The Sun. — London, England, 1853-11-01 00:00:00

4 :44, .. I 4. i. 04, 41, 4.0 n was 4, SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock. WORCESTER RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) WORCESTER HANDICAP. Radcliffe Hero Little Davie Friday Ten ran. Won easily. FIVE SOVS. SWEEPSTAKS. Hope Wellsbourne 1 SCURRY HANDICAP. Maria Bell Indiana 2 Seven ran. SELLING STAKES. Hamlet . Ada ..... THE LONDON GAZETTE (THIS EVENING.) FOREIGN-OFFICE, OCT. 31. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Henry Ernest Blanchard as Consul at Port Louis, Mauritius, for his Imperial Majesty the Emperor of the French. The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr. C.W. Denison as Consul at Demerara, for the United States of America. ST. JAMES'S-PALACE, OCT. 22. The Queen has been pleased, on the nomination of the Right Honourable Lord Foley, to appoint George Watkin, Rice, Esquire, late Captain 23i1 Royal Welsh Fusiliers, one of her Majesty's Honourable Corps of Gentlemen -at - Arms, vice Rice. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, OCT. 31. The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of the Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received, through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a dispatch from her Majesty's Consul at Madeira, re porting that the Board of Health, at Lisbon, had declared the ports of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Liverpool, London, and Southampton as suspected of cnolera, and that, therefore, vessels arriving at that island from any of these ports will only be admitted to free pratique provided that no deaths should have occurred on the voyage, nor any sickness pre vailed in them, after the expiration of eight days from the time of departure from the ports in qu es ti on . Ey order, JAMES BOOTH. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, OCT. 31. The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of the Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received, through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a dispatch from her Majesty's Minister at Brussels transmitting copy of a Royal Edict, of the 10th Octobet allowing the temporary withdrawal from hond,•in Belgiun under certain conditions prescribed ,by the Finance D( partment of cotton tissues destined to be bleached, dresse printed, or dyed in that country. (By order) JAMES BOOTH. BOARD OF TR UDE, WHITEHALL, MARINE DEPARTMENT, OCT. 30. The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of the Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received, through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a despatch from her Majesty's Consul-General at Ham burg, inclosing copy of a Notice to Mariners issued by the Chamber of Commerce of Bremen, a translation of which is subjoined, respecting the intended alterations to take place next year in the positions cf the buoys and beacons at the mouth of the river Weser. By order, (Copy-) NOTICE TO MARINERS. JAMES BOOTH. (Translation.) In the middle of the next year the tuns of the 0. Weser Channel, which are more clearly specified under IV., will be taken up. On the other hand, the buoys to be laid down in the New Weser Channel, for the purpose of facili tating the entrance into the month, will be stationed as follows : I. Instead of the four red and two white buoy tuns at present lying in the New Channel, towards the middle of the year 1854 six red and five white tuns are to be sta- tioned. The red tune situated on enieiing,mithes board side, will retain the buoy form as hitherto ; whereas the white tuns situated on the larboard side will have the form of the usual Weser tuns. (a.) The first red tun of the North Weser mouth will then lie in the same direction as the present black key tun, from Wangeroog, but nearer the island, in nine fathoms water, and be distinguished by a golden key. (b.) The second red tun, marked A, will bear S.W. by W. W. of the Wangeroog Town, and bear a golden pear as mark of distinction. (c.) - The third red tun, marked B, will bear W.S.W. W. of the Wangeroog Town, and bear a round basket as mark of distinction. (d.) The fourth red tun, marked C, comes in the place of the present red tun, No. 1, but will be distinguishable by a golden cross, instead of the present round basket. (e.) The fifth and sixth red tuns, marked severally D and E, will be stationed where the present red tuns, marked severally No. 11. and No. 111., lie, and be likewise dis tinguishable by a round basket. 11. The number of the white tuns will be then increased by three additional ones, two of which will be stationed seawards of the present tun, No. 0, and the other above the present tun, No. 1. (a.) The first white tun, marked No.l, will be stationed on the extreme point of the "Red Sand," in seven fathoms water, and bear S.W. by W. of the Wangeroog Town. (b.) The second white tun, marked No. 2, will bear W.S.W. W. of the Wangeroog Town. (c.) The third and fourth white tuns, marked severally No. 3 and N 0.4, will be stationed in the place of the tuns, No. 0 and No.l, at present lying on the Middle Plate, but in a different form, and, besides this, the tun No. 3 will be distinguishable by a wing. (d.) The fifth white tun, marked N 0.5, will be stationed near the Mellum Plate, and bear E. S. If the sixth red tun, E. 111. As soon as the New Channel, or Fairway, is pre _ vided with buoys and beacons as above specified, the sta tion of the light-ship, No. 1, will be removed higher up, and in such a manner that from the first white outward lying tun a direct passage may be steered up to it in a S.E. course. The present black G, or eighth tun, will then likewise be removed higher up. IV. The consequence of this alteration in the several positions of the buoys and beacons, the four black tuns, at present lying in the old Weser Channel, namely key A.B. and C., and also the two white tuns, No. I. and No. 11., will be taken up at the above-mentioned time, but the other tuns lying below the light-ship No. 1, will remain in their present position till further notice. When the alterations above specified are finally effected, further particulars will be made known to mariners, but even at the present date, the Chamber of Commerce con siders it its duty to direct the attention of those concerned to the proposed alteration. The Chamber of Commerce, Bremen, Oct. 1. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, Nov. 1. The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of the Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received, through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a despatch from her Majesty's Consul at Alexandria, reporting that vessels arriving in Egypt from ports infected with cholera will be subjected to a quarantine of observa tion of five days.—By other, JAMES BOOTH. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, OCT. 31. Royal Regiment of Artillery—Captain and Brevet. Major John Geddes Walker to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vic e Robe, deceased ; Second Captain Richard Bretton Adair to be Captain, vice Walker; First Lieutenant William Lovelace Dumaresq to be second Captain, vice Adair ; Second Lieutenant Robert Henry Newbolt to be First Lieu tenant, vice Dumaresq, Sept. 22. Corps of Royal Engineers—Second Lieutenant James Ponsonby Cox to be First Lieutenant, vice Hutchinson, deceased, May 14. [This article is substituted for that which appeared in the Gazette of the 14th October.] COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD LIEUTENANTS. James Beaumont Winstanley, Esq., to be Deputy Lieu tenant of the County of Leicester, Aug. 22. Royal North Lincoln Militia—Lieutenant John Golden, jun., to be Captain ; Lieutenant James Green Skipworth, to be Captain ; Lieutenant Francis Rockliffe Pierce to be Captain ; Lieutenant the Lord Worsley to be Captain ; Lieutenant Henry Valentine Grantham to be Captain; Ensign John Graburn to be Lieutenant Ensign Robert Graburn to be Lieutenant ; Ensign Robert John Taylor to be Lieutenant ; Samuel Gordon, M`Dakin, jun., Gent., to be Ensign, Sept. 12. Oxfordshire Regiment of Militia—Ensign Spencer Field, to be Lieutenant, vice Story, retired, Oct. 31. Royal Cumberland Regiment of Militia—Robert Edmond Waters, Esq., to be Lieutenant, July 6 ; John Edward Weston, Esq., to be Captain, Oct. 28. Northumberland Regiment of Militia—Lieut. Walter E•er Gray, to be Captain, Oct. 27. BANKRUPTS. Georg e Winter and James Winter, builders, Hastings, to surrender Nov. 11, at eleven , and Dec. 15, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, , °Mc' 1 ' Colem'an street-buildincr,3 • M arten, Com mercial-cham b ers , „ , Thomas, and H , ollams Com- Micah Mincing-lane. Mellor, innkeeper, Clare, Suffolk, Nov. 11 at twelve, n oad ov. 15 at Johnson, fa c i al one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. and Mars ~, 3a , , i s sigliee, Basinghall-street ; Reed, Lang ford, and Riduge, day-street. and tail or De c, g, and woollen draper, Exeter, Nov. 9, at eleven, , officio ", at one, at the xeter District Court. Hirtzell Charles Smith, i assignee, Exeter; Turner, Exeter. victualler Victoria-road, Nov. 12, and Dfficial assi gne ec. 16, at 12,e, at _ ioi tall,s.nCoi;rt a Bankruptcy. Pennell, i curt ; Ware, Blackman street. Wm. Tweddle, soap boiler, Liverpool, Nov. 16 and Dec. s;at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Morgan, official assignee, Liverpool ; Pemberton, LivedaerVrllly.e Works, Dud- John oberts, wire drawer, Tivi ley, Nov. 14 and Dec. 5, at ten, at the irmingham Dis trict Court. Whitmore, official assi gnee, Distric,tNv. Court.ll Bolton, Wolverhampton, and Hodgson, Br BYmingham ; Thomas Avison, stone merchant, late of 4.. ii l lau " and Dec. 9, at eleven, at the Leeds Y•ting, official assignee, Leeds - Clarke, Leeds. Gregory Barrett, sen., and dregory Barrett, jun., car pet manufacturers , Kidd erminster, No v. 15 , and Dec.l3, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham ; Talbot, and Saunders and Son, Kidderminster; Motteram and Knight, Birmingham. Henry Holt, silversmith, Birmingham, Nov. 13, and. Dec. 5, at ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Chris tie, official assignee, Bi rm i n gham ; Partridge, Birmingham. John Bywater, t ailor, Nottingham, Nov. 11, and Doc. 9, at ten, at the Nottingham D istrict Court. Harris, official assignee, Nottingham ~ Shilton and Son, Notting ham. James Alcock and Richard Bell, auctioneers, Longton, Staffordshire, Nov. 16, and Dec. 14, at eleven, at the Bir mingham District Court. Bittleston, official assignee, Birmingham; Taylor, Finsbury-square; Motteram and Knight, Birmingham. James Andrew Howard and Jonathan Howard, joiners and builders, Hollinwood, Lancaster, Nov. -14' and Dqc. 1 GAME IN THE ARCTIC .REGIONS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin, —Thinking it more than probable that a return of the quantity of game, &c., killed in the Arctic Re gions by Captain M'Clure, Lieut.