The Sun. — London, England, 1853-10-28 00:00:00

THE OVERLAND MAIL. EXTRAORDINARY EXPRESS. INDIA. We have just received by Extraordinary Express c 'ur papers and letters from India and China, in anticipation of the Overland Mail. We subjoin extracts (Prom the Oterland Bombay Times of Sept. 28.) GENERAL SUMMARY.—During the past 17 days Indian little h as occurred to break the monotony of -uldianlifeso that we have not much in the shape of news to lay before our readers. Burmah continues infested with Dacoits, whose atro cities, if n o t exaggera t e d , are o f th e mos t t ruel and barbarous nature, and it is the general pillion that the Court at Ava, finding the hope i!.,ssnegg of contending with us iu open warfare, have simply changed the character of the war, and that these Dacoits are nothing more or less than e king's trocps, augmented of course by every tae in the country, whose desire for plunder induces him to join the marauders. The subjuga tion of Burmah isfar from complete, and an advance as far as Ava, it is supposed, will eventually be in- Captain D'Orgony, a Frenchman, is drill inhe g troops in Ava, ; when he first entered Burmah, managed to convince General Godwin, that coin niercial enterprise had alone induced ' him to do 8 % but such seems to have been far from the _ ea se. There has been so little rain in the north ;vest, that sickness, we regret to say, is very pre ient, and the crops have become so f ar bli g ht e d that it is feared that no amount of rain would now se re them ; hence a great scarcity of provisions I t l a laY be l oo k e d for by and bye ; indeed letters state ah Thine to be i nev it a bl e i n some p l aces. S evera l t h ee ks of earthquak e h ave b een f e lt i n P es h awur ; e re were s i x di s ti nc t s h oc k s exper i ence d on t h e nth ult., but happily no great amount of damage lass been sustained. We regret very much to re cord an attempt, and we fear a successful one, to ° p a ginate Col. Mackeson, Commissioner of the 1 ,7, 811 aw0r Division. On the 10th i n sta n t, a v e "gious fanatic from K oner , rus h e d i n t o th e crandah where the colonel was sitting, and plunged 44 Afreedie knif e i n t o th e b reas t o f hi s v i ct i m. H e 17, d having seized, and is no w i n cus t o dy. H e e uleg havi n any accomplices, but strong grounds ' h e §t for disbelieving his assertion, he confessed intention of murdering the Deputy Commis -",;'sioner, Captain James ; the motives which in t"gat ed. him, he alleged to be the report which t , e ,,bad heard from some travellers of a mountain N ,Z, 11 ; being organised for the invasion of Swat, in ti,"i,cn country he has many friends • he added ,;,:" a u he thought the best way to stay ' the inva en Was to murder its projectors. The latest accounts record the death of Colonel Mackeson, pt this requires confirmation. There had been a te ht at Goreer, a village in Shekwattee, between the foll owers of the Thakoor of Soorujghur, and retainers of the Ranee of Ketree. The 'gra troops were victorious, and after an ob ;lta,inate fight st orme d th e v ill age . H er l a d ys hi p 4 's Since f or tifi e d i t, an d b u i lt a f ort for its d efence. From the Punjaub we learn that the t °ll of Azeem Kh an , e ld er b ro th er o f D ost Ma d, once G overnor o f K as h mere, an d subse quently ruler of K a b u l, di e d i n grea t d est i tut i on .” Lahor e . Th e Nuwab of Bhawulpoor pursues ig dissolute course, and it is reported that the Nuwab Emam-ood-been h as b een selected for t he Post of British Agent at Bhawulpoor.—Mool an and Derej a t con ti nue tranqu i l, the eldest t B on of the Nuwab Surfaraz Khan, whom Run geet Sing dispossessed, having died at the former . aation. A ccounts from Lucknow still represent I !le King as passing his days i n d e b auc h e and riotous living. Colonel Sl eeman , our resident at that court, paid his majesty a state visit, and Pointed out the ex t reme i mpropr i e t y o f his con duct; the monarch promised amendment, but is still as bad as ever. His Majesty's debts now amount to 8 90.000/.ln C awn p oor an d B enares s i c k ness s till con tinues, but is chiefly confined to the native popu lation. From the Nizam's territories in the Dec can, we learn that a fight had taken place, near Aurung abad ' on the 21st inst., between a detach ment of the Nizam's b troops under Brigadier Mayne Ara bs, who had seized upon a fort n and a body of A r j e e ar al Bajeepoor, u. the' property of the Rajah of the Arabs were of course defeated, but not before numerous casualties had occurred on both sides, and we are concerned to add, that two European officers have been killed, Captain Parker, commanding the Nizam's Gth Regiment of Infantry, and Ensign Bosworth, of the 26th Regimentßom hay Army—this latter, officer, who was on leave from Ahmednuggur, gallantly volunteered his ser ''ices and fell in the encounter. 1\ M. `Vhe Governor and Com man d er -i n -Chi e f are st ill f t) -apoorie. It is the intention of the latter to Arai a miltary camp at Poona during the cold a e mber, after the fashion of the camp aeChobham, a ti his lordship's announcement h as b een favour received received all parties. The market is rath er the Past and very little business has been done during fortnig ht. RY INT. —I3 ALTIE M S ILITA BY DEATH IN IN DIA I SINCE THE DEPAR TUREb. OF TH E MAIL ON THE 12 TH S EPTEMBER . 8 ,' 44 R MAJ ESTY ' S TROOPS.—D r . Ch ar l es St. J o h n , In t'eetor-General of her Majesty' s Hospit a l, a t U m balla, 0 4 the 12th Sept. 02 1111 e.Y.— Brev e t M a j or G eorge F u llj ames , 25th q'giroent, N. 1., P o liti ca l A gent at R ewa K anta 4 oZ rat, at B roac h, on t h e 21 st S eptem b er. Li eutenant at Quartermaster E. Henderson, 23d Regiment, N.L.I. v u sseerabad, on the 18th Septembe r . E ns i gn Bos -0 :th, 26th Regiment, N. 1., killed in action with a tad s Arab s , near A urunga b a d, i n th e Ni zam ' s terri )PcNGAL.—Captain W. W. R e pt on , 56th R eg i men t, R C , Commandant of the 3d Regiment, Seikh Infantry, Pf A bbottabad, on th e sth S e pt em b er . C o l . M ac k eson , the eff ects o f woun d s i n fli cted on him by an Afree - La rn natic at P es h awur . M a j or J osep h F err i s, C . 8., o h Regiment. N. 1., and Commandant of the 2d Seikh ;cal of apoplexy, at Dhurumsala, on the 4: 1 -4 August. • CALCUTTA. (Prom the Bengal Ilurkaru, of Sept. 17.) i t SU MMARY.—From all accounts we have received, b r ,, a PPears that our position at Burmah has not and that a final settlement of affairs is as elute as ever. It is true at present, as far as the e v il : l: nese Government ostensibly is concerned, f,,,,,tbing appears quiet enough, but from the in -1,-„,'''ation that has been collected, it remains vet to r See n whether the numerous Dacoits which are l ering in masses and strengthening their posi els, may not eventually give us more trouble f o a ri, an open enemy who fights in the King's name the defence of his country. We are still sus vect' n l ug that these freebooters act with the secret t e f l ulivanc e of the Court of Ava. If so, nothing but at l . 3 entire overthrow of the Burmese dynasty, and C li ng a blow at the h ear t o f th e ki ng d om, can oi,er ug inatters to a final settlement. If, on the band, the marauders are acting from their ; 11 accord, and carry on a sort of guerilla warfare, sacrifice of have no end of annoyances, causing much o el 'inee of both life and time. In fact, the ac nuuuts which have been received tend to confirm th e l. v iews, for, as the Rangoon Chronicle observes, a ~.whole of the country up to Promo was in such Al,-erdered state when the Indus passed up, that c h a Jur Minchi n was o bli ge d t o wr it e up to Si r J o h n I na ea Pe for a re i n f orcem ent. On the arrival of the E , "us Prome, the following detachments were out d own g e , r , Majesty's 80th Foot-3 officers and 100 men. ce "" Regiment Bengal Native Infantry-2 offi rsaticl 1 00 men. A f P,Pers and Miners.