The Sun. — London, England, 1853-10-21 00:00:00

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. I glary ? A mighty semi -barbarous, semi-Asiatic Under the Management of Mr. CHARLES SEAN, Power may " intervene " in the " domestic affairs" THIS EVENING, Ocr. 21, of another weaker semi -barbarous, semi-Asiatic Wu be performed THE DAY AFTER THE WEDDING. Sup potted by Mr. and M rs. W. Lacy. Power, may seize its most fertile provinces till it After which, Lord Byron's Tragedy of sARDANApALue,, con- has gained the object of its intervention, may ag alderably abridge Kean tage representation. Principal characters by 16 .. itself at will at the expense of the weaker Mr. and Mrs. C. ndise To conclude with A ROLAND FOR AN OLIVER. Supported Power, may thus augment its offensive resources by Mr. W. Lacy and Miss C. Leclercq. till it is competent to the subjugation of the ter ritories or the liberties of the remaining nations, and, are we to behold the commencement and coLtinuance of this process without interposing, and best at the outset, the whole strength of the community of nations ? Are we to leave each nation to fight by itself the battles of its inde dependence with the universal foe ? The divisions of tue Grecian States were the strength of PHILIP • of Macedon ; TAerrus exults that the same cir cumstance placed the tribes of our forefathers in the power of the Romans, dune singuli pug nant, says he, universi vineuntur ; indeed, it is but the dictate of common sense, and of all history, that a disunited and apathetic Western Europe must speedily become " all Cossack." Even suppose, however, that the duty of Eng land and France were less clear in the present painful emergency than we hold it to be, our Peace friends are still bound to show us where they would place that compulsory power which should enforce the decision of their arbitrators. The disgrace of violating solemn treaties Mr. COBDEN speaks of as the punishment of the un manageaule nation. Why, in the name of com mon sense, what disgrace can be greater than that now incurred by Russia ? Yet deceit, fraud, low chicane, and burglarious violence, all exposed in the face of the civilised world leave that Power as unabashed as ever. The consciences of nations and their ambitious Governments, like the con sciences of corporate bodies, are of well known robustness. Success, the indemnity for too much individual crime, is notoriously the indemnity for political crimes. Russia, for instance, if success ful in the present case, would soon, instead of blushing for it, glory that she had outwitted Western Europe, and robbed the Turk. There must we conceive, therefore, even in fair theory, be always sufficient dis posable force in the hands of the nations to uphold the law of nations against the attempts of any nation to break it. In practice we are quite confident that statesmen will never feel secure on any other footing. We have always felt, too, that by far the strongest case, irrespective of con sequences to the balance of power, is the claim of weaker nations on the help of the strong. Sup pose, for argument's sake, that the Divine precept " not to resist evil" should be interpreted as literally as Mr. JOHN BRIGHT or Mr. JOSEPH STURGE desires--suppose we, in consequence, all felt bound religiously to abstain from self-defence by force, it would be quite another question whether we were to abstain from defending against violence our helpless wife or child. We hold that, in every honourable mind, the instinct that impels to protect weakness is of a nobler, more sacred, and more imperative kind than that which bids us protect ourselves. If the most elevated Christianity teaches us to bear much evil patiently ourselves, it does not teach us to bear patiently the sight of others' wrongs. It rather summons us to hazard our lives for their deliver ance. We have never seen this argument fairly met by the peace men, yet it is a most important one. Few of them will deny the duty of dying, if needful, in defence of our country's liberty; hardly second to this, not second in the noblest minds, is the duty of risking everything rather than see a weaker nation's liberties murdered be fore our eyes. We cannot wish for our own country a more honourable, and, as we think, a more Christian mission in Europe than that of the protection of the weaker States. Not of the despots against the peoples, but of the liberty of the States themselves ; and especially their liberty to settle their own domestic quarrels, as we did in the times of the Commonwealth and of WILLIAM 111. This can never be unless we are as power. ful as we are wealthy. TFIEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster. —Directress, Madame Celeste. Tais EVENING, OCT. 21, Will be performed THE DISCARDED SON. Characters by Leigh Murray, Paal Bedford, and Keeley; Mo. Keeley and Miss Woolgar. After which, THE CAMP AT CHOBILAYI. To be followed by "HOTEL CHARGES!" or, How to Cook "A Bitlin." To conclude with COMI OF AGE. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan. THIS EVENING, OcT. 21, Will be performed THE CAMP AT THE OLYMPIC. Charac ters by Messrs. A. Wigan, Emery, F. Robson, Cooper, and Galli ; Mesdames A. Wigan, Stirling, P. Horton, Cbatterley, E. Turner, and Wyndham. To be followed by PLOT AND PASSION. Principal characters by Mr. F. Robson and Mrs. Stirling. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. FIFTH APPEAP.ANCE of Miss KATE COOKE On her milk-white Charger, Snowdrop, expressly trained for her by Mr. W. Cooke. The LAST NIGHT of the Battle of Waterloo. Itlr. W. Cooke, ever anxious to present the Patrons of this popular Theatre with every possible Novelty the Continent affords, has, at an enormous ex pense, entered into an Engagement with Mons. CLEUSH and his Extraordinary ACTING TROUPE of DOGS and MONKEYS, whose wondrous performances abroad have been the theme of universal astonishment and admiration. They will appear for the First Time on SATURDAY, October 22. THIS EVENING, Om. 21, And during the week, will be presented (the 43d time) the New Classical Burlesque, entitled JUPITER'S DECREE, AND THE FALL OF PHBTON; or, THE FIERY COURSERS OF THE SUN --supported by the entire strength of the Company. To be followed by Mr. W. Cooke's matchless Scenes in the Circle. Introducing, for the Fifth Time, Miss KATE CooKE, and those asto nishing Artistes, LA PERCHE. Signor CARLOTTIE and Signor FRANCOIS on Concluding with (110th time) THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO. Box-office open Prom Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. DAILY WEATHER TABLE. FRIDAY, OCT. 21, 1853. State of the wind and weather at each of the following places at nine o'clock yesterday morning. The stations are arranged in order of latitude. SOUTHAMPTON— N.W., strong breeze —partially cloudy FoLantyroNE—N., gentle breeze -overcast. TUNBRIDGE—N., strong breeze —overcast. GREENWICH—N., strong breeze —overcast. STROOD—S.W., gentle breeze —rain. CAMB Swranorris4., fresh bre eze — partially cloudy. RIDGE—N., gentle b reeze — cloudless. YA.RMOUTH—NW., hard wind —rain. The returns fr om the following places e the of the we a th er on Wednesday morning at nine indicat o'clockstate LIMERICK —E., calm —overcast. IIIULLINGAR—N. calm —foggy. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. rins DAY —M orning 5 min after 4 Evening 19 min.aft. 4 ruing' o ro.Moaßnw M 35 min:after 4 Evening 51 min.aft. 4 THE WEATHER.—Sint Corms, OCT. 21. THERMO3fICTER, IN THE SHADE• 57—highest since noon yesterday. 45—lowest this morning and during the night. 57—this day at noon. BAROMETER, 29'88—still rising, and yet rainy weather, WIND, S.W.—Dull weatbar. 