The Sun. — London, England, 1853-10-26 00:00:00

intrY , itated ;rang e venue 0 pre' Trea- roees S ward o re r e- L I took oW 14 t this baf e Vett' ingup g the doing Jelieve tuatea ice the nment about York oes t° t as Cabl - Le be" 3d in ,d left iere 1 ` leorts red i ll [ been uz ica, de 15 ) the .ealrY' 101 1 0 if sill 311 t. e Well, ,re ay, %ran ee a inl et " in d 1 ,0 0. 3 ce d'` l ie art, lined ; pro.d aons at .12s- A 00' LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS D AY.) LONDON, Oct. 26.—Wind this day at Noon, S., light breeze, and fine weather.—The Haabet, which was aban doned in a sinking state, on the Bth September, was from New York, and bound to Hull, and not to Norway, as re ported. COWES, Oct. 25.—Wind, S.W. Arrived—Foster, from Batavia, and sailed for Rotterdam. PLYMOUTH, Oct. 25. —Arrived—Forerunner (s). BRISTOL, Oct. 25.—Sailed—Dahomey, Africa ; Jessie /stiller, Pugwash. DUNDEE, Oct. 24.—Arrived—Joseph Weir, Wey, Cal lao. GRIMSBY, Oct. 25.—Arrived—Inga, Quebec. MILFORD, Oct. 23.—The light-keeper of St. Ann's re- Ports that on the morning of the 21st October he saw a sea strike a schooner ; her mainmast was carried away, and she soon afterwards sank, about 10 miles off St. Ann's - "ad. Crew drowned. A portion of the wreck is being towed up by pilot-boat No. 8. MILFORD, Oct. 24.—Arrived—Eliza Cornish, Bristol, for Melbourne. QUEENSTOWN, Oct. 23. —Wind, strong. A rrived— Keleni, Callao; lanthe, Buenos Ayres; Ohio, Havannah; Prowler, Labrador. BELFAST, Oct. 24.—Arrived—Expedit, Canary Islands. BELFAST LOUGH, Oct. 24.—Arrived—Charles Crocker, Liverpool for New York, towed in, having lost the greater Part of her sails and spars ; Triumph, Quebec. WISBY, Oct. 20.—The Cherub, of Montrose, Riga to London, has lost foremast and bowsprit, and must rep a i r. POOLE, Oct. 25.—Wind, S. Sailed—Antelope, New foundland. LIVERPOOL, OCT. 25.—The Margaret Smith, Fleming, which arrived here yesterday from Antigua, encountered .heavy gales, Sept. 28,. in lat. 35 N. ion. 53 W., lost sails, ko., and was struck by a heavy sea, which shifted cargo, Start e d the post fore guard board, and caused the vessel to make much water. On the 15th Oct., in lat. 47, lon. 19, Passed a derelict brig with a white streak • on the 19th, in lat. 51, l ong . 10, experienced heavy gales, with a high cross sea, and lost flying jib-boom ; same day passed a barque with loss of main topmasts.—Arrived—lsabel, benia, with loss of bowsprit, and making a little water, having been run into by the Iron Duke (s) while at anchor off the Crosby Light-ship. Put back—Sarah Maria, Leg horn, with loss of foretopmast, and two men seriously injured, having been struck by a sea on the 23d, off Holy head. A derelict ship, with name on the stern, apparently " Corer, Gloucester," was passed, Bth Oct., in lat. 45 N., long. 10 W., by the Elizabeth, arrived here. BRIDLINGTON.—The Dynamene, from Riga, arrived here yesterday, very leaky, hasing,Kbeen ashore. MALDON, Oct. 25. —The Vanguard (brig), of Whitty, which ran aground on the 19th Oct., on the Main, in a sinking state, after being ashore on the Whittaker, is transhipping her cargo (coals) into small craft, to lighten her, so as to be enabled to bring her into a place of more safety, and to examine her bottom. JOHANNA, COSMORO ISLANDS, Aug. 23.—The Chrysalis, from London to Madras, was stranded on a reef, S.W. of Alayatte, three days previous to 2d August ; crew saved. PouTsmouTH.—A head or quarter board of a vessel, Painted black, with Advance in carved gilt letters, six inches long was washed on shore at Lump's Fort. POOLE, Oct. 25.—The Caroline, from London to Bristol, Which put in here with pumps choked, and leaky, is pre- Paring to discharge her cargo. A quantity of wreck was la Passed off St. Alan's Head, on the 23rd Oct. by the Een dore, Mortimore, arrived here. AiISTERDAM, Oct. 21 —The Alicia Jacoba 'sailed from Torbay 23d June, and has not since been heard of. MAURITIUS, Sept. B.—The Wilson Kennedy, Bombay, London, put in here on the 2d Sept., and must discharge part of carm.—The Champion and Norfolk, both from Aladras, and t' e Joseph, from Pondicherry, have put in here leaky. CAPE TOWN (Cape of Good Hope), Sept. 9.—The Mos lem, Portsmouth to Calcutta, which put in here on the Bth July lost, with damage, has been condemned and sold. (Br SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Wednesday, 10 a.m. CUSTOM-HOUSE RETURN. r Wind, S., light and fine ; tide four hours ebb. Arrived—Hope, from Faro ; Ispbella Leith, Cape of Good Hope ; Thea, Gravelines ; Koh-i-noor, Coringa ; Gratitude, Cadiz ; Flora Kerr, Singapore; Lord Vernon, Guernsey ; Amicitia , Archangel ; Batavia (s), Rotterdam. Sailed, 26th—Alar (s), for Dunkirk ; Neptune (s), Ham burgh ; Seine (s), Boulogne ; Fame (s), Calais ; Flecha (s), Ghent; Panther (s), Ostend ; Uniao, Lisbon. DEAL, Wednesday, 9.14 a.m. Wind S., light and fine. Passed—William Connell, from Canton, for London ; Halifax, Madras for London ; Countess of Zetland, from Westward, for London. Sailed—Hiram, for Melbourne. NooN. Wind, S., light and fine. Passed—Mary, from Bombay to London ; Competitor, Palermo to London ; Phantom, north to westward ; Ca tharine Rosser, n: rth to westward. Put back—The Danish brig Hiram, for Melbourne, and is being supplied with anchor and thirty fathoms of chain. Sailed—Sumatra, Mississippi, Paul Johann, Hydra, and others. 2 P.M. No arrival from westward. Passed—Union, from London to CAW z. Anchored—Mary Shepherd, Palmyra, Warrior, and Tula. MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. A very moderate supply of English wheat was on offer in to-clay's market. Fur all kinds, the demand was by no means active, hut no change took place in the quota tions. Foreign wheat, the imports of which have amounted to 7,680 quarters moved oil' slowly, at Monday's advance. Floating cargoes were very firm. We had a moderate inquiry for barley, at full cur rencies. Malt sold steadily, on former terms. We had a good sale for oats, at extreme quotations. Beans, peas, and flour were firm, and quite as dear as on Monday. English .. Irish -- Wheat. 1,110 ARRTVALS THIS WEEK. Barley. Malt. 1,610 1,040 200 7,640 2,710 Oath. Flour. 320 1,070 5,090 6,140 3,420 brl Foreign .. WHITECHAPEL. About an average business was doing to-day, as follows : Beef from 2s 6d to 3s 108 ; mutton, 3s Od to 4s 8d ; veal, 3. 4d to 4s 4d ; pork, 3s 4d to 4s 10d per 81bs by the carcase. BOROUGH HOP. Our market is very brisk to-day, and prices are on the advance. CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. - - The Commercial Advertiser contains the sub joined monthly summary of news from the Cape Colony : " Since the sailing of the last monthly steamer the aspect of affairs beyond the colonial border has been gradually becoming more clouded and unsatisfactory. The orders understood to have been issued for the with drawal from the colony of four whole regiments, the 74th, the 12th, the 43d, and the 12th Lancers, have re awakened feelings of insecurity among the inhabitants of the eastern districts, while in the northern the arrival of Sir George Clerk, with instructions to prepare for the entire withdrawal of British authority' from the Orange River Sovereignty, has excited general dissatisfaction and alarm. "The tribes recently subdued, have not, indeed, ma nifested any directly hostile spirit, but it is known that the chiefs are discontented. About three weeks since, at a meeting which his Excellency held with them, Macomo, on behalf of the other chiefs, declared that the land given them was too small. `lt was all stones ; they could not till it, and there was no bush for fire wood. They wanted the Amatolas.' This General Cathcart decidedly refused, giving them to understand that their possession of that locality would certainly involve another war, and the Kafils, it is stated,`left the meeting not at all satisfied with the result.' These Amatolas, the Gibraltar of Kafirland, are at present I eld :n military occupation by a portion of the troops now about to be removed. _ "The nature of the arrangements likely to be made in the sovereignty on the withdrawal of