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( E t ~~ LITEBATULE. The Pantropheon ; or, History of Food, and its Preparation. By A. Soyer. Simpkin, Marshall, and Co. According to the Athenians, there are three kinds of appetite. Firstly, there is that which comes from fasting—called the bold appetite. Se condly, there is that which requires to be encou raged—called the indolent appetite. Thirdly, there is that which owes nothing to nature, but every thing to art (M. Soyer terms it tenderly " the child of art," p. 255)—called the eclectic appetite. And, behold ! we sit down to devour this delectable volume with all these three appetites strong upon us simultaneously. Anomalous they may seem to be, and yet this is true nevertheless. Incon gruous these three separate appetites may appear in themselves, and yet they are here together. The bold appetite is ours—because we have fasted long from the writings of oar immortal Alexis—those most exquisite of literary confections—we have hungered a considerable time since the golden mo ments when we were feasting on the milk and honey of the beautiful truths stored up abundantly in the " Modern Housewife, or Menagere," and yet more abundantly in the " Gastronomic Regenerator." Virtually we have remained famishing ever since our " dearest Eloise " and our " beloved Hortense" brought to a close ' their most attractive and be witching correspondence. Daring the protracted silence which has ensued thereupon, we have yearned hitherto, alas ! in vain, for that wine of love and bread of friendship. Therefore it is that we dedi cate our energies with " a bold appetite" to the devouring of the delicious wisdom conserved in the Pantropheon. To this enviable task, moreover, we bring the advantage of "an indolent appetite " an appetite that provokes the magiric genius of Alexis Soyer to the dainty and ingenious labour of its reanimation and encouragement. Besides which our incomparable author discovers in us the oppor tunity for demonstrating the magical influence of his abilities, the opportunity afforded by the Possession on our part of an " eclectic appetite"— au appetite that says to the skilful cook, " Thou art Y Father !" That supreme and crowning attes- Ation of the triumph of the ambitious chef—of his !I:4lmph at once over the indolence of fatigue and the disgust of satiety. An occasion when, immediately ,upon the appearance of some prodigy of science or of ilatuy on the altar of the banqueting chamber, the look of the sacrificer brightens [it is not our lips that speak, but those of the Diephobe of the kitchen, the inspired priestess of Victua, the goddess of gastronomy !) "the desire revives, the smile re appears, the chest dilates, the magiric facies shines forth with all its splendour." How writes Soyer, of this ultimate victory of his art, this elevating and unsurpassable consummation ? He says, p. 256, "In this supreme ;noment, he [the cook] re ceived among the ancients, a crown of flowers--sweet and noble recompence of his arduous toil." In this manner, too, thou also hast conquered, Alexis ! To thee are we indebted, as before remarked, for the satisfaction of th e b o ld appetite, for the irrita tion of the indol en t appet i te, for the creation of the eclectic appetite--through the prodigies of science and luxury submitted to us on the altar of thy august PANTROPHEON. Wherefore, in imitation of the classic gourmets of Attica, we send thee the blooming and odorous garland, the crown of thy deserts, a garland ( as it s h ou ld b e) not of perishable blossoms, but of asphodels and amaranths. Reader—having ourselves partaken of the de lights of the literary banquet humanely provided by Messrs. Simpkin and Marshall, in these degene rate days, when grapes are diseased, and potatoes Plighted —we would here commend thee with a benison to the devouring of the " Pantropheon." Not with the benison of Apemantus— " So fall to % Rich men sin and I eat root " Rather w ith an incitation to avidity such as might have fallen from the tongue of Fonthill-Beckford, that most refined of_ all moder n s yb ar it es . " A History of Food," by Alexis Soyer—a history of food and its preparation ! A hi s t ory o f t h e v i ne by Bacchus--of It amounts to that by Ceres—of fruit by Pomona! it is a narrative extendingatParticularly remembering that infor m , us, to „ o back, as the very title-page record extending is lost back, earliest ages of the world' —a say, until it rather until it is reader not, as Mr. Macaulay might m the twilight of fable, but ect steam of the boil a olheon, obscure and hazy in the " Pantr boiled and roast of a barbarous anti- Preparation" fancies of Boc w a History of Food and its y ? the Words . conjure up the fairy Boccaccio, realising some of the elfin scenes of revel an clltri t d h epicted in the mazes of perhaps, erhgaolfsrous labyrinththey summon ° int e o Dbeein mefroornt.heßaactthueari appreciation of our senses, that ra g vishing vision of e _ repast o f w hi c h M i lton sang with such sonorous eloquence —appropriately enough—at the very out set of " Paradise Regained :" a day-dream in which the poet beheld : "A table richly spread, in regal mode, With dishes piled, and meats of noblest sort And savour ; beasts of chase, or fowl of game, In pastry built, or from the spit, or boird, Gris-amber-steam'd ; all fish from sea or shore, Freshet or purling brook, of shell or fin, And exquisitest name, for which was drained Pontos and Lucrine bay, and Africk coast— (Alas, how simple, to these cater compared, Was that crude apple that diverted Eve !) And at the stately side-board, by the wine, That fragrant smell diffused, in order stood Tall stripling youths rich clad, of fairer hue Than Ganymede or Hylas ; distant more, Under the trees now tripp'd, now solemn stood, Nymphs of Diana's train, and Naiades With fruits and flowers from Amalthea's horn, And ladies of the Hesperides, that seem'd Fairer than feigned of old, or fabled since. * * * * * And all the while harmonious airs were heard Of chiming strings, or charming pipes ; and winds Of gentlest gale Arabian odours fann'd. From their soft wings, and Flora's earliest smells. Such was the splendour." It is the description of " Pantropheon." A descrip tion more apposite than that of the saccharine con diments placed by the delicate fancy of Keats by the side of the sleeping lady in " The Eve of St. Agnes :" delicates— " Of candied apple, quince, and plum, and gourd ; With jellies soother than the creamy curd, And lucent syrups, tinct with cinnamon ; Manna and dates, in argosy transferred From Fez ; and spiced dainties every one From silken Samarcand to cedar'd. Lebanon." A provision such as this would, we doubt not, have b een disdain e d by M. S oyer as a d ap t e d on ly to the exceedingly young ladies who have emerged fr om the stringed bondage of the pinafore, of whom 26Yron said so wickedly in " Beppo"— " The nursery still lisps out in all they utter, Soot Besides th ey always smell of bread and butter." for uneducated palates such as these has Alexis tr Y e r written the inestimable pages of his " Pan- Th..9Plieon.,, Not for such as these has he burnt the reauzight oil during th e course o f his profound re lei _ be s -- researches in the conduct of which he cili g o 4 i t not less accurately than Miss Strickland have that suggestive couplet from Beaumont— " The treasures of antiquity laid up Fo r m • .a. .. . In old historic rolls I opened." cheir_ bl lls elaborate " History of Food" the letter'd dreg a uthenticated his statements by many hunf !zninee,teferences to ancient and modern writers ? Ton aif e, .giving page and volume with minute preci en dug inks facile eru -1 - 4 tilk uri ' •• erudition to both Greek and WA , — lasics to contemporary scribes and mediae in laude arts' It might have been imagined that and n . c rt akiiig a task of such enormous magnitude eapao s uch bewildering difficulty, the culinary to they iv e r I even a Soyer might have been baffled as anhiii; r uanner of arrangement. But no—as this Bolero ° work on eating and drinking—a work o f (1 2 1 3 r " Dedicated by the author to the genius circled°. °f the all il e tron°" l- 7 !"