The Sun. — London, England, 1853-11-04 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL, DRITRY-LANE.--THIS I Indeed, the interest of the latter would lead him EVENING.--Mr. E. T. SMITH, Lessee, respeetfully informs I, his friends and patrons th a t h e has, regardless of expense, engaged to prefer the immediate commencement of active a galaxy of EQUESTRIAN TALENT never benre assembled con junctively, even in this th e M etropolis of Nations, an d b y w h om the hostilities, if of that zealous and efficient classic development of the hippodramatic art obtained a triumph every evening unmatched in the hi s t or y of such performances. The assistance from the Maritime Powers which he has gymnastic artistes were equally successful. The victory of the Vaulters was complet e d, i n t h e throw i ng o f ne arly 200 somersau lt s a right to expect. He is doubtless chafing the by 0. Dale and Barnes, the European and American champions. cc • .7 , The Eleventh Exhibiti on w i ll ta k e p l ace THIS EVENING , Novem ber 3, when Mr. Smith earnestly but respectfully solicits a continua- has given him to champ. All the interests of tion of that support which he so gratefully recognises. Russia are opposed to war ; and there is, at this moment, an immense quantity of corn stored at Odessa awaiting exportation, the delays in the disposal whereof, are even more pre judicial to the vendors than they are to the Bri tish. people, whoSe bread has been so greatly en hanced in price, in consequence of the caprices of the AUTOCRAT. NICHOLAS is so well aware of this, and also that the fate of despotism itself is involved in the result, that there is little reason to suppose that he would not make any possible sacrifice to repair the mistake he has committed, and be enabled to retrace his footsteps without personal disgrace. An actual conflict would not alter his position, as it might plausibly be ascribed to the impetuosity of troops acting without, or contrary to, instructions from head-quarters, But it is not merely the state of the weather that has led to the improvements that have taken place. The weather has been exceedingly propiti ous, and affords more auspicious prospects with respect to the ensuing harvest than any we have for some time past been enabled tom' dulge in. There has been no monetary tightness, and it is generally supposed that theßank will speedily be compelled to retrace its footsteps, and to lower the rate of discount to the community. Already it finds itself underbid by the large discount houses; and if the directors hope to maintain their profits, and make consider able weekly additions to the rest, they must suffer themselves to go with the stream in place of making a vain attempt to oppose it. We may form some judgment of the course likely to be adopted by the magnates of Threadneedle-street, from the notification of the intention to advance to dissentient holders of the various petty stocks that are to be paid off in January, the sums to which they will then become entitled, deducting interest for the interval after the rate of 4 per cent. per annum. Nearly 2, 400, 000/. (2, 380, 0 0 01.) will thus be brought into circulation, if the par ties choose to avail themselves of the offered accommodation. The mere power, indeed, will be sufficient to keep down the rate of interest, and also to enhance quotations, as eligible invest mends must be sought for, and the persons whose claims are to be liquidated will scarcely avoid availing themselves of the present favourable opp ortunities for that purpose. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Under the management of Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, Nov. 4, Will be performed MONEY. Characters by Messrs. G. Vanden hoff, Tilbury, Howe, Buckstone, Compton, H. Corti, and W. Farren Mrs. L. 3. Buckingham, Miss Chaplin, and Mrs. Fitzwilliam. To be followed by MIDAS. Characters by Misses Featherstone and Ormonde. To conclude with MAKE YOUR WILLS. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Uneer the Management of Mr. CHARLES KLAN. THIS EVENING, Nov. 4, Will be performed THE DAY AFTER THE WEDDING. Sup ported bf Mr. and Mrs. W. Lacy. After which, Lord Byron's Tragedy of SARDANAPALUS, con siderably abridged for stage representation. Principal characters by Mr. and Mrs. C. Kean. To conclude with DEAF AS A POST. Principal character by Mr. Harley. LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestrfe. THIS EVENING, Nov. 4, Will be performed THE GAME OF SPECULATION. Principal character by Mr. C. Mathews. After w hich, THE COMMENCEMENT OF A BAD FARCE which. however (it is hoped), will turn out to be WRIGHT AT LAST (sth time). Principal character by Mr. Wright. To conclude with A CURIOUS CASE. Principal character by Mr. C. Mathews. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHL Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster, —Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Nov. 4, Will be performed THE DISCARDED SON. Characters by Leigh Murray, Paul Bedford, and Keeley; Mrs. Keeley and Miss Woolger, After which,_ THE CAMP AT CHOBHAM. To be followed by "HOTEL CHARGES 1" or, How to Cook "A Billin." To conclude with COMING OF AGE. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager. Mr. A. Wigan. TUTS EVENING, Nov, 4, Will be performed THE CAMP AT THE OLYMPIC. Charac ters by Messrs. A. Wigan, Emery, P. Robson, eon.- Fer, and GauJl; Mesdames A. Wigan, Stirling, P. Horton, Chatterley, E. Turner, and Wyndham. To be followed by PLOT AND PASSION. Principal characters by Mr. F. Robson and Mrs. Stirling. ASTLEY'S EUROPE'3 NATIONAL AMPHITHEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. SECOND WEEK of the GRAND EQUESTRIAN JUBILEE, With an entire change in the SCENES of the ARENA, forming the second monster Programme of the series arranged for the purpose of introducing the unequalled Equestrian and Gymnastic talent of this far-famed Establishment. THIRD WEEK of Miss KATE COOKE, whose graceful daring and finished mode of managing her beautiful and most perfectly trained steed, Snowdrop, In the highest school of ménage con tinues to be received with increased admiration and applause. The world's wonder, Miss EMILY COOKE, will appear every even lug in her matchless Feat of Leaping through 1G balloons. THIS EVENING, Nov. 4, The Succes.sful Burlesque of JUPITER'S DECREE, AND THE FALL OF PILETON; or, THE FIEttY COURSERS OF THE SUN. To be followed by the Scenes of the ARENA, supported by the acknowledged favourites and other talented Artistes, for which ex tensive arrangements have been made. The extraordinary Artistes on LA PERCHE, Signor CARLOTTIE and Signor FRANCOIS. To conclude with Mr. W. Cooke's exciting NEW GRAND GREEK ENTREE, which has been eminently successful. Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. We have repeatedly directed public attention to - the extraordinary care manifested by the Eng:lisli law for the protection of property of any kind or description. No man can now attack his neighbour's purse with impunity, or hope to establish an unjust or unfounded demand. Any attempt made to obtain unfair possession of money or money's worth, is almost certain of detection, and on discovery is visited with the most strin gent punishment. Prolonged terms of imprison ment, with hard labour, penal servitude, and even banishment for life, or many successive years, await the party convicted of an infraction of the laws of property, either by force or fraud, whether the matter come within the enactments against forgery, larceny, false pretences, or conspiracy. Nay more, a bad character in money matters is sufficient to insure the punishment of a person against whom no distinct or tangible charge is or can be established ; and the presiding magistrate may summarily convict a person brought be fore him as " a reputed thief," and send him to a House of Correction for three months' hard labour, at the treadmill, or crank.. A period quite sufficient at some of the model prisons, such as Winchester, or Birmingham, to render the wretch weary of existence, and drive him to self-murder as the most tolerable alternative. How different is the protection afforded to the person. A brute may pass through life indulging his violent propensities to the utmost, without incurring a tittle of the punishment that might be adjudge d for a theft to the value of the smallest coin of the '.realm. He may knock down and trample upon hill neighbour, kick and maltreat the passing