The Sun. — London, England, 1854-10-20 00:00:00

1M ON E Y AItK E T 41:1) COMAI.6I-ICIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TVYO O'CLOCK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were - estimated at 7,000 bales, including 1,500 American taken for export and on speculation. The Thema closed heavily, wi thout change in prices. sales comprised 5,500 American, 150 Pernam and Maranharn 51d. to 6.0., 80 Bahia at 60., 300 Egyptian at 6d. to Bd., and 1,000 Surat at 3d. to 4 1d. per lb. Railway Shares were very heavy, at lower prices. The public sales of colonial wool commenced yesterday, 4,8000 bales being about the quantity announced. There is besides, however, foreign to some extent. The auctions have opened with spirit, at full prices. There has been a fair amount of business tran sacted this week in Colonial produce. Sugar has been quiet, but for coffee there has been a good inquiry, and. rice is on the advance, owing to the rise in grain. In Indigo there has been more business. Spices generally have been fully sup ported. Rum is dearer, and cotton has a steady . sale. In hemp and tallow there has been a con siderable rise, owing to the expectation that Go vernment intends to prohibit the importation of all th a t is produced in Russia, from whatever part it may come. The ;tea market has been in rather an unsettled state. t h e Directors, after the The first report m ade b y but to opening of the Deesid e Railway, is intere those of sting, not only to their own sh areholders, other companies. The Deeside Railway is the first of those ch country eaply constructed lines, run ning through a purely agricultural, and having at one of its ter mini a town of some magnitude, with a s h not stirring population. The Va lle y of the Dee, althoug nearly so fertile, and without a tenth of the inha bitants of similar di stricts in England, a cost so now pos sesses railway accommodation, but at proportioned to the traffic, that the shareholder finds himself at the end of the first year's experi ment with a dividend of 5 per cent. Looking at this resu lt, the natural question return,is How has this railway come to yield a fa even with a traffic imperfectly developed—with a Want, as the directors state, of carriages and wag gons, and heavy payments to other companies k ? for th e l oan of locomotives an d other working toc The answer is an obvious one, ECON OMY. Economy in the designing of the line —in the constr o the works—in the conduct of the traffic. The gra dients were adapted, as far as possible, to the nature of the ground. Heavy cuttings and embankments Were avoided. A single line of railway was held Enfficiont, and a vigilanc e exercised by the engi- Leers and directors, which saved, to a great ex tent, any outlay for extra works. We were curious to see how far the original pros pectus tallied with the accounts now in our han the ds. By a reference to the statement published by Directors in June, 1854, the contrast between the estimates for the works and the actual payments is as follows : The estimate for land, works, engineer ing, and all other charges up to the opening of the line was 86,000 The actual expenditure is 93,018 £7,018 Add to this, additional sum required to fiuish the works by the Directors' report 2,000 And we have a difference 0f............ £9,018 The excess is altogether upon the item of land, the estimate in 1852 being 7,0001., with ground rents to the extent of 4871. The actual payments being 17,0001., with ground-rents of 3171. per an num. It would appear from this that landowners' claims are still as unreasonable and vexatious as ever. Here we have a railway which costs for works and stations about 70,000 1 ., or 4,4001. a mile only, yet we have the land costing (capi talising the ground-rents at twenty-five years' purchase) 25,0001., or something like 1601. an an acre. It is gratifying, however, to find that, notwithstanding the exorbitant payments to land owners, the first essay in cheap railway making is likely to pay. The Directors find themselves in a position to declare a dividend of 5 per cent. on the capital, and " look forward to the increasing success of the line with undiminished confidence." We believe they are right in entertaining this confidence. They have carried during 51 weeks (over which and the accounts extend) 164,000 passengers 23,000 tons of goods. The quantity of goods con veyed appears more extraordinary than the num ber of passengers, as Deeside has always been a place of resort to holiday seekers, and crowds of excursionists might therefore safely be reckoned on. The gross earnings from goods and live stock are 3,6001., while the traffic tables submitted to Parliament showed only 3,1001., a fair proof that facilities and cheapness of transmission stimulate consumption. The working expenses are 41 per cent. of the receipts. Had the position of public affairs permitted, we have little doubt that the example furnished by this railway of cheap con struction and economical working would have led to numerous schemes of a kindred nature. The steamer Adelaide from Sydney has at length arrived. Her dates are of purse old as she left Van Diemen's Land on the 7th of June. The ship Roseborry, from Geelong, brings 10,000 ounces of gold. Her dates are not so recent as those already to hand. At Hamburgh the grain market was very ani mated on Wednesday. The rate of exchange on Vienna and St. Petersburg was still declining. The Zollverein deputies assembled at Darmstadt have recommended an increase in the import duty upon Anglo-American leather cloth (toile eiree). Accounts from Berlin, dated Wednesday, state that a telegraphic despa tch from St. Petersburg of 100 the 18th inst. had b een received there, in which, 20 under date of the 12 th , Prince Menschikoff an- N nounces that the Allies had not yet commenced 25 the siege of Sebastopol. This information is one day later than what has reached us by other 100 means. The corn market is higher again this morning in 1-(1 ;, ° 0 Mark-lane, owing, partly, to the rise on the 5 5 Continent. 20 The English funds' have b een again depressed, the rise in corn chiefly affecting them. Consols 100 have been 94g- to for transfer, and 94i for account. The New 31 per Cents. have been 93, 1 100 to and the Three per Cents 931 to k. There 100 has been a bargain in the New 2i per Cents. at 82. 100 Bank Stock has been firm, at 210. Exchequer „ A Bills are 4s. to 7s. premium. Eas t India Bonds 100 have been at 10s. premium. 20 The foreign market is heavy, like that for 5 English Stocks. Mexican Bonds have been 23k to I, without the dividend, being rather lower. 2C Brazilian Bonds have fluctuated from 98k to 994 . 4 Austrian 5 per Cents. have been quoted 87. In 2( Spanish Bonds nothing has been done. The 2( Turkish Scrip is 2/ to 2i premium. 2( The following are the nomina l p rices of foreign. F! stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 51 to 6/ ; Mexi can, 231 to 23 3 / 4 ; Peruvian, 71 to 73 ; ditto, 3 per - Cents., 51 to 53 ; Portuguese 4 per Cents., 2 40 to 42 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 96 to 98 ; ditto, 2 4 per Cents., 84 to 86 ; Spanish New Deferred, 18i to 18k ; ditto, 3 per Cents., 37 to 38 ; ditto, 1 Certificates, 5 to 5i ; ditto, Passive, 4i to 41. Railway Shares are still depressed, and the busi ness doing is extremely small. Caledonian have fallen 1 to 1, and Lancashire and Yorkshire, North- Western, Midland, and the other principal lines, are cheaper. In the foreign market very little has been done, and nominally prices are about the St. 10 St. 25 20 20 50 20 same. The Foreign Mines have been neglected ; in the Banks there have been several bargains, and also in the Dock Companies. The Crystal Palace are steady, and the Australian Royal Mail rather higher. BRITISH FUNDS nt THI Olicial S DAY List AT .)O NE O'CLOCK. ( Fro the Business done. B ar k Stock 210 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 934 i 3 per. Cent. Consols Annuities 9 41 $ a NOV 3 per Cent. Ann uities New 2i per Cent. Annuities Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 Dittc 30 Years, Expire 10th Oct., 1859 4 1-16 3-16 India Bonds, £lOOO ......