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

H E A.T RE-R 0 A. L, DRIIRY-LAND, M. JULLIEN'S CONCERTS. (FOB ONE MONTH ONLY. BRITISH A.P;XY QUADRILLE—PARTANT POUR LA. SYR lE. The- 'programme is changed Every Evening. FROG IS EVENING (Monday, Nov. 6) : rear I.— -Overture, "Oberon"—Weber. Quadrille from Meijer beer's Opera , " L'Etoile du Nord (first time)—Jullien. Symplikny, the Andan A from the "Symphony in A minor"—BeettioNeia. Rondo Bohe salenne (Gipsy Song) from .Meyerbeer's last new Opera, L'Etelle i la Nord," sung by Madame Anna Thillon—Meyerbeer. Schottische, " The Moldavian Schottische"--Juillen. Solo, oboe, " Souvenir el 'es Montagne," performed by M. Lavigne (his first ap pearance)--)Lavigne. Quadrille, " The British Army," assisted by the military bands—Jullfen. " God Save the Queen." " Putout pour la Syri , PART 11.- -Opera, grand operatic selection and fantasia, from Me y- M. erbeer's opera " Roberto ll Diavolo," with solos by M. L avi g ne, Wuille, M. Baumann, and Mr. Trust — Meyerbeer. Valse, Valse D'Adien," •ifith solo for cornet-a-piston, by Herr Kcenig—Jullien. Symphony, the Scherzo, from the symhpony in A minor—M. Men delssohn Serr,g," The Old Friends at Home" (American Melody), sung by Madame Anna Thillon—Linley. Quadrille, " The Ameri can Quadrille," (as performed in the United States for 216 consecutive nights with the greatest suerogs) - -jullien. Se lo, " VainAtlau- Dia bolique," performed by Signor Robbio--Robbio. Galop, ~ The tic"—JulV ten. The Concerts on each evening will commence at Eight and termi nate at Eleven o'clock. PamEs or ADM:l BBlON. —Promenade, beset!, and galleries, ls. ; dress circle, 2s. 6d. ; private boxes 11. Is. and 11. 115. 6d. Places and private boxes may be secured on application to Mr. O'Reilly, at the box-office of the theatre, and of the principal music sellers and librarians. 'TIENATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET. tinder , the managercent of Mr. isockstone. TIII3 EVENING, Nov. 6, will be performed the remedy of PAUL PRY. Principal cha racters by Mr. Wright, Mr. C hippendale, Mr, W. Fatren, Mrs. Poynter, and Miss E. Chaplin. To which will be added THE SPANISH DANCERS. Followed by ROW TO PAY THE RENT. To conclude with the FLCWER OF THE PORT. ROYAL PRTNCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. ("luaus Kitsis. THIS EVENING, Nov. 6, After which,. THE COURIER OF LYONS. Principal characters by Mr. C. Reran, Messrs. J. Vining. Addison, Graham, D. Fisher, Ca heart, and baker; Misses C. Leelereq, Reath, Leman, and K. Terry. After which will be presented a new sdelo-dramatic SpZctacle, in three acts, entiti ad SCHAIHYL, the Warrior Prophet. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPIII. Prorriefro, Mr. B. Webster.—Dtrectress, Madame celeste. THIS EVENING, Nov. 6, Will be performed THE SERIOUS FAMILY. Characters by 3 fcssrs. C. Selby, Leigh Murray, and Keeley ; Miss Woolgar, Ittal Itrs. N.celey. Fellowel by DIN'A FIDE TRAvoLLy.r.. To conclude with MEPIITATOPTIELES. To conclude wail THE FIFTII OIT N)VEMBEa. ROYAL OLYMPIC TIIE 4, ?RE Lessee arr.: Manager. Mr. A. Wigan 17111 S EVI:NINI), Nov. G ICY iy, perbrme: TAIT Ch'victors by Merl,. A. Vming, Emery, and Leslie; Mies 31 shci , and Miss ssephens. To ',re followed by a Parce, ca'led A BLIGITED BEING, in Wig eh ttotion appear. To conclude with TII LOTTERY TICKET, sTZ.F.rs Ilay.kt, A r,:ir NI T willinm Prs^lr" Tilz excitement of the Great ExhiNtion of I RSI ervulletl, b. , yend all prece :eat I Tats EVe..NING, The AstoniAhingly SuccesAful MILUTARY SPECTACLE. in Tr-n hr J. it. , ToNuELLsg, Esq., caned THE BATTLE OF TOE ALMA! •k'`t•r whie,, novel r3CENES in th.: CIRCLE, or ..TEXX DUCE PIiALIQU ES. To coneude with a i'lEr.lE DE CI RCONSTANCE. . is.— tin early attendance is respectrully save sted, in consequence of the numbers wt.o ni4htly throng the doors of the Theatre. ~x-oo_ice open, from Eleven till Four. Stage Man tger, Went. Acting Manager, Sir. W. H. Cooke. Er.e4trian Direct,. r, At'. Woe Cooke, jut. HP di WATER AT LONDON BRIDOK T I.:A , —YorrOn7 29 rnirt.o.trmr 2 I r,vcniNg 46 r1114.3P. 2 'lO w Morc.ing 4 .a:D.aftez 3 Evenini ; 21 nVn.l.7t, T i& 01P1174, Nov. 5. TR zsmobazrzu, IN THE SLiADE. 55—! highest since noon on Saturday. 52 —.owest this mortAing and during the night. 58 —this day, at anon. a A ROM ET ER, 30 . 06—fa11ing. Wrqn, N.N.W.—Light, with dull hazy weather. • After noon—fine fresh breeze. NOVEMBER 6. 58 --,eighent since noon yesterday. 47 -lowest thio morning snd dnring the night. 51—this day at noon. L'Altog - Errn: 30.40—a sudden rise. to N.N.W.—Light, with fine cold sun shiny weather. THE "COMING" CAPTURE SEBASTOPOL WILL BE PUBLISHED IN AN EXTRAORDINARY EDITION "THE SUN" THE MOMENT THE EXTRAORDINARY GAZETTE IS ISSUED, TOGETHER WITH A LIST OF THE KILLED AND WOUNDED. Orders received by all News Agents, and at " THE SUN" OFFICE, 112, Strand, London. .41 s) c- -- r(tr— - LONDON, MONDAY, NOVEAIBER 6, 1854. Although the bombardment of Sebastopol com menced so far back as the 17th ultimo, and we have received sundry " scraps of intelligence" up to the 27th ultimo, it was not until after an interval of twenty days that we received, on this 6th Novem ber instant, any trustworthy —or, we may add, intelligible —accounts of the terrible conflict during the two first days of the siege. We might, indeed, say of the first day, for there is nothing but a hasty sketch by the French Admiral of the operations of the 18th, while our own Admiral is perfectly silent on the subject. We are also without any information from the English General as to the progress of events from the land ward. Now, it is certain that, under proper ar rangements, we might obtain full particulars within eight days, at the latest, if there were an officer whose duty it was to keep a daily journal of all that had taken place, and to transmit copies every second or third dat. It is impossible to suppose that the Commander-in-Chief, with so much to c ' ecu PY his mind, could fulfil this duty ; but he might easily spare sufficient time to peruse, and, if necessary, revise what had been prepared by the Government be limited to Reporter, and which could easily w hat might be communicated to the community, without any premature disclosure of the plans for the further carrying on the ' siege. Any person who has participated in the intense yearning for intelligence so generally preva lent—more especially if a friend or relative of any of the actors in the sanguinary drama— can eas ily imagine how thankfully such revent tidings p anard s , the or would be received , whi c h would also damage occasioned by Stock-Exchange c the one-sided and highly-colo ure d versions ema nating from Russian sources. The mysterious taciturnity hitherto observed has unquestionably been productive of considerable injury ; and Lord ABERDEEN and his colleagues may rest assured that a knowledge of the trith, however gloomy, is far better fir the national interests than per mitting the public mind to remain a prey to the doubts and anxieties that prepare it to bedeceived by the most mischievous falsehoods. At present we need only say that the last published despatches of Lord RAGLAN are only to till 3 28th of September, while those of Admiral DTIIMAS are to the 18th ultimo. These last-mentioned documents appeared in an Extraordinary Edition of the London Gazette, bearing date the sth inst., but only issAed to the public at an early hour this morning. They con tain a melancholy catalogue of forty-four officers and men killed and two litundr ad and sixty-six wounded on board the British fleet, while our gallant Allies, at the same time, lost