The Sun. — London, England, 1853-10-25 00:00:00

TING. upanys red this mpton, 'incept, Hope, ladrae, Aug. Ceylon, Hope, ;. 4th ; general among major- Lp , and verger troops r Sow' ) Wo o beep' een to ourneY, ,ract E c finest on the of the Leu ng by sander, teainer- United Feni- at the ea mer, ;imon , s teaser kjesty's )t. 16; 24, ill Le Ds' Bay— r have w from Yellow, lowing -Noor, teginal LadY f war, !ulloch ihuish, rmion, ;ter. •opean rda,y's id ar- Alex- with t. 28 ; laide, ,te of umed occu- )d our hig of ed ill- by all been ara'o on , sue . rung ;,iver and Consols Ditto October A ccount AND COLONIAL. MONEY MARKET CITY INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at 6,000 bales, of which 500 American were taken on speculation. The market was tame but steady at previous rates. The sales comprised 4,000 American, 600 Pernam and Maranham, at 6d. to 70, 100 Bahia, at Old. to 6&d, 400 Egyptian, t 5 d, to 71d., and 600 Surat, at 3d. to 31d. per lb. Railway Shares were quiet without any marked changes in the prices. Messrs. H. W. Jewesbury and Co., in their over land letter from India, state : "The prevailing tone in the foreign and colonial pro duce markets since our last has been one of considerable dulness ; occasionally where it was thought desirable to complete shipping orders, the public sales have gone off rather better, but without any improvement in prices, and at the late sales the goods have been mostly bought in, buyers being unwilling to pay previous rates. The further rise in the Bank rate for discounts on the 29th ult. to 5 per cent., and the consequent increased rate for advances, has almost entirely put a stop to any speculative demand inour markets, and the home buyers seeing no im mediate prospect of advance in prices, are content to supply themselves only for their immediate requirements. The im portations have been large, but the delivery from the warehouses has continued good, consequently there is no material alteration to notice in the stocks. Dyes and dyeing material have been only in moderate demand, at rather lower rates. Indigo, cochineal, and lac dye, are all lower since our last. The reports from the Conti nental Produce Markets notice the general demand as dull except for rice, in which considerable business had been done. From Calcutta and Bombay the reports are most favourable for imports, but in exports there was but little doing, in consequence of the unfavour able accounts of prices from the home market. The quantity of goods coming forward is unusually small. Prom the cotton manufacturing districts the late reports notice an improvement in the tone of the markets, in consequence of the improved accounts from India, and also from increased purchases having been made for the Continent at rather better prices. In the woollen districts business transactions continued to be limited, and the demand dull. The Colonial wool sales opened on the 20th inst., prices averaging id. per lb. reduction on the previous sale." The Pelham, from Sydney, brings 4,421 ounces, and the Charlotte Jane, from Adelaide, 34,500 ounces of gold. The Overland Mail arrived at Marseilles seems likely, according to the Telegraphic Dispatch, to bring satisfactory commercial advices from Calcutta, but the high rate of exchange in China, renders it certain that specie exports will be continued from England. The English Stock market has been very firm, and with rather more inclination to purchase for investment. Consols have realised 91i 2, and are now 911 t. The political intelligence is regarded as favourable. The New n per Cents. have been 9211 to and the 3 per Cents. 90i to Bank Stock is flat at 212. East India Stock has been quoted 245 k to 249. Exchequer Bills are par to 45. premium, and India Bonds 2s. discount. There is not much doing in foreign securities, but the information that 50,0001. may shortly be expected to complete one Mexican dividend has again caused the stock to rule buoyant at the advance to 24i I. Spanish New Deferred Bonds have been 21k. Brazilian Small Stock is quoted 98. Russian 4-11 per Cents. are not higher than 96i, and the 5 per Cents. have been done at 1111. Dutch 21 per Cents. bring 62 to / 1. The Railway Market is firmer for the English lines, but with very restricted dealings. North Western have improved as well as Great Western and Great Northern, and the A stock of the latter company is decidedly in favour. French Shares are in more request and looking up. The Gold Mine Shares are neglected, and the Land Companies' are dull. The Australian Banks are a shade lower, as the abundance of money in the colonies will interfere with their profits. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY. (From the Official List. ) Business done. Bank Stock ...... ..... .......... ..... ..... 212 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 904 18 901 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 9ll 1 / 2 New 31 per Cent. Annuities 921 Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 , 5 5-16 Dittc, 30 Years, Expire 10th Oct., 1859 5 1-16 Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth Jan.,1860 5 7-16 India Stock V o dia Bonds, £lOOO . usols for Account Exchequer Bills, 2d. £IOOO 2500 par 4 p Small par 4 p PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. trazilian Bonds, 5 per 'cut Ditto Small Mexican 3 per Cent. Ditto for the Account 24s 5 Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent. £St llll Ditto 4. per Cent 96/ 7 Ditto Small gardiuian Bonds, 5 per Cent 92 gp.mish New Deferred, 3 per Cent. 2IA Ditto Passive (Converted) Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Exchange, 2i per Cent. 12 Gull 62 Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates..,.~ THREE O'CLOCK. 92 92 MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) StTGAB.--The market is heavy. Floating cargoes of foreign are wanted, and formai- prices are paid for Brazilian and Havana, the supply being small. For duty paid par cels there are not many buyers. The quantity of British plantation landed last week at the East and West India 'pocks was 932 hhds, 131 tierces, 232 barrels ; there were taken for home consumption, 1,481 Ihhds, 117 tierces, 531 barrels. The stock in the same place is 12,998 hhds, 2,153 tierces, 4,253 barrels. Refined has been dull at previous rates. Brown lumps 44s 6d per cwt. COFFEE.—There is a quiet market. Native Ceylon is at 45s td to 46s 6d, and not in much demand. The supply is more plentiful. There are but few buyers of Plantation for export or home use, but iower prices are most taken. Runt.—The quantity landed last week at the East and * West India Docks was 184 puns, 143 hhds there were tak en f or h ome consump ti on 991 puns, 8 hhds, and ex orted 43 puns 84 hhds. The stock in the same place is ,303 puns, 595 hhds. COTTON.—The sales are small, but rates are firm. SALTPETRE.-264 bags Bengal at auction sold at 29s for 1 4 to 11 per cent., and 1004 ba g s Madras at 28s 3d for rd 1 24 per c en t. refraction. , SPlCES.—Pepper : 80 bags Batavia sold at 4id for dusty. TALLOW.- -P.Y.C. is 58s 6d to 58s 9d per cwt. on the spot, and Town 62s 6d. TEA.—Ord and good common congou have been in much request at full rates. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 3/ 5s to 5/ 15s ; clover ditto, 4/ 5s to 6/ 61 ; and straw, 1/ 122 to 2/ 2s per load. A fair average supply, and a sluggish demand. .CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, 3/ 8s to 51 18s ; clover ditto, 4/ 5s to 6/ Os ; and straw, 11 14s to 2/ 2s per load. supply moderate, and trade firm. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 3/ Os to 5l 15s ; clover ditto, 41 Os to 6/ 6s ; and straw, 1/ 10s to 2/ 2s per load. Tide steady, at full prices. ROYAL ARTILLERY.—WOOLWICH, OCT. 24.