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Yor k; tobert , rnsei ; ined°' r'nsei tlogrie; LIT BRATUBE. WRITINGS OF SAMUEL WARREN. Diary of a late Physician. Parts I and 11. Popu lar edition. Blackwood. Perfectly well do we remember the emotions with which we first devoured, somewhere about the autumn of 1838; these memorable " Passages from the Diary of a Late Physician." Fifteen years have elapsed since then—yet we can, even now, call vividly to mind how profound those emotions were : and, blunted though our sensibilities may have become during the interval, and indurated though we may have grown through the captious influences of criticism, our heart still tells us, at this moment, that the words then read have left on our memory an indelible impression. Turning again over the familiar pages, however, we cannot in any w a y f ee l surprised that ' such should have been the effects produced by their first perusal, or that those effects should have been thus strangely perpetuated in our recollection. It cannot enter into our imagination to conceive any appreciative reader of Mrs. Shelley's master piece, ever after during the course of his natural life laying the ghost of the monster in "Frankenstein." It appears scarcely possible to us that any one having once read Mr. Beckford's " Vathek" should find fading away from among the pictures there produced on the retina of his fancy, the gorgeous Palace of the Senses, the grimly Halls of Eblis, or even the horrible green teeth of that gobli n a necromancer. It is equally out of our power to conceive the possibility of even the most superficial among the students of imagi native literature losing a remembrance, for example, of the oranges blooming for ever in the hands of that notable family group in the " Vicar of Wake field ;" or of the perennial verdure of those dewy leaves of the exquisite " Picciola ;" or of the Icarian Wings in " Rasselas ;" or of the pn.s..Conate night vratch. in " Raphael ;" or of any other of those fic titious particulars— " Beloved as Fable, yet believed as Truth"— - - Particulars possessing for us all the distinct ness of reality, and yet combining with this all the ineffable fascinations of romance : the beautiful shells and pebbles as it were washed to our feet by the surges of the Past, as much the property of each one amongst us, as ' much our own peculiar and personal treasures as though they were, in fact, the veritable waifs and strays of poetic literature. Neither—precisely for the same reason—can we conjecture that those who once lent their ears to the eloquence of these en thralling narratives culled from this counterfeit " Diary of a Physician," will speedily forget the charm of its pathos, the suavity of its tenderness, or the elevating fervour of its philosophy. It must be remembered that these " Passages from the Diary of a Late Physician," were the first .effusions of Mr. Warren's intellect, the earliest evidences of his ambition to assume a high place in contemporary literature. They were at once re cognised as the undoubted utterances of genius, and as such they very speedily established their author's reputation. Subsequently that reputation was considerably enhanced by the appearance from month to month, in the pages of Blackwood's Ma gazine, of the celebrated story of " Ten Thousand a Year," one of the most successful novels of our generation. We have not yet forgotten the inte rest excited by that fiction during the period of its gradual publication in instalments, any wore than We have forgotten the masterly involution of the thread of the story, or the artistic alternation in it of the sorrowful and the humorous, or the tren chant satire gleaming out of the throng of the in cidents recounted, or the subtle and ingenious delineation of the principal characters introduced. Raving read the tale but once, and that several years ago, on the occasion of its periodical appear ance, but having then, no doubt, read it think ingly and appreciatively, we bear the whole of the plot, and the whole of the dramatis person ae as vividly in our recollection to-day as though we had made their acquaintance but yesterday. In this particular it is with " Ten Thousand a Year," as we have already declared it to be with .the " Diary of a Late Physician." An appreciable atttestation we take this to be of the consummate a manifested by the author in (that labour of done) would, in some measure at least, have of li t erates on thetablets of ourmemory the features b eautiful Kate Aubrey, of Oily Gammon, most iz t , : ` 3 :, a nd astute of villains, Tittlebat Titmouse, most Qi i il k a llt and vulgar of adventurers, of that horrid and that detestable Snap, and that sordid 0t and that unconscionable Huckaback. serves--' 'use ! we should never have been able to pre . y a i to ° Clearly a recollection of dear, old, l ove l y 13e 11 . with the graces of the slu m b er i ng h ero i ne 'l' ',n fa intly through the open lattice , and visible a glan ce eve r y d e t a il o f the silent edifice and the m oon lit landscape. Putting altogether de the l a t er productions of Mr. Warren, discard th even the i mpress i ve and severe simplicity of at tale of Circumstantial Evidence in which mur der is charged upon the innocent, and in which the Wrongfully accused is only rescued at the last ex tremity from destruction, we believe that our author's two earlier works, the works already here particularised, will secure to him permanently a high place among the chiefs of imaginative litera ture. Although others may be tired of reiter a ti ng their former p ra i ses of " Ten Thousand a Year" and the "Diary of a Late Physician," let us acknowledg e at once that it i s not thus by any means with our selves. It may be monotonous enough to call Aristides the Just down to the last sentence of the last chapter : yet are we for one by no means dis posed to relieve ourselves from the sense of itera tion by resorting to the paltry device of a con venient ostracism. Neither of the admirable productions just mentioned would have been one whit the more or one whit the Jess excellent had Mr. Warren never after put pen to paper, or had he written the most inimitable masterpiece, or had he scrawled, and printed, and published the most preposterous gallimaufry. We consider his two earlier works by themselves. We weigh each per se in the balance, and we find that aft er th e y have been subjected the severest test of all, the lapse of time and the abatement of a sudden and contagious enthusiasm, that their value has in no way been exaggerated. Especially, therefore, are we rejoiced to observe the re - appearance of these admirable writings in their new form, in that of a cheap and popular re- Publication. Cordially do we congratulate the masses of the reading community upon the oppor tunity thereby offered them for familiarising them selves at last with these outpourings of a generous heart and an abounding imagination. Con scious of the evil influence so long exercised upon the humbler dames of the population by the literary garbage upon which their minds have been feeding for years past, through the me dium of a base and prurient series of penny Publications, we welcome with unaffected satisfac tion the cheap reissue of the writings of those More eminent authors whose names will be remem bered as among the chief glories of our generation. The incomparable Dickens has, after this fashion, laid his genial productions within reach of the Poorer among his contemporaries. Bulwer Lytton has, in like manner, enabled those who could hitherto only judge of his effusions by hearsay, themselves to appreciate the comprehensiveness of his genius and the scope of his ambition. Emulat ng in a similar way the generous designs of those Illustrious writers of fiction, Mr. Warren has here undertaken to revise a popular edition of "Now the Then," of " T en Th ou sand a Y ear ," an d o f " Diary of a Late Physician." For that enterprise we venture to predict a brilliant e°usummation. Let us admit, at once —as amo ng„, those interested in the spread of a national -( self)-education by the diffusion of polite letter s „, among the labouring portions of the com /4„„u'utY—that we are peculiarly solicitous that this success may be achieved. We are solicitous that it m ay be so, because in those writings of Mr. Warren, Beside s their distinguished ability, we recognise the fervou r o f an elevating morality, and the , ear ...s_t.ness of a profound and unaffected homage for Human nature is there faithfully de picted, but through that delineation of human na ture ournainds and our hearts are lifted up to the ignorance coition —in weakness of the Omnipotent—in V/ira of the Omniscient--everywhere of the Present. It is by this frequent homage for Vi rtue and Gentleness, and all the awful and holy attributes of the Divinity, as much as by any else that our author contrives so frequently to c csnirean 110. w d the tribute ofour sympathising admiration. many nobl e l essons are inculcated, forinstance, not ob trusively, but most persuasively, through the earliest instalments before us'of his admirable "Diary o f a La wisdo La te Physician !" inestimable treasures of dise m extracted from amidst the loathsomeness of ase, jewels of p in the foul u • t a i fnegt dens y o e f s t philosophy some of them picked haunts of crime and the most re debauchery —in a word, the flower culled from the nettle " Danger"—the Leritable aurum e stercore! What a pathetic inci '44 ion to persevsetrance, for example, the account of those Earl IvholeDiaryYita ruggles" which constitutes for the behold presentecT introd uction ! iviszl)st appropriate and most pathetic What a model of patience do we not c hapter o n th e cc us for imitation in that exquisite ancer." It is the same through ocut.,the ehe c,n_tire in the solemn deathbed scene Scholar '> in the anecdote referring to in thantoptiop " • the lovely tale relating to " Con e his ,. 