The Sun. — London, England, 1854-10-24 00:00:00

AUSTRALIA. -- — ARRIVAL OF THE LIGHTNING. • ' - - LIVERPOOL, MONDAY. It is with much satisfaction that we announce th - arrival; after an extraordinary run of 63 days, of the celebrated Black Ball clipper 'Lightning, Cap tain James Nicol Forbes, from Melbourne, and by her we have 20 days' later news from the Austra lian colonies. • Her dates are—Melbourne, 20th August ; Laun ceston, 16th ; Hobart Town, 11th ; Sydney, 7th ; and Adelaide, 3d. . She brought 40 passengers, and 40,000 oz. of - gold, besides a large quantity in the hands of pas sengers. She has brought answers to the English letters of the 12th June, making a course of post of only 132 days. - The Lightning sailed hence on the 14th May, and has made the voyage out and home, including the detention of 20 clear days at her anchors in Hobson's Bay, in 5 months 8 days and 21 hours, - mean time, from passing the Rock Light till she - was back in the river again ; thus performing the - voyage in upwards of three days less timethan the t Red Jacket, notwithstanding that she was at an - chor in Hobsan's Bay for a period of five daysmore • ban that vessel. • The Lightning anchored opposite Sandridge, - three miles from Melbourne, on the afternoon of the 31st July, and her mails were delivered, after - she had anchored, at the post-office, Melbourne, at. half-past five o'clock on the afternoon of that day, which entirely contradicts the report of her 1 'having been towed into Hobson's Bay on the fol - lowing day. The time occupied by the Lightning in making the round voyage to Australia and back, consider - ing her detention in p or t, i s unprece d ente d ly short, notwithstanding that the outward run, from the nature of the winds experienced, occupied longer . than might have reasonably been expected from the t. well-known qualifications of the ship and the great c ability of her commander. Her run 'from the . Mersey to the equator occupied 25 days, and from the parallel of the Cape to Port Philip Heads 30 days ; indeed such was the nature of the winds, _that the topgallant sails never had occasion to be furled during the entire passage, neither was there . occasion to reef the - topsails. iith the exception of five. days, when the ship logged 332, 348, 300, - 311, and 329 knots respectively per day, no extra - :ordinary distances were logged. Cape Otway Light was made on the night of the 29th July, Port • Philip Heads on - the 30th ; and she cast anchor, as L above stated, in Hobson's Bay, on the 31st, her X e run having occupied 774 clays mean time. •g" On the 20th of August the mails and passengers -being embarked, and everything ready for sea, the t ) : 'anchor was hove up, and the Lightning was taken • in tow by the steamer Washington as far as the 1 ': Heads, which she passed at 4 p.m., a smart north -7 . L west breeze blowing at the time, and by noon of the i 21st 268 miles were logged, .Swan Island Light, Banks' Straits, having been passed at 11 a.m. On .1 the 24th, at 4 a.m., passed a large ship, supposed to , be the Mermaid, which sailed two days previously • for Liverpool ; and at I 0 p.m., same day, passed . the Auckland Islands. From thence to the 28th, when the ship was in lat. 57.20 south, long. 124 - W., fresh westerly and south-westerly breezes were experienced, and the ship went nobly along, seldom logging less than 14, and frequently 181 and .19 knots per hour. 1 - At 11 p.m. on the 23th, whilst under a heavy • press of canvas, a violent squall from the SW. caught the ship, and carried away the foretopmast • studdingsail boons, the foretop,. foretopgallant, and foreroyni yards, and blowing all the sails to pieces, and the ship was obliged to go under easy canvas for the succeeding four days, until the yards - and sails had been replaced. From the Ist to the Bth September fine westerly winds were expe rienced, and the ship averaged close upon 300 miles per day, as'per log. On the Bth, at three p.m., Capo Horn bore NW. distant about 50 miles, being a run of only 19 days mean time from Port Phillip Heads, by far the fastest ever recorded either under canvas or steam. On the 10th, 11th, and 12th, N.E., E., and S.E. winds were experienced, and but moderate dis tances were logged, the ship having to be fre quently tacked to make a fairway course. On the 13th and 14th strong S. and S.W. winds were expe rienced, and she ran 351 and 354 miles per day respectively. From the 15th to the 20th light and head winds were met with, and only from six to seven knots per hour were averaged. On the 20th she was in lat. 29 13 S., long. 31 40 W., and from thence to Pernambuco, which port was passed, at a distance of six miles, on the morning of the 28th, nothing but light N.E. and N.N.E. winds were experienced. The Equator was crossed at 9 a.m. on the 30th, in long. 34 30 W., the ship at the time being only nut a little over 40 days, mean time, from Port Philip—an extraordinary achievement, considering the adverse winds encountered after rounding Cape Horn. For the first five days after crossing the Equator, light winds and calms were met with, ac companied by heavy torrents of rain, and the ship made little or no progress. On the sth, in lat. 10 N., long. 34 W., gentle N.E. trade winds were ex perienced, which continued until the 10th, in lat. 30 N., long. 37 W. On the 11th and 12th she had moderate S.E. winds, and at noon of the latter day was in the latitude of St. Michael's, and long. 30 W., being only 4 months and 29 days out from the time of leaving Liverpool. Front the 12th to the 19th the winds were E.N.E. and N.E., very light ; and during the intervening seven days the ship reached lat. 46 15 N., long. 28 W.., and at 10 p.m., on the 19th, a strong northerly breeze sprang up, which continued until her arrival off the Old Head of Kinsale at 4 a.m. yesterday. At 10 a.m., off Mine Head, signals were exchanged with the Royal mail steam-ship Arabia, hence for New York ; at 3.30 p.m. Tuskar Light was passed ; at 8.33 p.m. Holyhead Light was passed ; and at 10.30 p.m. the ship was abreast Point Lynas, where she received a pilot. The ship was kept under easy sail during the night, waiting a sufficiency of water to cross the bar, and arrived in the river at 9.30 this morning. The steam-ship Great Britain arrived at Mel bourne on the 18th August-67 days from Liver pool—and was ordered into quarantine, there being small-pox on board. The Black Ball clipper Ocean Chief, Tobin, arrived at Melbourne, Aug. 7-72 days from Liverpool. The screw- steamer Lady Jocelyn, with the Euglieh mills of the 4th June, had also arrived at Melbourne. The Governor-General, Sir Charles Hotham, was at Geelong, where he was entertained at a banquet, and made the following speech : " Mr. Mayor and Gentlemen,—The peculiar posi tion in which I am at present placed will be some excuse far my not occupying your time for a longer period than is usual on such occaiiicns. I feel, indeed, that my position is a very peculiar one, so sudden and so vast have been the changes in the colony whose government I have been called on to assume. I stand between two systems of government-:-the present and the pregnant ; and in all probability it will shortly he my duty to wind up the one and Commence with the other. (Cheers.) The people of this colony have adopted one of the most liberal constitutions, compatible with monarchy, that a people could have. It is a consti tution o f your own civ”ing, formed by your own repre eentativee., lauded by the press, and admired by ninny erille•litened statesmen, and it now lies before the Seve reign waiting for her final sanction. B u t w h en you adopted that constituti on y on telopted with it the prin ciple from which it springs—that all power proceeds from the people. (Cheers.) It is on th a t principle Viet I intend to conduct my admin.letratien. (Cheers.) The first element of that principle le publicity. I intend no reff.ction by wilcit lam no :v going to say. I simply Eel hewed to state my firm conviction that, in the pre sent day, a government cannot be conducted with na• tisfactiun to the people without the fullest and freest couniunication with the people. (Cheers.) It is on this principle teat the new constitution is base d ; an d if you did no t i n t en d t o adopt that principle fairly and f ully you had no right to found your constitution upon it. When the government of this colony was first offered to me, th e secretary of State said, offer to you the third most important colony in the British Empire.' I am not going to divulge state secrets, and I shall not there fore mention what were the other two colonies ; but this I will say—that neither of thequal to liictorie in commercial importance em . accepted the trust rep osed i n me with a determinatio n to do my duty (Cheers.) MY i first act was to g o i nto the * Cty—the C ity of London — and seek the opinio n ef the big Victoria. The most te merchant e o f th e City reg ard - consulted gave it as their opi'nolionnen tha t merchants whom I t toria were not in a satisfactory at i t the affair.; of Vic c ver-trading, and that a munere l-p— Chat th ere was feared. This topic was very well haindiectirisis w as t o b e given by the Mayor of Melbourne the other the dinner think it was satisfactorily shown that it WithdaY, and I the colonies, but the people at home, wh o SOnot you in sent out enorinous quantities of goods, that t rec w klessly blame. The second unsatisfactory circumstance w er e e lei t z o Cone I by the merchants of Londe!, was the fact of the . colony being in debt ; and it