The Sun. — London, England, 1853-11-09 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEIYNE . SDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 9, 1853. ; MONEY MARKET SHARU MARKETS-(TILLS DAY). so . ) AND . (70.3IMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. BRITISH RAILWAYS. Closing Prices Business done ShJ I Paid RAILWAY& this day. this day. E CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. 1 - The, reales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 1 estimated at 5,500 bales, of which 700 American, St. 100 Aberdeen ........ 2O -2 0 i 20 1 f 20 81 Ambg. Nottng. Bost 3 and SCIO Surat were taken for export and on & Eastn. Junc 4 1 - 4 1 41 I 50 all Belfast & Ballymena ••• - ••• r specula; tion. The market steady, without altera- al all Birmng. Wolverh. & tion in prices. The sales comprised 3,500 Ameri- Stour Valley..., 9 - 10 •can, 10.0 Bahia at 60., 1,500 Surat at 21d.. to 4id.. 31 28 Biricenhd. Lancsh. & Cheshire Junct l3 --; 11 d _ _ and 20 Sea Island at Is. 81 to 2s. 10d. per lb. an all Do. Chesh. & Birk., litailwwy Shares were flat at lower prices. £5O & £25 Cons._ 16 - 18 _ 22 181 Do., £2O 54 - 4 id The Board of Trade Returns for the month and 25 30 Blyth & Tyne original a o• 9 mont Is ending St. 100 Caledonian. Oct. 10, have been published. £25 (iss. at £45) 9O - °' aa - A 7• .St 100 Bristol & Exeter * The in _sports for the month show an increase as 54 - 541 55 4 4 o coeval- ed with the corresponding month of 1852 50 all Chester & Holyhead 16 -17 17 1.. 'under -the head of cocoa, coffee, wheat, barley, rye 50 all Cork and B a ndon l3 _....- 15 ' 20 all Cork, Black. & Pass ••• ••• flour, oatmeal, cotton manufactures, cotton yarn, 20 10 Cornwall - - o , ••• e e flax, n dsins, guano, opium., butter, eggs, nutmegs, 50 45 D u blin&BelfastJune. 45 -46 45/ 25 all Dundee P e rth &Aber- ~ s mace and cloves, refined sugar, foreign sugar, tai - deen Junction - 81 low, ti3a, tobacco, wine, cotton wool and lambs 1r Wool. There was a falling: off in oats, Indian corn, 25 all East Anglian (£25 L. • &E.& L. & D.) 4l - 541 cochineal, indigo, curranits, mahogany, saltpetre, 18 st all Do., (£lB E. & II.) 3l - 31 Popper, pimento and spirits. 20 all Paatern Counties l4 - 13 13 1 il3 )f - St. 100 EasternUnion,A.stk. 45 - 48 44 ..-- 31 61 3 60 2 1 al The exports show an increase in the declared St. 100 Do., do. R ..... 'value of beer and ale, biatter, cheese, coal and 25 81 Do.NewA(lateThirds) ••• - • • St. 100 East Lancashire - 66 66 5 7 to cUlm, cotton, yarn, haberdashery and millinery, st,. 100 Edinburgh& Glasgow 59 hardwares and cutlery, leather, linen manufac- 10 31 Edinb. and Peebles ••• - ••• of t ures, l i nen yarn , s ilk manufactures, soap, wool, st. 100 Edinb.Prth. &Dundee 22 - ! 3 3. 10 1 Forth and ClydeJunc. i • -• • •• Woolle n yarn, and woollen manufactures. There le St. 160 Glasgow & S.Western ••• ••• at Was a decrease in cotton manufactures, earthen- St. 100 Great Northern Stk 8 5 27 az 59 83 8 59 4 21 St. 100 Do., A. Stock at. Ware, salt, thrown silk, an.d refined sugar. • St. 100 Do., B. Stock - 129 129 The total value of the articles exported during St. 100 Gt. Sth.&West(lre.)lol - 103 102 4 as the month showed an excess over that of the cor- St.. 100 Great Western ~erl 11 Isiah South-Easters ••• - ••• responding month last y ear of 1,446,7081., the 1.0 . amount being 8,829,000/. 60 all Lancaster &Carlisle B7 - 90 161 111 Do., Thirds.... ...... - 121 P Pin r,, • The vessels employed in the Foreign Trade of I 'St. 1.00 Lancash. &Yorkshire 6 4 " -65 651 iti 5 191 171 Do., Fifths 74 - 7 d the United Kingdom repaesents the totals sub- 14 114 Do., Wst. Riding Un. 41 - 441 Lie joined for the month :- 50 all Leeds Northern l2 - 136 131 no 20 all Liv.Crsby.dzSontbpt. •-•- ••; 1852. 1853. Ili all London & Blackwall 8 - 81 8 to Inwards .. ...... 611,066 tons. - 1 P yr 3 100 Lond.Bright.&S.Cst. 96 - 97 97 4 3d. . Outwards .. ...... 748,635 „ - 103 1031 121 - The coasting trade employed during the month 20 12 Do. Fifths par - i p lii , Lis ' 1,217,221 tons inwards, ;being a slight increase 1,0 1 D0.,16/.Sh.,M&B C 4 - 1121 21 Do. Eighths • •• ••• - •• • 2 1 )m compared with the previous year. Outwards also St. 100 London & S.Western 73 75 741 4 50 42 1 Do,, £SO there was an increase, the -tonnage being 1,321,70012 -11 d MO 4() 34' Do. £4O ;en tons. 25 all Lncindm-y.&Coleraille •• • - •• • 2 ,. 5 all Lnclnchay. & Eunisk. ••• - ••• in- The Foreign Exchanges were quoted yesterday bt. 100 Manch.Shea&Lineln. 20 - 21 1 i ' S afternoon generally lower. Paris, 90 days, 25 22 81 41 Do., Man. &Lin. Un. ••• - - d reo to 274, Amsterdam 11 16 to 16k, Hamburgh 13 41 5 ... t. 100 Midland - 61 0 62 14 211 1 lc.; th. to s*, and Trieste 11 28 to- 32. t. 100 Do. Birmnag.& Derby 34 - 36 50 474 Midland G. Wast.(lr.) ••• - •• • f • ; The preparations for flu!: settlement of the Con- 25 17 i Do. A Shares -- -• f. ; sol account show less soarcity of stock than was 100 all St. 100 Newm ar k e t 53 - 55 N ewcas tle &Carlisle ••• - •• • 544 End expected, and either in .consequence of real sales 64 5 Do. Bury Extensions id - par c. ; or borrowed stock, the supply has increased. Con- 26 171 NewptAberg.&Htfd. 41 - -41 a of 50 71 Newry & Enniskillen ••• •.. aels have been 941 to 954 for Transfer, and 941 to ; 20 all Newry Warrenpoint c. If. ; ' 9 5 for December. Exchequer Bills have realised &Rostrevor ••• - ••• 2s. to ss. premium. Ban .k Stock is firm at 217. St. 100 Norfolk. 50 34 Northn.Countios Un 4 - 3 d . The market has just given way ; Consols being St. 100 North British .... 941 to 4 for Transfer, and. 944 to # for Account. 16 16 North Devon, No.l.- 8- 10 6 11 Do., No. 2 - Deferred •• Foreign Securities are heavy. Mexican Bonds 1 have been at 251 to 1. Spanish New Deferred 8 all Dc., 8 8 Do., a / A B Guaranteed 7 - 74 y a l Stock is at 211 to 221. Dutch Bonds, however, 50 all North London-a 49 ••• 52 10 1.1 N. &S. Wstn., Hamp are firm, and also Peruvigm. stead, and City Jn.. ••• - •• • the 20 171 North Staffordshire - 7 5t 4 ..._. 8 -54 d 12 The Railway Share Mairket Is quieter, but prices the 20 all North Western )on. are much the same. French Shares are firm. 10 10 N. & S.Westru. June. par - 2 p ent Gold Mines are dull, and Banks well supported. 10 1 Nuneaton, Hinckley, slit- Land Companies are steady. St and Leicester - ••• - •• • of . 100 Oxford Worcester & , W o l v erhampton.- 38 - 40 38 of 20 2.2 Portsmouth ••• - ••• ' sral BRITISH FUN DS THIS DAY. . St. 100 Scottish Central B7 - 89 RI via (Prom the OlEcial List.) St. 100 Scottish Midland 54 - - 55 St. Sh ' Business done. lOO rewsbury &Birmg. 60 - 62 62 Rank Stock 217 St. 100 Do„ L. & N. Westn. 3 per Cent. Reduced Anruitiess 931 44 3 G uar anteed Stock... 55 - 65 1, . 3 per Cent, Consols Annuities . 951 41 51 4/ i i 10 10 Shrewsby. & Herefd. 21 -11 dis n in New 31 per Cent. Annuities 951 61 5 261 all Shrewsby. & Chester sign Lon g Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 Dittc 30 Years, Expire 10th Oct., 1859 5 134 all Do. Halves, d 0....... 74 - 81 ern- 11 - 13 Ditt o 30 Years, Expire stb Jail., MO 5 7-16 20 all Do. Oswestry seed India Stock - Shropshire Union.... 33 - 3id rim, C onso l s f or Account .. 941 54431 44 ... ~. Do. A, B,C, &D, fully - paid up at per cent. .•• ••• t es - Exchequer Bills, 2d. 50 all South Devon ..... ..... 15 - 17 jog, £]_ooo - 61 1 61 1 21 / 60 4 00. • 2500 52 p 50 all South Wales 34 - 35 341 met' PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. 20 15 S. Yorksh. River Dun ... -- •• • sedi- Mexican 3 per Cent. - 4 the Ditto for the Account 254 20 2.2 Staines,Wok.,&Wok. ... - •• • tan, Peruvian Bonds, 44 per Cent. 73 25 all Stockton & Darling.. 27 - 30 ' the Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 45 5 - 161 Stockton & Hartlepl. ... - ... Spanish New Deferred, 3 per Cent 221 14 St. 100 Taft' Vale. - - bad Venezuela Bonds , 3 1 per Cent. - 10 8 Do. £lO shades • - -. Ditto Passive (Converted) crew - Ditto Deferred, 1 per Cent... 134 25 20 Thames Haven Dock 'first Dividends on the above:payable in London. butch Exchange, 2 per Cent. 12 Guil 631 41 and Railway-a_ 21 • 3 20 17 Vale of Neatly ,, l5l -- 154 1 20 all Waterfd. & Kilkenny ... - ... THREE O'CLOCK. 50 all Waterford&Limerick ... - ... Conso l s 941 g 20 14 West Cornwall - 9 Ditto December Account . 9 44 i ... 1 West End of London and Crystal Palace ... - •.. a ................. 