The Sun. — London, England, 1854-10-17 00:00:00

Irtirb %baton. --- SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock. ....... NEWMARKET RACES. ( THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) GREAT WARWICK HANDICAP. gaffer Pantomime St. Clare Ten ran. SWEEPSTAKES. Duet Despised . TWO-YEAR-OLD HANDICAP Cock of the North Priestcraft Ino colt Nine ran. SWEEPSTAKES. Falcon Apostate WELTER CUP. Veteran Morning Star Seven ran. MATcm—Gossip beat Apostate. THE LONDON GAZETTE. (THIS EVENING.) FOREIGN-OFFICE, OcT. 17. The Earl of Clarendon, her Majesty's Principal Secre tary of State for Foreign Affairs, has received from Lord Cowley, her Majesty's Ambassador at Paris, the sub joined copies of a letter, addressed by his Excellency to M. Drouyn de Lhuys, Minister for Foreign Affairs to his Majesty the Emperor of the French, offering the condolence of her Majesty's Government on the lamented death of the late Marshal St. Arnaud ; and of a letter, addressed by M. Drouyn de Lhuys to Lord Cowley, in r eply. Paris, October 10, 1854. M. le Ministre,—l am desired by her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to take the earliest opportunity of conveying to the Emperor the expression of the deep regret with which the Queen's Government have learnt the intelligence of the death of Marshal St. Arnaud. Her Majesty's Go vernment desire to offer to his Imperial Majesty and to the French People their condolence on an event which has deprived the Emperor and France of the services of so distinguished and brave a General. If anything could mitigate the sorrow that must be felt by the Governments and people of France and England upon this occasion, it must be the satisfaction, though a mournful one, that the Marshal's last moments were preceded and cheered by the triumph of a victory, which will always be glorious in the military annals of both countries. In requesting your Excellency to convey these senti ments to the knowledge of the Emperor, I trust that I may be permitted to add the expression of my personal regrets for the loss which the Emperor and the French nation have sustained. To know Marshal St. Arnaud was to like him ; for the courtesy and affability of his private life was as remarkable as his courage and firmness in the field.— I avail, &c., (Signed) COWLEY. His Excellency M. Drouyn de Lhuys, &c. (Translation.) M. L'AMBASSADEIIR, I have laid before the Emperor the letter that your Ex cellency did me the honour to address to me on the 10th instant, containing the expressi on of re g ret felt by the Go• vernment of her Britannic Majesty on learning the lament able loss which France has sustained by the death of Marshal St. Arnaud. The Emperor has been deeply af fected by a proceeding which gives such evidence of the union of this Government with that of the Queen, and of the sincerity with which the two countries are henceforth called upon to participate in all that can be for either of them a subject of mourning or of joy. If, under the present circumstances, anything could assuage the grief which the Emperor and France have felt at such a loss, it is truly, as your Excellency has so well said, the satisfaction which Marshal St. Arnaud was enabled in dying to experience, that he had just in scribed his name in conjunction with those of heroic allies on one of the most glorious pages of the military annals of England and France. I have no need, my Lord, to add that the terms in which your Excellency has so courteously expressed yourself per sonally in regard to the Marshal, have been duly appre ciated.—l hasten, kc., , (Signed) DROITYN DE LHITYS. Paris, Oct. 12, isrit. FOREIGN OFFICE, OcT. 16. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. James Colquhoun as Consul-General in London for the King of Saxony. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, OCT. 16. Royal Regiment of Artillery—First Lieutenant James Farrell Pennycuick to be Second Captain, vice Dew, killed in action at Alma; Second Lieutenant Richard O'Hara to be First Lieutenant, vice Pennycuick ; Second Lieu tenant Hugh Chetham Lyle to be First Lieutenant, vise Walsham, killed i n action at the Alma ; Second Lieutenant Leonard Griffithsto be First-Lieutenant, vice Cockerell, killed in action at Alma, Sept. 21. Corps of Royal Engineers—Brevet-Colonel Lewis Alex ander Hall to be Colonel, vice Brigadier-General Tylden, deceased, Sept. 23. [The following Article is substituted for that which ap peared in the Gazette of Dec. 2, 1853. COMMISSION SIGNED BY TEIE QUEEN. Merionethshire Militia—Robert Macsie Taylor, late Lieutenant 23th Foot, to be Adjutant, with the rank of Captain. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD LIEUTENANTS - Sir David Maxwell, Bart, to be Vice-Lieutenant of the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright, Oct. 10. 4th or Duke of Lancaster's Own (Light Infant JJieutery) Roya n -1 Lancashire Militia — En si g n George Barlow to be ant, vice Irwin, resigned, Sept. 8 • Lieutenant Augustus Wm. Smethurst, to b Capt,vice Hesketh, resigned, Oct 4 ; Ensign Thomas Frederick Yeo to be Lieutenant, vice Smethurst, promoted, Oct. 5 ; Sheffield Bethain, Gent., to be Ensign, Oct. 6; John Joseph Westenra Smith, Gent., to be Ensign, Oct. 7 ; William Gibton, Gent., to be En sign, Oct. 8 : Henry Joy, Gent., to be Ensign, Oct. 9. Royal South Lincoln Militia—Samuel Foley, Gent., to be Assistant -Surgeon, vice Ferneley, promoted, Oct. 9. Cambridgeshire Militia—Edwyn John King, M.D., late Assistant -surgeon East Kent Militia, to be Surgeon, vice Cole, resigned, Oct. 4 ; Richa rd W y nne, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Gillson, Oat. 11; Frederick Maycock, Gent., to be Lieutenant, Oct. 12. West Essex Militia—Robert Crowe, Gent., to be Lieu tona nt, Oct. 7. [Up to the hour of going to press we had not received the 'portion of the Gazette containing the Bankrupts.] MARKET INTELLIGENCE. ( Prom the London New Price Current of this day. ) SUGAR.—The market is quiet but firm ith few public sales. Yellow Havannah sold afloat at 21s 4ld for No. 12 for a near port. The quantity of British plantation landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 1,821 hhds 172 tierces 614 brls, there were taken for home con sumption 1,515 hhds 270 tierces 677 brls. The stock in the same places is 21,358 hhds 3,061 tierces 4,856 brls. limited COFFILX.—This article is quiet with only a quantity offering publicly. Native Ceylon is 45s 3d to 45s 6d. Porto Rico 1,500 bags privately sold at 52s for fine old colory. Rum.—A moderate business has been transacted at fully previous rates. The quantity landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 1,635 puns 135 hhds, there were taken for home consumption 216 puns 41 hhds, and exported 136 puns 321 hhds. The stock in the same places is 12,729 puns 2,243 hhds. Rim] was in moderate deman d at very stiff prices. About 4,000 bags on the spot have been sold at 13s 6d to 14s for mid and good Bengal, and at lls 6d to 12s for pinky Madras. COTTON has been more in demand, about 500 bales sold at full prices. SALTPETRE.—Business is very slack in this article, only a few lots of fine 21 per cent. refraction sold at 26s 9d for cash. TEA.—The market is quiet. Private and public sales of about 2,500 packages are now in progress. TALLOW. —The small quantity known to be shipped from Memel has given additional firmness to the market, and a good business has been done on the spot and for the end of the year at 65s 3d to 65s 6i, which is 6LI dearer, and the market closed firm at the latter price. For the spring months a large extent of business is reported at 65s 6d per owt. The stock this day was 30,153 casks against 20,912 casks. The delive r y last week 1,116 casks against 3.031 casks, sines I st Jun e 25,474 casks against 38,963 casks, the arrivals last week 901 casks against 7,418 casks, and since let June 19 , 627 c asks a g ainst 36,590 casks. T AR TARIC ACID is steady at i s 8d per lb on the spot, and is 9d for forward. TlN.