certainly did Strike those shrewd and practical men with surprise that a c deny gifted with such resources as Victoria should be in a state of debt. There is nothing so easy as to f in e fault ; and it would be most unjnst in me not to make e -ery allowance for the position in which my prede cessor was placed. That gentleman was exposed to • great ; gold-full after bold -geld was dis vet•ytrials covered ; the people abandoned their usual avocations ; the whole surface of society changed, and the necessity arose for creating many nee , offices, and aiaptirg the old order of things to the new order of things thus suddenly created. It would, therefore, be most unfair to compare a colony so situated with Canada, the Cape 1 of Good Hope,long-establishedcolony or any other ; and allowance must be made for the meat trials that had to be contended with, and the great obstacles that had to be eurinounted. This brings me to the important eitiostion—What is to be done for the future ? Gentle. THE SUN, LON DON, TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 2A, '1854, men, it is my firm conviction that you have within the bowels of the earth an inexhaustible fund of wealth, and that on this you are fairly entitled to borrow money. , There aro; no doubt; some here, and still more out of doors, 'Who will object to such a. scheme on the ground that we have ne right to throw our burdens on poste rity. It certainly is not right to hand down to pos terity debts incurred by war or a reckless expenditure for political purposes ; but I maintain that it is quite fair for posterity to pay a portion cf a debt incurred in a great measure for their benefit. I hold it to be wise and just, in the present circumstances of Victoria, to borrow money for the construction of great national works ; the in terest and capital can be gradually defrayed as the po pulation and general revenue increase, until at length the entire extinction of the debt is thus brought about within a given time. Let us look at the examples of some other states. There is Belgium—a state not so much thought about as it deserves--a small state, but a very prosperous one. Belgium follows the principle of borrowing money to construct her public works ; and in no state will you find stocks stand higher or see signs of greater prosperity than in Belgium. Look at the United States, too—particularly at the states of Pennsylvania, Ohio, and others, which have followed the same principle. I say nothing about repudiation here ; but I say that these states have gone on the plan of borrowing money to expend on works that will bene fit the present generation as well as their posterity— and on that plan they are thriving wonderfully well. I think the time has come when the attention of the colony should be strongly drawn to the great benefits which have resulted in other countries from the mode of constructing great national works which I have just brought to your notice. (Hear, hear.) I come now to another point, on which a good deal of interest is naturally felt at present ; I allude to the defences of the colony. Our present forces are certainly small, and would perhaps be unable to cope with a hostile fleet, should such visit our shores. But it appears to me that there is not much occasion for anticipating the ap proach of an enemy to our shores. Russia is too much occupied at home, and too well watched everywhere to render it probable that she will de any damage here. At the same time it is quite as well that we should be on our guard. It is under these impressions that I ar ranged with the Secretary of State, before leaving Eng land, to despatch to this country some heavy ordnance ; and, accordingly, sixteen 32-pounders may shortly be ex pected. The officer of the Royal Engineers sent out for that purpose has reported that it is impossible to fortify this port so as to prevent the entrance of the enemy's ships ; and in this opinion I quite agree with him. But the colony possesses a fleet of good and fast steamers, and should occasion arise, and these steamers be placed at the disposal of Government (of course with compensa tion), I am confident that such a fleet, each vessel armed with ainsyy 32-pounder, would p resen t an array of force thiPwould astonish an enemy, and would ren der us entirely independent of Imperial aid. (Loud cheers) There is another subject to which I wish to call yofir attention. When I was speaking of loans, I ought also to have alluded to contracts. If great public works are to be executed here, the contracts for them should not be confined to this colony ; on the recognised principles of free trade we should threw open the market to Australia, and invite competition for our money from all the neighbouring colonies. If any large building—as a custom-house, for instance—is to be erected, my view is that it will be erected better and cheaper by giving all publicity to the terms of the con tract for it, and by throwing the competition for such contract open to all Australia. It is with impressions such as these that Government has written to the editors of newspapers in the different colonies, asking them the terms on which they will insert necessary notices. A charge, a slight charge, has been made that there is a cessation of operations in some public works—that some tendency has been shown to check the progress of public works. Gentlemen, I denounce that charge as nothing more than, to use a very plain but expressive English word, twaddle.' The case stands thus :—I ask any man present, if he were going into partnership in a busi ness concern, would not his first step be to look at the books ? (Leughter and cheers.) This is what I do. The cases are parallel. I • have become the principal partner in the great colonial concern, and before I unuer take the thorough management of it, have a look at the hooks. (Cheers and laughter.) When that is done. and I have mastered the financial state of the colony, I shall take the part that it becomes me to take. I shad aid the legislature in every scheme for the public good, and I shall exert myself iu every way and to the utmost exteat of my power to promote the general good of the colony. (Cheers.) In a country with conflicting in terests like this the administration of affairs is a difficult task. (Cheers.) My endeavours shall be to act honestly for the good cf the people. (Cheers.) I wear blue and silver to-day, but I may shortly go back to blue and gold. But I have, under all circumstances, been ac customed to do my duty, and be the term of my adminis tration here long or short, I trust, at whatever time I retire from it, you will be able to say of me as was said of the preux chevalier of old, He lived amongst us sans pear et sans reproch.e.'" Sir Charles resumed his seat amid loud and long-continued applause. Tne Melbourne Morning _Herald says,-- "An investigation of a most important character has been decided upon by the Lieutenant-Governor. His ex cellency has appointed a board, consisting of three gen tlemen,-to review thoroughly, and report upon, the whole financial condition of the colony. The board is to com prise Mr. Hart, the principal member here of the firm of Wright, Brothers, and Mr. Macarthur, of the Bank of Australasia ; but by a singular fatality, the Governor has, it is reported, fixed upon the auditor general, Mr. Grimes, as the third member. In the two first that we have named will be recognised gentlemen as thoroughly fitted in every respect for their important task as any that the colony could supply ; and as this laborious duty is strictly honorary, it is difficult to esti -Mate the obligation that they will thereby lay the colo nists under. Of the third gentleman, if it be really true that the Governor has made so serious a mistake, we have no wish to say anythingdisrespectful, and we that e fore say nothing at all. The board is to meet imme diately, and to work steadily at their duties till they have thoroughly mastered the subject, and, considering the vast importance of the undertaking, and the elabo rate nature of the inquiry, we trust that every good co lonist who can furnish information, or in any way facili tate their views, will emulate their own patriotic exer tions, and strain every nerve to assist them, and render their task as light and as effective as possible. " We have received a prospectus of anew colonialbank, to be called the Melbourne and Geelong Banking Com pany, to be incorporated by an act of the Legislative Council, limiting the liability of shareholders. The great advantages and inducements which the bank holds out to the public will be a great benefit, and pay its share holders well :—the allowance of interest on current ac counts, 1 per cent. ; allowance on deposit receipts, 2 per cent. for three months ; allowance on deposit receipts, 3 per cent. for six months ; and the transmission of small sums of money to Great Britain and Ireland at low rate of charge. One main feature in this bank is, that daily discounts may be submitted. This project will shortly come out before the public in a matured shape. Influential parties here have signified their in tention of joining the committee, and some thonsands of shares have been already subscribed for in Melbourne. " Tax DIGGINGS --The rush to Sandy Creek still con tinues. Accounts from all hands are favourable, and we have every reason t 5 believe that the place is going to turn out well. I regret that a multiplicity of engage ments has prevented me from paying my content templated visit ; I hope, however, to be able to give you all particulars