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retired to their own chamber. His Excellency then withdrew. Legislative Council Chamber, Quebec, Sept. 6. 1854. His Excellency the Governor-General, at 3 o'clock, p.m., this day, proceeded in state to. the Legislative Council Chamber, and having . taken his seat upon the throne, commanded the attendance of the Legislative Assembly. The members of that body, preceded by their Speaker, the Hon. L V. Sicotte, speedily appeared at the bar. The Hon. L. V. Sicotte informed his Excel lency that the choice of the assembly had fallen upon him to be their Speaker, and he prayed for the mem bers the customary Parliamentary privileges. After -which his Excellency was pleased to deliver the follow ing speech : " Honourable Gentlemen of the Legislative Council, Gentlemen of the House of Assembly,—lt affords me much satisfaction to meet you. The increase in the members of the Legislative Assembly which has taken place under the statute, which came into operation for the first time on _the occasion of the recent general elec tion, will, I trust, give additional weight to the delibe rations of the Legislature, and afford more ample security than has hitherto existed for the due representation in Parliament of all the interests of the provinces. " Subjects of great magnitude and importance will nece4sarzly come under your consideration during the session which is now commencing. " The Imperial Parliament, advancing with accelerated speed in the course of liberal colonial policy which it has followed of late year:4, has recently passed two acts which impose on this Legislature responsibilities of a very wave character. ' • One of these acts empowers the Canadian Parlia ment to alter the constitution of the Legislative Council. The substitution of the principle of popular election for that of nomination by the Crown, in the appointment of members of that body, is obviously a task of considerable difficulty, in the execution of which little aid can be derived from experience, as parliamentary .government, and ministerial responsibility, in the Bri tish sense of the term, are for the most part unknown to the constitutions of countries where the legislative bodies consist of two elective chambers. In order, how ever, to give to this important branch of the Legisla ture the weight arid influence which it is most desirable that it shou.d possess, some change in its constitution seems to be imperatively required, and the difficulties to which I have referred will, I trust, be surmounted by your wisdom, and by the patriotism of the members of that honourable body. "The other act of the Imperial Parliament removes the restrictions which have for some time past prevented the provincial legislature from dealing with clergy re serves. From an early period in the history of Upper Canada this provision, which was originally intended for the support of the Protestant faith, has been a source of discord and agitation in that section of the province. It is most desirable to the interests of reli gion and social harmony that a final and conclusive ad justment of tb's long-pending controversy should take place without delay. The subject was distinctly brought before the people of the province at the late election, and their opinion upon it expressed in no, equivo cal manner. I trust, therefore, that you will be able without difficulty to agree upon a measure for accom plishing this object which will give general satisfaction. "The condition of properties held under the Seigno rial tenure will a l s o, it may be presumed, engage your attention at an early period, with a view to the determi nation of certain questions affecting them which cannot be kept in suspense without detriment to the interests both of seigniors and censitaires. You will no doubt see the importance of approaching this subject with.cau ton, and with a due regard to the legal and equitable claims of all psrties interested. Security of property is an indispensable condition to economical progress, aad persons who invest their funds in property in Canada Must look to the justice and moderation of the Legisla ture for that protection which in a neighbouring country is afforded by judicial tribunals. " You may probably take into consideration the ex pediency of assimilating the municipal institutions of Lower Canada, in so far as circuinstances will permit, to the system which, since its introduction, has contri buted so materially to the prosperity of Upper Canada ; and also of extending to the former section of the pro vince the advantages of the Municipal Loan Fund Act. On these and other subjects of importance measures will be submitted for your deliberation. " Gentlemen of the Legislative Assembly-4 will direct the public accounts for the past year, and the estimates for the current year, to be laid before you ; and I rely on your readiness to make the necessary pro vision for the exigencies of the public service. "Honourable Gentlemen and Gentlemen—You may probably be of opinion that the prosperous condition of the revenue affords an opportunity of which Parliament may properly avail itself to revise the existing tariff, with a view to the removal of such duties as affect raw mate rials employed in ship-building and other branches of manufacture within the province, and to the reduction of others, to which articles entering largely into the con sumption of the people are now subject. " I will lay before you the copy of a treaty which has been concluded between her Majesty and the Govern silent of the United States, for the adjustment of various questions affecting the mutual interests of her Majesty's subjects in British North America on the one hand, and of the citizens of the United States on the other, and I .recommend to your consideration the propriety of amend ing the act passed in 1849 for the free admission into Canada of certain articles of the growth or production of the United States, so as to bring it into harmony with the p rov i s i ons o f th i s tre mt "The Government and Congress of the United St a t es }rave evinced a lib era l and friendly big with thi s su bj ect, and I trust that they disposition e deal by a correspondi ng sp i r i t b y the provincial Gegicntlea tures." "The removal of duties on the importation of the natural products of Canada into the markets of the United States will, it may be hoped, have a tendency to perpetuate and extend the prosperity which' has pre vailed of late to so remarkable a degree in this pro vince." QUEBEC, Sept, B.—The house was occupied until this morning on a breach of the privilege question. Timothy Brodeur, returning to office for Ragot, became a candidate, and was elected by acclamation, was taken into custody by the sergeant-at-arms, and placed at the bar of the house, when be was interrogated and discharged. Notice was given of a motion to-day to declare the election null and void. Three divisions on the question resulted adversely to the ministry, and they resigned this morning. Allan MoNab, the Conservative leader, has been sent for to form a Ministry. QUEBEC, Sept. 9.—Sir Allan McNab, who was charged to form a new ministry, has made over tures to the larger party of French Canadians, who insist on the secularisation of the clergy reserves being made the basis of negotiations. It is thought Sir Allan will yield the point. Report says that Sir Allan McNab consents to make the secularisation of the clergy reserves a Government measure, which gives him the support °f . Upper Canada. The Liberal party has made Mr. John Welsh its leader' in the House of Assem bly. In any event Mr. Mucks does not return to Power at present. Postmaster-General Cameron retires from public life. Sept. 11.—The new Cabinet arrangements are nearly completed. Sir Allan McNab consents to adopt th e ent i re programme of the late ministry, a o leave th e L ower Canada section of the ministry, Bit s t an d s, and give the Upper Canada Liberals Iwo seats in the Cabinet. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Sept. 25.—Wind this day at Noon. N.W. ; fresh breeze, and fine clear weather. The Equinocial gales have commenced. OFF MARGATE, Sept. 24.—Omer Pacha, from Nova Scotia Vibila, Quebec, both iu tow. COWES, Sept. 2 4.—Arrived—Washington, from New York, and proceeded for Bremen. FALMOUTH, Sept. 24.—Wind, W. Arrived—Victoria, from Rio Grande ; John Muirs, Quebec. Sai)ed—Thames, for Villa Viciosa. Off Port —Emma, from Porto Rico, and Railed for Bremen ; William Penn, Philadelphia, and sailed for Lisbon, DARTMOUTH, Sept. 24.—Wind, W. Arrived— Sagita rill, from London, for Malta and Alexandria. PLYMOUTH, Sept. 24..—Wind, W. Arrived—Wacousto, from London, for Sydney; Birmingham, do., for Portland Bay ; Ethiopia (s s), do., for the Coast of Africa; Diana, Carolinen si el. PonTemouTri, Sept. 24.—Wind, W.N.W. Arrived-- Ohio, from Shield, for Constantinople; Walmer Castle Aland Islands, for Cherbo,ur2 ; Gol i Digger, London, for Penang ; Free, do., for: Melbourne ; Swallow, do., for Plymouth, and many 'other ships have put in here for shelter on account of it blowing hard. Sailed—Trafalgar, for Black Mad ea ras ; Earl o f H ardwicke, do. ;H.M . S . Sphinx, S. ligkSouTHAKProzr, Sept. 23 . —Wind, W.N.W. Arrived— Emma, from Miramichi ; Dart, London, and sailed f or Madeira ; Tagus (s), Al exan d r i a ; Argyle (s), Carentan. HARTLEPO.OL, Sept. 23. Wind, S.W. Sailed—Macao, for Rangoon ; Ocean, Singapore. KINGSTON, Sept. 23.—Wind, N.W. Arrived—Hope, from Digby, N.S. WATERFORD, Sept. 23.—Wind, N.W. Arrived— Harlot, from Quebec. Sailed—Laurence Forristal, for St. John's, N.B. CASTLETOWN, Sevt, 21.—Wind, N.W. Arrived— Phcenix, from Quebec, with two anchors and chief pert of two chain cables, ar.o., thrown overboard, to be kept from Making water. YOUGHAL, Sept. 21.—Wind, W. Sailed—Emigrant, for St. Übe's. (PIER ELECTRIC TELEGBAPH.) LIVERPOOL; Monday, 11 a.m. Wind N. N. Ws, very strong, and fine. Arrived—British itledhant, from St. Stephen, B. ; Elizabeth, ; Perseverance, Beyruut ; Incon stant, Smyrna; Lady Kinsale, Malaga; Michael, Dantiic; Nyverheid, Ottend. (BY ED - BNARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH.) GRA`PEBEND, Mcalay, 10.3 A.lll. Wind, N. ; tide last hour's ebb ; fine. Arrived —Moselle (a), from Hamburg. Sailed —Rienzi, for Australia. DXAL, Monday, 9.50 A.M. Wind, N.N.W., light, and fine. Passed—Aries, from London, for Colombo ; Buce phalus, London, for Malta ; Julias, London, for Lisbon ; Bezaliel, London, for Genoa. The American barque Austin parted from an anchor off Dungeness roads yesterday, and has been supplied by the American Vice Consul at Deal. —Rhine, for New York; Wabash, Boston ; Parisien, Melb,urne ; Euphrates, San Francisco ; Sea Adventure, westward ; Austrian frigate, Moran a , we s t . ward; Calphurzda, 125, transport, for river. - - THE SUN, LONDON, z i lii 4., 1:1,..6 • , to 1-tiql .4,4 tti • , 0 ti n Ats 44,+ SUN OFFICE, Six o'Clock. TATTERSALL'S. (THIS EVENING.) CESAREWITCH. 9to 1 agst Muscovite (taken). 15 to 1 agst Balrownie (taken). 16 to 1 agst D. 0. (taken). 25 to 1 agst Bracken (taken). 25 to 1 agst Scherz (taken). 25 to 1 agst Poodle (taken.) 25 to 1 agst Ammonia (taken.) CAMBRIDGESHIRE. 15 to 1 agst Early Bird. 20 to 1 agst Burlington (taken.) 25 to 1 agst Mottle Moses (taken). DERBY. 9to 1 agst Grmeulus Esuriens (taken.) 16 to 1 agst Dirk Hatteraick (taken). 500 to 30 agst De Clare. 40 to 1 agst Westminster (taken). NiON.EII MARKET AND (lOMMEECIAL INTELLIGEIVCE. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool on Saturday were estimated at 7,000 bales, including 1,000 American taken for export. The market closed heavily, without change in prices. The sales com prised 5,000 American, 300 Pernam and Maran ham at sid. to 7td, 200 Egyptian at s,td to 9d., and 1,500 Surar at 3d. to 4id. per lb. Railway shares were steady. In Mark-lane to-day, business was dull, and prices were scarcely maintained. In adverting a few days since to the extra charge of 2d. per cwt. upon all sugar taken away by water from the dock warehouses, we entered into no par ticulars, but the following are now supplied to us. In February last the Dock Companies lowered their rates about 15 per cent., which it was con sidered brought the charges down to a reasonable level. In July, however, another paper was issued, as follows "EAST AND WEST INDIA DOCK COMPANY. " Revised conditions of the Prime or Consolidated Rate, to be applied to all goods under that rate if landed on or after the Ist August, 1854. " THE PRIME OR CONSOLIDATED RATE Includes all expenses fur lan ling, wharfage, weighing or gauging at landing ; coopering, or mending for housing ; marking, sampling, housing, weighing for actual deli very it within twelve months after landing) and deliver ing by land ; furnishing landing and delivery weights, tales, or gauges and strengths ; surveying and fnrnish ing certificates of damage, and rent for twelve; weeks from the date of the ship's commencement of discr,harge, or first landing from craft, excepting where it is;other .wise stated. It is charged upon the nett weight, and on all goods to which it is affixed, unless notice be. given previous to the final weighing or gauging by the impor ters, of their desire to have them placed under the land ing rate. " July, 1854." "As nothing is stated, either in this paper or in the table of revised rates published on the 15th February, of any charge on the delivery of sugar by water, and as such a charge had never been made previously, the words "delivering by land" did not, it is believed, strike any one as implying a charge for delivering by water. " On the 12th August, however, a charge was made of 2d. per cwt. on some sugar shipped by the writers of the following letter, which not only took them by sur prise, but also eaused equal astonishment to the+ dock companies' officials ; fur on inquiry being made at the Dock-house as to what the charge could mean, no expla nation could be given, and the chief clerk in the General office of the East and West India Dock Company sent down a memorandum to the warehouse, of which the following is a copy : _ _ "Messrs. Cole; cannot understand why the annexed has been sent up, the goods being on the Consolidated Rate. (Signed) GEo. WOOD, 17th August, 1854." To which the warehouse keeper replied in the follow ,ng memorandum : " REVISED CONDITIONS OF PRIME RATE. "All goods under that rate, if landed on or after the Ist August, 1854, if delivered by water, are subject to the charge of wharfage and shipping. "See the Court's order, " Mr. Woon. " W. JOHNSON. This new charge of wharfage and shipping might ha in the Court's or d er , b u t certa i n l y i t was n ot iii the revised rate, nor was any notice of it given to the public. It is und ers t oo d t h at the directors o f t h e different dock companies, who on ail occasions act in ombina tion, have consented to re -consider this charge. The advices by the steamer Europa notice some improvement in stocks, but we apprehend this was merely excited by orders from England to buy. Money in .New York was still in demand, and specie was being freely shipped to Europe. Less is said ab ou t th e crops, but rain had fallen. The market h as b een firmer for English Securi ties, but still w ith an exceedingly limited business doing. The accounts from the Black Sea are con sidered favourable as far they go, but speculators refrain from action until some more dlfinite intelli gence reaches: Consuls have realised 95 to 9511f0r transfer, and 95# 4. Exchequer Bills have been quoted Gs. to 9s. preen; again. Bank Stock for ac count has been at 214. The Exchequer Bonds of 1858 have been at 991, and those of 1859 are 991. The Foreign Securities have been merely nomi nal. Spanish Converted are 4i, and the Turkish Scrip has been done at 3i to 3i premium. Not a bargain has been in the other bonds. The following are the nominal prices of foreign stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6 to 6. 