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~~--~ Lrters at Trieste Aigth of las been )00 men avia the ekutsch, .ons arc he west. ome few Prince Strong Islasch, east of r, which ian 12,000 singular ers. A , and in abstance tributed s to the until at 3ian and to cease Dctober, ir chance ;, or any the 18th ia. Up rks had General Sunday, voy Ex r of the 3 of the iperor Princess ke, with t. The Lry and Spain, on ii I . 15 - lad the sties by Ind Mi ce. mperor, a to the )n. took :e. M. orna erected , which depart cers-de- id the retary abinet, of the guards playing read a ich was ,reur I" Lsth of for its ?v. 29. me are part of an five ing the ;the for of the L army teral of [ubert, genera e Bob- lerable re first subse sig,ued, acith. 95e. ; louen, 850 f. ; , 898 f. 'esteru Shares M. do 1 shall istrian Porte irkish unt of to the s the 'plain urnal and ,t the tanti ; and is to r, the Fished 3f the reals, 3 cor- or at lency I be- the d, in the only ce in LITERATURE. The Lords and Commons. By the author of the " London Clubs." H. Adams. It would have gratified us if we could have com mended this little volume as cordially as we did its predecessor. Such, however, we cannot but deem impossible, consistently with our notions of the relative merits and demerits of the two produc tions. The former work from the hand of the anonymous compiler was in its subject a novelty M itself sufficiently attractive. It described suc cinctly and agreeably enough the different clubs of the metropolis, all those clubs that is to say having any pretensions whatsoever to respectability. By a curious coincidence, the precise time of the ap pearance of the production here referred to was Marked by the appearance in Blackwood's Magazine of a paper expressing surprise that no book had ever issued from the press descriptive of those very land of establishments. The publication, there fore, was timely and desirable. It command consequently from all parties indiscrimi nately the welcome due to what the vu lga r ly pedan tc call a desideratum. It is not thus, however, With the little volume now lying before us, a 'volume from the same hand, dedicated to the twin subjects of " The Lords and Commons," and purporting to recount their functions and func tionaries. Altogether the production appears to "us little better than a specimen of mere book ;taking, consisting for the most part of value less facts hastily scrambled together. Perhaps the shallow nature of the book is rendered the more disagreeably apparent by its manifest ing on the part of the compiler an ostentatious effort at the humorous--this effort being only ren dered the more effectually abortive by an over strained affectation of vivacity. Turning over the pages you cannot remain unconscious that the Writer is trying to be funny, and that he is not suc ceeding. The perusal, therefore, is productive of feelings of ennui and exhaustion. Happily, these Preliminary accounts first of the "Lords and Com mons," and then of the " Functions and Function aries of Parliament," are followed by an excellent `!Parliamentary Guide and Peerage." So that the little volume possesses after all its share of utility. In the " Peerage," besides the list of the nobility, We have the dates of their creations and the order of their precedence. While in the cata logue of the House of Commons, we have an esti mate of the different constituencies as well as an enumeration of their respective representatives. Added to all which, the reader will find towards the conclusion a copious list of the London Clubs, of the Officers of State, and of the Members of her 'Majesty's Government. ate Gearey ; or, Irish Life in London. A Tale of 1.849. By Miss l‘ison. C. Dolman. A romance of every-day life, most truthful in its simplicity, and in its earnest and unaffected pathos exquisitely beautiful. The authoress of "Kate Gearey" is evidently, in heart and in deed, towards the poor of this vast city, a good Samaritan. It is impossible, absolutely impossible, not to recognise that reality through the shadows of her romance. Although like the mass of her readers, we are left to judge of her solely from her writings, although her very name is strange to us, except as read upon her title-page, it is, we repeat, impossible not to Percei ve w h a t manner of woman is this gentle de lineator of " Irish Life in London." A noble woman to her heart's core we would wager, or our critical acumen is more at fault in the matter than our self-confidence can permit us to anticipate. In her little " preface" of just seven lines, she avows "---" To say that the following tale is founded on facts would be less than truth." Adding—" Most of the scenes were witnessed by the authoress her self ; and she has been induced to throw them thus together, in hopes that the sanitary evils under Which so large a portion of the London population Buffer, once known, will not be long without a remedy." Perhaps the real object with which " Kate Gearey" has been penned is yet more dis tinctly intimated through the closing ejaculation (P. 327) of the authoress—" And if this tale, in Which truth has been softened, not exaggerated, should induce even one to lend a helping hand to- Wards this noble, this most useful scheme (i. e., the scheme of Model Lodging-houses), not only for physical comfort but moral improvement, I shall be amply compensated for all the difficulties 1 have encountered in the fulfilment of my task." The italics are ours, not those of the authoress ; and we have thus emphasised those final words, because they convey to us a deep and pathetic signifi cance—read by the light of all the preceding revelations, They convey to our mind precisely the same sort of notion as that with which we have always perused that touching parenthesis of Goldsmith— " In all my wanderings round this world of care, In all my griefs—and God has given my share—" &c. Plying by the gentlest tones of insinuation the Patho s of a profound experience. It is thus with Gearey," "Tale of 1849," this homely tale of " Kate ‘zearey," in which Miss Mason has celebrated the terrors of the Cholera in its ravages among the poor Irish in London upon the occasion of the last dread- L i ll visitation. A more appropriate time could not ,'. 4 ve been selected by Mr. Dolman for the publica tion of this simple but powerful story, descriptive of the horrors of the Modern Plague—now that that dread pestilence is actually lurking at the very t hreshold, waiting only for the lapse of the cold aeason for the manifestation of its reappearance. 'l l4 , another and a most persuasive illustration of re necessity of sanitary improvements in the me tropolis, but especially among the tenements occu- Pied by the poorer classes of the population, we Welcome cordially and fervently this over true tale of " Kate Gearey," having ourself closed the N '2 l ume with the sense of one who had in it received from the hand of the authoress a veritable benefac tion. liraclsliaw's Railway Itinerary. W. J. Adams. A posthumous evidence we may take this re -IParkahle broadsheet to be, of the enterprise in 'used, into his great railway-publishing establish re,ent by the unfortunate gentleman who recently died so unexpectedly of cholera in Christiana. tradshaw's Railway Itinerary" will be welcomed We doubt not, sooner or later, accordingly as it l aay fall under the notice of individuals, by the ,Whole race of travellers. It is a fittin2. supplement ' 43 the well-known " Bradshaw's Guide," a worthy sequel to the compiler's handbook for the continen tal tourist, an acceptable accompaniment to his r ecently-issued and masterly map of the British Railroads. Arranged in a tabular form, " Brad ayes Railway Itinerary" shows at a glance all railway stations in Great Britain (whether large apparently insignificant), indicating railway routes thereto, and the counties in which they are ktuated, together with their distance from London, and the number in each instance, as nearly as pos , 81 : 13 1e, of the ascertained population. Sixty-seven rtrent railways are here specified, each with its Li l stluguishing numerals, so that reference to them tba alphabetical list of stations is thereby won 'etfuly