-1 lieutenant and 29 men. love the troops had embarked on board, fol ea- e ,u...py that enterprising and undaunted officer, ki t. Latter, the steamer returned to Yeangyen, of . o °4 their arrival found that nearly the whole pj a Z e i yillage had been burnt to the ground, the vi e „ -- ,Pad been attacked, Lieut. Masey severely -I:l 'eds one native officer killed, and several gePeqs wounded, and the two nati ve chiefs, Moung 6 0 b and Muting Gain, had made thei r e scape with sts of l oot and had recaptur e d mos t of the r i " which had been taken by the Indus the pre day.ea t am Latter, on hearing how matters stood, :sid e ajor Minchin to advarce to the opposite whi c tkke river, t o a place about 12 mil es i n l an d, hasthese been well fortified and stockaded by that 1 chief s ; b ut, unfortunately, the major said !,e had rece i ved no orders to bring the troops L er -L i n a e.field. Th e troops were landed excepting ate jesty's 80th , which returned back by the CHINA. our last dates from Hong Kong and Victoria m ere to the 23d of August. By the file of papers f il let) have now reached us, we have received in- S e Prnaation frotn those places, down to the 9th of t aptetriber. Prom these dispatches we learn tha t th at lo y the Imperialists had some success, bu :pit,e the patriots had invested Khai-fungfoo, the i offo Ronan, on the Yellow River. The - h"le hina appears to be in a complete state of 'fonirehy, and trade consequently very dull. The ch i "ng is extracted from the Overland Friend of detailslug of the 9th ult. giving some very interesting of tile progress of the civil war : wee„,11,,, 4-10..--The news which in our last summary in —‘' Was likely to arrive soon —an announce -I,7_u tof the fall of Peking —has not yet found its 41 7 the southern provinces. From a letter, el Shanghae,. the 27th ult., we learn that 711 e • " Shanghae and the country around are now in a state of partial rebellion ; when it will become open and general we know not." " Since the arrival at Peking of Tai ping Wong's troops, news has not reached us ; but we expect to hear now very soon that the capital has fallen." The news from Amoy is brought up to the Ist inst. The long threatened attack by the Imperialists commenced on the 25th ultimo, but the rebels were still in pos session of the town when the clipper schooner Mazeppa left on the 2d. We have seen a lengthy mercantile (political) circular, containing very full details of the daily battles, and have also been favoured with a briefer, though more pithy report, from both of which we learn the following particu lars :—At daylight of the 25th of August a fleet con sisting of 29 Canton and 14 Amoy junks were seen entering the harbour, and about noon ranged in battle array before the long battery—a brisk can nonading continuing for several hours, when the Imperialist fleet hauled off out of gunshot reach, and anchored for the night. Whilst the firing was going on, another fleet of some 50 junks came round the west side of the island, landing their crews and de stroying seven villages said to have been occupied principally by rebel families. On the 26th but very little was done on either side until about three p.m., when the Imperialist fleet, which had been augmented in numbers during the night, weighed and passed round the south side of Kolungsoo, exchanging shots on the way with the batteries on both the island and the main. The rebel fleet said to be greatly inferior in numbers and equipment, also weighed from the inner harbour, and kept up a continued interchange of shots. About sundown the Imperialists fleets having formed a junction, anchored within a mile of the town, and close to the foreign shipping. The rebel squadron took up a position in front of the foreign factories. The 27th passed over quietly ; the Imperialists appa rently waiting the advance of a body of troops, some 6,000 of which had effected a landing at the back of the island during the two previous days and had got within four or five miles of the city. The first land battle appears to have been opened by the rebels, as the fighting, on the morning of the 28th, is admitted to have been in the vicinity of the Imperialist camp, from which having retired to breakfast, the Imperialists, as a mat ter of course, reported that they drove them back into the town (and which appears to have been believed by some people, as anoi her matter of course). In the afternoon the Imperialist squadron weighed and stood towards the npp3r end of the harbour, with the object, it appeared, of destroy ing the western suburbs of the town, well defended, however, by two rebel batteries. " A great many of the shot from the Canton junks on this occasion, as well as on the 26th, appeared directed at and over the houses, breaking a great many tiles, and frightening people fawn the roofs where, at the commencement, the inhabitants had placed them selves to witness the fight. The firing ceased about six p.m., the Mandarins retiring to their anchorage. The rebel junks did not weigh." On the 29th, early in the morning, the Imperial ists effected a coup de main; capturing, it is said, a body of 400 of the rebels, the best part of whom were beheaded instanter. Having frightened the main body of their opponents into a retreat on the town, the Imperialists then betook themselves to the business of destroying the villages where the rebels had resided ; killing every man and male child to be found. Part of the Imperialist fleet also weighed at high water, and, with boats, proceeded up the creek running half way across the island, from the west end of the town, some of the crews landing and capturing those whom they could catch in their re treat. All this was effected before breakfast, to which. the Imperialists were said to be going when the re bels gave pursuit, and captured 33 of them, who spee dily met the same fate which had been meted to the rebel hundreds (?), their heads being exposed as trophies in the streets of the city. Although said to have been defeated early in the day, towards evening the rebel troops were seen entering the city, many of them laden with what had been left in the destroyed villages ; the inhabitants of those villages which had not been molested by the Im perialists also proceeding to the city with their goods, to take up quarters with the rebels, in wtiom they evidently entertained more confidence than they did in their legitimate protectors. On the 30th the Imperialist Fleet weighed ear ly, an d proceeded towards the eastern suburbs, which they also ineffectually attempted to destroy ; desisting at the hour of nine a.m. On the 31st August the armies arrayed 4hemselves against each other about two miles from the town; in the evening `lie Imperialists marched off to their " Chob '—the rebels to their " Tower." The Im perialist navy effected, on this day, a good deal of damage among the northern and western suburbs. On the Ist inst. all was quiet, the Imperialists re maining in camp. Further advices are looked for with some anxiety. About Canton things may be said to remain in static quo ; but an approaching crisis is indicated by the lamentable stagnation of trade; the high rates of exchange (Os. 7d. per dol lar for good bills on England, and 303 rupees per 100 dollars for East India Company's accepted paper) being sad proof of the absence of the circu lating medium. H. M. sloop Lily has been sent up to guard the factories ; and, apparently em boldened by a reliance on the probability of quiet existing for some time. H. E. Admiral Pellew in tends, it is reported, to proceed to Manila shortly, with the Winchester and Styx. Authentic intelligence reached Canton a day or two ago, to the effect that a detachment from the Nanking army had reached the borders of Kwang si, at the point where the Pearl River enters from the Kwangtung Province, and that the patriots only waited news of the fall of Peking to advance towards Canton. Hard fighting is looked for about the Meiling Pass, to which place Viceroy Yeh has been for some time sending troops. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. yam'. Report of the Bombay Markets from, Sept. 12 to Sept. 27. Since the date of our last report there has been less business transacted than we expected at that time would have been the case. Durin g the last fortnight orders from the districts were a t first received to a considerable extent ; in consequence of the very scanty fall of rain lately way of these orders have been countermanded, and others are now coming in but slowly. However, by late accounts we have received accounts of indica tions of rain, which, if realised, must impart a briskness to trade. Exchange on England has been pretty steady through. out the fortnight, and no large amount has been trans acted, the rate having varied from 2s. lid. to 2s. lad. per Rs., six months' sight, for first class paper, and 2s. 11d. to 2s. 11d. for bills secured by documents. Freights have also remained steady at 2/. 17s. 6d. to 3/. to Liverpool, with 3/. Bs. 6d. to London, but not much has been done to either port. CALCUTTA MARKETS. Sept. 17.—Our export market here has been only moderately active. For many kinds of produce there is a good demand, and yet the shipments of scarcely any article are on a large scale. Since the Ist inst. only 9,161 maunds of sugar have passed the Custom House for Great Britain. In raw cotton for China there is a fair extent of business in progress ; but moderate for Great Britain. Very little doing in rum, and that for Australia only. In imports, the business of the fortnight has been a good deal restricted to immediate wants of dealers, and the reported sales upon the whole are very moderate in extent. Large quantities of goods still remain in Cal cutta, which the dealers find it impossible to forward to their destination, as there are not, enough steamers on the river to carry the goods, and this mode of convey ance is the only one available at present. The mule twist market has not been so lively. Higher prices and increased firmness on the part of holders checking in a great measure the ardour of dealers. EXCHANGE continues still remarkably steady. Pre sent rates are as follow :-Ist class credits, 2s. Id. per rupee ; ditto documents, 2s. ld. to 2s. lad. ; China Es. 247 to 250 per dols. FREIGHTS.—Quoted rates are as follow :—To London : Sugar, 3/. 17s. 6d. to 4/. ; saltpetre, 3/. 15s. ; rice, 4/. ; jute, 31. lOs ; hides, C. 10s.; oilseeds, 4/. 55. to 4/. 103.; shell lac, 3/. lOs. to 31. 15s. ; lac dye, 4/. to 4/. 7s. 6d. To Mauritius ; C o .' s E s. 2/ . to 2/. 2s. per bag, pay able there at 50 cents. INDlGO.—Shipments from Ist to 15th inst. are 113 chests. The estimate given a short time since regard ing the out-turn of the present crop is still adhered to. LATEST FROM AUSTRALIA. ARRIVAL OF THE ARGO. The steam-ship Argo, Captain Hyde, arrived at Plymouth at six o'clock, yesterday evening, with mails from Sydney and Port Philip. Her dates are from the former place, August 14th ; Port Philip, 24th ; and St. Vincent, October 14th. Her mails are the heaviest ever brought from the colony at one time, numbering no fewer than 200 boxes and bags. She made a splendid passage out and home, having completed the voyage out in 64 days, and home in 65, notwithstanding two days' delay at St. Vincent's, as she was compelled to put in for coals. She came home via Cape Horn, and is the first steamer that has come by that route. She has made her passage principally sailing, and the voy age was accomplished at the rate of 240 miles a day. About 100 passengers have arrived by her ; among them are Lieut.-General Wynyard, C. 8., Commander of the Forces, Mrs. Wynyard, Captain Wynyard, and Captain MDoyley. She brings 140,000 ounces of gold besides gene ral cargo. One passenger (Mr. Harrison, of Great Yar mouth) brings home 3,000 ounces of gold. The gold fields are looking very rich, and two new fields have been discovered—one at Goulburn, the other at Jones's Creek, Melbourne. This caused the seamen to raise their demand from 451. to 601. for the run home—an amount which has been paid by the captain of the Argo. The pas sengers speak in very sanguine terms of these fields. _ _ for ordinary building purposes at the quarries was for merly 4id. to sd. per foot ; it is now is. 6d. to 25., ac cording to size and quality. The amount of money earned at these wages is enormous. We believe 11. a day is a very moderate amount at which to estimate the earnings of sawyers and quarrymen. " Rents are gradually increasing, and for ordinary dwellings have risen about three times, and for good business premises about five times what they were two years since. Small three-room cottage; in the outskirts of the town, let for 30s. a week ; five-room cottages, fit for families, are from 21. 10s. to 41. a week. In the city a good family house is worth 3001. a year. Good business premises in first-rate situations are difficult to obtain. 7001. or 8001. a year is asked, and for some very large premises 1,0001. has been given. One of there cently arrived banks gave 11,0001. f or th e premises which were years ago occupied by the Bank of Australia, and then gave 3,0001. to the tenant, who had a five years' lease, to give up possession. An hotel, recently erected, has been let for 1,0001. a year." The New South Wales Government Gazette of Aug. 9 contains a general abstract of the sworn returns rendered pursuant to the Act of Council, 4 Vic., No. 13, of the average assets and liabilities, and of the capital and profits, of the five Banks of the colony of New South Wales, for the quarter ending the 30th of June, 1853. From this return it appears that those establish ments were very prosperous, and more especially the Union Bank of Australia, which, after paying dividends at the rate of 26 per cent., had a re served profit of 213,8391. 25 25 18 20 St. The new " diggings " at Jones's Creek were accidentally discovered by the wheel of a bullock waggon having turned up large nuggets in the rut. She put in at Plymouth for fue ; and with a desire to expedite her mails to London, they were dispatched by special train at nine p.m., and will be delivered long ere the vessel, under the most favourable circumstances, could have reached Southampton. There was one death on the passage—an in valid when the Argo left. The American ship Texas and the barque Early Bird were standing into Port Philip on August the 24th. The steamer Antelope arrived on the 18th of August, and the Victoria on the 22d of August, after a' passage of 64 days. The Indian Queen was to sail on August the 24th, the Rox burgh Castle September the 15th, and the Chow rinigee September the Ist. Melbourne was much quieter than_usual. Gold GEELONG GOLD CIRCULAR. There seems to be a general revival at this date among the Victorian diggings. The news from Ballarat is highly gratifying. The last vein of the famous Eureka is said to be recovered, or another found of equal richness. At any rate there are instances shown lately of individual success more ex travagant than anything yet previously known. Cobbler's and Norton's Gullies are the principal favou rites. The former is recently opened up, and promises well. The gold is got at various depths, but the gene ral thing is not so deep as at the Canadian or the Eureka. Altogether the prospects for the Ballarat side seem good. The buying price during the week has been steady at 775. 6d. There has been a brisk demand for shipment by the Argo. The supply has been, if anything, better than previous week. MELBOURNE GOLD CIRCULAR. The demand for gold for shipmeut by the Argo has continued during the week, and, from the quantity of fered, a large amount of business has been done. The price continues firm at 775. 6d. The latest information (is as follows :—From Ballarat some astonishing lumps have turned up, and great ex citement has followed. From Bendigo matters are pro gressing steadily, notwithstanding the new and competing fields around it. It is evident, from the number con tinuing at work at this field, that all diggers are not so easily led away from a steady certainty to a doubtful new field. From IVPIvor nearly all the diggers have left for the Goulburn ; but a further confirmation of its productiveness has yet to be received. From Korong all the diggers have gone. At the Ovens matters are going on pretty steadily, the quantity coming to Mel bourne being rather over that sent to Sydney. It is with satisfaction we note the steady increase now going on in the amount brought down by escorts. The increase is upwards of 20,000 for the last two weeks over that reported since April last. 50 40 25 25 812 s maintained. its price of 31. 