1 2 ; Mexican, 242 to 25 ; Peruvian, 70 to 72 ; ditto 3 per Cents., 51 to 53 ; Poituguese 4 per Cents., 40-to 42 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 98 to 100 ; ditto 41. per Cents., 87 to 89 ; Spanish New Deferred, 181 to 18! ; ditto 3 per Cents., 371 to 38 ; ditto Certificates, sto 5 ; ditto Passive, 4to 4f. The railway meetings announced are the fol lowing : Company. Date. Place. Birknhd. Lane. & Chesh. Jnc. Oct. 21, Birkenhead. Crieff Junction East Anglian Hereford and Welwyn, June Sept. 30, Shire Hall, Hertfd Londonderry and Enniskillen, Sept. 30, 4 Coleman-st-brigs Namur and Liege Ditto Oct. 19, Brnasels. Portsmouth Sept. 28, Great Geeorge-st. . - Rouen and Havro Scottish Midland Junction Sept. 30, Perth. Whitehaven Junction The Railway Share Market has been rather live lier, but the quotations do not move up to any extent. South-Eastern are rather good ; and Great Northern, East Lancashire, Caledonian, Bristol and Exeter, Lancashire and Yorkshire, and Midland are rather better just now than at the commencement of business this morning. The foreign lines are quiet, at the previous rates. In the Mining Market there is greater animation, but the business done has been generally at the former rates. The Joint-stock Bank shares are steady. Crystal Palace have not been much de ilt in, and remain nearly as before. Peninsular and Oriental Steam are higher. URITISH Plll•TrpDrSonTtriheisuoDcAz.L—i.c, Bu iness done. t L . ) OSING PRICES. 3 per Cent. C onso l s Annuities 95 5 India Stock dank Stock .... 214 Ditto for the Account Consols for Account 17th Oct. Exchequer Bills, 24d. £lOOO ........ 9 P ................. ••• .. £5OO bh p small ................... 9 6 P Exchequer Bonds . 1858, 3i per Cent. 9 91 Ditto 1859, „ PRICE OF FOREIGN q FUNDS THIS DAY • exiean 3 per Cent. ........................ 25 Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent. Ditto Passive (C onver t ed) . ............. 4i Sp mist Committee Cort. of Coup. not fun. 5i P c Turkish Scrip ................................... Ditto for the Account. ......... i)iv• , endi on the &hove payawe in Lowden Belgian Bonds 4,i per Cent. ex. 25 fr THR EL O'CLOCK. Console bitty October Account THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION.—LIVERPO OL , S EPT. 22 A. crowded so i ree last evening brou g ht together the townspeople and the visitors to chat upon the prospects of the meeting and admiring the objects of interest which bad been provided for them inspection. The lar ge area of St. Georges Hall, now unencumbered with seats, afforded ample space for the promenaders, and for a col lection of models, each of which bad its expounder and its curious groups of spectators. Criticisms upon the obi.cts of science scattered about here and there were largely mi, gled with admiration of :he vast hall in which the soiree took place. Dr. Wesley kindly volunteered to display the capabilities of the organ, so far as they can be judged of from its present incomplete state. St. 10 St. 25 10 5 20 20 SHARE MARKETS. {THIS DAY.) BRITISH RAILWAVS. RAILIVAIT. !Closing Priced this day. Aberdeen ..... Alabg. Nottug. Bow and Eastn. Belfast & Ballymena. Wolverh. Stour : Valley Birkenhd. Laucsh & Cheshire Juliet Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O !tad £2.5 Cons. Do., ..... Blyth & Tyne original £25 (issd. at £45), Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Caimarthei and Car digan . Chester & Holyhead Cork and Bandon Cork, Black, & Pass Cornwall Cricif Junction I lublin &Belfast,l Dundee Perth &Aber , deem Junction Do. New East Anglian Eastern Counties Eastern Union, A Stock ... De., B. Stock Do., New A East Lancashire Edinburgh & Glasgow Ediub. and Peebles Edin. Prt & 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 South-Eastern Lancaster & Carlisle Do., Thirds Do. New Thirds Lancash.andYorksli Do., Fifths DD., Wet. Riding Un Liv.Crsby.&Soutlipt London & Blackwal Loud. Bright & S.Cst. Lond. and N. Westn. Do. Fifths Do.lo/. 5h.,M&8... Do. Eighths Loudon andS. Wostn Do., £5O Do., .£49 .dln cirri& Coleraine :,ududrry. & Ennisk. Aancli.Slief.& Linde )0., Man. & Lin. Ho. Midland 100 )o. Birmug. & Derb3 all viidld.G. West. (11.9.) 22. Do. Half Shares tll N'evicastle & Car 54 \Tewiukt.Bury Exten. 19. NI wpt. Aberg. & 8 : , ;ewry & all "gewry Warreopoini And•Rostrevor. 100 ' , lorfolk ......... Nortlin.Counties lin, North British North Devon, No. 1, Do., No. 2 )0., A Deferred Do., B Guaraute,e,' V. Eastern—Berwick Do. do. Extension Do.do. G.N.E. Purell., Do. Leads Do. York Yorth London. Do. New £10... N. &S. Wstrn. ,llamp stead, and City Jn.: North Staffordshire , 7iorth Western N.& S. Westi n. June. Nuneaton, Hinckley and Leicester .• )xford, Worcester,& Wolverhampton .... I , Portsmouth ........... icottisk Central Scottish Midland ihrewsby. dt Herefd 4hropsh ire Um on )o. A, B, CAD,full paid up at per Qt,/, il)uth Devon 4outh Easteru 4outh Wales . 4. Yrksh. dz Riv. Dlll qaines, Wok. &Wok tockton & Darliai itoekton l'aff Tale )o. £lO shares. ')o. Pref., No, flames Haven Doel. and Railway Vale of Neatli Waterfd. & Kilkenn , .Vaterford&Limerici Vest Coruwall :Vest End of Loudol: ;tncl Crystal Palace -Vest Loudon ,Vitublean&Croydoi 214 - 221' 44 - 5 9 - 93 11 —lO d 17 - 18 7 - 6 95 - 96 65 - 644 15 - 16 10 - 12 it; --- 14 . 1 7 -7,„ - 11t 12 35 - 40 24 - 26 68 - 70 59 - 61 22 - 24 88 -88 t 70 - 72 i 2 , 1 - 16 91 - 93 72i ;:, 72r i 72 - 76 - 85 8 - 10 8 - 0 71i - 72 5g -- 5i 03 105 Loli 102 i par p par j p a 83 1)5 9 8 g ,t 24. - 25 701 70; 41 - 43 d— par 8 7 211 5A -6, 49 - 51' 3 3N :•52 334 8 IU. lt 64 -- 7 4 78 -- 79 54 5d 3id 14i -- 154 55 -- 56 54 -- 56 -- 1 p - p - 6,1 - 7 32 - 34 97 99 62 64 7i 3ist 13. 146 644 134 i : , 3 34 —d, 34 36 I ; ii 184 4i - 24 - `6 4- 5 , 6 :--- i'A FOREIGN. all 3 S ~ cB. .kntwerp&Rotterdam Belgian Eastn. June Healers to Graissessac Bombay, Baroda, and Central India,Scrip Central of Italy Demerara Dijon and Besancon I hitch RA, crash Eastern of France Do. New East Indian Do Extension Do. 4i p. e. Bds., pay. '57, convertible Do. do. dO., '59, do Gd. Juliet. of France, Gd. Tit of CanadaA 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 Do. Bds., payable's7 with option till '55. Do. do., '62, p. '56 . 'Do. do., '76, p. '6O 'Do. do., '73, withoul t* op ion .......... . !Hamilton & Toronto !Do. 6 per cent. ...... Lake Cont.s & Basle Lucca & Pistoja 5 p.c. Great Luxembourg Constituted Shares Do. Obligations ....... Lyons and Geneva Lyons & Blecliterran. Madras ..... .......... Do. New. ...... Aaria, Antonia ..... Do. do. New ........ , Melbourne Dk. 6i Ry. Nrainur di Liege (witl interest) Do. (ex interest) [Northern of France. D o .20/. Sh s. late Char leroi and Erqueliues guar. 3i p. c. & red. at 224/. dui% 88 yrs. from 1 Jan. 1854 Do. 20/. 3 p. c Bde (fmy. B. & Ams. Shs. NorwegianTrunkPref Paris and Lyons Ditto Bonds Paris and Orleans.... Paris and R0uen...... ParisCaen & Cherbrg. Rouen and Havre..... Royal Danish Royal Swedish Sambre and Meuse_ Do. 54 p. cent. Pref. Southern of Franco St. Andrew's and Qiiebee (A) West Flanders Do 5A per c. Prof Western of France West. of Switzerland Wiesbaden Zealand JO T NT-STOI I.ustraiasia British Colonial Bank and Loan Company i-iti,;ll N. American •liartd. Bank of Asia Elia. of India, _ . 10 20 :35 •ti, 10 Australia, Sz.Chiva ;010 ui al 3onthiercial of Loud ,:uglish Scottish awl Xustralian Loud. Chart. Bk. of Australia Loudon and County Loudon Joint Stock (uld. & Westminster National Provincial of England Do. New National of Ireland New South Wales Oriental Bank of Corporation Provincial of Ireland Do. New ;loyal Australn.Bkg (old Imp Co._ -;nnth Australia. Union of Australia Do. New Union of London 61 - 7i - 4 -3,, k a --ip P 2 d 3 , 24 -32 i 4 3iP id -- —rl — 6i -- Vcl -- 7 1 9 - 7d 9 7.1 6 - ip 6 - ip A iP oar 2 id •• par td 61: , 2 4P ... die 2 21 2i 3 1 —lO Par 4 P 7 7i iii -- iii 12i -12 i 4 -- 10 I9i -- 19Ip 48— 50 38 40 pin 23k 23: par — d 1 Si ••• ••• ••• pin 4 . _ d Ei - 6ip 31 - I 16 - 17 E BANKS 83 ••• 1 - 30 - 32 3 - 2$ (11 214 -22 .