sixteen killed and some two hundred wounded, making a total loss in the Fleets of sixty killed and four hundred and sixty wounded ; and this, be it remem bered, exclusive of the loss amongst the land forces—which is said to have amounted to about one hundred more. IN'hen a single day has been productive of so many severe casualties, what may be anticipated to have occurred during the subsequent period? It is truly awful to con- template. We must, however, remember that the first day was probably the moat severe of any that would occur up to the time of storming, with the exception of the day of the surprise or unexpected attack at Inkerman ! It was at half-past six o'clock a.m. on the 17th ultimo that the Allied fire Was first opened on the fortifications of the devoted city. The time had previously been arranged between the Generals and Admirals, but " various circumstances rendered a change in the position of the ships necessary and unavoidable." Some delays 'fere thus occasioned, and about seven hours were lest before thefleets could participate in the onslaught, their fire not having opened until half-past 1 p.m. The time previously consumed had enabled the Russia ns materially to strengthen *their position. They had maintained an incessant fire day after day on the Allies, but which was not' returned until the 17th. At 6 o'clock on that morning a fierce fire was opened from the town on our batteries, which was returned half an hour afterwards from the French and English batteries. For two hours the boom of artillery was heard from both sides with awful violence. It then I slackened for a brief interval that the men might obtain necessary refreshment. In , a few minutes afterwards the storm of cannon balls_ were again heard. Shortly afterwards a French Magazine blew up in the battery on the' extreme right, and nearly MD of our gallant Allies were killed or wounded in the terrific explosion. The, Fri.ncli land fire was thus materially weakened, an °cc?: I si/na.l gun at intervals being a ll th a t was h eard from that quarter. The English kept up the con test with deadly power, and about half-past twelve the French fleet joined in the attack, followed in anotherhourbytheEn,gliab vessels, whose positions prevented them from falling in at an earlier hour. From that time the fire was continued without cessa tion until half-past six o'clock, p.m., when the dark ness compelled them to draw off after inflicting enormous damage on the Russian forts, and making important additions to the vexata questio of wood and stone, or British oak against Russian granite. The next day was employed in repair ing damages, which Admiral DUNDAS anticipated being able to do in 24 hours, but which would probably take longer time for our Allies. It is useless to deny that the fire from the town was more formidable than had been anticipated, and that some days should be devoted to repairs to the French, and before they could again open an effectual fire. The English land batteries were, however, according to General OANROBERT, " in the best possible condition," and from what we have since learned there is but little doubt that they were still enabled to continue the attack which bad proved so deadly to the inhabitantF. From the 18th we are obliged to pass on to the 25th ult., when the unexpected attack. at Inkerman took place. That it should have been unexpected seems rather strange, for it will be fecolleeted that it was threatened en the 13th, twelve days previously, and that some of " our own Correspondents' pointed out the dangers of an attack in that very quarter. No pre ' cautions were, however, taken on that account, and hence the temporary reverse sustained through the panic of the Turkish troops. We say, tempo rary, for there can . be but little doubt that the position was fully retrieved within the two follow ing days. On Saturday we pointed out what had taken place, so far as could be gleaned from the rather vague and mystified statement of Lord STRATFORD DE REDCLIFFEI, who gave it, not from authentic accounts from English Generals, but from what he could collect from the captain of an English steam-transport, who combined the in formation he had received from various bystanders. We shall soon have further tidings, and it would not greatly surprise us if. we heard at any moment of the :capitulation of the beleaguered town. The attack on the 25th and 26th was manifestly the chief hope of the besieged, and, these having failed, we should not feel at ail astonished if they terminated the hopeless st niggle, and saved further bloodshed in the' only prac ticable mode. This is the more probable, as the garrison can obtain unobstructed egress from the town, and join the corps in the open field under General LIPRANDI. While readily admitting the many and great advantages derived from the establishment of County Courts, and the new code for the cheap and expeditious recovery of small debts, we can not remain indifferent to some serious abuses connected with the practice, which operate very oppressively and unfairly towards some unfortu nate persons brought within their jurisdiction. This grievance, and it is a very flagrant one, arises from some few of the Judges taking advan tage of a manifest omission on the part of the framers of the new code, and totally disregarding the authority of other courts of co-ordinate jurisdiction as well as straining to the utmost the extraordinary powers confided to their charge, and which are far greater than those entrusted to the venerable and experienced Judges of the Superior Courts. It has been said that " the discretion of the court is the law of tyrants." Any act, however illegal or inequitable, may be committed under its shelter, and the Judge, who is restrained neither by the fear of publicity, nor the attendance of a regular bar, becomes an autocrat, who, by his whims and caprices, may inflict the greatest injury and suffering upon those who have the misfortune to be brought within his jurisdiction. Such persons are governed by no rules. They will not conform to the regula tions established by their more discreet brethren, but where they know that there can be no appeal from their judgments, they deliver them without regard to justice or expediency, equity or sound policy. Hence it comes that there is not only one law for the rich and another for the poor, or rather one law for debtors owing considerable sums, and another for those who had less credit, or did not avail themselves so freely thereof, but totally different laws for the residents in different dis tricts, aye, for the inhabitants of adjoining streets. th e authority of to the contemptuous disregard of We hav e re p ea t e dl y di rec t e d p u bli c a tt en ti on the learned Commissioners of the Insolvent Court occasionally display e d i n th e Whit ec h ape l District. r • Sericant MANNING, who presides in that Cc u t, has totally ignored the proceedings of the Court at Portugal-street, and unceremoniously commits the unfortunate debtor, although his case may be actually Pending before the Insolvent Debtor:;' Court at the moment, and all his means locked up, or even after the case had been thoroughly investigated, the creditor heard and proved, to have no sufficient grounds for detaining the in solvent longer in custody. The latest case on the subject was that of RICHARD HARRIS, in reference to whom an appli cation was made to Mr. Commissioner PHILLIPS on the lst instant. It appeared that the insol vent had filed his petition on the 28th August, and obtained protection until the 30th November, the day named for his hearing. A creditor who had, on