. 5A per ct. prof 100 Do. Way-. Val. sp. c ;00 iortk British 100 N. E. Perw, 4 p.c. P Do. do. do 13 Do. Leeds 6 p.c. No 9 Do. do. Quarters 'AP 10 !)o.York . P . r. all North Staffordshire. 100 ~ /xford, Worcester, wolverh.£ls, 6 p.c all scot. Cent. ,New Pre 10 Do. 5 per cent all South Dovon 1i Do. fixed, , 4 per cen , all S. Eastern (Readin. Ann.) of £1 Os. 60 100 Do. 4A per cent all S. Yoricsh.4p.c.Guar all 3 Wales Girl. 4p. s. 16 Do. do. 4. p. e.... all itockton and Dar ling-ton, 4 per sent 5 Do. do. do all Stockton and Hartle. pool, guar. 5 p. c. till Ist July, 185 t 4 Waterfd.&Kilk.6p.c. 5 10 St. St. 5 St. 20 20 20 95 100 09 lel 136 - 138 102 104 51 52 a - 25i ' 13 23 24xd 11i 111 21 - 2i 92 .7_ ii 5$ - 60 lie : iii 7.: lid 30 - 31 93 -- 95 PREFERENCE SHARES. 96 - 98 - 1 p 13 -13 i 22 - 24 -.3u 1 116 -- 118 103 - 110 99 - 101 6 - 98 - 100 90 - 92 93 - 95 10i - 11 16 - 17. 10 -- 10 71 - 73 181 - 194 9,t - 14 -1 ) I} id 1138 140 ... 2b 3 p 10 - 12 111 - lli i - iP 138 —l4O 1 id $7 - 90 LO4 - 10 92 - 94 - Si .. "--.. .. , i 112 - 114 1.2 14 id 23 - 213 99 - 101 17 -19 ... • • 4 1 • ci MINES. 1 - k - $ 1 - 1i - A ii 27 1 i 2i - 3 li - 2 28 - 30 46 - 48 52 - 65 2 - 4 p 12 - 14 it - it - ir =1 i 6 6a 7 if i it - i 15 - 16 I 22 - 24 6 3 5 le 1 3 3 # 3i .EOIJS io ii ii 17 ia ... - ... 98 - 103 10 - 111 - ii - ii. i - li ... i - i ii 1 - ii 2 - 2i 2 -2 35 - 8f Pe :77 all Agua Fria ............. all Anglo Austrly. Gold all Anglo Californian ... 6 I <lustralian all Australian Cordillera all Australian Freehold all Ave Maria all Baden (Crd.Duchy of all Blmarvon Iron and Coal 13.5 British Iron A Brazilianlmp.(issued at E 5 pm — all Do. Cocaes & Cuia(l3 15 Do. St. John Del Rey k Carsons's ; Chu-end-a Cons. Min Co. of Jamaica • all Cobra Copper 1 Colonial Gold • all Copper Min. of Eng all Do. Pref. 7? p. cent. 16 Copiapo . all English and Austin. Copper Smelt;; Co Fortuna all General all Gt.NuggetVeinneg all Great Polgooth all Liberty all I:inares all Nlariquita 9 Nlexican&S.Americn all New Granada all New Linares Mining and Smelting Co all Nouveau Monde all Pontgibaud Silva: Lead Min. & Smelt 1 Port Philip all Quartz Rock all Rhymney Iron all Do. New 11 i Santiago de Cuba..... all South A ustralian..... 7A Tin Croft all United Mexican all Waller all West Mariposa 12s. Worthing Mining 01 Australia all Yuba MISCELLA. all Aubin Coal and Iran 17ti kustralian Agricult. 6 A.ustral sn .Pcifi c. Mai I all Australis. Royal Mai kk Berlin Water Works 40 Brit. American La.no l 1 Brit. & Coln. Sweltg.i and Reduction Co. 32, ) , Canada 100 Canada Ger. 6 p. et 45 Jan D , a o n . d July all Crystal Palace a ll Crystal Pal. of France 5 Eastern Steam 20 ElectricTelegraph(A) all El ec tric Teleg. of Ir. 14 Gen. Steam Navigat. a ll General Screw Steani 10 Irish Beetroot Sup al 10 Magdalena St. Navig. a ll Mediteran. Elec. Tel. all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel 5 Netherlands Land—. 1 N. S. W. Coal dc Inter. Steam Navigat. C..? all N. B. Australasian... 12 Nrth.ofEuropeStean, all - Peel Rr. Ld. & Miarl. a ll Peninsular ID Orieuta) l Do. all Portland Iran Co 60 Royal Mail Steam ... all Scot. Austral. Invest. all South Austral. Land all ali ;n o b . -. u n a e r i i s T t ee led. e rf p h . . -14, You Diowned kau4 Ratlines!! this &ay. NEWMARKET RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SUBSCRIPTION PLATE. Blue Beard Catspaw Four ran. SWEEPSTAKES OF 10 SOVS. A.F. Kiteflyer Nicotine Three ran. SWEEPSTAKES OF 10 SOUS. T.Y.C. R05a1ine..................................................... Dame Partlett Nine ran. SWEEPSTAKES OF 10 SOVS. T.Y.O Merry Nun Donald Five ran. HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES Johnny Taft Rajah Seven ran. LATEST BETTING. NURSERY STAKES. 9 to 1 agst Maid of Cadiz. 10 to 1 agst Thor. 10 to 1 sgBt Fandango. 10 to 1 agst Enchantress colt. 10 to 1 agst Lady Tatton. 10 to 1 agst L 3 Fripon. 12 to 1 agst Hazel. 20 to 1 asst Homily. 20 to 1 agst Charmian. 20 to 1 agst Amy. DERBY. 12 to 1 agst Grmculus Esuriens. 14 to 1 agst De Clare. 25 to 1 agst Cruiser. 40 to 1 agst Frederick. 50 to 1 agst Claret. 9 to 1 agst Rifleman and Cruiser coupled. CRIMINAZ COURT-(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. (Before the Lord Chief Baron and Mr. Justice Maule.) Mr. Clarkson applied to the Court to postpone the trial of the Rev. Mr. Ferguson, a Roman Catholic priest, for having solemnised a marriage in an illegal manner and contrary to the provisions of the Dissenters' Mar riage Act, to the next session, on the ground that the hill had only been found on the previous day, and, as the question was likely to involve important points of law, there had not been sufficient time to prepare the defence. Mr. Bodkin opposed the application, which was ordered to stand over until affidavits were laid before the Court stating the grounds on which the postponement was opposed. Joseph Farrell, the bank clerk, indicted for defrauding the Bank of England of a large sum of money by means of forged dividend warrants, pleaded guilty to one of the indictments which charged him with embezzlement. Sentence was postponed. The Rev. Hugh Pollard TVillougliby was indicted for feloniously shooting at Mr. Hardinge Stanley Gifford, the barrister, with intent to murder him. Mr. M`Murdo, the surgeon of Newgate, and Dr. Forbes Winslow, were examined as to the sanity of the prisoner. The Jury returned a verdict of "Nut guilty," on the ground of insanity." STATE OF TRADE. (From the Manchester (,Mardian of yesterday.) MANCHESTER, Oct. 24.