The Sun. — London, England, 1854-11-01 00:00:00

TRI-1-',TRE ROYAL ITAYMARK_ET. Under the management of Mr. Zl:ckstone. TIIIS EVENING, Nov. I, Will be perfonnc•i the comedy of P lUL PEY. Principal eha news by Air. Wright, 3fr. Chippendale, Mr. W. Farren, Mrs. Poynter, and Miss E. Chaplin. To be followed by THE SPANISH DANCERS. To be followed by THE IRISH POST. Principal character by Mr. Hudson. To conclude with the FLOWER OF THE PORT. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. Camas Sums. THIS EVENING, Nov. 1, Will be performed the highly copular comedietta, entitled LIVING TOO FAST. After which, THE COURIER OF LYONS. Principalcharacters by Mr. C. Kean, Messrs. J. Vining, Addison, Graham, D. Fisher, Cathcart, and Satter; Misses C. Leclercq, Heath. Tertian, and K. Terry. To conclude with THE HALT OF THE BALLET. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Nov. 1, Will be performed THE SERIOUS FAMILY. Characters by and Keeley ; Miss weolga r , an d Messrs. C. Selby, Leigh Murray, Mrs. Keeley. Followed by BONA FIDE TRAVELLERS. After which, THE CAMP AT CHOBHAM. To conclude with MEPHISTOPHELES. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan. THIS EVENING, Nov. 1, will be performed THE TRUSTEE. Charactors by Messrs. A. wizen, F. Vining. Emery, and Leslie; Was . Masksll, and Miss Stephens. To be followed by a Farce, called A BLIGHTED BEING, in which Mr. Robson will appear. To concicde with TO OBLIGE BENSON. STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee Mr. F. W. Alleroft. THIS EVENING, Nov. 1, Will be performed SUNSET AT SEA. To be fellowed by WHO'S A TRAVELLER ? After which, THE NEW WAGS OF WINDSOR. To conclude with DON GIOVANNI. Stalls, 45.; Boxes, 2s. 6d.; Pit, ls. ; Gallery, 6 d. ; Privat e Bolt £1 ls., to be had of Mr. Allcroft. 15, New Bond-street. Asmzrs ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. William Cooke. Tremendous success of the new MILITARY SPECTACLE, exceed ing • even that of the Battle of Waterloo! THIS EYENING, - - A GRIND MILITARY SPECTACLE, in Two Acts, by J. H. &row:TELLER, Esq., celled THE BATTLE OF THE ALMA ! After which, the brilliant ARENIC GYRATIONS, or SCENES in the CIRCLE, invented and arranged by Mr. NV imam& Coosa. The whole to conclude with various Popular Entertainments. Box-office open ELVIS Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Acting manager. Mr. W. H. Cooke. Equestrian Director, Mr. Win. Coolie, jual. SIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tam DAY —Morning 17 min.after 11 I Evening 44 min. aft. n To :kionaow Morning 0 min.after 0 Evening 11 min.arw 12 THE WEATHER.—Sms Orrin, Nov. 1. THIRMOMETZB, Lei THE SILLDZ. 65 —highest since noon yesterday. 48 —lowest this morning and during the night. 52 —this day at noon. BABomrrzu, 30.47--a great rise. WlND.—Nowhere. Southerly in the morning. A thick fog set in about 9 o'clock, ushering in November very appropriately. It is now (2 o'clock) dispersed. Wind, S.W. ; light, with sunshine. THE "COMING" CAPTURE SEBASTOPOL WILL BE PUBLISHED IN AN EXTRAORDINARY EDITION "THE SUN" THE MOMENT THE EXTRAORDINARY GAZETTE IS ISSUED, TOGETHER WITH A LIST OF THE KILLED AND WOUNDED. Orders received by all News Agents, and at " THE SUN" OFFICE, 112, Strand, London. - Ut wit igittnn LONDON, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1854. TELEGRAPHIC DESPATCH. THE SIEGE OF SEBASTOPOL. VIENNA, WEDNESDAY, Nov. 1. The following has been received here from St. Petersburg : ST. PETERSREM,G, OCT. 31. Prince Menschikoff's last despatch says that nothing important has occurred up to the 27th October. The contents of yesterday's first despatch are almost entirely false. If MENSCHIKOFF cannot command success in the field of battle, he certainly has it all his way in the field of intelligence. His highly seasoned accounts are distributed throughout Europe, and commented on according to the ex perience, judgment, or bias of the auditors, for days before we receive the faintest hints from authentic sources. The poison is, thus sent forth without any counteracting antidote. Men eagerly seeking for any tidings, however vague and un certain, will naturally grasp at the first that offers, and no subsequent testimony can invalidate the early impressions. This is peculiarly the case with the people of other nations, particularly those who are more than suspected of pro-Russian tendencies. We have already repeatedly pointed out the very injurious consequences of such a state of affairs. But the Government is still remained apathetic and indifferent ; and, although mea sures are spoken of to remedy the acknowledged evil , t hey can scarcely be organised before the necessity has terminated. There is a very mate rial difference between " sayings" and " doings" under the influence of " red-tapism." Foreign journals have commented strongly on the untoward state of affairs. Indeed the energy and actiVity of the Czait contrast strongly with the carelessness and indolence of the Minis ters of the Allied Powers. When the Allied Forces first landed in the Crimea intelligence could be conveyed to France or E ng l and in less time than to St. Petersburg. We had all the necessary facilities for expediting the communications , but d e • unfortunately they were disre gar d p m rapid steam packets remained floating idl y on the Euxine. The electric wires were scarcely disturbed by the few and brief messag es transmitted by Lord STRATFORD DE REDCLIFFE, after two days had been lost in forwarding them to Constantinople, in place of Kustendji or Varna. There was not even a direct mail to Marseilles, but the most important intelligence was subjected to postal delays that would have been disgraceful even in ordinary times. On the other hand, not an hour was lost by the AUTOCRAT in providing the mesas of transit. The result is, that he ob tains in five or g ig days what is withheld from us ten or twelve days. He is thus enabled to add, to alter, or amend the accounts as he thinks proper, to publish just what he pleases, and when he pleases to keep back or suppress that which he thinks might possibly prove injurious to his in terest. We, however, let matters go on in the old " jog-trot" style—still send round by Con stantinople in order to send it back to Varna, just, as in the olden time, letters used to be transmitted from one country post-office to an other some ten miles off through London, being thus carried two or three hundred in place of ten miles. What, we ask, should prevent a daily despatch from Balaklava to Kustendji or Varna ? There are plenty of small steamers whose time could not be better occupied. The run might easily be made in twenty, or, at the farthest, twenty-four hours. In thirty hours more well-regulated tatars might convey the tidings to Bucharest, and thence in an equal time to Kronstadt (Transylvania), or Her manstadt. In the whole we might, allowing for all necessary stoppages, receive news from head quarters of the French or British troops in less than four days ! ! Whereas, it now takes at least ten, or, more frequently, twelve or fourteen days. Even if they arrived in London we should be but little the wiser, since through the perverse taciturnity of the Government the accounts are