The Sun. — London, England, 1853-11-12 00:00:00

rwrb '4g!tb,.„ t _ SUN OFFICE, Si o'Clock. STATE OF TRADE. (Front the Manchester Guardian of this day.) MANCHESTRR, Nov. 11—Throughout the present week there has been a more decided abstinence than before from any but such small purchases of yarns and goods as might be absolutely necessary in the way of assort ment. It is felt to be of vital importance to the interests of the country that we have now had ten or twelve days of weather highly favourable for preparing the land and sowing wheat ; but even this most propitious circum stance, with its influence upon the price of corn and upon the state of the money market, aided by our greatly di minished production of yarn and cloth, and by the con sideration of the very considerable fall which has taken place in prices, entirely fails to induce anything like ventures on the part of either home or foreign buyers. There is indeed some little speculation in cotton at Liverpool, with a hardening in prices, occasioned by very apocryphal accounts of a "killing frost" having occurred in the United States. Under these circum stances, there is a somewhat increased desire, though no pressure, to sell ; and it may be said that the bias of prices is, in many things, slightly against producers. This is not the case, however, in India mule yarns, for which there is rather more inquiry. Warps, also, up to 24's, continue steady. GLASGOW, Nov. 11..—There has been a quiet market for cotton during the week, the trade only purchasing sufficient to supply present wants. , Prices are un• changed. BRADFORD, Nov. 14.—Wools : There is no change during the week, and the buying is on the narrowest scale possible. Yarns—The supplies are most mate rially diminished, the continued short-time working, stoppage of machinery, and ruinous price for yarns, compared with the cost of the raw material, compel the spinners to cease working, as near as they possibly can, till a turn for the better presents itself. NOTTINGHAM, Nov. 10.—There is no alteration in thi3 lace trade worthy of notice since our last. LEICESTER, Nov. 10.—Nothing is buying in any branch but to complete orders. Long wools are giving Way ; short kinds hold their value. STATE OF THE WOOLLEN TRADE. (Prom the Leeds Mercury of this day.) LEEDS, Nov. 11.--There has been a better business done in the woollen cloth market this week. There have been several buyers in the town during the week ; considerable activity has prevailed, and a better busi ness has been done in those warehouses that are mainly engaged in the London trade. As the season for the country demand is nearly at an end, this branch of our trade is beginning to be rather quieter. HUDDERSFIELD, Nov. B.—There has not been much doing in the Cloth-hall or the warehouses ; several large buyers have been about, however, but more for the pur pose of looking after anything jobbish than for the sup ply of any general wants. Prices still easier. ROCHDALE, Nov. 7.—There has not been much change in the flannel market to-day. If lower prices had been submitted to, more business would have been transacted. Wool has been rather firmer to-day, arising principally from the London wool sales. HALIFAX, Nov. s.—We have continued depression in both the piece and yarn departments of business, nor is there at present any clear prospect of their attaining a more satisfactory position. The wool market is very dull and unsatisfactory prices both of coining and clothing kinds still showing a drooping tendency. There have been a few sales of middle wethers at 14d. per lb., and of common noils and brokes at 12d. Quotations, how ever, are very irregular in the market. MINING INTELLIGENCE. (From the Mining Journal of this day.) Shares in a great many mines have been in request this week, but at very low prices. Whilst on the subject of low piices, we may remark that we have received several communications upon the present state and condition of the mining market, and the manner in which property is depreciated in value by what is termed " price making," and " bearing" of shares. There is an old saying, we admit, that the " value of a thing is what it will bring ;" hut in a limited and speculative market, like that for mining shares, this does not always hold good. There is generally some favorite stock of the day in which the public buy freely, and to which the main attention of the dealers is, for the time, directed; and in many other good and promising mines no business may be transacted for weeks ; for, without buying orders on the Market, the dealers do not increase their stocks, without they get great bargains. It is easy therefore to depreciate the value of such mines as these, and upon such, as it appears from the informa tion we have received from the largest dealer in the mar ket, it is the practice of a few parties to act. To exemplify our meaning more particularly, let us take the case of Speedwell, the price of shares here (1024th), was 61. per share ; when suddenly, one morning of late, a daily paper gave the quotation of an actual sale at 21. 14s. per share. The shareholders, particularly those residing in the country, became naturally alarmed at seeing a sud den depreciation of nearly 4,0001. in their property ; but, on enquiry, it turned out that a very few shares only had been forced on the market, and in " price Making" sold at 21. 145., that quotation being immedi ately forwarded for' publication, to establish it, if possible, as the real value of the shares. This is but the type of many ; and we should advise share holders, before they get alarmed and fall into the traps laid for them by the " bears," to make enquiry as to the true causes for the very low quotations often made, and which have brought the mining market into its present depressed condition. Many dividend mines have not quite maintained their prices. In the Bullion Market,—Mexican and South Ameri can dollars, ss. ld. per oz. Bar silver containing gold, all gold above 5 grs. in the pound to be paid for, ss. 2gd. per oz. standard. Bar silver without gold, ss. 2id. Per oz. standard. Bar gold, 778. 9d. per oz. standard. Spanish doubloons, 775. per oz. Columbian doubloons, 78s. 6d. per oz. The gold mining share this week has been very quiet ; prices on the whole have been fairly :supported, but the dealings have not been sufficiently extensive to give a decided character to the market. The exception has been Agua Fria shares, which have been in increased demand, owing to favourable advices ; from the reports Published to-day, Anglo-Californian have likewise been enquired for. The accounts from California state that the mines there are progressing, and before Christmas it is anticipated that some actual results will come to hand. EXTENSIVE CONFLAGRATION AND GREAT DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY. Yesterday morning, shortly after eight o'clock, a fire of a very alarming and destructive character, and nearly attended with fatal consequences to several persons, broke out in the premises belonging to Mr. James Reeves, looking-glass and picture-frame manufacturer, situate in Queen-street, Pitfield-street, Horton, at the rear of Mr. Alderman Lawrence's extensive timber-yard and builders' workshops. At the time of the outbreak 11r. Reeves and three of his children were in their beds asleep. A lad, who was the first to discover the fire, at once raised an alarm, and after repeatedly shouting, " Fire," and knocking on the stairs, he succeeded in making his father and the remainder of his family sen sible of their impending danger, but not until the flames had commenced breaking through the floor of the ground story, which allowed the smoke to ascend in such