The Sun. — London, England, 1854-11-02 00:00:00

.) 7 I. - - A -kit AND COalif ERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at 8,000 bales, including 1,000 American taken for export. The market closed firmly, without change in prices. The sales com prised 6,000 American, 1,000 Pernam and Maran ham at 6gd. to 72d., 300 Egyptian at 6d. to Bd., and 800 Surat at 3d. to 4d., per lb. Railway Shares were dull. The six weeks' average price of wheat is's6s. 9d. per quarter, and the last week's sales in the mar kets which govern the averages were 144,842 quarters. In a statement of the ships preparing to enter outwards in November for India, China, and Aus tralia, Mr. Miller gives again rather a long list for the Colonies, comprising altogether, 53,244 tons, of which 21,879 tons are for Victoria, 24,666 for New South Wales, 6,784 for South Australia, 7,433 for Van Diemen's Land, 1,895 for Western Australia. The failures in the provision and other trades here have already told in the United States, where several stoppages have occurred. At New York, Messrs. Gibson, Stockwell, and Co. have suspended, owing a large amount in the west to the farmers and bankers. In Vermont, J. and H. Peck and Co., H. W. Catlin, George Peterson, Smith and Landon, and H. Williams, had failed. We have on former occasions expressed our belief that fur ther difficulties would occur on the other side of the Atlantic, the pressure on the money market acting very inj uriousl yup on all firms that had traded beyond their own capital. The accounts, too, respecting the harvest are better from some of the States, and this may embarrass those who have been en tering into speculative purchases ; although we certainly think there will not be any great fall in the prices of wheat or Indian corn, seeing the opening which the English markets present. The demand for British manufactures is not likely to be so extensive next season as on former occasions, seeing the large sum in specie that has come from America. Accounts from Warsaw state that in Poland provisions were becoming scarce and dearer, owing to the concentration of so many troops. The magazines of coal established by the English Admiralty at Kiel are stated to be quite exhausted, and six steamers laden with the article were imme diately expected. Admiral Napier is at Hamburg, the guest of the British Consul-General. The system of telegraphic communication is now stretching out its arms in a way to embrace all the principal capitals of Europe. We pointed out re cently the completion of the line from Hamburg to St. Petersburg, and now we learn that, on the 24th ult., the wires were perfect from Madrid to Saragossa, Pampeluna, and St. Sebastian. Bar celona and Lerida are also to have lines connecting them with Saragossa. The letters received by the steamer from Brazil furnish some interesting commercial items, includ ing the following " The government is considering a bill for the opening of the Amazon to all nations, and it has bought back the exclusive privilege which it granted some years ago to some of its citizens. ' It pays $55,000 per year for twenty years to get it back. It is now thought the bill will pass this session. A bill is also before the Chamber for the encouragement of fisheries', granting large boun ties, lands, houses, &c., for drying ; lifting all taxe s, on vessels, and freeing them from all port duties , & e . This will undoubtedly pass ; and when it is known that the rivers and bays of Brazil contain the finest fish in the world, and in great abundance, it will prove a great in ducement for foreigners to engage in them. The sugar crop will be far above the average this year. Coffee about common. For several months it has been dry in the province of Rio, which has injured the vegetables of all kinds. Business is rather dull ; the American trade has been unusually small the last year. The city of Rio has been visited with but a very few cases of yellow fever for the last eighteen months, and is now healthy." The English Stock market is firmer, and with some increase of business. Consols have been 94g to 94i for transfer and account. The intelligence from Sebastopol being of a much more favourable character has inspired renewed confidence as to the issue. Exchequer-bills have been ss. to 9s. prem. East India Stock is marked 231. Bank Stock is steady, at 211 to 212±. The New 31 per Cents. have been 931 to 93a, and the 3 per Cents. 931 to 932. There have been about the average number of transactions in the foreign market, and the quota tions have not varied much. The Turkish Scrip continues flat. Mexican Bonds have been done at 22i to 1, and Peruvian at 701. Spanish 3 per Cents. are 38, and Portuguese 4 per Cents. 38. Russia 5 per Cents. are worth 95, and Dutch 4 per Cents. 90/ to 90g. The following are the nominal prices of foreign stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6& to 6 ; Mexi can, 22a to 22i ; Peruvian, 70 to 72 ; ditto, S per Cents., 51 to 52 ; Portuguese 4 per Cents., 40 to 42 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 95 to 97 ; ditto, 42. per Cents., 84 to 86 ; Spanish New Deferred, 18/ to 18-i ; ditto, 3 per Cents., 37/ to 38/ ; ditto, Certificates, 5 to 5± ; ditto, Passive, 4,1 to 41. The last week's railway receipts ascertained up to this day are in round figures as under 1854. 1853. Great Western North-Western South-Aestern Brightrirr 15,243 1 2 , 354 Midland 17,087 16 , 070 South-Eastern 12,095 10 , 230 Caledonian Great Northern 22,050 18 , 773 Lancashire and Yor kshire The Railway Share Market is not very buoyant, and prices are lower than they were on Tuesday for one or two of the principal lines. The Caledo nian, however, are rather good, and Eastern Coun ties, Eastern Union, North-Western, and Midland are in fair request at fuller rates. The Foreign Shares have been steady, and the Canadian are still asked for. • St. John del Rey Mine Shares have advanced, and Santiago are very firm. In the Joint-Stock Bank Shares a large business has been done. The English, Scottish, and Aus tralian are /to A por Cent. higher. The London Chartered of Australia have risen 10s. to 11. The Australian Agricultural Land Shares are more elastic, and in the other Land Companies' there have been increased dealings. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (Front the Odd List.) atuiness done. Bank Stock 2ll 12i 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 93g 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 94i g i New 3 per Cent. Annuities New 24 per Cent. Annuities ........ . B3 Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 India Stock Consols for Account 14th Nov. 94g g g Axchegner Bills, lid. 21000 ,.. 8 5 9 .£5OO &nal' Exchequer Bonds 1858, 3i per Cent. 994 100 Ditto 1859, PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK , 31exican 3 per Cent. Ditto for the Account Peruv ian Bonds, 4# per Cent. 22 B i 70 portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto ex. all over due Coupons 3B Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent. £St 95 S ar di n i a n Bonds, 5 p er Cent............ Spanish Bowls, 3 per Cent 3B TarkishScrip 6 per cent , nyl d e nds on the sho ve p ayable in Lon don. Dutch Exchange, 2? per Cent. 12 Guil Ditto 4 per Cent. Cert i fi c ates . , HALF-PAST TWO. Consols ...........eeomat .................................. 94i Ditt o November 100 8Q 50 50 20 20 all all all 16 20 10 12t St. 812 s !100' 100 all 22 u b 171., all all 1 100 100 all all 20 20 50 20 all ,111$. 