The Sun. — London, England, 1853-10-26 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 26, 1858, AUSTRAL..-. Wales cannot at present be safely calculated at more than one-fifth of this rate. As it is certain, ais (From the Times Correspondent.) i from all the accounts from Victoria, that, large as SYDNEY, July I.—Nothing of general political in- the quantity of gold produced there is in the mass, terest has occurred since the departure of the Shang- many hundreds of the diggers are not earning hat. The Constitution Committee has not yet enough to subsist on. It is believed the un,uccess made its report, nor is much anxiety expressed by fill would migrate to the comparatively untried the public with regard to it ; on the principal fields of New South Wales if the license fee of 30s. point—the organisation of the future Upper Cham- aamonth were abolished. A committee of the ber—the decision of the committee is already anti- : Legislative Council is still inquiring into the whole cipated; as to all others there prevails out of doors question, and it is not improbable its report may the most complete indifference. There has not ; be favourable to a reduction in the amount of the been a single meeting in any part of the colony to tax, if not its total abolition. express an opinion on the impending changes, ' The commercial advices fro m M e lb ourn e are though they may involve the existence of the present } rather gloomy. The mark e t s h ave h a d f or some franchise, and at least give the colonists the best ' time a " downward tendency," which, to those possible opportunity of throwing their influence accustomed to 200 or 300 per cent profit on into the scale against the "nominee" system in th a invoice prices, must have been very alarm- Council, of which we have so long com plained. La ing. But the heavy r ai ns , w hich cut off the yet this has not been done in any form to which, a intercourse with the " diggings," and other Government can attach importance. On the Con- causes, have converted the tendency into an stitution question the - Executive and its friends absolute fall. In the week ending the 21st of in the Legislature are unchecked by any effective June the importations had not been great, or the opposition, though there are in the colony abun- decline in prices would have been more consider dant elements of a formidable oppoei'aion here- able; even as it was, however, " the fall has been after. very sensibly felt, and goods can scarcely be got The present indifference of the public to all these off without active and vigorous forcing." One of questions is cer t a i n ly to be regretted, but it is very the causes of this unusual state of affairs is the natural; a community so absorbed in the most ex- want of any extensive stores for the merchandise. I traordinary realities will not give time or thought If goods are not purchased and sent up the country a to abstract political theories. It is indifferent even almost as soon as they arrive , the little store - room to matters that touch it much more directly ;it is of the place becomes choked. Hitherto they have too busy to compel the municipality to a decent thus disappeared ; but the winter has susp en d e d discharge of civic duties, though the neglect of the usual d emand, while car g oes continue to arrive , them is accumulating all sorts of nuisan ces both in for which no place can be found. The merchants Sydney and Melbourne. Here th e corporat i on, are beginning to discover that mere buying and from variety of causes, has sunk i n t o suc h con - se lli n g creates nothing. While p a yi ng f a b u l ous tempt that the executive might extinguish it with rents they have neglected to build, and are now perfect impunity, and put a G overn ment commis- suffering from the want of enterp r i se . S ome o f t h e sion in its place ; it has not done so only because ships in the bay have been converted into floating the public incessantly as it grumbles, has not de- warehouses ; but su c h i s th e diffi culty of getting energy enough to c ome t oget h er an d f orma lly goods from the bay to the city that it affects prices wand that the present town council be super- considerably; "few transactions can be effected," seded. it is said, " u n l ess th e goods are ready to be de- The select committee appointed by the Council on livered." The Commercial Circular adds : the 27th of May to prepare a series of resolutions "It is no unusual occurrence for parties to wait .two thanking the home Government for what are called and three months fir the delivery of goods from the the " constitution dispatches," has made its report, bay after they have purchased them, and the consequence recommending for adoption the following ; of such delay is frequently ruinous. We know of cases, "1. That this Council, while adhering to its previously and these by no means few or far between, where goods recorded opinions respecting the constitutional rights of Purchased only about a month ago could have been the inhabitants of the colony, deems its proper to express sold, if then delivered, at a profit of not less than 100 or its deep sense of the conciliatory spirit evinced by the 150 per cent. ; but now, if brought into the market, so late dispatchesf rom the Right Hon. Sir John Pakington great has been the fall in the interval, they would not and his Grace the Duke of Newcastle, laid by the Geyer- realise enough to cover expenses. This is a serious state nor-General on the table of this house on the 11th day of of matters, which further arrivals will only tend to May last, and to express its hope that they are the corn- aggravate, unl ess some greater facilities are provided in mencement of a new and auspicious era in the government lighterage and wharfage." of her Majesty's Australian colonies. The most bulky articles were the first to give "2. That this Council, at the same time, desires to way flour and breadstuffs are declining in price, accord its appreciation o f th e di spatches of his ' Ex Excellent the Governor-General, recommendin g t he concessions rica have been enormous. Some cargoes have been which have been made, brought into Sydney, as the preferable market. " 3. That a copy of these resolutions be transmitted East In di an r i ce d oes not fetch its cost price and by the Speak er t o t h e Ri ght Hon, the Secretary ofState for the col on i es , and be also presented by him to his freight, and quantities have been b oug h t up f or Excellen c y th e G over nor-Gener al." exportation to England. Groceries are going down rapidly, having fallen 50 p er cen t. i n a fortnight ; The estimat es f or t h e current year were proposed ale and beer have declined 25 p er cen t., b u t sp i r i ts on the 22d by th e A u di tor-General. He anticipated a surplus of revenue at t h e close o f 1 853 over allremain generally at th e i r f ormer prices • ' not so wines, of which inferi or sor t s are quite unsaleable. the ordina r y expen di ture of 52,26 71 . Th e revenue from the There is a fall in on e c l ass o f goods difficult to ex -88,000/. ;thegold licenses, it is calculated, will be plain—in winter cl o thi ng , b oo t s, s h oes, bl an k ets, expenses charged on this ource of in come is 40,0001., leaving a balance for general pur- would have been n ow i n th e grea t es t d eman d ; i t poses of 48,0001. If the license system should be abo- has even been inf erre d i n S y d ney f rom thi s f ac t , lished, as there is some chance of its being, the ex- th at the "purchasi ng power " o f th e di gger popu penses connected with the population of the gold lation is actually d ecreas i ng : it i s more lik e l y t h a t fields will remain nearly the same ; the revenue wou ld lose the whole sum, and the cost of th e police, the trade in th ese goo d s h as b een over d one . Build &c., for these districts would be a charge on the ing materials of all kinds keep up their prices, and ordinary funds. The operation of the new tariff will do,so for some time to come, for people find has been most successful, though the prices of all they must build, at whatever cost. Consignments articles of consumption have been enormously in- of jewellery have been found so unsaleable that creased, even 200, 300, and 400 per cent., which the y have been sent back to Lon do n . Firearms must have ch ec k e d th e purc h ase of them to some have also been imported to an extent ludicrously extent ; yet, the Customs' revenue for the first in excess of the demand. It would be a very good quarter of the present year was 85,0001,, showing speculation to buy up the unsold revolvers at Mel an increase of 29,0001. or 53 per cent., above the bourne and Sydney prices for re-exportation to corresponding quarter of last year. Uder the old London. tariff the same imports would not have yielded There is no doubt there will be an increased con more than 65,700/. Nearly the whole of this in- sumption of everything in the spring, and, unless crease is on ardent spirits ; the addition of 6d. a- the importers have greatly overrated the market, gallon to the duty on rum caused an increase of the present depression will probably be but tern -2,6601. in the revenue from that article. The b- porary. Goods cannot go on rising for ever, even stitution of 11d. p er lb . on tea of all kinds for the at Melbourne, and there may be prices which ad valorem duty of 5 per cent. gave an increase of make even a digger hesitate and defer purchasing. 