20 all West London ... - ••• 10 ols. Wmbledon &Croydors ... - ... , MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) St. 100 YorkNewctl. dtßerw. 641 - 654 66 51 41 25 20 Do. Extensions Bl - Sid 111 25 111 Do. G.N.E. Purchase 4 --3 d [. CORN Ea:a:LANGE. St. 100 York &N. Midland 47/ - 481 481 1 8 cOll l Although the supply of English wheat here to-day was - (cult _very limited, the demand for all kinds ruled heavy, and FOREIGN. a Monday's prices were barely supported. The show of foreign wheat was good. The sale for that 10 5 latwrp &Rotterdam 2/ -14 d cora grain was dull, but no change took place in the quota- 5 3 Belgian East. Junct. 1 - 14 Until& 20 8 Beziers to Graissessac 3 - 1 d tern Floating cargoes were mostly held at last week's cur- .. Central of Italy - ... ) ar- ren e y ; but the inquiry for them was by no means active. aa 20 all Charleroi & Erquelin 13 - 14 to • ' The sale for barley was dull, and low parcels were easier 171 all Demerara . - ... to purchase. as a • 20 10 Dijon and Besa9on ll - 2!p Malt sold slowly, on former terms. ors. There was only a limited inquiry for oats, beans, peas, 20 8 Dutch Rhenish 20 all East Indian 3i - 4 p aids and. flour. 20 2 Do. Extension p - A P ling ARRIVALS TIILS WEER. 5 all Gt. Indian Peninsula a -14 p dry Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. 20 10 Gd. Junct. of France 21 - Zip bad • Xnglish • • 629 1,230 1,820 500 810 ... 10 Gd. Trunk. of Canada Iri s h •• •• - 100 - - - Foreign .. 13,510 850 - 8 , 530 - Shrs. and Bonds 3l -3d that 20 8 Gt. Central of France 1-- 1 1 p war- WHITECHAPEL. 201 201 Gt. Westn. of Canada Shares 2 - nl 10 614. Our market is steady to-drby, at extreme quotations. ... Do. bonds/1 iss )1857 ••• - •• • Our from 2s 6d to 3s I.os ; mutton, 2s 10d to 4s 83. ; veal, - ~ • Do. bonds (2 i55.)1873 ... - •• • 3. 4d to 4s 6d ; pork, 3s 4d to 4s 10c1 per Blbs by the a'• al Hamilton [yea Carca se , alai au. 2 & Toronto ... - . . DO all Do. 6 per cent - ... a in. - 20 5 Lake Const. & Basle ... - ... 300 BOROUGH HOP. 5 4 Lucca and Pistoja, 5 his Fin e hops are in steady request, at full prices. In other per cent. pref. 4 - id left kinds very little is doing. 20 15 Luexembourg 9 - 94 9 10 10 Do. (Railway) ..6 - 61 64 i ------ G I to 5 2 Do 3./ -- la LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS D AY.) 5 3 Do. (Canal) l l_ lai cha -10 5 Do. 6p. cent. pref. id p 44 5 n om '__2o 12 Lyons & •an. ... ... LONDON, Nov. 9.- Wind this day at Noon, W.S.W. ; Meditera - light breeze, and fine clear weather. 20 101 Madras 4 - 1 1 p 1n s,N.W.Sailed-Guillelmo, for 334 29 Maria Antonia s, DOVER, Nov. 8.-Wind, ... - ... was ' liar eilles. 10 10 Do. New - ... 20 ,2 Melbourne Dk. &Ry ... - •• • and, "WARRENPOINT, Nov. 7.-The Victory, of and from 20 all Namur & Liege (with L iht • • Dublin, for Belfast, was driven on shore near Newcastle, interest 74 - b S nundrrun Bay, yesterday, am I now lies high on the beach, but should the wind keep off the land, it is expected she 20 all Northern (ex interest) _ . ~ , _ .. . - E . ork 'will be got off ; cargo discharging. 16 all of France 346 -al g :54-4 20 all Do. 20/. 3p. c. Bds Nr eg mint YARMOUTH, Nov. 8.-The Wasthi (Swedish brig), Her nt., rosand, for London, has beers brought in here a derelict, [ o fray.B.&Ams.Shs.] ... - ... w . m' nTnik.Pref 73 - - 8 st 12 v and leaky, having been Behoe on Hasborough Sand ; the 10 all ' 02 4 captain and crew have since been landed here. 20 10 Paris and Lyons l4 16 p 261 Do. bonds ST. IVES, Nov. 7.-Arrived-Mystery, from Messina, 40 40 -- ••• for London, verk leaky and much disabled, having been 20 all Paris and Orleans - ... -11 i 1 4 contact with a brig (supposed French), Nov. 4. 20 all Paris and Rouen 41 -43 all s PxNzaNcE, Nov. 77-Arrived-Mecca, from Belize, for 20 Part and Strasbourg 371 -38 38 ,000 Lou ion. 20 4 ParisCa.en&Cherbrg. 2 - 4 p P L yMOUTH, Nov. 8.-Arrived.-Recovery, Sierra Leone ' • 101 104 Quebec & Richmond 3 - 1 d ) fie. Duk e o f Portland, London, for New Zealand. 2O all Rouen and Havre QUEENSTOWN, Nov. 8.-Arrived-Aurora, Demerara ; 20 9 Royal Danish ld - par Tuscan, Honduras • Kossuth, Liverpool, for New York, 5 2 Royal Swedish 1- a d beat With sickness on board; Stamboul, ditto, for New Orleans 20 all Sambre and Meuse Bl - 81 with some damage from contact with a steamer; Queen of 10 6 Do. 54 per cent. pref ... - ... D. in 20 2 S.E. of France id - - par th e W es t, ditto, for New York, with loss of foremast, top- Es at rea,sts, &c. Off Port.-Pacific, from Callao, for the Cly de. 20 6 Southern of France 2 - 4 p 20 6 StAndrews & Quebec ... - .. ~_ WISBY, Nov. 3.-The Ariel., of Hartlepool, Cronstadt 20 2s. Upper India Sc ' • Tel i 146 Ilsinore, for orders, ran ashore off Nahr on the 29th 81 all West Flanders ' 4- 41 and tilt.; got off after throwing part of cargo overboard. 20 10 Do. 51 per c. Pref - par Jaavea, Oct. 29.-The Wave , Hul l t o Narva , was 20 10 Western of France 8 - 9 p stranded west of Sarop Light, 25th inst., and was full of 1G 4 West. of Switzerland 14 - id water ; cargo expected to be saved in a damaged state.- 20 2 Wiesbaden The. Echo, Hull to Narva, got on shore on the Island of - . anieS Kg gal the same night, 20 12 ,Zealaa‘a 34 - 3 d 81 1 a are and had thrown part of cargo over ,board ; the machinery on board may be saved if the ship pad- holds together. LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. 419, ------- br. paid EAu.wAYs. SCILLY, Nov. 7.-Fresh arrived-Choice, Cardiff, for B ,-/t•lgoa Bay. Off Port-Cecilia, Madras and Calingapatam; Leasing Closing Prices Bulginess ficer 3 t,nalline, Jamaica, for Bremen. Sailed-British Queen, Compans. this day. this day. sake , 43 -elbeu rne . ...-- -. - -........-.. Aci• WATERFORD, Nov. 7.-Arrived-Lawrence, Forrestal, 50 all Bedford and Ln.&N.W. Quebe c . Bletchley .... ... - ... •is LOUGH FOYLE, Nov. 7.-Arrived-Native, Clyde, for St. 100 Bnckghamsh. L. &N.W. 100 --102 riff )? i 4 33 u a ston, U.S. wills damage to rudder, &c. a() all Clydesdale Je. Caledon... 49 - 51 tEXEL, Nov. 8.-The Swift, Newport to Harburg, St. 100 E.Lincoln. gr. , aa ce , 'which was stranded on Terschelling, sth inst., has been 6p. cent..... Gt.Northn 140 - 145 the b rought in, a fter discharging about one half her cargo. 25 all Gins. Bar r . & Cald onian. )0, it BosToN, Oct. 28.-The wreck of a ship, with painted Neils. Direct. - Paris . Ports, waterlogged, abandoned, and with decks blown up, 25 all Do. New Do ••• - ••• price • • • l'r2oaswp.assed, Sept. 23, in let. 47 (probably 50 N. long. 25 all Glstr.&Dn.Fr. alt.larestn• 30 . - 32 gist 100 all Hrtlpl. Dk. & Yk. New. gives . R ELVOET, Nov. 6.-The Koninklyke, from Hartlepool, Railway •••••• & Berm - ... burg 18 Found on the north shore. 50 all Hull & Selby. Y.&N.Md lOB - 110 )1d iS raoaa. ONDONDEREY, Nov. 7.-Arrived-California, Balti- 25 all Do. a Shares. Do 54 - 55 The 12 all Do. / Shares. Do 261 - 271 Its At 12 all Lon.&Greenw S.Eastern l3 - 141 a nge (BY SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH.) 20 all Do. Preference Do - 25a cen t. CUSTOM-HOUSE RETURN. St. 100 Lowestoft gr. cent. GRAVESEND, Wednesday, 10.20 a.m. 4 per cent... Norfolk - ••• a for W axr iV, d W.N.W., very fine ; tide, half ebb. St. 100 Do. 6 per ct... Do - - ;Malt -Herriott, from St. Malo ; Merke, Leer ; Lefoy, 54 all Manch.Bxton. Ln.&N.W. a tea ellerbo ° urg ; Thames (s 1 Hambu h • Bel 'um (s) Ostend and Matlock & Midld. 24 - 3 tated , Sail e d icr . • , rg , gl ‘ a •50 all Middlesbro' & Stckton & .side , - - ennette Elizabeth Susannah, for Port Ade- Redear Darlingt. ... - - bjec i t toa , •, Queen (s), Harlingen ; Panther (s), Ostend •; Seine, 100 all Midld.Bradfd Midland... 98 - 100 i /le i', `"°glle ; Neptune (s), Ikumburgh. 50 an Northern and a llt s Wind .„. DEAL, Wednesday, 9.20 a.m. Easternsp.c. E. Count.. 61. - 63 p o : sse l_l`4 ll •N.W., light and fine. lova' 50 all Do. 6 per et Do . - ••• )ffeat ope, from north, to westward. 50 all Do. Fixed sp.c Do ... - •• • I,Saa_i,led--Nehemiah Hand, Hollands Trouw, Elizabeth, 25 all Prest. & Wyre L. &Is . W was estry usourY, Wasa, Blanche, Activo, and others. &Ln&Yk ... - - chw 124 12 Do. 1 Shares. Do - - -------- n osy' •A -N St. 100 Roystn.&Hit. Gt•Northn 140 - 145 lit- a ,INT ELL IGENT CRITIC.-Booth 's Othello was much St. 100 Do.Shepth.St. Do rag a " , g ia l_n America. An old Yankee, who had never seen 140 - 145 a ple- 25 184 Shea Roth. & Lancrish.