The Sun. — London, England, 1853-09-28 00:00:00

TILEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE. Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. LAST k Olin NIGHTS of Mr. GUSTAVUS V. BROOKE. THIS EVENING, SEPT. 28, Will be performed THE STRANGER. Supported by Messrs. G. V. Brooke, Davenport, G. Bennett, Moorhonse, A. Younge, Belton, G. Burt, Edgar, and Evans; Mesdames Vickery, Belton, and Featherstone. To conclude with TYIE FOUNTAIN OF BEAUTY, in whi C Miss Featherstone and Miss E. Ormond will appear. Reduced price us usual. 4 THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Proprietor. Mr. B. Webster —Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, SarT. 28, Will be performed GENE VIEVE. Characters by Messrs. Parcel; e, G. Lee, Leigh Murray, C. Selby, Bedford, Keeley, 0. Smith, &c. Miss Woolgar, and Mrs. Keeley. After which, will be presented SAADANAPA.LUS. To be followed by THE CAMP AT CHOBHAM. To conclude with ,COMING OF AGE. A STLEV'W I ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. William Cooke. Mr. W. COORS feels the greatest pleasire in announcing that the Grand Mythological Burlesque Spectacle each Night increases in attraction, and the pleasing and instructive nature of the subject has already gained the attention of Parents and Guardians, who nightly flock to the Amphitheatre with their younger branches to witness the astounding and classical effects introduced in this un rivalled production. In order to keep up the uninterrupted chain of novelty, an engagement has been entered into with Signor CARLOTTI and Signor FRANCOIS, who will introduce their matchless Feats as performed before the Rajah of Nagpore. These extraordinary Artistes are pronounced incredible. THIS EVENING, &Err. 28, And during the week, will be presented (the 15th time) the New Classical Burlesque, entitled JUPITER'S DECREE, AND THE FALL OF PHAETON; or, THE FIERY COURSERS OF THE SUN, supported by the entire strength of the Company. New and original Scenes in the Circle, introducing Signor CAR LOTTI and Signor FRANCOIS. Concluding with (88th time) THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO. Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. LAST NIGHT BUT ONE OF THE SEASON. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. By desire, repetition of the Grand Juvenile Fetes. Re-engagement of Miss Poole. Fireworks at half-past Eight. THIS EVENING, Sxrr. 28, CIIUSAN, Splendid MENAGERIE, Promenading Elephants. First Exhibition of the "Hamadryas" Baboon, a very rare species. MARINE AQUARIUM, a Collection of Sea and Fresh Water Fish alive in large Glass Tanks. Vocal and Instrumental CONCERT. Two favourite Songs by Miss Poole. The whole concluding with the wonderful Tableaux of the " FEAST OF LANTERNS," DISPLAY of FIREWORKS, and EXPLOSION of CHINESE JUNKS. Concert at a Quarter to Six. Fireworks at Half-past Eight. Admission, Is. DAILY WEATHER TABLE. WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 28, 1853. State of the wind and weather at each of the following places at nine o'clock yesterday morning. Th e s t a ti ons are arranged in order of latitude. PORTSMOUTH—S.W. g entle breeze—partially cloudy. SOUTHAMPTON N.* gentle breeze --overcast. FOLKESTONE—W., gentle breeze —cloudy. TUNBRIDGE—.W., calm—partially cloudy. GREENWIOH—S.W., gentle bre eze — overcast STROOD—S. ' gentle breeze —parti a ll y c l ou d y. SWINDON—S.W., light breeze —cloudy. CAMBRIDGE—S., gentle breeze —cloudy. LEIGHTON—W.S.W., calm —overcast. The return from the following place indicates the state of the weather on Monday morning at nine o'clock LlME RlCK — S.W.,calm—foggy. MULLING/kit—S.lV. calm—foggy. BIRMINGHAM—N.W., strong breeze— partially cloudy. CREWE—N.W. hard gale—partially cloudy—rain. HOLYHEAD—N.N.W._, hard wind—p ar ti a lly c l ou d y . LANCABTER—N.W. hard wind—parti a lly c l ou dy. DARLINGTON—N.NY. ' stormy—cloudless. SHAP—N.W., strong breeze—partially cloudy. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. rl3lB Dec —Morning 57 min. after 0 I Evening 40 tnin.aft. 10 To-Mounow —Morning 20 min. afterll Evening 0 min.aft. 0 THE WEATHER.—SuN OFFICE, SEPT. 28. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 62—highest since noon yesterday. 55—lowest this morning and during the night. 66—this day at noon. BAROMETER, 29.99. WIND, W.S.W. Light airs - cloudy with sunshine. - t a i rt r 6, vroor.-.5.-44" , §l4 00 0. 7 )1P1.74 LONDON, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1853 CANNING'S famous simile of the ship is again being illustrated. England is at last awakening from a torpor that had the appearance of pusilla nimity. All the lion in her temperament is aroused. Her dormant thunders will soon be come audible in the Bosphorus. Everything, in deed, is now justifying to the full the accuracy of the arguments put forward in these columns in regard to our late diplomatic negotiations. The justness of our opinions in reference to the Eastern Question is being every day more and more clearly exemplified. This, we may assuredly be per mitted to assert without anything at all resem ling vain-glorious exaggeration. It is no mere assumption. It is a simple verity. It is proved throughout the various phases of . the Turkish dif ficulty—in every separate particular—in every stage of its development. By the consistent arrogance and the pertinacious audacity of the AUTOCRAT ! By the unyielding resolu tion, and unflagging perseverance, and un flinching energy of the Porte ! By the insincerity of Austria--and the indecision of Prussia—and the vigorous promptitude of France ! Finally, and yet more distinctly, is the fact attested by the sudden change which has occurred in the foreign policy of her Britannic MAJESTY'S Government. Hitherto, we all know that policy has been distin guished by its timidity and hesitation. It has become, at length and abruptly, transformed. Ministers are adventuring at the eleventh hour upon the identical course which we have all along maintained should have been adopted by the allies of the SULTAN from the commencement. The circumstance is apparent beyond the necessity of explanation. It is apparent in the instructions forwarded to our Ambassador at Constantinople-- in the orders transmitted to our Admiral in the Mediterranean—in the speeches of our states men, and in the activity of our dockyards. Whatever regrets we cannot but still retain in our heart of hearts, in consequence of the loss of invaluable time and of ines timable opportunities —are swallowed up, at any rate, for the time being, by our exultation at the change which, however tardily, has come over the councils of our leading Administrators. We waive, for a while, our heartburnings and our in dignation. We turn from a paltry and degrad ing past to a propitious and chivalrous future. We forget, at least for an interval, our miserable connivance at the passage of the ' Pruth, in the satisfaction with which we observe our enerffetic resolve at length upon the long-necessitated, but long-procrastinated, passage of the Dardanelles. cast—aica j ac t a est the Yes—tire di e is indeed Rubicon has been crossed, that Rubicon the Sea of Mannora. There cannot any longe r be uncer tainty, thank HEAVEN, as to the direction of the path upon which the country, through its Cabi- It is revealed in the ampli net, has adventured. tude of the powers intrusted to the discretion of Lord STRATFORD DE REDCLIFFE. It is defined bythe wording of the despatches for warded to Admiral DUNDAS in Besika Bay. Movements like these, on the part of England, were virtually promised by the patriotic words addressed the other day to the people of Greenock by the Leader of the House of Commons. The chivalrous sentiments then express ed by Lord John RUSSELL have been since re echoed throughout the land—repeated from mouth to mouth—borne on the wings of the Press — inflaming the enthusiasm and re-inspiring the hopes of the population. During the past few days language of a similar character has been listened to by the men of Perth from the lips of Lord PALMERSTON. Availing himself of a kin dred opportunity to that which had recently pre sented itself (happily not in vain) to his Minis terial colleague, the Home Secretary addressed himself, on Monday, to the consideration