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METROPOLITAN IMPROVEMENTS. The interior, however, is not yet finally completed—a careful and subdued colouring of the whole being, we are told, intended ; but already architectural pictures and artistic groupings of features abound, assisted mate rially by the rich and glowing colours of the silks, vel vets, ribbons, &c., which compose the " stock" of the establishment. At present the tint of the red bricks of the facade—some 30 feet longer and 20 higher than that of the Farnese Palace at Rome—is too vivid ; but when toned down by a little London smoke, we shall be better able to judge of the value of its introduction. External polychromy remains yet a question. With regard to the rest of the exterior, however, there need be no ques tion. The cornice exhibits, to our thinking, a just ar tistic feeling for the true style of the revived architecture of a day now dawning. Statical, horizontal, and fenes tral are terms which will express its dominant elements of composition. In conclusion we may observe that ninety-nine buildings out of a hundred reared in Eng land struggle towards this species of architecture. Mr. Knowles, in such edifices as Messrs. Cooke's warehouses in St. Paul's Churchyard, has done a service to his art, for he has promoted and enforced its natural tendency. In this case the architect and the artist have manifestly been combined.—Morning .Herald. NEW CANNON STREET. Although the English inability to produce fine build ngs is almost becoming proverbial there is no real neces sity for such a sentence being written against us. There is an abundant fund of artistic power in the country, needing only demand to exhibit itself in supply. There is material enough to make of architecture a great art and a noble profession. We may have in 50 years from this time a multitude of grand buildings if the professors of architecture will demand for themselves that protec tion from quakery and ignorance which a thorough education and a legally constituted professional exami nation would go far to effect. There is no branch of art so beset with impostors, there is none so neglected and ill-understood, as this parent of all fine arts. This ought surely no to be, and as surely need not be. A great nation and an antique people like ourselves, whose an cestors have raised piles which it strikes us with rever ence to enter, ought to advance and not recede in its intellectual refinement and in fine-art manifestation. We have not the excuse of raw inexperience nor of phy sical difficulty. We have had an architecture in Eng- land. We ought to have one now. These considerations arise from the evident tendency which architecture is exhibiting to regain her true posi tion, as displayed especially in the improved tone of build ing in the metropolitan streets. The fluctuating search _ for a standard has, it would seem, at length fixed itself to that form and development whence it may once more A conference was rec ently held at Brussels, at become an interpreter of the age. Thus in passing the invitation of t h e Government of the United down New Cannon-street, which is the most advanced States of America, the object of which was t o con and will be the most telling of the City improvements, nett a systematical and uniform plan of meteoro the visitor may now notice with interest and gratifica- logical observations at sea. At this conference the tion several specimens of City architecture which would report which follows was agreed to. In The Sun enrich any capital in Europe, and are particularly appro- of the 19th of August an account appeared of a lee priate in character to the imperial commerce and trans- ture on " Combined Meteorological Observation," ac tions of London. A few remarks u p on th e p h ys i og - which was delivered at Ll o yd' s b y Li eutenant nomy of these buildings as they neces sar ily occur ma y Maury, a distinguished officer of the United States. not at this moment be un we l come . It excited a great deal of interest in the maritime At the left-hand corner next King William-street the world. Lieutenant Maury has devoted much at large pile of offices and shops, designed by Mr. Dawson, is an important feature, the general effect of which is tendon to the subj ec t, an d h as prepare d var i ous quiet and good, although hardly imp one angle, nor by roved by the frag- charts, from whi c h may b e ascerta i ned what w i nds meat of a fou r th story perched up and currents m a y b e expecte d i n a g i ven mon t h i n at a shop door door squeezed in at the opposite end of the any part of the ocean. The Government of the building on th e g roun d fl oor . The ranges of windows United States has given every encouragement to are well proportioned, and as a fenestral design right the circulation of these charts, and we understand judgment has been shown in their regular repetition, con- that some negotiations have been entered into with trasting this erection very favourably with most of its our Government upon the matter. The conference neighbours. An ingeniously complex fret runs along, at Brussel s was h e ld with the view of attracting the as a string, at the third floor level. The building next in order to this, for the Merchants and Trad es - attention of commercial nations to t he subject , man's Life Assurance Society, has a stone front, and the report which we now publish was the re with columned and pedimented windows on the first suit of it : floors, two tiers of windows—one with running archi- "In pursuance of instructions issued by the Govern traves' and one with coronas — and on the ground fl oor me n t s respec ti ve ly na med below, the officers whose an arcade of stilted segment arches. This design offers names are hereunto annexed assembled at Brussels, for another proof of the value of repetition, the regularly- the purpose of holding a conference on the subject of spaced and uniformly-dressed apertures forming a suffi- establishing a uniform system of meteorological observa cient excellence of effect to counterbalance, or nearly so, tions at sea, and of concurring in a general plan of ob occasional errors of composition. Among such may be servation on the winds and currents of the ocean, with a enumerated the insufficient importance of the cornice, and view to the improvement of navigation, and to the ac the coupling of its console trusses. Had this [coupling quirement of a more correct knowledge of the laws been carried through to the windows the design h a d which govern those elements. been weakened, a s th ere are examples i n New Cannon- ,' The meeting was convened at the instigation of the street to confirm. Again, the stilted segmental arches American Government, consequent upon a proposition of the basement have a somewhat weak effect. A which it had made to the British Government, in reply stilted segment arch is in itself an error. The impost to a desire which had been conveyed to the United mouldings beco me unmeaning. Had the window reveals States that it would join in a uniform system ofmeteoro been deep er , an d the double-bellied ballusters removed logical observations on land, after a plan which had been from the first • floor windows, the ensemble, we think, prepared by Captain James, of the Royal Engineers, would have been improved. However, despite these and submitted to the Government by Sir J. Burgoyne, things, the building, from its aggregate effect and pleas- Inspector-General of Fortifications. ing tint, ranks decidedly among the best recent works "The papers connected with this correspondence were in London. presented to the House of Lords on the 21st of February The blocks of houses which follow fall very far short of last, and have been further explained in the minutes of the buildings we have just noticed. They merely elicit the the conference. And it is here merely necessary to ob remark that the cornices are poor and meagre, an d th e serve, that some difficulties having presented themselves window dressings feeble. In the next block to them the to the immediate execution of the plan proposed by the staring green advertising boards are greatly to be repre- British Government, the United States availed them headed, vulgarising as they do the whole vicinity. Here, selves of the opportunity afforded by this correspondence too, may be noticed the loss of effect through ill-arranged of bringing under the notice of the British Government windows. A triple group to each house occupies the first a plan which had been submitted by Lieutenant Maury, floor, whilst above the central opening in each case a pier of the United States navy, for a more widely-extended runs up to the main cornice. Again, an unjudicious field of research than that which had been proposed, a doorway in the centre of the block offends the eye by its plan which, while it would forward the object entertained crowded and incongruous decoration. Another objet- by Great Britain, would, at the same time, materially tion is the wide ground-floor windows, which leave the contribute to the improvement of navigation and to the houses standing as it were upon slender pier -like posts, benefit of commerce. which the superincumbent weight seems ready to drive "An improvement of the ordinary sea route between into the earth. As we pass on, the same or similar distant countries had long engaged the attention of com faults more or less prevail, redeemed only by a general mercial men, and both individuals and nations had pro effect of magnitude and mass ; and