The Sun. — London, England, 1853-11-04 00:00:00

, THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LAN - E.-THIS EVENING.—Mr. E. T. SMITH, Lessee, respectfully informs his friends and patrons that he has, regardless of expense, engaged a galaxy of EQfJESTRI A.N TALENT never before assembled con junctively, even in this the Metropolis of NatiCIIS, and by whom the classic development of the bippodrarn qic art obtained a triumph every evening unmatched in the histot y of such performances. The gymnastic artistes were equally successful. The victory of the Vaulters was completed, in the throwing of nearly 200 somersaults by 0. Dale and Barnes, the European and American champions. The Eleventh Exhibition will take place THIS EVENING, Novem ber 3, when Mr. Smith earnestly but respectfully solicits a continua tion of that support which he so gratefully recognises. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Under the management of Mr. Bnckstone. THIS EVENING, Nov. 4, Will be performed MONEY. Characters by Messrs. G. Vanden hoff, Tilbury, Howe, Buckstone, Compton, H. Corri, and W. Farren ; Mrs. L. S. Buckingham, Miss Chaplin, and Mrs. Fltzwilliam. To be followed by MIDAS. Characters by Misses Featherstone and Ormonde. To conclude with MAKE YOUR WILLS. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. CILLIMES KEAN. THIS EVENING, Nov. 4, Will be performed THE DAY AFTER THE WEDDING. Sup ported by Mr. and Mrs. W. Lacy. After which, Lord Byron's Tragedy of SARDANAPALUA, con siderably abridged for stage representation. Principal characters by Mr. and Mrs. C. Kean. To conclude with DEAF AS A POST. Principal character by Mr. Harley. LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestrie. THIS EVENING, Nov. 4, win be performed THE GAME OF SPECULATION. Principa 1 character by Mr. C. Mathews. After which, THE COMMENCEMENT OF A BAD FARCE w hi c h, however (it is hoped), will turn out to be WRIGHT AT LAST (sth time). Principal character by Mr. Wright. To conclude with A CURIOUS CASE. Principal character by Mr. C. Mathews. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster. —Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Nov. 4, _ _ _ Will be performed THE DISCARDED SON. Characters by Leigh Murray, Paul Bedford, and Keeley ; Mrs. Keeley and Miss Woolgar, &c. After which, THE CAMP AT CHOIMAM. To be followed by "HOTEL CHARGES!" or, How to Cook "A Bifiln." To conclude with COMING OF AGE. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan. THIS EVENING, Nov. 4, Will be performed THE CAMP AT THE OLYMPIC. Charac ters by Messrs. A. Wigan, Emery, F. Robson, Cooper, and Galli ; Mesdames A. Wigan, Stirling, P. Horton, Chatterley, E. Turner, and Wyndham. To be followed by PLOT AND PASSION. Principal characters by Mr. F. Robson and Mrs. Stirling. ASTLEY'S EUROPE'S NATIONAL AMPHITHEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. SECOND WEEK of the GRAND EQUESTRIAN JUBILEE, With an entire change in the SCENES of the ARENA, forming the second monster Programme of the series arranged for the purpose of introducing the unequalled Equestrian and Gymnastic talent of this far-famed Establishment. THIRD WEEK of Miss KATE COOKE, whose graceful daring and finished mode of managing her beautiful and most perfectly trained steed, Snowdrop, in the highest school of ménage con tinues to be received with increased admiration and applause. The world's wonder, Miss EMILY COOKE, will appear every even ing in her matchless Feat of Leaping through 16 balloons. THIS EVENING, Nov. 4, The Successful Burlesque of JUPITER'S DECREE, AND THE PALL OF PHATON; or, THE FIERY COURSERS OF THE SUN. To be followed by the Scenes of the ARENA, supper ted by the acknowledged favourites and other talented Artistes, ,or which ex tensive arrangements have been made. The extraordinary Artistes on LA PERCHE, Signor CARLOTTIE and Signor FRANCOIS. To conclude with Mr. W. Cooke's exciting NEW GRAND GREEK ENTREE, which has been eminently successful. Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. DAILY WEATHER TABLE. FRIDAY, Nov. 4, 1853. State of the wind and weather at each of the following places at nine o'clock yesterday morning. The stations are arranged in order of latitude. FOLKESTONE—E., gentle breeze —overcast. TUNBRIDGE—E., calm —fog g y. GREENWICH—caIm—foggy, STROOD—N., gentle breeze —rain. CAMBRIDGE—cIoudy. YARMOUTH—S.E., gentle breeze—cloudless. The returns from the following places !indicate the state of the weather on Wednesday morning at nine o'clock LIMERICK—S.W., gentle breeze—cloudless. MIILLINGAR—S., strong breeze—partially cloudy. BIRMINGHAM—S.W., strong breeze—cloudless. LANCASTER—W. strong breeze—overcast. HOLYHEAD—S.W., hard wind—partially cloudy. WHITBY—S., strong breeze—principally clear. DARLINGTON—S., strong breeze—partially cloudy—light rain. SNAP—S., strong breeze—partially cloudy. FARRINGDON—S.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tam DAY —Morning 27 min.after 3 I Evening 48 min.aft. 3 10-Moaaow Morning 11 min.after 4 Evening 33 miu.aft. 4 THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFlcrs, Nov. 4. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 58—highest since noon yesterday. 49—lowest this morning and daring the night. 52—this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30'07. WIND, &E.—Light breeze, and fine, sunshiny weather. sf.:3ZON, , Indeed, the interest of the latter would lead him' to prefer the immediate commencement of active hostilities, if assured of tha t zealous and efficient assistance from the Maritime Powers which he has a right to expect. He is doubtless chafing the " bit" which the instructions of Lord STRATFORD has given him to champ. All the interests of Russia are opposed to war ; and there is, at this moment, an immense quantity of corn stored at Odessa awaiting exportation, the delays in the disposal whereof, are even more pre judicial to the vendors than they are to the Bri tish people, whose bread has been so greatly en hanced in price, in consequence of the caprices of the AUTOCRAT. NICHOLAS is so well aware of this, and also that the fate of despotism itself is involved in the result, that there is little reason to suppose that he would not make any possible sacrifice to repair the mistake he has committed, and be enabled to retrace his footsteps without personal disgrace. An actual conflict would not alter his position, as it might plausibly be ascribed to the impetuosity of troops acting without, or contrary to, instructions from head-quarters. But it is not merely the state of the weather that has led to the improvements that have taken place. The weather has been exceedingly propiti ous, and affords more auspicious prospects with respect to the ensuing harvest than any we have for some time past been enabled to indulge in. There has been no monetary tightness, and it is generally supposed that the Bank will speedily be compelled to retrace its footsteps, and to lower the rate of discount to the community. Already it finds itself underbid by the large discount houses; and if the directors hope to maintain their profits, and make consider able weekly additions to the rest, they must suffer themselves to go with the stream in place of making a vain attempt to oppose it. We may form some judgment of the course likely to be adopted by the magnates of Threadneedle-street, from the notification of the intention to advance to dissentient holders of the various petty stocks that are to be paid off in January, the sums to which they will then become entitled, deducting interest for the interval after the rate of 4 per cent. per annum. Nearly 2, 400, 0 0 0/. (2, 38 0, 0 0 01. ) will thus be brought into circulation, if the par ties choose to avail themselves of the offered accommodation. The mere power, indeed, will be sufficient to keep down the rate of interest, and also to enhance quotations, as eligible invest ments must be sought for, and the persons whose claims are to be liquidated will scarcely avoid availing themselves of the present favourable opportunities for that purpose. We have repeatedly directed public attention to the extraordinary care manifested by the English law for the protection of property of any kind or description. No man can now attack his neighbour's purse with impunity, or hope to establish an unjust or unfounded demand. Any attempt made to obtain