The Sun. — London, England, 1853-10-31 00:00:00

Mbitiotu SUN OFFICE, Six o'clock. TATTERSALL'S. (THIS EVENING.) DERBY. 12 to 1 agst Dervish (oflered.) 20 to 1 agst Acrobat (taken). 20 to 1 agst Wild Huntsman. 40 to 1 agst Corin (taken). 45 to 1 agst Gamelass colt (takeA 50 to 1 agst Star of Surrey. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, OCT. 29. The Queen and the Duchess of Brabant walked in the Private grounds of the Castle this morning. Prince Albert, with the King of die Belgians, the Duke of Brabant, the Count of Flanders, and the Duke of Cambridge, accompanied by the Earl of Athol', went out shooting, attended by Colonel Wylde. The Duke of Cambridge, the Duke and Duchess of Athol!, the Marquis of Abercorn, and the Earl of Aber deen, the Earl of Haddington, the Earl of Elgin, the Earl of Mansfield, the Earl of Mulgrave, and Lord Pan- Inure, left the Castle to-day. Earl Granville, the Portuguese Minister and Countess Lavradio, Lord John Russell, and Viscount Hardinge arrived this afternoon. The Belgian Mi n i s ter and the M arqu i s o f Breadal bane remain on a visit. The band of the Ist Life Guards attended in ths Fastle during dinner, yesterday, and performed the fol 'cvring pieces : p ar ch, " H.R.H. the Prince of Wales," Duchess of Kent. ertur e , " Die Custigan Weiber von I)olPindsor" " Guillaume Tell" Rossini. altzer, "La Figlia del Reggimento" W. Guernsey. Selection, " Lucia di Lammermoor" Donizetti. " Gruss an Hamburg" . Leutner. The Queen and Prince, with the Duke and Duchess of Brabant and the Count of Flanders, took a drive, the afternoon, attended by the Countess of Desart, this C ountess of Gustave de Lannoy, and the Hon. Beatrice ~,,.1 1313g . Colonel the Hon. Charles Grey and Colonel Wylde were in attendance on horseback. The dinner party this day included the King of the Bel • glans, the Duchess of Brabant, the Duchess of Kent, is Duke o f B ra b an t, an d th e C oun t o f Fl an d ers , th e kly iu Waiting to the Duchess of Brabant, the Lady ' ll Waiting to the Duchess of Kent, Lady Caroline Dar lington Lady Frances Bruce, Baroness de Speth, Earl G ranville, the Belgian Minister, the Portuguese Minis ter and Countess Lax-radio, the Marquis of Breadal bane, Lord John Russell, Viscount Hardinge, Sir uattes Clark, Count Gustave de Lannoy, Colonel de keerkerke, Baron Prisse, and M. Ricken. The Band of the Scots Fusilier Guards was in attend ance during dinner. The Queen's private band after- Wards attended in the Castle and played the following co mpositions : Overture—" Lodoiska " Cherubini Selection—" Em Feldlager in Schlesien " Meyerbeer Romance Cimeur du March 6—" Massaniello" OCT. 30. The Queen and Prince, the Prince of Wales, the P rincess Royal, the Princess Alice, and the King of the Belgians, the Ladies and Gentlemen in Waiting, and the domestic household, attended divine service this morning In the private chapel of the Castle. The Belgian Minis ter, Earl Granville, the Marquis of Breadalbane, Lord J ohn Russell, and Viscount Hardinge were also at the service. The Hon. and Rev. G. Wellesley officiated. The Duke and Duchess of Brabant, the Count of Flanders, and the Princess Charlotte of Belgium, the ladies and gentlemen of their suite, and the Portuguese Minister and Countess de Lavradio, went to the Catholic chapel at Clewer. The Chancellor of the Exchequer has left town for liawarden Castle, near Chester. Lord Stanley of Alderley has left town for his seat, Alderley-park, Cheshire. Despatches were received at the Colonial-office on Sa turday from the Governors of Hong-Kong, Ceylon, and Labuan. Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office from the Governors of the North American pro- Vinces. CLERICAL OBITUARY FOR THE WEEK. The following list includes four deaths, and involves i 'ae disposal o f c h urc h p ro p er t y t o th e va l ue o f a b out 4,6 00/. a year : Th. Rev. Charles Philips, 8.D., died Oct. 18, aged I° ln the year 1823, he was presented to the offi ce of t reasur er (Llandisilio Gogo), in St. David's, a post of ; \ :liich the annual value is 46 1. ; but vast sums in most, pot all, of these offices are derived from fines on re- St.w o leases. It is now id the gift of the Bishop of David's. In the year 1809, he was presented to the !iear age of St. Mary, Pem b roke, w i th w hi c h i s assoc i ate d the vicarage of St. Michael and St. Nicholas ; population, abo ut 5,000; value, 5001. a year, with residence ; in the gift of Sir J. Owen, Bart. In the year 1837, he was vresented to the incumbency of St. Twinel's, in the same ty and diocese ; of which the population is 250 rue 150/. a year, with residence ; in the gift of the la 'shop and Canons of St. David's. In the year 1838, ~; e was presented to the perpetual curacy of Llangin -dig, near St. Clear's, in the county of Carmarthen, and diocese of St. Dauids, of which the population is the value, 1001. a year ; and the patron, J. L. hilips, Escl - The Rev. Henry Bowyer, M.A., died Oct. 10, aged 'l'l B ' Re was the second son of Admiral Sir George I ,.°'wyer, Bart. In the year 1812 he was presented by "1 8 father to the rectory of Sunningwell, Berks, diocese of Oxford ; the population of the parish is 350 ; the a nnual value of the living is 3201., with residence, in the gift of Sir George Bowyer, Bart. th The Rev. H enr y Bl ac k a ll, M.A., died Oct. 24. In nfe South 1845 he was presented to the perpetual curacy ap Littleton, Worcestershire ; population, 500 ; al value of the living, 300/. ; in the gift of Christ hurch, Oxf or d, o f w hi c h th e d ec eased was a student. i z Thu Rev. L ew i s B ower b an k died Oct. 24, aged 72. - `e Was l a t e l y rector o f S t. C a th er i ne ' s, J ama i ca , an d luure recently he was curate of Duntsbourne Rouse, u 4_,!ar Cirencester, in the county of Gloucester and the locese of Gloucester and Bristol. THE WOOLLEN TRADE. (From the Leeds Mercury of Saturday.) E th i :"l ) S, OCT. 28.—There has been no change in the „--"" of the woo ll en c l o th mar k e t thi s wee k. Th ere ap reared to be rather more animation in the cloth halls on Saturday, as there was a better attendance of merchants, that the biddings were rather free but they were so low I , a _, t Very few of the manufacturers would accept them, . 1 at the close of the market it was found that very little business had been done, and there was no im- VEloveinent on th e prev i ous state o f t hi ngs. O n T ues d ay, e market in both the cloth halls was exceedingly flat a nd dull, th e transactions were almost altogether con lieid to a f ew me l tons an d b eavers, i n var i ous co l oure d bilx.tures. There have been, during the week, a few 4 ,•", e rs in the town, but their purchases are very limited, ,-." Confined either to their immediate requirements lI zi ; anything they are able to meet with below the tliarket uric and hence the trade in the warehouses con ''lles quiet and dull. oc i j. un nEßsPlELD, Oct. 25.—We have had a repetition . I ',X: same inactivity in business to-day as during the a - Lew weeks. There seems no disposition on the part i°efmtlie merchants to make purchases of any . am.ount,. leg s t he the manufacturers consent to a reduction in prices, 101). they do not seem inclined to do until the result of w°olsales in held in London shall be morefully The stocks the . hands of the manufacturers tn ar i r , ° : l ';, many of them having been . working for some mo n ths, past upon orders, some of which are not yet cotapleted. They are, therefore, unwilling to submit to any reduction in prices likely to tempt the merchant. ~,u ri ng the past week and to-day wool has been offered easier terms ; but the manufacturers, under present tucutnstances, are not disposed to buy only from "hand ° lo uth " lot • Several uncompleted orders for woollen cloth s Several been countermanded to-day. A dull winter aa,u9nis anticipated, unless some cause as yet unforeseen 1 •;' 1 sets the wheel of commerce in motion. to4RtAnPoßn.