even this is impaired fited by the advances which this science had made by a particularly mean-looking little public-house, nearly through a more correct knowledge of the prevailing opposite St. Swithin's Church. But when we reach the winds and currents of the ocean. But experience had opening formed by the commencement of Watling-street, shown that this science, if it did not now stand fast, was some of that improved taste meets us again, which we at least greatly impeded by the want of a more extended have observed as an increasing element in the new Lon- co-operation in the acquirement of those facts which don streets, Here the Minerva Life Office, designed by were necessary to lead to a more correct knowledge of Mr. Beasely, with its circular corner of super-columns- the laws which govern the circulation of the atmosphere tions, and its well-recessed windows, favourably occupy and control the currents of the ocean ; and that the sub a prominent position. At this point of the street the i ect could not receive ample justice, nor even such a view of St. Paul's opens well, the dome and western measure of it as was commensurate with the importance campanile terminating magnificently the line of lofty of its results, until all nations should concur in one buildings. Beyond the Minerva Life Office, and next general effort for its perfection. But, could that happy to it, a block of warehouses in the occupation of the event be brought about—could the observations be as Messrs. Macintosh and Messrs. Saunders, designed by extensive as desired, and receive that full discussion to Mr. Hague, occurs—one of the most excellent in this which they were entitled, the navigator would learn with street, and, we may add, in London. A general effect certainty how to count upon the winds and currents in of repose and quiet business-like expression is ob. his track, and to turn to the best advantage the experi tained by the simple management of a few features. A ence of his predecessors. central mass, containing four seven-windowed stories, "Meteorological observations to a certain extent had rises above two flanking buildings of three stories in long been made at sea, and Lieutenant Maury had turned height, the fourth floor in these flanks being an attic and to useful account such as had from time to time fallen purposely hidden. The ground story runs through the into his hands ; but these observations, although many whole block as an uninterrupted rustic base, pierced by of them good in themselves, were but isolated facts, segmental-headed windows and doors ; and are again in- which were deprived of much of their value from the ab stances of the value of a regular repetition of parts. On sence of observations with which they could be com the left-hand side of the street from Watling-street, to- pared, and, above all, from the want of a constant and wards St. Paul's, no building can properly be said to uniform system of record, and from the rudeness of the exceed mediocrity. At the corner of Queen - street Messrs instruments with which they had been made. Cowan's premises call for notice, as the last yet erected "The moment then appeared to him to have arrived on the line from King William-street, and as exhibiting when nations might be induced to co-operate in a general originality, if not absolute beauty. system of meteorological research. To use his own words, The most obviously-striking feature of the new street he was of opinion that the 'navies of all maritime nations is the great sale warehouses of Messrs. Cooke, Sons, and should co-operate, and make these observations in such a Co. These buildings rise like a rampart above the sur- manner and with such means and implements, that the rounding houses, and form an internal arrangement of system might be uniform, and the observation made on plan, as well as in external character of design, perhaps as board one public ship be readily referred to, and corn good a model for a commercial building of its gigantic pared with the observations made on board all other pub class as the metropolis contains. Of a magnitude com- lie ships, in whatever part of the world ; and, moreover, parable with that of many engineering works, this pile as it is desirable to enlist the voluntary co-operation of offers a stroj contrast to many of them in these days the commercial marine, as well as that of the military of of scientific building. The architect has apparently con- all nations, in this system of research, it becomes not sidered that there is a wiser economy possible than that only proper, but politic, that the forms of the abstract of saving material to the extreme—that a building in- log to be used, the description of the instruments to be tended to last should rather submit to quiescent weight employed, the things to be observed, with the manipula and pressure, than consist in the balance of opposing tion of the instruments, and the methods and modes of strains. He has chosen and expressed in his design the observation, should be the joint work of the principal architecture of statics rather than dynamics, and he has parties concerned.' provided his material accordingly in masses and weights. "These sentiments being concurred in by the Govern- The foundation of the buildings, we have been in ment of the United States, the correspondence between formed, penetrate through more than 20 feet of made the Governments was continued, and finally each nation soil to the natural ground level of London (in this place was invited to send an officer to hold a conference at a compact yellow sand), below which depth they are Brussels on a given day. continued in places where concrete could be with advan- "And that the system of proposed observation and of tage substituted for the natural soil. Beds of concrete, combined action might become immediately available, upwards of 10 feet in d e pth , sustain the weig ht of walls, and be extended to its widest possible field of operation, piers, and columns, and carry i t into the solid ground. it was determined to adapt the standard of the observa- From this cone the walls rise , commencing with a tions to be made to the capabilities of the instruments thickness of newly three feet, to thei parapet above the now in general use in the respective naval services, but main cornice, where they termi na t e i n a thickness of two with the precaution of having all these instruments feet three inc h es, at 90 feet from the ground. The length brought under the surveillance o parties duly appointed of the building which hes in the direction of the length to examine them and determine their errors ; as this of the facade is bisected by a broad aisle, so to speak, 30 alone would render the observations comparable with feet wide, between a double arcade. On the ground each other through the medium of their respective floor, the entrance door is placed at one end of this aisle, standards. and looks on to the principal staircase at the other end. "The conference opened its proceedings at Brussels on Right and left from the centre of the arcades, at right. the 23d of August, 1853, in the residence of M. Piercot, angles with them, runs the central avenue, 170 feet the Minister of the Interior, to whom the thanks of the long, down the length of the building. This avenue is conference are especially due. marked out by rows of columns, leaving parallel rows-- "M. Quetelet was unanimously elected president. also running the full length of the building—to the "Before entering upon any discussion, it was the de right and left of them, which leave again on each side sire of all the members of the conference that it should a bay between themselves and the external walls, be clearly understood that in taking part in the proceed- There are thus five avenues produced, running through ings of the meeting they did not in any degree consider the length of the building. The central one forms a themselv es as committing their respective Governments passage-way —o n eac h side of it much wider avenues to_ any particular course of action, having no authority contain the sellin g co unters and tables, and beyond whatever to pledge their country in any way to these these the fourth and fifth avenues aro filled by tables or proceedings. “ thatoffi Ma cer u f rY o; desks, or left for passages, or both. The same general . " The objects of the meeting having been explained plan is adopted on the basement ground, and on the by L i eutenant the e e e n li ghconferencetened zeal andexpressed itsear remaining first and second floors. Above the second floor level the than ks to t she had floors are carried round in a ring, forming a nes nes continuous apartment following the external walls, an d work whic h forms the subject of the deliberations of the thus leaving a large well-space in the centre of the build- conference. ing. This well-space is employed for lighting the four In concer ting a plan of uniform observation, in which all nations might b e engaged, the first floors, which it does by means of lantern-lights, f most obvious difficulty arose from the variety' transmitting their light from story to story down to the whic h It is much to be o f scales in use in di ff erent basement, through well-holes cut in every floor, each countries.de sired that this inconve sub. t over each, round which the sale cou n t e r s ar e fi xed. This nience should be removed ; but it was a subject upon disposition of plan is simple to a degree. All is visible which the conference, after mature deliberation, deter at