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

AUSTRALIAN AFFAIRS. (Fran, the Times Correspondent.) SYDNEY, July I.—Nothing of general political in terest has occurred since the departure of the Shang hai. The Constitution Committee has not yet madeits report, nor is much anxiety expressed by the public with regard to it ; on the principal point—the organisation of the future Upper Chain ber—the decision of the committee is already anti cipated; as to all others there prevails out of doors the most complete indifference. There has not been a single meeting in any part of the colony to express an opinion on the impending changes, though they may involve the existence of the present franchise, and at least give the colonists the best possible oppbrtunity of throwing their influence into the scale against the " nominee" system in the Council, _of which we have so long complained. As yet this has not been done in any form to which a Government can attach importance. On the Con stitution question th e E xe cutive and its friends in the Legislature are unchecked by any effective opposition, though there are in the colony abun dant elements of a formidable opposition here after. The present indifference of the public to all these questions is certainly to be regretted, but it is very. natural ; a community so absorbed in the most ex traordinary realities will not give time or thought to abstract political theories. It is indifferent even to matters that touch it much more directly ; it is too busy to compel the municipality to a decent discharge of civic duties, though the neglect of them is accumulating all sorts of nuisances both in Sydney and Melbourne. Here the corporation, from variety of causes, has sunk into such con tempt that the executive might extinguish it with perfect impunity, and put a Government commis sion in its place ; it has not done so only because the public incessantly as it grumbles, has not energy enough to come together and formally de mand that the present town council be super seded. The select committee appointed by the Council on the 27th of May to prepare a series of resolutions thanking the home Government for what are called the " constitution dispatches," has made its report, recommending for adoption the following ; " 1. That this Council, while adhering to its previously recorded opinions respecting the constitutional rights of the inhabitants of the colony, deems its proper to express its deep sense of the conciliatory spirit evinced by the late dispatchesf rom the Right Hon. Sir John Pakington and his Grace the Duke of Newcastle, laid by the Gover nor-General on the table of this house on the 11th day of May last, and to express its hope that they are the com mencement of a new and auspicious era in the government of her Majesty's Australian colonies. "2. That this Council, at the same time, desires to accord its appreciation of the dispatches of his Excellency the Governor-General, recommending the concessions which have been made. " 3. That a copy of these resolutions be transmitted by the Speaker to the Right Hon. the Secretary of State for the colonies, and be also presented by him to his Excellency the Governor-General." ----- The estimates for the current year were proposed on the 22d by the Auditor-General. He anticipated a surplus of revenue at the close of 1853 over all the ordinary expenditure of 52,2671. The revenue from the gold licenses, it is cllculated, will be 88,000/. ; the expenses charged on this source of in come is 40,600/., leaping a balance for general pur poses of 48,0001. If the license system should be abo lished, as there is some chance of its being, the ex penses donnected with the population of the gold fields will remain nearly the same ; the revenue would lose the whole sum, and the cost of the police, &c., for these districts would be a charge on the ordinary funds. The operation of the new tariff has been most successful, though the prices of all articles of consumption have been enormously in creased, even 200, 300, and 400 per cent., which must have checked the purchase of them to some extent ; yet, the Customs' revenue for the first quarter of the present year was 85,0001., showing an increase of 29,000/. or 53 per cent., above the corresponding quarter of last year. Under the old tariff the same imports would not have yielded more than 65,7001. Nearly the whole of this in crease is on ardent spirits ; the addition of 6d. a gallon to the duty on rum caused an increase of 2,6601. in the revenue from that article. The sub stitution of lid. per lb. on tea of all kinds for the ad valorem duty of 5 per cent. gave an increase of 3,948/. ; the similar substitution of a fixed duty on the different classes of sugars produced an increase of revenue of 10,600/. ' • and the duty of ls. a-gallon on wines an in crease o f 3,1841. In the first quarter of the present year, compared with the correspond ing quarter of 1852, the increase in the quantity of rum entered for duty was 9 per cent. ; of brandy, ; 70 per cent. of gin, 26 per cen t. ; of whisky, 180 per cent.; and of all other spirits, 240 per cent. The actual quantities imported in the same period were —rum, 106,402 gallons ; brandy 55,469 gallons ; gin, 24,167 gallons ; whisky, 4,949 ga ll ons ; o f other spirits, 1,131 gallons. In the same period there were imported 146,3851 b. of tobacco. The increase in the consumption of ardent spirits in dicated by the above figures the Auditor General admitted was a great moral and social evil, but hoped much of that increase might be ascribed to the fact that whole classes of the population were now able to command luxuries they had not before been able to enjoy. If it be so, their taste had taken a direction unfavourable to health and domestic happiness ; and it is but too evident from many indications that drunkenness is increasing to an alarming extent. Concurrently with this large importation of spirits, the quantity distilled in the colony has nearly doubled within the last year ; the increase is no less than 189 per cent., and the Excise returns of the last two months show that this percentage is still rising. The increase in the import of tea in five months of the present year, over the same period of 1852, is 42 per cent. ; of sugar, 21 per cent.—small figures compared with the register of intoxicating compounds ; the in crease in wines is only 13 per cent. ; the " diggers" demand a more fiery article. The other portions of Merewether's clear and able statement have only a local interest ; but he concluded with a compari son of the result of the gold discoveries in New South Wales and the southern province (Victoria), which embodies a very general impression among many classes in Sydney. There can be no doubt the sudden increase in the population and com merce of Victoria has been attended by many evils which we have escaped, or feel only in a minor degree. The Auditor-General said " Allusion has recently been made to the amazing prosperity of Victoria ; her present state might be cha racterized as prosperous, but it was at the same time marked by many unattractive features. He hoped, however, that the prosperity of that c o l ony would prove as substantial as her growth in wealth and population had been surprising. At present he could not but tremble for her permanent interests and social wellbeing on account of the great attraction of her goldfields. At all events he saw no reason why, in comparison with Victoria, this colony should be thought meanly o f. Al though they had not gold coming in by tons and immi grants landing by thousands, yet they saw their harbour filled with vessels of almost all the commercial nations of the world ; they saw their streets becoming thronged like large commercial towns of the mother coun try ; they saw large, substantial, and ornamental buildings rising in every direction ; and there was a steady tide of immigration flowing in. At the same time, the public revenue was increasing in proportion to their increasing requirements ; the ordinary:pursuits of indus try were being oarrjed on with almost as little interrup tion as if gold had" never been discovered ; while the profits of those pursuits had enormously increa.ssd, every class in the community was thriving, and quietness and good order prevailed throughout the country. With these signs of prosperity around he saw no reason to envy Victoria, and be liked the progress here all the better, because it was gradual. In the mineral resources of the colony he had the utmost confidence ; and there was even a real benefit in its tardy development, as the community was thus spared that feverish excitement and disturbance of an industrial system which must have en sued had there been suddenly open up in the nighbour hood of this city such vast treasures as were found at Mount Alexander or Ballarat." We have had at short intervals very heavy and us falls of rain ; a ll th e i n t e lligence from n ulterior speaks o f su dd en fl oo d s, w h ic h i n some p laces cave done c ons id era bl e d amage. Mi n i ng iare suspended in what are called the wet" di ggings ; all the holes in the beds of the rivers and creeks T are time. On the necessarily abandoned for a curouiond the waters rose so rapidly that the miners scald save their implements ; cradles, buckets, away y the torrent. Working pans, were all swept had ceased at those diggings. The roads e ve r r ywkin g here are all but im passable. Even the gold escorts cannot keep their As the diffi appointed dayty s, and transp of arriveanddveTrt