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

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIA T IIVTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWO o'CLOCK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at from 6,000 to 7,000 bales, including 1,000 American taken for export and on specula tion. The market closed very heavily, and com pared with Friday's rates prices of American and Surat were Ad., and Sea Island id. per lb. lower, and all other kinds have declined, but not to the same extent. The sales comprised 180 Pernam and Maranham, at 50. to 61d. ; 170 Bahia, at 61d. to 60. ; 300 Egyptian, at 5/d. to 10Id. 600 Surat, at 31d. to 4id. ; 70 Sea Island, at lu. to 25., and the remainder American. Railway Shares were fliat. Another Government rum contract has been announced, and the market is advancing. The exportation of home-distilled brandy is pro hibited from Belgium. The " Monthly Shipping List," compiled by Mr. Miller, of the Jerusalem Coffee-House, giVing the vessels on the berth for India, China, and the Australian Colonies, shows that 3,375 tons are loading for Madras, 13,273 for Bengal and Moul mein, 4,681 for Bombay and Adon, 1,308 for Cey lon' Cannanore, and Cochin, 3,674 for China, 421 for St. Helena, 2,992 for the Cape, 1,222 for Lama ceston, 2,336 for Hobart Town, 7,393 for New South Wales, 19,079 for Victoria, 6,427 for South Australia, 446 for Swan River, and 1,869 tons for New Zealand. The New Stamp Act has been so variously in terpreted, that "a few observations" issued in pamphlet form, by Mr. Reuben Browning, will prove acceptable to many. The different answers given by the Board of Inland Revenue to the ques tions addressed to them prove conclusively that there is extreme difficulty in interpreting the Act. The precise stamp which each foreign bill in a set is to bear is not even clearly defined, while much ambiguity prevails concerning the mean ing of the words "d sue," although every practical man would have interpreted it as being "on demand." Generally foreign bills of this class bear the words " pay A. B. or order." As far as can be understoood, if a party draws a bill on the Continent, and sends the first for ac ceptance to Madrid, the second and third being forwarded to London, and upon endorsement good for the delivery of the first, both the second and third must bear a 2s. Gd. stamp. Under this re gulation the third bill, it is said, will never appear in England, and the revenue will be the loser. The plan, it was supposed, would be to put on the second a 7s. Gd. stamp, and none on the third. In another reply, however, the board contradict their previous answer, and say that each bill of a set must bear the duty payable on an inland bill of exchange. Bills drawn and payable abroad are xempt, according to the dictum of the Crown law yers. The idea of charging a draft "a vice" with the ordinary duty on a bill of exchange simply be cause foreign expresses the meaning " on demand" in a slightly different manner to ourselves, seems so preposterous that it can scarcely be put in force, and we imagine the penny draught stamp will ore long be recognised as sufficient. Mr. Browning points out rather a singular omission in the act. Promissory notes drawn from abroad are not comprised in the 3d section of the act ; consequently may be paid, endorsed, or trans ferred in this country without a stamp. Even the question whether the affixing of two or more stamps on bills drawn abroad, provided that they made together the requisite amount, is not clearly eluci, dated, for the Board replies that it would not be illegal, but might be unsafe ! Any one who calls attention to these discrepancies deserves the thanks of the mercantile community, and assists in that much needed reform, a simple phraseology for all alts of Parliament. Stocks are not varying much to-day, and the business doing is chiefly for investment. Reduced 3 per Cents. have been in some favour at 89i to 90i, and the new 3 per Cents. are at the same rates. Bank Stock has been flat at 208 to 2094, a further decline. Exchequer Bills are 3s. to 65., and India Bonds Bs. to lls. premium. East India Stock has been at 230 to 232. Foreign Securities have been without much change. Turkish Scrip is 8} to 8i discount, con sequently heavy still. Spanish Deferred Bonds have been marked 181 to E. Russian 4i per Cents. are 86. Sardinian 5 per Cents. have been 86 to Pe.!avian Old Stock is worth 68, Mexican 21, and Brazilian 97. Dutch 4 per Cents. ha o realised 90f.. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 51 to 51 ; Mexi can, 24 to 21-a ; Peruvian, 67 to 69 ; ditto 3 per Cents., 47 to 49 ; Portuguese. 4 per Cents., 40 to 42 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 95 to 97 ; ditto 4i per Cents., 85 to 87 ; Spanish New Deferred, 18k to 18g ; ditto 3 per Cents., 37i to 38 ; ditto CerLificatcs, 5} to 51 ; ditto Passive, 41- to 4/. The last week's railway receipts ascertained up to this day are in round figures as under : 1854. 1853. Great Western North-Western South-Western Brighton Midland South-Eastern Caledonian Great Northern 21,477 17,666 Lancashire and Yorkshire North-Eastern In the Railway Share Market there has been rather a dull tone, but with very little doing. The Scottish Central are better; but North-Western, Great Western, and Great Northern are not so good. The French lines have been quiet. East India are firm, and Canada barely so high. In the Brazilian Imperial Mining Shares a fair business has been done at the previous rates. South Australian are higher. The advices received by this company are still encouraging. The Port Philip and other Australian Gold Companies ex pect to be placed in an improved position now quartz crushing is more popular in Victoria, and the new governor determines to grant mineral leases. The Joint Stock Bank Shares have been steady, except the Union of Australia, which has declined. A fall of 2/. to 3/. has occurred in the Australian Agricultural Shares, the accounts not offering any striking feature. Crystal Palace Shares are dull. South Australian are 1/. to 21. lower. The appre hension of commercial difficulties in the colonies no doubt has induced sales. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.-CLOSING PRICES. ( From the Official List.) Business done Bank Stock 2OBl 8 91 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities....... B per Cent. Corsols Annuities 9 ls i $ I i New 3 per Cent. Annuities Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 -16 Ditto 30 Years, Expire 10th Oct., 185 9 4 1-16 /India Stock India Bonds, £lOOO - Ditto, under £lOOO 8 11 Consols for Account Exchequer Bills, 24d. £lOOO .• •3 6 .. £5OO 3 6 Small 3 6 Exchequer Bonds 1858, 3i per Cent. — Ditto 1859, ~ PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent 97 Ditto Now, 1852, Vs per 95 Cent Danish Bond s , 1825, 3 per Cent 73 Mexican 3 pe r C ent. Peruvian ponds, 41 per Cent. 6B Russian Bonds, 4i per Cent Sardinian Bonds 3 , 5 per C ent B6 6 Spanish Bonds, per Cent 3B Ditto New Deferred, 3 er' Turkish Scrip 6 per cent. P Cent. lBl i Ditto for the Account .. . ******************** 7 8 1 P d Dividends on th e al;(;;; * e — iii:t; in * EOn . dgn 4 Dutch Exchange, 2i per Cent. 12 Gull ** . Ditto 4 per %Ant. %. , ertifieates. • *** ---. ••%•-" T ITREE 0 CLOCIt. Consols .................................... 91A i Ditto, Account ........................ 