a glance, but each dep ar t men t is en ti re l y separa t e d mined not to recommend any modification, but to leave from the other. Th u s, on en t er i ng th e centra l d oor , a to each nation to continue its scales and standards as * Purchaser has befo re hi m th e s ilk an d ve l vet d epar t- heretofore, excep t with regard to thermometers, which meat, to the scale in Ich placed i n th e arca d e d a i s l e ; on th e l e f t h an d t h e it was agreed should, have that of the • use in grade pl aced cotton, and on the r i g ht h an d th e s t u ff d epar t ment, an d any particular service, centigrade observers in all servic es so on ; while from the landing of the principal staircase upon it, in order to accu stom general to a light and elegant iron bridge spanning Little C its use, with a view to its final an d adoptio n. lane, lin after "The advan tages of concert of action between the rc ;i i i ri c h e a cts the pile of building in St. Paul's Church o land and the navigator at sea were so back of the second st pile facing Carter-lane, built at the meteorologistl ooking n forward to the establishment of a obvious that, In one corne r of the meteorolog ical observation upon both rapidly from the building esteem-lift carries goods universal . system of hthat the consideration of scales top to the bottom floors st pp" gat elements it was thou t every intermediate story if , o in f be left for that or some such by a 6-horse- powe r need be. This lift is worked could with greater propr i e ty The waste steam isr grasshopper engine in the basement, occasion. conducted instrumen ts to be recommended, the con ment floor, to op en in pipes beneath the base- "As to the grat few as possible to such as through the floor for caused in h g t e under the well-holes cut ference determined to add as but, regarding warm air are thus caused , through which streams of were in common use in vessels of war, importance, the to ascend , cl• • o f paramount importance, t ahle temperature over the entire , diffusing a comfort- accuracy of observation as of the warehouse are fir • building. At each end conference felt it to be a matter of duty to rec ommend e-niaans connected instruments of barometers and tanks and cisterns of water on the with large the adoption of accurate instru , ref 11 corn , two 70-feet coils of leather horsoeof' and on every thermometers especially that have been c arefully u y had their pipes attached to them, are screwed on Inwtiit direction pared with recognised standards, and h av e . which means an instant supply of water accurately determined • and that such instruments main, by errors , m a y be thrown only should be used on board every man-of-war co-ope upon any portion of the interior, while on the roofat ' in this well board any merchant each end of the building are constructed tanks h • rating of water altogether 12,000 ga llons (pumped up b y the olding man, as far as it may be racticable. " The i f t•o f i ns truments in use at sea is noto mper ec ion .. steam-engine in the basement story), ready for perpetual ' nous. The barometer having hitherto been used prin or immediate supply of any kind. It may its cipally as a monitor to the mariner—to warn hi m, by be mentioned that this vast building was fl • ' fluctuations, of the changes in prospect—its absolute I tions, to allow of the• • erected in two successive Por unin- indication of pressure has been little regarded ; and transaction of business—a work, no doubt, of makers s eldom,if determined '‘ of terrupted considerable difficulty. The time occupied in fitting the these instruments, or, if known, still more rarely ever we a rehend, without furnished new p remises for occupation is, pp . the corrections with the instruments them example even of London build- selves. for rapidity in the anna ls been occupied in "Th at wes tern half having an instrument ing, the first or ent, and the second error as the marine sixteecimeelrfromrits commencem ent, b arometer generally in use should, in builder thi s of • . The was Mr. age invention andins r andelaivr-plit in twelve weeks. any ship, will doubtless be p ovement, be found on board v i r A yuc e i;"Of ScAithwark, ''s • warehouses, prise ; and it will be regarded hereafter with sur f"eigreateenumber Of the London sale won dered how an instrument so . . important to observe, are meteorology an d . • • -I.o4o46 — neWlY erected, 'we need hardly so useful to • navigation ent of , should be permitted to remain so def ective t iteteientin anything like artistic arrangement . . i nvestigations that meteo build- rologists, in their con • r . . k bUt ./tnowles,has shown in this hugeconcerning the laws of - by atmospheric pressure, are compelled in a . f: liestitastfieta, highly picturesque, may be produced ~ great measure to Omit all reference to the observati ons ....., ki: tritlimil...- adjuritnaent of long-neglected mew. viugu Jamb= ti-:!Id-Vt - TSAi ' - METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS AT SEA. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 17, 1858. taken with them at sea. The fact will, it is believed, afford a commentary upon the marine barometers now in use which no reasoning or explanation can render more striking. 44 It was the opinion of the conference that it would not be impossible, considering the spirit of invention and improvement that is now abroad in the world, to contrive a marine barometer, which might be sold at a moderate price, that would fulfil all the conditions neces sary to make it a good and reliable instrument ; and a resolution was passed to that effect, in order to call the attention of the public to the importance of an inven tion which would furnish the navigator with a marine barometer that at all times, and in all weathers at sea, would afford the means of absolute and accurate deter minations. The conference is also of opinion that an anemome ter, or an instrument that will enable the navigator to measure the force, velocity, and direction of the wind at sea, is another desideratum. " The conference was of opinion that the mercurial barometer was the most proper to be used at sea for me teorological purpose, and that the aneroid should not be substituted for it. " With regard to thermometers, the conference does not hesitate to say, that observations made with those instruments the errors of which are not known are of little value, and it is therefore recommended, as a matter well worth the attention of co-operators in this system of research, whether some plan may not be adopted in different countries for supplying navigators, as well in merchantmen as in men-of-war, with thermometers the errors of which have been accurately determined. " For the purposes of meteorology various adapta tions of the thermometer have been recommended, such as those which refer to hygrometry and solar radiation ; and, accordingly, a space will be found in the columns for temperature by thermometers with dry t wet, and coloured bulbs. With these exceptions, the only instru ment, in addition to those generally used at sea, for which the conference has thought proper to recommend a column, is that for specific gravity ; the cost of this instrument is too insignificant to be mentioned. " The reasons for recommending the use at sea of the wet, the white, and black bulb thermometers are ob vious • but with regard to the thermometer with a bulb the colour of seawater, and the introduction on board ship of a regular series of observations upon the specific gravity of seawater, it may be proper to remark that, as the whole system of ocean currents and of the circu lation of seawater depends in some degree upon the re lative specific gravities of the water in various parts of the ocean, it was judged desirable to introduce columns for this ement, and to recommend that observations should be carefully made with regard to it, both at and below the surface. " With respect to the thermometer having a bulb of the colour of seawater, it is unnecessary to say more in favour of its use on board ship than that the object is to ascertain whether or no such observations will throw any light upon the psychrometry of the sea, or upon any of the various interesting phenomena connected with the radiation from the surface of the ocean, " In bringing to a conclusion the remarks upon instru ments, the conference considered it desirable, in order the better to establish uniformity and to secure compara bility among the observations, to suggest as a mere con ducive thereto, that a set of the standard instruments used by each f the co-operating Governments, together with the instructions which might be given by such go vernments for their use, should be interchanged. " The object of the conference being to secure as far as possible uniformity of record and such a disposition of the observations that they would admit of ready com parison, the amnexed form of register was concerted and agreed upon. The first columns of this form will re ceive the data which the Government of the United States requires merchant vessels to supply, in order to entitle them to the privileges of co-operators in this sys tem of research, and may therefore be considered as the minimum of what is expected of them. This condition, which it may be as well to state here, requires that at least the position of the vessel and the set of the current, the height of the barometer, the temperature of the air and water, should each be determined once a day, the force and direction of the wind three times a day, and the observed