altogether suppressed, or only suffered to leak out through the columns of the favoured organ, after having been made full use of by enterprising officials, who, undeterred by the fate of the enter prising LAWLEY, still venture to dabble in Stock Exchange speculations. We may, however, thanks to the judicious liberality of the Ministers of France, shortly receive news, after the lapse of some dozen hours. As to the latest MENSCHIBOFF despatch (which appears in another part of this day's impression) it must be received quantum valeat for what it is worth ; that is to say, our readers may believe, or disbelieve, just as much of it as they think pro per. The accounts improve. Each day shows additional Russian successes, the artist being MENSCHIKOFF. Whether, like the fable of the " Man and the Lion," any change might be dis cerned if the scene were sketched by a Briton remains to be seen. Yesterday we heard of a complete successful sortie against the French bat teries—with eleven guns and eight mortars spiked—while the fortifications had received but little damage. This day it is the English who have been discomfited. We are told that General LIPRANDI took four English redoubts and also eleven guns—while another account states that, " with 30,000 Russians, we surprised the English right flank on the night of the 24th ult. at Inkerman, en the Tchernaya, and took fire redoubts and several guns, and that the English cavalry suffered severely ;" another statement being that Lord CARDIGAN lost half his light cavalry. All we shall at present say is, " Credat Jadcens Apella, non ego." The story may do very well for marines or Muscovites, but we cannot accept it on such doubtful authority. That it may receive even temporary credence, however, exhibits the negligence of our do-nothing Government in the strongest light. Captain LUCE, of the ill-fated " Arctic," has published his version of the fearful catastrophe which led to the loss of so many lives and much valuable property. We are disposed to make every possible allowance for this unfortunate gen tleman. Subsequently to the accident he dis played undaunted courage, and almost miraculous coolness. He stuck to his ship to the very last ; and if the crew had obeyed his orders we might not have had to deplore the deaths of so many persons. He even refused to permit his child to avail himself of the chance of escape that offered, and we deeply regret the loss of that promising boy, whose death under the eye, we may almost say while in the arms of his father, must ma terially increase the affliction of the bereaved parent. Under these circumstances we do not by any means wish to occasion any new annoyance or vexation to the unfortunate commander. We cannot, however, abstain from repeating the de mand for a stringent and searching investigation into all the circumstances of the melancholy trans action. It is not merely from a due consideration for the departed, or a desire to add to the suffer ings of those who have already been severely punished, but it is essential that we should en large our experience, and, from too-dearly-pur chased knowledge, discover the best means of avoiding any repetition of similar calamities. The present impression is that the deplorable event might have been altogether avoided had adequate precautions been adopted—that it was one of these " preventible accidents," respecting which so much ex post facto wisdom is promul gated, but which few means are taken to avert. Captain LucE's letter certainly does not remove, or in any degree modify, this view. He tells us that " the weather had been foggy during the day, and generally a distance of a half to three quarters of a mile ;Could be seen, but at intervals of ce few minutes a very dense fog, followed by being sufficiently clear to see one or two miles." In this state of affairs, more particularly during the very dense fogs that occurred at intervals of a few minutes, he left the deck for the purpose of working out the position of the ship. He does not, however, speak of any pre cautions taken during these perilous inter vals. He says nothing of abated speed, or of " fog signals"—of the ringing of bells, beating of drums, or firing of shots, that might have an nounced the dangerous vicinity of a large ship to any approaching vessel. From his unbroken silence on the subject, we may presume that no thing was done. On the contrary, the Captain, responsible for the lives of nearly four hundred human beings, and property worth at least a quar ter of a million sterling, retired to his cabin for the purpose of " working out the position of the s hip." It does not appear that he left any orders to the officers remaining in charge of the vessel. The " very dense fogs," arising at intervals of a f ew minutes, might have increased in frequency or in density, but the inferior officers would not have ventured to intrude cn the Captain's time, or to disturb him in the elaborate calculation on which gaged. Nothing was therefore done. T he was h e c a n pt e ain was occupied calculating in his cabin, the steward and his assistants serving up the sub stantial lunch, the passengers engaged at was to It t e so w a s suddenly t the banquet, and fearfully interrupted. ter a h q a u r a d r a the ifioe c r r y on wh th en e p s a ta s r t bo l a 2 rd" o'clo fr c o k m deck disturbed the calculator and the feasters. The captain rushed to the deck, but had scarcely 'rrived when he felt the crash. From that mo ment his conduct was unimpeachable, becoming I at. brave, resolute, and experienced man, and going fiaorsttaoncre led to the redeem the sad negligence that in the first The crew were, however, next found wanting. No sooner was the extent of the.damage made known than a panic took possession of their minds. In place of displaying the or der and di sc ipli ne so essential under the circumstances, and which would , have reduced the loss of life to the 'minimum, they tumultuously rushed to the boats which had been ordered out in order to receive the women and children. In some instances the ropes were cut, by which they had been veered astern. In others the boats themselves were rendered useless. The insane and. reckless efforts to obtain safety led to the greatest damage, and very many lost their lives in the undue efforts to preserve them. One boat was broken down while hanging at the davits, and many persons were precipitated into the sea. In others men were seen leaping from the top of the rails down 20 feet, crushing and maiming those who were in the boats beneath them. Many fled from the wreck the moment they could make their escape, heartlessly deserting their companions, some of whom they might have saved. "Not one seaman was left on board, or carpenter, and with out any tools to assist in building a raft." Such was the state of the unfortunate vessel and the abandoned. passengers. Captain LUCE and Mr. DoRIN, the third officer, alone stuck by the ship, except the young man, MTA.BE, who sunk with it, and was subsequently rescued after fearful suf ferings. It was not until a quarter to five o'clock in the afternoon, four hours and a half after the collision, that the doomed vessel foundered. Had order and discipline