17s. 6d. per ounce. Money was scarce, the bank having endeavoured to put a check upon the speculations, particularly in building and land. The markets are flat. Burton ale, 7/. to 9/. 10s. per hhd, brandy per gallon lls. to 135., cham pagne 30s. to 355., Java brown sugar 171. 10s. to 211. per ton, English 10d. to Is. per lb., butter Is. 9d. to 25., Java rice Bs. to 10s. per cwt. Flour had risen to 30/. a ton. 6i 25 50 20 With respect to the yield of gold the Melbourne Argus contains the following "Symptoms of a marked improvement in the yield of our gold ►fields have again begun to make their ap pearance. Fresh spots have been discovered which give indications of extraordinary productiveness, and even the old ground has been so much more prolific as to yield for the last week, as well as the one preceding, more than has hitherto made its appearance for any one week of the last 6 months. " Since the close of the month of July the remittances per escort have been very great. The fint week of the month of August showed an amount superior to any this year, and though the following or second week of this month is not so productive, it also presents a satis factory result. The amount received from the different mines for the portion of the month now expired is as follows : St. St. St. St. "Gold received per Escort since 30th July, 1853. Week ending Aug. 6, 70,700 oz.; week ending Aug. 13, 44,495 oz. " Should the next two weeks average as much as the last two the month of August will then show a result superior to any month of this year, and to afford confir mation to the belief that the mines are giving promise of again becoming very rich and productive. "The only diggings in operation at this time last year were those of Mount Alexander and Ballarat, the Ovens and M`lvor having been since discovered. We, there fore, compare the yield of those two fields last winter with that of this year : YIELD OF MOUNT ALEXANDER AND BALLARAT. For 1852. For 1853. 53,608 156,856 55,882 142,044 61,389 133,655 67,556 138,277 69,453 124,302 108,650 106,146 all 100 all 15 50 20 20 25 25 21s. 100 20 11§ . ~.. January February March April May June July 282,546 165,779 " From these statements it will be observed that the amount for July received per escort exceeds any other month this year ; and that the amount shipped for that month also bears a favourable average as compared with any of the others." During the six months, ending August 20, no less than 968 vessels, representing 265,000 tons, were entered inwards ; and 830 vessels, represent ing 254,0G0 tons and upwards, were cleared through the Melbourne Custom-house outwards. With respect to the commercial position of the colony, the Argus hal the following : " We have referred elsewhere to the particulars of our commercial position, which is one of peculiar inte rest at the present moment, and therefore requires great caution and discrimination in judging of its real state, and still more in advising commercial men at a distance as to how the market is likely to rule when the spring trade opens. The elasticity which the market has already exhibited in receiving and dis posing of such a quantity of goods as have been thrown upon it is really wonderful ; but it appears to us that, great as it really is, very little is actually known of the quantity and value of the imports which have poured in upon us. For the purpose of exhibiting this at a glance, we have prepared a short statement of the various ar ticles of imports which have been entered through the Custom-house during the quarter ending sth July last ; and we submit the following list of a few of the chief items, the extent of the imports of which will, we doubt not, startle even those who are accustomed to watch narrowly the operations of the trade of this extraordi nary port : St. St. St. 16 100 1100 1.00 6 100 100 Quantity. Value. Apparel and slops Arms Barley and maize Bags and sacks . ..... Beer and cider Blankets and woollens 2,892 pkges. 119,958 Butter and cheese ... Brick 1,285,806 No. 15,306 Candles Carts and Carriages Coal and fuel 9,899 tons 38,988 Coffee 600,660 lbs. 19,908 Cottons 6,030 pkgs. 163,823 Cutlery and hardware 10,761 do. 130,856 Earthenware B4O do. 11,987 Fish, preserved 11,928 do. 25,430 Flour and bread.. 11,710 tons 271,431 Furniture Glass ware... Haberdashery& hosiery 3,480 do. 119,241 Iron and steel 614 tons 10,876 Oats 20,895 pkgs. 61,201 ▪ 1,005 tons 66,703 ▪ 253 pkgs. 3,037 171 boxes 797,490 ▪ 335,928 galls. 233,537 •-•- 1,876 tons 54,270 ▪ 201,152 lb. 14,062 ▪ 1,122,062 ditto 72,808 214,800 galls. 96,819 121 12i 25 all all 8. 100 100 'Co 100 100 100 Oilmen's stores Salted provisions Ship chandlery, Specie Spirits Sugar Tea Tobacco Wine . The social condition of Victoria was improving, though occasional outbreaks of crime occurred, which were attributed by the Melbourne papers to the leaven of transportation still existing in the colony. _ _ The following account of the position of New South Wales is extracted from the Sydney M owning Herald of August the 9th : " It is a matter of surprise and satisfaction to find that the agricultural and pastoral pursuits of the colony have not suffered from thegold discoveries. A very large quantity of land has been sown this year,, in conse quence of the high price of wheat and flour a few months since, and although the heavy importations from the United States put prices down to an almost nominal rate a few months since, the cessation of importations has caused a gradual increase during the last month. The graziers were naturally alarmed when gold was first discovered, but the gradual increase in the price of wool and tallow have more than paid the increase of wages, as is evidens from the great increase which has taken place in the price of stock and stations. "A grew. drawback to the prosperity of the colony is the dreadful state of the roads. At present a ton of flour can be purchased in Sydney for 25/. It cannot be conveyed from Sydney to the Turon (160 miles) for less than 301., taus adding more than 100 per cent. to its cost. We are glad, therefore, to be abl e to s t a t e , th a t before the end of next year th e first section of the Syd ney Railway (15 miles) to Paramatta will be opened. Considerable progress has been made in the work : a number of experienced 'navvies' are expected abOut the end of next month, and money for the !purchase of rails, engines, &c., was sent home some months since. A second railway company is in course of formation for the purpose of making a rail way from Newcastle to the Upper Hunter. The bill for granting the necessary powers will be laid before the Legislature immediately. " Notwithstanding the continued stream of immigra tion the rates of labour are increasing, more especially those connected with house-building. Stonemasons ob tain from 13s. to 14s. a day ; carpenters, 12s. to 13s. a day ; and other trades vary from Ils. to 13s. a day. Building materials are enormously high. Prior to the gold discovery sawn timber was from 7s. to 10s. per 100 feet, the average was about Bs. ; it is now upwards of 50s. Bricks were about 2/. a thousand, none can now be got under Si. Stone has increased in the same or even greater proportion. The price of stone 10 20 20 20 THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY ,EVENI.I', OCTOBER 28, 1853. SHARE MARKETS.-{THIS DAY. BRITISH RAILWAYS. RAILWAYS. LOO Bil Aberdeen Ambg. Nottng. Bost and Eastn. Junct Birming. Wolverh. & Stour Va11ey...... .,, Birkenhd. Lancsh. Cheshire Junct Do. Chesh. tit Birk., £5O and 225 Cons. Do., £20... ••, Bristol awl Exeter.„' Caledonian. Chester Holyhead. Cork and Bandon... Cork, Black, et Pass. Dublin&Belfast,Juue. Dundee Perth&Aber deem Junetion ....... Do. New 'East Anglian.. Do., (XlB E Eastern Counties..... Eastern Union, A Stock Do., 13. Stock Do., New A. East Lancashire East & West Ind. Dk. & Birming. June Edinburgh& Glasgow Edinb. and Peebles Ellin. Prth. &Dundee Glasgow &S. Western Great Northern Stk. Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Gt. Sth. &West.(lre.) Great Western..... ... Irish South-Eastern. Lancaster & Carlisle Do., Thirds Lancash.andYorksh Do., Fifths Da., Wst. Riding Un Leeds Northern -:: 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 all 111 100 Liv.Crsby.