—The business doing is meagre, and sales toi l l B l Y large e v ent cannot be effected. No change in limiteed °r brok er. Y arns—The spinners are doing a and t b usiness. Th ere i s a great stoppage of looms, t ni , n lle number is lik e l y to b e increased. A strike at eThe 37, yesterday, will add to the idl e h an d s . Pieces— had t T' l ltion which has been exercised in producti on , h as prizi_ouaegivo:ctly w eff il e i ct, at all events, of ma i n t a i n i ng th e 3, ea r B ct and it is pr o b a bl e t h at at t h e usua l t i me of the prevail. th e ra ribALE --Tnere was a rather dull market, both for veAikilW, mat(rial and manufactured goods. There was gia..t !eduction in the price of wool. and there was a ,iltruted demand for goo&, except thaße of the lower `/ wit' eh r erates.el former ra t es . On =ll Litarta, Oct. 28.—Throughout the present week nes r ae ' fr al e . k p et has been much more inanimate, and the busi wa: e ci k t . be T b i t l e s d a great deal smaller than in the previous a much lar c fact is, that transactions of last week reached ger aggregate amount than was then supposed ; Cott on u Yers have, therefore, fewer orders to give eut. fori- except in the p oorest sorts, is dearer than it was hi s h, 4 ight ago . islt Ptolieatvery great proportion o a f d r i u u b 3 - hvohg,eonsurnption and a tight nishiueld in Liverpool supports prices under -rabi c ight money market. With tneri_ eatter we have promise of a large crop from Mo ney ' a • Prices wei d •e .ffi rath l e t r . lower at the last dates. to Prices WE and d lt wteo or three failures had t"loieltqcnittril,ebdeingitidt for re loans, lee -outs at Preston and Wigan con nbutienu:iv.a_iltlimuthte any B , (e p x p e e e a p r t an t c N e v of o era u s l e t t e t e lem ne e t ut in t A he t 941 444 n° w at a btand ; and at Burnley the general -4 4 took Pe•ce last night, \. ,- ~_` MARKET NEWS--(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. The supplies of wheat on sale in the country markets held on Saturday were limited, and the demand ruled 11 steady, at an advance of from is to 2s per quarter. Barley and malt were firm, and quite as dear as in the previous week. Oats, beans, and peas had an upward tendency. There was an improved sale for flour, the value of which was on the advance. The Continental markets, have been very firm of late, and prices of all articles have been well supported. Ad vices from New York to the 19th inst. state that both wheat and flour were offering on lower terms, owing to the high freights. Up to our market last week the arrivals of English grain were very moderate. From abroad we received 1 . 6,509 quarters of wheat, 3.965 barley, 16,777 oats, 113 beans, 1,144 peas, 8,000 linseed, 2,459 rapeseed, 83 mustard seed, 658 sundry seeds, and 6,696 barrels of flour. Notwithstanding that the arrrivals of English wheat up to our market to-day, coastwise, was very moderate, and that the receipts by land carriage was smaller than for some weeks past, there was less disposition on the part of the millers and others to effect purchases, hence the de mand for all descriptions was in a sluggish state, at prices about equal t o th ose o bt a i ne d on Monday last. The gene ral quality of the samples was by no means first-rate, owing to the long-prevailing damp weather. For forward delivery we have heard of very few transac tions, yet the growers were not disposed to sell except at very full currencies. _ The show of foreign wheat was by no means extensive. Good rod Baltic parcels moved off steadily at full quota tions. Most other qualities were in bui, moderate request, on former terms. There was only a limited demand for floating cargoes of wheat. Marianopole was quoted at 695, Taganrog Ghirka 665, Landomirka 655, Galatz 56s to 58s, and Polish Odessa 60s per quarter. Barley, the supply of which was but moderate, moved off steadily at late rates. In the value of malt we have no change to report. Although the aggregate supply of oats was tolerably goad, that article was in fair request, and fine corn ad vanced 6d. per quarter. We had a steady, though by no means active, inquiry for beans, at full prices. There was less activity in the sale for peas, yet the quo tations were supported. The demand for flour was rather inactive ; nevertheless the currencies of Monday last were maintained. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. Wheat—Essex & Kent, Red .. •• new 62s to 72s old 62s 7AF tto; White new 623 78s Ditt0........ old 65s 80s Norfolk and Lin coln, Red, old 59s 68s Ditto new ...• 59. 668 Ryo—Old ...... • • .• 00s 00s Now ...... • • • • 34s 38s Barley—Grinding ..... 33s 3.5 s Malting . •... •... 41s 43s Chevalier .• 44s 48s ;t alt—Suffolk and Nor folk.... .• • • • • • . 56s 62s 3rown . • • • • ...... •• •• 50s 57s Kingston and Ware 61e 65s Malt—Chevalier .... 68s to 733 Oats Yorkshire and Lineolnsh., Feed 23s 26i, Potato Youghal and Cork Black. .. • • 22s 24s Cork, White ... •• 23s 26s Scotch, Feed. •• • . 24s 27s Beans—Tick ... ••• • • • 40s 44s Pigeons ...... 418 49s Peas—Grey 403 423 Map1e........... 458 48s White....... •• 50.5 583 Boilers • ........ 64s 63s Flour—Town-made..• 70s 75s Suffolk •• •• •• 53a 55s Stocktu & Norfolk 54s 58s SMITHFIELD. The imports of foreign stock into London last week were good, viz., 8,339 head. During the corresponding period of 1852, we received 8,577 ; in 1851, 9,147 ; in 1850, 8,066; in 1849, 3,972; in 1848 6,795; and in 1847, 5,979 head. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WEEK. From Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Rotterdam....., 274 1,229 ... Ostend Hamburgh 2l 195 Dordt..... Bromvershaven 4 ... 186 .. Tonningen Amsterdam Bremen 324 6 Harlingen Tonuing 378 ... 301 Now Ilep 69 1,369 Calves. Pigs, 214 ... ... - ... 148 , . - ... ... - ... 111 Total ... 2,013 ... 5,F14 ... The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as under : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 1852 1,361 6,719 ... ... 319 179 1851 1,411 7,037 ... 402 ... 297 1850 1,367 5,419 ... 295 ... 885 1849 1,149 ... 2,615 ... ... 107 1848 1,222 5,247 ... 326 The Dutch and Holstein cattle continue to arrive in very bad condition ; but we have received some tolerably good sheep from Harlingen and Rotterdam, together with some prime calves. Since our last, 74 beasts, 24 calves, and 33 pigs have arrived from Ireland. The supply of foreign stock in to-day's market was large, but in very middling condition. From our own grazing districts, the receipts of beasts fresh up this morning were but moderate. The primest Scots and shorthorns moved off steadily, and in some in stances prices were rather higher than on Monday last ; yet the top quotation for beef did not exceed 4s 4d per Blbs. In the value of other breads we have no change to notice. The bullock arrivals from Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, and Northamptonshire, amounted to 2,950 shorthorns ; and from other parts of England, 600 of various breeds. There were no fresh supplies from Scotland. With all breeds of sheep we were but moderately sup plied. There was a slight improvement in the sale for Downs and half-breds, the value of which was, in some instances, 2d. per Sibs. higher than on this day se'nnight. For instance, a few prime half-breds realised quite 4s 10d, and prime old Downs 5s 2d per 81bs. Inferior breeds were steady, and quite as dear as last week. We had an improved sale for calves, at an advance in the quotations of 2d per Blbs. Figs were in full average supply, and steady inquiry, at full prices. Per Slbs to sink the oflhls. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. Interior Beasts.... 2 6to 2 10 Prime Southdown 4 8 5 0 Second quality.... 3 2 3 4 Large crse. calves 3 4 4 0 Prime large oxen 3 6 310 Prime small d 0... 4 2 4 6 Prime Scots, ctc. 4 2 4 4 Large hogs 3 4 4 0 Inferior Sheep ...2 10 3 2 Small porkers 4 2 410 Second quality ...3 4 4 0 Sucklingcalves ..20 0 27 0 Prime erse.-villed.4 2 4 6 Quarter old pigs 19 0 26 0 FOREIGN SUPPLY. TOTAL SUPPLY. Beasts ..... .... 5,387 1 Beasts.. ....... ........ .2,062 Sheep and Lamb ' s.. •• •• ..25,710 Sheep Calves A. statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in Smithfield Cattle Market, on Monday, Nov. 1, 11852, and this day, Monday, Oct. 31, 1853. Per 81bs, to sink the offals. Nov. 1, 1852.:0ct.31, 1853 s. d. s. d. 's. d. s. d Coarse and inferior beasts ... 2 oto 2 2 2 6to 2 10 Second quality ditto ... ... 2 4 210 3 2 3 4 Prime large oxen 3 0 3 6 3 6 310 Prime Scots, &c 3 8 4 0 4 2 4 4 Coarse and inferior sheep 3 0 3 42 10 3 2 Second quality ditto ... 