4 ~~uz` LONDON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1853. The orations of two such gifted speakers as RICHARD COBDEN and JOHN BRIGHT, with the racy interlude of Sir C. NAPIER'S manly defence of his profession, and his opinion on the great subject of the day, must have been read with abundant in terest by thousands. Whether we agree with the speakers, or differ from them, it is equally impos sible to be uninterested in the striking illustra tions, the vigorous and earnest pleading with which they advocate their cause. For ourselves, We are free to confess that the long columns of small print have sustained our attention through out ; nor would we, in candour, deny that they have been instructive also. We may go much farther ; we may acknowledge that it would be difficult to impugn the resolutions of the Confer ence. Those who, in a Christian nation, have the charge of the young, ought certainly to imbue their minds with the principles of the Gospel of Peace. Arbitration between disputing nations would be as rational as between individuals— standing armies are fearfully costly, and simul taneous reduction of them by all nations would be a most desirable achievement—intervention in the domestic affairs and quarrels of other nations is unjustifiable, and this country should hold itself free from alliances by which it is required of us. All these propositions have but to be enunciated to insure general approval. Since the days of CA.STLEREA GEE, no one would trouble himself to attack them. The last one it is absolutely in our power to carry out in its integrity, and unless Belgium be an exception, or Greece, and neither is so in reality, we have acted quite in accordance with it since the peace. The two preceding ones, however, are of quite a different character. One outstanding nation of the higher class would, of course, prevent the possibility of simultaneous mu tual reduction of armaments, and very much im pair, therefore, the chief material advantage of international arbitration. It is not easy to bring an audience of individuals to unanimity, much less an audience of nations. Suppose the Three great Powers of Western Europe to be gained over by the arguments of our Peace orators, and suppose them willing to reduce their military establishments to what was thought necessary to retain in quiet the disaffected portions of their present domains; sup pose, too, the reduction a real one, that skeleton regiments were not retained, and that the gre a t body of operatives should not be trained for a few years to military service, as a vast reserve or land wehr ready to be summoned forth at a moment's notice. Suppose all this done by France, Austria, and Prussia, yet who can believe that Russia, with its fraudulent and ambitious Emperor, would for a Moment consent to reduce its vast army to the standard of domestic necessity ? The reduction Proposal always appears to us like the admirable One of the young mouse in the fable, to bell the cat—the Bear in this case, if our readers prefer it. Who could force an ambitious Power to keep down its forces ? Without a kind of mutual police surveillance, it could extend their numbers se cretly ; and innumerable pretexts, like those of the younger Cvnrrs, could always be found to maintain troops for specious purposes, capable of bein g combined for mi sc hi e f at t h e d es i re d se ason . Not, however, to dwell on these resolutions, it 1 3 Pears to us that, throughout, the speakers over looked, or but passingly touched, the most im portant._ general fact of all, th a t th e St a tes of -ILurope do form a community, no member of the Whic h. can with safety be permitted to trample On Tights of the other. It may indeed b e alleged that this ha been done. Cracow, Hungary, S witzerland, P 8 ' Stances of whatleo ont, &c., may be cited as in have dared vie n ia e o . r two unprincipled members howe t v on of confessed rights. It is just the same, .we however, With the individuals who compose society. have all suffered some right to be invaded with thoPullattYW by the cunning or the audacious ; but, all things worth the cost of not thought litig a ti on, have think the community itself zigaition, we should law or club-law the sole arbiter, and Lynch went beyond the extent of vfbal,if aftibrbearance all, we know to be but a kind of low prudenrc than wisdom. We do not deem ourselves ourselves unless the public l aw b e omnipotent 'f • Bafe , invok e d. Now, we profess ourselves utterly unable to see, also, how any community of States can be safe except on a similar principle. Unless interna tional law be so enforced by the honest majority that the trespasser shall know that he will bear the penalty of any disobedience which the others may think worth punishing, what limits can be set to powerful ambition ? We do no doubt that it is the interest of the nations to watch, very differently to what they have done, over the independence of the weaker ones, even the weakest. Each would im- prove and reform itself best from within and by the example of others. Conquest, if permanent, rarely fails to lower for ages the character of the conquered. If, however, we cannot prevent pil fering and purloining, what will become of Europe f we tol era t e open highway i robbery and bur- COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, OCT. 20. The following had the honour of dining with her Ma jesty yesterday :—Her Royal. Highness the Duchess of Kent, the Earl of Aberdeen, the Earl of Clarendon, and the Lady in Waiting to the Duchess of Kent. The band of the Ist Life Guards attended in the Castle during dinner, and played the following composi tions : Grand March of the lst Life Guards Duchess of Kent Overture, " Ruy Blas" Mendelssohn Walzer, " Die Provinzialen" Grand potpourri, "Les Martyrs" Donizetti. Quadrille, " Sophien," from the opera " Sophia Catharina" Galop . Gung'l Leutner. Her Majesty's private band afterwards attended, and performed the following selection : Overture, " Missolonghi" Introduction, "Ilaydee" Terzetto, "La villanella rapita" Finale, (Ist act), "Oberon" The Chaplain of the Winchester prison has rushed into print apparently for the purpose of defending the system under which Mr. MILLAR, whose name has recently been brought promi nently before the public, languished in strict con finement for nearly forty consecutive years. The Reverend Gentleman seems to think that " his craft" as a gaol official may be endangered by the strong impression created on the public mind by the extraordinary and harrowing reve lations elicited during the inquest on one of the victims of Winchester discipline. In the same spirit, then, as DEMETRIUS the Silversmith, he ispre pared to exclaim, not " Great is the DIANA of the Ephesians," but " wise and laudable are the rules, the conduct, and treatment of prisoners for debt in the New County Prison, Winchester." As, however, he could not directly controvert the fact that the unfortunate sufferer had remained for more than thirty-nine years a close prisoner, 1 without once breathing the free air of heaven, and subjected to all the vexatious regulations framed by men, who clearly thought debtors more deserving of punishment than felons—kept during that weary and protracted period on a scale of diet which brought one strong man to the grave, and reduced another to death's door—he endea vours to ride off on a collateral issue—and to show that it was MILLAR'S own fault that he remained so long in the " 131 wing, under the felons' gaol." Such was the singularity of his taste, that he could not be induced to abandon the tempting retreat provided for his reception by the humanity of the British law ! Mr. WRIGHT assures the community that " MILLAR was imprisoned 39 years ago, by a regular process for debt !" We believe that no question was ever raised on the point, although from what subsequently falls from the Rev. Gentleman, it appears that serious doubts may be entertained of the validity of the pro ceedings. If there had been an illegal in carceration, some recompence might have been obtained by the wretched man for his protracted fferings—th at is to say, if the vindictive Cre ditor were still alive to pay in purse or in person for the false imprisonment of a fellow -creature. But it was because the grievous wrong was with out a remedy—because men of humanity, pos sessing bowels of mercy for their afflicted brethren, were excited on account of the lingerinc , torture under which a Christian man, a citizen of a country claiming to be " a land of liberty," ling c ered fcr. ATTEMPTED POISONING OFISIX CH ILDREN AT L IVE forty long years in hop e l ess solitude endtrin ul7 R. POOL. —'At