strange; and 5/. fine, or, in default of payment, two montais' imprisonment is the full extent of punishment that can be in flicted. He may earn for himself an infamous notoriety, similar to that which °attached to the miscreant CANNON, before he maimed poor DWYER, the kind-hearted policeman, who was assisting the truculent ruffian at the very moment of the wan ton and unexpected attack ; but no practical in convenience attends the evil reputation for violence, so far as the law is concerned. =CANNON might have strutted along the most crowded thorough fare, with clouded brow and menacing aspect, manifestly contemplating an unprovoked assault on the first victim on whose denoted head his wrath may burst ; but no policeman would be justified in interfering until the assault had actually taken place. No preventive mealmres could be taken. The magistrate before whom he was brought would be bound to dismiss; him from the bar, and would probably add a sev ere censure on the policeman whose excess of zeal had prompted him to save some inoffensive individual from severe personal injury, while he would, at the same time, send to three months' hard labour the trembling child who, although never himself charged with theft, was stated to be " a com panion of thieves," and suspected ,of loitering in the public street, with intent to commit a felony —that is to say, to pick the pocket of some passer by. Again, if a 'trial should take jplace, in which 1 is involveceir to any kind of per sona l property, the title t o premises or whe re . d amages are claimed, fiew trials may be obtained, or appeals carried from tribunal to tribunal although the investigation had reviously taken most patient intelligent jury. place before an eminent judg e given of that esecurz•ed after issue Ten days' notice must have a b n t a a ll k t e he time thus trial—the notice itself beincr j t o o in eff ed e , c ; : vhi ., c k h nt i i nu y s e t t have taken )2 at east eight days any. reasonable complaint as to .cc surprise , " allowed , being unable to adduce important evidence, i s i o n '. variably attended to, and a new inquiry directed, the usual (although not the invariable) condition being the payment of costs by the. party through whose lathes or misfortune the delarwas occasioned. • The absence of a material witness, too, is almost always regarded as a sufficient reason: for adjourning the trial on such terms as may seem reasonable to the presiding judge. But in a criminal case, al though the life or liberty of the accused be in volved in the result, there is no appeal as to " facts." No new trial can be obtained under any circumstances, and although the innocence of the accused be established beyond the possibility of doubt, the error of the jury cannot le corrected ; and if there were sufficient legal grounds for a conviction the record of his guilt must remain, and perhaps, be proved against him ;subsequently, as a " previous conviction," to aggravate his been, "noteoiete to Punishment, a lth oug h it was k nown that he was contradiction and her MAJESTY'S " pardon" had Pardon gonlly conferred , r , CI upon him w ith that k n owl e dge. in an innocent man :may appear a terms ; but such in the practice, and that of an o th j e: a jury, Ivl freeinge l his character can ever l oo k f ocr. T here can 1 be n o hope of by the verdict molly he may ble enabled o wever conclulve the testi- 1 to adduce in his favour. When the consequences of very serious, there for obtainingatlaer mistake ' are so a Postponementsijcitlid b° any-tional facilities sellable grounds can Le Of re a c r e act ( 5r and trial, if rea tion. But practically such set f°l-th " of y a such is not 4 r th e aPplica (.3n Tuesdaythe convenience e r h oseonu m i ' s ease, an d on trim, notwitl: more thought of than the P a:i t ally the accused. This point strong illus tration at the Middlesex Sessions, vl a where a Captain HICKS was put THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 4, 1853 standing the earnest protest of his energetic and efficient counsel. The prisoner, although he had been twice remanded, was only committed for trial on Saturday. That trial was forced on on the Tues day following, notwithstanding the statement of Mr. PARRY that he was not and could not be prepared, and that the undue haste might not only be very prejudicial to, but inflict gross injustice on, his client. The prosecutor, however, wished to go to Plymouth the fol lowing day, and to suit his convenience the case was forced on, although it was almost a mat ter of life and death to the prisoner, who might have been transported, if found guilty. Now, we do not wish to be taken as casting ' undue censure on the Learned Assistant-Judge. We respect and est eem S ergeant ADAMS, for, despite a little occasional eccentricity, we know him to be a learned Judge, an intelligent Judge, and, above all, a h umane J u d ge —one with whom theinterests of prisoners are, generally speaking, as safe as they could be with any Judge on the Bench. It is not then the man, but the system we blame—that system it was that placed the liberty of Captain HICKS, whom the Jury de clared to be an indiscreet, although not a frau dulent, man in such serious jeopardy ; and we feel that it ought to be earnestly protested against not merely by the Barrister in Court, but the journalist on the broad sheet—by every man, in fact, wh o i s d es i rous o f p reserv i ng th e liberty of the subject, and guarding and protecting that which is far more dear than money or money's worth ! COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, Nov. 3. The dinner party yesterday included the King of the Belgians, the Duchess of Brabant, the Duchess of Kent, the Duke of Brabant the Count of Flanders, the Duke of Newcastle, the Belgian Minister and Madame Van de Weyer, the Prussian Minister and Madame Bunsen, Viscount Palmerston, the Lady-in-Waiting to the Duchess of Brabant, the Lady-in-Waiting to the Duchess of Kent, Lady Frances Bruce, the Baroness de Speth, Major-General the Hon. Sir Edward Cust, Count Gustave de Lannoy, Colonel de Moerkerke, Baron Prisse, Monsieur Ricken, and Mr. Gibbs. CITY OF LONDON COMMISSION-(THIS DAY. The Commissioners resumed their inquiry this morn ing in the chambers of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. Mr. Acland said he wished to correct the statement which he made at the former sitting with regard to the money expended by the corporation in the purchase of newspapers. He was in error in supposing that the Common Council had voted 1,0001. a year, during the last four years, for the purpose of subsidising the press, as, in point of fact, no such vote had ever been come to ; but, in 1849, the consolidated committee made a report recommending that steps should be taken ,o obtain better reports in the newspapers of the proceed _ _ ings of the council, and the report was remitted back to the committee, with power to make the necessary arrangements for carrying out the recommendation. The task of doing this was confided by the consolidated committee to a sub-committee, consisting of three mem bers, and although there was no absolute vote upon the subject, there was yet a tacit understanding between the council and the consolidated committee that the latter should, at their discretion, expend not more than 1,0001. a•year in the purchase of newspapers. He knew this of his own knowledge, but he could not state from what source he obtained the information without being guilty of a breach of confidence. He found, however, that in the published accounts of the corporation there was a "conglomerated" item of a 1,0001. a year charged to the hall keeper, which included newspapers and adver tisements. He had no reason actually to doubt the statement of Mr. Wood, that during the last four years no more than 1501. a year had been spent in the pur chase of newspapers ; but the corporation accounts con tained no entry whatever of even that payment, while he knew of his own knowledge that the consolidated committee had expended a large sum of money in at tempting to establish a newspaper of their own, called The Citizen. Mr. Aeland then proceeded to state his views with regard to the civil and criminal courts of the city. LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.) QUEEN'S BENCH. FALSE DIPRISONMENT.