—The smelters advanced their prices of British to day 3/. per ton, blocks 11 7 s, and bars 118 s per cwt. Inoil is dull, and the price nominal at 82s 6a cash for mixed Nos. of Scotch pig. SpELTER,—Ab to out 50tons kayo been disposed of at 231. 2s 6d cash in 14 days. OlLS.—Linseed is rather quiet, on the spot sellers at 365, but for the first four months of next year thewnre 47 are b u yers at 37s 6th Rape is still very scarce, ros, Dutch 48s 6d, and pale 50. to 51s. In Cocoa Nut a fair business has been done at 49s to 50s for Ceylon and Cochin. palm is firm at previous terms. COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—Tnis DAY. Gibraltar .. • . •• •• •• •• Anisterdara • .• •• •• •• •• 11 16'A Gib Ditto, three months .. 11 18 , 4 Lt•gborn Rotterdam ....•• .• •• •• 11 18' Genoa .... • • • •• ." • • .. Antwerp •••....• • • .. .. 25 42 al i lan :•.. : *** ••'• ' • • • Trusels •• •• .• ..... .. 25 42)4 2 Venice.... '• •• •• ••• Ilamburgh .• .....• .. 13 7 Naples .. •••:.**•• '' '• •• Altona .• •• .......• .• •• , Palermo •. •• ••• •• •••• '' Paris .. ••• . " •••••• •• 2 " 13 Messina. •• • '•••• • • • • Ditto, three months .. 25 37% Lisbon •• •• • • " Marseilles .•• • • ........ 25 37% Oporto .• •.••• ••••'' '' • • " BourdeAuX ..•• •• -• •• •• Rib Janeiro ....... ::.- New York,6o days' sight - Frankfort -on- ',eine •• •• 11834 Buenos Ayres.... • • •••• '.' Berlin ................ • .... 11 52 , Philadelphia •• • ..... ;•• •• •• •• 11 54 1 PRICES OF BULLICN, Vienna.... •• • .... PER OR. Trlgste•• •• •;.• —.. .. 3C, :Foreign Gold in Bars Z 3 17 9 P e tersburg •• •• •• M a drid .•••• •• •• ...... 1,0 Portugal Gold Coi n .. 0 0 0 .•• .. • 50% Mexica n Dollars .... 0 0 0 N ew Dollars .. .. •• 0 0 0 . ........• silver in bars • •• Seville.. .• . .. OAI il ° B arc elona •• •• • • • • •• •• Cadiz . . ..... .• 30 50 25 80 43% l',B l / 4 1283,i The people of Wexford are about to gipt a n banquet to their distinguished fellow-townsman, i M'Clure, the discoverer of the North-West Passage. THe PENDING CHURCH CONTROVERSY. —The Arch bishop of Canterbury, disregarding objections and pro tests, has issued a commission to inquire whether there _ew 1 is any ground for proceeding further w ith the objections _N NEW YORE. —The m ercantile intelligence from that have been made against the Venera ble Archdeacon York this week describes inactivity and heaviness in the Denison's doctrinal teaching. The commission consists of the Right Rev. Dr. Carr, late Bishop of Bombay, stock market. Among recent failures had been tbat d of J. F. Morse and Co., of Boston importers of dry goo s. but now rector of Bath ; the Rev. Charles Langdon, of The letters from St. Peters ' burg again bring lower Q ueen Camel Vicarage, Ilchester ; the Rev. Charles quotations of the rate of exchange. In London Russian p o l e , rural dean, Yeevilton Rectory, Ilchester ; the are I produce is advancing, and tallow, and henap Philips, 9ucklington Ventory, Winnenton ; all firmer and dearer. i the P. IL Rea Eilupitca on-fito ______, ___ __:_____ur. RUSSIAN DEMONSTRATIONS. The assembling of Russian troops along the frontier of Gallicia, with an entrenched camp at Kielce, as the pivot of their operations, was a tolerably significant hint. But the news from St. Petersburg, which reached us last night by telegraph, leaves not a shadow of doubt on the meaning of this movement. An ukase was pro mulgated at Petersburg, on the 14th inst., by which the three provinces nearest Austria (this designation we presume indicates Podolia, Volhynia, and the Kin g dom a of Poland) are declared in state of siege, and Gorstcha koff appointed generalissimo of the army concentrated in them. While the Czar thus plainly intimates that he considers the congratulations presented by the Emperor of Austria to the Courts of the Tuileries and St. James's on their successes in the Crimea as tantamount to a de claration of war against Russia, be, by leaving his fron tier towards Prussia entirely denuded of troops, ex presses quite as unequivocally his entire confidence is tke Court of Berlin. In a Monarch like the Czar, so notoriously addicted to suspect every person he deals with of treachery, this withdrawal of his troops from the Prussian frontier appears to imply some peculiarly strong reason for his confidence. It lends probability to a report which has began to be current in Germany, that a secret treaty has been concluded between the Sing of Prussia and the Emperor of Russ!%. If this be true, Prussia can no longer be con sidered in any other light than as a frontier province of the Russian Empire. All the Prussian ports on the Baltic will in this case have to be blockaded next spring as well as the Russian. The merchants of Memel, Daatzic, Konigsberg, Stettin, and Pillau, are warned in time of what is awaiting them if some check is not placed upon the infatuated determination of their King to act as a vassal of the Czar. In 1812 the people of Prussia compelled their reluctant King to place himself at the head of the national movement for the emancipation of the country ; and what has been done once c an be done again. Or f Frederick William prove of less malleable materials than his father, the Prussians need only look across the frontier to Brunswick, in order to see a younger brother occupying the throne from which his elder brother was expelled for unfitness to govern, and that by the instrumentality of the Diet of the Germanic Confederation. TOO KNOWING BY HALF. The following story, for which we are indebted to a Frankfort paper shrewdly suspected of being in the pay of Russia is, if true, an amusing illustration of the manner in which deceivers are sometimes misled by as suming all the world to be as mendacious as themselves : " Russia has closely watched the armaments prepared by the Allies for the invasion of the Crimea ; it was in formed by correspondents at Varna of every step and measure taken by them. There was one thing, how ever, which the Russian government could not be brought to believe—and that because no mystery was made of it —the destination of the expedition. The Russian go vernment did not believe that Sebastopol, so openly spoken of, was really to be attacked ; but persuaded itself that the admirals and generals of the allies had sealed orders, not to be opened till they were at sea, which when opened would be found to direct them to attack some other port." We have here a corroboration of a favourite maxim of Talleyrand (and we believe of Lord Alalmesbury before him), that the wiliest diplomatists may be effectually deceived by frankly telling them the plain and simple truth. Diplomatists and metaphysi cians resemble each other in this, that while laboriously digging to reach some recondite truth, they overlook the truth that stares them in the face on the surface. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Last night Mr. Ranger made his first appearance as Lord Witherby in the little comedy of Vanity Cured ; or, The School for Old Gentlemen, which was revived for the occasion. Lord Vilitherby is a slight sketch of Lord Ogilvy in the Clandestine Marriage; and Mrs. Al ax man is one of those match -making mammas, desirous of uniting her daughter to age and infirmity for the sake of rank and fortune. Mr. Ranger's performance of the part was admirable ; there was a quietness and an en tire want of exaggeration on the one hand, and of tame 'less on the other. Nothing could be more amusing than the youthful airs and graces assumed by "the boy" of sixty ; it was a capital performance, and richly merited the applause it received. Mrs. Stanley, as the match making mother, was exceedingly good ; and the Louisa of Miss Clifford was an excellent performance for a debutanti. The advice we, in common with our con temporaries, gave respecting the compressing of the King's Rival, has been fo llowed, and it now goes" ad mirably. The appearance of the theatre last evening augured well for the bold undertaking of the accom plished directress. It was fully and fashionably at tended. OLYMPIC THEATRE. The clever and ingenious acting of Mr. Robson has never been more strikingly exhibited