irregularly. cul crease the already high port at a on io s at f the di gg ings, an influ x of thperimceinionf:pproospveiulastsion will in_ the gold fields to the towns f or th e rest of th a r?ni e win ter is expected. The quantity of gold brought down both to Mel bourne and Sydney to the last dates is rather less than that reported for the month of May ; but the decrease is ascribed chiefly to the bad weather. As the escorts arrive at irregular intervals the return of the number of ounces brought by each becom es confused, and a clearer notion of the quantity pro duced may be gained from the periodical report of the quantity exported from the colony from th e Ist of January last, added tothe quantity received by the last escorts. From the Ist of January to the 18th of June the province of Victoria had pro duced and exported 1,095,405 ounces of gold, or 45 tons 12 cwt. 3 qrs. 17 lb. 1 oz. of the precious metal, which, at 755. per ounce, gives a value of 5,750,8751. sterlin g . As one, if not two escorts, have been delayed by the rains and bad roads, this return is for some fortnight ithan the half-year; the quantity produced by ti of New south I Wales cannot at present be safely maculated at more than one-fifth of this rate. As it is certain, from all the accounts from Victoria, that, large as the quantity of gold produced there is in the mass, many hundreds of the diggers are not earning enough to subsist on. It is believed the unsuccess ful would migrate to the comparatively untried fields of New South Wales if the license fee of 30s. a-month were abolished. A committee of the Legislative Council is still inquiring into the whole question, and it is not improbable its report may be favourable to a reduction in the amount of the tax, if not its total abolition. The commercial advices from Melbourne are rather gloomy. The markets have had for some time a " downward tendency," which, to those accustomed to 200 or 300 per cent profit on invoice prices, must have been very alarm ing. But the heavy rains, which cut off the intercourse with the " diggings," and other causes, have converted the tendency into an absolute fall. In the week ending the 21st of June the importations had not been great, or the decline in prices would have been more consider able ; even as it was, however, " the fall has been very sensibly felt, and goods can scarcely be got off without active and vigorous forcing." One of the causes of this unusual state of affairs is the want of any extensive stores for the merchandise. If goods are not purchased and sent up the country almost as soon as they arrive, the little store-room of the place becomes choked. Hitherto they have thus disappeared ; but the winter has suspended the usual demand, while cargoes continue to arrive, for which no place can be found. The merchants are beginning to discover that mere buying and selling creates nothing. While paying fabulous rents they have neglected to build, and are now suffering from the want of enterprise. Some of the ships in the bay have been converted into floating warehouses ; but such is the difficulty of getting goods from the bay to the city that it affects prices considerably; "few transactions can be effected," it is said, " unless the goods are ready to be de livered." The Commercial Circular adds :-- "It is no unusual occurrence for parties to wait two and three months fir the delivery of goods from the bay after they have purchased them, and the consequence of such delay is frequently ruinous. We know of cases, and these by no means few or far between, where goods purchased only about a month ago could have been sold, if then delivered, at a profit of not less than 100 or 150 per cent. ; but now, if brought into the market, so great has been the fall in the interval, they would not realise enough to cover expenses. This is a serious state of matters, which further arrivals will only tend to aggravate, unless some greater facilities are provided in lighterage and wharfage. The most bulky articles were the first to give way ; flour and breadstuffs are declining in price, with little demand ; the importations from Ame rica have been enormous. Some cargoes have been brought into Sydney, as the preferable market. East Indian rice does not fetch its cost price and freight, and quantities have been bought up for exportation to England. Groceries are going down rapidly, having fallen 50 per cent. in a fortnight ; ale and beer have declined 25 per cent., but spirits remain generally at their former prices ; not so wines, of which inferior sorts are quite unsaleable. There is a fall in one class of goods difficult to ex plain—in winter clothing, boots, shoes, blankets, and hosiery. It might have been supposed they would have been now in the greatest demand ; it has even been inferred in Sydney from this fact, that the "purchasing power" of the digger popu lation is actually decreasing : it is more likely that the trade in these goods has been overdone. Build ing materials of all kinds keep up their prices, and will do so for some time to come, for people find they must build, at whatever cost. Consignments of jewellery have been found so unsaleable that they have been sent back to London. Firearms have also been imported to an extent ludicrously in excess of the demand. It would be a very good speculation to buy up the unsold revolvers at Mel bourne and Sydney prices for re-exportation to London. There is no doubt there will be an increased con sumption of everything in the spring, and, unless the importers have greatly overrated the market, the present depression will probably be but tem porary. Goods cannot go on rising for ever, even at Melbourne, and there may be prices which make even a digger hesitate and defer purchasing. This limit has been as nearly as possible reached, and the dealers appear to have thought that a fall was out of the nature of things. House and shop rent, and the sums paid for building ground (not for building on) are certainly calculated on some such idea. But rents will be the last thing to decline,-for the simple reason that the city has not half house-room enough for its inhabitants. All accounts concur in describing the wretchedness of the place as a residence, from this cause. The correspondent of the Sydney "Jerald remarks : " Tom Moore was accustomed to say that Ireland is a beautiful place to live out of. The same thing can be said, and with greater truth, of Melbourne. For, what with ruinous prices and rents, the total absence of all household comfort, the unspeakably filthy state of the city after a few days' drenching rain—' the dreary inter course of daily life,' among a heterogenous mass of people who have not an interest in common, and the dismal dulness which broods over everything except this eternal buying and selling—it may fairly be said that this self-glorifying metropolis of the 'golden colony' has sunk to the lowest point of social existence. It is not to be wondered at that people leave it as soon as they can possess themselves of a share of its golden spoils." In nearly all the published correspondence and letters from the gold fields the prevailing tone is that of disappointment and despondency. It may be that the lucky are silent, and work on inspired by full bags and heavy pockets. But the toil is severe, and their life one of great hardship ; and, if not rewarded by success, must soon grow dis heartening. If not increased by continual immi gration, the present population of the diggings would soon begin to decrease, as many who have abandoned their regular occupations under the influence of the fever are returning to them. Thus, during the past week, the business of brick making in Sydney, which has been suspended ever since the discovery of the gold, has been resumed. It is the same in other trades ; men are returning to them, and those who thus return are likely to remain. Many of them have been unlucky, others admit they could have done very well, " but the work was killing them." Among the labouring classes of Sydney there is now a very accurate knowledge of what life at a goldfield is. The first intoxication is passed away, and visionary nuggets dazzle fewer eyes here than in many of the cities of Europe. New corners arrive under the influence of the spell ; residents have been to a great degree disenchanted by experience. On the whole, the working classes of the towns find it better to take advantage of the present high rate of wages in tolerable comfort, than to rough it for uncertain gains at the mines. The immigration will long continue to keep up an excitement, but the colo nists would soon begin to regard gold digging with as much coolness as mining for copper or coal. It would become a regular pursuit for those adapted for it, but would not seduce many from large earn ings in less toilsome occupations. The proportion of brilliant successes t o th e num b er o f th ose w h o find it a hard life with little or no profit, is being better cal cu l ated, and the knowledge has a very sobering effe c t. The Government have resolved to give Mr. Har i greaves, the discoverer of the g old in Australia, the sum of 5 t 1 )00/. Mr. Hargrea ves considers this an insufficient acknowledgment of his services to the colony, as he came from California at his own expense for the purpose of " prospecting" here. The working party he took with him have disputed Mr. Hargreaves claim to the merit of having been the first discoverer, as they act ua ll y d ug up t h e s pecimens of the precious metal which M r . Har greaves exhibited