College s t ree t Police-office, on M on d ay , paralleled privations, d e b arred from seeing or stable a 1 i re 7 t 4 M ß ul e l i e i n ar w ge a d s b w r i o t u h gh a t n uL t i e n m c p us t t t o o d p y o o is f o p n oli s 7 x e- e c h o i n i: communicating with his kind, without money, or dren, under the circumstances which appear in evidence. necessity for money—for it appears not from the Constable 37 B deposed that, being on duty in Trinity -1 clerical revelations, but from the sworn testinimoonne street, on Su n d a y l as t, b e t ween 2 an d 3 o ' c l oc k , h e was of one who h a d ne arly fallen a victim, that's ; i N nf o orm l ed st tha A t n s d ix re c w hil s d tr r e e e n t had p b r e o e e n ee p d o in ison i e m d m in ed th ia e te h l o y u t s oe was of no use w h a tever, as th e y wou ld not allow the house, he found the children, wh g ose names were prisoners to purchase anything !" We may rea- Edward, Charlotte, and George Graham, Edward dily grant the first position assumed by Mr. i ß n ei b lly .i John M'Dermott, and M. M‘Derr h n . ott, some h WRIGHT, that the " process was regular," al- were imm an e d dia s t o e m ly e c o o n n v the e dflboor,hbimut to 01l Mercer'sret ing i i. o t s p er . though it appears from his statement, that there tal, where they were conveyed under the treatment of Dr. I B 7 u , :ce d r and the resident apothecary. Police-constable was something in the case to take it out of the prisoner that, being called on by 37 B, he arrested drenso u m r e o w tsh h ee a too contents excited ntents ; 0 i s she bottle stated e s f h sugar g h a a r d the ordinary course, and to prove that poor wretched n on the lobby of the house. She appeared MILLAR was anything but insolvent. It appears then that the victim " received aogfivleeand,thfeor chthile small property from his father, with a bond or pwaspwhisky.ina o k n i making go fthuelemehpurry, telling them that it mortgage upon it nearly to the amount of its not whisk y, The prisoner, however,havio,o.i;eendu ly sa c i a d ut i io t n w e c d " value, and that the rent of the premises paid the addingmadea t s h t a a t te t m he en , t , similar to that mentioned, by 174 B, interest of the debt," so that if Mr. WRIGHT'S hospital, but that m h e e d r ic o i nf motive in given to her in an statement is to be credited, MILLAR had no privity children was to make merry. y The i childnveln.ng we i r t to the h of contract with his detaining creditor. He merely ti me w he n the poison was administered, playing e, togetheratt in an empty room of the hou se . I n t h e absence of Dr. inherit e d a property su bj ec t t o a certa i n charge, Butcher and the resident a t pk . hec7 of the h osp i tal, the prisoner was remanded ' the i nterest whereof it was sufficient to pay. It until o ues ay.—Nortitern D a il y has b een stated that the creditor entered into re- Times. ceipt of th e rents and profits of the premises, and NEWS FROM INDIA IN TEN DAYS, PASSENGERS IN thus became THREE . WEEKS.—Within a twelvemonth of the present mortgagee in possession, and date a railway will be completed from Ostend to Trieste, bound to account If to the inheritor therefor. a distance of 1,500 miles, in which there are even now so, it is difficult to say why he should only two considerable breaks. Letters, passengers, and arrest his person as well as seize his property—or parcels will then occupy little more than two days from what right he had t the shores of the Channel to those of the Adriatic ; four to resort to the double remedy even if MILLAR had m a d e lc ' days more will take them to Egypt, and by the aid of sponsible for the debt, which-m.B°f personally re the railway from Alexandria to Cairo, now rapidly ad -was cast upon him vancing, they may within 36 hours be afloat on the Red by the operation of the law truly proved to be a damn°, saanhilerwhd Which in his case Sea, and in 12 days th f ere h after eir l leaving e n saf L e o i n n don o . mb y, orNaVithin If such were the case, we can easily understand t w h i i t s h d in ate th t r h e e e el w ec e t e r k ic s t o eleg t rapb, e no i w g preparing to be laid the re-nce with which the wretched across the Mediterranean will have reached Suez, and yield to the gro ss i n j us ti ce to which hmeavrna s sub- i eu would the 4,000 miles of wi re which have already_ a w Teach i e th d Ctahl jected. He must h ave f e lt th at the raomentie port t a will of connect every Bombay ; soha gre t a t town before the in year d 1 1856 expires could have found the mea ns t o go into court we shall havecommunication by electric telegraph in he would have obtained ample reparation. .1. ~._ 1 ten or e l even days ' time with every part of I ndia, and 1 by steamer and rail from Bombay in twenty•one. . Herold. . Auber. . Mozart. . Weber. (The Earl of Clarendon arrived yesterday, and left the Castle this forenoon for London. The Earl of Aber deen has also left for London. The Queen walked in the Slopes this morning. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Col. the Hon. Charles Grey and Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. R. Boyle, went out shooting this forenoon. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess and Princess Mary of Cambridge, and the Hereditary Grand Duke and Duchess of Mecklenburg Strelitz, visited her Majesty to-day. Sir Edmund Lyons had an interview with the Earl of Aberdeen yesterday at his official residence in Downing street. Sir J. Emerson Tennent left town on Wednesday for he Continent. The Earls of Aberdeen and Clarendon returned to ;own yesterday morning from Windsor Castle. The Queen will hold a Privy Council on Monday next, the 24th inst., at Windsor Castle. ARRIVAL OF T LIE BELGIAN ROYAL FAMILY. The King of the Belgians, accompanied by the Duke and Duchess de Brabant, the Count de Flandres, and the Princess Charlotte arrived at Dover this morning from Ostend, and have since passed through London en route to Windsor Castle, on a visit to her Majesty and the Prince Consort. Mr. Macgregor, M.P., Chairman of the South-Eastern Railway, was in attendance on the Royal party from Dover to London. LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—l am desired by the directors to inform you, that in consequence of a slip upon this line of railway, near Balcombe, the trains will be passed on a single'line for the next few days ; but this will be done with perfect safety, with a delay of a few minutes only, and without any necessity for passengers leaving their seats. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, SAMUEL SLIGHT, for the Secretary. Secretary's Office, London, 21st Oct. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 21, 1853 is, therefore, by no means surprising that he should have refused to " give up posses sion" (query, what possession, if the creditors were in receipt of the rents ?), " and thereby relieved himself of the responsibility he incurred in becoming possessed of the property!" He might well distrust the advice tendered by parties con nected with the scene of his misery. He knew that, under the colour of law, he bad been de prived as well of his liberty as of the property he inherited, and lie would not voluntarily relin quish the claim to which, perhaps erroneously, he may have considered himself entitled. But surely if he were in error the law should have interposed. Obstinacy can scarcely be considered worse than murder, and yet its punishment in this instance has been more severe. There are few persons who would not prefer speedy execution to forty years of protracted suffering under the gentle discipline of Winchester Gaol. Mr. WRIGHT states that poor MILLAR, " had offers of assistance from High Sheriffs to pass through the Insolvent Court, as well as from himself (Mr. WRIGHT), and thus in a legal man ner to be liberated from prison, all of which ho (MILLAR) most obstinately refused !" The conclu sion at which the minister of the Gospel arrives is that, " consequently, his remaining in gaol is his own act, rather than that of any oppressor." He does not, however, state when these offers were made, or how long MILLAR had been pining