3,9481. ; the similar substitution of a fixed duty on This limit has been as nearly as possible reached, the differ en t c l asses o f sugars produced an increase and the dealers appear to have thought that a fall was out of the nature of things. House and of revenu e o f 10,600/. ' • and the duty of I s . a - ga ll on on wines an in crease of 3,1841. In the fi rs t quarter shop rent, and the sums paid for building grbund of the present year, compared with the correspond-f (not for building on) are certainly calculated on ing quarter of 1852, the increase in the quantity some such idea. But rents will be the last thing rum entered for duty was 9 per cento.f;whofiabkranddoe, to decline, for the simple reason that the city has 70 per cent. • of gin, 26 per cent. -not half house-room enough for its inhabitants. per cent.; and of all other spirits, 240 per cent . ? The All accounts concur in describing the wretchedness actual quantities imp or t e d i n t h e same period were of the place as a residence, from this cause. The correspondent of the Sydney lieraid remarks : —rum, 106,402 ga ll ons - brandy 55,469 ga ll ons • gin, 24,167 gallon s ; whisky, 4,949 ga ll ons •of " Tom Moore was accustomed to say that Ireland i s other spirits, 1,131 gallons. I n th e same eriod a beautiful p lace to live out of. The same thin g can be The and with greater truth, of Melbourne. For, what there were import e d 146,3851 b. o f tobacco. period a ruinous increase in the consumpti on o f ar d ent sp i r i ts in- household comfort, the unspeakably filthy state of the dicated by the abov e figures the Auditor Ge nera l c i ty a f ter a f ew days' drenching rain—' the dreary inter admitted was a great moral and social evil, but course of daily life,' among a heterogenous mass of hoped much of that increase might be ascribed people who have not an interest in common, and the to the fact that whole classes of the population dismal dulness which broods over everything except this were now able to command luxuries they had not eternal buying and selling—it may fairly be said that before been able to enjoy. If it be so, their taste this self-glorifying metropolis of the 'golden colony' has had taken a direction unfavourable to health and sunk to the lo west point of social existence. It is not domestic happiness ; and it is but too evident from to be wondered at that people leave it as soon as they many indications that drunkenness is increasing to can possess themselves of a share of its golden spoils." an alarming extent. C oncurrent l y with this large In nearly all the published correspondence and importation of s pi r it s, th e quantity distilled in the letters from the gold fields the prevailing tone is colony has nearly doubled withi n th e last year ; that of disappointment and despondency. It may the increase is no less than 189 per cen t., an d the be that the lucky are silent, and work on inspired Excise returns of the last two months show that by full bags and heavy pockets. But the toil is this percentage is still rising. The increase in the severe, and their life one of great hardship,; and, import of tea in five months of the present year, if not rewarded by success, must soon gaow dis over the same period o f 1852, i s 42 per cent. ; of heartening. If not increased by continual iinmi sugar, 21 per cent.—small figures compared with gration, the present population of the digginas the register of intoxicating compounds ; the in- would soon begin to decrease, as many who have crease in wines is only J 3 per cent. ; the " diggers" abandoned their regular occupations under the demand a more fiery article. The other portions influence of the fever are returning to them. of Merewether's clear and able statement have only Thus, during the past week, the business of brick a local interest • but he concluded with a compari- making in Sydney, which has been suspended ever son of the result of the gold di scover i es i n N ew since the discovery of the gold, has been resumed. South Wales and th e southern province (Victoria), It i s the s ame in o ther trade s ; m en are re t urn i ng which embodies a very general impression among to them, and those who thus return are likely to the many classes in Sydney. There can be no doubt remain. Many of them have been unlucky, others sudden increase in the population and coin- admit they could have done very well, "but the merce of Victoria has be en attended by m an y ev il s work was killing them." Among the labouring which we h ave escaped or feel only in a minor classes of Sydney there is now a very accurate degree. The Auditor-General said : knowledge of what life at a goldfield is. The first " Allusion has recently been made to the amazing prosperity of Victoria ; her pre t sent state might be cha- intoxication is passed away, and visionary nuggets dazzle fewer here than ' • eyes in many of the cities of racterized as prosperous, but i marked by many unattractive w fe a a s ti a ir t es the same time Europe. New comers arrive under the influence He hoped, of the spell ; residents have been to a great degree however, that the prosperity of th w a e t al c t o h lony would prove disenchanted by experience. On the whole, the as substantial as her growth M had been surprising. At present li population working working classes of the towns find it better to take a s c n o o d u i ld p l tremble for her permanent interests and e advantage of the present high rate of wages in on account of the great attraction of her gocidafiezllbeing tolerable comfort, than to rough it for uncertain all events ho saw no reason why, in compariso a. At ith gains at the mines. - The immigration will long Victoria, this colony should be thought meanly of. w ith continue to keen up an excitement, but the colo though they had not gold coming in by tons an d i mr ,„- nists would sooh begin to regard gold digging with grants landing by thousands, yet they saw their harbo ur ---- muchcoolness •• as filled with vessels of almost all the commercial nations would become a regular pursuit for those adapted it of the world ; they saw their streets becoming thron g ed for it, but would not seduce many from large earn like large commercial towns of the mother (* i nns un- in less toilsome occupations. The proportion try ; they saw large, substantial, and ornamental oe brilliant successes to the number of those who buildings rising in every direction ; and there wa s a find it a hard life with little or no profit, is being steady tide of immigration flowing in. At the same time, bett er so _ . calculated, and the knowledge has a very the public revenue was increasing in proportion to their increasing requirements ; the ordinary pursuits of indus- b_ering effect. The Government have resolved to give Mr. liar try were being carried on with almost as little interrup- The Government have resolved to give Mr. Har tion as if gold had never been discovered ; while the greaves, the discoverer of' the gold in Australia, profits of those pursuits had enormously increased, every the sum of 5,0001. Mr. Hargreaves considers this class in the community was thriving, and quietness and an ins ufficient ac k now l e d gmen t o f hi s serv i ces to good order prevailed throughout the country. With the colony, a s he came from California at his own these signs of prosperity around he saw no reason to expense for the purpose of "prospecting" here. envy Victoria, and he liked the progress here all the The working party he took with him have disputed better, because it was gradual. In the mineral resources Mr. Hargreaves' claim to the merit of having been of the colony be had the utmost confidence ; and there the first discoverer, as they actually dug up the was even a real be ne fit i n it s t ar dy d eve l opment, as t h e spec i me ns o f th e precious metal which IVI r. .Har community was thu s s p are d th a t f ever i s h exc it ement an d greaves ex hibit e d at the public that meetmg at Bathurst; disturbance of an ind us t r i a l s y s t em w hi c h m us t h ave en - where th e announcement threw the colony sued had there been suddenly open up in the nighbour- in to fever was first amade. There has been con hood of this city such vast treasures as were foun dat Mount Alexand er or B a ll ara t." siderable official correspond ence on the subject We have had at short int erva l s very hea v y an d but, even from the statement of Mr. Hargreaves' rivals for the honour, it appears that he was the continuous falls of rain ; all the intelligence fromb • head and director—the rains of the party, in fact, Places interior speaks of sudden floods, which in some Places have done considerable damage. Mining throughout. He very justly asks how the men he employed could have been walking over the same operations are suspended in what are called the ground for the whole of their lives, without even "wet" di gg ings • all the holes in the beds of the river s and ', ' suspecting the treasure under their feet, till he told time. creeks are necessarily abandoned for a to dig for it ? That On the Turon the waters .gold e a _ that the miners fisted in the country was known before ;but the • could not save their • implements ; cradles, merit of Mr. Hargreaves is, that he proved that it buckets, shove l s, away by the Wo rking torren and pans, were all swept could be easily obtained, and in large quantities, had ceased at those diggings. The roads everywhere and, by making the facts public, commenced passable. Even the gold are all but im the movement that has had such extraordinary appointed days, and • escorts cannot keep their for the colony results . and Europe. Probably the As the difficulty of transport and depart irregularly.the example of province of Victoria will follow crease the already Highnsport at this