been observed much might have been accomplished during that interval. If the vessel could not have been kept afloat, by judicious arrangements, nine - tenths of those who perished might have been rescued. The boats would have received a large proportion ; and even a well-made raft, prepared by experi enced persons, with proper tools, would, particu larly if attended by the boats, have probably pre served all the others. The distance from land was but fifty miles ; and, from what occurred, it is more than probable that they might have been taken off by the Cambria, or some of the other vessels that passed in the neighbourhood of the deplorable catastrophe. What, then, was the cause of this disgraceful panic t Probably the want of adequate boat accommodation I The crew, who were in the secret as to the deficiency, hastened to secure a priority. Many passengers joined in the struggle. The fear, if it did not create, at least materially enhanced, the peril. The women and children, the sick and weak, were left to their fate without remorse, or even an effort to avert their doom ! If a similar accident had happened to a vessel of the national navy, a court-martial would be held on the survivors, who would have to answer for their conduct in every particular. This is un doubtedly a case where the salutary precedent should be extended to the mercantile marine, and where no effort should be spared to trace out the causes of the deplorable disaster—as well those by which it was occasioned as those by which it was so seriously aggravated. We publish to-day a letter from Dr. RAE, in answer to the letter of the brother of one of the FRANKLIN Expedition. We confess that we do not like the tone of Dr. Rez's defence. We read him on October 30th thus : " I trust that any of the relatives of the lost navigators, who may in future wick to make severe remarks on the mode in which I have acted, in the very perplexing position in which I was placed, will first do me the favour of communicating with me, and if I cannot satisfy their doubts, it will then be quite time enough to make their opinions public. Such would be the more fair and satisfactory course." And on the 26th, four days previously, in the plan which he had. submitted to the Board of Admiralty, down the Great Fish River to the spot where he says the tragedy of the FRA2iBLIN expedition was enacted, we read thus : " Permit me to impress upon you the necessity of haste in setting these expeditions in train." Now, let us ask Dr. Ras whether the devoted brother of one of the crew of the FRANKLIN Ex , pedition is not as much entitled to " haste" as Dr. RAE is entitled to "haste ?" If Dr. RAE places so high a value upon his own judgment that he has a right to stand paramount, we do not. Dr. RAE may be in . " haste" to go, or get some friend to go, for it is all the same thing, by the Great Fish River, to bury the remains of the FRANKLIN Expedition. Yet he is pained beyond measure because a de voted brother is in " haste" to clear, not one of his own flesh and blood only, but 137 other noble souls, from the horrid crime of man-eating. Dr. RAE goes on to say :—" It may be as well here to state, for the information of your corres pondent," addressing the Times, "and others, that the authorities of the Hon. Hudson Bay Company have, in the most kind manner, permitted me to de vote my whole time, as long as requisite; to satisfy the questions, as far as in my power, and to reply to communications from the relatives and friends of the long-missing party, instead of to complete my chart, and write up the report of my expe dition for their information." Let Dr. RAE set to work at once and complete his report, and leave it to others to answer ques tions as to whether he was justified in saying that—" from the mutilated state of many of the corpses, and the contents of the kettles, it is evident that our . wretched countrymen had been driven to the last resources —cannibalism--as a means of prolonging ex istence." Apart from the statement, which is harrow ing enough, there is something about the language " wretched countrymen," which we strongly object to. We are fully aware of all and everything Dr. RAE has done—we award to him all credit for boldness of character and unweaned industry, but we have had some doubt of his judgment. We wait for his report to read his proceedings by. "To have verified," he says, " the report which I brought home would, I believe, have been no difficult matter ; but it could not be done by my party in any other way than by passing another winter in Repulse Bay, and making another journey over the ice and snow in the spring of 1855." This may or may not be. It is precisely what we want to know. All he has placed on record in the Times is thus expressed :—" During my journey from Repulse Bay this spring over the ice, with the view of completing the sur vey, &c." There is no mention of date—no light by which we can jndge whether he could or could not have verified the verdict he has unhesitatingly passed upon the FRANKLIN Expedition. Dr. RAE'S knowledge of the country ever which Ile has travelled is evidently very limit ed. He must bear in mind that there are other doctors besides himself, who have gone over the country of his travels—highly edu cated, highly accomplished, and highly enter prising men, Dr. Sir JOHN RICHARDSON and-Dr. KING. These distinguished travellers may possibly have their eye upon Dr. RAE. Dr. Sir JOHN RICHARDSON will hardly let his old companion in adventure, Sir J. FRANKLIN, die a cannibal without more distinct proof. We will answer for Dr. KING. As to Dr. RAE'S " reason for returning from Pelly Bay without having effected the sur rey lie had contemplated, to prevent the risk of more valuable lives being sacrificed in a useless search," we must express our doubts. Pelly Bay is a "Gordian Knot" which we mean to have a hand in unravelling at a more convenient op portunity. GOLD.—The quotation of gold at Paris is about 1 per muffle discount (according to the last tariff), which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 10Id. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 25.141 ; and the exchange at Paris on London at short being 25.10, it follows that gold is about 0.18 per cent, dearer in Paris than in London. The returns received by the St. John del Rey Mining Company by the Brazil packet Lusitania yesterday, of the result of operations for the month of August, show a profit of 5,0811. from 7,092 tons of ore raised. TrrE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 1, 1854 . COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, OCT. 31. The following had the honour of dining with her Ma jesty yesterday. The Beliciian Minister, the Austrian Minister and Countess Colloredo, Lord and Lady John Russell, the Right Hon. Sidney and Mrs. Herbert, and Mr. Gibbs. The Band of the Royal Horse Guards were in attend. ance during dinner, and played the following pieces : The Beaufort March Overture, " Bride of Venice" Benedict. Selection, " Stiffileo" Verdi. Waltz, " Queen of Roses" Selection, " Maria Stuardo" Donizetti. The Queen's Private Band afterwards attended in the Castle, and performed the following selection : Overture, `• Oberon" Weber. Selection, " Stabat Mater" Ensemble et Air, " Marco Spada" Anber. The Queen, with the Princess Alice, walked in the grounds adjoining the Castle this morning. Prince Albert, accompanied by the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, went out shooting, attended by Lord de Tabley and Colonel F. K. Seymour. The Princesses Helena and Louisa, and Prince Arthur, took a carriage drive. The Queen sad Prince drove out in an open carriage yesterday afternoon, attended by the Equerries is wait ing on horseback. Her Majesty drove out again this afternoon. Sir Charles L. Eastlake had an interview with the Earl of Aberdeen yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-street. " Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial , office from the Governor of Cauada and from the Go. vernor of the Cape of Good Hope. The Duke and Duchess of Wellington, who have been staying at Brighton, on a visit to Lord and Lady Charles Wellesley, have returned to Belgrave-street. Lord Charles Wellesley, we regret to learn, is still suffering from imperfect vision. The Earl of Stradbroke is entertaining a distinguished party at Henham Hall. Among the company are the Marquis of Bath, the Earl and Countess of Chesterfield, the Earl and Countess of Glengall, Mr. and Lady Sophia Des Vceux, Sir Robert and Lady Pigot, Vis count Clifden, Viscount Canterbury, &c. The Countess of Kinnoul has arrived at the family residence, in Green-street, Grosvenor-square. Viscount and Viscountess Falmouth have arrived in St. James's-square, from Mereworth Castle, en route to Brighton, for the winter. Lady Ribblesdale gave birth to a son and heir on Mon day last. Lady Alfred Paget and her infant daughter are pro gressing favourably. Mr. and Mrs. J. S. M‘Murtrie have left Edwards' Private Hotel, George-street, for Liverpool. Six emigrant ships for Australia are to start from Southampton during the next month. The contributions towards the Patriotic Fund in the Island of Guernsey amount to nearly 3001. In Southampton there is to be a house-to-house visitation to obtain contributions towards the Patriotic Fund. THE BISHOP OF OXFORD'S TRIENNIAL VISITATION. —Yesterday morning the Bishop of Oxford commenced the triennial visitation of his diocese at Banbury. LONDON MISSIONARY SOCIETY—LIEEL CASE.— REV. DR. TIDMAN V. REV. ROBERT AINSLIE.—This case came on again yesterday at half-past ten o'clock and was again adjourned. THE PATRIOTIC FUND.—Meetings have been held at Cambridge, Devonport, Warrington, Lewes, Ashbourne, Rochester, Southwell, Pwlheli, and in different parts of Scotland, at which resolutions to contribute to the fund were passed unanimously. BAND OF THE GUIDES.—A performance will be given by this celebrated band at Exeter-Hall, on Thursday evening, for the benefit of the French Charitable Asso ciation, .mder the patronage of his Excellency the French Ambassador and the Countess Walewski. This will be their only public performance, as they leave London on Friday, permission having been solicited and obtained for their stayfor this charitable and interesting occasion. AN ANCIENT ANCHOR.—An anchor was picked up and brought in by the boatmen of Broadstairs last week, supposed to have been under water upwards of 200 years. It had the appearance of a mass of petri- fied iron, being entirely covered with flints of all sizes. —Dover Chronicle. SYDNEY.—The accounts from Sydney by the Walter Hood are nearly a fortnight later than those previously received. They continue to report a declining market for most descriptions of imported goods, the arrivals being still far beyond the daily requirements of the population. CUSTOMS APPOINTMENTS.—WICIC, OCT. 27.—We are glad to learn that Mr. J. G. Wood, for several years clerk in the Custom-house here, has been appointed prinepal coast officer at Newburgh, Aberdeenshire. Mr. M. Kennedy, principal coast officer at Alderney, has been promoted to be comptroller at Lerwick.—John o'Groat Journal. THE AMERICAN SCREW-STEAMER BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, with her consort Bark, that fitted out lately from the United States, carrying coals, arms, anal ammunition on some mysterious errand (and for which recognisances were required of 20,000 dole, before starting), had been lying a fortnight at St. Thomas's on the departure of the Royal mail steam-packet. EMIGRATION STATISTICS.-91,900 emigrants sailed in the quarter ending Julie 30, from the ports of the United Kingdom at which there are Government migiation agents ; 12,504 sailed from the port of London ; 6,201 from Plymouth, 4,134 from Southampton, and f 8,227 from Liverpool, making 81,066 from England ; 3,538 sailed from Scotland, 7,296 from Ireland. SHORT TIME DI NCRTH LANCASHIRE.---The Preston Guardian says, that in the Blackburn district some of the mills have commenced short tine. In Preston one mill has been running from light to dark, and several others are named as likely to do the same, unless there is an improvement in trade. Several in Accrington, Church, Billington, Harwood, &c., commenced on Fri- day working four days per week. _ . bEMERARA RAlLWAY.—Yesterday the ordinary half yearly meeting of the proprietors of this line was held at the London Tavern, Sir James Carmichael, Bart., in the chair ; but, es there was net a sufficient number of them present for the legal transaction of business, the consideration of the report was postponed until the 23d inst. MEETING AT BIRMINGHAM.—On Monday evening a meeting was held at the public offices, Moor -street, Bir mingham, to take into consideration the recent decisions of the revising barristers upon the question of value of the freehold land allotments, the result of which has been to disfranchise nearly 800 of the members of the Birmingham Societies. PARISH OF ST. SAVIOUR, SOUTHWABIL—Last evening a meeting of the inhabitants of this parish was held in the vestry-room of the parish for the purpose of receiving a report from the committee appointed to consider the attempt now made by the Steam-boat Company to take possession of the stairs of London-bridge, and to deter mine thereon. Mr. Charles Harris, warden of the Great Account, occupied the chair. THE RECENT FIRE IN LIVERPOOL.—At a meeting of the fire insurance agents on Monday afternoon, held in Liverpool, a detailed statement of the losses sustained by the late fire in Lancelot's-hey was submitted, and we are glad to learn that the amount is very much under the rough estimates. FATAL ACCIDENT AT THE NEW HOUSES OF PARMA mENT.-=-Yesterday Mr. Bedford held an inquest at Westminster Hospital, on the body of Wm. Wright, aged 29, a carpenter, whose death was occasioned as follows appeared that on Saturday morning the deceased with others was at work in the interior of the Victoria Tower, engaged in fixing the arch of the centre window on a platform 60 feet high, when missing his footing he came down head foremost, being suspendesl by his legs round a Cross beam till his boots were forced off, when he fell to the ground. On being immediately picked up and conveyed to that hospital life was pro pounced to be extinct, and the cause of death concussion of the brain. Verdict—" Accidental death." THE LONDON OMNIBUS TRADE.