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

_~ LITERATURE. The Pantropheon ; or, History of Food, and its Preparation. By A. Soyer. Simpkin, Marshall, and Co. According to the Athenians, there are three kinds of appetite. Firstly, there is that which comes from fasting—called the bold appetite. Se condly, there is that which requires to be encou raged—called the indolent appetite. Thirdly, there is that which owes nothing to nature, but every thing to art (M. Soyer terms it tenderly " the child of art," p. 255)--called the eclectic appetite. And, behold ! we sit down to devour this delectable volume with all theie three appetites strong upon us simultaneously. Anomalous they may seem to be, and yet this is true nevertheless. Incon gruous these three separate appetites may appear in themselves, and yet they are here together. The bold appetite is ours—because we have fasted long from the writings of our immortal Alexis—those most exquisite of literary confections—we have hungered a considerable time since the golden mo ments when we were feasting on the milk and honey of the beautiful truths stored up abundantly in the " Modern Housewife, or Men,agere," and yet more abundantly in the " Gastronomic Regenerator." Virtually we have remained famishing ever since our " dearest Eloise," and our " beloved Hortense" brought to a c l ose their most attractive and be witching correspondence. During the protracted silence ich has ensued thereupon, we have yearned hitherto, alas ! in vain, for that wine of love and bread of friendship. Therefore it is that we dedi cate our energies with " a bold appetite " to the devouring of the delicious wisdom conserved in the l'antropheon. To this enviable task, moreover, we bring the advantage of "an indolent appetite " an appetite that provokes the magiric genius of Alexis Soyer to the dainty and ingenious labour of its reanimation and encouragement. Besides which our incomparable author discovers in us the oppor tunity for demonstrating the magical influence of his abilities, the opportunity afforded by the Possession on our part of an " eclectic appetite"— au appetite that says to the skilful cook, " Thou art my Father !" That supreme and crowning attes tation of the triumph of the ambitious chef—of his triumph at once over the indolence of fatigue and the disgust of satiety. An occasion when, immediately ,Upon the appearance of some prodigy of science or of look of the sacrificer brightens [it is not our lips that speak, but those of the Diephobe of the kitchen, the inspired priestess of Victua, thegoddess of gastronomy!] "the desire revives, the smile re appears, the chest dilates, the magiric facies shines forth with all its splendour." How writes Soyer, of this ultimate victory of his art, this elevating and unsurpassable consummation ? He says, p. 256, "In this supreme moment, he [the cook] re ceived among the ancients, a crown of flowers—sweet and noble recompence of his arduous toil." In this manner, too, thou also halt conquered, Alexis ! To thee are we indebted, as before remarked, for the satisfaction of the bold appetite, for the irrita tion of the indolent appetite, for the creation of the eclectic appetite--through the prodigies of science and luxury submitted to us on the altar of thy august PANTROPHEON. Wherefore, in imitation of the classic gourmets of Attica, we send thee the blooming and odorous garland, the crown of thy deserts, a garland (as it should be) not of perishable blossoms, but of asphodels and amaranths. Reader —having ourselves partaken of the de lights of the literary banquet humanely provided by Messrs. Simpkin and Marshall, in these degene rate days, when grapes are diseased, and potatoes blighted —we would here commend thee with a benison to the devouring of the " Pantropheon." Not with the benison of Apemantus— " So fall to. 't Rich men sin, and I eat root." Rather with an incitation to avidity such as might have fallen from the tongue of Fonthill-Beckford, that most refined of all modern sybarites. " A Ristory of F oo d," b y Al ex i s Soyer—a history of fod and its preparation ! A history of the vine by Bacchus—of corn by Ceres—of fruit by Pomona! It amount s to that : particularly remembering that infoa narrativ e ex t en di ng b ack, as the very t i tle-page recdl.l3l3 us, t o " the earliest ages of the world " —a rd extending back, not, as Mr. Macaulay might ra p tie un r til it i s l ost i n the twilight of fable, but e until it is ren d ere d o b scure an d hazy in the qtiatray. of „ the boiled and roast of a barbarous anti- PreParat' antropheon, a History of Food and its fanci es 0 1 ,."," -- why, the words conjure up the fairy scenes of *lac"' • CCIO, T • g . en.lißin some of the elfin revel and luxury depicted in the mazes of the o. oi . Perapsgeeus labyrinth of the Decameron. Rather, , they summon into being for the actual appreciationa of our senses, that ravishing vision of repast of which Milton sang with such sonorous el oquence —appropriately enough—at the very out set of "Paradise Regained :" a thy-dream in which the poet beheld : "A table richly spread, in regal mode, With dishes piled, and meats of noblest sort And savour ; beasts of chase, or fowl of game, In pastry built, or from the spit, or boil'd, Gris-amber-steam'd ; all fish from sea or shore, Freshet or purling brook, of shell or fin, And exquisitest name, for which was drained Pontos and Lucrine bay, and Africk coast — (Alas, how simple, to these cites compared, Was that crude apple that diverted Eve !) And at the stately side-board, by the wine, That fragrant smell diffused, in order stood Tall stripling youths rich clad, of fairer hue Than Ganymede or Hylas ; distant more, Under the trees now tripp'd, now solemn stood, Nymphs of Diana's train, and Naiades With fruits and flowers from Amalthea's horn, And ladies of the Hesperides, that seem'd Fairer than feigned of old, or fabled since. * And all the while harmonious airs were heard Of chiming strings, or charming pipes ; and winds Of gentlest gale Arabian odours fann'd From their soft wings, and Flora's earliest smells. Such was the splendour." It is the description of " Pantropheon." A descrip tion more apposite than that of the saccharine con diments placed by the - delicate fancy of Keats by the side of the sleeping lady in " The Eve of St. Agnes :" delicates-- " Of candied apple, quince, and plum, and gourd ; With jellies soother than the creamy curd, Aud lucent syrups, tinct with cinnamon ; Manna and dates, in argosy transferred From Fez ; and spiced dainties every one From silken Samarcand to cedar'd Lebanon." A provision such as this would, we doubt not, have been disdained by M. Soyer as adapted only to the exceedingly 7,7oung ladies who have emerged from the stringed bondage of the pinafore, of whom Byron said so wickedly in " Beppo"- - The nursery still lisps out in all they utter, Besides they always smell of bread and butter." Not for uneducated palates such as these has Alexis ? fo yer written the inestimable pages of his " Pan tropheon." Not for such as these has he burnt the d:Wight oil during the course of his profound re rohes—researches in the conduct of which he Tight not less accurately than Miss Strickland have quo ted that suggestive couplet from Beaumont— " The treasures of antiquity laid up In old historic rolls I opened." F or • 1 11 this elaborate " History of Food" the letter'd d re • y - las authenticated. his statements by many hun t 3 of references to ancient and modern writers of aiottieuce, giving page and volume with minute preci- La,ti al luding in his facile erudition to both Greek and r „ val L ` 4 O , SSiCS, to contemporary scribes and medice in un - :: - Ieliasts. It might have been imagined that and e rtaking a task of such enormous magnitude c a „, ° ,f such bewildering difficulty, the culinary t o t h e y of even a Soyer might have been baffled as aublitil' e manner of arrangement. But no—as this so l enThi work on eating and drinking—a work of -Y " Dedicated by the author to the genius „Gastronomy !"—a work the vignette of which is offi eireledgYr, of the -globe rolling through space, en.- Nuix :- , Y* this inscription Deus Creator Terra rAy, • f --•a work the frontispiece of which is a „re sent • b, Presentation of the great chef himself surrounded p r a e aind, decanter, and game, and venison, and find• ! !