unfair possession of money or money's worth, is almost certain of detection, and on discovery is visited with the most strin gent punishment. Prolonged terms of imprison ment, with hard labour, penal servitude, and even banishment for life, or many successive years, await the party convicted of an infraction of the laws of property, either by force or fraud, whether the matter come within the enactments against forgery, larceny, false pretences, or conspiracy. Nay more, a bad character in money matters is sufficient to insure the punishment of a person against whom no distinct or tangible charge is or can be established ; and the presiding magistrate may summarily convict a person brought be fore him as " a reputed thief," and send him to a House of Correction for three months' hard labour at the treadmill, or crank. A period quite sufficient at some of the model prisons, such as Winchester, or Birmingham, to render the wretch weary of existence, and drive him to self-murder as the most tolerable alternative. How different is the protection afforded to the person. A brute may pass through life indulging his violent propensities to the utmost, without incurring a tittle of the punishment that might be adjudgedfor a theft to the value of the smallest coin of the realm. He may knock down and trample upon his neighbour, kick and maltreat the passing stranger, and 5/. fine, or, in default of payment, two months' imprisonment is the full extent of punishment that can be in flicted. He may earn for himself an infamous notoriety, similar to that which attached to the miscreant CANNON, before he maimed poor DwYER, the kind-hearted policeman, who was assisting the truculent ruffian at the very moment of the wan ton and unexpected attack ; but no practical in convenience attends the evil reputation for violence, so far as the law is concerned. CANNON might have strutted along the most crowded thorough fare, with clouded brow and menacing aspect, manifestly contemplating an unprovoked assault on the first victim on whose devoted head his wrath may burst ; but no policeman would be justifiedin interfering until the assault had actually taken place. No preventive measures could be taken. The magistrate before whom he was brought would be bound to dismiss him from the bar, and would probably add a severe censure on the policeman whose excess of zeal had prompted him to save some inoffensive individual from severe personal injury, while he would, at the same time, send to three months' hard labour the trembling child who, although never himself charged with theft, was stated to be " a com panion of thieves," and suspected of loitering in the public street, with intent to commit a felony —that is to say, to pick the pocket of some passer by. Again, if a trial should take place, in which the title to p rem i ses , or t o an y ki n d o f p ersona l property, i s i nvo l ve d , or w h ere damages are claim e d, new trials may be obtained, or appeals carried from tribunal to tribunal, although the most patient i nvest i gat i on had prev i ously taken place b e f ore an eminent judge and intelligent jury. Ten days' notice must have been given of that trial —the not i ce itself being served after issue joined, whi c h must have taken at least eight clays And yet with all the time thus allowed, a to ny eff r e e c a t. reasonable complaint as to " surprise," or being unable to adduce important evidence, is in variably attended to, and a new inquiry directed, the usual (although not the invariable) condition being the payment of costs by the party through was occasi one d. whose lathes or misfortune the delay The absence of a materia l witness, too, is a l most always regardeda s a sufficient reason for adjo urn i ng the trial on such terms as may seem reasonable to the presiding judge. But in a crimi nal case, al though the life or liberty of the accused be in volved in the result, there is no appeal as to " facts." No new trial can be obtained under any circumstances, and although the innocence of the accused be established beyond the possibility of doubt, the error of the jury cannot be corrected ; and if there were sufficient legal grounds for a conviction the record of his guilt must remain, and perhaps be proved against him subsequently, as a " previous conviction," to aggravate his punishment, although it was known that he was " not guilty," and her MAJESTY'S "pardon " had been conferred upon him with that kn owled g e. " Pardon " to an innocent man may appear a contradiction in terms; but such is the practice, and that is all we can ever look for. There can be no hope of freeing his character by the verdict of another jury, however conclusive the testi mony he favour. may be enabled to adduce in his 1 , When the consequences of a mistake are so very seri ous, there should be additional facilities for obtaining a postponement of any trial, if rea sonable grounds can be set forth for the applica tion. But practically such is not the case, and the convenience of a prosecutor is. generally more thought of than the ch aracter and liberty of thet ac on at thecused. This poi n t received a strong illus ti Middlesex Sessions, on Tuesday, w h ere a Captain RIMS was put on trial, uotwith standing the earnest protest of his energetic and efficient counsel. The prisoner, although he had been twice remanded, was only committed for trial on Saturday. That trial was forced on on the Tues day following, notwithstanding the statement of Mr. PARRY that he was not and could not be prepared, and that the undue haste might not only be very prejudicial to, but inflict gross injustice on, his client. The prosecutor, however, wished to go to Plymouth the fol lowing day, and to suit his convenience the case was forced on, although it was almost a mat ter of life and death to the prisoner, who might have been transported, if found guilty. Now, we do not wish to be taken as casting undue censure on the Learned Assistant-Judge. We respect and esteem Sergeant ADAMS, for, despite a little occasional eccentricity, we know him to be a learned Judge, an intelligent Judge, and, above all, a humane Judge—one with whom the interests of prisoners are, generally speaking, as safe as they could be with any Judge on the Bench. It is not then the man, but the system we blame—that system it was that placed the liberty of Captain hens, whom the Jury de clared to be an indiscreet, although not a frau dulent, man in such serious jeopardy ; and we feel that it ought to be earnestly protested against not merely by the Barrister in Court, but the journalist on the broad sheet—by every man, in fact, who is desirous of preserving the liberty of the subject, and guarding and protecting that which is far more dear than money or money's worth ! LONDON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1853. There is still an upward tendency in the quota tions on the Stock Exchange, notwithstanding the energetic efforts of the speculators in a contrary direction. The most formidable rumours have merely a temporary effect, and the market speedily rallies from the effects even of a circumstantial narrative of a sanguinary encounter in Wallachia. The obstinate capitalists continue to send in money for investment, undeterred by the ursine manoeu vres. The most ingenious devices of the fraternity prove utterly fruitless. When they offer to sell at a depreciated pric e, the bargain is forthwith closed on behalf, not of a Bull speculator, a per son as unwilling to accept the stock bargain as the other would be unable to decline one anxious for delivery, and w ho will insist on the due performance of his contract. The ano malous state of affairs of the quotations for money being higher than for the account still continues, clearly showing that the public feeling is strongly opposed to that of the depreciators of the national credit, and that, unless that feeling can be ch anged in the interim—unless capitalists or fundholders can be alarmed and a panic excited—the account day will severely test the pecuniary resources of those who are themselves tumbling into the pits they dug for the reception of others. Many of the party, already terrified at the prospect before them, yesterday endeavoured to buy back, at im proved prices, the stock they had sold on specula tion, without having it in their possession—closing