The Sun. — London, England, 1854-11-30 00:00:00

AIONEY MARKET AND 0014121ERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Shr. CITY, TWO o'CLOCK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at from 6,000 to 7,000 bales, including St, 1,000 American taken for export and on specula- 12 tion. The market closed very heavily, and com- 50 pared with Friday's rates prices of American and 13i Surat were id., and Sea Island ld. per lb. lower, 31 and all other kinds have declined, but not to the same extent. The sales comprised 180 Pernam 27; and Maranham, at Sid. to 64d. ; 170 Bahia, at 22 61d. to 60. ; 300 Egyptian, at 52d. to 10--d.. 25 600 Surat, at 31d. to 40. ; 70 Sea Island, at ls. St. to 25., and the remainder American. Railway st. Shares were flat. 10 Another Government rum contract has been 50 announced, and the market is advancing. 50 The exportation of home-distilled brandy is pro- T, ) , hibited from Belgium. 10 The " Monthly Shipping List," compiled by Mr. Miller, of the Jerusalem Coffee-House, giving the vessels on the berth for India, China, and the Australian Colonies, shows that 3,375 tons are loading for Madras, 13,273 for Bengal and Moul mein, 4,681 for Bombay and Ad .n, 1,308 for Cey lon, Cannanore, and Cochin, 3,674 for China, 421 for St. Helena, 2,992 for the Cape, 1,222 for Laun ceston, 2,336 for Hobart Town, 7,393 for New South Wales, 19,079 for Victoria, 6,427 for South Australia, 446 for Swan River, and 1,869 tons for New Zealand. The New Stamp Act has been so variously in terpreted, that "a few observations" issued in pamphlet form, by Mr. Reuben Browning, will prove acceptable to many. The different answers given by the Board of Inland Revenue to the ques tions addressed to them prove conclusively that there is extreme difficulty in interpreting the Act. The precise stamp which each foreign bill in a set is to bear is not even clearly defined, while much ambiguity prevails concerning the mean ing of the words "a vue," although every practical man would have interpreted it as 19 being "on demand." Generally foreign bills of 14 this class bear the words " pay A. B. or order." 2 .9, As far as can be understoood, if a party draws a kV bill on the Continent, and sends the first for ac - st: ceptance to Madrid, the second and third being. 20 forwarded to London, and upon endorsement good 10 for the delivery of the first, both the second and 121 third must bear a 2s. 6d. stamp. Under this re gulation the third bill, it is said, will never appear 40 in England, and the revenue will be the loser. The 25 plan, it was supposed, would be to put on the 25 second a 7s. 6d. stamp, and none on the third. In another reply, however, the board contradict '" St. their previous answer, and say that each bill of a st. set must bear the duty payable on an inland bill of 50 exchange. Bills drawn and payable abroad are 25 tempt, according to the dictum of the Crown law- 10 2, yers. The idea of charging a draft "a rue" with 2? the ordinary duty on a bill of exchange simply be- 50 cause foreign expresses the meaning "on demand " 20 in a slightly different manner to ourselves, seems eo preposterous that it can scarcely be put in force, and we imagine the penny draught ' stamp will era long be recognised as sufficient. Mr. Browning points out rather a singular omission in the act. Promissory notes drawn from abroad are not comprised in the 3d section of the act ; consequently may be paid, endorsed, or trans ferred in this country without a stamp. Even the question whether the affixing of two or more stamps on bills - drawn abroad, provided that they made together the requisite amount, is not clearly eluci dated, for the Board replies that it would not be illegal, but might be unsafe ! Any one who calls attention to these discrepancies deserves the thanks of the mercantile community, and assists in that much needed reform, a simple phraseology for all &Its of Parliament. Stocks are not varying much to-day, and the business doing is chiefly for investment. Reduced 3 per Cents. have been in some favour at 891 to 90k, and the new 3 per Cents. are at the same rates. Bank Stock has been fiat at 208 to 2091, a further decline. Exchequer Bills are 3s. to 65., and India Bonds Bs. to 11s. premium. East India Stock has been at 230 to 232. Foreign Securities have been without much change. Turkish Scrip is 8/ to 8/ premium, con sequently heavy still. Spanish Deferred Bonds have been marked 181 to Russian 4f per Cents. are 86. Sardinian 5 per Cents. have been 86f to a. Peruvian Old Stock is worth 68, Mexican 21, nd Brazilian 97. Dutch 4 per Cents. have realised 90g. The following are the -nominal prices of Foreign Stocks :-Grenada Deferred Bonds, 5± to 5 ; Mexi yan, 21k to 21i ; Peruvian, 67 to 69 ; ditto 3 per Cents., 47 to 49 ; Portuguese 4 per Cents., 40 to - 42 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 95 to 97 ; ditto 0- per Cents., 85 to 87 ; Spanish Now Deferred, 18 to 187 ; ditto 3 per Cents., 37f to 38 ; ditto Certificates, 5f to 51 ; ditto Passive, 4f to 4f. • The last week's railway receipts ascertained up to this day are in round figures as under 1854. 1853 . Great Western North-Western South-Western Brighton 11,296 10,472 Midland. South-Eastern - 14,497 13,147 Caledonian 17 Great Northern 21,477 17,666 20 Lancashire and Yorkshire • North-Eastern In the Railway Share Market there has been 20 rather a dull tone, but with very little doing. The 20 Scottish Central are better ; but North-Western, 1(18 Great Western, and Great Northern are not so good. The French lines have been quiet. East 100 India are firm, and Canada barely so high. 20 In the Brazilian Imperial Mining Shares a fair 25 business has been done at the previous ra tes. South g Australian are higher. The advices received by this company are still encouraging. The Port 100 Philip and other Australian Gold Companies ex pect to be placed in an improved position now ' 100 qtiartz crushing is more popular in Victoria, and 2 2 the new governor determines to grant mineral 5 leases. 20 The Joint Stock Bank Shares have been steady, except the Union of Australia, which has declined. 100 A fall of 2/. to 3/. has occurred in the Australian 100 Agricultural Shares, the accounts not offering any 100 striking feature. Crystal Palace Shares are dull. too South Australian are 1/. to 2/. lower. The appre hension of commercial difficulties in the colonies 20 no doubt has induced sales. 10 i 20 25 St. 20 St. 50 16i 16i St. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOO ( Prom the Oftzial List.) Be:iness done Rank Stock 2OBl 3 01 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 93 891 904 3 per Cent. Cor solo Annuities New 3 per Cent. Annuities Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 4t 5-16 Dittc 30 Years, Expire 10th Oct., 1859 4 1-16 I odia Stock India Bonds, £lOOO ••• . Ditto, under £lOOO 8 11 Consols for Account Exchequer Bills, 24d. 3 6 - 2,1000 3 6 X5OO 3 G Small Exchequer Bonds 1858,. 3. per Cent. — Ditto 1859, ~ 99 i.... " PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent 97 Ditto New, 1852, 0 per C ent 9l Danish Bonds, 1825, 3 per Ceut 73 Mexican 3 per Cent. Peruvian Bonds, 44 per Cent. GS Russian Bonds, 4. per Cent Sa-dinian Bonds, 5 per Cent 86 Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent ...... 