-Cresswell and a por tion of the crew of her Majesty's ship the Investigator, when discovering the North-west Passage, in search of Sir John Franklin, may be interesting to the public, I herewith send you a copy of the official return, as pre sented to me as president of the Soooting- and Fishing Quarters Registry, &c., by Captain Hamilton, of the Admiralty. The return extends from the Ist of Oct., 1850, to the Bth of April, 1853, although the principal part was killed during the spring of this year : Number Average Total killed. weight each. weight. .. 7 ... 278 lbs. ... 1,945 lbs. .. 110 ~. 70 ... 7,716 .. 169 ... 6 .. 1,014 . 486 ... not weighed . 198 ... Musk-ox Deer Hares. ..... Grouse Ducks 17 Geese 29 ... Wolves • Bears 4 ... „ Total head killed 1,005 I was informed by Captain Hamilton that the size o, the musk-ox varied considerably, but the deer that were killed did not vary in size so much. The deer were found to be very fat, although their principal food merely consisted of the' herbage which was obtained from a small tree called the dwarf willow. As the crew only kept, as it were, on the ridges of the sea no other food was observable, but there is no doubt the deer found an abundance of food further up the country. They were very wild, and the gunners had to display great precaution in shooting them. The manner in which the crew got within gun-shot was this ; they secreted themselves in various parts of the ravines, or behind the sand hills, and listened with breathless sil ence-until they heard the deer tap the snow off the wil low with their feet in order to eat the herbage. When the air was frosty, and the weather calm, this tapping could be heard at a distance of about 200 yards, and by listening and observing minutely the gunner easily de tected the position in which his prey was located. As soon as this was correctly ascertained a person was sent a considerable distance round the deer, and a slight noise having been made at their back they immediately ran off—probably past the gunner. It was in such instances where the chances of " a kill " occurred. One hundred and ten deer was thus killed, and as they will run long distances after receiving wounds, it is fair to suppose that many more would have be se cured if the crew had been accompanied with a. brace or more of deerhounds. The grouse, I was informed, were not so wild as might have been expected ; but the wild fowl were somewhat wilder than those usually found in Ireland and Scotland. The musk ox was found to be a very ferocious animal, and great danger necessarily attended the attacks. They were easily approached, and when wounded they ran headlong at the gunner. One of the crew had a very narrow l escape from being torn to pieces. He had fired one charge without its taking effect, and having no more ammunition with him he luckily fired his iron ramrod at the infuriated beast, and dropped him life less just as the animal was about to make the attack. If the expedition had had an opportunity of going further up the country, away from the sea, there is no doubt but thousands of game would have been killed. There is no mention in any of the dispatches received at the Admiralty of the existence of either the snipe or woodcock ; but in a country in which large flocks of descripti on swarm, t h ere are certa i n t w o il b d e f b o o w t l h ow oodcocks every and snipes, and in all probability a species of pheasant might have been found higher up in the woods. When gold was discovered in distant colonies, the announcement was startling, but not more so than the fact of the discovery of a country in the Arctic re gions, containing fine green valleys, intersected with noble rivers ; extensive plains, lakes, woods, and parts of the earth covered with simple, but lovely wild flowers An uninhabited country like this is almost sure to . contain wild beasts of prey ; but when we learn that it abounds with that description of game which is to be met with on the moors of Scotland and certain parts of England and the Continent, our surmise naturally be comes excited. The naturalist, however, can only i ma . gine and admire the wild beauties of that country, w hi ch presents so many opportunities for studying the works of Divine Providence. If Sir John Franklin has ever reached this distant part of the globe, great hopes may reasonably be enter tained of his safety, as it is not very probable that man kind could ever want in so rich a land, evidently posses. sing everything that nature can desire.--4 have the honour to be, sir, your obedient servant, HENRY MARSHALL. Thorpe Hall, Oct. 23, 1853. P.S. I have forwarded such partioulars of Captain Hamilton's communication as may be interesting to naturalists and sportsmen, to the Shooting and Fishing Quarters Registry, &c., Pall-Mall, in order that those interested may have an opportunity of carefully perusing the details in connection with the praiseworthy adven tures of Captain M'Clure and his daring crew. A PROMPT CAPTURE.--On Wednesday morning Mr. Richard Beswick, chief superintendent of police at Man chester, rece i ve d a l etter f rom M r. Felix O'Neil, a super intendent of police at Dublin, informing him that Thomas M‘Grane had absconded from that city with a large sum of money, and that he was not unlikely to visit Manches ter. Mr. Beswick immediately sent M'Donald and ano ther constable of the detective force to the Liverpool railway station, to wait for the arrival of the train from that town. The train came in, and with it M`Grane, who, to his great surprise, was instantly apprehended and marchea off to the police station, where he was officially informed of his misde e d s . Taken quite aback by the sudden termination to his flight, he confessed his guilt, and produced two bags, one containing gold to the amount of 1251., and the other silver to the amount of Si. He was sent back the sam e evening to Dublin, where the charges against him will be investigated. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, _NOVEM-BER 1, 1 B_s 3. 13, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Fraser, official assignee, Manchester; Cobbett and Wheeler, Man chester. John Hammond Bell, hosier, Manchester, Nov. 14, and Dec. 5, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Pott, official assignee, Manchester; Sale, Worthington, and Shipman, Manchester. Robert Jeffrey, coa ch-builder, Gray's-inn-road, Nov. 11, at half-past twelve, and Dec. 13, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-buildings; Donaldson Southampton-street, Bloomsbury-square. Lionel Goldsmith, merchant, Queen-street, Cheapside, Nov. 11, at half-past one, and Dec. 16, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Guildhall chambers ; Reed, Langford, and Marsden, Friday-street. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current of this day.) SIGAIL—To. day West India Sugar was held for previous prices, the quantity on offer not being equal to last week , but refining and grocery sorts were operated in with cau tion. At auction, Barbadoes went rather cheaper ; fine yellow at 37s 6d to 38s 6d, middling to good 34s 6d to 375, and low 32s 6d to 34s ; 22 tierces and 7 barrels Demerara crystallized sold at 35s to 37s 6d for ord to mid yel o low.. REFINED.—To-day refined sugar at a further reduction, stillthe ho wasme not demand tradetobe bta obtained not better—brown lumps are 44s to 445 6 d , and low to fin e grocery 44s 6d to 47s per cwt. Crush ed su g ar met with little notice for shipping, and easier rat es a ccepted for British and foreign. MAIIRITITIS.—This afternoon Mauritius sugar was only in limited request, andin most cases the rates taken were 26 to 27 b t bags were per cwt ender those of Friday. At auction 3,500 were sold—low brown at s s, e ter sorts 27s 6d to 31s 6d, low to mid yellow 32s o 34s r and good 31s 6d to 35s 6d per cwt. EAST INDIES. — This afternoon white Benares met with a limited demand, and at auction 800 bags went at barely previous prices ; ordinary to good at 36s to 38s per cwt. In other sorts of Bengal little done privately, and sales can easily be made at previous rates. TEA.—In congou extensive purchases have been made by home dealers, and large speculative contracts have been concluded ; prices are still advancing, and rule 1d to 14(1 per lb above those current two weeks back. They closed to-day foz low to good ord at is Oid to is Id, rather black ish leaf to blackish blackish Is lid to is 20, strong to Pekoe sorts is 3d to 2s 4d, and fine new crop 2s 6d to 2s 7d. The qualities from is 2d to is 8d most in request. In green tea the increase in operations is considerable, both for con sumption and speculative purposes ; prices are also on the advance for all sorts. COFFEE.—To-day holders of plantation Ceylon displayed firmness, and offered none at public sale. Privately several parcels were disposed of at full rates to a small advance for coloury. Native is much wanted at 45s for good, and at which there are no sellers. At auction 250 bags were partly disposed of at 455. for real good ordinary unclean. There is a better demand for Foreign Coffee, and the par cels of Brazil and Costa Rica sold privately were at full prices. Mocha continues to attract little notice, still sales are not pressed. SPIRITS.—To-day brandy was less in request, and Cognac best brands of the vintage of 1851 can be obtained at 8s 5d to 8s 7d per gallon. For rum the market is inac tive, proof leeward at 2s 7d to 2s Bd, East India 2s 7d, and Demerara at 3s 6d to 3s lld for 32 to 42 per cent. over proof. TALLOW.—There hasbeeu a further decrease in operations in Russian for all purposes, and prices compared with this day week show a decline of Is 6d to 2s per cwt. Transac tions have been limited 56s 9d to 575 on the spot, for first sort P.Y.C., at 56s to 56s 3d for delivery up to the close of the year ; and 57s to 57s 3d for spring months. Town tallow is not more plentiful, still prices declined and rule at 58s cash. Other sorts of Tallow aro cheaper by is 6d, and transactions OlLS.—Transactions in Seal have decreased, and there is a decline ; pale selling at 371 lOs to 381 10s, straw and tinged 341 to 361105, and dark 331 to 341 per tun. The market has assumed a quiet appearance for Cod, 3115 s to 341 10s, accepted being a decline. The value of low to fine southern is 391 to 421, and stock is still in secend. hands. Sperm attracts little notice, and prices incline downwards. COURSE OF EXCHANGE-MIS DAY. Amsterdam ............ 11 15 'O'b-sitar ........ .... Ditto, three months .. 11 16% Leghorn .. 30 10 Rotterdam ...... • . .... 11 17 Genoa .. .. •• .. 25 50 Antwerp .............. 25 27% Milan .. Brussels ........ 25 27% Venice .... Flamburgh ............ T 3 6% Naples .... .••• • . • . 42 Altona ................ • Palermo .. . • 125% Paris ........ •• • • .... 25 2% Messina 125% Ditto, throe months •• 25 3 4 ) !Lisbon .• • . 53 Marseilles. • • .. .. 25 32% !Oporto . • .... 53% Bourdeaux ............ !Rio Janeiro ... . Frankfort-on-Blaine .... 119%;Buenos Ayres...... .. Berlin ................ INew York, 60 days' sight Vienna .. • • ............ 11 30 Philadelph la ........ Trieste ............ ••..11 32 t PRICES 0; B - 13 . 1.1.1 . 0 N . : .I`:ER 02. Petersburgh.. •• •• .. .. .. 37% Foreign Gold in Bars £3 17 9 Madrid ................ 