their accounts with many sighs for their own folly and mistaken estimates as to the course of events. This naturally led to a considerable improvement, which was temporarily checked by a report of a collision between the opposing armies, which ter minated favourably for the invaders. This, however, was soon disregarded. It was found be without any kind of corroboration, until we are told that bargains were effected for money at e s i, the Th scarcity ultimat e quotation being 94i to 95k. and i t is of stock for delivery still continues, said that the brokers find the greatest difficulty executinof g orde rs , excep t suc h as are amo~t ments with the c i t e• If we c om bi ne th ese state of stock bo rrovo „ unu tailee of the large amount a t a the last a ccount-de, mga rate of inter es t on y, and whi c h we may form a rough must be replaced, est' which the ursa minor eS l raate of the difficulties _ will have to encounter Stoc k Exchange , and of thee which will compel them to di sgorge a age probably their ill-gotten plunder. proportion of As to the state of the Eastern question which e x e rcises, and must continue t o exercise, so 2 import ant an influence on the money market, we have but little to add to the observations.which we have vffered day by day, and the general accuracy whereof receive additional confirmation from fresh intelli gence received. We find the general conviction prevailing abroad that there will be no general war, and that even I there should be a collision, which is notveryprobable, that it would not materi ally impede or interfere with an amicable terming_ tion to the dispute—a matter which is no less he SULTAN. eagerly desired by the CZAR than by t THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 4, 1853. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, Nov. 3. The dinner party yesterday included the King of the Belgians, the Duchess of Brabant, the Duchess of Kent, the Duke of Brabant the Count of Flanders, the Duke of Newcastle, the Belgian Minister and Madame Van de Weyer, the Prussian Minister and Madame Bunsen, Viscount Palmerston, the Lady-in-Waiting to the Duchess of Brabant, the Lady-in-Waiting to the Duchess of Kent, Lady Frances Bruce, the Baroness de Speth, Major-General the Hon. Sir Edward Cust, Count Gustave de Lannoy, Colonel de Moerkerke, Baron Prisse, Monsieur Ricken, and Mr. Gibbs. CITY OF LONDON COMMISSION-(THIS DAY. The Commissioners resumed their inquiry this morn ing in the chambers of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. Mr. Acland said he wished to correct the statement which he made at the former sitting with regard to the money expended by the corporation in the purchase of newspapers. He was in error in supposing that the Common Council had voted 1,0001. a year, during the last four years, for the purpose of subsidising the press, as, in point of fact, no such vote had ever been come to ; but, in 1849, the consolidated committee made a report recommending that steps should be taken to obtain better reports in the newspapers of the proceed ings of the council, and the report was remitted back to the committee, with power to make the necessary arrangements for carrying out the recommendation. The task of doing this was confided by the consolidated committee to a sub-committee, consisting of three mem bers, and although there was no absolute vote upon the subject, there was yet a tacit understanding between the council and the consolidated committee that the latter should, at their discretion, expend not more than 1,0001. a-year in the purchase of newspapers. He knew this of his own knowledge, but he could not state from what source he obtained the information without being guilty of a breach of confidence. He found, however, that in the published accounts of the corporation there was a "conglomerated" item of a 1,0001. a year charged to the hall keeper, which included newspapers and adver tisements. He had no reason actually to doubt the statement a Mr. Wood, that during the last four years no more than 1501. a year had been spent in the pur chase of newspapers ; but the corporation accounts con tained no entry whatever of even that payment, while he knew of his own knowledge that the consolidated committee had expended a large sum of money in at tempting to establish a newspaper of their own, called The Citizen. Mr. Acland then proceeded to state his views with regard to the civil and criminal courts of the city. LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.) QUEEN'S BENCH. FALSE IMPRISONMENT.-GREENFIELD V. SYKES. This was an action for false imprisonment, to which the defendant had pleaded simply not guilty. The plain tiff was a tradesman, and the defendant a publican in Liverpool ; and some time ago one of the defendant's windows was broken and a bottle of spirits stolen in the night. Suspicion fell upon the plaintiff, and the next morning he was apprehended; but on being taken before the police magistrate there was not sufficient evidence to justify his conviction. Subsequently he brought the present action, and at the trial the defendant was de sirous of calling evidence to show that there was reason able ground for believing that the plaintiff was the party who broke the window. The Court, however, ruled that such evidence could not be received under a plea of not guilty. It ought to have been specially pleaded. Mr. Millward now moved for a rule to show cause why a new trial should not be had, on the ground that the evidence was improperly rejected. Application granted. COURT OF EXCHEQUER. INFRINGEMENT OF A PATENT.-PALMER V. COOPER. This was an action for infringing a patent for making candles. By the 15th and 16th of Victoria, the defend ant was bound to deliver the alleged infringement with his plea, but this was not done in the present in stance, and at the trial the Lord Chief Justice Baron allowed the omission to be supplied by the admission of evidence, which induced a verdict for the defendant. Sir F. Thesiger now moved for a rule nisi, to show cause why a new trial should not be had, on the ground that the evidence was improperly admitted. Application granted. SHERIFFS' COURT. (Before R. Gurney, Esq.) IMPORTANT QUESTION UNDER THE INSOLVENT LAW.- KENDALL V. PATTIE. This was an action to recover the sum of 41. 10s. for work done for the defendant. Mr. W. B. Davies on the part of the defendant, said that this court had no jurisdiction, as the defend ant had been imprisoned and petitioned the In solvent Court and obtained his discharge. In some cases under very special circumstances, it had been held that when fraud had been committed, and when no notice had been given to the creditor, the court had jurisdiction where the case had been heard under the Protection Act, as then the insolvent need only file his schedule, give up his property and obtain immediate protection. His Honour examined the plaintiff, and said that there did not appear the slightest evidence of fraud, and, therefore, the case was at end on that point ; and it was very seldom the court interfered when a person had been in prison and had passed the Insolvent Court. Plaintiff was nonsuited. The Duke of Newcastle returns to town to-day, from a visit to her Majesty, at Windsor Castle. The youth ful branches of the family will arrive at Portman-square on Saturday. The Noble Duke and his colleagues in office will meet in Downing-street, on Monday. ROYAL FAMILY BIRTHDAYS IN NOVEMBER.—Yester day being the 3rd of November was the birthday of her Royal Highness the Princess Sophia. On the 9th (Lord Mayor's day) will be the birthday of the Prince of has been _ _ ales, 1841, and that of the Princess Royal on the 21st, 1840 . Also,Ma jesty in the month of November, 1558 , her , Traf E al . Queen Elizabeth ascended the throne of England. RE OPENING OP THE NATIONAL w O b AL ieb LERT .—The National Gallery, closed bey on d to the usual recess, to enable the committee carry out the new alterations and repairs, which have been going on f to the public cn oithe last two months . , will be re-opened and on Mondays, Monday_ next, the 7th instant, gratis, days, as usual. oc T i i i r r sdays, Wednesdays, and Thurs. CLOSING THE idays, only for the pupils. HOUSE.