in his dungeon when it was so kindly proposed that he should pass through the Insolvent Court. We know that habit is second nature, that men be come accustomed to such privations, and will not, after a certain time, be willing to mingle with the world from which they had been so long se cluded—that they are no longer fitted to come into collision with their fellow-men. On the destruction of the Bastile, a prisoner, who had been nearly as long imprisoned as poor MILLAR, though probably with better diet and greater provision for his comfort, ap plied to be admitted to some other prison —and bad as was Winchester Gaol—the man, who had been forgotten by his friends who was alone on earth, might have dreaded a worse fate if he were discharged. The public will, we believe, regard the matter in a very different point of view from that in which it has been considered by the Chaplain of Winchester Gaol. They may possi bly question the expediency and justice of per mitting men to be imprisoned at the mere will and pleasure of a vindictive and malicious credi tor who may have no equitable claim, and thank that among the many inquiries recently instituted with a view to future law reforms, one into the system of imprisonment for debt may be added. We cannot conclude our obser vations on this subject without quoting the description of imprisonment for debt given by Lord ELDON, who was little disposed to give reins to his imagination. The Noble and Learned Lord said in his celebrated speech on the slave trade " The law of arrest for debt is a sanction to com mit greater oppression and inhumanity than is to be met with in slavery itself—to tear the father from his weeping children—the husband from his distracted wife, to satiate the demoniac vengeance of some worthless creditor !" We commend these observations to the consideration of the Rev. Mr. WRIGHT. MONEY MARKET AND CITY INTELLIGENCE. The English Stock market is very heavy this morning, but there is not much doing. The poli tical intelligence has less influence now than the state of the money market. Consols have been 9.1.- to g for transfer and account. The New 31 per Cents. have realised 92 ,!- to 1,. The speculators are now looking rather anxiously to the answer which Russia may give from St. Petersburg to the demand for the evacuation of the Principalities ; and / per cent. was given yesterday afternoon for the " put " of a large amount, said to be 250,0001. Consols, on Monday at 91. Bank Stock has been lower again, having op ene d at 218, and been done since at 215. Exchequer Bills have been worth 2s. to 4s. premium. East India Bonds are at par. Foreign Securities have been weaker in the ab sence of large transactions. Russian 4J per Cents. have been done at 96k. Spanish 3 per Lents. brine, 44g. The Certificates are 5. B uenos Ayres Bond's have been firmer at 57. French 41- per Cents. rea li se 99 50, with the exchange at 24 95. Dutch 24 per Cents. have been 62/, after having opened at 63. The Ave Maria Gold Quartz Mining Company have received advices that the preparations and foundations for the Company's heavy machinery completed, and rea d y f or th e erect i on of &c. The s p ec i mens o f Q uartz l ately from the New Y or k Mi ne h ave b een as sayed,yielded most sa ti s f ac t ory resu l ts. receivedta h r ee now engines, Shares . have been excee di ng l y qu i et, Railway and and at a further slight decline in prices. This ap plies to Great Western, South Western, Brighton, and most others. .French shares als o are d u ll . In the Gold Mine Shares there is continued heaviness. The Australian Land Companies' Shares are lower, and in less request. The Banks are also flatter. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY. (Prom the Official List.) Business dono. Bank Stock .. 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities...... ..... 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 9li * New 31 per Cent. Annuities 92i .11 iii Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 .. DittG 30 Years, Expire 10th Oct., 1859 India Bonds, £lOOO Ditto, under £lOOO C'msols for Account Exchequer Bills, 2d. 21000 11500 Small 2 4 5 p 24 5 p PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. New Brazilian Bonds, 1829 dt 39, 5 per Cent 9B Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent 57 Mexican 3 per Cent. Peruvian Bonds, 43 per Cent. 72 Russian Bonds, 1C22, 5 per Cent. X St — Ditto 43 per Cent 96N Ditto Small Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 44 Spanish New Deferred, 3 per Cent . 213 Spanish Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun. 5 p c Dividends on the above payable in London. French Rentes, 43 per Cent. Dutch Exchange, 23 per Cent. 12 Gu11..... 63 2i i Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates ..... par 5 d 91 1 $ i i THREE O'CLOCK. Consols , Ditto October Account 9ll GREAT FIRE AT SHAD THAMES.—Last night an alarm ing fire broke out in the premises of Mr. John Dudin, granary keeper and wharfinger. The workpeople had left soon after six o'clock. and the place was then locked up ; but the attention of the police being attracted by an unusual glare on the third floor they sent for the fire men and the engines. Before, however, they could arrive the flames burst through the windows, and in a very short time they resumed an attitude that seemed to defy all 'ordinary means of checking their progress. In this stat e of things the brigade sent for the powerful steam floc' Ling engine ; but the fire continued to rage till near mi dnight, after which time it gradually yielded to the um :easing efforts which were employed. The damage %V ill amount to several thousand pounds, and one of the firemen was unfortunately so much injured that it w.as: necessary to convey him to Guy's Hospital Several others had a narrow escape. The cause of the accident is at present unknown. The premises were Insured. THE C lONVICT CAROLINE SHERWOOD.—This wretched woman r vmained in such a state of excitement for some time aft( Jr her sentence of death was commuted to trans portatio a for life, that the surgeon of the prison found it necessar y to order nourishment to be given to her be yond a Le ordinary prison diet, in order to keep up her strengt .h ; and we understand that she still receives more 'ban the prison allowance. The governor, in re ply t o a question from Mr. John Ellman, said the only noti' .te that he had received from the Home Office was a resT t )ite. The chairman thought it would be advisable fox the visiting j us ti ces to send to the Secretary of fox to know what should be done with her. CITY, TWO O'CLOCE. The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at 6,000 bales, of which 1,000 American were taken for export. The market was quiet, but closed firmly, at previous rates. The sales com prised. 4,500 American, 250 Pernam. and Maran ham at 6,7 d. to 71d., 150 Bahia at 6gd., 100 Egyp tian at 5/d. to 9d., 1,000 Surat at 3d. to 44d. per lb. Railway Shares were dull with a down ward tendency. In the colonial and foreign produce markets this week less business has been doing, and prices are in some instances rather lower. Holders are in clined to realise in order to obtain the requisite funds for business purposes. Sugar, coffee, and spices have been quieter. Tea, however, has been in more request, and at advanced rates, compared with a week or ten days since. Tallow has been more dealt in during the last two days. The in digo auctions have been brought to a close and have gone off rather flatly. The colonial wool sales are going off heavily, at a decline of 11d. to 2d. per lb., and of the 58,000 bales announced, a good deal will be withdrawn. The following is the report of Messrs. C. Jacomb and Sons "We beg to advise you that prior to the opening of our colonial wool sales this evening, it was announced that in all probability at least 10,000 of the 58,000 bales arrived in time for sale would not be . brought forward. The attendance of buyers, both manufacturers and dealers, has been very considerable, but prices have b een very irregular and biddings extremely languid, with great indisposition to operate, except at a decline varying from