—Yesterday morning, a meeting of a considerable number of the most influen tial omnibus proprietors of London and the suburbs was held at the stage carriage committee rooms, in the Strand, for the purpose of taking into consideration the depressd state of the trade, consequent upon the high price of corn and other *horse provender, and to devise means of relief, either by the increase of fares generally, or by agitating for a reduction of the omnibus duty. It was resolved that a memorial should be presented to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, praying for some reduction of the duty during the winter, or, at all events, for a pledge from the Government that they would propose a general reduction of the duty during the ensuing Parlia ment. PRESENTATION OF A TESTIMONIAL TO THE REV. R. WHISTON.—The testimonials previously mentioned as having been purchased by public subscription, for pre sentation to the Rev. Robert Whiston, M.A., head master of the Cathedral Grammar School, Rochester, in acknowledgment of his zealous efforts in the cause of cathedral reform, were presented to that gentleman on Friday last. The deputations from London, blanches• ter, Liverpool, Derby, and other places, assembled at Mr. Whiston's residence, and having been ushered into the library, the several members were introduced to him by W. Manelark, Esq., mayor of Rochester, one of the local treasurers of the fund which had been raised. ANGLO-CALIFORNIAN GOLD MINING COMPANY.— The annual general meeting of this association was held yesterday at the Freemasons' Tavern ; Mr. G. E. Cot trell in the chair. The Chairrmin stated that the report had been some time in the hands of the shareholders. From this it would be seen that out of the ore already raised, the profit of the 91 tons crushed, there had been realised a net profit of 31. 10s. per ton. In Brown's Valley they had an illimitable supply of quartz, and from sources quite independent, and in some measure highly hostile to Sir Henry Huntley, they had received information stating that their machinery was in perfect order, and the location was one of the best in Cali fornia ; and although much more time had elapsed, and a larger sum of Money expended than the beard had anticipated, yet they had no doubt of ultimate success. About 6,0001. more would be required to insure a prac tical result ; this they called upon the shareholders to contribute, convinced, as they were, that it would be for the general benefit of the property. This would not be any further increase of capital, but would arise from the unissued shares which were still remaining on hand. After some discussion the report was adopted ; Messrs. Rinks and Parker, the retiring' directors, re-elected ; Messrs. Page and Bisgood appointed auditors ; and it was then finally determined that the meeting should be adjourned to the Ist of March next, by which time it was anticipated results would be arrived at confirmatory of Sir Henry Huntley's report. LATEST •NEWS. BOMBARDMENT OF SEBASTOPOL. VIENNA, TUESDAY, OCT. 31. The following has been received here : " WARSAW, Oct. 31.—A Russian despatch states that 30,000 Russians, under General Li prandi, surprised the English right flank on the night of the 24th of October, at Inkerman, on the Chernaya, and took five redoubts, and several guns. The English cavalry suffered mot severely. Lord Dunkelliu was taken prisoner." This was at first discredited, but is now partly believed. The serious damage to Firebrand steamer is confirmed. VIENNA, TUESDAY EVENING. Though the Vienna Evening Gazette contains the last despatches relative to a successful attack on the English flank by General Liprandi, their contents are very doubtful. The Presse has the following :-- " VARNA, OCT. 26. " The Russian fire in reply to the bombard ment of the Allies is feeble. " Two powder magazines in Sebastopol had exploded. " The loss on both sides is considerable. " The Admirals report that the fall of Sebas topol is expected shortly." The Austrian Correspondence says :--- " Nothing decisive occurred at Sebastopol up to the 24th of October." PARIS, TUESDAY, OCT. 31. The following has been received here, *tea Vienna, Tuesday, Oct. 31 : " We have received news from Sebastopol to the 24th October. The bombardment of four forts is vigorously continued. The besieged reply with energy. Different vessels of the Allied Fleets have' been damaged. The Russians have received reinforcementa to the number of 30,000 men. General Bos,guet observes the reinforcements." " ST. PETERSBURG, OCT. 31. " A report of Prince Menschikoff, dated Oct. 25, announces that General Liprandi had. at tacked, on the 25th, a detached camp of the English, and is reported to have taken for tlr re doubts which defended the camp. At the s ame time an attack of cavalry is said to have calls' 3d a sensible loss to the English light cavalry ux icier Lord Cardigan." THE BALTIC FLEET. HAMBURG, OCT. 30. Sir Charles Napier has just arrived from _K :lel, with Captain Mundy, and is gone to Altona v ritb. Colonel Hodges to visit his Majesty. Sir Charles is better. THE CRIMEA. THE SIEGE OPERATIONS. The Constitutionnel says :—" Some figures - will suffice to show the immense efforts necessar , y- to bring the siege of Sebastopol to a satisfactory c ton elusion. The weight alone of the siege mat e riel employed is 4,521,234 kilogrammes (1,000 kilos. are an English ton), of which guns figure for 265,580 kilos., gun-carriages, ammunition-wag ins, dm., for 588,476, projectiles for 2,510,442, g un powder 648,600 ; and the rest consists of a m u lti tude of articles, which it would be too long to de tail. In these totals, however, are not , om prised the guns of the fleet, each of which vr( ;it ghs 3,520 kilos. or 3,035, according as it is 3 C or 30. Although Sebastopol on the land side is ; far from being regularly fortified, the works are numerous, the cannon of large calibre of the B:ms sian fleet defend the ramparts and nearly 1 ~500 pieces respond to the fire of the allied armies. This exceeds all the customary defences. Valencier ines, in 1793, supported 45 days of entrenchments with 175 guns ; Dantzic, in 1813, had 500 guns, and surrendered from famine at the end of 108 d ays ; and Ciudad Rodrigo, with 86 guns, was only t Lken after 21 days' entrenchments. It is not then t an easy thing to bring a siege to a satisfactory cor ;elu sion, and time is an indispensable element of suc cess. What is taking place in the Crimea doe ; not justify either impatience or alarm. The fa] 1 of Sebastopol may be delayed some days longer, but it is inevitable. The place can only be delivere p 1 by the intervention of a victorious army ; and the position occupied by the Allied Army from ( ;ape Chersonesus to the Tchernaya is too strong to ] laave occasion to fear the efforts of Prince Menschik , a" The Debats has a short article, which we subj bin, and which is of a nature to show the folly of in i pa tience, and at the same time prevent discour; ige ment as to the final result from a knowledge of 'the difficulties of execution : "We must expect to receive only very inc m plete intelligence from Sebastopol by the telegraph until the generals may consider