The Sun. — London, England, 1853-10-17 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE. Lessee. Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING, Ocroasat 17, Will be performed WILLIAM TELL. Supported by Messrs. G. V. Brooke, J. Johnston, A. Younge, Morgan, and Belton; Ma dames Anderton and Vickery. To be followed by VERY SUSPICIOUS. Supported by Mr. G. Wild and Miss F. Williams. Ta conclude with THE WATERMAN. Supported by Miss Featherstone and Miss E. Ormond. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. CHARLES KEEN, THIS EVENING, OCT. 17, Will be performed THE DAY AFTER THE WEDDING. Sup ported by Mr. and Mrs. W. Lacy. After which, Lord Byron's Tragedy of SARDANAPALUS, con siderably abridged for stage representation. Principal characters by Mr. and Mrs. C. Kean. To conclude with A ROLAND FOR AN OLIVER. Supported by Mr. W. Lacy and Miss C. Leclercq. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHL Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Oar. 17, • Will be performed THE DISCARDED BON. Characters by Leigh Murray, Paul Bedford, and Keeley; Mrs. Keeley and Miss Woolgar. After which, THE CAMP AT CHOBHAM. To be followed by "HOTEL CHARGES 1" or, How to Cook s' A Biffin." To conclude with COMING OF AGE. ASTLETS ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. FIRST APPEARANCE of Miss KATE COOKE on her milk-white Charger, Snowdrop, expressly trained for her by Mr. W. Cooke. Last Five Nights of the Battle of Waterloo. Mr. W. Cooke, ever anxious to present the Patrons of this popular Theatre with every possible Novelty the Continent affords, has, at an enormous ex pense, entered into an Engagement with Mons. CLEITSH and his Extraordinary AC TING TROUP of DOGS and MONKEYS, whose wondrous performances abroad have been the theme of universal astonishment and admiration. They will appear for the First Time on SATURDAY, October 23. THIS EVENING, OcT. 17, And during the week, will be presented (the 31st time) the New Classical Burlesque, entitled JUPITER'S DECREE, AND THE FALL OF PHOTON; or, THE FIERY COURSERS OF THE SUN. supported by the entire strength of the Company. To be followed by Mr. W. Cooke's matchless Scenes in the Circle, introducing, for the First Time, Miss KATE COOKE, and those asto nishing Artistes, Signor CARLO and Signor FRANCOIS on LA PE RC HE. Concluding with (106th time) THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO. Boa-office open Prom Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. DAILY WEATHER TABLE. MONDAY, OCT. 17, 1853. State of the wind and weather at each of the following r laces at nine o'clock yesterday morning. The stations are Imaged in order of latitude. LIMERICS—S.W., calm—overcast. MULLINGAR—S.W., gentle breeze —rain. SOUTHAMPTON — S.W., strong breeze —rain. TUNBRIDGE—S.W., calm—partially cloudy. GREENWICH—S.W, gentle breeze--cloudless. STRoop--S.W., gentle breeze —partially cloudy. CAMBRIDGE—S., fresh breeze —partially cloudy. YARMOUTH—S.W., calm—partially cloudy. HOLYHEAD—S.W., hard wind—overcast, rain. The returns from the following places indicate the state of the weather on Friday morning at nine o'clock SOUTHAMPTON—N.E., gentle breeze—rain. FOLKESTONE—S. W., strong breeze—partially cloudy. TUNBRIDGE—E., calm—foggy. GREENwim—calm—foggy. STR O OD—N.E., gentle breeze--partially cloudy. SWINDON—E., light breeze—cloudy. CAMBRIDGE—N.E., gentle breeze—cloudy. YARMOUTH—S.W., calm—overcast. BIRMINGHAM —NE., gentle breeze—overcast. LANCASTER —W., calm—cloudless. HOLYHEAD —E., gentle breeze—fine. DARLINGTON—N.W., gentle breeze—overcast—very foggy. SHAD—N.W., calm—principally clear. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tara DAY —Morning 59 min.after 1 I Evening 17 min.aft. 2 To-Monaow—Morning 32 min.after 2 1 Evening 48 min.aft. 2 THE WEATHER.—Sus OPFICX, OCT. 16. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 61—highest since noon yesterday. 52—lowest this morning and during the night. 49—this day at noon. BAROMETER, 29'45. WIND, N.W. to N.N.E.—Strong breeze, and cloudy, with heavy rain. OCTOBER 17. 53 highest since noon yesterday. 44—lowest this morning and during the night. 56—this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 29'17. WIND, W. to S.W.—Fresh breeze, and squally. It rained heavily all the morning --now fine—full moon at 12 . 31 a.m. 4 4 41 , ) c § iw ‘L? LONDON, MONDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1853. In order that the recent Act for the protection of women and children should be fairly tested— in order that the Legislature should be willing on a fitting occasion to extend its operation, so as effectually to suppress the brutal and unmanly offences against which it was directed, it is essen tial that its stringent provisions should be dis creetly, as well as vigorously, resorted to. Magis trates are thereby armed with extraordinary powers —powers directly opposed to the constitu tional principle, that " No man should be deemed guilty of any offence until found to be so by the verdict of twelve of his peers." Until that trial had taken place, no penalty could legally be in flicted. The party accused might be subjected to imprisonment, but that could only be for safe custody, not for punishment, and he had a com mon law right to be brought to trial on the first opportunity, unless adequate grounds could. be assigned for postponement. A summary jurisdiction was subsequently conferred, and from time to time extended, in order to ensure a certain degree of punishment in cases where there might otherwise be a failure of justice. The power was, however, vigilantly guarded. Magis trates were only enabled to sentence for common assaults to pecuniary fines, or in default of pay ment to a short term of imprisonment. If the crime was attended with aggravated circumstances so as to render the pecuniary penalty inadequate, the presiding Justice was authorised to commit the prisoner for trial ; and whenever the facts were doubtful, it was his duty to do so, that the great Palladium of British liberty might not be unduly interfered with. After some time an act was passed for the protection of the police, who in the discharge of their arduous duties were but too frequently subjected to wanton and ferocious assaults by drunken ruffians. In such cases where a policeman on actual duty was the victim, the Magistrate was authorised to pass a sentence of imprisonment for any term not exceeding two months, without the option of a money fine. The Act was, however, passed on the understanding that its provisions should only be called into ope ration where no possible doubt or difficulty arose as to the guilt of the accused. And we conceive that, in such cases, is entitled, ex debito justitce, as a matter of unquestionable right, to demand a trial before a jury rather than a summary adju dication. When such a privilege existed, so that the accused could not possibly be prejudiced, the s ummary jurisdiction might safely be allowed—it was only nominally, but not really, in violation of the great constitutional principle "Trial by Jury." One class of cases, however, arose, in which it was deemed essential to infringe still further on the constitutional privilege above referred to. It was found that personal assaults, committed by truculent scoundrels on members of their own fa milies, had been fearfully on the increase, until they had arrived at such an unprecedented height as to have an irresistible claim on leg islative at tention. Truculent scoundrels, who made a' practice of spending the greater portion of their earnings in low profligacy and dissipation, ha bitually ill-treated their miserable partners — whether wives or mistresses —fox the purpose of preventing just reproaches, or gratifying their own vindictive and malevolent feelings. Th e i r helpless children were also kicked about or vio lently beaten without cause or provocation. The punishment, by a pecuniary fine, was clearly in adequate for such horrible outrages. It also, in The great majority of instances, fell on the inno cent victims, inasmuch as it was the furniture or savings of the afflicted wife that went to pay for the injury she had herself