of the momentous difficulty now dividing the gaze of mankind between St. Petersburg and Constanti nople—the question involving the alternative of peace or war, and that alternative the interests of civilisation. Discredit is being thrown, nevertheless, even now upon the words and acts here alluded to, per tinaciously and perversely thrown by some among the avowed organs of the Coalition Government. It is insisted by these recognised mouth pieces of the Cabinet that nothing whatever is meant by the removal of our ships of war from Besika Bay to the Golden Horn —beyond the protection of the foreign population resident at Constantinople. It is, moreover, insinuated that THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 28, 1853. ' Admiral CORRY has no more chance of smelling gunpowder than his brother in arms, Admiral DUNDAS, the Channel Fleet being merely ordered for a cruize on this side of the Gut of Gibraltar. And so doubts are endeavoured to be infused into our exultation at the first glimpse of a nobler and more befitting policy on the part of her Britannic MAJESTY'S Government. It be hoves every one, therefore, still to watch with jealous eyes the variable turns and fluctuations of the Ministerial kaleidoscope. Vigilant—to detect what new pattern may be formed out of the parti coloured contents of the Cabinet, the black, and white, and blue, and yellow of the Whig-Radical- Peelite-Conservative Administration. Events must yet justify the panegyric pronounced upon _the Earl of CLARENDON with so much fervour and magnanimity by his illustrious predecessor in the direction of the affairs of the Foreign Depart ment. Notwithstanding the manly opinions avowed at Greenock by Lord JOHN RUSSELL, and the generous views enunciated at Perth by Viscount PALXER,STON—DOtWithstanding even the orders sent to Admiral DUNDAS, and the instructions forwarded to Lord STRATFORD— it remains yet to be demonstrated whether Lord CLARENDON has indeed " penetration to see where the interests and the honour and the safety of the country are to be sought, that he has e and ra that o sagacity to discover the proper means for pre serving and maintaining those interests, n e et he has firmness and energy and pursue the right course to arrive at a successful and perfect result." Happily the Noble Lord the member for Tiverton did not content himself with pronouncing this vague or rather generalised eulogium upon his successor. He spoke somewhat more to the purpose when he declared _cc if m y noble friend (Lord CLARENDON) receives —as lam sure he will—the cordial, the generous support of the country, you may depend upon it that he will not disappoint the just ex pectations of his countrymen. (Loud cheering.)" In this assurance there is more than may be con jectured by the superficial. The policy of the Coalition—as intimated by Lord PALMERSTON— is dependent entirely upon the views expressed by the population. It is because we re cognise, to the full, the force of this remarkable declaration—it is because we believe that the policy of the Cabinet may be moulded to any shape by the resolute will of the general mul titude—it is because, while convinced of this, we are satisfied as to the tendency of the popular aspirations—that we are disposed to exult with what might otherwise appear overweening confidence in the bolder, and manlier, and more chivalric course which we trust will now be really adventured upon by her Bri tannic MAJESTY'S Government. Otherwise ex pressed, our opinion amounts to this—that Eng land will be true to herself in the present emer gency, and that her children hold in their grasp, so to speak, the destinies of Europe, because endowed with the capacity of moulding to their pleasure the foreign policy of the plastic Coalition. A substantial guarantee of this policy becoming thus more honourable, more resolute, and more liberalised, might be furnished, of course at once, by the " excellent" ABERDEEN'S resignation—no matter whether that resignation were spontaneous or compulsory. The Recorder of the City of London has made a brilliant discovery. The Right Hon. Gentle man has ascertained that the Legislature and the public journals have for some time past been la bouring under a very serious error in supposing that assaults on women, more particularly of husbands on wives, were on the increase. He then declared that he " did not find the slightest evidence of any increase of that description. On the contrary, there was reason to believe—and this was not his own opinion only, but the opinion of all the officers of the Court—that the great improvement which had recently taken place amongst the classes where these outrages upon the wife were generally found, had tended materially to reduce this character of offence !" From these views of the supposed facts he ar rived at the conclusion that " it would not be ne cessary or wise to call upon the Legislature to magnify the punishment which attached to these cases, as that would only increase the indisposi tion of the wife or her friends to prosecute ;" adding—" It would be much safer and more pru dent to let the law remain as it was ; and he was satisfied that, combined with the power which public opinion exercised over the minds of per sons who were predisposed to resort to acts of violence against their wives, it would be found sufficient to meet all exigencies !" Now, this was not an opinion hastily or reck lessly put forward, or without full and ample con sideration. The most solemn occasion was se lected for its enunciation, when no views that were not the result of mature deliberation would be put forward. It was in the Charge to the Grand Jury, at the Central Criminal Court, that the Right Honourable Gentleman made the above statements, as the result not only of his own great experience, but also as that of all the officers of the Court of which he was Chief Judge. It may also be assumed that those officers unani mously concurred with him as to the impropriety and impolicy of sanctioning any alteration in the law which would impose more stringent punish ments on that class of offenders. Such views must carry with them peculiar weight, if well founded, and as unfortunately, we find ourselves compelled to differ therefrom tote ceelo, and to record the reasons for that dissent. We do so, not in any invidious spirit towards the Learned Gentleman, for whom, in his judicial, as well as in his individual capacity, we entertain un feigned respect, but simply because we feel it to be an imperative duty not to permit such asser tions which may hereafter be repeated iu Parliament, to pass without notice or contra diction at the time of their dissemination. Let us then see how the state of the case really stood on the very day when the Right Honour able and Learned Gentleman put forward these extraordinary statements, when he did not find the slightest evidence of any increase, but, in com mon with all the officers of his court, thought that " the great improvement which had taken place amongst the classes where these outrages upon the wife were generally found, had tended materially to reduce this character of offence ! " The first case which he would look to in the calen dar placed before him, as involving the most exem plary punishment, the only case which he himself deemed it expedient to refer to, was that of THOMAS Monßs, who was capitally charged for the murder of his wife. The Right Honourable Gen tleman had evidently perused attentively the de positions taken before the Coroner, for he in formed the Grand Jury that, " if the evidence at all bore out the statement, they would have no difficulty in returning a true bill against the Prisoner. W e s h a ll no t en t er i nto the facts of this horrible case, further than to state that it was distinctly shown that the prisoner had long e of habitual ill-t rea t men t of his pursued a emirs unfortunat e wife, so much so, th a t h e was k nown in the noighbouruoo d, by the soub r i que t o f " General HAYNAU" _that name bei ng con sidered, in the district, as synonymous with woman -flogger. It was the conti nu ed i ndulgence of his brutal p ro p ensiti es with impunit y th at led to the last dep lorable tragedy, when th e un o the gending wom an met a violent an d