facilitated. An extended popularity will be rapidly secured, we doubt not, t o " Bradsha w ' s Railway Itinerary," and that not less by virtue of Its own intrinsic excellence than by the fame of its Originator's already established and widely-dif- Ailed reputation. A Lady's Visit to the Gold Diggings of Australia in 1852-3. Written on the spot. By Mrs. Charles Clacy. Hurst and Blackett. Those emigrants who would become thoroughly a cquainted with all the domestic details of the new 6 on which they are about to enter, cannot do better than peruse this volume. It is likewise very eu tertaining and interesting for those who are at :urns,: to learn how their friends and countrymen r e living in the distant lands to which they have letting the public see things as they are ; she does her at tempt to embellish or depreciate, but to give ' ce r readers an epi t o me o f th e matter-of-fact every p, occurrences they will meet with in Australia. F e r experiences are chiefly concerning Victoria, to ``e gold diggings of which district she made a pil- Waage in company with her brother and some oventurous young friends. It is amusing to see O is w soon the ardent spirits were damped by the i ° " e ring influences of daily labour without daily ,!nauneration. One of the young men went so far '" to Deri leave the diggings after t wo day s ' ex "'lice of its troubles. It is ob serve d h ere , me w ith great reason apparently, that the Gove rn - Puri are to blame in n o t a ll o wi ng th e se ttl ers t o p"rchase a small quantity of land for farming pur oules) &c. In consequence of this ar rangem e nt large capitalists remain in the colony ; the Ic j i r e humble adventurers remove hundreds of " a way, to lay out their new-found riches in a 151.7 re a ccommodating place. Hence Victoria is de goi,ecl of the advantages that are derived from the 4 1 0: ;` found in her own soil. It is remarked that, th e °u gh great luck is only the portion of a few, 1 , 1, z 3 'e are not many failures, and none need despair eti ' fl inging away the restraints of the old world's to Inette, enter the new one with the determination f a prk with th e i r own hands for whatever may be l ._ l l: 1 g for them. An o th er suggest i on i s a l so of bersuu, to the co ns id era ti on of the adventurer. Num corr, after toiling in . a way th a t surpasses th e re : gaZ , °f gyptian bondage, accumu l ate i mmense th ey : 4 nd then rush to the neares t t own and spend t o 0 1_ e cklessly and th oug htl ess l y, and then return k ore r '&• If, on the other band, they were to be ri c h ,Prudent a n d C au tio us, they might return home "eYond all previous expectations, or e l se esta th 41 004. elves eu 's in a happy and prosperous man- ~. TILE CITY CORPORATION COMMISSION. SHARE MARKETS-(THIS .DAY). Sir George Carroll entered the Guildhall Police-court yesterday morning, and addressing Mr. Alderman Law rence, the presiding magistrate, observed that he had only a short time previous had his attention drawn to the Times newspaper of Saturday last, in which appeared a paragraph in the evidence of Mr. Acland, before the City Commission to the following effect " The Chair man—ls there any other point to which you wished to draw the attention of the commission ? With refer ence to the elections at Common Hall, I have stated that in 1846 there was a severe contest for the office of Lord Mayor, the candidates being Alderman Carroll and Alderman Thomas Wood. On that occasion there was a great deal of bribery, the greater portion of it being on the side of Alderman Wood ; and I hold in my hand a list of the persons who received bribes on that occasion in that interest." Sir George Carroll remarked that all ha had to say in reference to that para graph was, that, as far as he was concerned, there was not one word of truth in what Mr. Acland had stated, and that not a single sixpence was expended on his part to influence the election in any way whatever. Alderman Lawrence said all that was nothing to what he had been charged with by Mr. Acland in his evidence before the commission. He (Alderman Lawrence) had been ac cus.ed of expending - , in conjunction with Alderman Hughes Hughes, 6,0001. at the election when he became alderman, whereas, in the first place, he was in no way connected with Alderman Hughes Hughes at that time, and although there was an election when he was chosen, there was no opposition, and therefore no poll, and so far from spending 6,0001., the election cost him nothing, and he did not even spend as much as would purchase a glass of beer on the occasion. Sir George Carroll said every one who knew Mr. Alderman Lawrence was per fectly aware that he was not such a blockhead as to spend 6,0001. for such a purpose. But it appeared to him that Mr. Acland had gone to such great lengths in the extraordinary statements he had made, that it was not until he was met face to face with a flat contradic tion that the untruthfulness of a great part of his evi dence became manifest. BRITISH RAILWAYS. Closing Prices this day. 20 -20 i 48 4a 9 - 10 all all 100 'lOO 13 - 11 :1 16 - 18 - 4A 95 - 97 551 -55 i 161 - 174 13 - 15 ... - ... 74 - 8 4.4 - 5 3i 3/ 128 - 138 45 - 48 32 - 34 66 - 68 59 - 61 LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS D AY.) 2i . ia 84 - 85 59 - 61 1 28 - 130 102 - 104 81i -- 824 Basiness done this day. 41 i 50 i 6 St.' 19 87 -- 90 11i -- 120 65j -- 66 78 -- 6id 4t 4/d 13 -13 j 1 LONDON, Nov. B.—Wind this day at Noon, N.W. dull weather. ROCHESTER, Nov. 7.--Wind, S.W. to W. Arrived— - Contente, Kiel ; Feinka, Riga. FALMOUTH, Nov. 7.—Sailed—Regina, for Port Ade laide; Nova Penientiva, Azores; Industrie, Trieste.—A. light vessel, supposed to be outward bound, was in con tact with the Dnke of Cornwall (s), about 10 o'clock on Friday morning last, about eight hours after she left this port ; carried away her quarter and stern boats, and in jured her stern.—Part of the head-board of a vessel, marked " Caroline," in gilded letters on a blue ground, was picked up at Cadguith, near the Lizard, on the morn ing of the sth of November. MARGATE, Nov. 6.—A brig was seen from the Kentish Knock light-ship to go ashore on the Long Sand, on the morning of the 2d Nov., she soon after disappeared, and is supposed to have got off and sank ; when ashore she bore N.W. from the light-ship. The crew of a French lugger were landed here this morning from a Norwegian brig, with which the lugger had been in contact ; she has since been picked up by a Deal boat, and is now in the roads. SUNDERLAND, Nov. 6.—Wind, S.W. Arrived—Bri tish Mercbant, from Sierra Leone. STOCKTON, Nov. 7. Wind, W. Arrived—Waterwitch, and Victor, from Riga. BRISTOL, Nov. 7.—Wind N.E. Arrived—Darin g , Ali cante ; Rer ovation. Martaganem. Sailed—Sarah Maria Ann, Sydney, New South Wales ; Foam, Africa. KILRUSH, Nov. 6.—The Victoria, of Liverpool, from Limerick to London, was ashore yesterday in Remvilla Bay, entrance of the Shannon, a - total wreck ' • materials saved ; and if the vessel did not go to pieces last night, some of the cargo will be got out to-day. The Providence, Newcastle to Nantes, entered Port Navalo the 31st Oct. ; she broke from her anchors, and struck upon the rock called " Petite Truie ;" she makes a little water, and is now undergoing repairs. HULL, Nov. 5.—A brig is on shore on the Stoney Binks. A schooner was sunk in Hawke Roads. HULL, Nov. 7. —Wind, variable. Arrived—Active, George, Katharina, and Fedefeld, Riga. SOUTHAMPTON, Nov. 7.—Arrived—Argyll (s), from Carentan. SALCOMBE, Nov. 7.—Wind, E. Arrived—Contest, from Terceira. LOUGH FOYLE, Nov. s.—Wind, E. Arrived—William, from Quebec. GUERNSEY, Nov. s.—Wind, E. Sailed—London Packet, for St. Michael's. JERSEY, Nov. s.—Wind, S. Arrived—Arab, from Malaga. • CLYDE, Nov. 6.—Arrived—Topsy, Labrador. SHIELDS, Nov. 7.—Arrived—Clementina, Carthagens. GRIMSBY ROADS, Nov. 7.—Arrived—Aurora, Riga. YARMOUTH ROADS, Nov. 7.—Sailed—Royal Thistle, Melbourne. STETTIN, Nov. 4.—The Anna (Prussian vessel), from Rouen to St. Petersburg, was stranded on Oesel, 24th Oct. ; crew saved. People were occupied in saving the cargo and materials. QUEBEC, Oct. 22.