The Sun. — London, England, 1853-10-10 00:00:00

LITERATURE. The Pantropheon ; or, History of Food, and its Preparation. By A. Soyer. Simpkin, Marshall, and Co. According to the Athenians, there are three kinds of appetite. Firstly, there is that which comes from fasting—called the bold appetite. Se condly, there is that which requires to be encou raged—called the indolent appetite. Thirdly, there is that which owes nothing to nature, but every thing to art (M. Soyer terms it tenderly " the child of art," p. 255)—called the eclectic appetite. And, behold ! we sit down to devour this delectable volume with all these three appetites strong upon us simultaneously. Anomalous they may seem to be, and yet this is true nevertheless. Incon gruous these three separate appetites may appear in themselves, and yet they_are_herc_ to g ether The bold appetite is ours—because we have fasted long from the writings of our immortal Alexis—those most exquisite of literary confections—we have hungered a considerable time since the golden mo meats when we were feasting on the milk and honey of the beautiful truths stored up abundantly in the " Modern Housewife, or Menagere," and yet morn abundantly in the " Gastronomic Regenerator." Virtually we have remained famishiner ever since our " dearest Eloise," and our " beloved Hortense" brought to a close their most attractive and be witching correspondence. During the protracted silence which has ensued thereupon, we have yearned hitherto, alas ! in vain, for that wine of love and bread of friendship. Therefore it is that we dedi cate our energies with " a bold appetite " to the devouring of the delicious wisdom conserved in the :Pantropheon. To this enviable task, moreover, we bring the advantage of "an indolent appetite " an appetite that provokes the magiric genius of Alexis Soyer to the dainty and ingenious labour of its reanimation and encouragement. Besides which Our incomparable author discovers in us the oppor tunity for demonstrating the magical influence of his abilities, the opportunity afforded by the possession on our part of an " eclectic appetite"— an appetite that says to the skilful cook, " Thou art trlY Father !" That supreme and crowning attes tation of the triumph of the ambitious chef—of his a ._ t . i liDaph at once overthe ind o l ence o f f a ti gue an d th e ' s gllst of satiety. An occasion when, immediately 1 11 P 0 n the appearance of some prodigy of science or of 1 11.1 , 11 17 on the altar of the banqueting chamber, the °° K of the sacrificer brightens [it is not our lips that spea k , b ut t h ose o f th e Di ep h o b e o f th e kitchen, the inspired priestess of Victua, *goddess o f gastronomy !] "the desire revives, the smile re appears, the chest dilates, the magiric faci es s hi nes forth with all its splendour." How writes Soyer, of this ultimate victory of his art, this elevating and unsurpassable consummation ? He says, p. 256, "In this supreme moment, he [the cook] re ceived among the ancients, a crown of flowers—sweet and noble recompence of his arduous toil." In this manner, too, thou also bast 'conquered, Alexis ! To thee are we indebted, as before remarked, for the satisfaction of the bolclappetite, for the -irrita tion of the indolent appetite, for the creation of the eclectic appetite—through the prodigies of science and luxury submitted to us on the altar of thy august P_4.NTROPHEON. Wherefore, in imitation of the classic gourmets of Attica, we send thee the blooming and odoro us gar l and, the crown of thy deserts, a garland (as it should be) not of perishable. blossoms but of asph o d e l s an d amaranths. leader—havin g ourse l ves partaken of the de g_ 11 t! of th e lit erary banquet humanely provided r a Y t : l da es srs • Simpkin and M ars h a ll , i n t h ese degene vs bligh te a , when grapes are diseased, and potatoes be n i son We would here commend thee with a Not • ° the devouring of the " Pantropheon." W t he I- -enison of Apemantus— Rather withitieh have fallen "So fall to 't— men sin, and I eat root." an incitation to avidity such as might that History of the tongue of Fonthill-Bickford, most 11.'2111 .?:_cfined of all modern sybarites. " A food and . t Vood," by Alexis Soyer—a history of by Bacchu s s preparation ! A history of the vine It ar now ..', — of corn by Ceres—of fruit by Pomona! it i s a na _f, that : particularly remembering that inf orms -Lcaus,titve extending back, as the very title-page extend% record " the earliest acres of the world"—a rather Until g ay, until i t . g back, not, as Mr. Macaulay might .is lost in the twilight of fable, but s t eam of th titropheen, is rendered obscure and hazy in the quay. E ? boiled and roast of a barbarous anti reParation a History of Food and its fancies ic hY, the words conjure up the fairy scen es of rev n i ceaccio, realising some of the elfin the go rgeeu .e:- nd. luxury depicted in the mazes of perhap s, t b" so Yrinth of the Decameron. Rather, appreciationeYf a repast of summon into being for the actual . our senses, that ravishing vision of eloq uent set of "Farad ) Which Milton sang with such sonorous ropriatply enough--at the Ise Regained :" a day-dream in which the poet beheld : "A table richly spread, in regal mode, With dishes piled, and meats of noblest sort And savour ; boasts of chase, or fowl of game, In pastry built, or from th e spit, or b o il' d, Gris-amber-steam'd ; all fish from sea or s h ore, Freshet or purling brook, of shell or fin, And exquisitest name, for which was drained Pontos and Lucrine bay, and Africk coast — (Alas, how simple, to these cites compared, Was that crude apple that diverted Eve !) And at the stately side-board, by the wine, That fragrant smell diffused, in order stood Tall stripling youths rich clad, of fairer hue Than Ganymede or Hylas ; distant more, Under the trees now tripp'd, now solemn stood, Nymphs of Diana's train, and Naiades With fruits and flowers from Amalthea's horn, And ladies of the Hesperides, that seem'd Fairer than feigned of old, or fabled since. * And all the while harmonious airs were heard Of chiming strings, or charming pipes ; and winds Of gentlest gale Arabian odours fann'd From their soft wino's, and Flora's earliest smells. Such was the splendour." It is the description of " Pantropheon." A descrip tion more apposite than that of the saccharine con diraents placed by the delicate fancy of Keats by the side of the sleeping lady in " The Eve of St. Agnes :" delicates— " Of candied apple, quince, and plum, and gourd ; With jellies soother than the creamy curd, And lucent syrups, tinct with cinnamon ; Manna and dates, in argosy transferred From Fez ; and spiced dainties every one From silken Samarcand to cedar'd Lebanon." A provision such as this would, we doubt not, have n sen disdai ne d b y M . S oyer as adapted only to the„ exceedi ng l y young ladies who have emerged Byron the s t r i nge d b ondage of the pinafore, of whom 'Pt% said so wickedly in " Beppo"— • " The nursery still lisps out in all they utter, Besides they always smell of bread and butter." Not for uneducated palates such as these has Alexis r ° o Yer writt en th e i nest i mable pages of his " Pan "t Pll.eon." Not for such as these has he burnt the Iniise_dnight oil during the course of his profound re -IVotes—researches in the conduct of which he quotenot less accu ra t e ly th an Mi ss S tr i c kl and have d that suggestive couplet from Beaumont— " The treasures of antiquity laid up In old historolls I opened." • chef-I'll:Isis elaborate History of Food" the letter'd dred s s authenticated his statements by many hun etsittoof references to ancient and modern writers of 14 , on, a re, giving page and volume with minute preci- L4ti li Aiding in his facile erudition to both Greek and Val s n inassics, to contemporary scribes and medic's in um n ilasts. It might have been imagined that and of et taking a task of such enormous magnitude cap ao . such bewildering difficulty, the culinary to t i:Lr of even a Soyer might have been baffled as subli e :antier of arrangement. But no—as this solemn, Work Work on eating and drinking—a wor k of " Dedic a t e d by th e autho r t o th e gen i us an eLb•?vrononiy work the vignette