the previous 31st July, obtained a judgment against him in the Whitechapel County Court, took out a judgment summons on the 24th Octo ber, whereupon the gentleman sitting as deputy for Mr. Sergeant MANNING committed him to . Whitecross-street for forty days, the outside period that he was allowed by law ; and, as the insolvent swore without any examination what soever, or giving him any opportunity of being heard in his own defence. An application was then made to Mr. Commissioner PHILLIPS for his discharge ; but . the Learned Commissioner, while deploring what he justly designated as " a miser able state of the law," felt himself unable to inter fere. The deputy of Mr. Sergeant MAN NING was all-powerful for the time being, and sent poor RICHARD HARRIS to prison for forty days, although he had made a full state-. meat of his affairs, surrendered all his property, so as to be deprived of the means of satisfying tho demand, and was protected against the orders and judgments of the Superior Courts, which were thus far less effectual than the ukases of Mr. Ser jeant MANNING or his deputy. The unfortunate man was certainly tossed on the horns of a very awkward dilemma. "If you pay the demand you will be guilty of a fraudulent preference; and the adjudication of your petition will be adjourned sine die, and protection with drawn," says the Commissioner. "If you don't pay it," says the_Deputy-, "I shall commit you for 40 days, and no protection, order, or certificate granted by any Court of Bankruptcy, or for the re lief of insolvent debtors, shall be available for your discharge ; and, further, take notice that such imprisonment shall not in any wise operate as. a satisfaction or extinguishment of the debt or othter cause of action on which the - judgtnent has bei2n obtained, or protect you from being anew sum.. moned and imprisoned, or deprive the plaintAff of his right to take out execution against year goods and chattels, as if such imprisonment had not taken place. Nay more, I may, if I th=ink proper, send you every alternate mouth to prison for the remainder of your life." This fearful imstru men t of torture may thus be brought iv to operation against any man owing a single debt not amounting to 201. For him the salutary provisions of the insolvent law are ignored. He is a slave, bound hand and foot at the mercy of a remargedess creditor. The policy of the " Protection Act" is tat man should make a full disclosure of his affairs, and surrender all his property for distribution pro rata amongst his creditors, if he ha s not contracted his debts improperly, or been guilty .of other offences against the law s he obtains si fuiah protection. But the County Court Judge, Tvhc; hears only a single complaint, coolly seta a side this . deliberate judgment, and commits :gross injustice "against the unfortunate debtor. This should no longer be allowed. Next sessi on a suitable remedy must be provided for the iatoler able grievance. LATEST NEWS. THE SIEGE OF SEBASTOPOL, PARIS, MONDAY, Nov. 6. The Moniteur has the following : " THERA.PIA, °cr. 28. " The captain of a vessel, which left the. Crimea on the 26th, announces that the fire of - the be- sieged had become slack and uncertait They were running short of artillerymen, and soldiers of the line were working the guns. The 'trenches were 400 metres from the town. It was thought that the assault would take pace in a few days. " On the 25th the Russians attacked the ad vanced posts of a corps of observation, and suc ceeded in taking the redoubts occupied by the Turks. The second French division and an Eng lish division repulsed the enemy with vigour and a success which does great honour to the Allied THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 6. 185 4. armies. "A vessel which 'hus arrivied at Marseilles Constantinople, which dates from the Crimea of the 26th, brings the report of an insurrection of the Poles at Sebastopol, many of whom had left town. MARSEILLES, SUNDAY EVENING. The Ganges steamer has arrived with des patches from Constantinople of the 28th. It is stated that on the night of the 22d the. Russians spiked seven guns in a battery guarded, by the 26th French Regiment. The siege batteries of the Allies were in full play, and produced a terrible effect. It was thought that the assault would be made on the 2d or 3d of November. VIENNA, SUNDAY, Nov. 5. The Oest. Correspondenz states that, accordinr g to advices from Odessa, nothing decisive had occurred at Sebastopol up to Oct. 29. It is added that it will be well to wait :for more positive details respecting a sortie of the Russians on the 26th, and the conflicts between Liprandi's division and the Allies. Positive orders have been issued that the whole of the Austrian army must be prepared fur notion by the 31st of January. The commanders of the expedition to the Crimea held a council of war on board the 11Coga dor on the 27th, to determine the day for the general attack, and to deliberate upon future operations. Advices from the Crimea, via Warsaw, up to the 27th October, state that General Liprandi had retired to the head-quarters at Bakshi-Serai., The entire Russian reinforcements are reported to be . 70,000 men. PARIS, SUNDAY. ' The following appears in the Moniteur this morning : VIENNA, Nov. 4. "During the 25th the Russians, 30,000 strong, threw themselves suddenly on the Turkish re doubts in the neighbourhood of Balaklava. The Turks were forced to yield to numbers, but the English light cavalry brigade came up to stop the progress of the enemy, and was speedily supported by the heavy cavalry and a French division. The two allied armies rivalled each other in bravery, and the Russians were put to flight with considerable loss. On the 26th, the day after, our positions were attacked as well on the side of Balaklava as on that of Sebastopol. The allied armies repelled this double attack with the most brilliant success, and the enemy left 1,000 dead on the field. The fire from the batteries of the place had slackened a good deal, and the siege operations were pursuing their course in the most favourable banner. A Russian despatch, received via Warsaw, an nounces that on the 27th and 29th the relative positions of the besieged and the besiegers remained I ;he same. The siege works were pushed on, but the most advanced batteries had not yet been armed with guns. A second Russian deSpatch, dated Odessa, Nov. 1, asserts that up to the 29th nothing decisive bad occurred. On the 27th the Allies attacked General Li- prandi's corps without effect. Omer Pacha is ordered to send a reinforce- went of 20,000 to the Crimea. It is stated, on tho authority of a Russian de- spatch, that on the night between the 28th and 29th ult., the weather in the Black Sea was ter- The Allied ships were obliged to run out to sea ; and the besieging armies, drenched by the rain in their trenches, were unable to keep up their fire. BERLIN, STYkDAY, Nov. 5. Advices from St. Petersburg, dated 4th Novem ber, give news from Sebastopol of the 29th Octo- They state that the enemy (the Allies) had completed their second parallel and advaneed their batteries. ber. General Danneberg's reinforcements were ex pected to join Prince Menschikoff on the 3d of November. These same advices announce that General Ni colai had defeated Schamyl near Grosnaja. PRUSSIA AND RUSSIA. The Frernden-Blatt of Vienna publishes a letter 'from St. Petersburg, in which it is stated that on the 27th Oct. the Czar refused an audience to the Prussian Ambassador. OPENING OF THE SIEGE. , ( From a Second Edition of the ifornbiy Post.) The arrangements under which this important opera tion took place are minutely described in the following GENERAL ORDER. 