at the public meeting at Bathurst, where the annou ncement th at threw the colony into a fever was first made. There has been con siderable official correspondence on the subject ; but, even from the statement of Mr. Hargreaves' rivals for the honour, it appears that he was the head and director —the brains of the party, i n fact; throughout. He very j u stly asks how the m en h e employed could have been walking over the s ame ground for the whole of their lives, without even suspecting the treasure under their feet, till he told them how and where to dig for it ? That gold ex isted in the country was known before ; but the merit of Mr. Hargreaves is, that he proved that it could be easily obtained, and in large quantities, and, by making the facts public, commenced the movement that has had such extraordinary results for the colony and Europe. Probably the province of Victoria will follow the example of New South Wales, and vote Mr. Hargreaves a similar sum at least. He says he has been offered very large amounts of money to lend his name to various bubble mining companies that would have been " splendid specs" in the London market. When he refused, on the ground of the plain dis honesty of the concerns, he was told by the projec tors it was " only plucking the British goose." The, discoverer of the gold of Australia has not himself been enriched by it. The Council has voted an increase in the salaries of all officers in the employ of the Government, to enable th em t o meet the greatly increased cost of living. The increase will take effect from the Ist of January ec las o t. The the Australian coast are becoming alarmingly frequent. Monu mental City steamer, by passengers perished, the Prince whichce the loss of the more than 30 of the Aus tralian coaster, has been found at of Wales, an lo , st floating , .bot tom upwards, all on board having s their lives. On the 18th inst the Earl of Ch i ~ ar emont, Captain Garner, one of the Liverpool Fox line of packets, went ashore at the Barwon Heads, near Cape Ot way, and was wrecked. She had 435 passengers on board,but, happily, notwithstanding the cowarly behaviour of some of the crew, no lives were lost ; all were saved by the exertions of the captain, offi cers, and a few of the passengers, the women and children being landed first. The number of ships dispatched for the Australian ports has increased enormously, and it is feared the commanders are not, i n m any instances, sufficiently care f u l on a coast of which they know nothing. At Port Philip, also, the system by which the pilots are appointed and paid is very defective. Having a fixed salary from the Government, they will not board ships outside the Heads, where they are most wanted, and only take charge of them when they are fairly in the smooth water of the bay. Many of the late disasters have been caused by this practice alone. In the case of the Monumental City so much blame was attributed to the commander, Captain Adams, that the Government was urged to prosecute him for manslaughter ; but, on taking the opinion of the law officers, it appeared that being an American vessel the captain was not amenable to the colonial enactments. A kind of enquiry was instituted before the Navigation Board of Sydney, at the re quest of Captain Adams himself ; but, as it had no power to inflict any penalty or summon witnesses, the result was very unsatisfactory, and the com mander is by no means acquitted of blame in the opinion of the public. In consequence of the sen sation created by this wreck, a lighthouse is at last to be erected at Cape Howe. The lantern for it has been locked up in the Government stores at Sydney for some five years, the first attempt to construct the lighthouse having by some misman agement of the architect totally failed. Her Majesty's ship Serpent, Commander Ham mett, i arrived here on the 20th. She left Hong Kong nearly eight months ago. She has since touched at and surveyed many of the islands in the China seas and the Pacific ; among them are Peel Island, Passhes, Puscadars, Serpent's group, Scant's group, Wellington's group, Paterson's group, M'Ca,skill Islands, and Solomon's Isles. At the last named the Serpent remained two days, making inquiries as to the death of Mr. Benjamin Boyd, but without success ; no infor mation could be obtained of the savage natives. The Serpent then visited Copang, Port Essing ton, where a search was made for traces of Dr. Leichardt's expedition, Swan River and King George's Sound. During part of the voyage the Serpent was short of water and provisions. The surgeon died in March last of inflammation of the brain. This vessel is to go to England via Auck land and Valparaiso. The intelligence of the final and total breakdown of the Royal Mail steamer Australian arrived here on the 27th, and was received with great satisfac tion by the mercantile men of the colony and the public generally. From the previous accounts it was feared she might have put to sea again with another mail, to repeat the long and miserable pas sage of the Adelaide. The anxiety and loss the colony has suffered from the failures of this mis managed concern cannot be described, and the sa tisfaction of the public at hearing that one mail at least is to be sent by another channel is very natural. The Antelope steamer, that was to have raced with the Marco Polo from Liverpool to Port Philip, has not yet been heard of. The Marco Polo sailed on her return voyage on the sth inst. As immigration increases, the treatment of pas sengers by sailing ships appears to get worse and worse. The Sydney papers teem with exposures of the rascality, drunkenness, and brutality—the terms are quite justified.—of the captains, and the unscrupulous rapacity of the owners. Old and rotten hulks, badly provisioned, are puffed as first class vessels in every respect, but the passengers soon find that the ship leaks at starting ; that the provisions, after the first few days, are changed for an inferior quality ; and that they have to fare hard and work at the pumps to keep themselves afloat the whole of the voyage, with a commander drinking himself daily into madness, so that they have at last to seize him and put him in irons, to prevent him from committing murder or sending the ship to the bottom by senseless orders. This is a literal sketch of what took place on board one of the last arrivals from Liverpool. The passengers had deprived the captain of the command and kept him in irons the greater part of the passage. On arriving here they deposed to the above details on oath, and stated other facts publicly that were not necessary to prove the legal charge ; but be yond being exonerated from blame for the restraint they placed on the drunkard the owners had en trusted their lives to, they have no redress. This, it may be admitted, was a bad case, but too many others differ from it only in degree. If anything worse is to be discovered, it is on board the Ameri can ships bringing passengers from New York or California. It is a common trick for the owners to take the passage-money to Port Philip, and get rid of the passengers at Sydney by continually putting off the day of sailing or stopping the issue of pro visions. The passengers see they are swindled, but have no remedy. One English method of catching passengers de serves equal exposure—it is that of advertising ships to sail on the principle of " select emigration," the announcement being worded to create a belief the passengers will be " selected," so as to present a higher tone of religious and moral feeling than average cargoes of unsifted Christians : and that some sort of inquiry is made as to character before the application for a berth is granted. The bait is not unskilfully thrown out, but let no one be taken in by it. The brokers and agents neither elect, nor select, nor require any test but ability to pay the passage-money. The consequence is that the de luded religious emigrant, instead of finding himself among persons of similar feeling, is thrown into contact with mere ordinary worldings, and the ex pected three months' communion in religious pri vileges is out of the question. A ship recently came out on the " select" principle, and it proved an eminent failure. The serious section of the passengers, thinking themselves empowered by the prospectus to carry out the religious discipline of the ship, formed a committee and drew up a set of regulations, which the other party lit their pipes with, any attempt to enforce rules made by a self constituted authority being resented as an imperti nence. The result was a series of quarrels which lasted the whole voyage, ending with an explosion of wrath and recrimination in the Sydney journals at its close. What might have been a pheasant voyage—for no complaint is made .f the ship or the treatment on board—was thus made very much the reverse. Emigrants had better suspect all brokers' promises, especially if phased religiously, and calculate on finding at sea just as much devo tional fervour as they carry with them, and no more. But the crafty trading ou such feelings is very disgusting. FORTH AND CLYDE CANAL.