—The Marquis of Bute, arrived here, reports having taken on the 22d Sept., in lat. 44, long. 29, from on board the Donau, from ,New York to Hamburg, four men belonging to the Princetown (sch.), which had sunk that day, after being in contact with the Donau ; five of the schooner's crew were drowned. 2 100 34 8 P 96i -97 j 1034 -- 104 par -- p -- 2 73 •,7. 75 ,; 14 13 d 13 12 d 20i- 21f 61 - 624 33 - 35 53 55 d— par' 4i 51 53 4 —3 d 29i —30 A 8— 16 li - 7- 8 49 ... 52 17 all 10 1 2.2 100 100 100 100 10 263 20 20 5i - s id 74 ~8 St. 10 St. 25 (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Tuesday, 10.30 A.. 11 Wind S.S.W., moderate, and damp. Arrived—Seaflower, from St. John's, N.B. ; Trimmer, from Newfoundland ; Electric Flash, from Smyrna ; Peli can, steamer, from Lisbon ; Pyreole, steamer, from Nantes ; Union ' from Ostend; Village Maid, from 3lira michi ; Morris, from Galatz. The packet-ship Queen of the West, from Liverpool for New York, was off Cork on the 6th, putting back dis masted. The passengers were all well. par 2 p 39 - 41 87 - 89 53 - 55 61 - 63 55 65 21 lidis 15 17 11 13 3i -- 3d 15 - 17 62 - 63 34 - 35 i* : 4 27 - 30 2/ 3 151 - 15/ 20 20 50 20 BELFAST, Nov. G. 554 6 54 17 16i 46 5i 4 13 12f 13f C?' 6 84i GO 1 129 81/ 2i pm 66 51 6i 51 6 sh 91 971 103 121_4* St. 20 12 St 122 12 25 li - i 74 5 100 100 100 6 100 211 20i 62 34 21 li 52 i li pm Pm 15 8!" 8 10 30 29i 131 14 25 10 1.0.6 621 i 3 all 51s. 100 .•. 8 - 9 109 8 The vessel on shore at Burr Isle is the Sapphire, and not Sophia, as previously reported, and was bound from the Clyde for Melbourne. Her fore and mainmasts have been cut away, and she lies in a very dangerous position. The Charles Croker, which put into the Lough on the 24th ult., has had repairs completed, and proceeded for New York to-day. 12, all all DOUGLAS. ISLE Or MAN, Nov. 5. A gilt head-board, with Amelia painted on it, has been picked up at Port St. St. Mary's. all 10 100 100 100 100 100 100 all 100 10 all 1:1 all 99 8 MINES. 1 all Agna Fria .. . P 1 all Anglo Austrin. Sold d ... par 10s. all Anglo Californian d— p 10 2 Australasian 1 20 6 Australian 3i -- 4 3i 1 all Australian Cordillera d 1 all Australian Freehold. d 1 all Ave Maria g - d 1 all Baden (Gd. Duchy of) i dis— par 50 all Blamarvon Iron and Coal 1 all British Austria. Gold B d 20 13.5 British Iron 7 9 35 24.1 Brazilianlmp.(issued at £5 pm 6}— 74 6i i f 30 all Do. Comes & Cuiada 2i 24 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 36 38 37 1 Carsous's Creek id par 40 all Cobre Copper 43 45 44 5 1 Colonial Gold a— B ... 15 Copiapo ll —12 f St. all Copper Min. of Eng. 55 65 25 all Do. Pref. 71 p. cent. 5 7pxd 6 5 all English and Austin. Copper Smeltg. Co. 23 3 d 2i 20 all General l4 —l6 144 15 14 2 all Gt.NuggetVoinScrp. 8 a • ip 24 2 De. Registered 3i all , Great Polgooth I all Lake Bathurst — d 1 all Liberty — d 3 all Linares ll 13 1 all Loud.&Californ.Gold Quartz Crush. Co — 1 all Mariquita id par 10 9 Mexican&S.Americn 7 74 74 1 all New Granada id par 1 all New Linares Minim' and Smelting Co I ... 1 1 all Nouveau Monde iP 20 all Pontgiband Lead Min. Sr., Smelt 5 1 Port Philip — 1 all Quartz Rock d— par 50 all Rhymney Iron 2B 30 15 15 Do. New — 30 lli,Santiago de Cuba 4 5 44 1 all South Australian...,, d 10 7 Tin Croft ....... 284 all United Mexican 3 34 34 1 all Waller 1 all West Granada d 1 all West Mariposa 1 12s. Worthing Mining of Australia 1 all Yuba - I d WEXFORD, Nov. 6. A boat, with Nerio, of Jersey, painted on the stern, has been picked up on Ballytreat Strand. QUEENSTOWN, Nov. 6. Wind N. Arrived. —Mary Hannah, from Glasgow, for New Or leans, leaky ; out 13 days. Sailed.—Ellen, Arab, and Kelvin, for London. (BY SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH.) CUSTOM-HOUSE RETURN. GRAVESEND, Tuesday, 10,15 a.m. Wind, S.W , cloudy; tide near low water. Nov. 7—Arrived— Susan and Mary, from Rouen; Breeze, Rouen. Nov. B—Arrived—Lionne, from Gravelines ; Rover, Guernsey. DEAL, Tuesday, 9.20 a.m. Wind N.W., light, and foggy. Passed—Java, for Port Phillip ; Falcon, for Algoa Bay ; Prospero, for Arnes ; Urda, for Portsmouth ; Sympha, for Cardiff; Ethelbert, for San Francisco—all from London. Sailed Emerald, Prince Alfred, Japan, Egypt, and Southampton. MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) 654 661 84 Bd' 3 34(1 1 484 49 11: 100`I 66} 5i 48/ 91 8/ FOREIGN. 10 5 A - atwi.p &Rotterdam 21 lid 5 3 Belgian East. Junct. 11 20 8 Beziers to Graissessac 3 1 d . . Central of Italy — 20 all Charleroi & Erquelin 13 14 17 all Demerara 20 10 Dijon and Besnon 1 - 2 1 , 20 8 Dutch Rhenish 20 all East Indian 8 20 2 Do. Extension p p 5 all Gt. Indian Peninsula 1 lip 6i 20 10 Gd. Junct. of France 21 — 24 P ... 10 Gd. Trunk. o= Canada Shrs. and Bonds 3l 3,1 d 20 8 Gt. Central of France fi p 20 20i Gt. Westn. of Canada Shares 2 —11 d Do. bonds(l i55.)1857 103 Do. bonds (2i55.)1873 20 foi Hamilton & Toronto ... 1 0 all Do. 6 per cent • ••• 20 5 Lake Const. & Basle ... 5 4 Lucca and Pistoja, 5 per cent. pref. — 20 15 Luexembourg 9 91 91 1 1 10 10 Do. (Railway) 6 6. 6 1 6 4 5 2Do ll 5 3 Do. (Canal) l4 10 5 Do. 6p. cent. pref. id p 5 20 12 Lyons & Mediterran. • ••• 20 10i Madras — lip 331 29 Maria Antonia 10 10 Do. New ••• ••• 20 2 Melbourne Dk. &Ry — 20 all Namur & Liege (with interest 7l 81 7 20 all Do. (ex interest) ••• ••• 16 all Northern of France 34 341 341 20 all Do. 201. 3p. c. Bds [fmy.B.&Arns.Shs 1 •.• 10 all NorwegianTrnk. Pref 8. 20 10 Paris and Lyons l6 16ip 26i 40 40 Do. bonds 20 all Paris and Orleans 20 all Paris and Rouen 4O —42 20 all Paris and Strasbourg 38 —2381 371 8 20 4 Paris Caen& Cherbrg. 2 4 p 101 104 Quebec & Richmond 3 1 d 20 all Rouen and Havre 20 9 Royal Danish ld par 5 2 Royal Swedish l— 1 d 20 all Sambre and Meuse._ 8 9 gi 10 6 Do. 56 per cent. pref. 20 2 S.E. of France id - - par 20 6 Southern of France 2 4 p 20 6 St. Andrews & Quebec 20 2s. Upper India Scrip 8i all West Flanders 4 4i 20 10 Do. 5 per c. Pref 20 10 Western of France 7 8113 IG 4 West. of Switzerland 16 id 20 2 Wiesbaden 20 12 Zealaua LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Sbr. Paid RAILWAYS. cLomeaSpanings. Closing Prices Business this day. this day. 50 all Bedford and Ln.&N.W. Bletchley St. 100 Buckghamsh. L. &N.W. 109 102 50 all Clydesdale Jc. Caledon... 49 51 St. 100 E.Lincoln. gr. 6 p . cen t .. . Gt.Northn 140 145 25 all Glas. Barr. & Caldonian. Neils. Direct. 2; all Do. New Do 25 all Glstr.&Dn.Fr. Gt.Westn 3O 32 100 all lirtlpl. Dk. & Yic. New Railway & Berw.. 50 all Hull & Selby Y.&N.Md. 108 109 25 all Do. 1 Shares IDo 54 55 123 all Do. 4 Shares.lDo 12i all ILon.&Greenw S.Easteru l3 ll 14 20 all IDo.Preference Do 24i 250 25 St. 100'Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent... Norfolk St. 100 IDo. 6 per ct.. Do — 5. all Mancli.l3xton. Lu.&N.W and Matlock & Midld 2i 3 50 all Middlcsbro' & Stckton Redcar Darlingt. 100 all Midld.Bradfd Midland... 98 100 100 50 all Northern and Eastern sp.c. E. Count.. 60 62 50 all 'Do. 6 per et IDo — 50 • 11 IDo Fixedsp.elDo 1 a • 25 all Prest. & WyrelL. &IC. W. I diLn&Yk 12A' 12 Do. Shares.lDo — St. 1100 :R o y s tn.& Hit. Gt.Northn 140 145 St. 100 -131o.Shepth.St. Do l4O 145 25 I 185' Shef. Roth. & Lancash.& I G o ole g.5.p.c Yorksh — d 12 ' 93 S. Staffordsh.. MrMClean 1 lid 50 all WearValleygr Stockt. & 6 per cent Darling . 25 all Do Do 3 oi 31i St. : 100 Wilts&Somrst Gt.Westn 97 99 99 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 40 all Australasia 75 77 76/ 40 all British Colonial Bank and Loan Company 50 all British N. American 60 20 2 Chrtd. Bnk.of India, Austral., and China ad idis 25 5 Chrtd. Bnk. of A s i a . 11 ldis 100 25 Colonial 100 20 Commercial of Lond 20 10 English Scottish and Australian Chrtd la id 20 15 London Chrtd. of Australia ...... —1 p 50 20 London and County 50 10 Loudon Joint Stock 100 20 Lond.andWestminst — 100 35 National Provincial of England 20 10 Do. New ••• 50 221 National of Ireland — 20 all New South Wales 25 all Oriental Bank Cor poration 100 25 Provincial of Ireland ..• ••• 10 all Do. New — 5 1 Royal Australn. Bkg and Gold Imp. Co ad— par 25 25 South Australia — 25 all Union of Australia 74 76 21 Do. New 7 a 8i 50 10 Union of London • 40 all Union of Madrid • MISCELLANEOUS. • 5 5 Aubin Coal and Iron ... 