3 in the story of a " Broken Heart," in ssotarrrtolivi7,l ree tire el r t. r t if of the " Forger," in the terrible narra " Intriguing and c d ord of Madness," in the " A Slight Cold," a n d i n the .ttu memento of the " Martyr Philosopher." _ at War- specu that the betting actions, entries races. iderably i ng the me are p. One sticky ;Hal ad favour:, home h Goor- John ; stable t Annie )uld sbe 'he will npetitor a either ay DO a veep are the ass and Handi ces will, mment. ed, and ttemptf it. A ockey,' aumber author iubject. and he The a little ated to reputa' ; Palo, )Ai r .) s..vvr.; mbuco ; r j i on dorip ;award , with , ,node toristert Or Loll* Slott's' . for ths 3d - P s' Prim a j e o ;n, do.; ,rdly'sel' ;ea, ari ":5, —M traiso. xebec. [ Hope. aniP° ( '', ;curvy , loss of )ertsol, oec. EdWl'' nstadt , en ri° p o r t le '2ls' a' 1 013 ' 0 36 an t• , 3p b e • ,i-e-iiteer: Aev s4 ydnel ; nd Rir Throughout the entire work, we repeat, the same purifying morality is diffused, the same evidences of a masculine sensibility, the same. love of good , ness, the same child-like reverence for the Divinity. It is high praise : but it is praise due to the " Diary of a Late Physician." It is the meed of the au thor's labours and the crown of his reputation. It must be particularly remembered by those who may perchance perifse these remarkable fic tions for the first time, through the medium of the popular edition of Mr. Warren's collected writings, now in course of publication, that upwards of 15 years have elapsed since our author adventured thus brilliantly before the public as a contributor to our treasures of imaginative literature. It was within the compass of the first lustrum of his pub lic life that he thus successfully secured to himself his high and deserved reputation among the novel ists of Great Britain. Since then his career has been more drily and severely laborious than might at the outset have been anticipated by those whom his lambent fancy, and his tongue of fire and his tones of pathos originally won into admiration. During the last decade especially, his energies have been dedicated almost exclusively to that " jealous mistress," the Law, whose interests have been ab surdly imagined by many to be altogether incompat ible with those of literature. Of the fallacy of this extraordinary hallucination on the part of a consi derable section of the multitude, we take Mr. Warren's twofold title to the notice of the commu ' nity, as affording conclusive attestation. In thispar ticular his reputation as a novelist may be coupled with the reputation as a dramatist of one of the most distinguished among both his literary and his forensic contemporaries. The exquisite poetry of " lon " and the "Athenian Captive" failed to pre clude the ambition of Sir Thomas Talfourd from winning two very different guerdons of eminence —the garland of bay and the ermine robe of a Judge in the Court of Common Pleas. Precisely after a similar manner has been the course pursued by our author as at once a man of law and a man of letters. The composition, in his youth, of those enthralling " Passages from the Diary of a Late Physician," and of this masterly nar rative of " Ten Thousand a Year," have in no way debarred him from attaining as a barri ster a position commensurate in several respects with his varied abilities and his inflexible persever ance. Insomuch may this duality of reputation be recognised in his regard, that we may turn, still roaring with laughter, from his ludicrous account of the misfortunes and gaucheries of Titmouse to the singularly :ucid digest, by the same hand, of the enactments in reference to Electioneering—here perceiving indications of surprising industry, and there evidences of the liveliest imagination. Hence, doubtless, the double success of Mr. War ren—his success as a lawyer, and his success as a novelist. Hence—with an ideality accompanied, or, as we may even say, corrected by severe applica tion—the brilliant magazine writer has, upon the Opium and other questions, approved himself from time to time the vigorous pamphleteer. Hence, the limner of that lovely portrait of Kate Aubrey has contrived to carry his earlier fictions, by their intrinsic merit, through edition after edition, while winning for himself a silk gown and other tokens of success in a wholly different department of intel lectual toil. Wherefore, in fine, it so happens that those earlier writings are being sown, so to speak, broadcast over the perceptivity of the population—good seed promising no ephemeral fruition—while the author himself, restricted by his profession to severer studies, and more onerous occupations, is adjudicating upon questions requir ing at once sagacity and forbearance in his respon sible position as the Hull Recorder. There is a peculiar, and, to Mr. Warren, a very honou rable significance in this twofold consideration. The remembrance of it must be fraught to him with really exquisite solace for byegone labours, as to others it can scarcely but prove replete with a singularly exhilarating and elevating encourage ment. The Journals and Correspondence of General Sir Harry Calvert, Bart., G.C.B. and Edited by his son Sir Harry Verney, Bart. Hurst and Blackett. Sir Harry Calvert was Adjutant-General of the forces under H. R. H. the Duke of York, in the campaigns in Flanders and Holland in 1793 and 1794. He had previously been engaged in active service in the American War. To the military reader, consequent!y, this volume will present much attraction, and those not especially interested in the subject will End much valuable information on the state of affairs at that crisis. In all the turmoil of the campaign the General still found time to write his journal, and a chronicle of events thus kept on the spot is always possessed of double interest, not only because it is the production of an eye-witness, but because it records the events and impressions of the moment, which are seldom so correctly stated in a subsequent narrative. One of the most curious portions of the volume is the Appendix, which contains Sir Harry Calvert's plan for the defence of the country in case of invasion. It is, indeed, to be trusted they may never be re quired, but preparation for war is the best security for peace. Two maps are given of the seat of war in Flanders and in Holland during the campaign. Fern, Leaves from Fanny's .Portfolio. By Fanny Fern. Works. ---- Dsooulltahresvasnd Cents. By Amy Lothrop. The Wide, Wid e W or ld. Nan Darrell. Christmas Legends. Clarke, Beeton, and Co., Fleet-street. " Fern Leaves" is the work of an American authoress. It i s a l i ttle volume o f d omes ti c t a l es and sket c h es f ull of every-day pictures and unpre tending romance, sugges ti ng thought to the thoughtless, and disguising the lessons it teaches with flowers. We may expect pleasure and profit from the works of this writer. " Dollars and Cents," a companion to " The Wide, Wide World," is far superior to it in inte rest and attraction. It describes the struggles of a family reduced to poverty by the unsuccessful speculation of taking a country estate without capi tal or experience. The most difficult task was theirs, the " keeping up appearances" with eco nomy while tried by the desertion of their friends and their daily decreasing resources. The interest of the tale, as a chronicle of family joys and sor rows, is sustained ; and we sympathise heartily in the undeserved misfortunes of the family of Glen Luna. " The Wide, Wide World" has been much praised, and widely circulated ; but it appears to have been placed in too elevated a position, being chiefly attractive as a very moral child's book, as the sayings and doings of a girl of eleven can scarcely be very entertaining to the generality of readers. Messrs. Clarke and Beeton have also repub lished Miss Pickering's novel of " Nan Darrell, or the Gipsy Mother," and two works by Mrs. South worth. " The Curse of Clifton," and a very pleas ing volume of scientific stories, entitled " Christ mas Evening Legends." The same enterprising pub lishers have also issued Southey's works in shilling volumes. " Thalaba", " Madoc," " The Curse of Kehama," and " Nelson" are now ready. The circulation of cheap standard literature must have a beneficial effect on the lower classes of readers, and though many, we trust, for the remuneration of authors, will be always willing to purchase ex pensive and valuable books, Messrs. Clarke and Beeton merit the encouragement of the public, in the diffusion of interesting and moral works at a low price. The Napoleon Dynasty. Clarke, Beeton and Co. This volume is one of the most complete chroni cles that have yet appeared of the Bonaparte family, commencing with Charles and Letitia Bonaparte, it concludes with Napoleon 111. and the Empress Eugenie. A sketch of the history of all the mem bers of the family, and all those connected with them are given, and the volume presents the addi tional attraction of twenty-two portraits. The collection of anecdotes is very interesting, and the historical information valuable and compendious. THE ARMY. 38TH REGIMENT.