The Sun. — London, England, 1854-10-02 00:00:00

THE OVERLAND MAIL We have received our papers and correspon dence in anticipation of the Overland Mail. The dates are Bombay, Aug. 30 ; Calcutta, Aug. 19 ; Singapore, Aug. 15 ; China, Aug. 6 ; Australia, July 26. (From the Overland Bombay Times, Aug. SO.) SIIMMARY.—The past month has been singularly barren of intelligence ; such events as we have to • chronicle are peaceful and auspicious. The electric telegraph betwixt Bombay and Calcutta, via the north-west provinces, is now nearly completed ; the line betwixt this and Lahore is so altogether. In the beginning of the week we had intelligence by wire in one day over the former of these lines, the transit of the mail occupying ten days, and we trust that the India House will receive, by the 24th of Sept., tidings despatched this day from the Go vernor-General, via Trieste, in 26 days. So soon as the wire is laid down from the European to the African shore, and so on to Alexandria and Suez, and a fast boat placed on the Bombay line, telegra phic intelligence will always be transmitted betwixt India and England in twelve days, or in half the time taken up by the mail at its fastest. The lower portion of the Bengal Railway was opened for pas sengers on the 15th; no formal inauguration of the line has yet taken place. A school of industrial art has been commenced at Calcutta, on the same gene ral principle as that on which those at home are conducted, but with delays and difficulties to con tend with inconceivable to Englishmen at home. A committee has been appointed by the Bom bay Government with a view of bringing into existence a somewhat similar establishment at Bombay, Sir Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy having under taken to pay the interest of 10,000/. or 5001. a year, to support a portion of the pupils attending it, government constructing the buildings, and meeting all the charges of its maintenance. The plan is nearly identical with that of the Polytech nic Institute projected in 1843, with this difference in favour of the latter—that it was meant to be entirely popular, and to impose no charge on go vernment save that of superintendence, and which was suffered to fall to the ground through public neglect. The establishment of an economic museum has also been taken up by government, and with the most moderate amount of exertion may easily be brought into existence; this having formed a part of the original Polytechnic scheme. It is un derstood that the system of educational supervision as hitherto prevailing under education boards is to be extinguished, and a minister of public in struction appointed instead. The alteration would be an important one could jobbing in patronage be put down ; but an appointment of this kind, to be good for anything, must be liberally requited, and whatever is so in India, where duty cannot be specifically defined, is sure in a few years to become a sinecure, or have its work vicariously performed, or to be passed through interest into the hands of incompetents, the home branch of the adminis tration setting the example in misconduct. The congratulations of the Court of Directors on the excellence of the Punjaub administration has been published, and it is most amusing to us to observe the credit taken for this, as being the re sult, or being a part, of their system. The excel lence of the administration of the north-west pro vinces, and of all our newly-acquired dominions, is due to the fact that the old system has been sub verted, set aside, or reversed in them. What has occurred reflects discredit on the former plan just in proportion as it compliments the present, and as for the praise bestowed upon the company's ser vants, it amounts. to this, that their are multitudes in their employment, out of whom they have yet been able to squeeze honest English philanthropy and enterprise, and that Lord Dalhousie chose the best of these, and left them to do their work their own way, and had it performed to admiration. Had the court's system been pursued, nominations made exclusively by interest would have been fet tered and trammelled by checks and regulations to prevent the exposure of incompetence, and the government of course come to resemble that of the rest of India in reference to which we have little enough to boast. The apprehensions expressed by Principal Melvin atthe Hayleybury examination on the 26th of June, that the selection system of no mination to writerships might give us too much talent, has created an infinity of amusement. When Dumbiedykes proposed to Jeannie Deans and she refused him, he said, "If ye had been wise, Jeannie, ye wad nae hae said that : but they say that mar ried folk aye get on best when there's ae fule in the house." And the head instructor of the highly educated service would seem to hold to the prin ciple, that a considerable amount of indolence and imbecility is indispensable for the government of India. The theory is probably based upon the fact of previous practice • those who have ob served its effect in tile East would have been very glad to have dispensed with it, and en tertain no apprehension of mischief arising from the importation of any amount of industry, integ rity, or intelligence that England can supply. There seems to be au attempt at present making in the House of Commons to blind the people of England as to the provisions of the India Bill of last year, the President of the Board of Control and late Chairman of the India House interposing themselves betwixt her Majesty's subjects in the East and the constitutional resort of redress for grievances —the British Parliament. These gen tlemen. perfectly know, though they ignore the fact, that the Governor-General, and other gc vernors in India, do not possess one atom more power now than they have possessed for the past twenty years—that no change whatever has taken place in the mechanism of government—that the same shiploads of references which were ridiculed and denounced by every witness examined, must still be sent home for consideration, no matter how trivial the subjects ; the work of Government standing still until replies are returned. In June last the tables of the Board of Control groaned with piles of letters then just received from the India House, and which bore date 1847. They had taken seven years on their way from Leadenhall-street to Cannon-row, and will probably take as much more at least before they gst back again to India. Sir Erskine Perry, when he had leave refused him to make an act of Parliament intended for the simplification of the procedure of the Queen's courts at home applicable to those in India, on the plea that the Supreme Government could concede all that was Anted, so as to make it indelicate to interfere, knew that through the whole term of his servitude in the East he had struggled in this matter, and always been opposed, and that the sine cure of three sheriffships, recommended in 1845 by the whole of her Majesty's judges in the three pre sidencies to be abolished, is maintained to this hour solely because it enables the governor for the time being to bestow a gift of from one to three thou sand pounds annually from the public purse on a friend. A Parliamentary paper has just reached us containing an account of the revenues and expen diture of India; the former amounts to twenty-six millions, the latter to twenty-five and a half, so that we have once more a surplus of half a million sterling annually such as we had before the Affghan war began. The principal sources of our income are the land revenue, the opium, and the salt, which afford us respectively a little under seven teen millions, four millions, and two millions, the customs somewhat exceed a million and a half ; the four great items among them affording us twenty-one million and a half nearly. The heavi est charge is, of course, the army, which costs above nine-and a half millions ; the cost of revenue col lection is four millions ; the judicial and police charges above two millions ; and civil and poli tical charges, including contingents, a million and three quarters. Of course, the India accounts are so made up that next to nothing can be made out of them. So far as we can discover from those now before us the condition of our finances is satis factory. Orders have been sent out from England to reverse the system which used to prevail in re ference to public