—a work the vignette of which is globe rolling through space, en- Ar utri 1 1' this inscription Deus Creator Terra re "a •--a work the frontispiece of which is a pinepresentation i e of the great chef himself surrounded ; and decanter, and game, and veniso . n, and eonfusi t il er in in this laborious compilation we finlnaePipble ! ! ! _ . l manner nor in matter the slightest field. h.: whatsoever. " Agriculture" is the broad the r. ra which we set out on our rovings through mine into ~c Gastronomy. Thereupon we exa into th e cc Cereals'" into the " Grinding of Corn," „i ta,bles .. ." inentaa,,, into anipulation of Flour," into " Fru _ " Grains and Seeds," into " Vege- Branching off from this point in two kure° liwIls ) the 'lido first of all, describes to us the Dried Vegetabiys,b, reminding us how beans discovered b were forbidden- b y Ale Y xande thraGs—how haricots were by martia l - t e b Great—how peas were pronounced Rs formed the chief °F disagreeable—how lent Purchased redingredient in Esau's dearly the liitchen pottage—axid then conducts us into abo undin , Garden. Having traversed the .„. . g Beds of such delectable products gent sorrel, the savoury onion, and the pun lent asparagus bitter radish, and the succu aromatical ~,iazte come to the delicate and overpowered by 8 us ed in seasoning"—almost fragrance of w i ld the conflicting odours , from the Then we come- yme to the stench asafmtida. stone fruit, pi p fr i . t r i c king our lips —to the fruit : the opening of a corn 6, and shell fruit. It is like upon us in such luscio uoscopia—there come tumbling peach and apricot, plum the leaves (of " Pantro apple, and lemon, and o quince, and pe ar , an d rant, st raw b erry, muibra u ge, fig, raspber r y, cur gooseberry) : there erry (not the glimp se o f a 0 storm f e come rattlin .. Ed mond and , g down such a hail walnut; Albert, pistachio, THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 10 1 1858, chesnut, and pomegranate ! Insomuch are we overwhelmed by the abundance, that we are almost glad to escape to the meats—what though our sympathies (mind, we don't say our habits !) go a great waywith the vegetarians. Vegetarians !—can such people remain in existence after all the allure ments of the cooks of modern times, of the me dieval ages, of the days of antiquity? Let them listen once seriously to the syren-voice of Soyer, and their boards, we warrant them, will soon be groaning under animal food in plenty. Not if they hear him (p. 150) talking of the excellence of plump young dog, or descanting upon the agreeable taste of a tender and youthful ass. But let them once lend an ear attentively to his record of the joints carved from the kid, the pig, the ox, and the lamb, and even in their eyes the kitchen garden and the orchard, of themselves, will become little more no table than a fool's paradise. Yet more assuredly will this be the case after a perusal of the chapters relating respectively to " Poultry," from the capon to the peacock ; to " Hunting,' from the stag to the elephant : to " Feathered Game," from the pheasant to the woodcock; to "Fish," from sturgeon to anchovy ; or to " Seasonings," from salt to mushrooms. By the way, glancing through . the chapter relating to fish, how it is that M. Soyer classes frogs among shell-fish we cannot, for the life of us, conjecture. There is one other division of " Pantropheon," not yet mentioned, which is espe cially entitled to consideration. It is that relating to " Pastry"—a subject handled by the author with loving tenderness, and treated by him from first to last, may we not be permitted to say?—in a manner honourable at once to his learning and his sensibility. The solemnity of tone observable at moments is something very fine, and cannot fail to command the reader's admiration. Here, for example, is the record penned by Alexis Soyer of what may be termed THE PROGRESS OF PASTRY. " Titus Livy said, in speaking of Rome, The great est things have small beginnings.' This applies equally to pastry, which appears so unworthy of attention at the commencement of the middle ages that nothing seems to an nounce its high destiny. At first, in the southern pro vinces, people simply mixed flour, oil, and honey. The Roman school was still in force. The inhabitants of the north had a mind to innovate ; they employed eggs, butter, and salt. Then came the idea of inclosing within this paste cooked meat, seasoned with bacon and spices ; and, from progress to progress, they at last inclosed cream, fruit, and marmalades." Observe—how fine is the gradation! At first they simply mixed flour, oil, and honey—then came eggs, butter and salt—then " the idea of en closing within this paste cooked meat, savoured with bacon and spices"—and so from " progress to progress," says the historian of food, in a burst of allowable exultation, " they at last enclosed cream, fruit, and marmalades. " A noble and memorable consummation. How little did the fabricators of that first mash of flour and honey, dream of the approaching glories of that inevitable cream and those unavoidable marma lades ! A tolerable notion may be formed of the enthusiasm by which the illustrious innovators in gastronomy were animated - in their stately re searches, from M. Soyer's version of the old story about Vatel, one of not by any means the least distinguished of his predecessors. Our author has been talking about some of the feats of the epicures of the reign of Louis Qnatorze ; and thus recounts the MELANCHOLY FATE OF VATEL. "At this period we have the celebrated Vatel, one of the most illustrious officers of the household that ever flourished in the palaces of the Princes of Conde. This inimitable major-domo understood that a dinner without fish was a cheerless one. One day, when his noble master entertained Louis XIV. at a royal banquet, at. Chantilly, which the genius of Vatel rendered more brilliant, the fish from the coast failed ; he sent everywhere, but none could be found. He was completely bewildered : he met his august master, whose kind words, full of benevolence, only served to increase his desperation ; he left him, ran to his chamber, took his sword, and three times pierced his heart. Shortly after fish arrived from all quarters. Vatel was called—no Vatel ! He was sought for, and at last discovered—Vatel was no more !" Alas, for the glorious departed ! But if, even ac cording to nature, a Vatel must, under any circum stances, by this time have vanished from the sub stantial regions of cookery, we may be consoled under the sorrow of his departure by the possession amongst us of a Soyer—a chef capable of presiding over the fabrication of a thousand made-dishes —vulgar English for the entremets—just as Doctor Johnson was described as capable of grappling with a whole library. Upwards of forty steel plate em - bellishments lend to the text of our gustatory sage the charm and pomp of illustration. Presiding over these, of course, is the semblance of the plump and comely Victua, the appetising goddess of gastronomy. Conspicuous among the curiosities engraved are representations of the kitchen utensils of antiquity, classic spoons, and tri vets, and kettles, and gridirons. There are the wine -skins, too, and the drinking-cups, and the vessels for holding your choice falerian—the dolium or the amphora. As worthy representa tives, moreover, of the more renewed gourmets of ancient times, we are presented at p. 201 with the heads of Apicius and Epi curus , an d at ;-). 