91a SOUTHERN WHALE FISHERY COMPANY. This co pany has issued a statement of accounts made up of oth rn e 25th inst., showing the result of the liquidation concern to be a balance of 1,1491 . 15 5., out of the theca pital sunk of 76,650 1 ., thus admitting a return of on l y 158. on each 501. per share. A sum of 2001. is reserved for the present at the bankers to meet any final con- tingent expenses, and, with the exception of this and a trifling amount that may be realised from a few stores left for sale in New Zealand, there will be nothing for further distribution. The losses of this company were sustained by an attempt to establish a whaling colony at the Auckland Islands, which, owing to mismanagement on the part of the agent employed, coupled with the diversion of labour by the Australian geld discoveries, they were obliged, after a great expenditure, entirely to Abandon, It is stated, in explanation of the next account-day having been fixed for the 10th of January, instead of for the 17th, the day for the opening of the transfer books, that the Committee of the Stock-Exchange aro desirous that the Consol settlement should on all occasions take Place as nearly as possible at intervals of a month, and also that it should fall between the sth and 10th, so as not to clash with the share settlements at the middle arid ec•-I._;f morth, Althoujh the hdolrs will net be generally open on the 10th, they will be so for what are called private transfers, which merely involve an extra payment o f 2 s. 6d., and the i nconven i e nce was therefor e cons id ered less than would have arisen f rom suffering the ac coun t to extend, as it would otherw i se h aye done, °Ter a period of Dix week's. St. 10 st. 25 20 20 50 20 10 5 20 20 50 163 st. Ili St. St. 20 12i St.. 50 40 25 50 St. 50 20 St. St. 10 6A 100 20 25 25 25 SEARE MARKETS. (THIS DAY.) BRITISH RAILWAYS. RAILWAY'. Aberdeen Arnbg. Nottng Bost, and Eastn. Belfast & Ballymena. Binning. Wolverh. & Stour Valley Birkenhd. Lanesh. & Cheshire Junet Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O and £25 Cons. Do., £2O myth & Tyne original £25 (issd. at £45) Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Carmarthen and Car digan Chester e Holyhead Cork and Bandon Cork, Black, & Pam Cornwall Orloff Junction Dublin&BelfastJune undee Perth &Aber deer. Junction Do. New ..... ' East Anglian Eastern Counties Eastern Union, A Stock ... Do., B. Stock Do., New A East Lancashiro Edinburgh& Glasgow Edinb. and Peebles Edin.Prth & Dundee Forth & Clyde June., Glasgow & S. Western' Great Northern Do., A. Stock po., B. Stock IGt. Sth. &West.(lre ; Great Western 'Do. Stour Val. Rag Gua. Stk Irish South-Eastern. Lancaster & Carlisle Do., Thirds Do. New Thirds Lanca,sh andYorksh Do., Fifths Do., Wst. Riding Un Liv. Crsby.&Southpt London & Blackwal Loud. Bright & S.Cst. Loud, and N. Westn. Do. Fifths Do.lo/.5h.,M&8... , Do. Eighths E.ondoi; and S. Westu Do., £5O Do., £4O Ludndrry& Coleraine Lncludrry. & Eunisk. ganelt. & Linen Do., Man. & Lin. Un. Do. Birmn g. & Derby Midi& G. West. (Im) Do. Half Shares Newcastle & Carlisle Newmkt.BuryExten Nwpt.Aberg. &llrfd Newry & Enniskillen Newry Warrenpoint, and Rostrovor Norfolk Northn.Counties Un North British North Devon, No. 1 Do., No. 2 A Deferred Do., A B Guaranteed N. Eastern—Berwick Do, do. Extension Do.do. G.N. E. rural, Do. Leeds Do. York North London Do. New £lO.. N.&S.Wstrn.,Hamp stead, and City North Staffordshire North Western.. N. & S. Westrn. June. Nuneaton, Hinckley and Leicester Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton Portsmouth Scottish Central Scottish Midland 3hrowsby. & rierefd Shropshiro Union Do. A, B, C,& paid up at per wily South Dovon South Eastern South Wales 3. Yrksh. & Riv. Dui, Do Staines, Wok. & Wok tockton & Darling. Stockton et Hartlepl NT Vale Do. £lO shares... Do. Prof., No. 1. Thames Haven Doc), and Railway Vale of Neath Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford&LimerielK West Cornwall West End of London and Crystal Palace West London Wimbledn & Croydon FOR: Antwerp&Rottordam Belgian Eastn. June Beziers to Graissessac Bombay, Baroda, and Central India,Scrip Central of Italy Demerara Dijon and Besancon Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France Do. New East Indian Do. Extension Do. 4 p. c. Bds., pay '57, convertible Do. do. do., '59, do Gd. Junct. of France Gd. Tk of CanadaA is. Do. do Do. St. Lawrence. Sc, Atlantic do. Do. Cert. of Deben., con. into Stk. till '63 Do. Comp. 6 p. c., do. Gt. Central of France Gt. Indian Peninsula Do. New 5 per cent. Gt. Western of Canada Shares Do. Bds., payablo's7, with option till '55 De. do., '62, p. '56 Do. do., '76, p. '6O Di. do., '73, without option Hamilton & Toronto Do. 6 per cent. Lake Coust. & Basle Lucca & Pistoj a 5 p.c. prof Great Luxembourg Constituted Shares Do. Obligations Lyons and Geneva Lyons & MediterraL Madras Do. New Maria Antonia Do. do. New Melbourne Dk. dr Ry Namur & Liege (isitb interest) Do. (ex interest) Northern of France Do .20/. Slis.late Char leroi and Erquelines guar. 3i p. 4. & red. at 223/. dur. 88 yrs. from 1 Jan. 1854 Do. 201. 3 p. e Bdr (fmy. B. & Ams. Shs.) , NorwogianTrunkPref Paris and Lyons q - 7 Ditto Bonds Paris and Orleans—. Paris and R0uen...... ParisCaen & Cherbrg Rouen and Havre Royal Danish Royal Swedish Sambre and Meuse._ Do. 5i p. cent. Prof. Southern of Franco St. Andrew's and Quebec (A) West Flanders Do 5i per c. Pref Western of France West. of Switzerland Wiesbaden Zealand Australasia British Colonial Bank and Loan Company British N. American Chartd. Bank of Asia Bnk. of India, • Australia, & China Colonial Commercial of Lond English Scottish and Australian Lond. Chart. Bk. of Australia . . London and County London Joint Stock Lond. &Westminster National Provincial of England Do. New National of Ireland New South Wales Oriental Bank of Corporation......, Provincial of Ireland Jo. Royal Australn.Bkg. &ld Imp C 0..., South Australia ..... Union of Australia::: Do. New Union of lioudoaq,,, 6 6 li ld 4 3 (i id—ip 34 31 4 d 30k 31 2i 3 p id ^ par 8— 7 d 84 7i 8 ,-- 7d 9 -- 81 d 1p par -- ip 18i — l7 ... -- ... id 1p lid id 2 d par par -- 2p ... die 3 S 2 i 2ti id iP i• . • —• . • • d t•P iii = iii 12i -- 12 84 -- 94 181 -- 180 45 47 86 38 pm 20 21 Id par 21 lid —B7 .•• - .•• ... - pm 3i 4 ..• --d 4 5 161 - 16i JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 79 - $1 •.• ••• d— 4 d 31 2id 22i —23 i ... - ... 35 - 40 37 - 391 ••• ••• 42 - 44 70 - 72 8 - 9 • 67. ev. 1010811dg Prices this day. 19 - 20 4 - 4i 73 8 103 d 17 18 7 6 94 - 96 59i - GO 121 - 131 10 - 11 ..• - ... 5 - 4 61 - 74 14i - 15 i 11 - 11,1 67 - 69 52 - 54 19i -- 20}, 67 -- .66 87i -- BSi 73 -- 75 122 -- 121 87 -8) 691 69i , 67 - 69 70 -- 80 6 -- 8- 6 -- 8 7Ci -- 71 6 -- 61 ". 7i 8 101 106 981 981 id— id —di la 7J 80 10i • 9i 9 8 20 -21 i 66i 67 38 - 40 k dl IN. 94 , 2 24 48 -- 50 3$ - 34 30i .. Sli it 10 1.4 - 64 - 72 - 74 7 - 6i 44 - 12t - 50 -- 13 514 52 - 54 - id PI 4 43 d 6 6 d—ip 29 - 31 90 - 92 60 - 62 7i - Si 43 - 45 11 - 13 67. - $Bl 29 - 30 I—la 37 ,e. ''''' ••, • • •• 3 - 3} 17 18 41,- 20 - 6 - 7 i" = f Business done this day. all 10 12 all all 31i all 1 all 20 10 20 35 701 4 i 101 i 4 5 98 1 i i 73 i 3 i 13 121 17 145 THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 30, 1854. PREFERENCE SHARES. 98 - 102 92 - 96 95 - 97 5/ -6/ I I r 4 - 13 - 131 1 22 - 24 •.