variation of the needle occasionally. " Every abstract log kept by a merchant vessel should contain at least what is here recommended. Anything more would enhance its value and make it more accept able, _ _ , " The remaining columns are intended principally for men-of-war to fill up in addition to those above men tioned, but it is believed that there are many officers in the mercantile navy also who are competent to this un dertaking, and who will, it is hoped, be found willing to distinguish themselves in this joint action for the mu tual benefit of the services. " In the compilation of this form the conference has had carefully in view the customs of the service and the additional amount of attention which these duties will require, and it is believed that the labour necessary for the purpose, at least to the extent specified in the in structions for filling up the columns, is only such as can be well performed under ordinary circumstances, and it has considered it a minimum, and looks with zealous confidence to occasional enlarged contributions from zealous and intelligent labourers in the great cause of science. " The direction for filling up the columns, and for making certain observations, it will be seen by the minutes, were limited to such only as seemed necessary to the conference to insure uniformity of observation. This subject received the benefit of much discussion be fore the meeting, and it was considered most advisable to confine the matter to hints, which it is hoped will be found sufficient, when embodied in the instructions which each nation will probably issue with the forms, to insure that most desirable end—uniformity. "The conference, having brought to a close its labours with respect to the facts to be collected and the means to be employed for that purpose, has now only to express a hope that, whatever observations may be made, will be turned to useful account when received, and not be suf fered to lie dormant for the want of a department to dis cuss them ; and that, should any Government, from its limited means or from the paucity of the observations transmitted, not feel itself justified in providing for their separate discussion, it is hoped that it will transfer the documents, or copies of them, to some neighbouring power, which may be more abundantly provided, and willing to receive them. " It is with pleasure that the conference has learnt that the Government of Sweden and Norway has notified its intention of co-operating in the work, and that the King has commanded that the logs kept by his Swedish sub jects to be transmitted to the Royal Academy of Science at Stockholm, and that also in the Netherlands, Belgium, and Portugal, measures have been taken to establish a department for the same purpose, and that the Admi ralty of Great Britain has expressed its intention of giv ing instructions for meteorological observations to be made throughout the Royal Navy. "The conference has avoided the expression of any opinion as to the places or countries in which it would be desirable to establish offices for the discussion of the logs, but it is confidently hoped that, whatever may be done in this respect, there will be always a full and free interchange of materials, and a frequent and friendly in tercourse between the departments, for it is evident that much of the success of the plan proposed will depend upon this interchange, and upon the frankness of the officers who in the several countries may conduct these establishments. "Lastly, the conference feel that it would but inade quately discharge its duties, did it close this report with out endeavouring to procure for these observations a con sideration which would secure them from damage or loss in time of war, and invites that inviolate protection which science claims at the hands of every enlightened nation ; and that, as vessels on discovery or scientific research are by consent suffered to pass unmolested in time of war, we may claim for these documents a like exemption, and hope that observers, amid the excite ment of war, and perhaps enemies in other respects, may in this continue their friendly assistance, and pursue their occupation, until at length every part of the ocean shall be brought within the domain of philosophic research, and a system of investigation shall be spread as a net over its sutface, and it become rich in its benefit to com merce, navigation, and science, and productive of good to mankind. " The members of the conference are unwilling to separate without calling the attention of their respective Governments to the important and valuable assistance which it has received from the Belgian Government. That the conference has been enabled to draw its labours to so speedy and satisfactory a close is in a great mea sure owing to the facilities and conveniencies for meet ing and deliberating which have been afforded by his Majesty's Government. " Signed at Brussels, this Bth day of September, 1853. "Belgium, QUETELET, President. LA HIIRE. "Denmark, F. ROTHE. "France, DELAMARCHE. "Great Britain, F. W. BEECHEY.H. JAMES. " Netherland, JANSEN. "Norway, IHLEN. "Portugal, DE MATTOS CORREA. "Russia, GORICOVENICO. " Sweden, PETTERSSON. "United States, MAURY." 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Prince Regent made her number over the Bembridge Light at 8.5 a.m., and at about one-third of a mile apart came the rest of the squadron in succession. They came up to Spithead under canvas in the following order : Prince Regent 9O (flag) (sail) Captain Hutton. Duke of Wellington 131 (screw) Commodore Martin. London 9O (sail) Captain Clivales Eden. St. Jean d'Acre lOO (screw) Capt. Hon .H. Keppel. Arrogant 47 (screw) Capt. S. Fremantle. Amphion 34 (screw) Capt.A.C. Key (pro tem.) Highflyer 2l (screw) Captain j.ohn Moore. Cruiser As each ship took up her position, it was very manifest the advantage of the Channel cruise. It certainly was a gallant sight to see this beautiful line of screw ships of war, reaching from Spithead to the Nab, preserving their exact distances ; and the wind at S. NV., blowing a smart topsail breeze, showed them in a most favourable point of view. With regard to the sailing qualities of the respective ships, St. Jean d'Acre appears to have been the best of the present squadron, having, in a four hours' trial, on a wind, under all plain sail, beaten the Duke of Wellington, 1880 yards; Highflyer, 2,145 yards; Amphion, 4,680 yards ; London, 6,548 j 'arils ; Prince Regent, 7,462 yards. And on another occasion, off the wind, the same ship beat the Duke of Wellington 1,020 yards ; London, 1,850 yards ; Prince Regent, 4,770 yards—so that it is proved th a t th e sere w sh i ps have fairly beaten the sailing ships under cm was on every occasion. This is highly gratifying to the: country, and shows that the art of ship-building has improved by in creased length and tonnage, notwithstanding the scoffs and sneers of a prejudiced few, who were always count ing the cost of any such improvement as the science of the present day shows to be so ab so l u t e l y necessary i f we wish to compete with our jealous neighbours. All sorts of rumours are afloat respectir ig the destina tion of the squadron, although it is pretty generally be lieved that the London and Prince Regent will go to the Mediterranean with troops ; and be further available in case of need, having each a paddle steamer attached ; and that the screw squadron will complete for active service, and be ready to proceed - up the Baltic. Being all screw ships they can keep the deep' water in the in tricacies of the North Channel, which sailing line-of battle ships or heavy frigates could never accomplish. ANOTHER ACCOUNT. The Channel fleet, under Rear-Admiral Corry and Commander Martin, C. 8., returned to Spithead on Saturday morning and anchored. The latter officer struck his pendant on approaching the anchorage, a senior captain to him being in the port. The several ships came up under sail according to seniority, thus : Prince Regent, 90 (flag) ; Duke of Wellington, 131 ; St. Jean d'Acre, 100 ; London, 90 ; Arrogant, 47 ; Highflyer, 21 ; Amphion, 34 ; Cruiser, 14. The London and Highflyer were immediately telegraphed to prepare for foreign service. Since leaving Queenstown several trials of sailing and takensteaminc , have place. On the 3d, under all plain sail, of four hours' duration, showed the following result : St. Jean d'Acre beat Duke of Wellington 1,880 yards. If Highflyer 2,145 , y) „ Amphion 4,680 „ ), „ London „ Prince Regent 7,462 , This trial was on a wind. On the s , th, in a trial off the wind, in a fresh breeze, heavy weather, starboard studding-sails set, the St. Jean d'Acre beat Duke of Welliaigton 1,020 yards. „ London 22 „ Prince Rerient 4,770 , The St. Jean d'Acre and the Duke beat all the others, and the Arrogant was last in a trial o,f the frigates. On the 6th the Cruiser joined the fleet. On the Bth the Duke, St. Jean d'Acre, and Arrogant had a trial of steaming. A worse day in the week (Saturday) could not have been selected ; all the limber boards and engine room and stoke-hole hatches (in number upwards of 200) of the St. Jean d'Acre were up for the purpose of cleans ing the bilges, owing to which delay her steam was not up by the time ordered (8 - 30). At - nine Rear-Admiral Corry went on board of her, and hoisted his flag in her to witness the trial. It was impossible to get steam up in the St. d'Aore to more than 121bs, in consequence of which the Duke headed her about 400 yards in a run of 15 miles, light