398 with those of Nero and H e li oga b a l us . S pea ki ng of the last-mentioned personage, the Sardanapalus of Rome, the precocious monster whose reign ex tended only from his accession to the imperial throne at fourteen to his assassination at eighteen, our author, inspired by a love of scienc e , sa y s w ith becoming leniency after referring to his crimes, " the gastronomic art is, however, indebted to the odious Heliogabalus for some useful discoveries." Enviable epitaph ! A funereal panegyric surely little short of the glory of apotheosis. It was observed by A. Soyer in 1846, in the course of his production on cookery called " The Gastronomic Regenerator," it was observed by him, at page 650 of that renowned production that, " if any author were to write a work on the History of Food and Cookery, it would not only be very interesting, but an extremely useful production." Useful, undoubtedly, if only as illustrative, on a gigantic scale, of the truth of that diction of Brillat Savarin, in his Physiologic du Gott : " Dis-moi ce que tu manges, je to dirai ce que tu es." , Re ferring to this prophetic remark in the " Gastrono mic Regenerator," p. 650, M. Soyer observes, in a Note to his new volume " Pantropheon," p. 476, " No one, however, having entertained my sugges tion, I determined to undertake the task, and after several years of deep study and perseverance, have completed this voluminous work." It is accom plished. The researches, of the illustrious chef have been rewarded in other particulars besides iu that of his discovery (p. 269) of the celebrated garum, the most esteemed and expensive sauce of antiquity —the sauce praised by Horace, and manufactured at Byzantium. Those researches have now enabled him to lay before the world something more deli cious even than Salades de grouses a la Soyer, namely, Soyer's " Pantropheon." It was said by Napoleon that he should go down to posterity with his Code in his hand. Alexis will accomplish that descent in a manner more savoury, and quite as appropriate—with the bonnet blame on his head, a stewpan at his elbow, a tasting spoon between his fingers, and on his knee the witnesses of his magiric genius the " Regenerator " and the " Pantropheon." Audrey. A Novel. By_ Laura Jewry. 3 vols. Newby. Charliowood is the name of the little village within the precincts of which the majority of the incidents of this singular fiction are supposed to occur—the interest of the tale sometimes extend ing as far as the neighbouring park of Crowhurst ; sometimes carrying the reader to a seapor:: on the coast of Yorkshire ; sometimes to Paris ; sometimes to London ; and sometimes even to the snowy fast nesses of the mountains of Switzerland. Strictly speaking, we take " Audrey" to be a curiosity—a sort of phenomenon in imaginative literature. It appears to us as though the authoress had deter mined to test her capacity for extracting a charm solely from what to the general observer would ap pear to be in itself the most repulsive. To our thinking, she seems to have resolved to try her skill in fixing attention upon themes which the public at large are usually disposed to deem the most unat tractive. It is in this particular sense that we speak of the novel before us as a curiosity and a sort of phenomenon in literature. Conspicuous among the figures in the foreground of the picture are—a surly old sexton, Jonathan Dabney, intensely selfish and profoundly ignorant—a shrewish little milliner, Annette Skrimpton, who marries him shortly after his becoming a widower—a half-witted old woman, Dame Page, to whose friends it would have been a blessing if she could possibly have been got a little out of the way by being bedridden—a fretful lameter, Johnnie, who is a genius in scrib bling verses, and a blunderer in falling in love where his tenderness is not wanted—and a variety of such like characters. Audrey Dabney is the rustic heroine of the story, while the lady heroine is Helen, the only daughter and heiress of the rich Sir Philip Beaumont. Between these two —linking their fates together—comes the hero of the tale, a Tyrolese peasant, who travels through England as a concert singer, and wins the heart of each of these fair damsels, one Herr Basil Findelkind. Audrey's excellence shines amiable enough throughout the three volumes but Helen's position as a heroine is not by any means agreeable from first to last as a subject of contemplation. m a f thatat e y r w b be ru t d h esl e ebn r y ea ivs d a e tu r lxvi c_ e a e n ßra e es a filu sil ese y udb c —s o e n fici j ur e se c tn tu thl r yy e B o n n a o s w il hearing t a h n i d s marrying Audrey, and Vauu becoming entrapped into wedlock by a horrid little designing dependent, ha Louisa De lvi l 1 e, a faint reflection butn oonfe of Beckythe Sharp, having of Clitemnestra. Antl what adds t o th e painfulness Ts, u all theviciousness, Basil's regard, is the dr. of felon's situation in cumstance of her having herself proposed to Herr Findellund. An episode in the narrative is of a somewhat kindred description. Audrey's father having at the commencement of the fiction sud denly and mysteriously disappeared from Charlie wood, ultimately, in the course of the story, " turns up" again as a sailor, calling himself Tom Taylor, though having no kind of resemblance whatever to the comical Professor known as a con tributor to Punch, and as the editor of " Haydon's Autobiography." Tom Taylor, otherwise Dabney, going on a wild-goose chace after his long-neglected daughter (supposed to have married one Fiddle skin, a foreign itinerant with white hair and a barrel organ) is most egregiously deceived into the belief that he has discovered her and her husband in the persons of two most rascally and designing vagabonds. He supports this knavish couple until the woman dies, and, dying, discovers to him the whole secret of the deception. What in this episode surpasses even its improbability, is the unaccount able oddity of the circumstance that the authoress endeavours by every device to excite our sympathy for the woman, and to call forth in behalf of the rogue, her husband, feelings of interest, or at least of commiseration. Another testimony, we con ceive, that our suggestion is not altogether erro neous, namely, that the novel before us is a veri table curiosity or phenomenon in literature. As a curiosity in this way it reveals a considerable amount of ingenuity—ingenuity in the linking to gether of a series of the most unlikely incidents, and in the grouping of some of the least attractive of all conceivable characters. " Audrey," in these re spects, stands altogether alone among the writer's productions. If contrasted as a work of art with its predecessors from the same hand, it, must rank undoubtedly below both " The Cup and the Lip" and " The Tide of Life." It cannot, consequently, be brought for an instant into comparison with the enthralling and picturesque romance of the " Forest and the Fortress," much less be mentioned in the same breath with the exquisite narrative of the " Ransom," the first and incomparably the best of all Miss Laura Jewry's varied compositions, a fic tion that carried us back to the days of the cru saders, a story that reminded one of Scott, a tale that built up the author's reputation. TEE CHOLERA. (From the General Board of Health, Oct. 8.) NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE. Deaths on the 7th of October : Cholera Diarrhoea 3 The total number of deaths from cholera and diarrhoea in Newcastle-upon-Tyne during the present outbreak has been 1.460. In the same period (viz., the first 37 days) during the prevalence of epidemic cholera there in 1831-2, the number of deaths was 258. NEWCASTLE. General Result of the House-to-House Visitation.