The Sun. — London, England, 1854-11-06 00:00:00

artA.T.R E OYA TT DRURY-LANE, M. JULLIEN.: ' (YOR ONE MONTH ONLY.) BRITISH ARMY QUADRILLE—PARTINT POUR LA SYRIE. The Programme is changed Every Evening. PROGRAMME for THIS EVENING (Monday, Nov. 6) : Peal* I.—Overture, " Oberon"—Weter. Quadrille from I%leyer beer's Opera, "L'Etoile dp Nord (first time)—Jullien. Symphony, the Andante, from .the `Sya,liony in A minor"—Beettovm. Rondo lohemienne (Gipsy Song) from Meyerbeer's last new Opera, " L'Etolle do Nord,* sung by madame Anna Thillon—Meyerbver. Sehottische, "Tee Moldavian Schottische"—Jullien. Solo, oboe, " Souvenir des Montague," performed by M. Lavigne (his first ap pearance)—Lavigne, Quadrille, " no British Army," assisted by the mil.tary bandjullieri. "God Save the Queen. , 66 jrartat it, pour la Syrie." PART IL—Opera, grand operatic selection and fantasia, from Mel' erbeer's opera " Roberto 11 Diavolo," with solos by M. Lavigne, \r 3 1 . M, Baumann, and Mr. Trust—Meyerbeer. Vats% D'Adieu," with solo for cornet-I-piston, by Herr Scenig—Jullien. " aise Symphony, the Scherzo, from the symhpony in A minor —M. Men . delssohn Song," The Old Friends at Home" (American Melody), sling by Madame Anna Thillon—Llidey. Quadrille,Ameri can Quadrille" (as performed in the United States for 216 cons e e cutive nights with the greatest success)--Jullien. Solo, violin, " Vals Dia - boliqu , ,' performed by Signor ltobbio--Robbio. Galop, " The Allan tic"—Jullien. The Concerts on each evening will commence at Eight and termi nate at Eleven o'clock. Plucks or ADMlSSlON.—Promenade, boxes, and galleries, Is.; dress circle, 2s. 6d. ; private boxes it. Is. sad 11. 1 Is. 6d. Places and private boxes may be secured on application to Mr. O'Reilly , at the box-office of the theatre, and of the principal music sellers and librarians. iTHEATEK ROYAL HAYMASKET. Under the management at Mr. Bnekstone. THIS EVENING, Nov. 6, Will be performed the comedy . of PAUL PRY. Principal cha racters by Mr. Wright , Mr. C hippendale, Mr. W. Farren, Mrs. Poynter, and Miss E. Chaplin. To which will be added THE SPANISH DANCERS. Followed by now TO PAY TIIE RENT. To conclude with the FLOWER OF THE PORT. ROYAL PRINCESS'S.,THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Managemfat of Mr. Cuisma Ksan. TIIIS EVENING, Nov. 6, After which, THE COURIER OF LYONS. Principal characters by Mr. C. Kean, Mews. J. Vining, Addison, Graham, D. Fisher, Ca heart, and Saker ; Mimes C. Leclereq, Heath, Ternan, and K. Terry. After which will be presented a new Melo-dramatic Spectacle, in three acts, entitled SCHAIIYi , the Warrior Prophet. • THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Propleter, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Nov. 6, Will be performed TBE SERIOUS FAMILY. Characters by Messrs. C. Selby, Leigh Murray, and Keeley ; Miss Woolgar, and Mrs. Keeley. Followed by BONA FIDE TRAVELLERS. To conclude with MEPHISTOPHELES. To conclude with THE FIFTH OF NOVEMBER.' ROYAL OLYMPIC THE t.TRE. Lame and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan. THIS EVENING, Nov. 6, Will be performel TILE TEUiTEE. Characters by 3fessrs. A. Wigan, F. Vining, Emery, and Leslie; bliss blaskel , and bliss Stephens.. To be followed by a Farce, called A BLIGHTED BEING, in which Mr. Robson will appear. To conclude with THE LOTTERY TICKET. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITIIF.ATIT. Lessee and Manager. Mr. William Cooke. The excitement of the Great Exhibition of 1851 equalled, and success beyond all precelent 1 TLII3 EVENING, The Astonishingly Successful MILITARY SPECTACLE, in Two Acts, by J. H. sTOCQUELLE.a, Esq., called THE BATTLE OF THE ALMA! After wldch, novel SCENES in the CIRCLE, or JETJX BUCE PLIALIQUES. To conclude with a PIECE DE CIRCONSTANCE. N.B.— An early attendance is respect; nity suggested, In consequence of the numbers who nightly throng the doors of the Theatre. Dos•cgice open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Acting Manager, Mr. W. H. Cooke. Equestrian Director, sir. Wm. Cooke, Jun. 111 _Fa WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. T (Is DAY —Morning 29 min.after 2 I Evon.ing 4G rnin.aft. 2 To Nroa,%i w Morning 4 fulr..after 3 Evening 21 inin.rit. 3 THE WEATHER.—Suer Orna, Nov. 5. . THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 55- highest sinco noon on Saturday. 52 —lowest this morning and during the night. 58 —this day, at noon. J3AROMETETI, 30'06—falling. Wnrn, N.N.W.—Light, with dull hazy weather. After noon—fine fresh breeze. ' NOVEMBER 6. 58 —highest since noon yesterday. 47—lowest this morning and during the night. 51 —this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30.40—a sudden rise. Virnrn.—N.W. to N.N.W.—Light,, with fine cold sum shiny weather. THE "COMING" CAPTURE SEBASTOPOL WILL BE PUBLISHED IN AN EXTRAORDINARY EDITION "THE SUN" THE MOMENT THE EXTRAORDINARY GAZETTE IS ISSUED, TOGETHER WITH A LIST OF THE ultimo. KILLED AND 'WOUNDED. Orders received by all .Yews Agents, and at " THE SUN" OFFICE, 112, Strand, London. ( Q , ig " Cr" L'"? ~,~ :;~~~~i ~~~~ ~~~~~~~, LONDON, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1854. Although the bombardment of Sebastopol com menced so far back as the 17th ultimo, and we have received sundry "scraps of intelligence" up to the 27th ultimo, it was not until after an interval of twenty days that we received, on this 6th Novem ber instant, any trustworthy—o r , we may add, intelligible—accounts of the terrible conflict during the two first days of the siege. We might, indeed, say of the first day, for there is nothing but a hasty sketch by the French Admiral of the eperations. , of the 18th, while our own Admiral is perfectly silent ou the subject. We are also without any information from the English General as to the progress of events from the land ward. Now, it is certain that, under proper ar rangements, we might obtain full particulars within ei g ht dais, at the latest, if there were an officer -whose duty it was to keep a daily journal of all that had ta keulplace, and to transmit day, copies second or thi rd every ay. It is impossible to suppose that the Cornril Wier-in-Chief with so much to occupy his.raind, could fulfil this duty; but he might easily"spare s ei e cient time to peruse, and, if necessary, revise what had been prepared by the Government Reporter, and which could easily be limited to what might be communicated to the community, without any premature . disclosure of the plans for the further carryinc, 0 on the siege. Any person who has pa#icipat e d in the i ntense yearning for intelligence so, generally prey a len t—more especially if a friend or relative of any of the actors in the sanguinary drama can easily imagine how thankfully such tiding s would be received, which would also prevent the damage occasioned by Stock-Exchange canards, or the one-sided and highly-coloured versions ema nating from Russian sources. The mysterious t aciturnity hitherto observed has unquestionably men productive of considerable injury ; and Lord ABERDEEN and his colleagues may rest assured that a knowledge of the truth, however gloomy, is far better f)r the national interests than per mitting the public mind to remain a prey to the doubts and anxieties that prepare it to be deceived by the most mischievous falsehoods. At preseLt we need only say that the last published despatches j of Lord RAGIL A.N are only to the 28th of September, while those of Admiral DUN - DAS are to the 18th These last-mentioned documents apple:red in an Extraordinary Edition of the London Gazette, bearing date the sth inst., but only issued to the public at an early hour this morning. They