—Captain P itzmayer's company, 3d battalion, have been placed under orders to hold themselves in readiness to embark for Gibraltar, to relieve one of the companies at that station. Detachments have also been placed under O rders to hold themselves in readiness to embark Corfu, to same time for a passage to Gibraltar, Malta, and t t t i o ne fi ry ll , u h p av t rie he companies at these stations. Sergean - Major Morrison, with two sergeants of the Royal Ar irseeneived orders to proceed to Liverpool, for t ,, he Purpose of instructing the militia artillery in that , ustri e t . I)ICKING THE POCKET OP A DETECTlVE.—lnspector -times, of the detective force, brought up Patrick Col man,k whom h e c h arge d w i t h p i c ki ng hi s poc k e t on Su nday eveni ng , i n t h e L on d on - roa d , Li verpoo l. Com reli n ant, who found the f e llow' s h an d i n hi s po c ket, had L en watching hi m f or t wen ty m i nu t es prev i ous l y . H e h ad been once before committed for two months, and Was now committed for three. [This is almost as bad t, t ,he case th a t occurre d in Glasgow last week, when • - "le Drummond had his great coat stolen out of the justice room in the police office, whilst presiding on the neb, in th e f ace o f a ha l f d ozen at l east of the force, detectives and all.]—Qlasgow Constitutional. AMERICAN BANKING.—The Woodbury Bank, Con ,,!leeticnt, collapsed about a year ago, by fore-ordination, nd its bills have since been quietly bought up at 25 to °k) cents on the dollar. That accomplished, the bank is te ady to resume payment ; the receiver advertises that 4 , 4 ,e_ is ready to pay all claims upon it ; and The Courant !tlartford) coolly observes :—" Holders of bills need not, t.Aeirbeufone. re, make any sacrifice on them."—New York b ,„_, ...11 IN LIVERPOOL.—On Saturday night a brutal square-zuer was committed in Charles-street, Williamson t;, Liverpool, a place almost entirely frequented by lowest prostitutes, and thieves. Two sailors, named li ," er s lo . n and Crimp, were standing with two females, and att:klghtly intoxicated, when they were suddenly said toed by a foreign sailor named Emanuel Montaroi, igroin be a Spaniard who stabbed both men in the left 13 4_, ? al most in th e same place, and without the touvtest p r ovocation. Crispin di e d f rom t h e e ff ects o f (I_7 liZ so und sho r tl y a f terwar d s, and Crimp lies in a very gerous condition. The ruffian made off after inflict- WQuad, but was arrested on Sunday night. ir, t; 4,-- .), 1 , --esw'lNri 4 , 10 fl NEWMARKET RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELEOTPJO TELEGRAPH.) CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES. LITTLE DAVID 1 Thirty-nine ran. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, OCT. 24. The Queen held a Court and Priyy Council at three o'clock this afternoon at the Castle. The Privy Council was attended by his Royal High ness Prince Albert, the Earl Granville, Lord President ; the Earl of Aberdeen, First Lord of the Treasury ; Lord John Russell, the Earl of Clarendon, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs ; the Duke of Newcastle, Secretary of State for the Colonies ; Sir James Graham, First Lord of the Admiralty ; the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, Chancellor of the Exchequer ; the Duke of Norfolk, Lord Steward ; the Duke of Wellington, Master of the Horse ; the Marquis of Abercorn, Groom of the Stole to Prince Albert ; and Lord Ernest Bruce, Vice-Chamberlain (officiating for the Lord Chamber lain.) At the Council Parliament was ordered to be further prorogued from Thursday next, the 27th inst., until the 29th November. John Parker, Esq., by command of the Queen, was sworn of her Majesty's most honourable Privy Council. A proclamation was issued for the election of a Scotch representative peer in the room of the late Lord Saltoun. The Hon. William Bathurst was the Clerk of the Council in Waiting. At the court, Shafi. Khan, the Persian Minister, had an audience of her Majesty. His Excellency was intro duced by the Earl of Clarendon, the Queen's principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and was attended by the Secretary Interpreter of the Legation. Sir Edmund Lyons had an audience of the Queen. General Lopez was presented to her Majesty at an audience by the Earl of Clarendon. Sir William Hotham had an audience of the Queen. Her Majesty also gave audiences to the Earl of Aber deen, the Earl of Clarendon, the Earl Granville, and Lord John Russell. Lord de Tabley and Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. R. Boyle were the Lord and Groom in Waiting. The Queen and the Duchess of Brabant took eques trian exercise in the riding-house this morning. Prince Albert with the King of the Belgians, and the Duke of Brabant and the Count of Flanders, went out shooting this forenoon, attended by Colonel Wyld. the Count Gustave de Lannoy, and -Colonel de Moerkerke. The Duke and Duchess of Wellington and the Hon. Charles Gore, left the Castle to-day for London. The Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, after the Privy Council, remained at the Castle on a visit to the Queen. The Earl and Countess of Clarendon have been invited and are expected this afternoon. The Persian Minister (attended by Major Malcolm), the Duke of Newcastle, Earl Granville, the Earl of Clarendon, the Marquis of Abercorn, Lord Ernest Bruce, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir James Graham, the Hon. W. Bathurst, Sir E. Lyons, and Mr. J. Parker, travelled from London to attend the Privy Council by a special train on the Great Western Rail way, and arrived at the Castle about three o'clock. A dejeuner was served in the Castle to the noblemen and gentlemen attending her Majesty's Court. After the Council the Duke of Newcastle, the Persian Minister, Earl Granville, Sir James Graham. the Right Hon. John Parker, the Hon. W. Bathurst, and other gentlemen, left the Castle at half-past four o'clock, and returned by a special train on the Great Western Rail way to Paddington. Lord John Russell travelled from his residence, Porn broke-!odge, Richmond-park, to the Castle, to attend the Privy Council. The Duke of Newcastle arrived in town yesterday morning from his seat, Clumber-park, Notts. The Chancellor of the Exchequer arrived in town yes terday forenoon from Hawarden Castle, near Chester. Dispatches were sent off last evening from the Colo nial-office for the Governors of Ceylon and Hong Kong. The Marquis of Lansdowne has arrived at Bowood, Wiltshire, where he intends to remain during the winter. The Earl and Countess of Strathmore, and a number of visitors, are at present staying at Glammis Castle. The Earl employs himself in shooting game, of which there is great abundance on the estate. The Princess Nicholas Esterhazy continues indis posed at St. Leonard's-en-Sea. The Countess of Jersey is expected to leave London in a day or two, on a visit to the princess. A Chapter of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle will be held at Windsor Castle, on Friday, the 28th inst., at which the three green ribands, vacant by the deaths of the Marquis of Huntly, Lord Saltoun, and the Earl of Warwick, will, it is expected, be be stowed by the Sovereign upon the Earl of Haddington, the Duke of Athol, and Lord Panmure. Summonses have been issued to the knights brethren, and officers connected with the order, to attend at the approaching ceremony of investiture. HAMBURGII.—The advices from Hamburgh mention that the rate of discount had advanced to 54 to 1, with the appearance of a further rise being probable. About 60,000/. of silver had been received from London, but a larger sum bad been sent to Copenhagen. ODESSA.