10 5 20 20 all 3 8 2a. 100 20 25 25 25 all 10 12 all all --- -- VISIT OF THE BAND OP THE FRENCH GIIIDES TO it " THE BANK, TOWER, &C. —Yesterday morning, about 11 20 o'clock, most of the members of the Band of the,French 20 Regiment of Guides proceeded in omnibuses —specially retained for the service—to visit the Bank, the Royal 50 Exchange, the Tower, and the pocks, in all of which 50 they were welcomed. Their passage along the streets 100 created much sensation ; in many instances they were 100 lo u dly cheered, and their salutations in return evinced r o a pure reciprocity of feeling. Many by preference went aloft, and they, consequently, became the admired and 20 the admirers. It was somewhat unfortunate, however, 25 that it was the first of November, and a true London f og se t i n at mid-day t o counter-balan ce the last and 100 finest day of October. The band are under orders to 10 return to Paris on Friday. 6 0 The Courier du Pas de Calais states that the post- office authorities have given strict orders not to have 2 5 2 I English newspapers admitted at Calais and Boulogne 50 ',AlenC brought by any other means than by the nail. OOP 16i 2 31. A all all all 2 S A E rti K. 1 7 4 °I 6. (TIIIS_DAY.) BRITISH RAILWAYS. RAILVATB. Siberdeen. Alubg. Nottng. Bost: and Eastu. Junet... Belfast & Ballymena. Birming. Wolverh. Stour Valley Birkenhd. Laucsh. Cheshire Junet ,Do. Chesh. dt Birk., 1 £5O and £25 Cons. ...... Blyth &Tyne original £25 (issd. at £45; ( Bristol and Exeter.., Caledonian Cainaartheu and Car digan Chester & Holyhead Cork and Bandon Cork, Black, & Pass Cornwall Crieff Junction Dublin&BelfastJunc Dundee Perth&Aber• deen Junction I Do. New ...... ~..... East Anglian Eastern Counties Eastern Union, A Stock ....... De., B. Stock Do., New A East Lancashire Edinburgh& Glasgow Edinb. and Peebles Edin. Pr th & Dundee Forth & Clyde June. Glasgow & S. Western Great Northern Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Gt. Sth. &West.(lre ) Great Western Do. Stour Val. Rail Gua. Stk Irish e a S s t o e u r t h se - E c a a s tic Carlis le Do., Thirds Do. New Thirds ... Lancash. andYorksh Do., Fifths Do., Wst. Riding Un Liv. Crsby. &Soutlipt London & Blackwal Lond. Bright & S.Cst. Loud, and N. Westn, Do. Fifths 0.10/. 5h.,M&8...( Do. Eighths London and S. Westn. Do., .450 Do., £4O Lindrrydt Coleraine Linindrry. & Ennisk. Ytanch.Shef.& Lincln Do., Man. & Lin. Un 1 Yfidland Do. Birmng. & Derby slidld. G. West. (Ire.) Do. Half Shares Newcastle & Carlisle Newmkt.Bury Eaten Nwpt.Aberg. &Hrfd Newry & Enniskillen Newry Warrenpoint and Rostrevor Norfolk Northn.Counties Un North British... North Devon, No. 1,11 Do., No. 2 A Deferred ) Do., B Guaranteed N. Eastern—Bernick Do. do. Extension Dodo. G.N. E. Parch. Do. Leeds ......... Do. York North London Do. New £lO N.&S.Wstrn. ,Hamp stead, and City Jn North Staffordshire North Western N. & S. Westrn. June Nuneaton, Hinckley, and Leicester Oxford, Worcester, Sz Wolverhampton Portsmouth Scottish Central Scottish Midland Shrewsby. dz Herefd Shropshire Union Do. A, B, C,& D,full) paid up at per cent South Devon South Eastern South Wales S. Yrksh. 6c Riv. Dun Do Staines, Wok. &W - , 'tockton & Darling. Stockton & Hartlepl Taff Vale Do. £lO shares. Do. Pref., No. 1 Thames Haven Dock and Railway Vale of Neath Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford&Limerielc West Cornwall West End of London and Crystal Palace West London Wimbledn &Croydon' (Closing Prices yesterday. FOREIGN. Antworp&Rotterdam Belgian Eastn. June Beziers to Graissessac Bombay, Baroda, and Central India,Scrip Central of Italy I)emerara Dijon and Besancon Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France Do. New East Indian Do. Extension Do. 4 p. c. Bds., pay '57, convertible Do. do. do., '59, do Gd. Jnnct. of France Gd. Tk of Canada.A. is. Do. do Do. St. Lawrence & Atlantic do. Do. Cert. of Deben., con. into Stk. till '63 Do. Comp. 6 p. c., do. Gt. Central of France Gt. Indian Peninsula Do. New 5 per cent. Gt. Western of Canada Shares _ __ payable's7, with option till '55.. Do. do., '62, p. '56... Do. do., '76, p. '60... Do. do., '73, without option.. Hamilton & Toronto Do. 6 per cent. Lake Const. & Basle Lucca & Pistoj a 5 p.c. pref Great Luxembourg Constituted Shares Do. Obligations Lyons and Geneva 1 Lyons d: klediterran Madras Do. New Maria Antonia Do. do. New 'Melbourne Dk. & Ry. Namur & Liege (with interest) Do. (ex interest) Northern of Frsinee.. D 0.20/. Shs.late Char leroi and Erqueliues guar. 3a p. c. & red. at 22,11. dur. 88 yrs. front 1 Jan. 1854.:.. ....._ _ _ Do. 201. 3 p. c Bd. (fmy.B.& Ams.Shs.: NorwegianTrunkPre: Paris and Lyons Ditto Bonds Paris and Orloans Paris and Rouen ParisCaen & Cherbrg Rouen and Havre Royal Danish Royal Swedish Sambre and Meuse Do. 54 p. cent. Pref Southern of France St. Andrew's and Quebec (A) West Flanders Do 54 per c. Prof Western of France West. of Switzerland Wiesbaden Zealand . JOINT-STOI Nustralasia ....... .... British Colonial Bank and Loan Company British N. American Chart& Bank of Asia Chrtd. Bnk. of India, Australia, & China Colonial Commercial of Loud English Scottish and Australian Loud. Chart. Bk. of Australia London and County.. London Joint Stock.. Lond. & Westminster INational Provincial of England IDo. N©w National of Ireland, Now South Wales Oriental Bank 01 Corporation Provincial of Ireland Do. New Royal Australn.Bkg. & Gold Imp Co , South Australia Union of Australia Do. New Union of Loudon..., 21 - 22 41 - 4i 8i - 8i 11 1113 d 17 18 5:11 ii ---- 97 601 -60 i 13i - 141 10 - 12 . • ---- ••• 4 2d 6i[- 7, 15t, - 16: 11i - 11 32 - 34 22 - 24 68 - 69 54 - 56 23 90 - 91 76 - 7S 24 - 126 90 - 92 70i 71; 69 - 71 7$ 82 8 100 8 10 72i 73 5i 5a s 8 101 106 LOl4 101 id — i d— R P I d 81 82 10 • 9 d 9 234 -23 i 68i 69i 40 - 42 d i Si' 2/ 49 - 5 1 3$ 34 33 .., 3 , 4 g 10 i 6i 764 77; 6 5d 34:1 14 144 53i spj 53 65 ' —' p 4 p - 4i 6. 7 32 - 34 94 - 96 60 - 62 i - 8i 45 - 47 - 14 62 -: C 2 31 - 34 ... ... i— i d in ii - 3 i 18 19 4+ - 23 - 5'5 6 - 7 • • • - .. 6 - 7. 6i 14 4 Zd d— i p P 3 —2i d 334- 33$ 3 3 iP id— id -P 7 eV n - 6* 8 6c l 9 7d lip - iP aP 18 —l9 1 - 3 14 • par P 2 -- 4p ... die 4,1 - N 21 - 3i 1 - lip ••• d P 71 1- 7i 12i -- 13 9 -10 21i - 22 47 49 38 40 . . pm 2 . 21 22; par 1p 2 lid 71 8i •.•- • • • .. • - pm 3i -_-_ 1 '6i - 7p i 6 - 17 BANKS. 1 d -- par 1 ,Y 1 io 32 24 14 d 234 244 40 - 42 43 - 45 69 - 71 74 - 84 f!! = Bnsine■s done yesterday. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING; NOVEMBER 2, 1854. EPSOM RACES. Mishap.. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) AUTUMN HANDICAP. Ten ran. £5O PLATE. Remus Michaelmas Maid Eight ran. BEDDINGTON STAKES. Handy Lucy Banks Ten ran. OPENING OF THE LAW COURTS. (THIS DAY.) This being the first day of Michaelmas Term, the Lord Mayor elect (Mr. Alderman Moon), attended by the Sheriff and various civic functionaries, waited upon the Lord Chancellor, at his residence, Upper Brook street, by appointment, at twelve o'clock, when his lordship announced in the usual form that her Ma jesty had been pleased to approve of the choice which the citizens of London had made for their chief magi strate for the ensuing year. The Lord Mayer elect, who was introduced by the Recorder, afterwards joined the company which bad assembled to partake of the dejeuner provided for the occasion, and he was warmly congra tulated by several of the judges and Queen's counsel upon his election. The state carriage and liveries of the Sheriff, which appear to be more costly than those of former years naterally attracted a good deal of attention, and drew a large concourse of people around the mansion of the Lord Chancellor. At the close of the breakfast the Lord Mayor Elect took his leave :of the Lord Chancellor and returned to the city, while the judges of the various Courts of Common Law and Chancery entered their different carriages and proceeded to Westminster Hall, where the term was opened in due form. LEA ;.MD AT FIXED RENTALS. Leasing Compans. London & N. West. L. &N. W. Caledon...l gt.Nrthn. aldonian. Do Gt. Westn, Yk. New., Berw. Y. &NMd Do Do S. Eastern Do Pete &Co. [Norfolk.. L.