than in a new farce brought out at this theatre last night under the title of A Blighted Being. The worthy in question fancies him self the especial victith of an opposing fate. He is con signed to a brewery when he would court the muses. His great epic poem in sixteen books is rejected by the booksellers, and is equally rajected by the public when he publishes it on his own account. His expectations of fortune are frustrated by an untimely marriage ; and he is at length reduced to the verge of despdr. There is no consolation sufficiently potent to comfort him, and suicide is the only prospect in which he sees relief. The explanations which of course ensue revive Job Wort, and under the influence of love and medicine his cure is completed. The tragic quality which enters so essentially into farces of this description has often been embodied by Mr. Robson. • His delineation of mental suffering, built on a comic basis, is perfection itself. His haggard look, nervous irritation, and distraught utterance last night made up a minute portraiture of hopeless affliction — such we believe that no one on the stage at the present moment could even remotely rival. The piece, written solely for him, was thus inimitably sustained; and its suc cess was unquestionable. The Irish apothecary was filled by Mr. Danvers, we may add, with a useful and pro mising vivacity ; and the perky smartness of Mr. Har wood Cooper, the representative of a tavern waiter, was equally suggestive of notice. This farce, which is founded on a French vaudeville of not very recent date, owes its authorship to Mr. Tom Taylor. THE SUN, LONDON, AIONEY MARKET A ND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWO o'CLOCK. shr The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at from 9,000 to 10,000 bales, including 2,000 American and 800 Surat taken for export and on speculation. The market closed firmly, without change in prices. The sales comprised 150 Per nam and Maranham at 6d. to 7d., 400 Egyptian at 6d. to 90., 2,000 Surat at 2id. to 41d., and the remainder nearly all American. Railway Shares 4 were quiet. There arrived in the Thames yesterday 67 ships from abroad, 3 from Ireland, and 8 colliers. The accounts from Ireland represent the effect of the recent Liverpool and London failure as being exceedingly injurious, and as having occa sioned a suspension of payments' by several firms in Dublin and other cities. The letters and papers by the ship Red Jacket were mostly delivered this morning, and areas late ,as the beginning of August. The gold market seems to have been deranged by the competition among the banks, and of this the bullion dealers were loudly complaining. One broker gives the following particulars : " Gold continues at 41. " The determination of one of the banks to outbid all the others is the cause of the gold maintaining its pre sent high and unprofitable rate. Several of them are already feeling that the competition has betrayed them into paying a higher rate for an article of produce than what they have either capital to invest in, or a legitimate outlet for, in the course of their business. In support of this view of the subject, the following extract from the great political economist, Adam Smith, con veys an admonition appropriate to the present ques- tion :--- "'Though the principles of the - banking trade may 'g t : appear somewhat abstruse, the practice is capable of being reduced to strict rules. To depart upon any 12 occasion from those rules in consequence of some flat- 50 tering speculation of extraordinary gain is almost always 16i extremely dangerous, and frequently fatal to the bank- 16t ing company which attempts it.' That the flattering St. 1 gains on the first acts of de v i ation from their legitimate 1' banking business are no w bein g converted into certain 4 loss one and all admit , notwithstandin g which they still It persevere. This position of things ought soon to rec- St: tify itself, after which we may assume that the busi- St. ness will be allowed to disseminate through its usual 20 c hannels. 10 "In the South American States the bullion trade is 12: there carried on by the merchant, who sends his goods St: up to the mines, and receives in return the dust or bul- 50 li on ,—precisely the course pu rsued here, until the banks 40 stepped in and overturned the usage of the trade by 25 25 grasping at the whole. St. "As a practical illustration of the effect of the banks 8/2s keeping up the price of gold and the exchange at pre- St. sent rates, the following shipments of specie have taken St. place since these measures were adopted : 50 Shipped (per Customs returns) in May £28,512 25 June 51,533 100 July 199,710 6) 2f 271,755 5O Add 10 per cent. taken by p rivate hand 27,975 20 £307,730 Number of persons arrived, 2,303 Number that have left, 277 Addition this week, 2,026, and year, 33,460, "The escorts have brought from— _ ozs. Mount Alexander and Bendigo 14,002 Ballarat, inc.uchng Geelong 9, 501 The Avoca 9,825 OM. Amount this week 33,328... year, 964,439 039. Gold shipped in 1854 1,213,205 Per Guiding Star, to Liverpool 49,896 „ Noma, Poiut de Galle 15,000 „ Red Jacket, Ist clearance 58,408 ----- 1,330,509 I St. Or 55 tons, 13 cwt., 3 qrs., 9 ozs., at LBes £5,346,336 20 "Exchange on London —Drafts against gold taken St. at 3 per cent. prem. Freight of gold delivered at the St. Bullion-office, London, sd. per ounce. Insurance, I() free of, or 5 per cent. to cover war risk." 6 The state of the mercantile m arkets is thus re- corded :-- r " Notwithstanding the c ontinuance of fine weathe f;r nearly a fortnight, we regret that we have still to re port a depressed market. indeed, we hear from persons engaged in every department of trade that they have never experienced a duller week than that now ended, and there is no expectation of a decided improvement for at least a couple of months. " Russian staples, such as cordage, canvass, bags, wool packs, are hrld for high prices, but there is little in quiry, and few or no transactions at present prices. " Flour has fallen. The best Adelaide is offered at 321. ; Launceston at 28/. ; and Chili at 301. Sales of Gall ego are reported at 655. in the Bay, which is equal to 675. 6d. in town. " Liquors of all kinds are dull at our quotations ex cept bottled port, for which there is some demand. "Ironmongery is still dull. Cooking-stoves, ccm plete, are sold at 50 to 75 per cent. on the invoice. It must be a very good assortment to realise the latter price. " Hoop iron, lead, and rolled zinc have declined. "There is a slight improvement in linseed-oil, chiefly in raw, in consequence of the scarcity of black and sperm oils. It is used for manufacturing purposes. "Potatoes have risen considerably during the week, and a good article is scarce. " Prime ham and bacon are in demand. 17, "Scotch oatmeal is very firm at 28s. per cwt. 20 "Prime Dutch butter, in 14-Ib. kegs, has been sold 20 20 20 at 2s. per lb. " American vinegar is qu ite unsaleable ; also codfish. "The market is very hea vil y stocked with slates ; but 20 is believed that they ha ve reached their lowest limit. itg "There is no business doing in the sugar market, and prices are not firm. 100 "Blacking is saleable at 50 p er cent, on the invoice. 20 " Three-bushel bags are offered at lls. 6d. per doz. 25 Gunnies are wanted. Woolpacka are worth ss. to 6s. 25 The following circular has been issued amongst the . English navy canvass is held firmly at our quota- 25 Lcensed victuallers : I tions, and American is scarce. " The Recorder of B i r min g ham will gratefully receive . Shop-paper has been sold at 25 per cent. on invoice. 100 information on the following points : 1 " Yellow pine, American timber, tongued and grooved, -1-.,,,, "1. Is the New Beer Act brou g ht into general ope- i has been sold et 22/. per 1000 feet, in the Bay. Other ` n r ation in your neighbourho od ? 2. H p as its enforce- timber, es h ar dwood, is very dull. 20 ment been attended with m uch irritation, and is such , *6 Strong boots andlshksoes, for flannels and wool h len hosiery, 5 irritation, if any, allayed or aggravated by experience I have all declined, stoc the season having been 2 ( 5 ) 1 of its working ? 