— The Odessa accounts to the 12th of October mention that on the previous day Prince Menschikoff bad arrived at that port. Considerable uneasiness pre vailed, and the transactions were consequently very limited. Freights were rather lower, and a numerous fleet of merchantmen had been reported as approaching. Meanwhile the supplies of wheat and other grain ar riving from the interior were extraordinarily large. Al though private houses had been converted into granaries, numbers of laden carts, it is stated, were still forced to remain in the streets. The current number of the Journal of St. Petersburg just received contains a curious mistake, which may lead some people to the apprehension that the British Am bassador had quitted that city. Sir Hamilton Seymour is announced to have left St. Petersburg, and to have arrived by steamer at Lubeck, but the person intended to be named was Captain Hamilton, a bearer of dis patches. FINANCIAL AFFAIRS OF AUSTRIA.—The financial ne cessities of Austria seem to become every day more urgent. Since the failure of her recent attempt to raise a loan in London she has been obliged to obtain further assistance from the Vienna Bank, and consequently to authorise an increase of paper issues during the past month to an amount equal to half a million sterling. NEW YORK.—The gold received from New York yesterday was 100,0001., in addition to the 30,0001. brought by the Andes on Saturday. The mercantile accounts show a considerable increase in the pressure for money, the rate for the best paper being as high as 12 per cent., and several failures had taken place. Among these were Hunt and Co.,dry goods jobbers ; Jones and Johnson, insurance rokers ; Young and Howell, wholesale grocers ; and Mr. S. Draper. The liabilities of Hunt and Co. are stated to be equal to 70,0001., but they had shown a satisfactory balance sheet, and were expected to resume. All kinds of se. curities were depressed, but not to any serious extent, nor was there any apprehension of unsoundness in trade generally. The shares of the Crystal Palace have been falling for many weeks, and have at last reached 55. A few months back the price was above 150. DEPARTURES FOR AUSTRALIA.—The departures from the port of London for the Australian colonies during the past week show a decrease. They have, altogether, comprised thirteen vessels—six for Port Philip, with an aggregate burden of 3,504 tons; three to Sydney, with an aggregate burden of 1,721 tons ; three to Adelaide, with an aggregate burden of 1,118 tons ; and one to Hobart Town of 390 tons. Their total capacity was, consequently, 6,733 tons. Rates of freight exhibit a further tendency to decline. BUSINESS OF THE PORT OF LONDON.--In the general business of the port of London during the past week, there has been much activity, and although the arrivals have diminished, they are still numerous, and consider. ably above the average. The number of vessels reported inwards was 280, being 70 less than in the previous week. The arrivals of timber and tallow from the Baltic have been large ; but the quantity of grain reported is not so great, the total being 60,231 quarters, including 34,036 quarters of wheat. In addition to this, there have been 14,915 barrels of American flour received. Of tea there were reported 9,144 packages; of coffee, 4,752 bags and 2 casks ; of cocoa, 2-396 bags ; and of sugar, 6,348 bags, 1,999 hhds., 1,049 casks, and 1,379 boxes. The number of vessels cleared outwards was 87, being 36 less than in the previous week ; of these, 11 were in ballast, and 13 , as above stated, for Australia and Van Dieman's Land. The shipments to those colonies still continue large, and the actual exports for the week show a total of 732,717 yards of calicoes, plain and part dyed ; 123,185 yards of crapes, cambrics, and guases ; and other articles of the declared value of 89,9441., besides large quantities of hosiery, caps, counterpanes, quilts, shawls, &c. The number of vessels on the berth, loading for Australia, Van Diemen's Land, and New Zealand, on the 22d inst., was 84, being 46 less than on the 22d ult. Of those now loading, 8 are for Adelaide, 6 for Geelong, 9 for Hobart Town, 2 for Launceston, 15 for Mel bourne, 5 for New Zealand, 15 for Port Philip, 2 for Portland-bay, 21 for Sydney, and 1 for Swan River, 20 20 10 St. 20 20 50 20 10 12A 12i 25 10 25 10 ..0.6 10 20 20 20 50 50 20 50 100 'Aberdeen Ambg. Nottng. Bost. and Eastn. Birming. Wolverh. & Stour Valley Birkenhd. Lancsh. dr. Cheshire Junct Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O and £25 Cons. Do., £20..... ..... Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Chester & Holyhead, Cork and Bandon , Cork, Black, & Pass Dublin&BelfastJunc Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction Do. New East Anglian... Do., (XlB E & Eastern Counties Eastern Union, A Stock Do., B. Stock Do., New A 100 8 100 East Lancashire East &West Ind. Dk & Binning. June Edinburgh& Glasgow Edinb. and Peebles Edin. Prth. & Dundee Glasgow & S. Western Great Northern Stk. Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Gt. Sth. &West.(lre.) Great Western Irish Sonth-Eastern Lancaster & Carlisle Do Thirds 50 16i st. 20 Laneash.andYorksh Do., Fifths D 3. Wst. Riding Un Leeds Northern ILiv. Crsby. &Southpt London & Blackwall Lond. Tilb. & Sthend. Lond. Bright & S.Cst. Lond. and N. Westn. Do. Fifths 50 40 25 25 100 42} 34 all all 100 812 s Do.lol. London and S. Westn. Do., £5O Do., £4O Ludndrrydz Coleraine Lndndrry. & Enuisk. Manch.Shef.& Linde Do., Man. & Lin. Un Midland [lOO - 174 all 100 Do. Birmng. & Derby Midld. G. West.(lre.) Do. Half Shares Newcastle & Carlisle Newmarket 6i 25 50 20 St. St. St. St. 13A 20 20 50 'Do., Bury Extension. Nwpt.Aberg. kHrfd. Newry & Enniskillen Newry Warrenpoint 1 and Rostrevor. Norfolk Northn. Counties Un North British North Devon, No. 1. Do., No. 2 Do., a A Deferred IDo., B Guaranteed North Staffordshire North Western N. & S. Westrn. June Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton Scottish Central 1100 100 100 1100 'ScottishMidland Shrewsbury & Bi i nag. Do. L. & N. Western Guaranteed St (AIL Shrewsby. & Herefd , Shrewsby. & Chester (N. W. Min Do. Halves, , , Do. Oswestry Shropshire Union South Devou South Eastern South Wales 6 all 100 all S. Yrksh. & Riv. Dual Do !Stockton & Hartlepl. Thames Haven Dock 21s. 100 20 11_n 100 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... viii open ,11 osten with its in peace funeral, Iged our o New to First -16. 21st : ss have Medi- ma y be the sth finally ictured on gress a,deiny ision of which ress, in nniver•• to sub rd than Neuvre an his- arch i- russiao ition in ting ! 'russian rimentg russian )rfectly nity of ing for Lased a ;overn- lar pro vas re- - 1-erman ximum have in A Sep- At the L7fl., se tied. In nillione a sinhi- ssue in e camp interest :es con arrear, a.rmers tion of ir with the by the 'here is a adpii rest of ,e Jews ing for I were memo_ ,return s 6d• ado ;aced 1 the al to con" a of 108 Mel' ar neil age, with and Tor 0, one 30' liol. tall' THE SUN, LONDON, TUPSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 25, 1858. SHADE MARKETS.--(THIS DAY. THE ARCTIC EXPEDITION. BRITISH RAILWAYS. RAILWAYS. Cbstrtir Prices this day. Table showing the Mean Height of Barometer, with the Temperature of the Air, on board her Majestfi ship Investigator, from August, 1850, to March, 1853 : Business done this day. PREFERENI Aberdeen Do. No. 2, 7 p. c. Bris. & Ex. 4 p. c. St. Do. 4 p. c. Shares Caledonian £lO Chester & Holyhead Guar. 5,4 per cent Cork &Bandonslp. c Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction EastAnglian (£3los) 6 per cent Do. (£5) 7 per cent Do. (£7l7s) 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. cts Edinb Prth. &Dundee 5 1 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. 44 p. c. Scrip Gt, Southn.&Westm (Ireland) Eighths) Gt. Westn. (Barks & Hants Ex. 5 p. c) Do. cov. red. 4 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 5 p. c Do. Pref., 5 p. c. St. Do. Convertible, 5 P. c., 1852 100 100 100 6 100 100 Do. New Guar.6 p. c. Loudon & S. Western Con. Thirds .0 Londondeny& Color Shares 611 Londy. & Ennis. Sh 11 Kan., Shef., & Lin., Shares, No. 1. ! 