of which is eir e l e r 1V h of the g l o b e ro lli ng th r ough sp ace , en ittri, this inscription Deus Creator Terra 'a work the frontispiece of which is a rep resenz _ find apple ! ! by p i e ration of the great chef himself surrounded and decanter and game, and venison, and neith er • this laborious compilation we conf usi , st. in manner nor in matter tjie slightest field 4.2 Whatsoever. " Agriculture" is the broad th e 1 -4,l ra which we set out on our rovings through Min e • ea11 : 118 ,, 4. ,of Gast ronomy. Thereupon we exa- • .J in to the Cereals," into the " Grinding of Corn," tables." intM of Fl our ," i n t o " Fru " Grains and Seeds," into " Vege direetio_,-14.anching off from this point in two Were forbidde th e t h r eci th e,e History, first of all, describes to us discovered ngebtables, remindino• us how beans PYthagoras—aw haricots were Pron oune by Alexander the Great—how peas were lentilsea by Martial to be disagreeable —how formed tphoettchcrief ingredient in Esau's dearly the Kitchen red a,,e—and then conducts us into Kitch nn a_boundi ngbe Garden. Having traversed the of natu re as the of such delectable products sitter radish, and the succu gent sorrel, the ,savoury onion, and the pun eatomatical " PlaZte asparagus come to the delicate and by the use d in seasoning"—almost frverpowered Then of wild th oc Y a nle . to the conflicting, odours, from the conflicting asafceticla. s T to ell the ne fruit ' Pip f6rmuitcking our lips —to the fruit: .nucopia—there come tumbling profusion olive ope n i ng ef a cor and shell fruit. It is like p l e ) a cl e n h u s al i a lAsuch . lus cious m eow') among P and date. atiniedrechoeorrmye, dro • apricot, 1 and fron t the leaves (of * " Pantro- Ple, and le or gu l ch and quince, and pear, and appl y showers of ra nt) strav r b erry orange fi moral ;) • there come rattli Roos b . ' mulberry ( no t' raspberry, cur down such a hail the glimpse of a ot almond waillut, fi lbert, pistachio • • THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 10, 185 3, cumstance of her having herself proposed to Herr Findelkind. An episode in the narrative is of a somewhat kindred description. Audrey's father having at the commencement of the fiction sud denly and mysteriously disappeared from Charlie wood, ultimately, in the course of the story, "turns up" again as a sailor, calling himself Tom Taylor, though having no kind of resemblance whatever to the comical Professor known as a con tributor to Punch, and as the editor of " Haydon's Autobiography." Tom Taylor, otherwise Dabney, going on a wild-goose chace after his long-neglected daughter (supposed to have married one Fiddle skin, a foreign itinerant with white hair and a barrel organ) is most egregiously deceived into the belief that he has discovered her and her husband in the persons of two most rascally and designing vagabonds. He supports this knavish couple until the woman dies, and, dying, discovers to him the whole secret of the deception. What in this episode surpasses even its improbability, is the unaccount able oddity of the circumstance that the authoress endeavours by every device to excite our sympathy for the woman, and to call forth in behalf of the rogue, her husband, feelings of interest, or at least of commiseration. Another testimony, we con ceive, that our suggestion is not altogether erro neous, namely, that the novel before us is a veri table curiosity or phenomenon in literature. As a curiosity in this way it reveals a considerable amount of ingenuity—ingenuity in the linking to gether of a series of the most unlikely incidents, and •Iti the grouping of some of the least attractive of all conceivable characters. " Audrey," in these re spects, stands altogether alone among the writer's productions. If contrasted as a work of art with its predecessors from the same hand, it must rank undoubtedly below bothl;". The Cup and the Lip" and "The Tide of Life." It cannot, consequently, be brought for an instant into comparison with the enthralling and picturesque romance'of the "Forest and the Fortress," much less be mentioned in the same breath with the exquisite narrative of the " Ransom," the first and incomparably the best of all Miss Laura Jewry's varied compositions, a fic tion that, carried us back to the days of the cru saders, a story that reminded one of Scott, a tale that built up the author's reputation • TIZE CHOLERA. (Fiona the General Board of Health, Oct. 8.) NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE. Deaths on the 7th of October : Cholera Diarrhoea 3 MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. The total number of deaths from cholera and diarrhoea in Newcastle-upon-Tyne during the present outbreak has been 1,460. In the same period (viz., the first 37 days) during the prevalence of epidemic cholera there in 1831-2, the number of deaths was 258. Most of the country markets held on Saturday were fairly supplied with wheat, in which about an average I business was transacted at full prices. At the outports foreign wheats were steady, but not dearer. Barley, the supplies of which were but moderate, moved off freely, at extreme rates. The malt trade was rather active. Oats, beans, peas, and flour were very firm. The Continental markets continue firm, and the late ad vance in prices has been well supported. The latest ad vices from New York state that the inquiry for grain and flour was by no means active. The arrivals of English grain up to our market last week were on the increase. From abroad, we received 8,261 quarters of wheat, 2,975 barley, 3,410 oats, 4,775 beans, 835 peas, 473 tares, 3,540 linseed, 87 rapeseed, 291 mustard seed, 19 sundry seeds, and 8,060 barrels of flour. Fresh up, to-day, coastwise from Essex, Kent, &c., the receipts of wheat we re on a very mo d era t e sca l e . By land carriage the supply was by no means extensive, neverthe less, there was a slight ilium() in the show of samples compared with Monday last. Notwithstanding that the attendance of millers and others was tolerably good. the demand for all kinds of wheat of home produce was in a very sluggish state, at prices barely equal to those obtained on Monday last. There were inquiries for forward delivery parcels, but the firmness of the growers prevented business. With foreign wheat we were tolerably well, but not to say heavily supplied. A few parcels changed hands for shipment to the continent at full quotations, but for home use very little was doing, at barely late rates. Since our last, twenty vessels have arrived off the coast with wheat, from the westward, and the cargoes have sold at full quotations. The supply of both English and fcreign barley was small. All kinds were in but moderate request. In prices, no change took place. We had a fair inquiry for malt at late currencies. The inquiry for beans was less active, owing to the in ward arrivals. In prices, no change took place. Peas met a slow inquiry, on former terms, The flour trade was tolerably firm, at late figures. The supply of . bath English and foreign was very moderate. . CURRENCY PER 'IM Whaat —Essex & Kent, ..Red now 57s to 65s Ditto •• • • ........ old 57s • oitto, White new 583' 683 • Ditt0........ old 628 67s Norfolk and Lin coin, Red, old vs3s 63s Ditto new o. 50s 58; ayB-01a 00s 00s . New 31s' :itls Baley—Grinding..... 288 • 31a , Malting ..... •• .• 351 38 . s Chevalier— •.. 408 445, %fait—Suffolk and Nor- V ' 563 , 62s Brown •• • • 603 578; Kingston and Ware 61s 65s SHARE MARKETS-(THIS DAY.) BRITISH RAILWAYS. 'ERIAL MEASURE. Malt—Chevalier .... 68s to 70s Oats -- Yorkshire and Lincolnsh., Feed 22s 25z . Potato youghal and Cork Black. .....• 21s 23s Cork,White ..• • Scotch, Feed. .. Beans—tick ...40.3 44s ' ' Pigeons ...... 4IS 49s Peas—Grey • 40 , 42s Map1e...........45, 48s White........... 46 52s Boilers 56s 60s Ficur—Town.made... 65s 70s Suffolk 443 46s Stockta &Norfolk 42s 48s Closing Prices this day. SMITHFIELD. Basiness done this day. The imports of foreign stock into London last week were good, viz., 12,452 head. During the corresponding period of 1852, we received 8,660; in 1851, 6,618; in 1850, 7,352 ; in 1849, 5,092 ; in 1848, 3,800 ; and in 1847, 3,893 head. 50 25 12A 12i 20 St. 30 20 1 40 chesnut, and pomegranate ! Insomuch are we overwhelmed by the abundance, that we are almost glad to escape to the meats—what though our sympathies (mind, we don't say our habits !) go a great way with the vegetarians. Vegetarians !