sudden death, and husband has been committed t o stand his trial for the hig hest crime known to t he law, and which, if convict ed, expiate xpiat e scaffold.b On the same day that by a painful and ignominious d eath the Right Honou ra bl e must o n t h Gentleman delivered that extraordinary charge, the adjourned inquest on the body of ELIZABETH HAYES was resumed and concluded, when a ver dict of "wilful murder" was re turned against JAMES HAYES, the husband of the unfortunate deceased, who was therefore committed to New ;ate to stand his trial at the Central Criminal , Court. It was clearly shown tha t the accused kad, on the night of her death, violently assaulted her in the public market ; that he knocked her clown twice with his fist; that, when she got up the second time, she ran behind a person named TAYLOR, for protection, who told her to go from behind him, as he thought the husband might fancy that he (TAYLOR) was harbouring his wife, and would attack him. The poor miserable crea ture, who was thus refused the slightest assistance or protection, ran through the market, and the prisoner after her, threatening, with an oath, that he would kick out her brains, and declaring that he would do for her that night. Nor did he re strict himself to abuse, for it appeared that he kicked at her several times. We shall not further allude to the after proceedings, as they must undergo future investigation ; and it is neither our desire nor intention in any way to prejudice the verdict of the jury. It is sufficient, for the purpose of our argument, to show that there had been gross ill-usage pre vious to the death, and that, but for that ill usage, the solemn inquiry would not be required that may terminate in the awful sentence of death on a fellow-creature. At the very same time, a miscreant named DAVID MURPHY, to whose atrocious and unpro voked outrage on his inoffensive wife we have already directed public attention, was lying un der remand from the Southwark Police Court, the injuries inflicted on the unfortunate wo man having been so serious that the presid ing Magistrate, M r . C OMBS , declined to ad judicate summarily on the case. It will be in the remembrance of our readers that the wretched creature had remained five hours con cealed under the bed, to escape the unprovoked and causeless wrath of the ruthless savage ; and that when she was at length discovered, her first exclamation was—" Spare my life, and let me go !" Her life has been fortunately spared, but it was not owing to the forbearance of her brutal assailant, who, but for the prompt assistance ren dered to his victim, might have had to appear at the bar of the Old Bailey to answer for his offer ce. As it was he was sentenced to six months' imprisonment, with hard labour—a very inade quate punishment for his crime, but all that the presiding Magistrate was empowered to inflict. On the same day, a man named GEORGE QUEN NELL—who had been frequently punished for similar outrages—committed a violent and un provoked assault on ELIZABETH QUENNELL, his wife. The attack was of the most brutal cha racter, the ruffian having kicked her in the most furious manner, until the blood flowed rapidly from her wounds. The miserable sufferer was taken to St. Thomas's Hospital, where but little hope was entertained of her recovery for some days, and where she still lies unable to attend before the Magistrate. The man who had vowed at the altar to love and cherish her, and who thus discharged his solemn obligation, has been twice remanded to await her recovery, before the final decision of the Magistrate shall be pronounced. On the same day, Monday, the I9th instant, HUGH WHITE, a labourer, residing at Cottage place, Commercial-road, Lambeth, made a most violent assault upon ANNE WHIT; his wife, to whom he had been many years married, and by whom he had several children. The attack in this, as in the other instances, had been made without the slightest provocation. The unfortu nate woman had her skull seriously fractured, and received other injuries of so formidable a charac ter that her life was despaired of, and in fact she still lies in a very precarious state. When assist ance came, the wife was found lying on the floor insensible and weltering in her blood, while her assailant, who probably thought that he had mur dered his victim, was endeavouring to anticipate the work of the public executioner by strangling himself with his own handkerchief. He still re mains under remand, to abide the result of the injuries which he inflicted on his chosen partner for life. On the same day, at Clerkenwell Police Court, many unfortunate women were to be seen linger ing about its purlieus, with features cut and bruised, betokening the handiwork of some heart less scoundrels. It was described as " a sickening sight" to behold the state to which they had been reduced by the cowardly and unmanly wretches with whom their lots were cast. Two charges only were heard. In the first, JAMES MARKLIN was sentenced to four months' imprisonment with hard labour, for assaulting his wife and her mother. lie had come home drunk, and, accord ing to custom, commenced abusing his wife. She attempted to soothe him, and for a time suc ceeded ; but while she was feeding him with some dinner, and endeavouring to restore his good humour, he suddenly pushed her from him, struck her down with a blow over the right eye, causing the blood to flow, and afterwards, while she was prostrate on the ground, and altogether helpless, he beat her on various parts of her body, black ening it with almost every hit or kick. Her mother, who came to her assistance, was forthwith knocked down by a blow of a poker. The face of the unfortunate complainant was fright fully disfigured with cuts and bruises, and her dress besmeared with blood. The second case was that of a miscreant named MICHAEL KELLY, who was sent to the treadmill for two months, for a brutal assault on CATHERINE HOLMES, who had lived with him as his wife for a considerable time, and by whom he had been entirely supported ; the cause of the outrage was, that she had no money to give him to squander in drink. When these cases had been adjudicated on, the remain ing cases were withdrawn by the sufferers, in the vain hope that their respective assailants would profit by the examples they had witnessed, and thenceforward abstain from such wanton violence. On the same day, JAMES BARRETT was sen tenced by Alderman CUBITT, at the Guildhall, to six months' imprisonment, with hard labour, for a violent assault on CATHERINE, his wife, committed during their Sunday dinner. Her eye was black ened, and she was otherwise severely injured. On a former occasion he had broken several of her ribs, and she was six weeks in the hospital in con sequence. On the same clay, TIMOTHY DOWNEY violently assaulted CATHERINE DUNN, with whom he had for some time cohabited, and also MARGARET LYONS, and Police-constable POTTER. The unfor tunate woman gave her evidence with great reluc tance ; but it clearly appeared that she had been subjected to a long-continued and unvarying course of brutal ill-treatment. The others had come to her assistance, and were also assaulted by the infuriated scoundrel. The above sickening details are not mere fancy statements. They are selected from the records of public tribunals, and are the occurrences of a single day, of the day when the Recorder of London declared from the judicial bench, that " he did not find the slightest evidence of any increase of assaults by husbands on wives, and that it was his own opinion and the opinion of all the officers of the Court, that the great improve ment which had taken place amongst the classes where these outrages on the wife were generally found, had tended materially to reduce this cha racter of offence !" We place the simple array of stubborn facts against this experience, and invite the community in general to decide between us and the Right Hon. and Learned Gentleman, supported though he be by all the officers of the Court, and to declare whether it is expedient to provide further and more efficient remedies for the purpose of checking the dis gusting and disgraceful evil which has spread out to such formidable dimensions. PLYMOUTH, SEPT. 27.