con tain a melancholy catalogue of forty-four officers and men killed and two hundred and sixty-six wounded on board the British fleet, while our gallant Allies, at the same time, lost sixteen killed and some two hundred wounded, making a total loss in the Fleets of sixty killed and four hundred and sixty wounded ; and this, be it remem bered, exclusive of the loss amongst the land forces—which is said to have amounted to about one hundred more. When a single day has been productive of so many severe casualties, what may be anticipated to have occurred during the subsequent period ? It is truly awful to con template. We must, however, remember that the first day was probably the most severe of any that would occur up to the time of storming, with the exception of the day of the surprise or unexpected attack at Inkerman ! It was at half-past six o'clock a.m. en the 17th ultimo that the Allied fire was first opened on the fortifications of the devoted city. The time had previously been arranged between the Generals and Admirals, but " various circumstances rendered a change in the position of the ships necessary and unavoidable." Some delays were thus occasioned, and about seven hours were lest before the fleets could participate in the onslaught, their fire not having opened until half-past 1 p.m. The time previously consumed had enabled the Russians materially to strengthen their position. They had maintained an incessant fire day after day on the Allies, but which was not returned until the 17th. At 6 o'clock on that morning a fierce fire was opened from the town on our batteries, which was returned half an hour afterwards from the French and English batteries. For two hours 'the boom of artillery was heard from both sides with awful violence. It then slackened for a brief interval that the men might obtain necessary refreshment. In a few minutes afterwards the storm of cannon balls were again heard. Shortly afterwards a French Magazine blew up in the battery on the extreme right, and nearly 100 of our gallant Allies were killed or wounded in the terrific explosion. The French land fire was thus materially weakened, an occa sional gun at intervals being all that was heard from that quarter. The English kept up the con test with deadly power, and about half-past twelve the French fleet joined in the attack, followed in another hour by the English vessels, whose positions prevented them from falling in at an earlier hour. From that time the fire was continued without cessa tion until half-past six o'clock, p.m., when the dark ness compelled them to draw off after inflicting enormous damage on the Russian forts, and making important additions to the vexata questio of wood and stone, or British oak against Russian granite. The next day was employed in repair ing damages, which Admiral DUNDAS anticipated being able to do in 24 hours, but which would probably take longer time for our Allies. It is useless to deny that the fire from the town was more formidable than had been anticipated, and that some days should be devoted to repairs to the French, and before they could again open an eff ctual fire. The English land batteries I , were, Rwever, according to General CANROBERT, "in t e best possible condition," and from what we have since learned there is but little doubt that they were still enabled to continue the attack which had proved so deadly to the inhabitants. From the 18th we are obliged to pass -on to the 25th ult., when the unexpected attack at Inkerman took place. That it should have been unexpected seems rather strange, for it will be recollected that it was threatened on the 13th, twelve days previously, and that some of " our own Correspondents " 'pointed out the dangers of an attack in that very quarter. NO---ipre cautions were, however, taken on that aeco a mit, and hence the temporary reverse sustained through the panic of the Turkish troops. We say tempo rary, for there can be but little doubt that the position was fully retrieved within the two follow ing days. On Saturday we pointed out what had taken place, so far as could be gleaned from the rather vague and mystified statement of Lord STRATFOItD DE REDCLIFFE, who gave it, not from authentic accounts from English Generals, but from what he could collect from the captain of an English steam-transport, who combined the in formation ho had received from various bystanders. We shall soon have further tidings, and it would not greatly surprise us if we . heard - at any moment of the capitulation of the beleaguered town. The attack on the 25th and 26th was manifestly the chief hope of the besieged, and, these having failed, we should not feel at all astonished if they terminated the hopeless struggle, and saved further bloodshed iu the only prac ticable mode. This is the more probable, as the garrison can obtain unobstructed egress from the town, and join the corps in the open field under General LIFSANDI. While readily admitting the many and great advantages derived from the establishment of County Courts, and the new code for the cheap and expeditious recovery of small debts, we can not remain indifferent to some serious abuses connected with the practice, which operate very oppressively and unfairly towards some unfortu nate persons brought within their jurisdiction. This grievance, and it is a very flagrant one, arises from some few of the Judges taking advan tage of a manifest omission on the part - of the framers of the new code, and totally disreaardinr , the authority of o th er courts of co-ordinatet jurisdiction as well as straining to the utmost the extraordinary powers confided to their charge, and which are far greater than those entrusted to the venerable and experienced Judges of the Superior Courts. It has been said that " the discretion of the court is the law of tyrants." Any act, however illegal or inequitable, may be committed under its shelter, and the Judge, who is restrained neither by the fear of publicity, uor the attendance of a regular bar, becomes an autocrat, who, by his whims and caprices, may inflict the greatest injury and sufferinV upou those who have the misfortune to be brought within his jurisdiction. Such persons are governed by no rules. They will not Conform to the regula tions established by their more discreet brethren, but where they know that there can be no appeal from their judgments, they deliver them without regard to justice or expediency, equity or sound policy. Hence it comes that there is not only one law for the rich and another for the poor, or rather one law for debtors owing considerable sums, and another for those who had less credit, or did not avail lemselves so freely thereof, but totally different l aws f or th e res id en t s i n diff eren t dis streets. aye, for the inhabitants of adjoining We have repeatedly directed public attention to the contemptuous disregard of the authority of the learned Commissioners of the Insolvent Court occasionally displayed in the Whitechapel District. Mr. Serjeant A/TANNIN-G,al° presides in that Cool t, has totally ignored the proceedings of the Court at Portugal-street, and unceremoniously commits the unfortunate debtor, although his ease may be actually pending before the Insolvent Debtors' Court 'at the moment, and-- all-his - mean's 'mkt(' up, or even after the case had been thoroughly investigated, the creditor heard and proved, to have no sufficient grounds for detaining the in solvent longer in custody. The latest case on the subject was that of RICHARD HARRIS, in reference to whom an appli cation was made to Mr. Commissioner PHILLIPS on the Ist instant. It appeared that the insol vent had filed his petition