—The half-yearly inspection of this fine and well-disciplined corps, under the command of Colonel Sir John Campbell, Bart, took place on the parade ground of the Artillery Barracks, Brompton, by the Adjutant General of the Forces, Sir G. Brown, K.C.B. The regiment was afterwards marched to the ground outside the barrack-square and formed into ten divisions. The regiment went through a variety of ma noeuvres, which were performed extremely well, consi dering the cramped state the men were in on account of room, and the gallant general expressed to the com manding officer his entire approbation of the men under his command, and the excellent condition he found every thing in appertaining to the corps. The prisoners are ordered to be released. The adjutant general on leaving, granted leav e o f a b sence to officers, and furloughs to non-commissioned officers and soldiers, to commence from the Ist of next month. These indulgences to ter minate on the 10th next March. Staff Surgeon Blakeney, nephew of Lieut. General Sir E. Blakeney, has been appointed to succeed the late Dr. Elkington as surgeon of the Royal Hibernian School, Phoenix-park. Dr. Blakeney is at present stationed at Malta. THE SOAP DM.—This duty has been entirely re moved. Last year it produced to the revenue 1,127,2591. RESIDENCE OF MR. GEORGE HUDSON, M.P.—The Ob server says the well-known residence of George Hudson, Esq., M.P., at Albert-gate, Knightsbridge, has been let for five years to Count Walewski, the French Ambassa dor, at a rental of 1,5001, per annum. THE SUN, IVIONDAY EVENING, OCT,OBEIC 17, 1858. SHARE MARRWTS-(THIS hAY). MARKET NEWS-(TIP - S DAY.) BRITISH RAILWAYS. Closing Prices Saturday. Business this day. CORN EXCHANGE; RAILWA S. Closing Prices Saturday. The leading country markets held on Saturday were fairly supplied with wheat, in which only a limited busi ness was transacted, on somewhat easier terms. Barley met a dull inquiry, at late figures ; but malt was in good request. The oat trade was dull, and prices had a down ward tendency. Beans, peas, and flour, ruled heavy. Advices from New York to the sth inst. state that both wheat and flour were in brisk demand—the former at an advance from 5 to 6 cents per bushel, the latter 30 to 40 cents per barrel. The Continental markets have eon tinned firm, at very full prices. The arrivals of English grain up to our market, last week, were on the increase. From abroad, we received 75,137 quarters of wheat, 6,676 barley, 38,447 oats, 2,309 beans, 576 peas, 135 tares, 8,149 linseed, 472 rapeseed, 202 mustardseed, 478 sundry seeds, and 3,965 barrels of flour. The quantity of wheat received fresh up, to-day, coast wise from Essex and Kent, was but moderate, and greatly out of condition, arising from the prevailing damp weather. From the east coast, as well as by railway, the arrivals were comparatively small ; hence, the show of samples was far from extensive. Notwithstanding that the at tendance of both town and country millers was by no means large, there was a s li g h t i mprovement in the de mand for ome-grown wheats —arising from the warlike intelligence at hand from the East —and Friday's decline in prices was recovered ; hence, the quotations were the same as on Monday last. The supply of foreign wheat was larger than for some time past. On the whole a full average business was transacted in most kinds at full rates of curreney. The arrival of floating cargoes from the westward has been small. To-day, transactions took place at extreme rates. Fine barley was in fair request, at full quotations. In• ferior malting and distilling scrts had a downward ten , dency. Malt was in good supply, and steady request, at full quotations. The show of oats being large, the trade was dull, at a decline in the prices of Monday last of from 6d to is per quarter. _ _ _ -We had a moderate inquiry for beans. In the quota tions, very little change took place. White boiling peas sold at unusually high figures. Other kinds were steady. The flour trade was tolerably firm. In prices, we have no change to report. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL. MEASURE. Wheat—Essex it Kent, Bed •• •• Dew 57s to 65s Ditto— old 57s 65s Ditto, new 58s 68s Ditt0......., old 62s 67s Norfolk and Lir c)?ii- Red, o - d 333 63s Ditto new ...... 50s 58s Rye—Old ...• •• •••••• 00s 00s New ............ 3is .85 Barley—Grinding..... 323 34s Malting ......... 40s 41s Chevalie-- • .. 431 47s Kalt—StirollandNor folk 66s 62s Brown ...• •• 503 57s Kingston and Nia:e 613 65s Malt—Chevalier .... 68s to 721 Oats Yorkshtre and Idncolnsh.. Feed 22s 23: Potato ...... ....E26s 28s roughs' and Cork 81ack....... 21s 23s Cork, White .. 21s 23s Scsoteh, Feed. 22s 26s Beans—Tick ••• • .... 40s 44s Pigeons ...... •• • • 41. 49s Peas—Grey , ....• •• • • 405 42s Maple. •• •..• •• •• 45c 48s White... •• •• .. 503 59s Boilers •..•• .. • • 63s 70s Floor—Towipmade... 655 70s Saflolk •••••• • • .. 44s 46s Steekte & Norfolk 42s 48s SMITHFIELD. The imports of foreign stock into London last week were good, viz., 11,417 head. Raring the corresponding period of 1852, we received 8,202 ; in 1851, 6,941; in 1850, 7,800; in 1849, 4,603; in 1848, 5,056; and in 1847, 3,471 head. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WREN. From Beasts. Sheep. Rotterdam— 567 ... 3,143 Ostend Hamburgh - - Dordt..... 75 ... Bromvershaven 6 ... Tonning 237 ... Touningen 330 ... 425 Amsterdam 1,390 Bremen 325 17 ... Harlingen 605 ... 1,621 ... Lambs. Calves. Pigs. ... 451 ... 1,068 -- 70 253 - ... - 84 ... 363 T0ta1.... 2,445 ... 8,047 ... -- ... 537 ... 388 The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as under : Beasts. Sheep. Lamlis. 852 1,935 ... 5,537 851 1,240 ... 4,790 850 1,331 ... 5,540 849 1,479 ... 2,870 848 855 ... 4,046 Calves. Pigs. 306 ... 424 402 ... 509 359 ... 567 190 ... 69 150 ... 5 -- ... - ... Oar market to-day was very extensively supplied with each kind of foreign stock, for which the demand rrled heavy, at drooping prices. The arrivals of home-fed stock being considerably on the increase, the weather very unfavourable, the attendance of country buyers comparatively small, and Newgate and Leadenhall being largely supplied, the beef trade was in a very depressed state, at a decline on the quotations ob tained on Monday last of from 2d to in some instances 4d per 81bs., and a total clearance was not effected. The ex treme value of the best sorts was 4s 2d per 81bs. From Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, and Northampton shire we received 2,200 shorthorns; from other parts - ' England, 800 Herefords, runts, Devons, &c. ; and from Scotland 4 stots. With sheep we were seasonably well supplied, and there was a slight improvement in their general quality. Eyaj the primest old Downs were heavy, and 2d per 81bs. losVer. All other kinds ruled very dull, at 2d to 4d per 81bs. : less money. The extreme value of Downs was 5s per 81bs. Calves, the supply of which was good, sold heavily, at, from 2d to 4d per 81bs. less money. In pigs very little was doing, at 2d per Sibs. decli4: The supply was tolerably extensive. THE NEIV YACHT FOR TEE QUEEN. Of whatever material the new Victoria and Albert is to be constructed, it is well understood that she will be designed, and all her drawings completed, and calcula tions made at Somerset-house, under the Surveyor of the Navy, who will alone be responsible for the ship, If it be finally arranged that she is to be constructed of wood, she will be built at a Royal dockyard ; but if of iron, a more wholesome and safer material, then inas much as the Royal dockyards build only 'wooden