& N. W. & Midld. Stckton & Darlingt. Midland.. E. Count , Do Do L. & N.W &Ln&Yk Do Gt Northn Lancash& Yorkah. 1.11.31C1em Stockt. k Darlingt IGtWestn. PREFERENCE SHARES. 1100 - 105 92 - 96 4 - 98 If -1 lip - 1 13 -13 i 22 - 24 • • • .... "'' ... - .v 1 15 -117, LOB - 110 LOO - 102 6 -- CA 98 -- 100 90 -- 92 93 -- 93 102 -- 11 184 -- 174 10 -- 104 71 -- 73 184 -- 194 91 -- 9i 14 -- - 138 -- 139 ..• .'. 41.0. 3 pl 11 -11 A i -P 138 140 1 Id - 90 104 - 106 92 - 94 34 - 1 -= is 112 - 114 12 14 id par 221 - 231 99 - 101 17 -19 ••• 1 ••• 2 d RAILWAYS• Bedford and Bletch ley ... Buclighamsh Clydesdale Jc. E. Lincoln gr. 6 par cent. Glas. Barr. & Neils. Direct Do. New - Glstr.dg Dn. Fr, Hrtlpl. Dk. Railway Hull & Selby Do. Shares. 10. Shares. Lon.&Greenw Do. Preference Til.,&S. Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Do. 6 per ct. Manch. Bxtn. and Matlock Middlosbro' & Redcar Midld.Bradfd Northern and Easternsp.e. Do. 6 per et. ' Do. Fixeds p e Prest. & Wyre Do. Shares. Roystn.& Hit. Shef. Rothand Goole g. 5 p.c. S. Staffordsh. Wear Valleygr, 6 per cent... Do WiltskSomrst all all all all Aberdeen Do. N 0.2, 7 p. c Blyth andTyno lOper c. pref. (issd. at 50/) Bris. & Ex. 4 p. c. St. Do. 4 p. c. Shares Caledonian £lO Chester & Holyhead Guar. 5i per cent Do. do. Pref. No. 2 Do. do. Pref. No. 2 Cork dtßandons ip.c Dundee Perth daberi deen Junction EastAnglian (£3los) 6 per cent Do. (£5) 7 per cent Do. (£7l7s) 7 p. c Eastern Counties Ea- tension,s p. c. No. 1 Do. No. 2 Do. New 6 p. c. St. Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent... Do. 51., 10 per cent. Do. 101. Delientr. Sh- Do. di. 4 per cent... East Lancash. 6 p. ets. East and West York shire June. Fifths EdiubPrth.&Duadee 4 per cent. Glasgow& S. Western Guar. 5 par cent Great Northn. 5 p. c Do. 5 p. e. Redeem., at 10 p. c. preen. Do. p. c Gt.N. of Scot. Ist Prot Gt. Southn. & Westm. (Ireland) Eighths) Do. 4 per c. Prqf. St Gt. Westn. (Berks & Hants Ex. 5 p. c) Do con. rod. 4 P.C Do. con. red. 4 - p. c Du. irred. 4 p.c. Do. Birm. Pref. Ch Do. Chester S p. Do. do. 5 p. c. do Do. Biro. Gua. Stk Do. Ches. Gua. Stk Do. tlo. do Do. do. do Lan. &York. F. £2O Do. 6P. c. Stock 1 London and Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. o Do. Pref., 5 p. c. St Do. New Guar.6 p. c Lon. &N. W., Cot. & Nuneaton 5 p. ct. London & S. Wester', Con. Thirds Londonderry& Color Shares Londy. & Ennis. Sb Han., Shef., & Lin., Shares, No. 1 Do. New, £lO Do. £6 siarypt.&Carl.4p.c • 2 Du 4 1 per cent Do.. Mid, Consol,6 p.c.St. Do, Cousol, Bristol & Birm. 6 per cent..., Do. Pref, 41 per cent Norfolk Debenture Do.Prd. 4 p. c. Stock Do. 5 p. c. Est Do. 56 per ct.pref Do. Way. Val. 5 p. c North British N. E. Berw, 4 p.c. P Do. do. d• Do. Leeds 6 p.c. No.l Do. do. Quarters '4B D..YorkH.k S. Pura North Staffordshire Oxford, Worcester, & I Wolverh. £l5, 6 p.c. Scot. Cent. , New Pref Do. 5 per cent South Devon Ds. fixed, 4i per cent S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. Do. 4i per cent S.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar S. Wales Gua. 4 p. c Do.di.4 p. c Stockton and Dar- lington, 4 per cent. Do. do. do. Stockton and Hartle- pool, guar. 6 p. c. till Ist July, 1856 Watorfd.&Kilk.6p.c. 1 all Agua Fria ..... . .77 E 1 8 ; 14 14 4 1 all Angle Austrin. Gold . 10s. all Anglo Californian 1 20 6 Australian 1 —ll 1 all Australian Cordillera ... 1 all Australian Freehold. 4 i'' 1 all Ave Maria 1 all Baden (Gd. Duchy of 4 .i 50 all Bloenarvon Iron and Coal . 20 13.5 British Iron 7 8 ... 35 241 Brazilianlmp.(issued at £5 pm 2i 8 30 all Do. Cocaes & Cuiada 11 14 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 28 —3O 30 1 i Carsons's Creek 1 D Clarendos Cons. Mi* Co. of Jamaica • 40 all Cobra Copper 46 • 48 5 1 Colonial Gold 0 i St. all Copper MM. of Eng. 52 —65 25 all Do. Pref. 74 p. cent. 2 4 p ... 16 Copiapo l2 14 5 all English and Austin. Copper Smeltg Co 14 —li 2 i Fortuna i— ir 20 all General . 1 all Gt.NuggetVeinßeg• a t I 3i all Great Polgooth 1 all Liberty i - 3 all Linares B4 .... 9i 1 all Mariquita ii i 10 9 Mexican&S.Amerien 7 71 1 all New Granada i i 1 all New Linares Mining and Smelting Co .,. ... 1 all Nouveau Monde 4 20 all Pontgibaud Silver Lead MM. & Smelt. 15 16 5 1 Port Philip 1 all Quartz Rock ' 50 all Rhyinney Iron 22 24 15 all Do. New 6 S 30 lli Santiago de Cuba 5 54 54 1 all 'South Australian. ..• i lk 10 'l e l Tin Croft... 1 5 284 all United Mexican 8 34 1 all Waller 1 all West Mariposa 1 12s. Worthing Mining of Australia 1 all Yuba..., .• ••• MISCELLANEOUS 5 all Aubin Coal and Iron ... ... 25 17i Australian Agricult. 40 42 404 440 20 6 Australsn.Pcific.Mail ... ... 10 all Australn. Royal Mail ... _ ... 10 5?, Berlin Water Works 24 2d 50 40 Brit. American Land ... _ ... 5 1 Brit. & Coln. Smeltg. and Reduction Co ... ... 100 32 Canada 9B 103 St. 100 Canada Ger. 6 p. et. Jan. and July 110 111 1104 i 5 all Crystal Palace„ 3 31 4 all Crystal Pal. of France ... ... 20 5 Eastern Steam — •. 25 20 ElectricTelegraph(A) 15 —l6 16 1 all Electric Tcleg. of Ir. ... ... 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat. ... ... 20 all General Screw Steam ... ... 20 10 Irish Beetroot Sugar ... ... 20 10 Magdalena St. Navig. ... ... 10 all Mediteraa. Elec. Tel ... _ ... 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fue ... ... 10 5 Netherlands Land 4 14 2 1 N. S. W. Coal & Inter. Steam Navigat. Co. ... . 1.. 1 all N. B. Australasian i 20 121 Nrth.ofEuropOSteam ... _ ... b all Peel Mr. Ld. & Miarl. 3L _ A i A 3 go all Peninsular& O riental ... _ '' .. a . t s') 45 Do. Do. ... ... , 2 all Portland Iren Co 2 24 24 100 60 Royal Mail Steam ... 1 all Scot. Austral. Invest li 2 2 25 all South Austral. Land 35 37 1 all Submar. Telegraph 1 1 alt Do. R 1. eg istered. i 00 28., Van Diemp's I..uti via 7. .. ; 13 lilloalug Prices yesterday. 95 - 100 99 - 101 136 - 136 102 - 104 51 - 52 25 -25 i 13 - 13 23 - 24 11 -11 i 21 - 21 g : ii 56 - 60 136 = iii 21 lid 30 -' 31 93 - 95 Business this day. 1391 dig QUEEN'S BENCH, Lord Campbell, Mr. Justice Coleridge, Mr. Justice Wightman, and Mr. Justice Erie took their seats on the bench. ROBERTS AND ANOTHER V. PHILLIPS. Mr. Wheatley applied to the Court for a rule to show cause why the verdict in this case should net be entered for the plaintiffs. It was an action of ejectment, tried at the last Gloucester assizes, when the jury found for the defendant, and the plaintiffs sought to recover pos session of a large quantity of landed property, under a will executed by an illiterate person. The alleged defect in the NO, which the testator signed by making his mark, was the attestation which was near the top, and Not the bottom of the document. Application granted. EXCHEQUER. The Lord Chief Baron, Mr. Baron Parke, and Mr. Baron Alderson took their seats on the bench shortly after two o'clock. BOYLE V. WISEMAN% Mr. James moved in this case for a rule to show cause why a new trial in this case, on the ground that the Lord Chief Bare; who had tried the case at Guild ford, had improperly rejected secondary evidence of the contests of document which could not be pro duced at the trial. It will be remembered that this was an action of libel . )rought by a Boman Catholic priest against Cardinal 'Wiseman, and the libel complained of was alleged to be contained in a letter which the Cardinal had written and caused to be published in tie Univers at Paris. The Cardinal, after the publication of tke libel, admitted, in a letter to the Abbe Con yard, that he was the author ; but the Abbe being beyond the jurisdiction of the Court refused to produce this admission, and it was proposed to put in secondary evidence, but the judge refused to receive it, as well as to allow the defendant to be examined, which was another ground urgel for a new trial. The Court granted the application. CRIMINAL COURT-(THIS DAY.) This being the first day of term, the Judges met in the Old Court and fixed the fallowing dap for holding the sittings of these sessions for the years 1854-5 :- 1854—Monday, Nov. 27 ; Dec. 18. 