on the 28th August, and obtained protection until the 30th November, the day named for his hearing. A creditor who had, on the previous 31st July, obtained a judgment against him in the Whitechapel County Court, took out a judgment summons on the 24th Octo ber, whereupon the gentleman sitting as deputy for Mr. Sergeant MANNING committed him to Whitecross-street for forty days, the outside period that he was allowed by law ; and, as the insolvent swore without any examination what soever, or giving him any opportunity of being heard in his own defence. An application was then made to Mr. Commissioner PHILLIPS for his discharge ; but the Learned Commissioner, while deploring what he justly designated as " a miser able state of the law," felt himself unable to inter fere. The deputy of Mr. Sergeant MAN NING was all-powerful for the time being, and sent poor RICHARD HARRIS to prison for forty days, although he had made a full state ment of his affairs, surrendered all his property, so as to be deprived of the means of satisfying the demand, and was protected against the orders and judgments of the Superior Courts, which were thus far less effectual than the ukases of Mr. Ser jeant MANNING or his deputy. The unfortunate man was certainly tossed on the horns of a very awkward dilemma. "If you pay the demand you will be guilty of a fraudulent preference, and the adjudication of your petition will be adjourned sine die, and protection with drawn," says the Commissioner. "If you don't pay it," says the Deputy, " I shall commit you for 40 days, and no protection, order, or certificate granted by any Court of Bankruptcy, or for the re lief of !insolvent debtors, shall be available for your discharge ; and, further, take notice that such imprisonment shall not in any wise operate as a satisfaction or extinguishment of the debt or other cause of action on which the judgment has been obtained, or protect you from being anew sum moned and imprisoned, or deprive the plaintiff of his right to take out execution against your goods and chattels, as if such imprisonment had not taken place. Nay more, I may, if I think proper, send you every alternate mouth to prison for the remainder of your life." This fearful instru ment of torture may thus be brought into operation against any man owing a single debt not amounting to 201. For him the salutary provisions of the insolvent law are ignored. He is a slave, bound hand and foot at the mercy of a remorseless creditor. The policy of the " Protection Act" is that a man should make a full disclosure of his affairs, and surrender all his property for distribution pro rata amongst his creditors. if he has not contracted his debts improperly, or been guilty of other offences against the law, he obtains a final protection. But the County Court Judge, who hears only a single complaint, coolly sets aside this deliberate judgment, and commits gross injustice against the unfortunate debtor. This should no longer be allowed. Next session a suitable remedy must be provided for the intoler able grievance. •THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 6, 1854. .ilackened a good deal; and the siege operations were pursuing their course iu the most favourable manner. A Russian despatch, received via Warsaw, an nounces that on the 27th and 29th the relative posi Lions of the besieged and the besiegers remained lie same. The siege works were pushed on, but the most advanced batteries had not yet been armed with guns. A second Russian despatch, dated Odessa, Nov. 1, asserts that up to the 29th nothing decisive had occurred. On the 27th the Allies attacked General Li prandi's corps without effect. Omer Pacha is ordered to send a reinforce- went of 20,000 to the Crimea. It is stated, on the authority of a Russian de spatch, that on the night between the 28th and 29th ult., tho weather in the Black Sea was ter rific. The Allied ships were obliged to run out ;o sea ; and the besieging armies, drenched by he rain in their trenches, were unable to keep up ,heir fire. BERLIN, SUNDAY, Nov. 5. Advices from St. Petersburg, dated 4th Novem ber, give news from Sebastopol of the 29th Octo ber. They state that the enemy . (the Allies) had completed their second parallel and advanced their batteries. General Danneberg's reinforcements were cx petted to join Prince Menschikoff on the 3(.1 November. These same advices announce: that General Ni colai had defeated Sehamyl near Grosnaja. PRUSSIA AND RUSSIA. The Fronden-Blatt of Vienna publishes a letter from St. Petersburg, in which it is stated that on the 27th Oct. the Czar refused an audience to the Prussian Ambassador. OPENING OF THE SIEGE. ( From q Second Edition of the Morning Post.) The arrangements under which this important opera tion took place are minutely described in the following GENERAL ORDER. lfith October, 1854. MEMORANDUM FOR GENERALS OF DIVISION, THE COM MANDING OFFICER OF ARTILLERY, THE COMMANDING OFFICER OF ENGINEERS. The fire upon Sebastopol will commence to-morrow morning, about half-past six, from the French and English batteries, in co-operation with the c,mbined fleets. The precise moment of opening the fire, however, will be indicated by the successive discharge of three mortars from the centre of the works of the french army. The troops off duty will remain in their respective camps, ready to fall in at a moment's notice, without their knapsacks, greatcoats, or blankets. The horses will be attached to the field batteries. There will be with each division parties of sappers, consisting of 20 men and an officer of engineers ready to carry picks and shovels, crowbars and sledges, bags of powder prepared, felling axes, and scaling ladders. Each division will also have with it a detachment of 20 artillerymen under an officer of artillery, with rock ets and spikes for guns. (The latter are only to be used in the event of the troops having to retire from a bat tery. The arrangements for the collecting the several arti cles above enumerated will be carried out by the officer of engineers and the officer of artillery. The generals of divisions will make every arrange ment for the ready communication of the troops with' the reserve ammunition, which, however, need not be placed upon the horses until ordered. Previously to the opening of the fire, all advanced picquets, with the exception of the men selected to fire into the embrasures, will be withdrawn under the direc tion of the general officer on duty in the trenches, and retire under cover to their respective•camps. The covering parties in the trenches will be kept clear of the batteries, and such of them as cannot find cover in the trenches will be moved to such positions in the rear or the flank as will insure their being at hand to protect the batteries, whilst they will be themselves screened from the enemy's fire. These covering parties will be moved as the commanding officer of the party may see occasion, in consequence, of the fire of the enemy. When the whole trench is occupied by guns, the covering parties must be placed as above stated, under adequate cover in the neighbourhood. The working parties will remain in the trenches, or be withdrawn, according to the judgment of the com manding engineer. As it is probable that the field batteries may be re quired to move, the senior artillery officer of the division, and the officer commanding each battery, will make themselves acquainted with the communications to their right and left. The cavalry; under Lieutenant-General the Earl of Lucan, and the troops of all arms under Major-General Sir C. Campbell, British and Turkish posted for the de fence of l3alaklava, will be held in readiness