16th October, .1854. MEMORANDUM FOR GENERALS OF DIVISION, THE COM MANDING OFFICER OF ARTILLERY, THE COMMANDING OFFICER OF ENGINEERS. The fire upon Sebastopol will commence to-morrow morning, about hilf-past six, from the French and English batteries] in co-operation with the combined 'Fleets. The precise moment of opening the fire, however, will be indicated by the successive discharge of three mortars from the centre of the works of the French army. The troops off duty will remain in their respective camps, ready to fall in at a moment's notic2, without their knapsacks, greatcoats, or bl an k e t s. The horses will. be attached to the field batteries. There will be with each division parties of sappers, consisting of2o men and an officer of engineers ready to carry picks and shovels, crowbars and sledges, bags of powder prepared, felling axes, and scaling ladders. Each division will also have with it a detachment of 20 artillerymen under an officer of artillery, with rock ets and spikes for guns. (The latter are only to be used in the event of the troops baying to retire from a bat tery.) The arrangements for the collecting the several arti cles above enumerated will be carried out by the officer of engineers and the officer of artillery. The generals, of divisions will make every arrange ment for the ready communication of the troops with the reserve ammunition, which, however, need not be placed upon the horses until ordered. Previously to the opening of the fire, all advanced picquets, with the exception of the men selected to fire into the embrasures, will be withdrawn under the direc tion of the general officer on duty in the trenches, and retire under cover to their respective camp s . Tho cove r i ng partiesin 'the trenches will be kept clear of the batteries, and such of them as cannot find cover in the trenches will be moved to such positions in the rear or the flank as will insure their being at hand to protect the batteries, whilst they will be themselves screened from the enemy's fire. These covering parties will be moved as the commanding officer_ of the party may see occasion, in consequence of _the fire of the enemy. When the whole trench is occupied by guns, the covering parties must be placed as above stated, under adequate cover in the neighbourhood. The working parties will remain in the trenches, or be withdrawn, according to the judgment of the com manding engineer. As it is probable that the field batteries may be re , quired to move, the senior artillery officer of the division, and the officer commanding each battery, will make themselves accinaiated with . the communications to their rigtit and left. The cavalry, under Lieutenant -General the Earl of Lucan, and the troops of all arms under Major-General Sir C. Campbell, British and Turkish posted for the de fence of Balaklava, will be held in readiness throughout the day, to act on the shortest notice. The meat for the men's dinner will be cooked as early as posSible to-morrow morning, in case of the army having to move forward. In the event •of an advance, the Commander of the Forces particularly requests the general officers com manding divisions and brigades, the commanding officers of regiments, and the officers commanding companies, to impress upon the men the great neces sity of maintaining their formation and keeping their order. The success of any operation they may be called upon to undertake, their honour, and, indeed their oWn indiVidnal safety, depend upon their being under complete control, ready to repel any attack, or to overcome any resistance that may be opposed to them. Lord . Raglan will be at the quarries in front of the third division (Sir Riehard England's). General Canrobert, ,at the Maison d' eau on th e l e ft o f the British line, and on the right of the Frenchepositien. (Signed) RAGLAN. -- .._.__. The siege commenced at half-past six o'clock, and was carried on with great vigou r for several hours. Tho range of the Russian guns 'was discovered in a very short time, and before 10 o'clock aßonnd Tower battery in advance of the m a in works was silenced. Two French and one English powder magazine ex• ploded during the morning. They were not of great im portance, but merely trench magazines. • A most shameful piece of neglect on the part of the home authorities was discovered soon after the siege commenced. The shell§ for the Lancaster guns are too large for the bore, and every shell costs immense labour in filing dawn before it can be used. One of the English Lancaster guns was dismounted early in the day, but soon put right again. A French battery of 14 guns was dismounted, and their works considerably injured. A Russian steamer stationed in the harbour, which had annoyed the British lines very much hitherto, was sunk at her moorings on the 17th. Sebastopol has suffered greatly, and about mid-day a magazine of considerable magnitude in the centre of the town was blown up. Our sharpshooters, with their Minh rifles, have been most successful in picking off the Russian artillerymen. A Russian officer, who has been taken prisoner, re ports that the whole glacis of the fortifications of Sebas topol can easily be blown up by the enemy, as it is all hollow, and full of powder. , On the 14th of October, the Russians fired 1,300 shots from their batteries, and only wounded one man. The same extravagant expenditure of shot and shell was continued on the 16th, with very trifling damage to the works in progress; btrt on this day Captain the Hon. Hercules Rowley, of the Grenadier Guards, brother of Lord Langford, was killed by a spent shot, which struck him in the hack, while in command of a covering party in the trenches. On the 16th, the 93rd Highlanders were added to the garrison at Balaklava ; and the whole of this division of the Allied Forces was placed under the command of General Sir Colin Campbell, .K.C.B. Major-General Sir De Lacy Evans has been very ill, but is recovering. The French have presented the English army with 20,000 loaves of bread, weighing 3lbs. each, from their bakery at Varna. Our own Commissariat is much con demned for not being able to supply the men with bread instead of biscuit— especially at a moment when so many are suffering from eating nothing but salt provi sions: - THE CRIMEA. A Varna correspondent, writing on the 24th ult., cornmunicatea th e f o ll ow i n o• intelligence from the Crimea : "The siege operations are conducted by the French General Bizot and the English General Burgoyne, and each had 36,000 men at his disposal. Admiral Bruat had constructed a strand battery above the quarantine harbour. The French camp was removed on the 20th further towards the Chernaya, in order to strengthen the right wing of the English, which was exposed to an attack from Bakchi- Serai. Genral Caurobert contemplated sending a division into the spring lands, where the Russians had entrenched themselves. All the sallies had had the object of destroy theer the camp fortifications, and were not direeLd against eiege batteries. It was reported that the Russians intended to make sallies in strong force, and in an ex treme case even to venture upon giving The following is an extract from an OdesEa letter of ;he 26th, received in Vienna in an authentic quarter :: "The distance from thiS place to Sebastopol is 640 wersts, which is travet:sed in thirty-six h ours rage larly, You may receive telegraphic intelligence from Odessa, via. Sisoheneff and Czernovvitz, in from thirty to thirty-four hours, and from Sebastopol in three days two hours. I learn the