•• ....". • • 40 42 - 44 67i -- 68. 74 -- Basinega done this day. 25 St. 20 St. [OO 18. 11i, all L 1 1; 100 100 all MONDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBiR 25, 18b4. LINES LEAZED AT FIXED RENTALS. Paid.' Leasing Compans. London & N. West. L.&N.W. Caledon... noffilA Prices this day• 95 - 160 98 - 100 Gt.Nrthn. Caldonian. 139 - 141 Do Gt. Wotan Yk. Now. & Borw. Y.&NW Do 27 - 29 D 0... S. Eastcrb Do [Pate iz Co. rfolk L.& N. W. & Stektoa Darlingt. E. Count. Do Do L. kN.W. &LnitYk Gt Northn Laucash & Yorksh. 1111. Clean itockt. & Darlingt ClrtWeittn. fOo -- 102 50 -- 51 25 -- 251 121 -- 136 23 -- 24 111 -- 111 2g - 21.1 92 = 5g - 60 136 - 139 21 - ••• ••• 30 - 31 94 - 96 34 I RAILWAYS. Bedford and Bletebley ... 1 Buckghainsh. Clydesdale Jc. E. Lincoln gr. 6 per cent. Glas. Barr. & Neils. Direct Do. New Glstr.& Dn. Fr Dk. & Railway Hull & Selby Do. Shares. Do. Shares. Lon.&Greeinv Do. Preference Lon , Til., &S. l i Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Do. 6 per et. Aanch. Man. and Matlock Middlesbro' Redear Ahlki..Bradfd. Northern and Easternsp.e. Do. 6 per et. Do. Fixeds p Prost. iS; WYrc Do. l Shares. aoystu. & Hit. 3lief. Roth .ar 6 Goole g. 5 p.c. S. Stallordsh. Wear Vali eyg r 1 1 6 per cent Do Wilts&Somrst PREFERENCE SHARES. 'Aberdeen ..• Do. N 0.2, 7 p. C. Birth and Tyne 10 per c. pref. (issd. at 501) Bris. & Es. 4 p. c. St. I Do. 4 p. c. Shares_ Caledonian £lO Chester & Holyhead Guar. 5A per cent Do. do. Pref. No. 2 Do. do. Pref. No. 2 Cork dtßandons ip.c Dundee Perth &Aber deenJunction EastAnglian (.010s) 6 per cent Do. (£5) 7 per cent Do. (£7 17s) 7 p. c Eastern Counties Ex i;i -= foo 30 - 3i 40 - 6 P 1- 1p lip 13i -13 j I tension, 5 p. c. No.l Do. No. 2 . Do. Now 6 p. c. St. ,Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent Do. 51., 10 ner cent , Do. 101. Debentr.Sh- Do. do. 4 per cent East Lancash. 6 p. as East and West York shire June. Fifths Edinb Pith . undde 4 per cent. Glasgow & S. Western Guar. 5 per cent Great Nordin. 5 p. c Do. 5 p. c. Redeem., 22 - 24 .ad Al 4 -- 116 at 10 p. C. prom... Do. p. e Gt.N. of Scot. Ist Pref IGt. Southn.&Westm. (Ireland) Do. 4 per c. Pref. St. Gt. Westn. (Parks & Hants Ex. 6 p. c)... Do. colt. red. 4i P.C. Do. con. red. 4 p. C. Do. irred. 4 p.c. Do. Birm. Prof Sh... Do. Chester S p. c•P•S• Do. do. 5 p. c. d 0... Do. Birrn. Gua. Stk. Do. Ches. Gua. Stk. Do. do. do ............ Do. do. do ......• Lan. & York. F. £2O Do. 6 p. c. Stock ..., 'London and Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. Do. Pref., 5 p. e. St. Do. Now Guar.6 p. c. Lon.&N. W., Coy. & Nuneaton 5 p. et.... Loudon & S. Western Con. Thirds Londonderry& Color Shares Londy. & Ennis. Sh. \lan., Shef,, & Lin., 106 - 108 100 - 102 6 - BA 99 - 101 90 - 92 94 - 96 11 - 111 17 - 18 11 - 111 75 - 77 191 - 94 - 10 141, - li it - • 137 - 1.39 j ... .... ... ••• ...." lk••• 21 -21 P 7 - 8 10 - 12 Shares, NO.l. Do. New, £lO Do. £6 `•farypt.E&Carl.4p c )u. 41 per cent 7i - Si 114 - 12 iP , 1)o .11d. Consol.6 p.c.St. :)u. Consol. Bristol & 3irm. 6 per cent.... 1)0. Pref. 4. per cons qorfolk Debenture .. ')o. Pref. 4 p. e. Jo. 5 p. c. Eat )o. 5i per ct.prof Do. Way. Val. 5 p. c North British V. E. Ilnror, 4 p.c. P Do. do. do Do. Leeds 6 p. c . No 1 Do. do. Quarters '45 iio.York ii.k ;. P, r. North Staffordshire • ixford, Worcester, Wolverh, Xl5, 6 p. c. cot. Cent. , New Prk )o. 5 per cent '. louth Devon ).. fixed, 4i per cent 3. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. Do. 44 per cent . i.Vorksh.4p.c.Guar. W.des Gil , . 4 p. Do. de. 4h P. C.-- 4tockton and Dal- 133 - 138 ST - 90 106 92 - 94 - 34 ••• 1 - 141 112 - 114 12 14 par 23 231 99 101 17 —l9 lington, 4 per cent' Do. do. de. -toekton and Hartle. pool, guar. 5 p. till Ist July, 1856 Waterfd.&Kilk.Bp.% ... .... . 1 .. 1 2 d' MINES. j all Ague Fria ...... 1 '4ll I 1 1 all Anglo Austrin. lOs. A ll Anglo Californian 20 6 :kustralian . 1 —l6 1 11 1 all Australian Cordillera 1 all Australian Freehold. 1 all Ave Maria 1 all Baden (Gd. Duchy of 50 all Blmnarvon Iron and Coal 20 13.5 British Iron • 8 Si 35 4.3 Brazilianlmp.(issueti at E. 5 pm ' 3 3i 30 all Do. Comes & Cuiaeti 1} 2 20 15 Do. St. John Del Ray —2B 1 1 Carsous's Creek — 1 0 Clarend..n Cols. Mix, Co. of Jamaica ••• .•• tO all Cobre Copper 42 44 5 1 Colonial Gold I St. all Copper Min. of En g. 52 57 25 all Do. Pref. 7i p. cent. 2 4 v 27 16 Copiapo. 124 5 all English and Austin. Copper Smoltg. Co. 1 2 2 Fortuna t ip '2O an General. ••• 1 all Gt.NuggetVeinßeg. 6 3 all Great Polgooth . ••• 1 all Liberty — 3 all Linares 8 ... 9 8 1 1 all Vlariquita — 4 10 9if exicau&S.Amerien. 6 64 1 all New Granada ' I 1 all New Linares Mining and Smelting ..• 1 all Nouveau Monde• . 20 all Pontgibaud Silver Lead Miu. & Smelt. C 0..... . . . s*l i6l ;151 5 1 Port Philip — 1 all Quartz Rock 50 all lthymney Iron. 23 15 all Do. Now 6 8 30 11 'Santiago do Cuba 4i 5 4} 1 all South Australian , 10 7i fin Croft... 1 28h all United MexicanB i 1 all Waller — 1 all West, Mariposa — 1 12s, Worthing Mining of Australia 1 all Yuba ••• • MISCELLANEOUS 5 all Aubin Coal and Iran 25 17$ Australian Agricult. 42 43 421 20 6 australsn.Pcilic.Mali ••• 7 10 all Australn. Royal Mail 3 10 51, B er lin Water Works 50 40 Brit. American Lane 65 70 5 1 !irit. dr Coln. Smeltg and Reduction Co. _ 100 32), Canada . 9B 103 St. 100 Canada Gov. 6 p. ot. Jan. and July llO 111 5 all Crystal Palaeo ...... 21 3h 3 4 all ..a.ystal Pal.of Frauct 20 • 5 Eastern Steam — 25 2(1 EiectricTelegraph(A! 16 —l7 1 all Electric Toleg. of Ir. 12t5, all i 20 10 Irish 13c0t..00t Sugai 20 10 Niagdalena St. Navig. 10 all Mediterau. Elec. Tel. 1 all Nat. Pat. ;.•.:teani rue. • 10 5 Netherlands Land._ 2 1 N. S. W. Coal do Inter. Steam Navigat. Co. _ 1 all N. B. Australasian_ 20 l 2?, Nrtl,.ofEuropeStearn 1", all Peel itr. Ld. &, Minrl. 31 41 3i 4 50 all Peninsulas& Oriental 6A 5) 40 Do. Do. ... ... p 2 all Portland Iron Co 2 2fixd 100 60 Royal Mail Steam 1 all Scot. Austral. Invest. 2 2t 21 all South Austral• Land 36 38 I all Subunit . . Telegraph.. 1 al; Do. Ite, ' istere7l —.l 100 , 2.4:..vandnquiees 1.60 ,- —13 i Business this day. MARKET NEWS--(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. The errantry markets held on Saturday were fairly nip plied with English wheat. Most kinds met a slow sale, yet very little change took place in the quotations. Grinding barley was firm ; but other kinds, including malt, commanded very little attention. Oats, beans, peas, and flour were firm at full prices. Advices from New York to the 12th inst. state that flour was dull, and 12 cents per barrel lower. In grain, very little was doing. The Continental markets have ruled firm, at very full prices. The arrivals of English grain up to our market last week were small. From abroad, we received 4,745 quarters of wheat, 3,370 barley, 8,744 oats, 11,816 beans, 87 peas, 13,195 linseed, 1,492 rapeseed, 71 mustard seed, 91 sundry seeds, 2,223 sacks, and 689 barrels. The supply of wheat received fresh up to our market to day from Essex was tolerably good, but the supply from Kent was but moderate. On the whole, the show of sam ples of both red and white was by no means extensive. For fine samples of both red and white, we had a fair de mand, at prices equal to those obtained on Monday last ; but low and middling kinds moved off slowly, at, in some instances, a decline in the quotations of is per quarter. The general weight and condition of the new wheats were good. Scarcely any old samples were on the market. With foreign wheat we were fairly supplied. Good heavy samples sold to a fair extent, on former terms. All other kinds moved off slowly. In prices very little change took place. There was scarcely any inquiry for shipment to the continent. Floating cargoes—the arrivals of which have been small—were rather dull, yet prices were.supported. Scarcely any English barley was on show ; and the supply of foreign was very moderate. Most kinds changed hands to a fair extent at full quotations. Thera was a slight improvement in the malt trade. In prices, however, no change took place. Oats—the supply of which was small—were in good re quest, and the quotations were fully supported in every instance. Beans changed hands steadily at extreme rates. The inquiry for peas was tolerably firm at. full prices. The sale for flour was firm at last week's inquiry. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. Wheat—Essex k Kent, Red •• new 531 to 62s Ditto.••• old 563 643 ilitto, White new 36, 705 Ditto•.. . Norfolk and Lin coln, Red, old 45s 543, Ditto new •• 475 5211 Rye —Old • • • • • • —s —s' New •• •• •• 38s 40s Barity—Grinding..• .. 30s 31s Halting .•• •• 305 32s Chevalier.. 325 333 fait—Suffolk and Nor folk.. ••••••••.• 625 G7s, lrown . • • • • • • 583 cOsl Klusston and Ware 63 t 69s Malt—Chevalier .... 69s to 70: !Oats Yorkshire and Llncolash., Feed 22e 26s Potato Toughs.' and Cork 131 act. 183 253 Cork, White ..... 243 27s Scotch, Feed..... 283 30s Beans—Tick ... • • .... 403 48s Pigeons ...... 42 56s Feu—Grey 35s 37s Maple 38s 40s Vilitte....... •... 40s 455 Boilers • ........ —s —e Flour—Town-wade..• 50s 54s Suffolk . •... 44s 485 Stoatn & Norfolk 44s 46s SMITHFIELD. To-day's market was well supplied with foreign stock, but its general quality was very inferior. There was a considerable falling off in the-arrivals of home-fed beasts fresh up this morning, and there were very few good animals amongst them. Owing to the favourable change in the weather, and the increased number of buyers in attendance, the beef trade was brisk, at au advance in the prices obtained on Monday last of 2,1 per Sibs. The primest Scots sold at 5s per Blbs. From, Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, and Northampton shire we received 1,800 shorthorns; from other parts of England, 530 of various breeds ; and from Scotland 45 horned and polled Scots. The supply of sheep exhibited a falling off, compared with Monday last. For all breeds, we had a steady de mand at fully last week's currency. The best old Downs realised ss. per 81bs. We were rather scantily supplied with calves, in which a full average business was transacted, at from 2d. to 4d per 81bs above the prices realised on this day se'ennight. There was rather more doing in pigs. Prices were well supported, with but moderate supplies on offer. Fair average imports of foreign stock took place in the port of London last week, namely, 8,791 head. In the corresponding week in 1853 the imports amounted to 13,238 in 1852, 12,032 ; in 18 5 1, 10,404 ; in 18 5 0, 7, 872 ; in 1849, 5,716 ; in 1818, 4,360; in 1847, G,460 head. IMPORTS WO LONDON LAST WEEK. Beasts. Lambs. Calves. Pigs, THE CAMP AT BOULOGNE. BOI7LOGNE, Saturday Night.—After an absence of a week the Emperor has returned. He arrived at Cape cure at 5 o'clock, having stopped on his way at Men treuil to review the troops stationed in that neighbour hood. No interest, however, attached to the proceed ings, which were limited to the usual inspection and defile.. It is now understood to be positively fixed that the long-talked-of manceuvres,'in which the whole Army of the North will take part, will commence on Monday at Eseceuilles, and extend thence to Desvres ; that on Tuesday they will be continued in the direction of Boulogne, and that arrangements have been made by which the entire force at the different encampments will take the field for five days. Prince Jerome Napoleon, it is said, will be present, and, perhaps, the Empress. The ground selected for the movements is well 'adapted for the purpose, and, as there will be from 65,000 to 70,000 men out, something considerably beyond the ordinary effects of a pails guerre may fairly be antici pated. Much, however, of the et joyableness of such spectacles depends upon the weather, which for the last few days,has been rather unsettled. On the 80th the emperor, it is said, intends to hold a grr,nd parade for the distribution of decorations, and on the Ist he returns to Paris. So the prograinm e stands at present, hut, as I have frequently stated, nothing can be accepted as cer tain here until the last moment, for Napoleon keeps what he intends to do entirely to himself, and implicit confidence cannot be placed in what one is told of his movements, even by those who are most likely to be well-informed. The only event which has varied the usual routine of, camp lit round Boulogne for the last few days vies the grand concert of military bands which tonic place this afternoon in the Place des Tintelleries. ; It - was held in 'aid of the funds of the Societe de DienWsance— a local charity—and,, notwithstanding the unf ourable weather, was really a splendid a ff a i r . There were 16 regimental bands present, includin g , it i s s d , 1,200 Iv performers, and the musical effect p ro d uce d m y there fore be imagined, when at the close they united to play " God Save the Queen" and " Partant pour la Syne.' Whatever opinion may be formed of the French army as compared with our own in other respects, the most prejudiced must acknowledge their decided superiority in this. We have some very good military bands, as, for instance, those of the Royal Artillery and of the Guards, but our regiments of the line would hardly venture upon such a programme as that undertaken here to-day and admirably played out. It incfuded the choicest moreectux from the compositions ot Verdi, Halevy,,Auber, Mozart, Donizetti, Bellini, Meyerbeer, and the other authors, each band as it su c ceeded to the vacant orchestra endeavouring to outvie its predecessor. With us military music is for the most part confined to a spirited rendering of such familiar airs as "The Girl I left behind me," or "The British Grenadiers ;* nor do we disdain to keep up in its full Shaksperian integrity the attributes of the "ear-piercing" fife. The Iron Duke rather discountenanced any Orphean tendencifis in the army as involving officers in unnecessary expense, and always insisted on regimental bands being coifined to the regulation number. Perhays be was right, and, other considerations apart, it may be wise not Ito allow the character of military music to rise to a point beyond which its stimulating effects upon the spirit of be corn- mon soldier may be los; for want of appreciation. The evolutions of the ensuing week will irobably bring many of our military countrymen to Boulogne, but at present the only representative of the British lion here is a corporal of the Hertfordshire Yeomanry. Hu arrived in full uniform some days ago, and has since been incessantly engaged in scrutinising the' state of the French army. Nothing escapes his noCce, and there is no situation, however prominent, in which he does not turn up as a conspicuous feature. Yesterday he went to Honvault, and, having watched for some time with a superior air an awkward squad or tsiro under drill, proceeded to inspect the camp kitchens. : To the chief cook, a swarthy soldier, from Algiers, he conde scendingly introduced himself in the only French words he has yet been heard to utter—`• Je sui soldat comme low." Having minutely examined the arrangements of the cuisine, the corporal retired with great dignity to the edge of the cliff, whence he made a deliberate reconnais sance of the Channel, evidently calculating in his mind the chances of invasion. Coming after Corporal Sutton, and the other crack men of the Guards brought over by Prince Albert as his orderlies, our Hertfordshire warrior excites an immense sensation among the French soldiers. , Like Alexander the Great, Richard 111., 'and other fighting celebrities, nature has not been kind to him. She has placed "an envious mountain on his back," and even worse, for