it fit to send re ports of a somewhat circumstantial character. T hus the despatch of yesterday does not allow us to f )rm a very clear opinion of the real state of thi3 ags. Mention is made of a breach being opened, an lof a second about to be opened. immediately ; a fter which the assault was to be attempted. On i that expression the public might imagine that the s. :ege is nearly at an end, and that these breaches and assaults relate to the body of the place—the ini ler most wall. But that is not very probable ; for, as the fire was only opened on the 17th, it would be difficult that on the 21st, that is to say, four d: tys after, the advanced works could have been de stroyed, some of them being very consideral It must therefore be supposed that allusion is m ide either to the fort on the extreme left, which - we have designated by the name of the Fort I 'ate (which is an old construction), or of the fort rai sad beyond it in the country, in front of the forti fled barracks. The ruin and capture of one of th iese forts would not the less be a success of great im portance, since it would open to the besiegers of the accesses to the main works. The destruc tion of the two outward forts mentioned in ale despatch, may refer to forts situated on the ec Ige of the harbour, Fort Alexander, and the Quarant mire Fort. Already, two days ago, an attack was spot ten of as having been executed by the English ind French vessels at the entrance of the harbour, o:n the southern side. The English appear to lit tv e ruined one of the faces of Fort Alexander, whi is t the French were destroying the Quarantine b teries. Does the last despatch allude to these t w o forts which belong to the defences of the harbo3 ar, or to the forts which protect the south on the la n d side ? That is what we cannot say, not having a ny data to go on. Prince Menschikoff, in a despat 1 13 h of Oct. 23, pretends that the Russians have spa ?ed some cannon and mortars in the besiegers' batteri If that be the case, either a very strong sortie v ras executed by the garrison without being repulsed •or interfered with, or the besiegers were not in su fil cient force at the moment of the attack. Besid e s , these are little episodes which must be expected i n a siege, particularly when the place has a wh ale army for garrison." The Austrian Soldaten Freund says that the tre have been 20,000 troops of the line, 7,000 cavali y, and 2,000 engineers, transported to the Crim ea since the landing of the expedition. These include the reserves from Gallipoli. 12,000 men from t Pirmus and Rome will follc,v, and form the reser T' of the expeditionary army. The Russian troo] ?:3 which have already passed the Isthmus of Perekc v belong to the 4th, sth, and 6th army corps. Inch sive of the Cossacks, they may perhaps numb , 35,000 men. These concentrate in the fortified cam 1) at Bakshi-Serai, and maintain the communicatic I with the northern forts of Sebastopol. A Cossac corps, 8,000 strong, well provided with artiller: r , had the boldness to advance from the wester ii mountainous range as far as the heights of Bal 1..- klava, but is ere beaten back. It is a sufi cient proof of the cautiousness of the_allies.that the " have fortified this position as well as that of Cape Chersonese. By this proceeding the besieging of the fortress was of course procrastinated, and during the preparations the Russians did not re main idle. They have strongly fortified the church yard situated between the town and the ruins of Chersonese, and by these improvisated entrench ments forced the allies to move only - step by step. GOLDEN SWORDS PRESENTED TO GENE RALS URSUSOFF AND WESSELICKI " FOR BRAVERY." The Kalisch correspondent of the Lloyd says : " As to the doings of the 18th and 19th inst. at Sebastopol, sanguinary days on both sides, and without result—no official information has yet been published here. Generals Ursusoff and Wesselioki have received golden swords, set with brilliants, with the inscription " For bravery." TURKEY. A letter from Constantinople of the 19th, in the Wanderer, states that, according to news from the Crimea, of the 15th, the advanced guard of the Russian reinforcements had passed Eupatoria. The Allies have preserved their positions on the Katcha and the Belbeck. An encounter in that country is shortly expected. We extract the following from a letter re ceived this morning from Constantinople, dated Oct. 19 : "The long-expected day has at length arrived. Ac cording to the account brought down from Sebas topol by the Harpy yesterday, the cannonade was to begin immediately, and the probability is that at the time I write the 300 guns of the Allies have opened on the devoted place, and that in a few days the great stronghold of Southern Russia will have been reduced to ashes or taken by assault. It is said that some days since a council of war was held, in which is was discussed whether the place should be attacked by storm, or whether the invaders should content themselves with keeping up such a pro longed fire as would destroy the town and its fortifica tions, and compel the garrison to evacuate the place as untenable. Lord Raglan was in favour of the latter plan, for which the vast strength of the Allies in siege , artillery gives great advantages. He urged that the loss of men had already been very great through the former battle and the sickness which has ac companied the expedition. The superior range of [ our guns crush any resistance on the part of the garrison, who after a few days of cannonade would be forced to surrender, and that thus the Allied army, victorious with little loss, would be in a fit state to resist any attacks of a hostile force advanc ing to raise the si-ge, or be able to prosecute a cam paign for the possession of the entire peninsula. General Canrobert is stated to have reserved his opinion ; but the general sense of the commanders was in favour of the views of Lord Raglan. How ever, to-day it is said that an assault will undoubtedly be made, accompanied of course by great loss of life, but likely to finish the campaign at once, and to give an opportunity for subsequent operations should they be considered desirable. No news of any importance has arrived since the last mail left, except the great fact that t-he cannonade was to commence almost immediately. •° 0 Everything is quiet throughout the empire ; the air is stilled by the cannon of Sebastopol. The French are go i n g on very well in their hospital at the Grands Champs, and the Russian wounded, 300 in number, have received far more attention than if they had re mained in their own camp. THE DANUBE. It appears certain, says the Wanderer of Vienna, that the rumour of the Russians having re-entered the Dobrudscha is without foundation. The rumour took its origin in the fact that several bodies of light infantry had from time to time crossed the Danube, apparently to see what was going on, and after having advanced as far as Ba badagh had again. withdrawn. General Gortscha koff does not appear to have any other object than to hold the left bank of the Danube, and to protect strongly his left wing which is supported by the river. Tho Hospodar of Moldavia, Prince Ghika, will