ld. to 20. per lb., av erag i ng a b out 2d. as compared with August rates. " The quantities arrived in time for sale consist of about 19,200 bales Australian, 26,000 Victoria, 6,000 Tasmania, 4,600 Adelaide, 1,900 New Zealand and Swan River, 5,600 Cape, making a total of 57,900 bales." Mr. H. W. Eaton states that at the public sales of silk, just concluded— " The attendance has been moderate throughout, with but little disposition to purchase, arising more from the unsettled state of affairs, both political an d mone t ary , than from anything i n th e trade itself, which has seldom been more healthy. About 200 Chinas, chiefly thirds and fourths, have been taken in the room to-day, at about ls. per lb. reduction on previous rates, but the quantity cold altogether during the week, by private contract, has been smaller than at any former sales. In Bengals very little has been done, prices remaining without alteration." The state of affairs at Melbourne, at the latest date, may be understood by the following extract from a letter written by a firm there : " Merchants are not pressin g , but storing g oo d s , waiting for the openi ng o f the roads. The danger which we anticipate, however, is this :—The demand for stor age will become so excessive that the rates will ascend to such a pitch as to compel holders to sell sooner than to incur the ruinous expense. Prices of commodities will thus be brought to so low a point that the posses sors of warehouses will be tempted to buy. To make room for their intended purchases, they will give notice to the owners of goods they have in their store to re move them. As no other storage can there be found, they will be forced to sell—the market will thus be pushed lower. The secret of successful operations here will thus consist in ascertaining when this forcing process is com pleted." The trade of New Zealand during the past year, although it has attracted much less attention than that of Australia, has been healthy a n d p rogress i ve . Taking the small settlement of Nelson, including the rural districts, it appears that the white po pulation in 1852 amounted to 2,454 males and 2,133 females, of whom 2,505 were Protestant Episcopalians. The immigration amounted to 222 persons. The live stock comprised 7,591 horned cattle, 682 horses, 114,773 sheep, 2,058 goats, and 2,087 pigs, the total number of dwell ings was 869, the number of acres cultivated was 7,228 acres, exclusive of what the natives had under crop. The shipping arrived amounted to 552 tons, the revenue was 6,3711., and the expenditure 7,5021. The imports amounted to 22,0381., of which 11,8081. were from Great Britain, and 10,229/. from the colonies. The exports were valued at 10,300/., and included dairy and agricul tural produce, timber, fish, flax, and wool. Intelligence has been received, this morning, of a dreadful shipwreck off Beachey Head. The ves sel is the Dalhousie, and was on her way from London to Sydney. Only one man was saved, and as the ship was of large tonnage, there must have been a great many m her crew. At Plymouth she was to have received 35 passengers. She had been recently overhauled and repaired, and it is supposed some of the new work gave way, as she was observed to sink by a schooner, which, however, could, not render assistance, although several men were seen in the water. There are 60,0001. insured upon her. The next overland mail from India is expected here about the 29th inst. BRIGHTON RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SELLING PLATE. Honesty BRIGHTON HANDICAP. Stamford Madam Wharton COURT OF B.ANKRUPTCY-(THIS DAY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Goulburn.) IN RE J. HEATH. This bankrupt was described as of Cheshunt, Bucks, chemist and druggist, and to-day was appointed for his last examination. The balance sheet, from December, 1852, to Septem ber, 1853, shows—Debtor to creditors, unsecured, 8201. 195.; to ditto holding mortgage, 4801. Creditor—By good debts, 231.; property given up, 1521. ; mortgaged property, GOO/. From the statement of Mr. Beard (from Mr. Buchanan's) it appeared that the general property had realised more than the bankrupt had estimated it at, and that the property mortgaged would possibly leave a surplus over the claims. He (Mr. Beard) there fore, on the behalf of the assignees, consented to the bankrupt passing his last examination. THE CHICORY TRADE.-IN RE METCALFE. This was a dividend meeting under the estate of this bankrupt, described as a merchant, in Fenchurch-street, who had bean extensively engaged in the "chicory trade," and the great losses on the estate appear on the chicory root between Sept. 1851 and Nov. 1852, through the Treasury notice, the bankrupt stating his losses on that account alone at 5,2631. From the accounts filed by Messrs. Robinson and Knowles, it appears that the debit side amounts to 2,8571., and the property is esti mated at 1,4001. By the bankrupt's previous state ment it appears that he embarked a capital of 1,1901. The amount of the dividend will be officially declared in due course. SHERIFFS' COURT-(THIS DAY.) (Before R. Gurney, Esq.) MOORE V. BEARD. HARD SWEARING.—The plaintiff in this action is a tailor, and defendant is a journeyman machinist, and the sum claimed was 1/. 10s., for goods sold. The case was partly heard yesterday, when Mr. Bean, the agent, swore positively that the defendant admitted the debt to be due, and promised payment. Defendant swore that he never made any such adinission or promise to pay. His Honour thereupon directed the attendance of the plaintiff in person, and he was now examined, fully corroborating the evidence of the witness. The defendant volunteered a statement, which his Honour said was so much at variance with his evidence yesterday that it could not be relied on, and should order payment within seven days. Plaintiff's solicitor applied for extra costs for the ad journment. His Honour said he could not allow them, as the ad journment had been at the request of the plaintiff's solicitor. The solicitor said the object was to show that the wi ness left the court without a stigma. Judgment for plaintiff. BOW-ST_REET-(THIS DAY). ASSAULT ON 1117 NGERFORD-BRIDGE.—John Batchelor, a journeyman tailor, was charged before Mr. Jardine with having assaulted two respectable young women on Hun gerford-bridge, on Saturday night last. The complainants, Caroline Pigott, and a young married woman named Motley, residing in Frances street, Waterloo-road, stated that they were crossing the bridge at about eleven o'clock at night, when the de fendant, who was under the influence of drink, accosted them in a rude manner, placed his arms round their waist, and proceeded to take indecent liberties with them. They told him that he had mistaken their characters, and begged him to desist ; but he con tinued to molest them, and on being further repelled he raised his arm and struck one of them (Caroline Pigott) on the right eye, having something in his hand which scratched her eyebrow and caused the blood to flow. They raised an alarm, and a police-constable on duty upon the bridge was instantly on the spot. The com plainants then gave him into custody, and on the follow ing Monday morning attended at Bow-street. The prisoner in answer to the charge, stated that he was first assailed by the complainants in a manner which induced him to believe they were persons of light cha racter. This statement was indignantly denied by the young women, who were both married, they said, to respect able men. The defendant requested, however, that the magis trate, before giving his decision finally, would adjourn the case, in order that some inquiry should be made as to the respectability of the young women. An adjournment accordingly took place, until this day, and in the meantime, the police having reported that the complainants were of good character, and mar ried women, as they had represented, Mr. Jardine fined the defendant 3/. or a month's im prisonment, and the fine was immediately paid. One of the complainants, Mrs. Pigott, attended after the disposal of the case, and asked the magistrate if she was not entitled to some compensation. Her eye was still very sore from the blow she received, and her bonnet had been completely destroyed by the man's violence. Mr. Jardine said he did not understand her to have complained of this before, but it was now too late for him to deal with it. She could proceed against him in the County Court for the damages. M. 4 ELBOROUGH-STBEET.