The Sun. — London, England, 1854-10-11 00:00:00

Till ANTH.RACITE COAL OF PENN- SYLVANIA. POTTSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA, U.S., SEPT. 18.—The anthracite coal trade of the United States is altogether of recent origin, but it has increased with a rapidity perhaps altogether unexampled by any similar mining traffic in the world. Before, however, entering into its growth and ex tent, it may not be amiss to appropriate a few lines to the various coal regions of the earth, so that your readers will have an opportunity of judging of the extent and import ance of the coal-beds of Pennsylvania, and indeed of all the United States, by that best test of admeasurement —cum raison. Among the greater wants of mankind, next to food and raiment, we .may regard fuel as the most necessary. For a century and a quarter after the founding of the colony and commonwealth of Pennsylvania by William Penn, wood was the only fuel need by the people ' - but the wonderful increase of population has actually cleared the forests for many miles around the towns, and even villages ; the wood, which years ago was cheap, is now extravagantly dear—quite beyond the reach of families of ordinary means. It was at this moment of growing scarcity that Providence directed the attention of some of the citizens of Schuylkill county to the vast veins and beds of anthracite coal that are imbedded in their mountain ranges. At first a doubt was felt and expressed as to its adaptation to the purpose of fuel, and the idea was muted and ridiculed. The old German resi dents could not realise the possibility of making fires with what they called " Mack stones." But the experiment was made, and with partial success. Necessity is the mother of invention, and science will conquer many difficulties. Gradually stoves were constructed, on new principles of strong draft and ventilation, and now anthracite coal is burnt with as much facility as bituminous, while its radiation of heat is much more intense. In the invention of these stoves, which have done so much for the coal regions and the comforts of the people, the names of Messrs. Warnick and Leibrandt, of Philadelphia, merit hanourable mention ; for had it not been for the science, thought, and enterprise of such men the wealth of the Pennsylvania mountains might yet have remained for ages comparatively useless. But turn we to a few appro priate statistics. The coal product of the world for 1853 is estimated by able statisticians at 75,000,000 tons, of which amount 40,000,000 tons are produced by Great Britain (the Practical Mechanics' Journal says, only 32,000,000), at least 9,000,000 by the United States, France 4,500,000, Prussia 3,500,000, Austria 700,000 tons, and Belgium 5,000,000. It will thus appear that the United States ranks second already among the coal producing countries, although her mines, especially the anthracite, are but the discovery of yester day, comparatively speaking. It is generally believed that because Pennsylvania furnishes by far the largest quantity of coal for consumption and export, that her coalfields are the most extensive in the Union. This, however, is far from being the case. Ont of 12 coal producing States, she only ranks as No. 8 on the list, having the smallest coal area of all except four. Yet by diligence, skill, and enter prise she mines at least two-thirds of the whole that is dug in the United States. In this connection lam enabled to give you an interesting table of all the COAL-FIELDS OF THE UNITED STATES. Area of State. Coal areas. Proportion Sq. miles. Sq. miles. of coal. 1. Alabama 2. Georgia 3. Tennessee 4. Kentucky 5. Virginia 6. Maryland 10,829 ... 550.... 1-20th. 7. Ohio 38,850 ... 11,900 ... 1-3 d. States. 8. Indiana 9. Illinois 10. Pennsylvania 11. Michigan 12. Missouri . 34,800 ... 7,700 ... 1-sth. . 59,130 ... 44,000 ... 3-4th. 43,969 ... 15,437 ... 1-3 d. .. 60,820 ... 5,000 ... 1-20th. . 60,324 ... 6,000 ... 1-10th. It will be seen that the aggregate area in the 12 States is about 565,000 square miles, of which 133,000 miles, or nearly one-fourth, are composed of coal-beds. More of these beds are bituminous than anthracite; for example, all in Vir e ,crinia are bituminous, and all in Pennsylvania west of the Allegheny mountains ditto ; while nearly all east of the mountains is anthracite; and as this latter is the minerrl that supplies the cities of Philadelphia and New York, and finds its way to tide-water for export, I will sketch a brief synopsis of the birth and progress of its mining and traffic, showily , a growth as rapid and magical as any of the fabled changes effected by the wonder working lamp of Aladdin. It was not until the year 1820 that any of this valuable mineral was conveyed to Philadelphia, and then only 365 tons of which remained useless in coal-yards, and was generally regarded as incombustible, the grates then used being only adapted for wood or bituminous coal (the lat ter imported) as fuel. Skill, however, in the construction of fire-places with powerful drafts, and still more of stoves as I have already shown, soon overcame all difficulty, and in the following year 1,073 tons were sent to Philadelphia. Thence it increased rapidly; but it was not until the year 1840 that it reached 1,000,000 tons, and last year, only 13 years thereafter, the amount sent to tide-water reached 5,195,151 tons, per Reading Railroad, Schuylkill Canal, Lehigh Canal, and other navigations. From all the in quiries I can make in these regions, there is reason to be lieve that more than 6,000,000 of tons will be sent to tide water this year. From the western side of the Alleghe nies, I learn that 34,000,000 of bushels of bituminous coal were sent to Pittsburg in 1853 ; and when the products of Virginia, Tennessee, Maryland, Kentucky, s;c., are tarn into account, there is reason to believe that the yield of 9,000,000 tons in 1853 for the entire - United States is rather below the mark. I may remark, en passant, that the neighbouring state of Maryland sent more than half a mil lion tons of coal to market last year. But here is a com plete table of the PENNSYLVANIA ANTHRACITE SENT TO MARKET FROM THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE TRADE. Total. Year. 365 1838 1,083 1839 3,720 1840 7,101 1841... 11,103 1842... Year. 1820.. 1821.. 1822.. 1823.. 1624.. Total. 739,292 819,327 865,414 958,899 1,10 4,001 1825 34,893) 1326.. 1327 63,434 184, 1823 77,5161 1846. 1829 112,083 1847 1820 174,734 1848 .. , 1831 183 , 363,87 l 1833 487,748 1834 376,633 1835...... .... 1836 682,4281 1837 881,4761 43,060,491 The annual increase in the demand for coal for consump tion in Philadelphia, and export therefrom, is estimated at 600,000 tons, so that if the supply should meet the demand, the trade must continue to augment with a rapidity in fu ture equal to that of the past, particularly as there will be a railroad completed in the spring that will convey the coal direct from the Mauch Chunk (Lehian) mines to New - York. At present there are three great lines of conveyance for coal from the mines to Philadelphia :- 1. The Reading Railroad, including branches, 92 miles in length, having its tide water terminus at Richmond, which is a part of the city of Philadelphia. 2. Schuylkill Canal and branches, terminus at the Schuylkill wharves, Philadelphia. 3. The Lehigh Canal and Navigation (including a State canal), terminating at Bristol, 16 miles above Philadelphia, on the east bank of the Delaware. These besides minor avenues of coal conveyance. But before I dwell upon the traffic and facilities of these communications, allow me to transcribe roughly a few notes made in the mining regions. The coal beds and veins are made in the " Sharp" or South Mountain, a range or spur of the Blue Ridge, extending from east to west about seventy miles, and varying in width from six to twelve miles. It is singular that all the coal is found on the north side of the moun tains, while on the south side these is nothing but mould and red shale rock. An experienced miner informed ma that in the very centre of the summit, and running along each range from west to east, a black line was discover able, always by a little digging, which was in fact nature's dividing line between the coal and the stony rock. The whole region is mountainous, intersected by romantic valleys and streams, while along the sides of the hills run railroads, a n d still lower canals, some of which are from single mines. The face of the country is exceedingly like the coal and iron region of the Forest of Dean, in Glouces tershire, except only that the hills are two or three times higher even than those near St. Briavel's. Along the entire range of mountain, the coal is found in seams and veins, dipping in various angles from the horizon, and no where horizontal, as in the coal-fields near Bristol ; but these seams and veins, the best which are about 60 feet w ide, and 12 feet thick, converge towards a common heart or solid mass at the eastern end of the range, at and near a portion of the mountain called Mauch Chunk. Here, ex cept the outercoat of rock and earth, the masses of the hills are solid coal, so much so that a slice of the mountain is cut down, exposing the coal, whence it is actually quarried like stone, instead of being reached by s h a ft s and subter ranean galleries, as at and near Pottsville. This Mauch • Chunk coal is conveyed to Philadelphia by the Lehigh Canal and Navigation, and is reputed to be the very best that reaches the market. I was particular in inquiring into the rate of wages, and learn that mere labourers are now getting from $1 to $l, per day, whereas three years ago they only received from 872 c. to $l. There is quite an out cry in New York and Philadelphia in relation to the pre sent high price of coal (s6i per ton of 2,000 lbs. in Phila delphia, and sil in New York), but really, under such an advanced pressure of wages, to say nothing also of increased rates of freight, it