season will New in- South Wales, and vote Mr. Hargreaves a diggings, •an influx of three of provisions at the the gold fields to the raining population from similar sum at least. He says he has been offered ter is expected. towns for the rest of the win- very large amounts of money to lend his name to various bubble mining companies that would have The quantity of gold brought down both to M e l- been " splendid specs" in the London market. bourne and Sydney to the last dates is ra ther less When he refused, on the ground of the plain dis than that reported for the month of May decrease is ascribed chiefly to the bad ; but the honesty of the concerns, he was told by the projec weather. A s tors . it was "only plucking . the escorts arrive at irregular intervals the return discoverer of the gold of Australia has not himself of the number of ounces brought by each becomes been enriched by it. confused, and a clearer notion of th e quantity pro _ The Council has voted an increase in the salaries from duced may be gained the periodical report of of all officers in the employ of the Government, to the quantity exported from the colony from the enable them to meet the greatly increased cost of let of January last, added to the quantity received living. The increase will take effect from the Ist by the last escorts. From the Ist of January t o of January last. the 18th of June the province of Victoria had pro- The wrecks on the Australian coast are beco • ming duced and exported 1,095,405 ounces of gold, or 45 alarmingly frequent. Since the loss of the Monti qrs. 17 lb. 1 oz. of the preciou s mental City steamer, tons 12 cwt. 3 earner, by which more than 30 of the metal, which, at 755. per ounce, gives a value of passengers perish e d, th e Prince of Wales, an Aus -5,750,8751. sterling. .As one, if not two escorts, tra ian coaster, has been found at sea, floating bot bad roads, this tom upwards, all on board - have been delayed by the rains and return is for some fortnight less than the half-year; On the 18th inst., the Earlof Ch ' arlemont, Captain of New South I Garner, one of the Liverpool p the quantity produced $y the fields ox line of packets, 'FAIRS. went ashore at the Barwon Heads, near Cape Ot way, and was wrecked. She had 435 passengers on board, but, happily, notwithstanding the cowardly behaviour of some of the crew, no lives were lost ; all were saved by the exertions of the captain, offi cers, and a few of the passengers, the women and children being landed first. The number of ships dispatched for the Australian ports has increased enormously, and it is feared the commanders are not, in many instances, sufficiently careful on a coast of which they know nothing. At Port Philip, also, the system by which the pilots are appointed and paid is very defective. Having a fixed salary from the Government, they will not board ships outside the Heads, where they are most wanted, and only take charge of them when they are fairly in the smooth water of the bay. Many of the late disasters have been caused by this practice alone. In the case of the Monumental City so much blame was attributed to the commander, Captain Adams, that the Government was urged to prosecute bim for manslaughter ; but, on taking the opinion of the law officers, it appeared that being an American vessel the captain was not amenable to the colonial enactments. A kind of enquiry was instituted before the Navigation Board of Sydney - , at the re quest of Captain Adams himself ; but, as it had no power to inflict any penalty or summon witnesses, the result was very unsatisfactory, and the com mander is by no means acquitted of blame in the opinion of the public. In consequence of the sen sation created by this wreck, a lighthouse is at last to be erected at Cape Howe. The lantern for it has been locked up in the Government stores at Sydney for some five years, the first attempt to construct the lighthouse having by some misman agement of the architect totally failed. Her Majesty's ship Serpent, Commander Ham mett, arrived here on the 20th. She left Hong Kong nearly eight months ago. She has since touched at and surveyed many of the islands in the China seas and the Pacific ; among them are Peel Island, Passhes, Puscadars, Serpent's group, Scant's group, Wellington's group, Paterson's group, M'Caskill Islands, and Solomon's Isles. At the last named the Serpent remained two days, making inquiries as to the death of Mr. Benjamin Boyd, but without success ; no infor mation could be obtained of the savage natives. The Serpent then visited Copang, Port Essing ton, where a search was made for traces of Dr. expedition, Swan River and King George's Sound. During part of the voyage the Serpent was short of water and provisions. The surgeon died in March last of inflammation of the brain. This vessel is to go to England via Auck land and Valparaiso. The intelligence of the final and total breakdown of the Royal Mail steamer Australian arrived here an the 27th, and was received with great satisfac tion by the mercantile men of the colony and the public generally. From the previous accounts it was feared she might have put to sea again with another mail, to repeat the long and miserable pas sage of the Adelaide. The anxiety and loss the colony has suffered from the failures of this mis managed concern cannot be described, and the sa tiSfaction of the public at hearing that one mail at least is to be sent by another channel is very natural. The Antelope steamer, that was to have raced with the Marco Polo from Liverpool to Port Philip, has not yet been heard of. The Marco Polo sailed on her return voyage on the sth inst. As immigration increases, the treatment of pas sengers by sailing ships appears to get worse and worse. The Sydney papers teem with exposures of the rascality, drunkenness, and brutality—the terms are quite justified—of the captains, and the unscrupulous rapacity of the owners. Old and rotten hulks, badly provisioned, are puffed as first class vessels in every respect, but the passengers soon find that the ship leaks at starting ; that the provisions, after the first few days, are changed for an inferior quality ' • and that they have to fare hard and work at the pumps to keep themselves afloat the whole of the voyage, with a commander drinking himself daily into madness, so that they have at last to seize him and put him in irons, to prevent him from committing murder or sending the ship to the bottom 1y senseless orders. This is a literal sketch of what took place on board one of the last arrivals from Liverpool. The passengers had deprived the captain of the command and kept him in irons the greater part of the passage. On arriving here they deposed to the above details on oath, and stated other facts publicly that were not necessary to prove the legal charge ; but be yond being exonerated from blame for the restraint they placed on the drunkard the owners had en trusted their lives to, they have no redress. This, it may be admitted, was a bad case, but too many others differ from it only in degree. If anything worse is to be discovered, it is on board the Ameri can ships bringing passengers from New York or California. It is a common trick f o r th e owner ' s to take the passage-money to Port Philip, and get rid of the passengers at Sydney by continually putting off the day of sailing or stopping the issue of pro visions. The passengers see they are swindled, but have no remedy. One English method of catching passengers de serves equal exposure—it is that of advertising ships to sail on the principle of " select emigration," the announcement being worded to create a belief the passengers will be " selected," so as to present a higher tone of religious and moral feeling than average cargoes of unsifted Christians : and that some sort of inquiry is made as to character before the application for a berth is granted. The bait is not unskilfully thrown out, but let no one be taken in by it. The brokers and agents neither elect, nor select, nor require any test but ability to pay the passage-money . The consequence is that th e de luded religious emigrant, instead of finding himself among persons of similar feeling, is thrown into contact with mere ordinary worldings, and the ex pected three months' communion in religious pri vileges is out of the question. A ship recently came out on the " select" principle, and it proved an eminent failure. The serious section of the passengers, thinking themselves empowered by the. prospectus to carry out the religious discipline of the ship, formed a committee and drew up a set of regulations, which the other party lit their pipes with, any attempt to enforce rules made by a self constituted authority being resented as an imperti nence. The result was a series of quarrels which lasted the whole voyage, ending with an explosion of wrath and recrimination in the Sydney journals at its close. What might have been a pleasant voyage—for no complaint is made of the ship or the treatment on board—was thus made very much the reverse. Emigrants had better suspect all brokers' promises, especially if phased reli g i ous ly, and calculate on finding at sea just as much devo tional fervour as they carry with them, and no more. But the crafty trading on such feelings is very disgusting. FORTH AND CLYDE CANAL.