&Southpt 1 London & Blackwal Loud. Tilb. &Sthend. Lond. Bright & S. Cst. Lond. and N. Westu. Do. Fifths 100 42i 34 all 100" 1 100 47i 174 all 100 1 4 71 7 all 100 34 100- 1 100 100 100 100 Cbslng Prices this Jay. 19 - 20 - 4i 9 - 9A 13 —3l die ' 16 - 18 5i - 03 - 95 - 15 - 16 13 - 15 43 ii 74 - Si 3 i - 41 11 -12 A 38 -- 42 28 - 30 GO - 6 57 - 59 ii - ii 76 77 52 51 122 - 124 100 - 102 78. -79 i 85 88 10 —12 p 61i 62 74 7id 5 12 124 7a -- 7i par -- ipra U 44 -- 950 10111 - 102 —72 --74 F1 14 -13 d 13 -12 d Do.lol. Sh. ,M&8...0 London and S. Westn Do., £5O Do., £4O Lndndrry& Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk. Manch.Shef. & Lincln Do., Man. & Liu. Urn Midland ltii - 19 68A - 59 33 - 35 Do. Birmng. & Derby Midld. G. West. (Ire.), Do. Half Shares Newcastle & Carlisle Newmarket Do. , Bury Extension. Nwpt.Aberg. &Hrfd. Newry & Enniskillen Newry Warrenpoint and Rostrevor. Norfolk Northn.Counties Dn North British North Devon, No. 1. Do., No. 2 Do., A Deferred Do., B Guaranteed North Staffordshire North Western & S. Westrn, June Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton Scottish. Central IS'cottish Mid land Shrewsbury & Bi i tug. Do. L. & N. Western Guarantc ad Si &bk._ Shrewsby. & Herea Shrewsby. & Gliestcr' (N. W. Min ; Do. Halves, Do. Oswestry 52 54 d par 5 4PI 46 49 4 3d 25 ... 26 8 101 2 7 74 63 614 7t 7i par 2 36 - 38 8T 89 53 - 55 60 62 - - 14 -- LG - 7 - 8 10 - 12 4 -31 t! 14 - 16 57i - 331 -34 j Business done this day. 50 i 49i i 12i 12 79 81 62 li p m Shropshire Union ,South Devon 'South Eastern_ (South Wales . S. Yrksh. di Riv. Dun i Do Stockton & Harticpl. Thames Haven Dock, and Railway Vale of Neath Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford&Limerick West Cornwall. Wimbledn & Croydon York Newctl.&Borw. Do. Extensions Do. G.N.E. Purchase ,York & N. Midland.,, i - *i - 2Z 14 15 8 ... ... - 9 61A 624 94 - 9d i 44 4d 44 -- 454 ) PREFERENCE SHARES. 'Aberdeen. Do. No. 2, 7 p. c... Bris. & Ex. 4 p. c. St Do. 4 p. c. Shares .. Caledonian £lO 7 4a Chester & Holyhead Gnar. 5A per cent Cork &Bandonsip.c Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction . - ...x. -6, EastAnglian (£3los) 6 per cent Do. (£5) 7 per cent Do. (£7l7s) 7 p. c Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No. 11 Do. No. 2 Do. New 6 p. c. St Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent East Lancash. 6 p.cts Edinb Pith . &Dundee 5. per cent. Glasgow &S.Western Guar. 5 per cent Great Northn. 5 p. c Do. 5 p. c. Redeem., at 10 p. c. prem... Do. 4? . . t p.c. Scrip.... Gt, Southu.&Westm. (Ireland) Eighths)... Gt. Westn. (Berks & Hants Ex. 5 p. c)... Do .cov. red. 44 p.c. Do. con. red. 4 p. c. Do. irred. 4 p. c.... Lan. &York. F. £2O Do. 6 p. c. Stock London and Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. c Do. Pref., 5 p. c. St. Do. Convertible, 5 p. c., 1852... 4 3 . f I - 1 1,1 - 11)1 13 - 133 18 20 2i - 34 rifa : 118 106 -- 108 P - P 7i -- 8 99 -- 101 95 -- 100 95 -- 100 id par 138 140 0 Do. New Guar.6 P.C. 5 London &S. Western Con. Thirds 0 Londonden•y& Color Shares 11 Londy. & Ennis.? Sb 11 Man., Shef., & Lin., Sares, No. 1. 11 Do. New, £lO 3 Do. a Nfarypt.&Carl.4 p.c. Do. 4i per ceut Do Paid. Consol.6 p.c.St. Do. Consol. Bristol & Birm. 6 per cent Do. Pref. 4:1 per cent Norfolk Extension Do. 5i p. c. Eat 2 - 3 121 - 13. 6 - 7 138 - 140 - Do. Guar. N per et Do. Way. Val. 5 p. c North British North Staffordshire Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverh.£ls, 6 P.C Do 22 -: ii Shretvs. &Birm.N.G. Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor.W.Min), S p.c. Do. 5 per cent South Devon Do. Now S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. iDo. 4A per cent. Pre. S. Yorksh.4p.c.Guar. Waterfd.&Kilk.6p.c. l York, Newcastle ,and Berwick,4 p.c. Pref Do YorkkN.Midlandll.) and S. Purch Antwerp&Rotterdam Belgian Eastn. June. Beziers to Graissessac Charleroi& Erquelin. Dijon and Besancon ' iDuteh•Rhenish East Italian Do. Extension Gt. Indian Peninsula Gd. Juliet. of France Gt. Western of Canada Shares Lucca & Pistoj a. 5 p. c pref Luxembourg Do. (Railway) Do Do. (Caual) Do. 6 p. et. pref.._ Lyons & Mediterran, Madras Namur & Liege (with interest) Do. (ex interest) Northern of France Do. 201. 3 p. c Bds (fmy. B. & Ams. Shs.) NorwegianTrunkPref Paris and Lyons Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen , Paris and Strasbourg' ParisCaen do Cherbrg. Quebec & Richmond Rotten and Havre Royal Swedish Sambre and Meuse Stli-Eastrn. of Franco Southern of France.. Upper India Scrip... West Flanders ........ Do. .5A per c. • West. Western o f Franco...eS f wi lanc ILI-Land 99 - 101 P - iPm 9 -10 J 16 17 101 12 14 par p 241 98 102 19 —2O 93 - 96 41 -4/ - 3 2 d 4 2d 12 -- 13 -- 2 -- 2i, 2 -- 34, -- A 1 p l 2 21p 1d d 7 i 8 i 4i 5t 1 14 1 1. 951 102 A 2 11 A 72 i - - llp 596 86 Gi - 7 33 -33 i 12 - 134 74 - 84 15 - 61 60 15 581 7i Shr. I Paid. 304 30 301 45i i i 5 50 25 12i 13i Pm 1 i pm 13f all 100 all 100 all all all all all 100 96i 6 5 1 it 63 i 12i St. St. 25 1 383 394 35 3 5 / 2 -- 4 P 3 1 18 19 ld :r p - 4 p - 4 tlis --7 8 p id 3i 3,1(1 12 100 100 18 9i 30 20 1 40 353 i I CANTON MARKET, SEPT. 5. But little business doing either in imports or exports. EXCHANGES AND BULLION.—On London, 7s. 9d. Pay ment for produce has been made to the native dealers to very large amounts in Oriental Bank bills on London, which are resold by the Chinese to importers of drug and bullion at a sacrifice of about sixpence the dollar, the bank bills referred to being exchanged to shippers of produce, they giving up their own bills with collateral security and a profit of twopence in the dollar to the Bank. FBEIGHTS.—To England, 2/. to 2/. lOs. for tea, and lOs. more for silk. Tonnage very abundant. To Ame rica, $9 in clippers, but no freight offering. THE NEW STREET IN THE ClTY.—Considerable pro gress has been made with New Cannon-street, which now extends westward to Old 'Change, and is only divided from St. Paul's Church-yard by a few stacks of old houses. The new street will pass at the back of the handsome row of warehouses lately erected on the south east side of St. Paul's Church-yard, and form a junction with the latter at Paul's-chain. The only unsightly objects which at present detract from the magnificent ensemble of the new street are the unfinished buildings and debris of old houses to be seen on the south side of New Cannon-street, between Queen-street and Old 'Change. In the midst of these ey esores i s an o ld church (St. Mildred's), standing in an isolated position, almost in the way of the traffic, and exhibiting a broad surface of bare wall, and an extremely shabby appear ance altogether. This church is expected to come down, but is, we believe, still sought to be preserved by some of the parishioners, VICTORIA. Gold received per Escort. Gold Shipped. 1852. 1853. 1852. 1853. January 53,5M 186,615 ... 160,477 266,868 February March April 68,041 170,427 ... 92,512 101,613 May Juno ...... July 320,218 198,007 ... 179,412 202,126 MARKET NEWS--(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. -The supply of English wheat on sale in to-day's market was but moderate. For most kinds the demand ruled steady, and Monday's prices were well supported. For forward delivery, owing to the high pretensions of the growers, very little was doing. The imports of foreign wheat have been under 13,000 quarters. On the whole, the trade was firm, and the quo tations were quite as high as last advised. The few floating cargoes on sale were held for higher rates ; but the business doing was limited. Barley—the show of which was but moderate—moved off steadily, and the currencies were well supported. We had a steady sale for malt, at extreme quotations. Oats were in request, and, in some instances good sound corn was the turn higher. Beans, peas, and flour were quite as dear as last advised. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK, Barley, I Malt. 3,550 2,010 200 12,710 f 3,410 Wheat. 2,420 English .. Irish .... Foreign .. Oats. Flour. 