—The difficulty of soiling shirt ings, snadapollams, and jacenets, together with printing cloths from 60 reeds downward, has been greater to-day than it had previously been ; prices are consequently increasingly irregular snd adverse to sellers. The better qualities of printing cloths continue in a relatively bet ter position than the lower. Long•cloths, T's and some sorts of domestics, are in fair request. Taking the goods market on the whole, however, it betrays a tendency to a further restriction. In yarns there has been for some days a demand for warps and pincops as a winter supply for Holland. This continues, though scarcely in the same degree ; and there is still some purchasing of mule twist fur India. But, as a general characteristic, the dullness is sensibly greater in yarns than it was before. The inclination of prices is rather against spinners ; and, in some descriptions, the buyer has as advantage of id. per lb., as compared with this day week ; though, on the whole, a remarkable degree of steadiness is main tained. Spinners appear as yet to be under no neces sity to press sales. HALIFAX, Oct. 21.—The trade in our Piece Hall does not show any signs of improvement, and there is scarcely any demand for either plain er fancy goods. Yarns and wools remain pretty much. as they were. ROCHDALE, Oct. 23.—We have had a steady demand for flannels, at prices much the same as those that hare been given for these few weeks past. In wool the prices are firm, and the demand moderate. HUDDERSFIELD, Oct. 24.—The market has been very flat, scarcely anything doing in the Cloth Hall. The warehouses have also beets quieter than for a long time past. The rise in the price of corn, and the un certain state of commercial affairs, have tended to throw a gloom over the market, and prevent that activity in the autumn trade which was confidently expected a few weeks ago. The wool market, like that of manufactured goods, has been flat. MARKET NE kV,S--(1' LIIS DAY.) GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN and Wale- For the week ended Oct. 26,1854, ma d e up from the netting of the In nectors In the ditfereat Citi es and Towns I n England per Imperial Quarter. Writer. i HAZLET. 1 OATS. I EY E . I B EANS. I PEAS. 575 6a 13 s 3.1 25s 91 , 35, I d , 44s 10d 1 403 9,1 THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGE. WHEAT. BARLEY. I . I BEANS. I PEAS. 55s 5-.1 1 29s 10d 25s OAT f , d 1 33. EYE. ?3d 445 Id g 385 61 DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. WHEAT. I BARLEY. I I OATS. EYE . J EANS. I PEAS. Is Od is Od Is Od lls Od is Od Is Od QUANTITIES OF GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK. Wheat, 150,277; Barley, 47,211 ; Oats. 16.45 2 ; Rye, 980 ; Beans, 4,974; Pea s , 1 , 776 quartors. • MEAT MARKETS. NEW :LATE AND LEADENHALL,—The trade ruled steady, as follows :—Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 6d; Mutton, 3s Gd to 4s 8d ; Veal, 3s Gd. to 4s Gd ; Pork, 3s 4d to 4s 10d per 81bs, by the carcase. SOUTHALL, Oct. 25.—Beasts sold steadily at an advance of 21 per 81bs. All other kinds of stock moved off freely, at full prices. Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 10c1 ; Mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 10.1 ; Veal, 3s 6d to 4s 2d ; Pork, 3s 4d to 4s 8d per 81b, to sink the offals. _ -. :ll, Be o e nt f, Fo fr u o ro m , Oct.3s4d t.2s i — o 5s h ck Veal, 3s 4d to 4 s 2(1; Pork, 3 s 4d t o 4s 8d per Blbs. Quar terTe trade riilod Mutton, steady, old Store Pigs, 20 s t o 27 s each. as to follows 4s 10( ; 1 : HAY MARKETS. SMITIIFTELD.—Meadow hay, 2/ 15s to 41 108 ; clover ow y; hay, iittO, 31 Cs to 51 15 9 ; an d straw, 11 4s to 11 9s per load. Trade dull. CuItuERLAND.--Ar ea d OW ha 3/ Os to 4 / 15s ; clover ditto, 31 03 to 51 15 s ; and straw, 1/ 5s to 11 103 per load. A full average su p p l y an d a sluggish deman d. WinTEctiiribm.—M e (al 2/ 15s to 4 / 103 ; clover ditto, 3 1 5 3 t o 6/ O s ; and .straw, 1/ 4s to 1 / Os per load. Trado rather dull. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DI Y. ) LONDON, Oct. 26.—Wind this day at Noon, S.W. ; light breeze, and fine weather. It rained heavily yester dap, but this morning there was a sharp frost. PC/WM(ODM', Oct. 25.—Wi n d, E.S.E. to N. Arrived — Queen of the South (a a), from S ou thampton, far the Black Sea. Sailed—Snake, for St. Michael's ; Morayshire, for the Black gea ; Martha Miles, Constantinople ; Pauline, Lisbon. Put back-Fl ora ,_ London. PLYMOUTH, Oct. 25.—Wind, N.B. Arrived—Empres‘, from Buenos Ayres. Sailed.--Bacchante s), for Cape Coast. FALMOUTH, Oct. 25.--Wind, N.N.E. Anived—Cali fornia, from Callao; Amona Leon, Rio Jnneiro, for Ant werp ; Zalinte, Newcastle, for Naples. CowEs, Oct. 25.—Wind, E. and N.E., squally. Arrived —Bell, from Manilla. SOUTHAMPTON, Oct. 25.—Wind, N.N.W. Arrived-- August, from Christiania ; Duke of Cornwall (I), Dublin, and left for London. TORBAY, Oct 25.—Wind, N.E. Arrived—Vigilant, from ---. Sailed —Wilson, for Algoa Bay. HULL, Oct. 25.—Wind, NW. Arrived—Truelove, from Davies' Straits. Brunette, Constantinople; Verein, Dan tzic. Sailed —Baltic (s), for Konigsberg; Oscar, Go thenburg. SHIELDS, Oct. `l ) s.—Witd, S.W. Arrived—Jmues Shep herd, Arica, and 29th May, from Shebrooke, N.S. ; Ma jestic, Quebec. . SUNDERLAND, Oct, 25.—griud, N.E, Arrived—Her mione, from Hanover. Sailed—Anne, for Constantinople ; Fort William, Calcutta. GRIMSBY, Oct. 24..—Wind, S.E. Arrived—Swanland (s s), from Rotterdam-; Hamburgh (s), Hamburgh ; Eliza beth Morrison, Miramichi ; Chieftain, Taganrog. HARTLEPOOL, Oct. 25.