1855—January 1 and 29 ; February 23 ; March, none ; April 9 ; May 7 ; June 11 ; July 2; August 20 ; September 17 ; October 22. MARKET NYIPFS-(T HIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRIrISII CORN For the week ended Nov. 2, 1914, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors in the different Cties and Towns in England and Wale! per Imperial Quarter. WHEAT. BAELET. I OATS. I ITS. BEkNI. I PEAS. 60s 7d 32s Id 26s 6d , 36s 5d 45s 4d j 42s 8d TAE SIX WZEKS' AVERAGg- WEIZAT. sAarar, I OATS. I RTE. MANS. PEAS. 863 9d 130 s 4d 25s 6d / 353 2d / 411 Od 393 6d DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORI. WHEAT. MANLEY. I OATS. I SEE, I ]FANS. PBAL l ls Od Is Od is Oct Od Oct Is Od QUANTITIES OF GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK. Wheat, 144,842; Barley, 61,521; Oath, 16,253 ; itya, 473 Beans , 4,932; Peas, 1,655 quarters. MEAT MARKETS. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL.—Ea3h land of meat was in moderate request, as follows :—Beef, fron Os 2d to 95 6d ; Mutton, 38 4d to 4s 6d ; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s Ed ; Pork, 38 4d to 5s 2d per 81bs ' by the carc ase . SOUTHALL, N ov. I.—Our market wai fthirly supplied with each kind of stock. O n th e whole, tie d em and ruled steady. Beef, from 3 8 4d t o 4 s 8d ; Mutton, 6cl to 4s 10d ; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s 4d ; Pork, 3s ld s Bd per 81b, to sink the offals. os l m . t — or3 T es h is4 e dig g st e : n 2 e 2s r ss al to: d 2B e ; m em s ac t a a thu ril : L ed 3s fir 4d in, to 4s 10(1; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s 4d ; Pork 3s 41 to 48 10d per 8 followsl b I tm F: Quarter °—RßDe' eNf 'oolfydr. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 2/ 15s to 1/ 105 ; clover ditto, 3/ 5s to 5115 3 ; an d straw, 11 53 to 1/ 123 per l o ad. A fair average supply and a sluggish dewed. OLTMBERLAND.—Mead ow hay, 2/ 18s to 41 15s clover ditto, 31 Ss to 5/ 15s; and straw, 1/ Gs io 1113 s per load. Trade steady. I - A/ 10s• clover WHITEOHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 2/ 153.0 loa d . ditto, 3/ 58 to 6/ 03 ; and straw, 1/ 5s t) 1./ 12s per Supply tolerably good, and trade rather /a. LLOYD'S SILIPPING-(TIIS D 17.) LONDON, Nov. PORTSMOUTH, N ov , this dal a t Noon, S.E. light po R a T ir s s m , and haz y I.—Wind, SS.W. Arrived — H.M.S. Dee, from the Cape of Good Dope and Plymou th. Sailed—Warrior, for Jamaica ; C o nstantinop l e ; and all the outward bound, except the Harvest Ho me. SOUTHAMPTON, Nov. I. Wind, SW. to S.S.E. Ar . rived- -Robert Finnie, from Buenos Ayres. COWES, Nov. I, —Wind, S.W. Arrived—Hansa (8), from New York, and sailed for Bremen; Hermes, West Coast of Africa. PLYMOUTH, Nov. I.—Wind, S.E. Arrived—Sylphide , from Callao ; Lady Mansfield, Coruna ; Amazon, Lon don, for Melbourne ,• R.M.S. Eurydi ce , Portsmouth, and sailed for th e W est Indies ; Jersey, Bathurst, with loss of bowsprit and bulwarks; Eliza, Ranea, for Malaga; Ab dallah, for Sydney, N.S.W. • British Queen, do., for Leg horn ; Ys se l , Southampton, 'for Adelaide S. A. , Sailed — Telegraph. f or Adelaide, S.A. ; Fortitude, Corunna ; Eliza Fox, Cornnna. FALMOUTH, Nov. I.—Wind, S. Arrived—Jaevan Galen, from Manilla ; Westphalia Bremen, for Yew York ; Wm. Watson, Maulmain. S a i l e d—Fort itude, for Cape Pa lermo ; Maria, Madeira ; Jane and Henry, Terceira ; Herman, Schiedam ; Juliana, Antwerp ; Batelite, do. Off Port—Argentine, from Buenos Ayres, aid sailed for Ant werp. Dovzit, Nov. I.—Wind, E. Arrived—Nelson Packet, from Newfoundland; Balmoral, Bahnouth, after repairing. Off Port—Thomas Snook, from Constantinople. DARTMOUTH, Nov. I.—Arrived—Sydney Hall (s 8 ), from Symrea. Sailed—Pellegrino, for Gallipoli ; Clarence, Seville. Off Port--An o mina from Havannah. HULL, Nev. I . —Wi n d , W.S.W. Arrived—Cactus, from St. Stephen's. BRISTOL, Nov. I.—Wind, W.S.W. Arrived—Good In tent, from. Riva de Sella. Sailed—Lord Ashley, for Sydney, N.S.—. PENZA.NCER, Oct. 31.—Wind, variable. Sailed—Queen of the Isles, for St. Michael's; Elizabeth, Gijon. GRIMSBT, Nor. I.—Wind, S. Arrived—Reward, from St. John's ; Bona Fide, Quebec ; Nestor, Taganrog; Vesta, Dantzic. NEWPORT, Nov. I.—Arrived—Olive, from Fernando Po. Sailed—Fifeshire, for the Cape of Good Hope; Sea Eagle, Boston. CA.RDIFIP, Noy. I.—Arrived—Providence from L'Orient Sail e d—M arys, f or B eyrou t ; Augusta, Constantinople ; Elf, Malta Tertia, Alexandria. Put back—Sir H. Pot finger, Adelaide, S.A. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Thursday, 10.30 ROM. Wind, S. ; moderate, and hazy. Arrived--Bowling, from Demerara; Admiral (s), from Havre; Flora, Bombay ; Nova Bella, Manila ; Uruguay and Bospercons, from Iquique; Petrel, Old Calabar; Anne Porter, Maceio; Etelvina, Tarragona. (BY SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Thursday, 10.20 a.m. Wind, cairn ; tide 5 hours flood ; foggy. Arrived--'Concordia, (s.), Batavier, (8.), Columbine, (a.), and Earl of Auckland, (a.), from Rotterdam; Holland, (8.), Ostend ; Edinburgh, (s.), and Baron 08y, Antwerp ; Tri ton, (s.), Sailed—City of Rotterdam, (a.), for Dunkirk ; Wan derer, Hobart Town. DEAL, Thursday, 9 a.m. Wind S., Tory light ; very thick fog since daylight. Passed—R4)se, from London for Bathurst. Anchored--Forth, from London, for Bristol ; Lucy Sharp, Loneica, Algoe. Bay ; New Great Britain, London, Port Phillip. COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT.—Nov. 1. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) STEAM GUN-BOATS. The progress making with these vessels here is really surprising. We went into the Messrs. White's building yards yesterday to see if they were commenced, when we found the keels of the " Jasper " and " Grinder" not only on the blocks, but the frames together. The back yard seems all alive and in movement, from the number of men employed on these ships, and the others in course of construction. One fine ship, building on the diagonal principle, for J. Shepherd, Esq., has her name on her bows, "The Heroes of Alma." dust beyond is a ship building, we understood, for Messrs. J. E. Wheeler and Ce., Old Broad-street. In the Madeira-deck we noticed the large West India steam-ship " Tay," which they have lengthened, and she appears now nearly ready for sea. In the opposite yard they have a fine schooner yacht, of 180 tons, building for the Margins of Conyng ham. She is on the diagonal principle, and we believe the first yacht of the R.Y.S. so constructed. PATRIOTIC FUND. Every one is in a state of feverish excitement here about the progress of the war. The funds already sub scribed here for the widows and orphans amount to nearly 2001. THE WORKS OF CLROUMVALLATION. The Moniteur de l' Ar2nee contains the follow