following from the seat of war. The explosion of one of the steamers of the allies is confirmed ; parts of the wreck were found on the shore, and also corpses, horribly mutilated, which were buried in the cemetery.. Sebastopol burnt three days consecutively, but the stores of ammunition and pro visions were saved, though with great difficulty. A. letter of 'the same date, from the Czar to Prince Men schikoff, concludes with the words, The enemy must be defeated at any price ; and I hope that your next messenger will bring intelligence of victory.' In all the churches of the Crimea and southern Russia prayers are being offered up for the success of the Russia* arms. The Russian force at Bakchi Sarai consists of the 4th corps, 2 divisions of the 6th corps, 9 regiments of cavalry, 27 pulks of Cossacks, and 120 cannon, altogether amount ing.to more than 70,000 men." The Journal de Constantinople repeats a rumour which it declares requires confirmation, namely, the entrance into Sebastopol by the northern side of Gene ral Osten-Sacken with 25,000 men. TURKEY. CONSTANTINOPLE, Oct. 20. , Yesterday the Hydaspes steamer left for s Volo, in Thessaly, to bring up some Turkish troops destined for the Crimea. Reinforcements are much wanted there, as both the British and French armies have been sadly cut up by disease, aad greatly thinned by the losses in the victory of Alma. 15,000 men are said to be detached from the army of Omer Pacha in Wallachia, and on their way to Varna, to be embarked for the Crimea. It is said that 30,000 more French are expected out. The Allied armies in the Crimea together do not num ber 60,000 men, British and French, whilst the Russians are expecting strong reinforcements. The number of cannon shots fired till the evening of the 18th by , the Allies and Russians at Sebastopol is estimated at 180,000. As yet it has been impossible to ascertain the effect pro duced, and the respective losses. On the land side the Russians restore the batteries damaged with marvellous celerity, and do not appear to lose courage ; so that it cannot yet be exactly predicted when the assault will take place. THE PRINCIPALITIES. Count Coronini, the Commander-in-Chief of the Austrian troops in the principalities, has addressed a letter to the Council of Administration of Moldavia, stating that as the Emperor of Austria had entered into a treaty with the Sultan to re-establish a legal and regular state of things in the principalities, the Cabinets oV Vienna and the Porte had conceived it necessary, in order to effect that object, to recall the legitimate prince 9, and in consequence an invitation had been sent to Prince Ghika to leave Vienna and re turn to his post in the town of Jassy, which the Prince would do without delay. Meanwhile the Count con• ceived it right to give due intimation of the fact to the ColinCil of Administration of Moldavia. THE WAR IN ASIA. TUBBIZONbI3 2 Oct: 10.—This day, Haffiz Pacha, our governor, arrived here by the steam:boat Pursud, after having. accompanied the new Muchir, Mustapha Pacha, fromTchouronkson to Soukum Kale. Letters haVe reached ais p l aCefron:Latcias that 12,000 Circassian hor3earien had resolved to go to the Crimea, and would soon be ready for embarkation in the event of steam-boats being sent by the allies to convey them. The Wasp, which was cruising about the coast of Cir cassia and Abasia, entered on the 4th into the port of Batonm, after having superintended the trans port of provisions and munitions of war from Redout Kale and Soukum Kale to Pitzunda. There is no' want of provisions in the garrison of Redout Kale, and every day the Mingrelians bring them fresh supplies ; but it was doubtful bow far, it would be safe to admit them into the fort. More than one, of them may be a spy in the service of a Russian employe, disguised in the gar ments of a friend. Within these few days there has been a continued disembarkation of munitions of war, siege cannon, &c., at this place, and all the streets leading to the quay are covered with them. A letter from Erzeroum mentions an expedition that had been undertaken against the Russians, who were within a short distant of Baizazit, but no account was given as to any action between the belligerents. The Turkish courier, Feriaz Bey, travelling from Erze rouna:to Tchinan, was assassinated by the Russians be fore his arrival at Khoi ; the bags containing the letters and despatches were carried off. RUSSIA. The Invalide Ruse, of the 26th ult., contains the following proclamation of the Emperor to the army at Sebastopol : " His Majesty the Emperor havinc , received the report of the Aide r de-Camp-Gen era l Prince kenschikoff, testify ing to the resolute courage, the exemplary firmness and laudable abnegation which the army and navy forming the garrison of ;Sebastopol displayed during the bombard ment of tho town by the Anglo-French on the 17th and 18th, expresses his sincere gratitude to the said forces, from the general down to the simple soldier, for the great warlike exploits by which they have completely justified the confidence of his Majesty. The Ethperor takes pleasure in believing that they will not cease to distinguish them selves by their bravery, and by all the qualities which distinguish the veritabl e c hild ren o f Russia. " The German Journal of Frankfort states from Vienna that the Imperial Guard which has left St. Peters burg consists of 41,000 'infantry, 12,000 cavalry, and 3,000 of the engineer corps, with 120 guns. The total of the six Russian corps d'armde which menace the Austrian frontier is stated to amount to 285,000 infantry, 30,000 cavalry, 18,000 artillery, and 720 guns. The Austrian troops, under J3aron Hess, amount to 220,000, with 300 guns, but that number can be rapidly_increased if necessary. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, Nov. 2.—M. von der Pfordten, the Bavarian Prime Minister, arrived here from Berlin last night, sad has taken up his quarters at the residence of Count Lerchenfeld-Kofering, the Bavarian -Minister at this Court. M. von der Pfordten had his first interview with his Excellency Count Buol. We hear that he has brought with him some tangible results of his mission to Berlin, in the shape of a memorandum or draft of a protocol, - A Vienna letter of the 30th ult., in the Breslau Gazette,. says "In the note which the Cabinet of Saint Petersburg has just addressed to its ambassador at Vienna, Russia re torts against Austria the complaints which the latter has brought forward. She. pretends to see in the assemblage of troops in Gallicia and the Bukowine a threatening demon stration which has compelled her to send the guard into Poland. Everything which relates to the four points of guarantee is carefully aioided in this note." Another Vienna letter of the same date in the same journal says :-,- " It is known that the Rusiian Cabinet has just sent a note to Its amhassador at Berlin. Another arrived two days agei to PrinceGortschakoff, the ambassador atVionna, the contents of which arc the same asethat sent to Berlin, but has,. it is said, this important addition That in re ality the assemblage of troops in the kingdom of Poland was first caused by the collection of masses of Austrian troops in Gallicia, but that nevertheless these as semblages had merely a defensive character.' Prince Gortschakoff went • yesterday and communicated this note to • Count • Buol, but did not leave him a copy of it. The differences which had arisen between Austria and Turkey 'relative to the administration of the Principalities appear to have been completely arranged . .. The principal point . was the organisation of