The Sun. — London, England, 1854-10-23 00:00:00

141 E AA_ RKE T Jh. • GtiD COMMERCIAL INT ELL MENGE. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool on Saturday were estimated at 6,000 bales , i ncludin g 1,000 American S. taken for export and on s p eculation. The market closed tamely, without alteration, in prices. The 50 sales comprised 5,000 American, 70 Pernam and 13 i Marauham at 51d. to 61d., 30 Bahia at 6id., 200 31 Egyptian at 50. to 71d., and 800 Surat at 3d. to 4d. per lb. Railway Shares wore firm. 27 Wheat is up again to-day, making the rise 83. to 5 22 Ds. per quarter. The new scam p duties on foreign bills are yield- St. ing largely to the revenue. One firm paid on Sa- T o • turday as much as 1,7001. The Indus, with the rest of the Overland Mail, 50 has arrived at Southampton , and her letters have K 1 been delivered. • 20 from 20 A telegraphic despatch , dated y esterday, 5 g Berlin, states that at St. Petersburg, on the 22d 25 inst., accounts, dated the 15th and 16th October, , 5 from the Crimea had reached that place, sent by St Prince Menschikoff, in which it is mentioned that 20 the Allies had succeeded in raising their batteries, St but that the Russia n artillery was so excellently St placed as to have prevented their opening fire up 8t to that date. This is later news than we have yet St had by any other opportunity. Freights do not rise, although there are fewer ships being put upon the berth for Australia. The following are the current rates in London, as given in the Weekly - Shipping List : Per ton of 40 feet Gijon (5)... BO Halifax ... 3O Hong Kong Jamaica 3os to 40 50 Lima Madeira St- Madras Malaga 35s to 47 1 - o e, Malta Marseilles Mauritius ............ 25s to 30 114, Memel ............... 25s to 30 St. St. Messina Monte Video sos to 60 20 ° Montreal 3O 40 1-2"' Naples ... ..... • Nassau ............... 40s to 50 50 „• New York 2os to :30 40 1I 0p0rt0........................ 30 1 Palermo Paint de Gallo 65 25 Providence, I% S 3si 8125 St. Rio Janeiro 80 St. San Francisco 45 S San Sebastiap 25s to s t. Santander (steamer) BO ~, Seville Shanghai Sierra Leone Singapore 5myrna................... St. Thomas ... Tobago 40 St. For ton of 40 feet. Australia — B. Adelaide sos to 70 Hobart Town sos to 70 LaUDICeStOII sos to 60 Melbourne or Geelong Wharves 7ss to 00 Melbourne or Gee long sos to 70 Moreton Bay 7O New Zealand ...90s to 100 Portland Bay Port Fairy lOO S wan Riyer Sydney ............ 50s to 60 Alexandria 4O Algot. Bay Alicante ................ 60 Barbadoes 4O 45 Barcelona Batavia Bathurst (Gambia) Berbice Bilboa Regular ship pers by Aubert's Line of Packets ............... 35 Bilboa, other shippers 50 Bombay Boston 2os to 25 Buenos Ayres Cadiz 253 to 35 Calcutta Canton 5O Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope Ceylon 4O Trieste Constantinople Demerara 255 to 30 Valparaiso Dominica Genoa 3O Venice 45 Gibraltar 20 s t o 25 Whampoa The railway meetings announced are the fol lowing : Date. Place. Aberdeen .............. Oct. 26, Aberdeen. Demerara Oct. 31, London Tavern. Great Indian Peninsula Oct. 31, 3, New Broad-at. M ar yp o rt and Carlisle ....... North-Eastern Northern of France The sailing ship Light nin g , arrived at Liverpool 213 from Melbourne, brings dates of Aug. 20, having 1 0 made an extraordinary quick passage. Her letters st. are not yet in town. The Speedy, which left Sydney July 11, brings 20 St 12,576 ounces of gold. st The New York accounts, brought by the steamer to Hermann, state there was rather more activity in € public stocks at the latest date, but the quotations were fl uc tuating. Money was in mor e re q uest, and ssCt the large exportation of specie would cause contrac tion on the part of the banks, as it was much in 2( excess of the receipts. In about a month, how ever, it is considered the money market woul be- 2i co me easier. The exchange on England wa d s de dining, and shortly re g ular semi-monthly arrivals 16 would take place from San Fr ancisco. Flour had St. an improved tendency, cotton was steady, and 25 freights, since the arrival out of the Canada, ruled 20 firmer. The dry goods trade was rather more ac- ' , tive, and the prices realised were hi g her, exce p t for '2O German sorts, which went off heavily. The English Stock Market has been rather firm, go although not active, but the further advance of 4s. 10 to ss. in the price of wheat, making Bs. to 10s. since last Monday, has some effect in checking an im provement in the funds. Money in the discount 10 5 market is reported to be easy. Consols have 20 realised 941 to 94i• for transfer, and 941 for 20 account. The New 31 per Cents. have been quoted 93i to 931, and the 3 per Cents. 93,1- to 1. Bank 17 2 Stock has been supported at 211, and East India r o Stock at 232. The premium on Exchequer Bills 20 0 has been ss. to Sc., and on India B onds 11s. 0 Foreign Securities have been q uiet. Mexican E are not higher than 23 to 1. Brazilian Old Bonds 100 have been quoted 99/. Sardinian Stock is worth po 88i. Spanish 3 per Cents. have been 37i, the 20 New Deferred 18 } to 1 , an d the Passive Converted 21 • 4i. Dutch 2} per Cents. have been 61, and the 4 22.55 per Cents. 91. The following are the nom inal p rices of foreign 100 stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 5/- to 6i ; Mexi- Ico can, 23k to 23i ; Peruvi an, 71 to 73 ; ditto, 22 3 per Cents., 37 to 38 ; Portuguese 4 per Cents., 5 40 to 42 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 85 to 87 ; ditto, 20 4i per Cents., 84 to 86 ; Spanish New Deferred, 100 181 to 181 ; ditto, , 3 per Cents., 37i to 38 ; ditto, 1•10 Certificates, 5 to 51 ; ditto, Passive, 4,i to 5. 100 The Railway Share Market wears a firm appear- 1 00 ante on the whole, although business is not active. 20 The principal transactions hav e been in Caledonian, 100 Great Northern, Midland, and South Eastern. 20 5 The French lines have been all h i g her. In the Foreign and Colonial Mining Shares there 2( Las been nothing done, the Banks are in request, and the miscellaneous nominally without change. Company. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES: (From the 00i.lia.1 List.) Bwiness done. Bank Stock 2ll 10 12 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities. 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 943 3 - 1 , 1 i New 3 per Cent. Annuities Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 Dittc. 30 Years, Expire 10th Oct., 1859 4 1-16 I n dia Stock I n dia Bonds, £ lOOO ... ..... Ditto, tinder £lOOO 11 Consols for Account 14 t h Nov. Exchequer Bills, 24d. £lOOO £5OO Small 8 5 p Exchequer Bonds 1858, 31 per Cent. — . Pitt* 1859, ~ PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent 991 Ditto New, 1852, 41 per Cent 961 Mexican 3 per Cent. Ditto for the Account 23i 3 Peruvian 41 per Cent. — Ditto for tho Account 7O. Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent... BB/ Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 374 Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent lBl a Ditto Passive (Converted) Dividends on the shove payable in London. Dutch Exchange, 21 per Cent. 12 Guil Ditto 4 per Cent. Cartifieates. .. THREE O'CLOCK, Consols Ditto November A acount ........ 948 LIVERI'OOI, OCT. 21.