••••• • Ditto, under £lOOO Consols for Account 14th Nor. 941 i Exchequer Bills, 211. U.OOO ....................... ... .. Exchequer Bonds 1858, DM* 1859, ~ Per Cent. 991 PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK, Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent...• •-• ••• •-•'*"' 87 Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent Chiliad] Bonds, 6 per Cent ........ ... ..... M exican 3 per Cent. it Peruvian 4i per Ceat. Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent ................ Ditto, 1848, 3 per Cent ....... ...... ......... 31 TurkishSciip 6 per cent ....................... 2 i p Dividends on the above payable in London. lIALF•PAST TWO. Consols ....................................... 94a Ditto November Account ..........•.•• 94i i GIIBRNSET POST•OFFICE.—The number of letters of all descriptions received at the post-office here, and de livered in the island during the week ending the 30th Sc P t° ',"' l) " , wag 7,0 1 7 the number money orders I;s,'d"ii,g tile -year ; , nding the NCI qcp.,:aber, vP ) ." ; the amount, 14,7261. 3s. 10d. ; the number • p v aid, 4,999 ; amount, 12,4511. 13s. 4d. ; the gross re , emus of the post-office for the year, 3,01 81 . 12e. OC— flornny 45t4". SHARE MARKETS (THIS DAY•) BI ITISH RAILWAYS. PaidA BAILWATS. kClosing Prices yesterday. 21 - 22 43 - 41 si si 12 —ll d -17 i 7 -6., ..• ••• 95 - 9 7 - GO li - 15 10 - 12 ..-- ..• -- i t - iii 1i 66 - 68 55 - 57 ... - .. 22 - 24 - 89 73 - 75 L 24 - 126 90 - 92 701 71 69 - 71 - • - 82 8 - 10 8 - 10 714 - 71 - Si ... -- • - 103 - 105 1.001 101 a - A - 82 - 8 I sii - 24 681 - 40 - . -- • . ""' • ai- 9 - 8 2i - 21 5i (3 2 48 - 50 3i 8 i 55 3g 10 75 - 6} - i 32 - 7i - 46 - 13 - 62 - 326 - Business done this day. ,00 Aberdeen.. ...... 91 Ambg. Wottng Bost. and Eastn. Junet... all Belfast & Ballymena. all Binning, Wolverh. I Stour Valley ........ 291$irlcenhd. Lauesh. Cheshire Juoct all Do. Chesh. d; Birk., .C5O and 125 Cons. 19 Do., ........ . . 30 klyta R Tyno origina' £25 (issa. at £45; MO Brihtoi 'Jac , . Exeter.. 7160 IC"Piedoilian .......... .21s. !Calmar:lieu and Car all C ‘l ll i c g s a t u r; . & ... . ll— o — iii; c.a—ti: all Cork and lkualo_n , all o,)rk, Black, &Pam , IY C ) rmvall Cr i c if ,Tuuctiou D u lliu,!;.ilclfastJunc all Dundee Perth&liber • • -- [cie e n Junction all Do. New. East Anglian 2,11 Eastcru Counties 00 Eastern Union, A Stock . 10C Ds., B. Stock 8?: Do., New A, ..... , _OO East Lancashire ,00 Edinburgh& Glasgov 9, Ediub. and Peebles LOO Edin.Prth &nuncio( 1 i Forth & Clyde June .00 - I (iasgo &g. Welstery :Go !Great Northern ... .00 Do., A. Stock .00 Do., B. Stock Sth. .00 'Great Western LOO Do.- Stour Val. Rail all IGua. Stk Irish South-Eastern. ;11 Lancaster & Carlisle 14'., Do., Thirds 4 Do. New Thirds._ .06 Lan cash.araYorks l 1.94 Do., Fifths 111 Do., Wst. Riding Up all 'fiiv.ersby.SzSouthiit all London WO Lord. Bright & S.Ost LOO Loud, and N. West) 12 Do. Fifths 1 D0.101.5h.,M&8 2 Do. Eighths London andS. \Vesta 42? Do., £5O 34 . Do., £4O ail Lndndrry& Coleraine ll Lucludrry. & En.nisk. 100 Aanch.Slief.& Linen 4 Do., Mau. &Lin. Un. 100 Nlidland. 100 Do. Birmn g. &Dcrb3• all didld. G. West. (Ire.), 22? Do. Half Shares 111 Newcastle & Carlisle. 5. Newinkt.Bury Eaten. 19 . Nwpt.Aborg. & He'd 8 Newry & Enniskillen all Newry Warrenpoint and Rostrovor .00 Norfolk 3 Nortlia.Counties Un, LOO North British all 4 North Devon, No. 1. all Do., No. 2 , all Do., j ?- A Deferred... all Do., B Guaranteed . N. Eastern—Berwick 20 Do. do. Extension 13 Do . do. G.N.E. Parch. all Ds. Leeds 00 Do. York all North London Do. NEW XlO N AS.Wstru. ,Hamp• stead, and City Jn., 1 1 7. North Staffordshire , all North Western all N. &S. Westrn.Junc 1 Nuneaton, Hinckley and Leicester 00 Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton 4 Portsmouth 00 'icottish Central . 00 Scottish Midland all .ibrewsby. & ilerefd all ihropshire Union Do. A, B, C o k paid up at per CO,' all ioutli Devon 00 -south Eastern all iouth Wales 15 4. Yrksh. & Riv. Duo 5 Do 8 itaines,Wok &Wok all toekton & Darling. 16 itocktou & Hartlepl, _O6 NIT Vale 9 Do. £lO shares. LOO Do. Pref., No. 1 21 Thames Haven Dock and Railway all Vale of Neath all Waterfd. & all Waterford&Limerick 18 West Cornwall 3 West End of London and Crystal Palace all West Loudon 111 a. \Vimblcdn & Croydon all Antwerpdatottordam 3 Belgian Eastn. June. 8 Bezicrs to Graissessac 2s, Bombay, Earoda, and Central India.,Scrip Central of Italy all Demerara 14 Dijon andßesancon.. 9 Dutch Rhenish all Eastern of France 10 Do. New all East Indian... : 2 Do. Extension all Do. 41 p. c. Eds., pay. '57, convertible all Do. do. do., '59, de 10 Gd. Jur ct. of France 12A Gd. Tk of Canada.A. is. all Do. do all Do. St. Lawrence & 7 - Ai;lantic do. all Do. con. into Stk. till '63 all Do. Comp. 6p. e., do. 10 Gt. Central of France all Gt. Indian Peninsula 1 Do. New 5 per cent. all Gt. Western of Canada Shares ... ........... all Do. Bds., payable's7, with option till '55., all Do. do., 62, p. '56 . all Do. do., '76, p. 'GO.. all Do. do., '73, with•u i - 35 - 17 3 / 4 4.1 - 24 - 6 - FOREIGN. I option all Hamilton & Toronto all Do. 6 per cent. 8 Lake Const. & Basle all Lucca & Pistoja 5 p.c. pref ............. 12 Great Luxembourg Constituted Shares all Do. Obligations 10 Lyons and Genera 12 Lyons & Moditorran 16 Madras 2 Do. Now 31i Maria Antonia all Do. do. New 2 Melbourne Dk. &By all Namur & Liege (with interest) all Do. (ex interest) all Northern of France all D o .20/. Shs.late Char leroi and Erquelines guar. 3i p. c. & red. at 221. dur. 88 yrs. front IJan. 1854.... all Do. 201. 3 p. c Bds.l (fmy.B.& Ams.Sha.)l all NorwegianTrunkPref 14 Paris and Lyons all Ditto Bonds all Paris and Orleans all Paris and Rouen 10 ParisCaen & Cherbrg , all Rouen and Havre 20 Royal Danish 3 Royal Swedish all Sambre and. Meuse all Do. 5A p. cent. Pref 10 Southern of France. 14 St. Andrew's and Quebec (A) ......... all West Flanders ........ all. Do 5.1 per c. Pref... 10 Western of France._ 16 West. of Switzerland all Wiesbaden ............ 20 Zealand ............... a ll Au stralasia ............ I all British Colonial Bank and Loan Company all British N. American 5 Chartd. Bank of Asia 2 Chrtd. Bnk. of India, Australia, & China 25 Colonial 20 Commercial of Loud 16 English Scottish and Ailstralian all Lond. Chart. Bk. Australia 20 London and County 10 London Joint Stock 20 Loud. & Westminster 35 National Provinci of England 10 Do. New 22 National of Ireland all New South Wales all Oriental Bank of Corporation 25 Provincial of Ireland all Do. New ail South Australia all iljuiou of Australia ( 24 Do. New 10 Vigo el lakdons , 50 40 Pm 23,'. 1p lid JOINT-STOCK BANKS. __ . • 79h i d par 10 = ii a — 2 i 4 22 -22 i • • • ''."" • 42 - 44 ••• ••• 43 - 45 67 - 69 7i - 10 5 20 20 20 20 20 100 10 20 40 20 q - g - 3 (1 a— i P . P 1 3 —2h d 33h —33 i al, 6idl 8 7 11 - 9d 11 9d i ill i iP i iP 173 - 18 ~ -- •• Ipar -- 2 ... id par id it r 2 - 4pl .•• • -- die ~. 5 - 3 - 8 1 - lip ... ••• id-iP a •• '''' ... "-' 124 - 20 10 20 20 20 50 20 25 THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 20, 18b4. Leasing Compass. London &' N. West. L.StN.W. It.Nrthn. !aldonian. Do Gt. Westn ;Yk. New. & Borw. Y.&NMd a. Do O EI ...... [Peto & So. Norfolk.. L.& N. W. • !Stekton Darlingt. Count. Do Do L. &N.W &Ln&Yk Do Gt Northn Laneasli& Yorksh. 'IL Mclean 3tockt. Darlingt t GtWestn. Paid.l RAILWAYS. all Bedford and Blotchley 100 Buckghamsh. 100 ClydesdaloJc. 1.00 E. Lincoln gr. 6 per cent. all alas. Barr. & Neils. Dire, all Do. all Glstr.& Dn. Fr all Hrtlpl. Dk. & Railway all Hull & Selby all Do. A Shares.' all Do. t Shares. • all on. & Greenw all o.Prefercncc all L0u.,Ti1.,&6. . 100 Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. . WO Do. 6 per ct. all {arch. Bath and Matlock all Aiddleshro' & itedear all Aidld.Bmlf , l all Northern anO Easternsp.c. all Do. 0 per ct. all Do. Fixcds p all Prost. & Wyre all Do. thares. LOO itoystn.k, Hit. 1S Shcf.Roth.and Gooleg.s p. c. 91 S. Stafford:sh. all Vicar Vall cygr 6 per cent... all I Do 100 IWilts&Somrst Closiug Prices yestt.rday. iii - 100 83 - 101 136 - 138 ii = 29 jot 103 51 52 25 —25 i 13 —13 t 23 —24 111 113 25 - 2Z- 92 - 94 58 - 60 136 := lio 2 - id . -- ••• so 31. 