is difficult to see how a reduction can be effected. Many fortunes have been lost in coal lands, and in the search for coal. I met with one gentleman who had spent $40,000 in sinking shafts, and that, too, without finding a seam, while many after encountering vast ex penses, had on l y bit upon small and comparatively thread like veins. But a rich seam is a fortune. Many of the shafts are a th ousand feet d the while aewhorizontal tunnels are e" ' tunnels into th e b o d y o f mountains. In other mine s there is a horizontal tunnel, and then a deep and nearly perpendicular shaft. O ne '- zontal shaft, at th e en d of mountain I visited had a hor i w lar shaft of nearly 800 feet, but was a d eep perpendicu dust. At this mine it would no coa l excep t i n s mall be necessary, on hitting a seam, to sink a third s h a ft of the same angle as the dip of the coal—that is, to follow the em valuable in proportion as th e coal is above Mines, too, are or bel ow the water level of the spri ngs . Th e most valuablesive are the St. Clair min es . It ought l)e and exten sive that there is now an addition a l expense in mini n - mentioneded com pared with a few years ago, owi ng t o t h e fact that th props and shores required for the g a ll er i es and shafts of thee l mines have literally used up all th e l arge timber .n he vicinity, and although the mountains are covered with trees, yet they are now all small, and I am assured thath timber for the use of the mines—and a few m i nes will use up a forest—is hauled for fifteen or twenty miles. Thuse the hauling: , costs more than the trees. A ma j or it y of the population here is foreign—from Wales, England, Scotland, Ireland, and Germany. Miners of skill get much more than labourers, and generally realise from $2O to $3O per week, and they usually work by piece or quantity, at sti pulated prices per ton or per yard, with the operaters. I visited an extensive mine belonging to Mr. George H. Potts, and the nature of the coal, the angles in which it lay, and the modus operandi of working the pit, extract ing the coal, and afterwards breaking it into different sizes by a coal-cracking mill, screening and sifting it from the dust or small coal, were all ably explained to me by Mr. A. Madison, formerly of the county of Durham, Eng land, but who had been for nineteen years an overseer in the Schuylkill mines. And, ah ! the fatal explosions of fire-damp prevail here as in England, and my friend Mr. Madison lost a beloved brother by this death-blast only a . ew..,d,ays jpafore I saw him. The descent into this s77minstavas a shaft 1,000 feet deep, at an angle of ap pftrently-55 degrees, and with double railway. To ";*/:. IciOli.. delielt.: wag like gazing into the mouth of an : " . '' 7l .4* 111 f 6 at. - .: ilt the foot of this terribly steep de- ,r • it 41 iiii ,.. % . : ,,,. , ; i i ..4t.4) - - 1\,,pN:t...„ ,7 :5 . .. , ° * •. 7 4,`.4:4-. / ( 1843... 1,233,539 1844 .. 1,631,669 2,023,052 1846..... 1847.... 1848 1849 3,242,866 1850 3,356,899 1851 4,429,458 185`) 1853 5,195,151 THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 11, 1854, scent into darkness there is a subterranean road, called in the mines a " highway," from which there are branch shafts to feed the highway, and thus the coal is brought to the foot of the thousand feet shaft, whence it is raised by a windlass worked with steam, hauling up two cars, each of which contains a ton at least of pure coal, while two empty cars are lowered down the parallel track at the same time. I timed the ascent of several car loads of coal, and the journey from the bottom of the shaft was performed in exactly two minutes. At the same time the steam-engine, when necessary, works two immense ' pumps, to extract the water from the bottom of the mine. But at the distance of a mile Mr. Potts has an exhausted mine, deeper than that I ♦isited, where the steam-pumps are constantly at work, and with such effect that they drain the upper mine pretty expeditiously. The water from these great depths is impregnated with iron and sul phur. The cars of coal, having reached the surface, are instantly run along a railroad, and through a tunnel, to a cracking mill, where the blocks of coal are broken by steam power into different sizes, known as " nut," " stove," &c., all falling through a revolving screen with several com partments, each having smaller or larger holes—and thus all the coal of different sizes is deposited in separate heaps. The whole is on a mountain side, so that the coal is dropped, as it were, upon the bank of a railroad, one of many scores from different mines connected with the Reading Railroad. A " coal-cracking machine" is, in point of fact, a coffee-mill on a gigantic scale. I saw other mines in other mountain valleys, but ab uno disce omnes, so there is no occasion to describe them. One feature in these valleys strikes every stranger with surprise, and that is the millions upon millions of tons of coal dust, or, as it would be called in England, " small coal." Thus far these vast mounds of refuse have been little better than useless, being anthracite. Were it bituminous dust, it could be mixed with different ingredients into " fire-balls." as in some parts of England and Wales, or it could be used by blacksmiths; but no discovery has yet been made to render the anthracite small coal available as fuel. There are air shafts here and there, leading from different galleries of the mines into upper air, at bottom of some of which large fires are kept burning for purposes of purifying and ventilating the sub terranean atmosphere. I find that at the mouth of a mine, say from two to six miles from the town, coal may be had at VI per ton ; but then the purchaser must haul it home. Most of the mines are worked upon royalties—that is, a coal company pays the owner of the land and mine from 25c. to 40c. per ton for allhe gets out, said company being at the expense of mining, and the landowner keeping a clerk at the works, to count and check the produce of the mine. This may also be proved by the receipts from the mine at the junction of the branch railroad with the Reading Road, or canal, as the case may be. After all, there appears to be as much risk in mining here as elsewhere. While many fortunes are made at it, others are lost. It is a lottery, in which sometimes the most experienced judgment is at fault. The population of Pottsville (urban) is 9,000, and suburban, and in the adjoining mountain valleys, about 18,000; all of whom are supported by the coal mines. The entire population supported by working this field of an thracite is about 50,000. With regard to the qualities of the coal, I subjoin three specimens :- 1. Mauch Chunk—Specific gravity, 1.550; carbon, 90.10; water and volatile matter, 6.60; ashes, silica, earth, and iron, 3.3o.—(Professor Olmstead.) 2. Pottsville—Specific gravity, 1.472 ; carbon, 85.90 ; water and volatile matter, 7.20; ashes, silica, earth, and iron, 6.90.—(M. C. Lea.) 3. Wilkesbarre—Specific gravity, 1.403 ; carbon, 81.90 ; water and volatile matter, 7.68; ashes, silica, earth, and iron, 3.49.—(Rogers.) At present there are three principal ways by which the coal is conveyed from the mines to tide-water. The first, and by far the most important, is, the Reading Railroad. I have recently forwarded so complete an exposé of the finan cial condition of this road, which you published, that to repeat it would be a mere work of supererogation ; but there are other points relating to the build and prospects of this road worthy of consideration, especially as the non payment of the last half-yearly dividends on the stock created so great a sensation. This, as I explained to you at the time, was owing to the large floating debt of the company, partly produced by the extra traffic of the road demanding an extra outlay for cars, &c. ; and partly on account of the high rates paid for money, for the purpose of paying the dividends on the stock, &c. —a bad mode of doing business. It is to be regretted that in the statement of accounts made by the company, the amount of the floating debt was not exhibited. I learn, by the way, that it is about $2,200,000, more or less; and I have it from the Directory of the Road, " that the present floatinc , debt will be en tirely absorbed by the profits of the road in about a year"— after which the stock dividends will be resumed. This will be good news for the English stockholders ; and it is probably owing to this calculation having leaked out that the stock has advanced from 31 to 36i within a few days. The interest on all the bonds is paid regularly, and English capitalists hold $2,000,000 of its stock and $6,000,000 of its bonds. 41ready the tons of coal brought to tide-water are 400,000 more than to the same period of last year. Judge, then, of the increase of the traffic. Physically speaking, the very nature of the ground from Pottsville through Reading to Philadelphia is favourable for a coal railroad, the descent being about 708 feet, so that in the sharpest grades the trains of cars laden with coal could really descend without a locomotive, while the ground for the entire distance is of rocky gravel, hard and firm. Near Philadelphia, it consists of micareous rock, and nearer, and to the thonntains, of limestone and red shale. Starting from Philadelphia the grade of the road is thus, the whole distance being 94 miles : Miles. 