-BA - um-To or TUB ABi The British an d North American royal mail steam-shipitll"— _ Arabia, CAptai n Judkins, sailed from Liverpool to evr - 50 York this foren oon, a 11 o'clock, with the usualt mails,- 20° a full cargo, and 154 passengers. [ADVERTISEMENT I— S u ppIement, gratis, with the lop Weekly Dispatch o f Sunday, October 29th. The Weekly 20 Dispatch of Sunday, the 29th of October, will be accom panied by a Supplement, c ontaining the most ample 20 particulars of the Bombardment of Sebastopol and every e vent of interest con nected with the operations of the 50 Allied Armies in the Crim ea u p to the moment of pub- 50 lic a tion. This Supple u3 ent, like th e one p ublished or. 1-29, the 15th instant, and w hich was so highly appreciated "`" by the public, will be entirely devoted to the intelligence of the War. Purchasers will thus possess a detailed nar rative of all the great events of this important under taking, which may be preserved separately from the newspaper, if des:red, or, being uniform in size and ap pearance, can lee bound with the volume of the year. It I°lo is the intention of the Proprie tors to issue at intervals 5 other Supplements, carrying on the History of the War, and giving the fullest and most au thentic information on I 25 the subject. Orders should be immediately given to the 25 50 News-agents in town and. country, or at the Disetta !Place, 109, Fleet-stroot. I" Sll ARE MARKETS (THIS DAY.) BRITISH RAILWAYS. 'ald.l RAILVfIII. Closing Prices this day. 21 - 4i - 4,i 8i si 11i 1O 17 - 18 6 - 5i 05 6'7 59i -5.9 i li - 15 10 - 12 -2, GI - 7 lij - 11 ... --- • 66 - 68 55 - 57 22= 24 84 - 9 0 ..,3 77 - 7 9 124 - 126 90 -92 70i 71. 69 - 71 78 - 82 8 - 10 8 - 10 7O - 71 5i .. ...c. 103 - 105 Bil 100 3 / 4 101 iP ttP 81i- 82i, 9 - 8 - 7 - 69 - 42 Business tone this day. .00 kberd con ...... • . 81 A.Nabg. Nottng. Bost and Eastn. Junct.. all Belfast & Ballymena all Birming, Wolverh. Stour Valley ........ 29:1 Birlceulid. Lauesh. Cheshire Juliet all Do. Chesil. & Birk.,' £5O and 4;25 Cons. • 19 Do., ..... ..•• 30 itlyth &Tyne ori,gina £25 (issd. at £45 100 Bristol and Exeter—. _ H.) Ilan ......... . 21s. Caimarthou and Car digan ............ all Chester & Holyhea(i. all Cork and Bandon... all Cork, Black, & Pass. 14 C ,rnwall ............... 1 2 (irieff Junction....... 41 t)ubliu&BelfastJunc. all 'Dundee Perth &Aber dceu Junction all Do. New ...... •..... [OO East Auglian Eastern 100 ,:iisteru Union, A - - _ Stock 10C D&., B. Stock 81„ Do., New A 100 East Lancashire 100 Edinburgh it Glasgow 9 Minh. and Peebles 100 Edin.Prt Dunde, 1 'orth Si, Clyde June. 100 Glasgow &S. Westcri 100 Great Northern 'lOO Do., A. Stock 100 Do., B. 5t0ck,...... 100 Gt. Sth. &Mostar° 100 Great Western 100 00. Stour Val. Rail Gua. Stk all Irish South-Eastern all Lancaster & Carlisle 14 Do., Thirds 4 Do. New Thirds 100 Laneash.andYorksl , 19e, Do., Fifths 11i D Wst. Riding Un all Liv:C r sby.&Southpt all London & Blackwal 100 Bright & S.Cst 100 Lona. and N. Westv: 12 i)o. Fifths 1 Do.lo/.5h.,M&8... 2 Do. Eighths 100 London and S. We itn 42; Do., £5O 34 Do., £49 all I.,nclnd r ry& Coleraine all LndndiTy. & Ennisk 100 lianch.Shef.&Linclr Do., Man. & Lin. Uu.' 100 Aidland 100 .)o. Birmng.&Der l3 3 all Aidld.G. West. (Ire.) 22 Do. Half Shares ill] Newcastle & Carlisle 5l Newmkt.BuryExten 19 'Nwpt.Aberg. &Urfd 8 Newry &Enniskillen all Newry Warr enpoini and Rostrevur.. .00 Norfolk .... 3A "sTorthn.COMltieS UEI . LOO North British all: North Devon, No. 1 all Do., No. 2 all • bo., A Deferred a ll Do., B Guara ntee,' 101! N. Eastern—Berwick 20 ,Do. do. Extension 13 Dodo. G.N. E. Purch. all Do. Leeds l(X) Do. York all North London 8? Do. New £lO l le N.&S.Wstrn.,Hamp• stead, and City Jn. 17i North Staffordshire all North Western all N . . &S. Westin. June 1 Nuneaton, Hinckley and Leicester 00 Oxford, Worcester, t; 'Wolverhampton 4 l'ortsmouth 00 Scottish Central 00 Scottish Midland all ihrewsby. & Here) all -Shropshire Union Do. A, B, C,& paid up at per eel, all south Devon 00 -South Eastern all South Wales 15 Yrksh. & Riv. Dui 5 Do 8 itaines, Wok &Wok all tockton & Darliw • 151 ;tockton & Hartlep r , LOO Caff Vale .. 9 'Th. £lO shares 100 Do. Pref., No. 1 21 'lames Haven noel awl Railway all Vale of Neath all ',Valeria. & Kilkenn all Naterford&Limeriek 18 West Cornwall 3 Nest End of London and Crystal Palace.. all West Loudon Ills. Wimbledn &Croydon 48 3 33 . - 50 34 10 - 6. - 7 4 76t - -- - 8# 14 - 1 , 4 .- 54 53 - _55 Si a- 32 - 60 - 7i - 46 - 13 - 14 62 -1 f 2 - 33 i :--- 35 - ... ''' ... 6 - FOILEIGN. all .kntwerp &Rotterdam 3 Belgian Eastn. June. 8 Bcziers to Graissossac 2s. Bombay, Baroda, and Central India,Scrip ... Central of Italy all Demerara 14 Dijon and Besancon 9 Dutch Rhenish all Eastern of France 10 Do. New all East Indian 2 Do Extension all Do. 4 p. c. Bds., pay. '57, convertible all Do. do. do., '59, de.. 10 Gd. Junet. of France 12, Ga. Tk of Canada.A. is. all Do. do all Do. St. Lawrence & ..... _ Atlantic do. all Do. Cert. of Dcben., con. into Stk. till '63 all Do. Comp. 6p. c., do. 10 Gt. Central of France all Gt. Indian Peninsula 1 Do. New 5 per cent all t;t • Westernofeanad•t Shares all Do. Bds., payable's7, with option till '55 all Do. do., '62, p. '56 a ll Do. do., '7 6 , p. '6O- all Do. do., '73, without option.... all Hamilton & Toronto all Do. 6 per crnt. ...... 8 Lake Coust. & Basle all Lucca, & Pistoja sp. c. pref................... 12 Great Luxembourg Constituted Shares all Do. Obligations....... :0 Lyons and Geneva ... 12 Lyons & gediterran. 16. i, Nla.dras ................. 2 Do. New ................ , 31., Maria Antonia all Do. do. New • 2 Aolbourne Dk. &Ry 1 all Namur & Liege (with interest) i all Do. (ex interest) all Northern of France ) all D 0.201. Sbs.late Char leroi and Erquelines gu:ir. 3i p. e. & red. at 22Y. dur. 88 yrs. front 1 Jan. 1854.... 0 all Do. 201. 3p. c We. (fmy.B.& Ams. Slis.) O all NorwcgianTrunkPre :0 14 Paris and Lyons K) all Ditto Bonds h) all Paris and Orleans.... !O all Paris and Rouen •. 10 10 ParisCaen & Cherbrg. 20 all Rouen and Havre 20 20 Royal Danish ......... 5 3 Royal Swedish ......... 20 all Sambre and Meuse... 10 all Do. 5w p. cent. Pref.i 20 10 Southerr. of France.. 20 14 St. Andrew's and Quebec (A) all West Flanders all Do 5. per c. Pref 10 Western of France 11 \Vest. of Switzerland all Wiesbaden 20 Zealand all Aus tratasia ............ all British Colonial Bank and Loan Company all British N. American 5 Chartd. Bank of Asia 2 Clirtcl. Buk. of India, Australia, & China 25 Colonial ................ 20 Commercial of Lond. 16 English Scottish and -- 1 Au5tra1ian............ all Loud. Chart. Bk. o 1 Australia 20 London and County 10 London Joint Stock 20 Loud, 8•, Westminster 35 National Provincial of England 10 Do. New 221 National of Ireland all New South Wales all Oriental Bank of 20 50 20 25 Corporation. 25 Provincial of Ireland all Do. New 1 Royal Australn.l3kg & Gold Imp Co all South Australia all Union of Australia 2 Do. New 14 U 11191% 0 16114011., in THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING , OCTOBER 23, 185 4. IS DAY.) Nathan Lneas COURT CIRCULAR WINDSOR, OCT. 21. The dinner party yesterday included the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary, the Prussian Mini ster and Countess von Bernstorff, the Earl and Countess of Clarendon, Lady Suffield, Major. General the lion. Charles Grey, Sir James Clark, and Major Purves. The Band of the Royal Horse Guards attended during dinner, and played the following : Overture—" Songo d'uno Niut d'Ete" Thomas. Selection Verdi. Waltz Gungl. Verdi. Selection—" Louisa Miller" .. Her Majesty's private band afterwards attended in the Castle, and performed the following selection : Overture—" Marco Spada" .................. Auber. Solo, Violin—M. Sainton Larghetto Sinfonia, (No. 2) Beethoven. Lord A. Paget and Colonel Seymour were also in at tendance. The Duchess and Princess Mary of Cambridge took leave of her Majesty to-day, and left Windsor for Kew. The Prussian Minister and Countess von Bernstorff, and the Earl and Countess of Clarendon, have taken their departure for London. OCTOBER 22. There was no addition to the royal dinner party yes ,erday. The private band attended in the evening, and per- Formed the following pieces : Overtnre—" Leonora" Finale (let act), "Oberon" Harpsichord Lessons Selection—" L'Enfant Prodigne" The Queen and Prince, the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, Prince Alfred, and Princess Alice, the ladies and gentlemen of the court, and the domestic household, attended divine service in the private chapel of the Castle this morning. The Hon. and - Very Rev. the Dean of Windsor officiated, and administered the Holy Sacrament. The Prince of \Vales and Prince Alfred rode ont on horseback yesterday afternoon, attended by Mr. Gibbs. The Countess de Neuilly and the Duke and Duchess of Nemours visited her Majesty yesterday. The French Ambassador hid an interview with the Earl of Clarendon on Saturday, at the Foreign-office. Lord John Russell left town, after the Cabinet Coun cil on Friday afternoon, for Woburn Abbey. The Chancellor of the Exchequer left town on Satur day for Hawarden Castle, Flintshire. DEATH OF VISCOUNT CHEWTON.