-GREENFIELD V. SYKES. This was an action for false imprisonment, to which the defendant had pleaded simply not guilty. The plain. tiff was a tradesman, and the defendant a publican in Liverpool ; and ' some time ago one of the defendant's windows was broken and a bottle of spirits stolen in the night. Suspicion fell upon the plaintiff, and the next morning he was apprehended; but on being taken before the police magistrate there was not sufficient evidence to justify his conviction. Subsequently he brought the present action, and at the trial the defendant was de sirous of calling evidence to show that there was reason able ground for believing that the plaintiff was the party who broke the window. The Court, however, ruled that such evidence could not be received under a plea of not guilty. It ought •to have been specially pleaded. Mr. Millward now moved for a rule to show cause why a new trial should :not be had, on the ground that the evidence was improperly rejected. Application granted. COURT OF EXCHEQUER. INFRINGEMENT OF A PATENT.-PALMER V. COOPER. - - - - This was an action for infringing a patent for making candles. By the 15th and 16th of Victoria, the defend ant was bound tc. deliver the alleged infringement with his plea, but Ahis was not done in the present in stance, and at the trial the Lord Chief Justice Baron allowed the omission to be supplied by th e a d m i ss i on o f evidence, which induced a verdict for the defendant. Sir F. Thesiger now moved for a rule nisi, to show cause why a new trial should not be had, on the ground that the evidence was improperly admitted. Application granted. SHERIFFS' COURT. (Before R. Gurney, Esq.) IMPORTANT QUESTION UNDER THE INSOLVENT L AIV. - E ENDALL V. PATTIE. This was an action to recover the sum of 4/. 10s. for work done for the defendant. Mr. W. B. Davies on the part of the defendant, said that this court had no jurisdiction, as the defend ant had been imprisoned and petitioned the In solvent Court and obtained his discharge. In some cases under very special circumstances, it had been held that when fraud had been committed, and when no notice had been Oven to the creditor, the court had jurisdiction where the case had been heard under the Protection Act, as then the insolvent need only file his schedule, give up his property and obtain immediate protection. - His Honour examined the plaintiff, and said that there (lid not appear the slightest evidence of fraud, and, therefore, the case -was at end on that point ; and it was very seldom the cozirt interfered when a person had been in prison and had passed the Insolvent Court. Plaintiff was nonsuited. f a n visitlTlte D a t ri o n uhhkeeser of f f theaje l s fay Newcastle ialyt w.w r ieil Windsor returns ri arrive w ec o aa t st o tlpe n o. rt to-day, Tnlha on from .By qo ii atriie. o n n_S ne at l ur . tlay. The Noble Duke and his colleagues in office will F m A ez i t m in r Downing- i street, N o o n v M Em o D n u d n a . L. yor s day) will , day being the 3rd of November was the birthday Royal Highness the Princess Sophia. On the 9th Wales, 1841, 0 Y o( e t s t oh e re r ( ri - Ma jesty Queen and that that of the Princess Royal on the 21st, be the birthday of the Prince of Ma . °PENGIIIaGIIery7 T T r ii r 1 ,Elizakt ejlnionth of November, 1558, her Ma , 1840. d sci tl u : e, throne of England. to enab p l NATIONAL GALLERY.--The to carry out the new alteration s and repairs, NationalßE. Monday ay Sgt',Wtehde closed beyond the usuaaalsarceegnadsres., wononths, will be re-opened w e h th ic o h wenh h o z mii b lta e tve en ee , been going on for the last n t s, only i f l or the pupils. 7th instant, gratis, THE EAST INDIA yesterday esdaYs, and Thurs :ttoodthoeopumboliocdoanysM, days, as usual. On Friday CLOSING THE TRANSFER BOOZE; HOUSE.—Notice was issued House that the transfer books for IndiaEaaystathe East India be shut from Tuesday, the 6th of D stock will December next, three p.m., until Tuesday , the 1 7th of January at and that the wa rrants for the dividends on ' 1854, the said stock, • payable on. Friday, the 6th of January. 1854 under the 1 1 th sectio n of the acts 3d and 4 th William IV., cap. 85, will be ready to be delivered to the public on that day. The interest on the company's bonds is now raised from 21. 10s. to 31. ss. per cent per annum. THE VACANT SOOTCHJUDGESHIP.—ZIt has been stated in the London and. several of the Scotch journals, that Mr. Inglis, Dean of Faculty, would be the successor of Lord Anderson. This report is erroneous, as we are enabled to state th at the Dean of Faculty has respect fully declined the vacant seat on the bench. The pro bability therefore now is that the high office will be offered to Mr. Eandyside, the Solicitor-General. — _ Caledonian Mercury. THE LATE LIEUTENANT-GENERAL SIR CHAS. NAPIER, —A paragraph having lately appeared in some of the papers, to the effect that Sir Charles Napier's will ha d been proved, and the personal estate sworn "under 200,0001.," it may be right to state that probate was ly taken o u t on F r id ay l as t , b y Li eu t . -C o l. John Pitt and Kennedy, t joint trustee un d er th e w ill w ith L a dy Napier, t, instead of 200 000/ , ~ the amount was swan under 20,0001. MONEY MARKET AND ~ C OJIMEW AL INTELLIGENCE. f' p. ai CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. Tlie sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at 5,000 bales, including 1,000 American taken for export and on speculation. The market was steady and firm, with prices of all kinds the same as on Friday last. The sales comprised 4,000 American, 200 Pernam and Maranham at bid. to 7d., 100 Bahia at 6/d. to 6/d., 250 Egyptian at sid. to 61d., 500 Surat at nd. to 41d., and 100 Sea Island at ls. 4d. to Is. 7d. per lb. Railway Shares were very buoyant, at an advance of 1 to 2 per cent. on all the leading stocks. In the Produce Markets this week the transac tions have not been large, either privately or by public sale, and the holders, finding prices are not fully maintained, keep back their goods in expectation of an early improvement. The number of persons out of employment in the manufacturing districts tends to limit consumption. Sugar, tea, coffee, and spices have maintained full quotations. Rice also has been firm. Cotton has not attracted much attention, but keeps at its value. In dye goods the operations have been small. Cochineal and indigo have both had rather a downward tendency. Spirits are steady. Pig iron has not been very active. In their remarks upon trade in the manufactur ing districts, Messrs. McNair, Greenhow, and Irving write from Manchester, as follows : - - " Since the date of ours, last month, the (absence of continued steadiness may be considered locally as one of the most prominent features ; change and fluctuation having alternately succeeded each other—a result which, as we on a former occasion mentioned, need not now, we repeat, occasion surprise, when all the adverse ele ments are taken into consideration. The most important of these has, undoubtedly, been the unsettled difficulties of the Eastern question, which had, up to Saturday last, continued to throw additional uneasiness into commer cial transactions, and, not least, but next, the acknow ledged deficiency of the late harvest, coupled with the very unfavourable weather which has prevailed during the month for wheat sowing. The Eastern question has, no doubt, also materially contributed to en hance the value of grain, which would appear to be gradually advancing, with a more favour able state of the weather, which at the moment appears to us to be the most important element ; and a settle ment of matters between Turkey and Russia, business in this neighbourhood would be soon restored to a healthy and active condition. But to return more immediately to our own market. No really unfavourable report can be reported as to that. Until about the 16th, it con tinued dull and lifeless, with a decline in values. Upon the receipt of better accounts from Bombay and Cal cutta, then a better feeling became evident, and tran sactions were entered into very freely, which had the effect of securing cloths suitably adapted, at the low rates previously ruling. The prices to-day for 51b. 40z., 61b., and 71b. are fully lid. to 3d. per piece dearer ; 71b. 14oz. shirtings were sold also at 7s. 61. per piece. Yarns, too, in 40's, 50's, and 60's, were sold also cheaper than they now can be purchased at ; and mule twist for India cannot be had under an advance of 4d. to id. per lb." _ The following report upon the silk trade is by Mr. Henry W. Eaton : " Since the public sales, the result of which was re ported