improvements, and the Govern ments are desired to spend from henceforth as much in place of as little as heretofore on canals, roads, tanks, and other public works, and seven millions sterling have meanwhile been set aside for imme diate use. Private enterprise has of late been in a state of unusual activity at Bombay. In the course of the past twelve months one new bank, in addition to the three previously existing, has been established, and a branch bank—we had one or two before—has been introduced amongst us —a new set of cotton presses worked on the hydraulic principle are being set up by a joint stock company—we haVe two companies on the tapir for spinning cotton by machinery —one for establishing paper-mills —one for obtaining fat cattle and other farm produce fro m the neighbour hood—the greatest is behind. The s h are b ooks of a joint stock company for cutting canals of st, irri gation, laid before the London world i n May last, were opened on the 17th of August in Bombay, and in 12 days time 450,0001. worth of shares have been applied for. This added to the stock claimed at home is considerably in excess of the half million of capital originally contemplated; and if shares are allotted to all applying for them, the stock will r: in creased to a million—the great ‘ in all likelihood be set down in a before the present mail reaches London. Cap- _ S Tr ken Haines, late political agent at Aden, who was tied 4 weeks since on two separate sets of indict- Ot ,t, 0 i , Viols - 4 \ °r the embezzlement of 28,0001. of public •• 4 ' ;i; '''' - A-. ja p l ier,l and acquitted on both occasions, is at pre :. ~ :-.- t''it• in, he county gaol as a debtor to Government. ''-' .7 , :iii.isti ca . ssion of shocks of earthquake of no great 1 ii;‘ I lllaviitiude, of pretty general occurrence, were felt ,i , il , .7 - 7' '. 35-. - •'' pttore and Lower Bengal and at Calcutta on , tladVci: /~ r ~ °, s the morning of the 26th, a second was experienced at Midnapore on the 27th, and k a , third at the same station as well as at Kurrachee !Lower Scinde at 6 a.m., on the 29th July. At this period rain and storms prevailed all over India, extending as far west as the volcanic regions of the Red Sea. All hopes are now given up of the safety of the Lady Nugent. She sailed from Madras May 11, for Rangoon, with the head-quartersand a detachment of the 25th Regiment Native Infantry ; Lieut. Colonel Johnstone, Lieut. and Adjutant Daly, Lieut. and Quartermaster King, Lieut. Bamford, and Assistant-Surgeon Simpson on board, and she is supposed to have gone down during the storms which prevailed betwixt the 24th and 27th of May. Samples have been sent home by the present mail of some varieties of hemp most plentiful in our bazaar—viz., Rajpooree Bunn, 161. a ton ; Deochur ditto, 181. a ton ; SaLsette, 14/. ; Ambarra, 91. ; and specimens of our other fibres, as well as larger supplies of those enumerated, will speedily follow by the Cape. Though the scarcity of fibre and the importance of seeing what India could supply was well known here in February last, not an ounce of European flax seed was to be had at the presi dency when the rains set in, nor is it still ; and to the intimation given in the Bombay Times of April, that half a million's worth of fibre might be disposed of could fitting specimens only be provided, no re ply was ever received ; a curious instance of apathy with a Government living on its laud revenue, a chamber of commerce, and agricultural society, to which such things ought to be of special interest, contrasted with the cases of energy noted above. The Geographical Society has re solved hereafter to conduct its meetings on the London model, to admit the public to have popular papers read, and lectures delivered, and it is hoped the example may extend. It is rather bard upon the well-behaved portion of the Indian com munity that the manners and customs of the whole should be considered correctly delineated by Mr. Arnold, Mr. Lang, Mrs. M'Kenzie, or the " Delhi Sketch Book," or, still worse, by the reports of our criminal courts—yet such at present is too much the case. Should it remain so the fault will be our own. The Governor-General is at present in Calcutta ; Lord Harris at Madras ; and Lord Elphinstone, who is slightly indisposed, arrived from Poona last night, and is expected to spend the remainder of the season at the presidency. The weather fort i the past four weeks has been de lightful, with a constant alternation of sunshine and showers. It now begins to be warm, and we should still very much desire six or eight inches of rain, no more than sixty having fallen up to the present date. The prospects of trade are favour able, and money very abundant in the market. MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. CASUALTIES BY DEATH IN INDIA SINCE THE DEPARTURE OF THE MAIL ON THE 30TH JULY. _ _ HER MAJESTY'S TROOPS.—Captain R. Macdonald, 74th Highlanders, of cholera, at the Travellers, Bunga low, near Pondicherry. MADRAS.—Lieutenant T. H. V. Shortland, 36th Regiment, Native Infantry, in the Sitang River, Bur mah, on the 23d April Assistant Surgeon J. W. Fir minger, 19th Regiment, Native Infantry, at Rangoon, on the 24th June. BENGAL.—Major Beaty, Invalids, at Mussoorie, en the 27th July ; Lieutenant G. D. Elliott, Invalids, at Nainea Tal, by drowning, on the 29th July ; Lieutenant H. J. Beaumont, 7th Regiment, Native Infantry, at Calcutta, on the 16th July ; Lieutenant Smallpiece, 65th Regiment, Native Infantry, at Rangoon. and several vessels were loading for London and America. There was nothing of interest from Amoy up to the 29th of July. The import trade was increasing, and several vessels from the southward, with piece goods, had arrived. The country in the neighbourhood of Namoa was in a very disturbed state, and communication with the city was stopped. His Excellency Commodore Perry arrived here on the 22d ult. in the 'United States' steamer Mis sissippi from Japan and Loochoo. The particulars of the treaty he succeeded in making with the Japanese Government have not transpired. Port regulations and sailing direc tions for Simoda and Hakodadi, the two ports, have been printed on board the Mississippi, and made public. His Excellency also made a compact for friendly intercourse with the kingdom of Loochoo islands. Her Majesty's ship Winchester, and the steamer Barracouta have left this port to join the squadron at Shanghai. His Excellency Admiral L 9. Guerre arrived here on the Ist inst. in his Imperial French Majesty's ship St. Jeanne d'Arc, and landed under the usual salutes and a guard of honour. His Excellency proceeded next day to Shanghai to meet Sir James Stirling. Canton.—Exchange, 4s. 11d. ; freights, 5/. 103. Shanghai.—Exchange,6s. 3d.; freights, 61. and 7/, COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. REPORT ON TIIE STATE OF THE BOMBAY MARKETS, FROM THE IST TO THE 30TH AUGUST. As usual at this season of the year, money is very abundant in the bazaar, and we have little activity to record in the market since the date of our last report. There is very little demand in commercial quarters, and no prospect of higher rates of interest being current for some time to come. Government securities were more inquired after about the middle of the month, and the price advanced to 94 ; but latterly they have been ra ther neglected, and the rate has receded to 98. In joint stock shares there has been a good deal of speculation, and quotations in some cases have advanced, as will be seen by our price current. Our commercial report was dated the 31st ult., and in continuing our advices on the state of the market, we regret that so little has transpired of a cheering na ture, or calculated to furnish encouragement for the future, to shippers of cotton manufactures. COTTON WOOL.—A steady, but by no means active demand has existed for Great Britain during the month, and prices have been firmly supported. In seeds there has been nothing doing, but prices of linseed and rape are somewhat higher, other sorts lower. OPIIIM.—The market at the early part of the month was very firm, and Mundleisur stood at Rs. 933, and 925 for Indore, but with very unfavourable advices from China, the price has given way to Rs. 930 for No. 1, and Rs. 920 per chest No. 2. EXCHANGZ.