—It is with feelings of deep regret that we announce the death of Viscount Chewton, of the Scots Fusilier Guards, intelligence of whose demise was received by his sorrowing relatives yesterday. His lordship died at Scutari, where he had been conveyed from the Crimea on the 7th inst., from the severe wounds he lad received at the battle of the Alma. This gallaut young nobleman was the eldest son of the Earl Waldegrave, and was born June 29, 1818. Tho late viscount leaves a widow and three young children, the youngest, a son, having been born on the 14th inst. THE MINISTERS. The Marquis of Lansdowne left Lansdowne-house on Saturday, for Bowood-park, Wilts, The Lord President of the Council left town on Satur day to join Lady John Russell and family at Woburn Abbey, Beds, on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Bedford. The Right Hon. Sir George Grey, Bart., Secretary of the Colonies, is detained at Falloden, near Alnwick, by the effects of his recent accident. The Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Exchequer left his official residence in Downing-street on Saturday fore noon, to join the family circle visiting Sir Stephen Glynne, Bart., at Hawarden Castle, Fiintshire. Viscount Palmerston, who came to town on Friday to officiate at the Cabinet Conned, returned to Broadlands, near Romsey, on Saturday afternoon, where the Vis countess Jocelyn and young family are staying. The Lord Chancellor and Lady Cranworth have re turned to town, from visiting the Duke and Duchess of Bedford at Woburn Abbey. The Duke of Newcastle, the Earl of Aberdeen, Sir James Graham, and Sir William Molesworth continue in town. The Earl of Clarendon, accompanied by the Countess, closed his visit to her Majesty and Prince Albert at Windsor Castle on Saturday, and in the evening the noble earl left for the Grove, near Watford, Herts. The Earl Granville leaves Bruton-street early in the week for Staffordshire. The Duke of Argyll, Sir Charles Wood, Bart., and , the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, purpose sojourning in , town for some time to come. Lord Burghersh, aide-de-camp to General Lord Raglan, leaves town to-day for Marseilles, en route to join the British army before Sebastopol. Despatchea from Lord Raglan were received last night at the War-office. They were brought by Lieutenant Kirby, who arrived in town from Dover late in the evening. Princess Anna of Prussia, consort of Prince Frederick of Hesse, heir to the Electorate, has been safely deli vered of a prince. Colonel Lloyd, late British Consul-General in Bolivia, died of cholera at Therapia, on the morning of the 10th inst. The National Gallery, Trafalgar-square, and the Ter- Non Collection at Marlborough House, Pall-mall, reopen to the public this day after the vacation. They will continue open every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. The Duke and Duchess of Bedford aro entertaining a succegeion of visitors at Woburn Abbey. The Duke and Duchess of Norfolk are surrounded by a select circle at Arundel Castle, Sussex. The Marquis and Marchioness of Ely are at Ely Lodge, the family seat in Ireland, seeing company. The Earl and Countess of Taukerville are prolonging their residence at Brighton. The countess has been placed in mourning by the death of her nephew, the Dho uc de Grammont, who was a mon g the passengers w perished en board the Arctic steamer. The Earl of Jersey is rapidly regaining his usual good health. Lord Stanley, M.P., has joined the Earl and Countess of Derby, at Knowsley, from a tour in Ireland. Lady Alexander Malet and Miss Malet have arrived at Brougham Hall, on a visit to Lord and Lady Brougham, from the British Legation at Frankfort. The Right Hon. Edward Cardwell, M.P., has re sumed his duties at the Board of Trade. L o rd Stanley of Alderley, is absent from town, his lordship being with his family at present in Cheshire. The Hon Francis Cowper, 11. P., and Mrs. Cowp er, arrived at the hon. gentleman's official residence at the Admiralty, on Saturday, front the Continent. His Excellency Admiral Virgin (the Swedish and Norwegian Minister) took his departure on Saturday for Stockholm, having been recalled by Govern ment. Lord Killeen, son of the Earl of Finoal, senior cap tain Bth Hussars, has left Dublin to join his regiment in the Crimea. Otner Pacha has conferred the order of Medidjd on Andrew Anderson, a private in the English Sappers and Miners, as a reward for his bravery in the Turkish as well as in the English army. Mr. Layard, M.P., from her Majesty's ship Agamem non, in the Black Sea, to Serjeants'-inn, em route to Coventry. The Queen has been pleased to appoint John Thomas Abdy, LL.D., Fellow of Trinity Hall to be Regius Pro fessor of Civil Law in the University Her Majesty of Cambr has appointed the Rev. W. Sinden to the perpetual curacy of St. Peter's, Macclesfield.The Bishop of Wi n ch es t e r has appoin ted the Rev. Charlton Lane, M.A., incumbent of St. Mark's Church, Kennington, to the rural deanery of Lambeth, rendered vacant by the removal from the diocese of the Rev. Charles Dalton, M.A. The vicarage of Bromyard, in the diocese of Hereford, has become vacant by the death of the Rev. William Cooke, M.A. (instituted 1824). The benefice, which is worth 7001. a year, is in the gift of the Bishop of Worcester. By Mr. Cooke's death the rectory of Allings wich, near Bromyard, has also become vacant. It is worth 3001. a year, and is in the gift of the Bishop of Worcester. The vicarage of Atwick, near Hull, has become va cant, by the preferment of the Rev. Henry Cadell to the vicarage of St. Peter's, Colchester. The benefice, which is worth 2001. a year, is in the gift of the Lord Chan- cellar. The rectory of Baxterley, near Atherstone, Warwick shire, has become vacant, by the death of the Ilev. Francis Morse, M.A.. The benefice, which is worth 3001. a year, is in the gift of the Lord Chancellor and another alternately. In consequence of the store of yarn being below the establishment, the ropemakers of Devonport Dockyard are to work a halt-hour extra till further orders. Lord Adolphus Vane Tempest, M.P. for North Dur ham, has sent a letter to his constituents, in which he informs them that he has been ordered to join his bat talion (the Scots Fusilier Guards), which is about pro ceeding to the East. His regiment will embark at Portsmouth, in the Queen of the South to-morrow. Sir Ivor Guest,Thomas Lloyd, Esq., Lord Lieutenant of Cardigan, W. Lloyd, Esq., Captain Thwaytes, Rev. Mr. Theobald, Mr. and the Misses Leeson, Mr., Mrs., and the Misses Morland, Captain and Mrs. Merrywether, E. Montgomery, Esq., have arrived at, and Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Hall, Mr., Mrs. and Miss James, Mrs. and the Misses Innes and Son (for the Continent) have de parted from Dale's Gloucester Hotel, Piccadilly. ILLNESS OF CHIEF COMMISSIONER LAW.—The Chits Commissioner of the Insolvent Debtors' Court bas been very seriously ill on the Continent. The last accounts stated that he was better. It is, however, not expected that he will be able to resume the sittings when the court meets on the Ist of the ensuing month. THE RECRUITING SYSTEM.