53 Portugal Gold Coin OO o Cadiz.................. 504 Mexican Dollars 0 0 0 8arce10na.............. New Dollars 0 0 0 Seville ...........'..... Silver In bars .. 0 0 0 DISCOVERY OF TILE NORTH-WEST PASSAGE. TESTIMONIAL TO LIEUT. CRESSWELL, R.N. ( Abridged from the Lynn Advertiser.) It is not detracting from the well-earned laurels of Lieut. Cresswell to say that to him the discovery of the north westhono n p r a a s n sa d g g e o r o . t d se f lf ort i u s n n e o u t nd to oub b t e ed ll y sc b ri e b lo ed ng . g s reat honour M'Clure ' as commander of the vessel, and his claims to dis tinction for such service have already been acknowledged by a deserved promotion. But a large share in the dis covery is due to our gallant townsman, as one of the most active participators in the explorations ; and what is still more to the purpose, he is the only m an , o f all those who h a ve ventured their ives in the enterprise, who has com pletely accomplished the circuit of communication, by passing from one ocean to the other, and thence returning to his native country, as the confidential messenger of his superior officer, and bearing full details of the progress of the expeditions. In his case we have not as yet the satis faction of recording, as in that of Captains Inglefield and M'Clure, an official demonstration of the national grati tude ; and this a further and more cogent reason why such a humble tribute of congratulation and esteem as can be offered by a provincial town, not distantly connected with the greatest naval hero England ever produced, should not, be withheld. Conceiving that the share taken by Lieut. Cresswell in the events connected with the Arctic Expeditions to which we have referred, must reflect, through him, no little honour on his native town, we have noted with much satisfaction the rapid growth of public interest in the sub ject. Perhaps in reference to no single event has there been a more complete unanimity of feeling amongst our • townsmen than has spontaneously manifested itself in the desire to render fitting honour to the subject of these remarks. The discussion by the Town Council of the mode of ex pressing their congratulations resulted in the adoption of an address, in lien of the ancient compliment of presenting the " freedom of the borough," now rendered impracticable by a provision of the Municipal Corporations Reform Act. The substitution is not one which need cause any regret, the honour conferred by the address being quite equal to that of the " freedom " and far more significant and ex pressive of the intentions of the presenters. The inhabi tants generally, independent of their local legislative coun cil, having at first determined on a separate congratulatory demonstration, some fears were excited, in consequence of the great variety of means suggested, that the attempt to crowd together too many forms of compliment, would tend to deteriorate the whole procedure ; but this was obviated. by the committee of inhabitants having ultimately deter mined, in addition to the provision of a public banquet, to concur in the same address which had previously been agreed to by the Town Council. The address then be came that of " the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses," and by this obviously desirable unanimit y, additional prestige was imparted to the occasion. The day selected for the demonstration was Wednesday last, the third anniversary (as appears by an entry in Com mander AP Cl u re's log) of the ascertainmen t of the existence of the north-west passage. The scene chosen was the Town hall, which, though sadly deficient in area, was the largest available building, as well as the most appropriate, from its ancient official connection with the public business and interests of the inhabitant. On the doors being opened a dense crowd rushed in, and soon occupied every available inch of space. The north end of the hall was almost completely covered by flags, gracefully displayed—conspicuous in the centre being the national standard of old England. Theie were surrounded and relieved by laurels arranged in wreaths, Ste. The lowen portion beneath the flags was covered with festooned scarlet and white drapery, in the centre of which were placed the initials " S. G. C.," constructed in dahlia flowers of various colours, surmounted by a large laurel wreath, having in its centre a handsome bouquet. Amongst the ladies present were the mother of Lieut. Cresswell and the Hon. Mrs. Frank Cresswell, And by far the greater number of the ladies of the town. At three o'clock the Mayor entered in his robe, preceded by the sword and mace bearers, bearing the regalia, and accompanied by Lieutenant Cresswell in his uniform, Lord Stanley, Admiral Sir Edward Parry, F. Cresswell, Esq., M. J. West, Esq., Recorder, the Aldermen, the Town Councillors, the Town Clerk, and the Treasurer. The Mayor took his seat in the centre of the raised platform, havinc , Lieutenant Cresswell and Admiral Sir E. P arr y on his right e hand, and Lord Stanley on his left. The hall was densely crowded in every part, and the utmost excitement and enthusiasm appeared to prevail. The MAYOR rose, and taking the address in his hand, said—Lieut. Gurney Cresswell, I am requested by the cor poration of this borough, and by the inhabitants assembled. in this hall, to present to you this joint address, and to con vey to you their sincere and heartfelt congratulations on your safe return to your native country, and upon the suc cessful termination to your late arduous and protracted voyage through the Arctic regions. Sir, since the time when the gallant Parry first steered his barque into those icy regions, ship after ship, and expedition after expedition, have left the shores of this and other countries, all eagerly bent upon, all jealously alive to the hon our o f , first disco vering the north-west passage. We, as Englishmen, feel proud to think that upon an English ship, and upon Bri tish seamen, has this great honour at last fallen. Sir, I say as Englishmen we feel justly proud of this ; but we in this hall assembled have another occasion for joy and pride. We feel proud to think that a fello w-townsman of our own held a rank in that gallant band which, amdist dangers the most appalling, amidst difficulties the most unparalleled, achieved this great work, solved the great problem of a north-west passage, added another triumph to the British navy, and encircled another wreath of unfading brightness, another wreath of imperishable glory around the flag of England. (Cheers.) Sir, this ancient borough boasts many bright pages in her history. Kings have revelled at her board, and in our regalia we point to the gifts of some of her earliest monarchs. Many of the best and bravest heroes of England stand numbered amongst our freemen. These are bright spots in her history ; henceforth one of its brightest pages shall be that one of her sons went forth on this great enterprise, that, having faced difficulties unparalleled, after three years passed in those dreary regions, and when hope was almost extinct in the breasts of even the most sanguine amongst us, he was the first to retur n t o th e shores of old England, to gladden the hearts of his friends, and spread the glad, but startling news, that at length the great question was successfully determined. Sir, we con gratulate you upon these things, and we rejoice to think such great duties have fallen to your lot, and that you have so ably and efficiently performed them. And now, sir, allow me to say, all youa fellow townsmen—l may say more than that, one and all in this vast assembly greet your return with affectionate delight. (Applause.) Long may you live to be an ornament to your profession ; and whilst you receive the weighty and well-merited honours of the state, we trust you will not the less value and esteem the simple and heartfelt offering of your fellow townsmen. I shall now call upon the Town Clerk to read the address ; and allow me to say I feel highly honoured at being made the medium of its presentation. (Loud applause.) • The TOWN CLERK then read the address which was en grossed on a sheet of fine vellum, having attached to it by a golden cord and tassel a gilt impression of the corporate seal. The MAYOR having presented the address, Lieut. CRESSWELL received it with a profound bow, and replied in the following terms :—Mr. Mayor and gentle men,—l cannot easily express the feelings of my heart on receiving this address of my fellow townsmen on my re turn to my native land. It is true that I have partaken a most dangerous service since I left England, and have been a follower of Capt. M'Clure in a discovery which sheds honour on his name as a commander, and on the naval power of the country. But my too indulgent fellow towns men over estimate my services, and attribute to me more than I deserve. An ever watchful Providence has pre served me and my shipmates through manifold and great dangers, and has permitted me to be restored to my dear friends and country ; and I trust that the same power will enable me to do my duty wherever I may be called, and that you. Mr. Mayor, and the aldermen and burgesses of this borough, will never have occasion toregret the honour which you have this day bestowed upon me. I have only now to return you my most grateful thanks for your ad dress, and pray that every blessing may attend you.—Ad dressing the ladies assembled in the front rows, he said— Ladies, you have this day conferred on me a very high honour by you presence, more particularly as I have been so long excluded from ladies society. For nearly four years I have been amongst the ice, and I have never had any society at all except now and then a few Esquimaux ladies—(laughter)—and that was only in our voyage out and voyage home. For three years we were excluded en tirely from the whole world, except our little ship and the sixty souls contained therein ; and, therefore, by your presence to-day, I feel that you are conferring upon me a great favour, and I am very proud of the pleasure of seeing you here,—l can say you do me great honour.