ing : . . . . . I. ‘ We have before us a sketch of the works of cireum vallation, executed by the army now engaged in the siege of Sebastopol, and without pretendingto give our readers a perfectly correct idea of them, we will describe them as summarily as possible. It must first be recollected that the place is not defended on the side of the attack by regular works. The southern side being lined with inaccessible rocks, the engineers charged with fortifying Sebastopol never dreamt of the possibility of a landing in that direction. There is consequently no enceinte continue properly speaking. The town, however, is protected on that side by a crenellated wall, with a ditch and some advanced earth works, hastily thrown up, and which the garrison has actively laboured to complete, since the bold manoeuvre by which, after the battle of the Alma, the allied troops moved from the north to the south of the place. At some distance in front of those works stand three large towers, faced with masonry, communicating together by works provided with bastions, forming a kind of imperfect half moon. The portion of the city thus attacked by the allied army contains the barracks and the prison, situate at its highest point. To the east is the harbour, and beyond it the quarter inhabited by the seamen, against which the English attack is particularly directed. To the west are a cemetery and the lazaretto, opposite the French line of attack. The three towers are in ad vance of those positions, and it is on them the fire of our batteries must first be brought to bear. The line of circumvallation forms a sort of semicircle, the left of ,which rests on the bay of Chersonesus, where we landed our siege materiel. The right extends to the river Tchernaya, in advance of the road, by which the army marched upon Balaklava i when it turned the city. Ind e p en d ent l y of the kalf-moon formed by the towers, the French army will have to silence the forts of Alexander and the Quarantine, erected for the defence of the place on the sea side. They, however, also protect the south, and it will be necessary to silence their fire." THE NEW IRON BARRACKS. We read in a letter from Boulogne, of the 29th Octo ber : " The iron barracks ordered in London for the four camps have been disembarked this week. They are each 35 metres long and 11 wide, and are composed of five or six hundred plates of cast or sheet iron, and of wood. The supports are in iron ; the roof is formed of grooved pieces of the same metal, numbered and joined to gether by screws, with wooden window frames. There is a stove attached to each ; the cast iron is galva nised to protect it from rust. We have been assured by a very competent judge (an Englishman) that these bar racks, of quite a novel construction, are of great solidity, adding that they might last 200 years. Each barrack will cost about 3001. It is said that eight or ten have been ordered for the four camps at Boulogne. Those destined for the camp of Helfaut will be sent to Calais and conveyed thence by rail to St. Omer. These iron buildings, which have been for some time in use in Eng land, will, it is to be hoped, excite the emulation of our iron-masters, who, after examining them, will be able to enrich their own country by imitating these specimens of British industry. The cost of these barracks is to be defrayed by the Emperor's civil list." FREEILLSONRY. — On Wednesday Sir Edward S. Gooch, Bart., M.P., P.G.M. of Suffolk, held his annual grand lodge at Stowmarket, in compliment to the flourishing Phoenix Lodge in that town. The first communications by the electric telegraph between Madrid, Pampeluna, and St. Sebastian were conveyed on the 23d ult. In a few days this line is to be connected with that of Irun and Bayonne. Two of the Emperor Napoleon's Ministers are ill in Paris at this moment—M. Billault, Minister of the In terior, and M. Binean, Minister of Finance, who has lost his voice. APPOINTMENT. — The Bishop of Manchester has col lated the Rev. John Howard, curate of St. Luke's, Chorlton-upon-Medlock, to the perpetual curacy of Goodshaw, near Rawtenstall, vacant by the death of the Rev, James Bell. SEIZURE OF " PUNCH" AT BERLIN.—BERLIN, OCt. 29. —Yesterday Puna was seized here for containing the parody of Arndt's celebrated song, " What is the Ger man's Fatherland P The postage on letters to and from Canton, Shanghai, and all parts of China, has been reduced to 6d. a letter. PRICE OF HORSES.—At the Limerick great fair the horse fair was not so good as might have been expected. The show was said, by those who came a distance to purchase, to be indifferent, and the quality to be such as not to afford encouragement to buyers. There were no English buyers whatever. The report, received by the Mariquita Mining Com pany shows a production for July at the Marmato mines of 13,902 dols., at a cost of 10,569 dole., and at the Santa Anna mines for July and August a production of 12,274 dols., at a cost of 11,830 dole. At a meeting of the Grand Surrey Dock and Canal Company, held yesterday, the directors were authorised to apply to Parliament for power to raise a sum not ex ceeding 200,0001. for extending and improving the pro perty, so as to effectively accommodate increasing busi ness. An official report of the loss occasioned by the late fire at Liverpool gives the total as 102,0001., the goods destroyed being valued at 96,000/, and the buildings at 6,0001. A third of the whole is stated to be insured in two Liverpool offices. THE SPANISH BONDHOLDERS.—The committee of Spanish American Bondholders have published a report of the proceedings which have taken place regarding the debt of Buenos Ayres since the meeting of the bond holders in December last, when it was resolved to de spatch Mr. James Giro as their agent to that republic. It appears that after the rejection of the disgraceful terms proposed by the Finance Minister of Buenos Ayres in March —namely, that the principal of the debt, amounting to 977,0001., together with 740,0771., being only half the arrears of interest, should be recognised, and discharged without further dividends of any kind by annual payments of 60,0001., to commence in two years' time, and to be raised at the end of 10 years to 80,000/. Mr. Giro, at the invitation of the Minister, made a statement of the only conditions the bondholders would consider it right to entertain. These were that pay ments of dividends on the principal of 977,0001. should be forthwith resumed, and that the 26 years' arrears of interest amounting to 1,480,1551., should be reduced by a cash payment to 1,300,0001., and that the latter sum should bo consolidated in sterling bonds of 201., bearing 3 per cent, interest, payable in London half-yearly. It was also suggested that, upon such bonds being made receivable at par for Customs' duties, public lands, &c., the bondholders might be willing to take them with the interest suspended for five years. To these offers the minister replied, on the 31st of August last, simply by the statement that thiy should be laid before the Legislature. NEW Yong.