— There has not yet been time to complete the returns of the house-to-house visitation ; but the following state ment contains an approximation to the result up to Oct. 6 : - The cases of diarrhoea discovered by this system and brought under immediate treatment by the visitors amount to 3,241 ; the cases approaching to cholera, 227 ; cholera, 63 ; cholera corpses, 3 ; old cases passing from diarrhoea into approaching cholera, 13 ; and from ap proaching into cholera, 11—making the total number of cases of all kinds discovered and brought under treat ment, 3,555. METROPOLIS. A fatal case of cholera occurred on the 6th inst., in Poland-street, St. James's, in 15 hours. Dr. Milroy, from the General Board of Health, had an interview on Friday with the guardians of Newington, with relation to the adoption of measures for the prevention of the spread of cholera. The guardians are prepared to adopt energetic measures, and have appointed their several medical officers as sanitary inspectors of their respective districts. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE. Yesterday (Sunday) morning, shortly before one o'clock, a fire of a very alarming character, and attended with a destruction of several hundred pounds' worth of property, broke out in the premises belonging to Messrs. T. and M. Garner, japanners, carrying on an extensive business in some of the arches under the London and South-Eastern Railway. The arch in which the disaster commenced was of vast extent, it having a frontage in Bermondsey-street, and extending completely under the permanent way of the railway as far as Maltby-street. The place was fitted up for boiling oils, japans, &c. ; also for a drying-house for seasoning table-covers, leather, and other articles japanned on the premises. The stock in trade being of such an easily ignitable character, the flames spread with amazing rapidity, so that in the Course of a few minutes the stock of oils, turpentine, and, indeed, everything else in the archway, pre sented a regular blaze ; and for some time strong fears were entertained that that portion of the line of railway would be so injured by the heat as to be com pelled to be pulled down. A police-constable of the M division, who was on duty in the neighbourhood, and who was the first person to make the unwelcome disco very, without loss of time sounded an alarm in the usual way, and then sent messengers in sundry directions to call the fire-engines. With as little delay as possible, the brigade engine from Tooley-street attended, followed by that of the parish and others of the London establish ment from Southwark-bridge-road, Rotherhithe, Water loo-road, that of the West of England Office, and an other from Watling -street. The firemen, upon their arrival, found that the flames had seized upon every thing of a combustible character within the premises, and the flames were rushing from either side, and mount ing high above the parapet wall of the railway. Fortu nately, no carriages were standing on that portion of the line, for if there had been, they must have been severely injured by the intense heat. The fire-plugs in the neigh bourhood have been drawn, a plentiful supply of water was procured, and not a moment was lost in setting the engines to work. In spite, however, of the exer tionstet hh continued tnaoubf torrentseo a t u h r e ts oo ßrigade rfoaf ga lwel,a and ner a red n s edfs fora W rat .t ate scattered rTo t enhdogef overtEmi m n e ga ne theahnp odp weflames,ae firemen, rveedrtou they yy d r the direction of their superior officers, kept to their work, and eventually they succeeded in getting the mas tery over the fearful element, but not until everything in the archway in which the disaster commenced was destroyed, and a slight damage done to the adjoining archway belonging to the same firm, and used as a storehouse for oil, &c. The total loss will amount to several hundred pounds, but fortunately the sufferers were insured in the North of England Fire Office. The origin of the fire is not precisely known, but there is strong ground for supposing that it was caused from a copper of japan boiling over. A strong muster of the M division of police, under Mr. Inspector Brandford, rendered great assistance to the firemen by keeping a large crowd out of danger. So dense was the fog, and so dark the street leading to the scene of conflagration, that the firemen had the greatest difficulty in taking their engines to the spot. The same premises were burned out some months since. SUSPICIOUS DEATH OF A WIFE. On Saturday afternoon, Mr. Payne held a long in quiry at the Vestry-hall, Fair-street, Horsleydown, on the body of Ann Roberts, the wife of a greengrocer in Bermondsey-street, who, it was at first supposed, had committed suicide, but concerning whose death reports were subsequently in circulation of a more serious cha racter. On Friday morning the deceased was found in her bed-room hanging by a gauze veil, and in nearly a kneel ing posture. She was quite dead. Her husband gave the alarm. He had slept on a sofa, having come home the previous night very drunk. When he called in a lodger he said, "Good God ! I shall not belong after her." He bad only a short time before come out of gaol, where he had been undergoing imprisonment for ill using his wife. Mary Duke, who occupied a room underneath, de posadhsinhe se t g h wh e a st s night. heh alwaysad not greatly laid to shi h sat e ne a dr r s i ne upon p d toh e ne c e h a de s er e es d : f, g s r e o da a s n t violent terrified at death. Ellen Cooke, the daughter of the deceased, produced a bundle of letters which her mother had given her. A short time since her mother told Roberts that be would soon go back again to gaol for his ill usage of her. He made use of some very filty expressions, and replied that the next time he went it would not be for twelve months, but for two or three years, and perhaps he might go on to a scaffold for her, as he meant to have her life, at the same time using most violent language. That was about three weeks ago. The coroner then read three letters sent by a woman alluded to in the course of the investigation, signed " Eliza Roberts," thereby assuming the name of the wife, one of them being addressed to Roberts. In this letter she entreated Roberts to come to her without delay, stating that she had got an order for the play. He was to make any excuse to deceive his wife, and if he found any difficulty in doing so that he must "cook" her, as they had agreed upon, and then when she was gone they could live happily together. The