British authority have not yet been decided on. A meeting of delegates took place at Bloem Fontein on the sth inst., at which the subject was discussed. The general feeling, how ever, appears to be strongly opposed to any separation, and both from the sovereignty and the colony the pre sent steamer will carry home urgent petitions praying her Majesty's Government to pause and take this im portant matter again into consideration. In the mean time Sir George Clerk appears to have personally given satisfaction to the Sovereignty people by his candour and evident willingness to consult their interests as far as possible in carrying out the object of his instructions. "The Basuto tribes, under Moshesh, who were so roughly handled by General Cathcart at Berea, have not lately been complained of by the Sovereignty settlers, and, generally, it may be stated that all that part of the country is in a state of peace. "The introduction, within the last few years , of lar g e numbers of fine-wooled sheep—for which the natural grasses of that region are pre-eminently suitable—is rapidly diffusing wealth among the farmers of the Sovereignty, and, at the same time, renders them less liable to depredations at the hands of their uncivilised neighbours, sheep being much less con venient for ' lifting' than cattle, and little esteemed as property by the natives. In the course of years there can be no doubt that the Orange River Sovereignty will be filled with a rich and prosperous community, perfectly capable of managing their own internal affairs, and likely to be prepared to do so in a manner reciprocally advantageous to themselves and to the colony. But at this particular time a sudden change of the kind might prove inconceivably injurious, not only to them, but to the native tribes in their neighbourhood. "In a reply which Sir George Cathcart lately made to an address made to him by the inhabitants of King William's Town in 'British Kafraria,' an intimation Was given to them that British authority may also pro bably be withdrawn from that territory ; and upon thi subject, likewise, petitions deprecating such a measure Will be sent to the Home Government by this steamer. "The search for gold and for coal in this part of south Africa has hitherto been entii ely unsuccessful. For the former, a reward of 1,0001. has been offered by an is understood, association fo rme d f or th e pur p ose ; an d p ar ti e s, it understood, are still prospecting' in various gun.- ters. "A disease of a fat II nature has ma le its appearance rrong he horned ca ttl r , grea t num b ers o f w hi c h h ave a died in the adjacent districts, some extensive farmers being likely to lose their entire stcck. It is named in our vernacular the lony ziekte,' and is said to have been introduced by imported cattle from Holland. " His Honour the Lieutenant-Governor has been so tstiously indisposed as to be unable either to preside at the recent me e ti n g of Council, or to take part, as was 11) .t ended, in the ceremonial of *peeing Bakt'o-pass," ,;/ NEWMARKET RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES. D.M. A dead heat with Snarry and Lucy Banks colt. Four ran. HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES. First half of Ab.M. Loretta Grub Eight ran. SWEEPSTAKES OF 10 SOUS. Half of Ab.M. F. by Verrilam Assay,r Four ran. £5O SUBSCRIPTION PLATE. Cyrus Vestige Seven ran. ACCEPTANCES for 01, Le NURSERY STAKES. King Alfred Jonathan Martin Ptolemy Orson Lady Bird .. Village Lass Streatlam Fairy Boddicote Hermitage st lb . 8 7 . 8 5 . 8 5 . 8 5 . 8 4 st lb Pillion Duchess of Lorraine c 7 13 Ludwig 7 11 Bridesmaid Grimalkin 7 9 Punch Box ' 7 7 Lady Napier St. Spiro Br. to Little Swift . 8 2 . 8 1 . 8 0 8 0 LATEST BETTING ON THE COURSE. DERRY. 15 to 1 agst Dervish. 33 to 1 agst Marsyas. 40 to 1 agst Acrobat. 40 to 1 agst Andover. CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES.—In reference to the error by telegraph yesterday, Mr. Wright states :—" A wrong number was desiptedly put up before the race was finished, purposely to mislead." SPORTING NOTES. THE GLORIOUS UNCERTAINTY OF THE TURF. The race for the CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES resulted in another surprise : the favourites were defeated, and the most seemingly accurate calculations were upset. The winner, Little David, was almost as lightly thought of, ald certainly as equally underrated, as his sometime stable companion, Haco. By the sporting press he was scarcely mentioned ; in the columns of The Sun only was his chance recommended to notice, and his pretensions spoken of with due favour. In my "Notes" of the 15th inst. I referred to him as being amongst the most note worthy names in the list of acceptances, when 100 to 1 might have been with little difficulty obtained about him ; and no later than Monday last—the very eve of the race—l observed "that strange hints are dropped respecting Little David, who, it is said, could at one time, when they were trained together, run over Haco." On the strength of this information I selected him for my cockboat. To furnish the actual winner I selected Haco and Nabob. My cockboat, however, was safely steered into the haven of success, and Nabob was second. I may therefore congratulate myself on naming absolutely the first and second horses out of a field of thirty-nine competitors ! Haco was outpaced, but Orestes, of whom I also spoke favourably, was fourth. A most characteristic and accurate description of the race was given me by Little David's tiny jockey, Ford ham, who said, " After the first twenty yards I went away, and they couldn't cotch, me." Indeed, from start to finish, tho success of Little David was never once jeopardised, for the competitors had scarcely settled into their places when he rushed to the front, and maintained a clear and increasing lead to the end ; indeed, the fur ther he went the further he could have won. As an outsider he was within► the last fourorfivedays backed some what spiritedly by persons who placed faith in the con fident assertions of Drewett, his trainer, that "he always could beat Haco, and would again." Still, to book-makers generally the result of the race was fa vourable ; but to " gentlemen turfites" it was a heavy blow and sore discouragement. The latter class of specu lators were "on " Orestes, Nabob, Seahorse, Rataplan, and certain others, somewhat heavily. The pecuniary tight ness of the market is not therefore likely to be relaxed. The settlement of " provincial" and minor accounts will commence to-morrow (Wednesday), when doubts as to its satisfactory progress will be either resolved or dispelled. The events appointed for decision on Thursday admit of brief comment only ; at present they excite little in tAreot The GLASGOW STAKES will perhaps occasion an exciting encounter between Boer and Champagne ; the latter may be capable of achieving the victory. The 50 sovs. Sweepstakes will, I anticipate, be placed to the credit side of Lord Exeter. Of the sixty-eight horses handicapped for the NURSERY STAKES, eighteen only have accepted. The race will not, therefore, be divided into classes. The acceptances were not declared until half-past ten o'clock to-night, and at the time I write speculation had scarcely com menced on them. As I pen my notes in the room, I am surrounded by eager bookmakers, who are offering 6 to 1 on the field, but in fact the only bets booked have been 8 to 1 against Punch Box, and 8 to 1 against Brides maid. The horses which appear to me to be leniently han dicapped are Boddicot, Duchess of Lorraine colt, Brides maid, Grimalkin, Punch Box, and Lady Napier. A FRESH MAN. Newmarket, Tuesday night, 12 o'clock. P.S.