• - '- GO - C 5 - .13 - 115 .CG - 103 09 - 101 6 -- 64 96 -- 98 90 -- 92 92 -- 94 10 -- 11 16 -- 17 10 -10 i 71 -- 73 18 -- 19 9 -- 9i 13 1 i - lid -- 4i 135 137 •.• '''''. Nc 21 - 3 p 1O -- 11 i -- in 135 137 lh id W - 90 104 - 106 101 - 103 90 - 92 3f - 3i I 1 - - - ia 107 - 109 12 14 id par 22f —22 i Ir . ; -- i. is —p •.. ip • --- ••• 2 .• 1 d 'Aberdeen Do. N 0.2, 7 p. c Blyth and Tyne 1.0 per c. pref. (issd. at 500 Brig. & Ex. 4 p. c. St. Do. 4 p. c. Shares Caledonian £lO Chester & Holyhead Guar. 5i per cent Do. do. Pref. No. 2 Do. do. Pref. No. 2 Cork (SlBandons p. c Dundee Perth &Aber- dean Junction EastAnglian (I:310s, 6 per cent Do. (X 5) 7 per cent Do. (X 7 17s) 7 p. c Eastern Counties Ex- tension,s p. c. No.l Do. No. 2 . Do. New 6 p. c. St. Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent Do. 51., 10 ner cent. Do. 101. DeLontr.Sh- Do. do. 4 per cent East Lancash. 6 p. cts East and West York shire June. Fifths Edinb Prth.&D under 4 per cent. Glasgow & S. Western Guar. 5 per cent Groat Northn. 5 p. c Do. 5 p. c. Redeem., at 10 p. c. prom... Do. 4 p. c t.N.of Scot. Ist Pref l Gt. Southn.&Westm. I (Ireland) Eighths) Do. 4 per c. Pivf. St Gt. Westn. (Barks & Hants Ex. S p. c) Do. con. rod. 4i p.c Do. con. red. 4 p. c Do. irred. 4p.c. Do. Birm. Pref. Sh Do. Chester 8 p. c.P.S De. do. 5 p. e. do Do. Birm. Gua. Stk Do. Ches. Gua. Stk Do. do. do Do. do. do Lan. &York. F. £2O Do. 6 p. c. Stook 'London and Brightor Guaranteed 5 p. c Do. Pref., 5 p. c. St Do. New Guar.6 P.C Lon. &N. W., Coy. & Nuneaton 5 p. et London & S. Weston , Con. Thirds Londonderry& Coler Shares bondy. & Ennis. Sh Nlan., She f., & f Shares, No. 1. Do. Now, £lO Do. £6 liarypt .&Carl.4p Du, , q per cent Do ‘litl.Consol.6 p.c.St. Do. Consol. Bristol & Bin% 6 per cont , Do. Pref. 4i per cent Norfolk Debenture Do. Pref. 4 p. c. Stool Do. 5 P.C. Ext Do. 5i per ct.prof Do. Way. Val. 5 p. c North British 5. E. Berw, 4 p.c. Do. do. Do.Leeds6p.eiNe.ll Do. do. Quarters 48'. D o.York ft, & Per. North Staffordshire Oxford, Worcester, A Wolverh.£ls, .icot. Cont. , New Pref Do. 5 per cent South Devon D®. fixed, 4 per cent S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. Do. 4} per cent 3.Yorltsli.4p.c.Guar S Wales Gua. 4p. c Do. (lc p. c.... Stockton and Dar- lington, 5 par cent Do. do. do. Stockton and Hartle-1 pool, guar. 5 p. c. till Ist July, 1856 Watcrfd.&Kilk.6p.c. MINES. i - li i --: - t -- li i - $ ... - i - .. i 5 - 7 6 - 7A 2 - 3 1. - 1i 32 - 34 i - a 46 - 48 6 - 50 - 55 1 - 3 p Lt - 16 1113 I =1 i - 6 - 7 - ••• .. 1 - • 15 3 / 4 - 23-5 - 6 - 31 1k ld 1 3 2i 3. ii : ii ii ----- id ... -- ... 98 - 102 109 - 109. 2i - 2t i'6 - ii *i 7 - ii ••• '..... ••• i '''' i li : 3 ... - ...p 2 - 2i ••• ••• - 3] -4 1 ,13 3 1 Agua Fria . .. Anglo Austrin. Gold Anglo Californian Australian Australian Cordillera Australian Freehold Ave Maria Baden (Gd. Duchy of Blienarvon Iron and Coal British Iron • Brazilianlmp. (issued 1 1 at £5 pm Do. Cocaes & Culad:A Do. St. John Del Roy Carsons's Creek Clarendon Cons. Min Co. of Jamaica • Cobre Copper Colonial Gold Copper MM. of Eng Do. Pref. 7i p. cont Copiapo . English and Aust'.n. Copper Smeltg Fortuna General Glt.Nuggeti r einneg Great Polgooth. Liberty Linares Yfariquita Mexican&S.Amerien New Grauada New Linares Mining) and Smelting Co Nouveau Monde Pontgiba ad Silver Lead Min. & Smelt Port Philip Quartz Rock Rhymney Iron Do. New :Santiago do Cuba... South Australian... Ton Croft ....... ...... tJnited Mexican Waller West Mariposa Worthing Mining of Australia Yuba.. CRIMINAL COURT-(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Baron ➢Zartin.) James Laing, 22, was indicted for feloniously setting fire to an office, with intent to injure Samuel Glower Farebrother. Mr. M'lntyre coßducted the case for the prosecution. It appeared that the prosecutor carried on the busi ness of a printer in Bow•street, and the prisoner had been in his service, but in consequence of some dispute about wages, he had been discharged three weeks be fore this occurrence took place. About two o'clock on the morning of the 7th November, the foreman of the establishment, who slept on the pre- mises, was disturbed by a cry of fire, and on his getting up and going into the printing office he found that it was in flames, and a large chest of drawers that was used for holding papers was nearly consumed. The foreman succeeded, with the assistance of the police and the fire brigade, in extinguishing the fire, and from an examination of the premises it became quite evident that some person had obtained access to the place by taking off the lock of a door, and the fire had evidently been wilfully occasioned. The prisoner was found in the house, and after the fire had been extinguished it ap peared that he went up to a policeman who had been called in, and told him he wished to make a statement about the fire ; and he then said that Mr. Farebrother had not paid him his wages, and that he had set fire to the place out of revenge, but he added that his only object was to cause a smoke and frighten the inmates of the house. The prisoner when called upon for his defenee said he had no answer to make to the charge, and ho must throw himself upon the mercy of the court, The jury returned a verdict of guilty, and the prisoner was sentenced to be transported for twenty years. NEW COURT. (Before the Recorder.) Morton Andrew Edwards, Edward TVilliam Plowriglt, and Thomas Dallix were indicted for a conspiracy, in having by fraud and duresse compelled one William Schooler to make a will in their favour. Mr. Parry and Mr. . Sleigh prosecuted, aid Mr. Ser geant Wilkins and Mr. Rebton appeared for Edwards, Mr, Bodkin and Mr. bolt were for Plowright, and Mr. Ballantine for Dallix. The alleged charge, which is likely to occupy the Court until a very late hour, was that Edwards in May last, being a perfect stranger to the deceased, who was a sculptor, entered into a partnership with him, not paying him any money for so doing, bat giving him a bond. Shortly afterwards Plowright was introduced as attorney to act for both parties. This was in May. Soon after some stock was sold out. He, defendant, Dr. Dallix, was her medical man. In July, Schooler, who was very infirm, became very bad, and it was then that the defendant would not let Schooler see any of his nearest friend!, and upon the 23d he died. After death a will was produced by the defendant, which bequeathed the whole of defendant's property, between 8,0001. and 4,0001., to Edwards and some friend of his. The will was dated the 12th of July, and although the friends of the deceased had called continually be tween the 12th and the time of his death for the ex press• purpose of consulting deceased about his will, defendants made no mention of one having been executed MARLDOROUGEI-STREET----(THIS DAY). CHARGE OF ASSAULT. .Tolin William TVilson, assistant to a surgeon in Great Marlborough-street, was summoned before Mr. Bingham for assaulting Alexander King, shopman to Mr. Medwin, bootmaker, 186, Regent-street. Mr. Pearce, the barrister, appeared for the defendant. Complainant stated that on Monday, the 20th inst., about three in the afternoon, he was going down Upper James-street, Golden-square, when he met the defendant, and on passing each other he looked back, and saw de- . fondant stand still ; and as soon as he saw complainant he began to sneer at him in a contemptuous manner, upon which complainant went back towards him, and asked him what he meant at sneering at him whenever ho met him 3 Defendant replied that he could laugh if he liked. Complainant then told him that he had in sulted him repeatedly. • In defence it was alleged that the complainant was ;he aggressor. Mr. Bingham took st different view of the case, and fined the prisoner 10s. MARKET IVEI-;T:IIS DA F.) CORN EXCIIA.NGE. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the week ended Nev. 31, 1854, male up from the Returns of the Inspectors In the dlffel out Cities and Towns in England and Wale. per Imperial Quarter. WHEAT. 1 BARLEY. 1 OATS. I RTE. BEANS. I PEAS. 741 71 354 6.1 294 31 r 411 lid 50s 51 / 49s 7d THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGE. WHEAT. I BARLEY. I OATS. RYE. I BEANS. PEAS. 1 G7s 61 33s 81 27 s 8 1 38s 91 47s ad 1 45s 111 DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. WHEAT. I BARLEY. I I OATS. I RTE. BEAN". . I PEAS. Is Od Is Od la Od Is 01 Is 01 Is Od QUANTITIES OF A.IN SOLD LAST WEEK. Wheat, 12 ;,455; Barley, 160,178; Oats, 19,2905 Rye, 541 ; Beans, 4,841; reas, :2,9,13 quarters. MEAT MARKETS. NEWGATZ A.ONNHALL. was steady, —The general demand at full AND LE prices :—Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s Ed ; Mutton, 3s 6d. to 4s 81; Veal, Ss 1 0 d to 5 s 2d ; Pork, 3s 61 to 5s 2d p er Sib s, by the carcase. SOUTHALL, Nov. 29.—We had a steady trade to-day, at fully last week's prices :—Beef from 3s 6d to 5 s Od ; Mut ton, 3s 6,1 to 5s 0,1 ; V ea l, 4 s 'Od to 53 Od ; Pork, 3s Bcl to 43 ICkl per 81bs, to sink the offals. - ROMFORD, Nov. 29.—Th e supp l y o f stock was tolerably good. The demand, however, was firm, as follows : — Beef , from 3s 6d to 5 8 2d ; Mutton, Ss Btl to 5s Od; Veal, 4 s Od to 5s Od ; Pork, 38 10d to 4s 8d perBlbs. Quarter old Store Pigs, 21s to 28s each. HAY MARK ETS. SMITHFIELD. —Meadow hay, 2/ 12s to 4 / 15 s ; clover ditto, 3/ Os to 6/ O s ; and straw, 1/ 5s to 1/ 12s per load. A. moderate supply and a fair demand. CIIMBERLAND.—Xtead ow h a 2/ 15s to 51 Os ; clover ditto, 31 10s to 5l 15a • and str a w, ' 116 s to 11 12 s per load. ' Both hay and str aw sold slowly, at full prices. WHITECIIAPRL.—AIeadow hay,' 2/ lOs to 4/ 15 s; clover ; ditto, 3/ 108 t o 6/ Os. and straw it 5s to 1 112 s per load. Trade rather dull. - LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(T.HIS DAY.) LONDON, Nay. 3O.—Wind this day at Noon, S.W. ; fresh breeze, with fine clear weather. RAMSCIA.TE, NOV. 29.—Wind N.W. Arrived—Maria from Charleston , U .S., for Amsterdam , with mainyard carried away, and loss of sails and bulw ar ks. PORTSMOUTH, N0T.29 Wind W.N.W. Arrived— Bosphorus, fr om Q uebec ; 'Maria Cork; L'Orient (French Government st ore-s hi p) for Cher bourg. PLYMOUTH, Nev. 29'ived—Witch of the Wave, f rom Rio. Janeiro—Wind' for Marseilles; Manilla (transport), from 'Spithead, for the Black Sea. FALMOUTH, Nov. 29.—Wind, N.W., strong gales, and squally. Arrived—Penelope from Kertch ; British Queen 0 1 al, Constantinople, for L iverpool, skort of fuel. Sailei — Siren, for A.ntwerp ' • Wilhelmina , do. ; Komeet, Ham. burgh; Atkinson, LOndoa ; Emily, do. Off Port—St. Marc, from Rio Grande, and sailed for Marseilles ; Hope, Pugwash, for Stockton. OFF THE NORTH FORELAND, NOT. 28.—Stirlingsliire, from Quebec ; Odessa, do. Or DOVER, Nov. 28.—Cariolan, from Now York ! for Bremen; Charlemagne, Jamaica; Henrietta, for Cadiz. BRISTOL, Nov. 29.—Wind, S.W. Arrived —Queen Victoria, from Pugwash; Dora, St. Michasl's; Flora, Messina. CARDIFF, Nov. 29.—Wind, N.W. Sailed—Margate, for Ceylon ; Hormone, Messina ; Grape, Gibraltaa ; Con qaest, Partisan, and Amelia Hillman—all three for Con stantinople. HOLYHEAD, Nev. 29.—The Hindoo, from Quebec to Glasgow, is in a precarious situation near the entrance of the New Harbour. CLYDE, Nov. V.—Wind, E. Arrived—Eliza Duncan, from Demerara ; Marion, Quebec; Grace , St. John's, N.B. QUEENSTOWN, Nov. 28.—Wind, S.W. ? Arrived—Earl of Lonsdale, from Demerara, for Sunderland. Sailed — Sea, for Liverpool; Express, for Birkenhead; Isabella, Drogheda. CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 16.—The weather has been beautiful since yesterday. No further details yet on the late disasters to tho shipping. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Thursday, 10 a.m. Wind, cir.N.W. ; strong breeze, and showery. Arrived—Geraldine, from Caldera ; Saran ak, Philadel phia ; Sea and Magnolia, St. John's, N.B . ; Rosalie, Ostend ; Horsburg, Callao ; Henry Hood, Bathurst ; Albion, Alexandria. Sailed—Pacific (s), for Now York. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH) GRAVESEND, Thursday, 9.52 a.m. Wind, W.N.W. ; tide, 5,i hours' flood. Arrived, 29th—Charlemagne, from Jamaica. Arrived, 30th—Bagatelle, from St. Maio ; Persian, Leg horn ; Anna, Alkmar. Sailed—Lady IPDonald, for Adelaide ; Frederick Wil helm, Dantzic. DEAL, Thursday, 9.30 a.m. Wind, W. ; modorste. Anchored—Raleigh, for Launceston, and Magnus, for Cardiff, both from London ; Ellen, from Bombay, for London. REINFORCEMENTS POE THE CRIMEA..-At a meeting of the Vestry of St. Pancras held yesterday, a resolution was unanimously passed, " That the representative vestry of st. Panfra felt it ‘V , IF expr. , 9ing the Wishes of the ratepayers in pressing upon the Government the urgent necessity for immediately reinforcing our gal lant army in the Crimea—a course which, in the opinion of the meeting, the honour of England, equally with the comfort of our __brave countrymen, imperatively de . inaoo.7 THE REINFORCEMENTS. Yesterday afternoon, at 2 o'olock, the detachment of the 18th Royal Irish, consisting of 155 rank and file, 5 officers, and 8 serjeants, left Windsor for Chatham, under the eernmand of Lieut.• Colonel Edwards, to join head-quarters there. This fine regiment, upwards of 1,100 strong, is under orders to proceed immediately for the East, and will leave Chatham in the early part of the ensuing month. A detachment of the 94th Regiment, from Chatham, arrived at Windsor at 12 o'clock yesterday, to replace the Royal Capt. Inglefield's company of Royal Artillery in gar rison left Plymouth by railway on Tuesday, and it is understood will shortly embark to join the corps in the East. On Friday last, Serjeant Austin, of the Royal Artil lery, left Exeter, where he had been quartered some time, for Woolwich, where he will embark with 4 complete brigades, consisting of 860 men and 96 guns, for the seat of war. A splendid revolver, in a neat case, was pre sented to Seijeant Austin by a few friends before hi departure, as a token of respect. In addition to the volunteers from the 51st Regiment at Manchester to complete the number of the ISth Regi ment, now under orders for the Crimea, 100 of the 3Gth Regiment, at. Bury, have accepted the invitation from the Horse Guaris to join the same regiment. Each soldier is to receive a bounty of a guinea, and to be supplied with the necessary warm clothing. Such as have served in India are also to be allowed to rejoin their regiments en returning from the Crimea, if they desire it, so as to claim the exemption from sabsequent foreign service to which trey may be entitled. The Regiment of Lancashire Militia has, up to to-day, contributed 150 men to the Marines, Guards, and other corps. A recruiting party of about 40 non-commissioned officers and men proceed on Friday to Bolton, Bury, and other towns in the county. They are to be accompanied by the very fine band of the regiment. It will serve to enliven somewhat some of the manufacturing towns of Lancashire, as it is decidedly one of the finest sands pos sessed by any militia regiment. The Hampshire Regiment of Militia has, up to to-day, given 130 men to tie Marines, Rifles, Guards, &c., and more, as is the case with the other Militia regiments here, join daily. The enlistment of men from the Militia regiments has been so successful as to materially thin the force re quisite for ordinary garrison duty. As a sample of the manner in which the appeal to the Militia has been re sponded to by four regiments, we may state that the Royal Wiltshire regiment has up to to-day supplied the following number :- 62 men to the Royal Marines. 