—The report to be sub mitted to the proprietors at Glasgow, on the 26th inst.. states that the accounts exhibit a surplus revenue for the year of 34,4271. enabling them to declare a dividend at the rate of 5i per cent., amounting to 31,3861., and leaving 3,0411. to add to the rest. This statement of their affairs will, it is hoped, be satisfactory, showing , not only an increased trade, but also a diminished ex penditure. The large saving in the extraordinary ex penditure is exceptional, no part of the canal having this year required such extensive repairs to necessitate interruption of traffic—a circumstance which has, of course, told favourably upon the revenue. In the ordi nary expenditure retrenchments have been made, and others are in contemplation : the results of these will, how ever, be unfavourably affected by a rise of wages and materials during the last few months. Under these cir cumstances the governor and council have, after due con sideration, to recommend, the large addition to rest which bas been stated,raising its amount to 7,3821. The Grangemouth-harbour having participated in the gene ral increase of trade, its surplus ' income on the last half-year of 4091. has been applied to reduce the advances formerly made by the company, and now debited in "joint account with the Earl of. Zetland." 'thereby diminishing by that amount the contingent ac count maintained to meet these advances. The Drum peller Railway Extension will be completed within a few weeks and, will prove a useful feeder to traffic, as well as an accommodation to important mineral fields. GREENLAND MINES.-It was mentioned in June last that'an expedition was about to start from Portsmouth, to test the mining capabilities of the southern coast of Greenland, in consequence of a grant having been made by the King of Denmark to a Mr. Lundt. The Dolphin yacht, of 217 tons, which was fitted out for the purpose by Mr. A. Robinson, Sir W. Trevelyn, and Mr. Regner Westenholtz has now returned, after an unprecedented pas sage of sixdays from Cape Farewell to Land's-end, having on board upwards of 16 tons of copper ore, said to average more than 50 per cent. of pure metal, and a great variety of specimens of silver and lead ores. The expedition was accompanied by Mr. W. C. Vivien, a mining captain, from Corn wall, and M r . H o ff , a mineralogist, on the part of the Danish Government, and their report is stated to be very satisfactory regarding the metalliferous character of the entire country included in the grant. Mr. Friis, a Nor wegian mining captain, and 10 men, were left at the mines to carry on operations.—Portsmouth Times. effi[cAacnivoEunaTilnSE:ufriENnTg.}B—iliefOlipoWopalyeliy, aPnidllsEpwileopntd;cerEfuiltls —Mr. Patrick O'Lary, of the Mall, Waterford, suffered from bile, a general derangement of the stomach, and frequent attacks of epileptic fits. The best medical treat ment he availed himself of had no good effect whatever upon him ; and although he feared he should be a suf ferer for life, he resolved on giving Holloway' s Pill s a trial, from hearing that a gentleman connected with the law, and residing in the Temple, had been cured by their use. He now can boast of a completely renovated con stitution, and a perfect restoration to health by taking these invaluable pills.—Sold by all druggists, and at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, London._ . , MIDDLES, ',S— —Oct. 25 , (Before Mr. Sergeant Adams, Asi ;istant Judge.) Thomas Powell, 42, was indicted fi )r having unlaw fully assaulted Mary Ann Davis, with intent. • The defendant in this case lived at 6 9, Windsor-street, Islington, and stood in relation of step' father to the pro secutrix, a girl 13 years of age. The offence imputed to him was committed on the 21st inst., and the evidence of the girl clearly showed that though he was not guilty on the first count, he had been guilty of - most scandalous conduct towards her. The jury found him 'guilty of a common assault, and The Assistant Judge sentenced him to four months' imprisonment. Florence Driscoll, a young man attired as a sailor, was indicted for committing an assault on Emma Gooding, with a felonious intent. The prosecutrix, who said that she had been a wait ress at a tavern in Doctors' Commons, stated that she was now keeping house for her brother, who had lost his wife, in Lucas-street, St. George's. On the 13th inst., about three in the morning, she was returning from No. 2, Caroline-street, where she had been to a party, when she was accosted by the defendant. He threw his arm round her neck and tried to kiss her, upon which she told him to let her alone, or she should call out for pro tection. She succeeded in getting away from him and ran away, but he followed her, and committed an as sault upon her, the nature of which she described, and which was set forth in the first count of the indictment. She tried to push him away, but could not, through ex haustion. He held her about two minutes, and, attrac ted by her cries, a policeman came up and took him away from her. In cross-examination she stated that she went with her sweetheart to the party at No. 2, Caroline-street. She did not know the name of the person who gave the party. It took place in the first floor. Her sweetheart went away between one and two o'clock, leaving her there, although he lodged in the house. She did not know the names of the persons she was left with, she had never seen them before. Storey, 149 K, stated that on the morning in ques tion he heard a female voice exclaim " Let me alone or I will call for protection." In consequence he made his way to the spot whence it proceeded. He heard a sound as of persons running —then they stopped, and he heard screams for police. When he came up he saw the defendant with his arm round the prosecutrix's neck. With one of his hands he was pulling her clothes about. The proseeutrix was pushing him away, and as far as witness could see was making every effort to release her self from him. Neither of them saw him until be had got hold of the defendant. He had some difficulty to get the defendant away, and the prosecutrix was greatly excited. The defendant's dress was disarranged when be took hold of him. Cross-examincl -Tae defendant said to the prosecu trix " Why did you take my money ?" She denied that she had taken any money from him. No sum was men• tioned by the defendant. The prosecutrix was recalled, and swore that she did not receive money from the defendant. The policeman said the prosecutrix volunteered to be searched when at the police station. She declared that she had no money about her. The charge contained in the first count, that of the in tent, &c., was withdrawn, and the learned counsel for the defence did not contend against the evidence as to the assault. The jury found the defendant guilty of a common assault. The Assistant Judge after conferring with the magis trates or, the bench, said he was not at all satisfied with the account the prosecutrix gave as to the reason of her being out. It was very strange that a young woman should go with her sweetheart to a party where he lodged, and the persons giving it quite unknown to her, her sweetheart leaving her there for two hours, and allowing her to go home at 3 in the morning by herself. Mr. Parry said that the prosecutrix, even admitting that she had been guilty of imprudent conduct, was entitled to protection from such an outrage as the de fendant bad been guilty of. The policeman said he had ascertained that the prose cutrix lived with her brother, a master shoe-maker, at a most respectable house in Lucas-street, but he had not inquired about the house in Caroline-street referred to. The prosecutrix was keeping company with a young man (a blacksmith) with whom she went to the house in question on the night of this transaction. The Assistant-Judge said the prosecutrix must be protected from such conduct as had been proved against the defendant. Under the circumstances, the sentence was that he be imprisoned for one month. Susan Keene, 39, was indicted for stealing a sheet, value is., the property of the trustees of the parish of Saint Mary, Islington ; and Emma Atkin, 19, for felo niously receiving the same, well knowing it to have been stolen. The latter pleaded guilty. It appeared that Keene was an inmate of the Isling ton workhouse, and Atkins was admitted as a vagrant on the night of the 11th of October, and lodged in the ward appropriated for that class of persons. Next morn ing Keene was 'seen by another pauper at the door of the vagrant ward, as if speaking to some one through the keyhole, after which she went to her own room, and returned in a few minutes with a white cloth, or what appeared to be a white cloth, which she threw up to an iron grating over the vagrant ward door, and it was caught by the hand of some person inside, and drawn through the bars. Atkin was afterwards searched, and a sheet, which was afterwards identified as the property of the parish trustees, was found upon her. Keene, in her defence, said she only threw some bread tied up in a white rag to the bars, for the tramps, as she knew they were p resse d with hunger, being brought into the house at night from the streets, and kept till morning without anything to eat or drink. The bread she threw war, some she did not want. The jury found her Guilty. It was shown that in May, 1851, Keen was convicted of a similar offence, robbing the Islington workhouse. The Assistant-Judge sentenced Keen to one year's and Atkin to six month's hard labour. Esther Kebble, 25, was indicted for stealing two mus lin caps and five,pieces of muslin, the property of the Committee of Visitors of the County Lunatic Asylum at Colney Heath, and further for stealing a cotton night gown and a cotton apron, value 2s. 6d., the property of Elizabeth Greville. The prisoner pleaded guilty to the first charge, and not guilty to the second. In answer to questions put by the Assistant-Judge to the matron of the asylum and Elizabeth Greville, the prosecutrix in the second case, who was a nurse at the ' asylum, it was stated that the prisoner had been a nurse at the asylum since July last, and she was suspected of dishonesty, in consequence of Greville having noticed on her apron some strings which she had missed some time before. A search was made, and the other articles mentioned in the indictment were discovered. Sentenced to six months' hard labour. 