his Military bearing has made him very knock:knee:l. Nori has the regimental tailor of the Hertfordshire Yeomanry been judicious, but in' this respect it :is unnecessary to 'enter into details. The corporal is pursued wherever 'he goes with the most amusing civilities, and the gall* corps to which he belongs will hear with pride that he l is gene rally saluted as " Notre anti Beeuf" by all the i gamins of Boulogne. May the warlike cabinetmaker return safely and brimful of military experience to his regiment. The formation of roads to the camps and the practice at targets are the chief ocoupations for the time leeing of the portion of the army in this immediate neighbour hood. The practice at targets is kept up incessantly on the beach in front of all the camps, and is evidentl37, point upon which every rank of the French service is deeply interested. Prize competitions are constantly taking place, and a large number of ()Slurs are generally pre , sent on these occasions. Yesterday one came off at rionvanit, when as much as 60 francs were awarchel to the best shot- . --a small fortune to a 'lnn who, if a pri vate, ' has - not m uch niOre tharra'gous a-day td spelid. The sands are admirably adapted for the purpose, and the vast- advantages secured by the /Ong rangei of the ' Millie rifle are them brought out with conspietioui effect. It is imposaible that the use of the musket can 'survive much longer when the soldiers of a great arni See a portion of themselves supplied with a weapon haying six or seven times the projectile force, and an increased a,-.- curacy in still greater ratio. The Mini 6 is to the pei mission musket. more than what that was to the' flint lock, and promises a change in military operations almost as decisive as that from archery to firearms. The attention of the French military authorities has been unceasingly directed during: many years to this view of the matter, and the Minie rifle and the 20 battalions of Masseurs (le Vincennes are the result. The Russians and the Prussians have also devoted much care and thought to the subject, but with less success, and for reasons which are obvious. If weapons requiring to be constructed with extreme precision have to be sup plied in large numbers to an army, it will not do to resort to indifferent workmen and .inferior machinery or the purpose. The Russian rifle, with its sharp-pointed Conical ball, may have a long range, but is not an instrument the close shooting of which can be depended on. The Prus sian needle-gun is open to many objections also, and the Min id remains unquestionably the best substitute that has hitherto been found for the common musket. , Many distinguished officers in the French service warmly ad vocate the supply of this weapon to the entire infantry force of the army, training the whole as Chasseurs. That it is the right course to pursue is obvious, but changes of so sweeping a kind require time to carry them out. On this important point, therefore (the efficient arming of our troops), our immense mechanical leviti es stand us in good stead. We are able to turn to the fullest account what ouV idly introduced, but can on'y adopt by degrees. Every man in the English foree sent to the East has his Mini°, which, if he only holds it straight, will give him a decided superiority in battle, one which is not dependent upon any fluctuation or casualty, but may be nicely calculated and always 'relied upon. The French army in Turkey has only its propor tion of Chasseurs e - like our Rifle brigade—the rest'being armed with the common musket. As one watches the care with which the military service here is organised, one cannot help being struck with the force of circum stances which gives to England at least an equal share in the benefit of inventions like the Minis. We have not yet, however, any Soldier so rapid in his movements and so highly trained to that system of sharp shooting into which war must now resolve itself as the Chasseur do Vincennes. Those smart, sturdy little men, who have practised to fire in every position, know how to shelter themselves while they aim and execute every movement with astonishing rapidity—what seems impossible for them to accomplish.. France calculates confidently, should her cause require it, on overrunning Europe with her"Chasseurs, and their battalions nowiorm the portion of the French army into which all ;young officers endea vour to enter who are anxious to put themselves in the way of earning distinction. REPORTED LOSS OF THE TRANSPORT SHIP LADY NUGENT AND 400 LIVES: It is with regret that we have to allude to this unfor tunate vessel, but the fact of her having been given up, this week, as lost, at Lloyd's, renders the announce ment of her supposed loss a circumstance important to disclose. The Lady Nugent belonged to Sir George Hodgkinson, and was chartered early last spring by the local government at Madras, as a troop-ship for the con veyance of reinforcements to the British forces at Ran goon, the seat of the Burmese war. She sailed from Madras on the 10th of last May, having previously re ceived the troops, which comprised 350 rank and file of the 25th Regiment of Madras Light Infantry, twenty women and children with the staff officers, among whom may be mentioned Lieutenant-Colonel Johnstone, Lieu tenant and Adjutant Daly, Lieutenant and Quar ter-master King, Lieutenant Bamford, Assistant -Sur geon Simpson, and seven native commanding staff-offi cers, the ship's crew, Captain Bannerman, the first, second, and third officers, and 33 seamen. Within a fortnight after her departure, a frightful hurricane swept over the Bay of Bengal, which lasted three or fonr day s , causing a great Many melancholy casualties. Several small vessels were seen to founder during its ravages, and the Pluto steamer, belonging to t•ie Hon, East India Company's service, With 500 troops on board, also bound to Rangoon, was by a miracle saved f:om meet ing a similar fate. There can be uo doubt that the un fortunate ship, Lady Nugent, encountered that feaifu• storm, and subsegnently foundered, carrying %%WI her every living soul on board, who all perished. Formonths hopes have been entertained that she survived the gale, and had• been Wiw' anon" , the knflamans or other island's in the bay, and had become (Ik :Oiled. Vesseli and steamers, had, made the passage ta and from Rangoon and ldadras since then without meeting 'the least tiding of the missing shil)- vernor-General, on hearing of it, despatched Th,etsGoos: tris and NemeSis steam frigates to the Andan i i m a N n ,e, we adjoining islands in search of the wreck, I hear, returned after a fruitless survey, f for warding a formal report to the Gover7 bad been unable to discover an y ve stige The agents of the ship at M adras er a n d this week sent advises to Sir G owner; expressing their belief, Bence, that She must have gon e . , . S . .- • and not , a soul escaped. Th % I k ' captain th° S s ... lnd ae statinm that he w r 'e ß o a f n t g h o e on ve h s a se v l e . George Hodgliinson, the fro o rn g the ship's long ab down, during ' he storm,. eghip was zasured at Lloyd's. 8898 72 125 9I 72i i i 71.4. 2 li 2} 2 103 I 1011 21 83i 5 10 St. St. 5 70a I i i per cent. 64i 5 q ad IA6I St. 20 20 20 25 LOO 100 [OO all all 126 126 25 11f: 8 100 100 100 100 100 100 pm li 114} 101 1001 4i 5 923 Si Sheep. Varrol lOO -. Elamburgh lO ”. 475 Harliugen 402 ... 972 -. 171 -. 101, 402 Rotterdam...- 439 -. '1,410 -.-. 94 ... . ... ----------_ Tonningen, 464 ... 530 ... ... ... Amsterdam 126 ... 2,946 ... ... 110 ... Bremen 385 ... 2 . ... ... ... .. Antwerp ••• Oporto ' - ... 2,093 -. 5,837 -. 171 ... 285 .- 402 The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as under : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 1853 1,835 ... 10,196 ... 159 ... 552 ... 496 1852 1,792 ~. 9,4)24 ... 130 ... 709 ... 384 1851 1.903 ... 6,869 ... 192 ~. 50S ... 932 1850 1,217 ... 5,787 ... 133 ... 