wind on the bow, f orce 3. O n th e 12 t h the Duke and Acre had another trial of steaming and sailing by the wind ; average speed 10/ knots. The St. Jean d'Acre was fast gaining on the Duke, when the engines of the latter stopped, and the trial was put an end to. The St. Jean d'Acre was at the time making 59 revolutions, having 201 b pressure on her boilers. We shall not be surprised to hear of men "running" in num bers from the Spithead fleet, for they complain loudly of being " harassed to death." PORTSMOUTH, OCT. 15. Yesterday being the anniversary of the birthday of his Majesty the King of Prussia, and there being a Prussian frigate (the Gefion, 48, Commodore Schroeder) refitting in the harbour, M. Vandenbergh, his Majesty's Vice- Consul at this port, waited upon the Port• Admiral and the Lieutenant-Governor to notify the fact. The Gefion hoisted three Royal standards at her mastheads ; the Victory hoisted the Prussian standard at the main, St. George's ensign at the wizen, and the Admiral's red flag at her fore, but no royal salute was fired by those ships in honour of the occasion, the Gefion having no powder on board. The Lieutenant-Governor fired a royal salute from the Platform Battery. The crew of the Gefion were regaled on board. The Commodore entertained his officers in honour of the day, and M. Vandenbergh re presented his Majesty on the occasion. The Russian frigate Aurora, 44, Captain Islamatiff, and the corvette Navarin, Captain Istomin, arrived at Spithead yesterday from Christiansand, bound to Kams chatka. The customary salutes were exchanged. A third was expected, the brig Niemen, from Cronstadt, but she was wrecked off Riga beacon on the sth inst. In the course of a few days the Russian frigate Diana is expected. The Aurora and Navarin will come into this harbour and be docked and refitted as soon as the per mission of Government (which has been applied for) is received. Commander Sanderson, of the Lily, 12, on the China station, was tried by court-martial at Hongkong prior to the 23d of August, on a charge of attacking and sink ing a piratical junk on the coast last year. He was honourably acquitted, and his conduct found not only far from blameable, but highly praiseworthy. Captain Hall, promoted from the command of the Styx steam-sloop, on the China station, has come home by the mail. It is reported by letters from Malta that some seamen belonging to the Retribution, 28, paddle-frigate, Captain the Hon. J. R. Drummond, were lately on leave at Constantinople, enjoying themselves in a tavern, when some seamen of the French fleet came in also, and, on being asked for payment, after partaking of wine, said they never paid while there were English sailors to do so. Upon this a general melee took place, in which one of the Retribution's men were stabbed in four or five places, but the wounds were fortunately not of a mortal nature. The matter was being investigated by the two Admirals. Mr. Ozzard, paymaster of the Niger, has been inva lided, and Mr. Shanks, clerk of the Britannia (flagship) has been given the acting order. Mr. Stuart, Master of the Trafalgar, 120, has been invalided. The Magicienne, 16, paddle-frigate, Captain Fisher, returned to Devonport yesterday. PLYMOUTH, OCT. 15. Her Imperial Highness the Grand Duchess of Russia arrived at Torquay from London yesterday afternoon. Her Majesty's ship Queen, 116, Capt. F. T. Mitchell, was towed, on Thursday afternoon, by the Avon and Confiance steamers, from Hamoaze into the Sound. Her rigging was sparred for rattling down, and her topgal lant-masts were on deck. Yesterday she took in pow der and shot, and to-day active exertions have been used for getting all her crew on board. The foremast of the Desperate, 8, screw-corvette, Captain W. W. Chambers, having been repaired, was sent on board yesterday. The Lucifer, 2, steam-vessel, arrived from Portsmouth on Friday with those riggers and seamen riggers who left this port to navigate the Caesar from Pembroke. A two-decked man-of-war, under single reefed top sails, was observed at 10 p.m. on Friday, two leagues inside the Eddystone, going up Channel. The General Screw Steam Shipping Company'spacket, Lady Jocelyn, Captain Bird, sailed this afternoon with mails for the Cape, Mauritius, and Calcutta. A large screw-steamer, all black, barque rigged, was observed at half-past 7 this (Saturday) morning, under single reefed topsails, strong wind from south-west, going up Channel inside the Eddystone. Subsequently reported from New York for Bremen. WOOLWICH, OCT. 15. APPOINTMENT. Lieut. Nelson G. Spencer (1847), formerly serving in ;he Cygnet, 8, sloop, on the West Coast of Africa sta tion, to the Hogue, 60, screw steam-ship, at Portsmouth. PROMOTIONS. Commander Robert John Le Mesurier M'Clure (1849), in command of the Investigator discovery ship since December 18, 1849, to the rank of Captain for services performed in the Arctic Regions in search of Rear- Admiral Sir Jobn Franklin and the officers and crews of the Erebus and Terror discovery ships, and the dis covery of the certainty of a north-west passage. Commander Edward Augustus Inglefield (1845), in command of the Phoenix screw steam-sloop, to the rank of Captain for services performed in that vessel in con veying stores for the relief of Sir Edward Belcher's ex pedition, and depositing them at Beechey Island, and returning the same season, bringing to this country Lieutenant Cresswell, of the Investigator, with the in telligence of the discovery of the north-west passage ; and for his previous exertions, at his own expense, during his voyage in the Isabel screw-steamer up Smith's Sound to the open water of the Polar basin. The Tyne store-ship, Master-Commander Peter Wel lington, is to be paid off here on Monday, the 17th inst., instead of to-day. The Rhadamanthus steam store-vessel, Master-Com mander Belam, passed through the Downs on Friday evening on her way to Devonport with the machinery of the Nile, 90, screw steam-ship. The Cyclops steam-frigate, in charge of Mr. Alexander Pope, assistant master-attendant at Sheerness dockyard, is in the basin here taking on board machinery for con veyance to Portsmouth. THE MEDITERRANEAN. Galignani states the French commander-in-chief " Vice-Admiral Hameli n , on his arrival in Besika Bay, caused the officers of the fleet to occupy themselves in making hydrographic plane of the bay and the iroree, diate environs." The British commander-in-chief, Rear- Admiral Dundas, had, we believe, previously employed the officers of his squadron in making and completing surveys of the neighbourhood of his long anchorage. By the last accounts the fleet at Besika is far healthier than it was a month ago, but sickness still prevails. On board the Vengeance two fatal cases had occurred, and she had been sent to Tenedos to recruit the health of her crew. Lord W. Russell, who had been seriously ill, and on leave at Therapia, had rejoined, having fortu nately recovered. The launch of the French ship Bayard, with a crew of 30 men on board, had foundered on the Ist inst., when within a short distance of her ship. She had been watering ; five men perished, 13 had been saved by the Rodney, and the remainder by other boats. The crews of both fleets exerted them selves nobly on the painful occasion. The Leander, 50, Captain King, on her way to Malta, arrived at Lisbon, from Devonport, on the 9th, and re mained on the 10th, with the Odin, 16, steam-frigate, Captain Scott. The Vesuvius, 6, steam-sloop, Commander Powell, was at Gibraltar on the Bth. THE BRAZILS. The following of her Majesty's ships were lying at Rio Janeiro, Sept. 14 :—Centaur, 6, steam-frigate, flag of Rear-Admiral Henderson, C.B. ; Bonetta, 3, Lieut.- Commander Parish ; and Crescent. Sept. 10.—Sailed, the Express and, 11, Trident, steam-vessel. Cruising at Bahia, Sept. 19, the Star, 8. The French frigate Galathea sailed from Rio Sept. 12 for River Plate, The French corvette Le President, at Bahia Sept. 19, from the Pacific, bound to France. The United States brig Perry was at St. Vincent Sept. 30. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE.— William Mason, the cripple, who was charged with having uttered several forged 101. and 51. notes, was brought up for final examination. John Rockham, shopman to Mr. Cavern, of Stock well-street, Greenwich, said—On Wednesday, the 14th of September, the prisoner came to our shop, and asked for some calico, the same as his wife had purchased pre viously, at 64d. per yard. I had never seen him before. I sold him 14 yards, at 6d. per yard. He then choose other articles, the amount of the whole being 10s. 6d. He put his hand in his pocket, and pulled out silver and pence to the amount, as it appeared to me, of 9s. 6d., and said he had not enough of change, and he asked me whether I could change a Si. note for him. I took the note produced from him, and handed it to the cashier, who changed it. I wanted to send the articles for him, seeing that he was lame, and he agreed to that propo sion, but he afterwards said that he would take them himself, as he would get into a cab, and be driven home to Deptford, with them. The prisoner said he had good authority to prove that the note he had given on the occasion had got into other hands, and he expressed surprise that the case had not been brought forward on the first day of examination. There was a mystery about the business which he did not at all comprehend, but, added he, "It 'is not for me to open my mouth t oo w id e yet." (Laughter.) Mr. Wybeard, inspector of bank notes