93 -- 95 PREFERENCE SHARES• 1.00 Aberdeen 100 Do. N 0.2, 7 p. c 30 Blyth and Tyne 1.0 per c. pref. (issd. at 500 1 100 Brits. &Es. 4p. c. St. l 5 Do. 4 p. c. Shares 100 Caledonian £lO all Chester & Holyhead Guar. 5 per cent all Do. de. Pref. No. 2 all Do. (lc Pref. No. 2 all Cork&Bandonsip.e all DuirleePerth dtAber-; deen Junction all East Anglian (£3los) 6 per cent all Do. (X 5) 7 per cent 2 Do. (£7 17s) 7p. c all Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No. 1 all Do. No. 2 all Do. New 6 p. c. St. all Eastern. Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent... all Do. 51., 10 ner cent. all Do. 10/. Del;entr.Sh all Do. do. 4 per cent... 100 East Lancash. 6 p.cts. all East and West York- 1 shire June. Fifths all EdinbPrth.&Dundec 4 per cent. 100 Glasgow &S.Westernl Guar. 5 per cent 100 Great Northn. sp. c 1100 Do. sp. c. Redeem., - - at 10 p. c. prem. .. 1 WO Do. p. c St Clt.N. of Scot. Ist Pref all Gt. Southu.& Westin. (Ireland) Eighths) 7 Do. 4 per c. Pref. St 6 Gt. Westn. (Berko & Hants Ex. 5 p. c) 100 Do. cos. red. 41 p.c. 100 Do. con. red. 4p. c. 100 DC, irred„ 4p. c. all Do. firm. Pref. gh all D e. Chester Sp. c.F.S. all Do. do. 6 p. c. do 10 Do. Birnt. Gua. Stk. all Do. Ches. Gua. Stk. all Do. do. d 0............ all Do. do. do ...... . ..... 6 Lan. & York. F. £2O 1.00 Do. 6 p. c. Stock ... 4 100 London and Brightor , Guaranteed 5 p. C... 100 Do. Pref., sp. c. St. 100 Do. New Guar.6 p.c. 100 Lon.&N. W., Cot. all Nuneaton 6 p. ct. 5 London &S. Western Con. Thirds... . ...... all Londonderry& Color Shares _ _ all [lndy. & Ennis. Sh all Nan., Shef., & Lin., Shares, No. 1. ... all Do. New, £lO 4i Do. £6 all Niarypt & Carl. 4 p all Do. 4i per cent I.oi, Do 1.00 Aid. Consol.6 p.c.St. top 00. Consol. Bristol & Birm. 6 per cent._ 11i Do. Pref. , q per ceni 10 gorfolk Debenture . 100 Do. Pref. 4p. c. Stock 1.00 Do. sp. c. Ext 100 Do. 5 perct .pref.... 100 Do. Way. Val. sp. c 100 gortk British 100 Y. E. Berw, 4 p.c. P 5 Do. do. do 13 Do. Leeds 6 p.c. No.] 9 De. do. Quarters '4S 10 De. York IL Pbr. all North Staffordshire 100 Oxford, Worcester, Si. Wolverh.Xls, 6 p.c. / all scot. Cent. ,New Pref 10 Do. 5 per cent all south Devon 1i Ds. fixed, 4 per cent all 3. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. LOO Do. V I per cent all 4.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar. all 3 Wales Gua. 4p. c. 16 Do. de. 4i p. c all Stockton and Dar lington, 4 per cent 5 Do. do. do. all Stockton and Hartle pool, guar. 5 p. c. till Ist July, 1856 4 rtiaterfd.&Kilk..6p.o. 20 20 20 25 Va = iii 34 - 3i 4 - S i - it - 1 - 1 p 13 -13 i 22 - 24 -_ 107 - 109 99 - 101 6 -- 98 -- 100 90 -- 92 93 -- 95 10i -- 11 161 -17 i 10t 101 71 -- 73 181 -19 i 9i -- 9i 14 -li - It -- id 137 -- 139 ~ --- .• '''' l• ...'...' 21 - 10 - iii - i - os• '''. MINES. i - 1 •• ••• ••• i 1 -...- 1 - I - - i 7i si - 29 ~, el. . ... 42 - 44 I - 62 - 2 - 4p 13 - 15 - 11 - iP I - 1 -- -I ••• ••• si gi a 6 -6i 4 I I ••• •. i e . A 1.4 N L 6 8 i n s si i - i - ••• ... ."' ... - ••• 40 - 42 ... - ... 6 - .7- ii ... - ••• 91 - 103 1091 - 11Cq 2i - 3i in :1 - li .. ••• a li i - I •.• •• Si - 4 ••• ..." • - - ••P 2 - 23 7: ; $5 - 37 _ - 1=33 all Agua Fria . . all Angle Austrin. Geld all Anglo Californian 6 Australian all Australian Cordillera all Australian Freehold all Ave Maria all Baden (Gd.Daelly of) all Blomarvon Iron and Coal . 13.5 British Iron 24?, Brazilianlmp.(issued at .4;5 pm all Do. Cocaes & Cuia&a 15 Do. St. John Del Rey Carson's Creek a Clarendon Cons. Mia Co. of Jamaica • all Cobre Copper 1 Colonial Gold all Copper Min. of Eng all Do. Pref. 7i p. cent 16 Copiapo all English and Austin , Copper Smelts (lo Fortuna ......... all General all Gt.NuggetVeinßeg all Great Polgooth all Liberty • all Linares all Mariquita I 9 Stexican&S.America . . all New Granada L air New Linares Mining and Smelting Co I all Nouveau Monde ) all Pontgiband Silver Lead MM. & Smelt. 5 1 Port Philip 1 all Quartz Rock 0 all Ithymney Iron 5 all Do. New 0 11 Santiago de Cuba 1 all South Australian A) 7 Tin Croft .. ;Bi, all United Mexican 1 all Waller 1 all West Mariposa 1 12s. Wortking Mining o Austrslia 1 all Yuba MISCEL all A.ubin Coal and Iron 171 Australian Agricult. 6 Australsn.Pcific.Mail all A .us traln. Royal Mall 51 Berlin Water Works 40 Brit. American Land 1 Brit. di Coln. Smeltg. and Reduction Co.. 321 Canada ................. 100 Canada Ger. 6 p. et. Jan. and Ju1y........ all Crystal Palace . . ...... all Crystal Pal. of France 5 Eastern Steam ........ 20 ElectricTelegraph(A) a ll Electric Teleg. of Ir. 14 Gen. Steam NaTigat.l a ll General Screw Steam; 10 Irish Beetroot Sugas 10 Magdalena St. Navig• all gediteraa. Bice. Tel. all . at. Pat. Steam Fuel 5 Netherlands Land..., 1 N.B. W. Coal &Inter, Steam Navigat. Co all N. 13. Australasian_ 12 Nrth.ofEuropoStea.m all Peel Er. Ld. St Minrl. all Peninsular& Oriental 40 Do. Do. all Portland Iron Co 60 Royal MaAl St.tam ... a I :-;cot, A n-trsl. invest i all 'outh Austral. Land all tu b ul ar. Telegraph. l all Do. B. eg istered. .. ..... . 0 284 Vll4l)l9*Nes WO . .. Basincss tabs day. NEWM. :ARKET RACES. The following horses have arrived at Newmarket, in addition to those trained there : Lord Candlewick, Whitelock, New Brighton, Daisy, Albemarle, Daffodil, c by Old England out of Daunt less, Haco, Queen Drab f, Polydora c, Orson, Fayaway , Layla c, Kaffir, Joshua, Invasion, Strutaway, A-dine, Refraction c, Pyrrhic, Muscovite, Scarecrow, Quince, Spinaway, Boer, Trapper, Syvagee, Scherz, Thor, The Squire, Dr. Sykes, Heartsease, Hervine, Hungerford, Ornoo, Donald, Bison, Poor Maria, Medina, Cimicina, Pumicestone, Harry of Hereford, Black Pepper, Pal merston, Game Chicken, Communist, Berezina filly out of Pelions dam, and Duke of Lancaster. MARK.ET IVEIV).`:!--(THI,S DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. Very moderato supplies of English wheat have come to hand for our market coastwise and by land carriage. To day the show of samples of both red and white was small. The attendance of millers was not very numerous, yet the demand for all kinds was active, at an advance in the pi ices of Monday of from is to 2s per quarter. Foreign wheAt, the. show of which was limited, was very brisk, and 2s per quarter higher than on Monday. The barley trade was active, and prices had an upward tendency. We had a good sale for malt, and fine parcels were rather dearer. Tho sale for oats was steady, and sound corn improved in value ecl to is per quarter. Beans, peas, and flour were very firm. The top price of English was Os per sack. • English .. Irish • • Foreign Malt. 1 Oath. 450 , 193 6,26) 5,710 Flour, 480 ADELPIII THEATRE. Last evening a new four act drama from the pen of T. Parry, Esq., was produced at this theatre. The title of the piece is the Summer Storm ; but the author, who is a well-practised hand in choosing materials for Adelphi dramas, has in this instay.ce not been quite so fortunate ; but, with a judicious curtailment, we have no doubt but that it will have a " run." The leading incidents are as follow :—Clara is a daughter of an unknown father, who deserted her recently dec eased mother in a foreign land; and she is herself involved in a love affair with a young gentleman whose where abouts is uncertain, and whose fidelity is more than doubtful. Her friend, Rachel Westbourn, on the other hand, has a father whose existence is mystery itself. The two girls, while together one fine morning in the fields, see a horse man run away with by his steed. Clara, noticing that his course• is directed towards a deep chalk-pit, runs forward, meets and turns the headlong animal, and falls in sensible, having saved—although she did not recognise him--the young gentleman who had been herlover in a distant part of the country, but was now on his way to wed anothee in the immediate neighbour hood of the spot where he 'was so nearly killed. Clara is borne to the house of a MIS Bessy Busyby, whither also are driven by " a thunder stoma" her faithless lover Walter Atherstone, a ruined eyendthri ft, his "friend" Fitz ailment, and Mabel Vascourt to whom Walter is eneaeed. Thither also comes the fatL'er of Rachel in searCh of big daughter. This personage is, indeed, a finished hero of mel odrama. Ori g inally a gentleman, and the father of a happy family, be has yielded to the temptation of gambling, and falling step by step, is now a forger of bank-notes. If he offends the law, however, he