—l understood it might interest many persons to hear a slight narrative of our voyage. (Hear, hear, and loud applause). Lieut. Cresswell proceeded to give the following narrative, illustrating it by reference to a large chart of the Arctic regions, which had been prepared and suspended in the hall for the purpose. You will understand, ladies and gentlemen, that for many centuries—l may say for the last three centuries—it has been the great endeavour of Eng land to try and discover a shorter route to India by the north-west passage, that is, by forcing a passage f rom th e Atlantic, through Behring's Straits, through Baffin's Ba±, and round the north of America, to India, and that from the time of Henry VIII. expeditions have been continu ally going from England, but have always failed in disco vering the great problem. The first recent expedition was that of Sir John Ross. He sailed round Baffin's Bay, but he did not succeed. He did not think Lancastor Sound was continuous—that is, that it was connected with any sea beyond. Sir Edwd. Parry was the next person who followed. (Cheers-) His discoveries are meat wonderful. He entered from Lancaster Sound, which had never been discovered before, and proceeded in the ships for 900 miles to the westward, where ship had never been before, and arrived at Melvile Island. He went to the western extreme of Melville Island, from whence, to the ex treme point reached by the Investigator, is only a distance of between 60 and 70 miles. So that the north west passage has been discovered, or rather gone over by the ships, with that exception, and travelling parties have gone over the rest of it. I ill now give you Sir John Franklin's expedition. Sir John F. was sent with the same object,—to try and connect Parry's discoveries to those of Cook and Beachey in Behring's Straits, to estab lish the fact of there being a north-west passage. He sailed from England, as you are well aware, in 1845, I be lieve. After that he was not heard of in England. Then it became necessary to search for him. An expedition was sent out under Sir John Ross, in which I served. We Portred tnpToohpoor tracesr c Franklino Leopold. o t e p r w d F . ;ar as and deei then excessively n r e a r W c s hmee ships, st o te round n ex d returned the te d Enterprise c a o b a o s ut t ot , tibltgtfaao te o d a f and Investigator, were ordered to go entirely round Ame rica through Behring's Straits, and try to meet him i n th a t direction. We sailed in Jan. 1850, and after going round America and passing the straits of Magellan, and touching at the Sandwich Islands, we met the ice to the westward of Poiut Barrow. We made our way along this coast with great difficulty, till we got off the mouth of the Mackenzie. The ice on this shoal shore was resting on the shoal, that is, it left just sufficient water between the very shoal water and the ice for us to work along. We so managed to struggle our way along, until we got quite off the Mac kenzie. We there got a little more open sea, and worked towards Banks's Land, which was seen by Sir Edwd. Parry from his winter harbour in Melville Island. W e then stood off some 90 miles till we came to the solid ice, and ran in for the land. We then continued our course s o ihl t y hickto the past the mouth of the Mackenzie river, till we came off reach the n 4-3 o a r t P eh Parry,w ar d of and u s, long wished for Banks's Land of Parry. We shaped our we h e e t n h o t u h g e h t i c w e e not g b h e t i n p g o s s course accordingly for it, and, much to our surprise, after sailing about 20 miles off the coast, we saw land, very fine high land, which we ultimately found to be connected with . the same land, that is, part of the same land which was discovered by Sir Edward Parry. We wintered in this position, and in the summer of the first year, 1850, we managed to get off here. Our autumn travelling parties discovered that this strait was connected with Melville's Strait, and therefore established the fact of there being a north west passage. That established the last link in the chain of the long-sought-for north-west passage, which it fell to our fortune to discover on the 26th October—this very day. In the following year, the summer of 1851, our great object was to push through so as to carry our ship home through the north-west passage. We got some dis tance, and then found the ice ao excessively heavy from the north and eastward that we were obliged to put back. We retraced our way round Discovery Island. On the northern coast of it, we had the greatest difficulty in get ting along. Near that place we were frozen up from the 20th August, 1850, to the sth Sept., and thought, we were frozen up entirely for the winter—in fact, we made all our winter arrangements; but as fortune would have it, it came on to blow a most violent gale off the land. It blew for three days ; and on the fourth the ice opened a little, and after considerable difficulties and dangers we succeeded in getting into Mercy Bay, where we wintered the last two winters, that is, of 1851-2 and 1852-3. I must tell you the ice never broke up in the summer of 1852, and we remained firm and stationary in the bay the whole summer. In the spring of this year (1853) it became absolutely necessary that some of us should desert the ship to save the others from starving. Capt. M'Clnre made arrangements that Lieut. Haswell should go the eastward to try and reach Beachey Island, where'we knew there was succour, for a travelling party who had gone from Melville Island had discovered a notice that had been left by Capt. M'Clintock of Austin's expedition who went out also to search for Sir John Franklin. The plan arranged for deserting the ship was this, that Lieut. Haswell was to go to Beachey Island, and that I with aiwther party was t o go wes t war d t o Prince's Island, whFre there was a depot of provisions, and so make way home through the Mackenzie River by the Hudson's Bay settlement. But providentially we had not to put our plans into execution. On the 6th April, much to our surprise, we saw a travelling party coming to the ship. We no more expected to see this travelling party than to see the sun come down. It was with great plea sure and delight we saw them. Excessive excitement was felt by everybody on board. They brought us news that Capt. Kellett was wintering at Deal Island, and in the autumn of 1852 had picked up the notice which we had left at Melville Island, and that by it he had been guided to our whereabouts, and had sent his travelling party across the island the first thing in the spring. And thus they found us. It was still necessary to abandon the ship, because it was impossible to convey the provisions so far over the ice. I was accordingly ordered by Captain M`Clure to abandon the 'ship, and I went with half the ship's company, and travelled over the ice to Captain Kellett. It was about 170 miles. Captain Kellett wished to send our men on to Beachey Island, where there was another ship stationed, because it was a more accessible position from England. But they were too unwell to go, for 22 out of the 24 men 1 brought out with me had the scurvy. Therefore I volunteered, as I had good health my self, to go on and take the chance of any ship that might come out there, as it was very important that information should be conveyed to England, as soon as possible, appris ing the Admiralty of the safety of the Investigator, because other wise there was no saying what expeditions might have been put forth and what lives might have been perilled in looking for us. I therefore made the best of my way over the ice till we arrived on board the North Star, on the 2d of June last. This was a distance of about 300 miles, or about 500 miles from our ship. I, waited there, of course, till, on the 2d August, Captain luglefield arrived in the Phoenix from England, much to our delight. On the 23d August we sailed from there and made the best of our way home. We had considerable difficulty in getting out of Lancaster Sound. It was full of ice, although it was con sidered a good time for navigation. We, however, got safe home. I must tell you that from our winter quarters in Mercy Bay, from the high land, we could distinctly see Melville Island—the discovery of Parry, with only a strait of ice between the two points whore Sir Edward Parry and Captain M'Clure had been. Captain M`Clure's intention was to remain by the ship, and with half the ship's com pany to attempt to bring her through, if they were con sidered well enough by the medical men. If he gots through be will be home within a few weeks ; if not, he will not be home till next year. Perhaps you would like to hear some thing about our daily arrangements for travelling, as Arctic travelling is rather a novelty. You must be aware that in Arctic travelling you must entirely depend upon your own resources. You have not a single thing to de pend on—no produce of the country, or firewood, or coals, or anything of the sort; and whatever you have to take to sustain you for the journey you must carry or drag. It is found by experience more easy to drag it on sledges than to carry it. The plan we adopt is this : —We have a sledge, generally manned by about six or ten men. We load this with provisions, with tents, and all requisites for travel. ling ; simple cooking utensils, spirits of wine for cooking, &c., &c., and start of. The quantity people can generally drag is about 40 day s ' p rov isions ; that gives about 200 lbs. weight to each. After starting from the ship and travel ling on for a cert a i n num b er of hours generally about 10- or 11—we then encamp for the night, or rather for the day, because it is considered best to travel at night and sleep in -the day, on account of the glare of the sun on the snow. We used to travel all nigh, about 10 hours, and then encamp, light our spirits of wine, put our small kettle on it to thaw the snow water, and after we had our supper— just a piece of pemmican and a glass of water—wo were glad to get in, after smoking our pipes. (Bravo, and laughter.) The first thing we did after pitching the tent was to lay a sort of macintosh cloth over the snow. On this would be a piece of buffalo robe stretched. Each man and officer had a blanket sewed up in the form of a bag, and,this we used to jump into, much the same as you may see a boy in a sack. (Laughter.) We lay down, head and feet, the next person having his feet to my head, and his head to my feet, just the same as herrings in a barrel. (Laughter.) After this we covered ourselves with skins over the whole of us, and the closer we got the better, as there was more warmth. (Laughter.) We lay till the morning, and then the process was the same again. There are perhaps very few present here who are aware, or have read an account, of the wonderful power the ice has upon a vessel, or how easily a vessel may be sunk by it. I will just give you a short account of the Breadalbane going down, if I am not trespassing too much on your time. I must tell you that the Breadalbane was a transport en gaged by Government to go out with stores for the Arctic searching expeditions, and that Captain Inglefield, of the Phoenix, towed her out, when she was at Beechey the very night after I joined the Phoenix. I don't know whether I brought bad luck with me, but so it was. About twelve or one o'clock I heard a great pressure of ice com ing upon the ship. We were at that time made fast to the land - ice about a mile off the land ; the ship was along side of the ice. The floe, or sea ice, which might be 20 or 30 miles extent, was closing upon the land ice, and unless the ship was protected• in some way, the probability was that it would crush her. I was asleep in my cabin at the time, when the first lieutenant came down and said the captain had ordered all hands to be in readiness to desert the ship. I heard the ship's timber creaking and groan ing, and making a most unpleasant noise; but we had ex perienced a great deal of noise in the Investigator, and I had thought nothing of it. I jumped on deck and then saw the ice had . passed us and was going on to the Bread albane. It took the Breadalbane and nipped her. It is generally considered that if a ship is nipped and she rises, the ice getting under her, she is safe ; but if she does not rise, then it is very probable she will be destroyed. In this case the ship rose. I thought, therefore, nothing more about it, and went down to my bed again. The Breadalbane was only about 300 yards from us. About 10 minutes after that, an officer came down and said, " If you want to see the last of the Breadalbane you must get on deck." I jumped up and went on deck, but there was not a vestige of her to be seen. The men had jumped on the ice. This is just the way in which the ship was destroyed by the ice. Ladies and gentlemen, I shall not detain you any longer, as I am afraid I have detained you too long already. (Loud applause).