3 . I f irritation has been occasioned, fully supplied." does it appear to y ou to essentially belong to any The ship Guiding Star brings M elbourne advices 100 measure of restriction, or to arise from the enactment res pecting travellers , or from an y other provisions cap- of Jul y 23 , and 49,896 ounces in g old.l oo able of amendment ? , ing. The settlement of the acco unt is in progress, 4. Would the difficulty of The English Funds have been firmer this morn- 00 enforcing the act , or the irritation belonging t o its en- 1.00 forcenient, be, in your opinion, augmented or diminished and . the arrangements appear to be as nearly as by rha.kine• it apply to the whole of Sunday, as in Scot- , 20, land 2 5. Has it diminished the number of charges for possible completed in anticipation, the small 100 drunkenness made before magistrates ? 6. Is the dimi- amount of business lately done rendering it corn- 205 n otion on Mondays, if any, countervailed by an excess partitively easy to " carry over" %it here desired. The in any other period of the week 1 7. Has there been a 20 dirainution in any other offences (spec if y them) which large arrivals of bullion will serve to replace what may be fairly attributed to the operation of the act ?, is being paid as the instalments upon the Turkish 4 loan and Exchequer Bonds, and we may perhaps 20 S. Are there any indications that the restrictions of the 1 act will lead to important evasions of the law ? 9. Is , not unreasonably anticipate an easier state of the 20 20 the act popular with the upper and middle classes, and the well-conducted portion of those below them ?" money market in a few days. Consols have been 20 marked 941 to 95 for transfer, and 911- to 95i for t 3 ): the 14th of November. The New 3i per Cents. 10 have been 93a to 91, and the 3 per Cents. 931 to 93g. 20 Bank Stock has been firm at 210. E h e xchequer 20 Bills have been 4 s. t o 7s. premium, and t Bonds it; of 1858 and 1859 ha ve been at 99i. There has been 20 a bargain in the New 2 per Cents. at 84. Foreign Securities are very inactive, but the Turkish Scrip is slightly better, being 21 to 3i premium. The Spanish Three per Cents. have 20 Total been 37 - . Mex ican Bonds have realised 241 . 4 ; i 1C Receipts' i and Brazilian Old, 99. 2( --- The followinc , are the nominal prices of foreign 4( £929 14 0 stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 51 to 6i ; Mexi- 2( 211 • 7 4 can 24 1 - to 25 • Peruvian, 71 to 73 ; ditto, 3 per 21 750 8 3 Cents., 51 to 5 ' 3 ; Portuguese 4 per Cents., 40 to 3 961 0 9 42 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 96 to 98 ; ditto, 44 per 2 Cents., 84 to 86 ; Spanish New Deferred, 18i to 181 ; ditto, 3 per Cents., 37i to 38 ; ditto, Certi- 2 693 14 9 . 1 . ficates, 5 to 5i ; ditto, Passive, 4i to 41. .2 3 6 3 6 9 8 5 0 7 1 2 6 1 3 8 ‘ The market for Railway Shares is rather firm, 1,153 5 8 although q uiet. In the Luxemburg there have 1,062 0 6 been transactions at fuller prices. Great Western 591 0 0 of Canada have been again dealt in. The Mines have been dull, and the Australian T 5,410 7 Banks are lower. Cr y stal Palace are steady. ------- 6 10 5 20 20 THE NEW BEER ACT. PUBLIC BATHS AND WASH-HOUSES. An account shAving the numbers of the bathers and washers, and the receipts at eleven establishments now open in London, and at a few out of the many similar establishments in the country, in the quarter ended Michaelmas, 1854 : Name of the establish- Numbei Number of ment. ga th ers. f W ashers -- - METROPOLIS. The Model, Whitechapel, 56,986 9,008 George-st., Euston -square, 34,738 19,902 St. Martin-in-the -Fields 41,430 10,529 St. Marylebone. Westminster, St. Margaret an d St. John. Greenwich • Westminster, St. James 44,972 9,740 Poplar St. Giles and Bloomsbury, 72,041 10,349 Lambeth Bermondsey Totals for London in three months 537,345 85,260* COUNTRY. Liverpool- Cornwallis -street Paul-street George's Pierhead 28,262 ... F re d e rick -street Hull ........................ 23,651 1,032 Bristol ........................ 15,140 3,118 rieSt.ol3. ..................... 14,285 1,96 1 Birmingham .................. 43,681 811 Maidstone ............ i 731 0 1 BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES. 364 17 2 i ( Prom the ()Pal List. ) 967 14 2 I Business demo. 51 8 4 B tnk Stock ........ .. 226 19 9 .., per Cent. Reduced Annuities 209 3 7 3 per Cent, Consols Annuities 944 t 5 4a. 149 12 9 New 3 per Cent. Annuities 728 14 11 N ew 21 per Cent. Annuities 1860 81 135 7 5 Long Annuities, Epira sth Jan., -16 a In di a Bonds, £ lOOO ................• D itt o , under £lO OO lO 7 p Consols for Account 14th Nov. 95 i 4,1 Exchequer Bills, 24d. £lOOO ..................... . 7 4 7 4 2500 Small 4 7 Exchequer Bonds 185 S, 34 per Cent. 99i Ditto 1859, ), PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent 99 4 Ditto New, 1552, 44 per Cent 961 M e xican 3 per Cent. Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 por Cont. £ St Ditto 4 per Cent. Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent B9l Spanish goads, 3 per Cent 374 Tur ki s h Scrip 6 per cent Ditto for the Account 3 2 3i p Dividends on the above payable in London. . THREE O'CLOCK , Consols Ditto Norman Mconni mum .," 940 r 4 _ (Signed) GEORGE WOOLCOTT, Assist.-See. Secretary's Office, No. 12, Buck in g ham-street, Adelphi, London. Or the linen of 431,000 persons. SHARE MARKETS. (THIS DAY•) BRITISH RAILWAYS. I Paid.' R.triwiai. ICilo+inr Prices this day• 100 'Aberdeen 8 Arabg. Nottng Bost. and Eastn. Junet... all Belfast & Ballymena. all Binning. Wo'verb. & Stour Valley 29A Birkenhd. Lancsh. k, - Cheshire Junet all Do. Chesil. & Birk., £5O and £25 Cons. 19 Do., £20... 30 myth &Tyne origina'. £25 (issd. at £45; 100 Bristol and Exeter 100 Caledonian 21s. Cal saarthes anal Car sligan . all Chester & Holyhead. all Cork and Bandon... all ork, Black, & Pass 14 Cornwall 1 rieff Junction 45 Dubliii&BelfastJune all undeePerth&Aber deen Junction all Do. New 100 East Anglian ../11 Eastern Counties 100 Eastern Union, A 01 Stock 1 De., B. Stock 8, Do., New A 100 East Lancashire 100 Edinburgh & Glasgow) 9 Edinb. and Peebles... 100 Edin. Prth & Dundee 1 Forth & Clyde June. 100 Glasgow &S. Western 100 Great Northern 100 Do., A. Stock ,100 Do., B. Stock 'lOO Gt. Sth. &West.(lre ) 100 Great Western 100 Do. Stour Val. Rail Gua. Stk all Irish South-Eastern all Lancaster & Carlisle 14, Do., Thirds 4 Do. New Thirds 100 Laucash. andYorksh 19:., Do., Fifths 11i Do. , Wst. Riding Un all Liv.Crsby.&Soutlipt all London & Blaekwal 100 Lond. Bright & S.Cst. 100 Lond. and N. Westn. 12 Do. Fifths 1 D0.101.5h.,M&8... 2i Do. Eighths ,100 London and S. Waste. 42 Do., £5O 34 Do., £4O all L n dndrry&Coleraine all Lndndrry. & Ennisk. 100 llanch.Shef.& Linelu 4, Do., Man. & Lin. Un 1100 Midland .00 Do. Birmng. & Derby all Midld.G. West.(lrs.) 22 Do. Half Shares 411 Newcastle & Carlisle 5i Newmkt.BuryExten. 19:, Nwpt.Aberg. SL Red. 8. Newry &Enniskillen all Newry Warren Point and Rostrevor 100 Norfolk ..... 3? ) Nortlin.CountiesU n. 100 North British all 4 North Devon, No. 1. all Do., No. 2 ............ all Do., A Deferred ...1 i all Do., ; B Guaranteed' 100 N. Eastern—Berwick 20 Do. do. Extension 13 Do.do. G.N.E. Parch. all De. Leo,ds .............. 100 Do. York .............. all North London ....... . 8:. Do. New £10......... 11f N.&S.Wstrn.,Hamp stead, and City Jn. 17, North Staffordshire all North Western all N. &S. Westrn. June 1 Nuneaton, Hinckley and Leicester.. .00 Oxford, Worcester,& Wolverhampton ... 4 Portsmouth .00 Scottish Central .00 Scottish Midland a ll Ahrewsby. & Herald all Shropshire Union ... Do. A, B, C,& Dr paid up at per et,: all 4outh Devon 00 south Eastern all South Wales 15 4. Yrksh. & Riv. Div 5 Do . ..... 8 St a i ne s, Wok &W oI4 all tockton & Davila. 