strong -volumes as:to nearly stifle the occupants. By a desperate effort the whole of the parties, however, effected a safe retreat in their night clothes. Owing to the exceedingly inflammable nature of the stock in trade in the premises the fire travelled with such rapidity that before an en gine had time to arrive the flames had seized upon every room in the premises, and strong fears were entertained that the premises of Mr. Marshall, patent beer-engine manufacturer, next door, and also the spacious timber yard and carpenters' shops of Mr. Alderman Lawrence - would fall victims to the fury of the destructive ele ment. The engines of the parish, London Brigade, and West of England Insurance-office, quickly at tended, and an abundant supply of water having been obtained from the mains of the New River Com pany, not a moment was lost in setting them to work ; but in spite of the most strenuous exertions of' the in trepid firemen, the work of devastation continued, and It Was several hours before the least impression could be made upon its violence. The firemen, however, kept to their work ; but it was nearly five o'clock in the evening before the fire was wholly subdued, and not until the greater part of Mr. Reeve's stock in trade was destroyed which was pil e d i n th e f ron t prem i ses , an d a ?onsiderable quantity of the prop er ty lyi ng b e t ween th e ho use and Ald erman L awrence ' s part i a ll y consume d. For tunately, Mr. Lawrence's p rem i ses h ave no t re ceivedi the least i n j ur y. The sufferer was insured for t stock in the trade in the Manchester Fire Office, and it I: 1 under s t oo d th at t h e b u ildi ng was insured either in the Leg a l a n d C ommerc i al, or West of England Fire Office. The origin of the disaster is unknown. About one o'clock yesterday morning i nformation Was received at the fire-engine stations in town, that a terrible fire was raging in Burcham-street, Bromley (Mi ddlesex). T o th a t no i n t th e var i ous eng i nes of the -Brigad e and West of England started, upon reaching lnch it was found, from some cause not clearly ascer. tantled, that a travelling show standing in the open F r eund had taken fire. From this vehicle the fire ex n Mirded t o another show, and finally to a third. The ee erections being in a general blaze, the firemen in- Ine!liately set to work, and after some time suceeded in were the fir e , b u t not unt il the three carr i ages w ere eith er destroyed by fire, or by pulling down. The p r l eer of th e property (Mr. D. Allen) was insured in the n len celll4- °ffiee. A man named Holliday was instru , Lai in rescuing the wife of the proprietor of one o the vehicles. b DEFALCATIONS BY A P OOR - RATE COLLECTOR.— Th o tereweather, tk bard of DEFALCATIONS of the S a lf or d un i on have discovered " a M one of their poor -rate collectors, has collected moneys to the amount of 901. without account -101:F for them ;11), and they hav e suspended him from his me, de termining not to p rosecute him, but to conic lastlo. ilia sureties. The defaulter has had a salary of at 1 20/. a year, • and yet has been unable to keep f„1174,8e1f straight with his employers from his fondness Intoxicating drink!). The return of the Bank of England for the week to the sth instant, fully bears out the assertion that the bullion would show an increase for this, is very decided. It would be highly satisfactory if the augmentation could be expected to be main lained, and should a state of warfare arise upon the Continent, we may presently witness such effects as ensued after the last revolution in France, when, for safety, specie was sent constantly to this coun try, and in some cases invested. On the other hand, it should not be forgotten that there is grain to pay for, and as usual, when hostilities rage, a slacker ex port business. The winter season, already com mencing, must stem the tide of invasion as well as of resistance, and it is possible that this will have its influence in keeping alive the impression that there will be an ultimate adjustment by the negoti ations of the allied powers, or by a Congress in London. Another item in the Bank account that shows increasing strength, is the sum of unem ployed notes which is again increasing, both from a lessened demand for discount accommodation, and an increase in the balances of the Government. The circulation was necessarily curtailed in propor tion. On comparison with the previous return, the following changes are observable : Active circulation £22,627,445 Decrease 359,905 Bullion 15,659,164 Increase Rest 388,480 3,184,275 Increase 8,782 Public Deposits 4,077,159 Increase Other Deposits Decrease 151,646 Seven-day and other Bills e 1,314,485 Decrease Government Securities Other Securities 42,411 No alteration. 16,749,699 Decrease 506,191 Notes unemployed 6,419,835 Increase... 741,385 There was a decline again yesterday afternoon in the rates for bills upon most of the continental cities. Paris, 90 days, was taken at 25 20 to 25, Amsterdam at 11 15i- to 16, Hamburgh at 13 41 to 5, Frankfort at .1181 to 119, and Trieste at 11 30 to 35. The amount of bullion exported direct from London during the week to last Thursday was 8,172 ounces and 510/. in gold, and 17,893 ounces and 5001. in silver. The staple trades of the three northern rivers, Tyne, Wear, and Tees, are about to receive that stimulus to their production to which we alluded under this head in The Sun of January last, by the intended opening of the French markets. We are informed that the iron question", which is virtually settled (the reconciliation of the conflicting opinions of the French iron trade having been placed in the hands of the Emperor's adviser, the Comte de Morney), is only one of those affecting a series of raw materials which will come under the operation of free-trade principles. The English Stock Market has been without any material alteration, but the " backwardation" has rather gone off. Consols have brought 93i to 94/ for Transfer, and 937 r to 94i for Account. The new 31 per cents. have been 94i to 95k, and the 3 per cents. 92 to 93i. Bank Stock is at a rise to 218. Exchequer Bills are 2s. to ss. premium, and India Bonds 2s. discount to par. The Foreign Stock Market has been inactive. Mexican aro 25/, Buenos Ayres 58, and Spanish New Deferred 24. Dutch 2 per Cents. bring 63/. Railway Shares have been at about the former rates. The French lines are very quiet, but firm. Gold Mines are more active and rather better. The Land Companies aro lower, and the Banks rather flat. • BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY. (From the Official List.) Business done. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9 2 8 - 3i 3 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 944 3 48 4 New 34 per Cent. Annuities 95 4 41 Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 -16 4 India Stock 251 India Bonds, £l000 Ditto, under £lOOO 2 d Consols for Account Exchequer Bills, ld. £l000 1!500 5 2 p Ditto Small PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent 5B Mexican 3 per Cont. Peruvian Bonds, 44, per Cent. — Ditto 3 per Cent. Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent... Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 45 Spanish New Deferred, 3 per Cent. 2l/ Spanish Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun. 5g i p c Dividends on the ab ov e:p ay abl e in London. French Fuentes, 44 per Cent 99f. Ex. 23f.5 c. Dutch Exchange, 24 per Cent. 12 Gull 631 TWO O'CLOCK. Consols 94 k Ditto December Account 94 MON EY MA lIKE AND COM MER CIA L INTELLIGENCE. -'.0 , - - CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at 6,000 bales, including 1,000 for export and on speculation. The market was quiet, but steady. In Railway Shares a good business was done, at rather lower prices. _ The mercantile community must feel greatly indebted to the Board of Trade for publishing earlier than customary a statement of the grain and flour imports, with the countries whence they come, and the injury done by the war in the East may ho immediately understood thereby : Countries from which Wheat. Barley. Oats. Wheat Imported. Meal. ---- - Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Cwls. Russia, viz.:- - Northern l'orts •• - 69,101 3,254 228,156 61 Port , ' within the Black Sea... .. .. 704,406 50,777 99,261 - Sweden . • • • .. • • .... 3,385 315 -- 13 Norway . - 3 510 1 Denmark .... ...... .. 220,728 21'2,871 246,731 5,291 russia .••••.. • . • • .. 872.170 9,051 3,756 3,521 Mecklenbah.Schwerin 114,200 4,128 900 - llanover ..... ...... . 19,18 , - 113,691 - - rieienburgh .. • • •• .. 2 , 036 - 9,F01 - Hanseatic Towns •• • • 176.614 35,334 3,224 53,037 Holland ............ 58,034 18 59,312 306 Belgitun • • .......... 15,155 1.030 - 353 Channel Islands (fo reign produce) 526 - 100 4,034 France .••• • .. • Portugal.-- .• - - 4 Azores.... • • 630 - - - gp a i n , .............. 13,933 30,451 - 177,963 Gibraltar . • • .. • • • . - - - - 9 Italy, viz : - rSardinfan Territorice 7,155 - - 2,263 Duchy of Tuscany,. 43,174 - - 67,598 Papal Territories ... 35,981 - - - Naples and Sicily... 8,518 - - 2 Austrian Territories. 44,164 3,472 - 370 Malta... .• • ....... 24,569 20,129 - - fonian Islands... .. •• 82 - - - Greece.... .......... 1,417 - - - Wallachia & Moldavi 209,048 41,2 , 8 - - Syria.... ~ .. .... .. .. 21,043 • 2,800 - - 8aypt....... • • ...... 297,980 32,562 - - r urkishDominions not part . calarly desig nated .......-...... 218,407 123 697 - 7,370 Algeria! - 19,605 - - Morocco • • • - .. • • • • - 3 - - 3 British Posse , siDns in the East Indies.. • • - - - 205 British Colonies In North America.... 45,57 1 1,165 232,216 United States of Ame rica... .. • • ........ 434,684 - - 2,388,05 i - - .3 Other Part 5.......... 1 1 -- 148 T0ta1........ 3,770,921 , 722,567 778.365 3,8'0,746 LAW INTELLIGENCE--(THIS DAY). COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Goulburn:) THE ISLINGTON CATTLE MARKET-IN RE WESTBROOK. This bankrupt, it will be remembered, was one of the directors of the New Islington Cattle Market. The adjudication was disputed at great length, but was con firmed, and to-day was appointed for his last examina tion. The accounts having only been filed this morning, an adjournment was granted. From the statement of Messrs. Hart Brothers, the accountants, it appears the private debts are about 1,3001. ; assets, 3001. ; and liabilities on account of the market, about 3,6001. THE TRAGEDY ON BOARD THE HEROINE. —Captain . Daniel Cormack, of the Heroine, whose life was sacri ficed to the cruelty of the savages on the coast of Africa was nearly related to Dr. Morgan O'Connell, of Kilmal lock, having been married to a sister of that gentleman. His afflicted widow and an only son live at Lee, Kent, near London, where, says a Cork paper, they daily and hourly expect the arrival of the unfortunate captain. He was the owner cf the Heroine, and was commencing to make a rapid fortune when he met with his death under the dreadful circumstances already detailed. LONDON AND WESTMINSTER SUBTERRANEAN RAIL WAY.—A company has just started, having for its ob ject the construction of a new subterranean line of railway from Leicester-square to the Bricklayers Arms station of the South-Eastern Railway. It is proposed that the line should pass under the Thames between Hungerford and Waterloo bridges, proceed ing thence, by way of the New Cut, St. George's Circus, and the London-road, to the Old Kent-road. ATI4:4sT Fonmulsi NEWS. RUSSIA AND TURKEY. The Moniteur of this day (Saturday) contains an article refuting the assertions made in the Russian manifesto. It proves that it is Russia, and not Turkey, that has violated treaties, and it is not correct, it says, to state that the principal Powers of Europe have sought in vain by their exhorta tions to shake the blind obstinacy of the Ottoman Government. A telegraphic despatch of the 31st ult., from Con stantinople, confirms the report of a battle near Batoum. Accounts from Constantinople of the 3d inst., received by telegraph, state that the Turks have taken the Russian fortress on the Skefkatil by storm. From Paris we learn that there have been a ,treat number of rumours in circulation at the i3ourse, all of them of more or less doubtful au henticity ; but the most serious one is to the effect that the tables have been turned on the Turks, who in a second engagement have been worsted. The great event, however, of the day, is the tele graphic despatch published in the Mouiteur an nouncing, in the most positive manner, not only the arrival of the united French and English fleets in the Bosphorus, but the commencement of hostilities on the Asiatic frontier, and that the Turks have had quelques succas. The despatch has not been published precisely as it arrived. One clause has been omitted, which stated that " the Turks refused all propositions for an arrangement." The Count de Nesselrode has addressed note to all the Ministers representatives of Russia at the different Courts of Europe, with instructions to communicate it to the different Governments. This important document is dated the 31st of Oct., and the following is the substance of it. The Em peror of Russia recalls to mind all his preceding declarations with regard to his firm determination (vo/onte) not to attack or injure the Sovereignty of the Ottoman Empire, and repeats that he has occu pied the Principalities merely for the purpose of having in his hands a material guarantee until he shall have obtained the moral satisfaction. to - Which he has a right on the part of Tur key. The Count de Nesselrode adds that in the present struggle Russia will limit her opera tions, and remain on the defensive. She will not pass the Danube. The Emperor recommends the powers not to aggravate the state of affairs by an intervention which would produce general embar rasiment, but to leave to that war its local charac ter. He even recommends to them to continue their pacific negotiations, to which he will give his assistance, without sacrificing any of his principal demands (reclamations). The note concludes with the following significant words :—" The Emperor of Russia will regulate his future conduct by that of England and of France." ' delivered a suitable speech on the occasion, and her Majesty returned a gracious reply. The Marquis de Bayamo has been nominated envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary in Mexico ; M. St. Sandoval, at present mini ster at Mexico, minister at Turin ; and M. de Mora, consul-general at London. A letter says that the funeral of M. de Men dizabal had ,taken place with great pomp. The pall was held by six ex prime ministers, and Count do San Luis, the present president of the Council of Ministers, was one of the principal mourners. It is understood that the cemetery question is settled. Protestants ma y construct cemeteries, and the funerals may have the usual appendages of hearses, mourning coaches, &c. No chapel will be allowed in the cemetery, nor any open celebration of. funeral rites ; but when a fimeral procession enters the cemetery, there will be no thing to prevent the funeral service being read therein ; and the repeatedly expressed intentions of the leading members of the Government are, that without going further than this in any official document the greatest toleration will be shown. It is even said that a high personage has lately in timated his intention to