does it romantically. The process is carried on in a carefully guarded chamber of a lone house ; and Ronald Westbourne supports a double .character. In the neighbourhood he appears, a quiet, student-like man of science ; but when abroad on expe ditions connected with the passing of the forged notes, lie wears the garb and manner of a rugged countryman. It is in the latter character that he visits Miss Busyby's farm, where, notwithstanding his disguise, he is recog nised by Fitzwilmont, his former companion and tempter. Clara also, while herself unseen, recognises her former lover in the lover of Mabel Vascourt. Fitzwilmont having obtained some clue to Westbourne's criminal pursuits, seeks an interview with him, and threatens to denounce him if he does not pay him a large sum of money. Westbourne promises compliance, in order to obtain an opportunity of quietly murdering one whose existence seems incompatible with his safety. To this end he appoints him a meeting at his own house. Before Fitzwilmont arrives, however, another has be come the victim of the snare laid for his destruction. _Walter Atherstome, deceived by Rachel's wearing the tat of his former lover (Clara), bad followed her at a dis tance to the house—had passed in—had mounted the stairs—had entered a room, the door of which was im mediately afterwards shut upon him by a secret spring. By means of a mechanical contrivance the floor is with drawn from underneath him, and after holding on con vulsively to a projection in the wall for a short time, he is precipitated into the abyss beneath. Westbourne takes the body, and deposits it in the old chalk-pit, where it is found by Clara and Rachel. Shortly afterwards both are apprehended on a charge of attempted murder, for of course Walter is not quite dead after all. The two prisoners are taken to the house of a magistrate for examination. He is convinced by Clara's answers that she is innocent, and moreover discovers that he is him self her father. Rachel is saved by her father, who comes forward, surrenders himself, and then, while trying to escape by a balcony which overhangs the chalk pit, falls with it, and is dashed to pieces. Before, however, he makes his attempt at escape, he finds that lie has slain the wrong man—Fitzwilmont, who has been apprehended by Miss Busyby on suspicion of being the murderer, having been brought into the ma gistrate's room in custody. Westbourne's sacrifice is in vain ; the daughter whom he so fondly loved in the midst of all his crimes has received a fatal shock ; she survives her father but a few minutes. Before the curtain drops we are informed that Walter is progressing favoarahly towards recovery, so that no doubt the lovers are eventually made happy. Mr. L. Murray asWalter Atherstone, and MissWeolgar as his daughter Rachel, were each admirable in their respective parts. Mrs. Keeley as Bessy was capital ; our readers can better imagine than we can describe this lady acting the part of a farm-yard queen, running about everywhere, ordering everybody, always employed about something with the greatest energy, but never confused; telling the plainest truths to every one in the sharpest manner ; and yet, when an occasion called for it, always exhibiting proofs of a kindly nature. Keeley has a small part in the drama, and that is of a bird-catcher. Nothing could be more diverting than his tipsy soliloquy, in which he argues with himself the right to the posses sion of the money, and foreshadows in his mind's eye the "public-house" and "shay" in store for him. The re maining parts were all excellently sustained. The piece was given out by Mr. L. Murray for representation every evening till further notice. The house was crowded. SUPPOSED MURDER ON THE NORTH EASTI.RIV RAILWAY. LYEDS, Wednesday Afternoon.—But a few weeks ago a very serious accident happened on the Leeds Northern branch of the North-Eastern Railway by the falling in of the Bramhope-tunnel ; and now the attention of the public has been aroused by a mysterious and tragical event which has occurred on the same line and within a short distance of the south end of the same tunnel. The circumstances of the event, so far as they have yet been developed, are as follows : On Tuesday evening last, about 8 o'clock, a young woman named Isabella Lawrence took a third-class ticket at the Wellington-station, Leeds, for the Hors forth-station, on the North-Eastern line, about five miles from Leeds. Soon after she had taken her seat in the carriage—in which there was no lamp—a man named Thomas Law, who was rather the worse for liquor, entered the carriage in which was this young woman alone. He bad no ticket, there not being time to procure one after his arrival at the station. Upon the train arriving at the Horsforth station, the guard, Matthew Wilkinson, opened the door of the carriage which Law had entered, for the purpose of demanding his fare. To the guard's utter aston he found the carriage empty, both the woman aud ishment the man hav ing in some manner disappeared. No alarm appears to have been made that night, but on the following morning, between five and six o'clock, the driver of a goods train from Leeds to the north ob served something lying upon the up-line of rails. He stopped the train and repaired to the spot, accompanied by the stoker and guard of the train, when they disco vered the body of a woman lying between the rails quite dead, with her head frightfully crushed and mangled. The body was subsequently recognised as that of Isabella Lawrence, a fine, well-forneed, and rather handso me young woman, employed as a " burler" in a woollen cloth manufactory at Horsforth. I3er fellow-passenger (Law), however, could not be found till later in the day, when he was apprehended by Ottiwell Kell, of the Leeds police force. Law was apprehended at the manufactur ing village of Armley, about two miles from Leeds. When taken into custody, he declared that he left the train clandestinely on Tuesday night before ithail reached the point where the body of the unfortunate young woman was found, and had got away unobserved by the railway officials. An inquest is now holding on the body of the deceased at the Cardigan Arms Inn, Kirkstall•road, in this borough, before Mr. J. M. Barret, deputy-coroner. Law is in custody. The inquiry will not be concluded till late this evening ; indeed it scents far from improbable that it will be adjourned. HER MAJESTY'S NEW YACHT.—The month o. January next has now been fixed as the period when the splendid new steam-yacht, the Windsor Castle, now building at Pembroke for the Queen, is to be finished and launched. The greatest exertions are being made in order to hasten her progress. A large body of the best men aro constantly at work upon her, and con verted timber has regularly been brought round from the other yards in order to expedite her build. She is so far advanced that an excellent idea may be formed of her ; and there is no doubt that she will prove a model of beauty both in finish and mould. Her lines have evidently been laid with care and judgment, and premise great speed, while her immense length, more than 100 yards, and proportionate beam, will secure ample ac commodation, not only to Royalty, but also to the officers and crow—a comfort in which the Victoria and Albert is sadly deficient. The Windsor Castle is built of mahogany chiefly, with sound British oak. The diagonal planking has been laid. WHY MDLLE. CRUVELLI Raw AWAY.