3 6 3 8 3 4 4 0 Prime coarse woolled ditto 310 4 2 4 2 4 6 Prime Southdown ditto ... ... 4 4 4 6 4 8 5 0 Large coarse calves 2 6 3 5 3 4 4 0 Prime small ditto ... 3 8 4r 0 4 2 4 6 Large hogs ... 210 3 6 3 4 4 0 Neat small porkers ... 3 8 310 4 2 410 Beasts... ... 4,812 5,387 Sheep ... ... 25,050 25,710 Calves... ... 185 326 Pigs 285 290 Surrtirs ON SALE, Nov. 3, 1851.—Beasts, 5,451 ; sheep, 25,310; calves, 218 ; pigs, 510. Nov. 4, 1850.—Beasts, 4,304 ; sheep, 28,080 ; calves, 118 ; pigs, 350. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL These markets continue to be extensively supplied with all kinds of meat, both town and country killed, whilst the general demand is heavy, as follows : Per Blbs by the carcase. s. d. s. d. Beef, inferior 2 2 2 8 Do., middling 2 10 3 0 Mutton, Inferior Do., middling.... s. d. s. d. 26 3 0 ~3 2 3 10 ~4 0 4 8 .3 2 4 4 ~4 4 4 10 Do., prime large .3 2 3 4 Do., prime Do., do. small ....3 6 3 8 Veal Pork, largo 3 4 3 10 Pork, small BOROUGH HOP. Tho show of samples continue very limited for tho time of year. For all kinds of hops the demand is still active, and prices are on the advance. The duty is called 140,000/. Now Mid and East Kent pockets, 151. Os to 201. Os ; new Weald of Kent ditto, 11/. Os to 13/. 13s ; and new Sussex ditto, 10/. 10s. to 13/. per cwt. The importit ast week were 11 bales from Rotterdam, 325 from Ostend, 279 from Hamburgh, 144 ditto from Antwerp, and 2 from Dunkirk. BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. Coastwise and by land carriage, the arrivals of potatoes have been somewhat on the increase since our last. The imports have amounted to 308 baskets, 3 bags from Rotter dam, 3 baskets from Hamburgh, 23 do. from Harlingen, 572 bags from Belfast, 399 sacks from Dublin, 3 do. from Limerick, 1 hamper and 58 sacks from Cork. The demand is less active, as follows :—Shaws, 120 s to 140 s ; regents, 150 s to 1808 ; foreign, 140 s to 160 s ; Irish, 130 s to 150 s per ton. Large supplies of potatoes are expected from Ireland during the winter. WOOL. - - The donial wool sales continuo to progress heavily. During the week several parcels have been withdrawn, and prices have been from 2d to 3d per lb. under former rates. The following quotations have been realised :—Australian —Clothing, Is 50 to is 10d ; hoggetts, is 10d to 2s 2d ; handwashcd, is 4d to is 80 ; lambs, is 4EI to is 10,0 ; mixed and broken, is 2d to is 4d; pieces and locks, 84d to is ; grease, 90 to ls. Port Philip—Clothing, is 3d to is 10d'; scoured, is 7d to is 90 ; handwashed, is 2d to is 6d ; lambs', is 7d to is 8d ; superior, 2s Od to 2s id ; mixed, 9d to is ; slipe, is 3d to is 5d ; grease, 8d to 110. Adelaide—Clothing, is 2d to is 6d; handwashed, is 2d to is 4d ; lambs', is 6d to is 7d ; skin, 10d to is ld ; grease , 8 d to is . Van Diemen's Land —Clothing, is 3d to is 7d; lambs', is 3d to is Bid ; mixed, is 3d to is 40. Cape—Clean sheeps', is 2d to is 5d ; scoured, is 04c1 to is 6d ; mixed, Sid to is per lb. Last week's imports were 5,000 bales, chiefly from our colonies. In the private market nothing is doing. SEEDS. The demand fer linseed continues firm. Black Sea ex. ship, has sold at 533; fine St. Petersburgh, 51s 6d ; Arch angel, 44s to 463 per quarter. Fine Calcutta rape is worth 55s Od. All other seeds are about stationary. Cakes are in active request. American, in barrels, are worth 11/. 5s to ill. 10.3 ; ditto, in bags, 10/. lOs to 101. 15s ; English, 91. 103 to 101. lOs per ton. Rape cakes, 61. Os to 6/. lOs per ton. C arnip,White, per bush. 185 to 2I P Swede • • • • • • 20s 23s Mug,.ard, Brown • • • • • • 103 13s White, new • • • • .. 14s IBs Trires,Winter, new.... 7s Gd 8s Od Spring .• • • .... • • Os Oct (80d Canary, per quarter • • 653 70s Rye grass...• .. • • • 28s 34s Clover, Red Em - ,. (cwt.) 44s 643 White 48s 65s Foreign Red ...... 44s 62a White.... 5 i s 65a Trefoil, new.. • • .... • • 193 2t. C C o a r r a a n w d a e Cary.... 4 1 9 0 - 3 5 4 1 8 5 5 5 Hempseed, per quarter 335 34 Linseed, Eng.iowing.. 58s f2s Crushing ........ 51s 57s Baltic .. 495 54s Odessa .......... 50s 55s Linseed Cake, pr. ton— English .. , 91 10s 10 10s Foreign, per ton 910 s 11/ 108 Rape Cakes, pr ton GI Os 6' lOs Rapeseed, New, prist 30'08 3tiOs TALLOW. The shipments of tallow from St. Petersburgh have been about 94,000 cub, against 80,000 ditto iu 1852. Our THE AUSTRALIAN MAILS. The General Screw Steam Shipping Company's ship Argo arrived at Southampton on Saturday mornin g c , to discharge cargo. A deficiency of fuel caused Captain Hye to put into Plymouth, in stead of running direct for Southampton, as is in tended to be the case with this line of steam ships. The whole of the large amount of bullion brought by the Argo will be forwarded by special train, and delivered at the Bank of England on Monday morning. The successful performances of the Argo, both out and home, will, it is expected, establish a new era in steam communication with Australia, and restore that confidence to steam travelling which has been forfeited by the unfortunate and protracted voyages of the ships belonging to other companies. The Argo has made a voyage round the world in the short space of five months and 19 days, and of this time upwards of six weeks were spent in Aus tralia. The actual time under steam and canvas has been only 121 days ; the total distance run out and home has been 27,900 miles ; giving an average per day of nearly 230 miles, or slightly over 9k miles per hour. In the annals of steam navigation no such satisfactory result has hitherto been pre sented. Steam power has only been used as an auxiliary, when the winds happened to be light or adverse. The consumption of coals during the whole passage has therefore only amounted to 2,105 tons, of which 845 tons were expended out ward, and 1,260 tons homeward, giving an average of rather more than 17 tons per diem. Owing to these ships being fully rigged, the greatest advan tage can at all times be taken of favourable winds, and the steam power is during these circumstances completely dispensed with. In the present voyage, with fair winds and with all canvas set, the Argo has made 13 and 14 knots an hour for days to gether, and close-hauled 11 to 12 knots, in both cases with the screw feathered. This apparatus has, we understand, answered remarkably well, and has enabled the screw to be adjusted to such a pitch, when the engines have been at rest, as to offer no impediment to the great speed of the ship produced by the sails alone. Out of the crew of seamen who left Southampton in the Argo but six have returned. Captain Hyde had to give 501. for the run home to able seamen, equal to 251. a month. Many of the seamen had returned from the mines, and possess con siderable amounts of gold, the result of their indi vidual success at the goldfields. One of them has over 2,0001. The passengers also brought con siderable quantities besides the large freight on the manifest, but these amounts are always concealed to prevent freight from being charged. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam ship Euxine, with the bulk of the Australian mails, conveyed by the Singapore and Suez route, is ex pected to reach Southampton on the 3d proximo. These dates extend to the 28th of July from Syd ney, and to the 2d of August from Port Philip. The Argo has consequently beaten the overland route in the delivery of mails from Sydney no less than 20 days, and from Melbourne 28 days. It is proper, however, to state that a delay of 12 days took place at Singapore of the mails brought up by the Chusan, that steamer having arrived there on the 4th of September, four days after the departure of the China steamer, which, it will be remem bered, was dispatched from Hong Kong and Singapore five days before the appointed time, in consequence of the moonsoon season. Had the China steamer, therefore, left at the proper date, the Chusan's mails would have reached Singapore just in time to be sent forward by the mail which arrived a fortnight since. These delays will in future be obviated on this route, inasmuch as the Australian steamers are to commence running direct from King George's Sound to Ceylon, instead of to Singapore. Nevertheless, even if this be the case, it is doubtful if the oceanic track can be per manently beaten, if voyages like that accomplished by the Argo continue to be made, as the frequent stoppages and chances of delay will impair the effi ciency of the India route, and render it useful merely as a supplementary service, and. one of more benefit in maintaining a communication be tween the Australian colonies and India and China than with this country. The splendid results of the Argo serve additionally to prove the correctness of the opinions, long entertained here, that the best long sea route is that outwards by the Cape and homewards round Cape Horn. THE VICTORIA SCREW CLIPPER. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—As the builder of the screw clipper ship Vic toria, I have to thank you for the notice you have taken of her, having made the quickest run ever yet accom plished between England and Australia. I hope you will do me the further favour to notice the great superiority of this achievement of the Victoria over that of the Argo, which has been made the subject of so much praise. The Argo is said to have accomplished the distance between England and Australia in 64 days. The Victoria has really run the distance in 59 days 221 hours, including two days' stoppage at St. Vincent's, thus beat ing the Argo by more than four days. The exact dates are as follows :—Left Gravesend June 19, 5.30 a.m. ; reached Adelaide August 18, 4 a.m.-59 days 22} hours. Now, the 64 days in which the Argo is said to have made the run are from Southampton to Port Philip, being about the same distance. At Adelaide the Victoria remained 2 days 13 hours, and afterwards sailed for Port Philip, which she reached in 64 days. I can only suppose that the reason why the Argo is so much eulogised for her voyage of 64 days, and the Vic toria not at all commended for her voyage of 59 days 22 hours, is that the real facts were not exactly brought out. Do me one more act of justice. The Adelaide steam ship is a sister ship to the Victoria—identical in her hull, identical in her screw, identical in her machinery, and in all qualities the same as the Victoria. The one (Vic toria) has made the fastest, the other (Adelaide) one of the slowest passages on record. As builder of the Ade laide I was blamed for all the disasters of that ship. I, on the contrary, attributed those disasters to mismanage ment, and staked the issue upon the result of the Victo ria's voyage. The public can now judge which was in fault—the ship, the builders, or those who had charge of vessel. —_. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, J. SCOTT RUSSELL. 37, Great George•street, Westminster, Oct. 29. CHANGE RINGING.—On Saturday evening, the Society of College Youths accomplished at St. Mary's, Lewisham, a true and excellent peal of triples, upon Stedman's prin ciple, containing 5,040 changes, in three hours and two minutes, being the first peal in the method upon the bells. It was composed by Mr. Thurstans, of Bir mingham, and conducted by Mr. W. Cooter. Weight of tenor, 22 cwt. DEATH OF THE BISHOP OF DERBY.—A vacancy has been left on the Irish Episcopal Bench by the death of the Hon. and Right Rev. Dr. Ponsonby, Lord Bishop of Derry and Raphoe, which took place at the episcopal palace on Thursday. The deceased prelate was a supporter of the national education system, and his political principles were those of the liberal party ; but the natural suavity and unobtrusiveness of his manners, and the perfectly unbiassed mode in which he exercised his patronage, were such as to secure for him the esteem of all parties. His lordship had, for the last few years, been in delicate health, having arrived at an advanced age. While he held the dignity of Dean of St. Patrick's, he was a very popular preacher, his pulpit discourses being remarkable for chasteness and beauty of composition, and his appeals to the sympathies of his audiences for the principal charities of the Irish metropolis were found most effective, never failing to elicit a liberal response. In the year 1828, Dr. Ponson by was elevated to the episcopal bench, having been then appointed Bishop of Killaloe and Kilfenora. He was translated to the diocese of Derry in 1831, and on the death of Dr. Bissett he succeeded to the see of Raphoe, the two dioceses being united under the Church Temporalities Act. The income of the see is about 7,0001. per annum. It is said that Dr. Pakenham, the Dean of St. Patrick's and brother-in-law of the late Duke of Wellington, is likely to be the successor of Dr. Ponsonby. DEATH OF LORD CLONCDRRY.---Another of the men who figured remarkably in the troublous period which preceded the union between Great Britain and Ireland has passed to his final account. Lord Cloncurry died on Friday night, at his residence county Dublin, at the advanced age of 80 years. his lordship published his own memoirs about four years ago. From this book and other sources we learn that he was at all events suspected and openly charged by the government of the period (1798) with being a disaffected person. He suffered a long imprisonment, but was not brought to trial. How he was taken by the hand by the Marquis of Anglesey, when that over-credulous nobleman was Viceroy of Ireland, and how he and other persons of the same peculiar political opinions succeeded in ruling his Excellency in return, will be found detailed with perfect candour in the work referred to, V. :—" Recollections of the Life of Lord Cloncurry," published by M`Glashan, Dublin. In 1803 Lord Cloncurry was married to the daughter of Major- General Morgan, and some years afterwards the lovers of scandal were entertained by a trial for crim. eon. in which his lordship was plaintiff and Sir John Bennet Piers defendant. His lordship obtained heavy damages, and that marriage was dissolved. He then married the daughter of Archibald Douglas, Esq., who died i n 184 1. His lordship is succeeded in his titles and estates by the Hon. Edward Lawless, a deputy lieutenant of the county Dublin, THE SUN, LONDON, M;UNDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 31, 1853. market is in a sluggish state, and prices have a downward tendency. P.Y.C. on the spot is quoted at 57s to 57s 6d, and for the spring 583 per cwt. Town tallow is 58s per cwt. net cash ; rough fat, 3s 3d per Sibs. SHARE MARKETS.--(THIS DAY. BRITISH RAILWAYS. Business this day. 1849. 1850. i 1851. 1 38s 3 4 8 : 3 , 3 ( 61 el dt 4 c. 3 07 6 (1 5 ;6 4 d :9 w t 04 3 34 0 i 7 .3 7 6d 1 d rice of Y. C. .... Stock this day Delivery last week .• 2,342 il. 2,322 2,989 2,123 Ditto from June 1.... 36,134 139,351 38,499 36,137 Arrivals last week.. 5,403 i 12,305 26,165 5,478 Ditto from June 1.... 56,268 60,055 67,375 26,280 Price of Town .... • • 39s 6d 4ls Od 1 39s 6d 45s Od • • • • i to 3475376507347 d 1852. 1853. - - 21,612 578 Od tO 578 6d 3,025 45,670 2,064 44,167 6 ' l; Od RAILWAYS. Aberdeen Ambg. Nottng. Bost and &stn. Junct Birmiug. Wolverh. & Stour Valley Birkenhd. Lancsh. dt Cheshire Junct Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O and £25 Cons. Do., £20... .. . Bristol and Exeter... Caledonian Chester dr Holyhead Cork and Bandon Cork, Black, & Pass. Dublin&BelfastJunc. Dundee Perth&Aber deen Junction Do. New East Anglian Do., (.£lB E & Eastern Counties Eastern Union, Stock Do., B. Stock Do., New A East Lancashire East & West Ind. Dk & Birming. June Edinburgh& Glasgow Edinb. and Peebles E din . Prth. & Dundee Glasgow & S. Western Great Northern Stk. Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Gt. Sth. &West.(lre.) Great Western Irish South-Eastern Lancaster & Carlisle Do., Thirds Lancash.andYorkshi Do., Fifths D . , Wst. Riding Un Leeds Northern Liv.Crsby.&Southpt London & Blackwall Lond. Tilb. &Sthend. Loud. Bright & S.Cst. Loud. and N. Westn. Do. Fifths Do.lo/.5h.,M&8...0 London and S. Westn. Do., £5O Do., £4O Lnndrry& Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk. Manch.Shef.