—Wind, SW. Arrived—Pro videntia, from Skelleftea; Emanuel, Urnea. Sailed— Christine, for Hong Kong ; Pensamento, Lisbon. CARDIFF, Oct. 25. Wind, N.W. Arrived—Bonne Maria, from Burin ; Charlotte, Bremen. Sailed—Hal cyon, for Rio Janeiro ; Helen Munro, do. ; Union, Bar celona; Mary, Cadiz. WARRENPOINT, Oct. 24.—Wind, W.S.W. Arrived — Luna, from St. John's, N.B. QUEENSTOWN, Oct. 21.—Wind, calm. Arrived—Bal. gownie, from Callao. (rEit ELECTRIC TELEGRIPH.) LIVERPOOL, Thursday, 10.30 a.m. Wind S.S W., light brreze, and foggy. Arrived—Sultana, from Valparaiso, and Phoenix, Anti gua ; Propontis, Monte Video, and Matilda, Bremen. (BY SUBMARINE AND EIROPBAN TELEGRAM) - GRAVESEND, Thursday; 9.50 a.m. Wind, N.W. ; tide low water; fine. Arrived, 26th.—Bares Osy, steamer, from Antwerp ; Soho, steamer, Havre. Sailed.—Stadt Dordrecht, steamer, for Dordt. DEAL, Thursday,' 9.25 &DA. Wind—W., weather unsettled. Passed.—Amity Hall, from Quebec, for London ; Wm. Ackers, Callao, for London. Put Back.—Baragnay Blacke, Calkurnia, Agnes, and Imauro of Dlookat ; with seyong other, names not Obtained. SPOETING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET HOUGHTON MEETING. THE SUBSCRIPTION ROO3l. TUESDAY NIGHT.—AII were on the Alert for the Nur sery Stakes Handicap, which came out at ten o'clock to night, but its appearance was received with EO much dissatisfaction that only 21 of the 62 handicapped ac cepted. The betting on it opened as follows :- 6 to 1 aget Maid of Cadiz (taken). 6to 1 Le Fripon (taken). 7 to 1 Thor (taken to 501). 10 to 1 Homily (taken). 10 to 1 Joshua (taken). Subsequently 7 to 1 was betted agst Le Fripon and 10 to 1 aget Thor. The following bets were laid outside the room:— WORCESTER STEEPLECHASE. 8 to 1 agst Cervue (taken). 10 to 1 Spring (taken). 1000 to 25 agst Oulston winning his race on Thurs day and the Derby. IVEDNEEDAT. Sweepstakes of 10 sons each ; for two-yr-olds, 6st 91b ; three, Bst 71b ; four, Bst 12113 ; five and upwards, gat 11b. The winner to be sold for 250 sons, if de manded, &c. Last half of Ab. M. 4 subs. Mr. Osborne's Cherry Brandy, 2 yrs (Bearpark) 1 Mr. W. K. Walker's Citnicina, 2 yrs (T. Cliff) 2 Sir It. Bulkeley's Aneurin, 2 yrs (Rook) 3 Betting .—Even on Citnicina, 6 to 4 agst Cherry Brandy, 3to 1 agst Anemia. Won easily by two lengths. A length between second and third. Match-200, h ft. First half of Ab. M. Mr. Greville's Pyrrhic, Bst 71b (Flatman) 1 Mr. J. M. Stanley's Contention, ist 101 b (Charlton) 2 The betting opened at 2 to 1 on Pyrrhic, but closed at 6to 5. Contention made the running to the cords, where ehe was caught, and the race terminated in favour of her rival by half a length. Sweepstakes of 10 soya each, for two.yr-olds ; colts, Bst 71b ; and fillies, Sit 41b. The winner to be sold for 70 sous, if demanded, &c. First half of Ab. 31. 3 subs. Mr. Bevill's Phcedra, Bst 41b (Bartholomew) 1 Mr. Greville's Doralice, Bst 41b (Flatman) 2 Mr. Shaw's Medina, Bst 41b (Kendall) 3 Betting-5 to 4on Phcedra, 2to 1 aget Doralice. The winner made all the running; Doralice joined when half-way up the cords, but after a good effort was beaten by a short head ; two lengths between the second and third. Handicap Sweepstakes of 15 soya each, 10 ft, for two yr•olds. First half of Ab. M. 9 subs. Mr. Ewbank's Jack Sheppard, Bst 7lb (Charlton) 1 Mr. T. Parr's o by Van Tromp out of Meonbeam, 7st 12Ib (Flatman) 2 Mr. S. Scott's f by Sir Tatton Sykes out of Caroline, 7st (Wells) 2 The following also ran :—Moonshine, c by Red Hart out of Refraction, Katerfelto, Inez, Miss Littler. Betting-5 to 2 ag,t Jack Sheppard, 4to 1 agst Ka terfelto, sto 1 agst Refraction colt. Won by a length and a half ; a length between the second and third. Sweepstakes of 200 sovs each, h ft, for fillies, Bst 71b each ; those by untried stallions or mares allowed 31b. T.Y.C. 6 subs. Duke of Bedford's Habena, Bst 41b (S. Rogers) 1 Lord Exeter's Almond, Bst 71b (Flatman) 2 Betting-5 to lon Habena. After the first 20 yards the favourite took the lead, was never afterwards headed, and won by a length. Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each ; for three-yr-olds, 7st 71b ; four, Bst 41b ; five and upwards, 9st 111 b ; the winner to be sold for 40 sovs, if demanded, ttc. T.Y.C. 3 subs. Mr. G. B. Price's The Dandy, 4 yrs...(Bartholemew) 1 Mr. Kenyin's Shunting, 3 yrs (Goodman) 2 Lord Chesterfield's Game Chicken, 4 yrs ...(Flatman) 3 Betting-6 to 4 eget The Dandy and Shunting, 3to 1 agst Game Chicken. The Dandy made all the running, and won by ten lengths, three lengths between second and third. The winner was claimed by Mr. Armstrong, and Shunting by Mr. Price. Subscription Plate of 501.; for two-yr-olds, 6st 71b ; and three, Bst 1016. The winner to be sold for 350/., if demanded, tte. '!',Y. C. Mr. Drinkald's Katerfelto, 2 yrs Mr. J. Adkin's Vandyke, 2 yrs (Fordham) 2 Captain Skipworth's Fanny Fern, 2 yrs (Bearpark) 3 The following also ran :—Dr. Sykes, Corin, Chaos, Nagara, Mary Ann. Betting-2 to 1 agst Fanny Fern, 3to 1 agst Ma Mie filly. A race in was won by a neck ; the second heating the third a length and a half. Nagara was fourth, Corin fifth, and Mary Ann sixth. Millman weighed for the Ma Mie filly, but she did not get to the post in time to start. Bearpark objected to the winner for closing upon him when near the chair. Sweepstakes of 10 sous each ; for three -3r-olds, 7st 71b ; four, Bst 2tb ; five and upwards, Bst 71b. The win ner to he sold for 150 sovs, if demanded, &c. T.Y.C. 5 sabs. Mr. J. Powney's Cineas, 4 yrs (Maton) 1 Captain Lane's Guy Mannering, 5 yrs (Bartholomew) 2 Sir R. Bulkeley's Huinguffin, 3 yrs (Charlton) 3 Lord Lonsdale's Welharn, 3 yrs (G. E, Sharp) 4 Betting-7 to 4on Cineav, 4to 1 against any other. Won easily by