to you on the 20th ult., our market has con tinued quiet, and will doubtless remain so until the question of peace or war is settled. The accounts just received from Shanghai, dated Aug. 27, report the set tlements for new silk to have been carried out far more easily than had been expected, and there is every reason to hope that the supply will be adequate to the in creased consumption. The Exchange, however, had advanced to 7s. 9d., which would render the cost of the more recent purchases higher than had been antici pated, say best Tsatlees above 20s. In Bengals there is but little doing, the high prices paid for the Rainy Bund silk (now arriving) inducinc , importers to expect more than can at present be obtained. In Brutia, the imports of the month remain unsold. In Persians no thing doing, the present unpaid stock consisting of only second and third qualities ; some of the new crop may be expected during the month. The Italian market has fully participated in the general quiet." The Colonial wool sales have improved since Wednesday, and there is an increased business doing, the more buoyant condition of the Money market inspiring confidence. The ship Phoenician, from Sydney, brings ad vices of July 27 only, but she has on board 29,650 ounces of gold. The amount sent away by the Peninsular Com pany's steamer this day is 433,5001. The English Funds have been more fluctuating, having opened well, and gone flatter since owing to the news from Bucharest. Consols have been 95k, and since 94a for transfer, a little money stock having come to market. The account prices have been 94i to 1,, and are now 94` to Bank Stock has been worth 214 to 216. Exchequer Bills are worth ls. to ss. premium, and India Bonds ls. discount to 4s. premium. The New Three-and-a- Quarter per Cents. have been at 94i to 95k, and the Three per Cents. 93i to 94. Foreign securities have been rather moderately dealt in. Spanish New Deferred are worth 21i, and the Committee's C er tifi ca t e 5 to 51-. Por tuguese Four per Cents. have been at 41i. Mexi can Stock has been at 26i to #. Peruvian Bonds are higher, being 72 to 73. Equador Stock is at 4. Dutch Four per Cents. have been at 944. The Railway Share Market has been without any marked change, but on the whole is firm. Foreign shares have been improving, and there is a rise in Sambre and Meuse, Luxemburg and Northern. The Gold Mine Shares have been quieter, but the Land Companies' have been in request again. The Joint Stock Bank Shares are very active, at fuller rates. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY. (Prom the Official List.) _ Business done. Bank Stock per Cent. Reduced Annuities 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 9SA 4.1 544 g i New 34 per Cent. Annuities 96 sfl i i it Lon; Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 Ditto, 30 Years, Expire 10th Oct., 1859 -16 Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth Jan.,1860 54 India Bonds, £lOOO . Ditto, under £lOOO 1 d 4 p Consols for Account Exchequer Bills, 2d. 21000 . 251 4 p £5OO 2 5 1 4 p Small 2 5 1 4 p PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. Danish Bonds, 1825, 3 per Cent Ditto 5 per Cent ... Equador Bonds . Mexican 3 per Cent. Ditto for the Account... 261 1 a G Peruvian Bonds, 4 per Cent. 72 Ditto Deferred, 3 per Cent 5Ol Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent 4ll 2 Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent. £ St ll3 Ditto Small Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent 921 3 Spanish New Deferred, 3 per Cent. 2 lg Ditto Passive (Converted) Spanish Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun 54 5 p c Venezuela Bonds, 31 per Cent. Dividends on the above payable in London. i Dutch 4 per Cent. Certificates THREE O'CLOCK. 34 94 a ..,.... ......... ........... 103 §1 Consols Ditto November Account EPSOM RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) DURDANS PLATE. Mysterious Lady Nine ran. THE RIOT AT BLACKBURN. BLA.CKBURN, Nov. 3. Things are yet in a very unsettled state in this town. The inhabitants were treated to a new species of annoy ance the whole of last night, in the firing of guns every minute or two, from some mill or mills thought to be in danger. How such a noisy manifestation could do more than disturb quiet people, it is difficult to imagine. The circumstance is a curious illustration of the way in which every man here does what is right in his own eyes. Now that the worst part of the fray seems to be over, innumerable and most disgraceful instances of savage injury come to light, such as must reflect per manent discredit on this town, already so notorious for its inveterate political animosity. The questions still remain unanswered—Why was the town allowed to be left in the hands of a mob for six hours, or, indeed, till it chose to retire ? And what measures are to be taken to prevent the renewal of scenes so disgraceful to a civilised country ? THE WINE DUTIES'. —Mr. Oliveira, M.P., having recently made an extensive tour in the South of France and Germany, to collect information upon the various heads of inquiry involved in this question, bas for some time past been in Manchester, consulting the leading commercial firms, and the free trade party, with a view to obtain their co-operation in his intended motion for a reduction of the wine duties, on the re•assenibling of Parliament. HOTEL ADMINISTRATION.—We understand that seve ral important improvements in our social system, in reference to hotel requirements, are being carried out in some few of the establishments in London, and which are doubtless due to the recent agitation of the press. The proprietor of the Wellington, in Piccadilly —the first to adopt an excellent and liberal caste, and to place wines upon the table, in the imperial measure, at fair prices —has, in addition to the extensive dining salons, thrown open a suite of elegant apartments, to subscribers of one guiner each, in which all the better class hotel arrrngements have been blended with the agronens and luxuries of the higher order of clubs, Those who are acquainted with the style and comfort with which Crockfords—now the Wellington—is adorned, e e s nt w re hi c c a h nn a o re t oßffl l e l re re d a t d o i I y th r a e t c i of o n a is io e n th o e f e t h sp e e m ci i a l i l io a n d v w a i r i l o ta s g e be objected to. LAUST FOREIGN NEWS. RUSSIA AND TURKEY. ANTICIPATED BATTLE BETWEEN THE TURKS AND RUSSIANS. The Morning Chronicle, in a third edition to day, publishes the subjoined important telegraphic despatch from its Vienna correspondent "VIENNA, THURSDAY EVENING. " The Danubian Principalities are 'declared in a stage of siege. "Martial laws proclaimed. • , "All intercourse With the Turks is prohibited on pain of death. "A conflict is expected to take place at Krajowa (capital of Little Wallachia); 6,000 Russian cavalry have arrived there." . The following has been received by Submarine Telegraph :—. CONSTANTINOPLE, OcT. 25. Hostilities have commenced in Asia. A serious engagement took place on the 21st. The fleets lie at Lapsaki, in the Dardanelles. A refugee tumult has taken place at Pera. The Russian Chancery officials have left for Odessa. Russian subjects are placed under Austrian pro tection. Namik Pacha has left for Paris and London, charged with a special commission from the Porte. The Oesterreichische Correspondeuz reports that the Russians have repulsed the Turks in Little Wallachia. This requires confirmation. Prince Stirbey and his son arrived yesterday at Hermannstadt, on his way to Vienna. Prince Gortschakoff has left Bucharest for Kra jowa. His departure hus produced a profound sensation. A battle is expected in that direction. Krajowa is full of Russian troops, and 10,000 foot and some regiments of horse and artillery are ex pected to reinforce them. A line of Cossack couriers is established ~.between Krajowa, and Bucharest. It is supposed that the Russians purposely allow a considerable portion of the Turks to establish themselves in the Lesser Wallachia, in order that they may bring them as soon as possible to battle ; and as the defeat of the Turks is looked upon as next to certain, Russia, after driving his adversary . back 't o the Danube, will quietly wait for the set tlement of the affair on such terms as the other European Powers may concur in thinking reason able. Baron Prokesch has gone from Vienna to Berlin for the purpose of inducing the Prussian Govern ment to join Austria in a