---By the present arrange inents a recruiting serjeant receives lls. for every man who passes the medieal examination previous to admis sion into the army, and such is the readiness with which men join that one recruiting officer has alone made 551. within three days. PORTSMOUTH, Oct. 21.—The anniversary of Trafalgar was celebrated on board Nelsen's old ship Victory, flag ship in Portsmouth harbour, to-day, in the usual pic turesque manner. The main truck of the ship, the ensign staff, and jack staff were surmounted with wreaths of laurel and flowers, and the men " spliced the main brace ;" the officers dined together in honour of the day upon an extended scale of hospitality. THE GUARDS.—THE SUPPLEMENTARY FORCE.— It has been decided by the military authorities to send out a larger number of men than was at first intended. The recruiting serjeamts say they can, if necessary, obtain 10,000 men in a fortnight, so great has been the excite ment by the intelligence of actual engagement in, the crimp, ____ 42..9.8EET CORN EXCHANGE. The supplies of wheat on sale in most of the country markets held on Saturday were but moderate. The de mand was active at an advance of from 53 to lOs per quar ter. Barley sold briskly at from is to 2s more money. Oats, beans, peas, and flour were dearer, with an active inquiry. The new continental markets have been inactive, and the quotationS have bad an upward tendency. The latest advices from New York state that there was more doing in wheat and flour, and that prices showed a tendency to advance. Very moderate supplies of English grain came to hand last week, The imports from abroad amounted to only 6,065 quarters of wheat, 1,840 barley, 6,886 oats, 4,323 beans, 1,168 peas, 64 tares, 16,106 linseed, 1,431 rapeseed, 45 mustard seed, and 482 sundry seeds. The arrivals of English wheat fresh up to our market to-day were but moderato, yet their general quality was good. The stands were rather scantily supplied with samples, as the whole of the supply changed hands on Fii day ; hence, as the country markets come very high, and as the attendance of millers was large, the demand for all descriptions was very brisk, at an advance in the prices obtained on Monday last of from 8s to 103 per quarter. For forward delivery, oven higher rates wore demanded by the growers. With foreign wheat we were but moderately supplied. As millers generally are short of stock, and as consumption increasing, a very active business was transacte, at froni 7s to lOs per quarter abov e the rates current on d this day so'nnicrlit. The few floating cargoes off the coast were held at very high rates. The show of both English and foreign barley was com paratively small, and the trade was brisk, at fully 2s per quarter above last week's quotations. There was more doing in malt, thO prices of which had an upward tendency. The oat trade was brisk, at a riso of quite is per quarter. For beans we had an active inquiry at 2s per quarter more money. The sale for peas was active at an improvement of 2s per quarter. The flour trade was active and prices were on the ad vance CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. Wheai—Esser Ss Kent, Malt—Chevalier •• .. 71s to 73f Rod •• .. new 66s to 773 Oats Yorkshire and Ditto ••• • .• ...... old 70s 80s Lineolnsh., Feed 27s 31s Ditto, White new 74s 855 Potato ...... •• •• 293 33s Ditto.. • • .... old 683 84s Youghal and Cork Norfolk and Lin- Black. • • •... 24s 29s coin, Red, old 63s 723 Cork, White .•• .. 27s 32s Ditto new •••... 60 s 665 Scotch, Feed. •• .. 28s 30s Rye—Old ••• • • • •..... —s ---3 deans—Tick ..• • • .... 41s 458 Sew .• •• • • ...... 383 40s Pigeons .• • .•..... 45 504 Barley—Orin:ling ••• .. 3 , 13 325 Peas—Grey ..• • •..... 373 4' s Malting .........305 32s Maple. •• .• •..... 42s 448 Chevalier •• • • ... 333 35s White. •• • • ...... 483 5 1, 5 idalt—Suffolk and Nor- Boilers •••—.. .. 49s 412 s folk• ••• • • ...... 623 67s Flour—Town-made. •. 60s 65s Brown .••• • • • •....... 68s 4ioB Suffolk •• •• •..... 48s 558 EingStolland Ware 68s 70s Stocktn &Norfolk 483 54s SMITHFIELD. The supply of foreign stock in to day's market was com paratively small, and in very infe districts there was falling off in the arrivals of beasts, at least two-thirds of which were beneath the middle quality, indeed this was one of the worst supplies we almost ever witness led br isk,ed. The atten d a nce of buyers being good, the beef trade ru at an advance in the quotations of fully 2d. per Bibs. The primest lots sold freely at ss. per 81bs. The receipts of beasts trom Lincolnshire, Leicester shire, and Northamptonshire, amounted Ito 1,800 short horns ; from other parts of England,of v breeds ; and from Scotland, 20 horned and polled Scots. There was a decrease in the supply of sheep ; neverthe- Jess the demand for all breeds was in a sluggis state, at last ' Monday's currency. We were rather scantily supplied with calves, for which the inquiry was inactive, and, in some instances, te qwas uo tations had an upward tendency. The top figure 4s. Bcl. per Sibs. The sale for pigs was steady, on former t erms. Last week's import of foreign stock into London was very moderate —the total supply amounting to 3,289 head. In the corresponding week in 1853 we received 8,787 ; in 1852, 10,058 ;in 1851, 6,688 ;in 1850, 9,330 in 1849, 6,527 ; in 1818, 4,301 ; and in 1847, 4,980 head. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WEBS. From Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Bremen... .. 463 ... 13 ..• Hamburg Tonningen 267 ... 199 —' R o tt e rdam ll6 ... 372 ... 106 ... Amster d am 49 91 7 28 Calves. Pigs. - ... 24 Antwerp......... ... H ar li n gen ...... 21 ... Kampen ..... .... 19 ... ••• 78 ... 162 ... - ... 15 ... 15 2 ... 10 Total 1,020 ... 2,046 174 ... 40 The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as under : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. ..... ...2,150 6,556 374 ... 407 .....1,917 ... 7,382 ... 3.11 388 ....2,117 ... 5,737 333 447 ~2,400 ... 4,795 448 428 ...... 916 5,415 125 ... 7' Per Sibs to sink the offal& s. d. s. d.` Inferior Beasts.... 3 2to 3 4 Second quality.... 3 6 310 Prime large oxen 4 0 4 8 Prime Scots, &c. 410 5 0 Inferior Sheep ...3 2 3 4 Second quality ...3 6 3 8 Prime erse.-wlled.3 10 4 4 853 .852 .851 ,850 L 849 s. d. s d. Prime Southdown 4 6 410 !Large crso. calves 3 4 4 0 P r ime small d 0... 4 2 4 8 (Largo hogs 32 4 4 Small porkers 4 6 6 0 i Sucklingcalves ..22 0 29 0 ( Quarter old pigs 21 0 28 0 FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts •• •• •• •• 5,24 G Beasts. •.. ...•.••••• . 2 , 369 Shgep .. .. • •• .• •............24,900 '\ Sheep .••• .• • • 3,900 Calves .• •••••• •• .• 196 Calves....., .............. TOTAL SUPPLT. A. ctatcment and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in Smithfield Cattle Market, on Monday, Oct. 21, 1853, and this day, Monday, Oct. 23, 1854. Per 81bs, to sink the otfals. Oct. 24, 1653. 10ct.23,1854. s. d. s. d. U. s. (.1 Coarse and inferior beasts ..• 26t0 2 103 2to 3 4 Second quality ditto ... ... 3 2 34 3 6 310 Prime large oxen ••• 3 6 3 10,4 0 4 S Prime Scots, &c .•• 4 0 4 414 10 4 0 Coarse and inferior sheep :.. 2 S 3 0,3 2 3 4 Second quality ditto ••• ... 3 2 3 101 6 3 8 Prime coarse woolled ditto ... 4 0 443 10 4 4 P r i me Southdown ditto 4 6 5 0;4 6 410 Lambs ••• 0 0 0 0,0 0 0 0 3 6 4 23 4 4 0 4 8 4 4 5 0 5,246 24,900 196 530 Large coarse calves ... .•• ••• 4 4 4 10' 1 2 Prime small ditto ... ••• ••• Large hogs ...............3 6 4 0 3 2 Neat small porkers •.• 4 2 410 4 6 Beasts... ••• .•• ••• 5,527 Sheep ••• ••• ••• ••• 25,220 Calves... •• • •• • • • •• • 154 Pigs ..................340 SurruEs Eats, Oct. 25, 1852.---Beasts, 5,104 ; sheer, 26,220 ; calves, 223 ; pigs, 150. October 27, 1851.