at t 11 , e Bank of England, said the Si. note produced was a forgery, and had been struck off from the plate which had been used in striking off the other 51. notes which had heen iden tified on the first examination. D. Evans, 459, said that on the 7th of October he apprehended the prisoner at the White Haut, White Hart-street, Drury-lane, while sitting at cards with seven or eight others. He said to the prisoner, " Mason, I am an officer, and I t a k e you i n t o custody fa T uttering forged Bank of England notes." He said, " All right, lam corning. Don't take me for the Windsor job. Do it for Townend, in Bread-street, as I do not want to go out of town>" (Here the prisoner laughed.) Witness then put the prisoner into a cab, and cautioiied him not to say anything particular, as it might be used against him. The prisoner said he was aware of a'd that, and he then said that he had done a job at Gree [midi, and one in Oxford-street, and one at Woolwich, 'but he had not heard anything about that." The Lord Mayor—Prisoner, do you wish to say any thing The Prisoner—Not at all, my lord. The Lord Mayor—You are committed b 2 take your trial upon this charge as well as upon all the former charges. Fleury Bartley, a shabby-looking, dark, c In-Iy-headed young man, was brought before the Lord M ayor, in the custody of Daniel Forrester, the officer, cb arged with having attempted to utter a:forged cheque, with intent to defraud the Royal British Bank. Mr. Mullins, assistant-cashier at the Rc gal British Bank, said—At 12 o'clock this day, a b , oy, named Fletcher, presented the cheque I produce f( n- payment at the counter. The cheque is signed "Jo lin Dickin son," and is for 81. 4s. W e h ave a cus t om( n. John G. Dickinson and Co., but no John Dickinson 1. I imme diately found that the signature was not g •el mine, de tained the boy, and informed the senior cash ie r. George John Fletcher, who is 13 years old , said—As I was going to Lemaner's to-day for a loaf, saw the prisoner in Lothbury, who stopped me, and ais ked me if I would go to Tokenhouse-yard, No. 16, and get cash for the cheque. He told me he would give is to 3d. for my trouble, and I consented, and took the a eque and presented it at the counter. I was to bring him the money to the place in which he had given me th e cheque. I was detained for some time in the banking-h ouse, and I afterwards went to meet the prisoner, under- the direc tion of Mr. Forrester, and he met me on th e spot and said, " Well !" when he was taken hold oi I swear that he is the man who employed me. Ini n .er, to my knowledge, saw him before. Daniel Forrester—l was sent for to the P royal British Bank and informed of the forgery, and I st iw Fletcher, heard his statement, and took the prisoner i eto custody at the corner of Princes -street. The prisol ler told me that he thought something was wrong about the cheque, with which he had been sent by another 1 arty to the bank, who promised him sixpence to go and g it cashed, and that he had employed the boy to do the business. I found in his possession a cheque-book of the Royal British Bank, and a cheque-book of the Unio a Bank, and several papers. The prisoner —I was employed by anothe r person to present the cheque, and he gave me the c bieque books and papers that were found upon me by the • officers. I know the party well who gave theta to me. The prisoner was then remanded. Gustavus Frederick lifaynor was charged u pon suspi cion of having stolen a large sum of money (a c cording to the police-sheet 2,5001.), the property of a 8 -entleman connected with the Russian Legation. Mr. Mullins (of the firm of Bush and Mullin is, solici tors), said the case was one of an extraordin: try kind. The prisoner was the keeper of an hotel at I ,erlin ' at which some of th e mem b ers o f t h e Russ i an Eml ,asst' had put up, one of whom had a considerable sum I if money in his possession. The prisoner, it appeared, had not been able to resist the temptation to approprial ,e part of that money, which had been placed in his care , and had come to this country with it. The departure c if the pri soner from Berlin, however, had excited susr d cion, and that suspicion was rapidly communicated t o London, and here the man was apprehended. The F olice bad, with the assistance rendered by the solicitor z engaged, got hold of the prisoner before th e mone y h : w d been dis posed of, and an immediate and almost corn' ilete restitu tion had been made. The international ai Tangements were not, it was to be regretted, made with all the cau tion in such a manner that the offence cou Id be recog nised in England, and the Lor,ii Mayor wou Id deal with the case according to his own judgment. Et was satis factory to know, however, that the pris oner had re stored all the stolen property he had been p, ossessed of. The Lord Mayor said that Mr. Mullins T vas very for tunate in obtaining so much of the property of his clients as had been given up by the prisoner, whon i the laws of this country could not detain in prison, b at who cer tainly deserved a very heavy punishment. The prisoner was discharged. GUILDHALL.—.Tames Collins and Jame ts. Middleton were charged with robbery in Smithfield. William James, a cowkeeper, said he NI ras in tho market, buying a horse, and while in the crow ro 1 collected round him, he felt a hand at his pocket, an d missed a black bag containing 8/. He immediately tin z led round to see who was the thief, when the prisoner 11 liddleton put his hand before his face to prevent him s e eing Col lins. A lad of the name of Crickett said he saw Col Tins take a black bag from prosecutor's pocket, and pass it to one of his " pals," who made off with the booty. The prisoners were searched, but, as notl Ling was found on them relative to the charge, they were re manded for the officer to make further inquiry. BOW-STREET.—George Clement, a letter carrier, was charged with stealing a letter, containing lsh. Mr. Peacock, Post-office solicitor, attended to prose cute. It was proved by Harper, inspector of lette • carriers at the branch office, Charing-cross, that the pris oner was employed in sorting letters at 12 o'clock on 4aturcloy. While he was thus occupied, Mr. Harper not iced that he was running a small envelope through hi s fingers, with the view, a pp aren tl y, o f ascerta i n i ng if it 3ontained any money. He then placed it under the pack et of let ters in his hand, and held it there some time, i nstead of sorting it in the usual manner After this he took out his pocket handkerchief and raised it to his nos e, at the same time contriving to shift the letter into it. The handkerchief, with the letter inside, was then rei turned to his pocket. During the whole transaction, the prisoner kept his eye rigidly fixed on the senior inspec tor,. Mr. Edwards, having no suspicion that he was bi 3ing nar rowly watched by Harper. When the sorting vas over, the prisoner was taxed with having put a letter into his pocket, upon which he put both hands into coat, and drew out the handkerchief with one hand and • the letter with the other, placing the latter upon the sor ti ng table. Mr. Harper immediately picked up the lett saying, " this is the one," but he professed to kno Is • nothing whatever about it, and declared that the lette r which he took out with his handkerchief was one ad t .re.ssed to himself. The letter in question, which had never been (lelivered, was now opened in the presence of the magi o„rate. It was addressed to a Mr. Ellary, of Westminste c„ and con tained half a sovereign. It was proved that it did not belong to the prisoner's walk. Mr. Jardine committed him for trial. A NEW WAR ROCKET.—We understand that an extensive order has been received by the mid tr )rities of the Royal Arsenal for the completion of a lai re quan tity of war rockets, on an entirely new princri, ple, and which a re ex p ec t e d t o superse d e tho s e formerly in use. In consequence of this, a number of hands tit eto b e entered in, the course of the next week,--Kenti sic SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. WARWICK OCTOBER MEETING. TUESDAY.—THE FLAT RACES. GREAT WARWICK HANDICAP of 15 sovs. each, 5 fit, with 100 added, for 3-yr-olds and upwards. After winners extra. The second horse to save his stake. Once round, starting at the stand. Age st lb Goldfinder 5 8 7 Kochinoor 4 6 12 Revolver Alp a 6 10 Father Thames Montague Little Fawn 5 6 7 Ethelwolf 4 6 5 Gadabout Orpheus 4 6 2 Doubt. a 6 2 LEAMINGToN WELTER Cur, value 100 sovs., the rest in specie by subscription of 15 sovs. each, 10 ft, and 5 only if declared. After winners extra. Gentlemen riders. Professionals, 61b extra. Once round. Age st lb Little Davie May-day Annie Sutherland 3 5 12 Radcliffe Hero Massa. Mungo Corybantes Janey 3 5 4 Ar. Baththa Dear Polly 3 5 0 Angelo Age st lb 1 Age st lb Revolver 4 12 2!Janey 3 10 4 Orpheus 4 11 12 Lady Isabel a 10 4 Agis a 11 10 Sally 4 10 4 Titterstone (h b)... 