520 1,450 5,090 13,730 6,690 brl SMITHFIELD. To-day's market was seasonably well supplied with beasts as to number, but their general quality was infe rior. All breeds met a very dull sale, at a decline in the quotations of fully 2d. per 81bs, and a clearance was not erected. Sheep—the supply of which was, but modern to —moved off slowly, at barely stationary prices. We had an unusually dull sale for calves, at a decline in value o f from 2d. to 4d. per 81bs. Pigs came freely to hand, and only a limited business was transacted in them at our quotations. Milch cows were very dull, at from 141. to 191. each, including their small calf. Per Sibs to sink the offals. s. d. s. d. Inferior Beasts.... 2 4to 2 8 Second quality.... 2 10 3 2 Prime large oxen 3 4 3 8 Prime Scots, dm. 310 4 2 Inferior Sheep ...2 8 3 0 Second quality ...3 2 310 Prime crse.-wlled.4 0 4 4 TOTAL SUPPLY. s. d. s. d. Prime Southdown 4 6 5 0 Large crse. calves 3 4 310 Prime small d 0... 4 2 4 6 Large hogs 3 6 4 0 Small porkers 4 2 410 Sucklingcalves ..21 0 27 0 Quarter old pigs 20 0 26 0 Beasts .. •• • • .... .. Sheep and Lambs .... , 5,800 Calves ..•• .. •• .. • • •• •• Pigs •• •• ...••• • ..... •••• 360 NEWGATE AND The general demand was hi ward tendency. Per Sibs by a. d. s. d. Beef, inferior 2 2 2 8 Do., middling 2 10 3 0 Do., prime large 3 2 3 4 Do., do. small 3 6 3 8 Pork, large 3 4 3 10 FOREIGN SUPPLY. • Beasts — •*: 410 _l,lOO Sheep ......... • ...... 280 Calves.••• •• .. •• • Plgs.••• ..•• .• LEADENHALL. teavy, and prices had a down the carcase. s. d. s. d. Mutton, Inferior 2 6 3 0 Do., middling 3 2 310 Do., prime 4 0 4 8 Veal 3 2 3 4 Pork, small 4 0 4 10 BOROUGH HOP. Our market is very scantily supplied with fine hops, for which the demand is brisk, on higher terms. All other kinds move off briskly, at enhanced currencies. The duty is called 140,0001. The following are tho quotations : Now Mid and East Kent pockets, 151. Os to 201. Od ; new Weald of Kent ditto, 11/. Os to 131. 13s ; and new Sussex ditto, 101. 103. to 11/, per cwt. This week's imports are 1 halo from Rotterdam, 325 bales from Ostend, 179 ditto from Hamburgh, 144 ditto from Antwerp, and 2 ditto from Dunkirk. COLONIAL. SUGAR.—There has not been much doing in British plantation, and prices have ruled ranch heavier, principally for the inferior sorts. Barbadoes fine yellow went at 38s to 395, good mid to good at 35s Gd to 37s 6d and brown at 30s to 32s Gd. R e fi ne d h as b een neglected at 45s to 46s 6 l for grocery lumps. East India --There has been a full supply of Bengal, and prices have gone down 6d to 1s per cwt. Publicly, low to fine white has been sold at 35s Gd to 39s Gd, and Benares at 31s to 37s ; good grainy yellow 38s to 38s 6d, and brown 31s Gd. to 32s for low. Madras was rather better supported, and only a small portion of the quantity offered found buyers, brown at 29s to 30s Gd, and low to mid yellow at 31s to 335. Mauritius brought 32s to 33s for low yellow, 33s Gd to 37s Gd for mid to fine, 29s to 31s 6d for brown, and 30s to 35s for refining sorts. Foreign—Penang was mostly taken in at 23s to 31s for low to good brown, but 31s to 35s were paid for low white and mid yellow. Porto Rico, by auction, went at 44s Gd for fine white, at 33s 6d to 37s for mid to good, and at 38s to 42s for fine and extra fine yellow. COFFEE.—There has not been much doing, but holders, by keeping back supplies, have endeavoured to support the previous rates. Plantation Ceylon, by auction, has been sold at 66s to 68s for low mid and mid, at 54s Gd for fine ord, at 40s 6d to 51s Gd for triage, and at 61s to 67 s f o r peaberry . Nati ve , p r i va t e l y , h as been sold at 45s to 45s 6d per cwt, according to quality. Mocha is dull, and has been taken in at 63s to 67s for ord to good clean garbled, and at 78s for long berry. Madras was taken in at 4Gs to 49s for low to good ord, and at 42s to 45s for triage. SPlCES.—Penang mace has been sold at 2s to 3s for mid to good, and Nutmegs at 2s 4d to 3s Gd for small to good bold. Jamaica ginger realised 60s to 68s for small, and 120 s to 180 s for good bold. SALTPETRE.—Madras has been sold at 28s to 28s 6d for mid colour 10 per cent. refraction. The market is quiet. RlCE.—Thero has been less doing. _ _ TEA.—Tho demand has been brik and common Congou has sold at is per lb. COTTON.—The sales have been limited. TALLOW.—Prices tend downwards. P.Y.C. has been at 5756 d to 58s per cwt. on the spot. GREEN FRUIT.—The mild weather is in favour of con sumption. The accounts from the grape growing coun tries continue bad, the stock of Lisbon is reduced to a small quantity. A parcel per Tay, steamer, sold by Keel ing and Hunt, at public sale, went at an advance of 2s to 3s per package. The first arrival of th e new crop o f Messina lemons has been received at Liverpool per Frank fort, steamer. A cargo is daily expected to London. BUCKINGHAII-HOUSE.—The late residence of the Duke of Buckingham, in Pall-mall, has been let to the Carlton Club for 1,8001., till Midsummer, 1855. The tenancy of Buckingham-house by the club will be during the alte rations which are to be made in their own building. DEATH OF SIR VIM BETHAII.— We regret to have to announce the death of Sir William Betham, Ulster King of Arms, which took place suddenly on Wednesday morning at his residence near Blackrock.—Dublin Even ing Mail. STRANGE STORY.—A son of George Linley, the com poser, has had a narrow escape. He had fixed on the Dalhousie to take his passage for Sydney, but his mother having taken a prejudice to that ship, she urged him so fervently to give up his desire of going in her, that at the last moment only he consented. She visited the Dal housie three times with her son, hoping to overcome her superstitious feelings. On the occasion of her last visit a gentleman signing papers in the cabin, seeing her hesi tation, said, "Madam, this is a first-rate ship ; I have 40,0001. on board, and rest assured I must think well of the Dalhousie before I would trust so much in her. Much more he argued to persuade her ; but Mrs. Lin ley left, and immediately went to the Samarang, and there secured a berth for her son. FOREIGN. LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Leasing Company. Closing Prices this day. Business this day. RAILWAY/. Bedford and, Bletc ... Birm. & Oxfd.l guarantee....' Do. withoutgr Birm. Wolv. & Dudley guar. Do. wtht guar. Buckgbamsh. Clydesdale Jc. B. Lincoln gr. 6 per cent. Glstr.& Dn. Fr i , Dk. Railway Hull & Selby Do. Shares. Do. Shares. Lon.&Greenw, Do. Preference' Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Do. 6 per ct. Manch. Bxtn and Matlock Middle%bro' & Redcar Midld.Bradfd. Northern and Easternsp.e. Do. 6 per et. Do. Fixed& pel Prost. &Wyre Do. sh ares . Roystn./k Hit. Do. Shepth. St Shef. Roth_and Gooleg.s p.c. S. Staffordsh. Wear Valleygr 6 per cent I Do ............ Wilts&Somrstl - 000000000000 all • nglo Austrin. Gold all Anglo Californian 2 Australasian..,,,,,,,, 5 Australian all Australian Cordillera all Australian Freehold all Ave Maria all Baden (Gd. Duchy of) all British Austrin. Gold 13.5 British Iron . 241 Brazilianlmp.(issued at .E 5 pm all Do. Cocaes & Cuiada 15 Do. St. John Del Rey Carson's Creek all Cobre Copper Colonial Copiapo Copper Min. of Eng. Do. Pref. 71 p. cent. English and Austen. Copper Smeltg. Co. General Great Nugget Vein , Do. Registered Great Polgooth Lake Bathurst Liberty Linares Lond.&Californ.Gold Quartz Crush, Co Mariquita Mex:cau&S.Americn New Granada Nouveau Monde Nova Scotia Mining and Copper Smeltg, Port Philip Quartz Rock Rhymney Iron Do. New Santiago de Cuba ... south Australian Tin Croft United Mexican Waller West Granada West Mariposa Yuba 15 all all all JOINT-STO lAustralasia British N. American Chrtd. Bnk. of India, Australia, & Chinal Colonial Commercial of Loud English Scottish and Australian Loud. Chart. Bk. of Australia London and County London Joint Stock bond. & Westminster iLondon Bank of Aus- \ tralia and India , 21 National of Ireland, 11 Oriental Bank of Corporation 5 Do. New Provincial of Ireland Do. New Royal Australn.Bkg. & Gold Imp Co South Australia Union of Australia Do. New 2 10 all il (Union of London.. Union of Madrid.. 98 - 101 48 - 50 138 - 142 30 - 32 107 109 1 36 —5 4 i 28 13i 14,4 214 —2slxd 21 - 3 98 - 100 59 - 61 137 - 142 137 - 142 dis 1 2 lid 29 - 30 95 -- 97 2 par d- par 14 d 2. - is par d 7 - 9 4i 5i 24 3 34 —36 id par 40 —44 P 1 55 —6 5 i 5 7pxd 2i - 3 14 - 16 i d - i P 2(1 dd 9 10 7 d— par P 6 - 4 . - d i (l- par 26 28 - 41 - 5 - 7 3.. i - 4. dis • d g d d BANKS. 