declaration on the posi tion of the two Powers in the Oriental question, and to prefer this declaration at the sittings of the German Diet. It appears, however, that Prussia refuses to pledge herself to anything, even to a declaration. The following is the proclamation which has been addressed to his army by Omer Pasha, previous.to crossing the Danube : " Imperial Soldiers —When firm and courageous, we shall engage the enemy. We will not fly, but sacrifice body and soul to be avenged. Look to the Koran ; on the Koran we have sworn. You are Mussulmans, and I doubt not you are ready to sacrifice body and soul for your religion and your Government. But if there be among you a single man afraid of war let him say so, for it is dangerous to face the enemy with such men. He who is under the feeling of fear should be employed in the hospitals or other occupations ; but he who re mains with us and turns his back on the enemy shall be shot ! Let the courageous men, who long to manifest their devotedness to their religion and the throne, re main. Their hearts are united with God, and if faithful to religion they prove themselves brave. God will assuredly give them the victory. Soldiers, let us purify our hearts, and then put confidence in the aid of God. Let us do battle, and sacrifice ourselves like our an cestors, and, as they bequeathed our country and our religion to us, we ought to bequeath them to our children. You are all aware that the great object of this life is to serve God and the Sultan worthily, and thus win Heaven. Soldiers ! May God protect all who have the honour to believe and to serve in these prin ciples." and other great financial establishments of St Petersburg. ITALY. The Piedmontese Gazette of the 31$ ult. con tains a Royal decree directing that the reduction of the duty on oats, enacted by the law of 11th July last, shall commerce forthwith. The Municipal Councils of Pinerolo, Caneo, Alba, and Cherasco, ha ve devoted addresses to Count Cavour, condemning the disorderly acts committed on the 13th ult. at Turin. A letter from Milan of the 25th ult., states that a number of arrests had just been effected at Sar zana and other plaCes. _ By a decree of the 27th ult., signed De Burger, Imperial and Royal Lieutenant of Lombardy, an additional tax of 3.1 kreutzers per florin (about one twentieth), is to be levied in 1854 upon land, in comes, and trade, to cover the deficit of 1853. The Grand Duke of Tuscany and his son dined with the Pope on the 26th ult. The other guests were Cardinals Patrizi, Fornari, Wiseman, and Antonelli. On the following day his Holiness paid a visit to the Grand Duke and the young Prince, who set out for Naples on the next day. The Giornale di Roma quotes a letter from An cona of the 18th ult., stating that corn continues to arrive in that port in large quantities, that much more is expected, and that the advices from Dalmatia, Odessa, Salonica, and other corn-grow ing countries are highly satisfactory. FRANCE. The visit of Prince Napoleon to Stuttgard, is said to have reference to an intended marriage between him and the young Princess Stephanie Antoinette Willielreina of Hohenzollern Sigma,rin gen, granddaughter of th e G ran d D uchess Stepha nie of Baden. The Princess only completed her 16th year on the 15th of July last. The steam and sailing vessel Montebello arrived at Brest on the 31st ult. On the same day the screw steamer Le Join ville, of 650-horse power, was launched at Brest. A letter from Toulon states that the Minister of Marine has ordered a steam-frigate of the largest size to be placed on the stocks, under the name of the Imperatrice Eugenie. She, is to be of 800- horse power, and is to serve as a model for several other frigates of the same size, which ,are to be built at Brest, Lorient, and Cherbourg. It is also stated that another frigate, to be called the Foudre is to be built at Toulon. The screw steam line-of battle ship the Tourville was launched at Brest' on the 31st ult. She is 650-horse power, and is one of the nine transformed vessels which, according to the report of the Minister of Marine, are to be launched within the next two or three months. The Courts of Justice were opened this day with much pomp, the vacation having terminated. The Judges attended in their robes of ceremony, and were accompanied on their way to Notre Dame, where Divine service was performed, by an escort of military. On their return to the Palace of Jus tice the usual addresses were delivered ; some causes of no importance were then brought before the Judges, when the Courts adjourned till to morrow for despatch of business. The Emperor and the Empress drove on Wednes day afternoon from St. Cloud in an open carriage and four, with postilions, and passed along the Quays to the Hotel-de-Ville, to visit the works in course of construction. They afterwards proceeded to the left bank of the river, and then in returning reached the Tuileries, a little after 4, by the Pont des Saints-Peres and the Louvre. Their Majesties almost immediately proceeded to the chapel, and heard the prayers for the dead, in presence of the whole Court. They took their departure for St. Cloud at 5 o'clock. A Council of Ministers was held on Wednesday at the palace of St. Cloud. M. Donon has just received the Imperial exequa tur authorizing him to exercise the functions of Consul-General for Turkey at Paris. Admiral Bruat, in takinc , the command of the Atlantic fleet, has issued the following address to the officers and seamen under his orders : " Officers and sailors,—The Emperor has appointed me to the command of the Atlantic squadron. I come to - continue with you the labours so well commenced under the able and energetic direction of Admiral Char ner, and which have already procured you a high mark of notice as well as the most precious encouragements. All our efforts will tend to develop this new element of our power, and of our naval greatness. In the difficult circumstances which may arise, I will be at your head ; and on your side, be ready to close round the flag of your admiral to the patriotic cry which has saved France in the hour of danger, and led our arms so often to victory, namely, " Vive l'Empereur I' " BRUIT." The Bourse was - remarkably firm to-day. The Three per Cents. opened at 74f., and the announce ment that Consols had risen considerably in Lon • don brought them up to 74f. 15c. They subse quently declined to 74f., at which they closed for the end of the month. The Four-and-a-Half per Cents. closed at 99f. 90c. ; Orleans Railway Shares, 1,162 f. 50c. ; Rouen, 1,005 f. ; Havre, 485 f. ; Great Northern, 857 f. 50c. ; Paris and Strasburg, 925 f. ; Paris and Lyons, 906 f. 25c. ; Lyons to the Mediterranean, 727 f. 50c. ; Western of France, 680 f. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 585 f. ; Great Central, 512 f. 50c. ; Lyons to Geneva, 495 f. ; Shares of the Bank of Credit Mobilier, 697 f. 50c. GERMANY. The King of Prussia has signed the order by which the Chambers are convoked for the 28th The Duke and Duchess of Brabant are expected to pay a visit to the Courts of Stuttgard and Munich in the course of this month. The bride's Mother is already staying at the former Court. The Emperor of the French is understood to have availed himself of the presence of the Belgian Royal family in England to convey to them the assurance of the most friendly sentiments on his part towards Belgium, and more particularly towards the Royal family, so that the timid politicians of Prussia begin now to think they have for a long time past been frighening themselves unnecessarily in constantly looking forward to an inroad of French troops on the plains of Belgium, or an occupation of the right bank of the Rhine, as an affair that might happen any day as things stood lately. The inti mate alliance of France with England is the best security for the Emperor's pacific intentions towards Belgium an d P russ i a. There i s no pro b a bi l i ty that the Prince o f Prussia I will visit London just now in connexion with the Oriental question. . A private letter from Vienna, of the 30th, men tions that th e Austrian Governmenti had contracted a loan, which was subscribod by the Imperial Bank SPAIN. Our accounts from Madrid are of the 29th ult. The Gazette publishes a Ministerial circular, ad dressed to the Provincial Governors, ordering them to afford the Senators and Deputies every facility, to enable them to arrive at Madrid on the 19th inst., the day of the