11 Do. New, £lO 3 Do. X 6 100 100 100 100 all 100 10 all 11 all Karypt.& Carl. 4 p.c. Do. 4i per cent Do Mid. Consol.6 p.c.St. Do. Consol. Bristol & Birm. 6 per cent Do. Pref. 43 per cent Norfolk Extension Do. 5 p. c. Est Do. Guar. 53 per ct Do. Way. Val. 5 p. c North British North Staffordshire Oxford, Worcester, & Wolyerh.£ls, 6 p.c Do Shrews. & Birm.N.G. Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor.W.Min), 8 p.c. Do. 5 per cent 100 all 3 100 South Devon. 'Do. New S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. Do. 4 pex cent. Pre. S.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar. Waterfd.&Kilk.6p.c. York, Newcastle,and Berwick , 4 p.c. Pref Do York&N.MidlandH and S. Purch , Antwerp&Rotterdam Belgian Eastu. June. Beziers to Graissessac Charleroi & Erquelin. Dijon and Besancon Dutch Rhenish East Indian Do. Extension Gt. Indian Peninsula Gd. Jnnct. of France Gt.Westernof Canada Shares Lucca dt Pistoja 5 p.c. pref . - Luxembourg.... (Railway).. Do. (Canal) Do. 6 p. et. pref Lyons & Mediterran, Madras Namur & Liege (with interest) Ipo. (ex interest) Northern of Frnce Do. 201. 3 p. c Bds (fmy. B. & Ams. Shs.) NorwegianTrunkPref Paris and Lyons Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen- Paris and Strasbourg ParisCaen & Cherbrg Quebec & Richmond Rouen and Havre Royal Swedish Sambre and Meuse sth-Eastrn. of France Southern of France ', Upper India Scrip West Flanders Do. 5, per c. Pref... Western of France... 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Eit 1011 2i 2 12 73 2 58 i i 31 25 114 i 36a i 57 al 21 f 96 7 Inn 116 17 107 10 A 104 i 9 i i 5 41 68 33i B 25i 6 81 A 8 18 x d LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS, Shr. Paid. RAILWAYS. Leasing Closing Prices Business 50 all Bedford and London & this day. this day. Blotchley. NTW Pa e n st s 304 all Bum. & Oxfd. guarantee._ Gt.Westn. 304 all Do. withoutgr Do ..• 304 all Birm. Wolv. Dudley guar. Do ..• 304 all Do.wthtguar. Do — St. 100 Buckghamsh. L.&N.W. 98 102 50 all Clydesdale Jc. Caledon 4B —5O St. 100 E. Lincoln gr. 6 per cent. Gt.Nrthn. 138 —l42xd x d 25 all Glstr.& Dn. Fr Gt. Westu 30 32 100 all Hrtlpi. Dk. & Yk. New. Railway & Berw. 50 all Hull & Selby Y. &NMd 107 109 25 all Do. A Shares. Do S3A 544 12i all Do. Shares. Do. 131 all Lon.&Greenw S. Eastern 13 —14 i 20 all Do. Preference Do 244 —2sAxd x d 20 100 Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Norfolk — 20 WO Do. 6 per et. 54 all Manch. Bxtn. L.& N. W. and Matlock & Midld. 2 3 50 all Middlesbro' & Stckton & Redcar . . . Darlingt. 100 all Midld.Brfulfd. Midland 9B 100 50 all Northern and Easterusp.c. E. Count. 59 Cl 50 Do. 6 per ct. Do • - 50 all Do. Fixedsp eDo — 25 all Prest. & Wyre L. &N. W &Ln&Yk 12i 12 Do. Shares. Do St. 100 Roystn.&Hit. GtNorthn 137 142 St. 100 Do.Shepth.St Do 137 142 25 18a Shef.Roth.and Lancash & Goole g. 5 p.c. Yorksh. dis 12 9A S. Staffordsh, M.MClean 24 —1/ 50 all Wear Vallcygr Stockt. & 6 per cent... Darlingt. . 25 all Do Do 29 30 St. 100 Wilts&Somxst GtWestn 96 -- 98 MINES. 1 all Agua Fria 1 all Anglo Austrin. Gold d par 10s. all Anglo Californian par 10 2 Australasian lid d 20 5 Australian 1 all Australian Cordillera O 1 all Australian Freehold od 1 all Ave Maria — Od 1 all Baden (Gd. Duchy of) id par 1 all British Austrin. Gold fi > d 20 13.5 British Iron 7 9 35 244 Brazilianlmp.(issued at £5 pm 5 6 51 I 30 all Do. Cocaes & Cuiada 24 3 20 15 Do. St. Johu Del Rey 34 —35 1 a Carson's Creek 40 all Cobre Copper 4O —44 5 1 Colonial ... 15 Copiapo , St. all Copper MM. of Eng 55 —65 55 25 all Do. Pref. 74 p. cent 5 7pxd 5 all English and Austrin Copper Smeltg. Co 24 3 20 all General 2 all Great Nugget Vein Ad— a p 2 all Do. Registered 3 all Great Polgooth 1 all Lake Bathurst — 4 d 1 all Liberty 3 all Linares 1 all Lond.&Californ.Gold Quartz Crush. Co. 4 1 all Mariquita 10 9 :',lexican&S.Amerien 64 7 64 i f 1 all New Granada i - d— par 1 all Nouveau Monde 4 4 p 14 10 5 Nova Scotia Mining and Copper Smeltg. 5 1 Port Philip 4 4 d 1 all Quartz Rock ad— par 50 all Rhymney Iron 15 15 Do. New — 30 10i Santiago de Cüba 1 all south Australian 10 7 'Pin Croft 5 7 284 all United Mexican 3l 34 1 all Waller — dis 1 all West Granada . - d 1 all West Mariposa 1 all Yuba JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 40 all Australasia 69 71 684 9 50 all British N. American 20 2 Chrtd. Bnk. of India, Australia, & China 4d— par 14 a 100 25 Colonial —16 a 100 20 Commercial of Loud — 20 10 English Scottish and Australian 24d —14 d 20 15 Lond. Chart. Bk. of Australia id ip 154 50 20 London and County ... 50 10 London Joint Stock 224 234 100 20 Loud. & Westminst er 33 34 334 20 2 London Bank of Aus tralia and India 50 22!, National of Ireland — 25 all Oriental Bank of Corporation 43 45xd 43 x 25 5 Do. New ••• 100 25 Provincial of Ireland 10 all Do. New •.. 5 1 Royal Australu. Bkg & Gold Imp Co 4 dis— par 25 all !South Australia 39 40 40 25 all Union of Australia 67 69 68 ... Do. Now 6n 74 50 10 Union of London 17a - 184 40 all lUnion of Madrid MISCELLANEOUS 100 35 Australian Agricult. 33 35 33 4 20 12 Australsn.Pcific.Mail 10 8 Australn. Royal Mail ... ••• 50 384 1 Brit. American Laud 55 —6O xd 58 x d 100 324 Canada 5 5 Crystal Palace..... 4 p 53 6 4 2 Crystal Pal. of France ..• 20 3 Eastern Stea m .. . 1 1 Electric Teleg. o f I r — 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. Do. ••• ..• 100 60 Royal Mail Steam 25 25 South Austral. Land 33 35 334 3 1 all Submar. Telegraph., 5 2 Univeral Emigration and Colonization..., 100 284- Van Diemen's Land 144 154 15 ••• •••••• 14A - ls} LLOYD'S SIIIPPI NG.-(THIS D AY.) LONDON, Oct. 25. Wind this day at Noon, S.W., and RAMSGATE, Oct. 24.—Wind, S. by W. Arrived— Matteo, Newcastle, for Constantiple, leaky. COWES, Oct. 24.—Wind, S.E. by S. Arrived—Sir It. Peel and Mary Catharine, Batavia ; Margaretha, Iquique. SOUTHAMPTON, Oct. 24.—Sailed—Agincourt, Geelong, PLYMOUTH, Oct. 25. - .Arrived—Calcutta, Cape of Good Hope. Sailed—A nn , Newfou n dl an d. PORTSMOUTH, Oct. 24.—Sailed— I nne ll an Portland W Bay ; Ada, Port Philip ; anata, Melbourne ; ' Rose Ellis, China. FALMOUTH, Oct. 24 . — Arrived—Tees Packet, Galatz, foremast sprung, and loss of sails. Off Port—Najade, Laguna.—A vessel, apparently a brig, waterlogged and abandoned, with foremast and bowsprit standing, was passed on the 20th of Oct., in lat. 46 N., long. 14 W., by the Caroline Schenek, arrived here. DUNGENESS, Oct. 2 5.—Sailed —Colonist, Hobart Town. CLYDE, Oct. 23 . — Arrived—Vulcan, Trinidad. BRISTOL, Oct. 22.—Arrived—Cora, Newfoundland ; Ferrell, St. John's, N.B. Sailed—Ann, Newfoundland. NEWPORT, Oct. 24.—Sailed—Charles Walton, for St. Thomas. WEYMOUTH, Oct. 23.—A boat, marked " Blue-eyed Maid, Colchester," has washed ashore at Osmington-mills. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Tuesday, 10 a.m. Wind, S., moderate and fine. Arrived— Mary Hale, from Baltimore. Off Port—Coaxer, from Valparaiso; Thomas Mellor, Rio de Janeiro ; America, Charente ; and Stirlingshire, West Coast of South America. QUEENSTOWN, Oct. 23. Wind, S.W. ; blowing strong. Arrived—Kelvin, from Callao. Put back Mary, for Bristol. (BY SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Tuesday, 10.15 a.m. CUSTOM-HOUSE RETURN. Wind, S.E. and fine ; tide half ebb. - Arrived—Kitty's Wake, from Caen ; Ch eru b, D an t z i c ; Thalia, Launceston ; Speedwell,l Antwerp. Sailed—City of Boulogne (s), for Boulogne. DEAL, Tuesday, 9.32 a.m. Wind S., fine. Passed—Lady Elgin, from Port Philip, for London; Margaret Evans, New York, for London ; Robert Newton, Charlotte Town, Prince Edward's Island, for London, 21 days out ; Raimswell, westward, for London ; William Spencer, bound for Antwerp ; Schiller, Baltimore, for Rotterdam ; Kohinoor, Coringa, for the Ri ver ; Jalawah, Hartlepool, for Calcutta. Anchored—Colonist, for Hobart Town ; the Mauritius, for Alexandria ; and the De Hecke Joure, from Ham burgh, for Cadiz ; all three weighed from Dungeness yes terday. Sailed—The Sir Robert Seppings, Palmyra, Mary, Shepherd, Eugenie, Governor-General Rochussen, Bos phorus, Warrior, Urania, Victoria, and the Black River Packet. THE COAL DEARTH.