—Three cheers were then given fot Sir EDWD. PARRY, who at once rose and said - Ladies and gentlemen,—lt is now 28 years since I had th e h onour of receiving within these walls the freedom of the ancient borough of Lynn. I can truly say that from that moment ' to this I have never witnessed any occasion which has given me more high delight and gratification than this. (Applause). Yon have before you to-day about the oldest and about the youngest of Arctic navigators. (Applause). And I do assure you from my heart that the feelings of the old Arctic navigator are those of the very highest and most intense gratification he ever experienced in the course of his life. I rejoice to be here to meet and support my deaf young friend as my fellow townsman. I may call him my fellow-townsman, being a freeman myself of your borough. I feel, therefore, the greatest delight and grati fication in being able to come here. I have been delighted with the plain, simple, intelligent, and I must say modest account he has given of himself. Nothing can be more complete and perfect than the summary he has given you, in so short a time, of the Arctic discovery. How little I thought when I stood upon the western part of Melville Island, and discovered Banks's land in the dis tance (we called it 60 miles), that from the cape which I named after many difficulties Cape Providence—that there would in the course of time come a ship the other way to meet me and to be anchored in the Bay of Mercy. I call it a remarkable coincidence I admire the feeling which induced Capt. M'Clure and his companions to give that name to the place which had harboured them under circumstances of such extreme peril. (Loud applause.) Three cheers were then called for and given for Lord Stanley ; three more for the Mayor ; and three more for the Ladies ; and the meeting separated. A dinner was given in the Assembly and Card Rooms in the evening. About 170 persons sat down, under the presidency of the Mayor, who had on his right. Lieutenant Cresswell, the guest of the evening, and Lord Stanley, M.P. ; and on his left D. Gurney, Esq., High Sheriff of the county, Lord Calthorpe, Sir W. B. Yfolkes, &c. After the usual loyal and constitutional toasts had been drunk, the MaYon, gave " The Health of Lieut. Gurney Cresswell." (Great cheering.) Mr. Gurney. Cresswell (continued the Mayor, after a few preliminary observa tions) entered the navy early in life, in February, 1842, on board H.M.S. Agincourt, the flag-ship of Sir Thomas Cochrane, Commander-in-Chief on the East Indiea and China station. In August, 1845, Sir Thomas Cochrane having sent a detachment of boats to destroy the strong holds of some desperate pirates in Mulioodoo Bay, Borneo, Lieut. Cresswell, then a youngster, was selected to steer the Agincourt's gig, Capt. Lyster. The forts, mounting eight and three guns, were defended by a boom of formid able construction, which detained the force for ne ar ly an hour under their fire, and caused a loss to the attacking party of seven men killed and fourteen wounded. For this successful attack Captain Lyster got his post rank. Now, gentlemen, if I recollect rightly, that was a very im portant occasion, and I must add it is creditable to the young officer that he should have been placed in such a try. mg situation. It was. a noble position for a young man. We find, in the following year, he had the honour of serving on Sir Thos. Cochrane's personal staff, at the taking of Bruni and destruction of other piratical forts. He returned to England in the autumn of 1847, when he was immedi ately appointed to the Excellent, gunnery ship, at Ports mouth. He served on board of her until the spring of 1848 when he volunteered for Arctic service, which he has con tinued ever since—five-and-a-half long years passed in those dreary regions. Lieut. Creswell began his career in that service as mate of the Investigator, Capt. Bird, then going out in search of Sir J. Franklin, being one of the ships of Sir J. C. Ross's expedition. The Investigator returnedfrom that unsuccessful search in Nov., 1849. Lieut. Cresswell, hearing that an expedition was likely to be fitted old to search for Sir John Franklin from the Behring's Straits side of America, again volunteered, and was appointed second lieutenant of his old ship the Investigator. The discoveries, dangers, and sufferings of that eventful voy age sire too fresh in the public mind to be repeated here. Gen tlemen, I believe it unnecessary for me to say more about the principal features in - the life of the gentleman before you. As with our Norfolk hero, the earliest years of his life were spent in arduous services. Gentlemen, we Nor folk men boast our Nelson, our Hoste, our Bloye. May our gallant townsman tread in their footsteps; and if the country should require again our gallant townsman'sassist ance, may he add another bright link to the long chain of Norfolk heroes. Gentlemen, I will now propose to you the health of Lieut. Gurney Cresswell. (Loud cheers.) Lieut. CRESSWELL, on rising, was greeted with a con tinuous storm of cheering. He said—Gentlemen, I beg to return thanks for the high honour which has been con- ferred on me by the cordial manner in which my health heard of the Investigator. I can truly say that for many has been drunk, and for the hearty cheers you have given months I scarcely dared to write to my dear friend here, me. I wish to impress upon you, gentlemen, that it is although we have been in constant correspondence. I only more owing to circumstances than to any merits of my own mention this to show what was my anxiety, knowing what that I stand here in the honourable position in which Ido the danger was. I waited his return as anxiously as if he to-day. I may say perhaps that lam the child of fortune. were a son of my own ; and, therefore, you may imagine Fortune has thrown me through the north-west passage, the joy with which I heard of the young man's return. and here lam to reap to a certain extent the honours and These, I think you will say, are good reasons why I have benefits to which certainly Captain M'Clure and the offs- a right to feel a deep interest in the results of this expedi cers engaged in. the ship are entitled. I wish they were tion. Ido most heartily congratulate the town of Lynn only here to partakeaef them. (Applause.) It has been upon having a young man belonging to it engaged in such my good fortune to be the only one of the ship's company exploits ; and Ido think, that in doing honour to him you present. I only regret that Capt. M'Clure and the rest of have done the greatest possible honour to yourselves. the officers are unable to be in the country with me. Gen- (Applause.) While we are rejoicing over the return of tlemen, whilst in the Arctic regions, during the three our friend, and the probable return of his shipmates, we dreary winters I was out there, I always anticipated a cannot but turn to that which is not a matter of rejoicing, warm and hearty welcome on returning to my native but rather a matter of sorrow and regret, that there has land, and particularly my own county, and more particu- not been found a single token of our dear, long-lost larly my own town. (Cheers.) But, gentlemen, I never Franklin and his companions. Not only has that been expected such a warm and hearty welcome as I have been the case in the expedition in which Lieut. Gurney Cress so much honoured this evening by receiving. I must also well has been engaged, but I understand it to be the case say I feel particularly proud of being a Norfolk man, al- with Sir Edward Belcher, who has gone up the Wel though I follow at a very great, and I may even say im- lington inlet, where I certainly thought traces must be measureable distance, after the great men the Major men- found, because at Beechy Island we knew Franklin passed tioned just now. But I cannot help feeling a pride within the first winter when he went out. There we found three my heart when I remember that I belong to the same graves of his men, and that is, up to the present moment, county which produced tho se grea t h eroes . (Applause.) the only token whatever we have received of him. Ido You are probably aware that two years or eighteen months consider it a most mysterious thing, and I have thought of before I left the ship, we were obliged to be upon a very it as much as anybody. I can form but a single idea as to short and scanty allowance of provisions. This was very the probable fate of Franklin. I do not agree with our trying ; and therefore the contrast which the tables pre- friend Gurney Cresswell about the probabilityof both ships sent to-day is as great a contrast as could possibly be. having gone down and nothing been seen of them, because, (Laughter.) After being engaged in a three yeard - search although it is true that nothing might be seen of the ships for Sir John Franklin, of course it is with deep regret themselves, Ido not believe the crewswould allhave perished that lam obliged to return to my native country with- at one moment. I think there is that stuff and stamina out being able to bring with me any certain tidings con- in 120 Englishmen that, somehow or other, they would nected with his fate. You are probably aware from the have maintained themselves, as well as a parcel of Esqui incident mentioned to-day respecting the destruction of maux would. They would have found the Esquimaux, the Breadalbane how very easily a ship may be crushed in and there would have been something like a trace of them the ice and sunk. That may probably have been the fate if they had been on earth. The only thing which I can of Franklin's ships • but there are many other modes in sugges t i s thi s . W e lli ng t on St ra it was di scovere d b y my which a ship may be destroyed so that no remains of it self on the expedition I spoke of. It is a large opening may be found. Many who are present may wish to know from Lancaster Sound. When I was going westward from what is my opinion (as I have been so nearly connected with Melville Island, we saw Wellington Straits perfectly free Arctic expeditions) as to the fate of Sir John Franklin. I from ice, and so I marked it on my chart. It was not my do not think that, because ships are missed, it is at all ne- business to go north as long as I could get west, and there cessary that anything should be