25 171 Australian Agricult. 42 44 421 20 14 Australsn.Pcific.Mail 10 8 Australn, Royal Mail ... 31 10 2a Berlin Water Works ... 50 38a Brit. American Land 60 65 62 5 31 Brit. & Coln. Smeltg. and Reduction Co ... 100 321 Canada Company 5 5 Crystal Palace 1 1 p 5 la Do. New — 21 1 4 2 Crystal Pal. of France 20 3 Eastern Steam — 25 20 Electric Telegraph (A) X l7 19 25 15 Do. (B) l2 14 1 1 Electric Tel. of Irel — 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat — 20 18 General Screw Steam 20 7{ Irish Beetroot Sugar ... 20 6 Magdalena St. Navig. 1 all Nat. Pt. Steam Fuel ... 10 4 Netherlands Land li id 2 1 N. S. W. Coal & Inter- Stem. Nay. Co 1 all N. B. Australasian — by ▪ 1} 1 a Do. New — 20 10 Nrth.of Europe Steam 5 all Peel Rr. Ld. & Minrl. pa . r . 50 all Peninsular & Oriental 50 25 Do. do. 2 all Portland Iron C 0...,. ••• 100 60 Royal Mail St eam..• I all Scot. A us t ra l . Inves t, la li▪ p 25 25 South Austral. Laud 36 38 I all Submarine Telegraph ... 100 28} Van Diemen's Land 15 16 15a, MORE THAN STRANGE, IF TRUE.-A rumour is cur rent in Shields—and there seems some foundation for it in fact—to this effect :—a foreign seaman was taken ill of diarrhoea on board of a ship in the Tyne, and to all appearance died. Before he was taken ill he had sent his shoes on shore to be repaired, and the cobbler, having received no information of the man's demise, after finishing them took them on board of the ship, when he was informed that his customer was dead. He went down below, and found the body in a coffin. He looked at it and found the forehead was warm, and the purse still slightly throbbing. He gave the alarm, and the man was uncoffined. This was at 2in the after noon, and it is stated he did not die until 11.—Sunder land News. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 8, 1853. TESTIMONIAL TO PRINCE ALBERT. A public meeting was held yesterday at the Mansion house, for the purpose of promoting the proposed memo rial of the Great Exhibition of 1851, in connection with a testimonial of esteem to his Royal Highness Prince Albert. The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor presided on the occasion. Among those present we noticed the Bishop of Ox ford, Alderman and Sheriff Wire, Sir George Carroll, Capt. Sheppard, Mr. S. Morley, Rev. J. Booth, F.R.S., Sir John Forbes, Mr. Herbert Minton, Professor East wick, F.R.S., Sir James Tyler, Mr. S. H. Fisher, Mr. P. Hardwicke, R.A., Professor Donaldson, Rev. R- Burgess, Mr. H. Stevens (Vermont), Mr. R. Redgrave' R.A., Rev. -- Cattley, Lieut. Roger, RN., Mr. W . Tite, P.A., Mr. Joshua Butterworth, Major Little, Mr. J. Wood, Deputy F. Bennoch, Deputy Obbard, &c. The LORD Mayon stated that he had called the meet ing for the purpose of promoting friendly co-operation in the erection of a suitable memorial of the Great Ex hibition of 1851, the principal figure of which should be a statue of his Royal Highness Prince Albert. He knew that in so doing he had rendered himself liable to the charge of wishing to arrogate to himself the honour of being the first person to suggest such a course of proceeding. Such, however, was not the case ; and he trusted that those persons who might previously have suggested the propriety of such a step would give their friendly support towards the accomplishment of the de sign. It had been objected that such a proposition a ought a t n i o o o t t s o have o humble been ta o as th k a e up tn which c b ahy he n y o o i c n o d p i e i d d u ; a in but the fact was, that the more humble the position, and the less claim which such a person would have upon public attention, the more strongly would it prove that there was something in the proposal itself valuable and important, when general concurrence was obtained in its support. Whoever might have originated the idea, he was only anxious that it should be honourably and nobly car ried out. With respect to the proposal itself, it was probable that there might be some differences of opinion. It might, and indeed had been said, that his Royal High ness Prince Albert already lived in the esteem and affec tion of the country at large, and further that the pro posed monument was perfectly unnecessary for the pur pose of convincing any one of the existence of such a feeling. Even the magnificent structure now erecting at Sydenham, and the exhibitions of industry and art which had been held in Ireland and other countries, the success of which was mainly to be traced to the Great Exhibition of 1851, had been considered as affording in themselves sufficient memorials of the Great Exhibition and its noble President. With these opinions he did not concur. (Cheers.) On the contrary, he thought that if so many examples had already been brought for ward testifying to the importance and value of such col lections of industrial art as that of the Great Exhibition, the great event itself ought not to be allowed to pass by without a memorial that it had once existed among the people of England. (Cheers.) He thought that the nation ought to have an opportunity of testifying their respect and esteem for his Royal Highness in connection with the Great Exhibition, and this he thought would hardly be afforded by the erection even of the beautiful statue of Marochetti. These were ;the reasons which had induced him to take the steps which he had done, and he only desired that the proposal might meet with the widest possible success among all classes of his coun trymen. (Cheers.) The Lord Bishop of OXFORD proposed the first resolu tion, and in doing so said that he had great pleasure in proposing the adoption of the resolution. He thought it was of great importance in the opening of the meet ing that they should mark what should be the object of the meeting, and the resolution did so, and if they wan dered from the simplicity of this project he could see no objection to it, but if they wandered from that object, there would be many defections. Prince Albert had ex hibited great virtues, and was justly endeared to the people ; but it would be premature to erect a memorial of the Prince in his own lifetime. But when the propo sition was on account of the Great Exhibition, he thought the object appropriate and deserving; for as events passed on such things might be forgotten, and, therefore, they should commemorate the great fact of the Exhibition while yet the memory of it was vivid, and then there was the fact that the memory of the ob ject was in itself deserving. The Great Exhibition had added a new fact to the character of nations, and had stimulated the industry which the present day could not see in its full influence, but which had already exerted a great influence on the nations of the earth, This great act was an act which increased the commodities and the comforts of the whole world, and the way in which it had been taken up in other quarters was a sufficient proof of that. And no man could more appropriately call a meeting like the present than the Lord Mayor of London, who presided in the highest commercial city in the world. He was sure they would meet with a re sponse from all, if they did not come forward for the purpose of base adulation, for the Prince would be the first to spurn such an offering, but for the purpose of commemorating the great and beneficial influence of the Great Exhibition. He would conclude by moving the first resolution : " 1. That the Great Exhibition of 1851, which com prised the products of the industry of all countries, was an event of the greatest importance to the nations of the world by enabling them to observe the relative influence of science, art, and national characteristics upon pro duction, by furnishing the means of a valuable review of the past, and by marking a new starting point for the future progress of productive industry, and giving it an increased stimulus." Captain SHEPHERD seconded the adoption of the reso lution, because he thought the Exhibition had conferred great benefit on this country and the world. It had been the theme of praise in every quarter, and for two years it was their disgrace that something had not been done to commemorate that great event, and they were obliged to the Lord Mayor for originating