two other hitters to the wife were couched in the most filthy lan guage, taunting her with having lived with her husband whilst she was in the workhouse, and that he had spent many pounds upon her, but having lost his situation at Somerset-house he had returned to her for convenience, but that she had made up her mind to have her life, if she should be hanged for her. Dr. Challice said he should have great hesitation at the present moment in stating the cause of death. The features were exceedingly placid, and there was no bloodshot about the eyes, as was common where death occurred from strangulation. - The inquiry was then adjourned for a post mortem ex amination to be made. MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. Most of the country markets held on Saturday were fairly supplied with wheat, in which about an average business was transacted at full prices. At the outports foreign wheats were steady, but not dearer. Barley, the supplies of which were but moderate, moved off freely, at extreme rates. The malt trade was rather active. Oats, beans, peas, and flour were very firm. The Continental markets continue firm, and the late ad vance in prices has been well supported. The latest ad vices from New York state that the inquiry for grain and flour was by no means active. The arrivals of English grain up to our market last week wore on the increase. From abroad, we received 8,261 quarters of wheat, 2,975 barley, 3,410 oats, 4,775 beans, 835 peas, 473 tares, 3,540 linseed, 87 rapeseed, 291 mustard seed, 19 sundry seeds, and 8,060 barrels of flour. Fresh up, to-day, coastwise from Essex, Sent, &c., the receipts of wheat were on a very moderate scale. By land carriage the supply was by no means extensive, neverthe less, there was a slight increase in the show of samples compared with Monday last. Notwithstanding that the attendance of millers and others was tolerably good, the demand for all kinds of wheat of home produce was in a very sluggish state, at prices barely equal to those obtained on Monday last. There were inquiries for forward delivery parcels, but the firmness of the growers prevented business. With foreign wheat we were tolerably well, but not to say heavily supplied. A few parcels changed hands for shipment to the continent at full quotations, but for home use very little was doing, at barely late rates. Since our last, twenty vessels have arrived off the coast with wheat, from the westward, and the cargoes have sold at full quotations. The supply of both English and foreign barley was small. All kinds were in but moderate request. In prices, no change took place. We had a fair inquiry for malt at late currencies. The inquiry for beans was less active, owing to the in ward arrivals. In prices, no change took place. Peas met a slow inquiry, on former terms. The flour trade was tolerably firm, at late figures. The supply of both English and foreign was very moderate. CURRENCY PER IMPEELAL MEASURE. Wheat—Essex & Kent, Malt—Chevalier .. • • 68s to 70s Red •• new 573 to 65s Oats Yorkshire and Ditt0............ old 57s 65s Lincolnsk.,Feed 22s 25$ onto, White new 583 68$ Potato Ditto. . old 62s 67s Yonghal s.2dCork Norfolk and Lin- Black 2ls 23s coin, Red, old 53s 63s Cork, White ... Ditto new ...• .• 50s 58s Scotch,Feed 22s 26s Rye—Old ............ 00s 00s Beans—Tick New .. —..—•• .. 34s 38s Pigeons ...... Barley—Grinding..... 285 315 Peas—Grey .......... 40$ 42s Malting ..... •• •• 35s 383 Maple 454 48s Chevalier.... •.. 403 44s White 46 52s Matt—Suffolkan.d Nor- Boilers .........563 60s 631 k.. .. - -56 s 62s Flour.-Town•made 6.53 70s Brown.•• •• •• ....•• •• 60s 578 Suffolk KingstonandWare 61i 658 Stoekta &Norfolk 42s 4bs SMITHFIELD. The imports of foreign stock into London last week were good, viz., 12,452 head. D ur i ng th e correspon di ng period of 1852, we received 8,660; in 1851, 6,618; in 1850, 7,352; in 1849, 5,092; in 1848, 3,800; and in 1817, 3,893 head. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WEEK. From Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. Rotterdam— 535 ... 2,108 ... 60 ... 307 Antwerp 6 ... 12 Ostend Hamburgh l5 ... 2,085 Dordt.. Bromvershaven 3 ... 184 ... Nien Diep 45 1,471 Tonningen 460 ... 394 Amsterdam Bremen 3Ol 15 Harlingen...— 417 ... 1,667 - ... '-'-' ... • •• •-• ... 27 - ••• - 94 ... 317 T0ta1.... 1,573 .. 9,565 .. 67 .. 536 .. 401 The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as under : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 1852 1,707 6,252 362 339 1851 1,701 4,480 232 198 1850 1,549 _. 4,995 .- 1849 1,124 3,775 ". 1848 656 _. 3,087 -. 234 ... 393 134 ... 59 153 ... 70 - ... There was a full average number of each kind of foreign stock on offer in to-day's market. The demand ruled heavy, at drooping prices. From our own grazing districts the receipts of beasts fresh up this morning were somewhat on the increase, and in fair average condition. The at tendance of both town and country buyers was good ; but the increased supplies of meat on offer in Newgate and Leadenhall mduced caution in effecting purchases. The few prime lots brought forward realised last week's cur rency—viz., 4s 6d. per 81bs, but all other breeds were dull, and 2d per 81bs lower than on Monday last. The arrivals from Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, and Northamptonshire amounted to 2,220 short horns ; from other parts of England, 600 Herefords, runts, and Devons; and from Scotland, 79 horned and polled Scots. With sheep we are seasonably well supplied, and there was a decided increase in their general weight. The primest Downs sold slowly at last week's currency—viz., 5s 2d per 81bs ; but all other breeds were very dull, and 2d per 81bs lower. Calves, the supply of which was good, sold heavily, at a decline in price of from 6d to 8d per 81bs. We had a slow sale for pigs, at a reduction of 2d per Sibs. The supply was good. Per Sibs to sink the offals. s. d. s. Inferior Beasts.... 2 10 to 3 2 Second quality.... 3 4 3 6 Prime large oxen 3 8 4 0 Prime Scots, &c. 4 2 4 4 Inferior Sheep ...3 0 3 4 Second quality ...3 6 3 10 Prime crso.-wlled.4 0 4 6 s. d. s. d. Prime Southdown 410 5 2 Large crse. calves 3 8 4 0 Prime small d 0... 4 2 4 8 Large hogs 3 8 4 2 Small porkers 4 2 5 0 Sucklingcalves —22 0 27 0 ,Quarter old pigs 21 0 26 0 46i 6 7 Q PREFERENCE SHARES. St. 100 'Aberdeen ......... - St. 10) 'Do., No. 2, 7 p c... - St. 100 Bris. & Ex. 4p. c. St. 20 5 IDo. 4p. c. Shares St. 100 Caledonian £lO ...... 98 - 100 99i [x d 15 all Chester & llolyhead Guar. 56 per cont... 161 176 61 Cork&Bandons6p.c. 61 all Dundee PerthdrAber , deep Junction.... ... 6 --64 31 all EastA nglian (23 10s) 6 per cent............ 33 34 5 all Do. (2,5) 7 per cent.. 4 -- 5 74 2 Do. (27175) 7p. et.. 1 p 64 all Eastern Counties Ex tension, sp. c. No.l 1 pm 64 all Do., No. 2 10 all Do., New 6p.c. St l3 14 20 all Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent lB 19 St. 1.00 EastLancash. 6 p.cts — 5 all Edinb.Prth.&Dundee 4 per cent. .... 3 34 3 St. 100 Glasgow dr S. Western guar. 5 per cent — . . St. 100 Great Northr 5 p.c ll7 120 St. 100 Do. sp. c.,Redeem., at 10 p. c. pram lOB 110 64 all Gt. Southn. &Westn (Ireland) Eighths 8 81 50 6 Gt. Westn. (Berks & Hants Ex. sp. c.) 6l 7 St. 103 G. West. fixed 4p c 99 101 16 6 Lan. & York. F. £2O, id par St. 100 Do., 6p. c., Stock 139 141 St. 100 London and:Brighton Guaranteed sp. c ..• ..