attend in person on the next occasion when a Protestant funeral may take place there. Mr, 0 tway has recently had an interview with the Count of San Luis on the differential duty question, and it appears to be the intention of the Government to bring forward a measure in a liberal sense on this subject, for presentation to the Cortes, who alone are competent to settle it. The appointment of the Marquis of Viluma as president of the Senate will not occasion any vacancy in the Spanish legation at Paris. The marquis will continue to retain the appointment of envoy, and a chargé d'affaires will act during his absence from Paris. It is probable that Senor Martinez de la Rosa will be elected President of the Congress, as he will doubtless be brought for ward again by the combined parties who formed the Electoral Union, and will, it is said, not be opposed by the Government. The Marquis of Santa Cruz has refused the ap pointment of vice-president of the Senate, conferred on him by the Government. Seven thousand dollars have been allowed to General Pavia for travelling expenses to Manilla ; and his serectary (Senor Garcia Hernandez) has 6,000 dollars per annum. The 6th being Sunday, the Stock Exchange was not open. 50 50 20 20 M. de Kisseleff communicated this note on Thurs day to M. Drouyn de Lhuys, and in doing so com pleted the communication by adding verbally, in the name of the Czar, that if a single English or French ship should pass into the Black Sea, he should consider it as a declaration of war. 50 161 196 14 Paidj 100 8i 100 100 A letter from Bucharest of the 31st ult. says : The following is a copy of the letter addressed by Prince Stirbey to the Extraordinary Council of Administration : " The present state of things requires- us to absent ourselves temporarily from our principality. We con fide, until new orders, the Government of the country to the Council of Administration. H. E. the First Boyard, Grand Ban Philippesco, , President of the Council, will come to an understanding with the States of the depart ments, to prevent the interruption of business, and to keep up activity. The most important affairs shall be submitted to the Council of Administration for its opinion. " BARBA DEMETRIUS STIRBEY. "JOHN MANU, Secretary of State." A. letter from Vienna of the sth, states that Prince Ghika had arrived at Czernowie, where he proposed to remain some time. 17 all 10 1 2.2 100 100 100 100 10 265 135 20 20 The Invalide of St. Petersburg states that the Emperor has received a report from Prince Mens• chikoff, stating that on the 11th ult. eight gun boats of the flotilla of the Danube, with two war steamers, in going up the Danube towards Galatz, were fired on by batteries thrown up by the TurkFi near Isactcha, but that they returned the fire with success, and arrived safe at their destination. On this occasion Captain-Lieutenant Varpakhovsky and six seamen were killed, and 46 seamen wounded. The Emperor has accorded 12 insignia of the mili tary order to the men who distinguished themselves in this affair. The Journal de Saint Petersburg says : " Some foreign journals having given an incor rect version of the speech which the Minister of Finance lately addressed to the English mer chants at St. Petersburg, we hasten to publish the exact text of it. M. de Brock expressed himself in the following terms :—" We have just learnt that all the letters from London re ceived during the last eight days are =filled with rumours of war, and that the English commercial world exhibit great alarm. We know not to what these rumours and alarms are to be attributed. The Russian Government, on its side, is conscious of having done nothing to justify them. It is still animated with the most pacific and the most friendly dispositions towards England. It cannot, therefore, admit the possibility of a rupture. But if, nevertheless, it should take place, I am charged to declare to you, in the name of the Emperor, that even in that case the English merchants have nothing to fear either for their persons or their property, and that they may rely upon the same protection that they have hitherto enjoyed. I beg you to make known this communication to all the English merchants." On the succeeding day the Minister completed this explanation by the follow ing words :—" No obstacle will be placed on our part to the departure of English vessels loading in our ports, on condition that England does not detain ours." 20 20 50 20 all 516. 100 20 RAILWAYS. lAberdeen . Do. Pref., No. 1 20 17i 20 20 20 20 The Emperor and Empress came to Paris on Thursday, and witnessed some experiments with an electro-magnetic machine, invented by Mr. Shepard, for the extraction of hydrogen gas from water. These experiments, which were also wit nessed by Lord Cowley and the Minister of State, were in every instance successful. Their Majesties have sent I,ooof to the Arch bishop of Toutouse, on the occasion of the cere mony of the beatification of Germaine Cousin at Rome, and 500 f. to the hospital of Albert (Somme), for the purchase of linen. The Moniteur contains a long decree, declaring that from the Ist of January, 1854, the Caisse des Depots et Consignations is to cease to be charged with the payment of the pensions furnished by the various caisses de retraite, which have been suppressed by Art. 1 of the law of June 9, 1853. The money belonging to the said caisses de retraite is to be paid over, on July 1, 1854, to the public Treasury, and the pensions are for the future to be inscribed on the Grand-Livre of the public debt, and paid on January 1, April 1, July 1, and October 1. The decree prescribes at great length the mode of proceeding to prove the right to a pension, and the formalities to be observed in every case for its payment. 20i lt 0 20 20 20 10 20 20 THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 12, 1853. SHARE MARKETS-(THIS DAY). BRITISH RAILWAYS. Ambg. Nottng. Bost. & Fastn. June. ..... . Belfast & Ballymena Birmng. Wolverh. & Stour Va11ey......... Birkenhd. Lancsb. & Cheshire Junct...... Do. Chesil. dr Birk. £5O do £25 Cons._ Do., £2O. - - - ----- : Blyth & Tyne origina. £25 (iss, at £45).... Bristol & Exeter...... Ca15c10nian............. Chester & Holyhead Cork and Bandon—, Cork, Black. & Pass Cornwall Dublin&Belfast June Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction Do. New East Anglian (£25 L. & E. & L. & D.) Do., (£lB E. & H.) Eastern Counties Eastern Union, A. stk Do., do. 8.......... .. Do.NewA(lateThirds) East Lancashire ... Edinburgh 5z Glasgow Edlub. and Peebles_ Edinb. Prth. &Dunde, Forthand ClydeJunc. Glasgow & S.Western Great Northern Stk Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock ..... Gt. Sth. &West. (Ire. ) great Western [rah South-Eastern. Lancaster &Carlisle Do., Thirds [Awash. &Yorkshin Do., Fifths . ... ... Do., Wst. Riding Un. Leeds Northern Lir: Crsby. & So utbpt London & Blackwall. Loud. Tilb. & Sthond. Gond. Bright. 5: S. Cst. London & N. Western Do. Fifths Do. ,IG/.Sb Do. Eighths London & S. western Do., .£5O. ..... Do., X 40.. Lndndrry.&Coleraine Ludndrry. & Ennisk. Manch . Shef. dr Lincln. Do., Man. & Lin. Un. Midland .......... ..... . Do. Birming. & Derby Midland G.Wast.(lr.) Do. i Shares ..... Newcastle & Carlisle Newmarket... Do. Bury Extensions Newpt.Aberg.&Htfd Newry & Enniskillen Newry Warrenpoint & Rostrevor N0rf01k......... ...... Northn. Counties Un North Britisk North Devon, No.l Do., No. 2........ Dc., A Deferred Do., B Guaranteed North London N. dr S. Wstn. , Hamp stead, and City Jn North Staffordshire North Western.. N. & S. Westrn. June. Nuneaton, Hinckley, and Leicester , Oxford Worcester 61 Wolvorhampton Portsmouth Scottish Central Scottish Midland Shrewsbury & Birmg Do., L. & N. Westn Guaranteed Stock Shrewsby. & Herofd Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) Do. Halves, do Do. Oswcstry Shropshire Union Do. A, B,C, &D, fully paid up at per cent. South Devon ..... South Eastern.