—can such people remain in existence after all the allure ments of the cooks of modern times, of the me diaeval ages, of the days of antiquity ? Let them listen once seriously to the syren-voice of Soyer, and their boards, we warrant them, will soon be groaning under animal food in plenty. Not if they hear him (p. 150) talking of the excellence of plump young dog, or descanting upon the agreeable taste of a tender and youthful ass. But let them once lend an ear attentively to his record of the joints carved from the kid, the pig, the ox, and the lamb, and even in their eyes the kitchen garden and the orchard, of themselves, will become little More no table than a fool's paradise. Yet more assuredly will this be the case after a perusal of the chapters relating respectively to "Poultry," from the capon to the peacock ; to " Hunting," from the stag to the elephant : to " Feathered Game," from the pheasant to the woodcock; to " Fish," from sturgeon to anchovy ; or to " Seasonings," froth salt -to mushrooms. By the way, glancing through the chapter relating to fish, how it is that M. Soyer classes frogs among shell-fish we cannot, for the life of us, conjecture. There is one other division of " Pantropheon," not yet mentioned, which is espe cially entitled to consideration. It is that relating to " Pastry"—a subject handled by the author" with loving tenderness, and treated by h m from first to last, may we not be permitted to ay?—in i a manner honourable at once to his learn ng and his sensibility. The solemnity of tone obtiervable at moments is something very fine, and cannot fail to command the reader's admiration. Here, , for example, is the record penned by AlexiS SoyerOf what may be termed THE PROGRESS OF PASTRY. "Titus Livy said, in speaking of Roma, `The great est things have small beginnings.' This , applies equally to pastry, which appears so unworthy of attention at the commencement of the middle ages that nothing seems to an nounce its high destiny. At first, in the southern pro vinces, people simply mixed flour, -oil, and honey. The Roman school was still in force. The inhabitants of the north had a mind to innovate ; they employed eggs, 'butter, and salt. Then came the idea of inclosing within this paste cooked meat, seasoned with bacon and spices ; and, from progress to progress, they at last inclosed cream, fruit, and marmalades." Observe—how fine is the gradation! At first they simply mixed flour, oil, and honey—then came eggs, butter and salt—then " the idea of en closing within this paste cooked meat, savoured with bacon and spices"—and so from " progress to progress," says the historian of food, in a burst of allowable exultation, "they at last enclosed cream, fruit, and marmalades. " A noble and memorable consummation. How little did the fabricators of that first mash of flour and honey, dream of the approaching glories of that inevitable cream and those unavoidable marma lades A tolerable notion may be formed of the enthusiasm by which the illustrious innovators in gastronomy were animated in their stately re searches, from M. Soyer's version of the old story about Vatel; one of "not by any means the least distinauished of his predecessors. Our author has been talking about some of the feats of the epicures of the reign of Louis Quatorze ; and thus recounts the MELANCHOLY FATE OF VATEL. "At this period we have the celebrated Vatel, one o: the most illustrious officers of the household th'lst ever flourished in the palaces of the Princes of Conde. This inimitable major-domo understood that a dinner without fish was a cheerless one. One day, when his noble master entertained Louis XIV. at a royal banquet, at Chantilly, which the genius of Vatel rendered more brilliant, the fish from the coast failed ; he sent everywhere, but none could be found. He was completely bewildered :" he met his august master, whose kind words, full of benevolence, only served to increase his desperation ; he left him, ran to his chamber, took his sword, and three times pierced his heart. Shortly after fish arrived from ail quarters. Vatel was called—no Vatel ! He was sought for, and at last discovered—Vatel was no more !" Alas, for the glorious departed ! But if, even ac cording to nature, a Vatel must, under any circum stances, by this time have vanished from the sub stantial regions of cookery, we may be consoled under the sorrow of his departure by the possession amongst us of a Soyer—a chef capable of presiding over the fabrication of a thousand made-dishes —vulgar English for the entremets—just as Doctor Johnson was described as capable of grappling with a whole library. Upwards of forty steel plate em bellishments lend to the text of our gustatory sage the charm and pomp of illustration. Presiding over these, of course, is the semblance of the plump and comely Victua, the appetising goddess of gastronomy. Conspicuous among the curiosities engraved are representations of the kitchen ' utensils of antiquity, classic spoons, and tri vets, and kettles, and gridirons. There are the wine -skins, too, and the drinking-cups, and the vessels for holding your choice falerian—the dolium or the amphora. As worthy representa tives, moreover, of the more renowed gourmets of ancient times, we are presented at p. 201, with the heads of Apicius and Epicurus, and at p. 398, with those of Nero and Heliogabalus. Speaking of the last-mentioned personage, the Sardanapalus of Rome, the precocious monster whose reign ex tended only from his accession to the imperial throne at fourteen to his assassination at eighteen, our author, inspired by a love of science, says with becoming leniency after referring to his crimes, " the gastron om i c ar t i s, h owever, indebted to the odious Hehogabalus for some useful discoveries." Enviable epitaph ! A funereal panegyric surely little short of the glory of apotheosis. It was observed by A. Soyer in 1846, in the course of his production on cookery called " The Gastronomic Regenerator," it was observed by him, at page 650 of that renowned production that, " if any author were to write a work on the History of Food and Cookery, it would not only be very interesting, but an extremely useful production." Useful, undoubtedly, if only as illustrative, on a gigantic scale, of the truth of that diction of Brillat Savarin, in his Physiologic du Gogt : " Dis-moi ce que tu manges, je to dirai ce que tu es." Re ferring to this prophetic remark in the " Gastrono mic Regenerator," p. 650, M. Soyer observes, in a Note to his new volume " Pantropheon," p. 476, " No one, however, having entertained my sugges tion, I determined to undertake the task, and after several years of deep study and perseverance, have completed this voluminous work." It is accom plished. The researches of the illustrious chef have been rewarded in other particulars besides in that of his discovery (p. 269) of the celebrated garum, the most esteemed and expensive sauce of antiquity —the sauce praised by Horace, and manufactured at Byzantium. Those researches have now enabled him to lay before the world something more deli cious even than Salades de grouses d la Soyer, namely, Soyer's " Pantropheon." It *as said by Napoleon that he should go down to posterity with his Code in his hand. Alexis will accomplish that descent in a manner more savoury, and quite as appropriate—with the bonnet blame on his head, a stewpan at his elbow, a tasting spoon between his fingers, and on his knee the witnesses of his magiric genius the " Regenerator " and the " Pantropheon." Audrey. A Novel. By Laura Jewry. 