this meeting. He hoped the meeting would meet with that support which it deserved. The LORD MAYOR stated that he had received several hundred letters from different parts of the country ex pressing approbation of the object of the meeting ; but only a few of them would be read. Letters were then read from Lord Aberdeen and others offering subscriptions. Lord Aberdeen, 51. ; the Duke of Norfolk, 100/. ; tho Duke of Sutherland (no subscription mentioned) ; Duke of Argyle, 30/. ; Mar quis of Breadalbane, 501. ; Earl Spencer, 501. ; Lord Ashburton, 501. All the other letters were in support of the object of the meeting ; most of them inclosing subscriptions. Letters were received from the Duke of Bedford, the Marquis of Westminster, Lord Roseberry, Lord Robert Grosvenor, Lord Campbell, &c. From these letters we select the following : " Argyll-house, Oct. 31, 1853. "My dear Lord Mayor—fought to have returned an earlier answer to your letter ; but I now hasten to say that it would give me much pleasure if my name ap• peared in the first list of the supporters of your proposal as a subscriber of fifty pounds. " With the best wishes for your success, I have the honour to be, my dear Lord Mayor, very truly yours, " ABERDEEN." " Inverary, Oct. 30, 1853. " My Lord—ln reply to your letter respecting the proposal to erect a statue to his Royal Highness the Prince Albert, on the site of the Great Exhibition of 1851, I beg to express my cordial concurrence in this undertaking, and my desire to contribute thereto. Will your lordship be kind enough to put down my name for thirty pounds ? " I have the honour to be, your lordship's obedient, &c., " ARGYLL." The Duke of Norfolk requested that his name might be put down for 1001. ; the Marquis of Breadalbane, Earl Spencer, Lord Ashburton, and the, Marquis of Westminster, stated their readiness to subscribe 50/. each. A letter was also read from a working man, who begged that his name might be put down as a subscriber of 1 1 . i s . The total number of subscribers was stated to be about 600, and the amount of subscriptions nearly 5,0001. The LORD MAYOR then put the resolution, which was carried amid the greatest acclamation. The PROVOST of ETON proposed the second resolution. He felt so deep a debt of gratitude to Prince Albert for his encouragement of education, that it afforded him great pleasure in proposing the resolution. He cordially concurred with what had fallen from the Bishop of Ox ford, that the testimonial should not be one in honour of the general merits of Prince Albert, but one peculiarly applicable to the great event of the Exhibition. He be lieved there never was an association combined together for the purpose of promoting peace which had such an effect to accomplish that object as that of the Great Ex hibition. He knew of no better mode of commemorating the Exhibition than the one proposed. But how the object proposed would be carried out should be left to the committee to be appointed, who would, no doubt, give the ' subject their best consideration. He then moved the following resolution : "2. That a monument bition ought to beraised, of which a rinci al feature, to mark the sense enterta ined of it statuecomme h morative o of f h th is e ß E o x y h a i i be p Highness Prince Albert should a p hi y i i t u y g and zeal which which his Royal Highnessp nu y rr merous difficulties t by a he e g d r i e n at ea a al object, wh ieh t vas:i i so th i ta .ou:n d d , E n e g ds.q , ,, in seconding the resolution, SAMUEL said, it appeared to him that the Great Exhibition was one of the greatest educational exhibitions which ha,d Viz. :- ever been attempted, and he thought that the f ndividual who was mainly the cause of it should be lion( ,ured with the testimonial proposed. _ . _ Mr. JOHN WILKES spoke in support of 'the motion, and expressed his hearty and cordial concurrence in the object of the meeting, to which he was sure t: he country would respond with alacrity. He could st3e no obli gation more worthy of the citizens of London and the country than to commemorate the merits cif Priice Albert in reference to the Great Exhibition. The second resolution was then put and agreed to. Mr. Alderman WIRE moved the third resolution. The long list of subscriptions which had been read made it unnecessary for him to say anything beyond woving the resolution, which was— "3. That the following noblemen and gentlemen be requested to act a. 3 a central committee to carry out the objects in view, with power to add to their number." [Here follows a long of names of noblemen and gentlemen.] The resolution having been seconded by Mr. Tite waE , unanimously agreed to. A vote of thanks was then moved to the Lord Mayor, and the meeting broke up. THE LORD MAYOR'S DAY. The following is the official order of the procession, as finally arranged by the joint committees of the Right Hon. Thomas Sidney, Lord Mayor elect, and D. W. Wire, Esq., alderman and sheriff, to be observed on proceeding in state to-morrow from the Guildhall to Westminster (Mr. Sheriff Wallis's company is omitted), Police Constables to clear the way. The Boys belonging to the Royal Marine Society, with banners. City Marshal's Man. Pensioners of the Royal Hospital, Greenwich. Yeoman of the Guard. Private Pensioners. Mates. Boat's Crew. Coxswains. Boatswains. Inspecting Boatswains. Two Police Constables. The Beadle of the Worshipful Company of Innholdors. Watermen bearing the following Banners ;- --1 • The Royal Standard. 1-3 o-. . ''-' The Arms of the Innholders Company. 0 0 . = ~ -, 2, The Arms of Sir Chapman Marshall. The Arms 4 . H 4 of Mr. Alderman and Sheriff Wire. wr -1-1 c , 0 ' The Clerk of the Company in his Chariot. .'.,1 -,T-- --I The Court of Assistants - in their Carriages. '- E-1 The Master in his Chariot. The Under-Beadle of the Worshipful Company of Girdlers. A Military Band. _ .. The Barg© Master. Watermen bearing the following Banners : r 5 C ' The Royal Standard. ?:' " 0 The Union Jack. The City Arms. o 0 Z d The Arms of Alderm an an d Sh er iff Wire. 5 0 --, ati • . .t C. 2 The Arms of the L or d M a y or . rfl 0 o Th e A rms of the Company. `: 4 < -5 ' - Q "EL I - The Clerk of the Company in his Carriage. The Wardens in their carriages. The Upper Beadle of the Company. The Master of the Company in his Chariot. The Under City Marshal on Horseback. The Lord Mayor's Beadle. The Lord Mayor's Bargemaster in State Dress. The Bargemen bearing the various colours. The Banner of the Lord Mayor. The Captain of the Thames Navigation Barge. The Principal Assistant Water Bailiff. The Watermen with Colours. A Grand Military Band. _ _ The Common Council of the Lord Mayor's Ward in Carriages. The two Under Sheriffs. The City Solicitor. The Reinembrancer. The Comptroller. The Secondary. The Three Common Pleaders. The Judge of the Sheriffs' Court. The Town Clerk. The Common Sergeant. The City Chamberlain. I Farrier on Horseback. j Kettle 1 Farrier on Horseback. Guard on Horseback. 1 Drums. f Guard on Horseback. Trumpeter on Horseback. Trumpeter on Horseback. Guard on Horseback. Guard on Horseback. Mr. Sheriff Wallis, in his State Chariot. Mr. Sheriff Wire, in his State Carriage. The Aldermen who have not passed the Chair. The Recorder. The Aldermen who have passed the Chair. The late, Lord Mayor. Trumpeters on Horseback. Banner of Justice. e -?-', A Car, drawn by Six Horses, three P Ct IP cD ...> pi abreast, containing C 4 , n 4.a . , " Justice." 1"' Banner of the Nations borne by Herald. %Lucian' Bearers of the following Nations on Horseback, in the Costumes of their several Countries France Spain Italy Germany Turkey Persia Russia Greece China India North America South America A Cart of Australia. drawn by two Oxen, containing an Australian Digger. Banner of Peace and Prosperity. Countryman with Country girl with Implements of Industry. Implements of Industry Country Girl with Countryman with Implements of Industry. Implements of Industry. °1 _, 4 8 A Car, drawn by Nine Horses, throe abreast, 2 4 4- 9 containing P O" ;-.