-- South Wales S. Yorksh. RiverDnu Closing Prices this day. !O -20 i 4 - 41 9 - 10 12 - 10 17 19 5i ,lid 96 -98 54 -64 16 -17 13 -15 45 -46 73. - 83 4i 3 - 3 i, 12i- 13' 43 -- 45 31 -- 33 64 - 66 59 - 61 22 - 23 81i -82 i 57 - 59 127 - 129 1.02 - 104 81 - 82 87 90 1 11A 12ip 64i —612 i 70 7 d 4.4 4id 12A 13 ••• 7i 8 1 p 96 97 1021 103 id— ip Pi 73 75 13 11 d 12 11 d 20 - 21. .. - --( I . 601 -61. i 34 - 36 54 56 ia par 4i 4ed. 50 52 4 —3 d 28 29 8 10 li - 2 7 - 7i 49 ... 52 58 klit 74 8 par 2 p 38 - 40 87 - 89 54 • 55 GO - 62 55 60 24 lidii 15 - 17 - £3 11 - 1:3 3i -- 15 --- 17 GO - 61 34 - 35 i' -: i Do. Staines,Wok.,&Wok Stockton & Darling Stockton & Hartlepl. Taff Vale..., Do. £lO shades 27 -: Thames Haven Dock and Railway Vale of Neath. ..... Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford&Limerick West Cornwall West End of London and Crystal Palace West London Wmbledon &Croydon York NowctL &Berw. Do. Extensions. Do. G. N. E. Purchase York & N. Midland.. 2i 3 151 - 15 ... - ... 8 - 9 64 - 65 8i - 80 4 - 30 47 - 48 Basiness done this day. 53i 4 14 i 32 4 65 60A 60 82 A 127 7 1024 3 pm 61 1 i i 1 8 i 8 9a 97 1023 i I 20i i 61 601 64 64 33 12/ 12/ 121 St. 100 100 100 6 100 50 49 61 i 43 6 5i 9A 94 6 54 66 15 8A 8 10 all all 10 100 100 25 10 1.0.6 10 all li all 30 20 1 40 1 10 1 1 25 100 100 20 50 50 100 100 20 50 20 25 20 10 20 35 10 22i all all 25 all 24' 10 FRANCE. It was reported in Paris yesterday that there was to be an extraordinary convocation of the Senate forthwith. There is no truth in the rumour. On the contrary, the senators have been inf orme d that their presence will not be required before the end of January. . The Court of Assizes still continues its sittings for the trial of the conspirators to assassinate the Emperor. The public interest does not seem to flag, and thousands of persons were disappointed in their efforts to obtain admission. The Advocate- General, M. Mongis, opened his case on Wednes day for the prosecution. He called upon the jury to prononnce upon this attempt on the life of the Sovereign, as what lago calls " contrived murther" —he called upon them to find a verdict of wilful murder against some of the prisoners. The pro ceedings on Thursday were of l ess i mpor t ance , an d consistd of the depositions of witnesses. Some scores of spies and police officers were examined, whose revelations sufficed to show that, as society is at present constituted in France, or rather as it has been constituted by the 2d of December coup d'etat, the existence of these disreputable personages is requisite to preserve that of the Sovereign. The exertions used by the speculators for a fall to produce a further decline in the price of public se curities at the Bourse yesterday were paralysed by numerous calls for the delivery of stock sold for the end of the month. The Three per Cents. opened at 73f. 70c., rose to 73f. 90c. ; and fell subse quently to 73f. 55c., and closed at 73f. 60c. for tile end of the month. The Four-and-a-Half per Cents. closed at 99f. 75c. ; Orleans Railway Shares, 1,150 f. ; Rouen, 1,030 f. ; Havre, 490 f. ; Great Northern, 847 f. 50c. ; Paris and Strasburg, 813 f. 75c. ; Paris and Lyons, 895 f. ; Lyons to the Me diterranean, 722 f. ; Western of France, 692 f. 50e. Bordeaux and Cette, 585 f.: Great Central, 510 f. Lyons and Geneva, 490 f. ; Shares of the Bank of Credit Mobilier, 690 f. SPAIN. The Madrid Gazette of the 6th contains a royal decree creating a post of secretary to the presi dency of the Council of Ministers. It announces that Count de Ariuhaga, Minister of Portugal, has presented his credentials to her Majesty. He ITALY. The Piedmontese chambers are to meet again for the second legislative session of this year on Monday next. The principal bills to be discussed are those of the recruitinc , of the army, on the new code of procedure, on the transfer of the business of the central treasuries to the National Bank, and on the establishment of a bank in the island of Sardinia. A letter from Modena, in the Corriere Mercan tile of the '7th, states that the Minister of Police of that Duchy, M. de Buol, having had a private dispute with au Austrian Major, has sent in his resignation, and has set out for Naples. The whole line of the Genoa and Turin Railway is to be opened to the public on the 15th of De cember. It is stated that Prince Napoleon, the heir-pre sumptive to the French throne, is able to pay a visit to Turin. This visit may be looked upon as a return of the compliment paid by the Duke of Genoa last summer, in visiting Louis Napoleon ; but this visit, under present circumstances, has considerable political significance, as demonstrating the good understanding existing between France and Sardinia.: A short time ago, M. Persigny, when praising the Piedmontese army, called it " l'avant-garde de l'armee Frangaise." Princo Napoleon's visit may be looked upon as a com mentary on this expression. PRUSSIA. The two Chambers have been convoked for the 18th inst., and in consequence of the numerous re signations of members there will be a change in both houses. A portion of the Right has with drawn to show its contempt for a constitutional system ; functionaries have resigned to avoid being placed in a false position ; and the Catholic party have retired, because they are well aware that moderate opinions prevail at Rome, and that orders have been issued to moderate the violence of the Catholic movement. The opposition will not be strong ; and, as regards the reorganisation of the Upper House, the expectation that there would be a new batch of Peers has not been realised, and it will remain pretty much as it was. At first it was thought that Prussia did not possess the elements of an hereditary peerage : now it is found that it does so to superabundance, and that it is impossible to meet all the legitimate claims to a Prussian peerage. GERMANY. From the Cologne Gazette it appears, that at Cassel the only subject that occupied the public attention was the quarrel between the son-in-law of the Elector and the Prime Minister Hassemp flug. The Cologne Gazette of the 6th gives the following account of this extraordinary affair : "Count d'lsenberg, son-in-law of the Elector, had a quarrel yesterday, at the hunt of Saint Hubert, with M. de Hassempflug. In the evening, after dinner, the Count went to the latter to demand an explanation. M. de Hassempflug had gone to the theatre. The Count had him called out, and, taking him by the arm, led him to the open square, and asked him whether he maintained certain expressions which he had made use of. M. de Hassempflug having replied in arro gant terms, Count d'lsenberg took a cane from the hands of a servant who accompanied him, and struck him so heavily that his Excellency the Minister called for assistance, and a crowd of persons ran to wards him. Count d'lsenberg then, turning towards the people, said—' My friends, I am the Count d'lsen berg, and I have just given a correction to the Minister Hassempflug ;' and then, before the assembled crowd, he continued to strike the Minister with the cane until it broke in his hands. M. de Hassempflug received several bruises on the head and had his face covered with blood. The Count returned quietly to his house. This affair, which soon became known at the Palace, caused great consternation there. The Count and Countess d'lsen berg have left by a special train for Erfurth. The Count has long felt much irritated against M. de Has sempflug." A letter from