„ St. 100 Do. Pref., sp. c. St — 50 all Do. Convertible, 5 p c., 1852., • -- ••• St. 1.00 Do. Now Guar. 6 p.c. 50 5 London &S. Western, Con. Thirds 2 3 121 121 Londonderry& Coler 121 all Londy. & Ennis. ISh 121 131 25 all Manch. ,Shef. , &Lin., Shares, No. 1 6 7 10 all Do. New, £lO 9 - 10 6 3 Do., £6. P, 12 1 all IMarypt. &Carl. 4p. c. 12 all iDo. 41 per cent. — ••• 10A Do. St. 100 Mid. Consol. 6 p.c. St. St. 1.00 Do. Consol. Bristol & Birm. 6 per cent.... 138 142 163 5 Do. Pref. 44 per cent. id St. 100 Norfolk Extension... x St. 100 Do. Pref. 5 per ct... St. 100 Do. Way. Val. 5 p c St. 100 North British lO2 104 20 all North Staffordshire 23 25 St. 100 Oxford Worcester & Wolyerh. £15,6 p. C. . . 15 15 Do — p 15i 8 all Shrews& Birm. N. G lO 11 10 all Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W. p. c. 16 —l7 p z d 10 10 Do. 5 per cent 9 25 all South Devon l3 14 10 1,4 Do. New par 4 p 1.0.6 all S. Eastern (Reading Ann.,) of 21 08.6 d. 24 241 20 all S.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar. 19 20 5 3 Waterfd.&Kilk.6p.c. ...d St. 100 York Newcastle and Berwick, 4 p.e.Pref. 96 99 17 5 Do.. 4,1 —. 4i 25 10 York& N. Midland H. &S. Purch id d FOREIGN. 10 5 'Antwrp &Rotterdam 2i lid 5 3 Belgian East. Juliet. i 14. 20 all Charleroi & Erqu e li n ... ' 20 10 Dijon and. Besason lip 20 8 Dutch Rhenish 20 all East Indian, 20 2 Do. Extension 10a11 G6C per . e. r l j n ea d ean i a a tt n po prof. Peninsularef. Fiance II - 1 2 i P 20 5 i 2301 Lucca Gt. s h a 1. . Shares.... andss .n . :of Canada 2 1 : 205 I 20 15 Luexemb ourg -- 6 11 10 10 Do. (Railway). ••• 5 2Do 5 3 Do. (Ca na l) 1 Ii 10 5 Do. 6p. cent. pref. I—li d 20 12 Lyons & Mecliterran. ... ••• 20 10 Madras i —14 P 33 29 Maria Antonia 10 10 Do. New. 20 all Namur & Liege (with interest 6i 7 20 all Do. (ex interest) _ l.• ;;• 333 1 16 all NTorthern of France 323 — 3O 20 all Do. 201. 3p. c. Bds _ ....., [fmy.B.StAms.Shs. j 12i _ IN 10 all VorwcgianTruk.Pref 7 . ...... .1_46., 20 10 Paris and Lyons l5 _ i-2 1 ,11 ° 20 all Paris and Orleans l-3 ...... '* l 2 2 0 0 aallll Paris a s 20 4 ParisCaenStCherborf, 2 _ 4 . and aud Sta u tgourg 3!5_ ;- %• ..... ; 54- '? - i p 36 i 104 104 tielace & Rj a e vr h ll : 3... d . .....; ...... ~..1 (1 20 all Rouen atiliouso... lh ..... l i 20 all 6 10 53 Per o f France.. 2 4 p g ,o' thern 20 •-• r ,„ u ng India Scrip ... ... .. Do. Sambre a 3 4 gi all Nest o si per c. Pref . ... ..d 20 10 I ) • tern of France... 7 _ 8 p 20 2s. - rnandeeernst. Pref. ••• * 2100 1 ,V V e c e s t, of Switzerland .i id 10 12 goy Zealand..,.. 3 - 24 (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Monday, 10 30 S.M. Wind, E.S.E. light, and dense fog. Arrived—Manhattan' and Taurus (s), from New York; Cormorant, Rotterdam • Emcles , Va l para i s o ; Glenard, Newfoundland ; Susan Ilineks, New York. (BY SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH a m. D EA L, Monday , 9 . 35 . Wind, N.N.N., light, and cloudy. Passed—lde, from London, to the Cape of Go2c_l__ll L op o e n ! Nuova Subtle, from London, to - ro O m P° L o rt n ; clo . r, , to ir gy m dney; don, to St. Kitt's ; Innellen, William Hammond, from London, to Adelaide •; brig Re gard, from North to WestwardN;i Flying .. Dragon, Wigrams, Sailed—Castle Eden, Lady Ealing Grove, Ocean 1 G B e r m t , Ocean Wave, New Express, Eclipse, Thoruasine, Alex.wanidneur,e, s, Helen Stewart, Bart lett, Louisa, Rid Van Alice Brown, Queen of the Isles, Da ' Metcalfe,Bank, Bury St. Edmond' S ara h Amelia Thompson , Bedlington, General Van den Bosch, Juno, lc u r- - vergno, suit, and Camilla., with the whole of the outward bound. DISPENSATION BY CARDINAL WlSENlAN.—Yeterday morn ing notices were r ea d i n the various Ronan Catholic places of worship in the metropolis, that in con sequence of the threatened visitation of the cholera, Cardinal Wiseman had granted dispensation to the faithful of his diocese from fasting, or abstaining from flesh meat on Fridays. Circular letters have also been addressed by him to the different congregations, enjoin ing them to co-operate with the civil power in all sanatory regulations and to use certain prayers for averting the impending calamity. The dispensation is to continue until further notice. THE CHARGE OF PERJURY AGAINST MRS. KELLY.— The magistrates of Capel-street police-office, Dublin, have dismissed the charge of perjury made against Mrs. Kelly by Miss Dease. HER MAJESTY'S STAGHOUNDS.—This magnificent'pack will commence the season this day (Monday), when the meet will be near the Royal kennels at Ascot. The pack will, as usual, hunt the forest country for the first two or three weeks, after which th e regu l ar fixtures will be announced. tr : S 17 ,N -- !, rya v i ZS' , .:-.--. ff ' r.2 l''' -- L. - - i - it, „.-.::i.: - . - , - ',7:z..,,..-...q.i,..•, , tri,••:; •\,..v•::::".i. • -, : AMERICA. LIVERPOOL, OCT. 9. By the Royal mail steam-ship Niagara, we have advices from New York to the 27th and Boston to the 28th ult. She has brought $lBl,OOO in specie on freight. The Niagara passed the steamer Ame rica, hence for Boston, on the 30th ult., at 5 40 a•m. ; and on the Bth inst., at 9 a.m., passed a screw-steamer, supposed to be the Taurus, from New York for this port. The cholera was on the decrease both at New Orleans and Mobile, but on the increase in the small towns along the banks of the Mississippi. A Cabinet Council was held at Washington on the 26th ult., at which Secretary Marcy's paper on the Kossta case was discussed. The New York Courier and Inquirer says:— " It is a long and powerful paper ; it asserts Kossta's right to protection, and justifies Captain Ingraham's summary proceedings as necessary to repel an act of war by the Austrian captain ; it proves the animus re vertendi by the fact that Kossta was awaiting at Smyrna a vessel iu which to re-embark for New York." The steamer Oregon sailed from San Francisco on the Ist ult. with $975,999 in gold dust, ea route for New York. The steamer Northern Light had arrived a York with advices from San Francisco to the ult., and $1,845,628 in goldilust on freight. The San Francisco Alta California of the lst of September thus reviews the state of things in California : " Since the date of our last month's notice of the mar ket every department of trade has exhibited an extraor dinary degree of languor and inactivity. This has been owing to the same cause as we then had occasion to ad vert to—viz., the absence of any demand of consequence from the interior, which would enable our jobbers to rid themselves of their stock, and re-enter the market as purchasers. While, however, commercial affairs are suffering a temporary depression consequent upon over trading, the other great interests of our State are in the main prosperous and flourishing. The dry season does not now oppose that barrier to the miners' success which it has done heretofore. By numerous individual and combined enterprises many parts of the auriferous region have a constant supply of gwater, and the produ c ti on o f gold goes on in those localities without cessation- Every county in the State is a scene of political discussion and excitement. The election will take place on the 7th proximo, and until that event shall have transpired the public mind will be, to a great extent, occupied by political matters. The brickl a y ers an d mason s o f S an F ran cisco have struck for an an advance of wages from $lO to $l2 per day, and the hod carriers for an advance to $6 per day, and had obtained it. The Indians have become very troublesome all along the Rogue River Valley. A lump of gold weighing 10811 b. has been found