& Lincln Do., Man. & Lin. Un Midland Do. Birmng. &Derby Midid. G. West. (Ire.) Do. Half Shares Newcastle & Carlisle Newmarket Do., Bury Extension Nwpt.Aberg. &Hrfd Newry & Enniskillen Newry Warrenpoint and Rostrevor Norfolk ..... Northn.Counties Un North British North Devon, No. 1 Do., No. 2 Do., a A Deferred Do., a B Guaranteed North Staffordshire North Western N. & S. Westrn. June. Oxford, Worcester, Sr Wolverhampton Scottish Central Scottish Midland Shrewsbury &Rimg Do. L. & N. Western Guaranteed Sleek Shrewsby. & Rerefd Shrewsby. & Chester (N. W. Min Do. Halves,2 e. Do. Oswestry Shropshire Union. South Devou South Eastern South Wales S. Yrksh. & Riv. Dun all I 1.00 441 171, 7i all Do. Stockton & Hartlepl. Thames Haven Dock and Railway Vale of Neath Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford&Limerick West Cornwall. Wimbledn &Croydon York Newctl.&Berw. Do. Extensions Do. G.N.E. Purchase York & N. Midland PREFERENI Aberdeen Do. No. 2, 7 p. c. Bris. & Ex. 4 p. c. St. 4 p. c. Shares ICaledonian £lO Chester & Holyheadl Guar. s : i per cent Cork &Bandons4p.e Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction EastAnglian (£3los) 6 per cent Do. (£5) 7 per cent Do. (£7 17s) 7 p. c Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No. 1 Do. No. 2 . Do. New 6 p. c. St. Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent East Lancash.6 p. ets. Edinb Prth. &Dundee 52 per cent. Glasgow & S. Western Guar. 5 per cent Great Northn. 5 p. c Do. 5 p. c. Redeem., at 10 p. c. prem. Do. 4,i p.c. Scrip Gt, Southn.&Westm (Ireland) Eighths) Gt. Westn. (Berks & Hants Ex. 5 p. e) Do.cov. red. 4i p.c Do. con, red. 4 p. c Do. irred. 4 p. c Lan. & York. F. £2O Do. 6 p. c. Stock London and Brighton Guaranteed 513. c Do. Pref., 5 p. c. St. Do. Convertible, 5 p. c., 1852 Do. New Guar.6 p. c London & S. Western Con. Thirds 100 100 100 6 100 100 .0 Londonderry&Coler. i Shares dl Londy.&Ennis.i Sh. di Man., Shef., & Lin., 4 Sares, No. 1. ... di Do. New, £lO 3 Do. £6 100 100 100 100 100 100 all 100 I dlarypt . & Carl. 4 P.C. Do. , q per cent 10 all 14 all 100 all 3 ,100 IDo.. Mid. Consol.6 p.c.St. Do. Consol. Bristol & Birm. 6 per cent._ Do. Pref. 4A per cent Norfolk Extension Do. 5 p. c. Eat Do. Guar. 5A per ct. Do. Way. Val. 5 p. c North British North Staffordshire Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverh. £l5, 6 p.c Do Shrews. &Birm.N.G. Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor.W.Min), 8 p.c. Do. 5 per cent South Devon iDo. New IS. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. Do. 4 per cent. Pre. S.YorkshAp.c.Guar. Waterfd.&Kilk.6p.c. York, Newcastle and _Berwick,4 p.c. Pref. Do _ _ York&N. Midland H. i and S. Purch Closing Prices this day. 194 —20 i - 41 8- 9 4 13 —ll dis, 16 18 5i 4jd 94 96 52 53 15 —16 j 13 15 ii . = ie 74 - 8i 4i 4i 3 - 3,1 12A - 12 38 - 42 27 - 29 6,i - : 6 f . 3 - 6 i): 1: ii 80i 81i 57 59 124 -- 126 102 -- 104 180 i -- 81 85 - 88 10 -12 p 63i - 64 7i - 60 5 - 46 123. - 13 I 8 iPmB; 95 97 d 103; -103 i d_ ;Y 72 74 P 14 —13 d 13 —12 d 19i soi - 33 - 52 i d 51 48 50 4 3d 26 ... 27 S 101 q - 7f par 38 - 39 87 89 53 - 55 60 - 62 55 - 65 21 - lid, 15 17 74 84 11 13 4 3id 14 16 59 61 334 344 .. --- •• 3 - • 4 2fi - 2i, 15 16 8 - 9 63 64 1 9 -- Bidi 4 4 61 -- 411 I SHARES. 798 - 6 - 6. 31 - 3i 4. - 5 - 1 p 1 - 1 4 p 1 - lip 13 - 13 18 20 2/- 117 :: 119 106 - 108 P - i P 7i -- 81 i -- 99 -- 101 95 -- 100 95 -- 100 -- - id par 134 141 •• • ..--- • , •• • -- : 2 - 3 12 - 13; 6 - 7 9 9i i - RP 1 138 140 id ••• ''''' ... ... -- • 22 =ii 100 - 1-0 4 - ipm 94 - 104 16 -- 17 91 -- 101 12 --14 par -- i P 23 - 24 i 98 - 102 19 - 20 93 96 4 , 4 id pa FOREIGN. A.ntwerp&Rotterdam Belgian Eastn. June. Beziers to Graissessac Charleroi & Erquelin. Dijon and Besancon Dutch Rhenish East Indian Do. Extension Gt. Indian Peninsula Gd. Junct. of France Gt .Western of Canada Shares Lucca & Pistoj a 5 p.c pref Luxembourg Do. (Railway) Do. Do. (Canal) Do. 6 p. et. pref Lyons dr Mediterran Madras Namur & Liege (with interest) Do. (ex interest) Northern of France Do. 201. 3 p. c Bds (finy. B. & Ams. Shs.) NorwegianTrunkPref Paris and Lyons Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen Paris and Strasbourg ParisCaen &Cherbrg Quebec di Richmond Rouen and Havre Royal Swedish Sambre and Meuse Sth-Eastrn. of Franee Southern of France Upper India Scrip West Flanders Do. 51 per c. Pref Western of France West. of Switzerland 401=1" 3 - 2 - 4 -2( 12 - 13 1.?• -2; 24 -2: 3 - - 2 -2, - 1 8 - Id 5 —5, 1 —1, 1 1 i— i d i -- 1/p 1 q -- 7i 311 -34 i 1 12i -- 133 74 -- 8 161 -- 16ip 39 -- 40 36i -36 i 3 -- 1 2 -- p 18i -19 i ld -- par 8 -- 8i id -- 4 p 2 -- p 3 -- 4 P dis 8 4 3 d, Business dons this day. 19/ 20 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. IPaid.l Leasing Compans• Closing Prices this day. RAILWAY/. Bedford and Birm. & Oxfd., guarantee—. Do. withoutgr Birm.Wolv. dc, Dudley guar. Do. wtht guar. Bnckghamsh. Clydesdale Jc. E. Lincoln gr. 6 per cent. Glstr.ds Dn. Fr Hrtlpl. Dk. & Railway Hull & Selby Do. Shares. Do. 4 Shares. Lon.&Greenw Do. Pre:erence Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Do. 6 per ct. Manch. Bxtn. and Matlock Middlesbro' Redcar. Midld.Bradfd. Northern and Easternsp.e. Do. 6 per et. Do. Fixeds p s Prest. & Wyre Do. i Shares. Roystn.k Hit. Do. Shep th . St Shef. Roth.and Gooleg.sp.c. S. Staffordsh. Wear Valleygr 6 per cent Do Wilts&Somrst London & N. West. Gt.Westn Do Do Do L.&N.W Caledon Gt.Nrthn. Gt. Westn Yk. New. & Berw. Y. &Nbid Do S. Eastern Do (Norfolk.,, L.& N. W. & Midid. Stckton & Darlingt. Midland.. E. Count Do Do L. &N.W &Ln&Yk Do GtNortlan Do.. Lancash& Yorksh. M.MClean Stockt. & Darlingt. Do GtWestn MINES. 99 - 101 49 -51 138 - 142 30 - 32 107 - 109 53h- 54 26i - 274 134 - 144 214 - 25 n - 3 ki :: iiii 59 - 61 • a • .. .—... 137 - 142 137 - 142 die 2 - 296 - 306 95 -- 97 52,1 1 2 2 3 4f 121 i i 22i 80 1 80i 1i 56 9 7 4 124 5 80i i 1 643i41% 8 8 i 964 104 34 i 191 6O 11 60.1 12 i i 48 50 49 7 4d 7t 2p 2 i 591 160 i 63 4 111 1 461 7 1 117 18 19 1 . 41 I i 3 6 11 7 8 R i i 1 all gua Fria 1 all Anglo Austrin. Gold 1d par 10s. all Anglo Californian d— par 10 2 Australasian l4 4 d 20 5 Australian 1 all Australian Cordillera id 1 all Australian Freehold 1 all Ave Maria —4 d 1 all Baden (Gd. Duchy of) 4d par 1 all British Austrin. Gold 6 d 20 13.5 British Iron 35 241 Brazilianlmp.(issued at X 5 pm 6 7 54 64 6 30 all Do. Cocaes & Cuiada 21 3 3 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 34 —36 1 4 Carson's Creek 40 all Cobre Copper 4l —43 5 1 Colonial ... 15 Copiapo St. all Copper Min. of Eng 55 —65 25 all Do. Pref. 74 p. cent 5 7pzd 5 all English and Austrin Copper Smeltg.Co 24 3 24 20 all General 2 all Great NuggetVein_ 4 p 24 2 all Do. Registered 3 all Great Polgooth - 2d 1 all Lake Bathurst 1 all Liberty ...d 3 all Linares - 11 104 94 1 all Lond.&Californ.Gold Quartz Crush. Co. 1 all Mariquita 10 9 Mexican&S.Americn. 64 7/ 64 1 all New Granada /d— par 1 all Nouveau Monde 4 p 14 10 5 Nova Scotia Mining and Copper Smeltg. 5 1 Port Philip 1 d 1 all Quartz Rock 4d— par 50 all Rhymney Iron 15 15 Do. New — 30 104 Santiago de Cuba 1 all South Australian . d 10 7 Tin Croft 5 7 281 all United Mexican 3l 4 1 all Waller — dis 1 all West Granada 1 all West Mariposa 1 all Yuba JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 40 all Australasia 73 75 731 5 4 50 all British N. American 20 2 Chrtd. Bnk. of India, Australia, & China 4 d— 4 d 100 25 Colonial — 611 100 20 Commercial of Lond — 20 10 English Scottish and Australian l4 —14 d 20 15 Lond. Chart. Bk. of Australia iP 50 20 London and County 50 10 London Joint Stock 22 24 100 20 Lond. & Westminster 33 35 344 20 2 London Bank of Aus tralia and India _ 50 224 National of Ireland.. 25 all Oriental Bank of Corporation 45 47 25 5 Do. New — 100 25 Provincial of Ireland 10 all Do. New • ..• 5 1 Royal Australn.Bkg & Gold Imp Co 1 dis— par 25 all South Australia 33 41 25 all Union of Australia 7l 73 ... 21 Do. New 7l 81 50 10 Union of London lB 19 40 all Union of Madrid MISCELLANEOUS 100 35 Australian Agricult. 41 43 41 340 21 20 12 Australsn.Pcific.Mail 10 8 Australn. Royal Mail 50 384 Brit. American Land 55 61 100 321 Canada — 5 5 Crystal Palace —l4 p 54 6 4 2 Crystal Pal. of France ... 20 3 Eastern Steam ••• 1 1 Electric Teleg. of Ir — 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat — 20 16 General Screw Steam 20 5 Irish Beetroot Sugar 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel 10 3 Netherlands Land l4 id 20 10 Nrth.ofEuropeSteam 50 all Peninsular & Oriental 50 25 Do. 103 60 Royal Mail Steam 25 25 South Austral. Land 36 38 38 1 all Submar. Telegraph 5 2 Univeral Emigration and Colonization . 