3 vols. Ne - wby. Charliewood is the name of the little village within the precincts of which the majority of the incidents of this singular fiction are supposed to occur—the interest of the tale sometimes extend ing as far as the neighbouring park of Crowhurst ; sometimes carrying the reader to a seaport on the coast of Yorkshire ; sometimes to Paris ; sometimes to London ; and sometimes even to the snowy fast nesses of the mountains of Switzerland. Strictly speaking, we take " Audrey" to be a curiosity—a sort of phenomenon in imaginative literature. It appears to us as though the authoress had deter mined to test her capacity for extracting a charm solely from what to the general observer would ap pear to be in itself the most repulsive. Td our thinking, she seems to have resolved to try her skill in fixing attention upon themes which the public at large are usually disposed to deem the most unat tractive. It is in this particular sense 'that , we speak of the novel before us as a curiosity, and a sort of phenomenon in literature. Conspicuous among the figures in the foreground of the picture are—a surlyold sexton, Jonathan Dabney, intensely selfish and profoundly ignorant—a shrewish little milliner, Annette Skrimpton, who marries him shortly after his becoming a widower—a half-witted old woman, Dame Page, to whose friends it would have been a blessing if she could possibly have been got a little out of the way by being bedridden 7 --a fretful lameter, Johnnie, who is a genius in scrib bling verses, and a blunderer in , falling in love where his tenderness is not wanted— , and a variety of such like characters. Audrey Dabney is the rustic heroine of the story, while the lady heroine is Helen, the only daughter and heiress 'of the rich Sir Philip Beaumont. Between these two—linking their fates together—comes the hero of the tale, a Tyrolese peasant, who travels through England as a concert singer, and wins the heart of each of, these fair damsels, one Herr Basil Findelkind. Audrey's excellence shines amiable enough throughout the three volumes but Helen's position as a heroine is not by any means agreeable from first to last as a subject of contemplation. How this may be the reader can easily conjecture on hearing that Helen is twice refused—first by Basil and afterwards by Vaux—Basil subsequently marrying Audrey, and Vaun becoming entrapped into wedlock by a horrid little designing dependent, Louisa Delville, a faint reflection of Becky Sharp, having all the viciousness, but none of the genius of Clitemnestra. And what adds to the painfulness of Helen's situation in Basil's regard, is the Ga •r- IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WEEK. From Beasts. Sheep. lambs. Calves. Pigs Rotterdam 535 ' 2,108 ... 60 ... 307 Antwerp 6 12 --- Ostend Hamburgh l5 ... 2,085 Dordt Bromvershaven 3 ... ' 184 Nieu Diep 45 4,471 , Tonningen Amsterdam Bremen 3Ol ... 1 5' Harlingen 417 ... 1,667 ... 27 - 19 ••• 85 ... - ... - 94 ... 317 Total -. 1,873 .. 9,565 87 536 ... 40: The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as under : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 1852 1,707 ... 6,252 362 339 [B5l 1,701 4,480 ... 232 198 .850 1,549 4,995 234 ... 393 .849 1,124 3,775 ... 131 59 .843 656 ... 3,087 ... ... 153 70 There was a full average number of each kind of foreign stock on offer in to-day's market. The demand ruled heavy, at drooping prices. From our own grazing districts the receipts of beasts fresh up this morning were somewhat on the increase, and in fair average condition. The at tendance of both town and country buyers was good ; but the increased supplies of meat on offer in Newgate and Leadenhall induced caution in effecting purchases. The few prime lots brought forward realised last week's cur rency—viz., 4s 6d per 81bs, but all other breeds were dull, and 2d per 81bs lower than on Monday last. The arrivals from Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, and Northamptonshire amounted to 2,220 short horns • from other parts of England, 600 Herefords, runts, and Devons; and from Scotland, 79 horned and polled Scots. With sheep we are seasonably well supplied, and there was a decided increase in their general weight. The primest Downs sold slowly at last week's currency—viz., 5s 2d per. Sibs; but all other breeds were very dull, and 2d per 81bs lower. Calves, the supply of which was good, sold heavily, at a decline in price of from 6d to 8d per 81bs. We had a slow sale for pi g s , at a reduction of 2d per 81bs. The supply was good. Per Bibs to sink the offals. s. d. s. d. a. d. a. d. Interior Beasts.... 2 10 to 3 2 rime Southdown 410 5 2 Second quality.... 3 4 3 6 Large crse. calves 3 8 4 0 Prinie large oxen 3 8 4 0 Prime small d 0... 4 2 4 8 Prime Scots, &c. 4 2 4 4 Large hogs 3 8 4 2 Inferior Sheep ...3 0 Second quality ...3 0 Prime crse.-wllcd.4 0 3 4 Small porkers 4 2 5 0 3 10 Sucklingcalves ..22 0 27 0 4 6 Quarter old pigs 21 0 26 0 FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts .. • • ... .....• •• • • 5,937 1 Beasts ...... •.. •• .... .2,309 Sheep and Lambs .. ••• • • .29,839 Sheep ..•• •...............7,60n calves .. .. •• •.••• • • • . • 399 Calves.. •• •• .. • ......... 343 Pigs ....... .•• ••••• • • • • • 410 Pigs—. ............ .. TOTAL SUPPLY. A statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fr t stock exhibited and sold in Smithfield Cattle Market, on Monday, Oct. 11, 1852, and this day, Monday, Oct. 10, 1853. Per 81hs, to sink the offal& Oct. 11, 1852. Oct.lo, 1853 s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d ▪ 2 2to 2 4 1 2 10 to 3 2 ▪ 2 6 3 0 3 4 3 6 ▪ 3 2 2 6 3 8 4 0 . 3 8 3 104 2 4 4 , 3 2 3 63 0 3 4 3 8 310 3 6 310 , 4 0 4 24 0 4 6 , 4 4 4 64 10 5 2 , 2 8 3 4 3 8 4 0 , 3 6 4 04 2 4 8 210 3 6 3 8 4 2 Coarse and inferior beasts .. Second quality ditt o . Prime large oxen Prime Scots, dcc Coarse and inferior sheep Second quality ditto Prime coarse woolled ditto Prime Southdown ditto • Large coarse calves Prime small ditto Large hogs Neat small porkers 3 8 310 4 4 Beasts... ▪ 5,107 Sheep ▪ 27,990 Calves... 227 Pigs ... 370 SUPPLIES ON SALE, Oct. 13, • 1851.—Beasts, 4,604; sheep, 28,270; calves, 230 ; pigs, 580. 5 0 5,937 29,830 398 410 Oct. 14, 1 850.—Beasts, 5,463 ; sheep, 29,160 ; calves, 214 ; pigs, 600. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Since our last report, the supplies of each kind of meat on sale in these markets have been considerably on the increase; nevertheless, a full average business has been transacted, and prices have been fairly supported. Per 81bs by the carcase. s. d. s. d. Beef, inferior 210 3 2 Mutton, Inferior Do., middling 3 4 3 6 Do., middling.... Do., prime large 3 6 3 8 Do., prime Do., do. small —.3 10 4 0 Veal Pork, large ........ 3 10 4 8 J Pork, small s. d. s. d. 34 3 8 .3 10 4 6 .4 8 4 10 .3 10 5 0 4 10 5 2. BOROUGH HOP. As the growth continues to come down very light, the duty has declined to 13 5,0001. and 140,000/. The demand for both new and yearling hops is very active, on higher terms. Now Weald of Kents have sold at from 175 s to 2305, and Sussex 165 s to 195 s per cwt. Several parcels arrived from the continent last week. BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. The supplies of home-grown potatoes are very moderate, but those of foreign are good—the imports last week being 136 tons from Calais, 20 ditto from Amsterdam, 340 ditto from Dunkirk, 400 ditto from Rouen, 2 ditto from Dordt, 220 ditto from Boulogne, and 8 ditto from Rotterdam. The demand is active, and prices are on the advance, as follows :—Shaws 120 s to 1355; Regents, 140 s to 170 s; and foreign, 130 s to 140 s per ton. The supplies from France will now shortly cease. WOOL. - - The next series of colonial wool sales will commence on the 20th inst. The quantity declared is 56,653 bales--viz., 17,443 bales from Sydney, 20,529 Port Philip, 4,538 Van Dieman's Land, 3,368 Adelaide, 5,255 Cape, 120 Swan River, 1,398 New Zealand, and 3,902 East India. Scarcely any business is doing in the private contract market, and prices are with difficulty supported. Last week's imports were 19 bales from Alexandria, 490 from Hamburgb, 106 from Leghorn, 111 from Seville, 2,800 from Sydney, and 206 from Melbourne. SEEDS. Linseed continues to move off steadily at extreme quo tations. On the spot, Black Sea is selling at 49s to 50s ; East India, 49s 6d to 50s 6d ; Egyptian, 46s 6d to 47s 6d ; and Petersbnrgh, 45s to 48s per quarter. East India rape, 54s to 555. Canary has realised 60s for fine. Cakes are held at fully previous rates. Turnip,White, per bush. 18* to 218 Swede • • • • • • • • 20s 238 Mustard, Brown .. .. 