make his solemn entry into that capital on the 3d of November, which will be the anniversary of tl;te day on which he quitted it last year. Letters from Jassy confirm the news of the arri val of the Grand Dukes Michael and Nicholas at the head-quarters of Prince Gortschakoff and Kicheneff. They have brought to the Prince his nomination to the post of commander-in-chief of the forces of New Russia. The new administrative council of Wallachia, appears to give general satisfaction to the Walla chians (judging from letters frem Bucharest. They are represented to be all men of the best character, and likely to support Prince Stirbey in his mea sures for the improvement of the country. THE WAR IN ASIA. The latest from Asia is that Mustapha Pacha is busy reorganising the Kars army. He has reduced his regiments to about one-half of their original strength. Baron Schwarzenberg is general inspec tor of the cavalry, part of which is employed against the bands of robbers which infest the sur rounding country. The artillery is brought into order, and consists of 60 field-pieces, and 20 posi tion guns. A corps of 40,000 Russians was ex pected at Gurnri. RUSSIA. A letter from Hamburg of the 27th, in the Independance Beige, says :—" Our letters from Warsaw of the 24th announce the arrival there of the two first cavalry regiments of the Imperial Guard that left St. Petersburg in August. A strong detachment of the Guard is to be stationed at Wilna, which, from its position and numerous roads, affords great facility for sending the troops to any point required. Four regiments of regular Cossacks, with their artillery, are to proceed to the frontiers of Gallicia and Cracow, where several detachments have already arrived. The active army, under the command of Prince Paskiewitch, which occupies the whole extent from Kamenitz to Kalisch, including the Cracow and Warsaw rail way line, has been denominated the Army of the North-West.' Provisions are being accumulated in the Imperial store-houses by the. authorities of Poland, and the landed proprietors have received notice to deliver their quotas within a certain time. The number of troops in the kingdom is very large, and considerable bodies are met with by travellers in every direction." PRUSSIA. It was stated in last night's Prussian Gazette that the Prussian Foreign Minister had transmitted a despatch to Baren Werther at St. Petersburg, under date of the 23d, the object of which was to urge upon the Emperor Nicholas the retractation of his refusal to accept the so-called " four points." This despatch, it is said, was accompanied by an autograph letter from the King, written in the same sense, and for the same object. A letter from Berlin, 28th, in the German Jour nal of Frankfort, says :—" At the conferences which took place yesterday between M. de Nan teuffel and the Bavarian and Saxon ministers, MM. de Pfordten and de Beust, M. Balan, the chief of the direction of diplomatic affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, was present. It is said that a proto col of the results of the conference has been drawn up. The Austrian reply to the despatch from Berlin of the 13th is couched in very conciliatoryterms, but it main tains the former view of affairs taken by the Cabinet of Vienna. It is positively stated that it is therein mentioned that the difference of opinion that has manifested itself between the two great G-trman powers is not a difference of principles, but as to certain points of view in which certain facts aro regarded. Prussia, for instance, attaches very great importance to the Russian declaration rela tive to the evacuation of the Principalities, and only attributes very slight importance to the move ment of the Russian troops towards the Austrian frontiers. At the same time that our Government received the Austrian despatch the instructions given to the Austrian representative at the Diet on the Eastern question were also communicated. It is said that these instructions have a very decided character, and demand the support of the Confede ration not only in the event of an attack against the Austrian territory, but also in case of an at tack on the Austrian position in the Principalities. • It moreover proposes that all the members of the Confederation shall make defensive armaments as under date p os of i- Berlin, 27th, eels :—" soon as possible. These prop?sitrionsssiawsihalllilnhve not be made to the Confederation unt l Pu expressed her opinion of them. The Beersen B alle of c o l ln a t m E bli st r e g rha 'u z nd y tively brought a rep l y to the Prussian note of th e 13th inst. It is sta ted that this document differs essentially from t hat of the one mo deration and d i g nit y which prevails i n it . 00th by th e t of As to the contents of this despatch, we learn that the Cabinet of Vienna persists in the demands which it had before made, and in the attitude which it has assumed." m. von der Pfordten will remain here, it is said, l oir e ga 4 n 3cl of n o u n m e h o e f r t o h f e the()p pPorsuitsisoinanseJeVtioocnhse, un til Tuesday. 2t termed the ir " Bethmann-Holweg fraction," was confiscated yesterday by the competent authorities. The Spener has this day a leadin g • 1 artic.e, the object of which is to prove that Prussia's best and wisest ally in Germany i s " _public opinion." DENMARK. COPENHAGEN, Oct. 2 4.—According to the Danish ground-law, whenever the one Chamber is dis solved the other adjourns its sittings till a new session of Parliament. The lower house being dis• solved, the Speaker of the Lands-thing prorogued the sittings of that Chamber yesterday. One of the members (Wessely) then exclaimed, " The con stitution of the Danish kingdom for over ! " which' was loudly responded to in nine cheers. The galleries then gave, " The Danish Parliament for ever !" also in nine vivats ; and the sitting was over. The Norwegian Administration has decided that war vessels shall be free from control, when their commander gives his word of honour that his people shall have no communication with any one from shore, and that the quarantine authorities shall be bound to inform war ships of what they have to attend to on this subject. The submarine wire between Denmark and Swe den is now nearly ready. The expense will he borne by the two countries in common. A sum of four millions of dollars has been re commended by the Swedish Parliamentary com mittee for the Stockholm-Gothenburg railway line s and one million for the Seaman line. It is not ex pected that this recommendation will be .carried through the Swedish Chambers. FRANCE. The Moniteur states that the Emperor, wishing to recompense the gallant conduct of Prince Napo leon at the battle of the Alma, has authorised his Imperial Highness to wear the military medal. The Moniteur publishes a decree founded on a report from the Minister of Justice assimilating the regulations of the different Chambers of they Tribunals of First Instance as regards the order of service of the judges, and the vacations, &c., whicbL hitherto have not been organised in a uniforms manner. The Moniteur publishes a report received by the Minister of War from General Pelissier, act interim Governor-General of Algeria during thu leave of absence of the governor-general, giving at t account of the success of a small detachment of French troops which had marched against the tribe of the Ouled-Amla Krona, a part of whom had suddenly revolted and attacked a division of Freud troops while on their march, and not at all expect ing such an event, and by which a marechal dei; logis, who was with the rear-guard, was killed . The Commandants Dubarrail and Pein and Lieutenant Colonna d'Ornano, who commanded the detachments which marched against the tribe, followed them up with the greatest vigour, and after a sharp combat put them to the rout, with the loss of 80 killed. 