40 3.47 13.35 Level Grade from 2to 3 feet per mile ...... IP 3to 7 „ PP 7 to 15 „ 15 to 19 „ PP 28 PP PP 33 PP I PP 42.0'7 PP 30.02 10.10 2.50 3.13 1.43 Total distance, 94.00 I was much pleased with the general management of the road, not only from my own observation, but from the inqui ries I everywhere made; and when it is remembered that this road, both near and at the coal regions, is like the trunk of a tree with numerous branches, especially at Schuylkill Haven, five miles on the Philadelphia side of Pottsville, some idea may be formed of the prudence and judgment required in the management and freightage of such a road. But the fact is, all the officers and directors, from the president, Mr. J. Tucker, downwards, have the advantage of several years' experience, and a thorough acquaintance with their duties. Here lies the secret; fur certain I am that to manage such an extensive and com plicated undertaking must require at least an apprentice ship, and that new and inexperienced hands would inevit ably entail embarrassment, loss, and perhaps ruin, upon the stockholders. The present directory consists of Mr. John Tucker, president ; Messrs. S. Norris, C. S. Boker, R. D. Cullen, G. W. Richards, M. S. Richards, and Chas. Loeser, as managers; and Samuel Bradford, as secretary and trea surer. I should here remark that Mr. R. D. Cullen is a manager representing the English stock and bondholders, and although not acquainted with that gentleman, -yet I am enabled to say on reliable authority that he fulfils his duty to his constituents with rigid fidelity---nay, it in even said that his judicious and economic counsels have already saved hundreds of thousands of dollars to the road; while at Pottsville, in Philadelphia, among the clerks and on the route, ho is vigilant in seeing that all the employes are attentive to their work. But the president, Mr. Tucker, is the master spirit ; for when, years ago, he was elected to office, the road was deeply embarrassed ; and now, by his management alone, it is fast emerging from its difficul ties. The fact that 2,060 men are employed by the com pany will show you that the task of Government is no joke. But to results : The receipts of the road in 1853 were 52,688,288 Thus : From c0a1.... Passengers Merchandise The expenses of the road in 1853 were Such were the sums total. I find on inquiry that there are employed on the road Steam-locomotive engines lO3 Coal cars 4,792 General freight cars Passengers cars 40 Stationary engines lO Water-power engines lO Steam-wood cutting engines 3 Snow ploughs Carts and waggons Horses Then there are machine-shops, foundries, wh ee l- s h ops, carpenters' ditto, smiths' ditto, at the termini, Reading, I learn that on a recent day no fewer than 2,500 cars were sent down the road from Pottsville and Schuylkill Haven to Philadelphia, each car containing 4 tons of coal. The receipts are frequently 20,000 dols. per day. The present freight for coal to Philadelphia (Richmond) is 2. dols. per ton. The coal by railroad reaches the market in six or eight hours ; by canal it requires nearly as many days. By way of illustration as to the quantities con veyed down from the mines to tide-water, I take last week's accounts : $2,254,694 225,783 180,612 $1,048,163 Tons. By Reading Railroad — 53,155 By Schuylkill Canal By Ly Lehigh Na v i ga ti on , & c 41,931 I also take the freights of all for this year thus far, show ing their respective increase and decrease : Reading Railroad, 1854 Ditto, same time last year Toni. 1,514,928 1,154,638 Increase in 185 i -- 360,290 Schuylkill Canal, 1861 To same time last year 648,006 582,541 Increase in 1854 65,465 The Lehigh region, 1854 794,174 (This is an increase, but I cannot get last year's return.) The Reading Railroad has been the means of converting the upper part of then ity of Phil a d e l p hi a, called Richmond, into an American "N ewcastle-upon-Tyne," a fleet of coal schooners, brigs, and barques always lying there. Tou will judge of the extent of the Richmond traffic, when I inform you that there have been at the wharves this year, since January 1, 6,229 vessels for coal, with an aggregate ton nage of 955,951, against 765,140 for the same time last year. Last week the clearances at Richmond were 188 vessels. With regard to the Lehigh Navigation, I find that 19,700 doLs. of its stock, and 434,000 dols. of its bonds, aro held in England. The freight and tollage on a ton o f coa l are a o nd tons interest er of e s o t t other freight. lower than the Reading freigh t . It conveyed to tido-wate r t o last year igh t. 1, The lO 0, 00 0 company tons paysof coiatls, dividendsa nd 200 ,00 re gularly. in T E h n e e. I S a c n h d u . y in 18 l Canals 3 i h t a O market, an d 350,000 tons of other freight. Its traffic is in- C S D n v i e Y y 3 e B d 3, 8 3 8 6 8 9 , 9c dols. . tons i n bonds of coal hold creasing ra pidly, b u t a t p r esent it only pays the interest on its loa ns , w hi c h i nterest l as t year amoun t e d t o 343,083 d o l s . Then there is the Little Schuylkill, and the Schuylkill Talley, the latter having 072,000 of its stock held in Eng land. But any detailed notice of these lines and other minor roads would render any communication too long for your columns. I must not forget to state, however, that an other gre a t coal railroad will be opened from the Lehigh region in th e ensuing spring, connecting with railroads or water navi ga ti on both to N Y d Philadelphia. This will be ca ll e d the L ew or a u k e h t i g o h a s t l Valley R 4 a 6 l l m r o i l a e d s and se v w, e - i n i l reach from M auc h Ghn B. eighths of the whole line are already finished. But the great and fast increase in both the demand and suppl) of abont new Reading coal will prevent this road— any of its competitors. There is to be a , this article without reminding your Railroad—from injuring a b l ti n must an t t n r arcot closefor all . readers who are interested in the coal region s of thi try of the immense advantage of railroads over canZlesounThe former are open and iu action all the year, whereas the latter are closed by ice all the winter. The average annual navigation of the canals is only 35 weeks. Besides, canal banks, especially in the slack water of rivers, are liable to be washed sway, and lockage to be swept away by sudden floods. With regard to coal railroads, although from the great outlay incurred in their first construction, they may not pay as speedily as they ought ; yet as, with proper repairs, they last for ever, and as the demand for coal so rapidly augments, their ultimate success can only be regarded as a mere matter of time. In relation to the supply, I will only say that the single anthracite field to which this letter refers is sufficiently rich to furnish all mankind with fuel for countless ages. THE GREAT FIRES AT NEWCASTLE AND GATESHEAD. NEWCASTLE-ON•TYNE, Tuesday Afternoon.—During the whole of yesterday afternoon and evening gangs of labourers were employed in clearing away the ruins in Gateshead, with the view of recovering the bodies of the unfortunate people who were known to be buried among the mass of rubbish. The bodies of the following persons were dug out : James Williams, worsted weaver ; Sarah Hutchinson, single woman ; Samuel Hart, Mary Ann Hart, his niece, and John Hart, his son. The bodies of the three latter were taken out of the ruins of a dwelling in the Church-walk. The body of Hart's wife has not been recovered, and, without making any exaggerated state ments, there is reason to fear that more families are totally destroyed in the yet smouldering ruins of Hill gate and the neighbourhood. The remains of young Mr. Davison, Mr. Harrison, and Todd, one of the fire brigade, have also been recovered and identified. They presented a most affecting spectacle, and were removed to the aisle of St. Mary's Church. They presented the appearance of black and charred substances, and could net possibly have been recognised, but for keys and rings that were picked up near to where they were found buried. The body of Mr. Bertram, the magis trate, has not been found, but a snuff box which be longed to him has been dug up. A young gentleman of the name of Ingham has not been heard of since Friday morning, and two Newcastle policemen are among the lost. Seven persons have died in Newcastle Infirmary since Friday, from accidents sustained by the explosion ; and, from inquiries I have made at that institution this forenoon, there are no hopes of three others in the ac cident ward—men named Gough and Henderson, and a young woman named Short, a servant in the household of Mr. Davison, the miller. The other patients were considered to be making tolerable progress to recovery. I am happy to state that beyond the three deaths al ready reported, there have been no more deaths from the wounds and bruises sustained by the soldiers belong ing to the Cameronians who were crushed by the fall of the Wesleyan school at the time of the explosion. The 15 privates who were in hospital are doing exceedingly well, and are all considered out of danger. Two pri vates who were removed with injuries to Newcastle In firmary, were able to leave yesterday, and return to the barracks. It is impossible to state, within one or two, the number of deaths that have occurred from this sad disaster, as in the confusion and excitement, no lists have been left at any of the police stations. It is close upon 40. A meeting of fire insurance agents will be held in the Central Exchange Hotel to-day, for the purpose of ascer taining the losses sustained by the insurance offices, and taking the necessary measures thereupon. A meeting of merchants, coal-owners, brokers, &c., will also be held in the Central Exchange for the purpose of discussing the expediency of removing the business now transacted on the quayside to a more central part of the town. Tha mass of ruins in Gateshead appear still to be full of fire, and send forth a dense mass of choking vapour, which is very oppressive to those whose avocations bring them near to it. There still seems a very strong impression that gunpowder was the agent which pro duced the explosion. Without attempting to give any opinion upon the sub ject, as this point will, no doubt, be strictly examined into at the adjourned inquest to-morrow, it is only pro per to state that the rumour alluded to is not confined to the lower orders of the town, but is a current topic of conversation among the influential inhabitaLkts. If powder has been smuggled into the warehouse, those who did it have incurred a fearful responsibility. The Mayor of Gateshead has issued a notice upon the subject.. Yesterday a public meeting of the' inhabitants of Newcastle was held in the Guildhall. It was largely attended by merchants and the more influential classes, who hastened to give a ready assistance to their poor neighbours deprived of their all by the calamitous fire. It was agreed that a subcription should be made, and a committee was appointed to promote it. The subscription-list was then handed about, the _ _ Mayor headini it with a subscription of 100/. In a short time it was annouced that 2,0001. had been sub scribed. Since then it has been considerably increased. There seemsayraisewortby rivalry among all classes in the town and district to contribute to the necessities of the poor families who have been cast on the world with out home or habitation. On Sunday collections were made in the places of worship, and Mr. Davies the manager of the theatre, gives a full benefit to-night to the fund. A benefit was given in the Music-hall last night for the same object. THE AFFAIR OF THE DAUNTLESS. COURT MARTIAL-SENTENCE ON LIEUT. KNIGHT. PORS3IOIJTH, OCT. 10.