—in this laborious compilation we con neither in manner nor in matter the slightest fusionfield from whatsoever. " Agriculture" is the broad -trora which we set out on our' rovings through th e rea of Gastronomy. mi ne into Thereupon we exa into the « Cereals," into the " Grinding of Corn," ?neat Manipulation ivi-auipulation of Flour," into " Fru tables."mto " Grains and Seeds," into " Vege tranching off from this point in two directi ons I s r History, first of all, describes to us egetables, tdis4efvfeorrii:b(dlidbden by reminding us how beans tollouncedy Pythagoras —how haricots were Alexander the Great—how peas were by Martial to be disagreeable—how thexif°trileahreedend the chief ingredient in Esau's dearly purchasedge—and then conducts us into abou n din g bedsarden. Having traversed the of n ature as of such delectable products gent sorrei, th the fs.?,voury onion, and the bitterpun radish,, and the succu aromaticalle ctspara g ,,,, e overpowered b cc pl a me come to the delicate and s used in seasoning"—almost fragr ance cowirdthe conflicting odours from the Then we cora thyme to the stench of asafoetida. stone fruit, o f fr sin acking our lips—to the fruit : the o p en i ng oi v a co uit, and shell fruit. It is like upon us ucopia—there come tumbling such i ns ,- peach and. ious profusion olive and cherry, droppi ng fgn among the leaves (of " Pantro apple, and lemon, and f quince, and pear, and. rant, strawb err y °r ange, fig, raspberry, cur gooseberry) there 4, mulberry (not the glimpse of a of coins rattli almond and fling down lig such a hail faberta pidachio chesnut, and pomegranate ! Insomuch are we overwhelmed by the abundance, that we are almost glad to escape to the meats—what though our sympathies (mind, we don't say our habits !) go a great waywith the vegetarians. Vegetarians !—can such people remain in existence after all the allure ments of the cooks of modern times, of the me diEeval ages, of the days of antiquity? Let them listen once seriously to the syren-voice of Soyer, and their boards, we warrant them, will soon be groaning under animal food in plenty. Not if they hear him (p. 150) talking of the excellence of plump young dog, or descanting upon the agreeable taste of a tender and youthful ass. But let them once lend an ear attentively to his record of the joints carved from the kid, the pig, the ox, and the lamb, and even in their eyes the kitchen garden and the orchard, of themselves, will become little more no table than a fool's paradise. Yet more assuredly will this be the case after a perusal of the chapters relating respectively to " Poultry," from the capon to the peacock ; to " Hunting," from the stag to the elephant : to " Feathered Game," from the pheasant to the woodcock; to "Fish," from sturgeon to anchovy ; or to " Seasonings," from salt to mushrooms. By the way; glancing through the chapter relating to fish, how it is that M. Soyer classes frogs among shell-fish we cannot, for the life of us, conjecture. There is one other division of " Pantropheon," not yet mentioned, which is espe cially entitled to consideration. It is that relating to " Pastry"—a subject handled 'by the author with loving tenderness, and treated by him from first to last, may we not be permitted to say?—in a manner honourable at once to his learning and his sensibility. The solemnity of tone observable at moments is something very fine, and cannot fail to command the reader's admiration. Here, for example, is the record penned by Alexis Soyer of what may be termed THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 10, 1853, THE PROGRESS OF PASTRY. "Titus Livy said, in speaking of Rome, `The great est things have small beginnings.' This applies equally to pastry, which appears so unworthy of attention at the commencement of the middle ages that nothing seems to an nounce its high destiny. At first, in the southern pro vinces, people simply mixed flour, oil, and honey. The Roman school was still in force. The inhabitants of the north had a mind to innovate ; they employed eggs, butter, and salt. Then came the idea of inclosing within this paste cooked meat, seasoned with bacon and spices ; and, from progress to progress, they at last inclosed cream, fruit, and marmalades." Observe—how fine is the gradation! At first they simply mixed flour, oil, and honey—then came eggs, butt er , an d salt—then " the idea of en closing within this paste cooked meat, savoured with bacon and spices"—and so from " progress to progress," says the historian of food, in a burst of allowable exultation, "they at last enclosed cream, fruit, and marmalades. " A noble and memorable consummation. How little did the fabricators of that first mash of flour and honey, dream of the approaching glories of that inevitable cream and those unavoidable marma lades ! A tolerable notion may be formed of the enthusiasm by which the illustrious innovators in gastronomy were animated in their stately re searches, from M. Soyer's version of the old story about Vatel, one of not by any means the least distinguished of his predecessors. Our author has been talking about some of the feats of the epicures of the reign of Louis Quatorze ; and thus recounts the MELANCHOLY FATE OF VATEL. "At this period we have the celebrated Vatel, one of the most illustrious officers of the household that ever flourished in the palaces of the Princes of Conde. This inimitable major-domo understood that a dinner without fish was a cheerless one. One day, when his noble master entertained Louis XIV. at a royal banquet, at Chantilly, which the genius of Vatel rendered more brilliant, the fish from the coast failed ; he sent everywhere, but none could be found. He was completely bewildered : he met his august master, whose kind words, full of benevolence, only served to increase his desperation ; he left him, ran to his chamber, took his sword, and three times pierced his heart. Shortly after fish arrived from all quarters. Vatel was called—no Vatel ! He was sought for, and at last discovered—Vatel was no more !" Alas, for the glorious departed I But if, even ac cording to nature, a Vatel must, under any circum stances, by this time have vanished from the sub stantial regions of cookery, we may be consoled under the sorrow of his departure by the possession amongst us of a Soyer—a chef capable of presiding over the fabrication of a thousand made-dishes —vulgar English for the entremets—just as Doctor Johnson was described as capable of grappling with a whole library. Upwards of forty steel plate em bellishments lend to the text of our gustatory sage the charm and pomp of illustration. Presiding over these, of course, is the semblance of the plump and comely Victua, the appetising goddess of gastronomy. Conspicuous among the curiosities engraved are representations of the kitchen utensils of antiquity, classic spoons, and tri vets, and kettles, and gridirons. There are the wine -skins, too, and the drinking-cups, and the vessels for holding your choice falerian—the dolium or the amphora. As worthy representa tives, moreover, of the more renowed gourmets of ancient times, we are presented at p. 201, with the heads of Apicius and Epicurus, and at p. 398, with those of Nero and Heliogabalus. Speaking of the last-mentioned personage, the Sardanapalus of Rome, the precocious monster whose reign ex tended only from his accession to the imperial throne at fourteen to his assassination at eighteen, our author, inspired by a love of science, says with becoming leniency after referring to his crimes, " the gastron om i c ar t i s , h owever, i ndebted to the odious Heliogabalus f or some use f u l di scoveries. " Enviable epitaph ! A funereal panegyric surely little short of the glory of apotheosis. It was observed by A. Soyer in 1846, in the course of his production on cookery called " The Gastronomic Regenerator," it was observed by him, at page 650 of that renowned production that, " if any author were to write a work on the History of Food and Cookery, it would not only be very interesting, but an extremely useful production." Useful, undoubtedly, if only as illustrative, on a gigantic scale, of the truth of