sustained. Nor was a committal for trial more efficacious, as the sufferer WM easily induced to absent herself from the trial, so that the offenders escaped with practica l impunity, the majesty of the law remained unvin dicated, and was brought into contempt and dis repute. To meet this formidable and rapidly-increasing evil the Aot of last session was passed ; and Ma gistrates were empowered to sentence to six months' hard labour f or assau lts on women or children of tender years. It was under considera tion whether the further power of inflicting cor l)oral punishment s h ou ld no t a l so b e gran t e d, but %hat w as , • - withheld, enieny because serious doubts A were entertained as to the " discretion" of Magis trates, and it was feared that it might be exer cised under unsuitable circumstances. The Act was accordingly passed as a great experiment, which should, after a short trial, lead to further legislation, either in extension or limitation. That law we are desirous of seeing fully and fairly tested. We are anxious that its provisions should be vigorously exercised whenever circumstances m ay require, but that they should never be abused or resorted to in a doubtful case—for that would be to deprive] the Salutary Enactments of their entire value, to bring the law itself into disrepute, and prevent the extension which is still unhappily so urgently required. Last week we felt ourselves bound to protest against a judgment of Mr. YARDLEY'S, who strained the Act beyond its intended operation, by applying it to a com mon quarrel between two women. And we now most reluctantly find it necessary to complain of a sentence passed by Mr. HAmmILL7 whose deci sions heretofore have been entitled to the highest approbation, and received many tributes of well merited praise from ourselves as well as others. On Saturday, a respectable licensed victualler was brought up before the Hon. Gentleman at Worship-street Police-court, charged with a violent assault on an unfortunate woman named MARY ANNE BAKER. The matter occurred at between one and two o'clock in the morning, and was owing to a quarrel with a male friend of the complainant, in which she appeared to have interfered. This friend, how ever, did not come forward. He was known to the police as a notorious smasher, and was seen to run away on their approach. The story of the complainant was only partially corroborated by another unfortunate female—while it was not only met by a decisive and positive denial on the part of the accused, but the two persons who were in his company distinctly swore that they saw no assault committed by the defendant and from the evidence of the constable who came up, it would appear that all the violence was at the other side. Mr. HAMMILL, however, sentenced the prisoner to two months' hard labour, a punish ment which was stated would be positively ruinous to his future prospects. Now, if the charge had been clearly established, the punishment would not have been by any means too heavy for the offence. Unfortunate women, however degraded the position in which they are placed, must be protected against wan ton and unprovoked violence. If, however, they choose to rush into a fray—to interfere in quar rels between men, and come in for an accidental blow, the matter assumes a very different aspect, and certainly does not come within the mischief intended to be guarded against. But in the case under notice the probabilities were all in favour of the prisoner. His witnesses were unimpeachable, and we venture to assert no Jury would have convicted him on the evidence. We regret that Mr HAMMILL, to whose decisions we have so frequently directed the attention of less efficient Magistrates, should have committed this grave mistake. We trust, however, that he will endea vour to rectify it, and to prevent the ruinous consequences that may result from his erroneous impression. There is nothing more honourable than the candid confession of an unintentional error, and the willing atonement therefore. Mr. HAMMILL may feel assured that such would not in any degree derogate from his deservedly high character. The antiquarians, so it would seem, are already beginning to bestir themselves in consequence of the talk about Temple-bar, as being ugly, as being in the way, as being altogether devoid of anti quity, and therefore as being precisely the very object to be at once swept away by " the besom of destruction." Excellent Master ZIGZAG may be silent as yet, but a kindred observer has spoken out through the person of Mr. PETER. CUNNINGHAM. Doubtless, before long we shall have a prolonged storm of controversy upon the subject blowing hot and cold, for and against, through the medium of Notes and Queries. Probably, too, we shall find arguments speedily enough abounding in the Builder in reference to this projected improve ment. Punch will, of course, by necessity deal two or three blows of his baton—that ingenious baton which shoots out a pencil at one end and a pen at the other, according to the whim or pleasure of its pos sessor—upon those dirty old doors which are ever lastingly sticking in the mud, excepting only at the rare intervals when they are politely slammed in the face of the SOVEREIGN. We ourselves, in The Sun, have insisted upon the folly of allowing the principal approach to the city of London to be any longer obstructed by what is, at the same time, almost as bad as an obstacle to traffic, a grotesque and preposterous disfigurement. A similar course has been pursued by the Times, and before long we anticipate a general chorus of demand for the demolition of Temple-bar from the majority of our daily and weekly contempora ries. Call it a new cry if you feel so inclined— nevertheless, reflection must assure your common sense sooner or later, that it is a cry originating in reasons sufficiently cogent, and derived from sufficiently forcible considerations. Let it be remarked, that we are tired (we journalists) of insisting upon the exorbitance of the charges made upon the public by hotel-keepers ; that we are utterly sick of this wretchedly pro tracted squabble about Russia and Turkey; that we are blasé in consequence of the exhausting results of the last Parliamentary session; that we are weighed down with ennui by the monotony of the long vacation ; that we are bored to death by this per petual reference (and reference only) to the seizure of Moldo- Wallachia ; that we are worn out of all patience by this long babbling about the CZAR, and the Divan, and the Sublime Porte, and the Vienna Conference, and the Olmiitz reviews, and the conflicting news about the quarrel coming to us from St. Petersburg, Berlin, and Constanti nople—and that, therefore, we go in search of some new grievance, and perhaps, for the sake of contrast, or possibly for a freak of fancy, or per chance in obedience only to a whim that is prov ing unexpectedly contagious, fasten for the nonce upon Temple-bar, the luckless point of demar cation between the city of London and the city of Westminster. Insist upon all this if you list, 0 " pensive public," or 0 " gentle reader," or by whatever title you (the many-headed who turn over the broadsheets of the morning or evening papers) may be addressed—but acknowledge upon second thoughts, as you must perforce, we con jecture, that there is truth in our indignation, that the gateway to the metropolis is in many respects a manifest nuisance in the centre of our principal thoroughfare, that it is in the way, that it is ugly, that it is devoid even of the saving merit of antiquity. Granted, says Mr. CUNNINGHAM, that Temple-bar is not a piece of antiquity, adding naïvely " that defect, however, will cure itself if ycu will only allow it to s t an d !" Why, the same argument would hold good of any detestable monstrosity erected in the capital only yesterday. It might have been adduced some time ago in behalf of that horrible, straddling effigy of GEORGE IV. a t King's-cross, or in favour of the preservation of that miserable stone caricature of Queen VICTORIA, disfiguring a little out-of-the-way square at Pim lico. Fortunately, the argument was not once thought of, and