40 men to the Rifle Brigade. 29 men to the 62d Regiment. 14 men to the 23d Regiment. 12 men to the Guards. 1 man to the 42d Highlanders. In all 158 men. This regiment is not quite 700 strong. Captain Heathcote proceeds to Salisbury in a few days to superintend the operations of a recruiting party to make up the strength of the Wilts Militia, and there is said to be every prospect of success. The whole of the troops now proceeding to the seat of war are to be armed with the llini6 rifle. During their passage out to the Crimea, those unaccustomed to the weapon will be instructed in its management, and, whenever practicable, be exercised in firing at a target, to be hoisted at the foretopgallantmast. The Adelaide transport ship is daily expected at Woolwich to take on board 44 8-inoh guns, weighing 64 cwt. each, for conveyance to the Crimea. The Eliza transport vessel is to receive on board 11 8-inch guns, weighing 120 cwt. each, for conveyance t• the Crimea. The Edwin Fox, hired transport, has filled up with a cargo of 2,000 bags of biscuit from the Royal Clarence Victualling establishment, Gosport, for the Crimea, and will sail as soon as the weather (yesterday very stormy) moderates. Recruiting continues in Manchester and Salford, the 51st regiment, now stationed there, having for some title past obtained between 30 and 40 men per week, independent of the number obtained for removal to other regiments elsewhere. Oa Monday morning the following volunteers from the West Somerset Militia loft Plymouth Citadel to join the line for active service :-50 for the Coldstream Guards ; 4 for the 18th Regiment ; 70 for the 40th ; and 54 for the Royal Marines. The detachments of the 40th Regiment of Infantry, at present in Tynemouth garrison.and in Sunderland Barracks, have received instructions to be in readiness to proceed to the East. They are busily employed re cruiting, and a number of stout, able young fellows bay* already volunteered.. On Tuesday morning the first draught of 100 men of the 17th depot, under the command of Capt. Celthurst, marched from Kilkenny for Thurles, whence they pro ceed is Cork. The second draught, 50 men, under Captain Brice, followed next morning. Major Cole has gone on leave et absence to bid his family farewell, but will join in Cork. The Clyde steamer will be in readi ness to convey them to Gibraltar on the 2d of December. Thirty ♦olunteers, principally from the militia, were attested at one of the Dublin police-offices on Tuesday. The total number attested in that city from the com mencement of the present month already amounts to 220. WATERPROOF SHIRTS FOR THE ARMY. Messrs. Maciatosh and Co., of Manchester, have received a large order for the waterproofing material of which they are the manufacturers, for the use of the army in the Crimea. Each soldier, it is understood, is to have a sheet made of this material to wrap round him, in addition to his blanket. RECALL OF SOLDIERS ON FURLOU6II. The following circular memorandum has been issued : —"Horse Guards, 27th November, 1854.--Memorandum.—The General Commanding-in-Chief desires that officers commanding regiments and depots serving at home will order all men who are absent on furlough to join their respective corps. —By command, G. A. WETRERALL, D.A.G." The Royal South Middlesex Militia have, we are in formed, supplied upwards of 200 men to the Rifles, Guards, Marines, &c. They send recruiting parties to London in a few days. This regiment is quartered at Haslar Barracks, •n the Gosport side of the harbour, but they will shortly come over to Portsmouth, to assist in garrison duty. So weak has the garrison been made by the above-stated enlistments, that 160 of the Middle sex Regiment have had to be brought over yesterday to do duty. Yesterday about thirty smart, active young fellows, full of life and energy, and who formed a portion of a number of the same class who had volunteered from the Buckinghamshire Militia, to serve in the Grenadier Guards, attended at Lambeth Police-court, with a tier jeant of their newly-adopted regiment, for tie purpose of being attested before the magistrate. The Articles of War wore severally read over to theta, and the hearty smack which these aspirants for " death or glory" gave the Testament, when sworn to bear true allegiance to her Majesty, her Crown, and dignity, caused much laughter in the court. TRH WOODEN HUTS FOR TUE CRIMEA.—These valu able constructions, for the use of the soldiers in the Crimea, aro being speedily proceeded with, and that portion which it has been ordered shall be forwarded from Southampton will soon be ready. The following steam-transports have been chartered for their convey ance :—The Norman, 530 ; Alster, 500 ; John Bowes ; Metropolitan, 597 ; Cosmopolitan, 600 tons. The Sir John Easthopo and the lietton are also spoken of as having boon taken up by Government. 1 proportionate number of the buts have been prepared in Southampton and neighbourhood. THE BUILDERS' BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION. This morning a special general meeting of the subscribers to this charity was held at the London Tavern ; the presi dent, W. Lee, Esq., M.P., in the chair. The repor t stated that during the past year two elections of pen sioners had taken place, when 8 candidates had been added to the list, making the total now upon the funds twenty-four. The sum paid for pensions since the com mencement of the institution amounts to upwards of 1,570/. The directors had from the subscriptions of the past year added 7001. to the funded stock, and the total amount now invested was 4,350/. The Chairman, in opening the proceedings, stated that they had met to gether on the present occasion for the purpose of electing three persons from a list of thirteen candidates. He was sorry that the state of the funds would only allow so small a number to be elected, but he trusted that the directors would speedily have the means placed at their disposal to enable them to announce an early election, when more might be elected to the benefits of so excellent a charity. He trusted that those gentlemen connected with the different building trade% who had hi t h er to refrained from coming forward to support this institution would now do so ; and he felt confident that as its benevolent and praiseworthy objects became more and more known it would meet with a greater amount of support. The election was then proceeded with, and the Weetin geParatSci! btrb UZlttion, SUN OFFICE, Six o'Clock. HARROW RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) HURDLE RACE. Hero.. Bullfinch . sine ran. ANNUAL STEEPLECHASE. Janus Nom de Guerro Four ran. Nothing doing at Tattersall's. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, Nov. 27.