—The report to be sub mitted to the proprietors at Glasgow, on the 26th inst., states that the accounts exhibit a surplus revenue for the year of 34,4271. enabling them to declare a dividend at the rate of 51 per cent., amounting to 31,3861., and leaving 3,0411. to add to the rest. This statement of their affairewill, it is hoped, be satisfactory, showing not only an increased trade, but also a diminished ex penditure. The large saving in the extraordinary ex penditure is exceptional, no part of the canal having this year required such extensive repairs to necessitate interruption of traffic—a circumstance which has, of course, told favourably upon the revenue. In the ordi nary expenditure retrenchments have been made, and others are in contemplation : the results of these will, how ever, be unfavourably affected by a rise of wages and materials during the last few months. Under these cir cumstances the governor and council have, after due con sideration, to recommend the large addition to rest which has been stated,raising its amount to 7,3821. The Grangemouth-harbour having participated in the gene ral increase of trade, its surplus income on the last half-year of 4091. has been applied to reduce th e advances formerly made by the company, and now debited in "joint account with the Earl of Z etland." thereby diminishing by that amount the contingent ac count maintained to meet these advances. The Drum peller Railway Extension will be completed. within a few weeks and, will prove a useful feeder to traffic, as well as an accommodation to important mineral fields. GREENLAND MINES.-It was mentioned in June last that an expedition was about to start from Portsmouth, to test the mining capabilities of the southern coast of Greenland, in consequence of a grant having been made by the King of Denmark to a Mr. Lundt. The Dolphin yacht, of 217 tons, which was fitted out for the purpose by Mr. A. Robinson, Sir W. Trevelyn, and Mx. Regner Wes tenh oltz has now returned, after an unprecedented pas sage of six days f rom C ape Farewell to Land's-en d, having on board upwards of 16 tons of copper ore, said to average more than 50 per cent. of pu re meta l , an d a gr-it variety of specimens of silver and lead ores. The expedition was accompanied by Mr. W. C. Vivien, a mining captain, from Cornwall, and Mr. Hoff, a mineralogist, on the part of the Danish Government, and their report is stated to be very satisfactory regarding the . metallifero us c h aracter of the entire country included in the grant. Mr. Friis, a Nor wegian mining captain, . and 10 men, were l eft at the mines to carry on operations.—Portmoutli. Times. 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The defendant in this case lived at 69, Windsor-street, Islington, and stood in relation of step father to the pro secutrix, a girl 13 years of age. The offence imputed to him was committed on the 21st inst., and the evidence of the girl clearly showed that though he was not guilty on the first count, he had been guilty of most scandalous conduct towards her. The jury found him guilty of a common assault, and The Assistant Judge sentenced him to four months' imprisonment. Florence Driscoll, a young man attired as a sailor, was indicted for committing an assault on Emma Gooding, with a felonious intent. The prosecutrix, who said that she had been a wait ress at a tavern in Doctors' Commons, stated that she was now keeping house for her brother, who had lost his wife, in Lucas-street, St. George's. On the 13th inst., about three in the morning, she was returning from No. 2, Caroline-street, where she had been to a party, when she was accosted by the defendant. He threw his arm round her neck and tried to kiss her, upon which she told him to let her alone, or she should call out for pro tection. She succeeded in getting away from him and ran away, but he followed her, and committed an as sault upon her, the nature of which she described, and which was set forth in the first count of the indictment. She tried to push him away, but could not, through ex haustion. He held her about two minutes, and, attrac ted by her cries, a policeman came up and took him away from her. In cross-examination she stated that she went with her sweetheart to the party at No, 2, Caroline-street. She did not know the name of the person who gave the party. It took place in the first floor. Her sweetheart went away between one and two o'clock, leaving her there, although he lodged in the house. She did not know the names of the persons she was left with, she had never seen them befare. Storey, 149 K, stated that on the morning in ques tion he heard a female voice exclaim " Let me alone or I will call for protection." In consequence he mPde his way to the spot whence it proceeded. He heard a sound as of persons running —then they stopped, and he heard screams for police. When he came up he saw the defendant with his arm round the prosecutrix's neck. With one of his hands he was pulling her clothes about. The prosecutrix was pushing him away, and as far as witness could see was making every effort to release her self from him. Neither of them saw him until he had got hold of the defendant. He had some difficulty to get the defendant away, and the prosecutrix was greatly excited. The defendant's dress was disarranged when he took hold of him. Cross-examinci -Irae defendant said to the prosecu trix " Why did you take my money ?" She denied that she had taken any money from him. No sum was men tioned by the defendant. The prosecutrix was recalled, and swore that she did not receive money from the defendant. The policeman said the prosecutrix volunteered to be searched when at the police station. She declared that she had no money about her. The charge contained in the first count, that of the in tent, &c., was withdrawn, and the learned counsel for the defence did not contend against the evidence as to the assault. The jury found the defendant guilty of a common assault. The Assistant Judge, after conferring with the magis trates on the bench, said he was not at all satisfied with the account the prosecutrix gave as to the reason of her being out. It was very strange that a young woman should go with her sweetheart to a party where he lodged, and the persons giving it quite unknown to her, her sweetheart leaving her there for two hours, and allowing her to go home at 3 in the morning by herself. Mr. Parry said that the prosecutrix, even admitting that she bad been guilty of imprudent conduct, was entitled to protection from such an outrage as the de fendant had been guilty of. The policeman said he had ascertained that the prose cutrix lived with her brother, a master shoe-maker, at a most respectable house in Lucas-street, but he had not inquired about the house in Caroline-street referred to. The prosecutrix was keeping company with a young man (a blacksmith) with whom she went to the house in question on the night of this transaction. The Assistant-Judge said the prosecutrix must be protected from such conduct as had been proved against the defendant. Under the circumstances, the sentence was that he be imprisoned for one month. Susan Keene, 39, was indicted for stealing a sheet, value ls., the property of the trustees of the parish of Saint Mary, Islington ; and Emma Atkin, 19, for felo niously receiving the same, well knowing it to have been stolen. The latter pleaded guilty. It appeared that Keene was an inmate of the Isling ton workhouse, and Atkins was admitted as a vagrant on the night of the 11th of October, and lodged in the ward appropriated for that class of persons. Next morn ing Keene was (seen by another pauper at the door of the vagrant ward, as if speaking to some one through the keyhole, after which she went to her own room, and returned in a few minutes with a white cloth, or what appeared to be a white cloth, which she threw up to an iron- grating over the vagrant ward door, and it was caught by the hand of some person inside, and drawn through the bars. Atkin was afterwards searched, and a sheet, which was afterwards identified as the property of the parish trustees, was found upon her. Keene, in her defence, said she only threw some bread tied up in a white rag to the bars, for the tramps, as she knew they were pressed with hunger, being brought into the house at night from the streets, and kept till morning without anything to eat or drink. The bread she threw wan some she did not want. The jury found her Guilty. It was shown that in May, 1851, Keen was convicted of a similar offence, robbing the Islington workhouse. The Assistant-Judge sentenced Keen to one year's and Atkin to six month's hard labour. Esther Kebble, 25, was indicted for stealing two mus lin caps and five pieces of muslin, the property of the Committee of of the County Lunatic Asylum at Colney Heath, and further for stealing a cotam night gown and a cotton apron, value 2s. 6d., the property of Elizabeth Greville. The prisoner pleaded guilty to the first charge, and not guilty to the second. In answer to questions put by the Assistant-Judge to the matron of the asylum and Elizabeth Greville, the prosecutrix in the second case, who was a nurse at the asylum, it was stated that the prisoner had been a nurse at the asylum since July last, and she was suspected of dishonesty, in consequence of Greville having noticed on her apron some strings which she had missed some time before. A search was made, and the other articles mentioned in the indictment were discovered. Sentenced to six months' hard labour. Thomas Johnson, 20, and John Smith, 19, were in dicted on Monday for stealing a coat, the property of Olaus Alson, and a coat, the property of Emanuel Lar sen, in the ship Emigrant, in the port of London. It appeared that on the 14th inst. Mr. George Wil son, the chief constable of the East and West India Docks, saw the prisoners going in a hurried manner along the south quay of the dock. Knowing their pre vious character he followed them, and asked what they were doing there, but they made no answer, and ran off, one to the right and one to the left. He caught John son, and a gentleman held him while he went after Smith, who was stopped 150 yards off by some labourers. Smith was secured in a shed, and Mr. Wilson fetched Johnson, and then took both of them to the police station in the dock, and the coats which each of them were wearing were identified shortly afterwards as the property of the prosecutors, having been stolen that day from the foresail bowline of the Emigrant. The vessel was lying alongside the quay, so that any person could step on board, and both prisoners were seen on the vessel shortly before the coats were stolen. The jury found both prisoners guilty. Former convictions were proved against each of them, and it was stated that Smith had been committed n• less than 16 times. The Assistant-Judge sentenced them each to four years' hard labour. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL.— William Smith, describing himself as a medical student, was placed at the bar charged with being drunk and disorderly, and with assaulting a lady in St. Paul's-churchyard and otherwise annoying her, also with assaulting the officer in the execution of his duty. Sirs. Lack, of 46, Seckford-street, Clerkenwell, said she was in St. Paul's-churchyard on the evening previous, when the prisoner addressed her and behaved in a very rude manner. He placed his hands upon her, and other wise persisted in annoying her, so that she was compelled to give him into custody. The officer said he tried to persuade the prisoner to go away, and on his refusing he attempted to remove him, but the prisoner being a tall and powerful man threw him (the officer) on the ground and held him down un til assistance arrived, when witness got up and with three other constables carried prisoner to the station, for he positively refused to walk. Sir R. W. Carden said persons holdinsz a respectable position and belonging to an honourable profession like the prisoner ought to know better than to misconduct themselves in such a manner. However, ladies must be protected, and he therefore fined the prisoner 40s. for the assault upon the officer, 20s. for that on the lady, and ss. for being drunk. The fines were immediately paid. _ _ Mrs. Margaret Freeman, was again brought up and committed for trial on the charge of stealing 15s. from the shop of Mr. Brookes, a chemist of Fleet-street, in whose house she lodged. An application was made to bail the prisoner, on account of her being in an advanced stage of pregnancy, but as Mr. Brookes had lost between 201. and 301. in the same way and discharged several of his servants in consequence it was considered an aggra vated case, and the application was therefore refused. CLERKENWELL.—Tohn Cahill, of No. 20, Tyn dalls-buildings, Gray's-inn-lane, was charged with hav ing wilfully and maliciously stabbed William Mullins, by which his life was placed in danger. It appeared that legal proceedings had been insti tuted under the Lodging-house Act against a party named Sullivan, residing in Tyndall's-buildings, for not having duly registered, and in defiance of the decision of the magistrate and the original landlord, they persisted in keeping possession, although every means were adopted for the purpose of ejecting them. On Sunday night last John Bryan, the landlord's agent, renewed his efforts to get the Sullivans out, which led to great ex citement, and ended in Mrs. Sullivan making a false charge of robbery against Bryan, who was on Monday brought to this court, and discharged by Mr. Tyrwhitt, free from imputation. This led to further exxcitement and ire, and the prisoner Cahill was heard to say that he would " skiver" Bryan or any of his party. On Mon day evening, a formidable gang of the lower order of Irish assembled in a public-house in Gray's-inn-lane, where a row ensued, in which the prisoner and Mullins were concerned, and the latter was said to have been stabbed by Cahill with a knife. He bled profusely and was taken to the Royal Free Hospital, Gray's-inn-road, where his wounds were dressed, and where he now lies in danger. A surgeon's certificate to that effect was produced. The prisoner positively denied the charge, saying that he had not a knife in his possession, and it was a per son named M'Hugh, who stabbed Mullins. He called several witnesses in support of this defence. Mr. Tyrwhitt, however, under the circumstances, re manded the prisoner, as from the present condition of Mullins, and the nature of the evidence, it would be necessary for him to attend at the hospital to receive his deposition, and The prisoner was accordingly remanded. LAMBETH.—Ann Bull, a well-dressed, middle-aged female, who is the keeper of a low house in Granby street, Waterloo-road, was charged with grossly ill treating Eliza Bull, a little girl of eleven years of age. The complainant, an intelligent child, said she bad been living with her aunt, the prisoner, for about three years, and during the whole of that time had been treated with the greatest harshness. On Saturday last. the prisoner having found fault with her about her pinafore being wet, although it was not so, ordered her to strip her clothes off. She did so, and while perfectly naked, she set her to scrub the stairs down, which she was obliged to do in that state. A week ago she said her aunt struck her on the head with a saucepan, and inflicted a wound which bled a good deal. Police-constable Kitchen, 109 L, deposed that about two o'clock on Saturday last he was sent for by a neigh bour of the prisoner's, and on looking through a windov, saw the last witness in the act of scrubbing down the stairs without a vestige of clothing on. He spoke to the prisoner on the subject, and her reply was that the girl was very bad and unruly, and she had done it to check and improve her. On questioning the girl he found that she had been subjected to so much cruelty that he felt it to be his duty to take her to complain to his worship. Two young women spoke of a series of ill-treatment to which the poor child had been subjected by the prisoner. The prisoner, in reply to the charge, said the com plainant, her niece, was so obstinate and bad that she was compelled to be a little strict with her, and called two common girls who lived in her house to swear that she had treated the unfortunate child most kindly. These witnesses answered the questions put to them by the magistrate so glibly and carelessly that Mr. Elliott threatened to commit them to prison for perjury. The magistrate, after commenting in severe terms on the gross conduct of the prisoner, sentenced her to six weeks' imprisonment and hard labour, and directed that the child should be at once taken to the workhouse, so that she might be sent to the country to her parents. SOUTHWARK.— A cab-driver, 6,235, was sum moned by a gentleman named Willoughby for demand ing more than his fare. The complainant was driven from the Russell-squaie end of Gordon-square to the South-Eastern Railway terminus, London-bridge, via Little Britain, Newgate-street being stopped up. At the end of his ride 2s. was demanded, which complainant alleged was 6d. too much. The ground was measured, when it was found that the distance was 3 miles and 272 yards. Complainant had therefore to lose the measuring fee, and pay the cabman for loss of tune. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE of YESTERDAY. At the Court at Windsor, the 24th day of October, 1853 present, the Queen's most excellent Majesty in Council. It is this day ordered by her Majesty in Council, that the Parliament, which stands prorogued to Thursday, the 27th day of October instant, be further prorogued to Tuesday, the 29th day of November next. DOWNING-STREET, OCT. 22. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Richard Yates Cummins, Esq., to be Assistant Colonial Secretary to the Government of Mauritius ; Stair Douglas, Esq., to be Chief Clerk in the Colonial Secretary's Office; and Frederic Robert Nixon, Esq., to be Guardian of Woods and Forests in that colony. WHITEHALL, OCT. 24. The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting unto Admiral Sir William Hall Gage, Knt., the office or place of [tear- Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and of the Admiralty thereof, in the room of Ad miral Sir George Cockburn, Bart., deceased. WHITEHALL, OCT. 24. The Qneen has been pleased to make the following ap pointments under the Provisions and for the purposes of " The Charitable Trusts Act, 1853 ; " viz. :—Peter Erle, Esq., Barrister-at Law, to be Chief Commissioner ; Jame , Hill, Esq., Barrister-at-Law, to be Second Commissioner; the Rev. Richard Jones, M.A., to be Third Commissioner: The Right Honourable Sir George Grey, Bart., G.C.8., to be Fourth Commissioner ; Henry Morgan Vane, Esq., to be Secretary ; and Thomas Hare, Esq., Barrister-at. Law, and Walter Skirrow, junr., Esq., to be Inspectors. CROWN OFFICE, OCT. 24. MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT PARLIAMENT. Burgh of Lisburn.—Jonathan Joseph Richardson, Esq., of the Island, in the said borough of Lisburn, in the room of Roger Johnson Smyth, Esq., deceased. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEFIALL, OCT. 24. _ _ The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of the Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have re ceived through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, copies of two dispatches from her Majesty's Consul at Lisbon, the first inclosing the annexed translation of an edict of the Board of Health in that city, relative to ves sels arriving from ports suspected of infection; and the second reporting that the Board had declared London and Newcastle infected, and all other English ports suspected of infection, with cholera.