-(THIS DAY., ASSAULT ON A POLICE CONSTABLE. - Mr. George Bagley, an extensive market gardener, residing at Fulham, was brought before Mr. Hardwick, charged with being drunk, and assaulting police-constable Gadd, 4A. The constable stated that about ten o'clock last night he was on duty at the Argyll Rooms, when the defendant came and tendered his money for admission. The money-taker, seeing that he (defendant) was drunk, refused to admit him, and requested complainant to re move him. An altercation then ensued, when de fendant struck him a violent blow on the side of the head. Witness then took him into custody, and on the way to the station he was exceedingly violent. In reply to the charge defendant said he bad been dining with some friends and had taken too much wine, and was not conscious of striking the officer. Mr. Hardwick said the plea of drunkenness was no extenuation of the offence. The constable was in the discharge of his duty, and must be protected. He should therefore fine defendant 3/. or 14 days. The money was at once paid. TEE PENNY RECEIPT STAMP AND THE POST OFFICE. The following instructions have been issued by the Postmaster-General to all postmasters issuinr and pay ing money-orders : "To prevent all doubt as to whether the payee of a Post-office money order or otherwise will, after the 10th inst., be required to attach a receipt stamp to his acknowledgment of payment, postmasters are informed that this will NOT be required." Since the commencement of the operation of the new act, very much inconvenience has been felt at the Post office, in consequence of persons having, to a very large extent, affixed the receipt stamps to letters weighing under half an ounce. The fact is, that the receipt stamps will not do for postage stamps, nor postage stamps for receipt stamps. One of the many reasons for this course is, that postage stamps, the produce of which is part of the Post-office revenue, cannot be used for receipts, the duties on which are part of the revenue of the Stamps department. The Secretary to the Treasury Board, Mr. Keogh, M.P., has made this fact the subject of a special notice, in addition to which he says : "Stamps on paper similar to those now in use, and adhesive stamps are provided, the latter differing in de sign and colour from the postage stamps, and these alone can be used for receipts. If a postage stamp were affixed to a receipt, the document would be, in point of law, wholly unstamped, and would expose the person giving it to a penalty. Under the same erroneous view of the matter, it might be supposed that an adhesive re ceipt stamp might be used for letters in payment of postage, but any such letter would be charged double postage, as hundreds have been during the last few days. The public should remember that compliance with these regulations is imperative." ASTLEY'S THEATRE.—Miss Kate Cooke has at length made her entree before a London audience, and created a great sensation ; her riding is admirable, and manage ment of the horse perfect; she was unanimously called twice, a few nights ago, into the arena, at the conclu sion of her performance, to receive the congratulations of the audience. The miik-white charger she rides is a beautiful anim a l, t ra i ne d b y M r . Willi am Cooke. There is to be no after-piece ; after the Burlesque Spectacle the entertainments are to be entirely equestrian, to give full scope to the talent of the company. LATEST FOREIGN NEWS. FRANCE. The Emperor and Empress, on Monday, being unable to leave the palace of Compiegne, on ac count of the bad weather, received all the public functionaries of the town, who were presented by the subprefect. In the evening their Majesties went to the theatre, where the company of the Gymnase performed Philiberte. They were accom panied by the Princess Mathilde and the Prince Napoleon, and attended by Marshal St. Arnaud, M. de Persigny, M. Fould, .Marshal Magnan, M. Abatucci, the Duke de Cambaceres, several great dignitaries of the State, and a numb er o f l a di es. Marshal Narvaez was amongst the invited. On leaving, their Majesties were greeted with enthu siastic cries of " Vivo l'Empereur ! Vive l'lmpera trice 1" The Emperor on Monday, with some of his guests, went out shooting for a short time in the reserved park. The Moniteur contains a decree granting an ex traordinary credit of 5,000,000 f. to the Minister of the Marine. The Ministerial report on which this decree is founded states that France has at present two squadrons of 40 ships-of-the-line, with a propor tionate increase in the number of steam-frigates and corvettes. There is in the French navy a steam-line-of-battleship, the Napoleon ; four with auxiliary power, completed ; while nine others are being fitted for steam, and will be ready for sea within the next two months. Six new steam-ves sels, after the model of the Napoleon, are on the stocks, and will be launched about the end of 1854. The total of the French navy amounts to 161 ves sels, manned by 33,625 sailors, gunnerp, and marines. The long-forgotten subject of the coronation is beginning to be again revived. It is said that on the Emperor's• return to Paris the date of that solemnity will be decided, and of course announced. The Empercr has granted a pension of 2,000 f. out of his private purse to the father and mother of Lieut. Bell& who perished in the Arctic expe dition. This pension is to descend to the brothers and sisters of Lout. Bellot after the death of their parents. _ _ - About half-past 8 o'clock of the evening of the 19th a passenger train, coming from Bordeau overtook a train laden with merchandise at Beaugency. The engineer of the passenger train was killed, and the stoker has since died of his wounds. A conductor is wounded. The passengers received some bruises of no serious con sequence, and continued their journey. Accord ing to the information collected, signals were regu larly made to the merchandise train, but it is not explained why the engineer neglected to obey them. This accident caused a delay in the delivery of the Bayonne, Bordeaux, and Spanish mails. Fresh arrests have taken place since Wednesday in Paris and at Tours ; and they are stated to amount to a number which has all the appearance of being exaggerated. Among others the secretary of a Prefect is spoken of. It is stated that M. Emile Girardin has been summoned to the Minis try of the Interior, and reprimanded for a short article in La Presse of Wednesday, on the domici liary visits that have been made. It was even ru moured yesterday afternoon that he was menaced with arrest, if not actually arrested. We read in the Patrie :—" M. Charles Deles cluse, ex-Commissary-General of the Department of the Nord, and who was condemned to trans portation by the High Court of Versailles, has been arrested in Paris, where he had just arrived from London, delegated by Ledru Rollin and the Cen tral European Committee. The documents which were seized at his residence indicate the most com plete ignorance on the part of the emigrants of the state of the country, and the most ridiculous illu sions, as well as the most senseless and guilty pro jects. The presence of this agent in Paris, and the seizure of the documents alluded to have necessi tated several arrests, and domiciliary visits, both in Paris and the departments. Both M. Goud chaux and M. Marchais have been arrested. The former being indisposed, was provisionally set at liberty, after his having given an engagement to come forward' when calle on." The trial of the thirty-two persons concerned in what is called the "conspiracy of the Opera- Comique," has been postponed to the 7th of next month before the Court of Assizes of Paris. Twenty-seven of the accused are in custody. Ac cording to the indictment, the object of their plot was to assassinate the Emperor, and to destroy the