16i Stockton & Hartlepl 00 ruff Vale 9 Do. £lO shares L.OO Do. Pref., No. 1 21 Thames llaveu Doe' and Railway all Vale of Neath all Waterfd. & Kilkenn; all Waterford&Limerielc 18 West Cornwall 3 West End of Loudoi , a nd Crystal Palace.. all W es t Loudon Ills. Wimbledn&Croydoi, Business done I 50 this day. .... 21i - 2 2 4i - 5 8 i 9 12 -11 J 16i - 7 - 6 7 4-2 ... - ••• 95 - 97 60 -60 14 - ii 10 - 12 ... .. 3 1 . d 61 - 16 - 17 111 - 11, 66 - - 68 55 - 57 --: ii i;6 - 20 74 - 76 124 - 126 90 - 92 71 71 70 - 72 7s 82 8 100 8 71 5i I ...d 8 t i 103 --105 8 101 101 a— 4 P t - 81 -82 i I 9 - a 3 (- 7 d -24 i 69 69j 41 - 43 ... ••• "ad— i d 9 8 a 2i 2i 5i 15 i ' 48 CO 3i $ 34 ... 85 S 10 I 64 754 766 1 f it bid 3i— aid 14# 14 53 - 54 63 55 —' p - 4i - r 6i - 7 . ".... • • , 32 - 34 94 - 46 61 - 63 7i - St 46 - 45 13 - 14 62i- 326 - 33 —}a 35 37 • •• ''-' ... - 7i 18i 4} - 24 - 9 6 6 7 i' - 7 FOREIGN._ all Antwerp&Rotterdam 3 Belgian Eastn. June. 8 Beziers to Graissessac 2s. Bombay, Baroda, and Central In dia,Scrip ... Central of Italy all Demerara 14 Dijon and Besancon ' 9 Dutch Rhenish all Eastern of France 10 Do. New all East Indian, 2 Do. Extension all Do. 4i p. c. Bds., pal'. '57, convertible all Do. do. do., '59, de 10 Gd. Juuct. of France 12t Gd. Tk of Canada.A.is• all Do. do all Do. St. Lawrence & Atlantis d 0........ all Do. Cert. of Deben con. into Stk. till '63 all Do. Comp. 6p. c., do. 10 Gt. Central of France all Gt. Indian Peninsula 1 Do. New 5 per cent. all Gt.WesternofCanada Shares all Do. Bds., p . a . iables7, with option till '55 all Do. do., '62, p. '56 all Do. do., '76, P. '6O all Do. do., '73, without option all Hamilton Si Toronto all Do. 6 per ernt. 8 Lake Const. & Basle all Lucca & Pistoj a 5 p.c•' pref 12 Great Luxembourg Constituted Shares all Do. Obligations • 0 Lyons and Geneva 12 Lyons (St Mediterran 16J, Madras 2 Do. New 31i Maria Antonia all Do. do. Nov 2 Melbourne Dk. (St R.Y. all Namur & Liege (with interest) all Do. (ex interost) ...... ' all N or th ern o f F ra nce.. all D 0.201. Shs.late Char leroi and Erquelines guar. 3g p. e. & red. at 2211. dur. 88 yrs. from 1 Jan. 1854.... all Do. 201. 3 p. c 13 e 1 F. (fniy.B.dtAms.Shs.) all NorwegianTrunkPre f 14 Paris and Lyons all Ditto Bonds .l all Paris and Orleans....' all Paris and R0uen....... 10 ParisCaen &Cherbrg. all Rouen and 11avre..... , 20 Royal Danish 3 Royal Swedish I all Sambre and Meuse 1 all Do. 54 p. cent. Pref 1 10 Southern of France ) 14 St. Andrew's and Quebec (A) all West Flanders all Do 5? per c. Prof , 10 Western of France ' 16 West. of Switzerland all Wiesbaden 20 Zealand INT-STOI all Australasia.. all British Colonial Bank and Loan Company all ;iritish N. American 5 Chard. Bank of Asia 2 Chrtd. Bnk. of India,' Australia, & China 25 C;olouial 20 , T,' ommercial of Lona 16 English Scottish and Australian all Loud. Chart. Bk. o Australia . 20 London and County 10 London Joint Stock 20 bond. & Westminster 35 National Provincial of England 10 Do. New 22 National of Ireland all New South Walea all Oriental Bank of Corporation. 25 Provincial of Ireland all Do. New 1 Royal Anstraln.Bkg & Gold Imp Co all ,outh Australia all Union of Australia 2i Do. New 10 Hain of Loadont,„ 6i 1 61 i - 1 4 -3( a— 1 P P 24 d 33k -" 33 i 1 16 3tpl i a _ al 1, q - 7 .61 6 8 ..... 17. 11 94 11 9d a iP 10 ; 5t iP 17j-18iI18 par..... ..... ••• ... 2 11011 1 4 par 100 id i P 2 4P dig 5 = " li - lip par i P .•••• • . 25 St. 20 St. St. 10 St. 25 20 20 50 20 so WI Ist 43 2 i 90 1 71} 1. 714 2i 2i 6; 6; 81 I 53: 104 1011 82i Cy 1 10 20 691 iiii I st . S t I St. 33 i i 4 1 10 .6, 76i 6 611 id 1 50 33 2.1 - pm 4 d 7p , B.lNliti. 78i -79 ii 791 81 d p;i• I 4, SO - li $ -- 2i 113 -- 21/ 221 22, 43 - ii 42 - 44 43 45 67 69 7a 81 •r = I% Paid,' RAILWAY/. all Redford and Bletchley 100 Buckghamsh. 100 ClydesdaleJe. 100 E. Lincoln gr. 6 per cent. all Glas. Barr. & Neils. Diroc all Do. New all Glstr.& Dn.Fr all Hrtlpl. Dk. Railway all Hull & Selby all 's o. Shares. all Do. Shares. all in.&Greenw all Do. Preference all Lon,,Til.,&g. , 100 Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. iUO Do. 6 per et. all Aanch. Bxtu. and Matloel: all Aiddlesbro' & Redear. all \lidld.Bradfd all Northern and Easternsp.e. all Do. 6 per et. all Do. Fixeds p all Brest. & Wyre all Do. i Shares. 100 Roystn.az,liit. 18 Shef. Roth A- 4 Goole g. 5 p.c. 99 i.Staffordsh. all Wear Vali eygr 6 per cent all Do 100 I WiltskSomrst (Closing Prices this day. 95 - 100 99 - 101 136 - 138 ii 1 7 29 iot -- 103 51 -- 62 25 -25 a 13 -- 134 23 -- 24 111 -11 i - 21 - 2i 6 -7- 91 56 - 60 66 := li i lid - ••• 30 - 3 1 93 -95 PREFERENCE SHARES. 100 Aberdeen 100 Do. No. 2, 7 p. c 30 Blyth and Tyne 10 per c. pref. (issd. at 501) 100 Bris. & Ex. 4p. c. St. 5 Do. 4 p. c. Shares._ 100 Caledonian £lO all Chester & Holyhead Guar. 51 per cent all Ds. do. Pref. No. 2 all Do. de. Pref. No. 2 all Cork ezßandous?).p.c. i all Dundee Perth &Aber. p• ''''' ••• ~ - ••• 96 - ii .. '''" ... doen Junction all EastAnglian (£3los) 6 per cent all Do. (£5) 7 per cent 2 Do. (X 7 17s) 7p. c all Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No. 1 all Do. No. 2 all Do. New 6 p. c. St. all Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent ... all Do. 51., 10 ner cent. all Do. 10/. Delientr.Sh all Do. do. 4 per cent... WO East Lancash. 6p. cts. all East and West York- 3j - 31 4 - 5 shire June. Fifths all EdinbPrth.&Dundee 4 per cont. 100 Glasgow &S.Western Guar. 5 per cent 00 Great Northn. sp. c 00 Do. 5 p. c. Redeem. , 1 _ _ at 10p. c. prem... 1 .00 Do. 4. p. c 84 Gt.N. of Scot. lst Preli all Gt. Southn.&Westm. (Ireland) Eighths) 7 Do. 4 per c. Prof. St. 6 Gt. Westn. (Berko & Hants Ex. 5 p. c) 100 Do. col. red. 4. p.c. 100 Do. con. red. 4p. c. 100 D 6. irred, p.c. all Do. Birm. Pref. Rh all De. Chester Bp. all Do. do. 6 p. a. do 1. 4) Do. Biro. Gua. Stk. all De. Ches. Gua. Stk. all Do. do. do all Do. do. do .... . ... • 6 Tian. & York. F. £2 l MO Do. 6 p. c. Stock ... 1.00 London and Brightoni Guaranteed 5 p. 100 00. Pref., sp. c. St. 100 Do. New Guar.6 p. c. 100 Lon.&N. W., Coy. Nuneaton 5 p. ct. 5 London &S. Westeri Con. Thirds all Londonderry& Coler A Shares 24 All Londy. & Ennis. 5 all Kan., Shef., & Lin. Shares, No. 1. .. 0 all Do. New, £lO 6 44 Do. £6 21 all Niarypt .& Carl. 4 p c 24 all Do. 4 1 1 por cent 10t Do 100 gid. Console p.c.St it. 100 Do. Consol. Bristol Ii Birm. 6 per cent.... 16 11i, Do. Pref. per call 10 10 gorfolk Debenture . it. 100 Do. Pref. 4p. c. Stool, St. 100 Do. 5 p.c. Ext St. 100 Do. 54per ct.prof St. 100 Do. Way. Val. sp. c St. 100 North British St. 100 Y. E. Berw, 4 p.c. P. 17 5 Do. do. d• 20 13 Do. Leeds 6 p.c. N 4 1 12i 9 Do. do. Quarters '4B 25 10 Do. York H & P. r. 20 all North Staffordshire.. St. 100 Oxford, Worcester, & Welverh.Xls, 6 p.c. 8i all -4cot. Cent. ,New Prot" 10 10 Do. 5 per cent 25 all South Devon 10 14 Ala . fixed,4 per cent 1.0.6 all 3. Easternof l (Reading O Ann.) as. 6d. St. 100 Do. 4i per cent 20 all S.Yorksh.4P.c.Guar 20 all S Wales Gu t. 4p. c. 20 16 Do. ds. 41 p. 25 all Stockton and Dar. lington, 4 per cent 25 5 Do. do. do. 12i all Stockton and Hartle. pool, guar. 5 p. C. till Ist July, 18561 6 4 Waterfd.&Kilk.6p.c. 1 all Agua Fria .........•.. 1 all Anglo Austrin. Gold 10s. all Anglo Californian 20 6 Australian 1 all Australian Cordillera 1 all Australian Freehold I all Ave Maria 1 all Baden (Gd. Duchy of) 50 all lmnarvon Iron and Coal . 20 13.5 ritish Iron 35 X 43 Brazilianlmp.(issued at i:5 pm 30 all Do. Cocaes & Cuiada 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 1. 3 / 4 Carsons's Creek 1 1 Clareuct‘a Coss. Mil Co. of Jamaica • 10 all Cobra Copper 5 1 Colonial Gold St. all Copper Min. of Eng 25 all Do. Pref. 7i p. cent 16 Copiapo ..5 all English and Austin. Copper Smelt; 'lO 2 i Fortuna 20 all General 1 all Gt.NuggetVeinßeg. 3! all Great Polgooth 1 all Liberty 3 all Linares 1 all Aariquita 10 9 Niexican&S.A.merien 1 all New Granada 1 all New Linares Mining and Smelting Co 1 all Nouveau Monde 20 all Pontgiband Silver' Lead Min. & Smelt 5 1 Port Philip 1 all Quartz Rock 50 all Ithymney Iron 15 all Do. New 30 Ili Santiago de Cuba 1 all South Australian 10 7 3 / 4 Tin Croft . 28 all United Mexican ..... 1 all Waller . 