3g Ditto New Deferred, 3 per . Cent. ...... lB/ Tart; sh Scrip 6 per cent... Dividends on the ato;;; ... 8 Dutch Exchange , 2i per Cent. 12 ... -- Ditto 4 per uent. Liertifieates ........ ....... HALF-PAST TWO. ....... 91 a ...... 91X Consols , Ditto, A coon nt SOUTHERN WHALE FISHERY COMP o o f the 2 ANY, ---This com pang has issued a sta tement of accounts made up t 25th inst., showing t he result of the li q uid ation concern to be a balan ce of 1,1491. 155., out o f the the ca pital sunk of 76, 650 /. , thus admittin g a return o f only 15s. on each 501. per share. A sum of 2001. is reserved 9 for the present at the bankers to meet any final con tingent expenses, and, with the exoeption of this and a f trifling amount that may be realised from a few stores left for sale in New Zealand, there will be nothing for ' further distribution. The losses of this company were IA sustained by an attempt to establish a whaling colony at the Auckland Islands, which, owing to mismanagement on the part of the agent employed, coupled with the diversion of labour by the Australian geld discoveries, they were obliged, after a great expenditure, entirely to abandon. It is stated, in explanation of the ne xt account-day. , having b een fixed for the 10th of January, instead of for 1 the 17th, the day for the opening of the transfer books, that the Committee of the Stock -Exchange are desirous that the Consol settlement should on all occasions take place as nearly as possible at intervals of a month, and also that it should fall between the sth and 10th, so as not to clash with the share settlements at the middle , and end o f eao h mon th. Although the b ooks will not be generally open on the 10th, they will be so for what are called private transfers, which merely involve an extra payme n t o f 2 s. 6d . , an d the inconvenience was u th_ o r r efore considered less th an would have aris en from ing the aoc)uat to extend, as it would otherwise ave done, over a pried of six weeks. SHARE MARKETS. (THIS DAY.) RRITISH RAILWAYS. I Paid.l RAIL WAIF. IClosine Prices yesterday. .00 I Aberdeen . 81A.)aabg. Nottng. Bost and Eastn. Junct... all Belfast & Ballymena. all Birming. Wolverh. Stour Valley 29.', Birkenhd. Lanesh. & Cheshire Junet all Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O and £25 Cons. 19 Do., £ 2O . •• 30 Blyth &Tyne origins; 425 (issd. at 445; 100 Bristol and Exeter... 100 Caledonian 21s. Carmarthen and Car digan all Chester & Holyhead all Cork and Bandon all Cork, Black, & Pass 16 Cornwall 1i Crieff Junction 45 Dublin&BelfastJuae, all undee Perth &Aber docu Junction all Do. New....... .00 East Anglian all Eastern Counties .00 Eastern Union, A Stock . 100 Do., B. Stock 8i Do., New A 100 East Lancashire 100 Edinburgh& GlasgoNs _ _ i Edinb. and Peebles.„' 100 Edin. Pah & Dundee 1 'Forth & Clyde June. 100 Glasgow &S. Western 100 Great Northern 100 Do., A. Stock 100 Do., B. Stock 100 t. Sth. &West.(lre ) 100 reat Western 1(X) Do. Stour Val. Rail Gua. SUE all Irish South-Eastent all Lancaster & Carlisle .iii Do., Thirds . . 4 Do. Now Thirds 100 Lancash.andYorksh 194 Do., Fifths. 114 D 3., Wst. Riding Un. all Liv.Cralay.&Soutlipt all London & Blackwal 100 Lond. Bright k S.Cst. 100 Lond. and N. Westn. 12 Do. Fifths 1 Do.lo/..5h.,31&8 l 2. Do. Eighths 100 London and S. Westn 42i Do., £5O 34 Do., £4O all Ludrry& Col eraine all Lndndny. & Ennisk. 100 ganch.Shef.& Lineln 4A Do., Man. & Lin. Un 100 Midland 100 Do. Birmng. &Derby all Midld.G.West.(lre,) 222 Do. Half Shares , 111 Newcastle & Carlisle 5i gewmkt.naryExten 196 Nwpt.Aberg. Hrfd ' S Newry & Enniskillen all Newry Warrenpoint and Rostrovor -- 100 Norfolk 36 ;Northn.Counties Un 100 North British all I North Devon, No. 1 all Do., No. 2 all Do., 1 A Deferred all Do., B Guaranteed 100 N. Eastern—Berwick 20 Do. do. Extension 13 Do.do. G.N.E. Parch. all Do. Leeds 100 Do. York all North London 8 Do. New £lO h N.RLS.Wstru.,llarnp-, stead, and City Jn 17,!, North Staffordshire ' all I North Western ......, all N. &S. Westrn. yTune, 1 Nnnoaton, Hinckley and Leicester , ,00 Oxford, Woreester,& Wolverhampton G Portsmouth 100 ieottisli Central 100 Scottish Midland all Shrowsby. & Hord& all Shropshire Union , Do. A, B, C,& D,fully paid up at per eon., all mouth bayou 100 Soath Eastern all South Wales 15 5. Yrksh. di Riv. Dun 5 Do 0 ; I --------- ok all -tockton & Darling. 16!: Aockton & Hartlepl. 100 Ta._: Vale .. 9 Dc. £lO shares. 100 Dc. Pref., No. 1 21 Thames Haven Dock and Railway all Vale of Neath all Waterfd. & Kilkenrq all Waterford&Limerick 18 West Cornwall 3 West End of London and Crystal Palace all West London 111 s. Wimbledu & Croydon all Antwerp&Rotterdanr 3A Belgian Eastn. June. 8 Beziers to Graissessae 2s. Bombay, Baroda, and Central India ,Scrip ... Central of Italy all Demerara a ß ndß n e i sa sh ncon 1 - t) D D ij utS he all Eastern of France 10 Do. New all East Indian 2. Do. Extension all Do. 41,p. c. Bds., pay '57, convertible all Do. do. do., '59, do 10 Gkl. &met. of France 12! Tk of CanadaA is. all Do. do all f Do. St. Lawrence & Atlantic ilo. all Do. Cert. of Deben , con. into Stk. till '63 all DO. Comp. 6p. c., do. 10 Gt. Central of France all Gt. Indian Peninsula 1 Do. New 5 per cent. all IGt.Westernof Canadal Shares . . all Do. Bds., payable's7, with option till '55 all Do. do., '62, p.'56 all Do. do., '76, p. '6O all Di. do., '73, withou option all Hamilton & Toronto all Do. 6 per cent. 11 Lako Const. & Basle all Lucca & Pistoj a 5 p.c prof 12 Great Luxembourg ) C ons tituted Shares all Do. Obligations 10 Lyons and Genera 12 Lyons 4 Mediterran 164 Madras 2 Do. New 31. Maria Antonia all Do. do. New 2 Melbourne Dk. 4Ry all Namur & Liege (with interest) • all LJ. (ex interest) all NoiLhern of France all D0.20i. Shs.lato Char• 1e of ard ErqueliveS ga•ir. 3j p. c. & red., at '2*. dur. 8S yrs.' f;:aznl. Jan. all L . 201.3 p. c Bde. Ams.Shs.) o agiang. ank Fre' 14 'aria and Lyono all Oitta Bands all I ?aris and Orleans all 'Paris ard Ron o -10 ParisCa 3a & Cherbrg, all Rouen and W.yre I 20 Royal Dar'sh 3 RA:* al Swedish 1 all SaimbTe ard .1 all Do. 54 p. cent. P.ef 10 z'-oat'leru o 7 Franco. 14 St. Audrey. s al - Qr ebec (A) , 8 all West Flandei 0 all Do 54 per C. 3 Fret. 0 10 Western of Fiance., 16 Wost. of Switzerland 6 all Wiesbaden ............ 0 20 Zealand ............... r 0 all 10 1 all ;0 all ;5 5 :0 2 0I 25 0 20 !O 16 10 0 22 :0 all 15 all 25 .0 all 5 1 5 I all 15 1 all Bnglum , done 50 this day. I ~ 19 - 20 4 - 4/1 7; Si u 101 d 17 1 8 7 6 ••• - ••• 94, - 96 59,1 - 60 ... --- ••• 12i - 134, 10 - 12 5 - 44 61 - 74 14} -15 i 11 - 114 . ..".• ... 67 - 69 52 - 54 19 = 20, 67 - 69 87 - 88 72 - 74 122 - 124 87 - 89 69 691 67 - 69 70 - 80 6 - B+, 6 - 8 70 -70 i 6 - 5i 1 101 106 98 93i d— lid d' • 781 74 10a • 91 9 S i iii = iii 66i 67 38 - 40 Idl 10i 9i ' 2 ii 49 *3/1 3A 31 ... 32 o 10 64 73 72 74 6/ 4 31 121 131 60 -Ll 52 t 4 ?) —1 p P 41 Col t t; id—ip 29 - 31 91 - 93 60 - 62 71 - 8 1 43 - 45 i 2 - 14 57 - 58 29 - 30 ••• • i •• i d 35= 37 3 - 3} 17 18 41- 4; 22 - `4 6 - 7 6 -. 