--The transactions have been few for this mail. In the early part of the month a few sales were effected at 23. id. at 23. /d. for first-class credit and docu ment bills, but since the arrival of the China mail with the news of the disturbed state of matters at Canton, and with very few bills, a fall of more than 1 per cent. ha s taken place, and we now quote current rates at ls. 110. is. 11 15-d. On China there is nothing doing, and the nominal quotation is rs. 240 for dollars 100 60 days' sight. For Calcutta the current rate at the be ginning of the month was par at sight, till Government opened as drawers, and the rate fell gradually to 991, at which a fair amount was parted. Within the last three days Government have been less willing to sell, and the rate may be quoted as 994, three days' sight. BOMBAY MONEY MARKET. Tuesday Evening, Aug. 29. EXCILINGES. _ On London.—At six montlig' sight, per R., 2s. ; six months' sight, per R., ls. 110. to ls. 11d. 15-16ths for credit bills. On Calcutta.—At 60 days' sight, 98/r. ; 30 days sight, 984 ; at sight, 99/. On Madras.—At 30 days' sight, 90r. ; at sight, 991 r. On China.—At 60 days' sight, 238 r. to 240 r. CALCUTTA, AUG. 16. We have at length had a public event at Calcutta. The Bengal Railway has at last commenced running, and the ditchers of the Presidency can travel by rail to a place called Hooghly, about the distance from Calcutta that Manchester is from Liverpool. The natives crowded in thousands to see the first performances of the iron horse ; and the carriages which were provided for the occasion proved quite insufficient to accommodate the multitude of people who desired to avail themselves of the first opportunity of travelling by steam. There can be no doubt that this railway will within a very short time materially affect Calcutta, not only com mercially, but also socially. It is now but three days since the trains began to run, but already the papers are filled with advertisements, which announce hotels, refresh ment-rooms and lodgings at Seratnpore, Chandernagore, and Hooghly, the three places through which the line runs. In a year or two hence, the probabilities are, that the fashionable world of Calcutta will live out of town at villas built on the river aide along the line of railway. The effect which it is likely to produce upon Bengal no one can calculate. The 15th of August may be noted as a red letter in the idex of Indian progress ; for far more loudly than that iron horse made its voice heard as it hurried to its destination will the sound go throughout the land, that India must at length be opened freely and unrestrainedly to the enterprises of commerce and the influences of British speculation. Next to the railway the most interesting topic of dis cussion in Calcutta has been the new postal act, which is at length published, and which comes into force on the Ist of October ; when we shall have a uniform postage, i. e. Queen's heads outside our letters, in very humble imitation of the genuine article at home. The commissioners upon Rajah Brooke's affairs have started. They are the advocate general (Mr. Prinsep) and the Government agent (the Hon. H. B. Devereux). There is no news either from the northern or the southern frontier. Burmah is quiet; and the King of Ava is going to send articles to the Paris Exhibition. Whether his Majesty will forward the golden foot or not is not reported. By degrees the new country seems to be falling into order, and no doubt in a few years it will repay us for its conquest. Week ending May 27 June 3 ... „ 10 „ 17 ... , 24... July 1 ... CHINA. HONG KONG, At G. 6. We received the Bth of June mail on the 25th ult. The 24th of June mail has not yet arrived. Since our report of the 22d ult. the insurrection near Canton bas been - extending by constant suc cesses of the insurgents, the Government not being reinforced, and not strong enough to put it down. • Fashan is in complete possession of the insurrec tionary-party, and the Imperial forces have with drawn- for the protection of Canton. The rebel camp is within three miles of the city, and the Tar tar garrison must be reduced in numbeil by the constant fighting close to the walls, and there is no calculating how soon the city may b e i n possession of the Triad and rebel force, which is reported to be nu merous The natives continue to l eave t h e c i ty . trade is suspended, and the ex p or t o f The import the market is made with diffi culty, from the nume rous hordes of p irat es in the the tea remaining o n f o r places of greater security. late arrivals of new t eas . river. There have been no Our dates from Shanghai are to the 24th tilt. The Imp er i a li s ts were continuing their efforts to zetake the city,re is nothing moment and th© present feeling is they will succeed. The of the northern army. The three Superintendents appointed by the treaty powers for the collection of the Imperial duties had entered upon their novel appo intments. The duty questi on is not settled. It would appear his Excellency Sir J o h n Bowrine- has not waited for instructions from Lord Clarendon, judging from the letter the Foreign Minister addressed to the Liverpool China Association. Our advices from Foochow are to the 15th ult. There was no political news. The Chrysolite, with a cargo of tea for London, was under despatch, Ovens. The Avoca 16,081 17,609 18,877 23,525 18,875 20,310 14,927 14.386 4,802 4,638 3,722 4,188 6,433 8,554 quartz rock at the M'lvot, it is pcssible that a mine worked there may yield results as remunerative as the auriferous iron pyrites rock belonging to the St. John del Rey Gold Mining Company at Morro Velho. "W.M. BIRKMYRE. "To Mr. Bryce Ross, Melbourne." On the whole, we may safely affirm that—although, perhaps, extravagant results are not so common as they have been—at no period have the prospects of our gold fields been more cheering or more certain than they are at this moment. AMERICA. . LIVERPOOL, OCT. 1. The Africa has arrived, with advices from New York to the 20th. She has brought $1,234,122 on freight. The Atlantic had arrived out at New York, and the Ottawa at Quebec. Advices from Havannah report an improvement in the health of the city. An advance had oc curred in sugars. Exchange on London, 131 1 . Freights to Falmouth with sugar, 2/. ss. The Secretary of the Treasury had informed the New York collectors that the tariff laws were to continue in force until the ratification of the reci procity treaty by the Canadian L_gislature. Four hundred damaged packages had been re covered from. the City of Philadelphia. She was expected to become a total wreck. The statement respecting the purchase of Cuba is not confirmed. The yellow fever was on the increase at New Orleans. From Canada we have no particular news. The Hon. Mr. Cameron was to have fought a duel, but it was prevented. We have advices from Mexico to the Bth. The immigration of French into Mexico continued. A body of Spanish troops had arrived at Vera Cruz. 2,000 Swiss troops were expected. 16 squadrons of the army were to be disbanded. It was reported that the frigate Independence had received orders to proceed to Greytown. It is said that the Secretary of State had received a very pacific despatch from Lord Clarendon on the subject of the Greytown bombardment. The American Fur Company's stores at Fort Laramil had been destroyed by the Indians. In New York the markets were more active. The stock market was abundantly supplied, but no alteration had occurred in rates. The business in exchange was not large ; on London, 9i to 10. The Atlantic's advices had depressed the cotton markets. The markets for the better grades of flour had slightly yielded in price, while the com mon and medium qualities had been sustained. The price of wheat was firmly supported ; freights re mained dull. AUSTRALIA. THE GOLD-FIELDS.