near the source of Nelson Creek." Jamaica, advices o f th e 1 2th ult. state that the non -arrival of Sir Henry Barkly, the new Governor, and the consequently i ncrease d delay which was occurring in the settlement of fiscal and financial affairs, had the effect of con fi n i ng business trans actions within the narrowest limits possible, as no one knew whether it would be wise to buy or sell at the juncture. Advices from the city of Mexico to the 18th, and from Vera Cruz to the 22d ult., had been received at New Orleans. The Indians were still ravaging Durango and Chihuahua. General Tornell, the Minister of War, died at Tacubaya, on the 15th, of apoplexy. His successor had not been appointed at the latest dates. General Torena died in the city of Mexico on the 7th. Very little business was doing in the New York stock market. Most descriptions of railway shares had declined. There was more activity in the money market, capital being very freely offered both for call loans and discounts. Business paper was abundant at 9 to 12 per cent. Foreign exchange active. Bills on London, 109 k to 1091; Paris, 5 to 5 121 ; Amsterdam, 41 to 41k; Hamburg, 361 to 361 ; Bremen, 791- to 79i ; Ant werp, 5 15 to 5 164. Cotton in good demand at steady rates. The stock in New York was estimated 50,000 bales. Flour in good demand, and prices well sustained. Wheat had slightly advanced in price. Indian corn in better demand, at 82c. per bushel for south ern yellow, 80c. for white, and 79c. to 82c. for western mixed. Western mess pork in good demand, at 15 dols. 86c. to 16 dols. ; mess beef dull, at 7 dols. to 9 dols. 50c. No change in butter, cheese, or lard. Scotch pig-iron in fair demand, at 35 to 37, sit months. TOTAL SUPPLY. Beasts . •• . Sheep and Lambs .. • • •• ..29,830 Calves .. •• •• •• •••• • • • • 398 Pigs •• ........ •••• •• •• 410 A FOREIGN SUP:EIt. Beasts .2,309 Sheep ...• •• • . Calves...• •• •• statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of t stock exhibited and sold in Smithfield Cattle Market, on Monday, Oct. 11, 1852, and this day, Monday, Oct. 10, 1853. Per Bibs, to sink the offals. Oct. 11, 1852. Oct.lo, 1853 a. d d s. d Coarse and inferio r b easts 2 2 . to 2 4 2 10 . to 3 2 Second quality ditto • 2 6 3 0 3 4 3 6 Prime large ox en • 3 2 3 6 3 8 4 0 Prime Scoffs, &c • 3 8 310 4 2 4 4 Coarse and inferior sheep 3 2 3 6 3 0 3 4 Second quality ditto • 3 8 310 3 6 310 Prime coarse woolled ditto 4 0 4 2,4 0 4 6 Prime Southdown ditt o 4 4 4 64 10 5 2 Large coarse calves 2 8 3 4!3 8 4 0 Prime small ditto 3 6 4 0;4 2 4 8 Large hogs ... 210 3 6 1 3 8 4 2 Neat small porkers • 3 8 310 4 4 5 0 •• Beasts... 5,107 5,937 Sheep ... 27,990 29,830 Calves... 227 398 410 SUPPLIES ON SALE, Oct. 13, 1851.—Beasts, 4,604; sheep, 28,270; calves, 230 ; pi gs , 580. Oct. 14, 1 850.—Beasts, 5,463; sheep, 29,160; calves, 214 ; pigs, 600. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Since our last report, the supplies of each kind of meat on sale in these markets have been considerably on the increase ; nevertheless, a full average business has been transacted, and prices have been fairly supported. Per 81bs by the carcase. Beef, inferior s. d. s . d. I 2 10 3 2 Mutton, Inferior Do., middling 3 4 3 6 Do., middling.... Do., prime large 3 6 3 8 Do., prime Do., do. small ....3 10 4 0 1 Veal Pork, large ..,... 3 10 4 8 J Pork, small s. d. s. d. 34 3 8 .3 10 4 6 .4 8 4 10 ,3 10 5 0 4 10 5 2 BOROUGH HOP. As the growth continues to come down very light, the duty has declined to 135,0001. and 140,0001. The demand for both new and yearling hops is very active, on higher terms. New Weald of Kents have sold at from 175 s to 2305, and Sussex 165 s to 195 s per cwt. Several parcels arrived from the continent last week. BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. The supplies of home-grown potatoes are very moderate, but those of foreign are good—the imports last week being 136 tons from Calais, 20 ditto from Amsterdam, 340 ditto from Dunkirk, 403 ditto from Rouen, 2 ditto from Dordt, 220 ditto from Boulogne, and 8 ditto from Rotterdam. The demand is active, and prices are on the advance, as follows :—Shaws 120 s to 1355; Regents, 140 s to 170 s; and foreign, 130 s to 140 s per ton. The supplies from France will now shortly cease. WOOL. The next series of colonial wool sales will commence on the 20th inst. The quantity declared is 56,653 bales—viz., 17,443 bales from Sydney, 20,529 Port Philip, 4,538 Van Dieman's Land, 3,368 Adelaide, 5,255 Cape, 120 Swan River, 1,398 New Zealand, and 3,902 East India. Scarcely any business is doing in the private contract market, and prices are with difficulty supported. Last week's imports were 19 bales from Alexandria, 490 from Hamburgb, 106 from Leghorn, 111 from Seville, 2,800 from Sydney, and 206 from Melbourne. SEEDS. Linseed continues to move off steadily at extreme quo tations. On the spot, Black Sea is selling at 49s to 50s; East India, 49s 6d to 50s 6d ; Egyptian, 46s 6d to 47s 6d ; and Petersburgh, 453 to 48s per quarter. East India rape, 54s to 555. Canary has realised 60s for fine. Cakes are held at fully previous rates. Turnip. White, per bush. 18s to 2le Swede 20s 23s' Mustard, 8r0wn...... lOs 14s White, new...... 14s 20. Tares,Winter, new.... 8s 3d 8s 9d Spring .......... Os Odi s Od Canary, per quarter • 54s 58s Rye grass.. -... • • • ... 28s 34c Clover, RedEn; . (ere t.) 44s 64 White • • .... • • 48s 65s Foreign 8ed...... 44s 62s White.... 51s 65s Trefoil, new.. • 193 24s Carraway... 46s 4Cs C0riander............ lls 14s Heropseed, per grafter 38s 42s Linseed, Eng.iowing • • 56s COS Crushing •• •• 49s 51s Baltic .. 44s 49s Odessa • • Linseed Cake, ton — English • • . 91 Os 10 53 Foreign, per Lon 8/ lOs 111 00s Rape Cakes, pr ton 5/ 5s 5/ 103 Itapeseed,New,prlst 'l7los 29 Cs TALLOW. The amount of business doing in our market is by no means extensive ; prices, however, are on the advance. P.Y.C. ou the spot is quoted at 58s 6d to 58s 9d, and for the last three months 5Ss 6d per cwt. Town tallow is 60s net cash ; rough fat, 3s 4d per 81bs. 1849. 1 1851. 1852. 1853. ' --- Stock this day 43,562 27, 2 74 / 38,291 31,651 16,5 5 Price of Y. C. f 37s 6d 383 9 d to , SBs 3d toi 42s 3d 583 6dt7 •• ••/ to (0 ( 0d 00s Od 38s Ito 42s 9d 58s 9d Delivery last week • • 3,549 3.003 1,924 3,933 3 , 571 Ditto from Jane 1 .... 28,907 32,305 30,876 28,877 35,932 Arrivals last week.. 5,251 3,559 5,282 1,065 725 Ditto from June 1.... 46,293 33,:55 32,634 19,909 29, 72 Price of Town 36s 6d 41s Oil 41s Od 45s Od 625 6d JUNIOR UNITED SERVICE CLUB.—It is in contem plation to purchase the Duke of Buckingham's late re sidence, Chandos-house, Pall-mall, for the site of the Junior United Service Club ; in which event, Chandos house will be taken down, and upon the ground a new and magnificent structure will be erected. The present IMPORTATIONS OF FOTATOES.---It appears from an offi building in Charles - street is totally inadequate to ac- cial document just issued, that in the month ended the commodate the members of a club, nearly two thou- sth ult. ' there were 9,838 cwt. of potatoes imported, sand officers of the Queen's and Company's services, and against 1,896 cwt. at the same period of last year. They the militia.—British Army Dispcqa. are free of duty. ! SHARE MARKETS-(THIS DAY.) BRITISH RAILWAYS. RAILWA\ e, !Aberdeen . -------------- Ambg. Nottng. Bost. dr Eastn. June. 812 - fling. Wolverh. dt Stour Birkenhd. Lancsb. di Cheshire Janet Do. Chesh. do Birk., £5O dr .£25 ; Cons._ Do., £20......