- T, " Peace and Prosperity." o E" • ~,, The Lady Mayoress in her State Carriage, will join the Procession on its return from Westminster. The Lord Mayor's Servants, in State Liveries. The Band of the Life Guards, mounted. The Upper City Marshal, on horseback. Gentlemen of the Lord Mayor's Household. The Right Hon. the LORD MAYOR, in his State Carriage, drawn by Six Horses, attended by the Chaplain, Sword-bearer, Common Crier, and the Water Bailiff. COLONIAL. SUGAR.—Most descriptions are quiet, but foreign is in demand. A cargo of Havanna afloat has been sold at 23s 6d for Bristol, the quality being No. 131, and 3,000 bags Muscovado Manilla went at 30s. The quantity of British Plantation landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 340 hhds 6 tierces 128 barrels. There were taken for home consumption 1,275 hhds 181 tierces 447 barrels. The stock in the same places is 11,817 hhds 1,991 tierces 4,281 barrels. Refined brown lumps have been at 44s per cwt. COFFEE.—There has been a good demand for native Ceylon at 465, being, a rise of Gd. About 3,C33 bags have been sold privately. RUM.—The quantity landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 71 puns 6 hhds. There were taken for home consumption 249 puns 23 hhds and exported. The stock in the same places is 8,820 puns 713 hhds. RlCE.—There is a slight decline. SALTPETRE.-1,469 bags Bengal at auction were all bought in, mid to fine 13,E to 7i per cent. refraction, at 29s to 30s per cwt. GINGER.-91 cases Calicut realised 70s to 105 s for mid to fine bold, and 48s for small. TALLow.—P.Y.C. is 55s Gd to 56s per cwt. on the spot, and town 59s 6d. TEA.—There is a moderate business doing. Congou is at is Ad for the useful sort. COTTON.--This article has been in demand, and firmer. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 2/ Os to 5/ 15s ; clover ditto, 4/ Os to 6/ 10s ; and straw, 1/ 14s to 2/ 2s per load. A full average supply, and a sluggish demand. CIIMBERLAND. — Meadow hay, 2/ 5s to 5/ 15s ; clover ditto, 4/ Os to 6/ 6s ; and straw, 1/ 14s to 2/ 4s per load. Supply moderate, and trade rather dull. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 2/ Os to 5l 15s; clover ditto, 410 s to 6/ 10s ; and straw, 1/ 14 s t o 2/ 2 s per load. Trade steady, at full prices. THE SHIPOWNERS AND THE SEAMEN.—It gives us great satisfaction to find that the dispute which has so long prevailed between the shipowners and seamen of the Tyne and other northern ports has every pro spect of being amicably settled to the satisfaction of both parties. We had great confidence that there was nothing in dispute between them which could not bear such an arrangement,if the subjects were quietly discussed between them. Our seamen, especially those of the northern ports, are sensible and rational men, and we were certain they would not per sist in making unreasonable claims on the shipowners, when the difficulty and impossibility of conceding them were clearly explained to them. The meeting which took place between the shipowners and the delegates from the Seamen's Union, which met at Hartlepool, is likely to be attended with the best results, and to pro duce a salutary effect on the seamen at other ports. Very early in these disputes we recommended such a course. The shipowners and the seamen of the country can have, or at least ought to have, but one interest ; and so long as they act on that impression we are cer tain that no irreconcilable difference can arisa between them, but that any trifling matter in dispute can be easily settled by mutual concessions. We do hope that we shall henceforth hear no more of "unions," whose only purpose appears to be to array the seamen in oppo sition and hostility to the shipowners. Our merchant navy is a powerful as well as an important body when it pulls together ; without such union, it becomes a rope of land.—shipping &late. RAILWAYS. Paid . 4oc , st Aberdeen Ambg. Nottng. Boat. & Eastn. June Belfast &- Ballymena Birmng. Wolverh. & Stour Valley Birkenhd. Lancsh. & Cheshire Junct Do. (Mesh. & Birk., £5O & £25 Cons Do., £2O 'Blyth & Tyne original £25 (iss. at £45) Bristol & EN.e; - ,er Caledonian........ Chester & Holyhead Cork and Bandon ( Cork, Black. & Pass Cornwall IDublin&BelfastJune Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction .. East Anglian (L. 25 L. & E. & L. & D.)..... bo., (£lB E. & H.).. !Eastern Counties..... Eastern Union, A. stk. 'Do., do. B Do.NewA(lateThirds) lEast Lancashire BEd iubnrgh & Glasgow Edinb. and Peebles ,Edinb.Prth.&Dundee Forth and ClydeJunc. Glasgow & S.Western ;Great Northern Stk 'Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Gt. Sth. &West.(lre.) Great Western Irish South-Easters. Lancaster IDo., Thirds jLaneash. &Yorkshire Do., Fifths IDo., Wst. Riding Un !Leeds Northern ILi v. Crsby. di So uth pt. London & Blackwall Lond. Tilb. & Sthend. iLond.Bright.&S.Cst. London & N. Western Do. Fifths Do. Eighths London & S. Western Do., Do., Lndndrry.&Coleraine Ludndrry. & Ennisk. Nlanch.Shef. &Lincln. Do., Man. &Lin. Un. Midland . . IDo. Birming. & Derby Midland G. West. (Ir. ) Do. 4 Shares -• ••• •• • Newcastle & Carlisle Newmark et ...... Do. Bury Extensions Newpt.Aberg.&Htfil Newry & Enniskillen Newry Warrenpoint & Rostrevor Norfolk. Northu. Couuties Un North British (North Devon, N 0.1.. Do., No. 2. Dc., A Deferred... Do., B Guaranteed ,North London ..... N. & S. Wstn., Hamp• stead, and City Jn., North Staffordshire., North Western........ N. & S. Westrn. June Nuneaton, Hinckley, and Leicester Oxford Worcester di Wolverhampton Portsmouth Scottish Central !Scottish Midland.. Shrewsbury &Birmg. Do., L. do N. Westn. Guaranteed Stock Shrowsby. do Herefd Shrewsby. dr Chester (Nor. W. Min.) Do. Halves, do. Do. Oswestry Shropshire Union Do. A, B,C, &D, fully paid up at per cent. South Devon South Ea5tern......... South Wales S. Yorksh. River Duu Do.. . . . Staines,Wok.,&Wok: Stockton & Darling Stockton & Hartlepl Taff Vale Do. £lO shades Do. Pref., No. 1. Thames Haven Dock and Rai1way......... Vale of Neath......... Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford&Limerick West C0rnwa11........ (West End of London and Crystal Palace.. West London !Winbled on &Croyc'oti York Newctl. & Berw. Do. Extensions Do. G.N.E. Purchase' York di N. Midland.. PREFERENCE SHARES lAberdeen . Do., No. 2, 7 p. c Blyth & Tyne 10 per ct. pref. (iss. at£so) IBristol & Exeter 4 pr cent., stock.... IDo. Do., shares iCaleclonian £lO Chester & Holyhead Guar. 53 per cent Cork &Bandon 5 A p.c Dundee Perth&Aber dcen Junction EastA nglian (X 3 10s) 6 per cent Do. (.£5) 7 per cent Do. (a 17s) 7 p. et Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No.l Do., No. ..... 'Do., New 6p.e.61 Ilt,Aeru Union, Seri]: Guar. 6 per cent Do. £lO Deben. EastLaneasl L. 6 pets, East & West Yorksh, Junction Fifths Edinb. Prth. &D nude( 4 per cent. Glasgow & S.Westcrn guar. 5 per cent Great Northr 5 p.c Do. 5 p. c.,Redeem., at 10 p. c. prom._ Do. 4 i percent. Scrip Gt.N. of Scot. ,1 st Pref Gt. Southn. &Westn. (Ireland) Eighths Do. 4 per et. pref. St Gt. Westn. (Berks & Hants Ex. 5 p. c.) Do. con. & red. 4i p.c Do. do. 4 per cent Do. irredeem. 4 p. c Lan. & York. F. £2O, Do., 6 p. c., Stock Leeds Nn. 6p. c. No. 1 Do. Quarters,lB4B_ Loudon anct Blighton Guaranteed 5 p. c Do. Pref., 5 p. c. St Do. Convertible, 5 p c., 1852.- ..... Do. New Guar. 6 p.c. Loud. & N. W., Cov. & Nun., 5 per cent. London & S. Western, Con. Thirds Londonderry& Coler. Shares Londy. & Ennis. 2 Sh Manch. ,Shef. , & Lin., Shares, No. 1 'Do. New, £lO Do., £6 Niarypt. &Carl. 4 p. c. Do. 4 per cent Do . Mid. Consol. 6 p.c. St. Do. Consol. Bristol d.- Birni. 6 per cent Do. Pref. 4 per cent 'Norfolk Dobent. Sh Norfolk Extension Do. Pref. 5,3 per ct Do. Way. Val. 5 p c North British North Staffordshire Oxford Worcester (II Wolyerh. £15,6p. c Do cot. Ceti., New Pref. Shrews& Birm. N. G. hrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W. Min),B p. c. Do. 5 per cent South Devon . Do. New 3. Eastern (Reading' Ann.,) of £1 Os. 6d. S. Yorksh.4p. c. Guar. Waterfd. &Kilk. 6p. c. York Newcastle and. Berwick, 4 p.c.Pref Do York& N. Midland H & S. Parch 98 - 1001 6 -6, - 4 -5, - 1 lf -- lip 15i -- 14 23 22 3 - 3i its = lici 108 - 110 - P 8 - B.} '6i 7 99 —lol' 95 100 95 100 id par 139 141 2 - 3 131 12i -13 i 66. - 7 t i - [39 141 i id 22 - - 24 104 106 1— 1 p Oi - iói 10 174. 