those detestable eyesores were swept away to the limbo of some stonemason's backyard. Away in like manner with this ob ssttrureecLiveaviygaateway across the extremity of Fleet with it ! If the West-end has its Marble Arch, that is no reason why the City must he disfigured at its very en trance by Temple-bar. Under any circumstances the removal of the latter must ultimately be regarded by those in any way rea. h y e s d u e rp m r o i l s i i t n i g im ono p f rToevirpieen. interested in the facilitation of th e t ra ffi c of T the metropolis, as a btar would be an im provement, as we have already insi s t e d , if on ly because it would cle ar away ainhuegipeal thorough-. obstruction from the very centre of o ur pr fare. It would be an improvement, moreover, as we have shown, by getting rid at the first st e p into the English capital of what is obviously a flaw in its general appearance. It would be an improvement, likewise, for yet another rea son, and one which we do not think has yet even once been particularised. We mean, in a sanitary way, that the removal of Temple-bar would be a manifest and decided improvement. It would tend materially to forward the desirable project of securing better ventilation to the locality. This consideration of itself, we submit, is enough to justify the Common Council in declining to con sent at once to the continued preservation of a building about which there has long been a question as to whether it were not better razed to its foundations. SHAKSPERE'S tomb at Strad ford-upon-Avon hasnothingwhatever to do with the subject before us, good Mr. CUNNINGHAM. Be it remembered, we are talking of Temple-bar, which is a relic of nothing but the stupidity of our fore fathers, and not of a monument which is among the most precious relics of the greatest, the wisest, and the noblest of all Englishmen. THE SUN. LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 17. 1853. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, OCT. 15. The Queen and P r i nce , w ith th e roya l c hild ren , wa lk e d in the grounds adjoining the Castle this morning. The Hon. Eleanor Stanley and the Hon. Beatrice Byng have succeeded the Hon. Mary Bulteel as Maids of Honour in waiting to her Majesty. Lord De Tabley has arrived as Lord in Waiting and Colonel the Hon. Charles Grey as Equerry to the Queen. Lieut.-Colonel Francis Seymour has succeeded Lieut.- Colonel Hon. A Gordon in waiting to Prince Albert. The Earl of Aberdeen arrived from London to-day, and had an audience of her Majesty. Lady Caroline Barrington and the Hon. Mrs. Grey had the honour of dining with her Majesty to-day. The Queen's private band was in attendance ' in the Castle after dinner, and played the following selection : Overture—" Marco Spada" Auber. Duetto— " Die lnstigen Weiber von Windsor" Otto Nicolai. March—" Ruins of Athens" Finale—" I Martha" Flotow. Waldestraume Walzer Labitzky. OCT. 16. The Queen and Prince, with the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, the Princess Alice, the ladies and gentle men of the Court, also the domestic household, attended divine service this morning in the private chapel of the Castle. The Eon. and Rev. 0-. Wellesley officiated. The Chancellor of the Exchequer has arrived at Ha warden Castle, near Chester. The Turkish Minister transacted business at the Foreign-office, on Saturday. The Duke of Newcastle arrived in town on Friday evening from attending the Queen from Scotland. Dispatches for the Governor of Gibraltar were sent off from the Colonial-office on Saturday evening. Dis patches were also sent to the Governors of the West India Colonies. THE CABINET.—Since the Cabinet Council, held on Wednesday last, several of the Ministers have left Lon don, including the Lord Chancellor, Lord Palmerston, Lord Granville, Sir Charles Wood, Sir William Moles worth, and Mr. Sydney Herbert. The Duke of Argyll, Lord Lansdowne, and Mr. Gladestone remain absent from town, the last named right hon. gentleman having, on leaving Manchester, proceeded to Hawarden Castle, where he is staying with his family. Lord John Rus sell had intended to hive left London early on Friday morning, but being slightly indisposed, his lordship re mained in town, and it is now expected that instead of the noble lord travelling to Scotland, to join Lady John Russell and family, her ladyship will quit Roseneath, and proceed to London with her family, to join Lord John. The Duke of Newcastle reached London on Friday night. Lord Clarendon, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, remains in town, and received a visit on Saturday, at the Foreign-office, from his Excellency the Turkish Minister. In the course of ten days a Privy Council will be held by her Majesty, for the purpose of settling the period of the further prorogation of Parliament, which at pre sent stands for the 27th of the present month. TEMPLE-BAR. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMER. Sir,—Jack Cade did not knock louder on old London stone than you are knocking at dear old Temple-bar. But why? 1. It is in the way. 2. It is ugly. 3. It is not a piece of antiquity. But cannot Temple-bar be taken out of the way with out sending it to keep Gerard's-hall crypt company at the Crystal Palace at Sydenham ? Pull down Child's banking-house—let Child's go to the Devil, as the Devil Tavern give way to Child's (I have no account there) — pull down the houses on the south side as far as Middle Temple-gate—and then, when these are to the ground, cross over and pull down those abominations east and west of the bar—Shire-lane and Ship-yard. Make a wide carriageway on each side of the bar (far wider than that round St. Clement Danes), but let the old bar stand, telling its story of civilisation as the last landmark of the city—as the last place in Great Britain in which human heads were set. What a story might be told before it, and will be told, if we only allow it to remain ! In answer to your second charge its ugliness—that, I reply, is matter of taste. I think it very far from ugly. It is not the arch of Constantine, I confess ; but Wren did nothing bad—nothing that any city architect will improve. Pray, sir, raise your omnipotent voice, "Far as loud Bow's stupendous bells resound," against beautifying it, making, I suppose, a small cas tellated Holloway prison ; rather let it go where Guild hall Chapel, and the npre of St. Saviour's, and Holbein's Gateway went—those exquisite pieces instructive old London, over the ignorant demolition of which real an tiquaries continue to lament. Believe me, sir, ignorance has destroyed more than accident. Then, you allege, and truly, that it is not a piece of antiquity. That defect, however, will cure itself, if you will only allow it to stand. Let it stand, and unborn ages will thank you. Destroy it, and unborn ages will lament the ignorance of the times. Shakspere's tomb at Stratford-upon-Avon blocks up a window, and, what is more, is not in keeping with the beautiful architecture of the church. There is conse quently a talk about taking it down, and putting it in a vestry. Think of that ! If this is done, how I should like to thrash the vicar for consenting till his tithes jingled in his pocket. But, worse still, not one tomb in Poets'-corner assimilates with the surrounding archi tecture. We are (so I hear) about to pack Chaucer, and Spenser, and Cowley, and Dryden into a little outhouse, or Grub-street, or Mint of their own. When they are removed I, for one, will never set foot again in West minster Abbey. May I point out a part of London in which great im provement is required, and with your help may soon be effected ? We want (I speak for other people than Messrs. Smith and Son) a street from Bridge-street, Blackfriars, to the Times office. When lam asked, as I too often am, by strangers to do the honours of a part of London, I always take my friends to Breakneck-stairs, off the Old Bailey, and to the Times newspaper-office. I am invariably thanked by faces of mute surprise. At Breakneck-stairs you see better than at any other place how strong London must have been on that side, and in making your way from Bridge-street to the Times office you encounter a series of footway-turnings and in-and•in corners infinitely more puzzling than the Maze at Hampton-court. I know nothing like it in London. Fair Rosamond, I am sure, was not placed in a more intricate labyrinth. I am, sir, your obedient servant, PETER CUNNINGHAM. Kensington, Oct. 15. The Princess Nicholas, and the Prince Esterhazy's family And suite, having arrived at St. Leonard's-on- Sea, where they are expected to make a brief sojourn, the sea-side having been prescribed for her Highness. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent; attended by Lord James Murray, Sir George Couper, and Lady Augusta Bruce, is expected to leave Edinburgh this morning by special train for York, where the duchess will remain for the night, and to-morrow resume her journey to Frozmore Lodge. The Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, M.P., and Mrs. Herbert visited the Dublin Exhibition on Saturday, and were conducted through the building by Mr. Deane, secretary. Mr. Herbert and suite arrived at Mount Merrion on Thursday evening. The Viscountess Stratford de Redcliffe and the Hon. Misses Canning, wh o arr i ve d i n L on d on early i n t h e preceding week from a tour in Wales, have since left Grosvenor-square, on a visit to Sir William and Lady Genre, at Oxenheath, Kent. hear that he has s e i lo m at c r v am oF wi p ll A b ß e O g D l A a . d — t T o h h e ea f t heas been gallantre appointed as Resident at Baroda. Co ß lo E n n LORD CARDIGAN'S SCREW-YACHT STEAMER. We hear that his lordship intends to build a screw-yacht for the the Kingston sailing next year. The cost is to be 10,0001. —United Service Gazette. THE NEW RECEIPT STAMP.—Considerable inconve nience appears to have occurred in the provinces in consequence of the deficient supply of the new receipt stamps. At Newcastle-on-Tyne the Stamp-office have been without stamps, which could not be procured else where. The trading community are under the impres sion that they are at the mercy of common informers, and liable to a penalty upon all unstamped receipts for sums amounting to 21., although they have been unable to procure the necessary stamps. At Southampton, on Monday, the sub-distributors had a small supply of the stamps upon white paper, which were absorbed in a few hours, and ever since, no stamps of any kind have been procurable. Applications have been made to the head distributor of stamps for the county, who resides at Win chester, but he appears to be equally unprovided. As to the adhesive stamp, it has not yet been seen. As the Government have had nearly three months to pre pare the new stamps, the tradesmen in these and other towns ask whether the authorities ought not to have been enabled to supply every town in the kingdom with 1 the quantity required. MONEY MARKET AND CITY INTELLIGENCE. CITY. TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool on Saturday were estimated at 7,000 bales, including 500 Ame rican taken for export and 500 Surat on specula tion. The market was firm, with a hardening tendency. The sales comprised 150 Pernam and Maranham at 61d. to id., 50 Bahia at 60., 150 Egyptian at 61cl. to Bd., 1,000 Surat at 21-d. to 41d., and the remainder American. Railway Shares were dull. The shipments of tallow from St. Petersburg to London this year to the 26th ult. were 86,206 casks against 63,398 casks to the corresponding date of last year. In 1831 and also in 1850, the arrivals, however, were much larger. The corn market has been firmer to-day for wheat, but dull for other grai n . The railway meetings announced are the fol lowing : COMPANY. DATE. PLACE, &C. Aberdeen Oct. 28, Aberdeen. Demerara Great Indian Peninsular Oct. 31; Office. West Flanders Ditto ditto The following letter advocates the claim of Bris tol to be made a packet station : "TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN, " SIR,—It is not, I believe, generally known that there is not one of the four leviathan railway companies that has dock accommodation at any of the termini ca pable of receiving and conducting the trade of the large ocean steamers that are now buildin g , w hil e th ousan d s of pounds are spent in forming competing lines from any where to somewhere or nowhere. Suitable shipping out lets for the rapidly-increasing trade of the country appear to be considered of only secondary importance. The South-Western Company, instead of turning its attention to the larger dimension required of dock accommoda tion, looks round for increased quantity ; consequently she must push out two arms pointing to Exeter, with the intention, no doubt, in the event of its complet ing the Salisbury extension to that city, of throw ing off a branch to Bristol, and thereby steal a march upon the Great Western Company. The North-Western Company cannot find in either of the ports of London or Liverpool a dock into which the first ship of the Eastern Steam Company can enter. But the Midland, in which I am most directly interested, appears to me to be the most culpable of all. This company of all others is vitally interested in her water termini, more especially in her south-west ocean outlet. The Midland may be said to be the company proper of the manufacturing districts, yet the credulity of your readers will be taxed to believe the following circumstance. The Belfast Screw Steam Company have commenced running a line of screw steam traders between Bristol and Belfast, and although at the former place hundreds of tons of coal are weekly " brought to bank," as it is technically expressed, within sight of the dock in which those traders must discharge and un load, yet they cannot avail themselves of the return coal cargoes, on account of the expense of cartage, the rail way company not having even considered it worth their attention to lay down a tramroad to facilitate the ship ments of goods and minerals in the present docks at Bristol. It may be said by the Midland Company that the Great Western is equally interested. This is not the case. Since the latter company pushed on the broad gauge to Plymouth and the South Wales ports, its interest in Bristol, as an ocean outlet, ceased. So long as there are any Leicester and Hitchin lines to make to abstract a little traffic from other companies, so long, I fear, will the Midland continue to turn a deaf ear to what com mon sense certainly dictates as of first importance to her permanent interests, namely, proper shipping facilities at her southern terminus. To say nothing of the fact that at Bingroad, within seven miles of this terminus, nature has formed a basin, where, if three-fourths of the amount were expended that will be required to make the Leicester and Hitchin line, she would not only have the means of docking steamers of the largest contem plated dimensions, but a positive interest in a port that has been proved, before a committee of the House of Commons, to be, in the event of such a dock being formed, the most eligible ocean packet station in the United Kingdom.—Yours respectfully, "London, Oct. 15, 1853." 