—A court martial was held on board the Victory to-day, to try Lieut. Knight, of the Royal Marines, for a breach of the regulations of the service, in taking Matilda Jane Lodge on board the Victorious, hulk to the Dauntless on the night of Sun day, the 17th of September. The court consisted of Rear-Admiral Martin (president), Captains the Hon. Orey, Sir T. Maitland, Elliott, Robinson, Massie, the Hon. F. Hastings, Harris, and Crispin. The following were the charges against Lieut. Knight. " For that the said First Lieutenant Frederick Charles Knight of her Majesty's Royal Marine Forcs, did on the night of Sunday, the 17th of September, 1854, bring on board her Majesty's hulk Victorious, two improper women, and did act improperly towards such women, in supplying them with wine and spirits in immoderate quantities, when so on board the said hulk, the same be ins scandalous actions in derogation of God's ho nour and corruption of good manners. " For that the said First Lieutenant Frederick Charles Knight did, on board her Majesty's hulk, Victorious, on the night of Sunday, the 17th September, 1854, sug gest to Mr. Robert Hancock, midshipman, falsely to in form the chaplin of her Majesty's ship Dauntless, that the women which he, the said First Lieutenant Frede rick Charles Knight had so brought on board the said hulk were sisters of him, the said First Lieutenant, he, the first lieutenant, well knowing at the time that such was not true, the same being a scandalous action, in de rogation of God's honour, and in corruption of good manners. " For that the said First Lieutenant Frederick Charles Knight was on the 17th day of September, 1854, with out his proper uniform, and without having obtained the requisite leave or permission dispensing with his wear iag such uniform. " For that the said First Lieutenant Frederick Charles Knight was on the night of Sunday, the 17th day of September, 1854, and on the following morning, drunk on board her Majesty's hulk, Victorious. " The said First Lieutenant Frederick Charles Knight at the time mentioned in the foregoing charges, being borne on the books of her Majesty's ship Dauntless, then and now in commission." After the examination of a number of witnesses, but whose evidence contained nothing in addition to what has already been repeated several times, the prisoner read his defence, in which he admitted the truth of the first charge, but pleaded in extenuation that the fault specified was committed in a moment of indiscretion, at the request of the girls themselves, and that he did not intend to have kept them long on hoard. With respect to the words forming the subject of the second charge, they were uttered by him in joke, and he did not intend them to be repeated, nor think they would have been re peated to the chaplain. The third charge he admitted but pleaded ignorance of the regulations on that point, and the fourth charge he indignantly denied, and as serted that no proof had been given in its support. The Court found Lieutenant Knight guilty of the Ist and 3rd charges, and acquitted him on the others, and taking into consideration the irreproachable character he has borne, sentenced him to be placed at the bottom of the list of first lieutenants of Royal Marines. Lieutenant Jervis was then tried for allowing the wo men to come on board on the night in question, and not reporting the fact to the officer in command of the ship. Re was honourably acquitted of the charge, having had nothing to do with the affair. To-morrow a court-martial is to be held on Lieutenant Elphinstone, for allowing the women on board, he being the commanding officer of the ship for the time. By the sentence on Lieutenant Knight that officer loses 11 years' service. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. CENTRAL WALES. R i n a fl d u n e o n r t i w a as ]. it meeting eld at o p f e t u h y e b 0 l u a t n , d w e i n n e g r s theof t h e A c o l a u r n g t e y and of central point of the county, on Thursday, for the purpose of promoting a railway from the Craven Arms station, on the Shrewsbury and ifemford Rail way, vies Knighton, Penybout, Llaudrindod Wells, and Llanwityd Wells to Llandovery and Carmarthen, there to join the South Wales line to 'Milford. Mr. John Jones, high sheriff for Radn orshire, took the chair. Several influential landowners having made eloquent speeches in favour of this line, which is con sidered to be the most direct and easy of construction between the two termini, resolutions were proposed and unanimously adopted, to the: effect that the meet ing very cordially approved of the plan proposed fur supplying the direct line of railway communication between the towns of Manchester, Liverpool, and the north of England, and port of Milford lifAven, and pledging the parties present to support the under taking by every means in their power ; appoint ing a committee—consisting, of Mr. J.. Jones, Sir T. F. Lewis, Mr. Richard Price, Mr. Fienry Thomas, Mr. F. A. Philips, Mr. T. Prickard, Mr. Thomas Thomas, Mr. T. L. Lloyd, Mr. E. A. Evans, Mr. E. Bennett, and Mr. J. Edwards, t 0 carry out the undertaking ; that a subscription be entered into in order to defray the expenses of the rear iisite survey, and of the other steps necessary to forward the undertaking. The landowners present signed a mi flute to the effect that they were willing to sell their lan d to the company at the rate of 25 years' purchase, up( :n the fair agricul tural value thereof. The proceedings concluded with votes of thanks to the members representing the borough ; and to the high sheriff for presiding on the occasion. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET SECOND OCTOBER MEETING. MONDAY CONCLUDED. The gathering in and near the Subscription Room at night was neither so large as on previous Cesarewich occasions, nor were the proceedings of that animated character which they were wont to exhibit. The cause, however, needs no explanation ; it is sufficiently obvious to all sporting men. Muscovite continued firm, notwithstanding the in creased support given to Cobnut, Rodo-meli, Ammonia, Rattle, La Belle, and Ethelwolf. At 12 and 11 to 1 La Belle was backed for upwards of 3001., and 25 to 1 was taken to a good deal of money about Ethelwolf. The prices at the close of business were as follow :- 7to 2 eget Muscovite. 7to 1 agst Cobnut. 10 to 1 agst Rodo-meli. 10 to 1 agst Ammonia. 11 to 1 agst La Belle. 12 to 1 agst Rattle. 16 to 1 agst D. 0. 20 to 1 agst Indian Warrior. 25 to 1 agst Ethelwolf. 25 to 1 agst Hungerford. 50 to 1 agst Balrownie. TUESDAY. HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES of 15 sovs each, 10 ft, for three-yr-olds and upwards. D. 1., two miles 119 yards. 4 subs. Mr. Mare's Ilex, 5 yrs, Bst 71b (Rogers) 1 Lord Clifden's Poodle, 5 yrs, 7st 121 b (Flatman) 2 Mr. Megson's The Medal, 3 yrs, Est 131 b (Clement) 3 Betting-6 to 4 agst Ilex. Ilex took the lead, kept it, and won by two lengths. The second beating the third twice that distance. SELLING HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES of 10 sovs each, for three-yr-olds and upwards ; the winner to be sold for 100 sovs, if demanded, &c. Last half of Ab. M. Three fur 217 yds. 8 subs. Lord Anglesey's Lizzie, 3 yrs, Bst Mr. E. It. Clarke's Ruby, 3 yrs, 7st 101 b (Wells) 2 Mr. Vernon's Jessamine, 3 yrs, 6st 4lb .., (Fordhana) 3 The following also started :—New Brighton, Glen strae, Game Chicken, Oxus, and Rally. Betting—Even on Jessamine, 4 to 1 agst Game Chicken, 6to 1 agst any other. Lizzie had the best of the race all the way, and at last won easily by a length and a half ; ten lengths between second and third ; Oxus was fourth, Game Chicken fifth, Glenstrae sixth, New Brighton seventh, and Rally last. The CLEARWELL. STAKES of 30 sovs each, 20 forfeit, for two-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 51b ; certain winners extra. T.Y.C. (5 fur 140 yds). 27 subs. Mr. Payne's c by Cotberstone, out of Polydora, Bst 131 b (Flatman) 1 Lord Exeter's Almond, Bst 51b (Marlow) 2 Mr. J. Clark's The Hind, Bst 511) (Whitehouse) 3 The following also ran :—Oulston, Le Fripon, and The Sandboy. Betting-7 to 4on Oulston, sto 1 agst Almond, 7to 1 each agst Le Fripon and Polydora colt. Almond with Oulaton and The Hind second and third, and the others well together, made the running into the cords, where they all closed, and a very fine race in terminated in favour of Polydora colt by a head, the second beat ing the third by a neck. Oulston and Le Fripon, close up, were fourth and fifth, Sandboy last. Produce Match, 200 h ft, T.Y.C. (5 fur. 140 yds.) Duke of Bedford's Sik, Bst 71b (S. Rogers) walked over Lord Glasgow's ch f by Pyrrhus the First, dam by Lanercost, or Retriever, out of Physalis, Bst 31b paid The CESAREWITCH STAKES, a free handicap of 95 sovs each, 15 ft, with 300 added by the Jockey Club, for three-yr-olds and upwards ; various penalties ; the owner of the second horse to receive 50 sovs oat of the stakes. Cesarewitch Course (2 miles 2 furlongs 28 yards). 