446 ... 274 1849 1,121 ... 4,408 ...' ... 165 ... 21 Per Sibs to sink the oral'. - -- 8. d. s. d.) s. d. s d. Inferior Beasts.... 3 2to 3 4 E'rirneSouthdowv 410 5 0 Second quality.,..3 ,6 3 101/..nrge erso. calves 3 2 3 8 4 Prime large oxen 4 0 4 8 Prime.sinall d 0... 310 ' 4 4 Prime Scots, &C. 4 10. - 5 0 Largo hots 3 0 41 2 Inferior Sheep ...3 4 3 6 imall porkers 4 4 4 6 'Second quality ...3 8 4 0 Sucklingealvos ..22 0 20 0 Primo crse.-wiled.4 2 4 artcr old pigs 21 0 27 0 TOTAL sorri.r. Benist, 4.564 Beasts— ........ . Sheep .• • • • .• .. • • .. • . • • " 31.190 I Sheep • . • • • • • • . ..... 6,140 144 Calvev, vOO FOSEIGN surf Lr. A statement and comparison of the supplies Red prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in Smithfield Cattle Market, on Monday, Sept. 26,1853, and this day, Monday, Sept. 25, 1854. Per Sibs, to sink the offal& Sept. 2G, 1853. 15ept.25,1854 s. d. a. d. js. d. a, d Coarse and inferior beasts ... 3 oto 3 4 3 2to 3 4 Second quality ditto ... 3 6 3 8,3 6 310 Prime large oxen 310 4 2:4 0' 4 ?? Prime Scots, &c 4 4 4 6!I 10 5 0 Coarse and inferior sheep 3 2 3 63 4 3 6 Second quality ditto ... 3 8 4 0;3 $ 4 0 Prime coarse woolled ditto 4 2 4 6'4 2 4 6 Prime Sonthdown ditto 410 5 24 10 5 0 Lambs ... ... 0 0 0 oio 0 0 0 Largo coarse calves 3 6 4 03 2 3 8 Prime small ditto 4 2 4 83 10 4 4 Large hogs 3 4 4 2'3 0 4 2 Neat small porkers 4 4 5 0 1 4 4 4 8 Beasts... ... 5,654 4,668 • Sheep ... 26,450 31,190 Calves... ... 250 218 Pigs 380 I ' 420 SUPPLIES OS SALE, Sept. 27, 1852.—Beasts, 5,286 ; sheep, 28,56 Q; calves, 301; pigs, 415. Sept. 29, 1851.--Beasts, 5,148 ; sheep, 27,320; calves, 249 ; pigs, 36 O. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. There has been rather more firmness in the general demand in these markets, and prices are well supported. The supplies on offer are but moderato. Per Sibs by the canoed. s. d. s. d. Beef, interior 3 0 3 4 Do., middling 3 6 3 8 Do., prime largo .3 10 4 2 Do., do. small 4 4 4 6 Pork, large 3 0 4 0 Mutton, Inferior Do., middling Do., prime Veal s. d. s. d. 34 3 8 .3 8 4 .4 4 4 8 .2 10 4 .4 2 4 $ Pork, small.. BOROUGH AND SPITA.LFIELDS. Since Monday last, large quantities of home-grown potatoes have come to hand. The imports have been trifling, viz., 1 ton from Charente, and 24 sacks from Dub lin. A full average business is doing, on the following terms :—Regents, 80s to 90s ; middlings , 4a to 00s ; 60s to 70s per ton. BOROUGH HOP. As the new hops are coming down very light, the duty is still called only from 50,000 1 to 60,0001. All kinds are in good request, and new qualities are selling at from 181 to 211 per cwt. Last week's imports were large, viz., 1,238 bales from Hamburg, 211 from Antwerp, 269 from Ostend, 7 from Dunkirk, 299 from Rotterdam, 12 from Ceylon. 1 from Calais, and 168 from New York. Mid and East Kent pockets, 1853'5, 131 13s to 1810 s; Weald of Kent ditto, ' 131 Os to 151 15. • Sussex ditto, 121 Os to 1610 s ; and foreign, 1110 s to 13113 a per cwt. WOOL. Holders of English wool are very firm, and about an average business is doing in most kinds, at full quotations. Foreign and colonial parcels move off slowly, on former terms. Last week's imports were 6 bales from Lisbon, 505 from Port Beaufort, 1,365 from Bombay, 2,300 from Sydney, 910 from Port Philip, 84 from Haroburgh, 804 from Adelaide, 100 from Oporto, 284 from Alexandria, 71 from the Cape, 130 from Callao, 600 from Islay, 43 from Taganrog, and 1,292 from Algoa Bay. The following are the current rates of English wool : Southdown hoggets, is Id to is 16d ; half-breds, is id to is 2d; Southdown ewes, is to is Id ; Kent fleeces, is hi to is 2d ; combing skins, is ld to is 2d ; flannel wool, 104 to is 2d ; blanket wool, 91 to lld ; and Leicester fleeces, is op to is ld per lb. SEEDS. Rapeseed has beoa in fair request, and has realised rather more money. There is a good demand for winter tares. Linseed is dull, but not cheaper. Cakes command full prices. All other articles are a slow inquiry. Turnlp,Whlte,por bush. 21s to 25. Swedo .. • • •• .• 143 138+ Carrsway........ •... 134 40$ Coriander.— •• .. —s —s Fletupseed, per quarter CI 449 Linseed, Eng...lowing.. 664 3 Crushing ........ GO• G2s }ta1tic.......... 5 , 01 011,,333 G2s LinseedClil:o, pr. ton— Engitsli . 10 , Or It , 10.4 vtastard, Brown.. ...• —s —s white, new....,. is 9• r lres,Winter, new ....10s Od OF 0.1 O1J.•••••• • 0(10 n • t.7.tn6try, per quarter • . 403 50$ Rye ires..s• • • .. 24i tiss (I , over,B.,lEn4.(ewt.) —a . White .• • • P Foreign Red.. • • •• --s Whito..•. --s Trefoil, new.. •• •. les ° 20, rorei4n, per ton 9 5.311; Rapp Cnkes, pr ton 6' 0: 6' 10. ziponed, New,pr tat 28' 1 1H 32. es TAT; Our market is dull, and pi Monday .last. P.Y.C. thi cwt. Town tallow, 02s CI pc 3s 50 per Sibs. Ow. 1860. vices are again lower than on le spot Ws 9d to Gis 3d per er ewt, net, cash. Rough fat, 1851. 1 1852. ; 1853 1854. Stock this day 22,940 29,143 ; 24.460 22,1. 9 t .7 : 93 R 6 G cl d 3 3 8 L 9d 34 •,0,4 4 05 1. 9d 0, : t 0 1t0 58s Oct ,4oct Price of Y. C. .... Delivery last week .. 2,874 2,188 2,715 i 2,G60 Ditto from June 1.... i 28,200 ; 26,933 23,599 1 29,226 Arrivals last week.. I 1,255 1.148 932 3,674 Ditto from Juisel.... 21, 19,543 1",431 l 28,050 Price of Town .... •• ; 415 04 415 Od 43s 01 j '5BB Od 31,391 , 38 9d to 64i :41 1,600 20,275 2,1 8 15,666 64, 9d From LIT BRA TUBB. Kate Vernon : A Talc. Three vols. Newby. This is a very interesting story. The commence ment does not promise so favourably ; it is mere description ; but the two subsequent volumes fur nish material . for much pleasing writing. The style is sowing and natural, and the people met with are well sketched in all the varying shades of mind and manners, from the stately old Colonel to the garrulous nurse who had fol lowed the 'fallen fortunes of the family she loved, from splendour to humble means, and even at last to want and privation. The first part is the reminiscences of a young officer, Captain. Egerton, but after he goes to India the story is car ried on in the usual manner, and relates entirely to Kate. She was very unfortunate in having no friends or acquaintances in her own rank of life ; her cousin, Lady Desmond, was in a much higher scale, and of a totally different nature. The Win ters were, on the contrary, beneath her, so that there was no one to sympathise with her and to enter into her feelings. The picture of her arrival in London is very well imagined. She left her calm retreat, in a beautiful country village, for a dingy lodging in the town, where she, unknown and friendless, is about to exchange pleasant occu pations for toil and teaching. It is natural teat such a change should affect a young and ardent spirit. Then came the delays, the disappointments that are so likely to happen in such cases, but which the enthusiastic and inexperienced begin ner never reckons upon—one friend out of town, another too busy to attend to-her, the third unable, although Willi ng , to help. Above all, when she did get a chance; the coming in contact with vulgar gentility, which was far worse than being among the really common who left her alone, or respected her misfortune. Mrs. Potter was a great annoy ance with her pretensions and absurdities, but she persevered for a time. A change came again, how ever, to darken more deeply her life. Her beloved grandfather, who had been drooping since they came to town, became ill, and after a short time died. A melancholy time was that for• Kate as she watched the gradual decay of her dear grandfather. A few evenings before his death he asked her to bring in his old faithful hound Cormac. As Rate, how ever, sat gazing at the two in the twilight, a gloomy presentiment seized her that the worst was at hand. The Colonel gazed abstractedly, "as if his spirit had flown back to the scenes and time when be was still vigorous, and Cormac gambolled with all the vivacity of youth. Now the old hound