6 A SHEPOWNER. The accounts by the Africa, from New York,• represent the stock market as being quiet but steady. The money market continued stringent. The coal trade on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal was increasing. The exchange on London had advanced considerably. The imports of gold into Boston in September were 50,811 dollars, and of silver 173 dollars. The exports were 496,025 dollars, and 16,300 dollars of silver. The value of the foreign exports from the port of Baltimore, during the week ending the 29th ult., was 199,682 dollars. The total value of specie exported from New York, during the week to October 1, was 252,501 dollars, which, together with merchandise to the value of 1,316,170 dollars during the same period, made the total exports 1,568,671 dollars. Breadstuffs were less active, owing to an en hancement in freight. Cotton was active. Stocks of flour and grain were smaller than at the same time in 1852, but arrivals were soon expected both by rail and canal. When the Baltic arrived out prices became rather lower. The Crescent City had arrived at New York with nearly a million dollars in gold dust, of which forty thousand dollars were from Australia, being the first large arrival from that country vid Panama. The city banks returns of New York for the week ending Oct. 1, show an increase of discounts of 56,775 dolls., and in circulation of 44,124 dolls. There was a decrease in the specie of 109,113 dolls. and in the deposits of 343,673 dolls. The latter item shows the active demand for money, and the former is partly accounted for by the shipments to Europe. The funds have been very heavy this morning, and have lost the improvement of Saturday. Con sols for transfer have been 911. to I, and for ac count 911 to There is, consequently, a " bac cadation" still of per cent. The intelligence that the Emperor of Russia accepts the war challenge of Turkey has had the effect of flattening the market. The New al per Cents. have realised 921 to 92/, and the 3 per Cents. Reduced, 904 to 90i. Bank Stock is steady at 218. Exchequer Bills have been at 4s. to Bs. premium. In the foreign market there is a heavier tone likewise. There have been no bargains in Grenada Stock, and the proposals of the Government of that Republic to give public lands in part pay ment of their debt are not likely to be accepted. It is well known that New Grenada has just re ceived a large sum from Peru as an inderolity for certain claims. Mexican Bonds have been heavy at 23k to 24. Equador Stock is worth 5 1 1 to 4, and Peruvian 71k. The reported conflict between Mexican and United States troops in tye Valley appears to require confirmation. Russian Bonds have been firm at 112 for the 5 per Cents., and at 962 to 97 for the 4 per Cents. Sardinian Stock has realised 90/. Spanish 3 per Cents. have been 45, and the Deferred 211._ Railway Shares are weakei4tan on Saturday, with more willing sellers. The French lines have also gone back. The Gold Mining Shares have bow- rather cheaper. The shares of the Australian Agricultural and Peel River Land Companies have been rather bet ter, owing to the advices received from their agents, which, however, really amount to but little. The Australian Joint Stock Bank Shares have been quieter. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY. (From the Official List.) Business done. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities ...... 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 91,0 a 0 New 3i per Cent. Annuities 92 Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 5 346 India Bonds, 21000 Ditto, under £lOOO 5 p Consols for Account Exchequer Bills, 2d. 2500 . 4 8 p PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent ®Ditto 5 per Cent. (Rothchild's) Chilian Bonds, 6 per Cent Equador Bonds Grenada Bonds, Deferred , Mexican 3 per Cent. Ditto for the Account 234 4 Peruvian Bonds, 4i per Cent. 714 Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent. £St ll2 Ditto 4i per Cent 97 61 Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent 9oi Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 45 Spanish New Deferred, 3 per Cent 2li Dividends on the above payable in London. Dube) Exchange, 2A per Cent. 12 Guil Ditto 4 per Cent. Certifieates ...... THREE O'CLOCK. Consols Ditto October Account ..... 93 100 8i LATEST FOREIGN NEW. FRANCE. Lord Cowley has left Paris for Compiegne, to join the Imperial party. Lady Cowley has been prevented from proceeding there at present by a slight indisposition. The Princess Mathilde has also gone to Compiegne, as well as the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Minister of Justice. Cardinal Wiseman has arrived in Paris. The Countess de Persigny has been safely deli vered of a daughter. The Emperor and Empress have just acted by proxy as godfather and godmother to the infant son of the Count and Countess de Lapeyrouse, who was baptised three days ago at Besancon by Cardi nal Mathieu by the name of Napoleon-Eugene Amblard Bonfigli de Bonfils de Rochon de Lapey rouse. Their Majesties were represented by Gene ral Vicomte de Bois-Lecomte, commanding the 7th military division, and by the Marquise de Montho lon. The Count de Lapeyrouse is Prefect of the Doubs, and the Countess, who is daughter of the late Gen. Montholon, was born at St. Helena, and had Napoleon I. for godfather. The first caravan of French pilgrims to Jerusa • lem arrived safely at their destination on the 12th ult. As soon as they perceived the city they alighted from their horses, prostrated themselves, and prayed fervently. They were all clothed in white, and as they entered the city by the gate of Jaffa, musket shots were fired in their honour. It is said that a French frigate is expected at Jaffa to protect the pilgrims. Several of the Paris papers remark at some length on the proceedings at Manchester at the inauguration of the statue of the late Sir Robert Peel, and praise highly the speech of Mr. Glad stone on that occasion. The Bourse opened brilliantly on Saturday. The Threes began at 73 50, being a rise of 30c., and this price was maintained with little variation for the first hour. At 25 minutes past one the price of Consols at 12 on Saturday were posted. The quo tation, 921 to I, gave increased firmness to the mar ket. But during the last half-hour a regular panic set in, for which no cause was assigned. The Threes dropped to 72 75, and recovered only to 72 80 for the close, being a fall of 40c from Friday, and of 70c. from the highest price of the day. The railways, which had been very firm, fell propor tionably in most, though not in all instances. RUSSIA AND TURKEY. It is asserted in Paris yesterday (Sunday) that an important dispatch had been received from St. Petersburg. The Czar, who had promised to ac cept any proposals the mediating Powers might make, has, on receiving the news of the Turkish declaration of war, declared that he retracts all hi s concessions. He added that nothing remained now but war to the knife (guerre a l'outrance). The following private telegraphic dispatch was received on Saturday afternoon at Paris : " MARSEILLES, OCT. 15. " The packet which left Constantinople on the sth, at midnight, found the squadrons on the 6th, at Besika, making their preparations for entering the Dardanelles. " Orders had been sent to Omer Pacha to sum mon Prince Gortschak6fr to evacuate the Princi palities, giving him a delay of fifteen days only. " The Porte had addressed a manifesto to the Powers. "M. de Crevecoeur, Prefect of the Bouches-du- Rhons, suddenly left yesterday for Constantinople. " Pressing orders have been given for immedi diately arming the frigates Vauban, Descartes, Asmodeus, Cacique, Montezuma, and Panama." That the delay granted to Prince Gortschakoff for evacuating the provinces is really 15 days, is confirmed by the Siecle, which says it has reason to know that this, and no other, is the period fixed. The most striking 'part of this, the most recent dispatch, is the news that six frigates are to be armed with all possible speed. The &Me says it is not Redschid - Pacha, but his son, who was to go to Prince Gortschakoff to inform him of the de termination of the Porte. Iskender Bey, one of Omer Pacha's aides-de camp, has arrived in France, charged, it is said, with a private mission to Paris and London. He is said to be a Polish renegade. His name was Slinski. Iskender Bey was in the service of the Porte before 1848, and he then went to Hungary, where he became aide-de-camp to General Bem. He was afterwards interne at Aleppo, and it was oniy after the death of General Bent that he was allowed to return to Europe. Omer Paella, took him as his aide-do-camp in the cam paign of Montenegro. There are several versions afloat as to the nature of Iskender Bey's mission, but the general belief is that its object is to recruit Polish and other ofacors for the war in the Cau casus. The celebrated General Dembinski, who is now residing in Paris, and to whom many of the friends of Turkey have recently applied, has de clared that he would henceforth never undertake any command, unless the object of the war was the restoration of Poland. The following is from Constantinople, of Oct. 3 :—" To-morrow will be the