—I have just heard that a New Nursery Stakes is likely to be got up for Saturday. The winner to be sold for 200 sovs., if demanded, &c. (8 subs.) Mr. Payne's Strutaway, Bst 41b (Flatman) 1 Mr. Merry's Mysterious Lady, Bst 41b (Marlow) 2 Mr. Bridgman's Little Gerard, Bst 71b (Charlton) 3 The following also ran :—C by John o' Gaunt, Lady Audrey, sis to Aphrodite, Wave, Rally. CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES of 25 sovs. each, 10 ft, and only 5 if declared, &c., with 100 from the Town Race Fund. Certain penalties. The owner of the second horse to receive 50 sovs. out of the stakes. Cam bridgeshire Course, 1 mile 240 yards. (200 subs, 89 of whom pay 5 sovs. each.) SHARE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY. Mr. Smith's Little David, 3 yrs, sst Nib (Fordham) 1 Mr. Drinkald's The Nabob, 4 yrs, Bst 21b (A. Dav) 2 Sir C. Monck's Hunca Munca, 3 yrs, Est 121 b (Aldcroft) 3 The following also ran : Mr. Osbaldistone's Mountain Deer, 5 yrs, 9st (Hiett) 0 Lord Wilton's Lady Evelyn, aged, Bst 41b...(Marlow) 0 Lord John Scott's The Reiver, 3 yrs, Bst 21b (Kendall) 0 Mr. Powney's Cineas, 3 yrs, 7st 121 b (Maton) 0 Mr. Morris's Indian Warrior, 4 yrs, 7st 121 b (Basham) 0 Mr. Howard's Rataplan, 3 yrs, 7st 121 b (Wells) 0 Mr. I'Anson's Balrownie, 3 yrs, 7st Slb (G. Oates) 0 Mr. Aumont's Hervine, 5 yrs, 7st 61b (Spreoty) 0 Lord Glasgow's Barbatus, 3 yrs, ist 51b (c 7st 61b) (Flatman) 0 Mr. J. D. Shafto's Garfortb, 6 yre, 7st 41b (S. Steggles) 0 Captain Scott's The Deformed, 3 yrs, Ist 31b (Esling) 0 Baron Rothschild's Orestes, 3 yrs, 7st 21b...(Charlton) 0 Mr. Walter's Maid of Team Valley, aged, 7st 21b 50 20 50 25 Paid. (j. Osborne) 0 Mr. Night's lanthe, 5 yrs, 7st 21b (Crouch) 0 Mr. Knowles's Talfourd, 3 yrs, 7st (Chilman) 0 Lord Exeter's Ilex, 4 yrs, 7st (J. Mann) 0 Mr. Howard's King Pepin, 4 yrs, 66t 131 b (J. Goater) 0 Lord Chesterfield's f by Touchstone, out of Boarding school Miss, 3 yrs, Est 121 b (Ashmall) 0 Mr. Bridgman's Sextus, 3 yrs, Est 121 b (Toovey) 0 Mr. Robinson's The Black Swan, 3 yrs, Est 121 b (J. Steggles) 0 Mr. Greville's Invasion, 3 yrs, Est 101 b ....(Rickards) 0 Mr. Shrimpton's Michaelmas Maid, 3 yrs, Est 81b (Kitchener) 0 100 8,2 50 St. 20 r. Leache's Master Slender, 4 yrs, Est 71b (T Sherwood) 0 Lord Exeter's Dove, 3 yrs, Est 61b (J. Thorpe) 0 Count Hahn's Seahorse, 3yrs, Est 51b (Harding) 0 Mr. Win. Barrett's Haco, 3 yrs, Est 51b (Palmer) 0 Mr. Saxon's Richard Primmer, 4 yrs, Est 41b (carried Est 71b) (Clement) 0 Major Martyn's Diamond, 4 yrs, Est 41b (Garvey) 0 Mr. G. Munro's Corybantes, 3 yrs, Est llb (T. Cliffe) 0 Mr. Batson's Cock Pheasant, 3 yrs, Est (Rook) 0 Mr. Pedley's Mistletoe, 3 yrs, sst 121b...(Oliver, jun.) 0 Mr. J. Osborne's Miss Agnes, 3yrs, sst 121 b (Bearpark) 0 Mr. E. R. Clark's Winter, 3yrs, sst 101b(F. Marson, Jun.) 0 Mr. Meiklam's The Hatchet, 3yrs, sst 101b..(Tatcham) 0 Mr. Johnstone's The General, 3 yrs, sst 71b (carried sst 101 b (Bates) 0 Lord Clifden's Constantine, 3 yrs, 4st 121b...(Bumby) 0 Betting at starting-6 to 1 agst Orestes, Bto 1 agst Nabob, 9 to 1 agst The General, 10 to 1 asst Seahorse, 11 to 1 agst Haco, 14 to 1 each agst Invasion and Bal rownie, 16 to 1 agst Rataplan, 20 to 1 agst Cineas, 30 to 1 each agst Mistletoe and Little David, 35 to 1 agst Tal fourd, 40 to 1 agst any other. After a brief delay occa sioned by Haco, Winter, and Little David breaking away, they got well together, and a good start was effected. Indian Warrior jumped off first, but was im mediately passed by Little David, Boarding School Miss filly, Seahorse, Orestes, Haco, Ilex, Rataplan, and four or five others composiag the first ruck, next to whom lay Invasion, Barbatus, Nabob, and Lady Evelyn. Passing the Duke's stand Little David increased his lead, and Seahorse, Haco, Boarding School Miss filly, Rataplan, and Ilex died away. Here Orestes and Hunca Munca improved their positions, but when near the cords they were passed by Nabob, who went resolutely to work to catch Little David, but in vain ' • from end to end Little David achieved the victory, and was first past the chair by six easy lengths ; the second beating the third three quarters of a length. Orestes was fourth, Boarding School Miss filly fifth, the Reiver sixth ; the others were widely scattered. FIFTY POUNDS. For 2-yr olds 4st 71b, three 7st 71b, four Bst 91b, five 9st 21b, six and aged 9st 41b. Last three miles of B.C. The winner, with his engage- 50 20 lli 10 BRITISH RAILWAYS. Closing Prices Yesterday. Foxiness done this day. 100 8i 100 Pm 62)t i 1021 i 50 40 25 25 812 s, 191 58 91 12i St. St. 25 30 20 1 40 all 100 all 100 all all all all all 100 100 100 14 15 all all all 6i 25 50 20 St. St. St. St. 100 100 100 100 all all 15 10i all ments, to be sold for 300 guineas, if demanded, &c: Mr. Gully's Bracken, 2 yrs, 4st 71b (Salter) 1 Mr.Newland's El Dorado, 2 yrs, 4st 71b (C.Wallman) 2 Capt. Lane's Selina, 2 yrs, 4st 71b (Comery) 3 The following also ran :—br f by Robert de Gorham out of Bourra Tomacha, Pebble, Brother to Snarry, Dabchick, Prologue, Missive, Laycock, Joan of Arc, Deception, Sackbut, Ethel wolf, Magic, Jujube. Betting-6 to 4 agst Bracken, sto 1 agst Sackbut and Joan of Arc. Won by ten lengths. Two lengths between the second and third. The others passed the chair at long intervals, Jujube being fourth, Bourra Tomacha filly fifth, Brother to Snarry sixth, Sackbut seventh, Etheiwolf eighth, Laycock ninth. The " Cambridgeshire day" presented no incident of either novelty or importance. It was marked by its familar and distinguishing characteristics of eager ex citement and business-like proceedings. The weather was propitious, and the attendance of professional turfites and pleasure folk was unusually numerous. In deed, just before the decision of the great event of the day, the long line of horsemen that stretched from the top stand to beyond the " turn of the lands," presented a scene which no other country than England could parallel. The extraordinary number of 39 competitors mustered at the starting post. With admirable tact Mr. Hibburd marshalled in a line this imposing array of horses behind the post. Two failures only were made, owing to the breaking away of Haco, Little David, and Winter. Get ting them under perfect command, the starter dropped his flag, and they bounded off in compact order. The race is described above—it was won easily by Little David, who was for some time trained with Haco, the Cesarewitch victor. He was backed by the friends of his trainer only, and the investments on him were not considerably heavy ; still his trainer, Mr. Drewitt, of Leatherhead, had placed much confidence in his success from the fact that when both Little David and Haco were under his care, Little David invariably proved the better animal of the two. The Cambridgeshire was what is technically termed a bad betting race. Still the success of an " outsider" has been again in favour of the book makers. 6 all 100 all 15 20 20 50 20 10 614 2 St. i. St. 1 pm pm 100 20 10 50 100 The sport was brought to a close with the Feather Plate, a race in which many lads yearly make their first public appearance as jockeys. Among those that made their debut was little Joe Rogers, a son of Sam Rogers, the celebrated jockey ; and a perfect model feather he looked. The boy evinced much promise, and is likely to become as skilful a horseman as his father. 1071 10k The race officials performed their arduous duties with their customary efficiency. Notwithstanding the nume rical strength of the fields, so excellent were the arrange ments that Mr. Manning, the clerk of the scales, got every jockey weighed without either confusion or delay, and thus enabling punctuality to be kept with wonder ful strictness. Mr. Clarke, the judge, too, delivered his decisions with his usual promptness and unimpeachable accuracy. Nor must a word of commendation be want ing for Martin Starling, whose active exertions to keep the course free from obstruction, were attended with the most successful results. No betting NEWMARKET, TUESDAY NIGHT. ORDER OF RUNNING—THIS DAY. Ten races are fixed for this day. First race at 1.0. Last race at 4.30. EPSOM AUTUMN STEEPLECHASE. — Peter Simple, Miss Mowbray, and Tom Gurney, are scratched for the Epsom Steeplechase. 138 i RATES OF EXCHANGE.—Tuesday Evening.--The quo tation of gold at Paris is about 2 per mille discount (according to the last tariff), which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 100. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 25.12 ; and the foreign exchange at Paris on London at short being 25.00, it follows that gold is about 0.48 per cent. dearer in Paris than in London. By advices from Hamburg the price of gold is 4241 per mark, which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 100. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13.41 ; and, the exchange at Hamburg on London at short being 13.2,i, it follows that gold is 1.01 per cent. dearer in Hamburg than in London. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is 110 per cent., and, the par of exchange between England and America being 109 23.40 per cent., it follows that the exchange is nominally 0.42 per cent. in favour of England ; and, after making allow ance for charges of transport, the present rate leaves a profit on the importation of gold from the United States. RECOVERY OF 1,8001. BY LONDON DETECTIVES IN AMERICA.—About four months ago Joseph Price ab sconded from the service of his employer, Mr. Jones, a silk merchant, in Raven-row, Spitalfields, taking with him a large sum in gold and notes. The thief contrived to elude every attempt that was made to effect his cap ture ; but a suspicion being entertained that he had gone to America, information was dispatched to the chief of the New York police. The case was placed in the hands of a young officer named Field, who had been em ployed some years before in the detective department at Scotland-yard, and who, in company with another officer, at last succeeded in tracing the fugitive to a place called Geneva, in the state of Albany. By dint of considerable address and some threats, he succeeded in extorting from Price no less than 1,8001. in gold and notes, and a bank book on the Moorfields Bank for 1501. On his way back to New York his comrade demanded possession of all the money, which Field refused to give up without a proper receipt. A quarrel ensued, which resulted in his giving Field into custody, upon an affidavit, made at the police court, that he (Field) was about leaving the country with the money. Field, however ' met with the greatest courtesy from Judge Stewart, who at once ad mitted him to bail on his own recognisances ; and he has since deposited the whole of the recovered money in the hands of Mr. Edwards, the British Consul. THE BREAK-DOWN OF THE DISPATCH MAIL BOAT.— The Governor-General of Jersey has written to Captain Babot, the commander of the mail steamer Dispatch which was nearly lost last week off Jersey, stating that it was reported that the shafts which broke was in an unsafe state before sailing, and demanding an explana tion. Captain Babot has replied that the accident which occurred was the breaking of the intermediate shaft at two different places, one being under the strap of the eccentric of the starboard engine and the other close to the other eccentric, destroying at the same time both eccentrics ; that after the accident a flaw was discovered in the shaft which had been covered by the eccentric, and could not have been perceptible before, or it would have been discovered by the surveyors of the Admiralty, those of the Board of Trade, and his own engineer. Captain Bahot assures his Excellency that if he were aware of any defect in his ship's machinery, he would never put to sea and expose his own life and . the lives of his passengers and crew to danger. 10 25 10 1.0.6 Antwerp&Rotterdain Belgian Eastu. June. Beziers to Graissessac Charleroi& Erquelin. Dijon and Besancon Dutch Rhenish East Indian Do. Extension Gt. Indian Peninsula Gd. Janet. of France Gt.Wcsternof Canada Shares Lucca & Pistoja 5 p.c _ I prof 'Luxembourg Do. (Railway) 3 2 d 11 4 2 2 11 -13 11 —2.1 p 2 2id 2' 3 D d— p 1p 2 2/p 2i - 7 -7 , i -5; 1 - L 1 - - 7i 5i 5 10 20 20 20 IDo. Do. (Canal) Do. 6 p. ct. pref Lyons & Mediterran• Madras Namur & Liege (with interest) Do. (ex interest) Northern of France Do. 201. 3 p. c Bds (fmy. B. & Ams. Shs.) NorwegianTrunkPref Paris and Lyons Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen Paris and Strasbourg ParisCaen & Cherbrg Quebec & Richmond Rouen and Havre Royal Swedish - iambre and Meuse th-Eastru. of France ioutherr. of France Upper India Scrip West Flanders - lip 6 - 61 121 - 13 7 - - 8 16 - 16.1p1 61 33i I 81 261 a Do. 5 per c. Pref... Western of France... West. of Switzerland, IZotiland 39 —4l 36 --- 361 2 -- 4p 3 184 194 ld p 71 - 8i 4 i d P 2 p ••• ".... 3 - 86p1 ; 3rdil THE SUN. LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 26, 1853. London & N. West. Gt.Wostn Do Do Do L.&N.W Caled.on , 98 - 102 48 - 50 Gt.Nrthn. Gt. Westn Yk. New. & Berw. Y. &NMd Do Do 138 —l42xd 30 32 S. Eastern Do Norfolk. L. & N. W. & Midld. Stckton & Darliugt. IMidland.. E. Count Do Do L. &N.W &Ln&Yk Do Gt Northn Do 107 -- 109 534 -- 543 27 -- 28 - 134 -- 144 244 -254 x Lancash& Yorksh. M.MClean Stockt. & Darlingt Do GtWestn 2/ - 3 MINES. Agua Fria Anglo Austrin. Gold Anglo Californian Australasian Australian Australian Cordillera Australian Freehold Ave Maria Baden (Gd. Duchy of) British Austrin. Gold British Iron Bmzilianlmp.(issued at £5 pm Do. Cocaes & Cuiada Do. St. John Del Rey Carson's Creek Cobre Copper Colonial &i :- 166 Copiapo Copper MM. of Eng Do. Pref. 71 p. cent English and Austrin Copper Smeltg . Co General Great Nugget Vein Do. Registered Great Polgooth Lake Bathurst Liberty Linares Lond.&Californ.Gold 59 - 61 137 - 142 137 - 142 dis 2i 29 - 30 96 -- 98 d par par 14d d 2 2 id Zd zd— -4d par 6 - 7 9 5 6 2i 3 34 35 id par 40 —44 i 10;1 - 114 ip 55 65 5 7pxd Quartz Crush. Co Mariquita Mexican&S.Americu New Granada... Nouveau Monde Nova Scotia Mining and Copper Smeltg Port Philip Quartz Rock Rhymney Iron Do. New Santiago de Cuba South Australian Tin Croft United Mexican , Waller West Granada West Mariposa Yuba JOINT-STI Business this day. la 11 10a Australasia British N. American Chrtd. Bnk. of India, Australia, & Chiva Colonial Commercial of Loud, English Scottish anc Australian ,Loud. Chart. Bk. o: 1 Australia 2i - 3 14 - 16 i d - i 13 2i 2 di I —d i d 9 10 a d 61 7 d— par P d d— par 3i id 5 7 3i dis 4 -d, BANKS. G 9 - 71 d— par 2id lid id iP London and County.. London Joint Stock.. Loud. & Westminster London Bank of Aus tralia and India ... National of. Ireland.. lOriental Bank of Corporation. rDo. New Provincial of Ireland o. New Royal Australn.Bkg. & Gold Imp Co , South Australia Union of Australia Do. New Union of London Union of Madrid 31ISCELLA. Australian Agricult. Australsn.Pcific. Mail Australn. Royal Mail Brit. American Land Canada Crystal Palace Crystal Pal. of France Eastern Steam Electric Toleg. of Ir. Gen. Steam Navigat. General Screw Steam Irish Beetroot Sugar Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel Netherlands Land.... Nrth. of Europe Steam Peninsular& Oriental Do. Do. Royal Mail Steam ... South Aus Lral.Lo.nd Submar. Telegraph.. Univeral Emigration and Colonization.... Van Diemen's Land 22i -23 i 33 - 34 43 45xdi dig— par 39 40 67 69 , 0, 7i 174 —18 i :ous 33 - 35 i a i 65 ---760.;;c1 i - i P 1 i. - is ii - ii ". -- 14i -- 151- BRITISH AND FOREIGN BIBLE SOCIETY. A very numerous meeting of the friends and sup porters of this society was held in the Egyptian-hall, at the Mansion-house, yesterday, to celebrate the jubilee year of the institution, the society having been founded. in March, 1804. The more especial object of the meet ing was to raise a fund to be appropriated to the fur therance of the following objects :-1. The adoption, as far as practicable, of an extensive and efficient system of colportage throughout Great Britain in the year of jubilee ; the supply of emigrants, together with special grants of Bibles and Testaments to prisons, schools, missions, and other charitable and benevolent institu tions in this country. 2. Special grants to Ireland, in such ways as may hereafter be determined upon. 3. Special efforts in India, Australia, and other British co lonies, by agencies, grants, or otherwise. 4. Special grants to China, and such other parts of the world as may appear open to special operations. 