— Notice was ' TRANSFER BOOKS AT THE EAST INDIA House that the issued yesterday at the East India be shut from Tuesday, transfer books for East India stock will three p.m., until ythe 6th of December next, at and that the warrants Tuesday,for the i 17th of January, 1854, stock, payable on Friday, thee dividends on the said under the 11th section of the a 6th of January, 1854, IV., cap. 85, will be ready to beetdsed and 4th William delivered to the public on that day. The interest on the company's bonds is now raised from 21. 10s. to 3/. s s , THE VACANT SCOTCH JUDGESHIP. — It t, e c ent. per annum. has been stated in the London and several of the Scotch journals, Mr. Inglis. D ean of Faculty, would be the successor that c s cessor of Lord Ander son. This report is erroneo us , we are enabled to st ate that the Dean of Faculty li a as respect. fully declined the vacant seat on the bench. The pro bability therefore now is, that the high office will be offered to Mr. Handyside, the Solicitor-General.— Caledonian Mercury. THE LATE LIEUTENANT -GENERAL SIR CHAS. NAPIER. —A paragraph having lately appeared in some of the papers, to the effect that Sir Charles Napier's will had been proved, and the personal estate sworn "under 200,0001.," it may be right to state that probate was only taken out on Friday last, b y Lieut.-Col. John Pitt Kennedy, joint trustee under the will with Lady apser, and that, instead of 200,0001,, the amount an under 20,0001. MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at 5,000 bales, including 1,000 American taken for export and on speculation. The market was steady and firm, with prices of all kinds the same as on Friday last. The sales comprised 4,000 American, 200 Pernam and Maranham at 6d. to 7d., 100 Bahia at 61d. to 6Td., 250 Egyptian at 51d. to 61d., 500 Surat at to 4,1 d., and 100 Sea Island at Is. 4d. to Is. 7d. per 10. Railway Shares were very buoyant, at an advance of 1 to 2 per cent. on all the leading stocks. In the Produce Markets this week the transac tions have not been large, either privately or by public sale, and the holders, finding prices are not fully maintained, keep back their goods in expectation of an early improvement. The number of persons out of employment in the manufacturing districts tends to limit consumption. Sugar, tea, coffee, and spaces have maintained full quotations. Rice also has been firm. Cotton has not attracted much attention, but keeps at its value. In dye goods the operations have been small. Cochineal and indigo have both had rather a downward tendency. Spirits are steady. Pig iron has not been very active. In their remarks upon trade in the manufactur ing districts, Messrs. McNair, Greenhow, and Irving write from Manchester, as follows : " Since the date of ours, last month, the 'absence of continued steadiness may be considered locally as one of the most prominent features ; change and fluctuation having alternately succeeded each other—a result which, as we on a former occasion mentioned, need not now, we repeat, occasion surprise, when all the adverse ele ments are taken into consideration. The most important of these has, undoubtedly, been the unsettled difficulties of the Eastern question, which had, up to Saturday last, continued to throw additional uneasiness into commer cial transactions, and, not least, but next, the acknow ledged deficiency of the late harvest, coupled with the very unfavourable weather which has prevailed during the month for wheat sowing. The Eastern question has, no doubt, also materially contributed to en hance the value of grain, which would appear to be gradually advancing, with a more favour able state of the weather, which at the moment appears to us to be the most important element ; and a settle ment of matters between Turkey and Russia, business in this neighbourhood would be soon restored to a healthy and active condition. But to return more immediately to our own market. No really unfavourable report cau be reported as to that. Until about the 16th, it con tinued dull and lifeless, with a decline in values. Upon the receipt of better accounts from Bombay and Cal cutta, then a better feeling became evident, and tran sactions were entered into very freely, which had the effect of securing cloths suitably adapted, at the low rates previously ruling. The prices to-day for 51b. 40z., 61b., and 71b. are fully 10. to 3d. per piece dearer ; 71b. 14oz. shirtings were sold also at 7s. 6d. per piece. Yarns, too, in 40's, 50's, and 60's, were sold also cheaper than they now can be purchased at ; and mule twist for India cannot be had under an advance of id. to Ad. per lb." The following report upon the silk trade is by Mr. Henry W. Eaton " Since the public sales, the result of which was re ported to you on the 20th ult., oar market has con tinued quiet, and will doubtless remain so until the question of peace or war is settled. The accounts just received from Shanghai, dated Aug. 27, report the set tlements for new silk to have been carried out far more easily than had been expected, and there is every reason to hope that the supply will be adequate to the in creased consumption. The Exchange, however, had advanced to 7s. 9d., which would render the cost of the more recent purchases higher than had been antici pated, say best Tsatlees above 20s. In Bengals there is but little doing, the high prices paid for the Rainy Bund silk (now arriving) inducing importers to expect more than can at present be obtained. In Brutia, the imports of the month remain unsold. In Persians no thing doing, the present unpaid stock consisting of only second and third qualities ; some of the new crop may be expected during the month. The Italian market has fully participated in the general quiet." The Colonial wool sales have improved since Wednesday, and there is an increased bUsiness doing, the more buoyant condition of the Money market inspiring confidence. The ship Phoenician, from Sydney, brings ad vices of July 27 only, but she has on board 29,650 ounces of gold. The amount sent away by the Peninsular Com pany's steamer this day is 433,5001. The English Funds have been more fluctuating, having opened well, and gone flatter since owing to the news from Bucharest. Consols have been 95k, and since 948 for transfer, a littl e money s t oc k having come to market. The account prices have been 94a to 4, and are now 9411 to Bank Stock has been worth 214 to 216. Exchequer Bills are worth is. to ss. premium, and India Bonds Is. disnount to 4s. premium. The New Three-and-a- Quarter per Cents. have been at 948 to 951, and the Three per Cents. 938 to 94. Foreign securities have been rather moderately dealt in. Spanish New Deferred are worth 211, and the Committee's Certificate 5 to sf. Por tuguese Four per Cents. have been at 414. Mexi can Stock has been at 26. 1 ; to Peruvian Bonds are higher, being 72 to 73. Equador Stock is at si. Dutch Four per Cents. have been at 94. The Railway Share Market has been without any marked change, but on the whole is firm. Foreign shares have been improving, and there is a rise in Sambre and Meuse, Luxemburg and Northern. The Gold Mine Shares have been quieter, but the Land Companies' have been in request again. The Joint Stock Bank Shares are very active, at fuller rates. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Business done. Bank Stock ............. ............ 216 14 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 94 3$ 4 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 951 4i 58 41 New 31 per Cent. Annuities 96 5$ 1 Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 Dittc 30 Years, Expire 10;1 Oct., 1859 -16 Ditto 30 Years. Expire sth Jan., iB6O 5B India Bonds. .V.OOO Ditto, under 21000 1 d 4 p Consols for Account Exchequer Bills, 2d. £l000 2500 2 5 1 4 p Small 2 5 1 4 p PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Danish Bonds, 1823, 3 per Cent Ditto 5 per Cent Equador Bonds . 5l Mexican 3 per Cent. Ditto for the Account.. Peruvian Bonds, 4i per Cent. 72 Ditto Deferred, 3 per Sent 5O! Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent 4l Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent. St ll3 Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent 92A Spanish New Deferred, 3 per Cent. 2ll Spanish Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun. 58 5 p c Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 4 per Cent. Certificates HALF-PAST TWO. Consols Ditto November Account 941 EPSOM RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) DUBDANS PLATE. Mysterious Lady Nine ran. THE RIOT AT BLACKBURN. BLACKBURN, Nov. 3. Things are yet in a very unsettled state in this town. The inhabitants were treated to a new species of annoy. ance the whole of last night, in the firing of guns every minute or two, from some mill or mills thought to be in danger. How such a noisy manifestation could do more than disturb quiet people, it is difficult to imagine. The circumstance is a curious illustration of the way in which every man here does what is right in his own eyes. Now that the worst part of the fray seems to be over, innumerable and most disgraceful instances of savage injury come to light, such as must reflect per manent discredit on this town, already so notorious for its inveterate political animosity. The questions still remain unanswerea—Why was the town allowed to be left in the hands of a mob for six hours, or, indeed, till it chose to retire ? And what measures are to be taken to prevent the renewal of scenes so disgraceful to a civilised country ? THE WINE DUTIES. - Mr. Oliveira, M.P., having recently made an extensive tour in the South of France and Germany, to collect information upon the various heads of inquiry involved in this question, has for s•me time past been in Manchester, consulting the leading commercial firms, and the free trade party, with a view to obtain their co-operation in his intended motion for a reduction of the wine duties, on the re-assembling of Parliament. HOTEL ADMINISTRATION.—We understand that seve ral important improvements in our social system, in reference to hotel requirements, are being carried out in some few of the establishments in London, and which are doubtless due to the recent agitation of the press. The proprietor of the Wellington, in Piccadilly —the first to adopt an excellent and liberal caste, and to place wines upon the table, in the imperial measure, at fair prices—has, in addition to the extensive dining salons, thrown open a suite of elegant apartments, to subscribers of one guiner each, in which all the better class hotel arrrngements have been blended with the agremens and luxuries of the higher order of clubs. Those who are acquainted with the style and comfort with which Crockfords—now the Wellington—is adorned, will readily recognise the especial advantages which are offered to that portion of the million whose entre cann o t be objected to. LATEST FOREIGN NEWS. RUSSIA AND TURKEY. ANTICIPATED BATTLE BETWEEN THE TURKS AND RUSSIANS. The Morning Chronicle, in a third edition to day, publishes the subjoined important telegraphic despatch from its Vienna correspondent : " VIENNA, THURSDAY EVENING. " The Danubian Principalities are declared in a stage of siege. " Martial law is proclaimed. "All intercourse with the Turks is prohibited on pain of death. "A conflict is expected to take place at Krajowa 'capital of Little Wallachia); 6,000 Russian cavalry lave arrived there." The following has been received by Submarine Telegraph : CONSTANTINOPLE, OCT. 25. Hostilities have commenced in Asia. A serious engagement took place on the 21st. The fleets lie at Lapsaki, in the Dardanelles. A refugee tumult has taken place at Pera. The Russian Chancery officials have left for Odessa. Russian subjects are placed under Austrian pro tection. Namik Pacha has left for Paris and London, charged with a special commission from the Porte. The Oesterreichische Correspondenz reports that the Russians have repulsed the Turks in Little Wallachia. This requires confirmation. Prince Stirbey and his son arrived yesterday at Hermannstadt, on his way to Vienna. Prince Gortschakoff has left Bucharest for Kra jowa. His departure has produced a profound sensation. A battle is expected in that direction. Krajowa is full of Russian troops, and 10,000 foot and some regiments of horse and artillery are ex pected to reinforce them. A line of Cossack couriers is established between Krajowa and Bucharest. It is supposed that the Russians purposely allow a considerable portion of the Turks to establish themselves in the Lesser Wallachia, in Order that they may bring them as soon as possible to battle ; and as the defeat of the Turks is looked upon as next to certain, Russia, after driving his adversary back to the Danube, will quietly wait for the set tlement of the affair on such terms as the other European Powers may concur in thinking reason able. Baron Prokesch has gone from Vienna to Be for the purpose of inducing the Prussian Govern ment to join Austria in a declaration on the posi tion of the two Powers in the Oriental question, and to prefer this declaration at the sittings of the German Diet. It appears, however, that Prussia refuses to pledge herself to anything, even to a decl %ration. The following is the proclamation which has been addressed to his army by Omer Pasha, previous to crossing the Danube : " Imperial Soldiers—When firm and courageous, we shall engage the enemy. We will not fly, but sacrifice body and soul to be avenged. Look to the Koran ; on the Koran we have sworn. You are Mussulmans, and I doubt not you are ready to sacrifice body and soul for your religion and your Government. But if there be among you a single man afraid of war let him say so, for it is dangerous to face the enemy with such men. He who is under the feeling of fear should be employed in the hospitals or other occupations ; but he who re mains with us and turns his back on the enemy shall be shot ! Let the courageous men, who long to manifest their devotedness to their religion and the throne, re main. Their hearts are united with God, and if faithful to religion they prove themselves brave. God will assuredly give them the victory. Soldiers, let us purify our hearts, and then put confidence in the aid of God. Let us do battle, and sacrifice ourselves like our an cestors, and, as they bequeathed our country and our religion to us, we ought to bequeath them to our children. You are all aware that the great object of this life is to serve God and the Sultan worthily, and thus win Heaven. Soldiers ! May God protect all who have the honour to believe and to serve in these prin ciples." FRANCE. The visit of Prince Napoleon to Stuttgard, is said to have reference to an intended marriage between him and the young Princess Stephanie Antoinette Wilhelmina of Hohenzollern Sigmarin gen, granddaughter of the Grand Duchess Stepha nie of Baden. The Princess only completed her 10th year on the 15th of July last. The steam and .sailing vessel Montebello arrived at Brest on the 31st ult. On the same day the screw steamer Le Joinville, of 650-horse power, was launched at Brest. A letter from Toulon states that the Minister of Marine has ordered a steam-frigate of the largest size to be placed on the stocks, under the name of the Imperatrice Eugenie. She is to be of 800- horse power, and is to serve as a model for several other frigates of the same size, which are to be built at Brest, Lorient, and Cherbourg. It is also stated that another frigate, t') be called the Foudre is to be built at Toulon. The screw steam line-of battle ship the Tourville was laur ched at Brest on the 31st ult. She is 650-horse power, and is one of the nine transformed vessels which, according to the report of the Minister of Marine, are to be launched within the next two or three months. The Courts of Justice were opened this day with much pomp, the vacation having terminated. The Judges attended in their robes of ceremony, and were accompanied on their way to Notre Dame, where Divine service was per f orme d , b y an escort of military. On their return to the Palace of Jus tice the usual addresses were delivered ; some causes of no importance were then broaght before the Judges, when the Courts adjourned till to morrow for despatch of business. The Emperor and the Empress drove on Wednes day afternoon from St. Cloud in an open carnage and four, with postilions, and passed along the Quays to the Hotel-de-Ville, to visit the works in course of construction. They afterwards proceeded to the left bank of the river, and then in returning reached the Tuileries, a little after 4, by the Pont des Saints-Peres and the Louvre. Their Majesties almost immediately proceeded to the chapel, and heard the prayers for the dead, in presence of the whole Court. They took their departure for St. Cloud at 5 o'clock. A Council of Ministers was held on Wednesday at the palace of St. Cloud. M. Donon has just received the Imperial exequa tur authorizing him to exercise the functions of Consul-General for Turkey at Paris. Admiral Bruat, in taking the command of the Atlantic fleet, has issued the following address to the officers and seamen under his orders : " Officers and sailors,—The Emperor has appointed me to the command of the Atlantic squadron. I come to continue with you the labours so well commenced under the able and energetic direction of Admiral Char ner, and which have already procured you a high mark of notice as well as the most precious encouragements. All our efforts will tend to develop this new element of our power, and of our naval greatness. In the difficult circumstances which may arise, I will be at your head ; and on your side, be ready to close round the flag of your admiral to the patriotic cry which has saved France in the hour of danger, and led our arms so often to victory, namely, " Vive l'Empereur I' it EBIJAT." The Bourse was 'remarkably firm to-day. The Three per Cents. opened at 74f., and the announce ment that Consols had risen considerably in Lon don brought them up to 741. 