—THE COLONY OF VICTORIA. (From the Melbourne Argus, July 21.) The Queen of the South will proceed to sea to-morrow morning at ten o'clock, conveying mails by way of Cape Horn, and the Norna, expected from Sydney on Sun day, will probably sail on Monday morning with those by the route overland. We have therefore prepared our summary to suit both opportunities. As regards the colony generally we are able with truth to report very favourably, perhaps more so than upon any former occasion. With the exception of the import trade, almost every interest in the country is in a highly prosperous or hopeful condition. Law and order are fast becoming established ; life and property are comparatively safe, even in our remoter districts ; and the population have universally settled down to the steady pursuits of industry. In the neighbourhood of all the gold-fields considerable luantities of agricultural lands have been purchased; cultivation and the breeding of the smaller kinds of live stock have become a mania, and fabulous prices are given for suitable animals. Ve getables, eggs, and milk, in place of being unheard-of luxuries, are fast becoming procurable at all the older gold-fields. The diggers are now sending for their wives and families, and many of them are devoting a large portion of their time to the cultivation of gardens and even farms. The Government having laid out town ships, allotments have been eagerly purchased, and the former encampments at Mount Alexander, Bendigo, Ballarat, M'lvor, the Goulburn, and the Ovens, are now being supplatited by regular buildings, which are rapidly assuming the appearance of towns and cities, with many of the appliances and comforts of modern civilization. Congratulating our distant readers most heartily upon these vast strides in the legitimate settlement of the colony, for which we have so long been labouring, we now proceed to give more particular details, and, ac cording to custom, commence with our great staple, the precious metal. Ballarat. AVlvor Goal burn. 970 929 1,232 THE GOLD. We subjoin, in the first place, a statement of the amounts brought to Melbourne and Geelong by the Go vernment escorts, from the various gold-fields, since the date of our last summary : GOLD FOR GOVERNMENT ESCORT. Mount Alexander, Bendigo, and Tar rengo wer. 16,457 10,964 13,504 11,453 14,552 11,880 11,927 9,170 In order the better to thow the position of the gold interest, we likewise subjoin the following comparative statement of gold received and shipped, respectively, in the past six months, with those in a similar period last year. GOLD RECEIVED BY ESCORT AND GOLD SHIPPED IN THE FIRST SIX MONTHS RESPECTIVELY OF 1853 AND 1854. Gold Received Gold Shipped. 1853. 1854. 1853. 1854. 937,873 oz. 929,367 oz. 1,103,634 oz. 1,077,431 oz, N.B.—ln 1854 the amounts ar• to Ist July inclusive. Judging from the above returns, and taking into ac count the fact that since last year the escorts to Ade laide and Sydney have been abandoned, it might with some show of reason be supposed that our gold-fields are exhibiting signs of exhaustion ; but we are of opinion that this would be a very rash assumption. Indeed, from the facts that have come to our knowledge, we are more inclined to think that the development of our gold fields, wonderful as it has already been, is yet only in its infancy. On glancing at the map of Victoria our readers will perceive that the country is intersected by a series of ranges, commencing at the Australian Alps and ending at the Mount Gambier Hills, on the border of South Australia, extending from east to west across ten de grees of longitude and upwards of two degrees latitude. These ranges are stated by geologists to be all volcanic, and likely to be more or less auriferous. The progress of the gold discovery has gradually demonstrated the certainty of this most important fact. It is as fol lows : - - Year. Longitude. Locality. 1851 ... 143 deg. 50 min. ... Ballarat. 1851 ... 144 „ 20 „ Mount Alexander. 1851 ... 144 „ 20 „ Bendigo. 1852 ... 146 „ 20 ... Ovens. 1853 ... 145 „ 0 „ M`lvor. 1853 ... 145 „ 50 „ Goulburn. 1854 ... 144 „ 5 „ Tarrengower. 1854 ... 147 „ 40 Omeo. 1854 ... 143 „ 30 „ ... Avoca. 1854 ... 142 „ 35 ~ ... Mount William. Thus it appears that our known gold-fields, which in 1851 extended over less than half a degree of longitude, are now found in a traot of country extending over no less than five degrees of longitude. In 1851 we had three gold fields, and now we have ten. If we mistake not, the Ballarat or Bunninyong range and that which which extends to Mount Alexander and Bendigo are connected, or rather identical. In 1851, therefore, we had discovered gold on only one range. But now, in 1854, gold fields have bdtn found on four others—viz., the Grampians, the Pyrenees, the M‘lvor, and the Aus tralian Alps. Though not directly connected with our subject, we may here remark that, according to the estimate of a scientific gentleman who has traversed the whole ceun try, the sides of these ranges thus traversing this colony comprehend about twelve millions of acres of volcanic soil, which in point of richness and suitableness for agri cultural purposes is not surpassed by any region of simi lar extent in the world. With reference to the comparative richness of our various gold-fields, we are of opinion that this is a point which will not be determined for many years to come. The Avoca gold-fields, which is on a spur with the Pyre nees, is apparently nearly as rich as Bendigo. As yet we have only received two amounts by escort. The first, received on Ist July, amounted to 6,433 ounces ; and the second, on the 15th, to 8,544 ounces. We are con vinced that further and still more important discoveries will be made in the higher ranges of the Pyrenees. Front Mount William, in the Grampians, no escort has yet arrived, but the diggers there (several hundreds in number) are known to have been successful. It will be observed that in the latest escorts the amounts from the older gold-fields have fallen off. This, however, is explained by the fact, that thousands have rushed from them to the new diggings at Avoca. More than ever it is found that gold digging has be come a settled pursuit ; but at the same time the num bers of the digging community working are not increased in proportion to the general increase of population ; for many, as before stated, have engaged in cultivation, and the preliminary fencing and erection of buildings would of themselves largely occupy their time. Besides this, the extraordinary development of other branches of in dustry throughout the country, and the ample remune ration of labour everywhere received, have seduced great numbers from the exciting scramble for the precious deposits. Another most important consideration in reference to our gold fields is quartz-crushing, with regard to which especially we have come to the conclusion that the deve lopment of the gold interest is only in its infancy. Hitherto in this colony the applications for extracting gold from the soil or from the rock have been of the rudest description, and in this respect, from all accounts, we are very far behind California, where we understand operations of very great magnitude, and requiring the combination of wealthy companies, are conducted. Here it is found that the samples of quartz are twenty times richer than the best found in Brazil, and it is certain that a few of Berdan's machines would yield an enormous profit on any of our gold fields, and furnish an impetus to our production of gold, of which it is impossible to predict the effects. On this subject we subjoin a report by Mr. Birkmyre, of the Port Philip and Colonial Gold Company : "Port Philip and Colonial Gold Company, Melbourne, March 29. " Sir,--The sample of quartz from the M'lvor con tains at the rate of 7 oz. 19 dwts. 5 grs. of about 23 carat gold to the ton, or the value of the gold in 116. of rock is 3d., or 6 cents. " This is twenty times more gold per ton than is obtained at Morro Velho, in the Brazils, from a harder and more intractable rock ; but, notwithstandin g , it has been very profitably worked for many years by English capital, the profit last year being 50,0001. " Till the success of the mine alluded to, it was sup posed to be quite r u i nous to extract gold from rocks ; but this was mere prejudice, as, of course, the success or noil-succe/is of a mine depends chiefly upon the quantity of gold which a rock contains, and the abundance of the gold-bearing rock. "Your sample being comparatively very rich in gold, and as you say there is great abundance of gold-bearing CANADA. LIVERPOOL, Saturday Morning. The Sarah Sands from Montreal arrived last evening with dates to the 15th inst. Cholera was subsiding at Quebec. She brought 240 artillerymen amongst her passengers. The 71st, 66th, and 54th Regi ments were under orders for embarkation, and ex pecting to leave in one of the Company's steamers. The Sarah Sands passed the Ottawa on the morning of the 17th, one day's sail from Quebec. THE ARCTIC EXPEDITION. The following interesting letter respecting the Arctic discovery ships has been