5 11 9 Ar. Buththa 3 10 2 Farmer's Boy 4 11 7 Dear Polly 3 10 2 Clothworker 1, 11 5 Gerard 4 10 2 Dolly's Brae a 10 10 The Dandy 3 9 2 Captain Flash 4 10 6 SWEEPSTAKES of 5 sons. each, with 20 added ; for 2- yr-olds 7st 31b ; and 3-yr-olds, Bst 121 b. Selling prices, allowances, &c. SWEEPSTAKES of 5 sous. each, with 20 added, for 3•yr olds and upwards. Optional selling weights. One mile. COMMITTEE STAKES, a Free Handicap of 5 sovs. each, with 50 added, for 2-yr-olds. A winner of a handicap after the declaration of the weights, value 1001., to carry 51b extra. T.Y.C. st. lb. st. lb. Village Lass 8 7 Lioness 7 5 Blakely 8 1 Antonia 7 3 Lurley 7 10 gby Sir Isaac, darn. Campsto ol 7 7 Heron 7 2 f by Spanish Jack— fby Epirus dam by Espoir 7 7 The Magnet (h b) 6 9 WEDNESDAY—THE STEEPLECHASES. GRAND OPEN STEEPLECHASE, a Free Handicap of 15 sovs. each, 5 ft, with 100 added. The second horse to save his stake. Five horses to start, or the public money will not be given. Penalties for winners. Gentlemen riders, and those who have never ridden a winner in any public steeplechase, value 1001., to be allowed 51b. Over about four miles of fair hunting country, under the usual steeplechase conditions. Age st lb Age st lb Peter Simple a 11 10 Spring 5 9 8 Peter lO 9 Ringleader 9 8 Oscar a 10 7 Melon 9 6 Bourton a 10 4 Forest Lad a 9 4 Vainhope a 10 2 Gulnare Montague a 912 Friendless Maurice Daley Labyrinth (h b) Half-and-Half..., a 910 The Old Rake 5 810 Maria Day 9 9 FREE HANDICAP HURDLE RACE of 5 sovs. each, with 30 added ; over five flights of hurdles. A winner of any hurdle race, after the declaration of the weights, to carry 51b extra. Two miles. Age st lb Dandy Jim, by - 1 Darnley (h b) a 10 31 Star of England 6 10 3 Sally c by Drayton— Spring's dam 4 9 121 Wee Mickey a 9 11 Squire of Mahon a 9 11 FREE HANDICAP STEEPLEC] 25 added. Optional se] miles. Age st lb Rob Roy a 9 11 Gerard 4 9 10 Sir Philip Needwood ...... .. 9 8 Cashmere by St. Martin—Scarf 4 9 7 Wings (h b) sAsE of ✓ sovs. each, with dling weights, &c. Three Age st lb Age et lb Pride of the North (301) . Gulnare 300 Slashing Painter (301) Rob Roy (301) Wee Mickey (301) 10 Sir Philip (301) The Monk (301) 6 10 11 4 a. 11 0 ,c 7 g by Sir Reu- - bens, h b (301) 10 3 Fazeley (301) Theodine (301) Welcome (601) Needwood (30/) 9 12 iEscula.pius (301) 6 9 12 Fourteen Two, h b (301) HUNT CUP STEEPLECHASE, subscription of 10 sovs. each, the surplus to go to the winning horse, for horses that have been regularly hunted, &c. ; llst 71b each. Certain penalties and allowances. Gentlemen riders ; professionals 61b extra. Three miles. Mr. Gay's Qua simodo, aged (1001.), Mr. Jordan's Fourteen Two (501.), Captain Gordon's The Nun (501.), Mr. Stewart's The Monk, 6 yrs (501.), Mr. Stewart's 2Esculapius, 6 yrs (501.), Mr. Adlington's Lady Bird (h b), aged, Mr. Ro bert's Dandy Jim (501.). A SCURRY HANDICAP of 5 sovs. each, 2 ft ; gentlemen riders, as qualified to ride in the Welter Cup ; profes sionals 61b extra. T.Y.C. To close and name on Tues day, and the weights to be declared as soon as possible. RAILWAY ARRANGEMENTS.—BY GREAT WESTERN.- - On Tuesday and Wednesday the express trains up and down will stop at Warwick. An excursion train will also leave Paddington on those days at 8 a.m. for Warwick, returning at 7.15 p.m. BRIGHTON HANDlCAP.—Michaelmas Maid, 3 yrs, 7st 1116, should be included in the list of nominations for this handicap. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. QUARANTINE NOTICE. Orowro, Oct. 7.—Notice has been given that all ports of Sweden are considered suspected, from the Ist inst., of cholera morbus ; Liverpool, from the 30th of August ; London and Southampton, from the Ist of September. GRAVESEND, OCT. 15. Arrived—Mercur, Capt. Walter, from Dantzic ; James Bales, Captain Brown, Dantzic ; Deo Gloria, Captain Nieman, Riga; Defiance, Captain Irvine, St. Petersburg; Oberon, Captain Gohrbands, Dantzic ; Einhacht, Captain Diesmar, Dantzic ; Bessel, Captain Rental, Dantzic ; Ocean, Capt. Bald, Cronstadt ; Clio, Capt. Iverson, Fred rickstadt ; Panther, (steamer), Capt. Balliston, Ostend ; Atlas, Captain Talk, Guernsey ; Vesta, Captain Stock fietz, Cronstadt ; Marchin, Margret* Captain Hurst, Konigsberg ; Abelone, Captain Furguson, Dantzic ; Her mena, Captain Ergenbart, Archangel ; Sirius, Captain Roske, St. Petersburgh ; Ann Powell, Captain Aledg wick, Cherberg ; Neptunis, Captain. Welsted, Arerdal ; Diana, Capt. Hutchins, Seville ; Catherine, Capt. Wil liams, Moga.dor ; Bulfincb, Capt. Wood, St. Petersburg ; Thiela, Capt. .Macler, Uleaborg ; Albert, Capt. Osterberg, Gothenberg ; Numina Fob, Capt. Gronbico, Dantzic ; Flora, Capt. Newgard, Holnisund ; Rose, Capt. Evelyn, Daatzic ; Odessa, Capt. Berrraman, from Batavia ; Comet, Captain Avitt, from Madeira ; Ocean, Capt. Muller, from Restock. Sailed.—Britannia, Capt. Young, for Geelong ; Elbe (steamer), Capt. Behrends, for Hamburg ; Bkilgian (steamer), Capt. Taylor, for Ostend.; Concordia, Capt. Shanack, for Rotterdam. LIVERPOOL, OCT, 16. Wind, W., fresh breeze and showery. Arris ed—The Medina, from Savanilla ; Persian (s), Con stantinople ' • Industrie, Trieste ; Eclipse, Ostend ; Gazelle, Antwerp - St. Lawrence, Montreal ; Anglo-Saxan, St. John's, New Brunswick ; Auguste, Ghent ; Andrew Fos ter, New York ; Jovan Pepita, Santander ; Uranis, Monte Video ; Hebo, Charente ; Camillus, New Orleans ; Ray mond, Smyrna ; Onward, Quebec ; Henry Clay, Constitu tion, and George Washington, New York ; Queen, Dordt. Off Port—The Underwriter, from New York ; St. John, Glen Helen, Elizabeth Bentley, Sumroo, tho barque Triton, and the brig Secundina . Sailed—The Mooresfort, for Melbourne ; Phcebe (s), Gibraltar ; Sachem, Boston ; 1/Tynnstay, Baltimore. QUEENSTOWN, OCT. 14. Wind, S.W., moderate. Arrived—The Guiseppe, Sacker, and the Sarah Durham, from Odessa ; Preciosa, Alexandria ; Aboyne, Tenez. Sailed—The Alexander, for London. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. The Prince of Wales, Port Philip to Singapore, June 14, in the Straits of Banca. The Mary Catherine, Batavia to Falmouth, Aug. 23, 1at..25 S., long. 10 E. _ _ The To;,vn of Liverpool, Liverpool to Bahia, Sept. 7, lai 5 N. long. 26 "W. The Rain Gray, Bahia to London, 9th, lat.lo N., long. 27 W. The Kestrel, Liverpool to Lima, Aug. 25, lat. 10 N., long. 24 W. The Idalia, Liverpool to Lima, 26th, lat. 11 _N . ., long. 25 W. The Cynthia, Cardiff to Rio Janeiro, 29th, lat. 12 N., long. 26 W. The Rowena, Rio Grande to Queenstown, 31st, lat. 13 .N., long. 27 W. The Emily, of and from Leith to San Francisco, ht. 13 S., long. 31 W. l'he Monarchy, London to Calcutta, lat. 28 S., long. 35 W. *RAILWAY SHARE MARKET. LIVERPOOL, OCT. 15. STOCK EY:CHANGF„—The market has been extremely dull, but pric :es are nominally higher, although the busi ness transactod has been very slight. Caledonian, 25 ; Lan' ashire and Yorkshire, 62 ; Midland, 59 ; South Eastern and Dov er, 17 ; York and North Midland, 23. M ANCHESTER, OCT. 15. STOCK EXCHAN 'GE.—The market has been rather firmer, with but a mod orate business. Caledonian, 24 13-16 ; Eastern Counties, 11i ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 62i ; Lancashire and Y, n . kshira West Riding Union, 43 d.; Lon don and North-W, :stern, 1034. ; Midland Railway Consols, 60 n. ; South East( trn and Dover, 17g. 13IR . - 41EINGHAM, OCT. 15. STOCK EXCHANGE.- —There was very little business trans acted in this market tf -day, but prices remained at Fri day's quotations. Shi vwsbury and Birminghams closed at 62i to LE. Et )S, OCT. 15. STOCK EICTIANGB.— Tb. e share market to-day has mani fested no symptom of r ear vering from the prevailing de pression. Transactions 'have) been confined to Lancashire and Yorkshire Stock at 621„ Other shares are nominally as yesterday, in th e absence ,of business iu tttem, though buyers At faidivg quVt4ti9ll6 4,7 Q Aimee. COUNTRY MARKETS. :es of grain at our market HADDINGTO. The following are the priei to-day : "-Om 14. WHEAT. BARLEY. OATS. BRANS. First 79s Od 42s 3d 30s Od 56s Od Second 7ss 2d 39s lld 27s 4d ois 4d Third 6os Od 33s Od 25s Od. , 525 04 1 Total quantity of wheat in market, 319 qrs., 237 KO fl y, barley „ 611 qrs., 611 sold 7, 'Jr oats ~ 476 qrs., 370 sold l, ~ beans ,l 59 qrs., 56 sold Average of wheat £3 8 7 11-12 tbs Ditto of Barley Ditto of Cats Ditto of Beans ............ 1 1 97 4 14 4 1 °l2:-111222ttahli DALKEITH GRAIN MARKET—OCT. 13. Qrs. B es t. C urren t. Inferior, 267 Wheat 79s Od 1078 Oats 3 ls Od 3 2 6 8 9 6 s s s °OB : d 11 ......... 2 ................. 19a 5 1 925 Barley 44 s 6d. 55 Peas & be ans 58 s Od s 3s 6d Average of wheat, 3/. 5s sd. ABERDEEN—OCT. 14. The prices of grain are—Old oats, 25s 6d to 26 s 6d : 401bs per bushel; new oats, 23 s 6(1 to 25s Od, 4 01 b s P er bushel ; bere, 35s Od. to 36s Od, 531bs per bushel ; 34s Od to 363 Od, 531bs per bushel ; wheat, red, 50s Odr 62s Od, 621b 3 per bushel; wheat, white, 70s Od to 758 n 621bs per bushel • oatmeal, 193 6(1 to 20s Od per boil ' flour, 55s Od t o 57s' Od per sack. Provisions—Beef, per lb. 6d to 8d ; mutton, ditto, 6(1 to Sit ; veal, ditto, 6d to 8d; pork, per lb, Os 5d to Os 7d. ; salmon, per lb, Cs Od. Os Od; rabbits, each, Od t o Od ; tallow, per stone, 5s 9d to Os ° ll , ; pota:oes, per peck, Od to 8(1; butter, per lb, 10(1 to lrj eggs, per doz, Os 8d to Os 9d ; hens, p er p a ir, 2s 6 (1 3s Od ; chickens, ditt o , i s 3d t o 2s Ocf; ducks, ditto, 114 'to 2s 01 • ducklings, ditto, 2s 6d to Os Od ; bu tter each, 33 Od to 4s Od ; geese, ditto, 3s Od to 4s Od ; for expoitation (present cure), per cwt 88s to 00s e". ditto (summer cured), OO s t o OO s Od • eggs, wholesale pr e : per dozen, 7d to Od • ' 41. b loaf, Bid; 21b loaf, 4id • Pork' fine small, Os Od to Os Od ; pork, l arge , O s Od to 2 0s u:,.. lamb, per lb., Os 6d. to 8d ; cheese, per imperial 04 ' 4 5s 6(1 to 78. SEABORNE MAILS. MCI • (N signifies that the mails are sent from the General roso— by the night—and M by the morning —dispatch.] -, Day whot made up From What " Ile° COUNTRIES. in General Post- Port due lito & Office, London.