103 14s White, new ...... 14s 203 Tares,Virinter, new.... 88 3d 8,9 d Spring .. Os Od t s Od Canary, per qUarter . 543 588 Rye Irtss • 283 34* Clover, Red Eng. (cwt.) 44a ; 643 . White , .• • • .... • • 488 Cs* Foreign 'Red .. • • .. 44s 62 Whfte•'. 81s 65s Trefoil,' 193 243 Carraway ............ 463 481 Coriander ............ lls 14s Irempseed, per quarter 38s 42s Linseed, 66, COs Crushing .. 49s 51s Baltic •• .. 441 49s Odessa .......... 464 4 s Linseed Cake, pr. ton — English .. . 91 0.; 10 11s Foreign, per ton 8' 103 1 If 00s Rape Cakes, prton 5151 51 10 i Rapeseed, N ew, pr Ist 2710 s i 9 Os TALLOW; The amount of business doing ,in our market is by no 'means extensive ; prices, however, are on the advance. P.Y.C. on the spot is quoted at 58s 6d to 58s 9d, and for the last three months 58548 d per cWt. Town tallow is 60s net cash ; rough fat, 3s 4d per 81bs. 1851 1853. 9d 5S 9d '27,2711' 38.291 Stock this day ...... 1._.......__31,651 .... i .....__ 6,5 5 43 5 ' 5 6% ) 38s 9d to 38e 3d toi 42s 3 , 1 5 ' 00s Od 38s Gd to' 42 , Price of Y. C.' .... I Delivery last week . • , 3,549 3 003 1,924 3,933 3.571 Ditto from June 1.... 28,907 . 32,305 30,876 28,877 30,932 Arrivals last week.. 5,251 i 3,559 i 5,282 1,065 725 Ditto from June 1.... 46,993 i 33,1.55 32,634 19,919 29, i 72 to :37 00A Od Price of Town .... • • 86 3 6d 1 41s Od 4ls Od , - 455• Od 62s Ed IMPORTATIONS OF POTATOES.-It appears from an offi cial document just issued, that in the month ended the sth ult., there were 9,838 cwt. of potatoes imported, against 1,896 cwt. at the same period of last year. They are free of duty. --"'`- NEWCASTLE. General Result of the House-to-House Visitation.— There has not yet been time to complete the returns of the house-to-house visitation ; but the following state ment contains an approximation to the result up to Oct. 6 : The cases of diarrhoea discovered by this system and brought under immediate treatment by the visitors amount to 3,241 ; the cases approaching to cholera, 227 ; cholera, 63 ; cholera corpses, 3 ; old cases passing from diarrho3a, into approaching cholera, 13 ; and from ap proaching into cholera, 11—making the total number of cases of all kinds discovered and brought under treat ment, 3,555. METROPOLIS. A fatal case of cholera occurred on the 6th inst., in Poland-street, St. James's, in 15 hours. Dr. Milroy, from the General Board of Health, had an interview on Friday with the guardians of Newington, with relation to the adoption of measures for the prevention of the spread of cholera. The guardians are prepared to adopt energetic measures, and have appointed their several medical officers as sanitary inspectors of their respective districts. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE. Yesterday (Sunday) morning, shortly before one o'clock, a fire of a very alarming character, and attended with a destruction of several hundred pounds' worth of property, broke out in the premises belonging to Messrs. T. and M. Garner, japanners, carrying on an extensive business in some of the arches under the London and South-Eastern Railway. The arch in which the disaster commenced was of vast extent, it having a frontage in Bermondsey-street, and extending completely under the permanent way of the railway as far as Maltby-street. The place was fitted up for boiling oils, japans, &c. ; also for a drying-house for seasoning table-covers, leather, and other articles japanned on the premises. The stock in trade being of such an easily ignitable character, the flames spread with amazing rapidity, so that in the course of a few minutes the stock of oils, turpentine, and, indeed, everything else in the archway, pre sented a regular blaze ; and for some time strong fears were entertained that that portion of the line of railway would be so injured by the heat as to be com pelled to be pulled down. A police-constable of the M division, who was on duty in the neighbourhood, and who was the first person to make the unwelcome disco very, without loss of time sounded an alarm in the usual way, and then sent messengers in sundry directions to call the fire-engines. With as little delay as possible, the brigade engine from Tooley-street attended, followed by that of the parish and others of the London establish ment from Southwark-bridge-road, Rotherhithe, Water loo-road, that of the West of England Office, and an other from Watling -street. The firemen, upon their arrival, found that the flames had seized upon every thing of a combustible character within the premises, and the flames were rushing from either side, and mount ing high above the parapet wall of the railway. Fortu nately, no carriages were standing on that portion of the line,for if there had been, they must have been severely injured by the intense heat. The fire-plugs in the neigh bourhood have been drawn, a plentiful supply of water was procured, and not a moment was lost in setting the engines to work. In spite, however, of th e exer tions of the B r i ga d e an d W est of England firemen, and the torrents of water scattered over the flames, they continued to rage, and for a long time appeared to defy the labours of all present. The men, however, under the direction of their superior officers, kept to their work, and eventually they succeeded in getting the mas tery over the fearful element, but not until everything in the archway in which the disaster commenced was destroyed, and a slight damage done to the adjoining archway belonging to the same firm, and used as a storehouse for oil, &c. The total loss will amount to several hundred pounds, but fortunately the sufferers were insured in the North of England Fire Office. The origin of the fire is not precisely known, but there is strong ground for supposing th a t i t was caused from a copper of japan boiling over. A strong muster of the M division of police, under Mr. Inspector Brandford, rendered great assistance to the firemen by keeping a large crowd out of danger. So dense was the fog, and so dark the street lending to the scene of conflagration, that the firemen had the greatest difficulty in taking their engines to the spot. The same premises were burned out some months since. SUSPICIOUS DEATH OF A WIFE. On Saturday afternoon, Mr. Payne held a long in quiry at the Vestry-hall, Fair-street, Horsleydown, on the body of Ann Roberts, the wife of a greengrocer in Bermondsey-street, who, it was at first supposed, had committed suicide, but concerning whose death reports were subsequently in circulation of a more serious cha racter. On Friday morning the deceased was found in her bed-room hanging by a gauze veil, and in nearly a kneel ing posture. She was quite dead. Her husband gave the alarm. He had slept on a sofa, having come home the previous night very drunk. When he called in a lodger he said, " Good God ! I shall not be long after her." He had only a short time before come out of gaol, where he had been undergoing imprisonment for ill using his wife. Mary Duke, who occupied a room underneath, de posed to hearing deceased groan in the night. The sister of the deceased thought she had not laid violent hands upon herself, as she was always greatly terrified at death. Ellen Cooke, the daughter of the deceased, produced a bundle of letters which her mother had given her. A short time since her mother told Roberts that be would soon go back again to gaol for his ill usage of her. He made use of some very filty expressions, and replied that the next time he went it would not be for twelve months, but for two or three years, and perhaps he might go on to a scaffold for her, as he meant to have her life, at the same time using most violent language. That was about three weeks ago. The coroner then read three letters sent by a woman alluded to in the course of the investigation, signed “ Eliza Roberts," thereby assuming the name of the wife, one of them being addressed to Roberts. In this 'letter she entreated Roberts to come to her without delay, stating that she had got an order for the play. He was to make any . excuse to deceive his wife, and if he found any difficulty in doing so that he must " cook"' lier;‘a's they had agreed upon, and then when She was gone they could live happily together. The tWo• other letters' to the wife were couched in the most filthy tan. guage, taunting her with having lived with her husband whilst.she: was in the workhouse, and that he had spent many pounds upon her, but having lost his situation at Somerset-house he had returned to hers for convenience, but that she had made up her mind to haVe her. life, • if she should die hanged for her. Dr. Challice, he should h ave great hesitation at the present moment in stating.the cause of death. The features were exceedingly plicid, and .there was no bloodshot about the eyes; as was common where death occurred from strangulation. The inquiry was then adjourned for a post mortem amination to be made. JUNIOR UNITED SERVICE CLUB.