in my next letter. A new lead has been struck at the Nine Mile Cteek ; the gold differs slightly from the general yield, being rather coarser, and more easily separated from the sand. On Spring Creek there are very few at work, but those few are doing well ; and On'ileiel's Creek, both business and mining continue pretty much the same. " M. Gustave Beck has been appointed vice-consul for Belgium at Melbourne." In the Gazette of , the 11th August, his Excel lency, in announcing the resignation of Sir John Lewis Padder, observes, that, "though certain that throughout the colony there will bs but one feeling of regret that the country has thus been de prived of the services of one of its oldest and most respected servants, yet desires to place on record the high estimation entertained by the Government of his honour's long and faithful services, and of the upright and able manner in w hi c h he has dis charged the duty of Chief Justice during the long and almost unprecedented period of thirty years." The same number of the Gazette notifies the appointment of Mr. Fleming as Chief Justice, and of Mr. Smith as Attorney-General. A re markable circumstance connected with these no tices is the entire absence of Mr. Macdowell's name. It has oozed out, though we cannot say with what correctness, from the mystery which seems to cover the transaction, that this gentleman is merely to perform the functions, without the honours of the office of Solicitor-General, until a more favoured person is forthcoming from one of the adjoining colonies. SOUTH AUSTRALIA. The fifth session of the Legislative Council of this co l on y was opened at Adelaide ou the 2d of August. The following; is the address delivered on the occa sion by his Excellency the Lieutenant-Governo r , Sir Henry Young :- 1 "Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen of the Legislative Conn : meeting you on this occasion of the ordinary annual session, I am well assured, from the general mani a festation of the public sympathy which is now in progress, that you entirely participate in those sentiments of devo tion and loyalty to her Majesty which so cordially animate every breast on the subject of the just and necessary war with Russia in which her Majesty has engaged, for the maintenance.of treaties, the honour of the Crown, and the welfare of her people. "2. All the official despatches which have reached ms from h e r M a j es t y ' s S ecre t ar y o f State, together with a satisfactory communication from the naval commander-in chief, through the senior naval officer of this station, will be laid before you. "These documents and oiler public intelligence hull / eate, in my cpicion, how very improbable is the coi;tin gooey th a t hostilities may be extended to this remote part of her Majesty's dominions " 3. I h ave, however, to inform you that the rumours of war whi c h reached this co o uny through the public jour ! sale of January last induced that time to Eaglandiorme to send an applinition at • of her .Mjesty's red s of additional arms, and also for one Vincent, in order that, war to be stationed in Gulf St. sea and in the sup,riority of her Majesty's forces by serious attack land, as an ample safe guard against any open or rtttack from the enemy, ' the bravery and loyalty of the ' col: might be furnished with a timely supply of the most efficient .and app discriptien of arms, t o repe l roved any.no. nranding aggression oa their hearths and hom es . To tuis application no an ewer has as yet been reeOvetl , :latit may now soon be ex 'Feted: " 4. I have directed a bill to be laid before you fur orga nising volunteer corps of rifles and artillery. In the event of legislation for this measure meeting your concurrence, the military, as also the armed police, will, in case of need, be enabled to receive such augmentation of force from the patriotism, zeal, and manliness of the volunteers as will insure protection against any hostile assault. The bill also provides for the eventual formation, when necessary, of a gens Tat body of militia. " 3. In closing the last session of this council, I expressed an opinion that the present meeting of the Legislature might probably take place under the new constitution which you had framed. I have not, however, as yet, re ceived any communication on the subject. The delay which has hitherto taken place may, with great probability, be ascribed to the important European events which were imminent when our local legislation was transmitted. "6. I have much pleasure in informing you that the public finances continue in a prosperous condition. The remittances in 1853 for immigration were 140,1631., and in 1854 they will soon reach t• 265,0001., whilst the remit tances for 1855 will probably not be less than 162,0001. "During the current year 4,344 Government immigrants have arrived. The population of the colony is now 8i,752. The increase during the last 18 months has amounted t• rather more than 13,000. " The Crown moiety of the land fund, after providing for.the survey and other local charges appropriate to that fund, contributes in 1854 in aid of the general revenue 144,0301. ; and in 1855 the aid may be reckoned to be 60,0001., exclusively of the previously-mentioned quota appertaining to the emigration fund. " The general colonial revenue in 1854 will amount to about 190,8361., and is reckoned at 228,6511. for 1855. "7. The estimates of revenue and expenditura will be duly submitted ; and I have directed a bill to be laid be fore you to constitute a trust for Port Adelaide to raise a loan of 100,0001, for certai❑ purposes of improvement, in deepening the harbour and in removing its outer and inner bars, as set forth ifi n 'an address which reached me at the close of last session. It is proposed that, in the first in stance, the loan should be provided for out of the general revenue, and afterwards be repaid by such means as may appear most appropriate and effectual. "A bill will also be laid before yen to raise 250,0001. for the construction of a railway between Adelaide and Gawler Town. " Also, a bill to make the deposit of original deeds equivalent to registration, and another bill to amend the Supreme Court Act, as recommended by their honours the judges. " Some other legislation, comparatively of less public importance, will also be submitted to you ' • and on other subjects, which I may have occasion to bring to your notice, I will communicate with you in the usual farm, by message. "8. In conclusion, Mr. Speaker and gentlemen, I would offer to you the expression of my cordial desire that the mutual co-operation between the executive and the Legis lature which has happily characterised our intercourse throughout the whole period of my administration of the government may continue uninterrupted to the end of it, which the rules and regulations of the service lead me to expect will now shortly be attained. " H. E. F. YOUNG. " Government House, Adelaide, Aug. 2, 1851." COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. MELBOURNE, Aua. 19. The price of gold has remained throughout the week at 4/. The shipments hate been large, bat have been chiefly by the banks. The only difference we have to note in monetary and banking affairs is that the business at the banks has been still more dull than we previously reported. In the wholesale markets no movement has taken place, if we except the flour trade, in which the town mills quo tations show an advance of 1/. per ton, Mr. Rucker having increased the price to 361., and the other millers to :51. per ton. The mill quotations for wheat remain as before, viz. :-14s. 6d. to 15s. per bushel. Bran is quoted at 6s. by Mr. Rucker, and at ss. by the other millers. The arrivals for the week ended yesterday consist prin cipally of colonial vessels ; but the large size of the ships now arriving here from England cau , es the tonnage of the latter to predominate. We have had one large cargo of flour and sundries from America this week, being the only foreign arrival.' The following is the return of the number of vessels 2nd passengers arrived, and of the number of vessels cleared, at the pert of Melbourne, from Aug. 11 to Aug. 17 inclu sive :—Number of vessels arrived, 33—viz., 24 from Arts tr.dasiati port,l, 11 from Great Britain, 2 from Hong Kong, 1 from the United States of America. 'Penang of the above :—lntercolonial, 4,607 tons ; Bri tis:t. 6,533 tons ; ditto (colonial), 914 tons ; American, 910 tons. Aggregate, 12,932 tons. Number of passengers by the above, I,lsl—viz., 249 cabin, and 902 intermediate and steerage, including 279 Chinese and 103 soldiers, with 29 members of their fami lies. Of the passengers, 71 cabin and 218 intermediate, &c., arrived from neighbouring colonies' ; 177 cabin and 405 intermediate, &c., from Great Britain ; 1 cabin RA senger from America; and 279 Chinese from Hong Kong. Number of vessels cleared out in same period, 41—viz., for Australian ports, 23; for British ports, 3; far foreign ports, 15. Tonnage of the above.—lntercolonial, 5,709 tons ; British, 2,722 tons; foreign, 5,833 tons. Aggregate, 14,264 tons. MELBOURNE LABOUR MARKET, AUG. 18. There is quite a superabundance of labour of every description, and the demand for servants is unprece dently dull. There is very little farming work going on at present, and until sheep shearing is commenced in earnest we cannot expect any improvement. Wages are declining, but experienced bush servants will not accept the rates given to raw hands, and hold out in expectation of batter times as the busy season approaches. Female servants are abundant, but the greater part are totally inexperienced, really useful Scotch and English females being scarce, and readily engaged at high salaries. - Married couples, without family, per annum, with rations Ditto, with family Married couples, for shepherds and hut-keepers, 55 - GO Ditto with young families - 0 Shepherds, with rations, per annum 4O - 45 Old shepherds 45 - 50 Hut-keepers, per annum, with rations . 