5. The estab lishment of a special and separate fund, from the annual produce of which pecuniary aid may be granted, at the discretion of the committee, to persons in the employ of the society, including the colporteurs abroad ; and to their widows and children, when in circumstances to require such aid. The Right Hon. the Loan IVIATon presided. He stated in the course of his address, that there were in connexion with the parent society no less than 3,819 branch societies in Great Britain and the colonies ; in Ireland, 503 ; and abroad, 4,000 ; making a total of 8,322. When the society was first established there were about 50 translations of the Bible ; now, by means of this society, the Bible had been translated into 150 languages. The circulation of the Bible by means of this society, and of other societies in connexion with it, was not less than 45,000,000, and it was not too much to say that by the same agency the records of inspired truth had been rendered accessible to about 60 0,000,000 of the human family. (Cheers.) He could not sit down without alluding to China. Every one was rejoic ing that China was at last open to the world. But for what did people rejoice? Because it would save them 6d. in the pound on their tea. But if men of this world, because of the increase of their traffic, rejoiced at th e openine . of China, what, he would ask , ought the feel ings of Christian men to be when they contemplated the great work to be achieved among so many millions of the human race, amid whom the seeds of civilisation had been sown for ages, and by whom the arts and sciences had been cultured ages before the inhabitants of these islands had emerged from barbarism ? These facts were calcu lated to encourage the society to persevere in their efforts to intrauce Christianity, pure and undefiled, into China ; and he therefore thought it a noble proposal of the committee of the society that 1,000,000 copies of the New Testament in the Chinese language should be printed without delay. He held in his hand a copy of the work, and which could be obtained for 4d. He thought the city of London ought to provide these 1,000,000. Testaments. It could not be said that they were not wealthy enough. (Cheers.) Mr. Brown, secretary, here presented the Lord Mayor with a copy of a Bible, in commemoration of his lord ship having presided on so interesting an occasion in the history of the society. The meeting was then addressed by the Earl of Shaftes bury, the Hon. and Rev. Canon Villiers, the Rev. Dr. Tidman, Mr. Samuel Gurney. and others, in support of resolutions pledging the meeting to carry out the objects of the society, and more especially those for which the jubilee fund was intended to be raised. A v ote of thanks to the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor term ina ted the pro ceedings of the meeting -------- SIERRA LEONE. —A letter dated Sierra Leone, Sept. 22, received by the Calcutta, says:—" The Governor has ' paid his footing ; he was attacked with country fever on the 23d of August, and got over it on the 4th of September, having had it severely. He has, how ever, had a rapid and complete recovery. The Queen's Advocate is dead. A paid magistrate is dismissed. The Colonial-office is likely . to be mov e d.ree " Sierra Leone is quite healthy ; the rains are a, orphans. THE LOSS OF THE DALHOUSIE. It has n9w bccn ascertained that more persons were on board than was at first stated. In addition to the ship's crew, there were four others, of whom one was a young gentleman, from Calcutta, respectably connected, who had accompanied Captain Butterworth to England on his last voyage from India for the purpose of going through one of the Universities and preparing for the church as a missionary. The next was Mr. T. R. Thomas, a Young man under 30 years of age. who only received the appointment of surgeon to the Dalhousie a few days before her sailing. The third was a youth named Ward, a midshipman and the fourth an assistant sailmaker, whose parents reside in the vicinity of Ro therhithe. Joseph Reed, the only survivor, was so far recovered yesterday as to be enabled to furnish some important details of the catastrophe, in addition to those which were embodied in the protest of the ship's loss. He says, it was the chief mate's watch when he took the wheel at 2 o'clock on the morning she foundered ; but Captain Butterworth was up on the deck the whole night, now and then going into the cabin for short in tervals. At 4 o'clock all hands were on deck, and so continued. He did not see any of' the passengers until the vessel lurched over on her beam ends. He remained at the wheel till the water came up to his knees. A few minutes before she went over be remarked to Burley, a fellow seaman, who was by him, that if she had a few more of such lurches she would go over alto gether. At 4 o'clock a.m. he began to suspect that there was a considerable quantity of water in her hold. The last time he heard the captain give orders was when he was among the men directing them to throw the deck load overboard ; this was about 5 o'clock. After the ship went over on her starboard beam ends he saw Captain Butterworth abreast of the maintopmast back stay, and he thought he raust have come up the poop ladder. The larboard quarter boat remained, and, with Burley, he endeavoured to get her clear. He had arranged the tackling, and called some Lascars to keep her head up while he got the stern round. In doing so, however, the Lascars got frightened, and let go, when she swamped, and went down between the main and mizen masts. When she was on her beam ends, Capt. Butterworth, seeing that the ship was lost, told them to do the best they could to save their lives, not forgetting the passengers. He pointed to the schooner, apparently bearing down to the wreck, which might save them. The passengers who were dragged through the galley win dow were Mr. and Mrs. Underwood and two children, and the young lady who was taken out of the water and had come out of one of the poop cabins was Mr. Under wood's eldest daughter, ayounglady about 19 years of age. Just before a fearful sea had swept off Mr. and Mrs. Under wood and the two children he observed them embrace each other in earnest prayer, evidently quite conscious and resigned to their fate. Captain Butterworth was holding on near him, when Miss Underwood, in her night dress, was washed out of the poop, and he ex claimed, pointing to the unfortunate girl, " For God's sake, look hero !" She was floating away when be (Reed) caught her up under the arms, and with the aid of Burley he got her out. He should never forget the look she gave him. He had cut a piece of rope to secure himself to a spar (the spare mainyard), but, seeing there was no chance for the girl, he said, " You had better let me lash you to this ; it is your only chance, and you may be picked up ; if you perish, there is some hope of your body being found." She looked up imploringly at him and said, " Yes, do." He immediately lashed her to the spar, and when it was sent adrift from him she ejaculated to Reed, " May God bless you, and spare you to get ashore 1" (Reed was moved to tears while reciting this scene.) He ob served the spar going to windward full 10 minutes after the ship had foundered. There were also clinging to it Captain Butterworth, Mr. Finch, second mate ; James Burley, the young assistant sailmaker ; a youth named Simpson (son of Mrs. Simpson, cabin passenger), and three or four Lascars. From the heavy sea which was sweeping over the spar he thought it very improbable that any of them could live many hours. He was unable to form any correct conclusion as to the cause of the ship going over. He did not think that the ship had shifted, and if she bad touched a wreck he fancied they must have felt the shock. If a bolt was rusty, a suddEn strain might start it ; but lie would not say that was the case in this instance. He saw nothing in the ship up to that morning to give the least uneasiness as to her safety ; in fact, he was quite proud of being on board such a vessel, so well had she rode out the gale in the Downs. He believed the Lascars sometimes quarrelled amongst themselves and would get sulky, but he ob served nothing in their conduct to indicate that they in tended mischief. The chock just enabled him to kneel upon it, and with a piece of deal planking he held up a sort of sail. He adhered to the former statement re garding the conduct of the schooner which bore away from the drowning people. The weather would prevent her lowering a boat, but he added she could easily have come up to windward, and as for only seeing three men in the water, as she had reported to the Cowes pilot, more than thrice that number might have been ob served. Reed's escape altogether is most marvellous ; besides his ordinary clothing he had on a heavy oilskin coat, with a thick Guernsey underneath. Fortunately he is a very expert swimmer, to which circumstance he mainly owes his life. He, however, has expressed himself in most thankful terms to the captain and crew of the Mitchel Grove, Captain Ranson, who picked him up, and for the great kindness he received on board. A subscription has been opened in the city with the view of alleviating the sufferings of the widows and HASTINGS.