—A few days ago, says the North British Mail, Mr. Gladstone received, carefully packed in an oaken box, and nicely enveloped in many folds of tissue paper, a massive handsome silver poker. It bore on the squared end this inscription :—" Presented to stir the minister to stir himself to enable the country to stir a cheaper coal." THE SUPPLY or COAL.—The Great Northern Com pany have, it is said, offered Lord Fitzwilliam 60,0001. a year for his coal mined, on a lease for 50 years. A considerable portion of the coals supplied to the Great Northern come from the pits of his lordship.— Yorkshire Gazette. COMPARATIVE SALUBRITY OF DIFFERENT COUNTRIES IN EUROPE.—The following comparative view of the salubrity of the different countries in Europe is given in the sixth annual report of thle Registrar. General :—Eng land, 22 deaths annually to 1,000 living ; France, 24 ; Prussia, 27 ; Austria, 30 ; and Russia, 36. Year Barometer. Temperature of Air. M ean and Month. Maxi- Milli- Mean. Maxi- Mini- Mean. of , mum. mum , m um. mum. Wind. 1850. -- Aug..... 30.060 29.390 29.751 +5O +27 +36.5 3.5 Sept...,. .650 .470 .809 +46 - 1 z--20.2 3.6 Oct. .lBO .380 .861 +24 - 23 +. 0.2 2.0 Nov. .270 .160 .739 + 7 -32 -10.2 3.1 Dec .560 .480 .978 - 4 -40 -23.4 2.5 1851. Jan .570 .400 .885 -15 -51. -32.5 Feb .630 .030 .958 - 9 -51 -37.7 March - 5 -51 -28.5 April - 4.8 3.1 May .600 .560 .023 +47 - 5 +18.9 2.2 June July .090 .450 .756 +52 +32 +37.5 3.0 Aug .400 .390 .865 +52 +2l +37.6 2.8 Sept .270 .450 .876 +43 + 1 +24.6 3.1 Oct. .200 .300 .877 +26 -22 + 3.3 1.9 Nov •750 .630 30 097 +lO -40 -15.2 1.8 Dec. .BlO .490 .046 +ll -44 -20.0 3.5 1852. Jan .600 .280 29.841 + 8 -51 -27.3 3.4 Feb 31.000 .070 .777 - 1 -47 -25.8 3.1 March 31.000 .410 30.082 + 5 -62 -28.4 2.0 April 30.430 .520 .164 +3l -38 - 1.4 2.5 May .250 .600 29.987 +37 -25 +10.2 2.6 June July .OOO .370 .749 +52 +3O +36.7 2.9 Aug. .170 .400 .816 •-:-52 +l9 +33.2 2.9 Sept .lOO .070 .785 +3B - 4 +20.1 3.6 Oct - 5.6 2.2 .670 28.970 .91 1 - 4 -48 -26 . 1 3.7 D N e o c v. .680 .460 . 9 7 8 + 9 -43 - 1 6. 5 3.1 1853. F jan eb .580 .400 30.058 - 13 -57 -38.50 2.50 March .720 .540 .048 +l7 -58 -25 . 4 2 . 30 30.120 29.180 29.748 -16 -65 -43 . 87 4.05 YEARLY 1850. Barometer. Maximum 30.650 Minimum 29.160 Mean 29.828 Air. Maximum +s Minimum —4o Mean 4.66 1851. Barometer. Maximum 30.750 Minimum 29.030 Mean 29.9341 .BSTRACT. 1852. Barometer Maximum Minimum Mean Air. Maximum Minimum . Mean +0.05 1853. Barometer. Maximum 30. 72 Minimum 23.180 Mean 29.960 Air. Maximum . Minimum —6s Mean —35.92 ' M'CLURE, Commander. Air. Maximum -- - +52.0 Minimum —51.0 Mean --1.58 ROBERT NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. SHEERNESS, OCT. 24. The Horatio, 24 guns, training ship, Commander Robert Jenner.—The seamen and boys under training for the service are now sent out in the Lizard steam vessel every week for gun and general exercise, cruising between the Nore and the Mouse. A target being placed at a distance of 600 yards from mid-channel, the boys are engaged as helmsmen, leadmen, and captains of the gun (an 18-pounder) in turn ; their progress in gunnery is the admiration of their officers ; on repeated occasions the target has been carried away by the second shot laid by the boy gunners. Such is their proficiency that it has been found advantageous to give some of the More intelligent boys a number of other boys, who are entirely drilled in their various exercises by them ; this is found to produce in most of the boys a strong desire to make themselves fully competent to fill the same office at the earliest period possible. All the new raised seamen in this ship have been sent away to Portsmouth in the Fearless steam vessel, to be put on board ships in commission at that port. The Monarch, 84, guard ship of ordinary, Captain Charles Hope.—All the seamen available for continuous and general service who were serving on board this ship have been draughted for service in ships commissioned and in commission at Portsmouth ; they have left here in the Fearless steam-vessel. The Boscawen, 70, guardship of ordinary, at Chat ham, Captain Peter Richards.—All the seamen available for continuous and general service have- been sent round to Portsmouth, as in the case of the Monarch and Horatio. It is reported that in consequence of some of the ships having taken their departure from Portsmouth, all the men sent r•und from this port in the Fearless will return again to their respective ships. WOOLWICH, OCT. 24. APPOINTMENTS. Captain Hastings R. Yelverton (1843), to the Arro gant, 47, screw steam-frigate of 360 horse power, vice Captain Stephen G. Fremantle, appointed to command the Victoria and Albert Royal steam yacht. Lieutenants.—Henry Christian (1849), to the Rifle man screw steam-sloop, commissioned this day, at Wool wich ; Charles Edward Stevens (1853), to the London, 90, at Devonport ; A. J. Innes (1853), to the Diamond, 28, at Sheerness ; Cowper P. Coles (1846), to be Fla..- Lieutenant to Rear-Admiral Sir Edmund Lyons, G.C.8., K.C.H., and to the Agamemnon, 91, flag-ship, at Ports mouth, preparing for the Mediterranean station. Master Charles A. Cleveland (1852), from the Cruiser, screw steam•sloop, to the Juno, 26, at Chatham. Paymaster Frederick Cleeve (1848), to be Secretary to Rear-Admiral Sir Edmund Lyons and the Agamem non flagship. PROMOTIONS. Commanders.—Nicholas Lefebvre (1838), at present in command of the Dasher steam-vessel, and employed in surveying the Channel Islands ; William Edmonstone (1841), of the St. George, 120, guardship of ordinary at Devonport ; Lord William Crompton (1842), in com mand of the Modeste, 18, on the Mediterranean station ; and Henry R. Foote (1845), to the rank of captain. Lieutenants.—Augustus J. Burton (1841) ; Henry Croft (1841), first lieutenant of the Ajax screw steam guardship ; Henry Temple (1841) ; Alexander C. Gor don (1842), first lieutenant of the Sans Pareil screw steam-ship ; and Francis J. Diggens (1842), to be com manders. Mates.— George Todd (1848), first mate of the Albion, 90, on the Mediterranean station ; A r th ur B ag l ey (1S48), first mate of the Sampson, paddle-wheel steam frigate, on the Mediterranean station ; George William Packenham Edwardes (1850), serving in the Linnet, 8, brig, on the West Coast of Af r i ca s t a ti on • George Blakeley (1850), acting lieutenant in the V o l ca n o steain sloop, on the West Coast of Africa station ; Thomas Stackhouse (1850), first mate of the Britoznart, 8, brig, on the West Coast of Africa station ; Sackville William Henniker Thompson (1850), mate, serving in the Pen guin, 6, brig, on the Cape of Good Hope station ; Wil liam Ebrington Gordon (1850), first mate of the Virago, 6, paddle-wheel steam sloop, on the Pacific station ; Richard Carter (1850), serving in the Furious, 16, pad dle-wheel steam frigate, on the Mediterranean station ; Thomas Lehunte Ward (1850), serving in the Leander, 50 ; Louis Hutton Versturme (1850), first mate of the Hogue, 60, screw steam guardship ; William Henry Wright (1850), Henry Needham Knox (1851), serving in the Virago steam sloop ; Charles Edward Stevens (1851), first mate of the London, 90 ; Arthur John Innes (1851), first mate of the Agamemnon, 91, screw steam skip ; Charles Edward Standish (1851), serving in the Bonetta, 3, brigantine, on the south-east coast of Ame rica station ; Henry Hamilton Beamish (1851), serving in the Excellent, gunneryship at Portsmouth, and Wil liam Naper Cornewall (1851), to be lieutenants. Lieutenant Snow, one sergeant, one corporal, and 25 privates of the Woolwich division of Royal Marines left their barracks shortly after 1 o'clock to-day, and were played by the band of the division to the dockyard, North Kent Railway station, for conveyance by railway to Strood, en route to join the Juno, 26, at Chatham, for service on the Australian and New Zealand station. THE ARMY. CHATHAM, OCT. 24.