33 - 0 General farm-servants, with rations, per week, 255. to 30s. Stone-breakers, Bs. to 103. per yard, without rations. Bush carpenters, with rations, per annum Stock-keepers, with rations, per annum .. 5O - 75 Cooks, male, 30e. to 60s. per week. Grooms, with rations, per annum 6O - 70 Gardeners, with rations, par annum 75 -100 Blacksmiths, 6/. per week, without rations. Ditto, country, with rations, 41. 103. per week. Shearers, 30s. per hundred, and rations. Sheep-washers, 30s. per 100. Ploughmen, 355. per week. Thrashing, ls. per bushel, and rations. Bullock-drivers, on roads, with rations, 31. to 3/. 10s. per week, on the road ; horse teams, sas. to 603. on the roads. Bullock-drivers, on stations, 355. to 40s. and rations. Labourers, 255. to 30s. per week, with rations. Day labour, from lOs to 125., without rations. Nfasons, 303. per day. Bricklayers, 255. to 30s. per day. Joiners, 2 "s. per day. Plasterers, 253. to 30i. per day. Reapers, 2.55. per acre. Llay-Cutters and trussers,.4os. per week, or Bs. to 10s. per ton, rations. Carpenters, 20s. per day. Wheelwrights, 51. to 7/ per week. Compositors, 2e. 6d. per thousand. Ditto, 6/. 61. per week. Pressmen, 6/. per week. Weekly rations consist of 101bs. flour, 10 lbs. beef or mutton, 2 lbs. sugar, and lb. tea. .. £BO to 2,90 . 70 75 FINALE SERVANTS. ThoroUgh servants, per annum Housenalids, ditto. Laundresses, ditto Nursemaids, ditto Cooks, ditto.... Needlewomen £3O toe 35 25 30 40 45 20 25 45 50 30 35 SEAMEN. For coasting, 8/. per month. To London, by the run 301. to 351. ; Calcutta, ditto, 301. ; Callao, ditto, 301. SYDNEY; AVG. 7. - An active demand continues for gold, and all that comes to hand is eagerly sought after by brokers. The price con tinues high. This is nothing compared to our Pert Philip friends. I understand such is the opposition carried oa by the various agents at the gold-fields that 4/. ss. is now give❑ for Ballarat gold. The report from oar various di;gings is satisfactory. There is but a small populAtion engaged in the pursuit: Price of New South Wales gold .. E 3 17 9 „ Port Philip PRODUCE CIRCULARS. . WooL.—The deliveries during the week have been un important, and are likely to continue so, until augmented by the new clip. The market is not so buoyant, and last week's prices scarcely maintained. SHEEPSKINS.—Thore is an improvement in the supply, and a steady business doing. TaLLow.—The aspects with reference to this article continue gloomy, and prices have again receded from 2e. to 3s. per cwt. on the transactions of the week. _ if rD Es. —NotwithAtantling the limited nature of tho re celpks the tendency of price is in favour of the buyers. ILATzr..—Tho stock of hay is still large, and parcels are being forced on the market at very low rates, indirectly affecting the price of corn, which has been sold rather under last quotations. The market is very bare of oats, for which good prices aro obtainable. PRICES CURRENT WOOL. Fine clean samples Fair to middling Greasy Sheepskins s. d. s. d. .. 1 4to 1 6 .. 1 o—l 2 0 4 0 6 .. 0 3 —3 6 TALLOW. Prime Mutton _____ ... .c'so 0 oto £54 0 0 Beef Station 4O 0 0 41 0 6 Hides, fair to good • 0 9 0 013 0 FARM AND DAIRY PRODUCE. Maize, good samples £o 10 6 to £0 11 0 Ditto, cracked Barley 0 5 6 0 7 0 Oats Hay, per ton lO 0 0 20 0 0 Cheese Bacon 0 0 6 0 0 8 Butter Tobacco 0 0 8— 0 0 9 Nzw CoLosur. BIBII6PRIC. —Arrangements aro in progress for the appointment of a missionary bishop for the isiands of the Pacific Ocean, where it is calculated more than 50 different languages are spoken. [A DVIMTISEMENT].—HoIIoway' s Ointment and Pills certain Cures for all Cutaneous Diseases.—Copy of a let ter from Mr. James Meredith, Ashton-under.Lyne, dated the 15th Jasuary, 1854 :—" To Professor Hollo• way. Sir,—For seven years I was a victim to the most unsightly of cutaneous diseases. My whole body was covered with sores, and although I bad recourse to a variety of means to relieve myself from this odious dis figurement, they were totally unsuccessful ; eventually, however, I had recourse to your ointment and pills, which miraculously by slow degrees healed the whole of the sores, and left my skin without a blemish, to the utter astonishment of my friends."—Sold by all drug gists, and at Professor Holloway's establishments, 244, Strand, London, and 80, Maiden-lane, New York. TEE I,IEDITIfer S}RVIOEr OF ~ THE FRENCH ARMY. (From the Non iteur de l' Armee.) Thanla to the admirable organisation of the medical service in our corps of troops, in our ambulances and hos pitals, nu sooner does a man fall iu the ranks than he is carried to the rear, where the regimental health-officer at tends to him first, with the help of a small portable medi cal bag carried by a soldier. If the wound is a severe one, the man is either led or carried to the temporary post, where the canteens of the regiment's own ambulance are set tip, and, if it be necessary, to the ambulance of the bri gade. Nurse soldiers in sufficient numbers, with seats fas tened on the backs of mules, are always at hand to pick up the wounded on the field of battle and take them to this ambulance, under the immediate direction of the adminis trative officers appointed for the purpose, and under the ustive 'control of the military Bth-intendant, this service forming- an important part of his duties. ' The English surgeons do not appear as yet to have suffi eientlY appreCiated the advantages obtained by this system of lifting up and removing the wounded. They have pro• ferred the mule seat, the utility of which has been found so great in Africa, and which is now rendering such good service. in the East, a kind of flying hospital on wheels, that was puffed off immensely seine months ago by the London jonreals. We have seen a coloured print of this vehicle, aud.ure far from granting to it the merit generally attributed to it. The front part, separated from the rest, like the coupe or chariot of our diligence, holds three sick people that are able to sit up, bat their seats are placed lengthwise just as they are in an omnibus. The coach part behind is made for holding four sick or wounded patients, lying horizon tally oi•shelves that slide is and out like drawers, two be ing below and the other two above them, just like berths in a steam-packet. The mode of transport, very uncomfortable to the pa tients, is accompanied with a host of disagreeable!, espe cishy fofithOie in the lower berths. The vehicle cannot, besides; turn with the same ease as our mules. These latter are evidently more advantageous on the field of battle, as also in mountainous districts of difficult access. When it is required in our armies - to remove patients, to whom the recumbent positions is necessary, litters are made use of, carried also by mules. Fur transferring the sick or wounded from the temporary ambulance to the -regular hospital, our military care, hung on Springs, are more successfully used than the English vans, for in the first, at least, the patients can breathe the fresh air and 'see the broad daylight. We said just now that nurse soldiers pickup the wound ed on the held of battle, under the direction of the admi nistrative officers on the hospital staff, and wader the in spection of the military IMb-intendants. A few more spe cial details on this important subject will not be out of place here. In our army the military physicians have nothing what ever to do with the organisation and management either of the ambulances and hospitals themselves, or of the dis pensaries attached to them. Engaged exclusively with their noble prefe4sion, they prescribe with unbounded powers. By their side the military apothecary is ready to make up their prescriptions; the administrative officer superintends the use made of the medicinal stores and the application of the alimentary prescriptions, for all which he is responsible. The male nurses, selected from the volunteers of the dif- feront corps, or from among the young annual recruits, are trained beforehand in. the.military infirmaries, and taught all the duties of the sacred mission confided to them. They are all sensible, and kind-hearted men, strong, and of a good constitution. They are really picked soldiers. At the head of this organised system stands the officer of the military commissariat, who, by virtue of the orders transmitted to him, sends of the staff aid dispensary the ambulance, and orders the removal of the wounded to the temporary or permanent hospitals, which the military administration has established, and which are also under his authority. • In this organisation, as complete as possible, each per son has his part in the action, in the authority and in the responsibility ; the man of science is absolute lord at the bedside of the patient, which is as it ought to be. The apothecary and, the administrative officer, both of them obliged of coutse to cJnforin to the prescriptions of the physician within the limits traced out by the regulations, are nevertheless not in the leaA subordinate to his autho• rity, for both of them are accountable and respoasible. If diiticulties or disputes arise, the military sub-intendant becoines then the referee, and