& t, the th e i iv i, or 'svas taken to witness Booth's performance of ° , if ; a h n e d l; keoclnGoole g. 5. p. c Yorksh a , - d of th e a; it, t, being b e g r e a p s l k i n e d d : the , a , t y es, termination amazing but of 12 91 S. Staffordsh.. MrMClean 11 - Ild 8 co piece, . .? , 11 8 me if I don't guess that little nigger (Othello) played 50 all WearValleygr Stockt. & 01 3- i , " well 6 per cent ... Darling . ... - - t he a l. . 6 , t4n7 Zs any 0'25 all Do the white fellors-if not better!"- St. 100 Wilts&Somrst Gt.Westn. 98 34 -- 100 3 991 Do FOREIGN. 10 5 kitwrp &Rotterdam 21 lid 5 3 Belgian East. Junct. 20 8 Beziers to Graissessac 3 1 d .. . ... Central of Italy ... 20 all Charleroi & Erquelin 13 14 17i all Demerara . 20 10 Dijon and Besnon 1 - 2p 20 8 Dutch Rhenish 20 all East Indian 3i 4 p 20 2 Do. Extension - A P p 5 all Gt. Indian Peninsula t 1 N p 20 10 Gd. Junct. of France 21 2ip ... 10 Gd. Trunk, of Canada Shrs. and Bonds 3 -31 d. 20 8 Gt. Central of France 1-- P 20i 20i Gt. Westn. of Canada Shares 2 nl 19 Do. bonds(l i55.)1857 •• • Do. bonds (2 i55.)1873 •• • 20i 10,i Hamilton & Toronto ... . . 1( 0 all Do. 6 per cent — 20 5 Lake Const. & Basle ... 5 4 Lucca and Pistoja, 5 per cent. pref. — 20 15 Luexembourg 9 9. 9 10 1 0 Doo Do. (Railway). 1 6 - 1i 4 6, 51 5 3 Do. (Canal) 1 lt 10 5 Do. 6p. cent. pref id p 4i 5 20 12 Lyons & Mediterran. 20 106 Madras 111) 33i 29 Maria Antonia 10 10 Do. New 20 .2 Melbourne Dk. &Ry — •• • 20 all Namur & Liege (with interest 7A 20 all Do. (ex interest) — 16 all Northern of France ati —3l 343 20 all Do. 201. 3p. c. Bds [fmy.B.&Ams.Shs.] - - • 10 all NorwegianTrnk. Prof 73 81 20 10 Paris and Lyons l5 —l6 p 261 40 40 Do. bonds 20 all Paris and Orleans 20 all Paris and Rouen 4l 43 . 20 all Paris and Strasbourg 37i —3B 38 20 4 ParisCaen&Cherbrg. 2 4 p 104 104 Quebec & Richmond 3 1 d 20 all Rouen and Havre 20 9 Royal Danish ld par 5 2 Royal Swedish 1 d 20 all Sambre and Meuse — 81 10 6 Do. 5i per cent. pref: 20 2 S.E. of France 4d- - par 20 6 Southern of France 2 4 p 20 6 St. Andrews & Quebec ... 20 2s. Upper India Scrip . 8i all West Flanders ' .4 44 20 10 Do. 54 per c. Pref 20 10 Western of France 8 9 p 10 4 West. of Switzerlan 14 ld 20 2 Wiesbaden 20 12 ,Zealang 34 3 d 84 12:j 124 123 St.l eQY r I)trb U " tt C ll 21 * + 12 124 25 100 100 100 6 100 113 i 100' 100 100 100 100 100 Pm 1 Pm 109 10 109 10 8i MINES. 1 all Agua Fria 4 - i P 1 all Anglo Austria. Gold 1 d ... par Ms. all Anglo Californian 10 2 Australasian l4 4 20 6 Australian 3 -- 31 1 all Australian Cordillera 4 4 d 8 1 all Australian Freehold. i 6 d 1 all Avo Maria fi 6 d 1 all Baden (Gd. Duchy of) if A d 50 all Bleenarvon Iron and Coal 1 all British Austrba. Gold i i d 20 13.5 British Iron 7 9 9 35 241 Brazilianlmp.(issued at £5 pm 6 7 6i 30 all Do. Coeaes k Cuiada 21 24 20 15 Do. St. John Delßey 36 38 1 Carsons's Creek 4d par 40 all Cobra Copper 43 45 5 1 Colonial Gold i— i p 1 ... 15 Copiapo . ll 124 St. all Copper Min. of Eng. 55 65 25 all Do. Pref. 7i p. cent. 5 7pxd 5 all English and Austin. Copper Smeltg. Co. 24. - 3 d 214 20 all General l4 _ —l6 2 all Gt.NuggetVeinSerp. A . i„ . X 9 Do. Registered , .., , 3i all Great Polgooth 'gi 2 d 1 all Lake Bathurst...— .4 i d 4 i 1 all Liberty :4 4 d 3 all Linares . 1 all Lond. &Californ. Gold Quartz Crush. Co i 1 all Mariquita id par 10 9 Mesican&S.Amerien 7 7i 7 i 1 all New Granada 4cl par 1 all New Linares Mining and Smelting Co ... ... 1 a. Nouveau Monde 4 i'll , li 20 all Pontgiband Silver Lead Min. & Smelt. ... i .. 5 1 Port Philip l— d 1 all Quartz Rock *d— par 50 all Rhymney Iron 2B 30 29 15 15 Do. New — ... 30 114 Santiago de Cuba 4 5 1i 1 all South Australian ... d 10 7 Tin Croft 4 6 281 all United Mexican 3 3h 1 all Waller i 1 d 1 all West Granada 1 i d 1 all West Mariposa 4 4 d 1 12s. Worthing Mining of ... ... Australia 1 all Yuba i 4 d JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 40 all Australasia 75 77 77 40 all British Colonial Bank and Loan Company 50 all British N. American ... 20 2 Chad. Bnk.of India, Austral., and China 1 dis 25 5 Chrtd. Bnk. of Asia. 16 ldis 100 25 Colonial 100 •20 Commercial of Lond — •• • 20 10 English Scottish and Australian Chrtd l6 d 9 8 91 8 20 15 London Chrtd. Bnk of Australia — lip 16 50 20 London and County •.• 50 10 Loudon Joint Stock ... 100 20 Lond.andWestminst — 100 35 National Provincial of England 20 10 Do. New . 50 226 National of Ireland — •• • 20 all New South Wales 25 all Oriental Bank Cor poration 100 25 Provincial of Ireland ... 481 10 all Do. New — 5 1 Royal Australn. Bkg. and Gold Imp. Co 6d— par 25 25 South Australia — 25 all Union of Australia 74 76 26 Do. New — 50 10 Union of London ••• 40 all Union of Madrid • MISCELLANEOUS. 5 5 Aubin Coal and Iron 25 174 Australian Agricult. 42 ; 43 434 20 14 Australsn.Pcific.Mail 10 8 Australn. Royal Mail 10 26 Berlin Water Works.. 50 386 Brit. American Land 60 6 . 5 62 5 31 Brit. & Coln. Smeltg. and Reduction Co._ 100 324 Canada Company 5 5 Crystal Palace " • 1R p 6 6 5 16 Do. New —2 i 4 2 Crystal Pal, of France 20 3 Eastern Steam 25 20 Electric Telegraph (A) 17 19 25 15 Do. (B) 32 14 1 1 Electric Tel. of Irel 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat 20 18 General Screw Steam 20 76 rish Beetroot Sugar ••• ••• 20 6 Magdalena St. Navig. 1 all Nat. Pt. Steam Fuel m 10 4 Netherlands Land.,., 16 6(1 2 IN.S. W. Coal & Inter. Stem. Nay. Co — 1 all N. B. Australasian 4 Ip 11 1 6 Do. New — 20 10 Nrth.ofEuropeSteam . 5 all Peel Rr. I,d. & Minrl. 50 all Peninsular & Oriental ... 50 25 Do. 2 all Portland Iron Co •• • 100 60 Royal Mail Steam . . •• • 1 all Scot. Austral. Invest l6 lip 2a 25 25 South Austral. Land 35 37 1 all Submarine Telegraph 1... • 100 284 Van Diemen's Land 144 151 Two HUNDRED MILES IN A QUARTER OF AN HOUR. —A Mr. Richardson is maintaining in New York that it is entirely practicable to build an atmospheric tube from that city to Boston (200 miles), through which mail bags or parcels of any description may be regularly, certainly, and safely sent in fifteen minutes. Ho has perfectly obviated the most apparent difficulty, which consisted in the collision of the parcel desp a t c h e d on re aching its termination. This he has acco m pli s h e d b y the counter-pressure arising from the elasticity of unex , hausted air, thereby reducing the shock un til i t be comes absolutely imperceptible.. A considerable p ar t of the stock for the building of his mail - tube has already , been subscribed by American capitalists, SUN OFFICE, Six o'clock. LIVERPOOL RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAP.FL) SCURRY HANDICAP. Winter Tonic Thirteen ran. SELLING STAKES. Coleraine .:... True Girl ..,.. Seven ran. AUTUMN STEEPLE CHASE. Crabbs ..... Daphne _ Effie Deans Calot Eleven ran. - 2 AINTREE PLATE. Sixteen ran. COWBRID - GE RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) GLAMORGANSHIRE STAKES. Clothworker The Chase Five ran. TRIAL STAKES. Hope Fanny STATE OF TRADE. (From the Manchester Guardian of this day.) MANCHESTER, Nov. B.—There is nothing more evi dent on the face of the American advices than that the weather continued to be highly favourable for the pick ing of cotton, the effect of which was a further decline in prices, both at New York and in the southern markets. This tendency was slightly modified by the accounts re ceived hence to the 18th ult.; and the occurrence of what was no doubt an ordinary white frost, was magnified into a " killing frost." Yesterday, in Liverpool, this " killing frost" was turned to a little account for about an hour, when it ceased to have any effect. To-day at our own market, the German buyers, whose customers on the other side are lightly supplied, being afraid to do wrong, are limiting their orders to immediate wants. The home buyers are taking extremely little. There is an inconsiderable inquiry for India yarns, but not even that for the medium and better kind of 40-inch shirtings. We understand that the employers of Manchester and Salford have determined on reducing wages in such de grees as to leave them five per cent. in weaving and ten per cent. in spinning above the rates paid at the end of 1852. Carding is to remain untouched. The time for adopting this measure is to be determined at the next meeting. At Burnley, yesterday, it was announced to a meetine of the unemployed that, as all the money that could be obtained would be required in fighting the battle at Preston, and in the expenses of the organi sation, no aid could be afforded to the turn-outs in other places. This announcement gave rise to a good deal of discontent. ROCHDALE, Nov. 7.