the Principalities. Austria wishes to see established in those provincei institutions which will allow less play to party struggles, and limit the power of the Boyards. She demands also that the Turkish Commissioner shall be changed as well as the Commandant of Bucharest. These demands have, as is known, been acceded to. It may be positively affirmed that the army of Italy is not yet com pletely on- a war footing. What has been stated of the formation• of armies in Bohemia and Moravia is merely from simple rumour." GERMANY. After the Conference held at Weimar on the 16th ult., between the Ministers of Saxe Weimar, Saxe Meiningen, Saxe Altenburg, and Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, the following note was addressed in the name of each State to Austria : "The Government of —does not hesitate to support the opinionthat the inactivity of the Confederation with regard to the great question of the moment causes prejudice to the dignity of Germany, andit believes also for its part that that question ought to be carried before the Diet. It is re solved likewise to adhere to a resolution of the Diet, if such a one- should be taken,: declaring that an attack of Russia on Austria, whether in the Principalities or on the Austrian frontier, would call all Germany to protect the territory of the Austrian empire, and that even if all the German interests, which may be placed in ques tion in tie course of the existing complications cannot at present be known, Germany appropriates to her self from the present moment, the two dem:bads of guarantee relative to the cessation of the Russian protectorate in the Principalities and the fre'e navigation of the Danube. The Government does not fear to express its disposition to adhere to a treaty to that effect, even if proposed to .the Diet by Austria alone, since full of con fidence in the German sentiments of A ustriac and Prussia, it has the certain hope that in the course of the negotia tions which - will take place in the Diet, an accord will be established between the Powers—an accord to which the Government of attaches the greatest importance, and without which there cannot be any importance for Ger many, but only innumerable dangers." FRANCE. PARIS, SUNDAY EVENING. The Duke de Plaisance, president of the commission formed to examine into the claims of the old soldiers of the Republic and the Empire to participate in the grant of 2,700,000 francs, has made a report to the Emperor of the result of the commission up to the 20th ult. Agsistance has been granted to 12,054 old soldiers, of whom 1,246 were •octogenarians, 5,524 sep tuagenarians, and 5,284 sexagenarians. Life annuities have also been granted to 999 of the first category, 2,633 of the second, and 1,333 of the third, thus bringing up the total number of claims admitted to 17, 019 . " This number considerable, as it may appear," says the report, "is only about one-fifth of the number of old soldiers who have sent in . claims, and to whom the law of 1853 has: given ;hopes 'Of s e e i ng th e i r turn arrive." The report sAlds that, out of the claims allowed by the commission, 48 have been annulled from various causes by the prefects of *the ropective . departm e nts of the Claimants. The Lyonajournalsannouncf; that an order has been received to bre l ak up the camp of the south, and form it in the environs of that city. • The Afoniteur Algerien of the 30th ult. says :—" The season having become very favourable for the move ments of our little columns in the southern countries, and preparations having been made at Garyville, Lag houat, Bougada, amd Biskra, to take the offensive at the same time on all the points in advance of our souffiern link, operations are about to be commenced immediately, and as they will be made under the - best oonditions, every thing causes it to be hoped 'that good results will soon be attained," The Patric also says : " We extract the following details from a letter from the Crimea, of the 18th The Alger has done wonders, her pieces of 36, of which she had a monopoly, committed dreadful damage. At one moment the Russians, perceiving whence the greatest inj wry reached it, scarcely fired at any thing but at that vessel. She was the last to quit the post whichahe had taken up, and never weighed anchor until night came. The Jupiter and the Alger have been the most lucky of all the French ships-of-the-line, as neither of them has had a man killed or wounded. The Charlemagne suffered much in her machinery. The quarter-deck of the Ville de Paris was blown 'up. The Russians fired very badly. All their bombs, shells, and balls passed through or over our riggieg. The Alger is a proof of the inefficiency of their fire, as although she was subjected alone for some time to the fire of the two forts and the citadel, she re ceived only three shots in her deck, and four or five in her hall ." SPAIN . We have received the Madrid journals of the 31st ult. The Siglo . XIX. says tat the budget is to be presented to the Cortes by the Queen in person. The Espana states that amongst the savings to be effected are the suppression of the Royal Horse Guards, leaving only the halberdiers as a guard for the Queen ; the reduction of the Queen's civil list from 34,000,000 to 28,000,000 reals ; of those of the King, the Princess of the Asturias, and the Infante Don Francisco de Paula to 500,000 reals each, and that of the Duchess de Mont pensier to 1,000,000 reals ; and, finally, the suppression of the. allowances to the Queen-Mother, and the other members of the royal family. It is also proposed to reduce the budget of the royal household from 47,000,000 to 31,500,000 reals. Our accounts from Madrid are of the 30th ult. Persons who pretend to be in the secrets of ESpartero stated that he intended to resign the Presidency of the Council before the opening of the Cortes. This course was recommended by the de mocratic party, which is anxious that the Ministry should be appointed by that Assembly. The Minister of Foment() was preparing a pro ject of law on foreign immigration, which was said to be drawn up on most liberal principles, and cal culated to induce foreigners to settle in Spain. The Three per Cents. were done at 34f., and the New Three per Cents., at 17f. 90c. GREECE. A letter from Athens, of the 22d ult., in the 11 I oniteur, say s f—" The three steamers the Nil, Thabor, and Caire left the Pirmus yesterday and to-day, with troops on board,- bound to Constantinople. The troops•were in ex cellent hbalth." A letter from Smyrna of the 18th ult, states that do miciliary visits had been made there by the Turkish police ; and several Greeks, three Armenians, a Turk of Trebiionde, and an individual calling himself a Pole, had been arrested and sent off to Constantinople. They are charged with being spies of Russia. SWITZERLAND. We 'read in the amstitveionnel : —"The elections of the National Council of Switzerland are at present nearly terTninated, and it is possible to appreciate the sense in which public opinion has pronounced. The majority of the elected appear favourable to the new Constitution, and it may be said that in most of the cantons the spirit of conciliation has dictated the votes of the electors. SWEDEN. STOCKHOLM, Nov. 4. The three Parliamentary Chambers have finally voted the credit of 2,500,000 dollars demanded by 'the King on account of the fund for maintaining the neutrality of Sweden with respect to the present war. . MISCELLANEOUS. Count de Spaur, Bavarian Minister to several courts of Italy, died at Florence on the 24th ult. Letters from Smyrna state that the cholera had again broken out in that place. AMERICA. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, MONDAY MORNING. The United States mail steam-ship Union, Capt. Adams, arrived off C owe s a t 11 a . m ., on her way to Havre. She brings the American mails, and dates from New York to the 21st ult. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Nov. 6.—Wind this day at Noon, N.N.W. ; light, with fine, clear weather. PORTSMOUTH, Nov. s. —Wind, N.W: to N. Arrived— Vice-Admiral Gobius, from Manilla; Canada, St. John's, N.B. Sailed—Scorpion, for St. Michael's ; her Majesty's steamer Wrangler, for the Blaek Sea. PLYMOUTH, Nov. 4. —Wind, N.N.W. Arrived —Her cules, from Quebec; Nile, London, for Australia; L a dy Sale, Lyme, for Rio Janeiro .. Off ? Port—Wycliffe, from Portland Bay. FALMOUTH, Nov. s. —Wind, N.N.W. Arrived—Maria Buress, from the Mauritius ; George and Ludvig, Iquique ; Rosalie, Liverpool, for Cadiz ; Ragnagore, Callao ; Falcon (s), Nantes, for Cardiff, in want of coals. Sailed—Chin sura, for Antwerp ; Wringen, Gefle ; Alice, Memel. Off Port—San Francisco, from ull, and sailed for Bremen ; Rose, Marseilles, and sailed for Southampton. DARTMOUTH, Nov. s. —Wind, N.W. Arrived—Gurli, from Antwerp, for St. trbe'e. Sailed Onward, for Jersey. COWES, Nov. s. —Wind, N.N.W. Arrived—Admiral, from St. John's, N. 8.; and sailed for Hull; Augusta, London, for Hobart Town, leaky. RAMSGATE, Nov. s. —Wind, N.W. Arrived—Bertha Stockholm, from Malaga. Sailed—Velocity, for London. OFF THE NORTH FORELAND, Nov. 4.—Gertrude, from the East Indies ; Sultana, do. SOUTHAMPTON, Nov. 4.—Wind, N.N.W. Arrived-- Devonshire (s), from London, and left for Dublin ; Sylph (s), Dublin, and left for London. Sailed—lndus (s), for Alexandria. _ _ PENZANCE, Nov. 4.—Wind,, N. Sailed—Juatine, for L'Orient. - 13EisTin, Nov. 4.—Wind, S.W. Arrived—Ann Hood from Africa ; Panona, Fayal. MILFORD, Noy. s. —Wind, Arrived—Pio IX. from Ardrossan, for Genoa. SHIELDS, Nor. 4.—Wind, N.W.. Arrived—Kate, from Quebec_i' Harmony, Catfthagen4; Immanu e l, Copenhagen. OFF D UNGENESS, Nev. 3.—Arrived—Figaro, from St. Tibet's, for Stockholm. POOLE, Nov. 4.—Arrived--Angler, from Trinity, New foundland. BRIDLINGTON BAY, Nov. s.—Arrived—lda, from Denia, for Newcastle. SHEERNESS, Nov. s.—Wind, N.W. Sailed—Auster Litz (French line-of-battle ship), for Cherbourg. SWANSEA, Nov, 5. —Sailed—Donna Anna, for Bahia. MINISTERIAL MOVEMENTS.—Lord John Russell did not proceed to Norfolk yesteiday, but remained at his residence, Pembroke-lodge, Richmond-park. Viscount Palmerston will return to London on Monday from his seat, Breadlands, , Hants. The Duke of Newcastle, Sir James Graham, and the Earl of Clarendon are actively engaged in London with the duties of their respective departments. Lord Aberdeen, the Lord Chancellor, Mr. Sidney Herbert, and Sir William Molesworth also remain in town. • Sir George Grey has not yet sufficiently' recovered from the effects of Ws. recent accident to travel from Falloden, Northum berland, to town. The Chancellor of th• Exchequer continues at Hawarden Castle. DREADFUL EXPLOSION OF Fine WORKS AND Loss OF THREE LIVES.-6ffiCild report.—This day (Monday.) —This morning, shortly befo re fi ve o'clock, a fire bf a destructive character,- attended with serious loss of pro perty and life, occurred at Mr. Watson's, fire work maker, Cannon-street, 'St. George's-in-the-East. The fire is believed to have originated in one of the lower rooms, through one of the children snuffing the catttlle, i tke 16* of yvhichiell into her apron, filled with squibs, who, i n he r f r i g h t, threw them all over the room, when a tremendous explosion of fireworks fol lowed. On the arrival of the Royal Society's fire escapes the conductor, ascertaining that several children were in bed, ascended his machine, but was unable to get them out. They were afterwards found nearly burnt to a cinder. A female and two children were taken to the hospital, so greatly injuredthat their lives are despaired of. THE LARGEST MAIL EVER KNOWN TO AUSTRALIA Al INDIA.---00 Saturday morning last, the lar h g e est ever despatched from London was sent from t Post -office in St. Martin's-le-Grand. It at consi sted m Generalao f required upwards of 20 omnibuses to convey 621 boxes of letters and papers, 12 por c t e m nve n y e t a h u e s,and terminus in where it enor mous mass of correspondence to tlae the Waterloo -road, en route for S outhampton, India, was chiefly in conse quencereason of this mail being so heavy, . first despatch since was embarked per ship to Ind Australia,. &c. The rate to Australia from one - the reduction of the postage free to going their des of the fact of its being the shilling to sixpence, newspapers attaches to des tination. DISPATCH.—The une x ampled Awith th e operation s [ATIVERTISEMENT.] SUE i Dispatch to devote a greater space to Allied Armies in tors of the every incident. ctohneneEcateet— haa irgence from the Seat of War than the ordinary, the inte i limits o f this the Largest Newspaper could possibly • h the view ofgiving afford, and with the amplest details, Weekly have resolved upon the issue of a Series of Supplements, which will include every particular connected with the siege an d decision of the contest at Sebastopol, and will b e continued whenever demanded by the progress of the cam paign. By the publication of these Supplements 3nfdtEeeNtre::sei determined GiownßpheeAdi ; ah l ttsihoen the portion of the paper usually devoted to incidents of domestic and political importance will be reserved in tact, and the engrossing subject of the War w ill receive tie fullest and rilest varied illustration. A Supplement will be.published -on Sunday next,.November 12th. Orders are requested to be forwarded as early as possible to all news agents iia town and country ; or to the publisher, 1 at the office,.l39, ) Fleet-street London. MONEY MA RKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELL f GE'NCE. CITY, TWO o'CLOCK. • The sales of cotton at Liverpool on Saturday were estimated at 7,000 bales, including 500 American and 500 Surat taken for export and on speculation. The market was firm at previous rates. The sales comprised 6,000 American, 80 Bahia at 6gd., and 800 Surat at 3kd. to 3d. per lb. Railway Shares were quiet, but firm. In Mark-lane trade is brisker this morning, and. there is an advance of 2s. to 3s. per quarter in wheat compared with last Monday's prices. The rates of freight to Australia are quoted at 50s. to 70s. per ton of 40 feet to Adelaide, 755. to 90s. to the wharves of Geelong and Melbourne, and 50s. to 70s. to the Bay. To Sydney the charges are 50s to 605., and to New Zealand 90s. to 100 s. The exports are to a fair extent, but by no means on the same scale as early this year, a circumstance that cannot but afford satisfaction. The letters from Birmingham are rather dis couraging as regards the iron trade, the demand having diminished, and there is an expectation that at the next meeting of the ironmasters a reduction of 20s. will be made. Complaints are made in accounts from Belgium of the serious impediments to commerce occasioned by the quarantine regulations in Spain. One vessel upon arriving at Cadiz was ordered back to Port Mahon, in the Minorca Islands, involving a " delay of probably some weeks, should the wind prove adverse, besides onerous port dues. The importation, and consumption of rice in Bel-, gium is rapidly increasing, and the quantity re ceived there is stated to rival that obtained by England. The cheapness of the article is in its favour, being 5 to 6 centimes per half killOgramme lower than wheat flour. The machinery for clean ing and dressing rice is stated