15c. They subse quently declined to 74f., at which they closed for the end of the month. The Four-and-a-Half per Cents. closed at 99f. 90c. ; Orleans Railway Shares, 1,162 f. 50c. ; R ouen , 1,005 f. ; Havre, 485 f. ; Great Northern, 857 f. 50c. ; Paris and Strasburg, 925 f. ; Paris and Lyons, 906 f. 25c. ; Lyons to the Mediterranean, 727 f. 50c. ; Western of France, 680 f. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 585 f. • Great Central, 512 f. 50c. ; Ly ons t o G ene va, 495/. ; Shares of the Bank of Credit Mobilier, 697 f. 50c. GERMANY. The King of Prussia has signed the order by which the Chambers are convoked for the 28th iist. The Duke and Duchess of Brabant are expected to pay a visit to the Courts of Stuttgard and Munich in the course of this month. The bride's mother is alr3ady staying at the former Court. The Emperor of the French is understood to have availed himself of the presence of the Belgian Royal family in England to convey to them the assurance of the most friendly sentiments on his part towards Belgium, and more particularly towards the Royal family, so that the timid politicians of Prussia begin now to think they have for a long time past been frightening themselves unnecessarily in constantly looking forward to an inroad of French troops on the plains of Belgium, or an occupation of the right bank of the Rhine, as an affair that might happen any day as things stood lately. The inti mate alliance of France with England is the best security for the Emperor's pacific intentions towards Belgium and Prussia. There is no probability that the Prince of Prussia will visit London just now in connexion with the Oriental question. A private letter from Viinna, of the 30th, men tions that the Austrian Government had contracted a loan, which was subscribed by the Imperial Bank and other great financial establishments of St. Petersburg. ITALY. The Piedmontese Gazette of the 31st ult con tains a Royal decree directing that the reduction of the duty on oats, enacted by the law of 11th July last, shall commence forthwith. The Municipal Councils of Pinerolo, Caneo, Alba, and Cherasco, hav e d evo t e d a dd resses to Count Cavour, condemnin g the disorderly acts committed on the 13th ult. at Turin. A letter from Milan of the 25thuit., states that a number of arrests had just been effected at Sar zana and other places. By a decree of the 27th ult., signed De Burger, Imperial and Royal Lieutenant of Lombardy, an additional tax of 31 kreutzers per florin (about one twentieth), is to be levied in 1854 upon land, in comes, and trade, to cover the deficit of 1853. The Grand Duke of Tuscany and his son dined with the Pope on the 26th ult. The other guests were Cardinals Patrizi, Fornari, Wiseman, and Antonelli. On the following day his Holiness paid a visit to the Grand Duke and the young Prince, who set out for Naples on the next day. The Giornale di Roma quotes a letter from An cona of the 18th ult. stating that corn continues to arrive in that poit in large quantities, that much more is expected, and that the advices from Dalmatia, Odessa, Salonica, and other corn-grow ing countries are highly satisfactory. SPAIN. Our accounts from Madrid are of the 29th ult. The Gazette publishes a Ministerial circular, ad dressed to the Provincial Governors, ordering them to afford the Senators and Deputies every facility, to enable them to arrive at Madrid on the 19th inst., the day of the meeting of the Cortes. It was not yet known whether the Queen would open the session in person. ' The Queen presided the evening before over a Cabinet Council, at which it was agreed to grant the Protestants a special burial ground. The Diario Espanol was seized for the publica tion of an article hostile to the Government. The Gazette contains the following notice of the Minister of Public Works :—" Considering the in sufficient number of the Royal mining engineers for the wants of the public service, the Queen has deigned to ordain that the authorisation granted to the engineers by the 41st clause of the regulations to accept employment in private undertakings should be suspended, and that those who have availed themselves of that leave should return to their corps at the expiration of their engagements." The Three per Cents, were done at 40g, the New Three per Cents. at 21k, and the Debt of the second class at 4/. MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. The quantity of English wheat on offer in to-day's market was somewhat on the increase, and in fair average condition. Owing to the large arrivals from abroad, the demand for all kinds of wheat of home produce was in sluggish state, and Monday's prices were barely supported. Upwards of 26,000 quarters of foreign wheat having come in, that article was heavy, and inferior parcels were rather easier to purchase. In floating cargoes very little business was transacted. Fine barley was scarce, and quite as dear. Other kinds met a dull inquiry. Malt moved off slowly, yet prices were well supported. We had a good consumptive inquiry for oats, at extreme quotations. In the value of beans and peas no change took place. Flour was very dull. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Barley. Malt. 2,616 I,ogo 200 26,260 3,570 English .. Irish .... Foreign .. Wheat. 1,630 Oats. Flour. 190 1,53° 1,250 10,910 66,,--32 ot; SMITHFIELD. Nvi tli Our market to-day was but mo d era t e ly supplied t beasts, in which a fair ave r age busi ness was transacted, 5 s fully Monday's prices. Sheep, the show of which Nwa. rather limited, moved off steadily, and the currencies Nyel . well supported. A f ew ver y p r i me o ld D owns realiseq 5s 2d per 81bs. Calves were in moderate supply, and g°, request, at an advance o f 2d p er 81b s . Pi gs we re gab' - dear as on Monday. Milch cows were a slow sale, at from 141. to 191. each' including their small calf. Per Sibs to sink the offals s. d. s. d.' Inferior Beasts.... 2 4to 2 8 Second quality.... 2 10 3 4 Prime large oxen 3 6 310 Prime Scots, dtc. 4 0 4 4 Inferior Sheep ...2 10 3 4 Second quality ...3 6 4 4 Prime crse.-wlled.4 6 4 8 d. s. (1. s:, Prime Solthdown 410 °, Large c: se. calves 3 6 ' 1 Prime small d 0... 4 4 4 v, Large hogs 3 4 4 7 1 Small porkers 4 6 41 A v Sucklingcalves — 2l 0 2 7 A ' Quarter old pigs 20 0 26 v TOTAL • SUPPLY. Beasts • • .... •••••-• • • 1,114 Sheep .•• • • ••••.• • .• .. 5,020 Calves •••• • • .. 34 Pigs „••• • „ • •• •••• •• 380 FOREIGN SIIPPLY• 320 8ea5t5......... •• •••• 90 0 Ca1ve5..•............• ••' Pigs ....... .•• •• NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. and A full average business w as transacted to-day, prices had an upward tendency. Per 81bs by the carcase. s. d. s: d. d . s 3 (le Beef, inferior 2 2 2 6 M u tt on, I nferior 2 S O Do., middling 2 8 3 2 Do., middling ..... 3 4 4 S Do., prime large 3 4 3 6 Do., prime 4 6 Do., do. small ....3 8 310 Veal 3 4 10 4 Pork, large 3 4 4 0 'ork, small 4 BOROUGH HOP. (0 1 . 