91 -- / 13 -- 11 5 par— i p 231 -- 241 19 -- 20 96 - 99 41 - 4.1 id 4p Guard of Honour, on Horseback. The procession will move from Guildhall at eleven o'clock, passing from King-street, through Gresham street, Princes-street, Lombard-street, Fenchurch-street. Mincing-lane, Tower-street, Eastchea.p, Fish-street-hill, Lower Thames-street, to Billinsgate ; from thence by water to Westminster, returning from 'Westminster to Blackfriars'-bridge, and then return through New Bridge-street, Ludgate-hill, Ludgate-street, St. Paul's Churchyard, Cheapaide, and King-street, to Guildhall. At Bridge-street the procession on its return will be joined by the Ambassadors, her Majesty's Ministers of State, the nobility, judges, members of Parliament, and other persons of distinction invited to the banquet at AMERICAN EXPEDITION TO JAPAN. The Was7tington Union publishes extracts from a de spatch received at the Navy Department from Com. M. C. Perry, commanding United States East India squadron, dated at Napa, Island of Loo Choo, June 25, 1853, respecting the purchase of Port Lloyd, in one of the Bonin Islands in the Japanese Sea. The Bonin Islands extend in a direction nearly north and south between the latitude of 2G deg. 30 min. and 27 deg. 45 min. north • the centre line of the group being in long, about 142 deg. 15 min. eas t. Th e principal islands, and indeed all of them, have been named by Captain Beechey, of her Majesty's ship Blossom. The northern cluster he called " Parry's Group ;" to the middle cluster, consisting of three larger islands, he gave the names re spectively of " Peel," " Buckland," and " Stapleton," and the southern cluster he called " Baily's Islands." Port Lloyd is situated on the western side, and nearly in the centre of Peel Island. It is easy of ingress and egress, and may be considered a safe and commodious harbour, though of deep anchorage, ships usually anchoring in from 18 to 22 fathoms. The safest anchorage is to be found as high up the harbour as a ship can conveniently go, having regard to depth and room for swinging and veering cable. Wood and water can be obtained in abundance, though the former must be cut by the crew, and of course taken on board green. The water is ob tained from running streams, and is of good quality. The few settlers still remaining on Peel Island—the other islands being uninhabited raise considerable quantities of sweet potatoes, Indian corn, onions, taro, and a few fruits, the most abundant of which are water melons, bananas, and pine apples; a few pigs and some poultry are also raised. For these they find ready sale ~ .l to the whale ships constantly touching at thedpors sior the water and other supplies. During the four communicated American squadron was at anchor at Port Lloyd, y three whalemen, two American and one English , carried by means of their boats with the settlement, n ) e o away many supplies procured generally in exchange for moat acceptat i t articles, of which ardent spirits are many of the settlers. The soil is of that ex of Madeira and I cultivation, very much resemblingrucellent quality for the Canary Islands (the latter .a admirably adapted for beingainin the same parallel, of latitude) and consequently is tobacco, o f sug a sugar sugar the cultivation of the vine, cane, and many other valuable cultivatef f pl w ai h i e ts a, an i of tobacco the settlers already is own consumption. for r be purposesb e u xl i i l a d u in s g tedif any • rather scarce, and wouldTimbseoron crease of population were to call for the , erection of many buildings. The best kinds . are the tamana and the wild The former is similar to the red wood of mulberry. M„i co , and is very enduring. Commodore Brazil an y a Perry caused the island to be thoroughly explored by two parties of officers, and th e i r reports will be d u ly filed with other similar papers. The master of the Saratoga also surveyed the harbour. Having long been satisfied (writes the commodore) of the im portance of these islands to commerce, my present visit has been induced by a desire to examine them myself, in view of recommending Peel's Island as a stopping-place for the line of steamers which, sooner ' or later, must be - of reports respecting established between California and China. To this end time appeared in the public I have caused, as bef ore - mentioned, the island be this vessel have from time to . plored, and a few animals to ex-TIE C , OROMANDEL—As a variety prints, placed upon two of the group that of her passengers (Government it will relieve the minds of persons interested in as a commencement of a provision for future wants. I her safety and have also distributed d . of gar en seeds everydescription had on their arrival presented Captain emigrants) to know that • she safely arrived in Australia. to the present settlers, and have held out hopes to them aietter of thanks for his care and kindness that I may furnish them with implements of husbandry, The passengers Byron with during a long voyage. They speak in the and a greater number of animals. Indeed, I have gone m terms of praise of every officer of the vessel, and so far as to secure a suitable spot for the erection of highest . kn ledgments also to the crew. 1 offices' wharTes, coal sheds, &c." THE WAGES MO DEMENT. The unemployed weavers of Preston attended in large numbers at a meeting held in the orchard at 9 o'clock yesterday morning. It was announced that the amount received by the committee exceeded 2,000/. being about 200/. more than had been obtained in any previous week. Mr. TEOMAS RHODES (who presided) congratulated the assembly on the augmentation of their resources, and gave promise of still further increase a fortnight hence. Mr. GRIMSHAW moved the first resolution, which was as follows :—" The operatives of Preston, in public meeting assembled, having read the decision of the em ployers on the 4th inst., not to re-open their mills only on condition that the wages of the operatives be re duced the 10 per cent, granted to them in August last, hereby most solemnly declare their unalterable resolve not to accept such terms, but to maintain inviolate their just demand—namely, an unconditional 10 per cent." It had been said that they were not good generals in making their demand now, when trade was bad, food dear, and winter approaching. Now, in his opinion, this was just the time to try their strength, and to show their mettle. If they could manage this winter—if they could stand the frost and snow, the highness of provi i sions, and bad trade, they should be able, wh en t ra d e revived, when provisions became cheap, and when sum mer returned--they should then be able to redeem labour from that degradation in which it had hitherto been engulfed. (Cheers.) They had every confidenco in being able to weather the winter ; for sooner than they should be defeated, their fellow-operatives in other town had promised to send the entire proceeds of one loom each, which would amount to 4,0001. or 5,0001. a week. (Loud cheers.) Mr. GEORGE COWELL seconded the resolution. He said he had been told that the operatives were robbing the whole of the shopkeepers of Preston. He had no doubt the shopkeepers were suffering, and suffering ma terially ; but he scrupled not to say that whatever might be the amount of suffering, of privation, and of poverty existing in the town, the operatives' committee were not responsible for it, but the parties who had closed their mills against an unoffending people. (Hear.) Although the manufacturers were scampering about the country in order to curtail the subscriptions flowing into Preston, he was happy to say that those subscriptions were weekly increasing. According to the statement of a delegate in town yesterday, one of the principal mill owners in Blackburn had given 6d. a loom to every weaver who came to the help of the factory workers of Preston. (Cheers.) He held in his hand a letter stating that the manufacturers of this town had been to Bolton for the purpose of persuading the masters there to close their mills ; but he was thankful to say that hitherto their mission had been fruitless. (Hear, hear.) The writers in those newspapers which sought to run the operatives