7 FOREIGN. id-ir 11 4 - 3 0 3i P d 291 —30 i ••• •• 2i 3• P, td Par, - 7 a' si 7t 7d 81 I d iP iP par Ip 16; -17 i ....... ••• 1p 1 10 id 2 & par par -- 2p , ....... ••• ~ die 3 i - 3 i 21 - 2t #i - iP ~.a ''' t - . •• • P 1•• • ' ••• ''''. .. 6 3 / 4 - 7 33 :3 12i -- 12 - 9 lit 18fp 86 38 pm 20 21 Id par 2f ltd 7. 8 ••• '"' ... - pm • • • ..-. S i ••• 4 d 5p 4 ••• '"'.. •.• --- ••• 161 - 161 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Australasia .....• !.. ... I B r itish Colonial Bahk and Loan Company British N. American Ohartd. 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 Loud. & Westminster National Provincial of England Do. New National of Ireland New South Wales Oriental Bank of Corporation 37 - Provincial of Ireland ) Do. New Royal Australn. Bkg. & Gold Imp Co.._ South Australia Union of Australia Do. New Mg= of Lond on.. 17 161 1 1 1 • 130 20 10 5 tti St, 34 —21 d 22i —23 i 35 ::: 40 42 - 44 70 - 72 8 - 9 Nit ""` 6., 20 20 50 20 20 20 20 20 , 1 33i TIE IgUl4, LONDON; THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER SO, 1854. LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. CRIMINAL COURT-(THIS Leasing Company Closing Prices yesterday. liminess this day. OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Baron Martin.) .Tames Laing, 22, was indicted for feloniously setting fire to an office, with intent to injure Samuel Glover Farebrother. Mr. M'lntyre conducted the case for the prosecution. I It appeared that the prosecutor carried on the busi ness of a printer in Bovr•street,, and the prisoner had been in his service, but in consequence of some dispute about wages, he had been discharged three weeks be fore this occurrence took place. About two o'clock on the morning of the 7th November, the foreman of the establishment, who slept on the pre mises, was disturbed by a cry of fire, and on his getting up and going into the printing office he found that it was in flames, and a large chest of drawers that was used for holding papers was nearly consumed. The foreman succeeded, with the assistance of the police and the fire brigade, in extinguishing the fire, and from 21 au examination of the premises it became quite evident that some person had obtained access to the place by taking off the lock of a door, and the fire had evidently been wilfully occasioned. The prisoner was found in the house, and after the fire had been extinguished it ap peared that he went up to a policeman who had been called in, and told him ho wished to make a statement about the fire ; and he then said that Mr. Farebrother had not paid him his wages, and that he had set fire to the place out of revenge, but he added that his only object was to cause a smoke and frighten the inmates of 7 the house. The prisoner when called upon for his defence said he had no answer to make to the charge, and he must throw himself upon the mercy of the court. The jury returned a verdict of guilty, and the prisoner was sentenced t• be transported for twenty years. NEW COURT. (Before the Recorder.) Morton Andrew Edwards, Edward William Plowright, and Thomas Dallix were indicted for a conspiracy, in h=g by fraud and duresse compelled one William Schooler to make a will in their favour, Mr. Parry and Mr. Sleigh prosecuted, and Mr. Ser geant Wilkins and Mr. Rebton appeared for Edwards, Mr. Bodkin and Mr. Holt were for P/owright, and Mr. Ballantine for Dallix. The alleged charge, which is likely to occupy the Court until a very late hour, was that Edwards in May last, being a perfect stranger to the deceased, who was a sculptor, entered into a partnership with him, not paying him any money for so doing, but giving him a bond. Shortly afterwards Plowright was introduced as attorney to act for'both parties. This was in May. Soon after some stock was sold out. He, defendant, Dr. Dallix, was her medical man. In Jnly, Sehooler, who was very infirm, became very bad, and it was then that the defendant would not let Schooler see any of his nearest friends, and upon the 23d he died. After death a will was produced by the defendant, which bequeathed the whole of defendant's property, between 3,000/. and 4,0001., to Edwards and some friend of his. The will was dated the 12th of July, and although , the friends of the deceased had called continually be tween the 12th and the time of his death for the ex press purpose of consulting deceased about his will, defendants made no mention of one having been executed MARLBOROUGH-STREET-(THIS DAY). CILA.RGE OF ASSAULT. John William Wilsoa, assistant to a surgeon in Great Marlborough-street, was summoned before Mr. Bingham for assaulting Alexander King, shopmau to Mr. Medwin, bootmaker, 186, Regent-street. Mr. Pearce, the barrister, appeared for the defendant. Complainant stated that on Monday, the 20th inst., about three in the afternoon, he was going down Upper James•street, Golden-square, when he met the defendant, and on passing each 4her he looked back, and saw de fendant stand still ; and as soon as he saw complainant he began to sneer at him in a contemptuous manner, upon which complainant went back towards him, and asked him what he meant at sneering at him whenever he met hint ? Defendant replied that he could ladgh 'if he liked. Complainant then told him that he had ia suited him repeatedly. In defence it was alleged that the complainant was ;he aggressor. Mr. Bingham took a different yiew of the cue, and fined the prisoner 10s.. MARKET NEW-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the week ended Nov. 34, 104, made urffrom the Returns of the In,pectors in the differeut Cities and Towns in England and Wales per Imperial Quarter. WHEAT. I 1 E•aLEY. OATS. 1 ITE. 1 BEANO. I PEAS. 744 71 35s 61294 31 , 444 Ild i 504 51 I 493 741. THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGE. WIIEAT. EARLEY. I OATS. I RYE. 1 BEANS. I PEAS. I 67e 61 33 3 8d 278 8d 388 91 i 47 4 8d 45s lld DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. WIIELT. I EAELEY. I OATS. I E. BEANS. I PEAS. Is Od Is Od Is Od Is Od I Is Od Is Od QUANTITIES OF GRAIN SOLI) LAST WEEK. Wheat, 12i,455; Barley, 100,178; Oats, 19,290; Rye, S4l ; Beans, 4,543; Peas, 1,933 Quarters. MEAT MARKETS. NEWOATE AND LEADENHALL.—The general demand was steady, at full prices :—Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s M ; Mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 8d ; Veal, 3s 10d to bs 2d ; Pork, 38 6d to 5s 2d. per 81bs, by the carcase. SOUTHALL, Nov. 29.—We had a steady trade to-day, at fully last week's prices :---Beef, front 3s 6d to Pork, ; Mut ton, 3s 61 to 5s Od ; Veal, 4s Oct to 5s Od ; 3s 8d to 4s 10d per 81bs, to sink the offals. ROMFORD, Nov. 29.—The snpply of stock was tolerably good. The demand, however, was firm, as follows :—Beef, from 3s 6d to 5s 2d ; Mutton, 3s 8d to 5s Od ; Veal, 43 Od to 5s Od ; Pork, 3s 10d to 48 8d perBlbs. Quarter old Store Pigs, 21s to 28s each. AUSTRALIAN LAND AND MINING COMPANIES. Tha following communications have been re• ceive 1 from the Australian Land and Mining Com- panics : " NORTH BRITISII A USTRALASIAN.