two lengths. Half a length between second and third. Selling handicap Sweepstakes of 15 sovs each, 10 ft, for three•yr•olds and upwards. The winner to be sold for 100 sovs, if demanded, &c. D.M. 9 subs. Mr. E. R. Clark's Surgeon-General, 3 yrs, sst 101 b (Fordham) 1 Mr. Bailey's New Brighton, 4 yra, ast .. (W. Abdale) 2 The following also ran—Scarecrow, Dabchick, Calot, Box. Betting-3 to 1 each agst Scarecrow and Box, 4 to 1 agst Surgeon-General, sto 1 agst New Brighton. A fine race, won by a head. Box, Calot, and Scarecrow were well up, and so close together that the judge could not decide which was third. Dabchick was beaten off. Handicap Plate of 501. ; for three-yr-olds and upwards. A .F. Mr. 11—Robinson's Grand Inquisitor, 3 yrs, Est 101 b (Wells) 1 Mr. J. Osborne's Gamelad, 3 yrs, Est (I3earpark) 2 The following also ran :—Snowdon Dunhill, Henrietta, Roebuck, Copenhagen, Legatee, and Foam. Betting-5 to 4 agst The Grand Inquisitor, 4 to 1 ag , t Snowdon Dunhill, 6 to 1 each agst Gamelad and Foam. Weather very wet and cold, and the racing unmarked by any particular feature of interest or importance. The business of settling (?) on the Cambridgeshire commenced in the morning, but we must reserve our remarks until after the town-settling, on Monday next, at Tattersall's. TUESDAY. 501. Plate. Last three miles of B.C. Nigh Priest carried 4st 111 b, Spinner sst 41b, and Saucebox 4st 101 b. Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each. First half of Al). M. The stewards decided, on Tuesday, that Priestcraft was entitled to the stakes. NEW RACE. SATIIEDAY.—The Second Nursery Stakes of 20 says each, for two-yr-olds. R.lll. To close and name by six o'clock this day (Thursday), and the weights to be declared by ten o'clock the same evening. Acceptances to be declared within half an hour after the weights are published. If twenty-four acceptances or more, to be divided into two classes. The winner of the Nursery Stakes to carry 71b extra. GLASGOW STAKES.—Grmculus Esuriens, Tumbler, Strood, and Uncle Toni are scratched. NEWMARKET HOUGHTON MEETING. FRIDAY. Acceptances for the Nursery Stakes. et lb Thor 8 12 Fandango.., 8 10 Amy 8 4 Enchantress colt 8 0 Moonbeam colt Harry of Hereford Besika Maid of Cadiz 7 9 Sis. to Singapore...... 7 8 Charmian 7 7 Fanny Fern 7 7 st lb Professor Airy 7 6 Joshua Schamyl Lady Tatton .... 7 5 Black Pepper Le Frippon Hazel Evangeline Laura Selina 6 7 Homily 6 4 THE GALE OF LAST WEEK.—SHIELDS, Oct. 24. We have now moderate wind, fine weather, and a calm sea. A considerable fleet of light colliers have reached the northern ports, and the harbours have also been tolerably cleared of laden vessels detained by the bad weather of last week. The weather and state of the sea are favourable to the operations for the recovery of the vessels stranded on the Yorkshire and Lincolnshire coasts by the terrible gale of this night week, and hopes are entertained that the loss of the north country ship ping property will be less serious than was at one time anticipated. Several vessels have been already got off, among which are the Bosphorus, the Hebe, and the Hamilton, belonging to this port ; tie Essay, of Sun derland ; the Nicholas 'Wood, screw collier, and six or eight other craft whose names are not reported. Five or six sail of vessels, timber laden, from America, got ashore in the gale ; the Emporium, as already re ported, was wrecked near Robin Hosd's Bay, on the Yorkshire coast, and the master, his son, the cook, and the apprentice was drowned. She appears to have broken up. The Regent, of this port, which was bringing timber from British America to Grimsby, and had 21 of the shipwrecked crew of the Devonport on board, whom they picked up on the banks of Newfound land, stranded, but, we are informed by telegraph, is likely to be got off, with her cargo. The Niagara tim ber laden, which went ashore at Hendon, near Sunder land, in the gale, will also be recovered for the owners and underwriters. The Ocean Queen, another timber laden vessel, which broke from her anchor and ran out of Sunderlaud Roads in the gale, is reported to have found a safe roadstead. As anticipated, the reports bromght in by vessels which weathered out the gale at sea are less- favourable, and it is to he feared that some vessels have gone down in the storm outside and drowned all hands. The brig Favourite has passed a seaman's chest, some oars and spars, north-west of Flamborough Head ; the Northumberland screw collier has also passed through a quantity of furniture off the Spurn, and the bodies of five seamen and papers belong ing to the Norwegian schooner Tanager have been cast ashore near Grimsby. Mr. 'Watts, master of the Rugby, of Stockton, from Quebec, also reports passing a quan• tity of sleepers and water-casks off the Doggorbank this night week, AFRICAN MAlLS.—Plymouth, Wedne - iday.—The Afri can Steam Navigation Company's ship Bacchante, Cap tain Drury, sailed last evening for Madeira, Teneriffe, and the West Coast of Africa. She has a large number of passengers and a general cargo of manufactured goods including a quantity of specie for the Coast. The next mail home is expected about the 15th of November by the Forerunner, Captain Johnson. Her successor is the Etbiope, Captain Barnwell, which left Plymouth on the 24th of September, and is now probably at Biwa Leone, going down the o;taitt OPENING OF THE BRISTOL ATHENJE UM. BRISTOL, Wednesday Afternoon.