'Thomas'Johnson, 20 , and John, Smith, 19, were in aided on Monday for stealing a coat, the property of Oraus Alson, and a coat, the property of Emanuel Lar sen, in the ship Emigrant, in the port of London. It appeared that on the 14th inst. Mr. George Wil son, the chief constable of the East and West India Docks, saw the prisoners going in a hurried manner along the south quay of the (lock. Knowing their pre vious character be followed them, and asked what they were doing there, but they made no answer, and ran off, one to the right and one to the left. He caught John son, and a gentleman held him while he went after Smith, who was stopped 150 yards off by some lab urers. Smith was secured in a shed, and Mr. Wilson fetched Johnson, and then took both of them to the police station in the dock, and the coats which each of them were wearing were identified shortly afterwards as the property of the prosecutors, having been stolen that day from the foresail bowline of the Emigrant. The vessel was lying alongside the quay, so that any person could step on board, and both prisoners were seen on the vessel shortly before the coats were stolen. The jury found both prisoners guilty. Former convictions were proved against each of them, and it was stated that Smith had been committed no less than 16 times. The Assistant-Judge sentenced them each to four years' hard labour. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL.— William Smith, describing himself as a medical student, was placed at the bar charged with being drunk and disorderly, and with assaulting a lady in St. Paul's-churchyard and otherwise annoying her, also with assaulting the officer in the execution of his duty. Mrs. Lack, of 4G, Seckford-street, Clerkenwell, said she was in St. Paul's-churchyard on the evening previous, when the prisoner addressed her and behaved in a very rude manner. He placed his hands upon her, and other wise persisted in annoying her, so that she was compelled to give him into custody: The officer said he tried to persuade the prisoner to go away, and on his refusing he attempted to remove him, but the prisoner being a tall and powerful man threw him (the officer) on the ground and held him down un til assistance arrived, when witness got up and with three other constables carried prisoner to the station, for he positively refused to walk. Sir IL W. Carden said persons holding a respectable position and belonging to an honourable profession like the prisoner ought - to know better than to misconduct themselves in such a manner. However, ladies must be protected, and 'he therefore fined the prisoner 40s. for the assault upon the officer, 20s. for that on the lady, and ss. for being drunk. The fines were immediately paid. Mrs. Margaret Freeman was again brought up and committed for trial on the charge of stealing 15s. from the shop of Mr. Brookes, a chemist of Fleet-street, in whose house she lodged. An application was made to bail the prisoner, on account of her being in an advanced stage of pregnancy, but as Mr. Brookes had lost between 201. and 301. in the same way and discharged several of his servants in consequence it was considered an aggra vated case, and the application was therefore refused. CLERKENWELL.—John Cahill, of No. 20, Tyn dalls-buildings, Gray's-inn-lane, was charged with hav ing wilfully and maliciously stabbed William Mullins, by which his life was placed in danger. It appeared that legal proceedings had been insti tuted under the Lodging-house Act against a party named Sullivan, residing in Tyndall's-buildings, for not having duly registered, and in defiance of the decision of the magistrate and the original landlord, they persisted in keeping possession, although every means were adopted for the purpose of ejecting them. On Sunday night last John Bryan, the landlord's agent, renewed his efforts to get the Sullivans out, which led to great ex citement, and ended: in Mrs. Sullivan making a false charge of robbery against Bryan, who was on Monday brought to this court, and discharged by Mr. Tyrwhitt, free from imputation. This led to further exxcitement and ire, and the prisoner Cahill was heard to say that he would " skiver" Bryan or any of his party. On Mon day evening, a formidable gang of the lower order of Irish assembled in a public-house in Gray's-inn-lane, where a row ensued, in which the prisoner and Mullins were concerned, and the latter was said to have been stabbed by Cahill with a knife. He bled profusely and was taken to the Royal Free Hospital, Gray's-inn-road, where his wounds were dressed, and where he now lies in danger. A surgeon's certificate to that effect was produced. The prisoner positively denied the charge, saying that he had not a knife in his possession, and it was a per son named M'Hugh, who stabbed Muffins. He called several witnesses in support of this defence. Mr. Tyrwhitt, however, under the circumstances, re manded the prisoner, as from the present condition of Mullins, and the nature of the evidence, it would be necessary for him to attend at the hospital to receive his deposition, and The prisoner was accordingly remanded. LAMBETH. —Ann Bull, a well-dressed, middle-aged female, who is the keeper of a low house in Granby street, Waterloo-road, was charged with grossly ill treating Eliza Bull, a little girl of eleven years of age. The complainant, an intelligent child, said she bad been living with her aunt, the prisoner, for about three years, and during the whole of that time had been try med with the greatest harshness. On Saturday last. the prisoner having found fault with her about het pinafore being wet, although it was not so, ordered her to strip her clothes off. She did so, and while perfectly naked, she set her to scrub the stairs down, which she was obliged to do in that state. A week ago she said her aunt struck her on the head with a saucepan, and inflicted a wound which bled a good deal. Police-constable Kitchen, 109 L, deposed that about two o'clock on Saturday last he was sent for by a neigh bour of the prisoner's, and on looking through a window saw the last witness in the act of scrubbing down the stairs without a vestige of clothing on. He spoke to the prisoner on the subject, and her reply was that the girl was very bad and unruly, and she had don l e it to check and improve her. On questioning the girl he found that she bad been subjected to so much cruelty that he felt it to be his duty to take her to complain to his worship. Two young women spoke of a series of ill-treatment to which the poor child had been subjected by the prisoner. The prisoner, in reply to the charge, said the com plainant, her niece, was so obstinate and bad that she was compelled to be a little strict with her, and called two common girls who lived in her house to swear that she had treated the unfortunate child most kindly. These witnesses answered the questions put to them by the magistrate so glibly and carelessly that Mr. Elliott threatened to commit them to prison for perjury. , The magistrate, aft e r commen ti ng i n severe terms on the gross conduct of the prisoner, sentenced her to six weeks' imprisonment and hard , labour, and directed that the child should be at once taken to the workhouse, so that she might be sent to, the country to her parents. SOUTHWARK.— A cab-driver, 6,235, was sum moned by a gentleman named Willoughby for demand ing more than his fare. The complainant was driven from the Russell-square end of Gordon-square to the South-Eastern Railway terminus, London-bridge, via Little Britain, Newgate-street being stopped up. At the end of his ride '2s. was demanded, which complainant alleged was 6d. too much. _ . The ground was measured, when it was found that the distance was 3 miles and 272 yards. Complainant had therefore to lose the measuring fee, and pay the cabman for loss of time. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE of YESTERDAY. At the Court at Windsor, the 24th day of October, 1853 present, the Queen's most excellent Majesty in Council. It is this day ordered by her Majesty in Council, that the Parliament, which stands prorogued to Thursday, the 27th day of October instant, be further prorogued to Tuesday, the 29th day of November next. DOWNING-STREET, OCT. 22. _ The Queen has been pleased to appoint Richard Yates Cummins, Esq., to be Assistant Colonial Secretary to the Government of Mauritius ; Stair Douglas, Esq., to be Chief Clerk in the Colonial Secretary's Office; and Frederic Robert Nixon, Esq., to be Guardian of Woods and Forests in that colony. WHITEHALL, OCT. 24. The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting unto Admiral Sir William Hall Gage, Knt., the office or place of Rear- Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and of the Admiralty thereof, in the room of Ad miral Sir George Cockburn, Bart., deceased. WHITEHALL, OCT. 24. The Queen has been pleased to make the following ap pointments under the Provisions and for the purposes of ' The Charitable Trusts Act, 1853 ; " viz.:—Peter Erle, Esq., Barrister-at Law, to be Chief Commissioner ; James Hill, Esq.. Barrister-at-Law, to be Second Commissioner ; the Rev. Richard Jones, M.A. to be Third Commissi oner; The Right Hon oura bl e Sir George Grey, Bart., G.C.8., to be Fourth Commissioner ; Henry Morgan Vane, Esq., to be Secretary ; and Thomas Hare, Esq., Banister-at- Law, and Walter Ski rrow , j unr., E sq., to be Inspectors. CROWN OFFICE, OCT. 24. MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT PARLIAMENT. Burgh of Lisburn.