---A detachment of the St. Helena Regiment assembled to-day in the Garrison Parade ground, Chatham, and were inspected by Colonel M. Beresford, the commandant, consisting of 53 men of all ranks. The detachment will embark to-morrow at Gravesend, on board the freight-ship Stag, for convey ance to St. Helena, to join their service companies. Captain C. H. Mareshaux takes command, and Mr. Alexander embarks in medical charge of the troops ; two women and three children also embark with the draft. Captain J. Napier, 74th Foot, has obtained leave of absence from the garrison until his removal to the half pay list shall take place. THE NEW COLONEL OF THE INNISKILLINGS.—Her Ma jesty has been pleased to select, upon the recommenda tion of General Lord Hardinge, Commander-in-Chief, Major-General Edward Fleming, C. 8., the veteran and distinguished officer in command of this garrison and district, for the colonelcy of one of the very best regi ments in the service--the 27th, or Inniskillings—now stationed in the capital of their native county. This high distinction is honourable to the professional discernment of Lord Hardinge, and complimentary to Major-General Fleming, a note of whose long and meritorious services we extract from Hart's " Army List :"—" Major-General Fleming served with the 31st Regiment in Sicily, and the grenadier battalion in Calabria, in 1806, under Sir John Stuart ; in Egypt, in 1807, under General ; coiatnna the d wro n g 5 in Mac kenzie Fraser, at the taking of Alexandria and storming of Rosetta, when he obtained his company in action ; joined the expedition under Sir David Baird to Corunna, and served the Peninsular camprigns of 1808, 1809, 1810, and 1811, including the passage of the Alberehe with the advanced brigade, the pursuit of Massen th a u f b r e e r m a Santarem, battles of Talavera, Busaco, and A (very severely wounded in the beads, and commanded of the the light company of his regiment, Served in the West Indies from S advancefrom Campo at th e spirited Mayor t o affair ßad ai a o t z and aln_lo, a r 3 e n t t 2o re sl a t forminghBt l o m9 f at part including ne e ch enemy ul dBg. Mary's to the southern the expedition up the river received the silver war me ddiu to Maier Hart's inclusive States of ;Americain Eastd from t. t B d l 2 l i e 9 t s h t f r o r e o l e m B c 3 i l a 3 B 9 . 2 : B He e l l B l i v 2 a 3 e s apprehend we are n_ globe. --Limerick Orontcle, conc ise that e B:lo:lrimaarnydeodt a M r a e l ig ° , i r ni C ei c i n t tiartellr""erviof services, 31.000 .. 28.970 ... 29.906 LITERATURE. ' Hope, a Story of Chequered _Life. By Alfred W. Cole, author of " The Cape and the Kafirs," arm. &c. London : T. C. Newby. 1853. It is said that the days of " three volume novels" are numbered. Cheap literature—penny periodi cals—are the order of the day. We all like to get things cheap, including books ; but, after all, cheapness is not the only requisite in literature, or in other things. Penny periodicals may be very amusing and very instructive, and many of them are so ; but we can hardly expect them to be so profitable to their conductors as to enable them to pay their contributors very handsomely. So, while laying out our penny, we must not be too fasti dious, but be satisfied with the dish it provides for our entertainment, not expecting a salmi of phea sant when we can only look reasonably for a mutton chop. But three volume novels are by no means de funct yet, as the daily announcements of Bentley, Hurst and Blackett, and Newby, will prove. One of these lies before us by the author of " The Cape and the Kafirs." Mr. Cole comes before the public not unknown to fame as a writer of travels and a contributor of light sketches in prose and verse to several of the magazines, chiefly of a humorous turn. We believe, however, that he now makes his deka as a novelist, and the title of his book is at least an auspicious one. We intend no disparagement to Mr. Cole's novel when we say that it perhaps bears internal evidence of being a first work of fiction. We have no doubt that he is conscious of this himself, for his mind is apparently a " critical" one, if we may judge from many remarks interspersed through the work on literature and composition. We suspect that he scarcely felt himself quite at his ease during the progress of the first part of his story — say half the first volume. It is evident that his shackles fall off as he proceeds, and every step for wards manifests greater force and greater freedom of execution. Thus the second volume is an im provement, and the third surpasses the second. That is, at least, evidence of the author's capabi lity of still greater things hereafter. The story is one of " chequered life"—the life of a young man, who with talents and education is left at an early age almost destitute, and who flies to that melancholy refuge for such individuals—perio dical literature. Are we wrong in suspecti ng th a t the author has embodied many of his own expe riences in the life of his hero, Frank Nugent ? There is but little intricacy of plot—it is rather a chain of scenes, in which the author seeks to delineate character, and to interest us in the working of the minds of those who play their parts in those scenes. This he has accomplished most successfully. No I one who reads " Hope" can fail to be deeply in terested in all that concerns Flora Danvers, than whom it would be impossible to imagine a more high-souled, gentle-hearted being—energetic and passionate withal—a very woman indeed, but such a woman ! +52 -52 +l7 Perhaps a character equally well finished, and equally interesting, th oug h f rom a mos t opposite cause, is that of Captai n D as h woo d. It i s ev id en tly a favourite character of the author's, and has been carefully elaborated. He has not fallen into the great error of young authors of depicting an incar nation of villany—on the contrary, this Captain Dashwood, the bête noire of the story, is possessed of many estimable and attractive qualities ; while his vices are precisely those of a man who has in wardly resolved to discard principle altogether. There is more of " dramatic " talent displayed by the author in the scenes in which Dashwood plays a prominent part than in any other portions of the story—as for example, where he shows Flora the forgery, and in their subsequent interview alone in the library. Either of these scenes would be a " hit " upon the stage. We cannot, for want of space, notice all the cha racters in this interesting and most promising tale. Amongst them are Mrs. Townley St. Leger (evi dently a portrait from life), who is Frank Nugent's patroness ; the Honourable Tom Saville, his bosom friend ; Gerard Mowbray, well imagined, but scarcely worked up enough ; Lionel Danvers, the spendthrift brother of Flora, whose career from ex travagance to something worse is well traced ; Mrs. Marsden, a kind of Mrs. Malaprop in low life ; Fanny Marsden, her daughter, a bright-eyed, true hearted,tloveable little damsel ; and David Tonks, " good honest " David T on k s , a poor penny-a-liner, and not the least interesting or least estimable cha racter in the book. Among the minor ones may be mentioned Mars den, the soi-disant coal merchant, and actual betting-office keeper, whose deeds and those of his fraternity are exposed graphically and humorously, and a Mr. Meichisadech, a Hebrew money-lender, who does business with the peerage and the army list only, and who lives at Pentonville, only to give his clients the trouble of coming that distance to see him. Let young men who think of " doing; a bill," by all means read the account of Mr. Mel chisadech. One of the greatest merits of this work is