--It is in contem plation to purchase the Duke of Buckingham's late re sidence, Chandos-house, Pall-mall, for the site of the Junior United Service Club ; in which event, Chandos house will he taken down, and upon the ground a new and magnificent structure will be erect e d. T he present building in Charles - street is totally inadequate to ac commodate the members of a club, near l y two thou sand officers of the . Queen's and . Company' s serv i ces, and the militia,--British, Army Aspata. 20 -- 21 4 - 4# lii - 91 12 - 10-11 16 18 5 4 d 93 -- 95 49i. -- 5o 154 _ 164 :1 . 6 71 si 3 3 4 4 11 - 12 36 - 40 - . . 27 - 29 61 - 63 6 21" . -- ij 74 - 75 47 - 49 124 - 126 1101 - 103 80i - 85 90 10 —l2 p 62A 03 7i 7hd 56-4 d 121 13 — 1 7 p 93 95 103 104 id g_ - 75 77 13 12 dI 12 —ll di 19 - 20 - -d - 60 33 - 35 1 BO 53 d parl 6 4d 47 . -- E 6 4 3 d 25 j 26 8 1O 2 ' 7 71$ 7t 7t par 2 p 37 - 39 86 - 88 55 • 57 62 - 64 60 65 I 2i 2dis 15 17 12 —.13 - A 2 2Bd 15 -- 17 58i 59 33j —34 j 3 - i 28 - 30 23 14 -15 2 i S . - ... - 9 61i 4 --3ict 45. 46 461 6 7 5i 6 PREFERENCE SF A RES . St. 100 Aberdeen - St. 109 Do., No. 2, 7 p c... ... . - ~. St. 100 Bris. dr Ex. 4p. c. St. ... - . ... 20 5 Do. 4p. c. Shares ... ... . - St. 100 Caledonian £lO ..... 98 -- 100 99i .x d 15 all Chester Gu ar.psfixv. 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F. £2O id par' St. 100 Do., 6p. c., Stock 139 141 OxfordNNDN:NhiCrr t ii.l o ll9owohhniv.Norfolk s.a.kawBBciTThirds Staffordshire.. . British ßl i ii l Worcester . li ds .in:.:B6N pp. & St. 100 London and:Brightm Guaranteed sp. c.. ... ... St. 100 Do. Pref., sp. c. St. ... ... 50 all Do. Convertible, sp. c., 1852. ... ..... . ... ... St. 100 Do. New Guar. .6p.c ... ... 50 5 London &S. Western, 2 3 124 124 Londonderry&Coler 2 1 5 2 L a a l l l l ju Lo ia n ns d he y ha. . i.,e & ssi, E ieN n f.o u ,. l a s l . L. i .in. S ... h , 12 6 i 7 13 i 12 lu all Do. New, 210— -• ••• 9 - 9 .,3. 6 3 Do., £ 6 . —... • ••• •-• it gI , 11 , all 'Marypt.dr . Carl..4 p. c. ... ... 12 all Do. 41 per cent — p St. - 100 Mid.ConsoL 6p.c. St ... ... St. 100 Do. Consol. Bristol & St. 1005 Do. Prof.Pr 4i per cent. i Id s2s S ott t ... 11 100 11 St. NO Do. Pref. Z 4 per ct .. ... 15 15 Do 8 all S 10 all Shrewaby. & Chester x d 10 10 Do. 5 per cent.. 9l —104 x 25 all South Devon l3 14 10 14 Do. New Par i r AM all S. Eastern (Reading Ann.,) of £1 Os.6d. 24 244 244 20 all S.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar. 19 20 5 3 WaterfiL&Kilk.6p. c. ... ...d i St. 100 York Newcastle and ( Berwlek,4p.e.Pref. 96 99 17 SDo 44 44 25 10 York& N. Midland H &S. Parch id 4 di FOREIGN. LO 5 5 3 !O all !O 10 ;0 8 !O all !O 2 5 all !O 10 !Oi 20A 5 3 Antwrp & Rotterdam Belgian East. Juliet. Charleroi & Erquelin Dijon and Besnon Dutch Rhenish East Indian Do. Extension Gt. Indian Peninsula Gd. Junet. of France Gt. Westn. of Canada Shares Lucca and Pistoja,. 5 per cent. pref. Luexembourg Do. (Railway) . D 0... Do. (Canal) Do. 6 p. cent. pref. Lyons & Mediterran Madras Maria Antonia Do. NOV ....... 2i - 11 -; -- lip 3 1 2 3 p d— -1 li P n 2 !O 15 .0 10 5 2 ii- - F 5 64 34 - 4 .01 5 1 13 1 13 d !O I 10A ',3A I 29 0 10 'A) all , -- - 1 i - IiPI Namur & Liege (with ._Dioon. (ex interest) tereEt • the 3 p. c . . B of France.. a INIn a c e Do. 201. s N [ o fry.B.&Ams.Shs.] (Paris PPaa vss ea a agn u ni d c aa l 'OL R TI O iII lo u e an e kn n s. sP If !Paris and Strasbourg !ParisCa,en& Cherbr. Quebec & Richmond Rouen and Havre ,Do. and Meuse Do. 5i per cent. pref. Southern of France Upper India Scrip West Flanders Do. 5h per c. Pref Western of France._ West. of Switzerland Now Zealand..,.. 61 - 7 ... - ... 33} - 334 12i - 13 - 8 — 1 64 p 45 47 39 41 36 3 4 6i 2 1) 3 1 d 18 20 . - .. 2 - 4p 3 - 4 7 i B ip, 3i 21c1 RAILWA Z}3. Shr.l Paid 1100 1 8t 100 42 34 all all 100 NewC.astle & Carlisle, Newmarket. ...... .... (Norfolk. 0., New ..... . . INorihn. Counties Un North British North Devon, No.l. Do., No. IShropshiro "union:: South Devon Waterfd. (it Kilkenny; IWaterforddrLimelick West C0rnwa11........ Wmble don &Croydon Woodford.. ........ York Newctl. &Berw. Do. Extensions....... Do. G.N.E. Purchase York & N. Midland.. Aberdeen ............. Ambg. Nottng. Bost. & Eastn. June....... Blrmng. Wolverh & Stour Valley .. Birkenhd. Lan cs h & Cheshire Junet...... Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O & £25 Cons.... Do., £2O Bristol & Exeter Caledonian..... ..... Chester & Holyhead Cork and Bandon Cork, Black. & Pass Dublin &Belfast June Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction East Anglian (X 25 L & E. & L. & D.) Do., (XlB E. & H.) Eastern Counties..... Eastern Union, Class A. late E. U. 5h.... Do d 0........ Do., B. & C. East Lancashire ... East & West Ind. Di. & Binning. June Edinburgh & Glasgow Edinb. and Peebles Edinb. Prth. &Dunde, Glasgow & S. Western Great Northern Stk Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Gt. Sth.&West.(lre.: Great Western.. Irish Sonth-Eastern Lancaster &Carlisle Do., Thirds... Laneash. &Yorkshire Do., Fifths Do., Wst. Riding Un Leeds Northern Liv.Crsby.&Soutlypt. London & Blackman Lond. Tilb. & Sthend. Lond. Bright. & S. est. London & N. Western Do. Fifths Do. JO/. Sh. ,M&B C London & S. Western Do. Lndndrry.&Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk. Manch.Shef. &Lincln. Do., Man. &Lin. Un. Midland Do. Binning. ez Derby Midland G. West.(lr.) Do. A Shares Do. Bury Extensions Newpt.Aberg.dtlitfd Newry dr Enniskillen Newry Warrenpoint 1 (SI Rostrevor Dc. A Deferred... Do., a B Guaranteed North Staffordshire.. North Western.. ...... N. do S. Westrn. Julie Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton..... Scottish Central ..... Scottish Midland...... Shrewsbury & Birmg. Do., L. & N. Westn. Guaranteed Stock IShrewsby. & Herefd Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W. MM. Do. Halves, do. Do. Oswestry South Eastern .. South Wales S. Yorksh. River Dun Do Stockton do Hartlepl. Thames Haven Dock and Railway Vale of Neath.........J 100 100 47 17 all 100 [OO St. 6 25 100 all 3i 100 St. St. St. St. 26i 13i 20 20 50 100 100 100 100 20 17 20 all 50 all 20 14 10 51s. 10 1 St. 100 25 20 25 111 St. 100 20 20 104 20 63 14 "11 31 4 333 3 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. RAILWAIS. Leasing Compans. Closing Prices this day. Business this day. Sbr. Paid - St. 100 50 all St. 100 25 all 100 all Buckghamsh.l Clydesdale Je.' E. Lincoln. gr.l 6 p. cent Glstr.&Dn.Fr ' Hrtlpl. Dk. Railway Hull & Selby Do. a Shares Do. Shares Lon.diGreenw i Do. Prefer enc e ILowestoft gr.: 4 per cent Do. 6 per ct Maucli.Bxton and Matlock Nliddle6bro' dii; Red car . Bradfd. Northern and Easternsp.c.' Do. 6 per ct.. Do.Fixedsp.c, Prest. & Wyrel Do. A Shares.l Itoyan.& Hit. Do.Shepth. St. Shef. Roth. Goole g.5.p.c1 S. Statiordsh 1 WearValleygr' 6 per cent Do.. Wilts &Somrstl L. &N.W. 'Caledon... IGt.Northn New.! dr Berw Y.&N.Md 1 Do Do S. Eastern, Po Norfolk Do Lu. &N. W. Midld. Stek ton & Darlingt. E. Count IDo Do . &Ln&Yk Do Gt. North' Do Lancash. di Yorksh lirlielean Stockt. Darling Do IGt.Wostn. 98 - 102 48 - 50 140 - 145 30 - 32 107 -- 109 1 53i -- 54i' 27 -- 28 13i -14 i 25i - 26 - 2 3 x.d : Oa -- 1-00 GO - 63 H.• xd xd 140 145 133 142 2 lid 291 -30 i 95 - 100 MINES. Agua Fria .. Anglo Califo Australasian . Australian.... Australian Coi Australian Fn Ave Maria...,, Baden (Gd.Dai British Austrh 5 British Iron.. ......... Br azilianlmp.(issu e d at £5 pm. ............ Do. Cocaes & Cuiada Do. St. John Delßey Carsons's Creek.... Cobre Copper Colonial Gold Copiapo . Copper Min. of Eng. Do. Pref. 7 i P. cent' English and Austin. Copper Smeltg. Co General Great Nugget Vein Great Polgooth Lake Eathurst Liberty Lond.&Californ. Gold Quartz Crush. Co Mariquita Mexicau&S.Americn New Granada Nouveau Monde Port Philip Quartz Rock Rhymney Iron Do. New Santiago de Cuba South Australian__ Tin Croft ....... ..... United Mexican Wailer West Granada West Mariposa IYuba •dillera .ehold. Lehy of) n. Gold JOINT-STOC Australasia British Colonial Bank and Loan Company British N. American Chrtd. Bnk.of India, Austral., and China Chrtd. Buk. of Asia Colonial Commercial of Lond. English Scottish and, Australian Chrtd London Chrtd. of Australia London and County London Joint Stock Lond.andWestminst National Provincial of England Do. New National of Ireland... Oriental Bank Cor poration Provincial of Ireland Do. New Royal Australis. Bkg. and Gold Imp. Co ISouth Australia ;Union of Australia 'Do. New Union of Loudon Union of Madrid . ' [lan ~ P - g d P $ i 3 d d - d as— par - 7 9 2i - 3 33 - 34 I— rd 42 -45 8 I.OA il l - n 55- - 65 6 - 7 pi 3 14 —l6 ) t jP 2i z d d 6i 7 i d P AP Par — aP, 3 4 , a — i a 7 3i 4 J fi _ r _ . 4 - ( 1; 'IC BANKS. 70-72 ad bl id par LI ldis , 24 lid i d — ip 22 24 33 34 45 - 47 cl • par 36 38 61 66 1 4 , 18 19 MISCELLANEOUS. 5 35 2 ,8 31 Aubin Coal and Iron Australian Agricult. Australsu.Pci fic . Mai lAustralu. Royal Mailj „Brit. American Land Brit. & Coln. Smeltg. and Reduction Co , Canada Company Crystal Palace Crystal Pal, of France] Eastern Steam Electric Tel. of Irel. Gen. Steam Navigat. General Screw Steam Irish Beetroot Sugar Magdalena St. Navig. Nat. Pt. Steam Fuel Netherlands Land.... N. B. Australasian... Nrth.of Europe Steam Peel Rr. Ld. 6i Minrl. Peninsular & Oriental Do. do. Portland Iron Co Royal Mail Steam Scot. Austral. Invest Do. New Scrip South Austral. Land Submarine Telegraph Van Diemen's Land 33 - 35 55 - 60 is ----- iiPi ••• id li iP id- p ... - ... p li - 18 ii 1- - in is i'6 91 i 50/1 50 491 4i 128 111. 74:3 5 49 84 125 k 6 5 814 80i 1 Pm 63 1 21 10 121 95 4 104} 3i 4 3 76 7 si, 601 60 all all all all 13. 87 - ad 55 ad 60 58 a d 15 i i i LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Oat. 10.— Wind this day at Noon, N.N.W. ; light breeze, and fine clear weather. There was a thick haze all tho morning until about 11 o'clock - . COWES, Oct. 9.—Sailed—Helsingfor, Rio Janeiro. DovEu, Oct. 9.—Wind, S.S.W. to S.W. Arrived— Amadora, London, for Cuba. PORTSIdOIITH, Oct. 9.—Wind, S.S.E. Arrived—Bew lah, London, for Port Philip. Sailed—Poictiers, Mel bourne ; Marie Leocada, do. ; Rhein, New York. FALMOUTH, Oct. 9.--Wind, E. Arrived—Jeannette Phillippine, Akyab ; Ariel, Rio Janeiro; and Florence, Mexico. TORBAY, Oct. 9.—Wind, E. Arrived—Caroline, Mo gadoro. Off Port—lrene, London, for Port Adelaide ; Odessa, Batavia. SWANSEA, Oct. B.—Wind, E.N.E. Arrived —Adven ture, Riva de Sal/a. Sailed—Underley, Cuba. HULL, Oct. 9.—Wind, variable. Arrived Oscar, Shediac ; Emeline, Quebec ; Hannah Cocker, do. ; Royal Victoria, New Orleans ; Fitz, New York. CLYDE, Oct. B.—Sailed —John Barker, New York ; Clio, do. ; Mary Campbell, Berbice ; Statesman, Boston. SYDNEY, C. 8., Sept. 16.—The Douglas, of Hull, was totally destroyed by fire at Newfoundland ; crew arrived here. SUNDSWALL, Sept. 24.—The Louise, of Dram, from London, got aground, but came off with masts cut away. HALIFAX, N.S., Sept. 29.—The Saragossa, Havannah to Cowes, put in here on the 26th inst., dismasted, and will discharge. STAVENGER, Sept. 26. —The Twende Brodre, of and for Bergin, from Newcastle, was wrecked on the T o dd er , on the 24th i ns t . CRONSTADT, Oct. 2.—The Echo, for London, has put back with four feet of water in her hold, and must dis charge. PICTOU, N.S., Sept. 27.—The Talisman, Quebec to New castle, has put in leaky, and is discharging. NEW YORK, Sept. 27.—The Bess Grant, Gonaives to as Liverpool, h as b een towed in here with fore and mainmast cut away, much strained, and leaky, having been on her her beam ends i n a hurricane, on the Bth inst. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Monday, 10 30 a.m. Wind, E.S.E. light, and dense fog. Arrived—Manhattan and Taurus (s), from New York; Cormorant, Rotterdam • Emcles, Valparaiso; Gle nard, Newfoundland ; Susan ifincks, New York. (BY SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH.) DEAL, Monday, 9.35 A.M. Wind, N.N.N., light, and cloudy. Passed—lde, from London, to the Cap e of Good Ho om Lo pe n ; Nuova Subtle, from London, to Opo rto ; Era ' , don, to St. Kitt's ; Innellen, from London, to Sydney ; William Hammond, from London, to Adelaide ; brig Re gard, from North to Westward. Sailed—Castle Eden, Lady Nugent, Samuel Boddingt on, Ocean Wav© New Express, Flying Dragon, Wi grams, Eclipse, Thomasine, Alexander, Ealing Grovee,:hsateßwaartt:. lett, Louisa, Rid Van Winkle , Scotla nd , Ocean Gem r Sarah Metcalfe, Bank, Bury St. Edmond's, n Amelia Thompson, Alice Brown, Queen of the Isles, Dar vergne , Bedlington, Genera l Van d en Bosch, Ju n suit, and Camilla , w ith tho whole of the outward '- .. bound. DISPENSATION BY CARDINAL. WismfAN.—Yesterday notices were read in the various Roman morning Catholic places of worship in the metropolis, that in con sequence of the threatened visitation of the cholera, Cardinal Wiseman had granted dispensation to the faithful of his diocese from fasting, or abstaining , from flesh meat on Fridays. Circular letters have also been addressed by him to the different congregations, enjoin ing them to co•operate with th e civilb power in all sanatory regulations, and to use certain prayers for averting the impending calamity. The dispensation is to continue until further notice. THE CHARGE OF PERJURY AGAINST MRS. KELLY.— The magistrates of Capel-street police-office, Dublin, have dismissed the charge of perjury made against Mrs. Kelly by Miss Dease. HER MAJESTY'S STAGHOUNDS.—This magnificent'pack will commence the season this day (Monday), when the meet will be near the Royal kennels at Ascot. The pack will, as usual, hunt the forest country for the first two or three wee k s , a ft er w hi c h t h e regular fixtures will bo . 1 LIVERPOOL, 0. By the Royal mail steam-ship Niagara, MakrsisAtu advices from New York t o th e 27th an d B os t on o p the 28th ult. She has brought $lBl,OOO in specie on freight. The Niagara passed the steamer Ame rica, hence for Boston, on the 30th ult., at 5 40 a.m. ; and on the Bth inst., at 9 a.m., passed a screw-steamer, supposed to be the Taurus, from New York for this port. The cholera was on the decrease both at New Orleans and Mobile, but on the increase in the small towns along the banks of the Mississippi. A Cabinet Council was held at Washington on the 26th ult., at which Secretary Marcy's paper on the Kossta case was discussed. The New York Courier and Inquirer says:— " It is a long and powerful paper ; it asserts Kossta's right to protection, and justifies Captain Ingraham's summary proceedings as necessary to repel an act of war by the Austrian captain ; it proves the an,inms re vertendi by the fact that Kossta was awaiting at Smyrna a vessel in which to re-embark for New York." The steamer Oregon sailed from San Francisco on the Ist ult. with $975,999 in gold dust, en route for New York. The steamer Northern Light had arrived at New York with advices from San Francisco to the Ist ult., and $1,845,828 in golddust on freight. The San Francisco Alta California of the Ist of September thus reviews the state of things in California " Since the date of our last month's notice of the mar ' ket every department of trade has exhibited an extraor dinary degree of languor and inactivity. This has been owing to the same cause as we then had occasion to ad vert to—viz., the absence of any demand of consequence from the interior, which would enable our jobbers to rid themselves of their stock, and re-enter the market as purchasers. While, however, commercial affairs are suffering a temporary depression consequent upon over trading, the other great interests of our State are in the main prosperous and flourishing. The dry season does not now oppose that