—THE EX-QUEEN OF THE FRENCH AND ROYAL FAMILY.—The ex-Queen of the French, Marie Amelie, the Prince and Princess de Joinville, Count de Martinique, General Dumas, L'Abbe Guelle, Mdlle. St. Aubin, Mdlle. de Massy, M. Trognon, &c., who arrived here on Sunday by the City of London steamer, left yesterday morning by the 10.25 express train for London ; the ex-Queen having sufficiently recovered from her illness. The ex-Royal family at tended divine service at the Catholic chapel, at Stone house, previous to their departure. THE BREVET.—We have authority to state that a brevet upon the oth of November (Prince of 'Wales' birthday), is positively certain, but the precise extent of the promotion is kept a strict secret at the Horse Guards and W ar - office.—Limerick Chronicle. CALEDONIAN RAILWAY.—This company, which some years ago had no dividend, and desponded of ever having one, is now paying from the revenue of the infe rior half of the year, a dividend at the rate . of 2 per cent. The draft upon the balance from the former ac count is only about 1,200/., while the sum paid away in the dividend is 31,000/. It is not long since the stock of this company was scarcely saleable at 15 per cent. The market price, even in this panic period, is now 55 per cent. principal age n t th a t thus has turned Good tmheantaagbelems.e—ntHis the erapath's Journal. MONEY MARKET AND CITY INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at 8,000 bales, of which 2,000 American and 500 Surat were taken on speculation. The market closed heavy, with prices of all kinds but little changed. The sales comprised 5,500 Ameri can, 120 Pernam and Maranham at 6d. to 7d., 50 Bahia at 6gd. to 60., 306 Egyptian at 6d. to l ad., and 2,000 Surat at 3d. to 4id. per lb. Rail way Shares were flat, and prices declined 4 to A per cent. The Overland Mail has arrived at Dover. There are more ships from Australia, and with very late dates. The Typhoon, which we noticed as having arrived yesterday, brings 7,373 ounces of gold. The Marlborough, reported this morning, is supposed to have left Melbourne about the 3rd or sth July, and has over 7,000 ounces of gold on board ; and the Essex, which sailed on the 2nd July, has also gold on board, it is expected, but the sum is not yet known. From the ac counts it appears that there was great ac ti v ity in the gold market the price being as high as 775. per oz. The merchants, owing to the high rate of exchange (2 per cent. prom.), were remitting gold in preference to Bank bills. The diggings are re markably well spoken of, and the really productive season of the year had commenced, owing to the washing of the stuff accumulated during the first four or five months of the year. We have not ob tained an inspection of letters so late as July, but the advices of June 29 have been in our possession, and from these it would appear that there is every reason for congratulation as to the condition of the colonies. It is quite true that many ar ti c l es o f im port had fallen considerably in price owing to the want of storage room, but there were still good profits abtained upon such manufactures as would be shipped from England. Winter clothing, boots and shoes, blankets, hosiery, and other similar articles, had suffered considerably, although they were suitable and necessary for the season. The re turns, which early in June would have been at least cent. per cent. on the invoice prices, were after wards reckoned at 50 or even 30 per cent. In the interest of the colonies, we cannot regret that they should be thus reasonably supplied, for the mer chant will make, even under such circumstances, enormous profits. It is so important, however, to show precisely the state of the market, that we give the following ample details, dated to about the 11th of June, with the remark that no very mate rial alteration appears to have occurred up to the 29th of that month : "Melbourne, June 11th, 1853. "There have been comparatively fewer arrivals and smaller importations this last week than for some time past, yet prices do not improve : on the contrary, they continue to fall, and saves cannot be effected without forcing, and even then at a sensible reduction of prices, which are felt in almost all descriptions of materials. As we have already remarked, breadstuffs have been the first articles to be seriously affected, and as a matter of course, American importers, from the extent of their dealings, begin to feel the reduction very unplea santly. They already talk of not quitting their goods, unless at remunerative prices, and bespeak their inten tion of rather holding on and storing. How many more would follow in their footsteps could they store, we need scarcely say ; but where there is no ac commodation, there can be no storage, and where storage cannot be effected, even at any price, the result is too obvious to admit of conjecture. In this respect there has been a very narrow-sighted policy pursued by those interested, the consequences of which are now beginning to be painfully felt. Our merchants, in fact, have been too much occupied in the contracted routine of their business to exercise any expanded foresight, so as to provide for contingencies, and far less to speculate upon the result of emergencies not merely possible, but most probable, particularly in isolated, dependent positions, such as we occupy. Sufficient unto the day is the profit thereof,' seems to have been their motto, and they have literally acted upon it, buying and selling, and filling and emptying their limited storehouses, as if there never was to be a check either to the supply or to the demand ; and as if both were to follow each other in such beautiful rotation as just to feed, without over-stocking, the market. Thus there has been no provision for to-morrow's difficulties, and if these are really at hand, which are seriously apprehended they will tell in a manner proportionate to the want of ordinary preparation, which has been made for them. We wish not to exaggerate evil. We only desire to rouse attention to the wants and necessities of our market, well knowing that till we convince our merchants that both their trade and profits are to be largely benefited by a more liberal and expanded policy than they have hitherto pursued, it would be hopeless to expect that they will bestir themselves, or believe that they have any other higher duties to perform than merely to negotiate the routine of their business, with a due regard to a large per centage on the sale of whatever amount of goods they can command. But probably, when their goods accumulate at the Bay without the possibility of their being landed, unless after serious delay and great loss ; and when after being landed they can neither be sold nor stored, they may then begin to discover that there are matters outside of their coun ters which are worthy of their attention. Then, and not till then, shall we find full attention paid to the questions of wharves and docks and granaries, and every other accommodation suitable for a rising port, which at most enterprising cities are generally the first great points of attention, though here they have been sadly undervalued, at least overlooked and neglected. If, therefore, the present alarm at the want of storage, the delay at landing, and the filthy nuisances at the land ing -berths, shall be the means of forcing public attention to these important matters, one great object at length will be gained, even though it may be at the cost of some present suffering. " the particulars of our weekly market may be ga thered from our introductory remarks. In breadstuffs generally there has been a large fall—in Ame r i can fl our particularly, but in Colonial also. The reduction in American flour is so great that we do not venture to quote it, but it is undoubtedly such as ought by this time to have effected a considerable reduction to the consumers, which it has not done, bread remaining as dear as ever, while some kinds of flour are reduced more than one-third in value. A short time now, however, will test the price more accurately, both of Colonial and American produce. In other articles, such as hay, bran, and maize, the fall during ',the week has not been so perceptible ; oats, too, maintain their