—The commercial accounts from New York yesterday are again on the whole more favourable, although some additional failures have taken place, the principal being that of Messrs. Gibson, Stockwell, and Co. This house was lar g el y engaged in the western provision trade, and its liabilities are very heavy. It had been established only three or four years, and much of the loss will fall on the producers in the west and the banks in Ohio and Indiana. Several firms had likewise suspended in the State of Vermont, including J. and H. Peck and Co., for a rather large amount, H. W. Catlin, George Peterson, Smith and Landon, and H. Williams. The committee of investigation for the Erie Railroad had made their report, and the stock had improved in consequence, the opinion of the committee being favour- able to the present management, although a long train of previous errors and falsifications have been exposed. The total cost of the line proves to have been 7,000,0001., but the capital stock is only 2,000,0001., and the net earnings of the past year, after paying interest en bonds and all charges, are shown to have amounted to 150,0001., being equal to a dividend to the stockholders of 71 per cent. During the next year an increase is ex pected, but the committee recommend that the con struction account should be closed es soon as possible, that the fares should be raised, that no dividend should bo declared till the floating debt is paid off, and that an independent sin kin g fund should be established. DEATH FROM CHOKlNG.—Yesterday, Mr. W. Baker, received information respecting the death of a mariner, named Thomas Taylor, aged 53 years, who died from suffocation ; deceased was a man of intemperate habits. On Tuesday night, shortly after 9 o'clock, he returned home in a state of intoxication, and sat down with the landlady to supper, which consisted of boiled mutton. He had only been seated a few minutes, when a loud gurgling noise was heard , and when the females in at tendance ran to him, they found him breathing with difficulty, and quite black in the face. Mr. Garrett, the surgeon, examined the deceased, and found a large piece of msat firmly fixed in the gullet, whereby the deceased had been chocked. The body awaits an inquest. DEPARTURE OF THE AMERICAN MAILS. —LIVERPOOL, Wednesday..—The United States Mail steam-ship Atlan tic, Captain James West, sailed early this forenoon for New York, with the usual biweekly mails, 127 passen gers, and a 11111 cargo of merchandise on board. TILE PATRIOTIC FUND. MARYLEBONE. A public meeting of the inhabitants of the parish of Marylebone, convened in pursuance of a requisition to the churchwardens, was held yesterday in the Court house, Maryiebone-lane, to assist in promoting the Patriotic Fund instituted by royal commission for the widows and orphans of our soldiers and sailors falling in battle during the war. Mr. Clement George, one of the churchwardens, presided. The meeting was nume rously attended, and the company included some of the most influential residents in the parish. Lord WODEROUSE moved a resolution to the effect that the meeting cordially approved of the Royal Com mission appointed for accumulating a fund for the widows and orphans of our soldiers, sailors, and marines who fall in battle or in other casualties arising out of the war. The resolution having been seconded, Sir BENJAMIN HALL, M.P., said—Having met there for the purpose of raising a fund for the relief of the widows and orphans of our soldiers and sailors who might fall in the impending struggle with Russia, there were many subjects which might be touched on in such a meeting, but there were only two on which he should venture to address them. They were now about to promote, not only a fund for the relief of those who might lose their dearest friends and connections, and who might thus be deprived in many instances of the source of subsistence, but they were going to relieve anxious and thinking minds. Time and space were now anni hilated. By the efforts and ingenuity of man news could arrive from all parts of the known world in so shorta space of time that it might be counted by seconds. And what was the consequence of those telegraphic communications ? What occurred a very short time ago in reference to a regiment connected with a locality to which he himself was identified ?—he meant the 23d Regiment of Welsh Fusiliers—perhaps one of the most noble, certainly one of the most gallant, that ever went into a field of battle—(cheers)—which had shown its ' gallant bearing in the Peninsular, and especially at Wa terloo, and which was the first that was put forward in the attack at the Alma. The telegraph stated that only three officers of that regiment were left alive. That was on the 7th of October ; he (Sir B. Hall) went down to the country that day, and when the train stopped at Winchester, anxious inquiries were made of him as to the truth or falsehood of that statement, but no further information could be given. When he arrived at Broad lands, on a short visit to Lord Palmerston, the parent of one of the officers of the regiment came in the greatest anxiety to know if his son was one of the three who were stated to have survived ; but no information could be had until the Sunday evening, when they received the special edition of The Sun newspaper of that day, which told them thht his son was no more. But if those feelings agitated persons in that rank of life, would it not be wicked in them to suppose that they were not partici pated in to the full by those of another class of society ? In addition to the anxiety of a wife or child of a private soldier as to what might be the fate of the husband or father, suppose they had that great anxiety and suspense heightened by not knowing what might happen to them if the husband or father should die in battle ? To alle viate that suspense and anxiety they were assembled in public meeting that day, in the wealthiest district of the wealthiest empire in the world, and he hoped the result would be a magnificent proof alike of their wealth and their patriotism. He believed, with the noble lord (Lord Wodehouse), that it was very desirable that feel ings of humanity should be shown on this occasion, and that their bounty should be exhibited both in public and in private ; and he himself might say, in' ' reference to that gallant regiment with which he was more connected by ties of feeling and of patriotism, and in which some of his best friends held commissions, he was anxious, independently of any feeling in that di rectien, that this meeting, of a public character, should, as far as possible, confine itself to the public object in view, and that he was quite sure, if they set aside some of their own private feelings, and gave what they could to the general public object, under the guidance of the Go vernment, the money would be well apportioned and duly administered. (Cheers.) The resolution was then put and carried unanimously. Lord ROKEBY moved the next resolution, pledging the meeting, collectively and individually, to use its best exertions to carry out the objects of the royal com mission. The resolution was carried with acclamation. Mr. GREENWELL (the secretary) then read over the list of subscriptions made at the meeting, and the pro. ceedings terminated. ST. JOHN'S WOOD.—An adjourned meeting of the in- habitants of St. John's-wood, in aid of the Patriotic Fund, was held at the Eyre Arms last evening, when Professor Creasy was called to the chair. Mr. L. Pugh moved and Mr. Alfred Watts seconded a resolution, " That the committee be requested to wait personally on the inhabitants," which was also agreed to. A vote of thanks to the chairman concluded the proceedings. Meetings have also been held at Hastings, Bath, Bridgwater, Torquay, Withyeombe Raleigh, Hayle, and Honiton. _BANQUET TO CAPTAIN M'CLURE, THE ARCTIC NAVIGATOR. HASTINGS, Tuesday.