—By order, JAMES BOOTH. (Copy.—Translation.) The Council of Public Health of the Kingdom, wishing to prevent all disputes regarding the application of the re gulations contained in th edicts of the 25th of July and sth of December, 1850, and 3d of July, 1851, for the con ditional admission to free pratique of ships, ac., proceed ing from suspected ports, has deliberated upon, and hereby ordains the oJservance of the following : Art. 1. Ships proceeding from suspected ports, and hav ing been eight days on their voyage, are to be allowed free pratique at all the ports of the kingdom. Art. 2. Ships proceeding from suspected ports, and hav ing been less than eight whole days on their voyage, must complete them at the port of their arrival by a quarantine of observation. Art. 3. The days of the voyage shall be reckoned from the moment of departure as shown by the log book. Art. 4. The edicts of the 24th and 25th of October, 1850, continue in force. (Signed) MATHEIIS CEZARIO. RODRIVJEZ MOACHO. Lisbon, Sept. 29. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, OCT. 24. The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of the Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received, through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a dispatch from her Majesty's Pro Consular Agent at Rome, inclosing the following translation of a. pontifical edict, granting free importation of corn into the Papal States until the end of February, 1854. By order, JAMES BOOTH. (Copy.) NOTIFICATION OF CARDINAL ANTONELLI. To do away with the uncertainty arising from the move able tariffs regulating the importation and exportation of corn, in the present state of things, the Holiness of our Lord, having heard the Council of Ministers, has ordered us to publish, as we do in his sovereign name, the free importation of wheat, Indian corn, and flour, large wheat (" farro"), barley, oats, pulse (excepting lupins), potatoes, chestnuts, and their flours, until the end of Feb., 1854, whatever may be the medium price of the said articles re sulting from the corn tables, as well for the section of the Mediterranean as for that of the Adriatic, derogating for this purpose from every law or regulation to the contrary. The Pro Minister of the Finances is charged with the apposite execution. (Signed) J. CARD. ANTONELLI. Secretary of State's Office, Oct. 5, 1853. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, OCT. 24. The Right Hon. the Lords of the Commit tee of the Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received, through the Secretary of State for Home Affairs, from her Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires at Florence, the subjoined translation of a Roman Notification, admitting into the Papal States, free of duty, until the end of February next, the principal kinds of vegetables.—By order, JAMES BOOTH. " Giornale di Roma" (No. 226), Thursday, Oct. 6, 1853. (Translation). NOTIFICATION. James, of the Holy Roman Church, Cardinal Antonelli, Deacon of St. Agatha, in Suburra, Secretary of State of his Holiness, our Lord, Pope Pius IX. In order to remove the uncertainty arisin: from the sliding scale, by which the importation and exportation of corn are regulated, his Holiness, our Lord, having heard the council of ministers, has, in the pres oat state of things, ordered us to declare, as we do hereby declare, in his sovereign name, that the importation of wheat, of Indian corn, and the flour thereof, of (Farro, Epeautre, Triticum spelta) spelt, of barley, of oats, of leg umes (ex. cept lupini), of p o t a t oes , o f chestnuts, and the flour thereof, shall be free until the end of Februa ,ry, 1854, whatever may be the average price of the sail l articles, according to the food returns, as well for the sect iou of th , _, Mediterranean as for that of the Adriatic, every law an enactment to the contrary being for this purpose sus pended. The Pro-Minister of Finance is charged with - the execu tion hereof. From the Secretary of State's Office, Oct. .5, 1853. (Signed) J. CARD. ANTO NELLI. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, Oc T. 24. The Right Honourable the Lords of the Coin mittee of the Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received, through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affil s, a copy of a dispatch from her Majesty's Consul at Tripoli, report ing that the prohibition on the exportation of :gr; tin from that regency had been rescinded, and that free eal iortation was to be allowed after the 4th instant. By or II( JAMES J 300TH. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, 0, 24. The Right Honourable the Lords of the Co) ximittee of the Privy Council for Trade and Plantations hay o received, through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affs irs, a copy of a dispatch from her Majesty's Minister at B. mssels, en closing copy of a Royal ordinance prohibiting tl te exporta tion of potatoes and dry vegetables (that is to s ay), pease, lentils, French beans (haricots), vetches and he a-se beans, from the 15th instant. By order, JAMES BOOTH. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, OCT. 24 !. Ordnance Medical Department—Surgeon Jo hn Atkins Davis, to be Senior Surgeon, vice Quigley , ret ired ; Assistant-Surgeon Ross Hassard to be Sur eon, vice Davis ; Temporary Assistant-Sur'geon John Alexander Whlunn, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Hassard , Oct. 13. ADMIRALTY, OCT. 21. Corps of Royal Marines—Second Lieutenant Frederick William Arthur Boyd, to be First Lieutenant, vice T. A. M. D'V. Pennington, to half-pay. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD-LIEUTENANTS. County of Lancaster. —Sir Elkanah Armitage, lint., to be Deputy Lieutenant; Henry Lomax Gaskell, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant, Oct. 19. The Artillery Corps of the Royal Lancashire Militia— First Lieutenant Charles Robert Crigan, to be Captain, vice Hay, resigned, Oct. 20. Tower Hamlets—Bing's Own Light Infantry Regiment of Militia—Frederick Dolly Gosling, Gent., to be Ensign. Oxfordshire Regiment of Militia—Lieutenant William Wemyss 3lethven Dewar, to be Captain, vice Pane, re signed ; Ensign John James Ireland, to be Lieutenant, vice Shum, resigned, Oct. 19. West Kent Regiment of Militia—Reynell Powell Sprye, Gent., to be Ensign, Oct. 19 ; John Summons Ramsay, Gent., to be Ensign, Oct. 20. Royal South GTlOucester Light Infantry Regiment of Militia—John Lea, Gent., to be Ensign, Oct. 22. BANKRUPTS.' Joseph Matthews, grocer, Little Waltham and of Great Waltham, Essex, to surrender, Nov. 3, and Dec. 8, at two. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street Buildings ; Linklaters, Sise-lane. William Brook, stuff merchant, Manchester, Nov. 9 and 13, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Fraser, official assignee, Manchester ; Sale, Worthington, and Shipman, Manchester. _ _ . _ Stephen Crute, slater and plasterer, Liverpool, Nov. 14, and 28, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Caze cove, official assignee, Liverpool ; Banner, Liverpool. George Bennett, licensed victualler, Birmingham, Nov. 7 and 26, at ten, at the Birmingh am District Court. Bittleston, official assignee, Birmingham ; Standbridge, Birmingham. _ _ George Gillard, boot and shoe salesman, Covent-garden, Nov. 5, at two, and Dec. 10, at half-past one, at tho Court of Bankruptcy. Nicholson, official assignee, Basinghall street ; Story, Great James-street. Henry Braun, general agent, Old Fish-street-hill, Nov. 5, at eleven, and Dec. 10, at half-past 12, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Nicholson, official assignee, Basinghall-street; Parker, Moorgate-street. Thomas Pye, sawyer, Manor-street Chelsea, Nov. 4 and Dec. 19, at eleven, at the Court o f B an k ru pt c y. C a nnan, official assignee,lldermanbury ; Miller add Horn, King William-street. John Dawson, surgeon and apothecary, Tolleshunt D'Arcy, Essex, Nov. 11, at half-past twelve, and Dec. 10 at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Nicholson official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Stevens and Satchel], Queen-street, Cheapside ; Banks and Stevens, Witham, Essex. Benjamin Nunnington Dodd, grocer, Hetton-le-Hole, Nov. 7, at twelve, and Nov. 30, at one, at the Newcastle- upon-'Tyne District Court. Wakley, official assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; A. J. and W, Moore, Sunderland. Charles Sumpter Morris, ironmonger and gas manufac. Curer, Soham, Cambridgeshire Nov. sat half-past eleven, Dec. 10, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee , Basinghalstreet ; Storey, Featherstone. buildings • Tillett and Mendham, Norwich. DIVIDENDS. At the Court, Basinghall-street. N. Mence, Worcester, brewer, Nov. 21, at eleven—J. Nutter, Cambridge, brewer, Nov. 21, at one—D. Allan Coleman-street, City, m erc h an t, N ov . 