—Some glimmer ing of light begins to be thrown upon the causes of the sudden disappearance of Mdlle. Sophie Cruvelli. It is not true, as has been asserted, that she had taken to flight because her name did not appear on the bills en vidette ; neither is it true that she has sacrificed her lucrative engagement in Paris for a kill more lucrative engagement in America. She has bolted for other and far more feminine r easons —for stothing less than an affair of the hea rt. It appears that at the same time with Mdlle. Cruvelli, and to all appearance at the same moment, has also disappeared the young Baron Vigier, a well-known Parisian, and it is said that the happy couple are now safely ensconced in that terrestrial para dise—Brussels. The wonder is why they should have thought it worth while to run away from Paris, that being the place which over-ardent lovers generally run to. The reason alleged is this :—The lady, who is as deeply enamoured as the gentleman, insisted that mar riage should crown their mutual happiness ; and as the lover is a mere youth—censiderably younger, indeed, than the lady—it appears that they have ;one to Brus sels for the purpose of making their union indissoluble. The young man has an immense fortune. LIVERPOOL VESSELS LOADING FOR AUSTRALIA. — The entries of the week number five, with an aggre gate register of 5,170 tons. Since our last publication three vessels have departed, with an aggregate register of 2,518 tons. One of them is a smaller steamer of 212 tons, which has been sent out to Sydney under the care of Captain Wiseman, a gentleman who has on previous occasions taken out steamers for the Australian coasting trade, and which have been disposed of so profitably that our builders a re tem p ted to kee p up the supply.— Liverpool Times. AN M.P. IN A CART. — On Monday night, Mr. Geo. Hudson, M.P., arrived at t h e flourishing borough of Middlesborough-on-Tees, on an unexpected visit to the mayor. On his arrival at the railway station no con veynace could be had by which to reach Marton Hall, the rinidenee of the mayor. The town cannot boast of a slug's cab, and as a is t re.ort tlie hon. member for Sunderland mounted a milkman's cart, which was on its way to Marton, and thus the g reat Railwa y Kin jogged on to 74r. ge9icioNT'A boopitoble =win. 591 h 91 1 St. 25 71 70a 70 I 21 1004 t 5 5i 7; 6 5 10 St. St. 5 I St. 34 M 10 6, 75 3 / 4 6 91 14 53 St. 20 St. 15 7 P zd i i 50 (11 s 2O 12 25 20 10 21i pl i ♦RRIVALS THIS WEER. Wheat. Barley. 1,690 / 2,733 ,431 1,840 SMITHFIELD. —sks To-day's market was but moderately supplied with beasts, the general condition of which was very inferior. Prime breeds moved off steadily at very full prices • other wise the beef trade ruled dull, on former terms. iVe had a steady inquiry for sheep, the supply of which was far from extensive, at full currencies. The veal trade was rather inactive, yet we have no change to notice in value. Pigs were in fair request, at full prices. Milk cows, with their small calves, were selling at from 14i to 19/ each. Per Sibs to sii s. d. s. Inferior Beasts.... 3 oto 3 2 Second quality.... 3 4 3 8 Prime large oxen 310 4 6 Prime Scots, &c. 4 8 4 10, Inferior Sheep ...3 0 3 4 Second quality ...3 6 3 8 1 Primo crse.-wlled.3 10 4 4, ,nk the offals. TOTAL SUPPLY. Beasts .. •• •• ..... .• • 992 Sheep .•• •• .• • ........... 5,322 Calves Pigs.. NEWGATE AND About an averago busino follows : Per 81b5 by s. d. s. d. Beef, inferior 3 0 3 2 Do., middling :3 4 3 6 Do., prime large 3 S 4 0 Do., do. small 4 2 4 4 Pork, large 3 4 4 2 s. d. s d. PrimeSouthdown 4 6 410 Large crse. calves 3 4 4 0 Prime small d 0... 4 2 4 6 Large hogs 3 2 4 4 Small porkers 4 6 5 0 Sucklingealves ..22 0 29 0 Quarter old pigs 21 0 28 0 FOREIGN EITFPLY. Beasts•• •• •• .......... . 480 Ca1ve5.............. ..... . 220 Pigs.• • • . • • • •• LEADENHALL. ass was transacted to-day, as the carcase. A. d. s. d. Mutton, Inferior 3 4 3 6 Do., middling 3 8 4 2 Do., prime 4 4 4 6 Veal 3 2 4 4 Pork, small 4 4 5 2 BOROIJGH HOP. Owing to the large supplies of foreign hops on offer, our market has become rather heavy, and prices have a down ward tendency. This week's imports are 221 bales from Ostend, 9G3 from Hamburg, 160 from Antwerp, and 21 from Dunkirk. New hops are selling as under :—Mid and East Kent pockets, 17/ les to 21/ Oa ; Weald of Kent ditto, 17i 53 to 18/ 10s; Sussel ditto, 16116 s to 18/ Os per cwt. COLONIAL. SUGUR.—In British Plantation the dealings have been large. Barbadoes sold at 37s to 38s for free yellow, at 328 Gd to 36s 6d for mid to good, and at 37s for good grainy. Jamaica at 59a to 618 for brown, at 31e 6(1. to 34s for ord to good yellow, and St. Vincent's at 32a 6d for mid yellow. Manilla has declined 6d per cwt, mid to good clayey at 2 8s to 29 s Gd, and 30s 6d. East India — Madras privately has been steady, and also Bengal. Mau ritius brought 32s to 35s for mid to good yellow, 38s to 41s for good and fine grainy yellow, and 29s 6d to 30s 6d for low grey. Foreign—Pernambuco realised 263 to 27s 6d for low brown, and 27s Gd to 28s for low yellow, being cheap. Porto Rico sold at 30s 6d. to 38s for low heavy to fine bright yellow. Cuba has been generally at full rates, viz., 309 for low grey to 36s for good bright yellow, 29s to 36s for low grey to good yellow, and 35s to 38s for heavy small grainy. Yellow Havannah has been depressed ; low to good found burrs at 30s 6d to 34s ; florettes, at 37s to 389 6d ; mid to fine yellow, 33s to 37s ; and at 31s to 36s 6d for washed. Brazil was taken in at 29s to 80s for low brown to mid yellow. Bahia and Maceio refined has been firm at previous rates. COFFEE—Plantation Ceylon has been in request at full rates, low mid and mid at 58s to 595; mid and good bold coloury at si's 6d to 61s ; fine fine ord small to good mid do at 54s to 618 ; good and fins at 68s 6d to 80s ; pea berry at 61s to 70e 6d ; fine fine ord and small at 55s to 55s 6d; and triage at 45s to 578 6d per cwt. Fine and native has been at 45s Gd for good ord; mid to good Neilgberry, 67s to 68s 6d per cwt. Porto Rico found buyers at 52s for fine fine ord ; Rio good ord was taken in at 459; Jamaica good and pale realised 458 to 52s for good ord pale ; East India, 48s to 56s for good and fine ord pale ; and 559 to 56s for low to mid and coloury. Mocha low mid brownish brought 65s to 67e Gd, and 48s to 628 for triage and ord. Costa Rica was taken in at 53s for low mid coloury. RlOE.—Holders have been firm, and low mid Bengal was taken in at 133 9d for low mid, and at 12s Gd for ord heated. SPlCES.—Pimento sold at s id to sid for good mid. Calicut ginger at 36s Gd to 38s, mid small lean and wormy and fine at 765, Jamaica good bold white at 120 s. N u tmegs sold at full rates, viz, 3s 4d to 3s 6d for good bold brown. TEA.—At the public sales good prices have been realised for Assam. About 10, 400 pkgs rem ain to pass sale. Rum.—A brisk demand continues at 2s 10d for proof seaward. _ _ . --..--- COTTON.—Very e do. SALTPETRE.—Good IittI mid i Bengal has sold at 25s 6d, for good mid 6i to 61 per cent ; and good yellowish at 26s 3d for 3i per cent. Bombay 21s to 22s for low soft grey, 24 to 18i per cent refraction. COCHINEAL. — Prices are lower, Teneriffe black being 4s ld to 4s ; and Honduras silvers 3s 5d to 41 2d per lb. INDIGO.—The auctions have proceeded steadily, but ord kinds are rather lower since Tuesday. Total quantity passed 11,406 chests, of which 454 were sold. TALLOW. —The market has been animated and P.Y.C. up to 68s per cwt on the spot ; but it is since down again to 67s 6d. GREEN FRUIT.— A fair demand exists for all kinds. Black Spanish nuts sell freely. Lemons from the price being lower the trade have been purchasers. The Severn steamer has brought 1,100 packages Madeira o ran g es, a portion of which was sold by Keeling and Hunt, at public sale, the quality being improved from those of last years growth. The season for Lisbon grapes may be considered closed the disease in the fruit having rendered it the shortest known. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Oct. 20.—Wind this day at /Coon. W. to N.W. ; moderato breeze, and cloudy weather. The Mer ocnaßprtoohAilemin:EesG,asmAfotrTotßiamTn,ids,ONuconto.drctsthwl.lel.lo-91a.. cury has fallen again. A heavy gale has been experienced _W sts w ind i:d 7. ist b .w y N . • Arrived — fonts from Youghal. Sailed— West , Indies ; Edmundsbury (transport), Black Sea ; Watson, Newcastle. PLYMOUTH, Oct. 10.—Wind, W.S.W. Arrived -13th October, from St. Übe's, for Memel • Patrie, FALMOUTH, Oct. 19.—Wind, var iable. Arri ved-31 " Y Hills, from Aalbeck, for Swantea. Sailed—Victoria, for H.M.S. ColeAsrli,veto; the West Off Port—Confucius, from London , for St. Kitts, with damage, having b een in contact. DOVER, Oct. 18.—Wind, N.N.W. Arriv ed —Voter : Head with a barque. G ssta r an u rbd ia a r, rd fr b o o m w, P s o a r il t s o , afvoirngßreraen, with damage t o OFF DUNGENESS, Oct. 19. from Port Philip ; Clyde, Falkland I s l es ; Marquis of Has tin g s, Honduras ; Radius, Quebec. Cowan, Oct. 19.—Wi n d, N.W. Sailed —Theres a, for Bremen. _bneeonsebeinrryco,ntact off the GLOUCESTER, Oct. 19.