the easy flowing Style of the diction throughout. It is never heavy or tiresome, even where no progress is made in the story. The author chats pleasantly with his reader at times, and the subject is always one of interest—very often connected with books and authors in general. We should have liked to present a few extracts to our readers, but we must forego them. And as those who have faith in our advice will not fail to read the work itself, why should we present them with detached passages of it ? We cordially commend it to their notice, as one of the most pleasing, interesting, and promis ing novels we have read for some time. No one will be disappointed with it ; while, for ourselves, we prophesy for Mr. Cole, should he progress as he promises, a high place among the novelists of the day. Table-Moving : Tested and proved to be the Result of Satanic Agency. Table-Turning, the Devil's Masterpiece. By the Rev. N. S. Godfrey, S.C.L., of St. Catherine hall, Cambridge, and Incumbent of Wortley, Leeds. The title-page of these extraordinary . publications made us, as no doubt they will others who read d r e it, look with some degree of anxiety fo r the address of tho rev. author. We were, however, doomed to disappointment, as no address appears, and we are left in doubt whether Mr. Godfrey was at large or under constraint when he gave to the world the result of his experiments. Acquainted as we are with the justly high cha racter of the publisher, we are at a loss to conjec ture how it was he allowed his name to appear in connection with this publication. Surely, he could never have even glanced at such passages as the one or two we shall reluctantly transcrib e : " I now felt convinced that electricity had nothing to do with the matter, and resolved upon a different course of experiment. I spoke to the table, and said, 'lf you move by electricity, stop ! It stopped instantly. I commanded it to go on again, and said, while it was moving, If an evil spirit cause you to move, stop.' It moved round without stopping. I again said, `lf there be an evil agency in this, stop.' It went as before. I was now prepared for a further experiment of a far more solemn character. I whispered to the schoolmaster to bring a small Bible, and to lay it on the table when I should tell him. I then caused the table to revolve rapidly, and gave the signal. The Bible was gently laid on the table, and it instantly stopped I (The italics are Mr. Godfrey's own.) We were horror-struck. However, I determined to persevere. I had other books in succession laid on the table to see whether the fact of a book lying upon it altered any of the conditions under which it revolved ; it went round with them without making any difference. I then tried with the Bible four different times, and each time with the same result. It would not 7)102,C so long as that precious colunte lay upon it." (The italics are again Mr. Godfrey's own.) On the occasion of another experiment we have it sagely recorded : "It stopped when the names of God and Christ were severally put on. The name of James was put on — table knocked on. The letters a, m, taken out, and s added on—table instantly stopped. That name was it taken off, and the name of the Devil put on, and knocked at a very rapid rate, so much so as to excite oui astonishment, and cause us to remark, What t a dis continued - the table is going at!' It being now ten o'clee ;we rate an continued our experiments for that time, but unshaken conviction that the table was animatedbyTewviel influences. Only one other circumstanceoecurraen d' parties in the room went back to the t ab le after inter val of twenty minutes, and the tab le instantly began to move. I therefore went up to the t a ble, and, placing my hands on, said to the spirit, com mand you in the name of the Lord Jesus to quit two persons tried f ur it this table.' I then walked away, and although probably ten minutes after%v the two the table stirred no more." - Now, what can surpass this ? Here we have a clergyman impiously claiming a power equal with that of God himself, and professing to exercise that power, at will, over evil s p irits, a nd oneof the evangelical publishers of London actually sanction in.- the imp i e ty, as the printer and publi s h er o f w h a t has broken loose from a crazed brain ! We may express a ho pe t h at this Mr. God ' frey's case may not b e For he tells us of deemed i ncura bl e . a very sensible thing ho did as the wind-up of one of his notable experi ments. He tell s us, " we were horror struck"— that is, himself, th e "Rev. N. S. Godfrey, S.C.L., of St. Catherine Hall, Cambridge, incumbent of Wortley, L ee d s, ,, and his wife, and his curate were horror struck. But what do they do ? Why, like wise folk, they descend from spirit to matter, and pass fr om Fateful one the i task of moving tables to the more of refreshing themselves. " We left oil (quota 4 ,he) and h a d supper." After supper go to bed," says the old proverb, but it was not, in fine, observed by Mr. Godfrey and his co-conjurors. " During supper," proceeds the narrative, " other tests suggested themselves, and about twenty minutes before twelve we three laid our hands on again. I coMinandeajlie: Waft to move, and it immediately began, as: before: now said, If there be a hell, I commind you to' ; knock on the floor with this jeg (the one next meY:. twice.' It was motionless. clf there be not a hel,l/;:, knock twice.' No answer. jrthere be ii o t a devil; knock twice.' To our horror, 'the, leg sloirly rose an 4 knocked twice." (The italics agaimixeMr.Godfrey's) I then said, In the name of the Lo . r - d Jeff+ Cltst, if ther e b e no D ev il , k noc k twice.' Tt was motion less. This I tried forseveral times, and each time with the same result." After proceeding somewhat further, we have the sudden announcement-- " Thus ended our experiment." Whether the conjurors returned to the supper table again, or re tired at last to their beds, the narration is not at the trouble of relating. We must here remark by the way, on the extra ordinary idiosyncracy which is the author's, and also Mrs. Godfrey's, and al so th e Reverend Curate's. Were it our own case, or that of any one else, we venture to assert, of the whole human community, being " horror-struck," the very last thing in the world that would come to our mind would be the idea of eating and drinking. A little sal volatile, we should have thought would have been the thing for them, at all events for the poor lady. But no matter. Of supper Mr. Godfrey thought, and to supper, with clammy brow, and shivering limb, and faltering voice, Mr. Godfrey went. One passage more we shall quote, which, if it had been w r itt en by an i ncum b en t in his senses, we must say his Bishop who reads it without appointing a commission or summoning to the Court of Arches, would deserve to be lashed by the merciless S. G. 0. :—" My impression is, that the placing the hands on the table is, in fact, a sort of incantation. By it the sitters signify their wish to be brought into communication with the spirit-world. They sit until they are observed by some one of the ' wandering spirits,' who thereupon enters the table, making it crack at the moment of its entering in. It occurred to me that the table moved simply by the laying on o f h ands. Can it be that this is the beginning of Satan's last struggle, that on the imposition of hands the tabl e i s en dowed with power from the Devil, as the Lord's servants, on the imposition of hands, were, in the Apostles' days, endowed with power from on high ?" Alas ! for the excellent Bishop Longley, if S. G. O. could only get a glimpse of this sentence ! THE CHOLERA. (From the General Board of Health, Oct. 22.) Roo UNION. Oct. 22.—Diarrhoea, death 1 NEWCASTLE. Oct 2 2.—Cholera, deaths 3 Oct. 2 2.