—There has not been much change in the flannel market today. If lower prices would have been submitted to, more business would have been transacted. Wool has been rather firmer to-day, aris ing principally from the London wool sales, where bet ter prices were obtained during the latter part of last week. During this last week, two attempts have been made by the Preston and other turn-outs to get up a public meeting in their favour in Rochdale, but without effect. One meeting was to have been held in the pub lic hall, but the party taking it forfeited the deposit ; and the other meeting was to have been held behind the post-office. HALIFAX, Nov. s.—The prevailing tone of our mar ket is an entire want of confidence, and all kinds of worsted goods change hands very slowly, the merchants being unwilling to purchase, even at prices below the cost of production. A similar languor pervades the wool and yarn markets, and has a depressing influence on the quotations. HUDDERSFIELD, Nov. B.—There has been rather more done in the woollen market to-day, although the attend ance of buyers has been far from numerous. Several parcels of heavy cloths for the home market have been purchased, and fancy woollens of new patterns have been inquired for by some of the shipping houses. Business generally, however, has been far from good. BIRMINGHAM, Nov. 7.—The iron trade has assumed a more satisfactory position since the close of last quar ter. The return of the colliers and miners to their work, without having obtiined any advance in their wages, and after a strike of sufficient duration to severely test their credit at the different provision shops, has ensured a steady continuance of the present supply of coals and ironstone, for some time to come. As far as relates to the making of pig iron, the total absence of any stocks of ironstone, and the still diminishing amount raised in our various coal-fields, must strike the most casual ob server, and, when connected with the impracticability of any new resources being opened, afford just ground for expecting an upward movement in prices. The prices of iron may now be fairly quoted—Bars 91. per ton, hoops 101., plates 11./. Pig iron is fetching 41. to 51. ss. according to quality. THE CITY CORPORATION COMMISSION. The commissioners met yesterday, at the offices of the Privy Council, Downing-street, and resumed their in quiry. Commi ss i oners presen t —Mr. Labouchere (chair man), Sir John Patteson, and Mr. Cornewall Lewis. Mr. Acland, the secretary of the City of London Municipal Reform Association, who has been under exa mination ever since the commissioners opened their investigation, again attended to give further evidence. The Chairman said—Mr. Acland, is there anything which you h ave om i tte d i n your former examination that you now wish to add ? Mr. A cland—l wish, sir, to make a few observations relative to the Irish Society committee of the corpora tion. The Irish Society is a body in the interest of the 12 principal guilds or livery companies of the City of London, and until 1832 its governing body was com posed of delegations from those 12 guilds. Some diffi culty arose with reference to one of the companies—l think the Salters' Company. The charter required a certain number appointed from each company to con stitute the society. The Salters' Company, having very few members, were obliged to appoint an alderman in stead of a Salter, and the inconvenience at length be came so great that the corporation' undertook the management of the society by a deputy-governor and 21 common councilmen. The Chairman—Was an act of Parliament passed to facilitate that change ? Mr. Acland—l am not aware that the change was so legalised—so to speak. The Chairman—ls the property vested in the corpora tion or in the companies ? Mr. Acla.nd--It is still vested in the companies. The change has had this.effect, that it gave the corporation an additional amount of patronage. The late secretary of the society was a common councilman, his assistant-clerk was the son of a common councilman, the present secretary is a common councilman, the late agent in Ireland (who held a very lucrative and responsible situation) was a com mon councilman, and his successor, the present agent, was lately the deputy of the ward of Aldgate, the same ward of which Mr. Alderman Humphery (the governor of the society) is alderman. Thus Alderman Humphery being alderman of the ward of Aldgate, and governor of the Irish Society, procures the appointment of his de ' puty for Aldgate to the situation of agent to x the society on its estates in Ireland. At the last contest for the office of secretary there were twelve candidates. The number was reduced from twelve to three, two of the three being common councilmen, and the third the son of a common councilman, and I need not add that a common council man was elected. The Chairman—l see that in their report the last com missioners state it as their opinion that the corporation manages its property in Ireland with great liberality, and to the benefit of its tenants. Have you any reason to doubt the truth of that ? Mr. Arland—l do strongly doubt it. lam aware that the Derry papers frequently complain of the mal-admi nistration of the corporation of London's Irish estates ; they complain that no inducement is held out to the tenants to effect improvement 9. that, including the sums paid for the Irish Society Com mittee, and for "swan-hopping," that the total amount paid in one year to the committees amounts to 4,0501. With respect to "benevolences," I find in the accounts for 1852 a sum of 501. paid for feasts during the mayoralty of Alderman Hunter, and 501. paid to Sheriffs Cotterell and Swift for the same purpose. There is als o under the same head of " benevolences , in very large characters, the sum of 51. to one of the hospitals, and 21. 17s. to the parishes of St. Thomas and St. Olave. And here I must express my conviction of the existence of a secret service fund held in the hands of an officer of the corporation : and to my knowledge there is an expenditure of many hundreds of pounds, not one far thing of which appears in the accounts: The Chairman—Do you mean that this money is not included in the accounts, or that the details of its expen diture are not given in the accounts ? Mr. Acland—l cannot say that it is not included in the accounts. I cannot say, for instance, that an item of "law charges, 1001." may not mean other things than what are stated. The Chairman—have you any personal knowledge of heir management of these estates ? Mr. Acland—l have not. The Chairman—ls there any other point on which you wish to address the commissioners ? Mr. Acland—l am anxious to make a few observations on a point involving a very important principle. I allude to the practice of the corporation of London, through their recognised agent, the Remembrancer, to interfere needlessly and mischievously with the progress of bills through Parliament, in order to obtain the introduction of clauses designed to exempt the city of London from the operation of beneficial acts of Par liament, and so to prejudice the community over which they preside. I alluded on a previous occasion to their resistance to the application of the County Courts Act to the City, the consequence of which was, that after wards, when public opinion became too strong.for the corporation, they were obliged to obtain a special act extending the county-courts principle to the City, at an expense of between 7001. and 8001., the citizens being no longer willing to be denied a participation in a sys tem which worked so advantageously for the rest of the country. But I would now more particularly call atten tion to the interference of the corporation last session with the Charitable Trusts Act, the object of which was to give a prompt and economical remedy in all cases of the abuse of charitable trusts. In the city of London there are 691 charities held in trust by the livery com panies, and 740 held in trust by the parochial officers, giving a total of 1,431. The annual income derived from trusts held by the livery companies amounts to 60,4781. 16s. 2d., and the amount derived from the trusts held by the parochial officers is 47,5911. is. 9d., giving a total annual income from both classes of charities within the City, as far back as 1832, of 108,0691. 