—The North Bri tish Australasian Company have received advices by the Overland Mail zrom Mr. Mackay, at Sydney, to the 20th September, and front Mr. Seeger, at Kawau, to the 2d of August last. Mr. Mackay's letters, relating chiefly to the general business of the company in Aus tralia, and advising further consignments of wool and tallow, continue to be satisfactory. Mr. Beeler states that the engine had been at work for a fortnight ; that it is well got up and performs the work admirably ; and that the saving of fuel in com p ar is on with the former engines, is immense. The water would have been pumped out of the mine some time before had they not bad the trouble about the inlined shaft f ro m the 14 fathom to the 24 fathom in Sea Shaft, where a great deal of ground had to be broken away, and probably more would have to be removed before dropping the pumps. Mr. Beeper adds, that lie hopes in his next letters to b e a bl e t o 'ad vise that the mine is all dry, and that they have begun mining in earnest. " PORT PHILIP AND COLONIAL. The Port-Philip and Colonial Gold Mining Company have received ad vices from their resident director up to the 22d of September. The Legislative Council of Victoria had met on the 21st of September, and the Governor, who had recently returned from a tour of inspection to the gold fields, had stated his intention of granting leases of land for mining purposes, and it was hoped the regulations necessary to carry out this measure would be shortly promulgated. The resident director had caused several surveys tube made by the company's mining engineer of tracts of mineral ground, in order to take advantage of any favourable opportunity for car rying on mining for the company. The purchase of gold and.smelting were being carried on, though on a limited scale, owing to the high price of gold. "ENGLISH AND AUSTRALIAN Corr .—The English and Australian Copper Company have received advices from their recently-appointed manage r, Mr. Hamilton, announcing his arrival at Adelaide on the 3d of Sep tember. He had made a cursory inspection of the com pany's works and property, and states that the smelting department was at a stand, owing to the absence of labour and cartage power. There was a prospect of labour becoming more abundant, and the rate of wages had fallen considerably. It was expected that a detailed report could be sent in about a month. " COLONIAL GOLD.—The Colonial Gold Company have advices to the 6th of September. At Louisa Creek the lode of gold quartz during the last few days had greatly improved, but the washings had been rather less productive.' At Ophir little further had been effected, and the appearances were more for silver lead than gold. At Tambaroora great progress had been made in getting up the machinery and works, and it was hoped to com mence with 12 head of stamps by .January. The vein at this spot continues to look well. There were 120 tons of ore at the surface, which it was estimated would pro duce four ounces to the ton." ICAILWATIN: all 3cdford and Bletchley 100 Buckghanish. 100 Clydesdale Jc. 100 E. Lincoln gr. 6 per cent. all Glas. Barr. & Neils. Direct all Do. New all Glstr.& Dn. Fr all Hrtlpl. Dk. & Railway all Hull & Selby all Do. A Shares. all Do. d Shares. all Lon.&Greenw all Do. Preference all Lon., Til., &S. LOO Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. 1.00 Do. 6 per ct. all Slanch. Rstn ' and Matlock, all Middlesbro' & Redcar all Nfidld.Bradfd all Northern and Eastern 5p . c. all Do. 6 per ct. all Do. Fixeds p s all Prost. & Wyre all Do. Shares. 100 Royst,n.& Hit. 18' Shef.ltothand Goole g. 5 p. e,l 91 S. Stafforash. • all Wear Valleygr 6 per cent... all I D° 100Wilts&gomrst London & N. Wes''. L. &N. W. CaMon.. Gt.Nrthn. Caldoniaz. Gt. Westii Yk. New. & Y. & N Md , Do Do S. Eastern Do Peto & Co. INorfolk.. L. & N. W & Midid. Stckton & Darliugt. , Nlicllaud IE. Count. L. &N.W &Ln&Yk Do GtNorthn Lancash& Yorksh. 'Stockt. Darlingt R3tWestn. 6, - ; - 100 99 - 101 134 - 136 ... ."' ••• 164 : iii 13 -13 i 23 -24 11 -11 i 21 - 2i g = iii 57 - 59 134 := ii 2 lid' 30- 31 90 - 92 PREFERENCE SHAREB. 100 I kberdeen 100 Do. No. 2,7 p. c• 30 Myth andTyr e lOper c. pref. (issd. at 501) 100 Bris. &Ex. 4p. c. St. 5 Do. 4 p. c. Shares 100 Caledonian £lO all Chester & Holyhi Guar. 54 per cent., all Do. de. Pref. N.. 2, all Do. do. Pref. No. 2., all Cork dzßandonsip.e, all Dundee Perth &Aber. deen Junction all EastAnglian (£3los) 6 per cent all Do. (X 5) 7 per cent 2 Do. (£7l7e) 7p. c all Eastern Counties Ex _ tension,s p. C. No.l all Do. No. 2 . all Do. New 6 r . 0. St. all Eastern Union, Scrip 5 10 St. St. 5 . _ Guar. 6 per cent all Do. 5/. 10 per cent, all Do. 101. Debontr.Sh all Do. do. 4 per cent.. 100 Eaat Lancash. 6p. cts. all East and West York shire Juno. Fifths all EdinbPrth.&Dundee 4 per cent. 100 Glasgow & S.Western. Guar. 5 per cent 100 Great Northn. sp. c 100 Do. sp. c. Redeem., at 10 p. c. prom. 100 Do. , 4 p. 84 Gt.N. of Scot. Ist Prof all Gt. Soutbn.&Westm. (Ireland) Eighths)... 7 Do. 4 per c. Pref. St. 6 Gt. Westn. (Berke & Hants Ex. 5 p. c)... 100 Do . con. red. 4i p.c. 100 Do. con. red. 4 p.c. 100 Do. irred. 4p.c. all De. Birm. Pref. Sh... all Do. ChcsterB p. c.P.S, all De. do. 5 p. e. _ _ 100 Do. Birm. Gua. Stk, all Do. Ches. Gua. Stk. all Do. do. do all Do. do. do 6 Lan. &York. 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This fine regiment, upwards of 1,100 strong, is under orders to proceed immediately for the East, and will leave Chatham in the early part of the ensuing month. A detachment of the 94th Regiment, from Chatham, arrived at 'Windsor at 12 o'clock yesterday, to replace the Royal Irish. Capt. Inglefield's company of Royal Artillery is gar rison left Plymouth by railway on Tuesday, and it is understood will shortly embark to join the corps in the East. --- On Friday last, Serjeant Austin, of the Royal Artil lery, left Exeter, where he had been quartered seine time, for Woolwich, where lie will embark with 4 complete brigades, consisting of 860 men and 96 guns, for the seat of war. A splendid revolver, in a neat case, was pre sented to Serjeant Austin by a few friends before his departure, as a token of respect. In addition to the volunteers from the 51st Regiment at Manchester to complete the number of the 1S th Regi ment, now under orders for the Crimea, 100 of the 36th Regiment, sit Bury, have accepted the invitation from the Horse Gnarls to join the same regiment. Each soldier is to receive a bounty of a guinea, and to be supplied with the necessary warm clothing. such as have served in India are also to be allowed to rejoin their regiments en returning from the Crimea, if they desire it, so as to claim the exemption from subsequent foreign service to which they may be entitled. The Regiment of Lancashire Militia has, up to to-day, contributed 150 men to the Marines, Guards, and other corps. A recruiting party of about 40 non-commissioned officers and men proceed on Friday to Belton, Bury, and ether towns in the eounty. They are to be accompanied by the very fine band if the regiment. It will serve to enliven somewhat some of the manufacturing towns of Lancashire, as it is decidedly one of the finest bands pos sessed by any militia regiment. The Hampshire Regiment of Militia has, up to to-day, given 130 men to the Marines, Rifles, Guards, &c., and more, as is the case with the other Militia regiments here, join daily. The enlistment of men from the Militia regiments has been so successful as to materially thin the force re quisite for ordinary garrison duty. As a sample of the manner in which the appeal to the Militia has been re sponded to by four regiments, we may state that the Royal Wiltshire regiment has up to to-day supplied the fallowing numbers : 62 men to the Royal Marines. 