—The body of Mrs. Butterworth, wife of the late commander of the Dalhousie, which, as our readers are aware, was wrecked off Beachy Head la.Qt week, was picked up on Monday, by some discoveredfishermen belonging to Hastings. The body was floating face dwnwards, about two miles from the shore, and when taken on board the fishing smack, presented a fresh life-like appearance , the cheeks being quite ruddy, like those of a person in the bloom of health. Deceased had on a chemise, marked with the initials " E. 8.," a night-dress, flannel petticoat, stock ings, and lace boots. She had two gold ear-drops fas tened in her ears, and two plain gold finger rings were found in the smack after her removal from it, which were supposed to have fallen or been taken from her fingers. An inquest was held on the body yesterday, in the Town Hall, before John Phillips, Esq., deputy coroner, when the foregoing facts were elicited. Mr. Joseph Pain, silk-weaver, residing at No. 2, Park terrace, Old Ford-road, London, recognised the deceased as his sister, who, he stated, was the wife of the late Captain Butterworth. He also identified the ear-drops and finger-rings. The jury returned a verdict of " Found drowned." Deceased was 34 years of age, and was a remarkably handsome woman. Several articles belong ing to the unfortunate vessel have been cast upon the beach here, including a trunk, much damaged, a case of spy-glasses, a quantity of clothing, a mahogany writing desk, having a brass lid plate with the name " John Kay," engraved on it, and a parchment label for a trunk, inscribed, " J. R. Thomas, surgeon, ship Dal housie." NEWMARKET HOUGHTON MEETING. BETTING-ROOM, MONDAY NlGHT.—Turfites from all parts of the kingdom thronged the room until midnight, but a very large majority consisted of bookmakers, great and little. Backers of horses. were so scarce that speculation dragged its slow length along most lan guidly. To the best of our recollection the betting on the Cambridgeshire was never so limited, unsettled, and uninteresting. The quotations at the close tallied, for the most part, with the list of prices made up to the time of dispatching our parcel in the afternoon. The only changes of impottanco were the advance of Ra6,- plan to 12 to 1, and the retrogression of Mistletoe to 20 to 1, laid to 1001. In the course of his upward progress from 25 to 1, Rataplan was backed for a good deal o' money. - CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES. 9to 1 agst Nabob (t) • 10 to 1 agst Orestes (t) 10 to 1 agst Haco (t 12 to 1) 12 to 1 agst Rataplan (t) 14 to 1 agst Seahorse 100 to 6 agst Balrownie (20 to 1 also laid) 100 to 6 agst The General (20 to 1 also laid) 20 to 1 agst Mistletoe (t) 20 to 1 agst Invasion (t) 20 to 1 agst Cineas (t) 33 to 1 agst Little David (t) 50 to 1 agst Hervine (t) 900 to 200 agstNabob and Orestes coupled (t) TUESDAY. SWEEPSTAKES of 10 soya. each, for 3-yr-olds, ist 71b ; four, Bst 31b ; five and upwards,. Bst 81b. Criterion Course. The winner to be sold for 200 sovs, if de- manded, ctn. (6 su'is.) Captain D. Lane's Guy Mannering (Flatman) 1 Mr. Elwes's Farmer's Boy, 4 yrs (S. Rogers) 2, Mr. Mare's St. Faith, 3 yrs (S. Steggles) 3 The following also ran :—Hybla, Heroine, Hamlet. Betting-7 to 4 agst Guy Mannering, sto 2 agst St. Faith. Heroine with Farmer's Boy, Guy Mannering, and St. Faith, well up, made the running to the Duke's Stand, where Farmer's Boy took a slight lead ; a good race in with the three placed ended in favour of Guy Mannering by a neck. Half a length between second and third. Heroine was fourth, Hybla fifth, Hamlet many lengths behind. HANDICAP PLATE of 1001., for 3-yr-olds and upwards. D.I. Mr. Saxon's Cleveland, 4 yrs, 6st 101 b (Clement) 1 Lord Clifden's Poodle, 4 yrs, 7st 71b (Flatman) 2 Mr. Phillips's Le Juif, 5 yrs, Bst 21b (Knott) 3 The following also ran :—Don John and Feversham. Betting-6 to son Poodle, 3to 1 agst Feversham, 100 to 30 agst Cleveland. Poodle and Cleveland, the former with the lead, ran in front to the Duke's Stand, where the latter took up the running, which he carried on to the end, winning easily by a length and a half ; Le Juif, inclined to run out, was a very bad third. Physalis filly and Feversham trotted in some lengths behind. _ ___ HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES of 15 sovs. each, 10 ft, for 2 and 3-yr-olds. T.Y.C. (8 subs.) Sir W. Booth's Protest, by lon, 2 yrs, 7st 21b. (Charlton) 1 Mr. Duke's Stonehenge, 2 yrs, 6st 101 b (Salter) 2 Lord Chesterfield's Strawberry Hill, 5 yrs, Bst 71b. (Flatman) 3 The following also ran :—Flutter, Merry Maid, Ma dame Landeau. SWEEPSTAKES of 200 sovs. each, h ft : for 2-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 71b ; and fillies, SA 41b. T.Y.C. (3 subs.) Lord Glaigow's o by Pantaloon, out of Physalis, (Flatinan) 1 Lord Derby's Ortolano, by Orlando ......... (F. Butler) 2 SWEEPSTAKES of 10 sovs. each, for 3-yr-olds, 7st 101 b ; four, Bst 41b ; five and upwards, Bst 81b. Last half of Ab. M, The winner to be sold for 80 sovs., if de- manded, &c. (10 subs.) Mr. Fenning's Puritan, 4 yrs Mr. Adkins s Tonic, 5 yrs Mr. R. Harrison's Rupture, 3 yrs (Cartwright) 3 The following also ran :—Prevention, Child of the Mist, Janina, Leybourne, Petrel, Sophistry, Alfred the Great. SWEEPSTAKES of 10 sovs. each, for 2 yr • olds ; colts, Bst 71b ; and fillies, Bst 41b. Last half of Ala. M. LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. I Paid. 1 Leasing Compans. Closing Prices Yesterday. RAILWAYS. Bedford and Bletchley.... Birm. & Oxfd. guarantee.... Do. withoutgr Birm.Wolv. & Dudley guar. Do.wtht guar. Buckghamsh. Clydesdale Jo. E. Lincoln gr. 6 per cent. Olstr.dt Dn. Fr Hrtlpl. Dk. & Railway Hull & Selby Do. i Shares. Do. i Shares. Lon.&Greenw Do. Preference Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Do. 6 per et. Manch. Bxtn and Matlock Middlesbro' & Redear ➢iidld.Bradfd. Northern and Easternsp.e. Do. 6 per et. Do. Fixeds p e Prest. & Wyre Do. i Shares. Roystn . St Hit. Do.Shepth.St Shef. Roth.an a Goole g . 5 P.C. S. Staffordsh. Wear Valleygr 6 per cent Do Wilts&Somrst CORPORATION REFORM. Subjoined is the copy of a letter which has been ad dressed to the Lord May or by Mr. Coleridge, the Secre tary to the Royal Commissioners appointed to inquire into the state of the Corporation of the City of London. It is somewhat remarkable that the letter does not state the date when the commissioners will assemble, while the paragraph with reference to supplying printed copies of the evidence to the persons " more particularly in terested in the proceedings" would seem to indicate that those proceedings are to be conducted in private : " Downing-street, Oct. 22, 1853. "My Lord,—l am directed by the Commissioners fur inquiring into the state of the Corpora tion of the City of thei first London to inform your Lordship h e r official e re ing, which they have held this d t ay a , t atatth sidence of the First Lord of the Treasu7, they have taken into consideration th e course of their future p ro _ ceedings. " As full documentary evidence with regard to the con stitution of the city of Londonlo up to a t very recent p er i o d ai mp r l e a c in ei t y s ir, t ,, (,) already exist s in an authentic investigation hen commissioners purpose to commence their who may have owith e on ei the evidence of make, or alterations to su g gest, with respect to the pre sent state and government of the corporation, At a future s t ag e of the inqui r y , the c ommissioners willbe prepared to examine the officers of the corporation. With a view to afford the requisite information as speedily as possible to the persons more particularly in terested in the proceedings of the com missioners will take st e p s to communicatecon commission, o t , e ntilie p rinted copies of the evidence taken before them from time to time. "I am, my Lord, your Lordship's obedient servant, " J. D. COLERIDGE, Secretary. "The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor." It may be stated that Mr. Coleridge, the secretary, is a son of one of the learned commissioners, and the ne phew of another. SUICIDE AT LEEDS.