—Beasts, 4 ,5 16 ; sheep, 21,870; calvop, 242 ; pigs, 570. NEIVGATE AND LEADENHALL. The supplies of each kind of moat on sale in these markets are seasonably good, but their general quality is inferior. in most kinds a full average business is doing at our quotations. About 4,000 carcasses of meat arrived from the country last week. Per Blbs by the carcase. s. d. s. d. I s. d. s. d. Beef, interior '3 0 3 2+ Mutton Inferior 3 4 3 6 Do., middling 3 4 3 6 I Do., middling ..... 3 8 4 2 Do., prime large 3 8 4 0 Do., prime 4 4 4 6 Do., do. small ... 4 2 4 4 veal 3 2 4 4 Pork, largo 344 2: Pork, small 44 5 2 BOROUGH HOP. The large supplies of foreign hops on sale here havo pro duced much inactivity in the demand for all English qualities, and pi ices have a downward tendency. New hops may be quoted as follows :—Mid and East Kent pockets, 17/ los to 211 Os ; Weald of Kent ditto, 17/ 5s to 181 103 ; Sussex ditto, 161 16s to 18/ Os per cwt. Last week's im ports into London were 221 bales from Ostend, ,128 from H a mburg, 1 6 7 from Antwerp, 45 from Dunkirk, and 11 from Calais. BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. Since this day se'nuight the arrivals of potatoes have been steadily on the increase ; but the imports of foreign have been only 6 ba rrels from Bremen and 20 baskets from Amsterdam. A full average business is doiag in all kinds, at full prices. Regents, 80s to 955; middlings, Ws to 65s ; Shaws, 75s to 85s; Blues, 803 to 85s per ton. WOOL. The public sales of colonial wool are now in progress. Tho attendance of buyers is good, and the competition is rather active, at prices about equal to those paid at the previous auctions. Australian clean sheep's has sold at from is 4d to is lld ; damaged, la 2d to is 4d ; lambs', is 8d to 2s ld ; other kinds, ld to la 3d. Adelaide clean sheep's la 4d to is 6 d ; lambs .1s 6d to is 8d ; low qualities, 8d to is ld. Van Diemen's Land, clean sheep's, la 4d to is G d ; grease, 6d to 10,1; lambs', is 3d to is Bd. A few other kinds have changed hands at from 7d to is 4d per lb. Privately the demand is heavy, at barely stationary prices. Last week's imports were 1,967 from Sydney, 310 from the Cape, 731 from Algos Bay, 155 from Taganrog, 12 from Jamaica, 1,165 from Portland Bay, a n d 73 from llambro'. The following are the current rates of English wool : Southdown hogget s, is Id to is lid ; half-breds, Is ld to is 1 ; . 1; Southdown ewes, is Od to is ld; Kent fleeces, is ld to le2d ; combing skins le ld to le 2d ; flannel wool, is to ls 2d • blanket woof, 9d to ls ; and Leicester fl eec es, 13 to is id per lb. SEE ,DS. We have to report an impr( prices are on the advance. B. 62s ; and Calcutta, 598 to 6. rape is worth 563 to 575. Tai articles are firm. wed demand for linseed, and tack Sea has realised 57s to Is per quarter. East India •es are dearer ; and all other T arnip,White, per bush. 21s to 25s i swede •• • • ...• 24s 383 Stnstard, 1 3 ro wn• • •• •• 8s lOs White, new •• • • .. 105 —5 TArel,Wi n ter,new.• lie 125 old „ .....• • •.. Os OdOs Od , per q uarter .. 405 50i Canary Rye ,rrass • • • •• •• • • .• 243 28s Clover, Ite dEng (mt.) 8 White •••••••• • s — s Fore i g n Red,. • • • . _ a White.. • • —9 —9 Trefoil, 1109 . • • . .• • 165 203 Carraway ••••• 363 40s Coriander •• • • .... 16s 18s Ilempseed, per quarter 4Cs 44s Linseed, Eng.iowing• • 66s s Crushing •••• • • •• 60s 62s Ilaltic •• • • •• .• 533 GOs Odessa •••••• • • • • 595 C 25 Linseed Cake, pr. ton — English . • . 101 Os 11( 105 ; Foreign,per ton 9! 55 111 5s I Rape Cakes, pr ton 6/ 01 6' 108 ; Rapeseed., New,prlst 30 31 tOs TALLOW. Since Monday last the demand for all kinds of tallow has ru led brisk, and prices have advanced to some the spot is extent. To -day the ma rket is firm, and P.Y.C. on quoted at 67s to 67s 6LI per cwt. Town tallow is 66s net cash. Rough fat 3a Sd per Sibs. ---------- 1 185 0. 1851. I —l , Stock this day .....i. 132 . 37 4 5 243 . 3 043 2 5 7, 0 4 d 16 0 ) , a Price of Y. C. ••• • 1 Ito —a Gd 37s 9d ' •I • 1 43s 64 to 58a 94 673 64 5 671 67 3 1 1 0 0 4 79 t0 Delivery last week •. I 2,3 , 7 2,347 ' 2,474 3,+ 82 2,449 Ditto from June I • .... 37,013 35,510 35,014 42,845 27,923 Arrivals last week .. 1,918 6,163 369 3,513 2,375 Ditto from Junel .... 47,759 41,210 20,802 42,103 22,002 vice 0f_1_:0zaL.::.:;i..t1:!!..4.6.1....15::;L.6.2:.:.d....6.t.t.i 1852. 1853. 1854. 60 591 t i 90 i 7989 701 i 13 124 71i 701 101 noi i 82t 1i 1 2i 69 83. *F 4, 7 6P - 14 -3, d— i p P -- 24 d -- 33i\ 33i 4 - 3ipl id- bid —6; - 7d 142 ..... 7d - iP - - ip . isi loi I Isi i ..• - Ipar 2 I. I pail 2 - 4P dill - 5 4; 2 - 3 1 3 1 - a- - iP ... . -- . 7 - 8 iii = /541 35/ ,q -- 13 1 121 13 . - 1 421 0 - 21111 30 Wi --6 i 49 35 40 39 —p» 10i iii —22 i par 1p 2 —l6d 7i 81 ••• .."'. ... - pm ii 2 41 d 6i 7 P ... -- ii - 11 .. •••• ... oe ••• d par I 41 5 4, g o 32 g — 2} d 22 —22 i ... _ .•. .. = ... 1 281 i - 43 49i ii -1 46 44 n 67 - 69 681 8, 7i - 8 ,„, our = it, Itg 1 . -- ottrtb72bttton LATEST BETTING AT NEWMARKET. - CA.MBRIDGESHIRE. 4to 1 agst Rattle. sto 1 agst Orinoco. 12 to 1 agst Hervine. 13 to 1 Scherz. 25 to 1 agst Speed the Plough. 25 to 1 agst Yindex: 25 to 1 agst Little David. 30 to 1 agst Helena. 30 to 1 agst Gamelad. Orinoco has arrived. DERBY. 12 to 1 agst Grteculus Esuriens. 12 to 1 agst Rifleman. 25 to 1 agst Oulston. 44 - bigrb Vribttion+ SUN OFFICE, Seven, o'Clock. NEWMARKET RACES. (THIS DAY.) • (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SWEEPSTAKES 10 SOVS.-CRITERION COURSE. Five ran. - - HANDICAP OF SWEEPSTAKES.—D.M Guy Mannering New Brighton Five ran. SWEEPSTAKES OF 10 SOPS. Nicotine Black Swan Five ran. PLATE FOR TWO-YEAR-OLDS. 50 Pole Star .. William the Third Nine ran. CRITERION STAKES. Para Rifleman 0 Betting-6 to 4on Rifleman. Eight ran. Won by a neck. Two lengths between second and third. SELLING HANDICAP. Siding Dead heat between Triton and Guitar for second Five ran. 450 PLANE. C.C. Gamele,d Old Rowley _ Fourteen ran. SWEEPSTAKES OF 10 SOVS. Priestcraft Merry Nun Four ran LATEST BETTING. CAMBRIDGESHIRE. 4 to 1 agst Orinoco. sto 1 agst Rattle 12 to 1 agst Hervine. 20 to 1 agst Scherz. 40 to 1 agst Speed the Plough. 50 to 1 aget Quince. DERBY. 25 to 1 agst Cruiser. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, Oct. 21.—The Lloyd announces that a conference took place on .the 20th, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on the last note of Prussia. This conference (adds the Lloyd) is little calculated to give any hope of a union of the German Powers. The dissidence goes on increasing. It would be much better not to have any alliance than such a one as is proposed by Prussia. Austria must act, and a decisive step on her part will take place. The Frentden Blatt confirms the news of the bombard ment of Sebastopol having commenced on the 13th, with 200 pieces of cannon. In the conference spoken of by the Lloyd the persons present were Count Buol and the French and English ambassadors. There is every reason to expect that a decisive step will take place very shortly. A report is current, but under reserves, that the principal Austrian generals who had been convoked to a council of war have decided that it would be advisable to assemble a corps d'armge on the fron tiers of Bohemia. The IVandcrer of Vienna, of the 17th, says : "The following information has been communicated to us concerning the autograph letter of the Empe ror of Austria to the King of Prussia, at the same time as the note of Sept. 30. The letter, called forth by the despatch of Count Buol, relates to the present state of the nogotiations between Austria and Prussia, and points out at considerable length the necessity of an intimate union of all the Ger man governments, and, in particular, of Austria and Prussia." CRIMINAL COURT--(THIS DAY.) LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY The above Court resumed its sittings this morning before the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, the Right Hon. the Recorder, Aldermen Hunter, Sir C. Marshall, and