Frankfort of the 7th, in the same journal, says : "Nothing is talked of here but the affair at Cassel between Count d'lsenberg and M. de Hassempflug. It is said that the latter had opposed the Countess being raised to the rank of a German Princess, which her mo ther had ardently d e sir e d. It i s this that excited the anger of Count d'lsenberg." AUSTRIA. It appears from accounts from Vienna that the Archduke Albrecht has arrived from Pesth. It is understood that consultations are to be held, under the presidency of his imperial royal high ness, with respect to certain military dislocations of the imperial troops in Hungary. The Archduke Francis Charles, father to his Majesty the Emperor, has left on a visit to his brother the Emperor Fer dinand at Prague. His imperial royal highness is expected to return in about a week. General of Ordnance Baron Hess has arrived from Berlin. The Austrian ambassador at St. Petersburg, Count Mensdorff-Pouilly, arrived on Thursday from his estates at Boskovitz. It is rumoured that his excellency will shortly return to St. Petersburg for the purpose of delivering an imperial letter of recal. Count Valentine Esterhazy, at present Austrian Ambassador at Munich, and who has been sent for, is spoken of as the probable future Ambassador at the Court of St. Petersburg. Count Mensdorff will in' this case receive another post of high trust. The recal of Baron Bruck from Con stantinople is still generally believed in. It has also been asserted that Count Fiquelmont had been sent for by his Majesty the Emperor. There are various rumours afloat about probable changes in the Ministry. The public is generally perfectly satisfied with the present administration of the various Ministries. The Imperial Court has removed from Scholl brunn to the Imperial Burg. THE CARLTON CLUB, PALL-MALL.—The Carlton Club, in Pall-mall, is about to be completed, under the direction of Mr. S. Smirke, with all its three fronts finished as the wing lately built, using polished granite shafts for the columns and pilasters throughout. Mr. Kelk has taken the contract, and has undertaken to complete it early in 1855. Mr. Thomas is to execute the carving of the exterior. The club in the meantime will occupy the Duke of Buckingham's house adjoining, the present coffee-room of the club being temporarily connected with it, so that the members may continue uninterruptedly to use that room. ORANGE AND LEMON DUTIES.—The Customs autho rities have had under consideration the course to be pur sued with reference to the 76th section of the act 16th and 17th Vict., cap. 107, which excepts oranges from any allowance for damage. Oranges and lemons are charged with duty, whether sound or otherwise ; but under the 105th section of the new act, on the request of the importer or proprietor, those which are damaged and unfit for consumption may be destroyed by order of the Board, and the duty remitted thereon, and they have issued directions that oranges and lemons are to be mea sured for duty agreeably to the mode hitherto observed with regard to apples, &c., viz., measuring and charging only such portion as in the opinion of the officers may fairly be considered to be fit for consumption. LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Leasing Closing prices Busi ness Sbr. Paid BAILwAYS . Compans. this d ay . this day. 50 all Bedford and Ln.&N.W. Bletchley •• • St. 100 Buckghamsh L. &N.W. 100 102 50 all Clydesdale Jc Caledon... 50 52 50 St. 100 E.Lincoln. gr 6p. cent Gt.Northn 140 145 25 all Glas. Barr. & Caldonian. Neils. Direct. 25 all Do. New Do ••• —• • • 25 all Glstr.&Dn.Fr. Gt.Westn 3O 32 100 all Hrtlpl. Dk. & Yk. New Railway & Borw.. • • 50 all Hull & Selby Y.&N.Md. 108 110 25 all Do. ,?• Shares Do 54 55 12i all Do. I Shares. Do 261 274 12 all Lon.&Greenw S.Eastern l3i 144 20 all Do. Preference Do 244 2 5. St. 100 Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent... Norfolk 100 Do. 6 per ct.. Do - 54 all Ma7nch.Baton. Ln.&N.W and Matlock & Midld 2i 3 50 all Middler,bro' & Stcktou & Redcar Darlingt. 100 all l Midld.Bradfd orthernand Midland... 99 50— 101 100 99i 50 all D E o a . s 6 tern pei s . p.c et.: Do .. 6_l 63 : 50 all Do.FixedsP•e D° • . . 25 all Prest. &Wyre L• (Sri , • • dsLn&Yk 124 12 Do. 4 Shams . Do ........ ••• s St t. . 1 1 00 00 Yorl - sh.. 25 in spßohoeysfs.htiontp.ottihiß..sidltt: raGpton.lN.cas.or7i. Goolo g.5•P•c • • ff or dsli.. PefrAlClean 2 1 1 ,(1.! 12 94 S. Sta 50 au , sy 6ol ,, ,ur v , o p tl l t. ingt Do 3Ol. 3D 2 31 301 25 all Do St. mist 100 Wilts&Sorst t.Westn. 98 100 FOREIGN. Antwrp & Rotterdam Belgian East. Janet Beziers to Graissessac Central of Italy (Charleroi & Erquelin Demerara IDijon and Besagon Dutch Rhenish (East Indian Do. Extension Gt. Indian Peninsula Gd. Junct. of France Gd. Trunk. of Canada Shrs. and Bonds Gt. Central of France Gt. Westn. of Canada Shares Do. bonds(l i55.)1857 Do. bonds (2 i55.)1873 Hamilton & Toronto Do. 6 per cent Lake Const. & Basle Lucca and Pistoja, 5 per cent. pref. Luexembourg Do. (Railway) Do Do. (Canal) Do. 6 p. cent. pref. Lyons & Mediterrau Madras Maria Antonia Do. New Melbourne Dk. & Ry Namur & Liege (with interest Do. (ex interest) Northern of France Do. 20/. 3 p. c. Bds (fmy.B. &Aims. Shs . I NorwegianTrnk. Pref Paris and Lyons Do. bonds Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen Paris and Strasbourg Paris Caen& Cherbrg. Quebec & Richmond Rouen and Havre Royal Danish Royal Swedish Sambre and Meuse Do. 5i per cent. pref S.E. of France Southern of France St. Andrews & Quebec Upper India Scrip West Flanders Do. 5 per c. Pref Western of France West. of Switzerland Wiesbaden Zealaua 21 Rd i 11 3 1 d, 13 - 14 - 24 p p— -24d 3 —44 p = )) 2 3 - 3d * P 2 lea 9 9i 6 - 6 is 14 14 id p i - iipl 7i - 8 33i - 34 7,1 - 8i 15 - 16 p 40 42 37 37 . 2 4 p 3 19 —2O 1d par 1 A (1 8,1 id - - Par 2 4p' , i 4)j, lcl par 7i bhp 14 ld - 3 PREFERENCE SHARES. therclorn no., No. 2, 7 p.. 0 ... Blyth & Tyne 10 per ct. pref. (iss. at.C5O) Bristol & Exeter 4 pr cent., 5t0ck.......... DO., shares (Caledonian £lO Chester & Holyhead Guar. 5. per cent Cork&Bandon 51 p.c Dundee Perth&Aber deen Junction Ea,stA nglian (£3los) 6 per cent.....,. ,,,,, Do. (25) 7 per cent Do. (1;717s) 7 p. et Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No.l Do., No. 2 Do., New 6 p. c. St Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent Do. £lO Debcn. Sh EastlAncasli. 6 p. cts East & West Yorksh Junction Fifths Ediub.Prth.&Dundee 4 per cent. Glasgow & S.Western guar. IS per cent Great Northr 5 p.c. Do. 5 p. c., Redeem.) at 10 p. i e. pron Do. 4A percent. Scrip Gt.N. of Scot. ,lst Pref Gt. Southn. &Wcstn. (Ireland) Eighths... Do. 4 per ct. pref. St. l Gt. • Westn. (Berks dtj Hants Ex. 5 p. Do. con. & rod. , q p.c( Do. do. 4 per cent...l Do. irredeem. 4 p. c. Lan. & York. F. A-:20, Do., 6 p. c., Stock Leeds Nn. 6 p. c. No. 1 Do. Quarters, 1848 London and:Brigliton Guaranteed 5 p. c Do. Pref., 5 p. c. St Do. Couvertiblo, 5 p c., 1852 . • Do. New Guar. 6 p.c Loud. & N. W., Coy & N um , 5 per cent London - & S. Western, Con. Thirds Londonderry& Col er Shares & Ennis. Sh Nan ch. ,Shef. & Lin., Shares, No. 1 Do. Now, £lO.. Do., £6 ...... Ilarypt. &Carl. 4 p. c. Do. 4i per cent D 0... Consol. 6 p.c. St Do. Cousol. Bristol d. Birm. 6 per cont Do. Pref. 4i per cent Norfolk Debent. Sh Norfolk Extension Do. Pref. per et Do. Way. Val. 5 p c North British North Staffordshire.. Oxford Worcester d; Wolverh. £15,6 p. c. Do. Scot. Ccn., Now Pref. S'hrows& Birm. N. G. Shrewsby. & Cheiter (Nor. W.Min),B p. c. Do. 5 per cent South Devon Do. New 3. Eastern (Reading Ann.,) of £1 Os.'3d. S.Yorkbh.4p.c.Guar. Watcrfd. &Kilk. 6p. c. York Newcastle and Berwick, 4 p.e.Pref Do York& N. Midland H k S. Parch ~ - ... —__ iool 6 - 3i 5 --- 51 - 1#1) 133 14 19 -- 201 3 - Ll 7 - 'lli 108 - 110 P . -- ... 