100 284 Van Diemen's Land 1 5 —l6 LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Oct. 31. Wind this day at Noon, S., light breeze, and fino weather. DEAL, Oct. 30. - Wind, S.W. Arrived—Sarah Mill idgo, Belize. Arrived from the River—Stately, for Now Zealand ; Isabella Blyth, Swan River—and all sailed ; Buecleuch, Mauritius ; Mersey, Port Philip ; Honduras, Honduras ; Stag, St. Helena. Arrived from the River, and sailed—Northumberland, for New York. Put back— Hazard, Melbourne, leaky, and returned for the River. DOVER, Oct. 30.—Wind, S. Sailed—Samson, Port au Prince, after repairing ; Amadora, Cuba. SOUTHAMPTON, Oct. 30.—Wind, S,W. Arrived—Argo (s), Australia. PoßTsmnour, Oct. 30.—Wind, E. to S., variable. Sailed—Hiram, for Melbourne ; Mary Bannatyne, Port Philip—with the whole of the outward bound. TORBAY, Oct. 30.- Sailed—Meander, Launceston, Van Diemen's Land. PLYMOUTH, Oct. 30. -Wind, S.W. Arrived—Omega, Sydney, N.S.W. ; John Rowell, Quebec. FALMOUTH, Oct. 30.—Wind, variable. Arrived—Pallas, New York ; Courier, Buenos Ayres ; Dantzic, Manzanilla and Cuba. Off Port—Chance, Trinidad, for London ; Regulus; do. and Cuba ; Don Ricardo, China, and sailed for London ; Titania, Rio Janeiro. PENZANCE, Oct. 29. —Arri ved—Tar, Quebec. Sailed — Sophia, Cardiff and Savanilla. WIVENHOE, Oct. 30.—The Neptunus, of Krageroe, Hernosand to London, grounded on Whitaller Sand, and proceeded in tow of a steamer, with extra hands, being very leaky. QUEENSTOWN, Oct. 29.—Wind, N. Arrived—Clydes dale, Mauritius ; Joseph Howe, Callao. (BY SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Monday, 10.30 a.m. CUSTOM-HOUSE RETURN. Wind, S.E., fine ; tide, three - qua r ter's flood. Arrived—Oct. 30—Queen (s), from Harlingen ; Sun. beam, Carthagena and Villa Nova ; Byzantum, T aganrog ; La Ponle, Cherbo ur g ; Affianes, Marseilles ; Amazon, Riga ; William , L eer ; Canta, Sa nta Cruz ; Xanthus , Dantzic. A rr i ve d —Oct. 31—Caledonian (s), fr om H am b urgh ; ,R aven sbourne (s), Antwerp ; City of Paris (a), Boulogne; Ocean (a), Havro ; }yelioord, Rotterdam ; Alerta, Oporto ; Fides, Horsens ; Caroline , Cronstadt ; Gratitude, do. ; Victoria, Antwer ; Le Mentor, Nant es; William,Cron. stadt ; Warrior,Riga. DEAL, Monday, 9.10 a.m. Wind S.W., moderate breeze. Anchored—Stag, from London, for St. Helena. Sailed—The Sarah Millidge, for Sheerness. SHOPLIFTING BY A LADY.—A case that has excited a great deal of interest in Dublin which could not be easily appreciated at a distance, occupied the Criminal Commission Court all day on Saturday, and has been indeed the general topic of conversation here for several days past. It is a charge of shoplifting against a highly respectable young lady, a Miss Margaret Cart well, who, along with her sisters, keeps a most respect able school in one of the fashionable quarters of the city. It appears that some days since she was purchas ing ribbons in the commercial house of Messrs. Can nock and White, when one of the assistants saw her, ha as he believed, slip a piece of ribbon, which . she ediately d not paid for, into her reticule. charged her with the theft, and she wa.sfitaeki ennotrnolioaeno:leireor apartment, where she remainedheunsttiloletnle sent for. On being searched t ribbon was not found on her, but it app eagr tsoornbeeetnimdoiscsoi:t•einregd. shortly after near where she to h m t o h v a e t • 'was made by prosecu tors ... The excitement caused by thetw an application acsasehasbee it into the Queen's Bench, and have it tried by a special was unsuccessful, and it jeuarniye; on n u i t n d th u i e s co n u P r P s : : before the Chief Baron and Baron most distinguished large bar of the counsel Richards, at the commission of oyer and terrniner on Saturday. A was „ gag ed on both sides. The case had not tenni , rated at the adjournment of the court, LITERATURE. Books for the Country. Bees ; their _Habits, Management, and Treatment. By the Rev. J. G. Wood, Author of the " Illustrated Natural History." Routledge. There is a considerable amount of information on the management of an apiary, given in this little publication, which cannot fail to be of service to all who may desire to possess any knowledge on the subject. Some illustrations are met with, and the whole manner of describing the plans proposed is clear and evident to every capacity. Florian, and Crescent. A Village Tale, from the Black Forest. By Berthold Auerbach ; tran slated by Meta Taylor. Chapman and Hall. This is a pleasing little story ; some of the inci dents appear rather improbable to an English reader, but no one can help being interested in Florian's manoeuvres, and in Cresceny's endeavours to make things go on smoothly, surrounded as she was by difficulties and doubts. The unfortunate Florian is thrown into prison, but escapes, only, howeve", to be caught again. At last, after all their confusions and counter-plots, all goes favour ably with the energetic, if not very prudent, hero and heroine. Clan Albyn. By Mrs. Johnstone. Routledge. A very romantic tale is here presented . to our notice. It i s ra th er a comp li ca t e d narrative, and requires a tt en ti ve o b servat i on to compre h en d it, but it is exceedingly interesting. All the scenes are sketched with vivacity and energy ; we are taken into many countries with the hero, who is the heir to the Clan Albyn estates, although he does not know it till the conclusion of the tale. Moonie, the old Highland nurse, is very ably described, and contributes greatly to the interest of the part of the story, winch is laid in Scotland. Mrs. John stone has been very successful in her att em pt to depict the peculiarities of her own country. Aldennan , Ralph. By A. Hornbook. Routledge. This is a very entertaining little sketch of the troubles and trials that befel the inhabitants of the borough of Willowacre. The great cause o f con troversy arose from a bridge-deed having been lost many years before, in consequence of which the unfortunate townspeople had to pay a toll to the proprietor of the bridge, while in reality they should have been exempt from it. The principal members of the corporation used to meet a t the Wheatsheaf Parlour every evening , and universal harmony used to reign among them, unt:l one un lucky day, when Gregory Markpence made his sud den appearance among them, and "peace, perfect peace, was never restored there." After a series of events, some ludicrous and others melancholy, the deed was discovered, but in the course of the trans actions so much ill feeling had been created, that it was impossible for all the parties to meet as formerly in their little conclave. May Silveston is a very pleasing character, and excites great interest; but the same praise cannot be awarded to Alice Pevensey, who acted in a most absurd manner, and did not appear to know her own mind. A great deal of skill is exhibited in the description of Threap the lawyer, Dingyleaf the great scholar, and Jack Jiggs the fiddler. On the whole, there is much to be pleased with in these two volumes, and they will very probably become popular. The History of liungary. By E. L. Godkin. Mark Sutherland. By Emma Southworth. Cassell's Natural _History. The Alps : Switzerland and Savoy. John Cassell. The history of Hungary from the earliest times to the conclusion of the insurrection of 1848, with which for the time it unfortunately closes must be a work of interest to the historical student. The life and reign of Maria Theresa (" the mother of her people," as the enthusiastic Hungarians called her on her according to them some civil rights) is fully given. There are numerous illustrations, with the portraits of the chief ileaders and their enemies. " Mark Sutherland" is a story of American life ; it is a tale of "power and principle." The hero, a planter's son, releases his slaves, and the young lady to whom he is attached, breaks off her engage ment when he is no longer rich. He fortunately finds a worthier companion in the heroine of the tale, who very inopportunely dies at the moment he attains his highest ambition and enters the senate. ",The Alps," &c., is a description of the country surrounding them, which has reached the seventh number. It is to be completed in twelve monthly parts. " Cassell's Natural History" in the present part describes the feathered tribes. Numerous illustrations are given, and every variety of bird described, with interesting and appropriate quota tions. Many birds, little known, such as the tailor bird and the umbrella bird, find a place in these pages. DEATH FROM LIGHTNING.