forwarded to us for publication : Her Majesty's ship Phcenix, Queenstown, Sept. 2. As we have just arrived from the Arctic regions, you may be anxious to know the latest news. We have brought home Captains Sir E. Belcher, Kellett, and M'Clure, the discoverers of the north-west passage, they all having left their ships this year, except M'Clure, who left his last year. Sir E. Belcher left his ship in Wel lington Channel, about 40 miles from Beachey Island ; and Captain Kellett left his in lat. 74 deg. 42 min., long. 101 deg. 22 min. west, 28 miles south-west of Cape Cockburn. With respect to our own work, I must tell you we arrived at Disko on the 18th of June, and, after discharging the transport, we sailed (with the Talbot store-ship in tow) on the sth of July for Uper navik to procure dogs, which we did ; and sailed for the ice in Melville Bay on the 20th. After procuring some 600 looms and ducks for the Arctic squadron at Cape Shacklelis, we stood for the ice ; but were soon brought up in lat. 74 deg. north, the ice being very heavy. The captain and icemaster landed on one of the Duck Islands, to see how the ice was to the northward, and the icemaster informed us that during 47 years' expe rience he never saw so much ice, upon which the captain (Inglefield) determined to try the west shore, all the whalers having done so a fortnight before, they not being able to get through Melville Bay. We immediately went away south again, and, filling up with coals at the coalmine in Disko (where we got 70 tons in 24 hours,) we halted across for Home Bay. We fell in with the whalers on the 3d of Au g ust off Home Bay, who informed us that the ice bad not broken off the shore yet, and they had not been able to get any further. Captain Inglefield was determined to look at the ice himself. At sunset the icemaster reported no lead and the ice very heavy, when we bore up for Disko again, intending, alter filling up with coals, to get right through the pack, as the last chance of getting up at all. We entered the pack in 70 deg. north, first calling at Liveley, and filling up with coals, and were 10 days getting through, coming out abreast of Ponds Bay. We found no ice off the west shore for 150 miles on the land. We now made all haste to Beachey Island, cAllinc , at Wollaston Sound to see the depot of provisions which were left there in 1849 by the North Star. But when we went on shore we found all the casks stove, all the preserved meats destroyed, all the rum, brandy, and wine gone. We brought off about forty casks of flour, but they were all stove, and the flour spoilt. We sailed the next morning for Port Dundas, which is exactly op posite. We remained there a day, and then stood for Beachy Island, where we arrived on Aug. 26. Here, to our astonishment, we found the North Star under weigh on the eve of starting for England, with the whole of the squadron on board. They have left their ships. Of course they immediately gave us three cheers. We landed a number of stores for Collinson, should he come this way. Lieutenant Mecham, first of the Resolute, picked up a record, which Captain Collinson left behind, he having come up the Prince of Wales' Straits the following year, being only a fortnight behind M'Clure. He then, find ing he could not get beyond the head of the straits, turned back and followed M'Clure round the south-west side of Baring Island, but was stopped when he got to lat. 72 deg., long. 125 deg., and was obliged to go back again after being within 40 miles of M'Clure. Collinson eventually wintered in lat. 71 deg. 35 min. west, long. 117 deg. 40 min. I send you a copy of his record, and a tracing of the land explored. I suppose we shall hare another expedition next year to look after him. We started from Beachey Island on the 27th, calling at Wol laston Sound depot. We tried to get to Port Leopold to visit the depot there, but could not, in consequence of the ice. We were only three days coming through the pack. Remained at Lievely three or four days ; took in what coals there were, when we all started for England. We parted company with the Talbot and North Star off Cape Farewell in a gale of wind, and ar rived off here this morning. RECORDS POUND AT PRINCESS ROYAL ISLETS BY LIEU TENANT MECHA3I, IST OF HER MAJESTY'S SHIP RESO LUTE, IN THE SPRING, 1854. Her Majesty's ship Enterprise rounded Point Barrow in the pack on the 26th of July, 1851. Got into open water on the American shore on the 30th, along which she proceeded until the 21st of August, when two islets were discovered east-north-east of the Pelly Islands. Captain Parry was seen on the 26th, and on the same evening a bold bluff, in lat. 71 deg. north, longitude 122 deg. west. Standing to the north-east along this shore, she entered a strait on the 29th, in which, on the fol lowing morning, in lat. 72 deg. 55 min. north, long. 127 deg. 10 min. west, two islets, with a beacon on the largest, were seen. Here we found a boat, with 37 casks of provisions, deposited by the Investigator, which ves sel had wintered in the pack, four miles east-north-east of these islets. During the autumn a travelling party from her reached the north end of the straits, in 73 deg. 32 min. north, and 115 deg. west. The last date from her is June the Ist, when all were well. Travelling parties had been exploring north and south. The latter had fallen in with the natives, who were described as inoffensive people. Captain APClure named the southern shore Prince Albert's Land ; northern shore, Baring's Island ; the straits, Prince of Wales ; and the islets, Princess Royal. The Enterprise, proceeding up the strait, which varies from 10 to 20 miles in width, reached the north end of it on the 31st, and on the southern shore found a cylin der, deposited by the Investigator's travelling party, dated on board the ship, April 21, 1851. Finding the entrance blocked by ice, returned along Baring's Island, rounding Cape Erebus (Nelson's Head of M'Clure) on the 2d of Sept., and on a low point in 72 deg. 1 min. north, and 125 deg. 10 min. west a cask was found, with intelligence of the Investigator, dated Aucrust 18, 1851. She left IPrincs of Wales Straits on the 10th. All well. The Enterprise, proceeding northerly, landed on an island in 72 deg. 55 min. north, and 125 deg. 10 min. west, and deposited 20 days' provisions for eight men. Not finding any suitable place for winter quarters, re turned to where she now lies, in lat. 71 deg, 35 min. north, long. 117 deg. 39 min. west, at the east side of the entrance of Prince of Wales Straits. it. CommrsoN, Captain. RECORD FOUND ON PRINCESS ROYAL ISLETS. This post was erected by her Majesty's ship Investi gator; wintered in, the pack off it in 1850.1851, and then pursued her way to the westward. The strait was visited on the 30th of August, 1851, by the Enterprise, who pursued the same course. This post was visited by travelling parties from her Majesty's ship Enterprise and another ; traced the north coast of Prince Albert's Land, and found a deep inlet, or strait, 80 miles to the south-east of the mark erected by the Investigator. At the north end of the straits another party, which has not yet returned, went across with orders to reach Melville Island if possible. We have taken 301 b. of preserved meats. a case and a half of potatoes, half a cask of sugar, half a cask of cocoa, and seven gills of rum. May 29, 1852. R. COLLINSON. RECORD FOUND ON PRINCESS ROYAL ISLAND. Her Majesty's ship Enterprise reached the east end of Prince of Wales Straits on the 30th of August, 1851, and found the sea closely packed off the mouth of the straits, and, not finding a suitable winter quarters, she will be found near the south-west end of Baring's Island, or, if there is no harbour there, in the bight of Prince Albert's Land, 70 miles south of this island. All well on board. R. COLLINSON, Captain. Her Majesty's ship Enterprise, Winter Quarters lat. 71 deg. 05 min. north, long. 117 deg. 39 min. west, 1851.1852. We wintered here, arrivinc , on September 14, and were finally frozen in October 24. In the interval several natives visited the ship, eventually leaving us on the 9th of November. They are a quiet people, but have little to spare. Needles, knives, and saws are the articles principally in requisition. Almost throughout the whole of the winter we ob tained hares, ptarmigan, &T. The weather has been exceedingly mild ; the monthly average never below 20 