found of them. Gentle- fore we ran past and did not examine it. But it has al men, I must apologise for having detained you so long, but ways been a favourite idea of those who imagined the I cannot sit down without expressing my fervent hope that north-west passage was to be easily made by going north. to'wha,tever services I may be called, whether it be to fight That we know was the favourite idea of Franklin, and we my country's battles, or in more pacific services connected know he did intend, if he could not get westward, to go with science, or to whatever I may be called, I may not up Wellington Channel. We have it from his own lips. give my fellow-townsmen and the gentlemen who have My belief is still that after the first winter he did go up come from afar to do me such high honour to day, any that Channel, and that having steam power (which I had cause of regret for their kindness. (Applause.) Mr. not in my time), it is possible he may have gone up in a Mayor, I must again tell you how highly complimented I favourable season. For you cannot imagine anything more feel by the handsome manner in which you have proposed different than a favourable and an unfavourable season in my health, and by the very flattering speech you made to ' those regions. You cannot imagine the changes that take that toast. I also must express to the gentlemen present, place in the ice there. I have been myself sometimes beset and particularly to those'who have come from a distance, for two or three days together by the ice, in such a way my gratitude to them for having honoured me this day th a t f ro m the mas th ea d I could not see sufficient water to with aheir presence. (Loud applause.) float that bottle in; and in 24 hours there was not a bit The MAYOR then proposed, in succession, the healths of ice to be seen,—nobody could tell why,—l cannot tell of " The High Sheriff,' " The Lord High Steward and the why ; and you might have saileq about as you may in your Corporation of King's Lynn," " The Recorder of the own river, as far as ice is concerned. Therefore in a fa- Borough," "The Lord Lieutenant," and afterwards "The vourable season he may have gone up that inlet, and may health of Sir E. Parry." by the power of steam and favourable circumstances have • Sir E. PARRY rose to return thanks, and was received got so far to the north-west that in an ordinary season he with the most enthusiastic cheering, the whole of the corn- could not got back again, And those who knew Franklin pauy rising to do honour to the veteran Arctic hero. He know this—that he would push on year after year so long rising to respond to the toast you have now drunk, as his provisions lasted. Nothing could stop him. He I can truly say that the occasion on which we are now as- was not a man to look if he believed the thing was stilL sembled is to me one of almost deeper interest than I have possible. He may have got beyond the reach of our search ever experienced in my life. It is not because of the nurn- ing parties, for Sir Edward Belcher has not been able to ber and respectability, of the gentlemen before whom I now get far up, and we have not been able to got the investiga stand, although I can assure you that as their invited guest tion completed. In speaking of Franklin every one will Ido feel this a true honour and a real privilege. (Cheers.) feel sorrow for his probable fate. My dear friend Franklin' It is not even because of the cordiality—oh, Mr. Mayor, was 60 years old when he left this country ; and I shall much more than cordiality—l wish I had a stronger word never forget the zeal, the almost youthful enthusiasm, with which to express it—wherewith you have been kind with which that man entered upon that expedition. Lord enough to drink my health, although Ido assure you I Haddington, who was then first Lord of the Ad uiralty, esteem it a very high honour, upon which I reckoned very sent for me, and said, " I see, by looking at the list, that greatly, and for which I now desire to tender you my most Franklin is 60 years old ;do you think we ought to let him grateful acknowledgments. But, gentlemen, it is not these go?" I said "He is a fitter man to go than any I know ; things which to me constitute the interest of this occasion. and if you don't let him go, the man will die of disappoint- I say, these are every-day occurrences ; these are common- ment." He did go, and has been gone eight years ; and place things. On such occasions and at such dinners, therefore I leave to yourselves to consider what is the healths are given, toasts are drunk, speeches are made, and probability of the life of that excellent and valuable so on ; but, gentlemen, the occasion on which we are now man. In the whole course of my experience, I have never assembled, I maintain, is no common-place one ;itis no known a man like Franklin. I 'did not say it because every-day occurrence.. We have met this day on an occa- he is dead—upon the principle de ntortuis nil nisi bonunt, sion which I think may well be recorded in all our memo- but I never knew a man in whom different qualities ries as one of the most remarkable occasions of our lives, were so remarkably combined. In my dear friend whether among our _young friends who are present or the Franklin, with all the tenderness of heart of a simple older ones. We have met to do honour to officers and men child, there was all the greatness and magnanimity of belonging to her Majesty's navy, who have achieved an ex- a hero. It is recorded of that man that he would not even ploit of no ordinary _character, and in which our distin- kill a mosquito that was stinging him ; but whether that ,guished young friend, Mr: Gurney Cresswell, has happily be true or not, it is a true type of the tenderness of that borne so eminent a part. (Applause.) And, gentlemen, I man's heart. I cannot sit down without alluding to an am sure that you will not appreciate it the less because the other circumstance which must cast a gloom over that exploit which we commemorate this day is one of peace. which would otherwise be a matter of rejoicing, and that (Applause.) You will not value it the less highly because it is the fate of that gallant and most distinguished young has not been stained by bloodshed—(hear, hear)—you will Frenchman, Lieut. Bellot. I am sure I trust England not, I say, appreciate it at a lower value because it has will be ready to do justice to the magnanimity which led not been accompanied by the slaughter of thousands or by that young man on two occasions as a foreigner to enter the misery and the pangs and woes of tens of thou- into our own service without pay, without emolument, sands of bereaved widows an d de s tit u t e orphans. lam without anything but humanity pressing upon his heart, convinced that you do not appreciate it the less because to go forth in search of our lost hero. (Applause.) Gen the exploit which we recor d thi s d ay i n d o i ng h onour t o tlemen, when I was leaving home yesterday morning, it our friend who has been engaged in it is one, essentially, occurred to me that I could bring to you and show you of a peaceful characte r . Now, gentlemen, we know that (as every reminiscence, every memento of such a man is you have shewn honour on this occasion to your young valuable), a turnscrew he sent to me, poor dear fellow ! townsman, who has been so happily engaged in the service of just before he left England, the handle being made of one his country ; but there are things connected with it which of the boats of my old ship' the Fury, which, after 1 think make the interest I feel i,n it even greater than that lying there 26 years, Bellot picked up on Fury Beach. which you Can possibly experience. There a r e man y thi ngs H e sen t me that little thing as a memento, and in which I feel an interest in common with yourselves, but it will be handed down as a heirloom to my there are circumstances in which, perhaps, it may almost be naval son, who, I hope, will value it as I do. But I will said that I stand alone, at least, in this great assembly. no t d e t a i n you l onger. I h ope you will pardon the loqua (Hear, hear.) In the first place, I spent many of the best city of an old, old Arctic voyager. (Applause). I must years of my own life in services similar to that in which say that when I hear those stories, as I beard this morn- Lieut. Gurney Cresswell has been engaged. It is now 35 ing, and as I read them, of what has been performed, the years since I commenced upon the same field of labour, way in which the last link of the north-west passage has and it is 31 years since it pleased God to permit me with been discovered—that to which I devoted the best years two of our ships to penetrate to the western end of Mel- of my life,—if rekindles in my bosom all the ardour of en ville Island. That, I was permitted to accomplish in a terprise, aye, and much of the vigour of youth. (Loud single season ; and, considering the nature of that enter- applause.) I will just say that the only thing I regret in prise, there is no doubt I had a favourable season, and was coming here to-day is this simple fact, that we have been very much favoured in doing it, because until, the year o bli ge d t o d es i gna t e our d ean young f r i en d b y th e name o f 1852, from tho time I speak of in 1819, although several Lieutenant Cresswell. (Hear, hear.) I know not any efforts have been made, no one has ever reached within 300 thing of the intentions of the Admiralty ; but I will say or 400 miles of the same spot. Whilst this was going on, this, that Ido not believe the Admiralty of Great Britain the north coast of America, from Behring's Straits, was can possibly refuse to give promotion to the first man who, being surveyed by several accomplished Arctic travellers. since the world began, has ever traversed the north-west We have in the list our dear friend Franklin, Richardson, passage. (Loud and continued cheers.) and Deedes, and Simpson, and Wray, and Beechey, an d Th e V ICE- C HAIRMAN gave the next toast, " Capt. Pullen, andHoopera and perhaps one or two others whom M c. Cl are, w ith t h ree hearty cheers, in the hope and ex- I have forgotten. But you see there is a long list of gal- pectation of his happy return with the whole of his crew lant nautical men engaged in surveying that part of the in 1853," and his brother officers of the Investigator. coasts of America," which you see before you on the chart. Li eut. C RESSWELL sa id it devolved upon him as the So that in point. f fact, when I reached the western extre- only representative of the captain and officers of the Inves mity of Melville Island, and saw Banks's land 60 miles tigator to return thanks for the honour done them by the from it, which is laid down i n m y c h ar t o f that day, there toast. He only regretted Captain M'Clure could not be then remained a considerable portion from the continent present himself to receive so high a mark of honour from upwards to that point yet to be explored. Our dear young so large an assembly, No doubt that on his return to friend has had the privilege of accomplishing that—(ap England he would receive