—On Saturday night an inquest was held by Mr. Baker, at St Katherine's Docks Hotel, on Jasper Allen, aged 38, a book-keeper in the employ of Messrs. Pickford and Co. The de ceased hnd just left the London Decks during the storm on Thursday evening, after booking some goods to go by the railway, and was front of the waggons outside the gates, when a vivid flash of lightning was observed, and he suddenly fell. When picked up he was lifeless. Medical aid was resorted to, but without effect, and it was the opinion of the medical man that he had been struck by the lightning. Verdict—Natural death. REPAVING OF GRACECHURCH-STREET.—This important thoroughfare is closed for the purpose of being repaved. Notwithstanding the substitution of granite blocks for wood paving in many thoroughfares of the metropolis, of equal importance, as better suited to their great and constant traffic, this street is being repaved with new blocks of wood, as before. MR. ABRAHAM, ARCHITECT.—We are requested to state that the following gentlemen were in attendance at the Central Criminal Court on Saturday, when the case against Mr. Abrahams, the architect, came on, and were ready to testify in the strongest terms to the care, professional experience, and ability of that gentleman : Sir Richard Bettiell, Q.C., M.P., Sir Charles Barry, R.A.; INI D r. A Shaw, (official referee)' Thomas ; ; Mr. J. B. Bunning ; Mr. James Mr. V l Professor Hopper Pinnethorne, of her Majesty's Woods and Forests ; Mr. Ambrose Poynter, (official referee) ; Mr. George God win, F.R.S. (district surveyor) ; Mr. Henry A. Hunt ; Mr. George Pownall ; Mr. H. Maltby ; Mr. Benjamin Ferrey ; Mr. Thomas Little ; Mr. H. Holland ; Mr. John Addison, C.E. ; Mr. J. H. Hakewill, Mr. A. B. Frend ; Mr. E. Horne, Mr. W. Nixon, as well as several district surveyors. DREADFUL EXPLOSION AT A LICENSED VICTTJALLER'S. --Last evening (Sunday), between six and seven o'clock, the inhabitants of Hatton-garden and Hatton-wall, were greatly terrified in consequence of a tremendous ex plosion taking place in the Rose and Crown tavern, the property of Mr. J. Kemps, situate at the angle of the two before•named thoroughfares, which was at tended with a great destruction of property, and very serious injuries to the landlady. It appears that Mrs. Kemps, who was behind the bar, was in the act of draw ing some spirits from one of the taps, when a tremendous explosion of gas took place, resembling in sound the dis charge of a large cannon. At the same moment bottles filled with spirits, various liquor casks, tumblers, &c., were scattered about and br o k en as if discharged' from some projectile used in war. The pieces of glass from the broken vessels were hurled about, and the unfortunate female had her face, and other portions of her body fearfully cut. Three men who were standing in front of the bar were much shaken by the force of the explosion, and two of them were triflingly injured by the shower of broken glass. The whole house was quickly placed in darkness, and those who were able made a precipitate retreat into the street, expecting that the building was about to fall. In the course of a second or so afterwards it was found that the bar-parlour had become ignited. Two or three of the neighbours therefore rushed into the place and succeeded in extricating Mrs. Kemp and in extinguishing the fire. Mr. Bartlett, the surgeon, of Hatton-garden, was sent for , and h e promptly attended, and found blood streaming from the injuries inflicted on the female. He at once ad o pt ed measures to alleviate her sufferings, but she still remains in a very precarious condition. Her husband was ou at the time. Several police-officers of the G division,rom however, soon arrived, being plundered during the confusion which t _ .ng and prevented th eetoh h n o aet u ,hei s ei e hsssaat f dor .. wyn ensued. As to the cause of the accident no hi 'o defect in one i posed that the gas had escaped from t in ive th e e o g u a ld s bfiettlienagrsnheda,dbrueteeint tsleyehmeseitihmasatodmseemaendc.alitteriastsiounps. by f(hit a e r trams disposingab tlt facthat followed. what chandelier, and hence the mischi_ °ST andof t h e a p t ilpeensg, length d h t a n d a t e i o t m h a e d i a n c cu e o tn .ne u t t t o dwbiethh i n tdhetheligwhatlelsd, BANK-NOTE.—On SINGULAR RECOVERY OF _A eli li er, after partaking of Wednesday last a poultry o d ° d class refreshme-room some refreshment in the sec discovered to his great dis :t e t a l t ie t m he ich -S I may that he had . lost bank-note. He remembered of his goolherds7inibtieub Shrewsbury t a st. place,ot i 5 i.nd in the forlorn hope at p il r in o g ee to ed n Shrewsbury station, . he r t p y a: ( h i e fo r r e of hearing having , somet afternoon train. He went at once to the by an refresh ment-room, and there, trampled upon and dirty by eon .ns,eeorif thhisi!lowsthepnro con tact with many feet, he found, to his surprise and infi nite gr atification, the note he had dropped three or four hours before.—Shrewsbury Journal. RECOVERY OF A WIFE THROUGH THE ELECTRIC TELE GRAM—A few days since a telegraph is n ceived at the Strood Statio n o f the North i Kent Railway, re e - to the following effect :—" pi ease to detain two ladies, one short and the other tall, and a man v er y much marked with small-pox." The parties were stated to be in a first class carriage. In consequence of this communication, on the arrival of the train at Higham, the carriages were locked, and the parties were detained on their arrival at Stiood. A. message back to London brought down a gentleman who claimed one of the ladies as his wife, who t was said hail eloped with his managing man. After some parleyi ng the lady joined her husband, and the parties departed in cabs, taking different directions.— Kentiete %sour. THE CHOLEBA. ( From the General Board of Health.) DUNDEE. Oct. 27 nd 28---Cholera (deaths) ................ 5 The parochial board of Dundee report that, since the last return as to the state of diarrhoea in this town, the cases of this disease have gradually increased, though, as yet, we cannot say that there is any very alarming num ber of such cases. We find them existing in all parts of the town. LUTON. Oct. 28.—Cholera (deaths).. In respect to these cases the registrar remarks, that little has yet been done to purify the houses where these and previous cases have occurred, or to remove the nuisances. The yards, cesspools, &c., are at the pre sent time in a filthy, unwholesome condition, emitting most noxious effluvia, and can only be fruitful in diseases and death. NEWCASTLE•UPON-TYNE. Oct. 2.9.—N0 deaths were registered in the union since last return. GATESHEAD. Oct. 29.—N0 deaths were registered in the union since last return. METROPOLIS. It appears, from returns made by the superintendents of the D, K, M, N, and V divisions of police to the commissioners, and by them transmitted to the General Board of Health, there have been eleven cases of cholera within those districts on the 26th and 27th inst., of which five have resulted fatally. In two instances, the patient died 14 hours after attack, and in a third in 12 hours from the time of seizure. BLACKHEATH.