—A Vienna correspondent writes to the Tricst. Zietun.g that the British Em bassy in this city has received intelligence of the favourable progress of the negotiations bet .% oeu the Western Powers and Sardinia for an offensive alli ance against Russia. There is probably little or no truth in this news, but you may be assured that nothing would be more disagreeable to this Go vernment than to hear that an offensive and de fensive treaty had been concluded between England and France on the one side and Sardinia on the other. A postal communication has been opened between Austria and Wallachia, and the Bucharest letters will arrive here four times a-week by way of Old Orsova and Temesvar. AUSTRALIAN LAND AND MINING COMPANIES. The following communications have been re ceived from the Australian Land and Mining Com panies : NORTH BRITISH AIISTRALASIAN.—The North Bri tish Australasian Company have received advices by the Overland Mail trom Mr. Mackay, at Sydney, to the 20th September, and from Mr. Beeger, at Kawau, to the 2d of August last. Mr. Mackay's letters, relating chiefly to the general business of the company in Aus tralia, and advising further consignments of wool and tallow, continue to be satisfactory. Mr. Beeger states that the engine had been at work for a fortnight ; that it is well got up and performs the work admirably ; and that the saving of fuel in comparison with the former engines, is immense. The water would have been pumped out of the mine some time before had they not had the trouble about the inlined shaft from the 14 fathom to the 24 fathom in Sea Shaft, where a great deal of ground bad to be broken away, and probably more would have to be removed before dropping the pumps. Mr. Beeger adds, that he hopes in his next letters to be able to ad vise that the mine is all dry, and that they have begun mining in earnest. " PORT PHILIP AND COLONIAL. The Port-Philip and Colonial Gold Mining Company have received ad vices from their resident director up to the 22d of September. The Legislative Council of Victoria had met on the 21st of September, and the Governor, who had recently returned from a tour of inspection to the gold fields, had stated his intention of granting leases of land for mining purposes, and it was hoped the regulations necessary to carry out this measure would be shortly promulgated. The resident director had caused several surveys tobe made by the company's mining engineer of tracts of mineral ground, in order to take advantage of any favourable opportunity for car rying on mining for the company. The purchase of gold and smelting were being carried on, though on a limited scale, owing to the high price of gold. "ENGLISH AND AUSTRALIAN COPPER. —The English and Australian Copper Company have received advices from their recently-appointed manager, Mr. Hamilton, announcing his arrival at Adelaide on the 3d of Sep tember. He had made a cursory inspection of the com pany's works aid property, and states that the smelting department was at a stand, owing to the absence of labour and cartage power. There was a prospect of labour becoming more abundant, and the rate of wages had fallen considerably. It was expected that a detailed report could be sent in about a month. " COLONIAL GOLD.—The Colonial Gold Company have advices to the Gth of September. At Louisa Creek the lode of gold quartz during the last few days had greatly improved, but the washings had been rather less productive. At Ophir little further had been effected, and the appearances were more for silver lead than gold. At Tambaroora great progress had been made in getting up the machinery and works, and it was hoped to corn menc?. with 12 head of stamps by January. The vein at this spot continues to look well. There were 120 tons of ore at the surface, which it was estimated would pro duce four ounces to the ton." THE LATE LORD DUDLEY STUART. The following letter, from the Countess Harrowby, sister of the late Lord Dudley Stuart, in reply to an ad dress of condolence from the vestry of St. Pancras, Fras read yesterday at a meeting of the vestry, Mr. Church warden Farrer in the chair :—• " Llanderdero, Nov. 25. "Sir,—l have the hosour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter containing the copy of a resolution passed ex the 22d inst. by the vestry of St. Pancras. " I must beg you to convey to them the expressio❑ of my warmest thanks for an act of kindness which shows so plainly their attachment to my dear brother. I can not express how deeply I am touched by it, and how soothing and gratifying it is to my feelings to be assured of their affection and respect for his memory. I am sure they will never have a friend more devoted to their in terests and more earnestly bent on fulfilling the duties of his position as their representative. "I feel proud and grateful at havieg his services thus acknowledged by them, and I shall never forget the man ner in which their sentiments have been conveyed to me. —I am, sir, your most obedient servant, " FRANCES HARROWBT. "To Mr. G. W. F. Ceok, ♦estry clerk, &c." The letter was ordered to be entered upon the minutes. TEMPORARY ALTERATIOY LV AMERICAN MAIL PACKET SERVICE- GENERAL POIST-OFFICE, Nov., 1854.—Owing to the employment by her Majesty's Government of several of the British North American contract mail packets for the conveyance of troops, it has been found necessary to suspend, for the present, a portion of the mail service heretofore performed by that line of packets ; and, until further notice, the following will be the arrangements for the conveyance of the American mails : The mail Which, in due course, should be despatched by British packet on Saturday next, the 2d December, will not be sent ; and the first British packet to leave for America will be that of Saturday, the 9th December, on which day a packet will leave Liverpool for Boston, calling at Halifax, Nova Scotia ; and thenceforward the British mail packets will be despatched every alternate Saturday, instead of every Saturday, as hitherto, and will on each occasion proceed to Halifax and Boston. A. United States mail packet will leave Liverpool for New York on Wednesday, the 29th inst. ; but, after that date, in order to keep up a postal communication at regular intervals, the packets of that line will change their days of sailings from Wednesdays to Saturdays, departing from Liverpool once a fortnight, alternately with the British packets, but proceeding on each occa sion direct to New York. Litters addressed to the United States will be for warded by the first packet, whether British or United States, unless directed otherwise ; but letters for Canada or any other of the North American provinces will be sent by the British packet alone, unless directed per " United States packet," in which latter case the letters will be liable to a postage of ls. 2d. the half etnce, in stead of the reduced postage of ed. or Bd., as the case may be. DEALING 1N QUESTIONABLE SHARES. Several instances of dealing in questionable shares having lately been brought to the knowledge of the com mittee of the Stock Exchange, the most recent case being that of the Columbia Mining Company, on the scrip certificates of which it was affirmed that 1/. had been paid, although on inquiry it appeared that there had been no deposit whatever, and that they were entirely worthless, the following resolution was pat forth yester day :--- "Resolved,—That it is the bounden duty of brokers who offer, and persons who deal in, sharesof any new core- Pally to take the precaution, in the first instance, to ascer tain whether the company be of a bone fide description, se as to afford nolacility for the i n troduction of fraudulent y created shares into the market, to the detriment of the character as well as the interests of the Stock Exchange. "Nov. 27." " By order of the Committee. " GEORGE WEBB, Secretary. THE CREW OF THE TIGER.