barrier to the miners' success which it has done heretofore. By numerous individual and combined enterprises many parts of the auriferous region have a constant supply of lwater, and the production of gold goes on in those localities without cessation- Every county in the State is a scene of political discussion and excitement. The election will take place on the 7th proximo, and until that event shall have transpired the public mind will be, to a great extent, occupied by political matters. The bricklayers and masons of San Francisco have struck for an an advance of wages from $lO to $l2 per day, and the hod carriers for an advance to $6 per day, and had obtained it. The Indians have become very troublesome all along the Rogue River Valley. A lump of gold weighing 10841 b. has been found near the source of Nelson Creek." Jamaica advices of the 12th ult. state that the non -arrival of Sir Henry Barkly, the new Governor, and the consequently increased delay which was occurring in the settlement of fiscal and financial affairs, had the effect of confining business trans actions within the narrowest limits possible, as no one knew whether it would be wise to buy or sell at the juncture. Advices from the city of Mexico to the 18th, and from Vera Cruz to the 22d ult., had been received at New Orleans. The Indians were still ravaging Durango and Chihuahua. General Tornell, the Minister of War, died at Tacubaya, on the 15th, of apoplexy. His successor had not been appointed at the latest dates. General Torena died in the city of Mexico on the 7th. Very little business was doing in the New York stock market. Most descriptions of railway shares had declined. There was more activity in the money market, capital being very freely offered both for call loans and discounts. Business paper was abundant at 9 to 12 per cent. Foreign exchange active. Bills on London, 1094 to 1092 ; Paris, 5 to 5 121 ; Amsterdam, 41 to 41k; Hamburg, 361 to 361; Bremen, 79/ to 79i ; Ant werp, 5 15 to 5 161. Cotton in good demand at steady rates. The stock in New York was estimated 50,000 bales. Flour in good demand, and prices well sustained. Wheat had slightly advanced in price. Indian corn in better demand, at 82c. per bushel for south ern yellow, 80c. for white, and 79c. to 82c. for western mixed. Western mess pork in good demand, at 15 dots. 86c. to 16 dols. ; mess beef dull, at 7 dols. to 9 dols. 50c. No change in butter, cheese, or lard. Scotch pig-iron in fair demand, at 35 to 37, six months. tr N ..,.•' -- tir - --_ , AMERICA. .-- '"? ~.... f ~, ..- . )\ll-4E-7-..--,fitir THE NORTH-WEST PASSAGE. The first meeting of Lieutenant Bedford Pira with the party from the Investigator is thus de scribed in a private letter, dated " Her Majesty's ship Resolute, Melville Island, April 19, 1853 :" , " This is really a red letter day in our voyage, and shall be kept as a holiday by our heirs and successors for ever. At 9 o'clock of this day our look-out man made the signal for a party coming in from the west ward ; all went out to meet them and assist them in. A second party was then seen. Dr. Doraville was the first person I met. I cannot describe my feelings when he told me that Captain M'Clure was among the next party. I was not long in reaching him and giving him many hearty shakes—no purer were ever given by two men in this world. M'Clure looks well, but is very hungry. His description of Pim's making the Harbour of Mercy would have been a fine subject for the pen of Captain Marryat, were he alive. "11 7 I'Clure and his First-Lieutenant were walking on the floe. Seeing a person coming very fast towards them they supposed he was chased by a bear, or had seen a bear. Walked towards him ;on getting onwards a hundred yards, they could see from his proportions that he was not one of them. Pim began to screech and throw up his hands (his face as black as my hat) ; this brought the captain and lieutenant to a stand, as they could not hear sufficiently to make out his language. "At length Pim reached the party, quite beside him self, and stammered out, on McClure asking him, Who p a r i e m y , o H u , r a a n l d d where, Captain do youKellett.' e e t come t., from,'—' This om was mor e Lieutenant inex. I s w tr a a s it t s he l H as e t h p a li n ca d b s 1 w e i t t o h A i nlu e r h e r , in a g s ,s p at ers le o n n g h t h e shook hands with in Behring's Straits. He at length found that this solitary stranger was a true Englishman —an angel of light ; he says :—' He soon was seen from the ship ; they had only one hatchway and the open, crew were fairly jambed there, intheir endeavo ur t o ge t u p. The sick j umpe d out of their hammocks, and the crew forgot their despondency ; in fact, all was changed on board the Investigator. "M c Clure had 30 men and three officers fully pre pared to leave for the depOt at Point Spencer. What a disappointment it would have been to go there and find the miserable Mary yacht with four or five casks of provisions, instead of a fine large depot ! "Another party of seven men were to have gone by M c Kenzie, with a request to the Admiralty to send out a ship at Point Leopold, in 1854. The 30 men are on their way to me now. I shall, if possible, send them on to Beechy Island, with about 10 men of my own crew, to be taken home the first opportunity. " May 2.—lnvestigator's second party, consisting of Lieutenant Cresswell and Wynniatt, Mr. Piers, and Mr. Meertsching arrived, bringing two men on their sledge. They made an extraordinary passage across for men in their state. The greater part of them are affected with scurvy, but are rapidly improving." THE ARCTIC EXPEDITIONS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. ofparticulars th e I th w ie e v s e u r n y o in f te th re is st d in a g y to the think it will be satisfac tor y public Regions, we pro ceedings of her Maj e sty's ship Investigator in the Arctic whSici Six, — h a l v n e appearedadditi n ' 'CI of that ship and from Captain K e ll ett, ure to know that by letters we have received from Com mander M of her Maj esty's ship Resolute, it appears th a t t h ose offi eersh adm et at Melville Island, and h a d b een in com pany for a fortnight at the date of the l as t communica tion, which was the 7th of May, Captain M'Clure had effected this meeting by a march of 170 miles across the ice from the position in which he had placed his ship at Baring's Island. Under these c ircumstances there can be no doubt that due provision will be made for the safety of the Investigator and her crew, and the only question at present in uncertainty i s w h ether the sh i p mass of ice, hers if will be able to force a passage through this largo We are, sir, your faithful servants, HALLETT, ROBINSON, AND CO., Agents to Captain Kellett and Commander M'Clure. George-street, Westminster, Oct. 8. SEMI-OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS.—The prison at Brix ton, heretofore used as a house of correction for the county of Surrey, has been purchased by the Govern; meat, and placed under the control of the Board for the Management of Convict Prisons. It is to be used ex clusively as a depot for female convicts under sentence of transportation and penal servitude. The works are now so far advanced as to admit of the early occupation of a portion of the prison. One hundred female convicts are about to be immediately removed thither from Mill bank Penitentiary, and further numbers will be sent from time to time, as the works progress. The whole of this class of convicts will be eventually removed from Millbank, whereby additional accommodation will be available for 300 more male convicts, to whom this pri son will in future be wholly confined. The new state of the law in reference to transportation would of itself render these and further changes necessary in the con vict department. The Queen has appointed Sir John Young as a visitor of Maynooth College, in the room of Sir W. Somerville, resigned. Mr. Richard Yates Cum mins is appointed Assistant Colonial Secretary at the Mauritius. Mr. Stair Douglas is appointed Chief Clerk in the Colonial Secretary's office at the Mauritius.— Observer. 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