throughout the day, to act on the shortest notice. The meat for the men's dinner will be cooked as early as possible to-morrow. morning, in case of the army having to move forward. In the event of an' advance, the Commander of the Forces particularly requests the general officers com manding &visions and brigades, tho commanding officers of regiments, — and the officers commanding companies, to impresS upon the men the great neces sity of maintaining their formation and keeping their order. The success• of any operation they may be called upon to undertake, their honour, and, inde6d ou their recro o nm w o em n pa l i ne i tdei:ioenidu resistance control, eafteht readyya t , mtoa y dependrepelu uponany attack, or to y their being in Opposedfrontto of f he t m he third . will be at the quarrie s ha England's).rd aeau bn the left of the British line, a nd on the rig ht of the French position. (Signed) RAGLAN. o e rnddei General Raglani i si e o n an r (Sir o b a t the iaO The siege c ommencelathalf-past six o'clock, and was carried on with great vigour for several hours. The range of the Russian guns was discovered in a very shoi t time, and before:lo o'clock a gOund Tower battery in advance of the maia, works.was silenced. Two French and one English powder magazine ex ploded during the morning. • They Nyere not of great im portance, but merely trench Magazines. A most shameful piece of neglect on the part of the home authorities was discovered soon aft er th e s i ege commenced. The shells for the Lancaster guns are too large for the bore, and every shell costs immense labour in filing down before it can be used. • - One of the English. Lancaster guns was dismounted early in the day, but spoil put right again. A French battery of 14 guns was dismounted, and their works considerably injured. A Russian steamer stationed in the harbour, which had annoyed the British lines very much hitherto, was sunk at her moorings on the 17th. Sebastopol has suffered greatly, and about mid-day a magazine of considerable magnitude in the centre of the town was blown up. Our sharpshooters, with their Miuiti rifles, have been most successful in picking off the Russian artillerymen. A Russian officer, who has been taken prisoner, re ports that tile whole_glaeis of the fortifications of Sebas topol can easily be blown up by the enemy, as it is all hollow, and full of powder. On the 14th of October, the Russians fired 1,300 shots from their batteries, and only wounded one man. - The same extravagant expenditure of shot and shell was continued on the 16th, with very trifling damage to the works in pr ogress; b u t on this day Captain the Hon. Hercules Rowley, of the Grenadier Guards, brother of Lord Langrord, was killed by a spent shot, which struck him in the back, while in command of a covering party in the trenches. On the 16th, the 03rd Highlanders were added to the garrison at Balaklava ; and the whole of this division of the Allied Forces was placed under the command of General Sir Colin Campbell, • Major-General Sir De Lacy Evans has been very ill, but is recovering, The French have presented the English army with 20,000 loaves of bread, weighing 34lbs. each, from their bakery at Varna. Our own Commissariat is much con demned for not being able to supply the men with bread instead of biscuit— especially at a moment when so many are suffering from eating nothing but salt provi sions. LATEST NEWS. THE SIEGE OF SEBASTOP'OL. PARIS, MONDAY, Nov. 6. The Moniteur has the following THERAPIA, OCT. 28. " The captain of a -vessel which left the Crimea on the 26th, announces that the fire of the be- sieved had become slack and uncertain. They were running short of artillerymen, and soldiers of the line were working the guns. The trenches were 400 metres from the town. It was though that the assault would take place in a few days. " On the 25th the Russians attacked the ad vanced posts of a corps of observation, and suc ceeded in taking the redoubts occupied by the Turks. The second French division and an Eng lish division repulsed the enemy with vigour and a success which does 'great honour to the Allied armies. " A ve3sel which hus arrivied at Marseilles Constantinople, which dates from the Crimea of the 26th, brings the report of an insurrection of the Poles at Sebastopol, many of whom had left town. MARSEILLES, SUNDAY EVENING. The Ganges steamer has arrived with des patches from Constantinople of the 28th. It is stated that on the night of the 22d the Russians spiked seven guns in a battery guarded by the 26th French Regiment. The siege batteries of the Allies were in full play, and produced a terrible effect. It was thought that the assault would be made on the 2d or 3d of November. VIENNA, SUNDAY, Nov. 5. The Oest. Correspondenz states that, according to advices from Odessa, nothing decisive had occurred at Sebastopol up to Oct. 29. It is added that it will b© well to wait for more positive details respecting a sortie of the Russians, on the 26th, and the conflicts between Liprandi's division and the Allies. Positive orders have been i3sued that the whole of the Austrian army must be prepared for action by the 31st of January. The commanders of the expedition to the Crimea held a council of war on board the Moga dor on the 270, to determine the day for the general attack, and to deliberate upon future operations. Advices from the Crimea, via Warsaw, up to the 27th October, state that General Lipraudi had retired to the head-quarters at Bakshi-Serai. The entire Russian reinforcements are reported to be TO,OOO men. PARIS, SUNDAY, The following appears in the Moniteur this morning VIENNA, Nov. 4. "During the 25th the Russiant3, 30,000 strong, threw themselves suddenly on the Turkish re doubts in the neighbourhood of Balaklava,. The Turks were forced to yield to numbers, but the English light cavalry brigade came up to stop the progress of the enemy, and was speedily supported by the heavy cavalry and a French division. The two allied armies rivalled each other in bravery, and the Russians were put to flight with considerable loss. On trio 26th, the day after, our positions were attacked as well on the side of Balaklava as on that of Sebastopol. The allied armies repelled this double attack with the most brilliant succcsr, and. the enemy left 1,000 dead on the field. The fire from the batteries of the place had THE CRIMEA. A Varna correspondent, writing on the 24th ult., communicates the following intelligence from the Crimea : "The siege operations are conducted by the French General Bizjt and the English General Burgoyne, and each had 36,000 men at his disposal. Admiral Bruat had constructed a strand battery above the quarantine harbour. The French camp was removed on the 20th further towards the Chernaya, in order to strengthen the right wing of the English, which was exposed to an attack from Bakchi- Serai. Genral Canrobert contemplated sending a division into the spring lands, where the Russians had entrenched themselves. All the sallies had had the object of destroy ing the camp fortifications, and were not directed against the riege batteries. It was reported that the Russians intended to make sallies in strong force, and in an ex treme ease even to venture upon giving battle." The followin3 is an extract from an Odessa letter of the ii.qth, received'in 'Vienna in an authentic quarter : "The distance from this place to Sebastopol is 500 worsts, which is travers,:din thir: y-sixhours7e4rlarly.You mny receive tete7.raphic intelligence from o..lessa, via ICiiclieneff and Czornowitz, in from thirty to thirty-four hours, and from 7,i‘bastonni. in three. days two hours. I learn the following from the seat of war. The expioiln of one of the steamers of the allies is c mirtned ; parts of the wreck were found on the shore, and also corpses, horribly mutilated, which were buried in the cemetery. Sebastopol burnt three days consecutively, ,but the stores of ammunition and pro visions were saved, though with great difficulty. A letter of the same date, from the Czar to Prince Men schikoff, concludes with the words, The enemy must be defeated at any price ; and I hope that . your next messenger will bring intelligence of victory:. In all the churches of the Crimea ana southern Russia•prayers are Leing offered up for the success of the Rusi , isrk arms. The Russian force at Bakchi. Sarai consists of the 4th corps, 2 divisions of the 6th corps, f regiments of cavalry, 27 pulks of Cossacks, and 120 cannon, altogether amount ing to more than 70,000 men." The Journal de Constantinople repeats a rumour which it declares requires confirmation, namely, the entrance into Sebastopol by the northern side of Gene ral Osten-Sacken with 25,000 men. TURKEY. CONSTANTINOPLE, Oct. 20.