ships, the construction of the new yacht, from the designs of the Surveyor of the Navy's department, will be confided to a firm of unquestionable character for expedition and first-rate work. Under all or any circumstances, we repeat that the new yacht will be the production of those in the Royal service, and it is due to the Surveyor of the Navy to state that the success that has attended the design and construction of the new class of screw-ships—St. Jean &Acre, Agamemnon, Imperieuse, Tribune, &c., afford most satisfactory proofs of progress and efficiency in Royal navai architecture. We understand that the dimensions of the proposed new yacht for the Queen will be increased from those originally suggested. She will be at least 300 feet in length, with 40 feet beam. An additional 30 feet in length with 6 inches additional breadth, with machinery of 800-horse power, as in the Pacha of Egypt's yacht, would ensure a better speed—say 18 miles au hour. We perceive that a contemporary has reflected on the old yacht as having been badly built. In justice to Mr. Edye, the master shipwright of Plymouth dockyard, and under whose superintendence the Victoria and Albert was built, at Pembroke, we feel bound to state that no vessel could have been more strongly or more faithfully put together. The workmanship was indeed first-rate, too good, indeed, for her. The fault was in the design and not in the construction.—Herald. His Royal Highness Prince Albert is expected to visit the Navy -office of the Admiralty department of Somerset house, on Monday, previous to the decision whether the new royal yacht shall be built of iron or wood, or be a screw or a paddle-wheel steamer. The subject is still much discussed in nav a l c i rc l es, and the general wish of both officers and men is that her Majesty should have a 91-gun ship far a royal yacht, and that the vessel should be fitted with a screw propeller, as the nearest approach to their favourite sailing ships. They say they have never relished paddle-wheel steamers, but they have no objec tion to the screw-propelled vessels or their machinery, being stowed in the hold. All they want is clear decks under any circumstances. A 91-gun ship, finely rigged and manned for service, would have a fine appearance stationed off the Isle of Wight, and be an appropriate sea castle for a naval body-guard for her Majesty, the crew being composed of leading seamen, appointed to the royal yacht for superior abilities, meritorious services, or good conduct. An arrangement of that kind would do much to make the service popular, and the country would have a ship efficient to take her position with the royal standard at the mast-head when naval reviews take place, or on other occasions; and also to take her place on any emergency as a ship of war for the defence of the country. The necessary expense of fitting a vessel of the 91-gun class would be comparatively little when con trasted with the expense of a yacht with a separate establishment, required only for a short period every year, and the officers, engineers, and crew, it may be be said, unavailable for any other purpose. In a vessel of the above class there would be ample room for her Majesty, Prince Albert, and the whole of the Royal family, and such royal and distinguished visitors as might be present, with their attendants ; an extent of accommodation which cannot be obtained in the best constructed paddle-wheel steam-vessel, whether built of iron or wood. A 91-gun ship is also the safest for sea going voyages, and well suited for the depth of water on the coasts of this country. The tenders Fairy and Elfin would always be available for landing at any port when the royal 91-gun yacht anchored in deep water. It would be truly splendid to witness, at a review of the fleet, her Majesty passing down between two lines of war steamers, all fitted with screw propellers (which will be the case with every vessel in the royal navy within a few years, in a fine screw-propelled steam-ship, fitted up for royal accommodation, compared with the appearance of a paddle-wheel steam-vessel passing down the lines under similar circumstances. On the whole, the officer r s and men of the navy—and it is believed the country generally—are anxious that her Majesty should have a fine screw steam-ship for her aquatic excursions and to be stationed off the Isle of Wight.—Chronicle, FEARFUL CASE OF MUTINY. -MURDER AND SUICIDE ON THE HIGH SEAS. The details were on Saturday received at Lloyd's of a most dreadful tragedy which took place on board the barque Countess of Winton, of Liverpool, while on her homeward voyage from Shanghai. The following are 4hocircumstances as taken from the log :—" On the 17th May, when the ship was near the Indian coast, the date captain, Mr. James Crangle, ordered all hands on deck. The chief mate, 'William M'Fillen, did not seem inclined to perform his duty, and the master sent two men to look after him. He was found in the store room under the cabin, and the captain dispatched the second mate to bring him up for disobeying orders. M'Fillen was met approaching the cabin, and the unfortunate master ordered the seamen away, in order that he might have some conversation with him pri vately. A cutlass was lying on the table in the cabin at the time. Angry words were heard passing between them. Shortly aftewards the second mate heard a noise and some heavy groans. He looked through the sky light, but could not observe anything. However, he en tertained a suspicion that something serious had happened. He called the crew, and arming himself with a log of wood, went down to the cabin, where to his horror he saw the lifeless body of the captain stretched upon the floor, and M'Fillen thrusting at him with the cutlass. The carpenter, by a dexterous movement, drove the armed murderer on one side. He made an effort to escape by running up the rigging; the second mate, however, pursued him, and managed to hold him until he was secured and chained down in his cabin. About a week afterwards, while he was being conducted to the water•closet, duly guarded, he by some means managed to slip from their attention for a moment, and, making a sudden spring, bounded overboard. A rope was thrown towards him, and the boats lowered, with a view of saving him. He made not the least effort to seize them, and in a few minutes disappeared and perished. The catastrophe is greatly attributed to a free use of ar dent spirits on board. The deceased master is said to have been often in liquor, and while in that condition treated M'Fillen in a most severe manner. The second mate took command of the ship and brought her safely home. She was freighted with a valuable cargo. Shy. Paid! R LeasingAILWAYS. Compass. ;t. 1100 'lO all ,t. 100 ',5 all 10 all SO all .t 5 all 1.2 1 i all 2all ;0 all ;t. 100 *A. 100 5 all Buckghanish.lL. &N.W. . Clydesdale Jc.'Caledon... E.Lincoln. gr I 6p. cent .. ,Gt.Northr. Glstr.&Dn.Fr Hrtlpl. Dk. & Yk. New. Railway di Berw.. Hull dr Selby Y.&N.Md. Do. Shares Do Do. Shares. Do Lon.dzGreenw S. Eastern Do.Preferencepo Lowestoft gr.! 4 per cent... Norfolk Do. 6 per ct... Do Blanch. Bxton. Ln. &N. W and Matlock & Midld Middlesbro' di Stckton dz &dear . . . . Darlingt. Midld.Bradfil. Midland Northern and Eastern sp. c. IE. Count Do. 6 per ct.. Do D o Fixed sp. c IDo . . Prest. & Wyrc' th's . W &Ln& Yk Do. 1 Shares. Do Roystn.& Hit. Gt.Northn Do.Shepth.St. Do Sher. Roth. & Lancash.dz Goole g. 5. p. Yorksh S. Stallordsh.. MrMClean WearValleygr Stockt. & 6 per cent ... Darling . Do iDo Wilts&SomrsqGt.Westn i 0 all ;0 all 15 all 12 3t. 100 ;t. 100 5 188 12 I 9 t i 5 0 I all 1 15 all it. 100 1 all )s. all I 0 2 ?,0 6 1 all 1 a ll 1 all 1 all 1 all 0 13.5 I 5 24,3 1° 1 all 0 15 1 ) i X) I all A. all ;5 all 5 all !O all 2 all 3 all 1 all 1 all 1 all 1 all .0 9 1 all 1 all 5 1 1 all 0 all .5 15 30 1 all LO 7 388 all 1 al 1 all 1 all 1 all MINES. Agna Fria ....... Anglo Californian Australasian Australia-A. Australian Cordillera Australian Freehold. Ave Maria ,Baden (Gd.Dachy of) British Anstrln. Gold British Iron Brazilianlmp.(issued at £5 pm Do. Cocaes k Cuiada Do. St. John Del Rey Carsons's Creek Cobre Copper Colonial Gold Copiapo Copper Min. of Eug Do. Pref. 71 p. cent English and Austin Copper Smeltg. Co General Great Nugget Vein Great Polgooth Lake Uathurst Liberty Lond.&Cali:orn.Gold Quartz Crush. Co Mariquita Ildexicau&S.Americu !New Granada Nouveau Monde Port Philip Quartz Rock Rhymney Iron jDo. New Santiago de Cuba..., South Australian 'Pin Croft ........ United Mexican !Waller 'West Grouada West Mariposa IYuba JOINT-STOC. 98 - 102 48 - 50 138 —l42xd 30 32 107 W 9,53 1 54 27 28 13 14 24-256 xd 2i - 3 = 100 60 - 63 1140 - 145 133 - 142 (1 2 lid 30 95 -- 100 - r' 1 4 7_ -- d A d 6 d par is d— 4 d 7 9 24 3i 2 2A 33 34 id par, 41 43 Io - - i 11 p 55 65 6 —7 p, 2i 3d ' 14 —l6 d • # l 3 d g - d I - d id— par id :d — R P 34-4 d 7 I 34 - 3i #— # d i 4d i— i d BANKS. 