17s. lld. ; and in all probability the annual revenue of these charities has since that period greatly augmented. Of the whole 1,431 charities belonging to the City, upwards of 1,000 yield an annual income under 301.. and only about 350 of them yield an annual in come exceeding that sum. Under these circumstances, when the Charitable Trust Bill was before Parliament, the City Remembrancer succeeded in inserting a clause, the effect of which was to have charities under 301. a year in the city of London, unlike charities else where, considered and treated as charities over 301. a year, thus taking away the appeal to the county courts in the case of alleged abuse of the trust funds as provided by that act, and transferring the appeal to the superior and, consequently, more costly courts of law. On examining the charity trust accounts of the corporation, I find that there is a misapplication of the livery companies' charity trust funds to the extent of 21,0001. of the principal sum, and an annual sum of 9,0101. ; and that there is a misapplication of the parochial charity trust funds to the extent of 10,800/. of principal moneys, and 4,5641. of annual moneys. This shows a total misapplication of 31,9381. of principal moneys, and of 13,6591. of annual moneys. These annual payments, if calculated at 4 per per cent. per annum, would repre sent a principal sum of 318,7831. The subject of the coal tax interests the inhabitants of the metropolis and all persons residing within twenty miles of the city. The history of the coal dues exacted by the city lies in a nut shell. In former times the corporation of London lent moneys to the Sovereign, which moneys were lost, and the coal dues were given to the corporation in order that they might be repaid the amount they had advanced. That amount was repaid by the coal dues, and being re paid one would have thought that there was an end of the matter ; but not so. From time to time the corpo ration have procured what might be called a renewal of their Parliamentary lease, and the lease now existing will expire in 1862. They levy a toll on all the coal consumed by the citizens, and also on all the coal con sumed by every inhabitant of the metropolis within twenty miles of the city. Surely, the inhabitants of the metropolis have a right to complain that the corporation of the city should tax them on this necessary of life, and spend the proceeds of the tax on objects in which they have no more interest than the inhabitants of II orkshire or Lancashire. Mr. C. Lewis—Do you say you have any knowledge of the fund which you call a secret service fund ? Mr. Acland—No. The Chairman—You say of your own knowledge that part of the funds is misapplied to these purposes, which you call secret service, and is not accounted for—are you able to produce any evidence in support of your statement ? Mr. Acland—l am not able to do so now, but I am prepared to say that this commission shall have evidence of what I have stated before this inquiry closes. Mr. C. Lewis—After carefully examining the accounts of the corporation, do you think they bear evidence of having been drawn up in the form most likely to render them intelligible ? Mr. Acland—l would rather say, in a form the least likely to be intelligible. Mr. C. Lewis—You mean to say that the form adopted for the accounts is chosen with the design of preventing persons from accurately understanding them? Mr. Acland—l believe that the officers of the corpo ration are very far from being fools, and assuming that the officer who prepared the account I have exhibited has any talent in him, and assuming that he had a mo tive, from the fact that it is an intelligible account I am led to the conclusion that such must have been the in tention. The Chairman—ls it not the fact that part of the pro ceeds is spent on improvemenls in other parts of the metropolis besides the city ? Mr. Acland—Yes, but that does not affect the argu ment. Westminster pays a tax of ls. ld., and there is only expended on improvements for the metropolis at large Bd. The city authorities claim 4d. of the tax as being absolutely a part of their own property, with which they can do as they please. The 4d. tax on coals received by the city in 1852 amounted to 62,440/. ; the id. tax received by the city (for the expenses of carry ing out the act of Parliament) amounted to 15,607/.; the Bd. tax, received and expended by the Board of Works, amounted to 124,8801. —making a total of 202,9271. levied on coal. Mr. C. Lewis—Are you aware of any complaint being made with regard to the form in which the accounts are presented? Mr. Arland—No, sir. The Chairman—We have ample information already on the subject of the coal dues in the reports of the com mittees of the House of Commons. • The Chairman—You have now stated to us at great length, Mr. Acland, the defects which you suppose exist in the system of the corporation, and in the manner in which that system is conducted. Will you now have the goodness to state to us any opinions which you may have formed of what would be the nature of the system which you would propose to substitute for that which now exists, for the municipal government of the city of London ? Mr. Acland—l have, sir, given the subject some attention, and I have prepared what I consi der a scheme, by way of suggestion, for the reform of the corporation. I would rather that the commissioners had arrived at their own conclusions, although, at the same time, I can not object to state my views, only I wish it to be wider stood that I would rather not be tied down to every one of the details of my scheme. The Chairman--Do not understand the commissioners as pressing you to st a t e y our op i n i ons con trary to your own wish. Any statement you may make will be given entirely voluntarily on your part. Mr. Acland then proceeded to lay before the commis sioners the leading features of a scheme which he had prepared for remedying the evils and abuses connected with the corporation. It was as follows : Mr. Acland—Yes, sir, but this is a subject on which the inhabitants of the metropolis naturally feel very strongly. The Chairman—Have you anything to say respecting the finances of the corporation ? Mr. Acland—l hold in my hand the statement of the produce and expenditure of the City estates for 1852. It contains among others the accounts of the chamber lain of the City, with the accounts of the comptroller, in which the latter functionary debits the chamberlain with the City income. Of the thirteen items of which it is composed, only, one of the items agrees in both ac counts. Mr. Acland then pointed out various items in the accounts, showing a total difference between the accounts of the chamberlain and those of the comptroller of 9,0001. The discrepancies in the accounts ought to be accounted for to the commissioners, for as the ac counts now stand the commissioners cannot possibly understand them. Mr. C. Lewis—What are the relations between the comptroller and the chamberlain ? _No, his office is rather that of a preli minary Acland—The chamberlain makes the payments, and the aacpn c hpd o e on: check. ett appointed a o d c e tho r o eut accounts. tl detect st s m: the ept tre oor Irrl oe : r. instance, corporation satna nd receives c epo w anhtnta nothing hah gie sums nemgl o;7 t u h hot e ef. chamberlain ought to debit and credit himself with. Mr. C, Lewis—ls the comptroller an auditor of the there e a r e e e i o s u t n h t e s k su e m pt, o a f 7 greato.slln. charged neteonrlindtt,omgeat:eorr: w au h d ic f h or ren oo d m er p s ou it sa m ti o o r u e di to only acts as a check upon the chamberlain. The audi torpeursltontos aotu c hffir o nyee r ivide p tseei h o trrs a r s.eo a ttfAes t who lost their offices connected with the g meta oi g rte e tmh o es f system grouped L c o s l a n d sea coals. It does not, however,• state what part of Mayor. that sum At 0 p f ag 7 e ,1 4 5 2 1 , / a . g w a i a n s p it aid wi f l o l r b th e e fo o u ffi nd ce tobfat the Lord Lord Mayor had " violet ' gown" supplied to him, but it does not say what the gown cost. The gown is grouped with two gowns for the sheriff's yeomen, cost ing 701. 