40 men to the Rifle Brigade. 29 men to the 62d Regiment. 14 men to the 23d Regiment. 12 men to the Guards. 1 man to the 42d Highlanders. In all 158 men. This regiment is not quite 700 strong. Captain lleathcote proceeds to Salisbury in a few days to superintend the operations of a recruiting party to make up the strength of the Wilts Militia, and there is said to be every prospect of success. The whole of the troops now proceeding to the seat of war are to be armed with the Minis rifle. During their passage out to the Crimea, those unaccustomed to the weapon will be instructed in its management, and, whenever practicable, be exercised in firing at a target, to be hoisted at the foretopgallautmast. The Adelaide transport ship is daily expected at Woolwich to take on board 44 8-inch guns, weighing 64 cwt. each, for covneyance to the Crimea. The Eliza transport vessel is to receive on board 11 B.inch guns, weighing 120 cwt. each, for conveyance to the Crimea. The Edwin Fox, hired transport, has filled up with a cargo of 2,000 bags of biscuit from the Royal Clarence Victualling establishment, Gosport, for the Crimea, and will sail as soon as the weather (yesterday very stormy) moderates. Recruiting continues in Manchester and Salford, the 51st regiment, now stationed there, having for sore time past obtained between 30 and 40 men per week, independent of the number obtained for removal to other regiments elsewhere. Oa Monday morning the following volunteers from the West Somerset Militia left Plymouth Citadel to join the line for active service :-56 for the Coldstream Guards ; 4 for the I:th Regiment ; 70 for the 40th ; and 1;4 for the Royal Marines. The detachments of the 40th Regiment of Infantry, at present in Tyneinouth garrison, and in Sunderland Barracks, have received instructions to be in readiness to proceed to the East. They are busily employed re cruiting, and a number of stout, able young fellows have already volunteered. On Tuesday morning the first draught of 100 men of the 17th depot, under the command of Capt. Colthurst, marched from Kilkenny for Thurles, whence they pro ceed to Cork. The second draught, 50 men, under Captain Brice, followed next morning. Major Cole has gone on leave of absence to bid his family farewell, but will join in Cork. The Clyde steamer will be in readi ness to convey then to Gibraltar on the 2d of December. Thirty volunteers, principally from the militia, were attested at one of the Dublin police-offices on Tuesday. The total number attested in that city from the com mencement of the present month already amounts to 820. WATERPROOF SHEETS FOR THE ARMY. Messrs. Macintosh and Co., of Manchester, have received a large order for the waterproofing material of which they are the manufacturers, for the use of the army in the Crimea. Each soldier, it is understood, is to have a sheet made of this material to wrap round him, in addition to his blanket. RECALL 07' SOLDIERS ON FURLOUGH.-The following circular memorandum has been issued : —"Horse Guards, 27th November, 1854.--Memorandum.—The General Commanding-in-Chief desires that officers commanding regiments and depots serving at home will order all men who are absent on furlough to join their respective corps. —By command, G. A. WETIERALL, D.A.G." The Royal South Middlesex Militia have, we are in formed, supplied upwards of 200 men to the Rifles, Guards, Marines, &c. They send recruiting parties to London in a few days. This regiment is quartered at Haslar Barracks, en the Gosport side of the harbour, but they will shortly come over to Portsmouth, to assist in garrison duty. So weak has the garrison been made by the above•stated enlistments, that 160 of the Middle. sex Regiment have had to be brought over yesterday to do duty. Yesterday about thirty smart, active young fellows, full of life and energy, and who formed a portion of a number of the same class who had ♦olunteered from the Buckinghamshire Militia, to serve in the Grenadier Guards, attended at Lambeth Police-court, with a ser jeant of their newly-adopted regiment, for the purpose of being attested before the magistrate. The Articles of War were severally read over to them, and the hearty smack which these aspirants for " death or glory" gave the Testament, when sworn to bear true allegiance to her Majesty, her Crown, and dignity, caused much aughter in the court. TIM WOODEN Hun FOR TUE CRIMEA.—These valu able construetions, for the use of the soldiers in the Crimea, are being speedily proceeded with, and that portion which it has been ordered shall be forwarded from Southampton will soon be ready. The following steani•transports have been chartered for their convey ance :—The Norman, 530 ; Alster, 500 ; John Bowes ; Metropolitan, 597 ; Cosmopolitan, 600 tons. The Sir John Easthope and the Hetton are also spoken of as having been taken up by Government. A proportionate number of the huts have been prepared in Southampton and neighbourhood. THE BUILDSRS' DINEVOLENT INSTITUTION. This morning a special general meeting of the subscribers to this charity was held at the London Tavern ; the presi dent, W. Lee, Esq., 111. P., in the chair. The report stated that during the past year two elections of pen sioners had taken place, when S candidates had been added to the list, making the total now upon the funds twenty-four. The sum paid for pensions since the com mencement of the institution amounts to upwards of 1,5701. The directors had from the subscriptions of the past year added 7001. to the funded stock, and the total amount now invested was 4,3501. The Chairman, in opening the proceedings, stated that they had met to gether on the present occasion for the purpose of electing three persons from a list of thirteen candidates. Ile was sorry that the state of the funds would only allow so small a number to be elected, but he trusted that the directors would speedily have the means placed at their disposal to enable them to announce an early election, when more might be elected to the benefits of so excellent a charity. He trusted that those gentlemen connected with the different buntline , t r ades who had h i t h er to refrained from coming forwa rd ' to support this institution would now do so ; and he felt confident that as its benevolent and praiseworthy objects became more and more known it would meet with a greater amount of support. The election was then proceeded with, and the meeting separated. HAY MARKETS. SMITEIVIELD.