2i i Aberdeen Ambg. Nottng. Bost. & Eastn. Juno Birmng. Wolverh. Stour Valley Birkenhd. Lancsh. Cheshire Junct Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O a £25 Cone I Do., £2O Bristol & Exeter Caledonian Chester & Holyhead Cork and Bandon.... Cork, Black. & Pass. D üblin &Belfas t June. Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction ....... Do. New .............. East Anglian (£25 L. & E. & L. & D.)..... Do., (4-.18 E. a H.).. Eastern Counties..... Eastern Union, Class A. late E. U. 5h.... Do do 20 -- 21 4 - 4i 8i- 94 13 - 11 :II 15 17 5 4 d 93 -- 95 49 50 15 17 ••• ••• - 45 74 - 8i - 3 118 - 12, 36 - 40 25 25 St. 50 Do., B. & C.. East Lancashire Est & West Ind. Dk & Binning. June Edinburgh& Glasgow Edinb. and Peebles._ Edinb.Prth. &Dundee Glasgow & S. Western ,Great Northern Stk Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Gt. Sth. &West. (Ire.), Great Western Irish South-Easters. Lancaster &Carlisle Do., Thirds Lancash. &Yorkshire Do., Fifths Do., Wst. Riding Un Leeds Northern ..... Liv. Crsby. di Sontbpt London & Blackwall Lond. Tilb. & Sthend. Lond.Bright. & S.Cst.; London & N. Western Do. Fifths Do. ,10/.5h.,M&8...0 London & S. Western Do., £50......... —— • Do Lndudrry.&Coleraine Lududrry. & Ennisk. Mauch. chef. &Lincln. Do., Mar. &Lin. Un. Midland Do. Binning. & Derby Midland G.West.(lr.) Do. I Shares Newcastle &Carlisle.. Newmarket Do. Bury Extensions Newpt.Aberg.&Htfd. Newry & Enniskillen Newry Warrenpoint & Rostrevor Norfolk Do., New Northu. Counties Un North British ..... North Devon, No.l Do., No. 2 Dc., i A Deferred Do., 6 B Guaranteed .7if North Staffordshire 11 North Western.. 0 N. &S. Westru. June. 10 Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton.... O Scottish Central ..... O Scottish Midland O Shrewsbury & Birmg. O Do., L. &N. Westn. Guaranteed Stock 9 Shrewsby. dr Herefd II Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) i Do. Halves, do. tl Do. Oswestry 6i Shropshire Union 1 11 South Devon 0 South Eastern .. .11 South Wa1e5........... 5 S. Yorksh. River Dun 5 D 0... ............ ........ 16! Stockton & Hartlepl. 25 1 20 Thames Haven Dock aid. k.:^i1way......... L 7 We o" JeaLh .,, 611 Waterfd. & Kilkenny .11 Waterfonl&Limerick .4 West C0rnwa11........ Is. Wmbledou &Croydon 1 Woodford I() York Newctl. &Berw. 10 Do. Extensions....... 12 Do. G.N.E. Purchase 100 York &N. Midland.. 27 - 29 61 - 63 5 9 --- 61 21••• - •• - 23 - 50 - 61 764 124 - 126 ;101 - 103 I 801 - 83 83 10 —l2 p 62 62 7i — 74 d 56 5 d 124 —12 i • n - Par —1 P 93 95; 104 103} Vi aF' 75 77 13 12 d 12 11 d 100 100 1 2 1 100 4211 19 - 20 ' - - 5 - 9 d 59 - i 33 - 35 I 100 17i all 50 53 par 5i ••• - ••• 47 - 50 100 2 ' 4 3 d 1 25i —26 i 8 10 16 111 8 all 8 3 20 1' 20 al 2 7 74 68 5 d 74 7t Par 2 p a. ID 36 - 38 87 - 89 55 - 57 62 - 64 all !Australasia . 69 - 71 all 'British Colonial rank, St. lb St. Ili and Loan Company all British N. American 2 Chrtd. 13nk.02 India, 60 65 24 2dis; 15 17 74 84 11 -- 13 3 -- j 15 17 574 58? 334 .343. Austral. end China 5 Chrtd. lA. of Asia 25 Colonial 20 Coramera . c.lof Load 10 English Scottish and Australian Chrtd 15 London Chrtd. Buk of Australia 20 Loudon and County 10 London Joint Stock 20 Lon d. andWestminst 35 Nat'onal. Provincial o 7 England 10 ,Do. New par lttis , 20 50 a] St. 101 50 a] 20 L 20 2.1 lid d 3 - 4 28 - 30 22 - ii 33 - 34 2i 3 14 15 22 Na: 'onal of Ireland... all Oriental Bank Cor. . - = -6 poration 25 PleGN'mcial of Ireland all Do. New 44 45xd' 61i -- 62i1 9. -- Bid 44-- 4 d 45 -- 46 1 Roy: tAustraln. Bkg. and Gold Imp. Co 25 SOU6;I A ustralia all Unio.i o: d par fd 1 2A Do. New 10 - Union of Louclon all Union of Madrid 65 is G~ ~ PREFERENCE SHARES. i St. 100 lAberdeen . MISCELLANEOUS. St, 109 Do., No. 2,7 p. e ... - ... 5 5 Aubin Coal and Iron 20 5 Do. 4p. c. Shares _ .l , ... ... 1 St. 100 Brie. & Ex. 4 P. a. St. ... , - .. ! 100 35 Australian A,grieult. 32 34 I 33 5 ... ... St. 100 Caledonian £lO 98 100. 08 20 1 2 Australsn.Peifie.Mail ... ... 10 8 Australn. Royal Mail ... _ ... 15 all Chester & Holyhead 50 81 Erit. American Laud —x d. x d Guar. 51 per cent ... ... 61 64 Cork &Daudon 51 p. e ... .., 5 31 Brit. S; Coln. Sin el tg. 64 all and Reduction C 0... ... "' 3l all EastA nglian (X 3 10s) 100 321 Canada Co npany ..... ... _ ... Dduenedne Junction 6 _ 61 5 5 Crystal Palace ......... # 7= P 5 i 6 per cent. ...... 3;7 3i 4 2 Crystal Pal, of Prance 6 - - I i 5 all Do. (25) 7 per cent 44 5 20 3 Eastern 5team......., ... .., 1 1 Electric Tel. of Irel. l ... 71 2 Do. (2,7 178) 7P. et i 1 p 15 14 Gen. Stea m Navigat.! ... ••• 6f all Eastera Counties Ex -20 16 . General Screw Steam ... •• • tension, sp. c. No.l 1 —11 p, 1.1 0 i 1 pm 20 76 Irish Beetroot Sugr ... ... 61 all Do., No. 2. 1 —11 p 10 all Do., New 6p.c. St 13 14 20 6 Magdalena St. Navig. ... ... 1 all Nat. Pt. Steam Peel! .. ... 20 all Eastern Union, Scrip 10 3 Netherlands Land.. I ' 1!. d Guar. 6 per cent 18 —. 19 181 2 1 all N. B. Australasian.: Ld. 4 p '1 St. 100 EastLaneash. 6 p.cts. ... ... 5 all Edinb.Prth.dtaundee 20 10 Nrth.o:EuropeSte am j ... . 4 per cent. St. 100 Glasg ow & &W es t ern 50 all Peninsular & Oriental! ... ... guar. 5 per cent.. ... ... 50 25 Do. ea. .1 ... _ ... St. 100 Great Northr 5 p.e. 118 120 2 all Portland Iron C 0,,,, ... -- ... St. 100 Do. sp. c .,R e d eem., 100 60 Royal Mail Steam._ ___ ... at 10 p. c. p rem lOB 110 1081 1 all S cot. A us t ra l . Lives ..1,1 —hp 61 all Gt. Southn. &W es t n 1 1 D o , N ew S cr i p ........ ... .. (Ireland) Eighths 7i 81 8 25 25 South Austral. Lan( 32 34 50 6 Gt. West). (Barks & 1 all Submarine Telegraph ' ... ... Hants Ex. sp. c .) 64 7 100 281 Van Diemen's Lapdl 144 151, 154 St. 100 G. West. fixed 4 p C 95 1 00 1 ____________ 16 6 Lan. & York. P. 220, _ St. 100 Do., 6p. c., Stock 139 ad 14 p 1 ar BUENOS AYRES. St. 100 London and;Brightou --- - 4 0-----. St. 100 Guaranteed sp. a ... ... The accounts from Buenos Ayrei by the mai steamship Tay are very favourable. Order con 50 all Do. Convertible, sp. tinued to be maintained ; trade was becominl c., 1852 . • •• ••• Do. Pref., sp. a. St. ... ... active, and several projects for internal improve St. 100 Do. New Guar. 6p.e. ... ... ments seemed likely to be carried out, as well al 50 5 London &S. Western, Con. Thirds 2 3 p a revision of Cie tariff, which will include a grew 121 121 Londonderry&Coler , reduction in the duty on manufactured goods The s - abjoined letter, from a mercantile correspon 21251 all ma Loundey h :dent furnishes the latest details " Buenos Ayres continues quiet. The people are 10 all Do. New, £lO Bd -9. ! busy in preparing for the new elections, which are tc i Shares, 'Ennis. &She N f ' o ' .1. 4 . in . S . .. h i 1264 1. 7 3 6 3 Do., £6 ....• ....... • ••• i $ P take p lace sh ortly. It is believed those most adv erse t c 12 all ' Marypt. &Carl. 4p. c. ... .., the influence or domination of Urquiza will be returned 12 all Do. 41 per cent — p as deputies to the Sala. Several of the notorious ma. 1N Do. 1 ... sorqueros (or association of assass i ns, that was organ i se d St. 100 Mid. Consol. 6 p.c. St. ... under the bloody tyranny of Routs), who recom- St. 100 Do. Consol. Bristol & menced their vocation during the recent struggle, have been secured and lodged in Birm. 6 per cent l3B 140 ' 164 5 Do. Pref. 41 per cent i id to be tried for their lives. They will, no doubt, in! St. 103 Norfolk Extension ... ... x St. 100 Do. Pref. 51 per et ... ... ted. The Briash. Packet stated some time since that St. 100 Do. Way. Val. 5p c ... ... far for the innumerable murders they by treaty with Ur- Sir Charles notham had succeeded, St. 100 North British — ... quiza, in acquiring possession of the island of Mart i n 20 all North Staffordshire 22 24 Garcia—which commands the entrance to the • rivers prison, and are Roo f )! . have commit- St. 100 Oxford Worcester & Wolverh. £15,6r. c. 100 102 . 1001 Parana and Uruguay—as a security for the free naviga -1.5 15 Do k # p 154 8 all Shrews& Birm. N. G 94 10/ Ayres, under a t h i s o h n ed of b th y those rivers, This treaty t E y u h e as nos recently been pub lengthened protest ; but it appearsu shalltnhi United dn t o h t e bPe States.co c c k lp w t was mG m er i esriaenityfor stipulatedm Britain,ed . 10 all Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W.Min),B p. c. 16 —l7 p [0 10 Do. 5 per cent 9l 104 he or isla th n e d 15 all South Devon l3 il by any of the riverine Powers who decline to recognise LO 14 Do, New Par P without t t h r o e u a tty limitthe forefe tnimavoi.gatißooneonfosthAosyerer:vnearstuhreanucyeffooretlhs 0.6 all S. Eastern (Reading Ann.,) of .Q 1 Os.6d. 24 244 haven a annoyedtedfrtohmat objected, suoorngilumyi Urquiza, or a e w n T t hd a eayy s e t shoulde wp p oruelvdi oupsrloyb, h a a bt v loy e emn haveoa t -0 all S.Yorksh.4p.c.Gnar. 19 20 5 3 Waterfd.&Kilk.6p.c. ... ...d it. 100 fork Newcastle and 13erwick,4 p.e.Pref. 95 98 95 . 