first day of the new Mahomedan year, 1270 ; and it is generally be lieved that the decree will on that occasion be read in the mosques, and otherwise promulgated. Ac cording to the construction put upon a passage in the Koran, by the Mahomedan priesthood, the year 1270 will be the era of a great war, in which the Turks will be successful. This prophecy, as may easily be imagined, will be taken advantage of to influence the masses ; and it is generally be lieved that the irade has been kept back, in order that its appearance may be simultaneous with the commencement of the new year." The conditional declaration of war by Turkey against Russia arrived at Vienna on Friday after noon. It is of a decisive and peremptory tenor. The term which it fixes for the evacuation of the Principalities expires on the 25th inst. The frigate Labrador has sailed from Toulon with 750 sailors on board, who are to take the place of an equal number of sailors now serving in the French fleet in the Mediterranean. Letters from Bucharest to the 2nd bast have been received. The warlike resolve of the Porte was known, and Prince Gortschakoff had called to him the superior officers of his army, and an nounced that they must now be in readiness to ad vance southward at any moment. The semi-official Zeit has an article alleging that Prussia, although neutral, does not remain pas sive ; that, on the contrary, her position is that of a " mediating neutrality." The more Prussia maintains her disinterestedness in the Russian and Turkish strife the more will she exert herself, and the more likely is she to be heard. The Lithographic Correspondence of Berlin de nies that there is any truth in a rumour current in that capital of a part of the Prussian army being about to be called out. Baron de Meyendorf has returned to Vienna from Berlin. On his return he had a long confer ence with Lord Westmoreland. The ust Correspondenz says that the reduction of the army is a fact of grea - t importance, proving that Austria intends to maintain strict neutrality in the differences between Turkey and Russia. It is added that the war will be merely nominal this winter, and that before spring it will probably be terminated by mediation. The Cologne Gazette, under date of Berlin, 12th, says—" Diplomatists are now engaged in drawing out projects of arrangement of the Eastern ques tion, which are to serve as the basis of a new Con ference at Vienna." The Malta Mail of the 7th states that the sani tary condition of Admiral Dundas's fleet had greatly improved. The Emperor of Russia passed the Vistula * Dirschau on the 10th, at one o'clock in the after noon,s and at six the same day arrived at Konigs berg. By orders of the Czar 110 preparations were made for his reception. His Imperial Majesty was travelling rapidly. The Italian Courier announces that the Emperor has sent to Warsaw an order for the 6th corps d'arme to hold itself in readiness to march. , A letter from Warsaw, of the Bth, stateAkat the authorities were taking all the necessary meaittres for preventing pamphlets and proclamations of the Revolutionary Committee from being smuggled into the country. They were specially anxious to pre vent the entrance of a pamphlet, addressed to the nobility, in which they are told, amongst other things, that if they wish to serve their country they must emancipate their serfs. A letter from Constantinople of the Ist says : The corps d'armee of Selim Paella, which has its centre of operations at Erzeroum, the chief town of the Pachalick of that name, had received a rein forcement of 12,000 men, and that its conditi*U excellent. Accounts had been received that SeiVia had offered to the Porte a body of 20,000 men, and that Persia had officially declared her neutrality. The Wanderer has news of the 4th from Bucharest. The activity of the Russians is repre sented to be greater than ever. Government mes sengers come and go in hot haste, troops advance, and reviews are held in various parts of the ' Pprincipalities. The sick list appears to be getting larger and larger, as the roomiest buildings in the Wallachian capital are taken for hospitals. The citizens complain bitterly of the number of officers and men quartered in their houses. There begins to be a great scarcity in the inferior qualities of bread, and the country people are half ruined by the continual post and transport service which they are forced to do. Desertions are not unfrequent in the army of occupation; but when ever one of the unfortunate fugitives is caught, he is condemned to powder and bill. Columns of troops of all arms, with their baggage waggons, are has toning towards the Danube. As to the Wallachian officers, they lead a very retired life, and it is evi dent that no very kindly feeling exists between them and the Russians. M. Sxinas, the Consul- General of Greece, is still at his post. AUSTRIA. The Vienna Official Gazette publishes a decree reducing the army 75,000 men. There is a consi derable deficit in the budget. The Swabian Mercury contains a letter from Vienna of the 12th, which announces that the pro mulgation of the decree prohibiting the Jews from purchasing landed property in Austria, will be fol lowed by police regulations, one of which will be that they will be only allowed to reside tempo rarily in large cities unless they shall be regularly domiciled thre. Another letter of the same date, in the Cologne Gazette, says :—" The inhabitants of this city express themselves very warmly against the recent ordinance relative to the Jews. It is regarded as forming a singular contrast with the decree of the Sultan, which grants equal protection and the same rights to all his subjects without re gard to their religion. And yet that is in a Ma hometan country, whilst the decree against the Jews is in a Christian one." A letter from Vienna of the 11th says that the Austrian Government was still resolved to contract a loan. Count Salis, a young man, and several other persons, have been arrested in the Valteline, and taken to Milan. SPAIN. The 10th was the Queen's birthday, her Majesty having attained her 23d year. There was no levee •on account of the advanced state of her pregnancy. The bands of the regiments in garrison gave a sere nade before tho palace at Madrid, and there was a grand parade of the garrison on the Prado. Various decrees and royal orders were published on the 10th, the most important of which are re specting the navy. The first of the latter is a pro ject of law fixing the number and classification of the Spanish navy, and authorising the Minister of Marine to act upon it as far as the means at his dis posal, according to the last budget, permit ; the measure to be submitted to the Cortes. The first and main article is as follows : " The royal navy shall consist for the present of ninety vessels, from a schooner to a line-of-battle ship, and from a steamer of 60 to one of 600 horse power. It shall be composed of sailing vessels, steamers, and mixed vessels, in the following form : " Six line-of-battle-ships of 80 to 90 guns, with 400 to 600-horse power. " Twelve frigates of 30 to 56 ditto, with 300 to 400 ditto. "Twelve corvettes of 20 to 30 ditto, with 200 to 300 ditto. " Fourteen brigs and schooners, of 6 to 20 ditto, with up to 200 ditto. " Six paddle steamers of war and for mails, of 400 to 500 ditto. " Eight ditto of war and transatlantic of 300 to 400 ditto. "Twelve ditto guarda costas, of 100 to 200 ditto. "Twelve ditto to navigate in shallow waters of up to 100 ditto. "Eight urcas, or transport sailing vessels." The other articles provide that the existing ships, from those of the line to corvettes inclusive, shall enter into the above number, and also those which aro advanced in construction only until they can be endowed with suitable engines, or, if not, they are to be substituted by mixed vessels on the ter mination of their " natural life." There is always to be in the arsenals materials to replace at least a fourth part of the armed vessels. Those that have to be purchased are to be bought by public auction. A special law of the Cortes is requisite for con structing or purchasing vessels abroad, but