—The following officers of her Majesty's late steamer Tiger have arrived at Berlin from Riazan, and proceeded this evening, via Hamburg, on their way to England : —Lieutenant Alex. Hamilton, Lieutenant W. E. Stone, Mr. Charles Wilkinson, mate ; Mr. Soudantore, second mate ; Mr. Edward Lawless, assistant -surgeon Mr. Quin, gunner i Mr. Delaney, boatswain ; and Antonio Sckembri mad Charles Birch, servants. WRECK OF THE PRINCE.—The Prince screw-stcamer, which was annou nced y esterda y as havin g foundered th e Black Sea on the ni g ht of the 14 th , with all on board, was a new vessel purchased by the Government some rnment some 700 ea mon ths back from the General Screw tons w burden er , Company for 105,0001 . She was of 2, and bad only lately returned from the Baltic, l he she had performed her first services. a a s v taccounts t o h f h e r were that she had arrived at Balakla inst. ; and, as she must therefore have safely landed the troops she had taken out, the loss of life was limited, it is hoped, to her officers and crew. The Sea Nymph, yir c l t irexpe r riened a simil ar f a t e , i s b e li eve d to h ave Pe _. a _ _ .yep cm. 1141 4 g !fuel of about 000 tons. all all all all MISCEL Aubin Coal and Iron kustralian A gricult. Austral sn. Pc ifte. Mail Australn. Royal Mail Berlin Water Works Brit. American Land Brit. & Coln. Smeltg. and Reduction Co Canada Canada Gov. 6 p. ct Jan. and July Crystal Palace Crystal Pal. of Franc Eastern Steam ElectricTelograph(A , Electric Toleg. of Ir. Gen. Steam Navigat General Screw Stea Irish Beetroot Suga Magdalena St. Navig. Mediteran, Elec. Tel. , Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel, Netherlands Land.... N. S. W. Coal & Inter. Steam Navigat. Co. N. B. Australasian... Nrth. ofEuropeSteam Peel Rr. Ld. & Minrl. Peninsular& Oriental Do. Do. Portland Iron Co Royal Mail Steam Scot. Austral. Invest. South Austral. Land, Submar. Telegraph:. Do. Registered. °Fg THE RUSSIAN LOSS AT INKERMAN. (Front Spener's Gazette.) As regards the losses of the beaten army the dif ferent reports dissent considerably from each other. The Russian reports gives them at 3,000 killed and 5,900 wounded. General Canrebert estimates them at between 8,000 and 10,000 ; and Lord Raglan assures usthat 5,000 Russian dead or severely wounded were found on the battle field, that the Russians carried off vast numbers in their retreat, and that the total loss of the latter could not be less than 15,000 of all kinds. In favour of Lord Raglan's estimate must be adduced, first, the scrupulous exactitude of all English reports ; and secondly, that ho remained master of the field of battle, aid was enabled, consequently, to count the number of dead and severely wounded. On the other hand, Prince Menschikoff ought to have been enabled, by the daily states, to ascertain the amount of his loss (that is, the number of men absent from the ranks on the morning), but certainly not to distinguish the killed from the wounded left within the allied position. The prince's first report betrayed an attempt to soften the importance of the contest. It iilat any rate re markable that, in the statement of his losses, he omits the category of " contusioned," which always figures in Russian reports, and that the amount of wounded (contrary to the experience of a thousand battles), was scarcely double that of the killed, whereas the Eng lish (and French) reports show about four wounded for one killed on the inside. Perhaps Lord Raglan has based his estimation of the Russian loss upon their customary proportion. Under every circumstance, the battle of Inkerman was the most sanguinary, when the number of men e- e9ue , l je co nsilt•r: - . 1 , that has fns long heqn f o ught is 'Europe. Let the number of combatants be estimated how it may, it is clear that the Allies fought to the dregs a long and terrible infantry combat against at least " double" their numbers, and drove them from the field; whilst even the Allies do full jultioe to the efficacy of the Bonin artillery. 9 i 81 lk • , 34 3 41 91 AUSTRIAN INTRIGUES IN THE PRINCIPALITIES. Since the occupation of Wallachia and Moldavia by the Austrians the internal movements of these provinces are almost as entirely withdrawn from European observation as those of China. Austrian jealousy sticks at nothing to prevent truthful re ports of what is going on there from reaching the west of Europe. Letters, we have reason to believe, are systematically opened by servants of the Aus trian post-office, and frequently prevented from reaching their destination. Hence the uncertainty that prevails respecting the movements of the Turkish army in the Principalities, and the inten tions of Omer Pacha. One day it is reported that the army is advancing upon the Pruth and Lower Danube ; the next that it is going into winter quarters, with the exception of a d e t ac h men t th at is to be hipped for the Crimea. Letters which we have received from Bucharest, frorn a reliablesource _ and through a special channel, positively affirm that no warlike operations will commence in these provinces till March. This delay is of less conse quence than it would have been a month or two ago. Had a diversion then been made in favour of the Allies on the Bessarabian frontier the risks and labours of the French and English Generals in the Crimea would have been materially lessened, and the expulsi o n o f th e R uss ians from the Peninsula accelerated. In the present attitude of affairs in the Crimea, Omer 4aclia will probably be doing Letter service to the common cause by detach ing a portion of his army to co-operate with Lord Raglan and General Canrobert during the winter months, and by taking up such a position on the Pruth and Danube as will keep Gorts chakoff on the alert, than by immediately assume ing the aggressive. The demoralised condition of the Russian army since the battle of Inker man and the rapid exhaustion of its stores, make it plain that the game of the Allies is to hurry up reinforcements to Lord Raglan and General Canrobert, in order that they may be able to strike a decisive blow at the enemy before spring again opens the communication between Russia and the Crimea. But, though these considerations may re concile us to the turn which affairs have taken in Wallachia and Moldavia, it must not be forgotten that the turn is owing to flagrant treachery on the part of Austria. Our correspondent assures us that notwithstanding all the fair and specious protesta tions made to the Western Powers by the Cabinet of Vienna, Omer Pacha has been paralysed by the systematic thwarting of Feldzeugmeister Hess and Count Coronini. And that this statement is true no one who is in the habit of reading the Vienna journals regularly can entertain the slightest doubt. While the Aus trian post-office has been indefatigable in its at tempts to intercept all letters from Wallachia that are likely to throw light on Austrian proceedings there, the Austran