1 all West Mariposa 1 12s. Worthing Mining o Australia 1 all Yuba }- i 1:' I- 1p i - 1 13 -13 i 22 - 24 BEISCEL 5 all Aubin Coal and Iron 25 17t kustra li an Agrienit. 20 6 Australsn.Pcific.Mail 10 all Australn. Royal Mail 10 5L Berlin Water Worts 50 40 Brit. American Land 5 1 Brit. Le Coln. Smeltg. and Reduction Co 100 32i, Canada St. 100 Canada Goy. 6 p. ct Jan. and July 5 all Crystal Palace 4 all Crystal Pal. of France 20 5 Eastern Steam 25 20 ElectrieTclegrapb(A) i. all Electric Telcg. of Ir. 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat 20 all General Screw Stean 20 10 Irish Beetroot Sugai 20 10 Magdalena St. Navig. 10 all Mediterai. Eleo. Tel, 1 all . at. Pat. Steam Fue 10 5 Netherlands Land... 2 1 N.B. W. Coal &Inter Steam Navigat. Co 1 all N. B. Australasian.. 20 12 IsTrth.ofEuropcSteam 5 all Peel Rr. Ld. & Minrl. 50 all Peninsular k Oriental 5a 40 Do. Do. 2 all Portland Iron C 0..... 100 60 Boyal Mail Steam ... 1 011 Scot. Austral. Invest. 25 all South Austral. Land 1 all übmar. Telegraph.. 1 all Do. Registered. ....... 199 Zs 4 Da Diemeo yukd 42 3 624 8 Leasing Compana. London & N. West. L. &N. W. Caleclon t. Nrthn. Caldonian., Do Gt. Weste Yk. New. & Borw. Y. &NW Do Do . Eastern ' Do Poto& Co, Norfolk.. La.& N. W. & Midid. Stckton & Darliugt. IE. Count Do Do. L. &N.W StLutYk Do fallorthu Lanca.sh& Yorksh. Nl.MCleau • itockt. & Darliugt t GtWestm. ...add 11i4 - 110 [O7 - 109 99 - 101 • •• -.... •. • •• ...-. • ... -. . 100 92 - 95 11 17 10 98 - 90 - 93 10i - 16. - 10t 71 -73 18j - 94 - 9t 14 - d 13T H 139 ..-. .. .... ••• 2} - $ P 7 - 3 10 - 12 lli - ii i - iP M 139 1 id 57 - 90 LO4 - 101 92 - 91 - ... -- • i =--- fa 112 - 114 14 id par 23 - 2 3 99 - 10 : 17 -19 ... -- ... -- • •• ..' ••• '.. MINES. 2 - 1 (1 i ---- i 1 -q -- i ii ah [ 1 9I ; —2 9 42 - 44 1 43 i i 72 - 2 - 4p 13 - 15 11 - It 41, i - i I 6 - 6 3 / 4 I - i c i 14 16 - 1 -- I 22 - 24 6 - 8 N - 6 St i - li 1 - 8 3 - 8i i - 1 - ••• '.'".. •• • ....' 40 - 42 . ..... ••• ..• --- ••• 65 - 70 i = .16 09i 30 - 1 3 - 111 109/ li 2k i• :1G •••.•• ..... ..• ..... ••• 1 121 1, 1 ... - .. II - i 4 - ... -- ••• ... - •••P 2 - 23 12 35 - '-1 i=l3 _ THE LATE SAMUEL PHILLIPS. exhibit general depression. AMSTERDAM AND ROTTERDAM PRODUCB MARKETS. The weekly reviews from these markets state that, although operations had not proved extensive, prices continued to be supported. Purchaseaof sugar, raw and refined, had been made at a slight advance. Most descriptions of coffee were steady, but transactions were principally confined to the local demand. The advance in grain had further favourably influenced the quotation for rice. Indigo also exhibited an improvement, the stock having Bimini-hed. C ALC UTTA AND BOMBAY IMPORT MARKIITEL—The commercial accounts from India by tbe overlan d mail were of a mixed character. At Calcutta there isstill great dullness, but from Bombay the report i favour lace, t rans actions in the import marketsl supported. having taken p to a fair extent, and p rices being wel S EIZ URB OF RUSSIAN VIISSELS.—Th• Elise Willael mine, Peterson, maste r, and th Sanders, master mine, Esse, , both from Archangel, with csrgoes of tar, mats, & c ., have been seized in the harbour of Leith by beenchell, tide surveyor, and their detention has con chell, since by the Board of Admiralty. Nothing has collecting yet been dons with the other vessels seized in Leith.— Scotsman. before PIRATES.—SINGAPORI, Aug. 25.—From advice ' received, it is ascertained that the pirates are B just the coast, inl alfseyrcetraajerriwlohieThiglae,ft n L ot ab f e a a r n daysfraomfewLabu Tiga, with a fleet of csiloaeshtaldrobmeeLn ch ased. I, The commu rthepeerBttshthofetAehuegifiesltl f i o n r , anteraardpinugicivo,ge up 2112jeabtoinantse, ablyenwghtihcoh entirely stopped by them for abo ve a uan have been almost A. L. Johnston, Shepherd, from two months. The grounded on a reef in Tor Melbourne to Macassar, July, and was set on fire onres Straits, on the 14th of fall lug into the hands of th the 21st to prevent her fall grave's Island ;craw from Melbourne, arr ived on shore on a reef e savages of Jervis and Mul saved by the Port Wallace, Martin, at this port ; which vessel was I in Torres i Strats, at the same time as the A.. L. Johnston, n but got off, leaky, after throwing erb o ballast y _ oard 11114 otartiag !wend water mks. __ It is with much grief that we have to record the death of a gentleman long connected with the press and fa vourably known to the public by many acknowledged literary productions. Mr. Phillips received his educa tion at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, and subse quently accepted the office of private tutor in a noble family. He travelled through most of the European andcou n v , tr ,h i e e s bn , e t i t n hwe t e h enn e o n d tt i hi s e c ex h mi a o r n g t h e bi a. o ot f his uwgehe onut duty to them hi snl ceased employers, s s d feelingsth ere re mained o f mutual respect and regard. He afterwards came to London and adopt e d lit era t ure as a p ro f e ssion, and he is one of the f ew exam pl e s of men who, having followed it up with industry and perseverance, have been enabled to !iv* and support a family in comfort and respectability, neither owing nor borrowing money. We do not assert that he was a genius or a great literary phenomenon, but he possessed very con siderable eloquence and i mag i na t ion , an d, a b ov e all things, a sound judgment in literat ure , which has rarely b een surpassed. Had his physi c al s t reng th b een equal to his mental qualifications, we have little doubt but that Mr. Phillips would have earned for himself a i very considerable name n' English literature ; but the remarkable part of the story is that his work was ac complished with the hand of death upon bin). For many years past he had been the doomed victim of consumption. At any hour of the day or night he might have been sum moned away ere the ink had dried upon the line which he had commenced writing. But calmly and courageously, respecting t andas r e e enabled . ability. The annals of English literature are certainly himself and respecting ot hers, he went through his to da ve t o a i n l amnadintaasinwheishfaavmeilybefiunrennsmaildor, w graced with names of men of loftie r genius than that of this gentleman, but upon the list there stands not the name of a more honourable and upright man. His career should not be without instruction to all men of letters. It may, perhaps, be superfluous for us to men tion here that he was the author of Caleb Stukely, and of other novels which have been much admired. He was also selected—no slight honour—as the fittest person to write tho general hand-book of the Crystal Palace. All who had the happiness of his acquaintance will long re gret the loss of a most honourable, amiable, and intelli gent friend and companion.— Times. We theslnydt —thee ed ne hi author f t au o have mt r ohr. Morning r. t if recordo n3ogtifhre .Phillips Cataloguest he washo foaf writer er i toe rr S yo a s fmt Crystal Samuel P ha l h a i c l lei abilityp as H pa e p r e a r l s d, in an ß d l i a n c o k rh o e o r d T , y th o e r T g o a h n n s. Bu u ll e , died at Brighton, suddenly, on the 14th inst., from hemorrhagemr. Phillipsof th e w l a u s n g a s, member of of the Univerity of Cambridge, although he did not take a degree there. He entered at Sydney Sussex College, but left before com pleting the period necessary for graduation. He devoted himself afterwards entirely to literature, and achieved a lucrative success. Persons who were well acquainted with this author and his writings were always struck with the completeness which he displayed in whatever he undertook. He always exhausted himself in whatever he wrote. He made no pretensions to profound scholar ship, but he did better without it. Ho forgot no thing, and never had occasion to regret that anything which proceeded from his pen was less perfect than after-consideration could have made it. His intellect was not of the highest order, nor were his attainments extensive ; but he was able to bring