that diction of Brillat Savarin, in his Physiologie du Godt : " Dis-moi ce que tu manges, je to dirai ce que tu es." Re ferring to this prophetic remark in the " Gastrono mic Regenerator," p. 650, M. Soyer observes, in a Note to his new volume " Pantropheon," p. 476, " No one, however, having entertained my sugges tion, I determined to undertake the task, and after several years of deep study and perseverance, have completed this voluminous work." It is accom- plislied. The researches of the illustrious chef have been rewarded in other particulars besides in that of his discovery (p. 269) a the celebrated garum, the most esteemed and expensive sauce of antiquity —the sauce praised by Horace, and manufactured at Byzantium. Those researches have now enabled him to lay before the world something more deli cious even than Salades de grouses a la Soyer, namely, Soyer's "Pantropheon." It was said by Napoleon that he should go down to posterity with his Code in his hand. Alexis will accomplish that descent in a manner more savoury, and quite as appropriate—with the bonnet blanc on his head, a stewpan at his elbow, a tasting spoon between his fingers, and on his knee the witnesses of his magiric genius the " Regenerator " and the " Pantropheon." Audrey. A Novel. By Laura Jewry. 3 vols. Newby. Charliewood is the name of the little village within the precincts of which the majority of the incidents of this singular fiction are supposed to occur—the interest of the tale sometimes extend ing as far as the neighbouring park of Crowhurst ; sometimes carrying the reader to a seaport on the coast of Yorkshire ; sometimes to Paris ; sometimes to London ; and sometimes even to the snowy fast nesses of the mountains of Switzerland. Strictly speaking, we take " Audrey" to be a curiosity—a sort of phenomenon in imaginative literature. It appears to us as though the authoress had deter mined to test her capacity for extracting a charm solely from what to the general observer would ap pear to be in itself the most repulsive. To our thinking, she seems to have resolved to try her skill in fixing attention upon themes which the public at large are usually disposed to deem the most unat tractive. It is in this particular sense that we speak of the novel before us as a curiosity and a sort of phenomenon in literature. Conspicuous .among the figures in the foreground of the picture are—a surly old sexton, Jonathan Dabney, intensely selfish and profoundly ignorant—a shrewish little milliner, Annette Skrimpton, who marries him shortly after his becoming a widower—a half-witted old woman, Dame Page, to whose friends it would have been a blessing if she could possibly have been got a little out of the way by being bedridden—a fretful lameter, Johnnie, who is a genius in scrib bling verses, and a blunderer in falling in love where his tenderness is not wanted—and a variety of such like characters. Audrey Dabney is the rustic heroine of the story, while the lady heroine is Helen, the only daughter and heiress of the rich Sir Philip Beaumont. Between these two—linking their fates together—comes the hero of the tale, a Tyrolese peasant, who travels through England as a concert singer, and wins the heart of each of these fair damsels, one Herr Basil Findelkind. Audrey's excellence shines amiable enough throughout the three volumes but Helen's position as a heroine is not by any means agreeable from first to last as a subject of contemplation. How this may be the reader can easily conjecture on hearing that Helen is twice refused—first by Basil and afterwards by Vaux—Basil subsequently marrying Audrey, and Vaux becoming entrapped into wedlock by a horrid little designing dependent, Louisa Delville, a faint reflection of Becky Sharp, having all the viciousness, but none of the genius of Clitemnestra. And what adds to the painfulness of ileien's situation in Batfairg regard, is the cir cumstance of her having herself proposed to Herr Findelkind. An episode in the narrative is of a somewhat kindred description. Audrey's father having at the commencement of the fiction sud denly and mysteriously disappeared from Charlie wood, ultimately, in the course of the story, "turns up" again as a sailor, calling himself Tom Taylor, though having no kind of resemblance whatever to the comical Professor known as a con tributor to Punch, and as the editor of " Haydon's Autobiography." Tom Taylor, otherwise Dabney, going on a wild-goose chace after his long-neglected daughter (supposed to have married one Fiddle skin, a foreign itinerant with white hair and a barrel organ) is most egregiously deceived into the belief that he has discovered her and her husband in the persons of two most rascally and designing vagabonds. He supports this knavish couple until the woman dies, and, dying, discovers to him the whole secret of the deception. What in this episode surpasses even its improbability, is the unaccount able oddity of the circumstance that the authoress endeavours by every device to excite our sympathy for the woman, and to call forth in behalf of the rogue, her husband, feelings of interest, or at least of commiseration. Another testimony, we con ceive, that our suggestion is not altogether erro neous, namely, that the novel before us is a veri table curiosity or phenomenon in literature. As a curiosity in this way it reveals a considerable amount of ingenuity—ingenuity in the linking to gether of a series of the most unlikely incidents, and in the grouping of some of the least attractive of all conceivable characters. " Audrey," in these re spects, stands altogether alone among the writer's productions. If contrasted as a work of art with its predecessors from the same hand, it must rank undoubtedly below both " The Cup and the Lip" and "The Tide of Life." It cannot, consequently, be brought for an instant into comparison with the enthralling and picturesque romance of the " Forest and the Fortress," much less be mentioned in the same breath with the exquisite narrative of the " Ransom," the first and incomparably the best of all Miss Laura Jewry's varied compositions, a fic tion that carried us back to the days of the cru saders, a story that reminded one of Scott, a tale that built up the authoz's reputation THE CHOLERA. (From the General Board of Health., Oct. 8.) NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE. Deaths on the 7th of October : Cholera, ... Diarrhoea.. The total number of deaths from cholera and diarrhoea in Newcastle-upon-Tyne during the present outbreak has been 1.460. In the same period (viz., the .first 37 days) during the prevalence of epidemic cholera there in 1831-2, the number of deaths was 258. NEWCASTLE. General Result of the House-to-House Visitation.— There has not yet been time to complete the returns of the house-to-house visitation ; but the following state ment contains an approximation to the result up to Oct. 6 : - The cases of diarrhoea discovered by this system and brought under immediate treatment by the visitors amount to 3,241 ; the cases approaching to cholera, 227 ; cholera, 63 ; cholera corpses, 3 ; old cases passing from diarrhcea, into approaching cholera, 13 ; and from ap proaching into cholera, 11—making the total number of cases of all kinds discovered and brought under treat ment, 3,555. METROPOLIS. A fatal case of cholera occurred on the 6th inst., in Poland-street, St. James's, in 15 hours. Dr. Milroy, from the General Board of Health, had an interview on Friday with the guardians of Newington, with relation to the adoption of measures for the prevention of the spread of cholera. The guardians are prepared to adopt energetic measures, and have appointed their several medical officers as sanitary inspectors of their respective districts. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE. Yesterday (Sunday) morning, shortly before one o'clock, a fire of a very alarming character, and attended with a destruction of several hundred pounds' worth of property, broke out in the premises belonging to Messrs. T. and M. Garner, japanners, carrying on an extensive business in some of the arches under the London and South-Eastern Railway. The arch in which the disaster commenced was of vast extent, it having a frontage in Bermondsey-street, and extending completely under the permanent way of the railway as far as Maltby-street. The place was fitted up for boiling oils, japans, &c. ; also for a drying-house for seasoning table-covers, leather, and other articles japanned on the premises. The stock in trade being of such an easily ignitable character, the flames spread with amazing rapidity, so that in the course of a few minutes the stock of oils, turpentine, and, indeed, everything else in the archway, pre sented a regular blaze ' • and for some time strong fears were entertained that that portion of the line of railway would be so injured by the heat as to be com pelled to be pulled down. A police-constable of the M division, who was on duty in the neighbourhood, and who was the first person to make the unwelcome disco very, without loss of time sounded an alarm in the usual way, and then sent messengers in sundry directions to call the fire-engines. With as little delay as possible, the brigade engine from Tooley-street attended, followed by that of the parish and others of the London establish ment from Southwark-bridge-road, Rotherhithe, Water loo-road, that of the West of England Office, and an other from Watling-street. The firemen, upon their arrival, found that the flames had seized upon every thing of a combustible character within the premises, and the flames were rushing from either side, and mount ing high above the parapet wall of the railway. Fortu nat3ly, no carriages were standing on that portion of the line, for if there had been, they must have been severely inured by the intense heat. The fire-plugs in the neigh bourhood have been drawn, a plentiful supply of water was procured, and not a moment was lost in setting the enginei to work. In spite, however, of the exer tions of the Brigade and West of England firemen, and the torrents of water scattered over the flames, they continued to rage, and for a long time appeared to defy the labours of all present. The men, however, under the direction of their superior officers, kept to their work, and eventually they succeeded in getting the mas tery over the fearful element, but not until everything in the archway in which the disaster commenced was destroyed, and a slight damage done to the adjoining archway belonging to the same firm, and used as a storehouse for oil, &c. The total loss will amount to several hundred pounds, but fortunately the sufferers were insured in the North of England Fire Office. The origin of the fire is not precisely known, but there is strong ground for supposing that it was caused from a copper of japan boiling over. A strong muster of the M division of police, under Mr. Inspector Brandford, rendered great assistance to the firemen by keeping a large crowd out of danger. So dense was the fog, and so dalk the street leading to the scene of continuation that the firemen had the greatest difficulty in taking their engines to the spot. The same premises were burned out some months since. SUSPICIOUS DEATH OF A WIFE. On Saturday afternoon, Mr. Payne held a long in quiry at the Vestry-hall, Fair-street, Horsleydown, on the body of Ann Roberts, the wife of a greengrocer in Bermondsey-street, who, it was at first supposed, had committed suicide, but concerning whose death reports were subsequently in circulation of a more serious cha- racter. On Friday morning the deceased was found in her bed-room hanging by a gauze veil, and in nearly a kneel ing posture. She was quite dead. Her husband gave the alarm. He had slept on a sofa, having come home the previous night very drunk. When he called in a lodger he said, "Good God ! I shall not be long after her." He had only a short time before come out of gaol, where he had been undergoing imprisonment for ill-using his wife. Mary Duke, who occupied a room underneath, de posed to hearing deceased groan in the night. The sister of the deceased thought she had not laid violent hands upon herself, as she was always greatly terrified at death: Ellen Cooke, the daughter of the deceased, produced a bundle of letters which her mother had given her. A short time since her mother told Roberts that he would soon go back again to gaol for his ill usage of her. He made use of some very filty expressions, and replied that the next time he went it would not be for twelve months, but for two or three years, and perhaps he might go on to a scaffold for her, as he meant to have her life, at the same time using most violent language. That was about three weeks ago. The coroner then read three letters sent by a woman alluded to in the course of the investigation, signed " Eliza Roberts," thereby assuming the name of the wife, one of them being addressed to Roberts. In this letter she entreated Roberts to come to her without delay, stating that she had got an order for the play. He was to make any excuse to deceive his wife, and if he found any difficulty in doing so that he must " cook" her, as they had agreed upon, and then when she was gone they could live happily together. The two other letters to the wife were couched in the most filthy lan guage, taunting her with having lived with her husband whilst she was in the workhouse, and that he had spent many pounds upon her, but having lost his situation at Somerset•house he had returned to her for convenience, but that she had made up her mind to have her life, if she should be hanged for her. Dr. Challice said he should have great hesitation at the present moment in stating the cause of death. The features were exceedingly placid, and there was no bloodshot about the eyes, as was common where death occurred from strangulation. The inquiry was then adjourned for a post mortem ex amination to be made. JUNIOR UNITED SERVICE CLUB.-It is in contem plation to purchase the Duke of _Buckingham's late re sidence, Chandos-house, Pall-m a ll, f or the s i te of the Junior United Service Club ; in which event, Chandos house will be taken down, and upon the ground a new and magnificent structure will be erected. The present building in Charles-street is totally inadequate to ac commodate the members of a club, near l y two thou sand officers of the Queen ' s and Company's services, and the isle Army Dmpcooli. MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. Most of the country markets held on Saturday were fairly supplied with wheat, in which about an average business was transacted at full prices. At the outports foreign wheats were steady, but not dearer. Barley, the supplies of which were but moderate, moved off freely, at extreme rates. The malt trade was rather active. Oats, beans, peas, and flour were very firm. The Continental markets continue firm, and the late ad vance in prices has been well supported. The latest ad vices from New York state that the inquiry for grain and flour was by no means active. The arrivals of English grain up to our market last week were on the increase. From abroad, we received 8,261 quarters of wheat, 2,975 barley, 3,410 oats, 4,775 beans, 835 peas, 473 tares, 3,540 linseed, 87 rapeseed, 291 mustard seed, 19 sundry seeds, and 8,060 barrels of flour. Fresh up, to-day, coastwise from Essex, Kent, &c., the receipts of wheat were on a very moderate scale. By land carriage the supply was by no means extensive, neverthe less, there was a slight increase in the show of samples compared with Monday last. Notwithstanding that the attendance of millers and others was tolerably good. the demand for all kinds of wheat of home produce was in a very sluggish state, at prices barely equal to those obtained on Monday last. There were inquiries for forward delivery parcels, but the firmness of the growers prevented business. 'With foreign wheat we were tolerably well, but not to say heavily supplied. A few parcels changed hands for shipment to the continent at full quotations, but for home use very little was doing, at barely late rates. Since our last, twenty vessels have arrived off the coast with wheat, from the westward, and the cargoes have sold at full quotations. The supp:y of both English and foreign barley was small. All kinds were in but moderate request. In prices, no change took place. We had a fair inquiry for malt at late currencies. The inquiry for beans was less active, owing to the in ward arrivals. In prices, no change took place. Peas met a slow inquiry, on former terms. The flour trade was tolerably firm, at late figures. The supply of both English and foreign was very moderate. CURRENCY PER IM Wheat—Essex & Kent. Red new 574 to 658 PERIM, MEASURE. (Oats .. • • 68$ to 705 lOata Yorkshire and _ _ _ Ditto •• ........ old 57s Ditto, White new 583 68a Ditt0........ old 62s 673 Norfolk and Lin coln, Red, old 53s 63s Ditto new .. •• 503 58c Bye—Old....•••.•••• 00s 008 New ............ 343 388 Barley—Grinding... •• 283 3la Malting . •• •• •• 3 bs 388 Chevalier .• .. • •• 405 448 alt—SaffolkandNor folk.• •• .• •• •• •• 563 623 drown.••••••....•••• 50, 573 lAncolnsk., Feed 22s 258 Potato .. •• .. 26s 28s Youghal and Cork Black. ...... 21s 23s Cork, White ....• 21s 23s Scotch, Feed"... 228 26s Beans—Tick .•••• . • • • 403 44e Pige0n5.......... 418 498 Peas—Grey • • • • 401 428 Maple. •• •• •• •• •• 458 48s White. ••• • • 46 52s Boilers b6s 60s Floor—Towa-made... 655 708 Suffolk .......... 445 46s Xi naston and Ware 61e 65s Stoats & Norfolk 42s 48s SMITHFIELD. The imports of foreign stock into Loudon last week were good, viz., 12,432 head. During the corresponding period of 1852, we received 8,660 ; in 1851, 6,618 ; in 1850, 7,352 ; in 1849, 5,092 ; in 1848, 3,800; and in 1847, 3,893 head. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WEEK. From Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs , Rotterdam 535 -. 2,108 -. 60 ... 307 ... - Antwerp 6 .- 12 Ostend 7O Hamba4l l5 2,085 t 24 -. 165 .. -- Bromvershaven 3 ... 184 ~ Nien Diep 45 -. 1,471 Tonningen 460 -. 394 ... Amsterdam._ 67 _. 1,394 . Bremen 3Ol -. 15 .. -_ Harlingen 417 .. 1,667 ... 27 '''''''' ••• • ••• "". •.., 19 ... 85 ... - - ••• 94 ... 317 Total.— 1,873 ... 9,565 87 536 ... 40: The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as under : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. L 852 1,707 ... 6,252 ... 362 339 851 1,701 ... 4,480 232 ... 198 .850 1,549 4,995 ... 234 393 849 1,124 3,775 ... 134 ... 59 .848 656 ... 3,087 153 70 There was a full average number of each kind of foreign stock on offer in to-day's market. The demand ruled heavy, at drooping prices. From our own grazing districts the receipts of beasts fresh up thismorning were somewhat on the increase, and in fair average condition. The at tendance of both town and country buyers was good ; but the increased supplies of meat oa offer in Newgate and Leadenhall induced caution in efficting purchases. The few prime lots brought forward realised last week's cur rency—viz., 4s 6d per 81bs, but all other breeds were dull, and 2d per 81bs lower than on Moaday last. The arrivals from Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, and Northamptonshire amounted to 2,220 short horns ; from other parts of England, 609 Herefords, runts, and Devons; and from Scotland, 79 horned and polled Scots.i With sheep we are seasonably well supplied, and there was a decided increase in their general weight. The primest Downs sold slowly at last week's cirrency—viz., 5s 2d per 81bs; but all other breeds were very dull, and 2d per 81bs lower. _ _ _ TOS, the supply of which was rood, sold hea - C.ly, at a decline in price of from 6d to 8d per 81bs. We had a slow sale for pigs, at reduction of 2d per Sibs. The supply was good. Per 81bs to sink the offaLs. s. d. s. d.l Inferior Beasts.... 2 10 to 3 2 Second quality.... 3 4 3 6 Prime large oxen 3 8 4 0 Prime Scots, &c. 4 2 4 4 Inferior Sheep ...3 0 3 4 Second quality ...3 6 316 Prime crse.-wlled.4 0 4 6 s. d. s. d 'meSouthdown 410 5 2 I rge erse. calves 3 8 4 0 I Prime small d 0... 4 2 4 8 4 Large hogs 3 8 4 2 [Small porkers 4 2 5 0 I Suckliagcalves ..22 0 27 0 IQuarter old pigs 21 0 26 0 i FOREIGN SUP2:.Y. Beasts •,,...• •• . ..•• •••• .2,309 Sheep . ......7,600 Ca1ve!......• .........••• 343 Pigs •• •• •• •• •• .• •• .. TOTAL SUPPLY. Beasts .. • • •......... •• •• 5,937 Sheep and Lambs .. •• • —29,830 Calves ••..••••• • •• •• .• 398 statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fai stock exhibited and sold in Smitifield Cattle Market, or. Monday, Oct. 11, 1852, and this lay, Monday, Oct. 10, 1853. Per 81bs, to sink the offals. Oct. 11, 1852. Oct.lo, 1853 s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d Coarse and inferior beasts ... 2 2to 2 4 2 10 to 3 2 Second quality ditto 2 6 3 0,3 4 3 6 Prime large oxen ... 3 2 2 6;3 8 Prime Scots, dic 3 8 3 10'4 2 4 4 Coarse and inferior sheep ... 3 2 3 6 3 0 3 4 Secord quality ditto 3 8 310 3 6 310 Prime coarse woolled ditto 4 0 4 2.4 0 4 6 Prime Sorthdown ditto 4 4 4 6'4 10 5 2 Large coarse calves 2 8 3 4 3 8 4 0 Prime small ditto ... 3 6 4 0;4 2 4 8 Large hogs . . 210 3 6 3 8 4 2 Neat small porkers 3 8 310 4 4 5 0 Beasts... 5,107 5,937 Sheep ... 27,990 29,830 227 398 Pigs ... 370 410 SUPPLIES ON SALE, Oct. 13, 1851.—Beasts, 4,604 ; sheep, 28,270; calves, 230 ; pigs, 580. Oct. 14, 1 850.—Beasts, 5,463; sheep, 29,160; calves, 214 ; pigs, 600. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Since our last report, the supplies of each kind of meat on sale in these mar'rets have been considerably on the increase ; nevertheless, a full average business has been transacted, and prices have been fairly supported. Per 81bs by the carcase. s. d. a. d. Beef, inferior 2 10 3 2 Do., middling 3 4 3 6 Do., prime large 3 6 3 8 Do., do. small 3 10 4 0 Pork, large 3 10 4 8 s. d. s. d. Mutton, Inferior 3 4 3 8 Do., middling 310 4 6 Do., prime 4 8 4 10 Veal.... 310 5 0 Pork, small 4 10 5 2 BOROUGH HOP. As the growth continues to come down very light, the duty has declined to 135,0001. and 140,0001. The demand for both new and yearling hops is very active, on higher terms. New Weald of Kents have sold at from 175 s to 2305, and Sussex 165 s to 195 s per cwt. Several parcels arrived from the continent last week. BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. Rotterdam. The supplies of home-grown potatoes a re ver y moderate, but those of foreign are good — the impo rts last week bein g 136 tons from Calais, 20 ditto from Ams t e rdam, 340 ditto from Dunkirk, 400 ditto from Rouen, 2 ditto from Dordt, 220 ditto f:_rosinhaßwosullo2s to gn o e,an l d 3s B s ; di ß tt e o g Regents, 140 s 14 Roster to 170 s; The demand is active, and prices are on the advan ce , as and foreign, 130 s to 140 s per ton. The supplies from France will now shortly cease. WOOL. The next series of colonial wool sales will commence on the 20th inst. The quantity declared is 56,653 bales—viz., 17,443 bales from Sydney, 20,529 Port Philip, 4,538 Van Dieman's Land, 3,368 Adelaide, 5,255 Cape, 120 Swan River, 1,398 New Zealand, and 3,2a2 East Indi a . S carce l y any business is doing in the private contract market, and prices are with difficulty supported. Last week's imports were 19 bales from Alexandria, 490 from Hamburgh, 106 from Leghorn, m from Seville, 2,800 from Sydney, and 206 from Melbourne. SEEDS. Linseed continues to move off steadily at extreme quo tations. On the spot, Black Sea is selling at 49s to 50s ; East India, 498 6d to 50s 6d ; Egyptian, 46s 6d to 478 6d ; and Petersburgh, 45s to 48s per quarter. East India rape, 54s to 555. Canary has realised, 603 for fine. Cakes are held at fully previous rates. Tarnip,White, per bush. 18s to 21s Swede .......... 208 236 Mustard, 8r0wn...... 103 14e White, new...... 14s 203 Tares,Winter, new.... 8s 3d 8s 9d Spring • • • • .... Os Od t s Od Canary, per quarter . 543 58s Rye crass.. • .. • • 28s 34% Clover, Red Ens. (cwt.) 44s 643 White • . • • ...... 48s 653 Foreign Red ...• • • 44s 62s White.. • • 5 is 655, Trefoil, new .. .• ...... 193 2431 Carraway.. .......... 46s 48s Coriander • • .......... 115 145 Flempseed, per quarter 88s 425 Linseed, Eng.Aowing.. 565 605 Crushing 498 51s Baltic •• • ....... 445 49s Odessa .......... 461 4. 3 Linseed Cake, pr. ton — English • • . 9t Os 10 _5B Foreign, per ton 8110 s 111 00s Rape Cakes, pr ton 515 s bl 102 Rapeseed, New, prlst 2710 s 29. Os TALLOW. The amount of business doing in our market is by no means extensive ; prices, however, are on the advance. P.Y.C. on the spot is quoted at 58s Gd to 58s 9d, and for the last three months 58s Gd per cwt. Town tallow is 60s net cash ; rough fat, 3s 4d per 81bs. 1850. 1851. 1852. Stock this day ...... 