—Arrived—Brilliant, Quebec. GRIMSBY, Oct. 19.—Wind, N.E. .Arrived —Elise, from Quebec.—The Regent (brig), of South Shields, Quebec to Grimsby, has been driven ashore below Telney Haven, with loss of both anchors, and full of water ; crew saved. —The Lady Dundas, of and for Hartlepool, from London, is ashore near Cleethorps, with loss of anchors, and full of water. NEWPORT, Oct. 19.—Wind, N. Arrived—Rambler, from Quebec ; Glide, do. ; Daylight, London ; William W oodside, do., both for New Orleans; Georgians, Bide ford, for Venic e ; Pf e il, Gloucester, for Rio Janeiro ; Mary Ann, Carmarthen, for the West Indies. Sailed — Comely, for Fernand o 14; Sisters, Constantinople; Atala, St. Thomas. YARMOUTH, ©et. 19.—Wind, S.W. Arrived—Enter prise, from Sines, for Leith, with damage to cargo ; Ir well (s), Rotterdam, with loss of steering apparatus. SWANSEA, Oct. 19.—Wind, N.E. Sailed—Encantadora, for Gibraltar. QUEENSTOWN, Oct. 18.—Wind, N. Arrived—Julius Caesar, from London. Sailed—Sea Witch, for Virginia. CORR, Oct. 18.—Wind, N.B. Arrived—Chatro Her mance, from Bilboa. (3T lIITEMANINA AND EIZOPUN TELIGRAZN.) GIATESIND, Friday, 9.50 a.m. Wind—W.S.W. ; tide, 3i hours' flood ; cloudy. Arrived—Oct.l9—Countess of Lonadale, from Hamburg. Arrived—Oct. 20—Eagle (steamer), from Boulogne. Sailed—Harvest Home, for Sydney. DNAL, Friday, 9.34 a.m. Wind—W. by S., blowing strong, and heavy rain. Anchored—Elizabeth, from Swansea, for London; Ade laide, screw-steamer, from Port Philip, for London. Passed off Dungeness, 19th—Clyde, from Falkland Is lands, for London • ,Radius, from Quebec, for London; Morington, front donstantinople, for London; Marquis of Hastings, from Honduras, for London; Rosberry, from Port Philip, for London. Put back—A French line-of•battle-sbip. MONUMENT TO Sift WILLIAM WALLACE.—A. proposal for a monument to Sir William Wallace is about to be carried out. Funds have been realised, and the Hill of Barnweill, near Craigie, between Kilmarnock and Ayr, is proposed as the site.—Kilmarnock Journal. REPRESENTATION OF ABINGDON.-Mrf D. H. Burr, of Aldermaston -park, late high sheriff of Berkshire, is a candidate for the representation of this borough. Mr. Burr is of Conservative principles, and at the last elec tion warmly opposed Lord Norreys ; the numbers then being for Lor , l Norrep, 153 ; for Mr. Burr, 129. Mr. Norris, of Sutton Courtney, near Abingdon, is alio spo ken of as a candidate. This gentlemen, it will be re membered, on the above occasion offered himself to the *lee** if 14.00.4 i f4OF t ;Art *Puns. 1381 cus 1121 13 SICK AND WOUNDED SOLDIERS IN THE I THE PRUSSI. EAST. The following is a copy of a letter sent in answer to a lady in the neighbourhood of Oxford, who had volunteered to the War Department a supply of linen and money for the use of the sick and wounded soldiers in the East : War Department, 10, Downing-street, Oct. 17. Madam,—l am desired by the Duke of Newcastle to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of yesterday's date, and to thank you for the zeal and anxiety for the welfare of the public service evinced by your offer of linen and money for the use of the wounded soldiers in the East. I am, however, desired to state that the stores of medicines and medical comfort., as well as beds, linen, lint, and bandages which are now in Turkey, and of which fresh supplies are constantly being sent out, are more than ample to supply the wants of the sick and wounded. It appears to the Duke of Newcastle that the duty of having the hospitals thoroughly well provided with things so indispensable as those mentioned is one of the most imperative which can devolve upon the Government of this country, and it is one also which the Govern ment has followed out and continues to perform perse veringly. It would be difficult, if not impossible, to un dertake the distribution of private subscriptions with satisfaction to the donors. The Duke of Newcastle cannot pretend to answer your inquiry in what way the benevolence of persons who have subscribed sums of money for the relief of the wounded would be the best applied, if not now required for that purpose ; but it appears to his grace that there is at present no way in which more good can be done than by contributing to the fund for the relief of the widows and orphans of the I , al ant men in her Majesty's land and sea forces who . have perished during the war. Should such a course be adopted., the amount may be forwarded to the secre taries of the "Patriotic Fund," or to the local com mittees of such fund wherever they exist, and also to any London banker, all of whom have accounts open for the purp -o.e • am, madam, your obedient servant, To Mrs. -- (Signed) HENRY ROBERTS. CENTRAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE AID OF THE WIDOWS AND ORPHANS OF THE SOLDIERS, ENGAGED IN TBE WAR. Last night a grand entertainment was given, at the Polytechnic Institution, in aid of the funds of the above named Association, presided over by the Earl of Shaftes- bury. The company having been amply gratified by the working of the diving-bell, and of the Duboscq subma rine electric light, repaired to the theatre, where they were delighted by the performance of the band of the First Life Guards. On the motion of the Hon. Major Powrs, the chair was taken by the Earl of Shaftesbury. The Noble CHAIRMAN, in opening the proceedings, said that, although he could not use the hackneyed expression that he was unused to public speaking, he yet felt taken by surprise, as he was not prepared to meet so great and so enthusiastic an assembly as was then before him. That he was not, was an error on his part, into which he should not have fallen, as he ought to have known that, when an appeal was made to the English public in such a cause as the present it was sure to meet with a vigorous response. As Englishmen and patriots, their sympa thies should naturally attend their soldiers in every war, but more particularly should they in a war like the present, which had been undertaken to maintain the great and inalienable rights of mankind. Such was the cause in which these gallant men went out to fight, and never did there leave any country a force which could be put in comparison with them. They were that even ing called together to see if they could do something for these men, which might be an expression of tl.eir gratitude to them, and nerve their arm for the fight. His lordship then proceeded to explain the objects of the Patriotic Fund, and to show how the Central Committee took into consideration the thousand cases which fell outside the scope of that Commission, and called on the meeting to give an ample support to the association, bearing in mind that as everything had, during the continuance of peace, been done to elevate the character of their soldiers, sailors, and marines, their domestic feelings had consequently be come more refined, and stood in greater need of public -sympathy. Finally, as they had freely received, NO they should freely give. The Hon. Major POWYS then read a statement of the transactions of the association, tantamount to what has been already published. Mr. J. H. PEPPER next delivered a lecture on the munitions of war, after which a variety of entertain ments were introduced, for the delight and instruction of the company. At the conclusion of the proceedings, Colonel Brown low Knox moved a vote of thanks to the noble chairman, which was most enthusiastically agreed to. TRH PATRIOTIC FUND AND THE WAKEFIELD TOWN COUNCIL.