deg. Little or no sickness has occurred, and we are in fit condition for hard work. Travelling parties will start early in April- —one following the coast southerly ; the others will pass through Prince Wales Strait, and then iyirt, one for Melville Island, if possible, and the other along the north side of Prince Albert's Land, in search of the missing expedition. Intelligence respecting the movements of the Enter prise will be deposited on an islet (10 feet magnetic north of a mark) in lat. 71 deg. 49 min. north, long. 119 deg. west, subsequent to the return of the travelling parties. April 15, 1852. R. COLLINSON, Captain. RECORD FOUND ON RAMSAY ISLAND. The provisions on Princess Royal Island were safe on the 29th of May, except what our travelling parties con sumed. _ _ The Resolution sledge parted company on the 4th of May for Melville Island, and has not yet returned. All well, and no traces of missing expedition. I shall proceed southerly, along Prince Albert's Land, immediately I am extricated. POUND ON RAMSAY ISLAND. Her Majesty's ship Enterprise, Aug. 27, 1852, lat. 71 deg. 25 min., long. 119 deg. 5 min. We left our winter quarters at the eastern end of this bay on the sth inst., and have been prevented by the ice from any progress until this day. It is my intention to pursue the channel separation, Wollaston, from Prince Albert's Land, the entrance to which is in lat. 70 deg. 35 min. north. Hitherto the ice has been close in with the shore, nor have we been able to turn its western edge by pursuing a westerly route along the south end of Baring Island. All well. R. CoLuNsox. THE ARCTIC SEARCH. The public mind can hardly have been prepared for the closing scene in the drama of Arctic search. It is with pain that we are under the necessity of announcing, not only the return of Sir Edward Belcher, but the fact that he has abandoned, while they were yet uninjured and available for further sevice, the four fine vessels placed under his command ; and, what is of far higher import, that he has left the gallant Collinson to effect his own retreat. It is to be presumed that Sir Edward Belcher will fully explain his proceedings as respects his own search for poor Franklin's party ; and we conceive that the public will claim also to be fully informed why her Ma jesty's ships have been thus abandoned, in the face of instructions laid before the House of Commons and conveyed to Sir E. Belcher by the Phoenix in the present summer. These instructions, if they did not positively require extended search on behalf of Frank lin's parties, most unmistakeably enjoined such measures as might secure the safety of Captain Collinson's, for the accomplishment of which the amplest means were placed at the dispOsal of Sir E. Belcher, and in pursuance of which he was further instructed to consult with the very able officers who accompanied him. Rumour is already busy, and it is said that Sir E.Belcher's return to England is to be followed by courts-martial, and in quiries into disputes with his officers. It is not, we trust, owing to causes so ignoble as these that the public service has suffered and the claims of humanity been sacrificed. Of the proceedings of the search we have as yet only gathered that the division under Captain Kellett had effected all that was anticipated, Commander M'Clintook having completed a very extended sledge journey to the westward from Melville Island, occupying about 100 days, during which he found abundance of musk oxen and reindeer. The movements of Sir E. Belcher appear to have been limited, since the date of his despatches received last year to his retreat upon Beechey Island ; and the promising lands to the north and north-east-of Wellington Channel remain, therefore, unvisited. But amidst all the gloom which hangs over the search for Franklin and his unfortunate companions, we may heartily congratulate the friends of Captain Cullinson upon his presumed safety, notwithstanding the detention to which Sir Edward Belcher's return has probably consigned him. As we have always :anticipated, his course was precisely that of Captain M'Clure's, whose first winter resting place was at tained in the following year by the Enterprise, four days after it had been vacated by M'Clure. Failing, as his predecessor had done, to accomplish the north-west pas sage through Investigator Strait, Captain Collinson ultimately found his first winter harbour, in 1851-2, in Walker Bay, on the south side of Prince Albert Land, and he is known to have pursued in the following sum mer an easterly course along the North American shore, through Dolphin and Union Strait. He may thus pos sibly be able to carry his ship through Victoria Strait and Peel Sound into Barrow Strait, which would be effecting the north-west passage, though not by the chan nel that-bas been sighted, and so nearly accomplished by Captain M'Clure. Our knowledge of these circum stances is derived from the records deposited by Cap tam Collinson, and discovered by Lieutenant Me cham. They further develope the singular facts that the same places were visited the same season by parties from the Investigator and from the Enterprise, starting from widely different positions, and that the same point was actually seen by both within a few miles of each other; the spot where these records were deposited hav ing been repeatedly, yet unconsciously, traversed by parties from all the searching ships. Such facts as these cannot but shake any inferences drawn from the ap parent absence of records. Once more we may invite attention to the consolatory absence of all disaster in the returning Arctic expedi tion, or of mortality reaching even isa the usual average ; and again, too, it may be reiterated that the case of the Franklin expedition • remains unaffected except negatively. We do know that our missing countrymen have not been thrown upon the north-western shores of Melville Island, but we remain in doubt whether, after passing up Wellington Channel, their course was not di rected to the unsearched lands then in sight rather than towards the northern shore of Melville Island. It is, therefore, upon the zeal, ability, and singlo•mindedpess of Dr. Kane, in command of the American expedition, that we now mainly depend, since his intended course, after passing up Smith Sound, will be towards the un explored lands seen by Sir E. Belcher's expedition, lying to the north of Wellington Channel. IMPORTANT DECISION. A steeple chase, got up for the benefit of the town and neighbourhood, took place at Grantham, on the 7th April last. Since then great surprise and dissatisfaction has been created amongst the sporting characters of the district, owing to the surveyor of taxes (Mr. Atkinson) having caused those who entered their horses in the chase to be furnished with surcharges, with cause (if any) to appeal. The appellants appeared before the com missioners of the district and the surveyor ; the latter confidently insisting that they were liable, induced the commissioners, after a long examination, to come to the conclusion that they were to pay the extra duty. Mr. Sampey, one of the appellants, feeling indignant at this decision, wrote to the managing commissioner, Thomas Keogh, Esq., Somerset House, as to his liability to pay, and received the following answer Inland Revenue, Somerset House, London, September 14, 1854. Sir,—l have laid before the Board of Inland Revenue your letter of the 6th instant, requesting to know whether, under the circumstances therein stated, you are liable to be assessed for a race horse. In reply, lam directed to inform you that the board have made inquiry into the matter, and they find you are charged only the ordinary duty on your horse for the present year, and that, under the circumstances, you will not be assessed for a race horse in respect of the use of your horse on the occasion to which you allude.—l am, &c. "THOMAS KEOGH." The matter so far is ended at Grantham, the solution to the problem showing that Mr. Atkinson, with all his knowledge and power, was as much wrong, probably more so, as he has ever been right. The present case fully proves, and what may be of great service hereafter to the sporting world, that any gentleman paying com mon riding horse duty, may enter and run his horse in any steeple chase, without paying racehorse duty. CAPA MUDABLA.