—The handsome new building recently erected in Corn-street, for the purpose of the Bristol Athenaeum, was inaugurated this day ; and the ceremony acquired additional interest from the fact that the Right Hon. Lord John Russel l, Lord President of her Majesty's Council, the Right Rev, the Lord Bishop cf Gloucester and Bristol, the Earl Ducie, the Right Hon. Sir A. Cockburn, her Majesty's Attorney General, and other emiient and distinguished persons assisted at it. The chair was taken by the president of the institu- tion, P. W. S. Mills, Esq. Among the distinguished guests on his right and left were the Right Worshipful the Mayor, J. G. Shaw, Esq. ; Lord John Russell, Earl Ducie, the Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol, the Hon. F. H. F. Berkeley, M.P., W. H. G. Langton, Esq., M.P., the Very Rev. the Dean. Dr. Elliott ; Captain Scobell, M.P., T. Phinn, Esq., M.P., Sir Arthur Elton, &c. At the close of the repast, and the loyal toasts having been drunk, The Right Worshipful the Mayor, in an eloquent ad dress, prop ose d " Th e Il ea lth s of Lord John Russell, and the distinguished Visitors." Lord John Russell, who was loudly cheered, in re sponding to the toast, said---I rise to return my grateful thanks for the honour you have done me. Your mayor has said that this is a moment of very great anxiety to me. No doubt it for every member of the Government. But all we, who have to depend upon the exertions of our countrymen, may feel a full reliance that our confi dence in them may not be misplaced. My noble friend at the head of the army and my right hon. friend at the head of the navy may feel a full and steadfast reliance that any service which British soldiers—that any service which British sailors—may be called on to perform, will, however difficult that service may be, be performed with that courage and skill which have distinguished our country at all times. (Cheers.) And so likewise I may say with regard to my own department, that this country having resolved in its various branches and in various manners that the people shall be educated, that that task will be adequately performed ; and that in a few years we shall, I trust, be able to say that the remain ing defects will be amended and the remaining de ficiencies be supplied. For my part, as your mayor, who has done me the honour of proposing my health, has said, I have - always looked for further security for our justly-venerated institutions to the knowledge, the examination, and the cordial support of an enlightened people. (Cheers.) I was to-day shown in looking cursorily over your building, a building which does so mach honour to your liberality and your taste, and to the knowledge and genius of your architects—l was shown a part of that bedding of which it is said that there had been doubts respecting its sta7 bility. But it has been subjected to the severest tests— it has tone through those -tests with success, and its supporters were found to remain unshaken. (Hear,. hear.) In the same manner is the support-of a free Go vernment like oars unshaken when its rests are an en lightened people. (Cheers.) I believe, therefore, that in furthering in my office to the best of my power the efforts which the people themselves are prepared to make for their education, I am not preparing means by which the Government of her Majesty the Queen or of her successors will be impaired ; but I am preparing means by which their rule will be perpetuated and strengthened. (Cheers.) With these words I beg again to thank you, and to assure you that it has afforded m e the greatest happiness to assist you in the performance of this day's duties, and to encourage the cause in which we have all embarked. The noble lord resumed his seat amidst loud cheers. " The Health of the President," "Prosperity to the Bristol Atlienmum," &e., were drunk and responded to, and the meeting was addressed by Sir Arthur Elton, the Hon. F. H. Berkeley, W. H. G. Langton, Esq., and other gentlemen. The inaugural address will be delivered by Lord John Russell this evening, at a soiree, at which all the leading men of the neighbourhood and many eminent persons will be present. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAlLWAY.—Traffic re turn for the week ending Oct. 22, 1854 £19,126 5 5 Corresponding week last year 17,613 11 2 CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffie return for the week ending Oct. 22, 1854 £4,931 10 4 Corresponding week last year 4,754 9 3 Increase in 1854 CORK AND BANDON RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for the week ending Oct. 21, 1854 £l74 2 7 Corresponding week last year 217 16 8 GLASGOW AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY —Traffic re turn for the week ending Oct. 7, 1854 £5,773 14 5 Corresponding week last year 5,122 0 8 ELECTlON.—Yesterday morning the returning officer (Mr. Wickham) made the official declaration of the poll from the hustings, the numbers being, as already reported—Viscount Dungarvan, 181 ; Mr, Nicoll, 129 ; majority for. Viscount Dungarvan, 52. There was not nearly so numerous an msembly as on the previous day, and the announcement was received with cheers, waving of hats, and groans. NEW EVIDENCE IN THE ECCLESIASTICAL COURTS.—Is the approaching sittings of the Ecclesiasticrl Court, the act to alter- the mode of evidence will take practical effect. The Court, if they think fit, may 'ear evidence by " word of mouth," as expressed by the act, or as le gally called, rind rote, and it may be received either before or after deposition or affidavit. Another im provement is, that the evidence is to be taken down. DAILY COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE EAST.