meeting of the Cortes. It was not yet known whether the Queen would open the session in person. The Queen presided the evening before over a Cabinet Council, at which it was agreed to grant the Protestants a special burial ground. The Diario Espanol was seized for the publica tion of an article hostile to the Government. The Gazette contains the following notice of the Minister of Public Works :—" Considering the in sufficient number of the Royal mining engineers for the wants of the public service, the Queen has deigned to ordain that the authorisation granted to the engineers by the 41st clause of the regulations to accept employment in private undertakings should be suspended, and that those who have availed themselves of that leave should return to their corps at the expiration of their engagements." The Three per Cent s . were d one a t 40a the New Three per Cents. at 21i, an d th e D e b t of the second class at 41. THE REBELLION IN CHINA. MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. The quantity of English wheat on offer in to-day's market was somewhat on the increase, and in fair average condition. Owing to the large arrivals from abroad, the demand for all kinds of wheat of home produce was in a sluggish state, and Monday's prices were barely supported. Upwards of 26,000 quarters of foreign wheat having come in, that article was heavy, and inferior parcels were rather easier to purchase. In floating cargoes very little business was transacted. Fine barley was scarce, and quite as dear. Other kinds met a dull inquiry. Malt moved off slowly, vet prices were well supported. We had a good consumptive inquiry for oats, at extreme quotations. In the value of beans and peas no change took place. Flour was very dull. English .. Irish .... Wheat. 1,6,0 ARRIVALS THIS WEER Barley. I Malt. 2,616 i3Ogu 200 26,260 3,570 I Oats. Flour. 190 1,530 1,2.50 10,910 6,350 OS 6,320 brl Foreign .. DAILY WEATHER TABLE. FRIDAY, Nov. 4, 1853. State of the wind and weather at each of the following places at nine o'clock yesterday morning. The stations are arranged in order of latitude. FOLKESTONE—E., gentle breeze —overcast. TUNBRIDGE—E. calm—foggy. GREENWICH —calm—foggy. STROOD—N., gentle breeze —rain. CAMBRIDGE—cIoudy. YARMOUTH—S.E., gentle breeze—cloudless. The returns from the following places Pndicate the state of the weather on Wednesday morning at nine o'clock : LIMERICK—S.W., gentle breeze --cloudless. MULLLNGAR—S., strong breeze—partially cloudy. BI RMINGHAM—S.W . ., strong breeze—cloudless. LANCASTER—W. strong breeze —ov ercas t. HOLYHEAD—S. - V., hard wind—partially cloudy. WHITBY—S., strong breeze—principally clear. DARLINGTON —S., strong breeze—partially cloudy—light rain. SNAP—S., strong breeze—partially cloudy. FAHRINGDON—S.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. This DAY —Morning 27 miu.after 3 Evening 48 min.aft. 3 'lO-31oRRow Morning n min.after 4 1 Evening 33 min.aft. 4 THE WEATHER.—Surr OFFICE, Nov. 4. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 58—highest since noon yesterday. 49—lowest this morning and during the night. 52—this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30'07. WIND,• S.E.—Light breeze, and fine, sunshiny weather. %hg :-Ull/, LONDON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1853. There is still an upward tendency in the quota tions on the Stock Exchange, notwithstanding the energetic efforts of the speculators in a contrary direction. The most formidable rumours have merely a temporary effect, and the market speedily rallies from the effects even of a circumstantial narrative of a sanguinary encounter in - Wallachia. The obstinate capitalists continue to send in money for investment, undeterred by the ursine manoeu vres. The most ingenious devices of the fraternity prove utterly fruitless. When they offer to sell at a depreciated price, the bargain is forthwith closed on behalf, not of a Bull speculator, a per son as unwilling to accept the' stock bargain as the other would be unable to decline it, but of one anxious for delivery, and who will insist on the due performance of his contract. The ano malous state of affairs of the quotations for money being higher than for the account, still continues, clearly showing that the public feeling is strongly opposed to that of the depreciators of the national credit, and that, unless that feeling can be changed in the interim—unless capitalists or fundholders can be alarmed and a panic excited—the account-. day will severely test the pecuniary resources of those who are themselves tumbling into the pits they dug for the reception of others. Many of the party, already terrified at the prospect before them, yesterday endeavoured to buy back, at im proved prices, the stock they had sold on specula tion, without having it in their possession—closing their accounts with many sighs for their own folly and mistaken estimates as to the course of events. This naturally led to a considerable improvement, which was temporarily checked by a report of a collision between the opposing armies, which ter mi howeveenatd f avourably , f or th e i nvaders. This, r, was soon disregarded. It w as f oun d to be with ou t any kind of corr o b ora ti on, unt i l we are told that bargains were effected for money at 951, the ultimate quotation being 941 to 95i.. The scarcity of stock for deli ver and it is said that the brckeery still continues, e find the greatest difficulty in executin g orders, x such a s are nin e these state mentsc with the circumstance of the g of moderate amount. I ~v© p le . l ar 6 of stock borrowed at a high ra t e amount of interest the last account-day, and w hi c h must be reta,„7 we ma y form a rough estimat e o f the difficultie ' . wh i c h th e ursa minbres of the Stock Eixlrcolii.,aanbgii: w ill have to encounter , a nd which will compel them to disgorge a large proportion of their ill-gotten plunder. As to the state of the Eastern question, which exercises, and must continue to exercise, so import ant an influence on the money market, we have but little to add to the observations which we have offered day by day, and the general accuracy whereof receive additional confirmation from fresh intelli gence received. We find the general conviction prevailing abroad that there will be no general war, and that even if there should be a collision, - which is not veryprobable, that it would not materi ally impede or interfere with an amicable termina tion to the dispute —a matter which is no less eagerly desired by the CZAR than by the SULTAN* eo,- , , ;frimAg, SMITHFIELD. Our market to-day was but moderately supplied with beasts, in which a fair average business was transacted, at fully Monday's prices. Sheep, the show of which W 55 rather limited, moved off steadily, and the currencies were well supported. A few very prime old Downs realised 5s 2d per 81bs. Calves were in moderate supply, and good request, at an advance of 2d per 81bs. Pigs were quite as dear as on Monday. Milch cows were a slow sale, at from 141. to 191. each, including their small calf. Per Sibs to sink the offal& s. d. s. d.l Inferior Beasts.... 2 4to 2 8 Second qnality....2 10 3 4 Prime large oxen 3 6 310 Prime Scots, &c. 4 0 4 4 Inferior Sheep ...2 10 3 4 Second quality ...3 6 4 4 Prime crse.-wlled.4 6 4 8 s. d. s. d. ; Prime Southdown 410 5 0 Large crse. calves 3 8 4 74 Prime small d 0... 4 4 4 8 Large hogs 3 4 4 4 Small porkers 4 6 41 0 Sucklingcalves ..21 0 27 Quarter old pigs 20 0 26 0 TOT AL SUPPLY. Beasts .. •• .. • • • 1,114 Sheep •. . • • • • . • .. 5,021 Calves . .. •••• • • .. 342 Pigs .......... •- • •.• • • • 380 FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts ........ 320 Sheep 900 Pig 5........ NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. A full average business was transacted to-day, and prices had an upward tendency. Per 81bs by the carcase. s. d. s. d. Beef, inferior 2 2 2 6 Do., middling 2 8 3 2 Do., prime large 3 4 3 6 Do., do. small 3 8 3 10 Pork, large 3 4 4 0 BOROUGH HOP. Private letters, received by the Overland mail, via Marseilles, place us in possession of further par ticulars respecting the progress of the rebellion in China. From Shanghai there were dates to the 29th August. The rebel army was said to have reached Tien-tsiu, the seaport town of Pekin, situ ate on the Peiho, and news of the taking of the capital was daily expected. At Shanghai the Triad Society men were beginning to be troublesome. There were said to be 8,000 of them in the city, and they contemplated a rise very shortly. At Amoy there had been much bloodshed, Mit letters from that place, dated August 30, state that an early termination of the struggle between the rebels and the Imperialists was looked forward to. The approach of the Mandarins there had been repeatedly announced, but so much delay had occurred that it was for some time believed they had abandoned altogether the idea of recapturing the city. At daylight, however, on the 25th of August, a fleet, consisting of 20 Canton and 14 Amoy junks, hove in sight, and shortly after noon arrived off the 200-gun battery. An ineffective cannonade was kept up until evening. "Amoy, August 30. " However, at daylight of the 25th a fleet, consisting of 20 Canton and 14 Amoy junks, appeared.. Shortly after noon they arrived off the 200-gun battery, and till evening an ineffective cannonade was kept up between them and the rebel batteries at Emung-hang and Ko lan-soo, after which the Mandarins retired a few miles and anchored for the night. The same afternoon an other fleet, consisting of 40 or 50 junks and large boats, came round the west side of the island, where the passage is very narrow, and destroyed several villages on the main and, known, as rebel villages, and among them that of Boon-coon, the second chief, whose relations, it is said,were all captured. On the 25th, with the exception of some firing by the junks on the western side, matters remained quiet till the afternoon, the rebels in the town evincing . little or no concern at the near approach of their ene mies. It seemed very generally believed by the rebels, that the Canton junks were manned by members of the Tien-ti society and that they would not fire in earnest against them. This belief was assiduously spread by the rebel chiefs, and while the statement was probably made without any definite information on the point, with the view of inspiring the rebel soldiers with confidence, it was tolerably evident that some of the Canton junks fired too wide of the mark to intend any damage. About 3 p.m. the fleet, which was at anchor off the 200-gun battery, and which had b een augmente d during the night, came round the south side of Ko-lan-soo, exchanging shots with the batteries on that island and on the main. It was supposed they would have come into the inner harbour and engaged the rebel junks, which all got under way ; but, after a good deal of firing between the two fleets the Mandarins anchored near to the foreign shipping, about a mile from the town, and close to where their fleet, which came round the west side, bad arrived. The rebels again took up their anchorage immediately in front of the foreign bongs. During the 27th nothing was done, save the approach, to within four or five miles of the city, of the troops, estimated at 5,000 or 6,000, whose landing at the back of the island had been effected during the previous two days. On the morning of the 28th some fighting took place near the Mandarin en campment, in which the rebels were said to have been driven off. In the afternoon the fleet weighed, and stood in to the upper end of the harbour, which it was again supposed they would enter and occupy, but their object appeared to have been the destruction of the west end of the suburbs, where the rebels had two batteries. Between these and the junks a heavy and constant fire was kept up for about 2 hours, but, as usual, without any damage of consequence to the combatants. A great many of the shot from the Canton junks on this occa sion, as well as on the 26th, appeared directed at and over the houses, breaking a great many tiles, and fright ening the people from the roofs, where, at the com mencement, the inhabitants had placed themselves to witness the fight. The firing ceased about 6 p.m., the Mandarin junks retiring to their anchorage. The rebel junks did not weigh, and altogether it was not supposed that 20 men were killed on shore. The great noise made by the guns of the Mandarin junks, added to their evident superiority of force, appeared to have somewhat disheartened the rebels, and several left the place on the 28th, while, during the night, the rebel chief's son, a lad of 19 or 20 years of age, poisoned himself with opium. He had been sick for some days, and is reported to have at different, times of late expressed himself despondingly of the success of the rebels, and to have said, shortly before his death, that, as he could not be attended to or carried off, in case of the rebels having to take to flight, it were better he should die. He was an only son. On the morning of the 29th the Mandarin troops gained considerable advantage over the rebel- army. It would appear that before daylight they surprised about 400 rebels who were in advance of the main body, capturing and beheading the greater portion of them ; the few who escaped, and the main body of rebels hastened back to the city, followed a considerable part of thee way by the Imperialists, who might have success fully invested the place, so panic-stricken were the rebels. However, they contented themselves with de stroying the villages inhabited by the rebels, through which they passed, four.of which they burnt, killing, in some instances, all the men and male children they found. It being high-water at the time, some of the Mandarin junks and boats prOceeded up the creek, which runs half-way across the island from the west end of the town, and kept up a fire on the retreating rebels. They also landed some men, who killed several strag glers. The Imperialist troops, after destroying and set- I tine' on fire four villages, were returning to their camp to breakfast, when the rebel army was, after much per suasion, induced to pursue them, and, though the Man darins do not appear to have retreated beyond their camp, some 32 were captured at least that number of heads was exposed in the city. During the rest of the : day all remained quiet, many of the rebel outposts with drawing into the city. From the number of headless bodies lying in and about the villages which were burnt, SERIOUS ACCIDNNT AT ASTLEY'S THEATRE. —On a very large number of people must have been killed on Wednesday evening an accident, which ter m i n ated the 29th, and, for the sake of the head-money (the with loss of life, occurred to one of the supernume rebels get 21. for each head they bring in) many field , raries at Astley's, named George Palmer, land what labourers, quite innocent of aiding either party, were sup- ! is the more to be regretted is that he was entirely the posed to have been slain. Towards evening the rebel cause of it himself, through his owe folly and foolhardi troops retired into the city, many of them laden with ness. It appears that he was intrusted with a loaded, plunder from the destroyed vill ages , w hil e th e i n h a b i- gun to fire off in some part of the performance, and tants of the villages not yet destroyed by the Mandarins whilst behind the scenes he had, on former occasions, poured into the town with such articles of furniture as amused the other supernumeraries by applying the muzzl e they could carry with them. On the morning of the iof the gun to his mouth, and, placing the nipple near 30th at daylight the junks commenced a heavy cannon- , the gas-li g ht, ext i ngu i s h e d the gas b y suddenly blowing ade on the western suburbs, which they k ep t up t i ll 9 { the finer parts of the loose charge through the touch o'clock, but, beyond some injury to the h ouses, no ad- hole. This was considered quite a feat in its way, 3:1 vantage had been gained by them when the last account on the night in question he proceeded to do it aeraT left. The rebel soldiers appeared to be all withdrawn He was urgently requested to desist, and cautioned as to i into the city, nor had the Mandarin troops moved again. the dangerous nature of the " trick." He, however, woul d It was supposed, however, that another body of troops ! not be interfered with by those around him, and on apply had been landed to the eastward, and that a simultaneous , ing the touch-hole to the gaslight he unfortunately int T e attack would be made on both sides, and- some parts of his breath, which drew the flame down to the prinii e ng . i. the town, supposed . to be occupied by rebels, destroyed. and the charge instantly exploded, with the muzzle The rebel fleet, which might have been easily destroyed, ' the piece in his mouth, injuring and mutilating him was apparently spared in order to encourage the flight o f frightful manner ; in fact, lie was violently forced seis.riefreali the rebels. A good deal of anxiety was felt by the fo- yards across the place where he was stsinding, reign residents as to the manner in which this struggle bleeding and insensible on the floor of the room. e to might end. The rebels said that, if defeated, they would sistance being at hand, he was immediately conveyed to set tire to the city, while the Mandarins, it was under- the Weitminster Hoipital, and attended by Mr. - " * th a t stood, intended to burn the western suburbs and Emung- the house surgeon, who found, upon e xamination, a kang. the roof of the mouth had been completely e of the "On the night of the 29th a report was made by the and the whole face horribly lacerated, som and in merchants to Sir William Hoste to delay his departure der having forced away a portion of the muscles _ woo d to Shanghai for a day or two,:but he declined acceding teguments the.back of the neck. The t affai r ue c _ i _ t t he thereto, because her Majesty'S Vice-Consul did not deem considerable alarm among the corps drama iq as the Spartan's presence indispensable." 