not for purchasing machinery while the national manufac tories are unable to provide them. It is stated in a royal order which follows the above, that the Queen, desiring to solemnise her birth-day in a manner useful to the estates which she inherited from her glorious progenitors, has re solved that, without loss of time, three screw steam frigates shall be constructed, of 31 guns and 360 horse-pm\ er, to be named the Berenguela, Petro nilla, and Blanca, after Queens of Castille, Aragon, and Navarre ; the two former to be built at Ferrol, and the latter at Cartbagena. The machinery is directed to be purchased abroad. It is said no resolution has yet been come to by the Ministry with respect to the presidency of the Senate. The run upon the savings bank has recommenced, there being 134,064 reals drawn out last week, against 48,468 reals paid in. There was no Bolsa on the 10th in consequence of its being the Queen's birthday, The Echo des Pyrenees says :—" Such is the abundance of corn at present in Spain, that it is in contemplation to adopt measures calculated to faci litate the exportation of the surplus into France. A decline in prices has taken place in all the Spanish markets." ITALY. The quarantine regulations at Cevita Vecchia, to which the Papal authorities appear disposed to ad here rigidly, threaten serious inconvenience to com mercial operations. A shock of earthquake was experienced on the 28th ult., at Cittaducale, in the Neapolitan ter ritory. _ The Pope has published a bill of excommunica tion against the Bishop of Deventer (in the Nether lands), for his adhesion to Jansenist principles' Two tradesmen, named Stanzoni Pietra and Caesar Cavara, were guillotined at Bologn a , on th e Bth instant, for the murder of Luigi Bianchi, a police agent, on Sept. 2d, 1848. A letter from Turin, of the 13th inst., speaks of the arrest of several political refugees throughout the province-S. METROPOLITAN COMMITTEE FOR OPPOSING RUSSIAN AGGRESSION ON TURKEY. At a meeting of the above committee, held at 82, Ox ford-street, on Saturday evening last, the following reso lutions were unanimously adopted. 1. That this committee earnestly hopes that the friends of Turkey's independence in the several districts of the metropolis will arrange for the holding of public meetings at an early day to enable the inhabitants fully and adequately to express their sense of the course the British government should pursue to uphold the just rights of Turkey to repel Russian aggression. 2. That this committee appeals to the British people generally to hold meetings forthwith for the purpose specified in the foregoing resolution ; and this com mittee would urge the propriety of all meetings being summoned by the municipal or other local authorities, on requisition of the ratepayers; or otherwise, to be convened by the requisitionists where the authorities may refuse compliance.—Signed on behalf of the com mittee. WYLD'S CHART OF THE ARCTIC REGlONS.—Another edition of this admirable chart has within the last few hours been issued from Mr. Wyld's establishment. It comprises all the redent discoieries in proof of the prac ticability of the - North-west Passage. It indicates by yellow lines the discoveries ►made by Belcher, by red lines those made by Al'Clure, and by green lines those made by Inglefield. The publication of the map is wonderfully prompt, and its appearance cannot fail to be welcomed by the public as singularly opportune. It constitutes another and a welcome proof of the prompti tude and the skill of Mr. James Wyld as one of the foremost among living hydrographers. THE OVERLAND Alvie Es.—the commercial advices by the overland mail are again comparatively favourable. In the markets for imported goods, as respects not only cotton manufactures but metals, there has been a satis factory business both at Bombay and Calcutta. At Canton and Shanghai, however, the progress of the rebellion prevents any revival. With regard to crops, it appears that the next yield of cotton in the Bombay presidency is likely to be large, while the indigo report from Calcutta presents no alteration. The Singapore accounts are to the Ist of September. The market for im ports was dull, and prices were lower. The demand for pro duce continued steady, butformer quotations were notgen e rally supported. The advices from Labuan and Borneo Proper extend to the 29th of July. The railroad of the Eastern Archipelago Company, from the 10-yard coal seam to the beach, was in course of construction. The coal taken on board the American war steamer Powhat tan at Labuan had been pronounced by the engineers of that vessels as the best they had ever used. OLYMPIC THEATRE. This theatre opens to-night, under the management of Mr. Alfred Wigan, the new lessee. Mr. Alfred Wigan has worked his way ably and honourably to the responsible position which he now holds. As an actor in particular classes of character he is unrivalled. His company is chosen with great tact and savoir faire. Almost every member has a speciality, and is, besides, a good general actor or actress. An appropriate burlesque sketch, entitled The Camp at the Olympic, will aptly open the theatre ; and a drama of the Empire, by Mr. Torn Taylor, called The, Master Passion, will fitly inaugurate the management. ZULU KAFIR& —The attractive entertainment given by this extraordinary troupe of native Zulu Kafirs posi tively closes at the St. George's Gallery this day, as they depart for Paris to-morrow morning. THE BANK OF FRANCE.--The returns of the past month confirm the anticipations entertained of a heavy falling off in the stock bullion, the diminution being equal to 2,890,0001. A more rapid drain is thus shown to have taken place than has been experienced within a similar period at any time this year even by the Bank of Eng land. In the preceding month there was a falling off of 1,080,0001. and the total absorbed since the'beginning of the present half-year has been 6,200,0001. In the earlier months of the year, however, there was an in crease so that the amount taken since the Ist of January has been about 4,200,0001. 'The sum drained from the Bank of England d ur i ng th e same period has been 4,778,5731. SPORTING NOTES. WARWICK AUTUMN MEETING. The sport appointed to be decided to-morrow at War wick excites little interest ; it has occasioned no specu lation, and, indeed, so seldom is it mentioned that the meeting appears to be utterly ignored by the betting fraternity. The programme possesses few attractions, it comprises five items, but the published list of entries gives no promise of large fields or interesting races. Foul weather, too, is likely to militate considerably against the success of the gathering, diminishing the attendance, and spoiling the sport. The respective stables of Dawson and Osborne are fully represented in the Great Warwick Handicap. One of them will perhaps furnish the winner. The sticky state of the ground, however, will give a material ad vantage to the old horses. Alp in particular is favour ably weighted, and may be capable of " getting home" successfully through the dirt. His running with Goor kah at Liverpool strengthens this conclusion. John Osborne may, however, deem the chance of his stable companion, Angelo, preferable. Of Dawson's lot Annie Sutherland is entitled to the precedence, and should she be capable of getting over the heavy ground, she will be one of the foremost of, if not the foremost competitor in, the race. The winner will, I anticipate, be either Alp or Annie Sutherland. Little Davie and May Day stand next in my estimation. The Leamington Welter Cup numbers fourteen accep tances. Agis, Titterstone, and Lady Isabel are the most noteworthy names in the list. Village Lass and Campstool are my "fancies" for the Committee Handi cap. The other stakes close to-night. The races will commence e'ch day at half-past one o'clock. The Steeple Chases I shall dismiss without comment. The literature of the turf is somewhat limited, and perhaps rather insignificant in character. An attempt, however, is being made to increase and improve it. A new sporting novel, entitled " Dick Diminy the Jockey,' is now in the course of publication. The first number is before me • it is graphically wr i tten, and the author appears to be thoroughly acquainted with his subject. He has plenty of materials at his command, and he seems to use them judiciously and effectively. The work promises to be highly entertaining, and not a little instructive to the uniniated turfite, and is calculated to extend consi lerably to the already wide-spread reputa tion of its author, "Priam" of the Racing Times. Oct. 17. A FRESH MAN. WARWICK RACES — ARRIVALS.