all the honours which he richly plause)—and I venture to say that there is no portion of deserved. (Loud applause). the north-west passage more difficult of accomplishment The MAYOR gave " The health of the members for the than that. I will say, too, that there never has been an Borough of King's Lynn." instance in which so magnificent a navigation has been Lord STANLEY rose to respond, and was received with performed in a single season as was performed by Captain shouts of applause which promised to be of endless duration. M`Clure and his officers. Gentlemen, there is nothing in Silence having at length been restored, his lordship said— Arctic discovery to be compared to that one summer's ex- Mr. Mayor, and gentlemen, I beg to assure you that upon ploit in the year 1852. It is between 900 and 1,000 miles, ordinary occasions lam perfectly well contented with the very nearly 1,000, from Point Ba rrow , w hi c h we consider honour of representing you ; but on the present occasion I any ship may reach in these days —we don't think so much find that I have not only to represent you but also to repro of getting a little into the ice as we formerly did ; but from sent my friend and colleague Lord Jocelyn. I beg to say— Point Barrow along to Cape Parry, f rom whi c h our friend which lam quite sure I may do in his name, althoug struck off in the Investigator, to the island you see there without his authority—that he must deeply regret that —Baring Island—and then upward to the Bay of Mercy, the shortness, I believe the necessary shortness of the where the Investigator, lam afraid, is till this moment notice which was given of this festival should have ren confined, is from 900 to 1,000 miles ; and I assure you, tiered his attendance here absolutely impossible. And from the experience I have had of the navigation of those now, gentlemen, turning from this vicarious duty, allow seas, it is a most marvellous navigation to accomplish. me to offer you my heartful thanks for the kind and cora I believe no man can tell more of the difficulty of it dial welcome wnich Ihavereceived from you--a welcome for than I can—and I repeat that there has been nothing in which however little I may have done to deserve it, I con the whole course of Arctic discovery equal to that which fess that my past experience of Lynn had not left me Captain M'Clure and his companions accomplished. The wholly unprepared. (Applause.) Gentlemen, one word of exploit then comes to this, that by this gallant achieve- myself, and then I shall pass from that subject. When I ment the existence of the whole of the north-west passage first had the honour of coming among you, very nearly has been ascertained beyond a doubt ; and it is a curious five years ago, I recollect that I made you two promises. circumstance that Captain M'Clure should just have been I told you that you had not anything very brilliant to ex enabled to reach from the westward to the Bay of Mercy, pect from me in the way of parliamentary performance. which is, in point of fact, upon the ver y l an d I saw in No man can answer for himself in that line, because no coming from the eastward, but could not reach, so that man knowswhat the House of Commons is until he has tried there we are met within 60 miles, and I only hope that the it. I did promise you that so far as in me lay I would en crownina triumph of getting completely through may be d eavour to promote t h e l oca l i n t eres t s o f thi s b oroug h ; reserve.! for our gallant friend, Captain apo u r e . (Cheers.) and I assured you further that so far as steady and con- It is the only thing I wish to see, in order to crown the ti nued attendance at t h e or di nary l a b our, I m i ght say triumph, not only to our officers, buti to our country, which ordinary drudgery of Parliament was concerned, I would has done so much, and spent so much, and sent forth so endeavour not to be found wanting. (Applause.) Those many gallant men, in order to accomplish this achieve- pledges, gentlemen, I have endeavoured to redeem. It ment. I can hardly tell you with what intense interest I was more owing to accidental circumstances than to any heard of the arrival of our friend. I believe it is impossi- personal qualifications of mine that I chanced to be a mem-, ble for any one here to imagine it. I knew all the ground ber ' although a subordinate member,of an administration; upon which they were going. I knew that at the west b u t in the position which I now occupy, a position with end of Melville Island there was such a barrier of ice as which I assure you lam perfectly satisfied, as a private in rendered it impossible for any man to get through. Inever the ranks, as a plain working man of Parliament, I will saw such at Spitzbergen, The ice was such as I never saw endeavour, I hope I may say Ido endeavour, to spar e n o in that which stopped my progress during two summers. l a b o ur which my health and my strength enable me to You will hear from my friend Gurney Cresswell the na- perform. (Loud applause.) But, gentlemen, I did not tuns of the ice where they were stopped—that it must be come here to-night to receive honours, but to pay them. very much of the same character ; and you may imagine, (Applause.) As an adopted fellow-townsman of yours, therefore, how little probability there is of the ship getting for such you have made me, I cannot feel cold or in out of it. Ido not say she will not cross, because a favour- different to anything. which concerns the-reputation of able season will do a great deal; but when we hear that Lynn. And,—l say it with a full knowledge of your after three days' heavy gale of wind right off the shore, it past history, I say it with a full recollection of your was as much as they could do to crawl along a few hundred honourable antecedents,—l do not believe there has been yards at a time and get into the Bay of Mercy—when you any event, in the course, to say the least of it, of the present see how much three days' gale of wind will do acting upon century, which has conferred and will confer so much re that ice, it proves it must butt against something in the putation upon this borough andits inhabitants as that event north, and be stopped there, and you see how little proba- which we have this day met to celebrate. (Loud applause.) bility there is of the .Investigator getting out. I hope and For that honour we are indebted to a townsman of ours, trust she may. On the other hand I don't fear for the whom lam sorry still to call Lieutenant Cresswell; but I safety of our people there. Happily and providentially an hope I am only anticipating a little if I address him as expedition went out, and Capt. Kellett, with the greatest Captain Cresswell. (Applause.) He has accomplished a possible zeal and activity, has communicated with her, success which is not only gratifying to himself, which is There is a very considerable depot of provisions at Beechy not only to this his native spot, but which will tend in a Island. That was part of the plan ordered by the commit- very sensible degree to augment the naval reputation of tee of which I was a member. So that, humanely speak- this country. He has accomplished a triumph which, asit ing, I really feel that the lives of the gallant men in either has been w e ll remarked, comes to him, not embittered by of these expeditions m a y b e cons id ere d v i r t ua ll y sa f e . I any s i ng l e p a i n f u l or mel anc h o l y rem i niscence, a triumph do not say there will n o t b e casua lti es ; Id o no t sa y th e y no t over man b u t over nature, a triumph w hi c h i n fli cts no will bring all their ships home. Our friend has described injury and which humiliates no enemy, a triumph not for how the Breadalbane went down in the ice. I have seen it this age alone but for posterity, not for England only but myself ; I knowihow a'ship may go like a nut between nut- for mankind. (Cheers.) Gentlemen, at this hour of the crackers, if she gets between the ice, and that may happen night it would be absolutely unpardonable to trespass upon to any one of the ships, or all of them. But at the same your time. (No, no.) Before I sit down I have just one time there they are ; they have provisions ; and it is a word to say, and it is one which I hope you will receive comfortable thing, the feeling that men engaged in such a with pleasure. We commenced the evening very properly gallant achievement are personally safe from harm. That with paying the due and ordinary compliment to the su is one reason why I think I feel a deeper interest in the re- prelate authority of this country, and I think it is not right sult of this expedition than perhaps anybody here present. to close it without paying an equally merited compliment Another reason is this, that I was one of the committee to the supreme authority of this borough. (Hear.) Gentle appointed by the Admiralty to propose the plans for the men, I therefore beg to propose to you the health of one recent expedition, and was therefore personally concerned who needs no panegyric from me,— The Health of your in sending our young friend Cresswell out; so that I did Mayor." (Loud and continued applause.) After a hearty feel upon that point a personal responsibility, though I be- three times three. lieved I had done the best thing that could be done, and The MAYOR returned thanks, and proposed—" The believe it still. It was the best chance of finding our dear Members of the Western Division of the county of Nor friend Franklin, if he was to be found, but still I did feel folk. (Cheers.) a personal responsibility, having taken a part as one of the Mr. BAGGE, M.P., was received with great appl ause . committee to recommend th e pl an w hich was put into He said he regretted exceedingly that none of his colleagues practice. Then give me leav e t o say that there is still were present to return thanks in his place ; but he assured another reason why my interest and anxiety was deep in them that though he might regret it for one reason he did this matter,—and that was that I had no small hand in not for another, which was that he now claimed again the sending out our dear young friend himself. (Applause.) acquaintance of his hon. and gallant friend after many His dear and revered father, who sets before me now, years' absence, during which he had lost sight of him. A knows that we talked it ov er , and I advised him. I said, person who might have made an occasional trip only as " Let the young man go ; I give you the advice I would far as Paris, looked forward with joy to the time when he for my own dear son in the navy. Let him go by all means should again step on the shore of old England ; and if so, if he wishes. We oust not stand upon these points, but what must be the joy of their gallant young friend after let him go where honour and reputation is to be earned." so many years' absence and after such trials as he had un- I need not tell you that Mr. Cresswell was not long in re- dergono. It was a source of sinc er e pleasure not only to spending to that. It was the young man's wish to go, and himself but to his fellow townsmen, of whom he (Mr. go he did. I shall never forget how he hurried through his Bagge) was glad to be one. After the excellent speeches examination to qualify himself for a lieutenancy, and he i they had heard, it would ill become him to address them just got through it. I b e li eve a pass i n g d ay was appointed further than t o congratulate their gallant friend. Long for him, in ea s ie r th a t h e m i g ht reach th e s hip in time to might he be an ornament not only to his service but to his join the expedition. Therefore, I have rather a personal native town. (Applause.) responsibility in it. I must say I did spend many an SIR EDWARD PARRY proposed "Captain Collinson anal anxious day, and not a f ew s l ee pl es s nights, as year after th e o ffi cers and crew of the Enterprise." year, and month after mouth went on, and nothing was The MAYOR--I find a toast entered on the list withOlit RE NM= a name of any proposer attached to it, and I seize the op• portunity because it is one I am proud to offer to you. Gentlemen, we have'drunk the health of our gallant young townsman ; now let us drink that of his father. (Loud applause.)