—At the meeting of the Wakefield town-coun cil on Wednesday, a letter was read from the committee of the patriotic fund for relieving the wives and children of the soldiers now fighting in the East, urging the council to contribute to the fund. On the letter being read, it was moved by Mr. Councillor Hudson, and seconded. ley Mr. Councillor Leighton, " That in the opinion of this meeting the mayor should at once pro ceed to call a public meeting of the inhabitants of Wake field for the purpose of collecting subscriptions in behalf of the said fund." Mr. Alderman Harrison, in a speech of some length, inveighed against the present war as an un necesrary one, and also expressed his entire disapproval of war in general, and concluded by moving the pre vious question. This amendment being seconded, the vote of the council was taken upon it, and it was carried by a majority of two. Wakefield has the■ publicly, through its municipal government, refused to contribute tewarda that generous and large-hearted fund now re ceiving much unexampled support throughout the United Kingdom. The inhabitants generally are disgusted with the present position of the question ; and a movement is on foot to originate a public meeting for the purpose of allowing the town an opportunity of contributing to the fund. CHAUB.ER, We give the analysis of the royal ordinance fixing the organisation of the peerage, as published by the Prussian Moniteur in its number of the 17th inst.:— The first chamber shall be composed of-1. Princes of the blood royal, upon or after attaining their majority, whom the King shall summon to sit in it. 2. Members nominated with hereditary right. 3. Members appointed for life. The hereditary membors are—The chiefs of the princely h o uses of Hohenzollern and of the mediatised houses ; seigneurial ward at the Diet of 18 4 7 ; the persons n named by the King, and for whom the title -deed t fer e rm2 p o r t in ah c e n e srans, co unts, and lords that were summoned to indicates the order of transmission. Those capable of being appointed for life are—The titularies of the four great dignities in the kingdom of Prussia ; the persons chosen by the King, and from among whom syndics shall bee nominated by the crown for the examination of spevtl quest. The right of presenttOon belongs—to the founders indicated in the patent of convocation, under the date of February 3, 1347 ; for each n omination, a candidate, to the order of the counts i n each province ; to the union o the ,old p atri. of the families holding great estates , on whom the Kin g has conferred this right ; to the union of monial proprietors ; J to each university, to the towns, on which the King shall have conferred this right. The counts, the universities, the municipal colleges, will choose their candidate from their own body. An ordinance, about to be issued, will regulate the formation of the other unions and the mode of presentation by them. In order to have a seat in the Upper Chamber, it is necessary to be a Prussian subject, to live in Prussia, to be in the service of no foreign power, to be in the enjoyment of civil and political rights, and, excepting the royal princes, to be 30 years of age. The commis sion becomes void if the quality expires by virtue of which the presentation took place. The chamber, if its decision be confirmed by the King, can exclude or sus pend a member if guilty of any unworthy act. If the sentence of exclusion should befall a member who Melds r s e a tu e i s f i a t e m m i y e ü b r u e t s , i for t h e e el e e x ot e i l n u g sio an n of the his commission by hereditary right, the King will take t th he e member belonging to one of the other categories, a now presentation will have to take place. A CONFID.ENTIAL DESPATCR'TO COUNT ESTE.RHAZY. The Indepenclance of Brussels of yesterday p u b. lishes the following confidential despatch, addressed by Count Buol to Count Esterhazy, the Austrian Ambassador at Berlin. It is dated Vienna, 30th ult. There aro especially two points, on which we have been questioned more or less explicitly from Berlin. It is believed that we ought to close the Principe Mien against the eventual and offensive operations of the Turks and their allies against Russia, and there is a desire to obtain from jus a promise, that if Russia does not attack us, we on our part shall not go anci attack her. But both these demands are evidently incompatible with our position. We do not consider ourselves autho rised to prevent, in the Principalities, the operations of the belligerent powers, and in no case can we renounce our perfect right of passing over from our present posi tion of an expectant army into one of participation in the war. We shall not dwell longer here on this latter point. It is evident that we arc not able to wait the obtaining of a peace,of that others,f o us and, m oreover, is aneces sity that w , fromte are li eeo notff rt and combats able to pledge ourselves to support for an indefinite period the difficult sacrifices entailed by such a passive attitude. It is only with respect to the first point that we conceive it our duty to communicate to you our motives more in detail. We cannot consider ourselves authorised in main taining the joint occupation of the Principalities save on the twofold supposition that we are to defend them against every species of attack from the armed forces of Russia, and that we are not to oppose the military operations of the allied powers. This results from our convention with the Porte, and agrees, moreover, entirely with what we have always ex pressed and maintained, not only to Russia, but to other powers. When we demanded the evacuation of the Prin cipalities, we expressly stipulated that no condition should be attached to it not in our power to grant. Then Russia declared herself ready for the evacuation, though still demanding guarantees from us that she should not be exposed to the pursuit of the enemy and his ulterior attacks. These we refused to give. Then, and not till then, Russia declared her intention to retire through motives purely strategetieal, and she thus prevented a conflict, which, but for that, would have been the con sequence of our unshaken resolution. It follows that Russia has given back the Principalities not for us. She abandoned them to their fate. We entered subsequently, because we had Turkey's consent so to do. The Turks enter them as a consequence of their militaiy operations; in the same way the French and the English can enter after them, by virtue of their treaty of alliance with the Porte. We have, therefore, a perfect right to be in the Prin cipalities, but no right to exclude from them any parties, save and except the Porte's enemies, and still less have we the right of dictating to the belligerent powers the military object they are to have in view in order to enter these districts. We could not put for ward such a claim, without instantly provoking most just protests against our conduct. It cannot be denied that this state of things involves many difficulties. But they cannot be removed, if we do not admit, without the slightest reserve, the limits of our right, save by way of negotiations and friendly representations. It is only in this manner, and in the interest of the Principalities, that we can endeavour to spare these countries, in so far as it is possible, the ope rations of war. It follows also, that in so far as the validity of the treaty of April 20 is concerned, this difference cannot be established. Will an attack be made or not from the Principalities against the territory of Russia (an attack in which we should take no part) ? Since we have not the right to prevent this attack, we do not pass over to the offensive by permitting it. On the contrary, Russia, in repelling the attack, will have to halt on her side of the Pruth, if she wishes to avoid a conflict with Austria. Prussia and Germany, if they in truth recognise our entry into the Principalities, as necessi tated by German interests, will assuredly not make the promise of their aid dependent on an eventuality that our position does not enable us to prevent. We leave to you the care of employing this despatch as circumstances may point out and your own judgment may decide. We would leave no doubt on this point, that in so far as the two objects above mentioned are concerned, we are resolved not to abandon our attitude clearly defined. Accept, &c., &c., (Signed) BuoL. TH.II SEIGE OF SIBASTOZOL. - We translate the following from the Pays of yesterday : h wai e .nrt.o s t t hw r aTn O h t l strong " The taking of an important town defended by its position as much as by the soldiers within its walls, is always a great enterprise surrounded with enormous difficulties. Men of light and superficial minds can alone feel surprise at the prudent slowness with which the operations of a besieging army, when it wishes to secure success,pb w er i oe l lut sit uationefic be pr otected e d eddm e o f b e fuo defended St d ep e tbboh