8,000 sheep, 800 camels, and an immense booty fell into the hand s of the French, who only had one officer and sin men wounded. The report is followed by a post.- script, which says :—" A despatch which has just arrived, dated the 24th inst., says :—' General d'Arrenc informs me that Ouergla has received outr goums, and that Mohammed ben Abdallah has re - tired towards this. I have sent information , :if this fact to Constantina.' " The following private telegraphic despatches have been received : " MARSEILLES, 30th.—The steamer Scamandr e has just arrived from Alexandria, having left tha; city on the 20th. 1,000 Egyptians under the command of Menekt had just sailed for Constantinople. " The news from Malta comes down to th e 27th. " An English frigate had just arrived there fror a England. " The steamer Euphrate, with adrices from th e Crimea to the 17th, was at Messina on the 25t13., but has not yet reached Marseilles, owing to son] e injury to its engine, it is supposed. "The cholera was raging at Smyrna." " MADRID, 28th.—General Dulce, and MN L. Degollado, Franc, Musada, and Concha have beg n elected for Saragossa." Cardinal Wiseman arrived in Paris this mornin g from London. His Eminence intends remainin g in Paris only two days, being anxious to read h. Rome with as little delay as possible. The visit of Lord Canning to Paris, relative i the arrangement of a more equitable system ,of postage between France and England, has, it is said, succeeded to a certain extent. The postm of a single letter is henceforward, report says, to be 6d. (12 sous) either way, in place of 10d. paa d at present in England, and 16 sous in Franoe. His lordship leaves Paris to-morrow. The Three per Cents. closed to-day at 76f. 65c. for the end of the month ; the Four-and-a- Half per Cents. at 98f. 25c. ; and the New Lai 71 at 75f. 50c. ; Orleans Railway Shares, 1,215 f. ; Rouen, 985 f. ; Havre, 562 f. 50c. ; Great Northern a, 880 f. ; Strasburg, 843 f. 75e. ; New Shares, 65V. 25c. ; Paris and Lyons, 1,050 f. ; Lyons and Medi terranean, 8801. ; Western of France, 6701. • Bor deaux and Cette, 620 f. ; Great Central of iranoe, 530 f. ; Lyons and Genera, 537 f. 50c. ; Bank of Credit Mobilier, 783 f. 75c. SPAIN. " MADRID, 27th.—The Madrid Gazette publishes an ordonnance suppressing the direction of the colonies, and reorganising the staff of persons ena ployed in that department. The sanitary heathh of the capital continues to be satisfactory." THE MEDITERRANEAN. MARSEILLES, SUNDAY AFTERNOON, OCT. 29. Great anxiety prevails here in consequence of the non-arrival of the Euphrate regular mail steamer from Constantinople, expected here since Friday night last, with letters of the 20th. The midi service from Constantinople has been completely deranged since the packets have been despatched with troops to the Black Sea, and the incon venience thus caused to the public calls loudly for a more regular communication. The weather is magnificent, and the wind qui te favourable for the reinforcements which are being despatched en masse to the army of the East. All the transports laden with Cuirassiers and Engi neers, with their horses, which were detained hero by contrary winds for some days, have cleared out, and there is not a hired transport remaining in the docks. The Sinai mail steamer took 500 of the 19th Regiment of Infantry to Constantinople. The City of London,, British Government transport, which came here with despatches from Lord Raglan, sailed for Constantinople on Thursday, and provided ac commodation for 500 of the 39th of the line. The mail steamer Telemaque sailed the same day. Her decks were crowded with Chasseurs of Vincennes. She had likewise a number of first-class passengers, among whom were Mr. Macdonald, the Times Commissioner, proceeding to the hospital at Scutari, Colonel do Bathe, of the Guards, and Mr. Ha vi land, the Queen's Messenger. The new iron screw steamer Byzantine, of 1,200 tons, has been chartered by Government, and is taking in flour and a vast quantity of cartridges for the Minie rifles. She will sail direct for Balaklava. The Spanish steamer Pelayo is engaged for the same purpose. THE WEST INDIA MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, TUESDAY, OCT. 31. The Royal Mail steam-ship Atrato, Captain F. Woolley, arrived here at 5 p.m. to-day, bringing the West India, Pacific, and Gulf of Mexico mails, in charge of Lieutenant Tickell, R.N., Admiralty agent. Her latest dates are— Vera Cruz Oct. 5 Tobago Oct. 9-5 Tampico Sept. 30 Trinidad Havannah Oct. 10 Barhadoes Nassau (Bahamas) 7 Grenada Puerto Cabello ... 9 Carriacou — 11 Santa Martha — 11 St. Vincent's Greytown (Mos- St. Lucia — 12 quito) Chagres Carthagena — 11 Dominica.._..... 13 Kingston (Jamaic,) 11 Antigua ............ 13 Jacmel (Hayti) San Juan .(Porto N ev i s Rico) Berbice (British Tortola — 14 Guiana) 9 La Guayra ler A a) tra . to .... has Georgetown (D e - St. Thomas's — 18 T, :b v e y e n 10g The ar a d l e e t detained a d twotho southward w at a r S d t : Thomas's b y a h e during which, in the night of the 16th, she was blown adrift from Coal-wharf, and it was not till the morning of the 18th that it was judged safe to attempt to haul alongside again. The gale, amount ing almost to a hurricane, must have passed to the southward of St. Thomas's, and no doubt some sad disasters will be heard of by the next mail. Some damage was done at St. Thomas's. On the 17th her Majesty's ship Devastation went out of harbour to the assistance of an American ship which bad blown on shore. During the passage this steamer experienced gales from the south and north-west. In lat. 46 6 N., long. 22 31 W., s h e passe d t h e wreck of a brig with foremast and topmast stand ing, decks swept, and abandoned. The Tamar, with the outward mails of the 2d of October, arrived out at St. Thomas's on the 16th, and reported very bad weather on the voyage. The Atrato brings 92 passengers, and on freight spec i e f rom Tampico $34,063- from Vera C ruz , $155,477 ; for account of the ilexican dividends, $1,200 ; and from the Pacific ports and California, via Panama, $398,422—t0ta1, $599,963 0r120,000/. sterling. The freight-list also comprises 11 serons cochineal, 12 serous jalap, 82 cases cigars, 330 bales tobacco, 82 bales sarsaparilla, 12 casks ginger, 104 packages pimento, and sundry merchandise. The news is generally unimportant. From. Ja maica, under date the 01h of October, we leas rn as follows : " Since the dissolusion of the late House of Assern:bly, pia I cejleacy ism(' Write for a general election of reo era!