form of government. The Bourse was more firm yesterday than on Wednesday, but, although it was fully attended by speculators, there was not much business trans acted. The Three per Cents. opened at 72f. 40c., rose to 72f. 50c., fell subsequently to 72f. 20 c ., an d closed at 72f. 4c. for the end of the month. The Four-and-a-Half per Cents. closed at 99f. 20c. ; Orleans Railway shares, 1,142 f. 50c. ; Rouen, I,ooof. ; Havre, 480 f. ; Great Northern, 832 f. 50c.; Paris and Strasburg, 900 f. ; Paris and Lyons, 887 f. 50c. ; Lyons to the Mediterranean, 722 f. 50c. ; ' Western of France, 692 f. 50 c . • ordeaux and Cette, 580 f. ; Great C en t ra l, 512 f. 50c. ; Lyons to Geneva, 497 f. 50c. ; Shares of the Bank of Credit Mobilier, 695 f. RUSSIA AND TURKEY. It is said that both the English and French fleets have been demanded by the Porte. They are to cruise in the Black Sea to prevent the Rus sians drawing their provisions and stores from Se bastopol. The demand is occasioned —at least such is the reason alleged—by the necessary reduc tion in the Bosphorus of the Turkish fleet, many of the ships having been employ e d as t ransports for the troops sent to the army of Abdi Pasha in i Asia. This, it is added, is the only thi ng i n th e shape of a " force" which has been demanded for mally in the name of the Porte. A private telegraph despatch from Trieste of the 19th containing Constantinopl e news of the 10th inst., confirms the announcement already made, that the Sultan has made a formal demand for the entrance of the two fleets into the Dardanelles, and that the Ambassadors of France and Great Britain have promised that the fleets should come. Mr. Marsh, United States Minister at Constan tinople, has been recalled, and replaced by Mr. Carroll Spence. From Vienna, Oct. 16th, we learn that the dip lomatic conference on the Oriental question has suspended its labours for some time past. Though inactive it is not dissolved. The following important news is condensed from a Constantinople letter of the 6th, in the Wanderer. Redschid's son, Massar Pasha, was the bearer of the necessary papers to Omer Pasha. M. de la Cour has declared that France does not consider itself in any waypledgedtoa;sist Turkey, which must itself care for the maintenance of the treaties. M. de Bruck gave the Porte to understand that Austria would not permit the possessions of Rus sia in Europe to be attacked. Lord Redcliffe con tinues to counsel the Porte to effect a compromise if possible, but has promised the maritime support of England in case of war. Prince Gortschakoff has ordered 3,000 huts to be erected on the left bank of th e Daube, and the Walachian Government has to pay 30,000 ducats for their construction. The c o mmissariat of the Russian army is so infamously managed that some times there is no bread. From 10,000 to 12,000 men are constantly in the hospital with dysentery and typhus. General Gortschakoff and Bannon berg are also ill. A thing hitherto unheard of in the Russian service has occurred : Generals Satler and Kotzebue have written to St. Petersburg and declared that, in consequence of the nonchalance of Prince Gortschakoff, the army will be ruined before the campaign begins. Prince Paskiewitch is loudly demanded by the army. Things are going on well in the Turkish army. A letter from Constantinople mentions that a contract was made for the purchase of 6,000 horses in the southern provinces of Persia for the use of the Turkish army, and the horses were delivered with the assent of the Court of Tehran. A letter from Varna, of the 20th ult., says : " Omer Pasha has 'organised a regiment of Pon tonniers, whose instruction was making rapid pro gress every day. He has nearly completed all the materiel for throwing a bridge across the river, but it is not expected that he will make any movement until next spring." The Pays has the following :—" It appears by the last accounts from Constantinopl e that a p ortion of the Turkish fleet had proceeded to cruise in the Black Sea, for the purpose of protecting the move ment of Abdi Pasha's army, and to keep in check the Russian ships which are supporting their army, and are preventing any communication with the Circasian tribes, always in a state of war. The cli mate being milder than on the banks of the Danube, a winter campaign is possible. Should the Russian army cross the Danube, and menace the provinces adjoining Constantinople, the remainder of the Turkish fleet will be commanded to proceed to the Black Sea to prevent the Russian fleet from sup plying the army of Prince Paski e witch with mili tary stores or provisions. It is believed that the latter distinguished G enera l w ill comman d th e Russian troops should they enter into campaign." ITALY. Queen Mario Amelie, on pass i ng th roug h Bel gium recently, on her way to Genoa, to embark for Spain, caught cold. Her Majesty neglected the cold, and it b ecame c h ange d i n t o pl eur i s y. O n arriving at Genoa, on the 11th, the Queen was obliged to lay up, but on the 15th was greatly bet- ter. Her Majesty is now out of danger, and in a few days will resume her journey. The Piedmontese Gazette publishes a royal de' cree, dated Turin, 18th, dissolving the divisional council of Ivrea, and directing the Intendant-Gene ral to convoke the electors for a new election. A letter from Rome of the 10th, in the Moniteur, says :—" I always hesitate to contradict the false intelligence given relative to this city, with a manifest spirit of hostility in certain Italian and German journals, and copied into ours. I will merely mention the latest ones—namely the assas sination of the delegate of Ravenna, the riot at Terni, th e i nsurrec ti on a t Civita, Vecchia, the number of political prisoners estimated at 30,00 0 , the great review of the French troops by the Pope in company with General Andre, and so many in ventions of the same sort. lam inclined to think that these rumours prove themselves to be untrue by their improbability, and that it is scarcely ne cessary for me to say that they ought to be set down in the category of falsehoods." GERMANY. The National Gazette of Berlin states that though the Prussian officers employed as instructors in the Turkish ar m y h ave not b een recalled, the reca ll will take place in the event of hostilities between Russia and Turkey. According to the last resolutions adopted by the Germanic Diet, the strength of the Federal army 15 fixed at 456,000 men, exclusive of the reserve. From the Voss Gazette of Berlin we learn that the reduction of the Austrian army is not equally extended to all the corps of which it is composed. That commanded by Field-Marshal Radetzky, th e Austrian garrisons in the German fortresses, 84 also the 9th and 10th corps, are not, for the pre' sent, subjected to any reduction ; but the measure applies to the troops of several provinces borderiu4 on Turkey, as also t o th e frontier regiments, an to the 10th and 11th corps scattered in Hungary. The German Journal of Frankfort, under date of Berlin, 15th, says :—" The relations between the Emperor of Russia and the Prince of Prussia are no longer what they were. A tone of cold ceremony has taken the place of former cordiality On the very evening, when the Czar took leave of the Royal family to return to St. Petersburg, the Prince of Prussia went to Berlin with his son , Prince Frederick William, to see the new operas which certainly would not have happened in for mer years." WAGES MOVEMENT. THE COTTON-SPINNERS' STRIKE AT MAN' CHESTER. - According to the present aspect of the turn-out, there does not appear to be the slightest possibility of a settle" went of the dispute between the masters and the men for some time to come. Yesterday a large body of the turn' outs was held in the Marsh, an immense plot of land, about a mile from the town. It was calculated that, st various parts of the day, the number present would rang e , from 10,000 to 15,000. The meeting was rather a gene' ral gathering of the hands than one convened for ant special object. No formal resolutions were passed, but the meeting was addressed during the day by se"' ral speakers, who urged upon all present the