—A female named Fisher, for litany years a professional vocalist in Leeds, has com mitted suicide by hanging. She had previously been In a desponding state of mind. RAILWAYS. Aberdeen Ambg. Nottng. Bost and Eastn. Junct Birming. Wolvcrh. & Stour Valley Birkenhd. Lancsh dt Cheshire Junct Do. Chesh. & Birk.,' £5O and £25 Cons. Do., £20..... .... . Bristol and Exeter... Caledonian Chester & Holyhead. Cork and Bandon... Cork, Black, & Pass. Dublin&BelfastJuuc. Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction ...... . Do. New East Anglian...., Do., (£lB E & Eastern Counties Eastern Union, A Stock Do., B. Stock Do., New A East Lancashire East &West Ind. Dk & Birming. June Edinburgh& Glasgow Edinb. and Peebles Edin. Prth. &Dundee Glasgow &S. Western Great Northern Stk. Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Gt. Sth. &West. (Ire ) Great Western Irish South-Eastern Lancaster & Carlisle Do., Thirds Lancash.andYorksh. Do., Fifths D D., Wet. Riding Un Leeds Northern Liv.Crsby.&Southpt London & Blackwall Lond:Tilb. &Stheud. Loud. Bright & S.Cst. Loud. and N. Westn. Do. Fifths Do.lo/. Sh.,M&B 0 London and S. Westn. Do., £5O Do., £4O Ludndrry& Col eraiue Lndndrry. & Ennisk. Manch.Shef. & Linclr Do., Man. & Lin. Un Midland Do. Birmng. &Derby Midld. G. West. (Ire.) Do. Half Shares Newcastle & Carlisle Newmarket Do., Bury Extension. Nwpt.Aberg. &Hrfd. Newry & Enniskillen Newry Warrenpoint and Rostrevor. . Norfolk Northn.Counties North British North Devon, No. 1 Do., No. 2 Do., ?, A Deferred B Guaranteed North Staffordshire North Western N. & S. Westru. June Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton Scottish Central, Scottish Midland 19 - 20 4 - 41 8 - 9 74i 75; 50 52 122 - 124 100 - 102 79 - 80 Shrewsbury & Bi i mg.! Do. L. & N. Wsst?m•. Guaranteed Si ct,L Shrewsby. & Herefd Shrewsby. & Chester (N. W. Min ; Do. Halves,':. Do. Oswestry Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern 'South Wales S. Yrksh. & Riv. Dun Do [Stockton & Hartlepl. Thames Haven Dock, and Railway , Vale of Neath , 13 —ll disl 16 18 54 —4 4 i 93 —9 5 d 494 50 154 164, 13 15 a . in 7i - 8i 4 44 3 - 34 14 - 12 38 - 42 28 - 30 61' - a 57 -7- E 6 ii ----- ii Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford&Limerick West Cornwall Wimbledn & Croydon York Newctl.&Berw. Do. Extensions Do. G.N.E. Purchase York & N. Midland 81 -- 87 10 -12 p 62 -- 62i 1 7 1 -- 7 idi 5 -- 12 -- 7 11 7i par Ipm 934 940 .02 —102 k ; p 72 I F 4 14 —13 d 13 —12 d 19 - 20 58i - 59 33 - 35 52 54 i d par 5 4:3d 46 - 49 4 3(1 25i ... 26i 8 101 2 7 71 9 6k— 6d 7t 7i par 35 - 37 87 89 51 - 56 60 - 62 2} lid 14 16 7 8 10 12 4 14 16 58 59 34 35 i - 'I 14 15 1 S* = g' 61 62 91 -- ' 4. 1 d 4C -- 151 ) Aberdeen Do. No. t, 7 p. c. Bris. & Ex. 4 p. c. St. (Caledonian 4p. c. Shares , ICaledonian £lO Chester & Holyheadi Guar. 51 per cent Cprk &Bandonsb.c Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction EastAnglian (1:310s)1 6 per cent Do. (e 5) 7 per cent Do. (X 7 17s) 7 p. c Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 P.C. No.l Do. No. 2 Do. New 6 p. c. St. Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent East Lanca,sh. 6 p. cts EdinbPrth.&Dundee 5 per cent. Glasgow &S.Western Guar. 5 per cent Great Northn. 5 p. c Do. 5 p. c. Redeem., at 10 p. c. prem... Do. 4l p.c. Scrip Gt, Southn. &Westm. (Ireland) Eighths) Gt. Westn. (Burks & Hants Ex. 5 p. c) Do. cov. red. 46 p.c Do. con. red. 4 p. c Do. irred. 4 p. c Lan. &York. F. £2O Do. 6 p. c. Stock London and Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. c Do. Prof., 5 p. c. St. Do. Convertible, 5 p. c., 1852_ Do. New Guar.6 p. e. London & S. Western Con. Thirds Londonderry& Coler Shares Lundy. &Ennis. Sh Kan., Shef., & Litt., Shares, No.l. Do. New, £lO .... ,Do. 96798 •• * ".'" 13 20 3 - 3i 116 -- iis Niarypt & Carl. 4 p.c. Do. 4i per cent Do M.id. Consol.6 p.c.St Do. Consol. Bristol & Birm. 6 per cent Do. Pref. 4i per cent Norfolk Extensio n.. .. Do. 5 p. c. Eat Do. Guar. 5i per et Do. Way. Val, 5 p. c North British North Staffordshire Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverh. £l5, 6 p.c Do Shrews. &Birm.N.G, Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor.W.Min), 8 p.c. Do. 5 per cent South Devon Do. New .. 2 - 3 S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. ;Do. 41 per cent. Pre. S.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar. Waterfcl.&Kilk.6p.e. York, Newcastle,and Bcrwick,4 p.c. Pref. Do.. York&N.Midlanda and S. Purch i . ,i :: ii PREFERENCE SHARES. ..xdi 6 - 6i 3 - 44 - 5 - 1p 3 - lip - 1p 1 - 13§ 74 3 106 108 dd aP 8 64 99 -- 10 7 1 95 100 95 100 par 139 341 -- 13 6 7 8i 94 - ad I P 1 138 140 I id 98 100 id ipm 9 —lO 16 -- 17 9A -10 A 12 -- 14 Par -- p l 23/ -- 24/ io -- io 90 95 4f 4il i id 43i 4i 11i 12 75i 6 FOREIGN. THE EASTERN QUESTION. _t: -v. (From the Morning r sB4 -- ----v Intelligence of the most recent date, Tiara Petersburg informs us that the Cza.r! 'nll:‘ 45 3 professions, is still apt for negsfiation seek; to gain time. 4 , ;" - The positive sincerity of the *Einperii r . o f R ussia / can only be shown by positive retreht. LEiss Malt this is deception. But the Western Powers are no longer to be deceived, nor will they again seek Russia with propositions for arrangement. It is now for Russia to propose and to negotiate ; but her propositions and negotiations will not be enter taMed, save on one imperative basis—her imme diate withdrawal of her troops and her pretensions. It is natural for Russia to seek time. She needs , it. Her army in the Danubian Principalities amounts, we confidently state, to but fifty thou sand men, of whom a vast proportion are ill—the rest half-starved. She cannot reinforce Prince Gortschakoff. The roads, rivers, and marshes are impassable in many parts of the country. She wishes, therefore, to juggle Turkey and amuse the Western Powers till the spring, by which time the Turkish treasury will certainly not be richer, and the highlanders and volunteers, who at pre sent add much strength to the Sultan's forces, will have probably been disbanded. The wish of Russia will not be complied with. Her necessities will not be consulted. We are enabled to state that it was the intention of Omer Pacha upon the termination of the delay he had allowed, to cross the Danube and attack the Russians. His army doubles theirs, and is ' fresh, well fed, and animated by the strongest feel ings of patriotism. Under these circumstances, it is expected that he will inflict on the Russians the defeat the deserve. The next intelligence from the banks of the Danube will, therefore, be of sur prising interest. The Emperor of Russia, up to the latest, pro fesses his intention to remain On the defensive. This is absurd. Omer Pacha, in crossing the Danube, does not act on the offensive. The Czar, when he crossed the Pruth, assumed the offensive, and has maintained it ever since. The combined sleets of England and France were to anchor before Constantinople on the 20th of October. They are at the disposition of our ally, and will proceed to such active operations as may be deemed necessary. The strength of Turkey, supported by England and France, must prevail against Russia. How long