d aewe swteoir directed.trhuoCrimea, all. fortifications the et v Sinceie s c r y o b e r ° aodPgwy;ue known that it ol knowst 1 of desp air. atte ntio n a d kt n th is o p t Russians will not consent to lose this magnifibent jewel.. of the Czar's crown without a fierce struggle. We must neither dissimulate the di ffi culties, nor the obstinate resistance which our brave soldiers will have to en counter. We do not belong to those who s ystenaaticallY depreciate their enemies. The Russians have certainly not the fiery dash of the French, nor the slew, but con tinued and impassable march of the English ; they have not and cannot have that faith in the issue of the con flict which increases forces tenfold ; and they are necessarily demoralised by t h e i r successive che cks. But still they remain soldiers who fight with energy, and if they cannot conquer know at least how to die. Nothing is to be gained by diminishing the grandeur of the enterprise which our armies are executing before Sebastopol, and the obstacles which they wil i l have to encounter. Victory is only glorious when it s difficult to obtain, and it is by the difficulties vanquished that the honour of the triumph is to be measured. Never theless it must be admitted that the old strategetio re ti of our expedition tation of tke Russian generals has of late sustained many humiliations. Without speaking of the e, r c e an ce m n_ i t .t of the war on the banks of the Danube, it • 1 i difficult not to see that Prince Menschikoff has badly ha organised, r faults , Wince which ei in the Crimea. A simple ment of disembarkation might have r e connaissance at the mo prevented the pa rilous operation of disembarkation.ve nume rouscaused trouble in Allied armies, and perhaps valry and artillery might have The Russian ea harm. Instead of that theycaused us irreparable formed, organised, and allowed our army to be without opposition and advance towards its destination without obstacle. It was only on the Alma that Princeen d Diensebikoff united all Lis of a few hours he abandoned in confusion that strong loner def en d e d , and in his which hemight have much his fright be neglected to oppose a fresh barrier to the enemy on the lines of the Katch a and the Belb e k, where the ground was very advantageous for him and presented excellent means of defence. Ho then went into the open country; but he so little studied the move ments of the allied army that a part of his forces fell in with allied columns by chance in the midst of the forests, near the Tchernaya, in places where they might have overwhelmed our troops, but where the Russians fled is disorder, leaving almost without firing a shot a consider. able booty and a number of prisoners. All the false hoods in the bulletins of Prince Menschikeff will not suc ceed in effacing this series of blunders, which shows tie that the Russian strategists aro less skilful than they formerly appeared to be in the time of the heroic struggles of the Empire. These facts are evidently of a Ot inspire us with a legitimate confidence ia thew fr . nags 0 1 _ of the attack against Sebastopol, and in l le 3 f the measures taken for the defence of that p ace. ut, as we have said ::,t, the commencement, the natural strength of Sebastopol defends it, and unless some Ma* 0 i t is neither in a feW kn.* hoped-for miracle takes plac , nomad ay Rich aPP°am be t4en." THE WAR wrrH RIISSIA.—SOUTHAMPTON, Thursday. A few persons assembled to-day at the Guildhall, in obe dience to a handbill issued by the mayor, for the purpose of commencing a general subscription "for the relief of the widows and orphans of the brave soldiers who fell in defence of their country's honour in the battle of the Alma." At the time stated only about half a dozen persons bad assembled, and after waiting nearly an hour, during which time the mayor's attention was drawn to the definite use expressed by the handbill, of the appro priation of the money to only those who fell in the battle of the Alma, the meeting was adjourned until Tuesday evening next. EDINBURGH AND TIM PATRIOTIC FUND.—We under stand that the Lord Provost has received a letter from the Lord Justice Clerk, who is at present in Ayrshire, enclosing a cheque for 501. in aid of the Patriotic Fund. The Lord Provost intends to call a public meeting on the subject towards the close of the month.—Scotsman. THE NEW STAMP ACT. The working of the skew stamp law is gradually be coming understood ; but a ♦ariety of questions of consi derable importance to the mercantile community still present themselves, and will continue to do so for some little time. Among the communications on the subject received yesterday is one from the London aid WE atmin ster Bank, conveying for the information of the public the answer of Mr. Keogh to their inquiry as to the proper stamp to be affixed to documents of the following cha racter : " Foreign and Domestic Exchange-office, " 1,0001. New York, Sept., 1854. " On demand pay to Messrs. Brown and Co., or order, the sun► of ten hundred pounds for ♦alue received, and charge the same to account with or without advice. " To the London and Westminster Bank." In this case the reply is, " that the draught, being payable to the persons therein named or to order on de mand, is liable to the duty of one penny only, whatever may be the amount thereof." A private banking firm have likewise forwarded an answer received by them to an inquiry whether foreign bills drawn from abroad and payable in England " on presentation" are liable to the ad valorem duties imposed by the schedule, or, under the third paragraph of such schedule, to the duty of one penny only, as bills on de mand. In this case the answer is, that " bills of the description referred to are liable to the ad valorem duty" Annexed is another letter, from which it will be seen that bankers are needlessly applying the new ad valorem stamps to that large class of draughts received in this country from America to enable poor persons to emigrate to their relatives : -- - " London, Oct. 19. " Sir,—We are in the habit of paying considerable amounts daily on draughts upon us from New York, which in great part consist of sums remitted by emigrants to enable their poor relatives in this country to join them. A large proportion of these draughts are presented for payment by London bankers on account of their country agents, and since the 10th of October have had stamps at tached bearing the same rate of duty as bills payable otherwise than on demand. " Feeling that an ad valorem, duty en such bills would bo a great hardship to the parties c oncerned w e addressed a letter to the Board of Inland Revenue on the subject, and beg to hand you the reply as at foot. "We may add, in explanation, that the old forms h of draughts made the amount payable 'at eight o ,' r d e r of but t , ;se e now in use merely advise us to ' pay to the Is payee. "Yours respectfully, "JOHN AND EDWARD COEDEROY." " ` Inland Revenue, Somerset - hou se, London, Oct. 17. " 'Gentlemen,- W l ith reference to your letter of the 11th inst., transmitting a form of draught drawn from New York, and requesting to be in I forme didrected to as to the inform stamp duty with which it is chargeable, am you that draughts at eight drawn at New York ar se than on demane charge. d. able with duty as bills payable otherwi " ' I may observe, however, that hills drawn according to the form e nclosed in your letter are not bills payable at sight in terms, but being silent as to o to b t e h d o ie t n i t Bme:fosit, Payment, a re really pay able en demand, and would therefore be s ubject (-:1,11,, I y t a o m t , h g e e i n )e t i l i e n m y e ( duty. t y y o . " ' Messrs. J. and E. Cordero y . " ' THOMAES KE OGH .' '' COLONIAL WOOL SALES.—Tike third series of colo nial wool sales commenced yesterday afternoon with a good tone, and the prices realised average of those of the preceding very large attendance of buyers, proportion for foreign was chiefly directed to , :carc total xpe c t l ed u a i t l t ti c t s y were about equal to the account, fidn e finer he about qualities. series. There was a ups the"competitiont he ai t iLs be will continue till the 14th of No put is 47,000 bales, and it is Onlber• x in 69 8 40 5 St. 25 15 20 20 20 1001 14 Par