desire' bility of union and firmness, and earnestly called upon them to endure any amount of pecuniary and physic i suffering, rath er t h an su b mit to what they designate" the tyrannical and despotic requirements of the employ' ere. The matter is beginning to be viewed by all classes in Preston, as one of the most serious concern, and the gloomiest apprehensions are entertained as to the cone& quences, by tradesmen, shopkeepers, and others vital interested. It appears that so indignant are the master; at the violent language used towards them by the opell", tives at their var i ous pu bl ic meetings, that they wil l not only not consent to re-open their mills until the men have withdrawn themselves from the union, but, further, that trade being now so gloomy, they are con' templating keeping them closed for at least several weeks, THE WIGAN STRIKE. The turn-out of colliers and factory hands continues , and neither masters nor men show a disposition to give way. About 6,000 manufacturing operatives are at present out of w or k. Th ese consist to a great extent o f, females, and youn g p ersons, and their wages may be put down at from Bs. to 10s. each. Adding adult male* who, by attending to four looms each, earn about 185• a week, the amount of wages withdrawn from c i rc ulation may be set down about 3,5001. per week. Of the o°.ll. hers somewhere about 7,000 or 8 , 0 00 are now out . work ; and there is no outward evidence of a diepositi° l ` on the part of the men to succumb to their employe; Taking all into consideration, the amount lost to district by the present suspension of labour cannot b , set down a t muc h l ess th an 1,2001. to 1,5001. per welcy Of course, this is severely felt in a town like Wiga°'. r s parties enga ge d i n every b ranch of trade. The 0„'1-e1•11 are at pr esen t fi rm i n their determination to ma 1117,„ their pr esen t pos i t i on. The factory hands are eqll9l'''' determined. BAR SILVER.—In consequence of some further orders having been received by the last overland mail, bar silver has been much in demand, and the limited amount brought by the West India steamer has been disposed of at filid., an advance of ed. per ounce. CUSTOMS REGULATION.—By an order recently issued by the Board of Customs, and which was noticed at the time, the landing -waiters were empowered in all cases to deliver free goods without putting the importers to the inconvenience an d d e l ay o f wa i ting for the inspection o f the surveyor s . Thi s regu l ation, so far as it has bee n t carried into effect, has given the utmost satisfaction: , for, while the revenue i s sufficiently protected by the careful examination the goods still undergo, the advan tage to commerce, in th e sav i ng of time one, is veil considerable. It is now asserted, however, that some few of the acting surveyors are using their utmost en deavours to thwart the i n t ent i on of the Board, by making unusually rigid examinations, and detaining the goods for that purpose. O u t of many others, one eas e is mentioned where a consignment of 50 casks of citron was detained, and every one of them examined. " Was it not enough," it is asked, "to expose to injury a tithe even of the parcel, without subjecting the whole to da mage, which must necessarily result from the citron being pierced by an iron instrument ?" It is also of firmed that the goods are very roughly treated and much injured by the tide-officers, who, it appears, are still, engaged in the e xam i nat i on of certain articles free co duty, although the evidence given before the select cow" mittee demonstrated the repugnance of the mercantile community to the employment of this class of officers for such purposes, and it was also at that time con' demned even by the Commissioners themselves. A SHIP ABANDONED AT SEA.. —The following is an extract from a private letter, written on board the Spirit of the North, a few days' sail from Anjer, and d a ted the Ist of August, giving a somewhat strange account of a vessel deserted by her officers and crew On Tuesday, the 19th of Jul Nina, of B r i s t o l , abandon ed . we fell in with the brig arded and found out by h er papers that sh e wa s bound to , Met• bourne. Her papers, charts, chronometers, Sce., were all lying loos e i n th e cabin, and the sailors' bags and chests were on the hatchways, ready to be taken away. Her staunchions, bulwarks, and mainmast had been car' ried away, the latter, however, having been replaced by jury mast, on which a small sail was set to keep her to the wind. From these circumstances the captain is of opinion that the crew must either have all been washed overboard, or taken off by some other ship. I think the last is the more probable; as the long-boat is gone ; a nd if the crew had been washed overboard, the bags and chests would have been carried away by the same sea. When we found her she had been abandoned four days, as appeared by the log-book. B the manifest ap peared that her cargo was wort y h about 7,000/ It 4 and there being only about ten inches of water in the hold, the captain sent her to Batavia, in command of the second mate, consigned to Messrs. Pitcairn, Syme, and Co. She Bristol seem had to ben out f our months, and her agents in Messrs. Golden, Perrin, and Co.'' Loss OF THE AUSTRALIAN EMIQRANT SHIP BOURNEtir. —lntelligence has been received at Liverpool of the total loss of the Australian emigrant ship Bourneuf, be' longing to that port, on a detached reef at the entrance of Torres Straits. The vessel sailed from Hobson's Bay , Australia, on her return to this country, on the 15th of July, and on the 3d of August got on shore on the reef, and became a total wreck. In attempting to leave the wreck, the captain (Bibby), his wife and her sister, a nd five seamen, were drowned, a sea having struck the boat when half lowered, which broke the davits and drove the boat under the ship's counter. The rest of the crew miraculously escaped. Six seamen and an ar th e tr ee named Alfred Brownless, a native of Liverpool, are reported as having ken badly bruised. Everything was lost, and inany of the crew were naked. Those saved, 31 in nuMber, were picked up by the ship diva Elizabeth, Elizabeth, bound from Sydney for Batavia. After wards six of the men were draughted to the British barque Earl Grey, bound for Bombay. The chief mate coming home in the Julius Caesar, bound for Havre- The statement does not furnish the names of the crevi, that were drowned. The Bourneuf was a new ship, o f 1,400 tons burden, and commenced her first voyage from Liverpool for Port Philip on the 26th of Mayo 1852, with Government emigrants. AFFRAY BETWEEN THE SOLDIERS AND MR PoLICIe AT EDINBURGH. —Four of the soldiers concerned i n the recent affray between the military and police in the, Queen' s P ark were tried on Tuesday before Sheriff Gordon. It will be recollected that, during the progress of the Edinburgh Gymnastic Games on the Bth of Sep' tember last, Lieut. Roberts, of the 4th Regiment, at present stationed in the castle, struck rather severely with his cane a boy who happened to run against him. The o ffi cer , w h o was in the dress of a civilian, was mediately taken into custody by the police ; but a large party of soldiers, who were on the ground a° spectator s of the games interfered t o prevent the air prehensi on o f their officer. A fight ensued, the 0 ' diers using sticks and belts to attack the policemen, some of wh om were very severely injured. Eight soldiers had b een d etained, but only four were trieut viz., William Butler, Charles Welch, and James Connor , 'privates, and John ithey, lance-corporal, all of whew pleaded guilty. Captain Martin and Captain Gambl? having given evidence as to the previous excellent character of the men, more especially Withey, who II!s a good-conduct badge, and whose term of service nor'y . entitles him to another, the Sheri ff thought the cu ret ,' of justice would be satisfied by a sentence of months' imprisonment on Butler, Welch, and Connor , and of sixty days' imprisonment on Withey. We _ l3 lieve Lieutenant Roberts will not be tried on the char g e of striking the boy,—Scotsman. PERP ER I Ea! Pe] Nrir al E Pre