to bear all the powers of his mind upon whatever subject be chose to illustrate. He wrote chiefly for the periodical and news paper press. His " Caleb Stukely," written for Black wood's Magazine, was reprinted some time back, and Messrs. Routledge have lately published a collection of tales he wrote at various times for the same periodical. .Daily Neu. THE LIBERATION OF ARMAND BARBES. Mr. Charles Dickens tells an impressive story of a certain small debtor in the good old times who, having been immured fur 40 years or so in the Fleet, was permitted by his gaolers, on the strength of so complete a naturalisation, to take an occasional walk in Farring doe-street. One evening he happened to be a few mi nutes behind the appointed time in returning to the prison, when the turnkey, looking at him through the bars of the gate, declared in a menacing tone, and with the expletives proper to the occasion, that if this offence were ever repeated he would shut him out for good and all, and never let him inside the gaol again ! The threat of such a dreadful revolution in his existence so affected, as the story says, the poor captive's mind, that no temp tation could ever induce him for the future to incur so much as a risk of the penalty ; nor would be ever again put his foot beyond the prison walls. Perhaps some peo ple thought this story rather overdone, but it has been paralleled in real life, and on a more heroic stage, within this last fortnight. A Frenchman named Armand Barbee was condemned in 1839 to perpetual imprisonment. The revolutions of ten years later soon provided him not only with his liberty, but with the opportunity of losing it anew, and he again became a political captive, and so till within these few days remained. From his confine ment, however, he addressed to some correspoitlent a highly patriotic expression of feeling respecting the re cent successes of the French arms ; and the Emperor, in gracious recognition of such honourable sentiments, di rected that he should be restored to freedom immediately and without conditions. But this proceeding was by no means to the taste of M. Armand Barbes. He objected to the clemency, thefavour, the release itself, and everything connected w ith it. When it came to the last he refused to go, and violence became necessary to sethim at liberty. After being at length driven out of custody be came to Paris, where he addressed a letter to the public journals, com plaining bitterly of the wound inflicted on his personal dignity, asking what it signified to others whether he loved his country, or whether he didn't, and solemnly protesting in the face of the whole nation, that if he wasn't sent back to gaol within eight-and-forty hours, be would betake himself to foreign parts, and deprive France of his presence altogether ! He gave the au thorities two days to lock him up again—not an hour longer. "That delay once past.," says he, "I shall hasten of my own accord into exile." Events follow each other so rapidly in times like the present, and the last twenty years especially have produced such bewildering vicissitudes, that perhaps some of our readers may retain very little recollection of M. Barbee or his doings, and may be gratified with a concise delineation of his public career. It was on the 12th of May, 1839, when the city of Paris was looking its very best, and everything about that seductive capital was tranquil and charming, that a group of men attired in blouses, and wearing that famous but not exactly pleasing head-dress termed a " patriotic bat," presented themselves before one of the guardhouses and required the soldiers to " surrender." As there was no kind of contest anywhere pending, as Paris was just as quiet then as Loudon is to-day, and as there appeared no powers or pretenders to wheat any surrender could be made, it will not be thought surprising that the ulcer in command declined complying with the summons. As the refusal left his lips, however, he was shot dead, and the challengers, pursuing their course, tried the same experiment at other posts, until they were overpowered and disarmed. The chief leader in these proceedings was Barbes, who was tried, convicted, and sentenced to death, but escaped the guillotine by a cm• mutation of his penalty. Opinions were considerably divided in Paris on the • subject of this trial and its results. The argument for the prisoners was based upon the theory, fashionable among the French Republicans, that all acts, however outrageous, which had for their object merely the sub version of existing institutions, were to be regarded as involving "political" offences only, and were not to be judged by the rules provided for cases of civil criminality. Benefit of insurrection was claimed like benefit of clergy. Barbes end his followers had broken open gunsmiths shops, had carried off their contents, had made a violent - disturbance, and caused the deaths of other citizens while engaged in their lawful duties. These appeared certainly like so many crimes, but, as they were cm• mitted with a view of dethroning the King and proclaims ing a new form of government, it was said they were purely " political," and not visitable with the penalties ordinarily attaching to such deeds. On the other side it was argued that, whatever might be the pretext of th• commotion, the death of the lieutenant on duty at the guardhouse occurred under circumstances which consti tuted a ease of murder, and that for blood thus shed. blood was fairly to be required again.t. ular incident of It seems that, as regards this tics of the plea, for when it was attemptedd li red hi lf murder home to him individually e e :re mee el the " revolution ," Barites could not Pa r co le ntrov t e a rt br t in h g e s t •u h s ts . tion so dishonourable, solemnly thatanaecusa dth,at a man who vaunt andthat he had not shot the lieutenant, th a a n t hethe chief an energetic defence, and protested e d g e a c i l an wasrsitn gi t strangely to 0 ingly avowed , never have i that Ire had of the conspitacy, prepared all the for its execution, and that he had led hie armed means c r o u r n o , in , Bl i i as t hr t eb Baree s d such i followers u p to the guardhouse for the purpose of get ting forcible possession of it, should express horror at a deed which was the natural, immediate, and necessary consequence of his proceeding. He attacked the guard for the purpose of disarming it, he had provided weapons for the purpose of overcoming resistance, and what could such preparations lead to except the death of the soldiers who resisted 3 We may possibly be favoured with M. Barbee' company in England, unwilling an we are therefore not to express a belief that he never did design to commit any such act as would, in his own eyes, have resembled a deliberate murder. The criminality of the whole proceeding arose from that incredible license which French revolutionists allowed them selves. Most nations have had their rebellions, and most dynasties their changes, but these revolution have proceeded from mighty convulsions and wide revolts, whereas tarbes and his accomplices were pleased to assume that any half-dozen men were at liberty to set themselves at any time in armed opposi tion to the Government, to proclaim a private rebellion on their own account, to kill and slay any represents tives of authority whe came in their way, and then to claim the treatment of lawful enemies after a regular le! claration of war. Whenever, therefore, " polithAl and had offences" had been constituted a category apart, _ been exempted from capital punishment, it follotwend that oa any handful of men might, by the mere adipodionf o u t • revolutionary pretext, commit almost any much to rage with impunity. But it canno never to be regarded maintain thit if " political" acts are b stained with as capital offences, they should .nseavbenr p Halted, so should capital crimes. If the gnillotine I._ Lieut. Drouineau had be the carbine and the stiletto. to defend the existing ii. surely at least as much rightls them, and if the infliction stitutions