--The Paris correspondent of the Independance Beige writes to that journal that the French, English, and Turkish authori- ties at Constantinople have combined to organise a ser vice which will supply a daily communication between tl.e Crimea and the capitals of England andFi ance. A steamer, it is said, will be despatched day by day as a rule from Se bastopol, Balaklava„ or some other convenient port to Constantinople, where the intelligence it conveys will be forwarded by courier to Bucharest, and thence further to Kronstadt or Hermanstadt, both inTransylvania, and t he nearest respective termini of the Austrian telegraphic line. In the present and expected state of navigation and of the country to be traversed it is not anticipated that news will be transmitted nnder this arrangement in a shorter space than eight or nine days. The of a tele graphic line from a point in the Austrian system to Bu charest will abridge the interval by a day ; but this work is not likely to be complete for a month or five weeks. FATAL ACCIDENT AT SEA.—The steamer Islay, which arrived at Greenock from the north on Saturday morn- ing, brought the intelligence of the death of her master, Captain John Urie, by drowning. On her arrival off Tobermory, about two a.m. of Friday, the steamer was obliged to wait off the harbour until the tide should per mit her entrance. Captain Urie told his mate to go below and rest himself, while he watched for the proper time at which to take the steamer up to the town. He was last seen on the quarter-deck. A girl, who was a passenger, heard a splash, and, as she thought, a cry, and told some of the crew, but when they went o• deck all was quiet, and no ill was suspected. About two hours afterwards the captain was missed, and the boat was lowered and the crew began dragging, and in a short time the body was found below the steamer. The cause of his falling overboard is unknown, bet it is supposed that he had been sitting on the quarter-deck rail, and, tired out by want of proper rest during a stormy pas sage, had dropped asleep and fallen into the sea.— Greenock Advertiser. ATTENDANCE OF WITNESSES.—Among the common law reforms of last session is an act to compel the atten dance of witnesses out of the jurisdiction of the courts of common law. It is entituled An Act to enable the Courts of Law in England, Ireland, and Scotland to issue process to compel the attendance of witnesses out of their jurisdiction, and to give effect to the service of such process in any part of thelUnited Kingdom." The act is likely to he enforced at the forthcoming sitting of the courts. It is stated in the preamble that great inconvenience arises in the administration of justice from the want of a power in the superior courts to compel the attendance of witnesses resident in one part of the United Kingdom at a trial in another, and the examination of such witnesses by commission is net in all cases a sufficient remedy. It is therefore en acted that witnesses shall attend, and a statement is to be made at the bottom of the writ that it was issued under a special order. Witnesses making default in at tending are to be punished by the court of the country in which the process was served, but persons are not to be punished unless it is shown that sufficient money to pay the expenses of coming and returning had been ten dered. The act is not to prevent the admissibility of evidence where now receivable, nor to prevent the issuing of a commission to examine witnesses. THE 11D311 PRICE OF BREAD —NOTTINGHAM, Wed nesday.—Last night, about half-past seven O'clock, a number of persons, principally youth., assembled before the shop of Mr. North, baker, of Oolwick-street, in the lower part of the town, and broke a number of panes of glass in his windows. Mr. North was standing in his shop, and was struck a violent blow in the face by a brick-bat, hurled by one of the rabble. After this the shop of Mr. Greenfield, in thesame district, was attacked, but no great damage done. The report quickly spread that another bread riot had commenced, and the baker' of the town immediately closed their shops. Thisemogcne ing a number of master bakers went to the 1_ h i( the mayor the protection of their property, to consult the magistrates upon the matter , hic P e l d c a . sk fir lice force aheuld (Mr. Reckless) and 'magistrates had a and it was agreed that an increased f p special constables be sent to-night, and a number opwrivate meeting, notice, if found to be warned to be ready in the shortest Hutchinson chops of Mr. Reeves (Nan, w en i‘ u n i m a e rs r h at ) e , d here, the necessary. B, sides the cases was captured at one of the broker.. A youth and panes before the magistrates this (Pleasant-row), and Adainso (Narrow visited by the rabble, disturbances, and brought. . es and costs, he was discharged. • morning . , when, after ACCIDENT NEAR TODMOEDEN.—On Satur day damages RAILWAY y night , as the Lancashire and Yorkshire passenger dtraiiefrem Noimanton, due at Manchester at 25 niinuteg past 10 o'clock, was passing Milne row, near Todmor den, it overtook and ran into a luggage train from Wake field to Bury, with considerable violence, breaking up five or six waggons of the goods train, a n d severely shak ing and bruising some of the passengers an d servants. There were two guards to the passenger train, and one of them, named Dyson, who was sitting at a window hD looking eaandi e through from 7 othueght otherhe the fronte gguard, a of h r glass, d ( : „di:ae pitchedael shaken, h ak w ith severe en, cuts. ahnids , s w ui : y a t s a 1 aan van, g n, o gw o d a as several gentlemen travelling by the train were bruised, but none of them dangerously injured. After a deten tion of about three hours, they were forwarded to Man chester by the mail train, where they arrived at about halfpelit twelyo o'clock. -- ---- . 