Kennedy, Mr. Sheriff Crosley, Mr. Sheriff Muggeridge, Mr. Under-sheriff Crosley, Mr. Under-sheriff Farrer, &c., &c. There are 109 prisoners for trial. The Recorder, in his charge to the Grand Jury, con gratulated them upon the fact, that the calendar for the present session did not contain a single charge of mur der, and that, with a few exceptions, the cases were of the ordinary description, and not likely to present any legal difficulties in the consideration of them. There was one case of manslaughter, in which a woman was charged with killing a child ; and it appeared that, in a transport of jealousy, she bad made a violent blow at a woman who had the child in her arms, but missed her and struck the child, and the blow caused its death. Under these circumstances, the prisoner was guilty of an illegal act in striking at the woman—and such was the conse quence. If the facts were made out to their satisfaction, it would be their duty to find a bill for a manslaughter. There was another case, of a very painful and pecu liar character, where a gentleman of station and family, and a clergyman of the Church of England, was charged with shooting at a very valuable member of the bar of that Court, and upon the floor of the Court, and in the presence of those who were now addressing them. He believed the only ques tioa that could arise was as to the state of mind of the unfortunate gentleman at the time the act was *ern mitted, but with that the grand jury had nothing to do, and the only course they could take was to find the bill. There was also a charge against a Roman Catholic clergyman, a gentleman of position and education, of having infringed the provisions of the Dissenters' Mar riages Act, which required that no marriage of that character should take place except in the presence of the re gistrar and in the cha p el. In the case in question it was alleged that the marriage was solemnised in the vestry, and that the registrar was not present, and if these facts were made out it would be their duty to re turn a true bill. His lordship concluded by referring to the charge of sending diseased meat for sale to the Lon don market, and he remarked that although there might be some doubt as to the intent of the parties in the pre sent instance, yet as the question involved was one of considerable importance to the public, he thought it would be better that they should find a bill in order 'hat the matter might be fully inquired into. The grand jury then retired. LONDON, Oct. 23.—Wind this day at Noon, N.W. and fine, clear weather. FORTSMAUTII, Oct. 22.—Wind, W.N.W. Arrived— Pauline, from Newcastle, for Lisbon ; Fear Not, Cacn ; Cocyte (French war steamer), to Bal tic , ru and left for Ch and er bourg Saluda, Yenghal ; Cy, Opor ; John Mary, Cardiff, with loss of boats, &c., having been struck by a heavy sea, Oct. 18 ; Konig, from Shiel is, for Lisbon. Put back —Morayshire, Black Sea, having sailed on the 210F in t OFF AnaArrs, Oct. 22.—Geelong, from China. FALMOUTH, Oct. 22.—Wind, N.W. Arrived—Satelite, f ro m Akyab ; Henry Bell , Catania ; Devonshire (s), from London, and left for Dablin ; Queen of the Chase, Liver pool, for St. Michael's. Sailed —Revenge, for Terceira. Off port—Lavinia, from Moulmain. PENZANCIE, Oct. 21.—Wind, variable. Irrived—Orro, front Quebec. Sailed —tewart, for St. Michael's. PADIFTOW, Oct. 21. S Wind, W. Arrived— Sacsuso , from Callao. COWES, Oct. 22.—Wind, W. Arrived—Hermann (s), from New York, and sailed next day for Bremen. Sailed —Main, for Antwerp. MILFORD, Oct. 21.—Wind, N.W. Arrived — Carbet , 1 from Whitehaven, for Dublin, with loss of utainboona, &o . ; i A Jeukio, Q 418.0, SPQR THE CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES. " A bundle of prejulices—made tip of likings and dislikinge." The conflicting rumours which are circulated at New market—the movements and counter-movements which are hourly made in the "Ring," and the "Kiddings" for and against certain animals are enough to perplex and confuse the most 'cute and experienced turff tacti dian. To determine the tendency of speculation would puzzle a conjuror. At my present writing Orinoco is the favourite, albeit the probability exists that he will again retire before the advance of Rattle. These horses, indeed, are operated upon in a somewhat suspicious style, and an opinion obtains that one of them is virtu ally a dead 'un. Whether this opinion be well-founded or not, however, remains to be seen. In my notes on Saturday, I stated that circumstances might induce me to substitute Rattle for one of the three animals which I then selected against the field, and from the facts which have recently come to my knowledge I am induced to strike Orinoco out of my good books, and place Rattle there in his stead. Rattle went a rousing gallop this morning ; his style of going and general appearance were sufficient to sustain the most sanguine expectations of his most sanguine supporters. If lam not misinformed Flatman will ride him. Orinoco seems a mystery. Whilst in the Subscription Room this evening 4 to 1 was loudly offered on the field, whilst 300 even was offered on Rattle against Orinoco. Parties who had paid no heed to these public offers, quiely took 4 to 1 in ponies and in fifties about Orinoco. Still, too, fifty even was betted that Orinoco will not be one of the first three I The game which is intended to be played is, I admit, beyond my ken. I have not yet discovered the little pea, although I expect it will turn up with Rattle. The prejudice which exists against Scherz is not very violent among the know-ails of Newmarket ; among the touting fraternity, in particular, the horse is somewhat popular. He galloped this morning to the evident satis faction of his friends. The origin of the adverse move ment against him is variously described. Some people state that he is short of work, others that he has recently been coughing- badly. The main cause of his retrogression in the betting is said to be very curious ; Birbeck, the jockey who rode him for the Cesarewitch, was on Saturday seen to ride up the street, booted and spurred. Touts immediately jumped at the conclusion that he was about to try Scherz, and were, of course, eagerly on the look-out. The trial was watched. Birbeck, it was said, rode a bay horse, which was beaten. This bay horse was by the touts thought to be Schers, and the precious news was without delay sent through the telegraph to London, and, in fact, to all parts of the kingdom. Scherz, how ever, was not in the trial, and the bay horse which Bir beck rode belonged to Lord Exeter. The partiality which I entertain for Scherz I have no wish to disguise. I deem him a competitor of formidable pretensions, but his comparatively heavy weight induces me to hesi tate before placing implicit confidence in his chance. Hervine is in considerable force. Her running with Orestes—if correct—is alone sufficient to justify the favourable opinion which has been formed of her. I, however, am inclined to believe that. Orestes, when he met her at Chantilly, was out of all form. Newmarket Subscription Room, 12 o'clock p.m., October 22. Quince has been knocked out of the market. The show of support which was got up for him on Saturday has produced little effect. Both Nabob and Little Harry will go for the " off chance." Little Harry will, I ex pect, run a good horse, and if the distance were a quar ter of a mile longer, I should not deem his chance insig nificant. By the way, Miss Sellon, a mare that has re cently run in a Welter race at Chester, is spoken of as being likely to prove another Truth. At one time, I know, people who were connected with her fancied she had a chance for the Chester Cup this year. That Miss Sellon is "in" well enough, few people will deny. Of the outsiders, however, my only strong liking is for Helena, with whom John Osborne thinks he can win. This snare has displayed racing qualities of a superior stamp, and trust not be slightingly regarded. Before, however, " summing up " the probabilities, I will en deavour to indicate the horses likely to muster at the post. The field will be selected from the following—the doubtful starters are printed in italics : Age st lb Nabob Little David 4 8 9 Orestes Little Harry 5 8 4 Rattle Dervish, Orinoco (inc. 3 lb extra) 4 7 10 The Deformed Helena Sekerz Cut's-paw ' Nancy Prime Minister 6 7 2 Oetavia Above I have pretty free dislikinge. Without further state my deliberate opirion will be in favour of either RATTLE or HELENA. Age st lb fiervine a 7 0 Khadidjalt. 