21 , a t t wo —W . " Eliston, Cambridge, brewer, Nov. 21, at one—H. Aston and S. Spriggs, Aldermanbury, City, warehousemen, Nov. 21, at twelve—J. Chisholm and W. Chisholm, Ludgate bill, City, wholesale perfumers, Nov. 15, at twelve—J. Robinson, Nassau-place, Commercial-road, East, wholesale clothiers, Nov. 15, at one. In the Country. B. Fenwick, Stella, Durham, ironfounder, Nov. 16, at one, at the Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyne—H. Thompson, Manchester, corn merchant, Nov. 15, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester—J. Law and E. Hudson, Ramsden Wood, Lancashire, cotton spinners, Nov. 17, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester. PAYMENT OF DIVIDEND. W. Hodge, Great Marlborough-street, Westminster, wholesale stationer, ls. 9d., on Thursday, Oct. 27, and three following Thursdays, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Stansfeld, Basinghall-street. NOTICE OF CERTIFICATES. At the Court, Basinghall-street. W. L. F. Tollemache, commonly called Lord Hunting tower, Grosvenor-square, horse dealer, Nov. 16, at one— C. J. Egan, High-row, Knightsbridge, ironmonger, Nov, 16, at two—J. White, Charles-street, Tottenham-court. road, draper, Nov. 1, at eleven—W. Quinton, Leather lane, butcher, Nov. 17, at one—R. W. Dare, Lombard street, City, shoe factor, Nov. 18, at two—J. Seager, Hun gerford-wharf, Strand, wine and spirit merchant, Nov. 17, at twelve. In the Country. R. M. Toogood, Cwm Brane, Monmouthshire, grocer, Nov. 15, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol—C. M. Salmon, Birmingham, general dealer, Nov. 19, at ten, at the Court, Birmingham. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. W. Herman and A. S. Heriman, Bristol, fishmongers— M. Scowcroft, J. Scowcroft, W. Wood, S. Scowcroft, J. Scowcroft, and T. Scowcroft, Burnden, Lancashire, coal masters—M. Scowcroft, J. Scowcroft, W. Wood, S. Scowcroft, J. Scowcroft, and T. Scowcroft, Hindley, Lancashire, coal masters (so far as regards S. Scowcroft and J. Scowcroft)—W. Brown and E. S. Shave, Sudbury, vete rinary surgeons—T. Marwood and G. Swainston, Sunder land, ship brokers—J. Hanson and J. Carrodus, Keighley, Yorkshire, spindle makers—J. Jones and G. Jones, Salford, brass and ironfounders—N. W. Clarke and W. G. Clarke, Lower Shadwell, biscuit bakers—J. North and W. Wil cock, Mould Green, Yorkshire, carpenters—T. Booth and F. Milthorp, Manchester, letterpress printers—J. and J. Fox, Bradford, grocers—F. Cooke and P. Pearson, Man chester, paper makers—R. and T. Martin, Beerferris, Devon, nialsters—A. A. Tarte and W. B. Smith, Birming ham, aharebrokers—T. and J. Sharpe, Tewkesbury, and Lecibury, Herefordshire, coachmakers —.T. Holman and W. Kelly, Dartmouth, shipbuilders—W. W. Briscoe and G. P..ttereon, Wolverhamptuu, and kingston, Jamaica, merchants —J. Tolson and J. Hemingway, Dews bury, Yorkshire, blanket manufacturers—G. Jaritt and S J. Woodhouse, St. George's, Hanover-square, hatters—G. Sawyer and C. W. Mann, 3lyddleton-square, surgeons—A. Bend, G. Melliard, and G. Cunningham, Great Guildford street, Southwark, hatters—R. Kenyon and T. Abbatt, Bolton-le-Moors, Lancashire, printers—T. Warbis and J. &lin, Barnsley, Yorkshire, dyers—J. A. and G. P. Edgar, Wigmore-street, Cavendish-square. INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. David Griffiths, Carmarthen, tailor and draper. Thomas Haigh, Crosshills, West Riding of Yorkshire, grocer and tea dealer. - John Mason, Embsay, Skipton, Yorkshire, stonemason and builder. Robert Ind, Iron Acton, Gloucestershire, cattle dealer. William Anstin, Newborough, Northamptonshire, re tailer of beer. Miller Marshall, Manningham, Bradford, Yorkshire, overlooker. Charles Newsome, Bradford, Yorkshire, overlooker. John Sykes, Sand Beds, Clayton, Bradford, Yorkshire. Robert Holt, Hulme, Manchester, house and furniture painter. Charles Bainbridge, Croft, near Milnrow, Rochdale, Lancashire, wheelwright and blacksmith. Richard Taylor, Bacup, Lancashire, spindle-maker. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. J. Thripeland, Glasgow, boot and sh oe ma k er , to meet, Nov. 2, at twelve, within the Crow Hotel, Glasgow. A. Crichton, Edinburgh, printseller, to meet, Nov. 1, at two, within Dowell's and Lyon's Sale-rooms, Edinburgh. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. CUSTOM-HOUSE, OCT. 25. ENTERED INWARDS.—The Caroline, from Taganrog ; Hunbets, Anker Hohnsund ; Rosalind, Cronstadt ; Kitty's Wake, Caen ; Richard Reynolds, Cronstadt ; Countess of Leven and Melville, Konigsberg ; Mary Ann, Drammen ; Happy Return, Faro ; Amelia, Scalx Nuova ' • Prince Albert, Hudson's Bay ; Susan Crisp, Algoa Bay ; Aboyne, Tenez ; Mary Ann, Cape of Good Hope ; Tiger, Patras ; Speedwell, Antwerp ; Jonge Rintje, Worcum ' • Haulets, Anker Hudikswall ; Estrella, Oporto ; Amasis, do. ; Mer chantman, Calcutta ; Patriot, Oporto ; Hero, Dantzic ; Sarah, Memel ; Pelhams, Sydney ; Vrouw Bolina, Oporto ; Duke of Richmond, Portland Bay ; Eolus, Punta Arenas. ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING.—The Vourarts, for Harburg • Euphrase, Dunkirk ; Gerhard, Hamburgh ; Lelia, St. Thomas ; Mariner, Sierra Leone ' • Alverton, Porto Novo, west coast Africa; Caroline, Alderney ; Leallume, Stettin. CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO.—The Felicity, for Havre ; Diana, Altona ; James, Bermuda; William, Lis bon ; Christine Johanna, Hamburgh ; Ann Jewett, Ant werp ; Blyth, Mauritius ; Comet, Madras. LIVERPOOL, OCT. 25. The Isabel arrived at Denis with loss of bowsprit and leaking slightly, having been run into last night while at achor off the Crosby Light ship, by the Iron Duke (s.), for Kingston. A derelict ship, with name on stern, apparently " Corfe, Gloucester (probably Corea, of and from Gloucester for Quebec, previously reported), was passed Oct. 8, lat. 45, long. 10. The Sarah Maria, for !Leghorn, is off the port, putting back with loss of f oretopmast and jibboom, and two men seriously injured, having been strack by a heavy sea on the 23d inst. off Holyhead. The Marina, from Newport to Alexandria, Va, w as spoken Oct. 12, lat. 41 N., long. 33 W. The Bolivar, from Monte Video to Liverpool, was spoken Sept. 21, lat. 20 N., long. 35 W. The Ohio; from New York to Liverpool, was spoken Sept. 30; let. 38 N., long. 18 W. MoNTRosE, Oct. 22.—The sloop Robert, hence to New castle, in attempting to put back to-day, drove across the Annit, where she lies in a dangerous state—crew saved. Pews, Oct. 23.—The Nouvelle Zelie, Porcheron, has put in at St. Martin de Re, and discharged her cargo. The Ernest, of and from Caen to Dundee, is supposed to be the schooner lost off Flanaborongh Head. CALAIS, Oct. 23.—The Nouveau Farsciao, Seaham to Cherburg, is sunk at the entrance of the harbour. The Esperance, Hartlepool to Bordeaux, has put in leaky an d in a sinking state. PALERMO, Oct. 17.—The Forth, Black Sea to England, has been wrecked near Marsala ; the ship, with the part of cargo saved, have been advertised for sale. The Moun taineer (barque), of Penzance, driven on shore here at the same time, has become a wreck, and is advertised for sale. RICHIBUCTO, Oct. 4.—The Fadrides Minde, for Hull ; the Albion (ship), from Liveryool ; and the Adelaide, for London, which were driven on shore here during the gale of Sept. 29, have become wrecks, and been advertised for sale. a in large the ue ADELAIDE, S.A., June 16 . — The Concord (brig) con. tinues aground at Snappe r Point, and is not expected to get afloat before spri n g tide. MELBOURNE,Henrietta, yesterday and The were ashore W bar e q stern , The Jes C s h ie an S n m e i l l was wrecked at Orange River, Cape of Good Hope, Aug. 24 ; four men drowned. got The Isabella has been driven ashore at Espi eg l e B ay, Capo of Good Hope; cargo saved; the vessel may be ' off. The RO3O (brig), of Nantes, has been lost in the North Sea. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. A large four masted screw-steamer, with two funnels, standing E., June 24, in lat. 42 S., long. 142 E., per the Julia, Tucker, arrived at Melbourne. The Regia, May 6, with 200 barrels. The Independence, May 20, with 270 barrels. The Pacific, of Hobart Town, May 28, with 45 barrels. The Antoinette, from London to Melbourne, Aug. 27, lat. 12 N., long. 25 W. The Pollux, from Liverpool to Singapore, Sept. 2. The Mary Catherine, from► Batavia to Falmouth, Oct. 6, 1g . 33 N., long, 38 W. COUNTRY MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, 00T. 25. At this day's market there was an extensive business done in wheat (chiefly fine white American) at an advance of fully 4d per 701 b. on prices of this day week ; inferior descriptions, however, were not above ld to 2d per 70 1 b• dearer. Barrel flour generally held at an advance of 2s to 2s 6d per barrel, which checked sales. Sack flour may be quoted 18 per sack dearer. Oats the turn dearer, an d oat meal more inquir e d f or a t an i mprovemen t o f to- Is:per load. Egyptian beans advanced is to 2s per qr. and peas without c h ange . I n di an corn (b es t yellow) i n store brought 425, and w hit e 44 s t o 45 s p er qr., being 511 advance of 2s to 3s p er qr . on, the week. Barley IPSWICH—OcT. 25. The weather being now dry the farmers are preparing t 0 go on with wheat sowing, so desirable nom* at this late season of the year • hen ce th e supp l y o f cor n at market was only small. The sale of both wheat and barley Pr o. cseded rapidly. Th e mar k e t muc h an i ma t e d, and an a" .. Vance of 3s per qr. on wheat and 2s 6d per qr. on bagel fully realised. Only a sample or two of Windsor bean s° market, and 56s per qr. required for them. PER QUARTER. PER enißl 3 l{s s Wheat, red (old) 75s to 78s •Barley, grinding ... 4 4 2 s to ..., Ditto (new) 405 to 48' Ditto, white (new) 78s to 84s Peas Ditto (old) Barley, malting .. 