his decision has to be abided by on the part of each. Down to the present time the service has been well car ried on in France with this regulation of each pereou's attributes, nor have any objections been made to the sys tem, miles; by a few wcose susceptibilities have been touched. Let the results be compared in the one army and in the other, and then let a judgment l,e delivered on the respective merits of the two systems followed. NVe will courplete these explanations, by giving a suc cinct account of the resources placed at the disposal of our military administration, in the army of the East, in carry ing on the hospital service. Each corps of troops is prcvided with a chief physician and a sub-physician. These have, wherever they please, for each battalion or for two squadrons, an ambulance bag that can be carried wherever it is wanted, and a couple of canteens, filled with medicines, linen and lint, and with everything in short required for the medical treatment of 200 wounded men. If the corps st,ys some time in a camp or place, a regimental infirmary is formed, and the reserve stoics supply them everything required for its organisation. Each division or each detacned brigade is supplied, more over, and concurrently with the medicaments above men tioned, - with a regular ambulance, the supplies for which, belonging as they do to two different sources, have been combined on the spot by the competent authority, so as to meet the wants, as they turn up during the march, of tho men in that envision or detached brigade. this of these sources is the organisation of the ambulances with the African army, where the medical stores are con veyed ea the backs of mules; the other source is the orga nisation of the flying h os pit a l s or the ambulances moved by wheels. In combining these two means the latter serves as a reserve to the former, this being more especially used for the service of the vanguard or of the front line. Thej tine tiou of the vehicle forms a kind of temporary hospital. The flying ambulance of Africa, for a division of 10,000 men, consists of the following stall; with the following stock of medicameuts .STA.FI OF THE DIFFERENT gRADES. 16 physicians and apothecaries. 7 administrative officers. 104 male nurses. STOOL 8 canteens or medical chests, each containing 338 dress. ings. _ _ 4 medicine chests. 4 canteens of administration for the stock. 18 canteens of reserve for the health service. 22 do. for the administrative service. 26 do. for the private use of the medical staff officers. 10 tons of vegetable infusions. 20 hand harrows. 200 counterpanes (or quilts). 50 tilts and awnings for the sick, &o. 30 tents. 24 litters. 250 pair of mule-seats. The total of the resources amounts to 6,50) dressings, distributed among the various canteens in use or in reserve. The conveying of all this stock is performed by 364 pack mules. • The stock of a regular ambulance, for a di v i s i on o f 10 , 000 . men, is composed of five vans, each carrying 2,t;00 dressings, add all that would set up the dispensary of a swan. hospi tal. The ambulance of a cavalry division consists of three vans *sly. Each van is drawn by four horses. The military administration of the Eastern army has at its disposal 25 ambulance vans fitted up in the way de scribed. The entire medical and hospital staff, now with the French army in the East, is composed 276 physicians or apothecaries. 54 officers of adnrnistration. 50 hospital sisters (female nurses). 7al male nurses. As for the dispensary stack, without including what is required for present use it the ambulances, there has been already sant front France for the organisation of permanent hospitals at different points, v. complete lit out of medica ments for 7,70 patients, net including also the require ments in the hospital of the Piraeus, that make up 500 beds. At this moment a complete stock is going out for the organisation of two new hospitals, each to contain 500 beds. The number of 500 has been fixed upon simply for representing the unity of each hospital. Lastly, large re serves have been collected of various articles, especially of linen and lint. Taking all these amounts sent out toge ther, we may consider the supply to be equa l t o th e wan t s some ships leavecases, and yet, not a d ay passes still, but what France with additional stock for the ma gazines of reserve established at Constantinople, and with fresh articles that may be required for the treatment of the sick. • The principle has been not to send more than 1,001 iron bedsteads, sittce the temporary hospitals are fitted up with straw mattresses, sheets, counterpanes, &O. But in conse qnence of the additions subsequently sent out the iron 000. The hospitals i n th e E ast w i ll very soon bedsteads now amount to 4 , 0 00, to be sh o rtly increased to,e . 00 8 or off as those of Europe in eve r y respec t . branch has been a tt en d e d to i n an equa l b Bo el 1 1 0, deg T it e e, d f i or not only nly is every kind of medicine supplied, but cyan the fittings up are on the spot. A. central dispensary established at Constantinople possesses all those articles it reqUires for supplying the partial dispensaries. The arrangements that. have been made for many years past 13 the military administration for regulating the man ner of packing the - different parts of the hospital stock are admirably adapted for deitertuining beforehand the nature and importance of the means required for conveying each batch. The dimensions, Coutents, and weight of the chests are I i xed, and hence the great ease experienced its forward ing this kind of stock. Thus for a temporary hospital of sao patients the proportions are—Administrative stock (bedding, &c.) 9 cubic metres ; weight 1,800 kilogrammes; pharmaceutic materials 9 cubic metres; weight 1,800 kilo grammes. E tell hospital for 500 patients has a supply of needica meats for three months. As'for the articles of diet, which the mess•officors of the hospitals procure in a great measure on the spot, the cen tral administration attends more to the means of supplying the patients with such dietary articles as they peculiarly require, and have Sent out a large supply of ♦egetables, preserved on the Chollet principle, to the reserve magazine at Constantinople. e hear that an agreement, to continue for five years, aas been entered into between the Scottish Central and the Edinburgh and Glagow Railway Companies. Mr. J. A. Jamieson, secretary to the Central, is to act in the same capacity for both companies, and Mr. Latham, of the Edinburgo and Glasgow, will discharge the duties of manager under the new arrangement.—Perthskire Advertiser. [AnyzarrsEmENT.]—Supplement, gratis, with the Weekly Dispatch of Sunday, October 29th. The TVeekly Dispatch. of Sund a y, the 29th of October, will be accom panied by a Supplement, containing the most ample particulars of the Bombardment of Sebastopol and every event of interest connected with the operations of the A . flied Ar m i es i n the Crimea up to the moment of pub lication. This Supplement, like the one published on the 15th instant, and which was so highly appreciated by the public, will he entirely devoted to the intelligence of the War. Purchasers will thus possess a detailed nar rative of all the great events of this important under taking, which may be preserved separately from the newspaper, if desired, or, being uniform in size and ap pearance, can be bound with the volume of the year. It is the intention of the Proprietors to issue at intervals other Supplements, carrying on the History of the War, and giving the fullest and most authentic information on the subject. The Dispatch will also contain a full account f the fate of Sir John Franklin and his brave com panions. 01 de 's shou!d be immediately given to the News-agents in town and country, or at the Dispatch, Office, 139, Fleet -street. TED MU. DER, AT THE WEST-END. EXTRAORDINARY AND MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR. Yesterday afternoon Mr. Charles Bedford, the West minster coroner, held a lengthened investigation in the board-room of the workhouse of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, relative to the death of a male infant, whose body was found in the Green Park on Thursday morning last. The case excited great interest, and the court was crowded during the inquiry, which was of the most mysterious and extraordinary nature. James Eldridge, a gLezier, deposed, that as he was proceeding through the Green Park on Thursday morn ing last, at about six o'clock, he saw a bundle lying Tinder one.of the benches. On examining it he found it to contain the body of a fine male child, wrapped in a part of a sheet, and covered with a handkerchief. He delivered the body to a police constable. Richard Tanner, police-constable 191 C. proved re ceiving the body and conveying it to the workhouse. Mr. J. T. Beinbridge, surgeon to the workhouse, de posed that he saw the body on the morning it was brought in. It was an extremely fine child. There were no external marks of violence. He made a post tnortent examination of the body Oh Friday. He opened the chest and found the lungs to be fully expanded, filling the whole of the chest. He felt assured the child must have lived anti breathed, and it must have been killed either during or subsequent to the birth. By the Coroner—There was no appearance that would justify him in stating the exact czuse of death, or whether the respiration took place before or after the birth. It was very probable that the child died from suffocation from the gorged