price, but meal has gone down very low. " Groceries and provisions continue much the same as we quoted them last week, though many of the items under this head are a little lower. Hams, cheese, but ter, &c., are on the decline, and are now coming within a more reasonable scope as regards price. Sugar and coffee are in good demand, and sell well. Dried fruits and spices also maintain their former quotations. Pickles, preserved salmon, &c., have very much declined last week, and, like all other articles of provision, are feeling the full demand. "Brandy, particularly Martell's, maintains its price, though other qualities have somewhat fallen. Rum is in fair demand, at least first-rate quality, but inferior kinds are offering very low. Gin still continues at former quotations. Whiskey, however, is falling, and is little inquired after. "Wines of a light description, such'as champagne and claret, are much reduced in price, but good port and sherry continue in demand, though they do not quote any higher. "Ale and beer in bulk and bottle have fallen consider ably. Large lots have, during the week, been forced on the market, but they do not go off freely, and we there fore note a reduction in the price of this important article of consumption. " Winter clothing, boots and shoes, blankets, hosiery, and other similar articles, h ave suffered a considerable reduction in price, notwithstanding that they are suit able and necessary for the season. The returns, which two weeks ago would have been at the rate at least of cent. per cent, on the invoiced prices; are now reckoned good even at one-half, or even 30 per cent. Still such goods are in demand, and saleable at remunerative prices. The quantity of gold received in Melbourne during the week, to the 11th of June, was much larger than previously. The total quantity shipped from Victoria in 1853, reckoned at 755. per oz., was about four millions sterling up to the 11th of June. The following from the circular of Mr. William Paterson, is dated Geelong, June 10 : "The price has advanced this week. Considerable competition in buying has ensued, in consequence of a further alteration in the exchange in favour of the metal, making it desirable for remittance at the present time, and also that some first-class vessels are on the eve of sailing. The price at this date stands at 76s 9d. "The news from the Victorian diggings generally is of the most cheering description. The total of the an nexed escort returns equal the most palmy days of the bygone season. It will, however, be observed that there is part of this delayed from last week, owing to the state of the roads, but with last week's amount added to the present, it tells remarkably well for a fortnight's yield, showing that the fields are greatly improving. " Bendigo is turning out richly, as was expected, now that they have got plenty of water. The other adjacent fields are simultaneously improved. " The revival on the Balaarat side is fully confirmed. The new gullies opened are proving rich, with every appearance of being extensive. There is now a very satisfied tone with the diggers there ; they believe that their prospects are good for the winter. The escort from Balaarat on Tuesday brought but part of the gold lodged at the Commissioners, from being at the time short of horses : the remainder, however, has been since brought down, the gro ss amoun t prov i ng a decided im provement for the week, and establishing the fact of its increased yield. The Wardly Yallock, the scene of a late rush, is now, it seems, really confirmed as a gold field, ice l acommissioner having been dispatched there to issue " The Wimmera is said to be a likely place ; a few at work there speak sanguinely as to its future importance, and say that it only requires a population in order to rival our most celebrated fields. However, all that at present is known is, that some fine samples of largish gold is, from time to time, received from there. " It must be allowed, from present appearances, that the confidently expressed opinion of the greater number of our most intelligent and experienced diggers is cor rect, that so far from there being any fear of our fields failing, they are but yet in their infancy, and only a comparatively small part of them wrought. " Since last circular, there has arrived by escort 49,2250 z. sdwt. " Exchange on London.—The banks at present pur chase at par, and sell at 2 per cent. premium. Freight of gold, delivered in London, 44 per oz." The labour market was very largely supplied, but the rate of wages continued almost without alteration. Married couples, without family, were receiving 1001. per annum, with rations, and those with families 601. to 85/. ; shepherds, 351. to 40/. ; and general useful servants, with rations, 701. to 75/. ; thorough female servants, 251. to 351. per annum ; labourers on the road 10s. a day, with wood, water, and tent accommodation ; seamen for London, for the run home, 451. to 501. The Port Philip and Colonial Gold Mining Com pany have received by the Essex and Typhoon in telligence from their resident director at Melbourne, dated 11th, 21st, and 30th June last. He advises having sent— oz. dwt. gr. 2 bars of gold, per Marlborough weight 634 0 12 6 ~ „ „ Typhoon 1,161 18 0 4 „ ), Essex 986 10 12 the whole of which was purchased, with the excep tion of 17 oz. 19 dwt. 16 gr.—the Company's share of the tribute system. Owing to the great demand for remittance to England and the alteration in the rate of exchange, the price of gold had risen to 765. per oz., and drafts on London were at 2 per cent. premium. The resident director also writes, " I have as yet received no answer from the Government to my application for a lease of land at Fryer's Creek, and have been under the necessity of reminding the Chief Commissioner." The Sydney accounts state that Captain Parfitt, of the steam-ship Shanghae, had been presented with a purse of 340 sovereigns. At the Ophir Cop per Mine a promising lode had been cut. Against Mr. H. W. Ellis, of the Australian Mutual Gold Mining Company, a warrant had been issued, on the ground of his embezzlements of the company's moneys. IR 'English Stocks there has been more firmness exhibited in the market. The arrivals of gold will probably have a good influence, so far at least as they improve the position of the money market. Consols have fluctuated from 901- to 911 for trans fer, and from NI to 91 for account. Bank Stock for account has been 218, and India Stock 2401. Exchequer Bills have been 13s. to 17s. discount, and India Bonds 10s. discount. In the Foreign Market the transactions are prin cipally in connection with the settlement of the account which takes place on Friday. Peruvian have ranged from 69 to 70. Mexican are 22 to 23, and Buenos Ayres 58 to 60. Spanish New Deferred Stock has been at 21 to 21g. Russian Five per Cents, have been done at 111, and Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. at 62 to 4. French Four-and-a-Half per Cents. are 991, with the ex change at 25 15. In Railway Shares there has been a further de cline, and the settlement of the account. brings stock to market. Nevertheless, there has been so much "bearing" that shares are carried over " even" generally, and in some instances, with a slight " baccadation." The market just now is looking up, compared with the opening prices. French shares are fairly maintained, an d are scarce. On these there is a large " baccadation" also. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY. (From the Odicial List.) Business done. 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 9la 90/ 1/ 1 2i India Bonds, 1:1000 Bank Stock Ditto for the Account 2lB Consols for Account 912 90i lif 211 22 India Stock 111 Ditto for the Account 2402 Exchequer Bills, ld. £IOOO £5OO l7 13 d Ditto Small . 17 12 d PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. THREE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto New, 1852, 44 per Cent 93 4 Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent 5B 60 Chilian Bonds, 6 per Cent... . 112 Danish Bonds, 1825, 5 per Cent lOO Grenada Bonds, Deferred Mexican 3 per Cent. Ditto Account Peruvian Bonds, 44 per Cent... 694 9 70 6:7i.3 8i 71 Portuguese Bonds, 0 per Cent., Con. 1841 45 Ditto 4 per Cent. Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent. £ St lll4 Ditto 44 per Cent 94 :1 5 6. Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 4 44 i Spanish New Deferred, 3 per Cent. 2l Dividends on the above payable in London. French Renter, 4i per Cent 99f. 50c. Ex. 26!f. 15c. Dutch Exchange, 2h per Cent. 12 Gu11..... 62 i [Ex. Dutch 4 per Cent. Certificates Consols Ditto October Account . THREE O'CLOCK. 92 92 a NEWMARKET RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES. 15 SO VS. Calliope Miss Bolton Three ran. LATEST BETTING.—ONE o'CLocx. CESAREWITCH. 6to 1 agst King Pepin (taken). 14 to 1 agst Nancy (taken). 17 to 1 agst Garforth (taken). 20 to 1 agst Torment (taken). 40 to 1 agst Rosalba (taken). CAMBRIDGESHIRE. 20 to 1 agst Invasion (taken). 25 to 1 agst Seahorse (taken). THE OVERLAND MAIL. By the arrival of the Overland Mail, we (Morn ing Chronicle) have received files of papers and our despatches from Calcutta to the 20th August, and Bombay to the 30th. We have also received our papers and correspondence from Bombay of the 15th August, which were dispatched by the Formosa, and were taken to Suez by the steamer which left Calcutta on the Bth of August ; but these intermediate dispatches were detained at Suez for the Bombay mail of the 30th. BOMBAY, AUG. 30. The mail of the 24th June, having been brought to Aden in safety by the Peninsular and Oriental Company's boats, was at that place made over to the Honourable Company's agents, who forth with put it on board a pilgrim ship for carriage to Bombay. This vessel was lost on the Arabian coast, and not a single letter or paper which left London on the 24th of June reached us, for they all went to the bottom. This, however, seems to have been the turning point with the Bombay public. A public meeting has been called for Saturday next, the 3rd proximo, in order to take into consideration what steps are best to secure good Overland communication with Eng land. Unless the carriage of the mails is taken out of the hands of Government, it is to be feared little, if any good will be effected. All over the world the most marked improvements have taken place of late years, regarding the car riage of the mails, whereas between Suez and Bombay—the nearest point of communi cation between England and India—we are far worse off now than we were nine years ago. During the present rainy season our mails have been twice brought down from Aden in sailing vessels ; and a third one has been entirely lost. At the present time there is but one good steamer, the Acbar, which goes to-day, and she is fifteen years old, em ployed on the Government packet service. There are, in fact, but five Government steamers alto gether now available at Bombay for mail work. The best of these is the Acbar, the second the Vic toria (an older boat by three years than the Acbar), the third the Ajdaha (now lying disabled at Aden), and two very old boats called the Queen and the Aucland, neither of which is considered safe to send up the Red Sea, or even to Aden, during the south-west monsoon. The Honourable Company's steamer Mozuffer was lost the other day near Rangoon, and the Feroze and Zenobia are to be kept at Rangoon by order of the Governor-General. So what we are to do for the carriage of our mails unless the contract is given over to some private company, no one can form an idea. The local Government cannot be blamed with justice, nor is the commodore of the Indian navy (Sir Henry Leeke) in fault. The for• mer must carry out the orders of the Court of Di rectors, and the latter can only use such steamers as are given him. But it is to be hoped that the home authorities will see the folly of attempting any longer an utter impossibility—that of carrying the mails twice a month to Aden and Suez, with one pretty good, and two very bad steamers. There have been no fresh outbreaks in Burmah, but a terrible famine is spreading over the length and breadth of the land. The rice crop has failed throughout the Pegue provinces, and is now selling at three seers per rupee, or Gibs. weight for two shillings. Taking into consideration the wages in that country and in England, the prices are equivalent to the loaf at home being sold for five shillings. At Rangoon some shiploads of rice have arrived from Calcutta, and are selling at a moderate price, so that the scarcity is not so much felt there as up the country. All up the Irrawaddy the cultivators are living upon wild roots, leaves, and other miserable substitutes for good food, and, as might be expected, the cholera is decimating the population to a fearful extent. The troops as yet continue free from the scourge, which may be attributed to the good food provided for them. Other maladies are, however, rife. The Ist Bengal Fusiliers (Europeans), at Rangoon, have 200 out of 700 men in hospital. No deaths in the commissioned ranks have been reported dur ing the last fortnight. Altogether, the European regiments which landed in Burmah little more than a year ago have lost upwards of 1,500 men, partly by the enemy ; but chiefly from si c k ness . General Godwin has returned to Calcutta, and proceeds at once to take charge of his divisional command at Umballah, in the north-west provinces. Mr. Bushby, of the Bengal Civil Service, has been appointed Resident at Hyderabad in succes sion to Colonel Low. The Jangor and Nerbudda territories, which were under Mr. Bushby as go vernor-general's agent, are in future to be under the Lieut.-Governor, north-west provinces ; and Mr. Hamilton, as Resident at Indore, is to have political charge of Scindiah's dominions, and of Bundelcund. The following is a list of appoint ments of officers to the different districts in the territory which was ceded to the British Govern ment by the late treaty with his Highness the Nyzam. You will observe that the celebrated Captain Meadows Taylor, whose book, called the " Confessions of a Thug," and other works on In dian subjects, are so well known, is amongst those who have obtained employment. SPORTING NOTES. NOTIONS FROM NEWMARKET. The commencement of the autumnal campaign at head quarters was marked by no novel or striking iwcident. The same characteristics that have distinguish td the " First October " almost since the establishment of the meeting were again displayed. The Trial Stakes did not fill, and although two matches were at the last in oment compromised, yet the supply of sport was am:pl e and satisfactory. The racing requires no elaborate ob serva tion, and throughout the day no movem en t w a s t e a de of sufficient significance to demand explanation. The first important event decided was the Hopeful Stakes, which occasioned a most exciting race. Bay Celia was the winner, notwithstanding her 61bs Rcnalty. She, however, found little favour with the " rin.i r," the outlays on her being few and comparatively small. The principal and most interesting race was, ho"ivever, that for the Triennial Stakes. Alembic was the rayon rite, and up to the time of starting was supported with unshaken confidence. He, however, only disappt Anted his backers, his "exhibition" being unaccountaU ly in glorious. King Tom won easily, the course suitilt ig his long, raking stride. Before the race a prejudice had set in against him, and he had few partisans who , made their investments on him with an indecision that indi cated no encouraging confidence in his chance. This circumstance is perhaps attributable to a rumour that was in circulation to the effect that he was " out of form." West Australian " cantered over" for the G rand Duke Michael. Cobnut was, however, weighed for, and his number displayed on the telegraph board, but at the last moment a compromise was effected will i his noble owner. Pending this arrangement, 12, 14,, and 15 to 1 were freely betted on West Australian. Should Robbie Noble and Adine meet for the Trien nial Stakes on Thursday, much interest will be imparted to the race. Considering the unsatisfactory running of I Ic.bbie _Noble during the current season, and other circums ta,nces, I shall expect Adine to achieve the victory. Mincemeat is my "liking" for the Rutland Sta k es. The races decided to-day were precisely in acco n dance with the opinions expressed in The Sun on Monday