— The columns of the Orthoepist have been most industriously searched in latter times to furnish names that have certainly created confusion rather than assisted in explaining what they were in tended to convey ; but a most happy selection of title has been made in reference to a patent for an improved ladies' mantle, and which is called the Capa Mudabla, or, as its Spanish name would translate, changing cloak. Of all the novelties in dress that have recently appeared, this is the most marked, inasmuch as it gives an ever varying change. Firstly, it has the form of a comfort. able -:e;, elegant cloak, with the fullness Of skirt so much now in vogue in Paris. Secondly, without the slightest difficulty it may be changed so as to form gracefully draped sleeves ; and, thirdly, may be ar ranged for the sleeves to fit closely. With 'these pecu liarities, it will be seen how admirably it is adapted to our variable climate, and the tact, judgment, and taste displayed by the Messrs. Jay, of Regent-street, the patentees, at once conceded. LEEDS, Sept. 29.—There has not been any change of consequence in the state of the woollen market this week. There was rather more activity in the coloured Cloth"-hall on Saturday, and an improved business was done ; but on Tuesday the market was flat, and the quantity of cloth that changed owners was [within a very moderate compass. In the white cloth market, both on Saturday and on Tuesday, there was a fair moderate business done, PRICES OF SHARES IN BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM- PANIES' STOCK. Front the Official List. PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING. LONDON, TUESDAY, SEPT. 29, 1854. GAS-LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. I X s. d. £ s. d. British •• •• •• •• •• •• .• ___ 1 Ditto Provincial.... U. 89. 20 0 0 20 0 0 21 Brighton •••••••• •• ~ 5/. 20 0 0 20 0 0 15 City of London .. •• 41. 10s. 100 0 0 150 5 0 Continental (3d Cap.).., 41.109. 1 60 0 0 43 10 0 Equitable ••• .... •• •• 1/. ss. 50 0 0 all 26 Great Central .. —.• . 71 per cent. 10 0 0 all 12 Imperial .. •• •• ...... 61. E; bonus. i5O 0 0 all I 83% Independent ..... •• •• 51. 40 0 0 PP ..- London•• .... •• •• •• •• - 60 0 0 PP - Do., Pail. Preference 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 Phce ix ............. 41. per cent. 60 0 0 5) U 0 26% Ratellif ...• • ....... 5./. 100 0 0 PO 0 0 73 United General •• —•. 2/. Ills. 60 0 0 all 2tl Westminster Chartered Si. per cent, 60 0 0 ~ ' 35% Ditto, New ........ 51. oer cent. 50 0 0 10 ~ 0 6% WATER-WORKS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. -- --- X s. d. X s. d. East London Grand Junction .... • • 4 . . per cnt. 50 0 0 all 72 Kent 4l. per cnt. 1100 0 0 80 Lambeth ...... •• • • New River Company , 21. 10s. I 55 Southwark & Vauxhall 51 per cnt. 1100 0 0 --89% West Middlesex • DOCKS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. X s. d. X s. d. --- Commercial .• .... 41. pr cent. Stock. Stock. East arid West India 5l. pr cent. Stock. East Country • • 2os. per sh. London .... Ditto Bonds.. •. .. St. Katharine oittliampton Victoria , BRIDGES. Dividend Amount Name of Company, per I of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. £ s. d. £ S. d. Hungerford ........ 12 Southwark .. Ditto New of 7 p.c. 70s. per cent 50 0 0 Waterloo ..... Ditto Old Ann. of 81. 11. 12s. 60 0 0 28 Ditto Nw ditto of 71. 1/. Bs. Od. 40 0 0 25 Vauxhall ....., ...... 11. ss. 70 10 3 21 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. • Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. ------- X a. d. £ s. d. Australasia—. —. . British North American 61. per cent. 50 0 0 9 f Commercial of London. 6/. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 31'4 Colonial .. ... •• • lonian ....• •••.. . . . . Lond . Char. 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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 2031 0 Caledonian Bank .• •• . 81. per cent. 10 0 0 210 0 3/. its City of Glasgow Bank 5/. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 10/ 15s Clydesdale Bank .... /. p cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 2 5 s Commercial Bank •• 71. per cent. 560 0 0 100 0 0 19710 s Eastern Bank..•• •• • • 61. per cent. 25 0 0 10 0 0 10115 Edinb. & Glasgow .. • • 3%1. p cent. 5 0 0 5 0 0 41. 13s Exchange Bnk of Scot.. 100 0 0 31 5 0 National Bank •• 634 per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 1 5112 s North of Scotland Bank 5/.per cent 20 0 0 210 0 4/. 7s Royal Bank of Aeon. .. 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 127111 Union Bank of Scot. .. 8/. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 921 's Western Bank •••..... 7/. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 78/ Os Alliance Fire and Life.. BY i /.pr ...eat. 100 0 0 11 0 0 191 12s British Guarantee .... 41. per cent. 10 0 0 2 0 0 1/. Os Caledonian Fire Insur. 10/. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 251. Os City of Glasgow Life.. 61. per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 0 41. lls Colonial Life ......... 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 1 0 0 st. 2s Edinburgh Life Incur. U. per cent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 251 105 Eng. & Scot, Law Life 51. per cent. 50 0 0 3 5 0 41. 7s Life Assoc. of Scotland 6/. per cent. 10 0 0 110 0 151 National Fire and Life 61. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 ii• 13s North British Insur... 71. per cent. 200 0 0 20 0 0 ,341 Ecottish Union Insrne. NZ. pr cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 1/. 10s standard Life •• •• 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 7 0 0 171 Os United Dep. Assurance Si. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 ' ROBBERY AT WINDSOR CASTLE.—On Friday a re spectable-looking man, named Robert White, was brought before the mayor and borough magistrates, in custody of the sergeant of police, charged with stealing nearly one cwt. of lead from the Garter Tower of Wind sor Castle, the property of her Majesty. Mr. J. R. Turnbull (clerk of the works) and a plumber of the name of Henry Wheeler identified the lead. Sergeant C. Clarke discovered the stolen property at a store keeper's shop in Clewer-lane, kept by a man named Hitchcock ; and his book-keeper (James John Picker. ing) swore to having purchased the lead of the prisoner at tw• different periods the day after the robbery at the rate of 11d. per lb., when he said, "It was quite right," although this witness admitted that the first quantity brought to the shop by the prisoner was concealed under his waistcoat and about other parts of his person, which " certainly did rather surprise him." This witness also produced a book, in which two entries had been made of the purchase of the lead of the prisoner on the day in question for 6s. and 7s. 6d. Another witness (G. Kimple) also remembered the transaction, being in the shop at the time. The prisoner (by the advice of Mr. Voules, his solicitor) reserved his defence to a future occasion, and he was committed for trial at the next quarter sessions, but admitted to bail SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, Sept. 29.—Wind, N.W. to S. Arrived—. Mute, from Cork. PLYMOUTH, Sept. 29.—Wind, S.W. Sailed—Eliza. both, for Trieste. Off Port—H. Kimball, from Bic; Sea Gull, Torrevieja, for Christiania. SOUTHAMPTON, Sept. 29.—Wind, S.S.E. Arrived— Devonshire (s), from Dublin, and left for London. SHIELDS, Sept. 29. —Wind, W. Arrived—Highlander, from Miramichi ; Snowdrop, G,;rgenti ; Cumberland, Catania ; Hippogriff, Carthagena ; Atalanta, Stavenger. Sailed—Julia, for Constantinople; 1 - i:xpress, Malta. HULL, Sept. 29.—Wind, W. Arrived—Walker, from Miramichi ' • Albatross, Gloubock ; Isaac, Taganrog ; John and Eleanor, Odessa ; Richard Mount, Constan. tinople ; Emily, Seville ; Albatross (s). Antwerp ; Nor folk (s), Rotterdam ; Irwell (s), do. : .oorkscrew (a s), Bremen ; Archimedes (s s), Hamburgh Queen of Scot. land, do. HARTLEPOOL, Sept. 29.—Wind, W. At rived—Refuge, from Miramichi ; Clotila, from Cherbourg .; Providence, Rouen. DOVER, Sept. 29.—Wind, calm. Sailed —Jane, for Belfast, after having replaced sails. Off Port— Harmonie, for Monte Video. GUERNSEY, Sept. 28.—Wind, S.E. Arrived- -Tapper. huden, from Gothenburgh. JERSEY, Sept. 28.—Wind, S.E. Arrived—Neptunue. from Sundswall. Sailed—Queen, for Cadiz. NEWPORT, Sept. 29.—Arrived—Familien, from Lon don ; David Brown, from Bristol, both for St. 'Thomas. Sailed—Carl, for Constantinople. SWANSEA, Sept. 29.