54 subs. Mr. Greville's Muscovite, 5 yrs, Bst 31b ...(Flatman) 1 Mr. M. Dennett's Rattle, 4 yrs, Bst 31b...(5. Rogers) 2 Mr. Wray's D. 0., 3 yrs, sst 111 b (Carroll) 3 The following also ran : Mr. T. Parr's Rataplan, 4 yrs, 9st 71b (T. Parr) 0 Mr. Greville's Adine, 5 yrs, Bst 71b (E. H a rdin g ) 0 Baron Rothschild' s Hungerford, 6 yrs, Bst 41b (Charlton) 0 Mr. Howard's Balrownie, 4 yrs, Bst llb (Wells) 0 Mr. Morris's Indian Warrior, 5 yrs, 7st 121 b (Basham) 0 Mr. Parker's Joe Miller, 5 yrs, 7st 71b ...(J. Goater) 0 Baron W. Mollendorrs Scherz, 3yrs 7st 71b (Birbeek) 0 Mr. Barber's Domin o , 3 yr s , 7 s t 511: Mr. Barber's Cobnut, 4 yrs, 7st 4lb (Clement) 0 Mr. Murland's Ammonia, 5 yrs, Tat llb (Chilman) 0 Count Batthyany's Elthewolf, 5 yrs, 7st (Alderoft) 0 Lord Derby's Bracken, 3 yrs, Est 131b...(T Harrison) 0 Sir J. Boswell's La Belle, 4 yrs, 6st 51b (Ashman) 0 Mr. Bennett's Brown Brandy, 3yrs, Est 31b (Dowling) 0 Mr. Mather's St. Clare, 3 yrs, Est 31b (T. Cliff) 0 Mr. Mather's Candlewick, aged, Est 21b (Walters) 0 Mr. Osborne's Gamelad, 3 yrs, sst 51b ...(J. Rogers) 0 Lord Clifden's Rodo-meli, 3 yrs, 4st 91b ...(Fordham) 0 Betting at starting-3' to 1 agst Muscovite, Bto 1 agst Cobnut, 9 to 1 agst D. 0., 10 to 1 agst Rodo-meli, 12 to 1 each agst Rattle, La Belle, and Ammonia, 20 to 1 agst Hungerford, 25 to 1 agst thelwolf, 40 to 1 agst Rata plan' 100 to 3 agst Candlewick. Scherz an d Adi ne t oo k the lead at starting, 6t. Clare and Domino, at a long interval, being the next two, and these at a distinct dis tance in advance of the ruck. No change of moment occurred with the leading horses until they approached the New Ground, when Scherz, Adine, and Domino , gave way, and D. 0. joined St. Clare, and took ground in front, followed by Muscovite, Rodo-meli, Rataplan, Candlewick, Rattle, La Belle, and Ethelwolf, and in nearly the same order they arrived at the Abingdon , mile Bottom, where Muscovite came out, and bore his colours in the van. Rataplan persevered to half way up the hill and then declined. On entering the cords, Muscovite, holding a decided lead, showed that his chance amounted to a certainty. Rattle, attended by D. 0., Candlestick, St Clare, and La Belle, made a vi gorous effort to catch Lim, but he won very easily by four lengths ; the second beating the third two lengths. Candlewick was fourth, St. Clare and La Belle next ; Rodo-meli about seventh or eighth ; the others finished at straggling intervals, most of them being beaten off a long way. Pace good throughout. Joe Miller, who got badly off, came in some time after the others had passed the chair. Bracken, Balrownie, La Belle, and two or three others, also got badly off. Balrownie broke down. MATCH-200, h ft. D. M. (7 fur. 201 yds.) Mr. Greville's Kaffir, Bst 51b (Flatman) 1 Lord Glasgow's c by Pantaloon, out of Physalis, Bst 71b .......................................(Bartholo mew ) 2 Betting-2 to lon Kaffir. Kaffir made play; when half-way in the cords Physalis colt went up, but was at last defeated by half a length. S WEEP S T AKES of 10 Boys. each, for thre e -y r - o ld s ; co l ts, Bst7lb;fillies, Bst 21b. The win ner t o b e so ld f or 100 sous, if demanded, &c. D. M. (7 fur. 251 yds.) 3 subs. Lord W. Powlett's Bobby (S. Rogers) 1 Mr. Sargent's Cable Lord Chesterfield's Communist (Flatman) 3 Betting-2 to lon Bobby. Won by a neck ; three lengths between the second and third. The ROYAL STAKES of 200 sovs each, 120 ft, for three yr-olds ; colts, B st 71 b ; fillies B st 2 1 b. Certain win ners extra. The owner of the second horse to receive .• ................. 321 Mr. G Lord C and won to Ro back his stake. A.F. 1 mile 2 furlongs 73 y ar d s . 13 subs. Mr. Howard's reves Quince,Sclydtoohn. ima Scythian,neB:si ,t Bst Bst 71b 71 7 b l . . b wh▪ o mad e a ll t h e run ning, ng . w on by a length, the second b eat i ng the third three lengths. Betting a n l i Challenge for the WHIP ; 200 sovs each ; lOst. B.C. Four miles one fur. 173 yards. Lord Exeter's Stockwell .......................(Norman) 1 Mr. Morris's Kingston (Basham) 2 Betting-5 to 4on Kingston. Won by 30 lengths. Kingston broke down. SWEEPSTAKES of 6 SOVS each, for two-yr-olds, 6st 101 b ; three, Bst 81b ; four and upwards, 9st. The winner to be sold for 70 sovs, if demanded, &c. Rutland Stakes course (5 fur 182 yds). 7 8t , subs. Mr. Batson's Sweetness, 4 yrs (Sly) 1 Captain Lane's Guy Mannering, 6 yrs (tartholomew) 2 Mr. Rogers's Guitar, 2 yrs .....................(Wells) 3 Mr. Wood's Duet, 2 yrs .................. (Ashman) 4 Mr. Barnes's Petrel, 4 yrs ............ ..... (Flatman) 5 Mr. Drinkald's Donum, 6st 121 b ............ (Aldcroft) Betting: Even on Guy Mannering, 5 to 1 each agst Guitar and Duet, 6 to 1 aget Sweetness. A good race in with the first three was won by a neck, same distance between the second and third. Brilliant weather, and the town all bustle and busi ness, the spe c i a l an d other trains to-day having brought in a vast accession of visitors. The scene on the heath was highly animated and ex citing, and the preparations for the great race were watched with a very lively interest. At the saddling stables, and in and around the ring, professionals and amateurs congregated in large numbers, and speculation was anxiously and sedulously pursued, as judgment directed, fancy imagined, and books were to be " opt. rated" upon. Muscovite maintained his position in the betting with unshaken firmness, and his performance in the race fully justified the strong confidence of his backers. He won very easily. The challenge for the whip was not the least interest ing incident in the day's sport. It was a severe task for the competitors, and although Kingston unfortunately broke down in the fetlock joint of the off-hind leg whilst in possession of the lead, and when within half-a-mile of home, there is no doubt that Stockwell would not have obtained the trophy had no such casualty occured. BETTING AFTER THE RACES. CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES. 10 to 1 agst Rattle (taken freely), 14 to 1 agst Early Bird (taken). 500 to 30 agst Orinoco (taken), 25 to 1 agst Scherz (taken). On the course, after the Cesarewitch, 6 to 1 was taken about Rattle, NEWMARKET RACES,—Tma DAY, Six races are set for this day. The first (the Oat lands Plate) at 2, the last (the Bedford Stakes) at 4.30. Kingstown is scratched. Hungerfora's match is off. LAYING TEE FOUNDATION STONE OF QUIVOY CHURCH. —On Wednesday last, the 4th inst., the ceremony of laying the foundation stone of the new church at Quivoy, in the parish of Drumlane, county Cavan, was gone through by the Countess of Londesborough, in the pre sence of a large number of the parishioners and others. The Countess of Lanesborough was accompanied by the noble earl, the Lord Bishop of the diocese, and Mrs. Bores ford, the Count ess of Erne, 4c, TILE LONDON GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT. FOREIGN-OFFICE, OCT. 9. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Don Mariano Carsi as Consul-General in the United Xingdom for the Queen of Spain. CROWN OFFICE, OCT. 7. MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT PARLIAMENT. Borough of Wigan.—Joseph Acton, of Wigan. Esq., in the room of Ralph Anthony Thicknesse, Esq., deceased. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY THE QUEEN. Kirkcudbright and Wigton Regiment of Militia—Wil iam Munro, Esq., to be Adjutant, July 7. 4th or Royal South Middlesex Regiment of Militia— George Hope, Gent., to be Quartermaster from 2d Aug., Aug. 3. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD LIEUTENANTS. County of Ross—Thomas Mackenzie, Esq., one of the Deputy Lieutenants of the county of Ross, to be Vice- Lieutenant, Oct. 6. Ist or Royal East Middlesex Regiment of Militia—En sign Frederick Barnes to be Lieutenant, vice Ibbetson, re signed, Sept. 27. 3d or Royal Westminster Light Infantry Regiment of Middlesex Militia—Hugh Beauchamp Halswell, Gent.. to be Lieutenant ; James Henry McEwen, Gent., to be En sign ; Henry Bulkeley, Gent., to be Ensign, Sept. 27. 4th or Royal South Middlesex Regiment of Militia— Lieutenant William Browne Ponsouby, half-pay 22d Bom bay Native Infantry, to be Lieutenant, vice Morrah, ap pointed to the 3d West India Regiment, Sept. 27 ; Percy Charles Smyth, Gent., to be Ensign; Edward Hamilton Finney, Esq., late Ist Royal Regiment, to be Captain, vice Masterson, resigned, Sept. 20. Artillery Regiment of Militia of the County of Durham —Major Henry Stobart to be Lieutenant-Colonel Com mandant ; Captain William Cookson, of the South Dur ham Regiment, to be Major; Charles Frederick Perkins, Esq., to be Captain; William Stobart, Esq., to be Cap tain ; Second Lieutenants Charles William Bell and George Hodgson, to be First Lieutenants ; Edward Featherstonhaigh, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, Oct. 4. The Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury hav ing certified to the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt, 10 Geo. IV., c. 27, sec. 1, that the actual surplus revenue of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, beyond the actual expenditure thereof for the year ended the sth day of July, 1854, amounted to the sum of one million and fifty-eight thousand six hundred and seventy-eight pounds eleven shillings and tenpence. The Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt hereby give notice, that the sum of two hundred and sixty-four thousand six hundred and sixty-nine pounds, twelve shillings and eleven pence, being one-fourth part of the said surplus of one million and fifty-eight thousand six hundred and seventy-eight pounds eleven shillings and ten pence will be applied under the provisions of the said act, between the 11th day of October, 1854, and the pith day of January, 1855, to the following purposes, viz. : To be applied towards the reduction of the National Debt Add interest receivable on account of donations and bequests, to be applied to the purchase of stock 2,729 11 1 £267,399 4 0 National Debt Office, Oct. 6, 1854. A. Y. SPEARMAN, Comptroller-General. BANKRUPTCIES ANNULED. Francis Burrow, draper and tailor, Redruth. William Beckett, cattle dealer and salesman, Gilling ham. Henry Kerfoot, silk manufacturer, Bedford. BANKRUPTS. Henry Chatteris, merchant, Lothbury, to surrender, Oct. 19, at eleven, and Nov. 21, at twelve, at the Court of, Bankruptcy. Bell. official assignee, Coleman-street-build ings; Reed, Langford, and Marsden, Cheapside. Joseph Trevethan, brickmaker, Lower Norwood, Oct. 25, at eleven, and Nov. 21, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Stansfeld, official assignee; King don and Shephard, Clifford'S-ihn, Fleet-street. Thomas Waghorn, draper, Rochester, Oct. 25, at two, and Nov. 22, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Stans feld, official assignee ; Prall, Gray's-inn-square George Fox, clothier and tailor, Commercial-road East, Oct. 21, at one, and Nov. 25, at one, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Pennell, official assignee ; Steinberg, Bread street. Lewis Bassett, grocer, Merthyr Tydvil , Glamorg a ns hire, Olict. 