will the Czar combat with superior force ? The endeavour to undermine right, to overthrow justice, has been long, but hitherto fruitless. The struggle becomes now one of material and physical power. Wisdom dictates to Russia retreat. If she listen to the voice of obstinate folly, she will but trouble Europe, and ensure her own ruin. Not only is absolute right on the side of Turkey and her Allies, when they repel piratical invasion and unjustifiable violation of the most sacred in ternational bonds, but their forbearance has been of the most temperate and patient character. It is now exhausted, and we cannot regret the severe consequences that will ensue to Russia. We look, then, with deep interest for the next advices from what is, by this time, the seat of war. We cannot doubt the success of the Turk, backed by the Western Powers, in his struggle for the de fence of the Faith of Treaties, the integrity of his Empire, and the progress of civilisation, against the barbarous inroads of piratical ambition and Northern Despotism. IRISH AND S'COTOII BANK RETURNS. The returns of circulation of the Irish and Scotch banks for the four weeks ending the Ist of October, 1853, when added together, give the following as the average weekly circulation of these banks during the past month, viz. : Average circulation of the Irish banks £5,510,985 Average circulation of the Scotch banks 3,843,226 Average circulation during the past month £9,354,211 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... £843,509 The Scotch banks are above their fixed issue 756,087 Total below fixed issue The amount of gold and silver held at the head offices of the several banks during the past month have been as follows : Gold and silver held by the Irish banks £1,513,093 Gold and silver held by the Scotch banks 1,183,623 Total of gold and silver held £2,695,716 These returns, combined with the average circulatio n of the Bank of England for the same period, show a decrease of 303,0501. in the circulation of notes in Eng land, and an increase of 91,8841. in the circulation of the United Kingdom, when compared with the month ending the 3d of September ; and, as compared with the month ending the 2d of October, 1852, the above returns show an increase of 775,8041. in the circulation of notes in England, and an increase of 1,811,2481. in the circu tion of the United Kingdom. The average stock of bullion held by the Bank of England in both departments during the month ending the Ist of October was 15,839,2741., being a decrease of 1,146,8141. as compared with the previous month, and a decrease of 5,942,2621. when compared with the same period last year. The stock of specie held by the Scotch and Irish banks during the month ending the Ist of October was 2,696,7161., being an increase of 74,8281. as compared , with the previous return, and an increase of 696,621/, when compared with the corresponding period last year. STRAND THEATRE.—The attractions at this house bring nightly very large audiences. Miss Marshall, so excel lent in farces and burlesques, has been re-engaged, so has also Mr. Ran4er, a very finished actor of the high school of comedy, whose merits begin now to be fully appre ciated. Mr. Gourley, one of the best delineators of Scottish character on the stage, made quite a " hit" last night as Jemmy in Polkama7zia, and Jock Howieson in appearancethe Scotch dramaat the e of Strand, Cr a c wt Brig.eThis engaged was is brief period of twelve nights. DESTRUCTIVE FlRE.—Yesterday or few minutes before thr ee o ' c l oc k , the police officer at a on duty on Ludgate-hill, on p a t ro lli ng his beat, discovered smoke issuing from the b ac k part of the extensive range of pre mises belon g i ng t o M essrs. R. Willey and linen drapers, hosi ers , an d h a b erdashers, situate at C0.,. 15, and 16, Ludgate-street, St. Paul's. The officer at once sounded an alarm, and, after some trouble, he succeeded in arousing the inmates, consisting of nearly forty per sons, who were asleep in various portions of the build ing, So dense was the smoke and so great the heat that the occupants were compelled to make for the roof, and to get out the best way they could. A plentiful supply of water was obtained from the mains of the New River Company, from which the engines were set to work, but, in spite of the indefatigable exertions of all present, the fire continued to rage, and it was upwards of an hour before the flames could be extinguished, and not until the basement floor was burned out, and the stock and fixtures in the warehouse on the ground floor considerably damaged by fire and water. The upper part of the house and contents are likewise damaged by smoke and heat. The total loss, it is expected, will amount to between 7,0001. and 8,0001. As to the origin of the fire nothing could be learned. Fortunately the sufferers are insured in the Imperial, the Sun, the Royal Exchange, the Union, the Hand-in-Hand, the Atlas, the Globe, the Plicenix, and London Fire offices. A GRAND GAME OF CRESS.—It is said that the En glish and French chess clubs, have made a novel match to be played shortly tit the Hippodrome. A gigantic chess board will be marked out upon the turf. The castles will be carried on the backs of real elephants, an d every other piece will be represented by an eques trian performer dressed in character. The kings an d queens w ill be in gorgeous robes , the knights in full armour, and the bishops will represent the "true church m ilitant." NEW YORE RAILWAYS.—The New Yo rk Herald of the 11th of October, received by the steamer, last • con tains a paragraph to the effect that the General Railroad Act of that State has been declared unconstitutional by the Court of Appeals, and that the v • arious acceptances and bonds issued by some of the e ppal companies are as based on no legal re sponsibility. The report, however, is understood to be wholly erroneous, one of the Judges of the court having immediately caused a contradiction of it to be publi s h e d, the act havin g b een held by them to be perfectly con stitutional. M any of the bonds of the New York rail ways are po ssessed in this country, and the correction of the error i s therefore essential to prevent anxiety and loss. AUDACITY OF PERSIAN THlEVES. — Accounts from the Camp of the Persian army state that the audacity of the thieves shows that there exists no system of police what ever. The sword of the commander-in-chief had been carried away from under his pillow. It was a present from the Shah, and was richly mounted with diamonds. One of the ministers had his inkstand, seals, and hand kerchief taken out of his hand while sleeping ; and an other chief, high in office, had the gold buttons of his uniform cut off; and the Prime Minister, who was dozing in the afternoon in a chair in his tent, next to that of the Shah, had his gold spectacles taken off his nose. DEATH FROM CHOLERA IN MILLBANK PRISON. — Yesterday Mr. Bedford, coroner for Westminster, held an inquest in Milibank Prison, on the body of a feinal convict named Sarah Howard, aged 48. The deceased was received in Millbank Prison, on the 24th November, 1851, under sentence of transportation for ten years. Mr. John G. Paine, the resident surgeon of the prison, deposed that he was called to attend the deceased on the 17th inst., when she complained of looseness of the bowels. She was also seen by Dr. Baly, the superin tendent. On the 18th she was attacked with cramps and vomiting, and from that time got rapidly worse, and was by order of Dr. Baly removed into a ro om apart f rom the other patients in the infirmary. She, however, gra dually sunk into a state of collapse cholera, and died on Saturday last. It was a decided c ase o f A s i at i c cho l era. Af ter some further evidence the j ury returned a ver di ct of "Died from Asiatic cholera." the ith C he 'om ,wl - the the I 5. rtn s e nt, COY' ariff are that the (1 at ;trig •ders reed s arY IC, a ter' hale ba° Ilion e we taut• ),000 from 1 the lures 'Ts-- 3r in' A he" d, we of the ewe' iin vce , e 10 ' otry 4 O oci • sta OW; to P 0 s of efo rli ,90 0 A(.'c iool- ()O rli '4 t Ol3 STO ' Abed