newspapers—subject, be it re membered, to a rigorous censorship—have been crammed, day after day, with false statements re specting the state of affairs in the Principalities. That the proceedings of the Austrians and the sen timents entertained towards them should be repre sented en beau was to be expected. But it certainly was not to be expected that the Austrian Govern ment, which keeps such a tight bridle hand on its newspapers, should allow them, day after day, to publish the grossest and most calumnious falsehoods respecting English interference in Wallachia. A paragraph which we re-publish to-day from the Press( ' a Vienna newspaper, is a fair specimen of the blended malignity, mendacity, and folly of these atk tacks upon England. The paragraph to which we al lude contains nothing less than a revelation of a tre mendous conspiracy by the English in Wallachia un der the auspices of " their little Lord Redcliffe," as the journalist decorously calls him, to establish newspapers in the English interest in the four prin cipal towns of the principality. The defeat of this conspiracy by the " energetic opposition" of the majority of the Hospodar's Council is triumphantly announced. That there may have been a wish on the part of the more intelligent Wallachians to have independent newspapers established in the towns in question is highly probable; that the venal crea ture re-installed as Hospodar under the auspices of Austria, and the Austrian nominees in his coun cil, would energetically resist any attempt to esta blish independent newspapers in that country is certain. But that Lord Stratford de Redcliffe, or any English diplomatic consular agent, had any concern in the matter, with a view to create or strengthen an English party in Wallachia, is false. The story is only one of the numerous ro mances so sedulously disseminated in Austria at this moment, with the sanction and connivance of the Court, to excite jealousy and hatred of Eng land. The plot is thickening in the Danubian Princi palities. The intrigues carrying on there are be coming more complicated. The reports of Omer Paella's intended advance upon Bessarabia have fluttered the whole Court and Camarilla of Berlin. The utmost anxiety is expressed by the Junker partei lost such a movement should "involve Aus tria in entanglements" before the Federal Diet has come to a decision on the resolution sub mitted to it by Austria and Prussia in conjunc tion. Messrs. Von Meusebach and Konig, the Prussian Consuls-General for Wallachia and Mol davia, have been ordered off, post baste, to Jassy and Buchar es t. Th e i r pe tt y , me ddling, pragmatical interference will render the political confusion in these little capitals more confused than ever, and will help to c arr y i n t o f u lfil men t th e prophecy uttered by an intelligent Englishmen at Bucharest when the advance of the Austrians was intimated to him—that all military operations were at an end for the season, and that the winter in Bucharest would be consumed in the most paltry, complicated, and dishonest intrigues. In this lamentable state of affairs the duty of the English and French Governments is clear. It would for ever disgrace them were they te acquiesce in machinations, in consequence of which it wou ld t urn out that the anubian Principalities had only been wrested from Russia in order that Austria might be enabled to exercise absolute sovereignty in them, in its own name or in that of the Germanic Confedera tion. Austria wishes to annex these provinces to her own dominions. Prussia and the German States which composed the Bamberg Conference are anxious that the " protectorate" over the Prin cipalities claimed by Russia should be vested in the Confederation, in order that they may be able to obtain some popularity by persuading the Ger man people that they have gained something for Germany. In either case the provinces would be permanently severed from Turkey, and a system of government, in every respect identical with that which the Austrians have established in Lombardy, inflicted upon them. France and England are bound, on the one hand, to uphold the Wallachians in the possession of those liberties and immuni ties guaranteed to them by their peculiar relations to the Porte ; OR the other, to protect the Sultan against any attempt te wrest those provinces from him, either by the force or fraud of any foreign government. —Daily News. IRISH AND SCOTCH BANKS. The returns of circulation of the Irish and Scotch banks for the four weeks ending the 28th of Octo ber, when added together, gi►e the following as the average weekly circulation of these banks daring the past month, viz.:— Average circulation of tho Irish banks Average circulation of the Scotch banks Average circulation during past month ... £10,525,209 On comparing the above with the fixed issues of the several banks, as given in the Banking . Almanac, the following appears to be the state of the circulation : The Irish banks are below their fixed issue ... £11,413 The Scotch banks are ab ove their fixed issue... 1,094919 Total above the fixed issue The amounts of gold and silver held at tite head offices of the several banks during the past moch have been as follows : - - - - --- - Gold and silver held by the Irish bank 5......... £1,005, 640 Gold and silver held by the Scotch banks.. , . , , 1,530314 Total of gold and silver held .................. £3,435,954 The above statements complete the returns of the dr. culation in England, Scotland, and Ireland for the month ending the 28th of October. There is an increase of 1,496,028/, in the circulation of notes in England, and an increase of 2,376,963/. in the circulation of the United Kingdom, when compared with the month ending the 30th of September • and, as compared with the month ending the 29th of 'October, 1853, a decrease of 2,698,972/. in the circulation of notes in England, and a decrease of 2,428,5041. in the cir. culation cf the United Kingdom. The average stock of bullion held by the Bank of England in both departments during the month ending the 23th of October was 13,216,1101., being a decrease of 6,3761, as compared with the previous month, and a decrease o f 2 , 09 6, 7 441. when compared with the same period last year. The stock of specie held by the Scotch and Irish banks during the month ending the 28th of October was 3,435,9541. being an increase of increase of 140,2771. as _ com pared with the previous return, and as. 356,3` 1 01. when compared with the corresponding period last year. GENERAL SCREW STEAM SHIPPING COMPANY.- - It will be recollected that a committee of shareholders of this company was recently appointed to investigate the com pany accounts, and the general meeting at which the committee was appointed was declared adjourned until they should have time afforded them for preparing their report. The adjourned general meeting was held yes terday pro forma, and was adjourned again for another week, the committee of ahareholders not haTiaff yet Con• oluded their repot 50 50 100 100 Paid, 100 19 11 all all 100 100 1100 1 42 100" 100 all 22 ti 1.00 100 all all all 16 100 all 20 li) 20 20 20 50 20 25 [UN. 593 87i 8 123 li 79. i 201 1 67 50i i 70 68 2i 21 ti 6, all all 100 all 4i all all 10 100 100 jioo 100 100 100 100 'Co 20 12i 25 20 St. 25 ; 10 20 20 20 25 13.5 5 , all 15 4 4.0 5 St. 25 all all all 32 100 all 121 all all ;au 114 i 103 7 U9l 2 1 i 32i i li i 100 21 3 _,211 li f 32