5 6 13 Ethellcolf Caracas t th e n nn e yside Hero 63 6 6 10 9 Speed the Plough 4 6 7 Eva The Assayer ' St. Clare • 3 6 3 ' Quince Claret Miss Sellon Stonehenge ly expressed my likings and r preamble, therefore, I shall that the result of the race This conclusion, so far as Rattle is concerned, is, in my opinion, justified by the running for the Cesarewitch. Scherz I shall reserve merely as a "cock-boat," because the movements respecting him place him under suspicion. Little David, Little Harry, and Hervine I should be inclined to back for a place could I get what Donald would call good-looking odds about them. • . • The 200 sovs. Handicap on Wednesday seems a "good thing" for Habena. Gramulus Esuriens is in bad odour. He will not do battle for the Glasgow Stakes, and his Derby backers are apparently inclined to " get out " at any price. The Glasgow will doubtless be won by Claret. Oulston will carry off the 50 sovs. Sweepstakes, and Ivan will, I fancy, beat The Trapper for the Han dicap Across the Flat. A Manchester Tout, who was entrusted with the execution of a large commission by the owner of Mus covite, has collected the money, but refuses to part with a s xpence. His conduct, however, has occasioned no surprise, but people are astonished by the fact of gentle. men appointing such a fellow as their confidential agent. This matter, and certain little particulars relative to the scratching of Monie Moses and Early Bird, I must re serve for a future occasion. A FRESH MAN, SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S—SATURDAY. CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES. 4to 1 agst Orinoco (9 to 2 taken). 6to 1 apt Rattle (taken). 12 to 1 agst Scherz (taken and offered). 100 to 6 agst Quince (taken). 100 to 6 ag4 Heroine (taken). 20 to 1 aget Helena (taken). 20 to 1 aget Little David (taken). 500 to 7 agst Barrel (offered). 500 to 7 agst Miss Selion (taken). 1000 to 15 agst Nancy and Whanghae coupled (t DERBY. 10 to 1 aget Grteculus Esuriens (offered). 12 to 1 aget Rifleman (taken). 14 to 1 aget Do Clare (taken). 30 to 1 sgst Cruiser (taken). 1000 to 30 aget Wild Dayrell (taken). 600 to 100 agst Rifleman and De Clare coupled LATEST INTELLIGENCE FROM NEW , MARKET. CRITERION SCRATCIIINGS. Dazzle ' Triton, 6trood, Nutjobber, Bonnie Morn, Joshua, Gerald, Jackdaw, Vexation colt, Samaritan,. Clover, Valentinian, Pyrrhic, Refraction colt, Cortes, brother to Royal Hart, Westminster, Splitvote colt, Polydora colt, Volunteer. CAMBRIDGESHIRS SCRATCHING& Mayfair, Typee, Omoo, Exact, Balrownie, Bracken, Whanghae, Brown Brandy, El Dorado, Star of Surrey, Stiletto, Pelican, Burlington, Miss Bolton, MonieMooes• TUE EXPLOSION AND Loss OT LIFE AT Wnrritogsrlim. —On Saturday afternoon Mr. Wm. Baker, the coroner, resumed an adjourned inquiry at the Scarborough Arms Tavern St. Mark-street, Whitechapel, touching from the death of who Robert Blake, aged 65 years, died the effects of vieleuce, caused by the explosion of gas on the premises of Messrs. Potts and Hunt, the Mini 6• rifle manufacturers, of No. 33, Leman-etreet, Goodman's fields. The deceased was private watchman to the firm, and on the night of the 2d instant several workmen in the employ of Mr. Christie left the premises. Shortly afterwards an escape of gas took place. The gas-fitter had only been in the lower warehouse a few minutes when a terrific explosion occurred, which partially de stroyed the bui ldin g , and buried five persons in thelibnYcigered , t ruins. The de ceased was very seriously in j ure : debris, and was taken to the hospital, but subsequently tly he was removed to his own residence, w heie i and died. — T he j ur y returned a verdict ' That the de ceased died front violence caused by an exp l os i on of g" O " XFORD, Oct. 22.—The University sermons of this day were preached in the morning and by the Rev. Dr. li ne a v w . k w in . s, s P ew ro e v u o , s ß t . o ß f . o , F ri e e l l lo ; w f E in the afternoon by the the t x ry et i e e r g . d ß a o y t s h preachers i e n em th e ei u r p d e i n sc o ou x r fe se r s d , andalluded t h e t ci which the University which bad difficult circumstances L.. the Earl of Abingdon was wil n l ow will be buried in he family placed. The funeral o, y t a ak ul e t p at la n ce ye t e o ie m , o u r e r a o r w , i st h: worth. TES The Quarterly Review.—The opening article in this number, under the title of " The London Commissariat," affords a vast quantity of amusing and instructive matter on the subject of the "victualling" of •ur huge metropolis. A concise, yet ample, account is given of how and whence the chief supplies are derived, and much of the infor mation is somewhat astonishing to those who are not prone to dive into the leviathan statistics of "eating and drinking." After giving a vivid description of Billingsgate and its traffic, the article informs us that— "A. few years ago all the oysters were brought by water to Billingsgate ; but a short time since a great na tural bed, called the Mid Channel Bed, which stretches for forty miles between the ports of Shoreham and Havre, was discovered, and, the dredging•ground being free to all comers, a vast field of wealth has been opened to fishermen, especially as from the proximity of the Brighton and South Coast Railway the produce can b e sent immediately to town, and escape the dues of metage and other tolls to which all fish landed at the market is liable. Seaborne oysters are thus placed at a great dis advantage, and the different companies owning them justly complain at a city exaction which id t e a s ke h s a large sum annually out of their pockets, bes M t charge for porterage it entails upon the purchasers. r. ston, is,without doubt, the largest oyster-fisher in the who bushelsworld , sent from u h s lastfishe fishery year h ebetween Rock, and a eSheerness, and paid 8001. for metage. The whole . trade paid no m less en than eehl 3,oool.,ddoastheir own w a e u l d l themselves which enforces idleness upon the smack people.' Relative to herring fishing we learn that "up sfeolry es, services were i w t e t h fo t r h a , "up wards of three hundred square miles of net are cast . by the fishermen of the Port of Yarmouth alone, every fine night of the season," and that above a billion of herrings are annually sent into the mar ket. The revellers in lobster salad—that popular accompaniment to the equally popular chorus of "We wont go home till morning"—may like to know where all the lobsters come from : " The lovers of this most delicious of the erns tacem tribe will probably be astonished to learn that they are mainly broughtt rom Norway. France and the Channel Islands, Orkney and Shetland, do, it is true, contribute a few to the metropolis tan market, but fully two-thirds are reluctantly, and with much pinching and twisting, dragged out of the thousand rock-bound inlets which indent the Norwegian coast. They are conveyed alive in a screw steamer, and by smacks in baskets, sometimes to the extent of 20,000 of a night, to Great Grimsby, and are thence forwarded to town by the Great Northern Railway —another ten thousand arriving perhaps from points on onr own and the French coast. The fighting, twisting, blue-black masses are taken as