7 5 Do.. 44 4il initi.4.o.l ;i• 44.,‘.,...-i___ o 5 in VnylriirN Miellav,ri TY .71 5 5 10 York& N. Midland H. 1k S. Puz.ch ........... lid - i ti TALLOW. FOREIGN. 5 lAntwrp &Rotterdam 3 !Belgian East. Junct. all ; Charleroi & Erquelin 10 Dijon l and Besapn... 8 Dutch Rhenish ...... all East Indian ............ 1 2 Do. Extension all Gt. Indian Peninsula 10 Gd. Junct. of France 20z Gt. Westn. of Canada Shares 3 Lucca, and Pistoja, 5 per cent. pref. 15 Luexembourg ........ 10 Do Do. (Railway) 2 ; Do. (Canal) Do. 6 p. cent. prsf. Lyons & M.editerran Madras Maria Antonia Do. New Namur & Liege (with interest Do. (ex interest) Northern of France Do. 201. 3 p. c. Bds [fmy. B. &Ams. Shs. I NorwegianTrnk. Pref Paris and Lyons Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen Paris and Strasbourg ParisCaen& Cherbrg. Quebec & Richmond ` Rouen and Havre 'Sambre and Meuse._ Do. 5i per cent. pref. Southern of France Upper India Scrip West Flanders Do. 5i per c. Pref,, Western of France West. of Switzerland New Zeeland... i - 3 2ad 2 -- 3 p P - P l i P 2,p; 2 idl 4 i `7. 5 1 - - - 6 - 6i 33i - 3.3.,; -12 i — 13a 7 8 16 -164 p 39 - 41 - 361 - 36 4 i 2 p -- 18 - 20 - 84 2 . -- 4p 3 - 4 ; 11(1) Per Bibs to sink the offals. s. d. s. d.) S. d. s. d. Inferior Beasts.... 2 6to 3 01PrimeSonthdown 4 6 5 0 Socoud quality... .3 2 3 4 Large crse. calves 3 2 4 0 Prime large oxen 3 6 3 &Prime small d 0... 4 2 4 6 Prime Scots, &e. 310 4 2 Large hogs 3 6 310 Inferior Sheep ...2 8 3 0 Small porkers 4 0 4 1.0 Sicond quality ...3 2 310 Suckliugcalves ..22 0 27 0 Prime crse.-wlled.4 0 4 4 Quarter old pigs 21 0 26 0 FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts ..•....... TOTAL SUPPLY. Sheep and Lambs ........31,050 Sheep ....................7,060 Calves .................. 242 Calves-- ................ 186 . . . 36 A statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of f.t stock exhibited and sold in Smithfield Cattle Market, oo Monday, Oct. 18, 1852, and th's day, Monday, Oct. 17, 1853. Per 81bs, to sink the offals. 06. 18, 1852. s. d. s. d. . 2 0 to 2 2 . 2 4 2 101 0ct.17, 1E5 3 s. d. s. d 2 6to 3 32 3 4 Coarse and inferior beasts ... ... Second quality ditto ... ... ... Prime 7aige oxen 3 0 2 4 3 6 3 Prime Scots, dre .. 3 6 3 83 10 4 2 Coarse and i - iferior s - 2eep 3 0 3 4 2 8 3 0 Second quality di',,Lo 3 6 3 8 3 2 310 Prime coarse wo&Jed di*.to ... 310 4 0 4 0 4 4 Prime Southdown ditto ... 4 2 4 6 4 6 5 0 Large coarse calves 2 6 3 0 3 2 4 Prime s.nall ditto ... ... 3 2 310 4 2 4 6 Large hogs ... 210 3 6 i 3 6 310 Neat small porkers 3 8 310 4 0 410 Beasts... ... 6,357 6,080 Sheep ... ~. 30,130 31,050 Calves... 271 242 405 SUPPLIES ON SALE, Oct. 20, 1851.—Beasts, 4,682; sheep, 26,720; calves, 267 ; pigs, 520. The accounts from Buenos Ayres` by the mail steamship Tay are very favourable. Order con tinued to be maintained ; trade was becoming, active, and several projects for internal improve ments seemed likely to be carried out, as well as a revision of fie , ariff, whi c h w ill include a great reduction in the duty on manufactured goods. The subjoined letter. from a mercantile correspon dent furnishes the latest details " Buenos Ayres continues quiet. The people are busy in preparing for the new elections, which are to take place shortly. It is believed those most adverse to the influence or domination of Urquiza will be returned as deputies to the Sala. Several of the notorious ma so;lueros (or association of assassins, that was organised under the bloody ty ranny of Rosas), who recom menced their vocation during the recent struggle, have been secured and lodged in prison, and are soon to be tried for their lives. They will, no doubt, suf fer for the innumerable murders they have commit ted. The Packet stated some time since that Sir Charles li&ham had succeeded,tha byistlarenadtyofwimthaUrtinr quiza, in acquiring possession of Garcia which commands the entrance to the rivers Parana and Uruguay—as a security for the free naviga tion of those rivers. This treaty has recently been pub lished by the Government of Buenos Ayres, under a lengthened protest ; but it appears that the PeckeZ was misinformed. There is no absolute cession of territory to Great Britain, France, or the United States. It is merely stipulated that the island shall not be occupied by any of the riverine Powers who decline to recognise by treaty the free navigation of those rivers henceforth without limit of time. Buenos Ayres naturally feels annoyed that so important a step should have ema nated from Urquiza. They would probably not have objected, only a few days previously, to have initiated it themselves. There is no doubt it will be a vast benefit to these countries. Their future wars, if the treaty be ra tifi e d , w ill not do such irreparable injury to commerce as hitherto, and Sir Charles and his colleagues deserve great praise for n ego ti a ti ng so advantageous a b ene fit to the commerce of Europe, the United States, and Brazil. There may be now some chance of the exploration of the rivers Vermejo and Pil comayo. Paraguay may always be approached with safety, and probably not many years will pass before a direct trade from this river is carried on with the back provinces of Brazil and with the Republic of Bolivia: To be legal, however, the treaty should be ratified by Congress ; but, if Urquiza possesses the slightest in fluence, as the Argentine provinces are sufficiently jealous of Buenos Ayres, it is believed this will not be a difficult matter. Sir Charles's mission was at one time considered almost barren of usefulness, but be now re ceives great credit for his management, and, if the treaty be ratified, will have the grateful thanks of foreigners and many of the Buenos Ayreans themselves. The Government of Buenos Ayres say that Urquiza had no right to make such a treaty even under ordinary circumstances, but as he was in extreinis it was perfectly illegal. Projects of lighting the city with gas, of constructing moles or jetties, and even railroads, are meditated, and some of them will no doubt, soon be carried out. It is said to be seeriously contemplated to reduce the im port duties to 6 per cent., and allow ne deposits on bonding. If this be carried into execution, Buenos Ayres will supersede Montevideo as a depot for mer chandise, unless the latter city make similar reduc tions, or offers equal facilities to the extension of com merce. Urquiza remains quiet in his own province (Entre Rios), but there are rumours that he is in cor respondence with Oribe, and that he is enlisting Italians at Montevideo idto his service by giving them high pre miums. If this be true, peace will not be very durab!e. Exchange, 665. t o 60 8 . 6d. th e d ou bl oon. Paper dollars - have ranged during the month from 288 to 303 the doubloon, the latest quotation is 292. Business had Stock this day somewhat revived. The Vocalist, as was supposed, • 1 t0 2 2 4 9 :3: 6 2 3 3 1 d 0 2 0 ( 3 ) : 9 :0 3 d 2 1 37; Oil 3ss to 37s 90 cc 43s 00 .58s 6010 became a total wreck on the coast near Cape St. Mary. Price of Y. C.•• I . t 0 4 :1 8 : 4 8 0 9 8 d 3 36795 r 38285:33(s • Delivery last we7k. 31 :7 5 3 31,626 33,193 31,540 38,9 3 The weather was very boisterous for several days after ias j t u w ne cek.. 775 11,8_37 2,413 533 7,418 !45,i92 35,047 20,433 36,590 she went ashore which precluded all hope of getting i A Di r tX•rom June"' 47 ' 768 her off. She was therefore abandoned, and has been I trice of Town 39s 6d 41s Od 404 Od 455 6d 62; Ed gold for the bent& of whom it may concern.", Oct. 21, 1850.—Beasts, 5,400; sheep, 26,120; calves, 213; pigs, 603. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. The supplies of both town and country killed meat having been considerably on the increase, the general demand has ruled heavy, and prices have had a downward tendency. Per Sibs by the carcase. s. d. s. d. I Beef, inferior 2 6 3 0 Do., middling 3 2 3 4 Do., prime largo 3 4 3 6 Do., do. small 3 8 3 10 Pork, large 3 8 4 0 s. d. s. d. Mutton, Inferior 2. 8 3 4 Do., middling 3 8 4 4 Do., prime 4 6 4 8 Veal 3 2 4 4 Pork, small 4 6 5 0 BOROUGH HOP. - We continue to have a firm market forall kinds of hops, both new and old, at further enhanced rates. The crop is turning out very light, and the duty is not backed higher than 135,0001. Weyhill fair has passed off briskly, and several parcels of hops sold at 211. 5s per cwt., or four shillings per lb. New Weald of gents 101. 