--Yesterday the Hydaspes steamer left for Volo, in Thessaly, to bring up some Turkish troops destined for the Crimea. Reinforcements are much wanted there, as both the British and French armies have been sadly cut up by disease, and greatly thinned by the losses ia the victory of Alma. 15,000 men are said to be detached from the army of Omer Pacha in Wallachia, and on their way to Varna, to be embarked for the Crimea. It is said that 30,000 more French are expected out. The Allied armies in the Crimea together do not num ber 60,000 men, British and French, whilst the Russians are expecting strong reinforcements. The number of cannon shots fired till the evening of the 18th by the Allies and Russians at Sebastopol is estimated at 180,000. As yet it has been impassible to ascertain the effect pro duced, and the respective losses. On the land side the Russians restore the batteries damaged with marvellous celerity, and do not appear to, lose cpurage ; so that it cannot yet be' exactly. predicted when the assault will take place. THE PRINCIPALITIES. Count Coronini, the Commander-in-Chief of the Austrian troops in the principalities, has addressed a letter to the Council .of Administration of Moldavia, stating that as the Emperor of Austria had entered into a treaty with the Sultan to re-establish a legal and regular state of things . in the principalities, the Cabinets of Vienna and the Porte had conceived it necessary, in order to effect that object, to recall the legitimate princes, and in consequence an invitation had been sent to Prince Ghik.a to leave Vienna and re turn to his post in the town of Jassy, which the Prince would do without delay. Meanwhile the Count con ceived it right to give due intimation of the fact to the Council of Administration of Moldavia. THE WAR IN ASIA. TREI3IZONDE, Oct. 10.—This day, Haffiz Pacha, our governor, arrived here by the steam-boat Pursud, after having accompanied the new.Muchir, Mustapha Pacha, from Tehouroulcsou to Soukum Kale. Letters have reached thisplace from Latcla.,s that 12,000 Circassian horsemen had resolved to go to the Crimea, and would soon be ready for embarkation in the event of steam-boats being sent by the allies to convey them. The Wasp, which -was cruising about the coast of Cir cassia and Abasia, entered on the 4th into the port of Batoum, after having -superintended tho trans port of provisions arid munitions of war from Redout Kale and Soukum Kale to Pitzurala,. There is no want of pr ;visions in the g.i.rrison of Redout Kale, and every day the ?.+lingrelians bring them fresh supplies ; but it was doubtful how far :it would be Safe to admit them into the fort. Mora than on 3 of them may be a spy in the service of a Russian employes, disguised in the gar ments of a friend. ' Within these few .days there has been . a continued disembarkation of munitions of war, siege cannon, eze., at this place, and all the streets leading to the quay are covered with them. A letter from Erzeroum mentions an expedition that had been undertaken against the Russian; who were within a short distant of Baizazit, but no account was given as to any action between the belligerents. The Turkish courier, Feriaz•Bey, travelling from Erze roum to Tellinan, was assassinated by the Russians be fore his arrival at Khai ; the bags containing the letters and despatches were carried off. RUSSIA. The lnvalicle Russe, of the 26th ult., contains the following proclamation of the Emperor to the army at Sebastopol : " His Majesty the Emperor . having received the report of the Aide-de-Camp General• Prince Menschikoff, testify ing to the resolute courage, the exemplary firmness and laudable abnegation which the army and navy forming the garrison of t.Sebastopol displaied daring the bombard ment of the town by. the Anglo-'rench on k the 17th and 18th, expresses his sincere gratitude to the said forces, from the general down to the simple soldier, for the great warlike exploits by which they have completely justified the confidence of his Majesty. The Emperor takes pleasure in believing that they will not cease to distinguish them selves by their bravery, and by all the qualities which distinguish the voritabl,9 children of Russia. ' The German Journal of Frankfort states from Vienna that the Imperial Guard which has left St. Peters burg consists of 4,000 infmtry, 12,000 cavalry, and 3,000 of the engineer corps, with 120 guns: The total of the six Russian corps d'artn4e which menace the Austrian frontier is stated to amount to 288,000 infantry, 30,000 cavalry, 18,000 artillery, and 720 guns. The Austrian troops, under Baron Hess, amount to 220,000, with 300 guns, but that number can be rapidly increased if necessary. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, Nov. 2.—M. von. der Pfordten, the Bavarian Prime Minister, arrived here from Berlin last night, and has taken .up his quarters at the residence of Count Lerchenfeld-Kofering, the Bavarian Minister at this Court. M. von• der .Pfordten had his first interview with his Excellency Count Buol. We hear that he has brought with him some tangible results of his mission to Berlin; in the shape..of a memorandum or draft of a protocol. A. Vienna letter of the 30th ult., in • the Breslau Gazette, says : .. "In the note which'the Cabinet of Saint Petersburg has just addressedto its ambaSsador at Vienna, Russia re torts against Austria the complaints :which the latter has brought foriard. She. retends to seem the assemblage of troops in Gallicia and, he Bukowine a threatening demon stration which hais compelled • her to send the guard into Poland. Everything 'which 'relates to the Rau points of guarantee is carefully atoided in this:note." Another Vienua letter of taie same. date in the same journal says : . . . . " It is known that the Russian Cabinet ha's just sent a note to its ambasiaddi. at Beilin. Another .arrived two days ago to PrinceGortschakoff, the ambassador atVienna, the contents of which are the.seme as that sent to Berlin, but has, it is said, this important addition —' That in re ality the assemblage of troops in the kingdom of Poland was first caused by the collection of masses of Austrian troops in .Gallieia, that nevertheless these. as semblages had, merely. a defensive . character.' Prince Gixtschakoff went yesterday. and .commanicated this note tb Count Buol; • but did not • leave hiin a copy of it. The differen'cea which hail arisen between Austria and Turkey: :relatik4 to ;the administration of the Principalities .appear-:to have been completely arranged. The principal point was. the organisation of the Principalities. Austria wishes to see established in those provinces institutions which will allow less play to party struggles, and litait the,'power &f the Boyards. She demands also that .tfie Turkish Copimissioner shall be changed as well ad the Commandant of. Bucharest. These demands have, as is known, been acceded to, It may be positivkly affirmed that • the army of Italy is not yet com pletely' on a war footing. 