43,562 127,274 138.297 31,651 '7s 6d 388 9d to 38s 3d to 42s 3d Price of Y. C. .... [ to `' ,) Os Od 008 Od 383 6d to 42 ,, 9d Delivery last week .. 3,549 3.003 1,924 3,933 Ditto from June 1.... 28,907 32,305 30,376 28,877 Arrivals last week.. 5,251 3,559 5,282 1,065 Ditto from June 1.... 46,993 33,b55 32,634 19,909 Price of Town ...... i 36s 6d 418 Od 41s Gd 453 Od 1853. 16,55 585 6d to 158 a 9d 3,571 35,932 725 29,172 62s 6d IMPORTATIONS or POTATOES.—It appears from an offi cial document just issued, that in the month ended the sth ult. ' there were 9,838 cwt. of potat oe s i m p or t e d, against 1,896 cwt. at the same period of last year, They are free of duty, ~` _ _ a __..^. _ _.,_ SHARE MARKETS-(THIS DAY.) BRITISH RAILWAYS. Closing Prices this day. Badness done this day. 20 -- 21 41 4f fii 91 12 —l4 d, 16 -- 18 1 5 4 d 93 -- 95 15 49 -- 16504 i -- 4 4 , 1* 7 id 74 - 8i 44 - 4 . 3 31 11i- 12, 36 - 40 27 - 29 61 - 63 59 :: 61 21': ii 74 - 75 47 - 49 124 - 126 1101 - 103 804 -81 i 85— 9 0 10 —l2p 62i 63 7id 5A —44 d 121 13 i .- i - - 1 7 i p 93 - 95 103 - 104 id— ip If A 75 77 13 —l2d 12 —ll d 19 - 20 gi - 60 33 - 351 50 53 id par 6 4d ••• ..... ~. 47 - 50 4 3 d i 25 8 i 26 10 2 7 7i 7t64 5 7th par 2 p 37 - 39 86 - 88 55 -- 57 62 - 64 60 -- 65 24 2dis 15 -- 17 74 84 12 -- 13 2i -- 15 -172 id 58i -- 59 334 -- 3441 3 - 4 28 - 30 2i 14 -15 i , i' - -6 61i -- 6241 9 - 8i4 4 ; - RAILWAYS• Paid berdeen............ 1 Anibg. Nottng. Bost. & Eastn. Junc....... Birmng. Wolverh. & Stour Va11ey......... Birkenhd. Lancsh. di Cheshire Junet...... Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O & £25 Cons.... Do., £20....... ...... .. Bristol & Exeter...... Caledonian Chester & Holyhead Cork and Bandon.... Cork, Black. & Pass. DublindzßelfastJunc. Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction ....... Do. New East Anglian (£25 L. & E. & L. di D.)..... Do., (£lB E. dr H.).. Eastern Counties..... Eastern Union, Class A. late E. U. 5h.... Do., do.. Do., B. & C......... .. East Lancashire ...... East & West Ind. Dk. Birming. June Edinburgh & Glasgow Ediub. and Peebles Edinb. Prth. &Dunde Glasgow d; S. Western Great Northern Stk Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Gt. Sth.&West.(lre.) Great Western Irish South-Eastern Lancaster & Carlisle • Do., Thirds Lancash. &Yorkshire Do., Fifths Do., Wst. Riding Un. Leeds Northern Liv. Crsby. & So utbpt London & Blackwell Lond. Tilb. & Sthend. Lend. Bright. & S. Cst. London &N. Western Do. Fifths London & S. Western Do., £5O X4O Lndndny.&Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk. Manch.Shef. &Lincln. Do., Man. &Lin. Ern. Midland ........ Do. Birming. dr Derby Midland G. West. (Ir.)1 Do. Shares Newcastle d;Carlisle..l Newmarket.... . . ... ...1 Do. Bury Extensions Newpt.Aberg.&Htfd Newry dt Enniskillen Newry Warrenpoint dx Rostrevor Norfolk.. IDo., New INorihn. Counties Ern North British . ...... ~ 'North Devon, No.l. Do., No. 2. ...... Dc., A Deferred... Do., B Guaranteed North Staffordshire.. North Western........ N. de S. Westrn. June. Oxford Worcester dg Wolverhampton.... Scottish Central ...... Scottish Midland...... Shrewsbury dg Birmg. Do., L. dg N. Westn. Guaranteed Stock... Shrewsby. ds Herefd. Shrewsby. Zg Chester (Nor. W. Min.)...... Do. Halves, do. Do. Oswestry ......... Shropshire Union.... South Devon !South Eastern.., South Wa1e5...........1 S. Yorksh. River Dun I D 0...... ..... .. ........ .. Stockton & Hartlepl. Thames Haven Dock and Railway. .. Vale of Neath. ..... J Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford&Limerick West C0rnwa11........ Wmbledon &Croydoli' Woodford... ......... York N ewctl. & Berw. Do. Extensions .. Do. G.N.E. Purchase York & N. Midland.. 46i 6 7 5i 6 PREFERENCE SHARES. St. 100 (Aberdeen ... . - ... St. 10) Do., No. 2,7 p. c ... - ... St. 100 Bris. & Ex. 4p.a. St ... - - ... 20 5 Do. 4p. c. Shares _. - . . St. 100 Caledonian £lO 9B - ioo 99i ( x d 15 all Chester & Holyhead Guar. 54 percent 164 -- 176 64 64 Cork &Bandon 5i p.c ... - ... 64 all Dundee Perth&Abcr deep - Junction... 6 -- 64 all EastA nglian ( .43 105 ) 6 per cent. ...... 3 - 3Z 5 all Do. (25) 7 per cent 4 - 5 7i 2 Do. (E 7 17s) 7p. et - 1 p 1 65 all Eastern Counties Ex tension, sp. c. No.l 1- 14p pm 65 all Do., No. 2.. ......' . . 1 - 14 p pm 10 all Do., New 6p. c. Si. 13 - 14 20 all Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent 18 - 19 St. 100 EastLancash. 6 p.cts ... - ... 5 all Edinb.Prth.&Dunde c 4 per cent. -.. 3 - 31 3 St. 100 G!asgow & S.Wes tern guar. 5 per cent. - St. 100 Great Northr 5 P.C.118 - 120 St. 100 Do. sp. c.,Redeem. at 10 p. c. prem. . 108 - 110 110 64 all Gt. Southn. &Wes tn . (Ireland) Eighths 7i - 84 50 6 Gt. Westu. (Berks & Hants Ex. sp. c.) 64 - 7 St. 100 G. West. fixecl.4 p c 99 - 101 100 16 6 Lan. & York. P. il2O 3d - par St. 100 Do., 6p. c., Stock 139 - 141 St. 100 London and:Brighto n Guaranteed sp. a ... - ... St. 100 Do. Pref., sp. c. St ... - ... 50 all Do. Convertible, 5 p c., 1852... ..... -.. ... - ... St. 100 Do. New Guar. 6p. c ... - ... 50 5 London &S. Western , Con. Thirds 2 - 3 124 124 Londonderry& Coler iShares ... - 124 all Londy. & Ennis. iSh 124 - 134 25 all Manch.,Shef., &Lin., 4 .Shares, No. 1 6 - 7 10 all Do. New, £lO.. ..... - 94 6 3 Do., £6 • -••• • • ••• ••• I - a P 12i all M.arypt.d;Carl..l p. c. ... - ... 12 all Do. 44 per cent 164 881: 121 5 ° i D :MB o :i i rlnd . : P r of . e:e°l°.nn.6B.s°. 4 °P.l.l. 4 .e. rß• p e e ::: r iesln. c toc e t: U ;S: t &t 1 i 3:8: -1: 1 4 42: : d :pi St. 100 Norfolk Extension ... - ... x St. 100 Do. Pref. 54 per ct ... - ... St. 100 Do. Way. Val. 5 p c - St. 100 North British lO3 - 101 20 all North Staffordshire 23 - 25 234 St. 100 Oxford Worcester & Wolverh. £15,6p. c. 102 - 104 15 15 Do - p 151 8 all Shrews& Birm. N. G 1 0 i - 11 10 all Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W. Min),B p. c. 16 -17 p x d 10 10 Do. 5 per cent 9l -104 x 25 all South Devon l3 - 14 10 14 Do. New par - 4 p 1.0.6 all S. Eastern (Reading Ann.,) of £1 Os.6d. 24 - 244 244 20 all S.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar. 19 - 20 5 3 Waterfd.&Kilk.6p.e. ... - ...d St. 100 York Newcastle and Berwick,4 p.e.Pref. 96 - 99 17 SDo 44 - 44 25 10 York& N. Midland H kS. Parch. - 4 d. FOREIGN. 10 5 Antwrp &Rotterdam 2i lid 5 3 Belgian East. Junct, 14 20 all Charleroi & Erquelin 20 10 Dijon and Besa9on 20 8 Dutch Rhenish 3/ 2 . d 2250 1, 20 421121 Gt. .sot. Indianlnd ExtensioninPeninsula ....... 241 1 3 1.1 1 3 p P 20 10 Gd. Junct. of F rance 1i 2 20i 20i Gt. Shares.... Wes.. . .of 2 id . 5 3 Lucca and .... .... 5 per cent. pref. — id 20 15 Luexembourg 5 64 10 10 ;Do. (Railway) 3. 4 3 4 5 2 'D DD 0 0 . 0. .. 66a . ;.ai .. . .. __l -10 1 5 3 5 20 12 Lyons & Meditcrran 20 101 Madra s . —14 p 33i 29 Maria Antonia 10 10 Do. New 20 all Namur & Liege (with interest 6l 7 20 all Do. (ex interest) — 16 all 'Northern of France 334 —33 33 1 20 all i r Do. 201. 3p. c. Bds [fmy • B.SzAms.Shs.] 12i - 13} 10 all NorwegianTrnk. Pref 7 8 20 10 ,Paris and Lyons l6 IGip 26 20 all Paris and Orleans 20 all Paris and Rouen 39 —4l 20 all Paris and Strasbourg 36 j?* 36 20 4 ParisCaen& Cherbrg. 2 201 d 104 104;Quebcc & Richmond 18 20 all ,Rouen and Havre 8 20 all :Sambre and Mouse— 71 84 10 6 Do. 5i per cent. Pref. ;.• • ;.._ 20 6 ,Southern of France 2 p 20 2s. 'Upper India Scrip si all West Flanders prof .3. ...d 20 10 Do. 5 i p er 1: e 7 10 10 West. of o S f witrerl e an - d . . id 20 4 i onaude 8 —21 a a •••opeito 91 i 50i 1 50 491 41 128 llf 74i 5 49 8i 1251 6 5 81i 80 1 87 63 2/ Pm 10i 95 4 1041 3i 41 3; 7675 601 60 i 87 - xd 55 xd 60 58i x d LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. RAILWAYS. LeasingCompans. Buckghamsh.l Clydesdale Jo.' E.Lincoln. gr. 6 p. cent Glstr.&Dn.Fr Hrtlpl. Dk. & Railway Hull & Selby Do. Shares Do. 4 Shares Lon.&Greenw, Do.Prefereuce; Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent Do. 6 per ct Manch.Bxton and Matlock Middlesbro' & Redcar . Northern and Easternsp.e.' ,Do. 6 per ct.. ' Do. Fixed sp. e Prest. 6t Wyre, Do. Shares. Roystu.& Hit. Do.Shepth.St.l Shef. Roth. & Goole g.5.p.c 1 S. Staffordsh WearValleygr 6 per cent Do.. Wilts &Somrstii L. &NM, 'Caledon Gt.Northn' Yk. New. & Y.&N.Md , Do 'S. Eastern ;Do !Norfolk Do Lu. &N. W. & Midld.. Stekton & Darlingt. Midland... lE. Count I Do Do . L. &I\ . W &Ln&Yk Do Gt. Northn Do .. I • Lancash. & Yorksh Mr=lean Stockt. & Darling Do Gt.Westn. 