as Barb's to attac k of in one case it blIOUld OM hffill of death was deprecate ......nta b ee* permitted in the c_the_r_t_.24 . LIGENCE, TATTERSALL'S. —YESTERDAY. THE SETTLING. In two or three instances the doubts which had been raised at Newmarket were satisfactorily dispelled, and the settling proceeded with a degree of smoothness which was quite unexpected. A few of the members had even the good fortune to get in some old debts. It must never theless be confessed there still remains strong ground of complaint respecting the tightness oF money and the difficulties occasioned by persons in default. The conduct of some provincial speculators, who nei ther appeared in person nor by deputy, although they have abundant means of payment at com mand, gave rise to many severe comments. Procrastination is frequently the thief of credit as well as of time. The business that was transacted on coming events was tolerably active, all things considered. The Kaffir was in strong demand for the Warwick Handicap, and Rattle advanced in favour for the Cam bridgeshire Stakes, 10 to 1 was taken to 1501. about Orinoco, and 20 to 1 to a like sum about Little David. Scherz and Hervine were backed separately and to gether for some small sums at the prices quoted ; 500 to 30 taken about Helena, and 20 to 1 to a little monty about Stonehenge ; 25 to 1 was laid to 401. against the Early Bird, and 1,000 to 30 against Monie Moses. The movements respecting the last two place them under 59 I suspicion. SPOETIN Business this lay. DERBY. 3,000 to 300, 2,000 to 200, and 1,000 to 100 were taken about Omenlus Esuriens ; 12 and 11 to 1 in ponies, about Rifleman, 500 to 25 about Cruiser, 1,000 to 35 Saraband, and 1,500 to 50 Oulstun. Closing prices : GREAT WARWICK HANDICAP. 7 to 2 agst Mr. Greville's Kaffir (taken). 9to 2 agst Mr. Mather's St. Clare (taken) 6to 1 agst Mr. Magenis's Pantomime (taken) Bto 1 agst Mr. T. Parr's Rabgill (taken). CAIIIBEIDGESHIRE STAKES. 9to 2 agst Mr. Dennett's Rattle (t). 9 to 1 Mr. J. M. Stanley's Orinoco (t). 100 to 1 Mr. J. Osborne's Helena (t). 20 to 1 Mr. W. Smith's Little David (t). 20 to 1 Baron Molendorff's Scherz (t). 20 to 1 Mr. Duke's Stonehenge (t). 25 to 1 Mr. Copperthwaite's Early Bird (t: 20 to 1 M. Aumont's Hervine (t). 33 to 1 Mr. T. Johnson's Monie Moses (t: 12 to 1 Scherz and Hervine coupled (t). DERBY. 10 to 1 Mr. Bowes's Grmculus Esnriens (t 11 to 1 Mr. Oshaldeston's Rifleman (t). 20 to 1 Lord Dorchester's Cruiser (t). 28 to 1 Mr. Edward's Saraband (t). 30 to 1 Mr. Howard's Oulston (t). 991 100 99 IMPORTANT SALE OF BLOOD STOCK. The following well-known brood mares, &c., the pro perty of Mr. Knowles, were sold yesterday at Tatter sails : Hester by Camel—Monimia by Muley, &c. (the dam of Palmyra, Chatham, Murat, Zenobia, Hersey, Nabob, &0.)... , 6O gs. Vermuth by Cotherstone—Vat by Langar, her dam Wire (sister to Whalebone, &c.) . 5O Dewinus by Bran— Kalmia by Magistrate, &c (dam of Alfred the Great) lO5 Lola Montez by Slane—Hester by Camel lodine by lon, her dam by Sir Hercules—Elec tress by Election—Stamford 390 Queen Anne (the dam of Kingston) by Slane, her dana Garcia by Octavian—Shuttle — Katherine Delpini 360 Palmyra (the dam of Tadmor, Talfourd, Baal bee, &c.) by Sultan—Hester by Camel Talfouri (foaled in 1850 by lon—Palmyra Marble Hill (foaled in 1851) by Robert de Gorham—Palmyra 4; It was expected that two or three of these celebrated mares would join the royal stud, but to the surprise of many persons not one was purchased for it. MABIUST NE WS-(TII1S DAY.) HAY MARKETS. 139 8i di' 1 I,& SMITHFIELD.-31731;10W hay, 21 10s to 41 108 ; clover ditto. 41 Os to 61 Os ; and straw, 11 6s to 11 12s per load. A full average supply and a sluggish trade. CEMBICRLAND.—Meadow hay, 21 12s to 41 15s ; clover ditto, 3115 s to 51 15s ; and straw, 1/ 8s to 1/ 14s per load. Supply moderate, and trade rather dull. WIIITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 2/ iOs to 41 10s; clover ditto, 41 Os to 6/ Os ; and straw, 1/ 64 to 1/ 12s per load. Both hay and straw sold slowly, at our quotations. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY. (BY BUBIARINB AND EIIROPELN TELEGRAPH.) LONDON, Oct. 17.—Windthis day at Noon, E. ; light breeze, and dull hazy weather, with drizzling rain. The Mercury has fallen considerably within the last day or so. MARGATE, Oct. 16.—Wind, N. Arrived—Wubbe, from Gothenburg. PORTSMOUTH, Oct. IG.—Wind, N.W. Arrived—Maid of Erin, from Cork. PLYMOUTH, Oct. 16.—Wind, S.W. Arrived—Samuel Boddington, from London, for Sydney ; Wm. Brozihatn, Quebec ; Oithono, London, for Melbourne. Sailed—Med• way, for Melbourne. FALMOUTH, Oct. IG.—Wind, N. Arrived—Skelleftea from Rio Janeiro Adele, London, and sailed for Sicily ; Crudities (a), from Dublin, and left for Loudon. Sailed — Favourite, for Marseilles ; Indifferente , Amste r d am ; An tagonist, London ; Francisco, Liverpool ; Fortuna, Ant werp. Off Port—Waldemar, from Sontag, and sailed for Hamburgh ; Minorca (of Whitby), New Yolk, for Leith ; Prince Albert (of London), St. John's, N.B. ; Emanuel, Taganrog, for Antwerp ; Dolphin, Bahia. Dovßn, Oct. 16.—Arrived—Fortitude, from London, for Hobart Town. SOUTHAMPTON, Oct. 16.—Wind, N.W. Arrived—Tele graph, from London, for Adelaide. Sailed—Comet, for Madeira ; Magdalena (s a), West Indies. OFF THE LIZARD, Oct. 14.—Zeomanshoop, from Ba tavia, for Amsterdam. PADSTOW, Oct. 14.—Put back—Eagle, Quebec, 33 days out, and bad encountered heavy weather. BRISTOL, Oct. 16.—Wind, E. Arrived—Zephyr, from Quebec. CARDIFF, Oct. 16.—Wind, S.S.W. Arrived—Cocker mouth Castle, from Richibueto. Sailed—Henrietta, for Constantinople ; Albert, Algiers. SHIELDS, Oct. 16.—Wind, S.W. Arrived—Circassian, from Alexandria. OFF SALCOMBE, Oct. 14.—Tropic, from Barbadoes. HULL, Oct. 16.—Wind, N. W. Arrived—Glenalbyn (s), from Rotterdam ; Maria, Miramichi. Malacca. HULL ROADS, Oct. 14.—Arrived—H.M.S. gun-boat Wrangler. JERSEY, Oct. 15.—Arrived—Token, from Bremen. Sailed—Racer, for Hobart Town. QUEENSTOWN, Oct. 15.—Wind N. Arrived—Arabia (of Montreal), from Liverpool, with masts gone, &c. ; Lady Blaney, Callao ; Amirabile, New York ; Pearl (s s), Lou don. Sailed—Johanna Boag, for Aberdeen • Chaucer, Berwick. 16 — Sailed — Ariel, for Antwer p ; dano Pirrie, London ; Constitution, do. ; Margarbt Connell, do. ; Ethiope, Liverpool. Off Port —Lydia M'Henry, from Moulmein. WATERFORD, Oct. 15.—Wind, W.S.W. Arrived — Emma Tully, from Quebec, making water, &c., and two men lost overboard ; Fortune-teller, London. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAM.) LIVERPOOL, Tuesday, 10 a.m. Wind, E. ; cold, and foggy. Arrived—Ottawa, steamer, from Quebec ; Guiding Star, Melbourne ; Vasco de Gann, Bombay ; Maggie, Canton ; Benares, Madras ; Hercyna, Callao ; Remark, Buenos Ayres. GRAVESEND, Tuesday, 10.5 A.M. Wind E.S.E. ; tide last hour's ebb ; fine. Arrived, 16th.—Ilarriet Stewart, from Stettin ; Kil blane, Chinch% ; Aun, St. Kitt's ; Concordia, Memel Gluckzan, Stettin. DALL, Tuesday, 10.55 a.m. Wind, S.S.E. ; fresh and cloudy. Anchored.—Fortitude, from London for Capo Palmas. Passed—Lord Stanley, barque, from westward for Lon don; Traffic, from Barbadoes for ditto ; Ada, barque, from westward for ditto. Nuestra, Genoese brig, from Middlesborough, with coals, got on the Goodwin Sands last night—assisted off, with loss of anchor and chain, and will be supplied. • A Norwegian schooner also got on the Sand—assisted off. Sailed—Eliza, Hope, and Pekin, for River ; President, for Hull. DEPARTURES FOR AUSTRALIA.— The departures from the port of London during the week hare comprised 14 vessels—four to Port Philip, with an aggregate burden of 3,802 tons ; three to Sydney, with an aggregate bur den of 1,630 tons ; two to Hobart Town, with an aggre gate burden of 1,100 tons ; two to Adelaide, with an aggregate burden of 769 tons ; one to Portland Bay, of 851 tons ; one to New Zealand, of 736 tons ; and one to Swan River, of 317 tons. Their total capacity was con sequently 9,311 - tons. The rates of freight continue to ,24 - 10 21ip 33 231 pe.r St. 20 St. 15 - i ,0a 10