In no one instance was my judgment at fault. My selec tions—King Torn and Brother to Mountain Deer- -were first and second for the Triennial Stakes ; Bay Celia, who was almost friendless in the "ring," was my pick" for the Hopeful Stakes, and Acrobat and West Aus ti •alian I took against all corners for the Grand Duke Michael and Buckenham Stakes ! A FRESH MIL N. Newmarket, Tuesday Night. THE LIVERPOOL AND BRAZILIAN STEAMERS. - • The South American and General Steam Navigation Com pany dispatched the second vessel of their *man 7fleet, the Olinda, Captain G. Haram, from the Mersey oa t Sa turday afternoon, with mails and passengers for the Brazils and the river Plate. The Olinda took ,o ut a valuable cargo of fine goods, a small amount of slit ecie, and about 25 passengers. Mr. Edmund Thompson , of this town, one of the managing directors of the comp my, was on board. He goes with her as far as Lisbon. The mails were put on board by the steam-tug Uncle S. am, about two o'clock, and shortly before three o'clocl the Olinda steamed down the river at a rapid rate. . Her ports of call are Lisbon, Cape Verde, Pernam ace, Bahia, Rio de Janeiro, and Monte Video, whence her passengers and mails will be forwarded to Buenos A. yres by the company's very fast paddle-steamer Arge aqina. This new line is now fairly in operation, and so fe ti • the company have faithfully kept their engagement wit t,ib the public to dispatch a first-class steamer on the 24:1,h of each month ; and no doubt, if worked in an eff ii ;ient manner, Government will be induced to enter into a mail contract with them. The want of more regular anal'. ex peditious communication than at present exists bet vt .een this country and the west coast of South Amer' is ), is sufficiently notorious to warrant such a step being tz tk en. The next vessel, the Lusitania, is to sail on Monda, r th• 24th of October.—Liverpood Albion. " No. -3,565. "Fort William, Foreign Department, Aug. 12th, 1853. "The Most Noble the Governor-General of India in Council has been pleased to appoint the undermentioned Officers to the several districts assigned to the British Government by the late treaty with his Highness the Nizam. BERAR DISTRICT. "Northern Division.—Captain T. H. Bullock to be Deputy Commissioner ; Lieut. J. J. Hamilton, 2nd Bengal N. 1., to be Assistant Commissioner, Ist class ; Mr. W. A. Palmer, to be Assistant Commissioner, 2d class. "Southern Division.—Major J. Johnston to be Deputy Commissioner ; Captain J. R. Paye to be As sistant Commissioner, Ist class. " RAICHORE DOAB DISTRICT. " Eastern Division.—Major G. F. Hampton to be Deputy Commissioner ; Brevet Captain Ivie Campbell, 43d Madras N. 1., to be Assistant Commissioner, Ist class. "Western Division—Brevet Captain J. G. Balmain, Madras Artillery, to be Deputy Commissioner ; Lieut. R. N. Taylor, 17th Madras N. 1., to be Assistant Com missioner, Ist class. " Western Districts.—Captain P. M. Taylor to be Deputy Commissioner; Lieut. W. Cadell, 36th Madras N. 1., to be Assistant Commissioner, Ist class. "J. P. GRANT, Offig. Sec. to the Government of India." Our north-west frontier is again disturbed. The Afreedees have closed the Kohat Pass in conse quence of their chief not having paid them any of the "black mail" which he received from Govern ment. The country on both sides of the Pass be longs to us, and the Pass itself is only eight miles long, and yet not a man in the British force is al lowed at the present time to go through. The Af reedees have offered to carry out letters as before, provided the money heretofore paid to their chief be now made over to them. At Mooltan, there is a report that the Persian army, accompanied by several Russian officers, is before Herat. If this be true, an English army may again have to march to Cabool, but this time one army would move from Peshawar, only eight miles from Cabool. In the north-west British provinces, at the sta tions of Cawnfore, Benares, &c., there is still a very great deal of cholera. In addition to the deaths reported by last mail, we have now to men tion that of Dr. Harvey, surgeon of her Majesty's 70th regiment. This gentleman is said to have fallen a victim to his labours in attending upon the sick more than to the disease itself. The corps to which the doctor belonged has lost a fearful num ber of men during the last few months, and it is proposed to send them out of the station into camp. Discussions relative to the New India Bill are rife amongst all classes—even the natives argue, pro and con, the different sides of the question. Amongst the European inhabitants, the Company's officers, civil and military, the bill is highly ap proved of) but the natives seem to think that some provizio ought to have been made for their obtaining employments of a higher emolument in the civil administration of the country. Great astonishment and much indignation have been expressed by every One at the manner in which the Court of Directors are reported to have confirmed the decision of the Bombay Government regarding the suspension of the Sudder Judges, Messrs. Le Geyt and Grant. The answer which Sir Charles Wood gave Mr. Hume and Mr. Otway in the House of Commons is at direct variance with fact. There was neither miscon duct, nor alleged misconduct, on the part of either judge ; their greatest enemies allow their official characters to have been unimpeachable. More over, both had months before (M. Le Geyt in the commencement of 1851, Mr. Grant in 1852) they were suspended by the Bombay Government, re quested that an inquiry into the truth of the anonymous slanders published against them might be made. In both instances this was refused point blank:, and yet we find that Sir Charles Wood has been either misled, or has mis-stated the facts in the House of Commons. Again, in Mr. Luard 's business there is, somehow, or other, a complete mystification. The President of the Board of Con trol talks of that gentleman as having been restored to office, but Mr. Luard is still under suspen sion, without pay, rank, or allowances of any sort. Messrs. Le Geyt and Grant were at once ques tioned as to the truth of certain allegations put f or th against them in a newspaper which had for years past evinced most determined personal hos tility towards these gentlemen. The answers not being deemed satisfactory, they were at once sus pended, disgraced, and, in a pecuniary sense ?. fIS ( .1 salary equivalent to a fine of 10,0001. On the other hand, Mr. Luard impeaches two other mem bers of the Company's Civil Service—the late Messrs. Bell and Simpson, who were, at the time Mr. Luard accused them, alive and well. But in stead of a single question being asked these gentle men, their accuser is at once suspended. Alto gether, strange events have taken place during the last three years in connection with the Bombay Government, and the confirmation of local orders by the local authorities is a matter of surprise to all. The Governor-General is still at Calcutta, and Sir H. Pottin ger a t M a d ras . Th e l a tt er i s said to have sent home his resignation of the Madras Go vernment. Lord Falkland is still in the Deccan. Lord Fitzclarence is also at Poona, where he has been suffering from an attack of gout. Trade is brisk for the time of the year, and the money market easy. There have been numerous imports into Bombay, and goods have met with ready sale, and at fair prices. We have had a temporary cessation from rain, but the wet weather has again set in, and Bombay is more like London on a very wet October day than WO what a new corner would imagine India to be. Surgeon Nicholson, of the Bombay army, has been acquitted. The officers who brought him to trial have been severely reprimanded by the Com mander-in-Chief, Lord Frederick Fitzclarence. COMMERCIAL. CALCUTTA MARKETS. Calcutta, Aug. 19.