—Meadow hay, 2/ 12s to 4 / 151 ; clover ditto, 3/ Os to 6/ Os ; and straw, 1/ 5s to 1/ 12s per load. A. moderate supply and a fair demand. CUMBERLAND. — Meadow hay, 2/ 15s to 51 Os ; clover ditto, 31 lOs to 51 15s • and straw, 116 s to 1/ 12 s pe r load. Both hay and straw sold slowly, at full prices. WHITECHAPEL.— ca d 11 hay, 21 lOs to 4/ 15s; clover ditto, 31 10s to 6/ 03 ; and straw, 1/ 5s to 1/ 12s per load. Trade rather dull. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DI Y.) LONDON, Nov. 30.—Wind this day at Noon, S.W. ; fresh breeze, with fine clear weather. RAMSGATE, Nov. 29.—Wind, N.W. Arrived—Maria Margaretha, from Charleston, U.S., for Amsterd am, with mainyard carried away, and loss of sails and bulwarks. PORTSMOUTH, Ne v . W.N.W. Arrived— Bosphorus, from Quebec ; Maria, Cork ; L'Orient ( Fr e n ch Government store-ship) , f or Cherbonrg. PLYMOUTH, Nov. 2 9.—Wind, N.W. Arrived—Witch of the Wave, from Rio Janeiro, for Marseilles; M a nilla (transport), from Spith ead, for the Black Sea. FALMOUTH, Nov. 29.—Wind, N.W., strong gales, and squally. Arrived — Penelope, from Kortch ; B ritish Queen (s s), Constantinople, for Liverpool, short of fuel. Sailed —Siren, for Antwerp ; Wilhelmina, do. ; Ko meet, Ham burgh; Atkinson, Londol ; Emily, do. off Port—St. Marc, from Rio G ran d e, and sailed for Marse:dles ; Hope, Pugwash, for Stockton. OFF THE NORTH FORELAND, Nev. 28.—Stirlingshire, from Quebec ; Odessa, do. OFF DOVER, Nov. 28.—Cariolan, from Ne w York, for Bremen; Charlemagne, Jamaica; Henrietta, for Cadiz. BRISTOL. Nov. 29.—Wi n d, S.W. Arrived — Queen Victoria, f rom P ugwash ; Dora, St. Mich.tel's ; Flora, Messina. CARDIFF, Nov. 29.—Wind, N.W. Sail( :d—Margate, for Ceylon ; Hormone, Messina ; Grape, Gib raltax ; Con quest, Partsan, and Amelia Hillman—all th see for Con ktantineplo. HOLYHEAD, Nov. 29.—The Hindoo, fror a Quebec to Glaszow, is in a precarious situation near th , I entrance of the New Harbour. CLYDE, Nov. V.—Wind, E. Arrived—E liza Duncan, from Demerara ; Marion, Quebec; _Grace, St. John's, N.B. QUEENSTOWN, Nov. 28.—Wind, S.W. ,rrived—Earl of Lansdale, from Demerara, for Sunderlan td. Sailed — Sea, for Liverpool ; Express, for •Birkenhe ad; Isabella, Drogheda. CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 16.—The weather has been beautiful since yesterday. No further detail,* yet on the late disasters to the shipping. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Thuradtty, 10 a.m. Wind, W.N.W. ; strong breeze, and showery. Arrived—Geraldine, from Caldera; Saran:tk, Philadel phia ; Sea and Magnolia, St. John's, N.B. ; R osa lie, Ostend ; H ors b urg , Callao ; Henry Hood, Batkurst ; Albion, Alexandria. Sailed—Pacific (s), for Now York. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Thursday, 9.52 a.m. Wind, W.N.W. ; tide, .5i hours' flood. Arrived, 29th—Charlemagne, from Jamaica. Arrived, 30th—Bagatelle, from St. Malo ; Persian, Leg. horn ; Anna, Alkmar. Sailed—Lady M`Donald, for Adelaide; Fred brick Wi helm, Dantzic. DEAL, Thursday, %.30 a.m. Wind, W. ; moderate. Anchored—Raleigh, for Launceston, and Magnus, for Cardiff, both from London ; Ellen, from Bombay, for London. REINFORCRMENTM FOR THE CRIMEA..—Att a meeting of the Vestry of St. Pancras held yesterday , , a resolution was unanimously passed, "That the, representative vestry of St. Panora; felt it was expresiing the wislies of the ratepayers in pressing upon the Government the urgent necessity for immediately rein forcing ou r gal lant army in the Crimea—a course which, in the opinion of the meeting, the honour of England, .equally with the comfort of our bravo countrymen, imperatively de mands." THE LATE LORD DUDLEY STUART. The following latter, from the Countess Harrowby, sister of the late Lord Dudley Stuart, in reply to an ad dress of condolence from the vestry of St. Pancras, was read yesterday at a meeting of the vestry, Mr. Church warden Farrer in the chair :—• " Llanderdero, Nov. 25. "Sir,—l have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter containing the copy of a resolution passed on the 22d inst. by the vestry of St. Pancras. . . " I must beg you to convey to them the expression of my warmest thanks for an act of kindness which shows so plainly their attachment to my dear brother. I can not•express how deeply I am touched by it, and how soothing and gratifying it is to my feelings to be assured of their affection and respect for his memory. I am sure they will never have a friend more devoted to their in terests and more earnestly bent on fulfilling the duties of his position as their representative. " I feel proud and grateful at having his services thus acknowledged by them, and I shall never forget the man ner in which their sentiments have been conveyed to me. —I am, sir, your most obedient servant, "FRANCES HIREOWBY. "To Mr. 0-. W. F. Cook, ♦estry clerk, &c." The letter was ordered to be entered upon the minutes, TEMPORARY ALTERATION IN AMERICAN MAIL PACKET SER VICE- GENIRAL PoIT-OFFICE, Nov., 1854.—Owing to the employment by her Majesty's Government of several of the British North American contract mail packets for the conveyance of troops, it has been found necessary to suspend, for the present, a portion of the mail service heretofore performed by that line of packets ; and, until further notice., the following will be the arrangements for the conveyance of the American mails : The mail which, in due course, should be despatched by British packet on Saturday next, the 2d December, will xot be sent ; and the first British packet to leave for America will be that of Saturday, the 9th December, on which day a packet will leave Liverpool for Boston, calling at Halifax, Nova Scotia ; and thenceforward the British mail packets will be despatched every alternate Saturday, instead of every Saturday, as hitherto, and will on each occasion proceed to Halifax and Boston. A United States mail packet will leave Liverpool for New York on Wednesday, the 29th inst. ; but, after . that date, in order to keep up a postal communication at regular intervals, the packets of that line will change their days of sailings from Wednesdays to Saturdays, departing from Liverpool once a fortnight, alternately with the British packets, but proceeding on each occa sion direct to New York. Letters addressed to the United States will be for warded by the first packet, whether British or United States, unless directed otherwise ; but letters for Canada or any other of the North American provinces will be sent by the British packet alone, unless directed per " United States packet," in which latter case the letters will be liable to a postage of ls. 2d. the half pence, in stead of the reduced postage of 6d. or 81., as the case may be. DEALING IN QUESTIONABLE SHARES, Several instances of dealing in questionable shares having lately been brought to the knowledge of the com mittee of the Stock Exchange, the most recent case being that of the Columbia Mining Company, on the scrip certificates of which it was affirmed that 11. had been paid, although on inquiry it appeared that there had been no deposit whatever, and that they were entirely worthless, the following resolution was pit forth yester• day : " Resolved,—That it is the bounden duty of brokers who offer, aid persons who