--Jonathan Joseph Richardson, Esq., of the Island, in the said borough of Lisburn, in the room of Roger Johnson Smyth, Esq., deceased. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, OCT. 24. The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of the Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have re ceived through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, copies of two dispatches from her Majesty's Consul at Lisbon, the first inclosing the annexed translation of an edict of the Board of Health in that city, relative to ves sels arriving from ports suspected of infection; and the second reporting that the Board had declared London and Newcastle infected, and all other English ports suspected of infection, with cholera.—By order, JAMES BOOTH. (Copy.—Translation.) The Council of Public Health of the Kingdom, wishing to prevent all disputes regarding the application of th e re gulations contained in the edi c t s of the 25th of July and sth of December, 1850, and 3d of July, 1851, for the con ditional admission to free pratique of ships, dm, proceed ing from suspected ports, has deliberated upon, and hereby ordains the ea servauce of the following : Art. 1. Ships proceeding from suspected ports, and hav ing been eight days on their v o y age , are t o be allowed free pratique at all the ports of the kingdom. Art. 2. Ships proceeding from suspected ports, and hav ing been less than eight whole days on their voyage, must complete them at the port of their arrival by a quarantine of observation. Art. 3. The days of the voyage shall be reckoned from the moment of departure as shown by the log book. Art. 4. The edicts of the 24th and 25th of October, 1850, continue in force. (Signed) MATHEUS CEZARIO. RODRIGUEZ MOACHO, Lisbon, Sept. 29. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, OCT. 24. The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee o the Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received, through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a dispatch from hor Majesty's Pro Consular Agent at Rome, =losing the following translation of a pontifica edict, granting free importation of corn into the Papa] States until the end of February, 1854. By order, (Copy.) NOTIFICATION OF CARDINAL ANTONELLI To do away with the uncertainty arising from the move able tariffs regulating the importation and exportation corn, in the present state of things, the Holiness of our Lord, having heard the Council of Ministers, has ordered us to publish, as we do in his sovereign name, the free importation of wheat, Indian corn, and flour, large wheat (" farro"), barley, oats, pulse (excepting lupins), potatoes, chestnuts, and their flours, until the- end of Feb., 1854, whatever may be the medium price of the said articles re sulting from the corn tables, as well for the section of the Mediterranean as for that of the Adriatic, derogating for this purpose from every law or regulation to the contrary. The Pro Minister of the Finances is charged with the apposite execution. (Signed) J. CARD. ANTONELLI. Secretary of State's Office, Oct. 5, 1853. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, OCT. 24. The Right Hon. the Lords of the Committee of the Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received, through the Secretary of State for Home Affairs, from her Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires at Florence, the subjoined translation of a Roman Notification, admitting into the Papal States, free of duty, until the end of February next, ',he principal kinds of vegetables.—By order, JAMES BOOTH. " Giornale di Roma" (No. 226), Thursday, Oct. 6, 1853. JAMES BOOTH, ;Translation). SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. CUSTOM-HOUSE, OCT. 25. ENTERED INWARDS.—The Caroline, from Taganrog ; Hunbets, Anker Hohnsund ; Rosalind, Cronstadt ; Kitty's Wake, Caen ; Richard Reynolds, Cronstadt ; Countess of Leven and Melville, Konigsberg ; Mary Any, Drammen ; Happy Return, Faro; Amelia, Seals Nuova ; Prince Albert, Hudson's Bay; ...usan Crisp, Algoa Bay; Aboyne, Tenez ; Mary Ann, Cape of Good Hope ; Tiger, Patras ; Speedwell, Antwerp ; Jonge Rintje, Worcum ; Haulets, Anker Hudikswall • Estrella, Oporto • Amasis, do. ; Mer chantman, Calcutta ; Patriot, Oport o ; Hero, Dantzic ; Sarah, Memel ; Pelhams, Sydney ; Vrouw Bolina, Oporto ; Duke of Richmond, Portland Bay ; Bolus, Punta Arenas. ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING.--The Vourarts, for Harburg ; Euphrase, Dunkirk ; Gerhard, Hataburgh ; Lelia, St. Thomas ; Mariner, Sierra Leone ; Alverton, Porto Novo, west coast Africa; Caroline, Alderney ; Leallame, Stettin. CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO.—The Felicity, for Havre • Diana, Altona ; James, Bermud a ; Willi am, Lis bon; dhristine Johanna, Hamburgh ; Ann Jewett, Ant werp ; Blyth, Mauritius; Comet, Madras. LIVERPOOL, OCT. 25. The Isabel arrived at Denia with loss of bowsprit and leaking slightly, having been run into last night while at achor off the Crosby Light ship, by the Iron Duke (s.), for Kingston. A derelict ship, with name on stern, apparently " Corfe, Gloucester (probably Corea, of and from Gloucester for Quebec, previously reported), was passed Oct. 8, lat. 45, long. 10. The Sarah Maria, for [Leghorn, is off the port, p u tti ng back with loss of foretopmast and jibboom, and two men seriously injured, having been struck by a heavy sea on the 23d inst. off Holyhead. The Marina, from Newport to Alexandria, Va, was spoken Oct. 12, lat. 41 N., long. 33 W. The Bolivar, from Monte Video to Liverp oo l , was spoken Sept. 21, lat. 20 N., long. 35 W. Tho hio from New Yok to Sept. 30, 0 lat. 38 N., long. 18r Liverpool, was spoken W. MONTROSE, OCt..22.—The sloop Robert, hence to New castle, in attempting to put back to-day, drove across the Annit, where she lies in a dangerous state —crew saved. PARIS, Oct. 23.—The Nouvelle Zelie, Porcheron, has put in at St. Martin de Re, and discharged her cargo. The Ernest, of and from Caen to Dundee, is supposed to be the schooner lost off Flamborough Head. CALAIS, Oct. 23,—The Nouveau Farsciao, Seaham to Cherburg, is sunk at the entrance of the harbour. The Esper inking ance, ta Hartlepool to Bo r d eaux, has put in leaky and in a s ste. PALERMO, Oct. 17.—The Forth, Black Sea to England, has been wrecked near Marsala ; the ship, with the part of cargo saved, have been advertised for sale. The Moun taineer (barque), of Penzance, driven on shore here at the same time, has become a wreck, and is advertised for sale. RICHIBUCTO, Oct. 4.—The Fadrides Minde, for Hull ; the Albion (ship), from Liveryool ; and the Adelaide, for London, which were driven on shore here during the gale of Sept. 29, have become wrecks, and been advertised for sale. ADELAIDE, S.A., June 16.—The Concord (brig) con tinues aground at Snapper Point, and is not expected to get afloat before spring tide. MELBOURNE, June 13.—The Henrietta, and a large barque, with emigrants, were ashore yeste r d ay i n t h e Western Channel. The Jessie Smith was wrecked at Orange River, Cape of Good Hope, Aug. 24; four men drowned. The Isabella has been driven ashore at Espiegle Bay, off Cape of Good Hop e; cargo saved; the vessel may be got The Rose (brig), of Nantes, Ins been lost in the North Sea. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. A large four masted screw-steamer, with two funnels, standing E., June 24, in lat. 42 S., long. 142 E., per the Julia, Tucker, arrived at Melbourne. The Regis, May 6, with 200 barrels. The Independence, May 20, with 270 barrels. The Pacific, of Hobart Town, May 28, with 45 barrels. The Antoinette. from London to Melbourne, Aug. 27, lat. 12 N., long. 25 W. The Pollux, from Liverpool to Singapore, Sept. 2. The Mary Catherine, from Batavia to Falmouth, Oct. 6, lat. 33 N., long, 38 W. NOTIFICATION. James, of the Holy Roman Church, Cardinal Antonelli, Deacon of St. Agatha, in Suburra, Secretary of State of his Holiness, our Lord, Pope Pius IX. In order to remove the uncertainty arising from the sliding scale, by which the importation and exportation of corn are regulated, his Holiness, our Lord, having heard the council of ministers, has, in the present state of things, ordered us to declare, as we do hereby declare, in his sovereign name, that the importation of wheat, of Indian corn, and the flour thereof, of (Farro, Epeautre, Triticum spelta) spelt, of barley, of oats, of legumes (ex. cept lupini), of potatoes, of chestnuts, and the flour thereof, shall be free until the end of February, 1854, whatever may be the average price of the said articles, according to the food returns, as well for the section of the Mediterranean as for that of the Adriatic, every law an al enactment to the contrary being for this purpose sus pended. The Pro-Ministor of Finance is charged with the execu tion hereof. From the Secretary of State's Office, Oct. 5, 1853. (Signed) J. CARD. ANTONELLI. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, OCT. 24. 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 Tripoli, report ing that the prohibition on the exportation of grain from that regency had been rescinded, and that free exportation was to be allowed after the 4th instant. By order, JAMES BOOTH. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, OCT. 24. 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, en closing copy of a Royal ordinance prohibiting the exporta tion of potatoes and dry vegetables (that is to say), pease, lentils, French beans (haricots), vetches and horse beans, from the 15th instant. By order, JAMES BooTJL OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, OCT. 24. Ordnance Medical Department—Surgeon John Atkins Davis, to be Senior Surgeon, vice Quigley, retired ; Assistant-Surgeon Ross Hassard, to be Surgeon, vice Davis ; Temporary Assistant-Surgeon John Alexander 151`Munn, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Hassan', Oct. 13. ADMIRALTY, OCT. 21. Corps of Royal Marines—Second Lieutenant Frederick William Arthur Boyd, to be First Lieutenant, vice T. A. M. D'V. Pennington, to half-pay. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD-LIEUTENANTS. County of Lancaster.—Sir Elkanah Armitage, Ant., to be Deputy Lieutenant; Henry Lomax Gaskell, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant, Oct. 19. The Artillery Corps of the Royal Lancashire Militia— First Lieutenant Charles Robert Crigan, to be Captain, vice Hay, resigned, Oct. 20. Tower Hamlets--King' s Own Light Infantry Regiro ent of Militia—Frederick Dolly Gosling, Gent., to be Ensign. Oxfordshire Regiment of Militia—Lieutenant William Wemyss Methven Dewar, to be Captain, vice Pane, re signed; Ensign John James Ireland, to, be Lieutenant, vice Shum, resigned, Oct. 19. West Kent Rgiment of Militia—Reynell Powell Sprye, Gent., to be Ensign, Oct. 19 ; John Summons Ramsay, Gent., to be Ensign, Oct. 20. Royal South Gloucester Light Infantry Regiment of Militia—John Lea, Gent., to he Ensign, Oct. 22. BANKRUPTS. Joseph Matthews, grocer, Little Waltham and of Great Waltham, Essex, to surrender, Nov. 3, and Dec. 8, at two. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street Buildings ; Linklaters, Sise•lane. WilliaM Brook, stuff merchant, Manchester, Nov. 9 and 13, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Fraser, official assignee, Manche: er ; Sale, Worthington, and Shipman, Manchester. Stephen Crute, slater and plasterer, Liverpool, Nov. 14, ted 28, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Caze- Dove, official assiglade, Liverpool ; Banner, Liverpool. George Bennett, licensed victualler, Birmingham, Nov. 7 and 26, at ten, at the Birmin g h am District Court. Bittleston, official assignee, Birmingham; Standbridge, Birmingham. George Gillard, boot and shoe salesman, Covent-garden, Nov. 5, at two, and Dec. JO, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Nicholson, official assignee, Basingball street ; Story, Great James-street. Henry Braun, general agent, Old Fish-street-hill, Nov. 3, at eleven, and Dec. 10, at half-past 12, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Nicholson, official assignee, Basinghall-street; Parker, Moorgate-str ee t. Thomas Pye, sawyer, Manor-street Chelsea, Nov. 4 and Dec. 19, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official assignee, ildermanbury ; Miller and Horn, King William-street. John Dawson, surgeon and apothecary, Tolleshunt D'Arcy, Essex, Nov. 11. at half-past twelve, and Dec. 10 at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Nicholson official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Stevens and Satchel], Queen-street, Cheapside ; Banks and Stevens, Witham, Essex. Benjamin Nunnington Dodd, grocer, Hetton-le-Hole, Nov. 7, at twelve, and Nov. 30, at one, at the Newcastle. upon-Tyne District Court. Wakley, official assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; A. J. and W, Moore, Sunderland, Charles Sumpter Morris, ironmonger and gas manufac• Curer, Soham, Cambridgeshire Nov. sat half-past eleven, Dec. 10, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Basinghall•street ; Storey, Featherstone• buildings; Tillett and Mendham, Norwich. DIVIDENDS. At the Court, Basinghall-street. N. Mence, Worcester, brewer, Nov. 21, at eleven—J. Nutter, Cambridge, brewer, Nov. 21, a t one —D. All an , Coleman-street, C ity, merchant, Nov. 21, at two—W. Eliston, Cambridge, brewer, Nov. 21, a t one —H. A s t on and S. Spriggs, Aldermanbury, City, warehousemen, Nov. 21, at twelve—J. Chisholm and W. Chisholm, Ludgate hill, City, wholesale perfumers, Nov. 15, at twelve—J. Robinson ' Nassau-place, Commercial-r oa d, E as t, w h o l esa l e clothiers, Nov. 15, atone. In the Country. B. Fenwick, Stella, Durham, ironfounder, Nov. 16, at one, at the Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyne —H. Thompson, Manchester, corn merchant, Nov. 15, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester—J. Law and E. Hudson, Ramsden Wood, Lancashire, cotton spinners, Nov. 17, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester. PAYMENT OF DIVIDEND. W. Hodge, Great Marlborough-street, Westminster, wholesale stationer, ls. 9d., on Thursday, Oct. 27, and three following Thursdays, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Stansfeld, Basinghall-street. NOTICE OF CERTIFICATES. At the Court, Basinghall-street. W. L. F. Tollemache, commonly called Lord Hunting tower, Grosvenor-square, horse dealer, Nov. 16, at one— C. J. Egan, High-row, Knightsbridge, ironmonger, Nov. 16, at two—J. White, Charles-street, Tottenham-court. road, draper, Nov. 1, at eleven—W. Quinton, Leather lane, butch e r, N ov . 17, a t one —R . W . Dare, Lombard street, City, shoe factor, Nov. 18, at two—J. Seager, Hun gerford-wharf, Strand, wine and spirit merchant, Nov. 17, at twelve. In the Country. R. 31. Toogood, Cwm Brans, Monmouthshire, grocer, Nov. 15, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol—C. M. Salmon, Birmingham, general dealer, Nov. 19, at ten, at the Court, Birmingham. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. W. Herman and A. S. Heriman, Bristol, fishmongers— Scowcroft, J. Scowcroft, W. Wood, S. Scowcroft, J. Scowcroft, and T. Scowcroft, Burnden, Lancashire, coal masters—Mt Scowcroft, J. Scowcroft, W. Wood, S. Scowcroft, J. Scowcroft, and T. Scowcroft, Hindley, Lancashire, coal masters (so far as regards S. Scowcroft and J. Scowcroft)—W. Brown and E. S. Shave, Sudbury, vete rinary surgeons—T. Marwood and G. Swainston, Sunder land, ship brokers—J. Hanson and J. Carrodus, Keighley, Yorkshire, spindle makers—J. Jones and G. Jones, Salford, brass and ironfounders—N. W. Clarke and W. G. Clarke, Lower Shadwell, biscuit bakers—J. North and W. Wil cock, Mould Green, Yorkshire, carpenters—T. Booth and F. Milthorp, Manchester, letterpress printers—J. and J. Fos, Bradford, grocers—F. Cooke and P. Pearson, Man chester, paper makers—R. and T. Martin, Beerferris, Devon, malaters—A. A. Tarte and W. B. Smith, Birming ham, sharebrokers--T. and J. Sharpe, Tewkesbury, and Ledbury, Herefordshire, coachmakers —J. Holman and W. Kelly, Dartmouth, shipbuilders—W. W. Briscoe and G. Patterson, Wolverhampton, and Kingston, Jamaica, merchants —J. Tolson and J. Hemingway, Dews bury, Yorkshire, blanket manufacturers—G. Jaritt and S. J. Woodhouse, St. George's, Hanover-square, hatters—G. Sawyer and C. W. Mann, Myddleton-square, surgeons —A. Berni, G. Melliard, and G. Cunningham, Great Guildford street, Southwark, hatters—R. Kenyon and T. Abbatt, Bolton-le-Moors, Lancashire, printers—T. Warbis and J. &Hit], Barnsley, Yorkshire, dyers—J. A. and G. P. Edgar, Wigmore-street, Cavendish-square. INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. David Griffiths, Carmarthen, tailor and draper. Thomas Haigh, Crosshills, West Riding of Yorkshire, grocer and tea dealer. John Mason, Embsay, Skipton, Yorkshire, stonemason and builder. Robert Ind, Iron Acton, Gloucestershire, cattle dealer. William Anstin, Newborough, Northamptonshire, re tailer of beer. Miller Marshall, Manningham, Bradford, Yorkshire, overlooker. Charles Newsome, Bradford, Yorkshire, overlooker. John Sykes, Sand Bed s , Cl a yt on , Bradford, Yorkshire. Robert Holt, Hulme, Manchester, house and furniture painter. _ _ _ Charles Bainbridge, Croft, near Milnrow, Rochdale, Lancashire, wheelwright and blacksmith. Richard Taylor, Bacup, Lancashire, spindle-maker. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. J. Thripeland, Glasgow, boot and shoe maker, to meet, Nov- 2, at twelve, within the Crow Hotel, Glasgow. A. Crichton, Edinburgh, printseller, to meet, Nov. 1, at two, within Dowell's and Lyon's Sale-rooms, Edinburgh. COUNTRY MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, OCT. 25. At this day's market there was an extensive business done in wheat (chiefly fine white American) at an advacre of fully 4d per 701 b. on prices of this day week ; jaf er ; descriptions, however, were not above ld to 2d per 7_ to dearer. Barrel flour generally held at an Adv ance of 2s 6d per barrel, which checked sales. Sack flour zneY ",`; quoted is per sack dearer. Oats the turn dearer, and 06 " 1 , meal more inquired for at an improvement a f 6d to ls r ey load. Egyptian beans advanced is to 2s pa r qr. 13 ' r i i n and peas without change. Indian corn (be 3t yen x a store brought 425, and white 44s to 45s per 4 1 1. 9 1°43 " advance of 2s to 3s per qr. on the week. SWICH--OcT ili . 