—The steamer Bombay was an' flounced on the 11th inst., and came up on the 12th, bringing London dates to the Bth July. The position of trade at home was good, although business had been checked by the uncertain state of the Turkish question, parties in consequence only buying for immediate wants. The reports from the indigo districts are still unsatisa factory, and according to present appearances the crop, if it exceeds in quantity that of last year, can only do, so by a few thou san d mds. The shipments of indigo up to date, amount to 26,705 chests, contain' ing Fy. mds. 100,297. Shell lac and lac dye remain unchanged. An average business has been done in hides, both for England and the United States. Linseed has continued in active demand for Great Britain and America, at an advanced rate, say 2-9 to 2-12 per rad. The inquiry for rapeseed has been less active, and its value has consequently declined a little. Jute of good quality is very scarce, and this added to high rates of freight has caused a further decline in prices. The ship' ments of rice to Great Britain have been moderate, not exceeding mds. 18,529 since the first of the month ; the demand from Rangoon has subsided. Saltpetre has con tinued in active general demand with free supplies and former prices. Transactions in safflower have decreased, and that article is obtainable at rather easier rates. The business done in sugar for shipment to Great Britain bag been very limited during the past fortnight, not exceed ing 600 tons ; prices, however, are firm, and above 2s. to 3s. per cwt. above home quotations. The business done in cotton piece goods has been coin• paratively limited, not from any unfavourable alteration in the position of the market, which is healthy and good, but from the difficulty of obtaining steam water carriage to the Upper Provinces. Copper is quiet but firm. The holders of iron have increased their pretensions, while dealers are quite willing to pay recent quotations. There is but little doing in spelter ; holders, however, are very confident, and look for better prices than those currently offered. 1,550 mds pig lead are reported sold at 7.4 per md. Salt (is in good demand at full prices ; fine Liverpool is quoted at 95 to 100, and butter at 94 to 95 per 100 mds. The Money Market is kept well supplied, and accom modation can be obtained on comparatively moderate terms. The share market is firm, with an upward tendency, _ . Exchange has not undergone any material alteration. Tonnage is very scarce : freights have not, however, much altered owing to the small business doing in ex' ports for Great Britain. BOMBAY MARKETS. BOMBAY, AUG. 30.—During this month there has been a very considerable business in piece goods trans acted, notwithstanding rather a heavy import of goods ; and twist and sales of goods to arrive have also had effect to a large extent, although without improvement in prices, or even at remunerating rates, save for grey madapollams, which appear to be very scarce, and have advanced in value four annas per piece during the last three months. Grey yarns have been imported to more than double the extent of any previous year. Still, prices have not given way. On the contrary, quotations show a slight improvement on previous quotations. Shipments of cotton have not gone forward with any vigour lately either to England or China, but last ac counts from England have given a little more vigour, and dealers ask higher prices for cotton, which has not however been met by purchasers, owing to the advance in rates of freight and exchange. EGYPT. ALEXANDRIA, SEPT. 20. For the last two days much excitement has ex isted amongst the mercantile community here. On the 17th the intention, after eight days of consideration, of the Pacha, to prohibit for the present the further exports of grain, was announced by Stefano Bey, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, who had been sent down from Cairo for that pur pose. - Many of our merchants having extensive opera tions in grain still pending, and many vessels re cently chartered in England for its conveyance, complained of the serious consequences likely to arise from so sudden a measure. The entire con sular body waited upon Stefano Bey, soliciting that the period of notice should be extended from that of eight days till 30th November. The Minister seeing the justice of the demand consented, upon his own responsibility, to extend it till 30th October, which being deemed insuffi cient, he expressed his willingness to resubmit the matter to the Pacha, which is to be done. The Pacha is still at Mount Sinai. Loutfy Effendi, as about to represent this country at the Exhibition in America, proceeds to-morrovrt via Southampton and Liverpool, for that purpose• Great fears are entertained of damage from the continued excessive rising of the Nile, and embank ments are being thrown up everywhere. The hot season may now be fairly said to be on the wane. The health of the city is above the usual average at this season of the year. Exchange on London, 98/. FOREIGNERS AT COURT. Those on whom the duty devolves of counselling her Majesty, cannot, at the present crisis, b e too careful as to the character—politi ca lly no t less than personally—of those foreigners who are admitted to share the hospitalities of Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle, or Osborne House. A well-informed foreigner , resident in London, writes to us on this subject as follows :—" You are aware, of course, of Count Mensdorffs staying with the Court at Balmoral an d formerly at the Isle of Wight, for you report it yourself in the Court Circular ; but you nleY , perhaps, not know that Count Alexander Mensdorff is a distinguished Austrian general, and though not at all educated for diplomacy, he was very success; fully employed by Austria in the Holstein affair, and then sent to St. Petersburgh as ambassador. is now on leave for the sake of his health, which he enjoys in England ! H e i s cous i n to te e Queen, being the third son of Count Mensdorff by the sister of the Duchess of Kent ; he is about thirty eight or forty years old, of very amiable and win ging character, and, though he is an adversary, I mes tl?" do him the justice to say that he is a perfect gen 7 man ; but so much more caution is wanted against his intruding himself, perhaps in the Queen's council, in raa 9b important matters. You must be aware that it is ve ry much for the interest of Aust r ia to gain ground at th e Court and Government of England ; for such pu r p ose certainly there could scar ce ly be found a better and more able person than Count Mensdorff, as he unit? o in himself the confidence of the Emperor of Russia too. —Morning Advertiser. ARRIVALS OF GOLD.—The Renown has arrived yester day from Port Phillip with 10,355 ounces of gold, valued at 41,4201. Another vessel with gold, the Typhoon, has likewise been reported, but the amount is not yet ascertained. The Medway, also just arrived, has about 17,000 ounces on board, valued at 68,0001. EXPLOSION OF GAS IN LONDON WALL.—Yester cla Y afternoon, about twenty minutes before 5 o'clo ck, the inhabitants of London Wall and Finsbury- c i rc us wer e , greatly alarmed by a tremendous report resembling o ' l l' of a heavy piece of ordnance, which was soon ascertaino.: to have proceeded from an explosion of several hundred feet of gas at the corner of Circus-place and Londal Wall. The Equitable Gas Company are having ne, W , main pipes laid down on the north s ide of London Wra"' for which purpose a deep trench has been excavated clos.e. to the kerbstones. Yesterday , a length of pipe, extend ing from Finsbury-pavement to Circus-place, was ear ly pleted, and a tight plug, consisting of spun-yarn, MT inserted in the mouth of the last pipe, at the corner Circus-place, in order that the main might be filled gas for the usual supply of the inhabitants and the street lamps. After the pipe had been filled from the worlco in the Curtain-road, three men, viz., Redmond Welcb, Patrick Kilfye, and another whose name is not th ere tained, were sent into the trench to prove whether therei was any escape from the plug, by waving a piece sly, lighted tow round the mouth of pipe. Unfortunate ''. in this instance, there had been a considerable escgr ful manlier those who were in the trench. for no sooner was the light applied than a terrific exePfi, sion took place, knocking down and scorching in d r n i ta neetla 1 dis the plug was blown from the i to a considerableows tance. The violence of the concussion broke the wia d r _ rs , of Messrs. Pritchard Brothers, tobacco manufactu e and London Wall. 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