deal in, sharesof any new com pany to take the precaution, iu the first instance, - to ascer tain whether the company bo of a bona fide description, BO as to afford no facility for the introduction of fraudulently created shares into the market, to the detriment of the character as well as the interests of the Stock Exchange. " By order of the Committee. " GEORGE WEBB, Secretary. "Nov. 27." THE _RUSSIAN LOSS AT INKERMAN, (From, Spencr's Gazette.) As regards the losses of the beaten army the dif- ' ferent reports dissent considerably from each other. The Russian reports gives them at 3,000 killed and 5,900 wounded. General Canrebert estimates them at between 8,000 and 10,000 ; and Lord Raglan assures usthat 5,000 Russian dead or severely wounded were found on the battle field, that the Russians carried off vast numbers in their retreat, and that the total loss of the latter could not be less than 15,000 of all kipds . In favour of Lord Raglan's estimat€ must be adduced, first, the scrupulous exactitude of all English reports ; and secondly, that he remained master of the field of battle, and was enabled, consequently, to count the number of dead and severely -wounded. On the other band, Prince Menschikoff ought to have been enabled, by the daily states, to ascertain the amount of his loss (that is, the number of men absent from the ranks on the morning), but certainly not to distinguish the killed from the wounded left within the allied position. The prince's first report betrayed an attempt to soften the importance of the contest. It islat any rate re markable that, in the statement of his losses, be omits the category of " contusioned," which always figures in Russian reports, and that the amount of wounded (contrary to the experience of a thousand battles), was scarcely double that of the killed, whereas the Eng lish (and French) reports show about four wounded for one killed on the inside. Perhaps Lord Raglan has based his estimation of the Russian loss upon their customary proportion. Under every circumstance, the battle of Inkerman was the most sangui❑ary, when the number of men engaged is considered, that has for long been fought in Europe. Let the number of combatants be estimated how it may, it is clear that the Allies fought to the dregs a long and terrible infantry combat against at least " double" their numbers, and drove them from the field ; whilst even the Allies do full justice to the efficacy of the Russian artillery. THE CREW OF THE TIGER.—The following officers o her Majesty's late steamer Tiger have arrived at Berlin from Riazan, and proceeded this evening. via Hamburg, on their way to England :—Lieutenant Alex. Hamilton, Lieutenant W. E. Stone, Mr. Charles Wilkinson, mate; Mr. Scudannere, second mate ; Mr. Edward Lawless, assistant-surgeon ; Mr. Quin, gunner ; Mr. Delaney, boatswain ; and Antonio Sckembri and Charles Birch, servants. THE FINALE OF THE PRESTON STEUGOLI.-111r , Geo. Cowell, the prime leader of the late turn-out, is now im prisoned for debt in Lancaster Castle, whence he has in dited an advertisement to the public for their asstsstance. He writes as fo llows :—" Immured within t walls of a debtors' gaol, deeply sensitive of my own personal degradation, and of the disgrace wh i ch the cause of labour is being subject to, I feel compelled to address you from my prison - house , and appeal to that feelingof h ono ur and self - respec t which I trust animates the great mas s of those who so g enerousl y aided to uphold the dignity and independenee of labour in the late untortu nate struggle." The debt appears to be only for pr::nt ing the stateme nt of accounts and weekly balance-she ts. He states that the distress at the close of Or struggle wa s so great, that the hourly appeals and cries of hun ger impelled the committee to give relief to the last farthing, trusting that the promises they had received would enable them to pay all the liabilities they had in— , curred.—Liverpoo/ Mercury. 50 25 121 12i 20 104,1 4 73 i 50/ i 13 121 id I so dim I 20 91 10 5A 1i 114} - il - i • 7 - 34 - i - 4$ i b 5 - - 1 - 3p il 14' - 16 11 - 11 - iP i - 1 i - I Si... 91 61 - 7 i - i 15i - 16; I - 23 - 6 - I 3 1 1 1 3 2i - 3 i - 1 34 - 36 2i -- 2d ••• - ••• 98 -102 109/ 2/ - 2i tr• '". ... i." 4 : ii •• • ••• i •••• li 1 - i ii 1: ii 2 - 2i lk 34 - 36 - 1 - 3 12i 413 i AUSTRIAN INTRIGUES iN THE PRINCIPALITIES. Since the occupation of Wallachia and Moldavia by the Austrians the internal movements of these provinces are almost an entirely withdrawn from European observation as those of China. Austrian ealousy sticks at nothing to prevent truthful re- - ports of what is going on — tbere from reaching the west of Europe. Letters, we have reason to believe, are systematically opened by servants of the Aus trian post-office, and frequently prevented Irma reaching their destination. Hence the uncertainty that prevails respecting the movements of the Turkish army in the Principalities, and the inten tions of Omer Pacha. One day it is reported that the army is advancing upon the Pruth and Lower Danube ; the next that it is going into winter quarters, with the exception of a detachment that is to be shipped for the Crimea. Letters which we have received from Bucharest, from a reliable source and through a special channel, positively affirm that no warlike operations will commence in these provinces till March. This delay is of less conse quence than it would have been a month or two ago. Had a diversion then been made in favour of the Allies on the Bessarabia,n frontier the risks and labours of the French and English Generals in the Crimea would have been materially lessened, and the expulsion of the Russ►ans from the Peninsula accelerated. In the present attitude of affairs iu the Crimea, Omer Pacha will probably be doing better service to the common cause by detach ing a portion of his army to co-operate with Lord Raglan and General Canrobert during the winter months, and by taking up such a position on the Pruth and Danube as will keep Gorts chakoff on the alert, than by immediately assume ing the aggressive. The demoralised condition of the Russian army since the battle of Inker man and the rapid exhaustion of its stores, make it plain that the game of the Allies is to hurry up reinforcements to Lord Raglan and General Canrobert, in order that they may be able to strike a decisive blow at the enemy before spring again opens the communication between Russia and the Crimea. But, though these considerations may re concile us to the turn which affairs have taken in Wallachia and Moldavia, it must not be forgotten that the turn is owing to flagrant treachery on the part of Austria. Our correspondent assures us that notwithstanding all the fair and specious protesta tions made to the Western Powers by the Cabinet of Vienna, Omer Pacha has been paralysed by the systematic thwarting of Feldzeugmeister Hess and Count Coronini. And that this statement is true no one who is in the habit of reading the Vienna jonrnils regularly can entertain the slightest doubt. While the Aus trian post-office has been indefatigable in its at tempts to intercept all letters from