10 s . f or th e t wo , w hi c h wou ld l eave a harge of 151. for the violet silk gown. There is also a charge of 721. paid to Mr. William Price for a crimson velvet gown for the Lord Mayor to wear at the Duke of Wel lington's funeral. At page 42 it will be found that the sword-bearer and the common crier had 301. each allowed them for gowns, because they had received no gowns for the three years preceding ; but on looking further back into the accounts it will be seen that these officers had gowns within the period in question, and also additional gowns for the occasion of the opening, of the new Coal Exchange. The law costs of the cor poration in 1852 amounted to 3,973/. ; this amount in cluding 5601. for the costs of the action against the firm four years, from 1849 to 1852, inclusive, amou nted to 2,4111,, of 600/, a year. I refe rred on a former occasion to the or upwards of Combe and Co., the emi nent brewers. The expenses of the corporation barg e for a ll owanc e of the comm ittees of the corporation, and I find that I have understated the sum, although I can notdiscover any mention i n the accounts of the sum of 8001. allowed to the Improyement Committee. I find ~t ~~~ PREFERENCE SHARES Aberdeen Do., No. 2, 7 p. c Blyth & Tyne 10 per et. pitef. (iss. at£so) Bristol & Exeter 4 pr cent., stock Do. Do., shares Caledonian £lO Chester dt Holyhead Guar. 5i per cent Cork &Bandon 5 p.c Dundee Perth&Aber deen Junction EastAnglian (£3los) 6 per cent Do. (25) 7 per cent Do. (27 17s) 7 p. ct Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No.l Do., No. 2 . • Do., Now 6 p c. St.. Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent.... Do. £lO Deben. Sh... EastLancash. 6 p. cts. East & West Yorksh Junction Fifths Edinb.Prth.&Dundee 4 per cent. Glasgow & S.Western guar. 5 per cent Great Northr 5 P.C Do. 5 p. c.,Redeem., at 10 p. c. prom Do. 4 percent. Scrip Gt.N. of Scot. ,lst Pref Gt. Southn. &Westn. (Ireland) Eighths Do. 4 per et. pref. St Gt. Westu. (Berks & Hants Ex. 5 p. c.) 'Do. con. & red. 46p.c Do. do. 4 per cent Do. irredeem. 4 P. c Lan. & York. F. £2O, Do., 6 p. c., Stock Leeds Nn. 6p. c. No. 1 Do. Quarters,lB4B London and:Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. c Do. Pref., 5 p. c. St Do. Convertible, 5 p c.,1852 Do. New Guar. 6 p.c Lond. & N. W., Cov & Nun., 5 per cent London & S. IVestern Con. Thirds Londonderry& Coler Shares .. L - ondy. & Ennis. 6 Sh Manch. ,Shcf. , & Lie., Shares, No. 1 Do. New, £lO Do., £6 ........ Maint.&Carl. 4 p. c. Do. 46 per cent Do . . • Consol. 6 p.c. St. Do. Consol. Bristol di Birm. 6 per cent Do. Pref. 4i per cent Norfolk Debent. Sh Norfolk Extension Do. Pref. 5i per et Do. Way. Val. 5 p c North British North Staffordshire Oxford Worcester & Wolyerh. £15,6p. c. Do Scot. Cen., New Pref Shrews& Birm. N. G Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor.W.Min),B p. c. Do. 5 per cent South Devon Do. New S. Eastern (Reading Ann.,) of 21 05.6 d., S. Yorksh . 4p. c. Gnar. Waterfd. & Kilk . 6p. c. York Newcastle and Berwick, 4 p. e.Pref. Do York& N.Midland H &S. Punkt. • 98 -- 1001 6 - 61 3 4 1 - 4 11 - 1 p - 1 13i - 14 20 22 .. ....." .. 3 - 34 iii I xis 108 - 110 - , . - ... 8 - 8i 7 09 101 95 100 95 100 id par 139 141 , .. - ... 2 - 3p 12i - 131 - 74 9i - 9i - 139 141 i id 22 - 24 102 -- 101 fi P --• 9i - 101 - 16i 9i -- 101 13 -- 15 Par P 23i -- 244 19 -- 20 95 - 98 41 - 4i id par' COURT OF ALDERMEN. A Court was held yesterday upon the occasion of the swearing in of the new Lord Mayor. Alderman WILSON said,—This being the first Court since her Majesty's Commissioners have met to com mence the inquiry into the matter of corporation reform, I think if no allusion be made to the subject the public may naturally consider that the allegations and asser tions made before the Commission may be true. Ido not wish to produce or occasion any discussion on the question, for I do not think that this is the time or this the place for noticing it. (Hear, hear.) I merely ask the public to wait as to their decision until both sides have been heard. A time will come when the Court of Aldermen will have their turn to be heard, and .E have no doubt that they will be able to give a most satisfac tory answer. Many of the statements are so absurd and preposterous, that very few persons can believe them, or indeed pay any attention to them. The LORD MAYOR took leave of the Court. He had told his brethren at the commencement of his mayoralty that he should look to them for their active assistance, and he must acknowledge that he had received that as sistance in the most effective and gratifying manner all through his year of office. Alderman FAREBROTHER, as senior alderman present and other aldermen expressed the warm feelings of the Court amid loud applause, and the Court immediately adjourned. THE CHOLERA. ( From the General Board of Health.) PORTOBELLO. Since the last report from Duddingstone there has been only one other, the case at Joppa. It is stated that all the cases are now convalescent, and the promptitude in removing the family where the cases occurred from an over-crowded apartment was the means of arresting and preventing the further extension of the disease. Cases of diarrhoea continued to occur, but not, however, con fined to any locality—more among the better class of people than among, the poor, and not more prevalent than usual at this season of the year. DUNDEE. Nev. s.—Cholera (deaths) Nov. 6.—Cholera (deaths) MORPETH. Nov. s.—Cholera (death) FAVERSHAM. Nov. s.—Cholera (death) GATESHEAD. Nov. s.—Cholera (death) Nov. 6.—Cholera (death) GATESHEAD (HEWORTII). Nov. s.—Cholera (death) METROPOLIS. From the returns of the metropolitan commissioners of police for the divisions C, IC, L, M, P, T, V, and the Thames police, for the 6th and 7th instant, it appears there were discovered 24 cases of cholera, of which 15 had terminated fatally. This is the highest number yet returned by the police in the same period of tim e . Of the deaths, seven occurred in the wealthy parish of St. James's, Westminster. In Peacock-street, Newington, a death occurred after eight hours' illness. With refer ence to a death in Long-lane, Bermondsey, the police report that adjoining the house where it took place, there is a slaughterhouse, and a heap of dung, offal, and blood, in a decomposed state, the stench from which is dreadful. In a house, in St. Ann's-place, in the same parish, a second death has occurred during the present week. The mortality in the metropolis, according to the Registrar-General, appears to continue on the increase —the deaths for this week ending Nov. 5, being from cholera, 102 ; diarrhoea, 38 ; compared with 62 from cholera, and 28 diarrhoea, for the corresponding week of 1848. The comparative mortali the two periods is as under Deaths from cholera during the period of 14 weeks, ending sth Nov., 1853. ,y for the 14 past weeks in Deaths from cholera in cor responding period of 14 weeks, 1848. Week ending Aug. 6 ... 4 PP 13 ... 19 PP 20 ... 10 27 ... 18 PP PP S e pt,. 3 16 PP 10 ... 7 17 ... 16 21 ... 29 „ Oct. 1 ... 48 8 ... 66 PP 15 ... 45 22 ... 83 29 ... 96 „ Nov. 5 ... 102 Corresponding week,lBlB 19 ~ 17 Total. !!!!! imii. 069 13 30 15 34 Total ,„, 323 SCHEME. I. That the principle of the Encumbered Estates Court for Ireland be applied to the estates of the corporation, with the exception of the Mansion-house, Guildhall, the markets, public offices, and courts of law and criminal judicature. 2. That the proceeds of the sale of such property be paid into the Bank of England to the credit of the presi dent, councillors, and burgesses of the city of London. 3. That all mortgages, debts, bonds, and other lia bilities be paid off and discharged. 4. That the balance be invested in one description of stock in the public funds, and that the dividends thereof be paid to the aforesaid account in the Bank of England. 5. That the parliamentary register for the city of London be the burgess-roll of the corporation of the said city. G. That each burgess be required to sign the electoral check-book at the Guildhall prior to the exercise of his electoral functions. 7. That no addition be hereafter made to the list of liverymen forming a portion of such register. 8. That the existing ward system as regards parlia mentary and civic registration and elections be disconti nued, in favour of one strictly alphabetical list of the entire constituency. 9. That the council of the city of London consist of thirty members, burgesses of the said city, to be ap pointed annually. . . . 