4 9t l. A portion of the duty has been de c l are d a t 91,71r . '1 The show of fine coloury hops is limited, and the a ei ttieg for them is steady, at vary full prices. Inferior qu a " of command less attention, and are so mew h a t i n fe" u 'S3 buyers. This week's imports are 56 b a l es f rom Ghent,, f, from Ostend, 148 from Hamburgh, 484 from Ant' g: and 7 from Rotterdam. The follo w i ng are th e quoteuc' ' 20/ • Now Mid and East Kent p o ck e t s , 151. O s to -," n evi new Weald of Kent ditto, 11/. Os t o 131. 13 s ; '- Sussex ditto, 10/. ss. to 131. per cwt. COLONIAL. f o r SUGAR.—There has been rather a heavy Amr-et British plantation, and the biddings were not a e 01' Barbadoes went at 33s to 38s 6d, and Demerae. , O r ra l lined at 35s to 35s 6d for grey. E as t India--I` l °' od' has been offered, and prices have b een b are l y mailit sl o Grainy and white Benares, how ever , has been wsu te : l ,le previous rates. Low Mauriti us , a l so , h as h a d a free low dark to good brow n 26 s 6d t o 36 8 ; l ow to goo d gr e i l ite yellow, 31s 6d to 35s ; and Bengal mid. to good D ot Benares 37's to 38s 6d. Forei gn —Fl oa ti ng cargoes are • much wanted, and of Penng the supply is imere ssl h 101 ( Publicly this description went at 27s 6d to 290 6d f°l. o r to to good brown, at 30s to 31s for fine, 31s to 34s for l° good yellow, and 34 s t o 35 s 6d for low to good whit e ', l COFFEE.—The market has been firm, with a rt. Ito vete demand for plantati on C ey l on. A t auction 0101, realised 56s to 61s for low mid to mid bold, 47s 6(1 f° a t iae 45s to 50s for triage, and 60s to 653 f or p ea berry. -IQ to bas been sold at 46s 6d for very superior, and 14 ,7d e filb 45s 6d for good ord. Othe r soi i n h ave no t been relltil in, and accounts from Ri o s t a t e th a t th e crop— large. 'tl° COCOA.—The business has been limited at the Pr ecl rates. Grenada has realised 28s 6d for mid red. .Aliol; SPlCES.—Pimento has been rath er c h eaper , mid 101 at 6d. Singapore pepper w as t a k en i n a t 10d y 0 it Jamaica ginger brought full prices for the best °°°- tions. bu priel RICE.—The demand has be en on ly mo d era t e , 0. have been steady. Bengal was take' in at 15s to , 0 0a for mid to fine, and Carolina at 25s 6d to 26s 6d fo r seconds. o lag• COTTON.—There has been a firm market, with fa ir t the SALTPETRE.—Lower rates have been offered, bu parcels were taken in. asa TEA.—Assam at auction sold at very full PL`T e ' c ialli other descriptions have be en i n muc h requ est, es congou. • vie° . TALLOW.—The market h as b een ra th er duller this , I GREEN FRUIT.—An improved b us i ness nisYbe reP° ; ri d Arrivals of oranges have been received from Fa" ...isse , l a tter y e a Madeira, a cargo per Lady Rabow, from the part sold by Keeling and Hunt, at public sale reaL ls ofe fair price. Several cargoes of black Spanish rants sr arrived; opening figure 60s. per barrel. Barceiof:ib i gi glected ; the high price checking consumption. grapes becoming scarce, and the stock is considerably than has bee n th e case f or many seasons past. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(1 1 111 S P LONDON, Nov. 4.-- Wind this day at NO' light breeze, and fine. RAMSGATE, Nov. 3.—Wind, E.S.E. s t i s for Rio Janeiro.—Th e Catherine Mari a , Newea s t i s and Monte Video, has b een ass i s t e d o ff th e Goodwin Sa ll os is into harbour.—The H e l en , N ewcast l e to Galway,Od eontact with an Austrian brig in the Downs yesterday' has put in with damage to sides, rigging, &c. A Cia 9 PLYMOUTH, Nov. 3. -Wi n d, E.S.E. Anive.ritorta, line, from Bordeaux, for Rio Janeiro, leaky; lits? London, for Austr a li a ; G o ld en L and, London, Ig',..ate•P bonnie, leaky. Sailed—Sultana, for Melbourne ; do. ; Tudor, do. BSi lea PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 3.—Wi n d, E . N . E . to S . E. —Huntress, Yarmouth, U.S. _„jsc, FALMOUTH, Nov. 3.—A rr i ve d—R eg i na, from iirrol. for Port Adelaide ; L ou i sa M argaretha, Cal l ao , lb ~,rtsr stow ; Eos, Sunderland, for Mauritius, with S o il started, &c., having been struck by a heavy sea; f e et • Havre, for the West Coast of Africa, with throe water in her hold, having been on her beam ends. Ae ' SALECOMBE, Nov. 3.—Wind, S.E. to E.S.E. Era, St. Thomas ; Patelina, Nassau. LOUCESTER, Nov. 3.—Arrived --London Quebec LIVERPOOL, Nov. 3.-- The England, arrived here, 0 ports the Malab ar , o f Boston, bound from Que Bristol, Oct. 23, w hi c h had been struck by a sea' 4 . 01 14 1 lying to, on the 21st, and swept the decks, stanchions, deck-house, boats, galley, &c. ; one ma l3 .., e ter' and another seri ous l y i n j ured ; ship making much "uleit SWANSEA, Nov. 3. —Wi n d, E . S . E . Sailed—Et° 00 Sierra Leone ; Utile, Monte Video ; Jane Erskineagt Janeiro; Commodore, Cuba; Golconda, do. ; Cape de Ve r d. st' HULL, Nov. 3.—Wind, E.S.E.—Arrived—Fortun a ' John's, N.B. ao, STETTIN, Oct. 31.—Th e Amaranth, of NeckerM at ti o n lo; Galatz to Q ueens t own, struck on a rock near Fill 0 . sustained much damage, and had sold her carg°' master committed suicide. SOA, Ci tb er FRE DERECKSHAVN, Oct. 28.—Th e Li cence , land to Ro s t oc k, which got on Hertsholm on t'a got off, after throwing part of cargo overboard, an• come in here with damage. if• ° OFF DOVER, N ov. 3.—Arrived —Edward Cohen , Shields, for New York. CARLISLE, Nov. 3 . — Arrived—Robert Burns, Qu e . CLYDE, Nov. 2. Arrived Trelawney, wal. day; Sailed—Margaret, Buenos Ayres; Horatio, St. 0 John Kendall, Philadelphia. Q tle' QIIEENSTOWN, N ov. 2.—Arrived—St. Lawrence' Or bdc.—The U ran i a, of this port, is on the Bank, but, out apparent damage. 30: PARIS, Nov. 3.—The Germaine Martinique to nlv" deaux, whi c h go t on shore at Croisee, on the 19' has been got off with damage, and making water. (Br ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) q 0 LIVERPOOL, Friday, Wind, S. moderate, and fine. 13°' Arrived—Queen Victoria, from New Orleans i ; 10 , tannia, Montreal ; Juno, Alexandria ; Alps (8), 10" Put Back —The packet-ship A. Westervelt, for York, making 18 inches of water per hour ; she 6 ° 1 '240' the sth O cto b er, and had got so far as the Banks 01, foundland. (BY SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRA GRAVESEND, Friday, " ie° CUSTOM-HOUSE RETURN. Wind, fine • tide, half-hours fl oo d. Nov. 3 .—Ai - rived—Parmers, from Teneriffe. ,s e ptlin Nov. 4.—Arrived—Tiger (s), from Tonningen ; (s), Hamburgh. Sailed—City of Paris (s,) for Boulogne. 9•17. re• DEAL, Friday, • , Wind S.S.E., fresh add hazy. 1 0°1 Passed — Phoenician, from Sydney, for London; nu alre c from Marseilles, for London ; Burlington, froinZog. for London; Hugo Grotius, from. London, for 9 .1 13 SERIOUS ACCIDENT AT AS TLEY ' S THEATItine; Wednesday evening an accident, which t er— att l ' t with loss o f lif e, occurred to one of the o pe.- 00 . raries at Astl ey ' s , name d George Palmer, lee, d if th is the mor e t o b e regretted is that he was ee t.a.e htirt l ; cause of it hi mse lf, t h rough h i s own folly an d fec uo je , ness. It appears that he was intrusted with 5 Ad gun to fire off in some part of the perforica nce ;ioc, 9 ; whilst behind the scenes he had, on former eec amused the other supernumeraries by applying ther,eg of the gun to his mouth, and, placing the Il i Ppi e ovid the gas-light, extinguished the gas by suddenly b toj eli c i the finer parts of the loose charge through 0 % 0 hole. This was considered quite a feat in its wa t ' ol :, on the night in question he proceeded to do it so t, He w as urgent l y requeste d to desist, and cau tione el oo tiO the dangerous nature of the "trick." H e , howe ver ' A pP, ll ,i ing the touch-hole to the gasli hhe unfortunately'l.,ioA not be interlerrd with by those around him, and ° ll l oio e g t his breath , which drew the flame down to the Pine and the charge instantly exploded, with the him ie the pi ece i n hi s mouth, injuring and mutilating i;,,evelli frightful m anner; in fact, he was violently forcee: rl d fe` yards a cross the place where he was standing, Po' bleeding an d insensible on the floor of the re°l33. ea t sistance being at hand, he was immediately colooei the WeAminster klos't 1, and attended by M r ' the house.surgeon, who l a found, upon examinatiocii,ool, the roof of the mouth had been completely we po. and the whole.face horribly lacerated, some of tn t ,i At lnj .00 der having forced away a portion of the racee l ? s 00 6 teguments at the back of the neck. The affairut considerable alarm among the corps dramatic theatre, as