* Dispatched. Ent> America(byßrit.paek)N Every Friday .... Liverpool MOS ool ••• Ea , o America (by United Sts. packet) ..........N Oct. 18 . Liverpool ..• Oct. Si America (by U. States packet) .......• • •NiOct. 26 Southampton NOV. 3 . Australia (via • South-1 ampton) ..M N0v.4.... Southampton 'O ct ' ? ,i r Ditto (via Marseilles) N boy. 8 Ditto (via Cape of wed car * Hope) ...... ••• • • • N:Dee. 4 •• • • Ply mou th .. ts Africa (West Coast) ..N 73d of the month .. Plymouth .. 110.• 14 .2 Alexandria.......... N 8,9, 24, & 30 o f m . D over ...... Oct A1exandea..........M 4th & 20th of mon. Southampton Oct. 2 " Bahamas ...• • • M 17th of the month S ou th am pton NOY. 1 Belgium ............I; Dai1y......... Dover a lll l6 Brazil ...........s ..3 1 ,9th of the month.. Southampton O. Buenos Ayres of the month.. Southampton Nov 16 Cape of Good Hope ..N}l4th of the mon th Pl ymouth .. Oct' j 6 i Cape of Good Hope ..N 14th of the mon th. S out h amp t on Oct. Cape de Verds ......N 14th of the mo n th. Plymouth .. Oct. i u Ceylon (see India) Ceylon .......... ••• •N 14th of the mo n th Pl ymcu th .. Oct. 26 t Channel Isles .....• • •N Mon ~Wed.,&Fild. Southampton Tu..; Chili.— • . • ... •• M 2d & 17th of month So u th am pton ITO. China (see India) Constantinople .... ..N 17,8,17,24,&27 ofm. D over Oct. 20 Constantinople . • • • .4th & 20th of mon. Southampton Oct Cont. of Earope m & N Twice daily Dover *Mi ce la Egypt (see India) France ........ M & N Twice dai1y...... Dover T — e n& Gibraltar .. .. •.•••• M 4,7, 17, 20, 27 ofm. S ou th am pton Oct Greece (see India) 1 • Greytown ....Mi2 n d & 17th o f mon . S outhamp t on lo*. Hamburgh Tuesday & Friday London ..... Tae° i Havarnah ...... • • .• Ml2 n d o f th e mont h Southampton i go / 'O l Holland ...... . M,' Wednesday & Sat. London ... • • I__l tee 2 . 16 Honduras ........ Mi 17th of the month. S out h am pton U4ov' India (vlaSouthampt.)M,4th & 20th o f mon . Southampton 'Oct. 21 India (via Marseilles)M'Bl.h& 24th of mouth Dover 0 lonian Isles (see India)i Oct. sill Ireland ........M & NiTwice daily ..... Holyhead •• I.%*iced - 28 Li5b0n........ • . • • • • M,7, 9, 17, & 28 o f m. ~Southampton Oct. 16 Madeira ............ 1119tli of the month !S ou tha m pton Nov. 1 2 Madeira ....... ..... N ,9th of month ..!Plymouth • • W l ' Malta (see India) Malta ..............N 7,17,19,28, 30 ofm. Dover Oct. 18 Mauritius (see India) t• 2 6 n Mauritius ..........N 14th of the month Ply mou th .. -c ' 1 Mexico . .M,211d of the month.. 'Southampton INoi'•0 Naples . ........N .hthlf , th2sthof mon. Dover .... • • O ct ; 1 New Granada M !2d & i th of month Southampton No' New Zealand....., . ..ißy private skip .. !Various ports 1.71 0 2 2 Papal States N lsthls.'l2 tbofmon. 'Dover .... • °ct ' 96 Peninsula .... tb 17 i.)2Sth oi mon. , Southampton pct. , Peru — l lll2d & 27th of inou.!Southampton No Port Natal ........ Nll4th o;' the month' Plymouth • • O ct ; 22 Sicily ........ N,sthl s thoimon, Dover .....• O c "; 92 Tu.cany N sL. , ls;:h2stholinon. Dover ° c ".,'. 1 Venezuela M'2d 17th of rnonth S ou th a mpton No• Van Diemen's Lane (see' Australia) I 1 'VPst Indies 233 e mmonth SonthamntOntrw'' 23 3c Hth 01 month SouthamptonlS O ' 1 W ill * When any of these dates ia:l o lt a Sunday, the n_ „ u“7., d is (T .- dispatcher on the following (lay with the exception of the tn e 4 tp• Southampton), and the Malta, both of which will bed UsPaw' day preceding. THE PACKET QUESTION.—The members of the m. ber of Commerce meet on Tuesday next to nienl ° ": l b t the authorities on this quest i on. There can be no ,4 as to the superiority of the situation of this port toed that of Southampton as a packet station ; and It is 0 1 ; regretted the e has hitherto been so mu ch 00 P in . e .L e on the part of th ,se most deeply interested the necessary pier and dock accommodation for the shi t ; of the great company anxious to have made P1)1 of in providing the princ.pal place of rendezvous.—Plymouth Saturday. NEWSPAPERS AND A DVERTISEMENTS. —Frog' liams's late return to the House of Commons, it a P P d e ver that in 1851 the stamp duty on newspa p e rs and ; 14 /, ; tisements amounted to 362,2241. ; i n 1852, to 39 6 ) „) and in 1853 (year endi ng th e sth o f January)' 594,152/. [ADVERTISEMENT. ]—A LIEUTENANT OF .... nAI CURED OF RHEUMATISM B Y H OLLOWAY ' S a-rifo 019/1 AND PILLS.—This officer, who is in the Dutch ot te states that Holloway' s Pills and Ointment hathle, him of rheumatism, whi c h app eare d t o b e incurs ustel neither sea-bathing, vapour-baths, nor prepara tions T e ep t e{ as sure remedies, did him any good, and the trestr a i. the doctor, after sever a l month s ' t r i a l fill , was withou ' cess. At this juncture he com mence d t a ki n g these o rt . , and rubhing the Ointment int o th e comp l a ining,4 o twice a day, which effectually cured him in the six weeks. The truth of this statement can be vouch by Mr. J. B. Strat ma n, of B o i s -l e -D uc. —S o ld byll It gists ; and at P ro f essor H o ll oway ' s establishment' Strand, London. 0(1 LADVERTISEMENT.]—DA RIC DAYS AND , ef e NIGHTS.—The necessity of having th e mo st per ie s ol o sight and hearing, and b r i g ht an d brilliant BPeiscat Persons can be well suit e d a t a distance, &c.—The —39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly.— Observe, °pl o ys ! , York Hotel.—Optical Imp rovemen t s t o ena ble Pe o isy an advanced age to re a d w ith ease an d t o discrl so c i o' ol objects with perfect di s ti nc t ness .—M essrs . 8- ,„scoPcs Solomons, opticians and oculists, have invented Pai s tsa Lenses, with panoptic fr ames t o see over at 3 04 while reading, writing, &c., of th e grea t es t treP 100 power. The valuable advantage derived from 0 10;1 tion over the spectacles n ow i n common use is, _ 5 A, stead of vision becomin g s t ra i ne d, h ea t e d , wea ken in numerous cases serio us ly i n j ure d , it is prese t to strengthened ; and very age d p ersons are e nable° oo ploy their sight at the most minute occupation ; r . ov e with those lenses of a m uc h l ess magnifying pow e t that which is a matter of th e grea t es t consequ ence l' e ffr o , do not require the frequ en t c h anges t o th e dangerel l •bitif,p of further powerful assistan ce . -Th e Royal 83'.:1, - -A valuable, newly-invented, very small powerlw'elgf coat-pocket glass, the size of a wa l nu t, by w hich , l 'aists l3 o; can be seen and known on e m il e an d a half At they answer every purpose on th e race -cours: r 4 opera-houses, country scenery, a nd s hi ps ar e ( 1 ,4, at 12 to 14 miles. They a r e i nva l ua bl e f or s hoo stalking, yachting, to sport s me n , gentlemen, gaml°o2 and tourists. Telescopes—A new and most itlijl invention in tele sco p es , possess i ng such ext rij : e se t powers that some, 3A i nc h es , w ith an extra er-P100,4 show distinctly Jupiter's moons, Saturn's nag', double stars ; with th e same telescope, weigh 0 .1 0 ounces, can be seen a p erson ' s countenance lb and a half distant, and an object from 16 to t.cV They supersede every other kind for the waistat pcol and are of larger and all sizes, with increasie_„%na,di accordingly. Opera and race-course glasses, witolifi6 power ;an object can be clearly seen, from 1- 4 sie distant. Deafness—New Discovery—The Orfil a. 0001 brator, an extraordinary powerful and newly' >9 instrument, for Deafness, entirely different 110 crof oLhers, to surpass anything of the kind that, cfplo or probably ever can be, produced. Being elo same colour as the skin, it not perceptible ; deaf persons to hear distinctly at church and at P oo i6 semblies ; the unpleasant se n sa ti on o f singiugthe the ears is entirely rem ov ed ; an d it a ffords all co iole,g , ance that possibly could be desired.—S. and 1 3 ..g ie soc" Aurists and Opticians, 39, Albemarle-street, x Observe, opposite the York Hotel. BIRTHS. uv OF A SON. r Veil D - On the 13th inst., at Forton, the lady 0, - o r Charles John Ellis, Royal Marine Forces. the On the 13th inst., at Bromley-common, Not, of R. W. Townsend, Esq., of Dublin. fi t° OF A DAUGHTER. e l ° On the 13th inst., at Glenorchard, near Glasevi' Olt/ of of Colonel Sl a d e , I ns p ec ti ng Field-officer. tha On the 14th inst., at 29, Chesham-streeto __.......,/ Captain Gladstone, R.N., M.P. MARRIED. On the 13th inst., at Doncaster, Henry — joie o °l3 t Esq., Captain Royal Engineers, third son _ sir 0 0D ilo Barlow, Esq., and grandson of the late Adm.' . o nlf Barlow, G.C.8., to Harriette Rebecca Elizabeth is o f of John Wm. Sturges, Es of Beechfield, DOD npbtef On the 11th inst., at Greenock, Mr. Andr t da d the Chronicle office, Kelso, to Elizabeth, younglre, of the late John Brown, Esq., Park, Berwiske''. DIED. I ,kfria s 4 On the 16th inst. at 'Crescent-place, B -- • eMlis ° 0 31 Adkins Tibbitts, Es i q. publisher of the MorT e , 1)"'" eldest so. of John Tillitts, Esq., of East 1 " ° „ o r 3/. ffiy, and only brother of Jarvis Tibbitts, Esq., 1, yes l l, On the 12th inst., at Clifton, in her oregal 10 4 Way, widow of the late Major-Gener al SW th e g man Bromley Way, K.C.8., K.T.S. 0 , 1 of., On the 14th inst., Wm. Henry, eldest : rt. s .p., Lieutenant Sir Wm. Alining Hungat e P a Off 32. Eaw f ` r At St. Germain-en-Laye, Major in° e a 70. late Major in the service of her Majesty, ag ,ierrptDO Y.„l- 1911 , 15 0 1 LONDON : Printed and Published by of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sao ", h0 Ow' Strand, in t he Preci n ct of the Savoy, in t" itiddlogo, Oatober 17,1 _ ( in a e for 150 1:14;1 •.‘ 2s. E i . _ are rev I E tend the atte to 1 ft Met in e exc and and tor! rna