005 toto 0:1): AVERAGES FOR THE WEEK ENDING .00T. 22, 1853. Wheat Barley Oats Beans 40s Od Peas HULL—OcT. 25. th' no' 3t A very small supply of English wheat, an d no r - 1 0 : 12 w all of fresh foreign. Farmers much excited, and ' ll- IcA prices asked and paid. On the whole we write the mat tes, 3s to 4s per qr. dearer, 75s to 78s being the general r, llO . for best samples of new red. In foreign we raise ouT t il oe t tations 3s to 5s per qr. Great demand for barley, w i l t oe , any arrivals to meet it. Beans support the late o , c elo t• Peas inquired for. Indian corn 28 and Dart is , a kes Linseed dull, but cakes meet a large :lemand. Rap e - sell at 126 s as they arrive. Bones in great request. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. Shave OL, OCT. STOCK EXCHANGE LIVE . RP We O continue . to have a vtd, ig be. tive market for shares, but our quotat i ons are rathe r than yesterday for what business has been trau Bs l ,o3' Eastern Counties, Hi ; East Lancashire, 15 5-1 6 ;west° eashire and Yorkshire, 61i 2; London and North - yitl. ern, 102 ; MAnchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 1 9 Loth land, 58i ; North British, 6g ; S ou th E as t ern and 17 5-16 ; York, Newcastle, and Berwick Extensollo MANCHESTER, OCT. 25. or STOCK EXCHANGE.—There hss been a slight irali r ot went in prices, with a moderate demand, and the!' oil closes firm. Caledonians, 241 4 ; Leeds Stock, 62 ; l' i Ai tto, Stock, 101 h ; Eastern Counties, 11i ; Sheffields, 19; I, o o' Pref., 9 ; Dovers, 17 5-16 ; East Lancashire, 151 don One-eighths, 7-16 d. ; idlands, 58g ; North B, 170. BIRMINGHAM, OCT. 25. e s ll l STOCK EXCHANGE.—This market was heavy to- day , p shares generally lower. Eastern Counties were & xi ' 11/ 16s 3d. _ !T. 25. f Of. STOCK EXCHANGE.—There has been no change °, meat in the share market this morning. Q uo tatioe lo r nominal as yesterday. Th e f o ll ow i ng are th e c losing li l t* actions :—North Staffordshires, 64 dis. ; East Lan 2 401 0 154 ; South E as t ern an d D owers, 17g ; Y or k a e" Midlands, 22#. LEEDS, Oc COURSE OF EXCHANGE—Ocp. 2r• Amsterdam 11 16 G•t•-sitar ...........• •• . 6 Ditto, three months .. 11 17 Leghorn •• • • .: 0 5 6 0 . 11 17y 2 Genoa • •• Rotterdam . Antwerp .............. 25 30 , Milan .. •• • Brussels .............. 25 30 Venice ........... •••• •• • 41, Elamburgh . 13 Naples Altona ............ •• .• Palermo .••• • • " Paris • • ........ •• • • .... 25 5 j Messina .. •• • • 0%! ........._ . , Ditto, three months .. 25 31 ILisbon •• • • 53 ,6 Marseilles........ • • .... 25 32% lOporto .......... ..... Bourdeaux ............ Rin Janeiro •• • • Frankfort-on-Maine .... 119% Buenos Ayres.... •• • • Berlin ................ New York, 60 days' sig.' Vienna ............ 11 25 Philadelphia .. ••• • • • Trieste ................ 11 30 PRICES OF BULLION, 7 Petersburgh............ 37% Foreign Gold in liars 3 0 0 Madrid sii Portugal Gold Coln . • o ' r 5 0 CadLz.................. 50 i 'Mexican Dollars •• • • 0 U ' 1 ) 1 8aree10na.............. New Dollars •••• • • 0 5 Seville ................ Ailver in bars ... •• • SEABORNE MAILS. tC (N signifies that the mails are sent from the Genera FQ3 by the night—and M by the morning—dispatch.] Day when made up From 1 03-t ,Itie 10 COUNTRIES. in General Post- Port , mit*" Office, London.* Dispatchea• • a cii 31(1° America(byßrit.pack)N Every Friday .... Liverpool .• • - 25 America (by United Sts. packet) ..........N Oct. 18 ........ Liverpool • °et. , N America (by U. States p ,not. packet) ..... ..... N Oct. 25 ........ Sou, hatnP l° 4 Australia (via South- t•TOV toll, - ampton) ..........M N0v.4.... .. • • • • • • Southall!' . 11.10 1 *. Ditto (via Marseilles) N N ov . 8 .. Dover .• " .4 . 010 Ditto (via !ape of iioed Rope) .• .. ••N Dee. 4 Aftlea, (West d0a5t)..241.3c11 of the month.. klymou tit • • 1 3 '• Alexandria. ...• ••.. N 9, 24.* 30 of ro. Dover 'OC. ..ite - xstoarla Illth & 20th of mon. Southamptonpet' id Bahamas ..... • 17th of Vie month SouthkuppiOn*C'':, Belgium .. .• .. 'ally .. ••• . .. Dover ......11)3,1:•11 Brazil I ..Ml9tb of the mouth .. SouthamptimlNo_"• to Buenos Ayres .. ......M '9th of the month.. Cape of Good Hope .. N 14th of the month. Southampton' I c anci Cape de Verds • 14th of the month. Plymouth 10c. Ceylon (see India) Oct'eylon - 14th of the month Ply mou th .. 04 40 ` Channel Isles •..N Mon ~Wed.,&Frid. outharnpton 1 Chili ...... .......... Di id & 17th of month Southampton N°' China (see India) n , t , 2 0 Constantinople 7,8,17,24,&27 ofm. Dov e r ...• • • 2 0 0 Constantinople ........ 4th & 20th o f mon. i onthamp t oo Oc; ,e o cont. of Europe M& N T w i ce d a il y Dover ...• • • „ 0 Egypt (see India) • ' France ........ M& N Twice daily—. Dover T . 4! - 26 Gibraltar ... - Oct' 4,7, 17, 20, 27 of m. S ou t ham pton Greece (see India) I , Greytown ..........M 2nd & 17th of mon. Southampton Hamburgh ..........N Tuesday & Friday London ..• • Ilavannah .......... al 2nd of the month Southampton il oo g Holland ............ M Wednesd a y & S at. London • • ' l O , Honduras 17th of the month. Southampton • 2 1 Indta (vlaSouthampt.)M 4th & 20th of mon. Southampton i f, I India (via . Marseilles)M BLh& 24th of month Dover .....• c ' ci t 2. 0 .d1 lonian Isles (see India) Oc • dr . Ireland ........M. & N Twice daily Holyhead .• ict• -u 6 Lisbon ..............M 7,9, 17, &28of m. Southampton ,1 6 Madeira M 9th of the month Southampton 14. 1,„ 1 9 Madeira N 9th of month .... Plymouth •• Malta (see India) •19 Malta ..............N 7,17,19,28, 30 of m. Dover .... • • C ' cl. Mauritius (see India) • Mauritius • • 14th of the month Ply mou th •• Oct Mexico DI 2nd olthe month.. Southampton N Naples • ... N s thl s th2sthofrnon. Dover ...• • • T o r. f• New Granada -31 2d & 17th of month Southampton -`,„ c eil' New By private ship Various port , oct• Papal States • N .ith l .sth2sthoftnon. Dover .... • • t Peninsula M I thl7th2Bthotimon Southampton I Peru .. Port Natal ..........N 14th o f t h e month Plymouth .• °e t , 0 Sicily ...... ..... ....N sthlsth2stholtuon, Dover .....• get,c Tuscany • 0 bthls2sthofmon. Dover .. • • • • 4 0 1 ,1 Venezuela . ........ 31 2d& 17th of month S ou th am pton Van Diemen's Land (see Australia) •.,.•.... . I West Indies ........31 2d 3:: 17th o! month Southampton .1.4 Southampton ...,--- ; ail , c o 0 1 . * When any of these d a t es ial ol A Sunday, the ln tli dispatchei on the following day. with the ex ce pti on o f the l id Southampton), Southampton). and the M a lt a, b oth of which will be di Pa t day preceding, j `" [ADVERTISEMENT.]—Fifty thousand Cures bs' - rou'A t effected by Du Barry's delicious Revalenta Arabic's,. ,aBv, without medicine, inconvenience, or expense (as 1 ; / "„, fifty times its cost in other rem edies). Twen ty-fi v ,"'"fro`:, nervousness, constipation, indigestion, and debili t P u ie r Tj which I had suffered great misery, and which rl,°, ell d tine could remove or relieve, have been effeetualklsr, by Du Barry's Food in a very short time. „, Reeves, P oo l A nt h ony, Tiverton. " " Eight yo,--g, pepsia, nervousness, debility, with cramps, spas"' nausea, for whi c h my servant h a d consu lt e d the rp ril g of many, have been effectually removed by nu I;or.Pi delicious f oo d i n a very short time. I shall he, sw e to answer any i nqu i r i es. Rev. John W. Flaile4A lington Rectory, Norfolk." "Three years' e ° l o3 , nervousnesF, with pains in my neck and left aT er P; general debility, which rendered my life very re i : ce lle fi g has been ra d ica ll y removed by Du Barry's e'reet!' food. Al exs. Stuart, Archdeacon of Ross, Skibbeep.4o —" Pifty years' indescribable agony from ci lielf „ nervousness, asthma, cough, cons ti pa ti on , P spasms, sickness at the stomach, and vom ittlFgj o lli, been re move d b y D u Barry ' s excellent food. Mar ia tes ts tes ti Wortham Li ng , near Di ss, N orfolk. " — Copies ° monials of 50000 cures (including th ose o f Lor a s 1.)5 de De c i es , Major -General -Thomas Ki ng , ''; Shorland, a n d H arvey ( grat i s ) . I n can i sters , 's% 140 instructi ons , 11b., 2 s. 9d . ; 21 b ., 4s. 6d. ; 121 b., 225. ; super-refined, 51b., 225. ; 101 b., 3 ';1 11 :o 101 b. and 121 b. carriage free. Barry Du BarrY ° oh 77, Regent-street, London ; also, Fortnum, M Co.. purveyors to her Majesty, Piccadilly. BIRTHS. OF A SON. Ai%' On the 24th i ns t., a t Edi n b urg h , the wife' e t ;ifi° / ' ' Mitchell Ines, Esq., younger of Ayton Castle P, sqyd shire. On the 24th i ns t ., a t Edgbaston, Warwickshire; the of John Miller, Esq., 3d Dragoon Guards. OF A DAUGHTER. O ct On the 24th inst., at Notting-hill, Mrs. Hang' ) drOn thew Crosse. f 00' e 24th inst., at Elth am , K en t, th e w ife o Hopkirk, Esq. MARRIED. On the 25th inst., at St. Peter's Church, Pioll ic i , ° .V i ale' Brodrick, Esq., eldest son of the Hon. and NI. Brodrick, rector of Bath, and nephew of Viseelle . ,"ht P„ p el ton, to Augusta Mary, third daughter of the 11 ,„, i5 boo' Sir Thomas Francis Fremantle, Bart., of Sw i " - Bucks. , Wif j clo" On the 25th inst., at St. Barnabas' Church' 0 4 1i' Hugh Russell, only son of William Russell, Es c l';ol o ` - rence-lodge, Dul w i c h, t o S ara h K atharine, yourl ter of William Stephens, EN of Clapham-rise' ft DIED. nor On the 23d inst. at 27, Nottingham-place, r . 3 "" .ays' illness, Joseph Brig g s. Esq.,aged 78. On thr • -1 f 0 0 , 11e ° --rOtf,f Le 24th inst,, at litoolwich,rElizabeth, W I T))) Dwyer, R.N., and daughter of John Hall, Egq",i - ell fe lt Colville, C am b r id geshire. Her loss will be il l- . 01" the poor, to whom she was a generous benef Jo aet u l; IP° On the 24th i ns t ., a t 68, Lowndes-square, Esq., aged 64. ••••••••••=... 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