state of the brain. That might have been done by covering the face with a cloth. Mrs. Sarah Butler, of 49, Cla.verton-terrace ' Pimlico. deposed that she kept an establishment for ladies and gentlemen to reside with her. Witness had a ser'rant in her employ named Sarah Hart. [lt was afterwards proved that her proper name was Smith.] She did not know that that servant was the mother of the dead child. She left witness's house on Thursday night last. Wit ness taxed her with being in the family way, but she denied the fact until the latter end of September, when she said she. was going to live with her sister at Ftnchley during her confinement. She saw her several times during that evening, when she appeared very well. At about half-past 12 she knocked at witness's room door, and said she wanted to speak with her. Wituese went to her room, and she.then said she had fallen do wa the scullery steps, and was in pain, and she wanted to go to her sister, who was in service near the Haymarket. Witness advised her to stop the night and she should have some attendance, but she still persisted upon going. Witness then said that the servant should have it cab, and procured one accordingly, into which the woman Igot. _ _ _ By the Coroner—Witness went with the servant. Lae servant had a bundle with her, but witness thotoght it was too small to contain the child. Witness resumed—Smith told the cabman to kirock at a Louse i■ Panton•street, and ask for " Mary." He did so, and a lady answered him, saying, that Mary w:as in bed and could not be disturbed. The cabman wal; then told to go to a house round the corner, which his did, and the servant got out and went into the Mouse, and witness went back hems. By the Coroiaer=-When she got home she saw neithing that would lead her to suppose that a child had been, born. Was quite sure that no child was ever born in her estab lishment. After Smith said she had fallen down siiie did not say she was in labour. Charles King, 35 C, deposed, that on Friday morning, between nine and ten o'clock, he went to No. 1, H:nnt's court, Castle-street, Long-acre, and there found the hornets Smith in bed with her sister. Ile cautioned her as to what she said, and she burst into tears, saying, she would tell the truth. Sho then told him that about two o'cloi.3l( on the previoas Saturday morning she was delivered of a male child at Airs. Butler's house ; that Mrs. ;utter msde her get up, provided her with two sheets to •wrap the child up in, got her a cab, and drove her off t a her sister's. She also said that Mrs. Butler went with her to 9, Panton-street, where she (Smith) was refused ad mission, and from there she went to a house in Green street. Witness went to Mrs. Butler, who said shit had missed two sheets. Smith further stated that there was mess in the room where the child was born, VI • Lich Mrs. Butler said sloe would clear up. He esker! 'what she had done with the child, and she said she had wrapped it up and put it tinder one of the Beata nil the Green-park, and concluded by stating that Mrs. Butler's daughter was present during the birth of the child, The Coroner asked Mrs. Butler if she wished to make any alteration in her statement after the testimony of the constable ? Mrs. Butler denied the truth of the statement made by Smith to the constable. She then made the follow ing extraordieary statement :—" I wish to state that I have been much harassed by a third party, a re spectably dressed man, wbo called upon me and said that I had been an accessory to a crime, and that if I paid him 201. ho would make the matter a secret, and wout4 send the girl to Guernsey,' A. watch was on the ma ritel-piece, and he took out his own and said—" The magi:grates are sitting at one o'clock ; - you have not a moment to lose ; you had better give me the 20/. and I will get the girl away. He also said that if the jury found in• guilty, which they would do, I should have two years' impri sonment.. He stopped'spore than an hour, and said if I had not the 201. in the house I could make it. He went away, and came again next morning in a cab. I asked if he was an official, and he replied in the 11 sgative. He said a child had been found in the Green-park, which child had come from my house, and if I gave him 201. he would evade justic'e, and get the clear off. Of course I did not give him the 201." The Cox 7 onor expressed his stlrprise that xis. Butler had not given notice to the police, and cause the fellow to be apprehended. The jury, after a short consultation, returned as their verdict, " That the deceased child was born alive, and died from suffocation ; but there is no evidence to satisfy the jury by whom or how the child was suffocated:' THE LATE CHARGE OF RAPE AT THE HON. A.ND REV. A. SUGDEbrog. Monday.—The magistrates (Mr. J. R. Dunn and Mr. F. Thomas), at the petty sessions held here, were occupied for some time in hearing a charge against George Huggett, of Stunt's-green, for halving, on the 14th of July last, given a false character 0:1 7 George Elphick to the Hon. and Rev. A. Sugden. Mr. Sadler appeared for the prosecution. It will be recollected that George Elphick, who was a groom in the employ of the Hon. and Rev. A. Sugden, George Elton (the brother-in-law of the rev. gee tleman), and another party, were committed for trial by' the ma gistrates at Dorking for having committed a ripe upon the person of a young girl, a housemaid at the Rectory House, Newdigate. _ _ The Hon Rev. A. Sudden, on being sworn, stated that he resides at Newdigate, Surrey, and that he received the character produced in court by pest, in consequence of which he had engaged George Elphick in his service as groom. Within two months after Geo. Elphick ad been in his employment, he (Elphick) had been committed by the Dorking bench of magistrates, along with other parties, to take their trial at the next Surrey Assizes, upon a serious charge. Witness produced a letter, which he stated to be in George Elphick's handwriting, and found it in his room after his arrest, addre, , sed to the ps:soner, to the effect that they must try and make up another character. The prisoner pleaded guilty, and stated that he was sorry for what he had done, but he did it out of kindness to George Ephick, who was his cousin. The magistrates stated it was a most serious •ffence. No person could be oafs in taking servants if such practices as these were • allowed to go unpunished • and they should, therefore, fine the defendant 20/. and los. costs, awl, in default, to be committed to the House of Correction for three calendar, months. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. LONDON, BRIGIITON, AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAY.— Traffic return for the week ending Oct. 21, 1854 £14,79717 4 Corresponding week last year 13,012 9 9 Total of the half-year to this date, 1854 263,761 19 5 Total of the half-year to this date, 1853 216,301 8 7 LONDON AND bOUTH-EASTERN RAlLWAY.—Traffie re• turn for the week ending Oct. 21, 1854 £17,932 11 9 Corresponding week last year 17,519 6 3 SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET HOUGHTON MEETING. MONDAY. Sweepatake3 of 10 sovs each ; for three-yr-olds, 7st 711); four, Bst 31b ; five and upwards, Bst 51b. The winner to be sold for 350 sovs if demanded, &c. Criterion Course. 7 subs. Duke of Bedford's Nathan, 4 yrs (S. Rogers) 1 Mr. J. Po'wney's Cineas, 4 yrs (Nlaton) 2 Mr. Warrington's Kiteflyer, 5 yrs (W. White) 3 Mr. J. Osborne's Seducer, 3 yrs (Ashmall) 4 Lord Exeter's Filbert, 4 yrs (Flatman) 5 Betting-6 to 4 agst Nathan, 7to 4 agst Cineas. Won easily by ball a length ; bad third ; the others beaten off. Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each ; for three-yr-old:, 7st 61b; four, Bst 4ib ; five, Bst 81b ; six and aged, Bst 101 b. The winner to be sold for 60 sovs if demanded, &e. D.M. 5 subs. Captain D. Lane's Guy Mannering. 6 yrs (Bartholomew) 1 Mr. Bailey's Nov Brighton, 4 yrs (W. Marlale) :. Mr. Benstead's Economy, 6 yrs (C. Marlow) S Mr. \V Cookson's Sweetness, 4 yrs (Charlton) 4 Mr. Sargent's Cable, 3 yrs (Wells) 5 Betting-7 to 4 agst Sweetnes, 3to 1 each agst Cable and Guy Mannering. Alter a very fine race in, Guy Mannering won by a head. A neck only be tween each of the others. Selling Handicap of 10 'lova each, for two-yr-olds. The winner to bs sold for 150 soya, if demanded, &c. 6 subs. Mr. Kenyon's Siding, 8-4 71b (Sly) 1 Mr. Rogers' Guitar, Bat (G. E. Sharp) 0 Duke of Bedford's Triton, 7st 131 b (Pettit) 0 Lord Clifden'e Socinian, 7st 21b ( \Veils) 4 Mr. Saxon's Banbury, Set Sib (Clement) 5 Betting— sto 3 each agst Siding and Guitar. Won by a neck ; dead heat for second place. Bad fourth. Match : 300, h ft. T.M.M. Lard Glasgow's c by Pantaloon—Physalis, 3yrs, 7st 71b Lord Derby's Dervish, 3 yrs Bst 91b (Templeman) 2 Betting-5 to 4on Dervish. The favourite, at nn in terval of two or three lengths, waited on his competitor until they entered the cords, when he drew up. A good race in ensued. Dervish was, however, beaten father cleverly by half a length. Sweepstakes of 10 sore each, for two-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 71b ; and fillies, Bst 51b. The winner to be sold fur 2501. if demanded, &c. First half of Ab. M. 4 subs. Mr. Morris's Priestcraft (Basham) 1 Mr. Walker's Merry Nun (A. Day) 2 Mr. J. Adkins's Fearless (Corderey) 3 Lord Exeter's Nagura Betting : 5 to 4 on Merry Nun, and 2 to 1 ag.t Priestcraft. Won by a length, two length& between the second and third. A. Day made a complaint against Basham for swerv ing against him near the finish. The case was heard after the races, but was not decided. It will be brought before the stewards again today (Tuesday). Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each ; three-yr-olds ' 7st 91b ; four, 8$ 71b ;, five, Bst 121 b ; s i x an d aged 9st. The winner to be sold for 250 sovs if demauded, &c. Ab. M. 5 subs. Lord Exeter's Nicotine, 4 yrs (Norman) 1 Mr. T. Johnson's Black Swan, 4 yrs (Whitehouse) 2 Lord Win. Powlett'e Bobby, 3 yrs ...(G. E. Sharp) 2 Mr. Howard's Diana, 3 yrs (Wells) 4 Lord Lonsdale's Welham, 3 yrs (Fiatinan) 5 Betting : 2 to 1 agst Welham, 5 tot agst Bobby, 3 to 1 eget Black Swan, sto 1 eget Nicotine. Only Wellman was backed wits spirit. Nicotine made all the running and won by a length, two lengths between the second and third, and a head between third and fourth. Plate of 501., far two-yr-olds ; cults, Bst 71b ; and fillies, 8$ 31b. Penalties for certain winners. Last three quarters of the Rowley Mile. Mr. Pell's Polestar, 8-it 91h (Marlow) 1 Mr. J. Powney's William the Third, 8$ 7lb...(Maton) 2 Mr. Mare's Tyneinteith, Bst 71b (S. Rogers) 3 The following also ran :---Thor, f by Epirus, Duzeb Tar, f by Cowl, Lady Alicia, Scheanyl. Betting-5 to 4 age. Polestar, sto 1 agst Tynemouth. Won cleverly by a length, the second beating the third by a head. Sebaniyl was fourth, Iby Epirus fifth, Thor sixth, and Lady Alicia seventh. Tne Criterion Stakes of 30 sovs each, 20 ft, for two-yr olds ; colts, Bst 71b ; and fillies, Bst 51b. Penalties for certain winners. From the turn of the lands iu. 33 subs. Duke of Bedforj's Para, Bst 81b (S. Rogers) 1 Lord Dorchester's Cruiser, Bst 71b (A. Day) 2 Mr. Osbaldietone's Rifleman, Bst 131 b (J. Marsou) 3 The following also ran :—Fayeaway, Saraband, Be.- sika, Antoinette, Dr. Cooke. Betting-6 to 4on Rifleman, sto 1 eget Cruiser, 7 to 1 agst Saraband ; only Rifleman was backed for money ; 10 to 1 was, we believe, taken to some small sums about the winner. Para made the running, with Fayeaway second, and Cruiser and Rifleman well laid up , • at the Duke's Stand Cruiser made all sail and got alongside Para, and the two ran in close company to the finish ; Para, however, won clever at last by a neck, the second beating the thud two lengths ; Saraband and Fayeaway were the next two. Handicap Plate of 50/., for three-yr-olds and upwards. Cambridgeshire Course. Mr. J. Osborne's Gamelad, 3 yrs, sst 121 b (Bearpark) 1 Lord Anglesey's Old Rowley, 5 yrs. 6st 111 b (J. Goater) 2 Mr. Prenter's Duke of Lancaster, 3 yrs, sst 51b (Ferdharri) 3 Mr. Cornbe's Nervous, 4 yrs, 7st 111 b (Wells) 4 The following also ran :—Adiue, Cat'spaw, Coper.- hagen, Rackapelt, Diornedia, Merry Peal, Baustead, Humgvan, Determination, The Medal. Betting-2 to 1 agst Adine, 6to 1 each agst Medal and Cat'. paw, 8 to 1 agst Gamelad, 10 to 1 each asst Old Rowley and Humguffin. Won by a length, half a length between the second and third ; the others were scattered. Mine was restive at the post, and the start was consequently delayed. Match : 500 h ft. No weights mentioned. T.Y.C. Lord Caledon's b c (dead) by Simoom out of The Queen (Kiteflyer's darn) agst Lord Waterford's c (dead) by Seahorse out of Red Rose. More than a hundred horses have arrived since Fri day last, and there is every prospect of an excellent meeting. The trains to-day have brought in a con siderable accession of visitors, and the town is likely to be quite full. Hay and corn consicerations were chiefly productive of the sport this afternoon, most of the winners being liable to be sold according to the terms respectively specified. The weather was clear, sunny, and bracing, until just before the race for the Criterion, when the sky became thickly overcast, the wind blew keenly, and a smart shower fell until the race was over. The above details will show that Rifleman missed the mark, and was beaten two lengths from the Cruiser, who ran the winner in to a neck. Recent rains have brought the running ground into first-rate condition. BETTING AFTER THE RACES. THE CAMBRIDGESHIRE. 4to 1 agst Rattle (taken). sto 1 agst Orinoco (taken). 12 to 1 agst Hervina. 13 to 1 asst Sclierz (taken). 25 to 1 agst Gamelad (take 30 to 1). DERBY. 12 to 1 apt Grmculus Esuriena (taken). NEW MARKE r-MONDAY ADDITIONAL CAMBRIDGESHIRE SCRATCHIN GS. Barbatus, Caracara, Allington, Barrel, Scarecrow, Knight of St. George, Indian Warrior, Eulogist, Kim didjah, Nabob, Orestes, Cat'spaw, Lady Bird, Ptolemy, Eva, Helmet, Rodo-Mali, Lady Elizabeth. LATEST ARRIVALS.—Orinoco, D. 0., Mies Sellon. Tee Nursery Stakes closed with 61 nominations. NEWMARKET RACES.—THIs DAT. Eight races are fixed for this d.ty. The first at 12.0 the Cambridgeshire at 3.20. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. CUSTOM-11017SE, OCT. 22. ENTERED INWARDS.—The Haabet from Nordkjobing ; Mercury, Memel ; Kangaroo, Amsterdam ; Diana, Har lingen and Nieu Diop; Eudora, Malaga; Stadt Dordrecht, Dort ; Enigheden, Rostock ; Sykpens Forsoy, Nordkjo ping ; Freedom, Shediac ; Laing, Swartwick; Hebe, Riva desella ; Reliance, Memel ; Clyde, Falklanti Islands ; Jo hannes, Calmar; Denmark, Jamaica; Mary Gillespie, Gefle ; Veracity, Memel ; Regina, Quebec ; George Lowe, Havannal ; Prospero, Malaga ; Santiago, Callao ; :awe Merry, Geelong; Delhi, Calcutta; Thomas Baker, Buc touch° ; Volga, prize of war; Old Rapp, St. gtepitens ; Le Valliams, Stettin ; Sophia, Da.ntzie; Robert, Stettin ; John Barrow, Sydney ; Zephyr, Demerara ; Sophie, Nor den _; John Dunmach, Tadousac. ENTERED OUTWARDS.—The Mercury for Memel and Co penhagen ; Patriot, Santa Cruz and Teneriffe; Behr, Stockholm ; Punch, Guinea ; Hero of the Nile, Rangoon ; Old Hickory, Callao ; Margaretta, Trieste ; Wynanan Jatina, Amsterdam; Cabo, Harburg. CLEARED Our WITH CARGO.—The Lloyds for Rio Janeiro ; Margaretta, Amsterdam ; William, Zahndam ; St. Louis, Geelong ; Perseverance, Leer; Halpning, Altona; George, Altona ; Lune, Varel ; Twende Brodre, lira.Froe; Bury St. Edmunds, Mauritius ; Rosa, Genoa ; Terza, Harling ; Lowestyne, Adelaide ; Haddington, Bombay , Flying Childers, Hong-Kong,,and Canton. COUNT I Z7 HARKE,TS. CHELMSFORD--Ocr. 20. We Ind a very large supply of wheat on offer to-day, and a considerable quantity changed hands at an advance of fis to is per qr. upon the prices of this day se'nnight. Peas and oats made rather more money; other things firm at late rates. Prices to-day were as follow :—Wheat, white, old 54s Od to 74s Od, new 55s to 74s ; red, old 49s to 675, new 49s to 67s ; barley, 26s to 32s ; chevalier, 29s to 32s ; grindinv:, 21s to 27s ; malt, 71s to 75s ; chevalier, 74s to 78s ; oats, 2Ts to 33s ; peas, partridge, 388 to 12s ; white, 40s to 433 ; boiling 46s to 52s ; dun, new, 35s to 38s ; beans, tick, 418 to 41s ; Harrow ticks, 39s to 47s ; Mazagan, 38s to 40s. £413 5 G Increase in 1554 CRYSTAL PALACH.--Return of admissions for six days ending Saturday, Oct. 21.---Numbers, including season tickets, 17,729; amount received for admission, 796/. 14s. 0.1. CRYSTAL PALACE, Oct. 23.—Shilling Day.—Admis sion at the doors, 3,282 ; admission by season tickets, 299 ; total, 3,531. TEM JUBILEE.-At the several Roman Catholic churches in London, a pastoral letter was yesterday read from Dr. Grant, Bishop of Southwark, announcing by authority of the Pope, a jubilee or season of special indulgence, commencing from Sunday, the 22d instant, and ending Sunday, the 21st of January, 1855, to all who should perform certain devotional and religious exercises specified, offer up prayers on three separate days in some church " for the exaltation and prosperity of the Church, for the extirpation of heresies, for the peace and concord of Christian princes, and for the peace and unity of all Christian people." They are also to fast and to give alms for the relief of the necessitous poor. These alms to be deposited in a separate box, and one-third to be retained by the pastor of each church for his own poor, the remaining two-thirds to be for warded to the bishop, to be applied towards the founda tion of a house for destitute children. ROWING MATCH BETWEEN MANCEY AND ROLLE.—The long-talked . of race between R. Man Coy and J. Rolle, for 201. a side, took place yesterday, and created con siderable interest. Their rival pretensions had been repeatedly questioned by their friend?, and the preli minaries of the match were succeeded by bets to a stiffiah amount, at even. The course was from Putney to Mortlake. Rolla first made his appearance, and had a "shower bath" in his boat, which we opine is a bad way of taking it, when a fellow is going to row a wager. His adversary was a better judge, and stopped till the rain was over, which certainly gave him an advantage. Upon the signal being given both started evenly and well, and were scull and scull, with alternate shoots, till nearing the Crab Tree, both rowing extremely plucky and well. At the Crab Tree Mancey began to show a superiority of strength, the lumpy water in Corney Reach giving him an advantage of a clear length and a half, which he never lost, and but little i n creased. The pace was remarkably goo d, on ly twenty-five minutes being occupied. Rolls's cutter kept considerably too far behind him. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. The Seringapatam, London to Melbourne, Oct. 12, lat. 48 N, long. 11 W ; Providence (brig) of Shields, same day. The Friends, Mauritius to London, Sept. 6, lat. 12 N, long. 25 W. The Deptford, Liverpool to Rio Janeiro, Sept. 7, lat. 12 N, long. 26 W. The Norma, for East Indies, Aug. 17, lat. 19 S, long. 35 W. The Thomas Arbuthnot, Callao to Cork, Aug. 20, lat. 53 S, long. 62 W. The Guiding Star, Melbourne to Liverpool, Aug. 5. lat. 37 N. The Neleus, Southampton to Melbourne, Aug. 27, l a t . 