8 - Si ,6i 7 99 101 95 100 95 100 id ' ' pm 140 142 2 - 3pi L 3 - - 7 3 / 4 - g 140 142 i i d 22 . - 103 - 105 '1 - i P 9i -- i6l 16i -- 17ip 10 -10 i 13 -- 15 Pax — P 23/ - 244 19 - 20 95 - 98 4.} - 44 id. par: MINES. xll Agua Fria ill Anglo Austrlu. Gold dl Anglo Californian 2 Australasian 6 Australian Australian Cordillera Australian Freehold Ave Maria Baden (Gd. Duchy of) Blmnarvon Iron and Coal . British Austin. Gold British Iron Brazilianlmp.(issued at pm Do. Cocacs & Cniada Do. St. John Del Rey Carsons's Crook Cobre Copper Colonial Gold Copiapo . Copper Min. of Eng. Do. Pref. 74 p. cent, English and Austin, Copper Sineltg. Co. General Gt. NnggetVeinScrp. Do. Registered Great Polgooth Lake Dathurst Liberty Linares . Lo ud. &Californ. Gold Quartz Crush. Co Mariquita Mcxican&S. America New Granada New Linares Mining and Smelting Co Nouveau Monde Pontgiband Silver Lead Min. & Smelt Port Philip Quartz Rock Rhymney Iron Do. New !Santiago de Cuba (South Australian Tin Croft... !United Mexicali Waller West Granada West Mariposa 1 Worthing Mining of Australia 1 Yuba .. all all all all all all 13.5 24i JOINT-STOI Australasia British Colonial Pank and Loan Company , British N. American Chrtd. Bnk.of India, Austral., and China Chrtd. Bnk. of Asia Colonial Commercial of Lond. English Scottish and Australian Chrtd Loudon Chrtd. Buk of Australia London and County London Joint Stock Lond.andWestminst National Provincial of England Do. New National of Ireland New South Wales Oriental Bank Cor poration Provincial of Ireland Do. New Royal Australn. Bkg and Gold Imp. Co South Australia Union of Australia Do. New Union of London Union of Madrid MISCELL. Rubin Coal and Iron Australian Ag,ricult. Australsn.Pcific.Mail Australn. Royal Mail Berlin Water Works Brit. American Land Brit. & Coln. Smeltg. and Reduction Co Canada Company Crystal Palace Do. New Crystal Pal. of France Eastern Steam-- • Electric Telgraph (A) Do. (B) El ec tric Tel. of Irel Gen. Steam Navigat General Screw Steam Irish Beetroot Sugar Magdalena St. Navig. Nat. Pt. Steam Fuel Netherlands Land N. S. W. Coal & Inter- Stem. Nay. Co N. B. Australasian... Do. Now. ................ Nrth.ofEUropeS team Peel Rr. Ld. 6z Mind. Peninsular tSt Oriental Do. do. Portland Iron C 0..... Royal Mail Steam_ Scot. Austral. Invest. South Austral. Laud Submarine Telegraph Van Diemen's Land 39 1 - 41 6 1: 6 — I = ii — p a i 17 - 19 12 - 14 'l~ ~d 'i - iP ••• i --- •I: - i ... - ... al` - 3 6 lip 2 3 / 4 35 n 14 - ir..4 BRUTAL ATTACK AND ATTEMPT AT BURGLARY.—On Wednesday evening a most audacious attempt to com mit a burglary was committed on the premises of Mr. Hyams, wholesale tob accon i st, in Long-lane, West Smithfield. It appears that during the crowd returning from viewing the procession on Lord Mayor's Day, and whilst Mrs. Hyams was in the back parlour, a fellow slunk into the shop, with the evident intention of secret ing himself until the shop was closed. Mrs. Hyams perceiving him, went into the shop, when the ruffian struck her in a violent and brutal manner on her breast, and she was knocked down almost senseless, and was obliged to let go the hold she had once got of the delin quent, wh o consequently escaped with impunity. 5 i For tunately, nothi ng was sto l en f rom t h e s h op , b u t the re little doubt th e ma i n o bj ect was to o b ta i n sec re t io n under the counter until night. act. d... par d par 2f d r (1 d 7 5i 6A 2 26 37 39 /(1 par 43 45 lll —1 2 P 60 70 6 HBpad 2 i 3 (1 14 —.16 Par • 4P 2i 2 d d • id LO ... 12 id pa: 7 7A id pa] ••• :•• - fl) ... ... i 4cl id — p a 29 31 4 - 5 4 - 6 3 - SA d 4 d ..• - di BANKS. 75 - 77 ••• id 11 ldis - I'2 lid i - 4p ••• -- . 48 - 49 i d— par ••• ... 72 74 :oos. all all all all all all all all all 12s. 15 20 20 20 SPORTING NOTES. TURF TALK. There's nothing new in the sporting world. Business at the Betting Offices is now virtually stopped and their proprietors evince no inclination to attempt to defeat the "suppression bill." Indeed, all endeavours to that end would fail and be inevitably attended with disgrace. Messrs. Knowles, Maclure, Megson, and Mather have announced their determination to " shut up shop," and return all moneys deposited with them on the Derby, 1854. Others will undoubtedly follow their example, and on the close of the Betting Offices the occupation of many individuals attached to the touting fraternity will he gone. An act of liberality on the part of Mr. Meg. son, of King 'William-street, deserves to be recorded. He discontinued his business during the current week and presented his clerk, Mr. Garton, with the sum of 3001., to give him a fair start in the race for honovrable and profitable employment. The racing prospects for the season '54 loom cheer ingly. New stakes are being established, and active en deavours are being made to confirm and extend the popularity of the old ones. Already several programmes for next season are advertised, and 'the long list of sub scribers which is appended tp the principal events shows that the turf is still a " seductive 'pastime," and that it has lost neither its popularity nor its patrons. The rumoured retirement of Lord Exeter was 'unfounded ; he merely disposed of a portion of his stud to make stable-room for a fresh importation of yearlings, which have already arrived at Newmarket to be trained. The establishment of a Great Northern Handicap at York is perhaps the most important "movement" con nected with the 'ensuing season. This stake has already obtained 150 subscribers, and its promoters have well founded hopes of soon having power to add to the num ber. .It will close on the Ist of December. To this stake 3001. will b e a dd e d b y the l i cense d v i ctua ll ers o f York, who have taken the initiative from their London "brethren of the bar," - and followed the example which they 'so liberally set in foundin,f• the Metropolitan Han dicap. The Great Northern ' Handicap will, perhaps, be a powerful rival to the Chester Cup, whose prestige and popularity, however, it will be a work of time for the most determined competition to diminish. Messrs. Beeton and Dorling are not inactive. They haveissued their "report" on the state ofthe Metropolitan Handicap Fund, which has a surplus of 2861. Is. 2d., to be devoted to next years bonus. The time of " clos ing" for the Metropolitan has been altered from the lit of December to the Ist of January. The Shrewsbury Meeting next week will commence on Tuesday and extend to Wednesday, and the supply of sport is likely to be ample. On Monday I will enter into a brief discussion of the programme. Nov. 12. A FRESH MAN. COWES, ISLE OF IVIGIIT.—Nov.II. (PROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) A NEW TOWN. —Two of the directors of the National Freehold Land Society have been down here this week planning out the Mill Hill estate into streets, &c. There is about 24 acres of land, beautifully situated above the town of Cowes, but within its boundary, and commanding the most extensive, varied, and beautiful sea and land. views. At a meeting of the members, at Smith's Read ing-rooms, last night, Mr. Moore, the society's agent, explained that the land would be conveyed in a week or a fortnight at the farthest. He stated that it was in tended to widen the Newport-road to 40 feet, the front age to which was about 500 feet, and to form three streets of the same width to the Mill-field. Each would be about 1,300 feet in length, with two cross streets, one of them to run in a line from the new street through Mr. Eames' field. It was proposed that the houses in the two principal streets should be of the value of 3001. each, and semi-detached, having small gardens in front. In the other streets the houses would be of the value of 1501. The timber on the estate was not to be cut down, but valued to the purchasers of the lots on which it stood. Mill-hill House it was proposed to pull down. As the soil is gravel the roads might be constructed at a cheap rate. The pit from which the gravel was taken might be converted into a reservoir, from which the whole of the houses ou the estate might be supplied with spring water. The different suggestions met the unanimous approval of the members present (about 100), and the meeting separated, all being highly pleased with the prospect of speedily becoming freeholders. THE FARMERS' PROSPECTS.