it happened during the performance THE REBELLION IN CHINA. Private letters, received by the Overland mail, via Marseilles, place us in possession of further par ticulars respecting the progress of the rebellion in China. From Shanghai there were dates to the 29th August. The rebel army was said to have reached Tien-tsin, the seaport town of Pekin, situ ate on the Peiho, and news of the taking of the capital was daily expected. At Shanghai the Triad Society men were beginning to be troublesome. There were said to be 8,000 of them in the city, and they contemplated a rise very shortly. At Amoy there had been much bloodshed, but letters from that place, dated August 30, state that an early termination of the struggle between the rebels and the Imperialists was looked forward to. The approach of the Mandarins there had been repeatedly announced, but so much delay had occurred that it was for some time believed they had abandoned altogether the idea of recapturing the city. At daylight, however, on the 25th of August, a fleet, consisting of 20 Canton and 14 Amoy junks, hove in sight, and shortly after noon arrived off the 200-gun battery. An ineffective cannonade was kept up until evening. " Amoy, August 30. " However, at daylight of the 25th a fleet, consisting of 20 Canton and 14 Amoy junks, appeared. Shortly after noon they arrived off the 200-gun battery, and till evening an ineffective cannonade was kept up between them and the rebel batteries at Emung-hang and Ko lan-soo, after which the Mandarins retired a few miles and anchored for the night. The same afternoon an other fleet, consisting of 40 or 50 junks and large boats, came round the west side of the island, where the passage is very narrow, and destroyed several villages on the main and, known, as rebel villages, and among them that-of Boon-coon, the second chief, whose relations, it is said, were all captured. On the 25th, with the exception of some firing by the junks on the western side, matters remained quiet till the afternoon, the rebels in the town evincing little or no concern at the near approach of their ene mies. It seemed very generally believed by the rebels, that the Canton junks were manned by members of the Tien-ti society and that they would not fire in earnest against them. This belief was assiduously spread by the rebel chiefs, and while the statement was probably made without any definite information on the point, with the view of inspiring the rebel soldiers with confidence, it was tolerably evident that some of the Canton junks fired too wide of the mark to intend any damage. About 3 p.m. the fleet, which was at anchor off the 200-gun battery, and which had been augmented during the night, came round the south side of Ko-lan-soo, exchanging shots with the batteries on that island and on the main. It was supposed they would have come into the inner harbour and engaged the rebel junks, which all got under way ; but, after a good d ea l o f ring between the two fleets the Mandarins anchored near to the foreign shipping, about a mile from the town, and close to where their fleet, which came round the west side, had arrived. The rebels again took up their anchorage immediately in front of the foreign hongs. During the 27th nothing was done, save the approach, to within four or five miles of the city, of the troops, estimated at 5,000 or 6,000, whose landing at the back of the island had been effected during the previous two days. On the morning of the 28th some fighting took place near the Mandarin en campment, in which the rebels were said to have been driven off. In the afternoon the fleet weighed, and stood in to the upper end of the harbour, which it was again supposed they would enter and occupy, but their object appeared to have been the destruction of the west end of the suburbs, where the rebels had two batteries. Between these and the junks a heavy and constant fire was kept up for about 2 hours, but, as usual, without any damage of consequence to the combatants. A great many of the shot from the Canton junks on this occa sion, as well as on the 26th, appeared directed at and over the houses, breaking a great many tiles, and fright ening the people from the roofs, where, at the com mencement, the inhabitants had placed themselves to witness the fight. The firing ceased about 6 p.m., the Mandarin junks retiring to their anchorage. The rebel junks did not weigh, and altogether it was not supposed that 20 men were killed on shore. The great noise made by the guns of the Mandarin junks, added to their evident superiority of force, appeared to have somewhat disheartened the rebels, and several left the place on the 28th, while, during the night, the rebel chief's son, a lad of 19 or 20 years of age, poisoned himself with opium. He had been sick for some days, and is reported to have at different times of late expressed himself despondingly of the success of the rebels, and to have said, shortly before his death, that, as he could not be attended to or carried off, in case of the rebels having to take to flight, it were better he should die. He was an only son. On the morning of the 29th the Mandarin troops gained considerable advantage over the rebel army. It would appear that before daylight they surprised about 400 rebels who were in advance of the main body, capturing and beheading the greater portion of them ; the few who escaped, and the main body of rebels hastened back to the city, followed a considerable part of the way by the Imperialists, who might have success fully invested the place, so panic-stricken were the rebels. However, they contented themselves with de stroying the villages inhabited by the rebels, through which they passed, four of which they burnt, killing, in some instances, all the men and male children they found. It being high-water at the time, some of the Mandarin junks and boats proceeded up the creek, which runs half-way across the island from the west end of the town, and kept up a fire on the retreating re b e l s. They also landed some men, who killed several strag glers. The Imperialist troops, after destroying and set ting on fire four villages, were returning to their camp to breakfast, when the rebel army was, after much per suasion, induced to pursue them, and, though the Man darins do not appear to have retreated beyond their cam p, some 32 were captured -at least that number of heads was exposed in the city. During the rest of the day all remained quiet, many of the rebel outposts with drawing into the city. From the number of headless bodies lying in and about the villages which were burnt, a very large number of people must have been killed on the 29th, and, for the sake of the head-money (the rebels get 2/. for each head they bring in) many field labourers, quite innocent of aiding either party, were sup posed to have been slain. Towards evening the rebel troops retired into the city, many of them laden with plunder from the destroyed villages, while the inhabi tants of the villages not yet destroyed by the Mandarins poured into the town with such articles of furniture as they could carry with them. On the morning of the 30th at daylight the junks commenced a heavy cannon ade on the western suburbs, which they kept up till - 9 o'clock, but, beyond some injury to the houses, no ad vantage had been gained by them when the last account left. The rebel soldiers appeared to be all withdrawn into the city, nor had the Mandarin troops moved again. It was supposed, however, that another body of troops had been landed to the eastward, and that a simultaneous I attack would be made on both sides, and some parts of j the town, supposed to be o ccu pi e d b y re b e l s , destroyed. I The rebel fleet, which might have been easily destroyed, was apparently spared in order to encourage the flight of the rebels. A good deal of anxiety was felt by the fo reign residents as to the manner in which this struggle might end. The rebels said that, if defeated, they would set fire to the city, while the Mandarins, it was under stood, intended to burn the western suburbs and Emung kang. " - On the night of the 29th a report was made by the merchants to Sir William Hosts to delay his departure to Shanghai for a day or two, but he declined acceding thereto, because her Majesty's Vice-Consul did not deem the Spartan's presence indispensable." /fr