—Angelo, Little Fawn, Ar. Buththa, and Little Davie. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Oct. 17. Wind this day at Noon, S.W. ; light breeze, and cloudy weather. COWES, Oct. 16.—Arrived—Concordia, Pernambuco ; Hermann, Rio Janeiro, and sailed for Gothenburg ; Pa nama, Havannah.—The Juaneto, Havannah to London, has put in here with loss of mainmast, &c.—The Reward, of Greenock, was passed on the 9th of September, with loss of main and foremasts, and bowsprit lying alongside ; only five persons observable alongside. PLYMOUTH, Oct. 16.—Wind, N.W. Arrived—Chorister, Rio Grand ; Vivandiere, Demerara, and sailed for Lon don ; Spermacetia, Quebec ; Madras, London, for Sierra Leone ; Lady Jocelyn (s), Southampton, and sailed for the Cape of Good Hope. PORTSMOUTH, Oct.. 16.—Wind, N.W. Arrived—Pa penbury, Rio Janeiro, for Gothenburg; Prince Regent, Ireland ; Duke of Wellington, do. ; St. Jean d'Acre, do. ; London, do. ; Arrogant, do. ; Amphion, do.; Highflyer, do.: Cruizer, do. FALMOUTH, Oct. 16. —Wind, N.N.W., fresh. Arrived-- Pollux, Bahia ; Lucia, A den, for London ; Vordlysel, Rio Janeiro.—The Speedwell, Plymouth to Swansea, has been towed in here, totally dismasted. Off Port—Mary Hardy, Tobago. HAIiThEPooL, Oct. 13 . — Sailed—Keelsing, Valparaiso. GLOUCESTER, Oct. 15 . — Arrived—Georgiana, Quebec. PENZANCE, Oct. 15.—Sailed—Ide, Cape of Good Hope. TORBAY, Oct. 15. Sailed—Anzlia, Newfoundland. OFF ILFRACOMBE.—Worthy, New York. CROOKHAVEN, Oct. 15 . — Arrived.—Marion, Tirbampos, for Liverpool, under jury -mast —crew sick with scurvy ; Mary Ann, Liverpool, &c., for Montreal, with loss of bowsprit. CLYDE, Oct. 15.- -Wind, W. Arrived—Anna Robertson, Porto Rico. Sailed— Isle of France, Mauritius. PORTRUSH, Oct. 15 . — Arrived —Ross-shire, Quebec. BELFAST, Oct. 15. Wind, W. Arrived—Edwin, Quebec ; Emulous, Barbadoes. ELSINORE, 0ct.13.--Tha Emilia, Dundee to Cronstadt, has put in with considerable damage, having been run foul of, and must repair. _ QUEBEC, Oct. I.—The Thetis, of Annan, Newport to this port, got on the Municonagan Shoals on the 21st Sept., and remained on the 23d. FREDREKSHAON, Oct. 10.—The Ranee, of and for Ran ders, from Inverkeithing, is sunk eight miles from the Skaw ; crow saved. AUSTRIAN CONSULAR SERVICE.—The Austrian Go vernment are about lo re-organise the Consular Service for the ports of Queenstown, Kinsale, Youghal, and Skib bereen. (13Y ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Monday, 10 30 a.m. Wind, E.S.E., moderate, and dull. t. Arrived—Triton, from Benin Elizabeth B entle y, S John's, N.B. ; American, 3,10-areal Seser oo Q,,,,b0 0 Fa Cuidas, Ri o G ran d e ; West Poi n t and Underwriter, New York; Western Continent, St. John's, N.B. Off Port—Phoenix (ship), Edward (brig), and Mersey (schooner). Sailed—Tuscarora, for Philadelphia ; Persia, Sydney; and Matilda, Demerara. Wind, W. QUEENSTOWN, Oct. 15. Arrived—Canaria, from Constantinople; XY Z and Re' gins, des Belges. Ibraila. Sailed—Courier, Callao. (BY SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND; Monday Morning. CUSTOM-HOUSE RETURN. Arrived—Maria, Naples; JuliUs Caesar, New York; Margaret, Smyrna ; Lady Arbor, Madeira ; Robert, Venice; Leod, Guernsey; British Queen, Guernsey; Mystery, Mocrader ; Emma, Gu e r nse y ; A rc hi me des, Charente ; Vesta' steamer, Bremen ; Queen steamer, Har iingen ' • Ravensbourne, Antwerp ; C aro li ne , G uernse y ; Foyle steamer, Guernsey; City of Paris steamer, Boulogne; William Joliffo steamer, Havre. Oct. 16—Sailed—Sir John Rae Reid, for St. Kitt's ; Horndell, for Melbourne. WEDNESDAY, Oct. 12.—The Lady Rebow • spoke the David Harrison, from Liverpool to Bahia, with foremast, mainmast, and mizenmast gone—one man washed over board—having been on her beam ends on the night of the 3th inst., during a very heavy gale from the northward, the ship being at the time to appearance a complete wreck. DEAL, Monday, 10 a.m. Wind, S.W., fresh. Passed—Asia, from Denia, for London ; Maria, from Naples, for London ; Alexander, from Mauritius, for Lon don ; a Greek brig, from Malta, for London ; Elspetlif from Trinidad, for London ; Topsy, from Nova Scotia, for London ; Elizabeth Taylor, from Cephalonia, for London; Theodore, from Callao, for London ; Osbert, from Domi nica, for London ; Dublin, from Dominica, for London; Waterwitch, from Denia, for London ; Statesman, from Akyab, for Antwerp ; Elizabeth, from New York, for Antwerp. _ _ AnchOred.—Coldstream, from London, for Madras ; Dar - ing, from London, for Melbourne ; Anna and Fanny, from London, for St. Domingo ; Enterprise, from Newcastle, for Venice ; Mirzapore, from London, for Port Phillip ; Lady Clark, from London, for New Zealand; Spartan, from London, for Jamaica ; Mercury, from London, for Havre ; Ikkead, from London, for St. Kitt's ; William Brown, from London, for Poole; Argyle, from London, f Honfieur ; James Alexander, from London, for Cal- Jutta ; Queen of the East, from London, for Sydney; Index, from London, to St. Kitt's. THE PENINSULAR MAILS. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam ship Iberia, Captain R. Roberts, arrived yesterday (Sunday) at Southampton, and landed mails, in charge of Lieut. W. Persse Newenham, R.N., Ad ,niralty agent. During tho homeward voyage of the Iberia she experienced moderate weather generally, with some strong winds from Cadiz to Lisbon, occasional fogs and rain ; a north-west swell and rough threaten ing weather off Vigo, and after leaving that port, a heavy north-west swell, with much rain _ on the night of the 12th ; 13th light variable winds, cloudy but fine, then rainy and squally variable weather ; moderate headwinds to Ushant. She brings 25 passengers, among whom are six distressed seamen from the American barque Henry Herbeck, which foundered at sea on the 13th of September, in lat. 33 N., and long. 56 W., bound to New York from Cardiff with railway iron. These men were taken from a raft (which they had constructed before the ship went down) by the Spanish steam-ship Velasco, from Havannah, bound to Vigo, where they were landed, and whence they have been sent by the Iberia. On freight the Iberia brings specie value 1,5301., 723 half and 16 quarter-boxes of grapes, 42 boxed of pomegranates, 9 chests of tea, 228 chests Of lemons, '7l boxes of eggs, 20 half-boxes of tomatoesy and 53 packages of sundries. The Iberia was detained three days at Gibraltar to perform quarantine, in consequence of there being no lazaretto for passengers. At Cadiz tho vessel was not admitted to pratique, the Spanishl Consul at Lisbon having reported that he had: reason to believe cholera existed at Southampton• Her dates of sailing were—Gibraltar, Bth ; 9th ; Lisbon, 10th ; Oporto, 11th ; Vigo, 12th October. On the morning of the 13th, at sea, off the Spar' ish coast, passed a steamer going south-west, sup- - posed to be the Brazil packet from Southampton. The news from Lisbon brought by this steamer has been anticipated by the arrival of the Brazil mail steamer Tay. All the ports of England have been declared unclean, or suspected, by the Board of Health here. From Gibraltar our accounts are to the Bth inst. inclusive. A memorial to the Duke of New t ca ,s le respecting the trade of Gibraltar was being signed by the British i n h a bit ants. Th e P en i nsu l ar a nd Oriental Company's steamship City of London, F days from Southampton, 5 from Plymouth, and 11 from Lisbon, arrived on the 2d inst., and pro" ceeded to Malta and Constantinople. The screw; steamer Orontes, 14 days from Alexandria, an d 7i from Malta, touched at Gibraltar on the 3clinst., on her way to Liverpool. i ( , .6 ~ r