'What has been stated of the formation of armies itl'Bohen)la and Moravia is merely from simple rumour." GERMANY. After the ConferenCO held at Weimar on the 16th ult., between the Ministers of Saxe& Weimar, Saxe Meiningen, Saxe Altenburg, and Saxe-Cobtirg-Gotha, the following note was a,ddresed in the ::namo of each State CO Austria : • • • • •VP • . "The Government of —does not hesitate to support the opinion that the inactivity of the Confederation with regard to the great question of the moment causes prejudice to the dignity of Germany, audit believes alsefor its part that that question ought to be carried before" the Diet. It is re solved likewise to adhere to a•resolution •of the Diet, if such a one should be taken, declaring that an attack of Russia on Austria, whether in the Principalities or on the Austrian frontier, weed call 411 Genfu'any to ptotect the territory of :the Anstaan empire, and that oven if all the German interests ' ..which..may be placed in ques tion in the course of the existiug complications cannot at present be Ireewn ' Germany appropriates to her self from the j)rosent' moment, this two demands of guarantee relative to ' the cessation of the Russian protectorate in the Principalities and the free navigation of the Danube. The Government does not fear to express its disposition to adhere-to a treaty to that effect, oven if proposed to the Diet by Austria alone; since full of con fidence in thO German itettimeets of Austria and Prussia, it has the certain hope Mat hi the cos se of . lhe negotia tions which will.tako pifice in the Diet, an accord will ho established between the. Powers—an accord to which the Government of attaches the greatest importance, and without which there cannot be any importance for Ger many, but only innumerable dangers.".. FRANCE. PARIS, SUNDAY EVENING, -- • The Puke de Plaisance, president of the commission formed to examine into-the claims of the old soldiers of the Republic , and the Empire 'to participate in the grant of 2,700,000 francs; ha made report to the Emperor of the result of 'the commission up to , the 20th ult. Assistance has been granted • to 12,054 old soldiers, of whom 1,246 were ect9genarians, 5,524 sep tuagenarians, and 5,284 sexagenarians. Life annuities have also been granted to. 999:0f the first category, 2,633 of the second, and 1,333 • atilt) third, thus bringing up the`, total number..of claims admitted. to 17,019. "This number considerable, as it may appear," sa ys the report, "is' only 'about one-fifth of t h e number o f old soldiers who have sent in claims, an& to whom the law of 1853 has; given hopes of seeing • their turn arrive. The report Odds that, •out of the claims allowed by the commission,.4B have been annulled ffinn various causes by the prefects of th© respective departments. of the claimattts. •• The Lyons journals announce that an oracr has bee)), received to break up the camp of the south, and form it in the environs of that city. , The llioni n • teur Algeen o f t he 30t h ult. says :—" The season having become very favourable for the move ments of our little columns in the southern countries, and preparations having been made at Geryville, Lag houat, Bougada, amd Biskra, to take the offensive at the same time on all the points in advance of our southern link, operations are about to be commenced immediately - , and as they will be made under the best conditions, every thing causes it to be hoped that good results will soon be attained." The Patric also says " extract the following details from a letter from the Crimea, of the 18th The Alger has done wonders, her pieces of 36, of which Eihe had a monopoly, committed Clreadful dam Page. At one moment the Rnsiiaiii, perceiving whence the greatest injury reached it, scarcely fired at any thing but at that vessel: She was the last to quit the post which she had taken up, and never weighed anchor until night came. The Jupiter and the Alger have, been the most lucky of all the French ships-of-the-line, as neither of them has had a man killed or wounded.. The Charlemagne suffered much in her machinery. The quarter-deck of the Ville de Paris was blown up: The Russians fired very badly. All their bombs, shells; and balls passed through or over our rigging. The Alger is a proof of the inefficiency of their fire, as although she was subjected alone for some time to the fire of the two forts and the citadel, she re ceived only three shots in her deck, and four or five in her hull;" SPAIN . We have received the Madrid journals of the 31st ult. The Siglo XIX. saystl se the budget is to be . prasented to the Cortes by the Queen in;person. The Espana states. that amongst the savings to be effected are the suppression of the Royal Horse Guards, leaving only the balberdiers as a guard for the Queen ; the reduction of the \ Queen's civil list from 34,000,000 to 28,000,000 reals ' • of those- of the King, the Princess ' of the Asturias, and the Infante Don Francisco de Paula to 500,000 reals each, sand that of the Duchess de Mont pensier to 1,000,000 reals ; and, finally, the suppression of the allowances to the Queen-Mother, and the other members of the royal family... It is also proposed to ieduce the budget of the royal household from 47,000,-000 t0:31,500,-000 reals. Our accounts froth Madrid are of the 30th ult. Persons who pre - iend to be •in the- secrets of Espartero stated that he intended to • resign the Presidency of the. Council before the opening of the Cortes. This course was recommended by the de mocratic party, which is anxious that the Ministry should he appointed .by that Assembly. The Minister of Fomento was preparing a pro ject of law on foreign immigration, which was said to be drawn up on most liberal principles, and cal culated to induce foreigners to settle in Spain. The Three per Cents. were done at 34f., and the New Three per Cents., at 17f. 9Qc. GREECE. A letter from Athens, of the 22d ult., in the Moniteur, says :—" The three steanaers . the Nil, Thabor, and Caire left the Piraeus yesterday and to-day, with troops on board, bound to Constantinople. The troops were in ex cellent health." A letter from Smyrna of the 18th ult. states that do miciliary visits had been made there by the Turkish police ; and several Greeks, three Armenians, a Turk of Trebizonde, and an individual calling himself a Pole, had been arrested and sent off .to Constantinople. .They are charged with being spies of Russia. SWITZERLAND. We read in thetConstitutionnel :—" The elections of the National Council of Switzerland are at present nearly terminated, and it is 'possible to' appreciate the sense in which public opinion has pronounced. The majority of the elected appear favourable to the new Constitution, and it may be said that in most of the cantons the spirit of conciliation has:dictated the votes of the electors. .. • SWEDEN: STOCKHOLM, Nov: 4. —:The tfiree Parliamentary Chambers have finally voted the credit of 2,500,000 dollars dem'anded by the King on tvccount of the fund for maintaining the neutralitklof Sweden with respect to the present war. .. MISCELLANEOUS. Count de Spaur; J3avarian Minister to several courts of Italy, died.at Florence on the 24th ult. Letters from Smyrna state that the .cholera had again broken