—At the suggestion of Mr. W. Bagge the toast was honoured with three times three. Mr. CRESSWELL said—Mr. Mayor and gentlemen, I am sure I hope that I am fully sensible of the great honours that you have done my son this evening, and lam fully sensible also of the deep sympathy which is felt in this com pany of my situation as a father. (Applause.) It must have been observed byall my friends in this town what deep anxiety both Mrs. Cresswell and myself have suffered. None of our friends dare ask after our dear son ; and I think that our situation has been that which no other parents, perhaps, hereafter will ever experience. Ido not know whether the contrast ha►" struck people here ; but the parents of the other officers of the Investigator, andi o J the other men, have had the opportunity of hearing 1' 1 " they were safe, whilst we, on the contrary, had no oppor tunity of the kind. We were waiting in humble depen dence upon the Divine Providence, and the first intelli gence we heard from our son was from 30 miles from London, saying in those words, " Your prayers are an - , swered ; I am safe at home." I say no other parents ean experience the same overwhelming joy. And what has been the different* in this town ! Instead of my town' men being afraid to talk with me, I have received the cor dial shake of the hand from every man, high and low, Of every class in the town ; and now you have crowned it 11 drinking my health. I return you my most sincere thanks ; I can say no more. (Loud cheers.) • Other complimentary toasts followed. The proceedingO did not terminate until a late hour. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. CUSTOM-HOUSE, OCT. 31. -- ENTERED INWARDS.—The Erindrong, from nar,T becksminde ; Sept r i e , Petersburgh ; Farmer's Delig ' Gijon; Neptunus, H ernosan d ; beneral M‘Doriald, thurst, R.G. ; William, Leer ; Oliveer, Rouen de Sagua, Sagua la Gra n d e • F armer , Santanden• ; Kapelle, Middleburg ; Alerto, Op or t o; Byzantium, - -" 6- anrog ; Mangalore, Drontheim ; Simbeany, Car thager* &c. ; Caroline Susanne, Dantzic ; Carolinda, Cherbourg; Amazone, Riga ; Gratitude, Cronstadt ; William, (It! Mehanee, do. ; Canada, Santa Cruz ; Caroline, St. pets*" burgh ; Mentor, Nantes ; Johanna, St. Petersb talk; Affines, Marseilles; Vergessereinnicht, Wismar; Virde n Hamburgh • Scotia, Stettin ; D u k e , M eme l ; 11°Y George, Geelong ; Fides, Horsen ; Javier, Bilboa. ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING,—The Ficrst, f t) ! Bonwin ; 111, Rostock ; West Lothian, Algoa mandra, Cape of Good Hope ; New Fleece Die ppe ; ! e d 'tanstein, Stettin ; Sir Edward Parry, Adelaide, ; Judo, Sydney. d .CEOCLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO.—The K on,; g Johann, for Fredericksh a ld, & c . ; Wilhelnoine„ ElsiDo C r", and Riga ; Egypt, Demerara ; R ose , B a th urs t, R. G.; New .Fleece, Dieppe ; Nehemiah H a nd, Ri o Janyir°: Britain Prude, Antigua ; Queen Victoria, Syd,34' Kjalmar, Copenhagen. CHRISTIAN SAND, Oct. 21.—The Margrette, from C °. penhagen to London, has put in leaky, and must ai.r, charge. The Peter Bang, from Cronstadt to London, put into Mandal leaky, and must discharge. FISHGUARD, Oct. 28.—The William and Mary, Liverpool to Bristol, which drove ashore on the Good.o - Oct. 20, bas been got off and brought in here. LOWESTOFT, Oct. 31.—The Clementi na , o f D ar tmo 1 1 1 from Carthagena to Newcastle, has p u t i n , ma ki n g I al lc water, having struck upon the Barnard Sand. REVAL, Oct. 21.—The Prospect, Cronstadt to Lon ci'°' which put into Baltic Port previous to Sept. 30, lea bS' hr.s discharged her cargo without damage. NBW YORK, Oct. 19.—The George Nicholas (Hambll barque), from Navy Bay to Cardenas, was fallen in vl o Oct. 8, 40 miles N.E. of S. W. Pass, with nine of the at dead and three s i c k, an d a crew pu t on Ward by Sarah Bridge, arrived at New Orleans. MELBOURNE, Aug, 13.—The Oceanica, from Ho tf t rt Town ; the Eclipse, from Sydney ; the Sybil, from He Town ; and the Uncle Tom, from Melbourne, wen 53 aground on Geelon g B ar y es t er d ay . Th e X ar if a (b g t from New Zealand, ran ashore during a fog in the WeslAr,.. Channel, on the 13th A ugus t, b u t i s expecte d o ff after os' charging part of cargo. fi SIN" , APORE, Sept. 15.—The St a t a , o f Kincardine, - Port Philip to this port, struck on a sunken rock near G: re ° Detached Reef, Aug. 5, bilged, and fell over on her O r board beam ends—crew saved. DUNDEE, Oct. 14.—The Elizabeth (Norwegian scho.ln er , ) , Dramm to this port, was wr ec k e d on th e Ab er t ey S an el . „,°' the night of the 12th Oct.—crew saved, and cargo . I s . ing ashore. The Plymouth (barque) Picton to Boston, foundered sea, Sept. 30, crew saved. The Sagadahoc, of Bath Maine Sister, from Gottenll to Boston, was spoken on the 9th October, in lat. 42 . 114 long. 59 W. ; the master's wife and 14 passengers dc with sickness, and 58 passengers had died from chol' 11 ,'; was supplied with sm a ll s t ores an d o th er necessar i es. , "' the Havre, arrived at New York. COUNTRY .MARKETS. CIiELIIISFORD--OcT. 28. 56 Fine dry samples of wh ea t t o -d ay rea li se d from is f ) 0 per qr. above the quotations of last week, 85s being,• . e ig understand, made in s ome i ns t ances ; b u t i n f er i or par ',9% did not find a ready sale, and barely maintained last we 7 0 prices. Oats is per qr. dearer. Other kinds of spring firm at late rates. Oa Prices to-day were as follow :—Wheat, white, old 65 I to 82s Od, new 66s to 84s ; red, old 58s to 745, new 64i 75s ; barley, 33s to 30 - 8; chevalier, 378 to 468 ; grin 01„ 258 to 328 ; malt, 61s to 65s ; chevalier, 668 to 728 9 • 218 to 278 ; peas, partridge, 403 to 45 8 ; w hit e , 48 s to %; boiling Ms to 60 3 ; d un , new, 40s to 438 ; beans, tick to 398; Harrow tick s , 35 s t o 40 s ; Mazagan, 358 to 3e 4A. Official Statement of the Quantities of Corn, &c., reef 6 0 1 in the port of London, from the following ports, fe . the 24th to the 29th October, both inclusive. , . +; • a .4.; a ,_, 0 ,.., 7 4 1 4 A °A Ai 15 42 - 10 25 - 91 285; Colchester Harwich ~ Leigh Maldon 332 203 232 949 115' 289 43 782 1651 - 96 - :9,5 0 COLCHESTER —Om 29. A fair supply of wheat. Prices were is to 2s per higher, but the trade was not active at the advance. ley was again the turn dearer. Beans is to 2s per `, higher. Peas the same as last week. n Q, ; Prices to-day were as foll ow :—Wheat, white, 763 to . 50, ' red, 68s to 76s • barley, 40s to 468 ; oats, 22 s t o 30s • 13 ( 0, Mazagan, 38s to 42s ; middle and small, 44s to 54; ; 1 white, 54 to 66s ; grey, 44s to 48s. COAL MAR' M.—Oar. 31. Le close of the market :-- Wallsend, &c. _ Prices of Coal per ton at t s. d. Cares'Hartley 2l 0 s.. 6 Hedley 17 0 Hetton Lyons Main ...... 24 0 H01ywe11....-.. .... ... 22 6 F ramwe ll ga t e 24 6 South Peareth l9 6Cassop p.. 1. 0 Tanfield Moor Butes 21 &South Hartlepool 26 0 West Hartley 21 3lSouth Kelloe 25. 6 Victoria Hartley 2) OTrimdon 24 6 Wallsend, &c. (Victoria 21. $ Hetton 26 0 1 Cowpen 21 0 Stewart's 25 0 W a t ney ' s A n th rac i te ......:)- ., ' Ships at market 24 I Sold 22. RAILWAY SIIARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, OCT. 31. . ct STOCK EXCHANGE.—We h ave h a d a s t rong an d a market for shares, and prices have advanced 1 to 1.1. L 1 cent. on all the leading stocks. Caledonian, 26 i ; 1.0 Lancashire, 15i ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 63 ; Lon jic i and North - Western , 103 i ; Manchester, Sheffield, .. f , Lincolnshire, 20; 3 lidlamf, 6(4 ; South Eastern andDo t'" 17 15-16. MANCHESTER, OCT. 31. •ber STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market opened rather WV co s than on Saturday, kept firm all day, and in most insts? l 4 prices closed higher than they were in the morn- Cheshire Juncti o n, h id. ; Caledonian, 26b ; Leeds Ste 63g ; London Stock, 1.03 b ; Midland, 60b ; Dovers, 17 1 5 • ffi Sheelds, 19 ;; ditto (ew Pr e f.), 3-16 prem . ; Easy Counties, 12g. BIRMINGHAM, OCT. 31. . „ tb ° STOCK EXCHANGE.—Ther e was a better feeling , share market to-day, and shares generally were WO London and North-Westerns were done at 1.021. LEEDS, OCT. 31. 1 1 0 STOCK EXCHANGE.—Tho t one o f th e s h are m arket , hon better this morning, and there has been a general ~ 1 7 ; 'movement in prices. Midl an d s h ave i mprove d ii., clot at 60g. Eastern Union B.'s and C.'s were done at 7; 3 Caledonians at 26. BIRTHS. OP A SON. e 9 On the 31st nit., at 6, Tilney-street, the Viscoun. Dalrymple. S"' On the 31st ult., the wife of John Challice, Esq. , Bermondsey. OP A. DM:MITER. f:e 0 On the 30th nit., at the Sehoelc, Bridgenorth, the w'! the Rev. H. G. M err i man. lA , ) 14 On the 31st ult., a t N o . 3 , Onslow-square, Br°r°• the wife of Henry Brinsley Sheridan, Esq. , ./ MARRIED. On the 15th September, at Poona, Ingram Francis man, Esq., Qu ar t ermas t er and Interpreter of the 3 d 1 ' 0 , e ,9 ment Bombay N a ti ve Infantry, to Louisa, r un & tb daughter of Colonel Aplin, commanding 11 . 31 • ° Regiment at that station. cioaa On the 31st ult., a t St. J o h n ' s, Paddington,_ el', Britton, Esq., o f th e C ape of Good Hope , to f youngest daughter of th e l a t e J o h n S m ith, Esq.) " „ Courts of Common Pleas and Exchequer. DIED. (p t. Killed in action, at Aurungabad, on the 22d of ^ t ya last, in an engagement between a detachment under the command of Brigadier Mayne and an Arab force, inl Nizam's territories, Ho race d e B erckem B oswo rth, a s in the 26th Regiment Bombay N. 1., third son of STA Holmes Bosworth', Esq., of W es t er h am , K en t, aged w On the 26th ult., at Hi n dli p -h ouse, t h e Ri g ht Son' Viscountess Soutwell, aged 77. On the 29th u h lt., at 18, Sussex-place, ReVn lis ifeld Charles A. H. Calder, Esq., the youngest son of Si' and Lady Frances Calder, aged 23. On the 30th ult., at Campden-hill Kensington' Pr. Henry Uwins, aged 38. , c t On the 30th ult., m at 31, Argyll-street, Dorothy , re_ ton, A. R. 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