—Our agricultural friends are in high spirits ; the weather is everything that could be wished for getting in the wheat crop, as also for the sheep and cattle. Prices are high and prospects good. AUSTRALIAN MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, Nov. 11.- -The next contract mails from the Australian ports to arrive by the East India route will be due at Southampton on the 4th of Decem ber, by the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam ship Ripon. The lighter or advanced portion of these mails may be expected to reach London about the 30th inst., via Marseilles. According to the contracts the dates to be brought on this occasion should extend to the 20th of September from Sydney, the 24th from Port Philip, the 27th from Adelaide, and to the 2d of October from King George's Sound. The new arrangement of the service, whereby the steamers conveying these mails will proceed direct from King George's Sound to Point de Galle, Ceylon, instead of as before by way of Ba tavia to Singapore, will now, for the first time, come into operation, and a considerable time, it is anticipated, will be economised by the alteration, as, independently of the Basin.. of distance and mileage in making the direct run from the Australian continent to catch the home ward packet at Ceylon, the detention at Batavia is avoided, and more favourable winds and navigation secured. The steamer with the homeward India mail should leave Point de Galle, Ceylon, on the 28th of October, and the Australian steamer is due there on the 26th, thus allowing 26 days for the voyage from King George's Sound to Ceylon. Presuming that no deten tions have occurred on the outward voyage, or at the Australian ports, it is supposed that ample time is thus allowed for permitting the requisite junction at Ceylon to be effected, and the mails may in consequence be expected to arrive to their time with something like certainty. It will be recollected that the last Australian mail by the overland route was delayed 12 days at Singapore. The next outward mails will be despatched from Southampton on the ,4th of January, by way of Southampton and Singapore. The General Screw Steam Shipping Company have also just announced that their magnificent new iron steam clipper-ship the Crcesus, of 2,500 tons, and 400-hors e p ower (t h e first of the new line of ships built specially for the Australian service), will be despatched from Southampton on the 10th of January for Port Philip and Sydney, and it is deemed probable that these vessels will make the run in under 60 days. If the Crcesus gets away on the day advertised, she will run a race with the overland mail to Australia, and great interest will attach to her performances. RESIGNATION OF THE GOVERNOR or NEW ZEALAND.— It is now known that the intention of his Excellency the Governor to proceed to England, on leave of absence, for a period of 12 months. Sir George Grey has now been eight years the Governor of this colony, during a period of unexampled difficulty, in which questions of all sorts affecting the well-being and even the very exist tence of the colony were continually arising; in which he has had not merely to frame a policy and lay the foundation of the future stability and prosperity of the country, but by his prudence and sagacity to repair the disasters occasioned by the grievous errors and misgo vernment of his predecessors, as well as those mischiefs arising out of the folly and misconduct of the New Zea land Company.—Australian and New Zealand Gazette. ASIATIC CHOLERA IN MARTLEBONE.—Yesterday, at the weekly meeting of the directors and guardians of the poor, held in the Marylebone Workhouse, Dr. Russell in the chair, Mr. Filleter, the senior house-surgeon, called upon the board to grant additional medical assist ance, as it was wholly, impossible for him and the two district surgeons to discharge the duties that devolved upon them in consequence of the wide spread of fever and cholera in the district, and especially in the north division. During the week, six deaths from cholera occurred in the infirmary of the workhouse ; and Mr. Sedgwick, surgeon, of the north district, reported that cholera of a severe Asiatic type had broken out in Be. where, in one house, four of one family hvalsrebheien-Prrned off by that disease. Mr. Sedgwick cons idered that cholera was e n g endered in hie d S i h w o i st w rict l bl its bad drainage , it s o p en water-closets, apa,its neglected condition. Mr. Sedgwick callg upon the board to close Nos. 4, 17, and 27, Devonshire -place, as to' live in his being wholly unfit for human beingshtio.. Sedgwick further reported that fever own . a i n ' d ± district. Mr. Filleter, after laying of them to Sedgwick's report before the board, g begg94l adopt the most energetic measures to arrest the fur ther advance of cholera and f e V er in theparish. Seve ral guardians having expressed deep re of the medical staff, the district vaccinatorsgret were h d e i r r e ec p t o e r d t to attend the out-door medical cases, dispense medicines, and fully eo-operate with the: parochial medical officers. They also, under the advice of Mr. Filleter, ordered the removal of several children from the workhouse to the Margate Infirmary. MAIL C OMMUNICATION BETWEEN MILFORD AND WATERFORD. , —The question respecting there-establish ment of the mail communication between Hobbs Point and Waterford is now in full agitation, as,-the time for opening the South 'Wales line.approacbes. The Water ford Chamber of Commerce have mooted the advisability of the re-establishing of mail intercourse, 'and before long it is likely that a company will be fbrmed to carry out the undertaking, when it is probable that the mails will be carried under contract. By the meanp of the South Wales line the sea passage to Ireland would be so much shortened that passengers to the south af the sister country would infinitely prefer the shorter sea route from Milford to Waterford than the longer one from Bristol to Cork, or the lengthened journey via Holy head. NOTTINGHAM TRADE.—The lace tilde continues with out alteration—being exactly the same as last week, with the exception of one or two considerable houses who happen to have picked up orders and appear to be tolerably busy, working till nine o'clock, whilst the great majority are doing scarcely any businesswhatever and closing at six. Thin g s, therefore, continue to be bei n very dull ; a gr eat many hands are out, and must re main out of emp lo y ment unless a speed y amend ment takes place. There is no branch which markets. is d y oin and the bus iness transacted has for the most part been executionan and for theof A orders uetral l i e a f n t n hand German well, a Hosiery, n L o tu buyers, the better classes of goods, is brisk, a goo d deal of busi ness doing, and extensive orders have - been received from the American markets N ottinghani Guardian. pm 14 inn 381 8 ;3/4 40A 391 % i ----r wir 1 1091 10 103 i ~~ ~ lA i li i 77 6