691 i a 110 I St 1241 70i i 711 1044 1001 1 1001 5 68 i 53 i x& 1 50 di' 20 --- 12 25 20 St. 1.9 181 50 72i 3 21 138 i Es 1101 I i 3 ..... 1 2 .. 2 NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. Royal Albert, 121, screw, Captain Sir Thowas Feeley, is lying at her old moorings abreast of the dockyard, Sheerness. A . lighter is now alongside, and she is busy hoisting in her lower-deck guns. Soine delay has beta caused by the lighter being latterly employed at Chat ham 'taking away the Cumberland's guns. This fine vessel is now getting in something like trim, thereby displaying her fine model. The Curacoa, 31, screw frigate, Captain the Hon. G. F. 'Hastings, received her crew from the berthing hulk in Portsmouth harbour yesterday, and hauled into' the stream to swing for the adjustment of her compasses, after which she will be reported ready for sea, and will proceed either to . the Crim ea or t o t h e West I n dia and INorth American station. The Phenix screw steam-sloop, Captain Edward A. Ingiefield, and the Talbot store-ship, Commander Jenkins, were paid off yesterday at 'Woolwich, the officers and crew of the latter vessel having come op from Sheerness from th e Talbot for that purpose. Tl officers and men are anxious to volunteer their servi ces again in any expedition t hat ma y be sent o ut to collect the remains, and bring home to this country for a public funeral all that can be obtained of the bodies of the missing navigators of the Arctic regions, and at the same time search for papers among the Esquimaux in the locality indicated by Dr. John Rae as the last resting place of the brave seamen. Steam wss got up, for the first time, on board the screw steam-ship Exmouth, 91, on Tuesday. The copper of the frigate Thetis is ordered to be taken off, preparatory to her being caulked. The hospital ships Andromache and Endyraion bate been towed from Plymouth Sound into Hamoaze. The fine screw steam-transport Queen of the South arrived in Portsmouth harbour yesterday afternoon front the Thames, to embark the troops mentioned is The Sun of yesterday for the Crimea. The transport Diligence, from Pembroke, arrived. at Plymouth on Monday. lier Maj es ty' s s t eam s l oop - o f- war M a l acca , 20 guns, arrived in Leitk Roads on Sunday morning, from Potts , mouth. APPOINTMENTS. ' Commander John A. Shears (1854), to be an, inspect* ing commander in the Coast Guard. Second Masters William Johnston (1841), from the Coast Guard, to the Pigmy paddle-wheel steam-vessel; Philip J. Dennehy (1850), from the Dasher paddle-wheel steam-♦essel, to the Hannibal, 91, screw steam-ship at Sheerness. Surgeon John Cockin (1852), to the Britannia, 120, flagship on the Medterranean and Black Sea station. Master's Assistant Thomas Robeson, to the Powerful, 84, at Portsmouth. Clerks James A. W. Nicholls (1854), confirmed is the Majestic, 80, screw steam-ship, with the Baltic fleet. Jon T. Ibbstt has been promoted from second clam to first class Assistant-Engineer for Arctic service. PREPARATION FOR THE VISIT OF THE EX. PEROR AND EMPRESS OF THE FRENCH. The Ajax, 60, Captain Warden, and the Royal steam yachts Fai r y an d El f i n, have gone into the basin 111 Portsmouth Dockyard to refit ; the two latter, it is re ported, to be re-embellished by the time they will be required to attend upon the Queen at Osborne, a month hence, when the Emperor Napoleon 111. and the Em press Eugenie are expected to visit her Majesty at the Isle of Wight. REINFORCEMENTS FOR THE ARMY IN THE EAST. Yesterday the final orders for the departure of the detachments of the Guards to reinforce the service corn. panics of their regiments in the Crimea were issued, and this morning the men proceeded to Portsmouth. The total number of the Guards forming these detach ments is 340 ; they are all armed with the Mini 4 They embark in the Queen of the South steamer for th. Crimea. COURT-MARTIAL. A court-martial was held on board the Victory in Portsmouth harbour yesterday, to try Mr. David Or mond West, assistant-surgeon of her Majesty's ship Vic tory, •n charges of drunkenness and disobedience of orders, which charges were declared proved, and the prisoner was sentenced to receive three months' isopri. sonment in the county gaol and to be dismissed from her Majesty's service. THE LATE ADMIRAL OF THE FLEET. The remains of the late Admiral of the Fleet came up to London from Portsmouth yesterday morning by the mail train, on the South-Western Railway, attended by Rear-Admirals W. F. and H. B. Martin (the chief mourners), &c., and were removed to the residence of the deceased, in Wimpole-street, whence they will be conveyed to their last resting place in Kenual•green Cemetery to-morrow or Saturday. MILITARY. As stated in The Sun of yesterday, the 72d High. Landers disembarked on Tuesday at Kingstown harbour. The Alps steamer, with the regiment on board, arrived at 1 o'clock the same morning, but the troops, of course, remained on board until daylight, and at 10 o'clock they proceeded by train to Dublin. It is reported that they ,-are destined for immediate service in the East. Even among the "picked" of the Highland regiments it would be difficult to find a finer body of men than the "Duke of Albany's." There is net apparently among the privet, s a man whose stature does not exceed 5 feet 7 inches; the average height of the whole corps ranging, perhaps. between 5 feet 9 inches and 5 feet 10 inches. After disembarking, the regiment marched through Dublin, en, route to the railway station at Kingsbridge, and, to judge by their appearance and bearing, one would be led to suppose that they had just turned fresh out of barracks for the purpose of inspection, instead of being but a few hours released from a transport-ship, with all the hardships incidental to a voyage across the Atlantic. The 72d wear the "trews," but the head• dress is the same as the 42d and the other kilted regi ments. CAPTAIN A. MACDONALD.