23 and Nov. 21, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Hutton, official assignee, Bristol ; Castle, Hen derson, and Co., Bristol. John Hughes, innkeeper, Bangor, Oct. 20, and Nov. 16, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Turner, offi cial assignee, Liverpool ; Evans and Son, Liverpool. Daniel Longdin, ironfounder, Manchester, Oct. 23, and Nov. 10, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Hernaman, official assignee, Manchester ; Blair, Manches ter. Joseph Burge Godfrey, coach maker, Taunton, Oct. 20, and Nov. 23, at one, at the Exeter District Court. Hirt zel, official assignee, Exeter; Trenchards, Taunton; Stog don, Exeter. INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. W. Russell, Dorcas-buildings, Hammersmith, dealer in bread—S. Atkins, jun., Berkeley-mews, Portman-square, licensed victualler—J. Stammers, Brydges-street, Covent garden, musical director—S. Palmer, Praed-street and Victoria-terrace, Paddington, clerk to an alpaca merchant —T. Adams, Great Warner-street and Red Lion-yard, Clerkenwell, wheelright—T. Clarke, Mace-street, Hackney, foreman to an engineer—P. N. Adkins, Willow-street, Bermondsey, licensed victualler—T. E. Souper, St. Bride's passage, City, clerk to an engineer—W. Jones, Skinner street and Primrose-street, Bi so psgate-street, City, co w keeper —T. Eames, Acacia Cottage, Do wnham-road, Kings land-road, tailor—T. Taylor, St. George's-place, Hyde park, carpenter—G. H. Turnbull, Smirk's-road, Old Kent road, clerk to a builder—T. Cheal, Mill-lane, Brixton, carman—J. Harvey, Great Warley, Essex, baker. DIVIDENDS DECLARED. Oct. 31. W. Ackland, Salisbury-street, Lisson-grove, and th i gh-street, Portland-town, and F. M. Goodwin, High-street, Portland-town, linen drapers— Oct. 31. W. Ackland, Salisbury-street, Lisson-grove, and High-street, Portland-town, linen drapers—Oct. 31. R. Brown and J. Burnham, Potton, Bedfordshire, common brewers—Oct. 31. R. Brown, Potton, Bedfordshire, common brewer — Oct. 31. N. Langlands, Dartford, Kent, grocer—Oct. 31. T. Davis and W. W. G. Garrett, Eatlibone-place, Oxford street, export oilmen—Nov. 2. J. Stapp, Snow-hill, City, wholesale cheesemonger—Oct. 24. R. Robson and J. T. Robson, Derby, silk manufacturers—Oct. 31. H. Ander son, Leicester, manufacturer of carved frames—Nov. 2. J. P. Brierly, S. Brierly, and G. Brierly, Oldham, Lanca shire, cotton spinners—Nov. 10. W. Edmond, T. Edmond, and R. McKim, Liverpool and Bombay, East Indies, merchants—Nov. 3. T. Robinson, Hexham, Northumber land, currier— Nov. 2. H. W. Gibb, Liverpool, shipowner Nov. 2. W. Leith, Liverpool, timber merchant—Nov. 2. E. W. Robinson, Liverpool, cotton broker. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. T. Hallam, G. Oliver, and J. Yates, Birmingham, ma nufacturers of silver wares, so far as regards G. Oliver— T. Hallam and J. Yates, Birmingham, manufacturers of silver ware—W. Landon and J. Landon, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, carriers- -Jane Francis and B. Francis, Chislehurst, Kent, bricklayers — E. J. Blackburn and C. Hicks, Lamb's Conduit-street, job masters—F. H. Howitt and F. F. Le Maitre. Blackfriars-road, Surrey, engravers '. Harvey and T. W. Griffin Macclesfield, Cheshire, linen drapers—C. Glover, Elizabeth Glover, and Ellen Glover, Blackburn, Lancashire, grocers—W. Gales and B. Gales, West Hartlepool, Durham, ship chandlers —I. Coney aid H. Coney, Douro-cottages, St. John's-wood, builders—W. Oxley and J. Chambers, Manchester, mill furnishers— J. Woodman and D. J. Shaw, Bristol, linen drapers—W. Carson and E. Owen, Manchester, millers — G. Norfolk and J. H. Clark, Chorlton-upon-Medlock, Lancashire, joiners—R. J. Winter, W. Ashdown, and W. V. Neale, Goodge-street, Tottenham-court-road, drapers, so far as regards W. Ashdown—R. Wormall, Mohlgreen, near Huddersfield, and J. Wormall, Huddersfield, York shire, grocers—T. Balderston and C. Balderston, East Kirkby, Lincolnshire, fellmongers— W. Thomas, R. M. Bryant, and D. W. Davies, Cleeve, Somersetshire, miners —J. Bennington and E. Andrew, Saddleworth, Yorkshire, grocers—L. Ashworth, T. Whitehead, T. Sharpies, and T. Blomley, Burnley, Lancashire, power loom cloth manufac turers, so far as regards T. Sharples—Elizabeth Emma Mill ward, D. Millward, anti . J. Willis, Plymouth, wholesale grocers, so far as regards E. E. Millward —D. Mill ward jun. ' and J. Wills, Plymouth, grocers — A. Pe pp er and F. Pratt, Brighton, riding masters—H. Philipps, R. Voss, and E. A. Marsden, Sise-lane, City, attorneys, so far as re gards It. Voss—E. Knapp and W. Knapp, Swindon, Wilt shire, grocers—W. Bradley and J. Bradley, Exeter, De vonshire, painters—R. Ward, sen., and It. Ward, jun., Derby, and Loughbro', Leicestershire—J. Hiscox and J. Hardwick, Leeds, cloth dressers —T. H. Wilcock and Elizabeth Wilcock, Lime-street, City, wholesale tea dealers —W. Barrell and T. Smith, Nailsworth, Gloucestershire, butchers—J. F. Stebbing and W. W. Caldecott, Barton Stacey, Winchfield, and Andover, Hampshire, maltsters— J. Dunlop and Suns, Glasgow, and Barrhead, so far as re gards C. Dunlop—`Ewen and Co., Batavia, Singapore, and Manilla, and Morgan, M`Ewen, and Co., Glasgow, so far as regards H. Vernede—Catto, Thomson, and Co., rope makers, W. Siinpson and Co., ironfounders, and Catto and Co., blockmakers, all in Aberdeen, so far as regards R. Catto, jun., It.` all and W. Catto. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. James Calvert, proprietor and manager of the Queen's Theatre, Glasgow. James Wilson, Haylee, near Large. John Simpson, late farmer, Broomhill. Goldie and Inglis, ironfounders, Eglinton Foundry, Glasgow. • John and Walter Scott, ship brokers, Glasgow. Robert Gallacher, fishmonger, Greenock. [ADVERTISEMENT.I—Medicine always aggravates chronic diseases, such as dyspepsia (indigestion), habitual constipa tion, nervous, bilious and, liver complaints, consumption , &c., but Du Barry's ' Delicious Revalenta Arabiea Food invariably cures them in a very short time. We extract 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 Dn Barry's Revalenta Arabica.— Andrew Frazer, Haddington, East Lothian." " Trevagler, Gulval, near Penzance. Feb. 20th, 1851.—Eighteen years nervous debility, vic.ent 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, cra mps, spasms, flatulency, retching, and such genera weakness, that I was constantly fearful of falling when on my legs ; all these symptoms have been re moved by Du Barry's excellent Food.—Mary Gilbert."—ln canisters, suitably packed for 411 climates, and with full instructions —llb., 2s. 9d. ; 21b., 4s. 6d. • 51b., 11.. ; 121 b., 225. ; s uper-refined, 11b., 6s. ; 21b., 111. ; 51b., 225. ; 101 b., 338. The 101 b. and 121 b., carriage free, on post office order. Barry du Barry and Co., 77, Regent-street, London ; Fortnnin, Mason, and Cu., purveyors to her ...lajcsty, Pic cadilly ; also at 68, Cornhill ; 60, Gracechurcstreet 330 and 451, Strand ; 63 an d 150, Oxford-street ; 55, Charing-cress 4, Cheapsidet; 49, Motopegate-street. • LIST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. £ s. d. X s. d. Bank of Scotland .. • • 71. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 181110 British Linen Company 81. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 204/ 0 Caledonian Bank 81. per cent. 10 0 0 210 0 3'. 18s City of Glasgow Bank 51. per cent. 10 0 0 10 u 0 101158 Clydesdale Bank •• •. 5%1. p cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 12 5s 'ommercial Bank • • 71. per cent. 500 0 0 100 0 0 198110 Eastern Bank.. •• 61. per cent. 25 0 0 10 0 0 11l Os Edinb. & Glasgow .. • • 3%1. p cent. 5 0 0 5 0 0 40. 15s Exchange Bnk of Scot.. 100 0 0 31 5 0 - National Bank •• •• 6% per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 05/ 18s North of Scotland Bank 51. per cent 20 0 0 210 0 41. 78 Royal Bank of Scotl. .. 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 12811.1 Union Bank of Scot... 81. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 921 5s Western Bank 71. per cent. 50' 0 0 50 0 0 78/ 101 Alliance Fire and Life.. 8141. pr cent. 100 0 0 11 0 0 251 Os British Guarantee .... 41. per cent. 10 0 0 2 0 0 01. 16s Caledonian Fire Insur. 101. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 251. Os City of Glasgow Life.. 61:per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 0 41. 11 s Colonial Life ......... 51. per cant. 50 0 0 1 0 0 51. 2s Edinburgh Life Insur. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 )251108 Eng. & Scot, Law Life 51. per cent. 50 0 0 3 5 0 141. 78 Life 4 ssoc. of Scotland 61. per cent. 10 0 0 110 0 4/. 