also to have been greatly improved. The accounts by the steamer Europa report a stringeneesitifothe New York money market ; and. stocks'B6ntinued as depressed as for some time past. The last weekly return of the City banks showed a contraction in the discounts, arid in every department there was a reduction. The falling off in the specie, however, was muchless than was anticipated, being considerably under a million • of dollars. It was expected that the drain of the pre cious metals would gradually subside, and that the supply on hand would soon be considerably aug mented, for already there was leavinesS in the exchanges, and a decline in the rates. The re demption of United States' Loans at the Treasury during the week ending Oct. 21 amounted to 41,150 dollars. Freights were generally dull, flour tended upwards, and wheat was scarce and dear, but notwithstanding these facts there was an exportation of breadstuiTs of some importance to Liverpool. The Stock Market is dull this morning, and a little flatter upon the news of our serious losses in the Crimea, although the same confidence in our ultimate success still exists. Consols have been 94i 4 for • transfer and account, and since 94.1 The New 3 per Cents. have realised 931 to 4 f and the 3 per Cents. 934 Bank Stock is quiet at .211 to 214. Exchequer Bills have been 6s: to 95., and East India Bonds 10s. premium. Foreign Securities have been without any par ticular movement. The Turkish Serif) is at 1g to 1/ premium. Spanish Three per Cents. have been 38, and the. New Deferred 18i. The Passive Converted are 44. Venezuela Deferred Stock is worth lg.' Brazilian Old Bonds have been done at 99k. The following are the nominal prices of foreign stocks :—Grena'da Deferred Bonds, 51 to 6 ; Mexi can, 22g to 224 ; Peruvian, 70 to 72 ; ditto, 3 per Cents., 50 to 52 ; Portuguese 4 per Cents., 40 to 42 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 95 to 97 ; ditto, 44 per Cents., 84 to 86 ; Spanish New Deferred, 18k to 184 ; ditto, 3 per Cents., 37i to 384 ; ditto, Certificates, 5g to 5g ; ditto, Passive, 44 to 41. In pursuance of the understanding come to at the annual meeting, in June last, of the Great ' Western Railway Company of Canada, the Direc tors again mot the shareholders on the 29th Sep tember, for the purpose of laying before them a statement of the operations of the company during the first half year of the line being opened for traffic, of the outlay of capital, and progress made towards, the completion of the works, and an estimate of the expenditure still considered neces sary to finish the line in a way that will enable it to do the business which there is reason to believe will come upon it. In the estimate required for future outlay, the Directors have formed' their judg ment upon a careful consideration of all the cir cumstances involved. "No expense or outlay is included. which they think can. safely be omitted, and they have tried to study the shareholders' interest in all that has been done." The receipts at 31st July, 1854, had reached. 2,579,0891., of which 1,288,3441. was in company's bonds and Government debentures. The outlay having been 2, 907,007/., there is a balance of 327,918/. against the account. The accounts show that, up to 31st July, 1854, there had been incurred a gross charge of 2,907,0071.; the amount still due for rol ling stock, machinery, &c., 171,220/. ; the amount required to complete, and ballast the line, works, • and stations, as per estimate of engineer, is 359,1091.; amount still required for land and land. damages, 20,0G0/. ' • total cost of line an d ro lli ng stock, 3,457,3451. A further sum of 35,0001. will "be required for the completion of the two • steamers." Since the annual meeting in June last the company applied for and obtained bonds of the Provincial Government to the amount of 300,0001. sterling. These bonds were not, however, received until after the 31st of July last, and accordingly do not appear in the present accounts ; they have been, however, since then, disposed of upon satisfactory terms, and the proceeds placed to the credit of the company. This makes the position of the company stand, on the 31st of July, 1854, at 976,772/. ; less proceeds of Government Bonds, 373,8001. ; less other assets, 109,8501.-483,6501. ; balance, 493,1221. Of the above amount some portion will be payable in bonds and shares. " The total cost of the line and plant having so much exceeded all previous calculations, the Directors then explain, at great length, the causes which have led to such increase, from which, they state, "it will be seen how impossible it was to foresee the large additions which have been ,made to the cost of the line • but it is satisfactory to know that about 300,000 K currency of the increase is for rolling stock." The report here remarks that, " although the Bonds of the provincial Government form an extra charge upon the re venue of the company of 15,000/. sterling a year, yet that this sum being invested, as is required by law, at compound interest, will, in about nineteen years, extinguish the said Bonds, or upwards of an *th of the capital of the company. This gradual process of liquidation of course adds to the value of the stock, in proportion as the process of liqui dation goes on." The railway meetings announced are the fol lowing : Company. Date. Place. Bradford, Wakefield, & Leeds Nov. 7, Bradford. European and N. American Nov. 7, St. John's N. Bruns. Kilk. & Gt: Lon. & War. (Ir.) Nov. 13,17, Gracechurch-st., London, Tilb., and Southend Nov. 10, London Tavern. Newport, Aberga.venny, and Hereford _ Nov. 16, London Tavern. The Railvbay Share Market has been firm, and in some instances rather higher pricei have been ob tained. Great Western have been buoyant, and North Western also. The South Western, Mid- land, and South Eastern have been the lines chiefly dealt in. The French shares are nominal, and less is doing in the Canadian. The Colonial and Foreign Mines have been ne glected, the Banks are less in demand, and the -Land Companies without alteration. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY 1T ONE O'CLOCK. (From the 08cial List.) Bu , iness dons. Sink Stock 2121 11 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 931 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 94 New 3 per Cent. Annuities Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 -16 India Bonds, £lOOO Consols for Account 14th NIT. 94 i Exchequer Bills, lid. 21000 £5OO 9 6 p Sinai) 9 6 p PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent 991 .',:panisti Bowls, 3 per Cent 3B Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent lBl Ditto Passive (Converted) 4 Turkish Scrip 6 per cent Venezuela Bonds, 31 per Cent. _ — Ditto Deferred, 1 per Cert lO able in London. HALP-PAST TWO. Dividends on the OM PaY Consols 94 Ditto November Aco wont ........ 941 The Queen has appointed Sir W. Gibson Craig, Bart., a member of the Board of Supervision for the relief of the poor in Scotland, in the place of Mr. William Mur ray, of Hinderland, deceased. The difficulty respecting M. Soul has been settled. He has been invited to pass through France on his way to Spain. The French Government are seeking to charter seve ral large English steamers for the purposes of the war, but they are difficult to be obtained, although high rate are offered. One or two, it is said, have been engaged fr.-An the General Steam Company. The Bishop of London has licensed the Ray. Otte Adolphus, 8.A., late curate of Great Bookham, Surrey, to the curacy of St. Matthias, Bethnal-green, (1 the nomination of the Rev, J, g, Colbourne, I rific.