10. That twelve of the members of the first council be nominated by the Crown, four retiring at the end of the second, and four at the end of the third year. 11. That eighteen of the members of the first council, twenty-two of the second, twenty-six of the third, and subsequently the whole of the members of the council, be elected by the burgesses by voting lists, duly signed and delivered at the Guildhall, in order to the authenti cation of each signature by the proper officer. 12. That the councillor having the greatest number of votes be the president of the council and chief ma gistrate of the corporation for the ensuing year, with the Mansion-house for his residence, and an allowance of 5,0001. a year (that is the salary of a Cabinet Minister) for the proper support and dignity of his office. 13. That the councillors whose names stand second and third on the return be sheriffs of the city of Lon don, with an allowance of 1,5001. each. 14. That the recorder, town clerk (who shall be a so licitor), steward, and accountant, be the chief officers of the corporation. 15. That all present officers of the corporation, with whose continued services the council may dispense, be compensated upon a scale to be approved by the Lords of her Majesty's Treasury ; such scale being prepared with equitable regard to the length of the period during which such services may have been performed. 16. That the corporate year be the ordinary year of the calendar. 17. That no fees of any description be paid to any officer or servant of the corporation in addition to his fixed salary. _ _ 18. That the police, sewers, paving, lighting, and cleansing of the City, be transferred to metropolitan commissioners. 19. That the City coal dues be abandoned. 20. That the City street tolls be abolished. 21. That the City metage upon corn, salt, fruit, and oysters be no longer compulsory. 22. That the monopoly privileges of ticket porters, free porters, fellowship porters, and all such be abro gated. 23. That the livery companies or guilds 'shall no longer have power to compel membership. 24. That all the City judges and the City justices be appointed by the Crown, at salaries to be fixed by the council, and approved by the Lords of her Majesty's Treasury. 25. That the affairs of the Irish Society be managed by a committee elected by and from the several guilds interested therein. 26. That the corporate conservancy of the Ri ver Thames shall not extend westward beyond the City boundary. 27. That Southwark be released from enforced con nection with the corporation of the city of London. 28. That the corporate dues within the port and har bour of London be restricted to a moderate fixed ton nage duty upon shipping. 29. That the Court of Hustings, the Lord Mayor's Court, the Appeal Court of St. Martin-le-Grand, the Court of Pie-Poudre, the Court-leet and Court Baron of Finsbury, and the Court of the Manor of Duke's place, be abolished. . . 30. That the City dues on wine, oil, and all other gaugeable articles, and the charges for groundage and water bailage, be discontinued. 31. That all localities within the City, which are con sidered privileged places, or which claim to be under other than civic jurisdiction, be henceforth under cor porate jurisdiction as portions of the city of London and within the boundary of its parliamentary constituency. 32. That the Royal Commission of Conservancy be recalled, and all the proceedings on account of impedi ments to the navigation of the Thames be instituted in the ordinary City courts of magistracy. 33. That the appointment to all offices now in the gift of the Lord Mayor, or either of the Courts of Alder men, Common Council, or Common Hall, be vested in the council. 34. That no appointment by purchase be allowed. 35. That no appointment be bestowed upon a member of the council, or any of his immediate relatives, within three years of his having been a member of that body. 36. That the council be empowered to levy the neces sary rates in aid of the corporate funds , towards satisfy ing the assessments of the metropolitan commissioners, for the expense of conducting the affairs o f the corpora tion, and for effecting the requisite street and other im provements within the city of London. _ b e held in open 37. That all proceedings of the cou ncil court. Mr. Acland continued—l wish to addtobatthienotthheeervmenet. of similar local institutions being give:-li tan board tropolitan boroughs, I think a meetrdoap e gationofo m ne igh or t a dvantageously be formed by the in whom m i ght be mor e members from each council , te c r o e a s l t d u es vested the charge of all moa n er: °t' re l to The Chairman—Y" Pr°Ps the mortgages secured up on em i e —how would you deal w ith those dues ? that all mortgage bond s .1 P ropose ans,. Mr. Acland y first su be paid off. M other existing deehbets s hould principles of the Irish Encumbered - gestion is that bea lied to the Estates Act should PP estates of the cor poration. The Chairman —You mean that you would sell the estates in order to pay the mortgages secured upon the coal dues ? Mr. Acland mean that I would do so to pay all the debts. Mr. C. Lewis—Do you believe the corporation to be solvent or insolvent at present ? Mr. Acland—l do not ?hink it can be insolvent ; but from the manner in which the accounts are kept, it can not been seen how far it is from insolvency. Looking , at the estates belo ng i ng to the corporation, to the extent' of the mortgages, and the infinite variety of its property, I think that a general simplification of its affairs is the first thing that is desirable. The examination of Mr. Acland was at length brought to a clos e , an d the commissioners then adjourned the i r inquiry till Thursday next. EXTRAORDINARY EXPLOSION. Yesterday afternoon a painful sensation was caused in the immediate vicinity of the Theatre Royal Hay market, in consequence of the following extraordinary explosion occurring in the private house belonging to Mr. J. Buckstone, the well-known comedian and lessee of the theatre, at the back of and adjoinine , that place of amusement, in Suffolk-street, Pall-mall East. From the inquiries made, it appears that for some time past a number of men have been employed at the house numbered 18 in the before-named street, for the purpose of repairing and painting it, preparatory to Mr. Buckstone's taking up his residence therein. During the morning of yesterday the men ;em ployed had experienced a strong smell, as if the gas was escaping, but from what part they were un able to tell. They left the house at the usual time for dinner, and on their return found that the gas smelt considerably stronger than previously. One of the men, who was standing on a board swung about midway of the floor and ceiling, incautiously took a lucifer match, and drew it across the upper part of the wall, when a loud and fearful explosion took place, which terrified the whole of the neighbours, who imagined that the theatre had taken fire. Simultaneous with the first ex plosion the windows were forced out; three of the painters at work had their clothes set on fire, and a number of vessels containing turpentine and oil were soon in a thorough state of ignition. The screams of the parties brought assistance to the spot, and after some trouble in extinguishing the flames about three of the unfortunate men's bodies, those in the house were also suppressed. It was then found that the three men were much burnt, two of them so seriously that it was deemed prudent to remove them to Charing-cross Hospi tal, where they were examined by the house-surgeon, who found their injuries to be of such a character that they were both put to bed. Everything was done for them that humanity or surgical skill could devise, but they still re main in a very precarious state. One of the sufferers, who is fearfully burned, is named Charles Sprowle, aged 42, whose family reside at No. 27, Gloucester street, Queen-square. The other patient in the hospital is named Chas. Shortell, of No. 6, Warren-street, Fitzroy-square. The engines of the London Brigade and West of England Office were soon on the spot, but fortunately the fire was extinguished before their arrival. It is at present unknown whether the explosion was caused from the escape of gas before alluded to, or from the man who drew the match over the wall having acci dentally dropped the light into a pot of turpentine stand ing under him. Mr. Buckstone has directed that everything shall be done for the unfortunate sufferers that their case de mands. The theatre itself has not sustained the least injury, the private