sat grave and still, and Kate suppressed the deep sighs which rose from her heart, as she saw those old companions, side by side, thus changed, thus sink ing in the unequal conflict with time and adver sity, and behind them memory raised the dark curtain of the present, and the bright happy past broke forth with more than its pristine freshness. She saw those languid forms, instinct with life, glowing with animation." After this awful catastrophe a new phase in the heroine's life is introduced. Th e cous i n returned, and took her .to live with her ; but it was no im provement in her condition, for a life of splendour in dependence and supposed obligation was far more trying to the spirit than the real labour Kate had before been engaged in. To add to other troubles Georgina Desmond was vain and jealous. She had been a beauty, and was still greatly ad mired, but Kate Vernon was then in all the fresh ness of youth, and that irritated her cousin with out her acknowledging it to herself. Many pain ful scenes ended in a mutual determination to separate. Kate returned to London, and after some time took a situation as companion to an old lady. Here her days passed wretchedly, and it was with a sensation of inexpressible relief to her when the Winters returned from Italy. A brighter prospect was now before her, as on their arrival they imme diately took her away from her uncongenial place of abode, and she for a time was to reside with them. However, she was not destined to be their guest, for on their reaching London they were juined by Colonel Egerton, as he had now become after a successful course in India. His horror may be imagined on finding how many misfortunes had befallen Kate in his absence. After following her through so many troubles, and seeing her so worn out with toil and care, which were not her natural or expected lot, it is gratifying to leave her at last in prosperity. By the death of his brother, Eger ton became a Viscount, and repossessed Kate of the Dungar property, Colonel Vernons, in Ire land. Winter, on hearing the news, exclaimed— " So the wheel goes round, but it is not every day it brings up, sparkling over the dull surface of so ciety, as bright and pure a gem as Kate Vernon." Lights and Shadows of Australian Life. By Mrs. Charles Olaty, author of " A Lady's Visit to the Gold J)iggiugs." 2 vols. Hurst and Blackett. (. These volumes are •not exactly what one would conclude them to be from their title, and oiler more attractions to the lovero romance than to the seeker of information. TheyA r e the work of a lady who has Already given us her impressions of the country in an account of her visit to the gold diggings. The present work consists of a series of very interesting tales, in which the clief features .-)f a settler's hie are shown. The authoress informs us that they are all founded on fact., most of them Laving come under her personal knowledge. This renders them more striking to thop who desire tc. form some idea of colonial life as it really is, which, of course, one who has tried it must be well able to describe. One of the longest stories is entitled " Mikka," and relates to the aborigines, who are sometimes troublesome neighbours to the solitary settler. A proof that they are not naturally inca pable of improvement is afforded by `the heroine of this tale, au aboriginal girl, who was adopted by a settler's family, and afterwards displayed much gratitude and self-sacrifice. The bushrangers are another danger to the lonely and unprotected dwelling. Several tragedies are told in the course of these narratives, as they are mostly desperate characters, and, if not overpowered, murderall the inhabitants. The gold diggings occupy, of course, a prominent feature. In one story, entitled " Going without a Dinner and its Consequences," a poor digger's wife, just as they had become penni less, discovers a lump of gold. Such changes of fortune are not rare in the gold district. ' Some of the tales relate the unexpected meetings of friends or relations in the far-off country, who had aban doned the hope of seeing each other again. The authoress asserts in • her preface that she does not attempt to compete with the many clever and volu minous works which have appeared on this subject, her object being to afford amusement, and to those who have friends in the cotuitry.some hints to intend ing emigrants. If not the first to describe to us the ordinary features of the country and the inhabi tants, Mrs. Clacy may at least claim the distinc tion of having lent to the. scenes of that distant laud something of the - interest of home, and of having invested the prosaic and practical life of log-huts and gold digging with the brilliant colours of romance. .To the class of readers we have named the work will be specially attractive, but the ordi nary novel reader will find that these simple nar ratives of every-day life are more likely to amuse and occupy an idle hour than many more ambitious works, possessing as they do the charm of truth with the fascination of fiction. H.M.S. BRITANNIA.--The following is an extract from a letter we have just received from a medical officer now serving in the Black Sea :—There has been a fearful outbreak of cholera in the Britannia., unparalleled in the history of the service. Fifty men, some of them the healthiest in the ship, died within the first 20 Lours. In comparisonin to healthiest the about 14 days, 139 ' men di e d . The surgeon had a slight attack himself. M os t o f t h e other ships have suffered, B ri Britannia , w in th h e i c a h ee u t p . but t th i e m o t u h t i b n r g e had been the —Medical Times. BARNSTAPLE (DEVO NSH I REYFAIR. BARNSTAPLE, FRI DAT.—The annual cattle and horse fair, which is held in this town for three days, commenced on Wednesday. Several thousand sheep were penned, but the sale was in many instances heavy. 38s. per head was asked, but the general figures Were—for store wethers, 255. to 345. ; lambs, 15s. to ISs. ; breeding ewes, horns, 225. to 28s. ; Notts ditto, 255. to 365. Fat bullocks-realised 10s. to 10s. 6d. per score ; two-year-old steers, from 121. to 161. per pair ; three-year-old, 141. to 301. ; cows and calves, 121. to 161. ' • grazing heifers, 6 s. to 7 s. 6 d. per score. There w ere , as usual, a large number of horses of all descriptions, and dealers purchased somewhat freely at moderate prices. T/ D RIOTS Mr John Bonser, THE NOTTINGHAM BREAD • and his servant, William White, who ar e c h arge d w i t h Barker, j and ethers .on ti e feloniously F hootin g ❑i,lrt of Clara i'e 6th t were brought up before the m a g istrate s, SVedne ' daY a t the ' Shire Hall, ouSatut.- day, on bail, for examination. The case wa s a ga i n ad journed.F ATAL • ACCIDENT ON THE GiIEAT 'NOT:TiI OP SCOT- P V LAND , •LWAY. —A u -accident occurred oil Saturday ir rortring"tr this railway which has led t o th e l oss of ours life au , lthe injury of a considerable number of p ersons, some of whoto are ill a very precariousa-tato. .; Rr.:AT Fr iti.o AT SHAD THAM.E.S. — L:iStj4gijkillAPUt• Six o'cluol;, a fire, attended with a serious toss , of property, b ro k e tint in a pile of premises, 1;;Uown as Laing's and Shand's sail works, situate at Thaineg; Iforselv down. The premises had a considerable frontage, and ran back nearly 100 feet, the •ground-floor being in the tenure of Messrs. Lock and C 0.., lead-factora.•The whole of Messrs. Laing and, Shand's property has, it is to be regretted, been reduced to ashes, and it is feared that very little remains of the.stock in trade, belonging to MeSsrs. Lock and Co., the lead merchants. The roof of Messrs. Jones's granary is also much burnt, and the stock damaged by water. Messrs. Laing and Shand were insured in the Monarch and Phoenix fire-offices; buL it is unknown wheth er an y o f the other suffeart wer e in t suxed. 8/ 2s! 20 50 I 2.115 - 5 20 20 20 20 95i G 65i i 42i i 11i i 21 fi ati 4 11 . 50 25 12i 12i