25. a ri The weather being now dry the farmers are Pr9fl g te go on with whe a t sow i ng , so d es i ra bl e now' at tmarket season of the year • hence the supply of corn ro• was only small. Th e sa l e o f b o th w h ea t and .barlcY P ad , ceded rapidly. Th e mar k e t muc h an i ma ted, 10 1 ba r ley Vance of 3s per qr. on wheat and 2s 6d per qr- at fully realised. O n ly a samp l e or t wo o f Windsor b e market, and 56s per qr. required for them. PER QUARTER. Wheat, red (old) 75s to 78s Barley, grinding Ditto (new) Ditto, white (n ew ) 78 s t o 84s,Peas ..... Ditto (old) .00s!Ditto (white) ..... IHls to 0 " Barley, malting AVERAGES FOR THE WEEK ENDING OCT. 22, ; 8513 ' Wheat Barley Oats 15 VP 40s Od 8 510 2d Beans Peas ~.. st A very small supplyHof L English wheat, and 1n t11 ,51 5.1 °, all of fresh foreign. Farm ers muc h exc ited, and a rl' e " prices asked anepaid. On the whole we wrigeneral otes 3s to 4s per qr . d earer, 75s to 78s being theor ou r q I ,t for best s am pl es o f new red. In foreign we rel se tations 3s to 5 s p er qr. Great demand for barleY, any arrivals to meet it. Beans support the late 3 do rg' Peas inquir e d f or . I ndian corn 2s, an d Dari le) e 010 Linseed dull, but ca k es meet a large demand. I t' sell at 126 s as th e y arr i ve. Bones in great reque' RAILWAY WARR MARKO'S. LIVERPOOL, OOT. 25. Te rf„, bi r STOOK EXORANGE.—We continue to have 3 Dr s g, th e tive market for s h ares , b u t our quotations are ra than yesterday for what business has been LP' t , Eastern Counties, Ili ;,East Lan cas hire, 1 5 „. ;4, .10. 4 oashire and Yorkshire, 61. 1 1 2 ; London and r" ) 9. •w - ` ern, 102; Man c h es t er, Sh effield, and Lincoln, bofer' land, 58i ; North Briti s h, sa ; S outh Eastern 51 2,j 0 5, g 17 5-16 ; York, N ewcas tl e, an d Berwick Eate r MANCHESTER, OCT. 25. , • pr" STOCK EXCHANGE. —Ther e Ilse been a ligut 11° s4' 4 0 6°3 ao ment in prices, with a mo d era t e d eman d, and n. closes firm. Caledonians, 24. ; Leeds Stock, Stock, 1011; Eastern Counties, 11/ ; Sheffieldgy i ' s l'., Pref., 9 ; Dovers, 17 5-16 ; E as t L ancas hire, •• VP rth don One-eighths, 7-16 d. , n • Irdla ds, 00; . ,o_ B, 170. BIRMINGHAM, OCT. 2: 75 . to.dsl', STOCK EXCHANGE.—This market was 110 1 17 don e shares generally l ower . Eastern Counties' were 11/ 16s 3d. LEEDS. 25. STOCK EXCHANGE.—Ther, e OCT has been no do' r nt. s ment in the share m ar k e t thi s morning. re wg-fsg•001 nominal as yesterday. Th e f o ll ow i ng a the ow — o' l o actions :—North Staff or d s hi res , 64 di s. ; East Li d 154 ; South Eastern and Dovers, 17# ; York 611 Midlands, 22g. COURSE OF EXCHANGE—OcT• 0 Am5terdam............ 11 16 Gibraltar •• • • • ;7l°ss'; Ditto, three months .. 11 1714 •.eghom ••••••'' • ‘, ' Rotterdam ...... •• •• 11 17% Genoa ••" • • • Antwerp .....• ........ 25 30 Milan ...... " ' 4" Brussels .............. 25 30 Venice ...... ••• • •• liamburgh ...... • ..... 13 6% Naples ...... •••' " Paris • • ....... •• • • .... 25 5 iidessinz. • • •"• „ Ditto, three months • • 25 31 'Lisbon •• • • Marseilles. ....... • • .... 25 52% 'Oporto . • Bourdeaux . • 'Rio Janeiro .. •• • • Frankfort-on• Maine 110 41 Ayres • • • ", • :i • Ed/tvrl: , Berlin •• • • 'New York, 60 days ;;; 4 i„'i; Vienna 25 Philadelphia ****** Trieste • 11 30 PRICES or Bt axio .. 1 ,, 0 Petersbargh ~.. 373 ;Foreign Goldin Bars 0; 0 Madrid 5 / !Portugal Gold Coin • 0 0 , 0 Cadiz.... • ... .. Bareelona•• . ..... New Dollars ••• ••' • 0 " Seville •............. in bars .• • ,~ SEABORNE MAILS. 5 0 ,0 - (N signifies that the mails are sent f rom th e General by the night—and Si by the morning—dispatch.] Daywhenmadeup From wh at COUNTRIES. in General lost- fort °lnce, Loudon.* DlSltebt America(byßrit.pac4)N Every Friday •• LiverP-- 25 America (by United Sts. packet) ..........N Oct. 18•• LivcrPo ° 1 , America (by U. States •• (ic " packet) ..........N Oct. 26 Sollaw — • L s . o .. 4 Australia (via South- tOn p c. I ' ampton) ........ M N0v.4.. ••••• • • • • • Soutit•—..** Ditto (via Marseilles) N Nov. 8 Ditto (via Cape of Coed.; •• • Nov. (i° o c6l . Hope) .... ~.anout W. .a Africa (West Coast) ..N .3d of the month ••1 . Alexandria........ NB, 9, 24, &30 of in. Dave ;;;:tonr ;Id Alexantiria..........M 4th & 20th of mon. goutha"''oll ,o ',„' Bahamas ...........M lith of the month S'outnaCaP' Belgium laity Dover •• • • '7,1•;0'0 M 9th of the mouth.. 4 outhamptol , :', r Buenos Ayre5........M 9th of the month.. Southanipft,lll a Cape of Good Hone N 14th of the month Plymouth •• Cape of Good Hope N 14th of the month. SoutharnpLonl;l• . Cape de Nerds N 14th of the month. Plymoutli ..1v" Ceylon (see India) loci, /4 5° Ceylon . • 14th of the mo n th Plymouth ••1, - ,, 17 ; Channel Isles,.. ..N rid. ;outhamp' oo l l / 4 • ;4.' :d & 17 th of mouth SouthamptoT China (see India) Oc t ' of Constantinople N /,8,17,21,&27 .0 f m. Dover .. • • oct. e o ja• Constantinople ........ 4th & 20th of mon. SoutharnPO''lp4LL Cont. of Europe M& N T w ; ce daily ...... DOver ••• • • • 1w Egypt (see India) V 25 France ........ M & IN Twice dai1y...... Dover .. •• •• oct, Gibraltar .. .. • . 2.1 4,7, 17, 20, 27 of ni . *.iuthatriPt°" Greece (see India) sof . 50 Greytown ..........M 2nd & 17th of mon. ionthamPtar: T e- 4 . 1 llamburgh Tuesday & Friday London •• • Elavannah M 2nd of the month Southampto" Holland ............ fit Wednesday & Sat. London •• • 04. 4 Honduras .......... M 17th of the month. southampt.i . : o s c t. India (vlaSouthampt.)3l 4th & 20 th of mon. SouthamPt°',r4ol,lo India (via Marseill e s)M Bth&2 4th of month Dover •••.ocl., lonian Isles (see India) E . ' Ireland ...... M& N Twice daily ...... Holyhead oct• Lisbon 7,9, 17, & 18 of tn. SouthamPt ° " 0 . 12 Madeira 9th of the m on th SoutbamPt°„ : SO' Madeira ............ N 9th o f month .... Plymouth •• , 5 Malta (see India) Malta .... Mauritius (see India) iNt• Mauritius ..........N 14th of the m on th Pl ymo uth •; soc•il Mexico .... Naples ..•.•...N stlllsH.2sthoftrion. Dover •• •: Soc• t at • New Granada .. ....Di 2d & 17th of mouth SouthamPi cl ,': /pe e l / New Zealand .......... By private skip .. Various par' 00 5 6 Papal States ..N thlsth 1s thofrn Dover .• • • oct• Peninsula ..........M thl 7 th2Bthotmon SoutharnPW:, Peru Pert Natal ..........Nl4th of the month i'lymOuta •• oet• Sicily .... .• • sthl 'lll2 s tholmon, Dover • 1. b i Tuscany Stl,lsth2othoftnoti. Dover .. • • of . Venezuela _3l 2d& 17th of month :•.;outhamptoP ran Dlemen's Land (see 1 Australia) ......... 14P,VWest Indies k 17th w SouthamptOt;i 0 . 1 11, 0 * When any of th ese d ates ia ' .-unday, the metil' dispatche i on the following day. with the exception of_w na tClP . Southampton), and th e M a lt a, b oth of which will be am day preceding. [ADVERTISEMENT.J-Fifty thousand Cures I?ii6Pe" effected by Du Barry's delicious Revalenta ArabiOit of t ; without .. medicine, inconvenience, or expense (s ' s ,rei t e ' l ,,o fifty,times its cost in other remedies).—"Twen 1 1 ' nery-outiness, constipation, indigestion and debill" 0,,,J which . I had suffered great misery, and which 1 ; 1 ° ,, c $, tine could remove or relieve, have ' been effectus"*, d by Du Barry's Food in a very short time. r s'° ) (l, Reeves,. Pool Anthony, Tiverton." "Light pepsia, nervousne ss , debility, with cram p s , nausea, for which my servant had consu lted til - pr 4 4 of many, have been effectually removed by P Li he delicious food in a very short time. I shall ye l ,Rio to answer any inquiries. Rev. John W. "Flab sad lington Recto r y, N or f o lk . " " Three years : r oi, lef nervousness, with pains in m y nec k an d left ; g e r , '," o l general debility, which rendered my life very " has bee n ra di ca ll y removed by Du Barry. eSteeV food. Alexs. Stuart, Archdeacon of Ross, Slow", o en,' —"Fifty years' indescribable agony from a t ' i lleP h c ' t j nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, 1 , 1 , 4 9, spasms, sickness at the stomach, and vomit% P a r been removed by Du Barry's excellent food. 3131."„-f to;r1 Wortham Ling, near Diss, Norfolk."— Copies c i Sts, monials monials of 50,000 cu res (i nc l u di ng t h ose o f v fo il de Decies, Major-General Thomas King, -I ' r ub ,„; Shorland, and Har ve y ( gra ti s ). I n canisters'," Pitt: instructions, 11b., 2s. 9d. ; 21b., 4 s. 6d. ; 121 b., 225. ; super-refined,• Sib., 225. ; 10Ib.' 101 b. and 121 b. carriage free. Barry Du BarrY' o p 77, Regent-street, London ; also, Fortnum, 1 ‘ 133 Co.. purveyors to her Majesty, Piccadilly- MARRIED. On the 25th inst., at St. Peter's Church, Pit °l l. ' / If jle" Brodrick, Esq., eldest „son of the Hon. and P e t i 4 d oo , Brodrick, rector of Bath, and nephew of Viseell, 3 „,ht P 4l O ton, to Augusta Mary, third daughter of the P l '„boo' Sir Thomas Francis Fremantle, Bart of Swan io Bucks. 10, 111 0' On the 25th in s t., a t St. B arna b as ' Ch u rch, Hugh Russell, only son of William Russell, Bst'ido" rence-lodge, Dulwich, to Sarah Katharine, rue. ter of William Stephens, EN., of Clapham-rise. DIED. after fefi On the 23d inst., a t 27 , Nottingham-place) r days illness, Joseph Briggs. Esq., aged 78. •f a o f On the 24th in s t., a t Woolwich, Elizabeth, vi ri n - f V j e Dwyer, R.N., an d d aughter of John Hall, Esq'',.,;l l o` t Colville, Camb r id ges hi re. Her loss will be r°"" the poor, to whom she was a generous benefactor- f i t iss On the 24th inst., at 68, Lowndes-square, John Esq., aged 64. 00 1 1 LONDON : Print e d an d P u bli s h e d by MI7111)° 1 11°# 111 ii of No. 112, St ran d , P r i nter, at The Sun ~. Strand, in the Precinct of the Savo, in u the Middlesex,- Wednesday, October 26, y 1858. BIRTHS. OF A SON. fA I at , 'of ior On the 24th inst., a t Edi n b urg h , the wa sow Mitchell Lines, Esq., younge r o f Ayton Castle , ..o , i fe shire. er -.., r On the 24th inst., at Edgbaston, Warwickshire? ' of John Miller, Esq., 3d Dragoon Guards. d OF A DAUGHTER. P ° l3 On the 24th inst., at Notting•hill, Mrs. ita vara 0 drew Crosse. f T hos ' the 24th inst., at Eltham, Kent, the wife o /Hopkirk, Esq. J It v 1101, titri boo (11.,1 to roes Ti tieu elle; „ Gen,