--A very severe case of cholera is re• ported as having occurred at Blackheath. The patient, a child, was, at the time of the report of the surgeon, is a state of collapse, and dying. The house is " one of eight, in a small place misnamed a square, all without water and drainage, and all with overflowing closets." " In my opinion (adds the medical attendant) all are un fit for human habitation, and all ought to be closed to prevent further cases of cholera." A fatal case occurred in the house directly opposite in 1849, and diseases of a low type, fever, &c., have prevailed ever since that pe riod. The same surgeon, in reporting the above-men tioned case in 1849, at that time stated his conviction that these houses were " unfit for human habitation." Mr. Hall, from the Poor-law Board, and Dr. Milroy, from the General Board of Health, had an interview on Thursday with the board of guardians of Wandsworth. The union embraces the parishes of Battersea, Wands worth, Putney, Clapham, Tooting, and Streatham dis tricts, varying much in respect of natural advantages, as well as in other local circumstances intimately affecting health. The full extent of the onerous and very respon sible additional duties imposed on the parochial medical officers, by the regulations and directions which the Ge neral Board of Health has issued under the present Order in Council, would not appear to have been quite appreciated by these gentlemen or by the board of guar dians. After the explanations given by Mr. Hall and Dr. Milroy, the board at once recognised the importance of the suggestion that the duties of sanitary inspection and general hygienic superintendence of the union be committed to their medical officers by passing a formal resolution to this effect. Hitherto resident medical gen tlemen have been exposed to considerable obloquy, and the risk of injury to their professional pro• spects, when called upon occasionally to certify to the existence of nuisances on the premises of the inhabitants, or to make complaint of the unwholesomeness of many dwellings, the property, it may be, of an influential parishioner. But these inconveniences are, of course, at once got rid of when it is understood that these gen tlemen have no Option left them in the discharge of duties officially imposed upon them, and which are no longer merely voluntary or permissive, but imperative or compulsory. Independently of being constituted the sanitary inspectors of their respective parishes or dis tricts, the medical officers are required to act as health officers at the same time, by maintaining a vigilant Bur , veillance over the health of the poorer classes, so as to detect at once and bring under immediate treatment all cases of epidemic disease from their first development. Should any considerable increase of sickness take place, so that they cannot efficiently undertake the additional duties required of them, they are without delay to apply to the board of guardians for such assistance as may be necessary. The machinery, when once properly esta blished in conformity with the regulations and directions of the General Board of Health, is capable of ready ex• pansion whenever an emergency may occur. Many complaints were made by the members of the board of guardians respecting foul stagnant pools and ditches in different parts of the union, and allusion was made to the disastrous outbreak of cholera in 1848 among the pauper children at Tooting, as being in part connected with the raking up of filthy ditches, and the exposure of their putrid contents on the bank, without any means having been taken to correct or neutralise the noxious effluvia. There is no question that any disturbance of such foul matters is a most unwise proceeding in times of epidemic sickness, unless due precautions are taken to prevent the atmospheric pollution by the free use of such powerful antiseptics as chloride zinc, chloride of lime, with allum, &c., or by immediately covering all offensive matter with a sufficient stratum of earth and quick lime. On the 28th inst. Dr. Milroy had au interview with the board of guardians of Shoreditch and of St. Luke. In both parishes the guardians have been energetically at work in removing many nuisances, cleansing out courts and purifying the poorer dwellings when found iu a filthy unwholesome condition. Local committees, formed of the members of the board, have perambulated different districts ; and already much good has resulted from their labours. In proof of their activity, it may be mentioned that on one day no fewer than 21 owners of houses were summoned at the instance of the guardians of St. Luke's, before the magistrates at Worship-street, for neglect and disobedience, and in every instance an order was ob tained for the suppression or removal of the nuisance complained of. Much difficulty has been experienced in Shoreditch in dealing with the offensiveness caused by the accumulation of dung and other refuse in the yards of manure contractors, &c. These accumulations excite the disgust and grievously injure the health of the resi dents in the neighbourhood. The only plan of abating this abominable nuisance, if such occupations should be permitted at all in towns, is to require the daily entire removal of the offensive matter, so that no collection is ever permitted to remain. The usual pretext for delay, viz., the alleged difficulty of procuring barges or t r e oth o er means of daily removal, should never be listened necessity, there is ; where there is a will, and still more always found a way. la,(lotherise e parts .t is represented y impediment in the way of sani ary improve faulty state of the sewerage The as a serious d i n e fe manyct i r ities in carrying out the labours of the local author ment. With the view of giving. greater efficiency to the th boards of issued under the recent orde regula tions and directions of the General Board of Health, he ' th lanations nirnously adopted the following given by Dr. Milroy, uua officers be directed to "That the medical guardians in both parishes, after arm, e explanations resolution :—"Th at d of of the directions of the oar trict, in pursuance That this board will be ready act forthwith as sanitary inspectors,. each in his own die- Healt the nature and amount of such officers, when medical hereafhtereetwo ciaonsfiedreeer the extra remuneration of the of this resolution to the medical ex tra services shall have been ascertained. iat the " The very responsible duties of active officers severally' sanitary inspection, in conjunction with those of vigilant clerk do forward a copy 8a supervision of the health of the different distri c t s , are thus devolved upon those who, by their local knowledge a nd their professional avocations, can most efficiently discharge them, thus making a first but very important s t e p towards the formation of a health police. DEPARTURE OF THE AMERICA.—On Saturday forenoon Amlearilseßytfaonir -ship mails for the United States °3 and ella North America, ftrhoemrotyhael America, ifatapixstha with i i n )o L ss a e i ts l i g sj io , o sailed l merical merchandise l THE CAPE MA1 3 1. 0 from the Cape, dated . Pl o s su se f n r g el F g r h s, t. and a large and valuable subjoinedA cargo A o u n g T . H 2 a 6 m , i O n e s t. t 2 h 9 e . P T c contains paragraph in reference to the inconvenient working of the present mail packet arrangements :--" The Bos phorus steamer, with the July mail, arrived here early on the 22d, but, notwithstanding her excellent passage, too late for sending replies by the Indiana, which left for England two days previous. Much dissatisfaction is felt here with the present arrangement of the days of departure of the steamers, both from England and. India. The homeward steamers make the Cape in less time than the outward ones, and now invariably leave this a. day or two previous to the arrival of the latter. Corr e -1 spondents must, therefore, put off their replies until the next month, or adopt this course and write, rid Ceylon, overland. The evil, however, is not c onfined to. the Cape, for the English mail for St. Helena, which is sent from this by the first homeward packet, mast now re main in the post-office here for a whole month before it is dispatched. The alteration of a few days in the de. parture of the vessels from either posti would remedy this inconvenience." In consequence of the representations on the subject i lately made by Messrs. Duncan Dunbar and Sons, the Treasury have notified that, pending the consideration of the general state of the law as regards the native States of India, all ginger which has been imported from those States on the faith of being admitted at a duty of r cwt •, well as that which is now Js. per cw ~ . on the way, is to be delivered on payment of that rate, i at %us iey rts 6ncl ices th© be iin ,ng- the , een Ca ler- Mly 50 40 25 25 8/2s 6 25 50 20 1100 3i 100 16 11 all 20 20 10 St. St. St. St. St. 1 100 100 100 1100 all all 62 all 100 all 15 21s. 100 20 110, 1100 12 12. 12.,„ St. St. 10 25 10 1.0.6 10 20 20 20 26i i lli i 58 9j 1021 ~~ ~ 34i i 26i f 30, St, 50 St, lil all 100 all 100 all all all all all 100 100 100 18 9 all 30 f