5s to 131., and new Sussex, 91. t o IN. 10s per cwt. Good 1848's have reached tOs per cw t. Last week's imports were 8 bales from Boulogne, 320 from Ostend, 75 from Antwerp, and 82 from Hambnrgh. BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. Since Monday last, the arrivals of home-grown potatoes have been very moderate, and greatly out of condition. The imports have been large, viz., 398 tons from Dunkirk, Boulogne,Ofrotomnsßofronmen,l3s baskets from 50 ditt o Rotterdam, 434 tons from Havre, 68 ditto from Hamb ro ' from o m b a g G s ra f r v o e m l i n A e an, Antwerp, ditto 70 ditto from Dieppe, 42 ditto from and 391 from other quarters. The demand is steadY, as follows -- Shwa 120 s to 140 s; Regents, 150 s to lhOs ; and foreign, 140 s to 160 s per ton. WOOL. The comparatively high value of money, and the near approach of public sales, have produced extreme heaviness in this market, and prices are almost nominal. The im ports last week were 2,800 bales, chiefly from our colonies. SEEDS. There is an active inquiry for linseed on higher terms. Bombay has realised 555, Black Sea 53s 6d, ex, ship and on the spot ; Calcutta on passage, 54s 6d, and Taganrog, 53s 6d per quarter. East India rape is worth 55s to 565. Linseed cakes are dearer. English rape cakes are worth 6/. per ton. All other articles are firm. Turrilp,White, per bush. 185 to 21e Swede .. • • .... • . 20s 23s Mustard, 8r0wn...". 103 I ts White, new.. • . 14s 20s Tares,Wlnte-,new.... 7s 6d 8s Od Soling ........ •• Os Od l s OJ Canary, per quarter • . CO3 645 Rye grass.. .. •• 28s 34. Clover, Red Ens. (cwt.) 44s 64s White 48s 65S Foreign Red.. .... 44, 62, Waite.. s's 65s Trefoil, new.. 193 24s Carraway............ 389 40: Coriander • . .... •. • • 9; 12, Hemmed, per quarter 33s 3s s Linseed, Eng. 4owing— 58s €2, Crushing .... •• • • sis 57, Baltic •• 498 54 Odessa •• • ... • • 50 , 558 Linseed Cake. ton— English .. . 91 Os 10 Foreign, per ton 81 lOs 1 1 bs Rape Cakes, pr ton 51 103 6' Os Rapeseed, New, prlst 2710 s ]9, Os The latest advices from St. Petersburgh state that the total shipments of tallow were 86,203 casks, against 63,398 ditto in 1352 ; 90,794 ditto in 1851; and 96,576 ditto in 1850. Our market is firm. P.Y.C. on the spot is quoted at 58s 6d, for the last three months 58s 3d, and for the spring 58s 6d to 59s per cwt. Town tallow is 60s per cwt. net cash ; rough fat, 3s 4d per 81bs. 1849. 1850. 1851. (852. 1853. THE ARCTIC EXPEDITION. The Wexford Independent says :—We feel great pleasure in giving the following letter from a dis tinouished Wexford man , Commander M'Clure, of her Majesty's ship Investigator, addressed to his uncle, the Rev. Richard W. Elgee. He has suc ceeded in discovering the North-west Passage, which has been sought after sincethe days of Alfred the Great, but which important event in our history has been reserved for one of Wexford's daring and chivalrous sons : ." Her Majesty's ship Resolute, Dealy Island, Barrow's Straits, April, 1853. " My dear Uncle,—Your ki n d and most unexpected letter reached me through a travelling party dispatched by my excellent friend Captain Kellett, at a position on the opposite side of these straits, where we had been frozen in since 1851. The surprise caused by the ap pearance of strangers, where none were imagined to be within a couple of thousand miles, was more than I can describe, and what can only faintly be imagined by any who have not been similarly situated, particularly when it was ascertained that two vessels and large supplies were so close at hand. The spirits of my crew seemed to revive, and from despondency to joy was but the work of a moment—the sick forgot their maladies, and jumping from their hammocks, were car ried in the stream of human creatures up the solitary hatchway which the severity of the weather allowed of being kept open, rushed on deck to be assured that the strange apparition was actually living flesh and — blood, and not denizens of the nether world, for certainly their faces were black as Erebus, from cooking in their tents. When all was discovered to be real, and not a dream, my poor fellows, equally with myself could not find words to express our thoughts ; the heart was too full—it was a call from the grave ; never, I trust, may the feelings of gratitude to the Almighty Disposer of events which then swelled in my bosom pass away. Many and great have been the mercies we have experienced in our long, tedious, and terrible navigation of that fearful polar sea, which has for 400 years baffled the navies of maritime Europe, and through which the directing finger alone of Providence has safely guided us. All human agency was powerless, indeed, to advance us one yard in its accom plishment amidst the stupendous barriers of ice which never leaves its frozen surface. You will, lam certain, be very happy to learn that the `North-west Passage' has been discovered by the Investigator, which event was de cided on the 26th October, 1850, by a sledge party over the ice, from the position the ship was frozen in ; bu in all probability my dispatch will be published, do . a not think it necessary to trouble you with further details ; sufficient to say we have been most highly favoured, both as respects the health of all, ha vin g only lost one man, who accidentally poisoned himself about a fortnight since, as well as in being able to extend our search in quest of Sir John Franklin over a very large extent of coast, which was not hitherto known, and found in habited by a numerous tribe of Esquimaux, who had never, h d never, ere our arrival , s een the face of the white man, and were really the most simple, interesting e, p eop l e I ever met, living en tirely by the chace, an d h aving no weapons except those used for that object. The fiercer passions of our nature appeared unkx iwn—they gave me a pleasing idea of man fresh from his Maker's hands, and un contaminated by intercourse with our boasted civilisation. All those who traded with the Com pany we found the greatest reprobates. On the 7th of this month I left the Investigator, and arrived on board h ere on the 19th, and was received by Capt. Kellett with such a welcome as none but a generous Irish heart could give ; indeed, the kindness we have received from all amply repays the toil, difficulties, dangers, and priva tions which for three years we have endured. If the country and Admiralty only view our services with but a small portion of the interest which those we have met evince, there will be little left to complain of. . . . Every exertion is now being made to , follow up the traces of poor Sir John Franklin, and, if no thing is met with by the numerous parties that are now traversing the shores of this inhospitable and incle ment country, nought will ever be heard to throw a light upon his mysterious fate, and search will have arrived at its utmost limits. I know nothing of the Enterprise, and can only regret her leaving 118. " * 40, Shr. I Paid 184 100 100 all all 40 25 25 St. 50 25 100 St. St. 1 St. 1 St. 25 1: Business done this day. 4i i 94 481 9! 2 , 9 16 11a 12 60 59 51a 101 100 1, 791 soi 62 1113111 93i 1021 / 75 a 58 14 i Ili g 58 7 35 611 2 5i 5 4 6i 4?, i i 3213 x d 25 100 100 20 50 50 100 100 44i x(.l 49,1 TREATMENT OP EMIGRANTS AT SEA. On Saturday, in the Whitechapel County Court, actions were brought by several persons who had re turned home from Australia, in the James Alexander, against the defendant, Ridley, who is captain of the ves sel, to recover 501. for breach of contract. In March last the plaintiffs, and twenty-six others, shipped as steerage passengers on board defendant's ship, from Melbourne to London, for which they paid 251., the ship's agents showing them a printed dietary scale of another ship as that according to which they would be found •n board the James Alexander. After they left Port Philip the ship became crank or top-heavy from bad stowage and the lightness of her cargo, wool, and could not float with the sails set. In this difficulty the defendant started the water on deck to lighten her at top. The passengers were now reduced to great straits for water, and were dependent upon rain for their drink. They found the bread and flour totally unfit for food, being sour and fuil of maggots. The latter fact they discovered before leaving Port Philip, and informed defendant of it. They had nei ther bread, butter, mustard, suet, raisins, pepper, or vinegar, articles so essential to health at sea, and which they were entitled to. Six were put in a berth where there was barely room for two, and the berths partly under water. The ship, after a very long time. put in at Bahia to re-victual. Here, however, it ap peared nothing but riot and dissipation took place, and whilst the crew were on shore a proposition was made to appropriate some 80,000 ounces of gold dust consigned to this country. After they left Bahiatheir sufferings be came yet more frightful, and they found that the captain had not provided the articles they so much needed. For days they were beating about the Western Ocean with a flag of distress out. This got them a little meal from the ship Wave, which was spared from the pigs' food, and which the passengers had to use as flour ; without any thing on board to make it eatable. A female and her chil dren implored one of the crew for a share of his rations, saying