—Wind, E.S E. Sailed- Lzoft, for the Cape of Good Hope ; Queen of the West, for Teneriffe. SUNDERLAND, Sept. 29.—Wind, S.W. Arrived— Bonne Sophie, from St. Vaast. MhMEL, Sept. 26.—The weather continues boisterous to-day, and the wind is strong from the north. COUNTRY MARKETS. HADDINGTON CORN MARKET—SIPT. T 9. WHEAT. BARLEY OATS. all" First 66s Oct 33s Od 34s Od 52.3 Od Second 6ls 7d 30s 5(11 31s 4d 49‘ O t t Third sBs Oct 26; Od I 28s Od 48s Od Total quantity of wheat in market, 842 qrs., 698 sold PP pp barley PP 459 qrs., 459 sold PP pp oats If 333 qrs., 332 sold PP pp beans PP 26 qrs., 21 sold, AVERAGES PRE IMPERIAL QIIIRTRE. Wheat, 3/. 1. 1 11-12ths I Barley, ll. 10 5 4-12ths Oats, ... 1/. 11 4 2-12ths I Beans, 21. 9 0 o.l2ths DALKEITH GRAIN MARKET—Sari. 28. Qrs. Beet. Current. Inferior: 206 Wheat 64s 0,1 761 Oats 3ls Od oos Od 502 Barley 33s 61 oos Od 1 Peas & beans 45s Od oos Od ABERDEEN-A.uGIIST 29. The prices of grain to-day are—Oats, OOs Od to 008 Pa, 40 lbs per bushel; new oats, 25s Od to 25s 6d, 401bs par bushel ; bere, 25s Od to 25s 6d, 53lbs per bushel; barley, 24s 6d to 25s Od, 531bs per bushel ; wheat, red, 40s Od to 45s Od, 621133 per bushel ; wheat, white, 53s Oil to 55s Od, 62:bs per bushel; oatmeal, 20s Od to 21s Od per boll; acnr, 44s Od to 46s Od per sack. Provisions—Beef, per lb, 7d to 9d ; mutton, ditto, 7d to 9d ; veal, ditto, Rd to 9d; pork, per lb, Os 7d to Os 8d ; salnAon, per lb, is Od to Os Od; rabbits, each, Od to Od ; tallow, per stone, 5s 9d to Os Od ; potatoes, per peck, 7d to Os 8d ; butter, per lb, lld to 12d ; eggs, per doz, Os 10d to Os lid ; hens, per pair, 3s Od to 3s 6d ; chickens, ditto, 2s Od to 2s 6d ; ducks, ditto, 2s Od to 2s 6i ; ducklings, ditto, 2s 6d to 4s Od ; turkeys, 3s 6(1 to 4s Od ; geese, ditto, 2s Gd to 3s Od ; batter for exportation (present cure), per cwt, 85s to OOs Od; ditto (summer cured), OOs to OOs Od ; eggs, wholesale price, per dozen, 6zd to Od ; 41b loaf, 7d ; 21b loaf, 3id ; pork, fine small, Os Od to Os Od ; pork, large, Os Od to Os Od; lamb, per qr., Os to Os Od ; cheese, per imperial stone, 5s 6d to 7s. DUBLIN, SEPT. 00 White wheat, 32s Od to 35s Od; red ditto, 29s to 33; Od ; barley, 15s Od to 17s 6d ; oats, 13s ed to 19s Od ; rapeseed, 27s Od to 28s Od per brl ; oatmeal, 15. Od to 17s Od ; bakers' dour, 20s Od to 253 Od per cwt ; Indian corn, 37s Oct to 901 011 per 4801bs. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, SEPT. 30. STOCK i EXCHANGB.—The market opened weak this morning , but subsequently improved, closing steadily at full prices. Caledonian, 30k ; East Lancashire, 16i ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 70-1 ; ditto, Fifths, 1313-16; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 24g ; Midland, 69& i; North British, Bi. MANCHESTER, SEPT. 30. STOOL EXCHANGE.—Transactions in shares were again very limited to-day, but there was no change in prices. East Anglian Six per Cent. Pref. Stock B, 3 9-16; East Lancashire, 16k; ditto, Pref. Fifths, par.; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 71; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lineolnshire s 24. BIRMINGHAM, SBPT. 30. STOCK EXCHANGE.—To-day the market exhibited sign* of unusual animation, and a considerable amount of busi ness was transacted. Great Western (Birmingham gua ranteed), 72i ; London and North-Western, Eighths, buyers sellers e i die. BRISTOL. SEPT. 30. STOCK EXCHANGE.—In the absence of certainty ac to in telligence from the Crimea the market remains thoroughly inactive, and the business was confined to Midlands which were done at W. , SEABORNE MAILS. (N signifies that the mails aro sent from the General Post-otilo by the night—and M by the morning —despatch.) Daywhenmaleut From what When COUNTRLEi. in General Past- Port d ue in Ofllee, London.. Dispatched. England. kmerica(byrtrit.pack)N Every Friday .... Liverpool ... America (by United Sts. packet) .......... N ••••.• • • .. Liverpool ... Sept. 2T America (by U. States packet) ..........N ........ Southampton Australia (ria South ampton) ... .M Ditto (via Marseilles) NI Ditto (via Cape of Good' Hope) •• Africa (West Coast) ...103d of the month.. Plymouth.. Alexandria.......... N ,8, 9, 24, & 30 of m. Dover ...... Alexandria ••M '4th & 20th of mon .Southampton Bahamas 31117th of the monthlSouthampton. Belgium .......... „ NII 'oily Dover Brazil of the month.. Southampton Oot. 16 Buenos Ayres I9th of the month.. Southampton Cape of Good Hope ...N il4th of the month Plymouth Cape of Good Hope ..N 'l4th of the month. Southampton Cape de Verds N l l4 th of the uaontli Southampton Ceylon (see India) Ceylon 14th of the month Channel Isles ........N Mon ~Wcd.,&Frid., Southampton TU.111.8.4 Chili.... . 2d & 17th of monti Southampton China (see India) Constantinople .... N 7,5,17,24,&27 of m.tDover Twicedally C co on n s t t . an o2 t E in u o r p o l p e e • . m .. . s . 4 T t w h i llz .. 2 d o a t i h ly o . f ..... S p o o u v t e h r ampton Twiceuil Egypt (see India) Greece (see India) France M & 3,( N i 4T:v7l:le7d, 20, 27 is ito u v t e h r ata .. Greytown .......... M .2nd & 17th of mon, Southampton aamburgh ..........NiTuesday & Friday London Havannah ..... J 1 ,2nd of the month -South ampton Oct. 1 Holland „ „ „ MI Daily. Dover Honduras Mll7 th of the month. Southampton! (ndi a (vlaSouthampt.)M '4th & 20th of mon.- Plymouth .. 'Sept. 20 India (via Marseilles)M Bth& 21th of month Dover ...... lonian Isles (see Indla)l7, 17, & 27 of moniDover.... Ireland . M & NiTwiee daily „...111olyhead Twicodaily Lisbon • 7,9, 17, & 27 of m. Southampton Sept. 26 Madeira ...... • • ....Ml9th of the monthlSouthampton Madeira .... • • ...... N i 23d of month Plymouth .. Malta (see India) Malta ...... •• • • N J 7,17,19,27, 30 of in. D0ver...... Mauritius (see India) Mauritius ..........Nll4th of the month ' Mexico .......... I2nd of the month.. Southampton Oct. 1 Naples .. •••• • • • .N,sthlsth2sthormon.,Dover New Granada .... • . 11I2d & 17th of month 'Southampton New Zea1and.......... ;By private ship Various port , Uncertain. Papal States Isthlsth2sthofrnon. Dover ...... Peninsula I7thl7th2Bthofhion.lSouthampton Peru .. •• .. ...3411d & 27th of mon. l Southampton Port Natal •. • :I4th of the monthi Plymouth .. Sicily .• .......... ..Nlsthlsth2stholmon,lDover Tuscany ............N l 'sollsth2sthofinon. Dover ...... Venezuela • • • • M 2d & 17th of month . Southampton Van Diemen'sLand (seel Australia) . ....... West Indies ........M 2d& 17th 01 month Southamptonpct. 1 I2d& 17thoi month When any of these dates fall on a Sunday, the mails will be de. spatched on the following day with the exception of the India ♦ia Southampton), and the Malta, both of which will be despatched the preceding dab . BIRTHS. OF A BOW. On the 28th ult., at Heathland-lodge, Hampstead, the wife of Edward Gould Bradley, Esq. On the 29th ult., at 5, Queen-street, Mayfair, Mrs. Thos. Peatt. OP A DAUGHTER. On the 26th ult., at the Vicarage, Arlingham, Glonoes• tershire, the lady of the Rev. Thomas H. Ravenhill. On the 25th ult., at Fermoy, Ireland, th e W if e o f Th os . Wickham, Esq., Captain in 's 33d Regiment. MARRIED. On the 28th ult., at the p ar i s h church, Clift on , M a j or Sleeman, 73d Regiment, 1LE.1.C.5., to Jane Georgina, third daughter of the late R ev. C. P. Bullock, incumbent of St. Paul's, Portland-square, Bristol. On the 28th ult., at Bray, Berks, Frederic, third son of the late Peter Mine Ouvry, Esq., to Emily Anna, second daughter of the Rev. George Proctor, D.D., rector of Had ley, Middlesex. DIED. On the 27th ult., at the Vicarage, Harewood, after a short illness, aged 81, the Rev. Richard Hale, M.A., vicar. The deceased held the vicarages of Harewood and Goldsbro' for the long period of 54 years. On the 25th ult., at Gorey, Segrave 11`Cormiok, LL.D., barrister-at-law, aged 74. On the 27th ult., at Ospringe House, Faversham, Col. blontressor, eldest son of the late General Sir Thomas Gage Montressor, IC.C.H. On the 28th ult., at Gravesend, George T. Dalrymple, third su rviving d 34 son of the lat e C omm i ssary -G eneral S i r C . the 29th ult., suddenly, a t St an f or d , B e d s, R i c h ar d age. DBoadirn:einr, h Esq., son of tie late Richard Bodger, Esq., of Southill. LoNDox : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, of No. 112, Strand, Printor, at The Sun Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the county of Middens, Monday, October, 2,1851