70 - 72 i d— i d 2id -- 1/d Par i i p 22 - 24 33 - 35 42 - 44 4 dis— par 39 41 68 70 , 6 4 7 4 18 19 London Sz,, N. West. IGLlVestn, ;Do 'L.&N.W. Caledon.., IGt.Nrtlin. Gt. Westn 'Yk. New. & Berw. Y. &NEU Do Do S. Eastern !Do !Norfolk.. L.& N. W. & Midid. Stekton Darliugt. Midland.. E. Count. Do L. &N.W &Ln&Yk Do Gt Northnl Do tiLancash& Yorksh. 2.l.lllClean Stockt. & Darlingt Do iGtWe TS. 40 i 40 70 69 7k MISCELLANEOUS 100 35 /Australian Agricult. 34 35 35i 6 5 20 12 Australsn.Pcific.Mail 10 8 Australn. Royal Mail ... 50 38i Brit. American Land 55 60 58 100 326 1 Ca,nacla — 5 5 Crystal Palace — p 5i 4 2 Crystal Pal. of France 20 3 Eastern Steam •.• 1 1 Electric Teleg. of Ir — 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat — 20 16 General Screw Steam 11 20 5 Irish Beetroot Sugar 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel 10 3 Netherlands Land li 3d 31 20 10 Nrth.ofEuropeSteam 50 all Peninsular & Oriental 50 25 Do. 100 60 Royal Mail Steam 25 25 South Austral• Land 32 34 33i 431 1 all Submar, Telegraph — 5 2 Univeral Emigration and Colonization.......- 100 28} Van Diemen's Land 14i 154 15 LLOYD'S SIIIPPING.-(THIS D AY.) LONDON, Oct. 2S. - Wind this day at Noon, S.S.E., light breeze, and cloudy weather. COWES, Oct. 27.—Wind, S.S.E. Arrived—Maria, from Buenos Ayres, for London. DOVER, Oct. 27.—Wind, S. Arrived—William Wells, from Mogadore, for London. PORTSMOUTH, Oct. 27.—Sailed—Mirzapore, for Port Philip ; Victoria, New York.—The Rose has come off the Dean, and proceeded for Cowes. PLYMOUTH, Oct. 27. -Arrived—Argo (s), from Port Philip—left August 24, on freight a large amount of gold (140,000 oz.) TORBAY, Oct. 27.—The Two Brothers, bound to Quebec, has been got off shore at Portland, and has put in here. MILFORD, Oct.27.—Wind. S. S. E. Arrived—Elizabeth Rose, from Valparaiso, for Swansea. —The Chester, of Chester, Lanelly to Newry, struck on Hubberstone Pill, and sunk. ILFRACOMBE, Oct. 27.—The Ellen, Rio Janeiro to London, has put in hera with soremast sprung, and must discharge. _ OFF THE LIZARD.—PaIIas, New *York. KINGROAD, Oct. 27.—Put back —Mary Fairley, Africa. BELFAST, Oct. 26.—Wind, S.W. Arrived—Tay, from Quebec. HAMBURGII, Oct. 25.—The Williams, Hamburgh to Sunderland, which put into Tonning, on th e 19th instant, leaky, has been l a id on the ground. LEGIIORN, Oct. 2 1.—The Jenny Jones, Patras to Lon don, has put in here with damage from a collision. CADIZ, Oct. 19.—The Wasp, of Liverpool, Cardiff to this port, was driven on the rocks near Chef3ora last night, and is expected to be a total wreck ; crew saved. Or ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) POL, riday, 9.30 a.m. WiLd, S.S.E., mo d e rate LlVE and R rai O ning. F Arrived—Bee, from St. John's, N.B. ; Sophia, San. tander. QUEENSTOWN, Oct. 26. Wind, S.S.E., strong gale. Arrived- Belina, from Galatz ; Mitt Gott, Alexandria. Put In—Lizzie Nisbett, from Taganrog, for Dublin. (BY SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Friday, 10 a.m. CUSTOM-HOUSE RETURN. Wind, S.W., fine ; tide half-hour's ebb. Arrived—Gustave, from Bordeaux ; Prince Albert, Guernsey ; Henrietta, Odense ; Two Friends, Guernsey ; Sir Robert Peel, New York; Hermonde, Odense; City of Boulogne (s), Boulogne ; Countess of Lonsdale (8), Ham burgh ; Antwerpen (s), Antwerp. Sailed—Vesta (s), for Bremen. Wind S.W., blowing gtrong, looking dirty. DEAL, Friday, 9 a.m. Passed—Governor Al`Donald, from Gambia for London. Anchored—Comet, from London, for . Madeira ; Fl o . rence, from London for St. Michael's; Aid, from London for Jamaica. 'WINCHESTER SOUP. Pantropheon What does Soyer mean by that ? All-Nourishes- -the Guide to getting Fat ; But in that bookof a c t oo le k a e s r t y th l a l t l bweonlm,tmbne found-- There's one receipt Debtor's Consomme:—Take a bit of beef, Or mutton, to make rations for a thief Then boil, remove the liquor from the • pot, N ea t, p ur e, and simpl e — serve it cold or hot. On such good fare doth Winchester regale The debtor rotting in her model j ail. —Punch. CAUTION TO STELIII•BOAT PASSENGERS.—TO-day, about 12 o'clock, one of the passengers by the Bee steamer from the City to the West -end, l l his life through hi s rashness in doing what near hund y reds ost do, despite all remonstrance, namely stepping ashore before the vessel had fully stopped, and before the landing plat form is fixed. Fortunatly be escaped with only a sound ducking, being instantly rescued, although he ran a great risk of being crushed between the vessel and the pier, which was only prevented by the activity of the companies servants. THE CHOLERA. ( From the General Board of Health.) POLAND. From information received respecting the progress o epidemic cholera in this kingdom, it appears that during the present year, up to the Ist of October, there have been officially recorded 8,677 attacks, of which 4,081 had been cured, 2,712 have resulted fatally, and 84 are still under treatment. The number of cases of cholera reported as having occurred in Poland up to the end of 1852, was 105,404 ; of these, 56,196 have been cured, while the deaths were 49,303 ; making the total deativi to the Ist of the present month, 52,015. In some instances the deaths have been few in number com pared with the attacks ; but in many parts of Poland the proportionate mortality has been extremely high. Thus, in the town of Leczno, there have been.this year 16 deaths and 12 cures ; in Mickow, 9 deaths and only 4 recoveries ; in Duburrec, 54 deaths and 6 cures. HAMBURG. It will be remembered that several circumstances were recently stated, leading to the conclusion that cholera, as an epidemic, was nearly at an end in this city. This favourable circumstance has been justified by informa tion since received. The authorities of Hamburg have now officially reported thatyliolera is at an end, and it appears that Dr. Helbert, who, it will be recollected, had been appointed by her Majesty's Government t• visit and. take charge of the•crews belonging to the Bri tish shipping in the harbour, has deemed his attendance no longer necessary. From Dr. Helbert's report it ap pears that, from the 6th to . the 16th inst., he had exa mined 84 vessels, and was consulted in 7 cases. His general statement with reference to the epidemic in Hamburg is that there have been 550 attacks, 298 deaths, and 238 recoveries, leaving 14 under treatment. During the first 15 days of October there were only 11 attacks. GATESHEAD (HEWORTH). Oct. 25.—Cholera (deaths) Those make the 500th death from cholera from the Ist Sept. to this date. There have also been 43 deaths from diarrhoea, making a t otal of 543 deaths since the commencement of the outbreak. EDROM (AFTON), LB. Oct. 24.—Cholera (death) 1 MARYPORT. Oct. 25.—Cholera (deaths) 2 NORTH AYESFORD 'UNION (mow)). Three cases of cholera are reported as having occurred in the Strood district since Sunday. The first was that of the husband of a woman who died the preceding week. Her son also fell a victim to the same disease. The other cases are those of a man and his wife. Both are progressing favourably, although all the attacks have been very severe. NEWCASTLE. Oct. 26.—Cholera (deaths) 2 Diarrhoea (death) ... 