1 theatre, as it happened during the performances. blown par?, s. d. s. d. Mutton, Inferior 2 8 3 ti Do., middling 3 4 4 Do., prime 4 2 4 Veal 3 4 4 6 Pork, small 4 2 410 A portion of the duty has been declared at 91,710/.7s 9d• The show of fine coloury uops•is limited, and the demand for them is steady, at vary full prices. Inferior qualities command less attention, and are somewhat in favour of buyers. This week's imports are 56 bales from Ghent, 1 83 from Ostend,l4B from Hambnrgh, 484 from Antwerp, and 7 from Rotterdam. The following are the quotations Now Mid and East Kent pockets, 151. Os to 201. Os ; new Weald of Kent ditto, 11/. Os to 131. 13s ; and Ile° Sussex ditto, 101. ss. to 131. per cwt. COLONIAL. SUGAR.—There has been rather a heavy market for British plantation, and the biddings were not active' Barbadoes wont at 33s to 38a Gd, and Demerara c ry stal lised at 35s to 35s Gd for grey. East India--Not much has been offered, and prices have been barely maintained. Grainy and white Benares, however, has been wanted st previous rates. Low Mauritius, also, has had a free ode,; . low dark to good b rown 26 s Gd to 36s ; low to good groYisu yellow, 31s Gd to 355; and Bengal mid. to go o d w hite Benares 37s to 38s 6d. Foreign—Floating cargoes are no t much wanted, and of Penhng the supply is increasing' Publicly this description went at 27s Gd to 29s Gd for lovi to good brown, at 30s to 31s for fine, 31s to 34s for loiv to good yellow, and 34s to Ms Gd for low to good white. COFFEE.—The market h as been firm, with a goo d pry vate demand for plantation Ceylon. At auction this ha s realised 5Gs to Gls for low mid to mid bold, 47s Gd for or"' 45. to 50s for triage, and 60s to Gss for pea berry. Nadive has been sold at 46s Gd for very superior, and'at 45a t° 45s 6d for good ord. Other sorts have not been much de 3 " in, and accounts from Rio state that the crop will b ° large. COCOA.—The business has been limited at the previa ° rates. Grenada has realised 28s 6d for mid red. SPlCES.—Pimento has been rather cheaper, mid selling at 68d. Singapore pepper was taken in at 10d to latcl' Jamaica ginger brought full prices for the best descrir tions. RICE.—The demand has been only moderate, but prices have been steady. B enga l was t a k en i n at 15s to 15s 6, for mid to fine, and Carolina at 25s 6d to 26s 6d for go seconds. COTTON.—There has been a firm market, with fair & es ' SALTPETRE.—Lower rates h ave been offered, but the parcels were taken in. • TEA.—Assam at auc ti on so ld a t very full prices, fOd other descriptions have been in much request, especial , ' conaou. TALLOW.—The market has been rather duller this week• GREEN FRUIT.—An improved business may be reported , Arrivals of oranges have been received from Faro anal Madeira, a cargo per Lady Rabow, from the latter place r part sold by Keeling and Hunt, at public sale reali.ca a fair price. Several cargoes of black Spanish nuts have arrived ; opening figure 60s. per barrel. Barcelona no glected ; the high price checking consumption. Lisbo° grapes becoming scarce, and the stock is considerably leas than has been the case for many seasons past. LLOYD'S SITIPPING.-(THIS D LONDON, Nov. 4.—Wind this day at Noon, E. ; ght breeze, and fine. RAMSGATE, E S.E. Sailed—National, for Rio Janeiro.—The Catherine Maria, Newcastle to Monte Video, has been assisted off the Goodwin Sands and into harbour.—The Helen, Newcastle to Galway, was 111 , eontact with an Austri an b r i g i n th e D owns yesterday, and has put in with damage to sides, rigging, &c. PLYMOUTH, Nov. 3. -Wind, E.S.E. Arrived—Caro- line, from Bordeaux, for Rio Janeiro, leaky; Palmyra , London, for Australia; Golden Land, London, for Mel bourne, leaky. Sailed—Sultana, for Melbourne ; Orestes, do. ; Tudor, do. PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 3.—Wind, E.N.E. to S.E. Sailed —Huntress, Yarmouth, U.S. FALMOUTH, Nov. 3 . — Arrived —Regina, from London, for Port Adelaide ; Louisa Margaretha, Callao, for Pad' stow ; Eos, Sunderland, f or M auritius, with quarter started, &c., having been struck by a heavy sea ; Havre, for the West C oas t o f Africa, with three feet of water in her hold, having been on her beam ends. SALECOMBE, Nov. S.—Wind, S.E. to E.S.E. Sailed — Era, St. Thomas ; Patelina, Nassau. GLOUCESTER, Nov. 3 . — Arrived—London, Quebec. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 3.-- The England, arrived h e re, re ports the Malabar, of Boston, bound from Q ue b ec to Bristol, Oct. 23, which had been struck by a sea whilst lying to, on the 21st, and swept the decks ; lost sails, stanchions, deck-house, boats, galley, &c. ; one man kliled and another seriously injured ; ship making much water. SWANSEA, Nov. 3. —Wind, E.S.E. Sailed—Hercules, Sierra Leone; Utile, Monte Video; Jane Erskine, Rio Janeiro ; Commodore, Cuba; Golconda, do. ; Strang, Capo de Vera. HULL, Nov. 3.—Wind, E. S.E. — Arrived—Fortuna, St. John's, N.B. STETTIN, Oct. 31.—The Amaranth, of Neckermunde, Galatz to Queenstown, struck on a rock near Fultschs ; sustained much damage, and had sold her cargo. The master committed suicide. FREDERECKSHAVN, Oct. 28.—The Licence, Sunder land to Rostock, which got on Hertsholm on the 24th, got off, after throwing part of cargo overboard, and has come in here with damage. OFF DOVER, Nov. 3 . — Arrived—Edward Cohen, from Shields, for New York. CARLISLE, Nov. 3 . — Arrived —Robert Burns, Quebec. CLYDE, Nov. 2. Arrived Trelawney, Demerara. Sailed—Margaret, Buenos Ayres; Horatio, St. Thomas ; John Kendall, Philadelphia. QUEENSTOWN Nov. 2.—Arrived—St. Lawrnce, Que bec.—The Urania, of thi s port, is on the Ba n k, e b u t with out apparent damage. Pams, Nov. 3.—The Germaine, Martinique to Dr deaux, which got on shore at Croisee, ~he 19th u't., has been got off with damage, and making water. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH,) LIVERPOOL, Friday, 10.30 am. Wind, S., moderate, and fine. Arrived—Queen Victoria, from New Orleans; Eri tannia, Montreal ; Juno, Alexandria ; Alps (s), Put Back—The packet-ship A. Westervelt, !or New York, making 18 inches of water per hour ; she sailed on the sth October, and had got so far as the Banks of New foundland. (BY SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEG3APH.) GRAVESEND, Fridty, 10 a.m CUSTOM-ROUSE RETURN. Wind, fine ; tide, half-hours flood. Nov. 3.—Arrived—Partners, from Tenerifle. Nov. 4.—Arrived—Tiger (s), from Tonningen ; Neptune (s), Ilanaburgh. Sailed—City of Paris (s,) for Boulogne. Wind S.S.E., fresh add hazy. DEAL, Fli6y, 9.17 a.m. Passed—Phceuician, from Sydney, for London ; Nereid, from Marseilles, for London ; Burlingtol, from Quebec, for London; Hugo Grotius, from Londol, for Geelong. ~~ The southe four n and in victim Mary but Nvl servan previoi Air. 1 BANQE DUBLI the open xlemorat lion. the isplay o sal inter high este classes al tive Com and publ to whose of its SU( carrying the Exhi monstrat the anxi , The ban Mansion with met The ell the right the eveni of the E and gent Mayor ; de Malal Earl Bec Sir A. B So mervil M 'Donn' W. Darg Barton, Walter Classon, Tefford, Thos. Co: man Gre the May liu, Mr. ] Dr. Love Mr. AVE r. Ree Gilpin, A nick, Mi Thornell, Mr. Cow lir. Bair 4 .ephens :r. WO( This b, an' pro] _ • vtl in : takei pl owes ti d generk s i :And bN, do. 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