—Cholera, death The total number of deaths from cholera and diarrhoea in Newcastle, during the present outbreak, has been 1,528. In the same period (viz., the first 52 days), during the prevalence of epidemic cholera, in 1831-2, the number of deaths was 294. GATESHEAD. Oct. 21.—Cholera, death Oct. 22.—Diarrhoea, death GATESHEAD (HEWORTH) Oct. 22.—Cholera, deaths This makes the 493 d death from cholera, and 42d from diarrhoea (from the Ist of September to October 21, both inclusive.) Total, 535. MORPETH (BEDLINGTON), Oct. 22. Two very severe cases of cholera at Barrington Colliery have occurred here this day, " both of them likely to prove fatal," according to the report of Mr. Maclaren, surgeon, Bedlington. METROPOLIS. From returns made this day to the General Board of Health of cholera cases in the parish of St. George (East), Middiesex, it appears that from the 17th to the 22d inst. there have been nine cases of cholera, of which one has thus far resulted fatally within 24 hours of the attack. The description of locality and house is, in every in stance, without exceptio n , i n which the ' cases are re ported to have occurred, extremely bad. In one case " the room of the family" is stated to be "dirty and full of poisonous air." In another the return is, that the rooms are "ov ercrow d e d an d di rty, with filthy children in rags, with dirty skins." Again, "dirty in the ex treme, eight persons sleeping in the same room." Ano ther, "very overcrowded." Six cases occurred in one house, 33, Upper Chapman street, also described as "overcrowded." Another house is stated to have " very bad drainage, bad smell pervading the whole of the house, no sewer or means to carry off the water sewer close by, but no communication." Returns made by the superintendents of the F, AT, and N divisions of police to the commissioners, and transmitted by them to the General Board of Health, state that between the 15th and 21st inst. there have occurred eight new cases of cholera in those districts, and two deaths, in addition to three cases previously re ported, one of whom has died, and the other two have recovered. On Saturday, the 22d, Dr. Milroy had an interview with the board of guardians of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, to confer with them upon the measures required to be taken for the protection of the public health by the rules and regul ,tions issued by the General Board of Health, under the recent order of her Majesty's Privy Council. The board have had several times under their consi deration the scheme of erecting model dwellings for the poor, in pursuance of the power possessed by local governing bodies under Lord Shaftesbury's Act of 1851, entitled, "The Labouring Classes Lodging-houses Act." The nature and provisions of this act do not appear to be at all known by the lo ca l au th or iti es i n th e me t r opolis,. The act is entirely distinct from the Common Lodging houses Act, as its name imports, its title being, " The Labouring Classes Lodging-houses Act ;" nor should any one be misled by the retention of the term "lodging houses." The object of the framers of this act was not merely to enable parochial authorities to construct a better order of common lodging-houses than those at present existing for single persons and for nightly accommoda tion, but to construct healthy dwellings for the perma nent residence of poor families on the model of the Metropolitan-buildings, St. Pancras, and the houses for families in Streatham-street, Bloomsbury. By the Common Lodging-houses Act, 1851, powers are conferred for the due regulation of common lodginghouses and by the " Labouring Classes Lodginghouses Act, 1851," powers are conferred for the due erection of other and better habitations for the families of the poor. One of the immediate objects of this act was to make provision for the reception of families in the enforcement of the law for the discontinuance of cellared dwellings. By the combined effect of these measures local authorities may secure the beneficial execution of the law for enforcing the discontinuance of ill-conditioned cellar dwellings without obliging their tenants to resort to hovels which are unfit for human habitation. Every fresh inspection of the state of the dwellings of the poorer classes in the metropolis is a f res h ill ustra ti on o f th e necessity of the powers conf erre d by thi s ac t, an d of the respo nsi b i l i t y incurred by neglecting to use them. NEW TURKISH LOAN.-It appears by the advices from Constantinople that Turkey contemplates the pos sibility of raising a loan of 2,500,000 1 . in London at 10 per cent., and that she considers the repayment of the last loan to have taken place on terms to warrant such an application. This, however, is a great delusion. The conditions of that loan were of a nature to induce persons to buy the stock at upwards of 11 per cent. premium, and when the Sultan, after using the money for many months, repudiated the acts of his Ministers, and refused to fulfil those conditions, the holders were arbitrarily compelled to accept 3 per cent. as a compen sation. It is true that, after the protracted anxieties to which they were exposed, they were glad to get even an inadequate compromise, but it was a severe reproach to the Turkish Government that such should have been the case. The public will also bear in mind that it w as the present Minister by whom the former loan was con tracted, and whose acts, having been disowned once, may be expected to meet with a similar fate at any 1 future time. SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH ACROSS THE FORTH. We (Scotsm an) understand that the Edinburgh, Perth, and D u ndee Railway Co m p an y hav e just enter e d into an arran gement with the Electric Telegraph Company, b w hi c h the telegraph now laid down carried I n te r acrossm s o from Edinburgh to Dundee and Perth on part of tlie lin y i e will be compl e t e d c contract a submarine fthteheF orth, as well as across os le ed w it i t i t i el b y e . the Tay ; and as the work will b or two, it is expect e d t h at Edei commenced in a d a y telegraphic communication nburgh w ill b e i n di rect with Perth about six weeks.and Dundee in TIIE WRECK OF THE ANNIE J A N E .—A memor i a l set horrible eading fa c t s con n ec t e d w ith th e l a t e shipwreck, agent 0 and the condu c t of the e m i gra ti on , owners, and ca tam towards the unfortunate Passengers, has been sent off to Lord Palmerston on be half o f the survivors, as well as the friends of those lo The obj ec t o f t h e memorial is to urge upon his lordship,st as Home S ecre t ary, to i nst i tu t e an official inquiry i n t o the matter, so that all the facts of the case may be elicited and the guilty parties punished.—North. British. Daii,y Mail. CARDINAL WISEMAN.-It is understood that his Emi nence, after having been present last week at the grand religious spectacle at Amiens, continued his journey to Paris, from whence it was expected that he would pro ceed to Rome upon important business. The decrees of the Synod of Roman Catholic prelates, which was held at Oscot in the course of last summer, though not yet made public, have been sent back, it is rumoured, from the Holy See altered in many important details ; among other points, condemning the exclusive use of Gothic , ecclesiastical vestments, and recommending the adoption of a more strict conformity to those which are in use at Rome. It is believed that this decision is likely to prove rather unpalatable to a considerable portion of the Roman Catholic prelates and clergy. It is supposed that it is on business connected with this subject that the Cardinal has gone to Rome to confer with his Holiness. A NEW CANDIDATE FOR SALISBURY.—Captain Juli u e Roberts, of the Royal Marine Artillery, well known in: the scientific world, has started for Salisbury i n oppo . sition to General Buckley. Captain Roberts com es for ward on independent principles. 20 20 20 104