WOlachia that are likely to throw light on Austrian proceedings there, the Austran newspapers—subject, be it re membered, to a rigorous censorship—have been crammed, day after day, with false statements re specting the state of affairs in the Principalities. That the proceedings of the Austrians and the sen timents entertained towards them should be repre sented en beau was to be expected. But it certainly was not to be expected that the Austrian Govern , ment, which keeps such a tight bridle hand on its newspapers, should allow them, day after day, to publish the grossest and most calumnious falsehoods respecting English interference in Wallachia. A paragraph which we re-publish to-day from the Presse, a Vienna newspaper, is a fair specimen of the blended malignity, mendacity, and folly of these at e tacks upon England. The paragraph to which we al lude contains nothing less than a revelation of a tre mendous conspiracy by the English in Wallachia un der the auspices of " their little Lord Redcliffe," as the journalist decorously calls him, to establish newspapers in the English interest in the four prin cipal towns of the principality. The defeat of this conspiracy by the " energe ti c o pp os iti on " o f th e majority of the Hospodar's Council is triumphantly announced. That there may have been a wish on the part of the more intelligent Wallachians to have independent newspapers established in the towns in question is highly probable; that the venal crea ture re-installed as Hospodar under the auspices of Austria, and the Austrian nominees in his coun cil, would energetically resist any attempt to esta blish independent newspapers in that country is certain. But that Lord Stratford de Redcliffe, or any English diplomatic consular agent, had any concern in the matter, with a view to create or strengthen an English party in Wallachia, is false. The story is only one of the numerous ro mances so sedulously disseminated in Austria at his moment, with the sanction and connivance of - ,he Court, to excite jealousy and hatred of Eng land. The plot is thickening in the Danubian Princi palities. The intrigues carrying on there are be coming more complicated. The reports of Omer Paella's intended advance upon Bessarabia have fluttered the whole Court and Camarilla of Berlin. The utmost anxiety is expressed by the Junker partei lest such a movement should "involve Aus tria in entanglements " before the Federal Diet has come to a decision on the resolution sub mitted to it by Austria and Prussia in conjunc tion. Messrs. Von Meusebaoh and Konig, the Prussian Consuls-General for Wallachia and Mol davia, have been ordered off, post haste, to Jassy and Bucharest. Their petty, meddling, pragmatical interference will render the political confusion in these little capitals more confused than ever, and will help to carry into fulfilment the prophecy uttered by an intelligent Englishmen at Bucharest when the advance of the Austrians was intimated to him—that all military operations were at an end for the season, and that the winter in Bucharest would be consumed in the most paltry, complicated, and dishonest intrigues. In this lamentable state of affairs the duty of the English and French Governments is clear. It would for ever disgrace them were they to acquiesce in machinations, in consequence of which it would turn out that the Danubian Principalities had only been wrested from Russia in order that Austria might be enabled to exorcise absolute sovereignty in them, in its own name or in that of the Germanic Confedera tion. Austria wishes to annex these provinces to her own dominions. Prussia and the German States which composed the Bamberg Conference are anxious that the " protectorate" over the Prin cipalities claimed by Russia should be vested in the Confederation, in order that they may be able to obtain some popularity by persuading the Ger man people that they have gained something for Germany. In either case the provinces 'would be permanently severed .from Turkey, .and a system of government, in every respect identical with that which the Austrians have established in Lombardy, inflicted upon them. France and England are bound, on the one hand, to uphold the Wallachians in the possession of those liberties and immuni ties guaranteed to them by their peculiar relations to the Porte ; on the other, to protect the Sultan against any attempt to wrest those provinces from him, either by the force or fraud of any foreign government. —Daily News. IRISH AND SCOTCH BANKS. The returns of circulation of the Irish and Scotch banks for the four weeks ending the 28th of Octo ber, when added together, give the following as the average weekly circulation of these banks during the past month, viz.:— Average circulation of the Irish banks £6,343,081 Average circulation of the Scotch banks Average circulation during past month ... £10,525,209 On comparing the above with the fixed issues of the several banks, as given in the Banking Almanac, the following appears to be the state of the circulation : The Irish banks are below their fixed issue ... £11,413 The Scotch banks are above their fixed issue... 1,094,919 Total above the fixed issue £1,053,506 The amounts of gold and silver held at the head offices of the several banks during the past month have been as follows : Gold and silver held by the Irish banks £1,905,640 Gold and silver held by the Scotch banks 1,530,314 Total of gold and silver held £3,435,954 The above statements England, Scotland,complete the aod r e lelnd f t r urx a so f theor tl clire culation in InoTuhtehreenisding the aninerea 2 s B e t o h f lo,f Ober. /. in the circulation of notes in England, and an increase of 2,376,9631. in the circulation of the United Kingdom, when compared with the month ending the 30th of September ' • and, as co mpared with the month endi ng th e 29 th of October, 1853, a decrease of 2,698,972/. in the circulation of notes in England, and a decrease of 2,428,5041, in the cir• culation of the United Kingdom. The average stock of bullion held by the Bank of England in both departments during the month ending the 28th of October was 13,216,119/., being a decrease of 6,3761. as compared with the previous month, and a decrease of 2,096,744/. when compared, with the same period last year. The stock of specie held by the Scotch and Irish banks during the month ending the 28th of October was 3,435,9541. being an increase of 141,2771.. as com• pared with th e previous return, corresponding period last ancl anmcre p as e eo d f 356,320/. when compared with the last year. GENTAIRAL SCREW STEAM SKIPPING COMPANT.---It Will be recollected that a committee of shareholders of this company . was recently appointed to inve sti g ate the com pany s accounts, and the general meeting at which the committee was appointed was declared adjourned unti it " they should have time afforded them for preparing the report. The adjourned general meeting wafor s held yes terday pro forma, and wa s adjourned again another week, the committee of s hareholders not hav in g y et con. L eluded their report. j 20 10 20 35 70 68 15 20 20 20 24 1 324 i 11i 34 3 9} 1091 32