—A. report bas been circu lated in Kilkenny for the past few days that this officer had died of his wounds in the Crimea. We (Moderator) are happyito be enabled to contradict this rumour, which arose from one of the deceased officers having borne the same family name. Captain Macdonald was progressing most favourably, as appears by the following character• istic remark of his gallant father, Lieutenant-General Macdonald, in a letter just received by E. Smitwick, Esq. : - "I have had good accounts of my two sons in the Crimea. The eldest was able to keep the field, and his wound was doing well when he last wrote on the 28th of September—probably better than if be had allowed himself to be packed off with the others to Con stantinople. Besides, there are hard knocks and much work yet before them, and I must only trust that vie tory may attend them, and my boys be spared." THE MILITIA. The Royal Bucks Militia., Colonel Carrington com mandant, now out for duty at \Veedon, is becoming extremely efficient. This regiment is under orders to relieve the Essex Rifles at Windsor about the middle of December. The Middlesex Rifle Militia, Colonel Viscount En field, complete their 23 days' drill at Barnet on Satur day, the 28th, when it is expected that the'men will be for the present dismissed to their homes. The regiment has been inspected by several distinguished military officials, who were highly pleased with the soldier like bearing of the men, the precision of their manceuvros, and general discipline. ADMIRAL DIINDAS.—The Standard, at the request of the son of Admiral Dundas, publishes the following letter, which he has addressed to the editor of the Times : "Kintbury Vicarage, Hungorford, Oct. 24. "Sir—Admiral Dundas's character as an officer has been hp;nrc,hyareoraucrtobrjof an onuogfahtcps:rioiblegt°lo.f. attacked in your leading articles and the letters of your correspondents with such persevering venom that people begin to suspect there must be some private motive. name,gAo.l. sl eieiLp Y o urgos s ip. yfr h an: o pty n as, o bs i u i ll i r ons a ndh b eei honourable o o hs corres pondent approbation e,p o n pi d rno e b n a t tfirooum makinga all lf e ot r rh M em a i n . ; y e 8 t 7 ship Agamemnon I leave in the hands of Sir E. Lyons and his officers, who will no doubt teach the learned gentleman that although in the House of Commons personal brew • tives may pass unnoticed, there is still a code of honour among the officers of her Majesty's navy the slanderer from their society. publishing " Now, sir, I do not complain of a journal attaché to the letters, even should they emanate from .'re party assailed, which excludes British embassy, or the open enemies of tn whena paper of but I do consider it a gross act of injustice mere ru mou r. he a n n o d ora w b a le rd m .roo st l y e o a u ,d, r iAl v l sg a s ta t hre i t n iec fl dl influence o n fro ce oufn a ad t tenadecwk newspa per, upon p t s u s lib u e n ls tated and I fear not the peo p le promulgate truth, andannoetntoynaiouj Admiralty, Ad. (his senior officer ), and the generals of the miral Hamelin oEun'tg(*ltaoentdhewsialltifisufacd.ttihoant of . A d th m e ir L al or D d u s n o d f a t s h h e a A s a d c m te i a r of the fleets have been guided. My object in addressing you is to claim fair play for a n . absent man, honourable men will j Believe me h remain, your obedient servant , a cl:fmvaetamhnedern.a—t:: " JAMES W. DEANS DIINDAS." DEPARTURE OP THE GUARDS —THIS MORNlNG—Yes terday final orders were issued for the departure of the detachments of th e G uar d s under orders to reinforce the service companies of their regiments in the Crimea • and this morning, a t s i x o ' clock, the men paraded in march ing' order : the Grenadiers at the Wellington Barracks, St. James' s .p ar k ; the Coldstreams at the - Portman-street Barracks ; an d the Scotch Fusiliers at St. George ' s Bar racks, Trat algar-square. After inspection the different 'detachments, escorted by their bands, marched for the South-Western Railway Terminus, Waterloo-road, at seven o'clock, at which hour a train was in readiness to carry them on to Portsmouth, where they will embark in the Queen of the South steamer. The total number in this reinforcement is about 340. They are all armed with Mini rifles. ALLEGED MURDER AND SUICIDE AT BETHNAL GREEN. —Yesterday afternoon Mr. William Baker, c oroner, tee held an inqviest at the Falcon public-house, E.se . .x a -s rts Bethnal-green-road, touching the deaths of Lou: . ary. Gar rett, aged 62 years, who died from violenc! d Ann Rani's, aged 42 years, Old com mittedßethnal- suicide at No. 12, Essex-street,s have already d The particulars of the ea . her daughter , r returned a green-roa . inquiry the je y . . . ,appeared, and after a long Louisa Garrett died from verdict, " That the deceased d b a fall or blow, but how a fracture of the skull, cause y resulted they had no what means the said violence an d or by exhaustion' ari sing from natral }ands, died from n snakes.',, ev id en ce to prove; and that .the daughter, Mary inn i I - 10 5 St. 25 - i 8i 61 i