out in that place. AMERICA. (BY ELEQTRIO:TELE.G.RAPB.) SOUTHAMPTON, MONDAY MORNING. The United States mail steam-ship Union, Capt. Adams, arrived off Cowes at 11 a.m., on her way to Havre. She brings the American mails, and dates from New York to the 21st LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THI3 DAY.) LONDON, Nov. 6c—Wind this day' :at Noon, N.N.W. ; light, with fine, clear Weather. PORTSMOUTH, Nov. s. —Wind, N.W: to X. Arrived— Vice-Admiral Gobins,•from Manilla; Canada, St. John's, N.B. Sailed—Scorpion, for St. Michael's; . her Majesty's steamer Wrangler, for the Black Sea. „ PLYMOUTH, Nov.. N.N.W. Arrived—Her cules, from Quebec ; Nile, London, for Australia ; Lady Sale, Lyme, for Rio Janeiro. Off Port—Wycliffe, from Portland Bay. • .. FALMOUTH, Nov. s. —Wind, N.N.W. Arrived—Maria Bum, from the Mauritius ; George and Ludvig, Iquique ; Rosalie, Liverpool, for Cadiz ;• Ragnagore, Callao ; Falcon (s), Nantes, for Cardiff, in wait of aoale. Sailed—Chin sura' for Antwerp; W r i ngen ,.G e fl e i*Ali ce , Memel. Off Port—San Francisco, 'Rom Hull, and sailed for Bremen; Rose, Marseilles, Nov.nd sailed for Southampton. DARTMOUTH, N s, —Wind, N.W. Arrived—Gurli, from Antwerp, for St. Übe's. Sailed Onward, for Jersey. COWES, Nov. s.—Wind, N.N.W. • Arrived—Admiral, from St. John's, N. 8., and sailed .for Hull; Augusta, London, for Hobart Town, leaky. - RAMSGATE, Nov. s.—Wind, N.W. Arrived—Bertha Stockholm, from Malaga. Sailed—Velocity; for London. OFF THE NORTH FORELOD, Nov. - 4.—Gertrude, from the East Indies ; Sultana, do.. SOUTHAMPTON, Nov. N.N.W. Arrived— Devonshire (s), from London, -and left for Dublin; Sylph (s), Dublin, and loft for London. Sailed—lndus (a), for Alexandria. PENZANCE, Nov. 4.-Wind, N. Sailed--Juatine, for L'Orient. BRISTOL, Nov. 4.—Wind, S.W. Arrived—Ann Hood, from Africa ; Panona ; Tayal.- • • MILFORD, Nov. s.—Wind;'N.W.• Arrived—Pio IX., from Ardrossan, for Genoa. ' SHIELDS, Nov. 4.—Wind, /1.W.. Arrived—Kate, from Quebec,- Harmony, Carthageua ; Immanuel, Copenhagen. OFF DUNGENESS, Nov. 3.—Arrived—Figaro, from St. Übe's, for Stockholm. POOLE, Nov. 4.—Arrived-- - -Angler, from Trinity, New foundland. BRIDLINGTON BAY, Nov. s.—Arrived—lda, from Dania, for Newcastle. • • SHIERNESS, Nov. s.—Wind, N.W. Sailed—Auster litz (French line-of-battle ship, for Cherbourg. SWANSEA., Nay, 5.---Sailed7 - Donna Anna, for Bahia. MINISTERIAL MovintErats:=Lord: John . Russell did not proceed to Norfolk yesterday, but remained at his residence, Pembroke-lodge, Richmond-park. Viscount Palmerston will return - to London en Monday from his seat, Broadlands, gants. .The. Duke of Newcastle, Sir James Graham, and the Earl of Clarendon are actively engaged in Lolidon with the duties of their respective departtnents. Lord Aberdeen, the Lord Chancellor, Mr. Sidney Herbert, and Sir Williani Molesworth also remain in town. • Sir George Grey has not yet sufficiently recovered from the effects of his recent accident tO travel. from Falloden, Northum berland, to town. The Chancellor ,of the Exchequer continues at Hawarden Castle. • DREADFUL EXPLOSION OF . F/RE WORKS , AND LOSS air THREE LIVES.-official report.—This day (Monday.) —This morning, shortly before five o'clock, a fire of a destructive character, 'attended with serious loss of pro perty and life, , occurred .at Mr. Watson's, • .fire work maker, Cannon-street ; • St. George's-in-the-East. Tho fire is believed to have originated in one of the lower rooms, through.one of.the children snuffing the candle, the wick of which fell into her apron, filled with squibs, who, in her fright, threw them all over the room, when a tremendous diplosion of fireworks fol lowed. On the arrival of the Royal Society's fire escapes the conductor, ascertaining that several children were 'in bed, — ascended his machine, but was unable to get them out. They were'afterwards found nearly burnt to a cinder. A female and two children wore taken to the hospital, so greatly injured that their lives are despaired of. - • THE LARGEST MAIL EVES KNOWN TO AUSTRALIA AND INDIA.—Oar Satualay. morning last,. the largest mail ever despatched from London was sent from the General Post-office in St. Martin's-le-Grand. It con sisted of 621 boxes of, l e tt er s an 4 na-Pe . r . s , Nhe re itn l 12 portmanteaus, and required u p wa rd s o f 20 omnib use s to convey the enor tmhoeulsvma the railway Southampton, terminusv ship was embarked per t as er s lo o O f -r e Zd t'e , si Eta . route f tu or to India, Australia, &e. The reason of this mail being s o heavy, was chiefly in conse quence of the fact of its being the first despatch since the reduction of the postage rate to Australia from o ne sixpence , shilling to n ewspapers going free to their des tination. GRATISISEUENT.I—aUPPLEMENTS WITH T HE [ADVERT SUPPLEMENTS Disrxrcu.--The unexampled interest which attaches to every incidenti con nected with the op era ti ons of the Allied Armies n the East haiileterniined th e proprie tors of the Weekly Dispatch to devote a greater space to the intelligence from the Seat •of War than the ordinary l i m it s of this the Latest Newspap er could possibly a fford, and w ith the vi ew of giving the amplest details, have resolved upon the issue of.a Series of Supplements, which will include every particular connectedand withthe i Siege and decision of the contest at Sebastopol, be continued whenever demand e d b y t h e progress of wil the ca mpaign. the public a tion of these Supplements the portion of the p aper usual)* devoted to incidents df domestic and politi ca l. importance will be reserved in tact, and the engroising sdbjectof the W a r y ill receive rho fullest and mo s t varied:illustra;tion. A.Su be published on S un d ay next, November g emen thOiw Orders are requested t o b e f orw arded-as early as possible to all -news agents% town and' 6ailtitry or tho'publiihor, at the office, 139, Fleet-street, Louden. M E Y 4 AND COMMERCIAL INTELL MENGE. CITY, TWOcIQ'CLOCK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool on Saturday wore estimated at 7,000 bales, including 500 American and 500 Surat taken for export and on speculation. The market was firm at previous rates. The sales comprised 6,000 American, 80 Bahia at sga., and 800 Surat at 3id. to 3/d. pa- lb. Railway Shares were quiet, but firm. In Mark-lane trade is brisker this morning, and there is an advance of 2s. io 3s. per quarter in wheat compared with last Monday's prices. The rates of freight to Australia are quoted at 50s. to 70s. per ton of 40 feet to Adelaide, 755. to 90s. to the wharves of Geelong and Melbourne, and 50s. to 70s. to the Bay. To Sydney the charges are 50s to 605., and to New Zealand 90s. to 100 s. The exports are to a fair extent, but by no means on the same scale as early this year, a circumstance that cannot but afford satisfaction. The letters from Birmingham are rather dis couraging as regards the iron trade, the demand having diminished, and there is an expectation that at the next meeting of the ironmasters a reduction of 20s. will be made. Complaints are made in accounts from Belgium of the serious impediments to commerce occasioned by the quarantine regulations in Spain. One vessel upon arriving at Cadiz was ordered back to Port Mahon, in the Minorca Islands, involving a delay of probably some weeks, should the wind prove adverse, besides onerous port dues. The importation and consumption of rice in Bel gium is rapidly increasing, and the quantity re ceived there is stated to rival that obtained by England. The cheapness of the article is in its favour, being 5 to 6 centimes per half killogramme lower than wheat flour. The machinery for clean ing and dressing rice is stated also to have been greatly improved. , .