98 - 102 48 - 50 140 - 145 30 - 32 107 -- 109 1 Cd. 53i -- 27 -- 28 113 i -- 144 25i 26 2i 3 id o a = 100 GO - 63 ... ad ad 140 145 138 142 •• ---- .• 2 lid 294 -30 i 95 - 100 Agtia Fria .. . -- Anglo Californian Aastralasian Australian Australian Cordillera Australian Freehold Ave Maria Baden (Gd. D schy of) British Austrin. Gold British 1r0n........, B razilianlmp.(issued at £5 pm Do. Cocaes & Culada Do. St. John Del Rey Carsons s Cr 3ek. Cobre Copper ......... Colonial Gold Copiapo Copper Min. of Eng Do. Pref. 7i p. English and Austin. Copper Smeltg. Co General Great Nugget Vein Great Polgooth Lake Bathurst.. Liberty Lond.&Californ. Gold Quartz Crush. Co Mariquita Mexicau&S. A.mericn New Granada Nouveau Monde Port Philip Quartz Rock Rhymney Iron Do. Now Santiago do Cuba. South Australian Tin Croft United Mexican Waller 'West Granada.. West Mariposa Yuba JOINT-STOC: Australasia British Colonial Bank and Loan Company British N. American Chrtd. Bnk.of Austral., and China 'Chrtd. Bnk. of Asia Colonial Commercial of Lond English Scottish and Australian Chrtd London Chrtd. Bnk of Australia London and County London Joint Stock Lond.andWeatminst National Provincial of England Do. New Nat!onal of Ireland Oriental Bank Cor poration Provincial of Ireland Do. New Royal Australn. Bkg. and Gold Imp. Co South Australia [ Union of Australia New Union of London., Union of Madrid . MISCELL Aubin Coal and Iron Australian Agricult. Australsn.Pcitic.Mail Australn. Royal Mail Brit. American Land Brit. & Coln. Smeltg. and Rode tion Co ,Canada Corr pang Crystal Pa ace Crystal Pal, of France Eastern Steam Electric Tel. of Irel Gen, Steam Navigat General Screw Steam llrish Beetroot Sugar Magdalena St. Navig. Nat. Pi:. Steam Fuel Netl'erlands Land N. B. Australasian Nr al. of Europe Steam Peel Rr. Ld. dr Minrl. Peninsular d: Oriental Do. do. Portland Iron Co Royal Mail Steam Scot. Austral. Invest Do. New Scrip South Austral. Land Submarine Telegraph Van Diemen's Land MINES. Closing Peees this day. P * P d 2i 3 - d d Idis - - par d 7 9 n ___ 3 2 - 2i 3 3 - 34 42 -45 cf 55 -65 6 -7 pi 2i 3 ci 14 —l6 I d — p 2i— 2d - d d d' 6A 7 aP id par— A pi 3 - 4 i i al 5 - 7 3i - 4 g d 4 d— t BANKS. 70-72 ad bi id par li ldis 21 nd i d- ip 22 - 21 33 - 34 45 - 47 j d • par 36 38 64 66 6i— r 4 18 19 EOUS. ii -- 5'5 55 -7- 60 'l4 : 7 : ijp ld— sd iP ••• ---.- ••• id- p ... ... la IRp 33 ---- in in Business this day. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Oct. 10.— Wind this day at Noon, N.N.W. ; light breeze, and fine clear weather. There was a thick haze all the morning until about 11 o'clock. COWES, Oct. 9.—Sailed—Helsingfor, Rio Janeiro. DOVER, Oct. 9.—Wind, S.S.W. to S.W. Arrived— Amadora, London, for Cuba. PORTSMOUTH, Oct. 9.—Wind, S.S.E. Arrived—Bew lah, London, for Port Philip. Sailed—Poictiers, Mel bourne ; Marie Leocada, do. ; Rhein, New York. FALMOUTH, Oct. 9.—Wind, E. Arrived—Jeannette Phillippine, Akyab ; Ariel, Rio Janeiro ; and Florence, Mexico. TORBAY, Oct. 9.—Wind, E. Arrived—Caroline, Mo gadore. Off Port—lrene, London, for Port Adelaide ; Odessa, Batavia. SWANSEA, Oct. B.—Wind, E.N.E. Arrived —Adven ture, Riva do Salla. Sailed—Underley, Cuba. HULL, Oct. 9.—Wind, variable. Arrived Oscar, Shediac ; Emeline, Quebec ; Hannah Cocker, do. ; Royal Victoria, New Orleans ; Fitz, New York. CLYDE, Oct. B.—Sailed —John Barker, New York; Clio, do. ; Mary Campbell, Berbice ; Statesman, Boston. SYDNEY, C. 8., Sept. 16.—The Douglas, of Hull, was totally destroyed by fire at Newfoundland ; crew arrived here. SUNDSWALL, Sept. 24.—The Louise, of Dram, from London, got aground, but came off with masts cut away. HALIFAX, N.S., Sept. 29.—The Saragossa, Havannah to Cowes, put in here on the 26th lust dismasted, and will discharge. STAVENGER, Sept. 26.—The Twende Brodre, of and for Bergin, from Newcastle, was wrecked on the T o dd er , on the 24th I ns t. CRONSTADT, Oct. 2.—The Echo, for London, has put back with four feet of water in her hold, and must dis charge. PICTOU, N.S., Sept. 27.—The Talisman, Quebec to New castle, has put in leaky, and is discharging. NEW YORK, Sept. 27.—The Bess Grant, Gonaives to Liverpool, has been towed in here with fore and mainmast cut away, mu c h s t ra i ne d , an d l ea k y, h av i ng b een on her beam ends in a hurricane, on the Bth inst. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Monday, 10 30 a.m. Wind, E.S.E. light, and dense fog. Arrived—Man hattan and Taurus (s), from New York; Cormorant, Rotterdam • Emcles, Valparaiso ; Glenard, Newfoundland ; Susan Ihncks, New York. (BY SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEG RA PH.) DEAL, Monday , 9. 35 a'ln• Wind, N.N.N., light, and cloudy. Passed—lde, from London, to the Cape of Good HOPI; Nuova Subtle, from London, to Oporto ; Era,_ from Lo . don, to St. Kitt's ; Innellen, from London! to Sydney; William Hammond, from L ondon, to Adelaide ; brig Re gard, from North to Westward. Sailed—Castle Eden, Lady Nur a n li t n , g Sa G m sr: u Hv e e l : B lej o no d hs d n i t n et gt waar o r n tt , : Ocean Wave, New Express, F ying Dragon, Wigrams, Eclipse, Thomasine, Alexander, lett, Louisa, Rid Van Winkle, Scotland, Ocean G em, Sarah Metcalfe, Bank, Bury St. Edmond' Amelia Thompson, Alice Brown, Queen of the Isles , D u vergne, Bedlington, General Van den Bosch , a _- , Pur suit, and Camilla, with the whole of the outward. bo'nzr WISEI CiN. -- -YeSterday DISPENSATIO—N DT CARDINAL. morning nofices were read in the various Roinan Catholic places of worship in the metropolis, that in con sequence of the threatened visitation of the clitilera, Cardinal Wiseman had granted dispensation to the faithful of his diocese from fasting, or abstaining from flesh meat on Fridays. Circular letters have also been addressed by him to the different congregations, enjoin ing them to co-operate with the civil power in all sanatory regulations, and to use certain prayers for averting the impending calamity. The dispensation is to continue until further notice. THE CHARGE OF PERJURY AGAINST MRS. KELLY.— The magistrates of Capel-street police-office, Dublin, have dismissed the charge of perjury made against Mrs. Kelly by Miss Dease. HER MAJESTY'S STAGHOUNDS.—This magnificent'pack will commence the season this day (Monday), when the meet will be near the Royal kennels at Ascot. The pack will, as usual, hunt the forest country for the first 1 two or three weeks, after which the regular fixtureewill be announced. 15} I i AMERICA. LIVERPOOL, OCT. 9. By the Royal mail steam-ship Niagara, we have advices from New York to the 27th and Boston to the 28th ult. She has brought $lBl,OOO in specie on freight. The Niagara passed the steamer Ame rica; hence for Boston, on the 30th ult., at 5 40 a.m. ; and on the Bth inst., at 9 a.m., passed a screw-steamer, supposed to be the Taurus, from New York for this port. The cholera was on the decrease both at New Orleans and Mobile, but on the increase in the small towns along the banks of the Mississippi. A Cabinet Council was held at Washington on the 26th ult., at which Secretary Marcy's paper on the Kossta case was discussed. The New York Courier and Inquirer says:— " It is a long and powerful paper ; it asserts Kossta's right to protection, and justifies Captain Ingraham's summary proceedings as necessary to repel an act of war by the Austrian captain ; it proves the animus re vertendi by the fact that Kossta was awaiting at Smyrna a vessel in which to re-embark for New York." The steamer Oregon sailed from San Francisco on the Ist ult. with $975,999 in gold dust, en route for New York. The steamer Northern Light had arrived at New York with advices from San Francisco to the Ist ult., and $1,845,828 in golddust on freight. The San Francisco Alta California of the Ist of September thus reviews the state of things in California : " Since the date of our last month's notice of the mar ket every department of trade has exhibited an extraor dinary degree of languor and inactivity. This has been owing to the same cause as we then had occasion to ad vert to—viz., the absence of any demand of consequence from the interior, which would enable our jobbers to rid themselves of their