down, did not attempt to prove that trade was in such a position as not to warrant the advance of wages now claimed, because Blackburn, Stockport, Accrington, Darwen, &c., were paying that advance, and none of the manufacturers in those towns murmured about it. He therefore contended that those millowners being in a posi tion to give the'required advance, the millocracy of Preston could do the same if they liked. (Hear, hear.) This week, when all the money had arrived, they should have 3001. more than last week. He had no doubt the sub scriptions would continue to rise ; and if it had not been for the manufacturers getting Bacup, Bromley, Padiham, Newchurch, and the surrounding districts to close their mills, the committee would this week have had 3,000/. But never mind that. They should still go on increas. ing until they had 3,0001. for the weavers alone. New channels were daily opening up ; every post brought fresh overtures of sympathy and support, and they might depend upon it victory would be theirs. (Cheers.) The resolution was then submitted to the meeting, and carried by acclamation. Mrs. MARGARET FLETCHER addressed the assembly on the impropriety of married females working in factories and neglecting their children and household duties. Every man was entitled to a fair day's wages for a fair day's work, by which she meant that he ought to have such remuneration for his labour as would afford him the means of maintaining himselfand family in comfort, of keeping his wife at home to attend to domestic duties, and of educating his children. (Cheers.) The speaker concluded by moving the annexed resolution That the married portion of the females in this town do not intend to go to work again until their husbands are fully and fairly remunerated for their labour." Mrs. ANN FLETQHER (sister to the last speaker) seconded the resolution, and it was carried unanimously. The CHAIRMAN announced that when the 10 per cent. question was settled, there would be such an agitation raised respecting the employment of married women in factories as the millowners of this country little ex pected. (Cheers.) - Several' other addresses having been delivered, the meeting separated. WIGAN. The town has remained perfectly quiet since Friday, and nothing has occurred at all likely to call for the interference of the military force, a detachment of which is still at the Saw-mills, the scene of the attack on Mon day evening last. A meetinc , of the magistrates took place at the Town-hall yesterday morning, when it was resolved, in accordance with a recommendation from Lord Palmerston, to summon 500 special constables from the list of 10/. householders ; or, if the number cannot be made up from that list, the deficiency is to be supplied from other classes, at the discretion of the special con stables. It was also resolved to recommend to the Watch Committee, at its next meeting, a considerable increase in the police force of the borough. Only one new prisoner has been made. He was brought before the magistrates yesterday, and remanded till Wednesday ; the other three prisoners, who had been remanded, being then committed for trial at the assizes. It does not appear that any of the turnouts have yet availed themselves of the opportunity afforded by the masters of returning to their employment. About 1.; o'clock yesterday morning about 40 of the hands in the employment of Messrs. Woods and Son, Trencherfield works, presented themselves at the establishment, and were recommended by the managers to try and assemble the whole number, which comprises about 1,000 spinners and weavers. At 10 o'clock about two-thirds of them were collected, and there appeared to be a mutual expectation on either side that the other party had sought the meeting in other to yield ; but, on the workpeople being informed that they might resume employment at the prices which they were receiving in May and June last (which would in some cases amount to a reduction, and in others t o an i ncrease on the r ates paid at the time of the strike--six weeks ago), they declined to do so, and quietly dispersed. This cit.- cumstance will probably have its effect on persons who have been solicited for alms by the turnouts, the latter pleading that they were willing to return to work, but that the masters would not allow them, A meeting of the turnouts was being held at Wigan yesterday, and another at Scholes ; but the result has not transpired, though the circumstances was considered symptomatic of a disposition to yield. An official report has been received by the authorities, stating that the colliers at Messrs. J. Blundell and Son's, Pemberton colleries, who returned to their employment on Wednesday and struck again on the following day, without any apparant reason, agaia resuming work on Saturday ; but we are positively assured, on the other hand by persons professing to be well informed, that this is not the case, and that four miners who did attempt to go to the pits were waylaid by the other turnouts, and compelled to go home again. j e The meeting of the clergymen, tradesmen, d . and u oth d c ers, which was h e ld on Th urs day evening and ad journed Saturday ' with so continuancemest ps fo for of the removal ofthe the view distress of adopting occasioned bythe the dispute, resulted in the appointment of the Rev. putation to wait upon the employers. Mr. Cronshaw and three Dissenting ministers as a de- MR. ROEBUCK ON EDUCATION. An interesting letter from Mr. Roebuck has been sent to the Mayor of Sheffield, in reply to an invitation to attend a soiree of the Mechanics' Library :-- " Milton, Oct. 31, 1853. "My dear Sir, —I tun sorry to say No to any request of yours, but, as my great object is now to take my serve every rule of conduct p rescribed to me by which place in the House o f Commons next y ear, I ri g idl y ob lam told I shall he able to obtain my wish. Among other things, a ll excitement is forbidden ; and I wag blamed for mak in g m y a pp earance at the Cutler's feast. All speaking a n d p ublic meetings are especially proscribe d ; and I am or dered to be as quiet and calm as m y na ture will perm it. To be absent from yourg l atheri n s gatheringwill to me a subject of great regret. I say this sincer e ly, and witho ut affectation. Education has e ver been with me a subject of the gre atest intere st. l\y first efforts b se a favmaenn. were to promote uostehiiee t,a t n a d My last w i s h es will be in its in comparison with it appear to me insignificant, and, coul i d t _l see the pe o pl e of this country once impressed w of its importance, I should then have h no a 0 feard u e a s sense t o our future. But at present I thrivesee sectarian diffe rence s p n t r e o r y e : m t s thaten 7 and it wo u ld seem th a t to tahned way p e r f iv a a ll te im i up on di v i s i on i n some minds ignorance of everything a creed differin g from their own. Those p eo pl e seem t o forget that morality among the various sects of En g la n d that a man may be honest and a good citizen, no matter is, th a t it is not religious belief stands that in our way so much as human pride. What is feared is the top ofpower, not error i n b e li e f . B ut, whatever may be the cause opposition, th e oppos i t i on i tse lf to a l l attempts at legisla tive aid in su p port o f e d ucat i on i s at t h e present time so formidable as really to be a complete obstruction. In this state of things I look upon mechanics' institutions as neutral ground, and one of our chief means of educating the people. By this means the people will, I hope, be able to do for themselves what tl e State ought to do for them, and they, therefore, have my warmest support. Again I say, would that I could be with you ; but my first duty is to be again, if possible, in Parliament — to 1 that I make everything yield ; and I therefore most re luctantly deny myself the pleasure of being at your soiree. I hope this my excuse will appear toyou sufficient, and that you will not think me lukewarm in the good cause.—Believe me very truly yours, " J. A. ROEBUCK." :e on 1 the i the 7med the and the 1' the l de nes, one -0 be MO' na,r lon- bird 1 an by f i y If ono , r , to ion, has