—Last night a banquet was give* at the Swan Hotel, by the ,Mayor, magistrates, and gentry of Hastings and its vicinity, to Captain M'Clure, the discoverer of the North-west Passage, on his return to this borough, in which he had previously resided for many years. The dinner was served in the large room of the hotel, which was beautifully decorated for the occasion, and hung with the flags of England, France, and Turkey, and the arms of the Cinque Ports. Covers were laid for upwards of 200 persons. Amongst those present we observed—The Worshipful the Mayor, Mr. P. Robertson, the member f o r the borough of Hastings ; the Rev. J. Hatchard, the Rev. J. Wallis, Mr. G. Scrivens (banker), Mr. W. Crake, Captain Drake, R.N., Captain O'Callaghan, Mr. J. G. Langham, Mr. C. P. Hutchings, Mr. F. Ticehurst, Mr. F. Smith, Mr. A. Barton, Mr. John Phillips, Mr. R. Ransom, Mr. J. Tucker, Mr. Breeds, Mr. Williams, Mr. G. Clement, Dr. M'Cabe, &c. The worshipful the Mayor presided. The usual loayal toasts having bees drunk with all the honours, The President proposed "The Health of the Bishop of Chichester and the Clergy of the Diocese," coupled with the healths of the Rev. Mr. Hatchard and the Rev. Mr. Wallis, who returned thanks in appropriate terms. The President then proposed the toast of the evening, the health of the gallant captain who had that night honoured them with his presence, having just returned to the place of his adopted home—the town of Hastings. They could not but feel proud of welcoming once more the intrepid discoverer of the North-west Passage— (applause)—a discovery which nothing but the most persevering courage could have enabled him to attain. (Applause.) He would call on the company to drink " The Health of that great navigator, Captain M'Clure." The toast having been most enthusiastically drunk, Captain M'Clure rose, amidst loud applause, to re turn thanks. He thanked them for the honour they had done him ; but he felt unable in consequence of a severe cold and extinction of voice, to express his feelings on this occasion. During his long residence in Hastings he had ever, under all circumstances, net with the greatest kindness and attention. The gallant cap tain was proceeding to describe his arrival in the Prince of Wales Straits, and his stay there during the years 1850 and 1851, when he was, in consequence of hoarse- ness, utterly unable to proceed, and was interrupted by Dr. M`CABE, who said that, seeing that Captain M'Clure was suffering so severely, he was sure his friends would excuse him from proceeding further with his speech as it might entail upon him a serious and lasting injury. (Although not publicly stated, it was understood that Captain M'Clure's indisposition was the result of an attack induced by the rigorous climate of the Polar regions.) The PRESIDENT then gave the toast of "The Army and Navy," apologising for having omitted it in the usual routine, and coupling it with the name of Captain Drake, one of the heroes of Trafalgar, to which that gal lant gentleman returned thanks in appropriate terms. Captain O'CALLAGHAN returned thanks on behalf of the army. Other toasts having been dru■k sad duly honoured, the company separated at a late hour. 96 61 60j 1f 151 161 lli j 13 73 i 32 li 60 x a 14 t 69i 70 23a 77 i 125 i 10 , 1 5 101; 2 69 404 1 1021 REPRESENTATION OF ABINGDON. A public meeting of the electors of Abingdon was called on Tuesday evening, in the County-hall, by Major J. Haythorne Reed, another candidate, who has made his appearance in the liberal interest. Major Reed issued his address to the electors about a week ago, and since that time he has followed the example of one of the ether candidates—Mr. Norris in actively canvassing the borough, preparatory to addressing the electors in public. The meeting in the County-hall was numerously at tended. Major Reed, who appeared to occupy quite an independent position, was unaccompanied by any friends, and, at his request, the meeting selected for themselves a chairman, the gentleman being a non-voter —Mr. Williams, of Northcote. Major REED entered into a statement of the reasons which had induced him to offer himself as a can didate for the borough ; and having proceeded to say as to the pretensions of the other hon. candidate (the Hon. J. W. Fortescue), he was so intimately connected t with the Treasury as to render it likely that his support would is all instances be afforded to the presentthat, Admi nistration ; and although he (Major Reed) belie ve d man to at the present time, it was the duty Administration, i still be strengthen the hands of the Adru h ! u n k is the electors of could not approve, nor did he t Man who was pre- Abingdon would approve, ~ of any t, through thick and pared blindly 'to e , judicious modifications Cabinet there might be come in_ others, thin, to any Minis g t i r ' 3 7 . he desired to ste, hi(liseuaprpohlear.) 01 the present h all ld be raised to the House was thateffected; L a o n r d d o p n a e hn w e b r i at the head of the Government. of Peers and put Lad been done months ago, we should (Cheers.) If that ha . never hve been invel sc y th ed nos in ou the struggle in which we were now engaged. And although they might term him the firebrand of Europe, be was the man of all others upon wham Austria , Russia , and all the co n ti nental powers looked with fear, because he had ever taken the nr cand idate the snffra,,rre, to declared ken h p im p s a e n i e f cour se which an Englishman ought to p ursue, i n sacrificin g his private feelings for the aggrandise ment of the coun ft7vo. u r ( a C b h l e e e t r o s . an extens i on ) The gallant with the increasing intelligence of the industrious classes. He also approved of some mo de of • preventing the undue intimidation of the el ec t ors. To b • secure that olilect he would not object to grant the ballot where might desire it. I d con s tituencie s encies le also announce hie wil li ngness,if elected, to exert himself in obtaining a branch railway for the convenience of the inhabitants of Abingdon. Mr. PALKNE R inquired what the opinions of the hoe. gentleman were with respect to the Maynooth grant ? Major REED said he was averse to the application of public moneys for religions purposes. (Cheers.) At the same time, the Maynooth grant had certain advantage. —one of which was the education of priests with some" proper appreciation of our country and respect for ..our Government, which was better than importing them frbsis ' ultraraoitane continental countries. At the same ta, he considered that, if the grant to Maynooth was tc.br continued, it should be paid out of the Irish Cooler:--. dated Church Fund, which was rich enough to pay that...; or any other grant. (Hear, hear.) No other questions were put, and the proceedings terminated with a vote of thanks to the chairman. lINITEBSITY INTELLIGENCE. CAMBRIDGE, Nov. I. HEBREW. The Regius Professor of Hebrew Lectures will be delivered in one of the lecture rooms of Trinity College, beginning on Tuesday, Nev. 7, and will be free to all , persons. 1. Hebrew, on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, at twelve o'clock. Subject—" The Pentateuch, beginning at Genesis, chap. xxviii." 2. Sanskrit, on Tuesdays and Thursdays, at one o'clock. Subject—" Nala." 3. Gothic, on Tuesdays and Thursdays, at two o'clock. Subject—" The Gothic Scriptures." 