stock, and re-enter the market as purchasers. While, however, commercial affairs are suffering a temporary depression consequent upon over trading, the other great interests of our State are in the main prosperous and flourishing. The dry season does not now oppose that barrier to the miners' success which it has done heretofore. By numerous individual and combined enterprises many parts of the auriferous region have a constant supply of IlaFater, and the production of gold goes on in those localities without cessation- Every county in the State is a scene of political discussion and excitement. The election will take place on the 7th proximo, and until that event shall have transpired the public mind will be, to a great extent, occupied by political matters. The bricklayers and masons of San Francisco have struck for an an advance of wages from $lO to $l2 per day, and the hod carriers for an advance to $6 per day, and had obtained it. The Indians have become very troublesome all along the Rogue River Valley. A lump of gold weighing 10811 b. has been found near the source of Nelson Creek." Jamaica advices of the 12th ult. state that the non -arrival of Sir Henry Barkly, the new Governor, and the consequently increased delay which was occurring in th e se t t l ement of fiscal and financial affairs, had the effect of confining business trans actions within the narrowest limits possible, as no one knew whether it would be wise to buy or sell at the juncture. Advices from the city of Mexico to the 18th, and from Vera Cruz to the 22d ult., had been received at New Orleans. The Indians were still ravaging Durango and Chihuahua. General Tornell, the Minister of War, died at Tacubaya, on the 15th, of apoplexy. His successor had not been appointed at the latest dates. General Torena died in the city of Mexico on the 7th. Very little business was doing in the New York stock market. Most descriptions of railway shares had declined. There was more activity in the money market, capital being very freely offered both for call loans and discounts. Business paper was abundant at 9 to 12 per cent. Foreign exchange active. Bills on London, 1091 to 1091; Paris, 5 to 5 12k ; Amsterdam, 41 to 41*; Hamburg, 361 to 361; Bremen, 791 to 79i ; Ant werp, 5 15 to 5 161. Cotton in good demand at steady rates. The stock in New York was estimated 50,000 bales. Flour in good demand, and prices well sustained. Wheat had slightly advanced in price. Indian corn in better demand, at 82c. per bushel for south ern yellow, 80c. for white, and 79c. to 82c. for western mixed. Western mess pork in good demand, at 15 dots. 86c. to 16 dols. • mess beef dull, at 7 dols. to 9 dols. 50c. No Change in butter, cheese, or lard. Scotch pig-iron in fair demand, at 35 to 37, six months. THE NORTH-WEST PASSAGE. The first meeting of Lieutenant Bedford Pim with the party from the Investigator is thus de scribed. in a private letter, dated " Her Majesty's ship Resolute, Melville Island, April 19, 1853 :" " This is really a red letter day in ou:. voyage, and shall be kept as a holiday by our heirs and successors for ever. At 9 o'clock of this day our look-out man made the signal for a party corning in from the west ward ; all went out to meet them and assist them in. A second party was then seen. Dr. Domville was the first person I met. I cannot describe my feelings when be told me that Captain M'Clure was among the next party. I was not long in reaching him and giving him many hearty shakes—no purer were ever given by two men in this world. M'Clure looks well, but is very hungry. His description of Pim's making the Harbour of Mercy would have been a fine subject for the pen of Captain Marryat, were he alive. " M'Clure and his First-Lieutenant were walking on the floe. Seeing a person coming very fast towards them they supposed he was chased by a bear, or had seen a bear. Walked towards him ;on getting onwards a hundred yards, they could see from his proportions that he was not one of them. Pim began to screech and throw up his hands (his face as black as my hat) ; this brought the captain and lieutenant to a stand, as they could not hear sufficiently to make out his language. "At length Pim reached the party, quite beside him self, and stammered out, on M'Clure asking him, Who are you, and where do you come from,'—' Lieutenant Pim, Herald, Captain Kellett.' This was more inex plicable to M'Clure, as I was the last person he shook hands with in Behring's Straits. He at length found that this solit ary stranger was a true Englishman—an angel of light ; he says :—' He soon was seen from the ship ; they had only one h atchway open, and the crew were fairly jambed there, in their endeavour to get up. The sick jumped out of their hammocks, and the crew forgot their despondency • in fact, all was changed on board the Investigator. " M'Clure had 30 men and three officers fully pre pared to leave for the depot at Point Spencer. What a disappointment it would have been to go there and find the miserable Mary yacht with four or five casks of provisions, instead of a fine large depot I "Another party of seven men were to have gone by M'Kenzie, with a request to the Admiralty to send out a ship at Point Leopold, in 1854. The 30 men are on their way to me now. I shall, if possible, send them on to Beechy Island, with about 10 men of my own crew, to be taken home the first opportunity. " May 2.—lnvestigator's second party, consisting of Lieutenant Cresswell and Wynniatt, Mr. Piers, and Mr. Meertsching arrived, bringing two men on their sledge. They made an extraordinary passage across for men in their state. The greater part of them are affected with scurvy, but are rapidly improving." THE ARCTIC EXPEDITIONS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin, —In addition to the very interesting particulars which have appeared in The Sun of this day of the pro ceedings of her Majesty's ship Investigator in the Arctic Regions, we think it will be satisfactory to the public to know, that by letters we have received from Cons. mander M'Clure of that ship and from Captain Kellett, of her Majesty's ship Resolute, it appears that those offi cer, h a d met at Melville Island, and had been in com pany for a fortnight at the date of the last com icsi m nsrh j u e n .p i ht e ha a communica tion, effectedthe ice fromYwhich was the 7th of May. this th e position meeting in y which march he o h f e a l d 7 O placedtami n i l e l\ ' across s r h ‘ Baring's Island. Under these circumstances there can be no doubt that due provision will be made for the safety of the Investigator and her crew, and the only question at present in uncertainty is whether the ship herself will be able to force a passage through this large mass of ice. We are, sir, your faithful servants, HALLETT, ROBINSON, AND CO., Agents to Captain Kellett and Commander 111`Clure. George-street, Westminster, Oct. 8. SE)LI OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS.--The prison at Brix ton, heretofore used as a house of correction for the county of Surrey, has been purchased by the Govern ment, and placed under the control of the Board for the Management of Convict Prisons. It is to be used ex clusively as a depot for female convicts under sentence of transportation and penal servitude. The works are now so far advanced as to admit of the early occupation of a portion of the prison. One hundred female convicts are about to be immediately removed thither from Mill bank Penitentiary, and further numbers will be sent from time to time, as the works progress. The whole of this class of convicts will be eventually removed from Millbank, whereby additional accommodation will be available for 300 more male convicts, to whom this pri son will in future be wholly confined. The new state of the law in reference to transportation would of itself render these and further changes necessary in the con vict department. The Queen has appointed Sir John Young as a visitor of Maynooth College, in the room of Sir W. Somerville, resigned. Mr. Richard Yates Cum mins is appointed Assistant Colonial Sdcretary at the Mauritius. Mr. Stair Douglas is appointed Chief Clerk in the Colonial Secretary's office at the Mauritius. -_ Observer. 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