soon as purchased to what are termed the boiling-houses,' of which there are four, situate in Duck and Love-lanes, close to the market, and here, for a trifling sum per score, they change their dark for scarlet uniforms. They are plunged into the boiling cauldron,, basket and all, and in twenty minutes they are done. "The lobster trade is mostly in the bands of one salesman, Mr. Saunders, of Thames-street, who often hae upwards of 15,000 consigned to him of a morning, and who causes no less than 15,0001. a-year to flow into the fishy palms of Norwegians for this single article of commerce. ' Only think of the mountains of meat the Lon doners gnaw through, when we hear of about five hundred thousand beasts, more than two millions of sheep; with calves and pigs to match, being annually devoured, without including country killed meat at Farringdon and Whitechapel mar kets. The sterling value of this flesh amounts to fourteen millions. Then we receive six hundred thousand rabbits from Ostend, not mentioning the produce of our own warrens. Two millions of fowls come from Surrey and Sussex ; and the aggregate quantity- of poultry and game consumed is something startling to those ladies who find the " wing of a chicken" rather too much for them—. in public. The account of Covent Garden market and its supplies is excellently rendered. Speaking of Cu cumbers, it is related by Mr. Cuthill that— " He has seen as many as fourteen acres under hand glasses in a single domain, and has known 200,000 gherkins cut in a morning for the pickle merchants. Strangely enough they have refused to grow well around London ever since the outbreak of the potato disease." • As regards rhubarb— " Rhubarb is almost wholly furnished by the London market gardeners. It was first introduced by Mr. Miatt forty years ago, who sent his two sons to the Borough market with five bunches, of which they only sold three. From"this time he continued its cultivation, notwith standing the sneers at what were called his ' physic pies.' As he predicted, it soon became a favourite, and now hundreds of tons weight are sold in Covent Garden in the course of the year." Coming down to vulgar beer, perhaps some of our readers may be enlightened by the following anecdote touching our English nectar. " On countless sign-boards of the metropolis this last is advertised by the title of entire,' and it is thus that the liquid and its name arose. Prior to the year 1730, publicans were in the habit of selling ale, beer, and two penny, and the thirsty souls' of that day were accus• temed to combine either of these in a drink called half and half. From this they proceeded to spin three threads,' as they called it, or to have their glass filled from each of the three taps. In the year 1730, how ever, a certain publican, named Norwood, to save him• self the trouble of making the triune mixture, brewed ► liquor intending to imitate the taste of the ' three threads, and to this he applied the term ' entire. his concoction was approved, and being puffed as good por ters' drink, it speedily came to be called porter The second paper is on "Church Bolls," clever in its detailed facts, and interesting in its poetic legends relative to those "iron tongues of time." Dear Oliver Goldsmith, whose very name is music to our ears, is made the subject of a lengthy article, which will be read with interest by all who are capable of appreciating " The Vicar of Wakefield," and " The Deserted Village:" This isfollowed by some theological pages on " The Eclipse of Faith." For our own partoFe.think creeds and professions unfitting subjects for publio disputations ; and we fear that the espousings and expoundings of the various schisms and "isms" extant, arise oftener from pride in man than reverence of God. The number winds up with some pleasant gossipping recollections of " Samuel Foote." There are a great many very familiar " Joe Millerisms " told us again, but there is much that is very amusing, and comparatively new. Foote was a rich humorist, a clever draniati.it, a gay companion, applauded by his theatrical audiences, and flattered by his table friends ; yet wo find it stated that " he lies in the cloisters of Westminster Abbey without any memo rial either in stone or marble." The common fate it seems of those who " set the table in a roar." "Alas ! Poor Yorick !" WAR AND FINANCE, The country is at present so intent upon the war in the Crimea, that it will not find time to attend to other considerations. But everything in England is a money question. And the state of the national finances cannot • long be disregarded. There is little doubt amongst many of the mast emi nent and right-judging of the London merchants and bankers, as well as amongst those scientific persons who have most deeply studied the monetary question, that but for the unlooked-for flow of an enormous amount of gold into this country from California and Australia, the state of the country, during the last year, would have been most calamitous. *The efflux of gold to pay for. , corn would have necessitated a contraction of the cir culating medium by the Bank of England and th v e o country bankers, and a panic worse than any w ld e have a yet witnessed, inasmuch as free trade t r h e c s i u li l t t a . ted An t y he v e o x si p s o to rt ooo of t b o ul have been, under such circumstances, out ques tion. Our sword must have slumbered been unable to pay destinies of Europe have thus . scabbard, for the simtbpole orxepasenobeneeent‘tobmfataddvwea a o g u g t ra o7 the e u ipt l d e. n have Then peacefully in its Rliouns,eiLould hawvrobneewnotuhlde ew t o ignhg d a fornia and Australia. circumstances of the country 1 What are the present the fortuitous discovery of the precious metal in Cali frequently to the amount of nearly Large sums notfvyb,ullion have, week after week, come into i l t l i h o e n , c ;s u t still the stock of gold in the Bank has not increased.- The -- bullion did not stay with us. It did not even pass through the Bank, but appeared to leave the country immediately after its arrival. A steady drain of bullion from the Bank has thus set in. On January Ist, 1853, the Bullion in the Issue Depart sue ne i e rad n t i j by yr w h t3 i h c l :l , regulates lreBtsu3r ,n2llfBo, t 50r h 37 e ,90, se 6t .0 17: i i s t s b u a e d of declined notesw ro 1 2 5 0 ,1 0 8 1 0 4 , 0 0 8 0 0 5 1. 1 ; On 31st December, 1854, it had sunk to Oct. 7, 1854,-only 1 , i 4 ,960,015i. 12,350,0331. Consequently the active circulation of notes which on Januaryl,lBs3, was 23,053 ; 510(., was on De- Money being thus made and by the return of scarce, various heavy failures have occurred in Liverpool and other places, and, to say the least, a check is given to the prosperity of trade. At a time, therefore, when it is of the greatest import ance to this country to maintain that commercial prosperity which may keep up the revenue, and enable the people to bear the increased and increasing burden of 1 taxation, our whole financial system is d e p endent on the 1 quantity of gold which we may be able to retain in the Bank coffers. This is the result of Peel's monetary policy—a policy which has done more harm to this nation than the mis takes of all the other shallow pretenders to staternan-_ ship put together, and which , but for the interference o f Proviience in revealing vast m asses of g old to man this time, would have broug ht us to the very verg e o f ruin. it of a portion of its venom, but i only f o r A time, disarm i A complete reform .1) - 1 . yskire Courier. ~ come p rig ol b ie t y . , iscsiovourmadsitcaonlloyesbmaday,that it will never will remedy the enormous ova . —........ der Dr. Evory Kennedy has been unan imously re-elected pres ident of the King and Queen' s College of Physicians inj,reland for the easel's Year. LIT - 2i - ••• ''' ... - 4} - 23 - 7q 6 621 h 31 181 4; !;'5 7 B E.