27 N, long. 15 'N. The Harriet (barque), of Jersey, for Rio Janeiro, Sept. 5, lat. 10 N, long. 27 W, which spoke the Roman Empire, for Calcutta, Aug. 29, in lat. 16 N, long. 25 W. The Mary (brig), Stockholm to Melbourne, Aug. 3, lat. 12 N, long. 25 W. THE CHOLERA IN SCOTLAND.—Since our last, th'r teen cases and eight deaths have been reported to the Edinburgh City and St. Cuthbert's Parochial Boards occurring in St. L eonard ' s -street, Hermitage-place , Cowan's-clOse, George IV. 13ridge, India-place, Mer chant street, Hardwell close (Pleasance), Wliham street DaPicfriar6'-wynd, Potter-row, flume's-close, and West bow. No cases have taken place in the Canonate parish for upwards of a week. The disease still lingers in Stirling, Claultraannan, and Aberdeen.—Scoton“Th. • f, m g 0 A Colchester Harwich — 20 40 Leigh lialdon 1 1005) 300 31 173, 157, 100 COAL MARK] Prices of Coal per ton at t 'a.—Ocr. ;he close o: S. d. Middle W. Hartley n 1 0 Hasting's Hartley 2O Holywell. 2l 6 Taufield Moor l7 Tautield Moor Butes 17 3 Walker Primrose South Peareth l7 6 COLCHESTER- OCT. 21. We have had a most exciting trade to-day. Wheat is fetching 10* per qr. over last week's prices. Barley 2s and. all other grain is to 2s per qr dearer. Prices to-d:ty were as follow :—Wheat, white, 723 to 80a; red, 633 to 74s ; barley, 26s to 32s ; oats, 233 to 283 bean::-, Mazagan, Vs to 453 ; middle and small, 4&s to 50s ; white, 4ls to 50x ; grey, 36s to 423. Official Statement of the Quantities of Corn, &c., receive in the port of London, from the following ports, from the 15th to the 21st Oct., both inclusive. the mark Lt. g. Wylam . 21 0 Wallsend, &c. Northumberland E. l9 I South Hartlepool ..... 27 Cowpen 21 9 Wayne's Merthyr 25 I Whitworth 2l 0 RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS: LIVERPOOL, OCT. 23. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market hag been flat, with quotations 4 to per cent. lower than on Saturday. Cale donian, 294; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 71; Lancaster and Carlisle, thirds, 8a pm.; London and North-Western, 101; Midland, 681; South Eastern, 18 11-16. MANCHESTER, OCT. 2f.1. STOCK EXCHANGE.—Te.da.y in the market there Was very little business transacted, and prices a shad e l ow er. Lancashire and Yorkshire, 71a ; Manchester, Sh e ffield, and Lincolnshire, 23 a i; Midland Railway Consols, 681- BIRILINGLIIM, OCT. 23. STOCK EXCHANGB.—The market inactive, but quota tions generally are steady. Nothing of importance eras transacted on 'Change. Great Western, Birmingham Guaranteed, are still in request, and apparently in sone derable favour. BRISTOL, OCT, 23. STOCK EXCHINGE.—The market was flat, and with but little business. Nfidlands, 6Si; South Devon Pref., 13., SEABORNE MAILS. (X signifies that the malls are sent from the General Post-o.Na the night—and ),I by the morning--despatch.) Day when made in From what When COUNTRIES}. in General Rut- Port due fss Office, London.* inso,itchad. Eingiarni. tnerica (byltrtt.p a c k ) Friday ... Liverpool ... Each lgesi kmerica (by United Ste. pac k et ) „„ „ N )et. 14 . :rrierica (by U Stater packet) Oct. 11 ...• Southampton Oct. 19 tustralia (via South ampton) ..........,Pd Nov. 4 - Jitto (via Marseilles) N I Nov 9 . hit() (via cape of (Aood rta,9ll ttrica ( West Coast).. t. ut the monti. Plymouth .. Nov.o Uexandrla .......... N 9, 24, &30of ti Dover ...... WI it 20th of me -oattiampth. iahatuas ...........M 17th of the month imuth•trapioi Nov. 1 tdgium ............N ‘.•os Dover ...... a ,its irazil ..............N1 9th of tho mouth.. ~,uitiatut , Nov. 16 Auenos Ayres ........M ith of tun moot,. i• Nov. 16 :ape of Good Hope ...N VarLus ports Uncerta _;ape of Good Hope 'ape de Verde Ith of the moot, i ou th ampto , N ev. IS • leylon (see In lia) Joylon., ............N tiartnel Isles ........N %lon iontli Arent( r Tb,411111 hill. & 17th of moat iouthampt‘r• Nov. 1 Thine (sea India) :lonstantinople 4 ,13,18,23,8c2i of n Myer Oft. 30 oristantinople ........ ith *2oth of mo, -;outhamplei :ont. of Europe 51 & N twice daily )over rwicedaib, Egypt (see India) France ........ M& N Twice daily._ Dover ..... 'wicedain • libraltar 4,7, 17, 20, 27 ofir, 4outharaptoi Jct. 20 4reace (see India) lreytown hid & 17th of mon Southampton rfamburgh ..........N Tuesday & Frida • London ..... ,Savannah Ind of the mint) ionthompron goy. I Holland .. Dover • tiondnras .........111 , 17th of the month Aouthampton Nov. 16 India (I , laSouthampt.)Nl Ith & 20th of mon. Plymouth .. India (via Marleilles)hl 9th&2sth of monti Dover .. •• .. Oct. 31 (onion Isles (see India) 7, 17, &27 of mot D0ver...... Ireland & N rwice daily ,lolyhead rwiceda 110. ... • 7,9, 17, & 27 of m. ;outliamplon let. Ye itadeira 7th of the month loatliamrion , oy. 16 ',reclaim ............ N 23d of month „ Liverpool ... Nov. 3 Malta (see India) Malta Waurititis (see India) B,li, &ES of mon. D0ver...... O c t. 29 auritius 14th of the month Mexico •• •• •• •• • • ••M 'nil of the month. Southampton 'Rev. 1 Naples ...... ........N sthlsth2sth o f raon. Dover ...... Oct. 22 New Granada ......M 2d & 17th of month Southamptoi soy. 1 New By private ship Various port 0 . Papal States ........N itlllsth2stlionnon. Dover ...... • .22 `t ll l7th27tkoftrion. Peninsula .......• •• 31 , outhamptui soy. 28 Peru ...... .. Port Natal .... N By private ship,. Various ports Uncertadal; icily ............ • N s thlstll2sthottnen Dover •••• • • Oat. 22 "%many N thlst ,- ‘2sthnfmo, Dover ...... oat. as Venezuela 2d 8, 17th o f m on th Southampton :Noy, 1 Van Diemen'sLand (sec Australia) .. . ;Vest Indies; I6 `ld& 17th et month Southampton Noy. 1 When any of these dates fall oa a Sunday, the mails will 14 de spatched on the following day witk the exception of the India Till Southampton), and the Malta. both of which will he despatched the preceding da,. [ADVERTISEMENT.] — Medicine always aggravates chron diseases, such as dyspepsia (indigestion), habitual constips* Lion, nervous, bilious, and liver complaints, consumption,. kc., but Du Barry's Delicious Revalenta Arabica Food invariably cures them in a very short time. We extracts a few out of 50,000 testimonials of cures, which had, resisted all medicines. Cure No. 180. 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Cure No. 81.—" Twenty years' liver complaint, with disorders of the stomach and nerves, have been perfectly cured by Du Barry's Revalental Arabica.— Andrew Frazer, Fladdington, East Lothian." " Treva.gler, Gulval, near Penzance. Feb. 20th, 1851 .—Eighteen years' nervous debility, violent palpitation of the heart, throb bing of the temples, violent pains in the left side and back, shortness of breath, coughs, numbness of the extremities, cramps, spasms, flatulency, retching, and such general weakness, that I was constantly fearful of falling when en my legs ; all these symptoms have been removed by Da Barry's excellent Food.—Mary Gilbert."—ln canisters, suitably packed for all climates, and with full instructions -11 b., 2s. 9d. ; 21b., 4s. 6d. ; 51b., lls. ; 121 b., 225. ; super-refined, 11b. 6s. ; 21b., 1 l s . ; tdb., 225. ; 10113., 335. The 101 b. and 121 b., carriage free, on post office order. Barry du Barry and Co., 77, Regent-street, London ; F,)rtnum, Mason, and Co., purveyors to her Majesty, Pio ca,lilly ; also at 68, Coruhill; 60, Gracechurch-street ; 330 and 451, Strand ; 63 and 150, Oxford-street ; 55, Charing-cross ; 4. Cheapside ; 49. Bishopsgate-street. BIRTHS. OF A SON. On the 20th inst., at St. Leonard's-on-Sea, Lady Parish On the 21st bast., at Kidderminster, the lion. Mrs. Claughton. OF A DAUGHTER. On the 19th inst., at 25, Glocester-crescent, the wife of Colley Herman Scotland, Esq., barrister-at law. On the 21st inst., at 24, Br unswick-square, the wife of the Rev. P. B. Power. MAI?RIED. On the 21st inst., at East Grafton, John, second son of Henry Hogben, Esq., of the Bank of England, to Ann R. Edwards, eldest daughter of the late John Rushley Ed- On w,sq, of 'Wilton, 'Wilts. the 19th inst., at St. John's Episcopal Chapel, Edin burgh, Dr. James Sherlock, Physician to the City and County of Worcester Asylum, to Emily, daughter of the late Major MTherson, of Ayr. DIED. On the 22(1 inst., at Brighton, the Right Honourable the Countess of Stamford and Warrington. On the 22d inst., at 15, Green-street, Grosvenor-square, Anne Lady Douglas, wife of General Sir Howard Douglas, G.C.B. On the 26th June, at the Sarra, Victori a , A us t ra li a, Ann Elisabeth, wif e of G. D. Hadley, Esq., M.D., an d eldest daughter of the late R. J. Peck, Esq., of Newmarket, aged 31. On the 29th ult. at the camp, Balaklava, J o h n A r th ur Froeman, late Captain in the Royal Scots Greys, and only son of John Freeman, Esq., of Gaines, Herefordshire, aged 27. On the 18th inst., at Windermere, in Westmoreland, Charles Win. O'Reilly, of the Admiralty, London, cousin of the Right Hon. Sir Charles Wood, Bart., President of the Board of Control, aged 34. On the 21st inst., at 15, Lower Belgrave-square, the aged 95. Dowager on the L 2 3 l ( s i t y Thom as,a Tanhurst, Henrietta Maria, the yousgest daughter of the Hen. Mr. Justice Vaughan Wil liams, aged 9. On the 21st bast., Mrs. Yelloly, widowlof J. Yelloly, Esq., M.D., F.R.S., of Cavendish Hall, Suffolk, aged 70. LONDON : Printed and Published by IitURDO YOUNG, cf Ne. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 112, Strranj, is the Preeiaet of Mao Mayor, ill th e cou n ty of Middle Tuesday, Oct, 24, ISM.