house being situated completely be hind it. THE MASSACRE OF THE CREW OF THE HEROINE. The following letter has been addressed to the owners of the brig Tweed, the captain of which vessel took possession of the Heroine, after the dreadful murder of the captain and crew, as pub lished in The Sun of yesterday : Cape Lahou, Africa, Sept. 1, 1853. "Brig Tweed, of Bristol. " Gentlemen,—When lying a t anc h or off Grand Bereby, on the 13th of July last, I was informed by the natives of that place that the crew of the schooner He roine, of London, had been massacred at Grand Tabou, and that the natives had seized and stripped the vessel of everything moveable. " I lost no time in proceeding to Tabou, and arrived there on the day following, and anchored my vessel as near the Heroine as I could with safety. At daylight the next morning I boarded her with five of my crew, and the stains of blood on her decks convinced me there had been a dreadful and wholesale murder committed ; and, finding no person on board, commenced heaving the anchors up. When I had purchased one, and loosing all sails preparatory to mov ing her, a number of canoes were launched, and pro ceeded towards my vessel. After the dreadful murder that had been committed, I did not feel justified in re maining longer on board the schooner at that time, as I considered my first duty was the protection of my own vessel and crew ; I therefore left my second mate and two seamen on board her, cautioning them against any attempt to get the vessel under weigh until I sent orders to that effect. I considered it necessary to use every caution, as the schooner was so near the beach that the natives could, if so disposed, resist any attempt to re move her (without launching their canoes), as she was within the range of musketlshot ; and, being not sufficiently manned and armed to take the vessel from the natives by force, I was compelled, and considered it a duty to all who may be interested in her, to resort to stratagem ; and, in order to remove any doubts they might enter tain as to my good faith, I promised them, if they would allow me to remove the schooner from her peri lous situation to what I considered a safe anchorage, I would then come on shore with them and arrange with King George M'Caulay for the purchase or ransom of the vessel. After some considerable hesitation they permitted me to remove the schooner ; and when I saw her safely under sail proceeding to a proper anchorage I left her, and, as 1 had promised, went on shore. On landing, I found large numbers of the natives armed and evidently prepared to resist any attempt on my part to dispossess them of the schooner before I had paid what they considered a sufficient sum for her. After remain ing on shore all night—for I was quite in their power, and they would not allow me to go off in the evening— I prevailed on the King to allow me to return to my ship, taking with me those of his people who were to receive the ransom agreed upon, goods to the amount of 3831. Os. Id. On reaching my vessel I paid the amount for which I had given my word, not because I considered them entitled to it, but from a fear of any breach of faith towards them on my part may be attended with serious, and perhaps fatal, consequences to the crew of any other vessel that might visit the place after me. " The course I have pursued may, perhaps, be open to some remarks—in fact, some very severe ones have been passed upon me by the colonists of Cape Palmas ; but, gentlemen, you will, I am sure, after a perusal of this letter, fully comprehend the position I was placed in. Any other means to obtain possession of the vessel must have failed, as they could, as I have already stated, cover her with their fire-arms from the beach, or they might have burnt her ; in fact, they intended to do so if I had not interfered. "At 3 a.m., on the 10th, the schooner left Tabou, in charge of my second mate, and proceeded to Grand Bereby, with instructions from me to remain there, getting her rigging set up, and fit for sea. I supplied them with the necessary stores as far as I could, previ ous to her departure from Tabou. " I shipped on board her 16 tons camwood (9 of my own and 7 of the Chalco's), as she required ballast, having on board only 40 casks of oil, say 26 tons, and a little cam wood, when she first came into my possession, and which I did not consider sufficient dead weight for a passage across the Atlantic. On the arrival of the Chalco, Captain Gregory, at Frisco, I applied for provisions and stores of various kinds for the schooner, which he has supplied me with. I have given him a receipt., and an order on you for the amount. As I considered the vessel and cargo to be of considerable value, I was naturally anxious for all parties to oLain the services of a qualified person to navigate her home. I offered the command to Mr. Stafford, chief mate of the Chalco, and he accepted of the a p po i n t men t , an d h ave advised him to leave the amount of remuneration for his services to be decided by you. My second mate, Mr. Tozer, I appointed chief mate ; James Mitchell, one of my seamen, and Henry Phillips, a seaman from the Chalco, have volunteered to return home in her. " t ` b l e raherewithnsa ransom and forward outfit m n yf the account snh o o o n f eerx Heroine.penses incurred in " I remain, Gentlemen, your mo,,stEoDbweAdivenntEsoervADaEnict,. THE PILOTS AND THE ILL-FATED SHIP. The following is a copy of a letter to the owners, dated Castletown, Ireland, Nov. 4 : — « Gentlemen,—l arrived at this harbour yesterday about noon, with the loss of foremast, and in great dis tress. I made Cape Clear light about ten o'clock on Wednesday night, and bore up for Cork Harbour. In the morning the wind drew round to the S.E., and I was on a lee shore, with sails and gear all to pieces. Soon after daylight we saw a skiff bearing down for us, and expected to get a pilot. They boarded us about 8 . 30 a . m . (Thursday), and demanded 4001. to assist us. I told them how I was situated, and that I could make no arrangements with them, and requested them to assist us, and leave it to Lloyd's agent or the owners of the ship, which they refused to do, and threatened to leave us, and persuaded me to aban don the ship also. They would then have left us had I not signed an agreement for 2001. to tow us into har bour with their skiff, which proved afterwards of no ser vice, as we could have done without it ;_but i , seeing us in d i stres s, refused to put a pilot on board without mthro.utswthaentaosn sistance of their cutter. I have consult (Lloyd's agent) about it, and he thinks it an imposition, and that they cannot claim it. I think that 201. would quite pay them. Mr. Swanton has written to their em ployers about it. I have had most terrific weather from the Western Islands—nothing but continual gales. I lost the foremost and maintopmast on the 22d of Octo tbherroiungh. Theaheavy schooner gale ; the mast was rotten more than half is a yleaky. state-- at now,e bulwarks gon e nearly allround, now and in very gentlemen, wait your instructions. If you wish come to Bristol, she will • either have to refit here or be towed by steam. We were obliged to cut away the rigging w ith t h e mast, so it will have to be renewed. We are all of us quite knocked up ; I don't think we could have stood it three days longer ; everything was as wet below as on deck.—l remain, gentlemen, your most obedient servant, F. W. STAFFORD, Master." COVENT GARDEN MARKET.—The urinals which were some time since erected in the avenues of Covent-garden market, have been removed, and the walls put into their former condition, with a notice forbidding the committal of any nuisance against the premises. The offensiveness of these places, which were erected solely for the public convenience of persons attending, or passing through, the market, was found to be so great, especially during the summer season, as to render their removal of urgent necessity. MILITIA ARTILLERY.—The twenty-eight days' training of the Royal Lancashire corps, commanded by Sir Duncan M‘Dougall, terminated on the 30th of October. Colonel Colonel Brereton, C. 8., of the Royal Horse Artiller y , inspected the regim ent, when, after marching past open and close columns, besides the exercises of the garrison and field-guns, various battalion movements were performed with a celerity equal to that of any regular corps.—Livrpoa Journal, n