1 The total number of deaths from cholera and diarrhoea in Newcastle during the present outbreak to the 26th inst. has been 1,534. The number of cases of choleraic disease discovered by the house-to-house visitation system has been— diarrhoea, 5,138 ; approaching cholera, 271 ; cholera, 66. Three corpses have also been found during the same period. There have also, been 17 old cases passed from diarrhoea to approaching cholera, and 13 cases have passed from a state approaching cholera to cholera. Thus the total number of new cases discovered in the house to house visitation, to the 26th inst., has been 5,478. THE NEWCASTLE BARRACKS. F. W. F. T. Ivey, assistant-surgeon 6th Royal Regi ment, and D. H. C. Boats, assistant-surgeon 6th Dra goons, in reporting on the means taken to protect the troops forming the garrison in Newcastle, state that " everywhere around us the devouring plague has left its fatal impress. Yet have we been hitherto most mercifully spared. Numerous CMOs have occurred in our immediate neighbourhood, and in some of the houses in which the soldiers' families are ac commodated several deaths have taken place among the civil population. These are situated at dis , tan2cs varying from 50 to 200 yards from'the barrack gate. In the village of Spit:.l-Tongues, about 250 yards to the north of the barracks, the disease prevailed to a frightful extent for many days, and carried woe and de solation to almost every hearth ; scarcely a cottage escaping without numbering one or more victims to the merciless grasp of the destroyer. The barracks are situated about three-quarters of a mile from the centre of • the town, and form part of the outskirts in a north westerly direction. Immediately on ascertaining that the fatal scou rge was a b road i n our streets, we bcame impressed with a sense of fearful responsibility, as en trusted with the care of so many lives ; we reflected on our means of defence against its ravages ; we augured that by strict attention to cleanliness, ventilation, and diet, with a careful watching for and prompt treatment of premonitory symptoms, and by forbidding the troops front going into infected localities, the pestilence might, perchance, to a certain extent be happilya,verted. Accord ingly, aided by the ready co-operation of the officers, the sanitary precautions were taken, and are still con tinued. Among the 519 persons, the total strength of the garrison in barracks, there have been 451 cases of diarrhcea, of which 421 have occured among the 391 men, irrespective of the officers, women, and children in garrison, together with nine of dysentery, but no cholera. Among the persons connected with the same ' regiments outside the barracks, numbering in all 107, consisting of women and children, with the exception of three officers, there have been twenty-nine cases of diarrhcea, two of dysentery, and one of cholera ' • making a total inside and o u t s id e b arrac k s of 480 cases of diarrhcea, eleven of dysentery, and one of cholera, but no death. We may fairly infer that without the extreme vigilance and unremitting care bestowed we should not have so entirely escaped the ravages of this direful disease. In order to carry out the duties effectively, it was ar ranged that the garrison should never be left without a medical officer, the night duties being taken alternately." METROPOLIS. Five cases of cholera are reported in returns made by the superintending inspectors of the D, H, and M divi sions of police to the Commissioners, and transmitted by them to the General Board of Health. Two of those cases have terminated fatally, one of which had been previously reported as under treatment. In the other instance the patient died within fourteen hours of the time of attack - and the rema r k o f t h e super i ntendent is, that "the smell from the drain and privy of this house is very offensive, in consequence of its being enclosed in and under the same roof as the kitchen. The inhabi tants complain of offensive smells arising from Mr. Jones's tan-yard, Bermondsey." Mr. Hall, from the POor-law Board, and Dr. Milroy, from the General Board of Health, had an interview on the 26th with the board of guardians of Chelsea. The guardians had a fortnight ago appointed two additional medical officers, who, systematic m the t irceg sanitaryul rme i d n i s ca p e l esttiaoffn of the , areappointeda to r s h i n s a t n i t d u t t o e maintain a vigil an t surveillance over the health of the different district s . I t appears that cholerais decidedly on the increase in some localities in Whitechapel. One of the medical officers has had no fewer than fourteen cases under his own care from the 18th to the 25th in stant, and of those six were fatal in from eight to twenty seven hours. Of sixteen cases of cholera which have recently occurred in this parish, no fewer than eleven occurred in Dunk-street, Mile-end, New Town. Many of the houses are in a very filthy state. Tho medical officer of the district has reported them to the White chapel board of guardians. Since the epidemic of 1848 much improvement has been effected in Whitechapel, and last session the parish obtained an act of Parliament conferring extensive additional powers on the authori ties, which they appear disposed to use actively and effi ciently, But Dunk-street and its, immediate vicinity are among those fatal spots in the union in which no improvement whatever has taken place s since 6 1838, in which year, Whitechapel, among 5,856 paupers, disease, and 1,000. In the epi paupers, numbered 2,405 cases 3 e i f o 214 deaths, a mortality of 3 85 deaths from cholera epi demic of 1848-9 tberee n •e n r ( e i i l n s t f h r i o s To di c s ii t a r l i . c ri t u r a. few l e n r l t B h s7 break of cholera was thenb Impending, em Dr. Sutherland, in the apprehension ln jing,tlit.aet-eaxnaomtlit:erdotubte lie states that the descr iptions same localities which had been g r i e v p e o n rt i e )y d l o ) n r. ir s i 0 1 u 8 t 3 b 8 w , o a o n d d were P then perfectly applicable to Smith 14 years beforc great leading causes of the i' i t i ec at it t a h l e )el remain essentially ' the u th n e he s a w i l t i l e tin p e la ss ce c s, f al : 111 , 1 sa.ne. The registrarto the correctness words, "1 do not think ther e is ofopfr.thseutis t l he t r ri la c i t id l! s or r e el l ro is so te n s t t a i t m io o n n s y , in the rewarka district where epidemic disease h as not been fatal the ; ad: ii a in the present month, n o f ewer than 11 fatal cases street of cholera have occurred in th a t very s t ree t in o,c , , in 1838, typhus fever was i n nearly every house OLD BRENTFORD. Four deaths from cholera and diarrhea have been ta 3 n O , c e a death e atli havingen %.,f(ei-ccraicdttlit.caacemlnn,dainna:gnnldevo haiePodt i h e e d r owithinf Asiatic si a t 2 i 4 c hours. s ra within 24 hours after attack. A. few attacks of diarrhcen have been reported in the books of the medical cued °ce u tiregisteredr O e d b o o l i u'r : r I l i a n . l a ;t: B e after the nte militia t i o fficers of the other districts, but no deaths have oc curred. CLOSING OP THE DUBLIN Egg --MS Excel lency the Lord Lieutenant is to close the Exhibition on , at four Monday next will be celebrated .bo'clock in the evening. The occa sionMUNICIPAL REFORM o y a musical royal / promisese c te o , n w n h i i s c s h ioners as sembled yesterdayofin to be very effective. the e he T ir chamber at the residence of the First Lord Henry Laboucrhasury, Downing-street, the R pr i e g s h id t i li ng o , L and the secreta r ere ;o th t e ho chief commissioner, co o l f nm th ssion (Mr. t Coleridge) being present. secretary object was preliminary to the inquiry, which it waes meeting should commence on Tuesday next, at twelve o'clock. It was stated that the gentlemen of the press would be afforded every accommodation which the limited space permitted, and it was announced that the formal pro ceedings would open with the evidence of Mr. James Acland, secretary to the Municipal Reform Association. NEW WING TO SOMERSET HOUSE.—The front of the new wing at the west-end of Somerset House, which was commenced about 12 months ago, is now completed exteriorly. The front which faces the river, and the side which is in Lancaster-place, are in keeping with the river front of the main building. The Lancaster place front is surmounted by six urns, and the national shields supported by two youthful Neptunes holding tridents. On each side of the windows of the second floor female figures are cut, and a balcony is supported by four round and two half-square pillars. The wing lies back several feet from the river front of the main building, and viewed from the river or Waterloo-bridge, gives an appearance of completeness to the whole build ing, which greatly enhances the beauty of one of the most elegant and beautiful buildings which adorns the banks of Old Father Thames. 95i 7 6i :I 4 2 I a li a led St. ate- lent the ken ver- 3 to for Ling that hich hed, s he by I he the ther was ome this dif- ' by rea- ause ;ion. very inb arne :rip- lune of rrns, rery Lion cir wer one the •ked mIY ;Ong ,ort this 3per I he the that 1 to ked yen )s., nds hat nn the )ut not the ed, red