16s National Fire and Life 61. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 j 11. 14s North British Insur... 71. per cent. 200 0 0 20 0 0 ;34/ 08 . Scottish Union Insrnc. 7%1. pr cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 11s ' Standard Life 5/. per cent 50 0 0 I - 7 0 0 1171los United Dep. Assurance 5/. per cent. 10 Q 0 0 0 The Peregrine Oliver, Sept. 30, lat. 37 N, long. 27 W. Tha Buctouche, from Whitehaven, bound south-west, Oct. 2, lat. 51 N. The Defence, from Callao to Hampton Roads, Sept. 2, let. 8 N, long. 26 W. The Main, from Callao to Cowes, Sept. 16, lat. 29 N, long. 39 W. The America, from Bombay to Liverpool, Sept. 23, lat, 41 N, long 34 NT. The Peggy and Mary, from Sydney, N. S. W., to Lon don, Sept. 28, lat. 46 N, long. 25 W. The Najade, for London, Oct. 4, lat. 47 N, long. 9 W. The Andreas,l bound to Point de Galle s Sept. 4, let. 47 N, long. 10 W. ' The Julia, steering for the westward, Sept. 19, 25 miles south-east of Malaga. The Catharine, from Labrador, Sept. 29, lat. 52 N, long. 15 W. PRICES OF SHARES IN BANKS, ASSUR4 I NCE, AND OTHER COM- PANIES' STOCK. From the Official Lest. PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING. LONDON, TUESDAY, OCT. 10, 1854. GAS-LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. - - . .Z s. d. £ s. d. ' British • • • • • • • • • • • • •• - - - - Ditto Provincial •• •• 11. Bs. 21 0 0 20 0 0 21 Brighton •••••• • • • • • , 5/. 20 0 0 20 0 0 - City of London ...... 41. 10s. 100 0 0 150 0 u 100 Continental (3d Cap.)... 41. 10a. 10 0 0 43 10 0 - Equitable • . .... •. .. 11. ss. 50 0 0 all ,26 Great Central ....... 71 per cent 10 0 0 all ' 11% Imperial .. • ......... 6/.84 bonus. 50 0 0 all 86 Independent ......... 51. 40 0 0 „ , - London • • .... •••• • • • • - 50 0 0 •• , - Do., Parl. Preference 61. per cent. 25 0 0 /9 1 25 Pceix . • • ........., 41. per cent. 60 0 0 50 0 0 267 i Ratcliff .. •• . ....... 51. VOO 0 0 90 0 0 70 United General -• • - 21. 10s. 50 0 0 all I 20 Westminster Chartered s'. per cent. 50 0 0 9, 353 Ditto, New ........ 51. per cent. 50 0 0 10 •. 0 6 46 WATER-WORKS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. £ s. d. £ s. d. East London. 6l.per cnt. Stock. 100 - Grand Junction .... •• 1 4 , . per cnt. 50 0 0 all 72 Kent.... • • .......... 41. per cnt. 100 0' 0 - 80 Lambeth ...... •.• • .. - 100 0 0 - 97 New River Company.. 21. 10s. - - 55 Southwark & Vauxhall 1 51 per cnt. 100 0 0 - 8936 West Middlesex ...... 5/.los. pr ct. - - 102 DOCKS. Dividend Amount • Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. - - £ s. d. £ s. 8. Commercial .......... 41. pr cent. Stock. Stock. - East and West India.. 51. pr rent. Stock. - - East Country • . 2os. per sh. - - - London .• .. ... •• .. 5/. pr cent. Stock. - 109 Ditto 80nd5...". -4/. per cent. - - - St. Katharine •• ...... 4 per cent. Stock. - - eouthampton ........ 3/. Os per c. 50 0 0 50 0 0 - Victoria .. • • ........ si. per cent. 20 0 0 12 0 0 , - BRIDGES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. £ s. d. £ a. d. Hungerford .... •'• .... - - - 12 Southwark ...... •• .. - 100 0 0 - 9 Ditto New of 7% p.c. 708. per cent. 50 0 0 - - Waterloo ..... _ ...... - 100 0 0 - 41 Ditto Old Ann. of 81 11. 14s. 60 0 0 -- 313( Ditto Nw ditto of 7.1 11. 103. Od. 40 0 0 - 28 Vauxhall ...•. . - . . -1/. ss. 70 10 3 - 22 JOINT-S roca BANKS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. I Share. --- X s. d. £ s. 8. Australasia..... - British North American 61. per cent. , 50 0 0 99 - Commercial of London. 41. per cent. )100 0 0 20 0 0 - Colonial ...... • • - lonian ..... .. - Lond. Char. Bk. of Aus. - 20 0 0 all 0 21% London and County • • 61. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 0 35 Londe and Westminutr 161. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 - London Joint Stock ... 61. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 28% Provincial of Ireland.. 81. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 50 Ditto, N ew. • • - - i 8 / . per cent. 10 0 0 all - National of Ireland.... 41. per cent. 50 0 0 22 10 0 49 Nat. Provincial of Eng. , 61. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 - Ditto, New .. •• -•• 5 , per cent. 20 0 0 10 • 0 0 - Oriental Bank Corpora. 121. p ct.&bs. 25 0 0 all 42% South Australia • • .... 8 , p. ct.& bs. 25 0 0 91 - Union of • ustralia- -40 . per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 69 Ditto .. . - 2 10 0 - Union of London ..... 8/. per cent 50 0 0 10 0 0 23% Union of Madrid ... • • - 40 0 0 all - CANALS. Names of g Dividend Price Names of E Dividend . per Companies. A per Companies. ti Price. Annum. a Annum. ' m -- X 1 1 X 1 % shin &Oldh 98 7i. p. at., 151 Nfacclesfield. 1 00 27. 10s. 5114 Barnsley •• • • 160, ' Neath -. •• •• 100 161. 150 Brknk&Xbrg 150. 4/. 60 0xf0rd...... Ino , 13'. 110 Birmingham 40! 41. 9314 Peak Forest. 78 1 51 Os, 86 Coventry.... 1001 251 . 209 Regent's .... 301 18e. 16% Derby ••• •• 1001 6/. 80 Rochdale.... 85 1/. 10s. 60 Ellsmre&Chs 69 1 2% p. et. Somrset Coal 1401 Grand.llnetn. 100 4t. pr. et. 57 Do. Lk Fd-t 12 Do., 6 pr.Ct.l 10:61. pr. et. 11% Wird &Wore 1 40 281. 425 •lrand 4urreyllool 21. 10s. 48 Shrewsbury.. 25 Grand Union' 100 11.0 s 12 Atearbridge.. 45 121. 285 Kennt & Avn' 39 6s. Od. 614 A'evern and 1 ' 21. 24 Lancaster .. 100 W3 - e Hail. j 26 Leeds &Gvrp 100 251. Warwick & Leicester ...•1100 5 /. 68 Birming. I 100 21. 27 Leicstr &Nth 83 11. 2914 Warwick & 1 31. 13 Loughborogh 142 701. 575 Napton..) 100 Monmouthsh 100 Worcstr &I 78 3/. 32 Mntgmerysh 100 Birming. Meltnllwbry 100' Wilts & Brks —10 s. Od. INSURANCE COMPANIES. . Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. X a. d. X a. d. Albion• .- ..., .. •... 3/. 10s. 500 0 0 50 0 0 - Alliance Brit. and For. V. 14s. 6d. bs. 100 0 0 11 0 0 20 ])itto Marine ....... 6L p.c. & bs. 100 0 0 25 0 0 - Anchor .............. 6 per cent. 5 (0 1 0 0 - Atlas . xrgus Life . British Commercial .. 7s. 6d. 50 0 0 5 0 0 7 Clericl.Med.& Gen. Life spr ct. & bs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 2(N County .............. 4/. 100 0 0 10 0 0 125 Crown .............. 17s. Od 50 0 0 5 0 0 18 Eagle .. Equity and Law...... 4% per cent. 100 0 0 5 0 0 5 European Life ...... ... 11. 20 0 0 au 191 Genera 1.............. 6/. 5 0 0 ~ 5% Globe . • ... 6/. per cent. Stock. .. 128 Guardian ............ 5/. per cent. leo 0 0 45 0 0' 55 Imperial Fire ..... .... 12/. per cent. 500 0 0 50 0 0 , 335 Imperial Life Indemnity Marine.... 1 , . 3s & 31. 100 0 0 20 0 0 61 Law Fire ............ 25.8 a 25. bs. 100 0 0 210 0 4% Law Life. •• • • - - 100 0 0 10 0 0 55% Legal and General Life - 50 0 . 0 2 0 0 6% London ..... ........ 27s 6d. 25 0 0 12 10 0 29% London =hip-. .. 10s. & bs. 25 0 0 12 10 0 - Marine... • • .......... 18s.per share 100 0 0 18 0 0 28 Med.ln - vlid&Gen.Life 4% i. per ct. 50 0 0 2 0 0 - Minerva ••.. • • ...... sp. et. & be. 20 0 0 2 0 0 5% Monarch •• • • ••• • .• - 5 0 0 1 0 0 - National Loan Fund..' 51. per cent. 20 0 0 210 0 2% Palladium Life •.. - Pelican .... • • • • • • • . • • - - - - Phoenix - - - 183 Professional Life.• .... N. per cent. 5 0 010 0 % Provident Life........ 11. ss. & bs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 393 Rock Life.... • • Royal Exchange ...... 6/. p ct. & bs. Stock. all - Sun Fire ...... • ....... 6/ 10s. - ~. 252 Ditto Life ..... 1/ lOs - - United Kingdom .... •U pct & bs. 20 0 0 4 0 0 4% Universal Life .• • - Victoria Life • • - 412 6 - . . MISCELLANEOUS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. • per of I Paid. Price. Annum. Share. • - X s. d. X s. d. Assam Tea ••.. •• .... 51, 50 0 0 20 0 0 - knew., Mart •• •• -2% per cent. 50 0 0 - - tustralian ,5411 culturl 1/. Is. 100 0 0 17 10 0 - Australian Trust •• .. 61. per cent. - 25 0 0 - Australian Royal Mail Si. 10 0 0 all - %nglo-Mexican Mint.. 11 lOs. 10 0 0 all - British American Land lbs. - 40 0 0 - Canada - -.....• .. RI. per cent. 100 0 0 32 10 0 - Do. 5 per cent Bonds 51. per cent. - - - Ditto, 6 per cent. • • 61 . per cent. - - 110 City Navigation Bonds - - - - Electric Telegraph (A) 7 per cent. 25 0 0 20 0 0 61% Ditto .. ••• • - - (B) - 25 0 0 15 0 0 - Equitable Reversionry 51 pr. cent. 100 0 0 1 00 0 0 Ditto New .. .• •, . - 50 0 0 17 10 0 - (ten. Revers. &Invest. sp.c. & bs, 100 0 0 100 0 0 ..... Gen .Steam Navigation 10 p. ct. 15 0 0 14 0 0 - Hudson's Bay ...... • • - Stock. - - linngerford .....• •• _ 21. ss. 100 0 0 100 0 0 - London Institution . • • - - - - London Reversionary 4% per cent. lb 0 0 all - Russell Institution.. • • - - 12 10 0 - Price's Patent Cand. Co 10/. per cent. 20 0 0 17 10 0 - Reversionary Int. Soc. 4%1. pr cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 - Royal Mail steam.. •. 41. p. share. 100 0 0 60 0 0 - South Australian..... 61. per cent. 25 0 0 all . -_ Trust and Loan Comp. Upper Canada .... - - - ___ SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. CUSTOM-HOUSE, OCT. 10. ENTERED INWARDS.—The Sylvea, from Dram ; Chris tina Margretha, Quebec ; Freya, St. John's, N.B. ; Sarah Ann, Antwerp ; Zwaam, Rotterdam ; Svea, Galstrom ; Malcolm, Antigua ; Matilda, St. John's, N.B. ; Willy, Stettin. ENTERED OUTWARDS. —The Neustra Seniors del Car men, for Cadiz and Seville ; Conder, Rouen ; Lambert, Hamburg ; Marie Christina, Santander ; Petr Bub o , Lord Hungerford, Sydney, N.S.W.; Jennry Wren, Moul mein ; Flore, Constantinople ; Helen Stewart, L aunces . ton ; Chatham, Hobart Town ; Echo; Dunkirk ; North Star, Akyab i Sarah, Antwerp ; Sarah, Rio Janeiro. • C LEAR ED OUT WITH CARGO. — The Iris , for Port Ade laide; Leon idas, Calcutta ; Duke de Braga O p ort o , Wandringsmanden , Dram, Moss, and Christian ia ; Bluek Mary, ' Fi n kia, Port-au-Prince • John Scott, Demerara ' Bahia • Neptunus, Christiania; Union, Brug es and Ghent; Orwell, Port Philip ; Orthona, Portland Bay; Valentine, Rouen. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. The Amoy, from Quebec, to Liverpool, 23 days out, lat. 51 N., long. 19 W. The Janet Wilson, of Greenock, bound out, lat. 49 N., long. 8 W. The Emile (Danish barque), Sept. 29, 12 W. lat. 46 N., long. - The Peveral (smack), from the Lila of Mau to Melbourale, lat. 36 S., long. 14 E. The Sir John. Franklin, from Philadelphia, duii. 3 * ; 10 ' 1 ~20 N., long. 34N. • - i . COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—YESTERD. Amsterdam.. 11 16% Gibraltar ..... .. Ditto, three months .. 11 18% Legboru .......... •• 30 55 Botterdam ............ 11 18 1 1 Genoa ...... Antwerp .............. 25 4231 Milan : ....•• ••• rruipels .............. 25 4231 Venice Ilambargh .......... 3.3 7% :Naples Alfons .. • ;Palermo ............ 17834 Pari5........ ...... 25 1231 Messina ... Ditto, three months .. 25 40 ,Lisbon - 53 Marseilles ............. 25 40 , Oporto ...........• •• • 5334 Bourdeaux •• ........ Rio Janeiro... ....• . Fr ankfort• on- 11aine 119 1 A 'Buenos Ayres.... .. . . Berlin •• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • New York, 60 days' sight Vienna • • .... 11 48 Philadelphia .... ..... Trieste 11 504 PRICES OF Bum ION, PER OZ. Petersburg Foreign Gold in B tars £3 IT 9 Madrid 50 Portugal Gold Coint •• 0 0 .0 5014 Mexican Dollars .. • .. 0 0 0 Barcelona ............ New Dollars 0 0 0 Seville.. • • •• .• •• • . • • • Silver in bars . ~ 0 5 13( COUNTRY MARKETS. LIVERPOOL-OCT. 10. The Corn Exchange this morning was tolambly well at tended by millers and dealers, who operated vei 7 cautiously, taking merely sufficient of any article to supp.ly immediate wants. Foreign wheat fully sustained the prig) of Tuesday last, and prime quality of American flour con imanded 6d per barrel advance. English wheat and flour were both in better supply, and prices were rather easier. Good new red wheat sold at Ss 9d to 8s 10k1 per 701bs; and g ood house hold flour 44s 6d to 45s 6d per 2801bs. The best Eiidian corn declined, is, and the secondary sorts 2s per qr. Oatmeal gave way is per load. Barley and beans rather dearer. Oats and peas without change. IPSWICH—Ocr. 10. We have only a very small supply of wheat. A brisk sale resulted, and an advance upon last week's prices of 2s to 3s per qr. was established. We had a fair quantity of bailey, considerable activity in the trade, and a further advance o. 2s, and even 3s per qr., was realised by tb.e growers. Beans and peas dearer. PER QUARTER. PER QUARTER. Wheat, red (old) 56s to tads Barley, grinding ... 288 to 305 Ditto (new) Ditto, white (new) 60s to 66s,Peas Ditto (old) Barley, malting ... 31s to 34E Flour, per sack AVERAGES FOR THE WEEK E.NDING OCT. 7, 1854. Wheat Oats 75 „ 25s 9d Peas l3 „ 36m Od Bears Barley HIILL-OCT. 10. Our farmers brought a small supply of wheal: to-day, and for which they demanded and obtained is to :28 more mo ney. For foreign a very good demand, at is to 2s advance on the week. Grinding barley goes off at la advance. The unprecedented demand and low stocks of linseed cakes, coupled with export demand for barley, seems certain to enhance the value of each article. Sales of barley were ef fected for France. Beans and peas unaltered. Linseed is is to 2s dearer, and linseed cakes we never remember so scarce even at our advanced quotations. A good inquiry for bones, but none offering. II Wheat, English, red 58 to 60 Ditto white 6O to 64 Dantzic and Konigs berg Pomeranian and Ham - Peas, grey and black to Unseed, Black Sea_ 59 to 60 Ditto Petersburg} ... 54 to 58 Ditto Riga and A rch angel burgh Danish, Holstein, and I Ditt.;Konigsberg and Memel 46 to 50 Friesland 56 to 58 Per Tou. Russian and Odessa 52 to 57 Lins. c., Hullllllos Od to• 015 s Oats, English Ditto Danish Ditto Friesland Ditto Russian 2B to Rape cakes 112 s 6c? td a 003 Barley, malting Ditto grinding 2B to 31 Ditto foreign Beans Ditto foreign Peas, white and yel 4O to 43 !Bones llos Od to I_lss Os !Rye Meal RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, OCT. 10. STOCK EXCHANGE.—Prices have been steadily main tained, closing firm at the quotations. Caledonian, 30j; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 72i ; Manchester, Shel field, and Lincoln, 24 ; Midland, 70A ; South-Eastern, 19 1. 16. MANCHESTER, OCT. 10. STOCK EXCEANGE.—We have. had only a limited, bad nesss to-day, and prices a shade lower. East Lanct Le hire, 17; Great Western, Birmingham Preference, ; Lanca shire and Yorkshire, 72i ; London and North-W astern, 101fi ; Manchester, Sheffield, and. Lincolnshire, 101.. Pref., 11i; South Eastern, 19 1-16. BIRMINGHAM, OCT. 10. STOCK EXCHANGE.—To-day the market is heavy, and a small amount of business wasstransacted. vat Western (Birmingham guaranteed), 73g. BRISTOL, OCT. 10. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market was steady.. Midlands, 70i ; South Devons, 13i. SEABORNE MAILS. (N signifies that the malls are sent from the Gem mai Post-office by the night—and M by the morning—despatch.) Day when made ui From w kat When COUNTRIES. in General Post- Port due in Office, London.* Hispate ted. England. - -- , -----, America(byßrit.pack)N Every Friday .. • • Liverpoc a ... Each Mon America (by United Sts. . packet) .. • .......N Oct. 14 . America (by U. States k .......... N Gat. 11 .. • • ...... Souther a pto n Oct. 19 Australia (via South- Nov. 4 Nov 9 • • Southara pton Dec. • Dover .. .. ~ Nov. 30 eill ' es — ) .lM N 13 Di t am t f r o p ( ( t v i n a 2 , iul:a o rs . o . of onee Hop.) •• •• •• •• .• ••N,Dec• 4 • • ... l'neertair r , Alm. t West Coast) ...N tie or the month.. Plymout h .. Nov. 6 Alexandria .......... N 'l, 9, 24, &30 of m. Dover .. .... Alexandria— ........34 4th & 20th of mon. southarn ptob Bahamas ...........N 17th of the mono. Senthkur otor, Oct. 16 Belgium .......... .. N 1 , ailY • • • • •• • • . • • . Dover.. .... Daily Brazil ..............31 9th of the month.. Southal n plot, Oct. 16 Buenos Ayres .... —Ai 9th of the month.. Stouttrai it pint , ,Oct. 16 Cape of Good Hope ..N Various ports 'Uncertain Cape of Good Hope .. N Cape de Verds .... N 9th of the month Southan ti don Oct. 16 Ceylon (see India) Ceylon .... .. .... ....N Channel Isles ....N sfon.,Wed.,&Frid. Southan C I ton To.Th.lat Chili— ... .. M, id & 17th of wont' Southan si ton Oct. 16 China (see India) Constantinople ......N 8,13,18,23,&28 of m Dover .. •• • • Oct. 10 Constantinople ........ 4th & 20th of molt Southan q )ton Uont. of Europe M & N Twice daily .... Dover .. ...... Twit -40)01y Egypt (see India) • France ........ AI & N Twice daily .. Dover ... ... Twieedally qibraltar .......... AI 4,7, 17, 20, 27 of m. Southamp ter, , Oct. 20 Greece (see India) Greytown .......... M 2nd & 17th of mon. Southern? ton Oct. 16 llamburgh .....• • . .. N Tuesday & Friday London .. ... liavannah ...........51 2nd of the month southains .tot, Nov./1 Holland .... •,, • • ....M Daily.. —• • ...... Dover .... , ... Dail)' Honduras ........ 111 17th of are month. gouthanA dot/ lOct. 16 India (viaSouthampt.) hi 4th & 20th of mon o Plymout / , • • 'Oct. 20 India (via Marseilles)sl 9th&2sth of month Dover .. , .... Nov. 30 lonian Isles (see India) 7, 17, & 27 of mon Dover.. . ... Ireland . ; ......M & N Twice daily ...... Holyhes 4 .. Twlcedally Li5b0n..............M 7,9, 17, &27 of $ ,outlign,ll gran ci. 15 Madeira ............M 9th •of the month B tltfthan ii ‘tcni Oct. 16 sladeira ............Nl23d of month .... Liverpo(sl ... Nov. 3 (delta (see India) . .t 'delta ..............N 'B, 18, &2g of mon. Dover .. .... Oct. 10 Rau/lens (see India) Mauritius ..........N 14th of the month Mexico sl,2nd of the. month. ,Southan q )ten Nov. 1 Naples .:,..• ...... N sthlsth%sthormon.lDover .. .....Oct. 12 • New Granada .• .. —3l 2d & 17th of month l Southarr q ,ton Oct. 16 New Zea1and.......... By private skip _lVarious p irts Uncertata Papal States ...• .• —N,sthlsth2sthoflnon. Dover .. ct. 12 Peninsula M ilthl7th27thofmen, Southall' q , tot , Oct. 16 Peru M2d & 27th of, mon. south an q ,tn , Oct. 16 Port Natal N By private ship...l - Various p orts Uncertain. Sicily N bthlsth2sthot mon, Dover ••. Oct. 12 , •••• , Tuscany N sthlsth2 s thotinon. Dover .. .... ;,Oct. 12 Venezuela M 2d& 17th ofmonth Souther o.,l ) tonD t. 16 Van Diemen's Land (see Australia) .. West Indies M 2d& 17th or month ISouthar rq AoniOct. 16 When any of these dates fall 071 a Sunday, the n uMs will be d e ., spatched on the following day. with the exceptien o t the India via Southampton), and the Malta, both of which will be: despatched the preceding day. BIRTHS. OF A BON. On the 29th ult., at Florence,' the Baroness de Rigel. On the 6th inst., at Ayton Castle, Berwickshire, Mrs. Alexander Mitchell Lanes. OF 'A DAUGHTER. On the 9th inst., at 57, Wi mpole-etree 6, t h e w if e of Oliver .31. Ridley, Esq. On the 7th inst., at Chalkwell, near Sitti sgbourae, the wife of John Binford Hole, Esq. MARRIED. On the 7th inst., at Old Charlton. Kent, L ient.-Colonel Frederick Browne, H.E.1.C.5., to Nary Elia nbeth, eldest daughter of Wm. Nokes, Esq., solicitor, of W oolwich. On the 7th inst., at the parish church, Sunning-hill, Jas. de Riemer, youngest son of Thomas Cope, Esq., of 37, Carlton-hill, St. John's-woad, to Eleanor Barrick, youngest daughter of Lieutenant Jefferson, R.N., of V i rginia -water, Berkshire. DIED. Killed, on the 20th ult., at the battle of the Alma. Ar thur Walsham, First Lieutenant in the Royal Artillery, and third son of Sir John Waltham, of Knill Court, in the county of Hereford, aged 21. ' On the 23d ult., on board the Andes, from wounds re ceivedin the action at the Alma, L ieutenant Ramsay . W ar dlaw, of the 19 th Regiment, youngest son of the late Lieut.-General Wardlaw, aged 2 3. On the sth inst., at Wandle-house, Mitcham, P e t er Esq., of the Admiralty. London,onth 7th inst., Mr. Benjami n Bayfi e ld, o f C omp t on, near Guildford, Surrey, formerly of 7, Martin's-lane, Lon• don, aged 73. LONDON : Printed and Pablighed by :HURD!). YOUNG of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at. The Sun (Mice,. No. 1.12,. Strand, in the Preeinet-of the. Sam*, in - Middles.; Wednesday, Oct, 11, 1854. I