„. . The accounts by if i efottaidtker Europa report a stringency in the New York money market, and stocks continued as depressed as for some time past. The last weekly return of the City banks showed a contraction in the discounts, and in every department there was a redaction. The falling off in the specie, however, was much less than was anticipated, being considerably under a million of dollars. It was expected that the drain of the pre cious metals would gradually subside, and that the supply on hand would soon be considerably aug mented, for already there was heaviness in the exchanges, and a decline in the rates. The re demption of United States' Loans at the Treasury during the week ending Oct. 21 amounted to 41,150 dollars. Freights were generally dull, flour tended upwards, and wheat was scarce and dear, but notwithstanding these facts there was an exportation of breadstuffs of some importance to Liverpool. The Stock Market is dull this morning, and a little flatter upon the news of our serious losses in the Crimea, although the same confidence in our ultimate success still exists. Consols have been 941 g for transfer and account, and since 94i The New 3 per Cents. have realised 931 to 1, and the 3 per Cents. 93f I. Bank Stock is quiet at 211 to 212 i. Exchequer Bills have been 6s. to 95., and East India Bonds 10s. premium. Foreign Securities have bean without any par ticular movement. The Turkish Scrip is at 1 to 1 premium. Spanish Three per Gents. have been 33 and the New Deferred 181. The Passive Con.vertecl are 43. Venezuela Deferred Stock. is worth 10i. Brazilian Old Bonds have been done at 99k. The following are the nominal prices of foreign stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 51 to 6 ; Mexi can, 22ft to 22i ; Peruvian, 70 to 72 ; ditto, 3 per Cents., 50 to 52 ; Portuguese 4 per Cents., 40 to 42 ; Russian 5 per Cents. 95 to 97 ; ditto, 4i per Cents., 84 to 86 ; Spanish New Deferred, 181 to 18 ; ditto, 3 per Cents., 37i to 38i ; ditto, Certificates, 5g- to si ; ditto, Passive, 43 to 4i. In pursuance of the understanding come to at the annual meeting, in June last, of the Great Western Railway Company of Canada, the Direc tors again met the shareholders on the 29th Sep tember, for the purpose of laying before them a statement of the operations of the company during the first half year of the line being opened for traffic, of the outlay of capital, and progress made towards the completion of the works, and an estimate of the expenditure still considered neces sary to finish the line in a way that will enable it to do the business which there is reason to believe will come upon it. In the estimate required for future outlay, the Directors have formed their judg ment upon a careful consideration of all the cir cumstances involved. "No expense or outlay is included which they think can safely be omitted, and they have tried to study the shareholders' interest in all that has been done." The receipts at 31st July, 1854, had reached 2,579,0891., of which 1,288,3441. was in company's bonds and Government debentures. The outlay having been 2,907,007/., there is a bala - nce of 327,918/. against the account. The accounts show that, up to 31st July, 1854, there had been - incurred a gross charge of 2,907,0071.; the amount still due for rol ling stock, machinery, &c., 171,220/. ; the amount required to complete and ballast the line, works, and stations, as per estimate of engineer, is 359,1091.; amount still required for land and land damages, 20,0601. ' • total cost of line and rolling stock, 3,457,3451. A further snm of 35,0001. will "be required for the completion of the two steamers." Since the annual meeting in June last the company applied for and obtained bonds of the Provincial Government to the amount of 300,0001. sterling. These bonds were not, however, received until after the 31st of July last, and accordingly do not appear in the present accounts ; they have been, however, since then, disposed of upon satisfactory terms, and the proceeds placed to the credit of the company. This makes the position of the company stand, on the 31st of July, 1854, at 976,772/. ; less proceeds of Government Bonds, 373,8001. ; less other assets, 109,850/.—:483,650/. ; balance, 493,1221. Of the above amount some portion will be payable in bonds and shares. " The total cost of the line and plant having so much exceeded all previous calculations, the Directors then explain, at great length, the causes which have led to such increase, from which, they state, "it will bo seen how impossible it was to foresee the large additions which have been made to the cost of the line ; but it is satisfactory to know that about 300,0001. currency of the increase is for rolling stock." -The report here remarks that, " although the Bonds of the provincial Government form an extra charge upon the re venue of the company of 15,0001. sterling a year, yet that this sum being invested, as is required by law, at compound interest, will, in about nineteen years, extinguish the said Bonds, or upwards of an i-th of the Capital of the company. This gradual process of liquidation of course adds to the value of the stock, in proportion as the process of liqui dation goes dn." The railway meetings announced are the fol lowing : _ . Company. Date ? Place. Bradford, Wakefield, & Leede Nov. 7, Bradford. European and N. American... Nov. 7; St. John's N. Blum. Silk. & Gt. Lon. &War. (Ir.) Nov. 13,17, Gracechurph-st. P London Tilb., and' Southend 1 Nov. 10, London Tavern. Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford The Railway Share Market has been firm, said in some instances rather higher prices have been ob tained. Great Western have been buoyant, and North Western also. The South Western, Mid land, and .South Eastern have been the' lines chiefly dealt in. The French shares are nominal, and less is doing in the Canadian. The Colonial and Foreign Mines have been ne glected, the Banks are less in demand, and the Land Companies without alteration. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY. —CLOSING PRICES. ( From tlte oXcial List.) Sank Stock Dm .iness done 212. 11 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 93j a 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 94g i a New 3 par Cent. Annuities Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 -16 India Bonds, £lOOO .lO Consols for Account 14th Nov. Exchequer Bills, 2jd. £l000 £5OO . 9 6 p Small 0 6 p PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent 99i Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent 5B 9 Vexicau 3 per Cent. Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 3.8 Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent lBl Ditto Passive (Converted) rurkishScrip 6 per cent Venezuela Bonds, 3j per Cent. ............ , — Ditto Deferred, 1 per Cent loi Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Exchange, 2j per Cent. 12 Guil Ditto 4 per Cont. Certificates ..... THREE ()CLOCK. Consols ....................................... 94i 'Ditto NOvensber A coonut The Queen has appointed Sir W. Gibson Craig, Bart., a member of the Board of Supervision for the relief of the poor in Scotland, in the place of Mr. William Mur ray, of Henderland, deceased. The difficulty respecting M. Souls has been settled. He has been invited to pass through France on his way to Spain. The French Government are seeking to charter seve ral large English steamers for the purposes of the war; but they 'are difficult to be obtained,'although high rates are offered. One or two, it is said, have been engaged from the General Steam Company. • I,