they were. starving. Gold, which was plentiful, would have been bartered on the voyage for its weight in wholesome water or bread. As soon as the crew reached England they took steps against the captain, and the passengers were advised to enter actions against the owners as well as the captain. Mr. Ellis, for defendant, contended that captains were no more liable for actions of this nature than were cooks or carpenters; that captains were the mere servants of the owners. He could not deny that the ship was defi. cient, but it was from circumstances which the defendant or owner could not foresee. Mr. Pelham urged that captains were as liable for passengers as they were for goods. The Judge said he was of opinion that the defendant was liable, and that he had broken his contract and could not be excused. The voyage appeared to have been of great length, and defendant should have pro vided for contingencies. He then gave judgment for the plaintiffs with full costs—damages 101. in each action. OPENING OP THE PAR.ANA AND URUGUAY. The free navigation of these important rivers, until lately closed to European vessels, is now secured by three treaties with three of the greatest maritime states in the world. The treaties are of the same tenor, those of England and France bearing date San Jose de Flores, July 10, and being signed by Don Salvador M. de Carril and Don Benjamin Gorrostiaga, on the part of llrquiza, and M. de St. Georges on that H.M. the Emperor of the French ; and by Sir Chas. Hotham on the part of her Britannic Majesty. That with the United States bears date San Jose (province of Entre Rios), July 27, and is signed on the part of the United States by Messrs. Robert E. Schenck and John S. Pendleton. The following are the leading stipulations of the corn• pacts : The Argentine Confederation, in the exercise of its sovereign rights, permits the free navigation of the rivers Parana and Uruguay throughout all those portions of their course which are under its control to the merchant v.assels of all nations, subject only to the conditions of this treaty, and to those which the national authority of the Confederation may hereafter establish. Accordingly the said vessels will be allowed to carry, embark, and discharge in all the ports of the Confedera tion, designated for that use. The Governor of the Argentine Confederation, de siring to give all possible facilities to interior navigation undertakes the erection of needful lighthouses, and the establishment of the marks required to designate the water channel. The competent authorities of the Confederation shall establish a uniform system of customs duties, ports, light-house, police, and pilot dues, for those portions of the two rivers to which this act refers. The high contracting parties, recognising that the isle of Martin Garcia is capable by its position of embarrass ing and impeding the free navigation of the confluents of the River Plate, agree to employ their influence so that possession of the island shall not be held or possessed by any state of the Plate River, or of its confluents, which shall not have admitted the principle of free navigation. Should war break out between any two or more of the States of the Plate, or its confluents, the navigation of those two rivers shall nevertheless remain free to the flags of all nations. It is expressly reserved to the Emperor of Brazil and the Governors of Bolivia, Paraguay, and the Oriental State of Uruguay, to accede to this treaty and apply it to those portions of the Parana, Uruguay, and Para guay over which they exercise rights. As the principal objects, for the sake of which the rivers Parana and Uruguay are delivered to the naviga tion of the world, is the increase of commercial relations with the riverine states, and the increase also of emigra tion, it is agreed. that no favour shall be granted to any other nation higher and greater than those granted to the government of The province of Buenos Ayres had protested before the Emperor of Brazil against the conclusion of this treaty Iv ithout its consent, alleging that some cf its clauses were a direct infringement of its sovereign rights. STATE OF TRADE. (From, the Manchester Guardian of Saturday.) MANCHESTER, Oct. 14.—N0 material change has taken place in our market since Tuesday. We then stated that, with a continuance of general depression, there had, however, arisen some little buying by the Greeks, and also by certain houses in the India trade. The former are doing a very limited business in some kinds of cloth and coarse yarns. We do not hear that the latter are taking anything of moment in light 40- inch shirtings and yarns. The market retains the general character of flatness which characterised it in the earlier part of the week ; and, as a rule, prices are slightly in favour of buyers as compared with this day week, except in some yarns and cloths which are sustained by that diminution of production, occasioned by turn-outs. We are closing the week, however, with rather more business in a few de scriptions of goods and in water twist, and with a slightly improved tone of feeling. It seems certain that the mills at Preston will cease work to-morrow, and at Burnley on the 28th inst. It is expected that the same measure will be adopted at Bacup. After the cessation the employers in each place will agree upon a re vised list of wages, and then open their establishments to those who will go in on such list. We understand that Messrs. Miller and Mitchell's weavers have re sumed work. GLASGOW, Oct. 14.—The demand for cotton this week has been more general, and prices continue steady. BRADFORD, Oct. 13.—Wool—The staplers ore be ginning to feel the effects of short time working. The actual sales for the week are trifling, and prices aro barely supported. Noila and short wool remain without change in value, which may be attributed to the re duced quantity now making. Yarns—The stoppage of spinning frames during the month of October cannot be short of 50 per cent., reckoning the machinery work ing short time ; in fact, such irregularity never was heard of in the return of tares. The turn-out Lanca shire and the idle looms around here have caused great interruption to the whole trade. The fair at Leipsia having closed with more than usual activity has made the shippers more disposed to buy such yarns as are suitable for Germany ; but such are their limits, that the cost of the material, irrespective of labour, could not be covered. Pieces—The merchants buy very sparingly to assort up their stocks. The unsettled state of money matters and uncertainty as to the result of war, are telling greatly against the business of thi s season.— Bradford Oct. 13.—Ther e h as b een rather more isT d o f rr or i ci NG O : s A:d r : er business doing in lace goods this week, and stocks of some sorts are considsneeorfparosdbrroeelyvrtshiofieluooessened. The hosiery :n u orhmi partsah en td n or flourishing dff t for America, a . nT c e ea r o hr i n e cd; priceai condition i o sl wta t hraseelidrlteeahsaairfssoe been tn springsdi consid erably ir i gn t ao e gboltdeh i of yarn is unaltere d. — Nottingliani. Journal. LEICESTER, Oct 12 .—During the past week transac tions have been conducted with care ; fewer ordershave arrived, and some have been countermanded. Wool remains firm, and it is generally thought would rise should continental affairs assume a pacific aspect.— Nottingham Journal. OFFICIAL APPOINTMENTS.—The Hon. W. Stuart, now second paid attaché to her Majesty's Embassy at Paris, is appointed first paid attaché there. Mr. Odo Russell, now unpaid attaché to the mission at Vienna, is appointed second paid attaché at Paris, in the room of Mr. Stuart. Mr. Frederick R. Nixon is appointed guardian of woods and forests at the Mauritius. Mr. George Price is appointed a member of the Council, Jamaica —Observer. SHOOTING A DESERTER.—In a recent number of The San it was reported that the escort of the depot of the Ist Royal Regiment, from whom a deserter, named Fitzsimons, from the Royal Artillery, escaped at Rose nallis, and who was recaptured, fired at, and severely wounded, were tried by dist! iet courts-martial, at Birr Barracks, for being drunk whilst on duty and suffering the prisoner to escape. The findi ng o f th e cour t an d the sentence thereupon were promulgated to the troops at Birr Barracks on Tuesday last. SeKjeaut Waterson, who was in charge of the escort, has been reduced to the rank and pay of a private sentinel and to undergo 84 days' imprisonment. Privates Portlock and Keenan to a like rule of imprisonment, with the losEi of a months pay to each. Private Chamberlain to be imprisoned for 112 days, with forfeiture of a month's pay. The four prisoners were removed under escort to Athlone Military Prison, on Wednesday, the 12th instant, to undergo their sentences. 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