4. On the relations existing between English and other Indo-European languages, at one o'clock on Sa turdays. Gentlemen wishing to consult the professor on the subjects of the lectures may do so at his rooms in Trinity' College, on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, at eleven o'clock. The inspe c t ors of theANATOMY Anatomical Museum for the present year beg leave to report to the Senate, that the museum is in very good order, and the specimens are is an excellent state of preservation. Since the last inspection several additions have Wm made to the museum. UNIVERSITY OF LONDON. B.A. EXAILIWATION, 1854. The following is a list of the candidates who the rate B.A. Examination, and on whom the Sagegt has since been conferred by the Senate First Division. Colleges. Anthony, Frederick Evans Western, Plymouth Anthony, Thomas Bache, Alfred Baines, Thomas Blackburn University Bensley, William Thomas King's Black, John Rankine University Boardman Charles Stonyharst Boult, Swinton Henry .Burgett, Frederick Augustus King's Chapman, Charles Clark, James Paine Stepney Collier, James University Dale, Bryan Western, Plymouth Dennehy, George ......... ._ St. Patrick's, Carlow Evans, John Lane Foster, Michael Grabham, John Guy, Robert Edwards Hose, John Christian King's Johnson, William Jones, William Brittain Littler, Daniel Makinson Marsden, John Airedale Martineau, John University [ Millar, Fredk. Charles James University 1 Millar, Wm. John Clarke W.of E. Dissenters Prop.Seh. ' Moulton, William Fiddian Wesley, Sheffield Oughton, Burchell Paddison, Howard University Patterson, Edward St. Patrick's, Carlow Picton, James Allanson Lancas. Indep. and Owens Pratten, Rev.Benj.Plummer Baptist, Bristol Prout, Ebenezer Rule, Martin LUther Wesley, Sheffield Savage, Thomas Temple, Rev. Joseph Abbott King's Thornton, James Howard King's Wainewright, Robert Ernest University, White, Esmonde St. Patrick's, Carlow Williams, Hugh Jn. Marcus University Williams. James St. Paul's, Prior Park Wilson, Charles Woodward, James Stonyhurst ... _ _ Second Division. Barford, Alfred Henry Barker, John Spencer spring Hill Barker, Johnson . . New Berger, Theodore Thomas Bradshaw, Richard Charles St. Patrick's, Carlow Buchanan, Albert ...... Bull, William Thomas Daldy, Frederick Richard University Devonshire, Charles James King's Fox, Joseph Ne w Horne, Charles Spring Hill Howell, Thomas University Hyde, William Henry Inglis, Arthur King's Leonard, Henry Charles University Martineau, William Vernon University Nom% John Cheshunt Persliouse John Ow ens Philip, Wilberforce Button Cheshunt Pugh, Rev. John University Regalia, Victor Robinson, Charles Robinson University &flak, John Jackson University Sturman, Mark Cephas Tutet University Thomas, Barnard University Thomas, John Cheshunt Tidman, Robert Vaughan New Troy, John Henry University W hatton, Rev. Arun. Blount King's Wolston, 'Christopher Queen's, Birrainglaala PRUSSIAN DESPATCH. TO HIS EXCELLENCY COUNT BERNSTOBFF, AT LONDON. (Confidential.) BERLIN, Sept. 5, 1854. Count Nesselrode's despatch to Prince Gertschakoff, dated August 14 (26), which I have had the honour of transmitting to your Excellency, was communicated to us by the Russian envoy, as an annex to another de spatch of the same date, addressed to Baron Budberg. The copy of which is herewith also enclosed. We had reason to be surprised at the share in the re sponsibility attributed to us in it (l'espeee de solidaritiS qu'on nous y octroie, with respect to tjae declarations pre viously made by the Cabinet of St. Petersburg, and which I thought it my duty to decline, by the despatch addressed to Baroa Werther, a copy of which is sub joined. The two copies in question are chiefly intended for the personal information of your Excellency, but I must leave to you the option of mentiesing them in the course of your conversations with Lard Clarendon. This Mi nister will be enabled to convince himself by the manner in which I have expressed myself to Baron Werther on the subject of the four points, that without regarding them as the exclusive basis of all negotiation, and con sequently without meaning to contract fresh obliga tions in this respect, the King, our august master, is nevertheless of opinion that they are calculated to serve as a nucleus for some future arrangement, and that in this point of view his Majesty is, and always will be, ready to grant them his moral support. By doing so he manifests the value he sets on proving and maintaining within the limits traced out by the interests of Prussia, his concurrence with the joint efforts of the Powers towards the attainment of a prompt but lasting peace. More than once I have informed your Excellen c y th at it is not the King's Cabinet that is opposed to the re assembling of the four representatives at Vienna, and if I feel bound to state it over again to y ou now, it is for the purpose of adding, that should the other Powers desire in the slightest degree a resumption of the conference, the King would not hesitate to record in his protocols a declaration in the sense above men tioned. This, however, while assuring to the four points the moral support and the good offices of Prussia, would at the same time unmistakeably show that she re cognises no contracted obligation of enforcing them by any military co-operation against Russia. Your Excellency will have the kindness to inform tie of the use you will have deemed it right to make of these observations, and of the manner in which they may have been received.—Receive, &c., (Signed) VON Mamurm. THE PE.RUTLIN INSURRECTION. A private letter give a very unfavourable -view received per the O n n a2Zio d y ed. a. remain cito those of an d prospects of the instvreetion. in the towns of Chinpaca TheA t ra t o, writer purports remar ki t s o : rm fro y m , situatedun L d i e ni :t ' he orders of Qin er at o f The the e epueoestiittiunottni continues 5 three ' -all sada being tho forces c company verym p ai onnffyet inferior rebelsli(..l me n, somberre captain, a lieutenant, an d sergeants, left tho by a eaP"" rebels to join those of the Government. ranks of the consequence of the darkness of the night, the want In of a bridge to cross a river, and the difficulties of a route, full of prickly plants, their arrival took place i n detached parties. They give an account of the t aaE h nrc e ddh Government. ieCnah:ciu°nc.hieea 'c' miserable condition of the insurgents, who are with out money, without armaments, and without enthu siasm. They suffered daily a serious desertion from their number, and are deficient in the first neces saries of life ; if it were not from the strong position occupied by Castilla, and from the constant vigilanoe employed, the faction controlled by him would long since have dissolved. The fact of these officers and men having taken the first opportunity (which was that of being sent to defend an important position) to desert shows m os t evidently the discontent existing among the insurg en t s, and a probability of a near and complete dis persionrebelsatt:mptotfotrheemainwhere either he by o ab . atlle, or evenifthe they e troe s were General G uar d s , o f t h e government ar r m o y L m e a rs d u e o a d m i oavned ment from T acna t o Moquegue, wh Elias were ; b u t w h en th e governmen t the rebels advantageous get ting near, th e re b e l s ret i re d to th r e al mo Gu n a n r t d a a in o s p a o m f e T t a h rr on ata, to avoid prob a bl e d e f ea t. Gene to Arica, and a ft er h av i ng sen t t o propositio ns , w ith av i ew to In Arequip a a l s o there was a u m r n t s , although it was without result. The Governm ent r eceives ent receives the sympathy deception employed by 4 of the to attack them, and took all the bloodshed, was obliged the e f e me g a b n e d tw a e m en tnu th e e iti Go on : Go vernment troops and the ins of the republic, in sp it s the rebels. , all 100 18i 96 all 2B 2i 6; 5 10 St. St. 5 100 100 100 all all 12. 124, 121 St. St. all all 10. 2 2 100 100 20 126 25 20 St. 8i 10 25 10 ..0.6 20 20 20 25