••••••••• Bristol di Exeter Caledonian. Chester & Holyhead Cork and Bandon Cork, Black. & Pass DublindrßelfastJune Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction Do. New ...... East Anglian (£25 L. 4 E. dr L. & D.) Do., (£lB E. dr H.) Eastern Counties Eastern Union, Class A. late E. U. Sh Do., do Do., B. & C. East Lancashire East dr West Ind. Dk dr Birming. June Edinburgh& Glasgow Edinb. and Peebles Edinb. Prth. &Dundee Glasgow & S.Western Great Northern Stk Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock I Gt. Sth. &West. (Ire. ) Great Western Irish South-Easters. Lancaster & Carlisle Do., Thirds. ...... Lancash. &Yorkshire Do., Fifths Do., Wst. Riding Un Leeds Northern Liv. Crsby. & So uth pt London & Blackwall Lond. Tilb. & Sthend. Lond.Bright. & S. Cst. London & N. Western Do. Fifths London & S. Western Do., £5O. ..... ..... Do., £4O Lnd - ndrry.4Colemino Lndndrry- dt.Ennisk. bianch.Shef.d;Lincln. Do., Man. di Lin. Un. Midland . Do. Birming.& Derby Midland G. West.(lr.) Do. i Shares ..... ..... Newcastle &Carlisle.. Newmarket Do. Bury Extensions Newpt.Aberg.&Htfd Newry & Enniskillen Newry Warrenpoint & Rostrevor Norfolk Do., New Northn. Counties 13n North British , North Devon, N 0.1.. Do., No. 2. Dc., A Deferred . . Do., B Guaranteed North Staffordshire.. North Western.. ..... . N. & S. Westrn. Junc.l Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton....:' Scottish Central.-- Scottish Mid1and......1 Shrewsbury & Birmg. Do., L. & N. Westu. Guaranteed Stock... Shrewsby. & Herefd. Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W. Min. Do. Halves, do. Do. Oswestry Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern South Wales... ...... .. S. Yorksh. River Dun Stockton ir i:&itiepT. Thames Haven Dock, and Railway... Vale of Neatil.. Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford&Limerick West C0rnwa11........ Wmbledon &Croydotil Woodford ..............I York NewctL 61Berw. Do. Extensions....... Do. G.N.E. Purchase York & N. Midland.. Closing Prices Saturday. 20 -- 21 44- - 4i 8i - 9i 12 - 10 16 18 5 4 d 93 95 50 —50 A 15 —l7-, 44 iC 74 - 8i 41 - 3 - - 12 36 - 40 . - . 2 . 7 - 62 - 64 5 :: ol 20 . - 22 74 - 75 47 - 49 124 - 126 1101 - 103 180 - 81 85 90 10 —l2 p 62b 63 7i 12* 12 78 7i i 92 — 1 96 103 104 l a :: IP 75 77 13 12 d 12 —lld 194 -20 i ... - -dl 33 - 351 5o — 6 -. i i d par 4 Sid 47" :- 65 4 3 d 268 27 0 !, .1 ..• ••• 2 7t par 2 p 37 - 39 86 - 88 55 - 57 62 - 64 60 65 2i 2di® 16 18 8 9 12 13 4 -- aid 15 ---- 17 60 33i 343.1 - 28 - 30 2i 2i 14 - 15 .• ••• 8 • -- 9 S 9* 614 -- id, -- 6241 i 4 -- Tidl 45-- 464 Business done this day. 1100 1 91 / 50i 1 50 12A 11i 741 1251 81i 801 pm 632 10 121 7i 95 101 i 3 60i 60i 38 87 xd 55 xd GO 581 a(1 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Leasing Compans. Closing Prices Saturday. Business this day. !Or. Pall - - St. 100 50 all St. !100 IL. di N.W 'Caledon IGt.Nortlin i 'Ct.'lNTestn. Yk. New. & Berw Y.&N.Md Do IS Eastern P.o (Norfolk 11)o &N. W. & Midld. Stektou & Darlingt. Midland. E. Count Do Do . L. & •- •.S . W &Lndt Yk Do 'Gt.Northn Do Lancash.di Yorksh MrAlelcan Stockt. d; Darling Do IGt.Westn. 98 - 102 48 - 50 140 - 145 30 - 32 107 - JO9 531 - 544 27 - 28 13i - 144 254 - 264 2i - 3 xd ss = 1-00 60 - 63 •.• xd xd 140 145 138 142 .i L - fidl 291 -30 A 95_ - 100 PA:LwAT3. Buckghamsh Clydesdale Jc.' E. Lincoln. gr. I 6p. cent I Glstr.&Dn.Fr lirtlpl. Dk. dt Railway Hull & Selby.' Do. Shar e s. Do. 4 Shares. Lon. & Greenw Do. Preference Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent... Do. 6 per ct... fanch.Bxton. and Matlock Middlesbro' & Redcar. . INfidld.Bradfd. Northern and Easternsp.c. Do. 6 per ct.. !D9.Fix , :,(lsp.c I 'Prest• d;Wyre Do. 1 Shares.' Do.Shepth.St. Shef. Roth. & Goole g.5.p.e S. Staflordsli WearValleygr 6 per cent Do Wilts &Somrsti Agua Fria Anglo Californian Australasian Australian„ Australian Cordillera Australian Freehold. Ave Maria . Baden (Gd. Duchy of) British Auqtrin, Gold British Iron Brazilianlmp. (issued at £5 pm. Do. 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Land submarine Telegraph IVan Diemen's Land MINES. ft - h P 14 -- 1 d P i -- 3 1 -- d d 1 dis - - pal i 7 9 3 - 3i 2 - 2A 3 : 3 ! 42 - 4 5 - IOA - ip 55 - 65 6 -7 p 3d 14 16 d— IP 2} d d —4d 6i 7 d id P is 3 4 #— * d 5 7 3i 4 _ d =d BANKS. 70-72 ad bi id par 4, ldis 21 lid d — ip 22 - 23 33 - 34 45 - 47 id • par 36 38 64 66 ,1 7 t i 18 19 NEOUS. ii - Ii 55 - 60 .ii -: ip ri ... - li id id ip ... i - I.P 2 - 1p 33 -- : 35 is —.. is LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Oct. 19. Wind this day at Noon, N.N.W. ; light breeze, and fine clear weather. There was a thick haze all the morning until about 11 o'clock. COWES, Oct. 9.—Sailed—Helsingfor, Rio Janeiro. DOVER, Oct. 9.—Wind, S.S.W. to S.W. Arrived— Amadora, London, for Cuba. PORTSMOUTH, Oct. 9.—Wind, S.S.E. Arrived—Bew lab, London, for Port Philip. Sailed — Poictiers, Mel bourne ; Marie Leocada, do. ; Rhein, New York. FALMOUTH, Oct. 9.—Wind, E. Arrived—Jeannette Phillippine, Akyab ; Ariel, Rio Janeiro; and Florence, Mexico. TORBAY, Oct. 9.—Wind, E. A rrived—Caroline, Mo gadore. Off Port—lrene, London, for Port Adelaide ; Odessa, Batavia. SWANSEA, Oct. S.—Wind, E.N.E. Arrived —Adven ture, Riva de Salla. Sailed—Underley, Cuba. HULL, Oct. 9.—Wind, variable. Arrived Oscar, Shediae ; Emeline, Quebec ; Hannah Cocker, do. • Royal Victoria, New Orleans ; Fitz, New York. CLYDE, Oct. S.—Sailed —John Barker, New York ; Clio, do. ; Mary Campbell, Berbice ; Statesman, Boston. SYDNEY, C. 8., Sept. 1 6.—The Douglas, of Hull, was totally destroy e d b y f i re at Newfoundland; crew arrived here. SUNDSWALL, Sept. 24.—The Louise, of Dram, from London, g o t aground, but came off with'masts cut away. HALIFAX, N.S., Sept. 29.—The Saragossa, Havannah to Cowes, put in here on the 26th inst., dismasted, and will discharge. STAVENGER, Sept. 26.—The Twende Brodre, of and for Bergin, from Newcastle, was wrecked on the Todder, on the 24th lnst. CRONSTADT, Oct. 2.—The Echo, for London, has put back with four feet of water in her hold, and must dis charge. PICTOU, N.S., Sept. 27.—The Talisman,. Quebec to New castle, has put in l ea ky, an d i s d isc h arg ing. NEW YORK, Sept. 27.—Th e Bess G ran t, Gonai.vest° Liverpool, has b een t owe d i n h ere wi th f ore an d ma inmast cut away, much strai ne d, an d l ea ky, having been on la beam ends in a hu r ri cane , on th e Bth inst. THE NORTH-IVEST PASSAGE. The first meeting of Lieutenant Bedford Pim with the party from the Investigator is thus de scribed in a private letter, dated " Her Majesty's ship Resolute, Melville Island, April 19, 1853 :" " This is really a red letter day in our voyage, and shall be kept as a holiday by our heirs and successors for ever. At 9 o'clock of this day our look-out man made the signal for a party corning in from the west ward ; all went out to meet them and assist them in. A second party was then seen. Dr. Doraville was the first person I met. I cannot describe my feelings when he told me that Captain M`Clure was among the next party. I was not long in reaching him and giving him many hearty shakes—no purer were ever given by two men in this world. M'Clure looks well, but is very hungry. His description of Pim's making the Harbour of Mercy would have been a fine subject for the pen of Captain Marryat, were he alive. "M'Clure and his First-Lieutenant were walking on the floe. Seeing a person coming very fast towards them they supposed he was chased by a bear, or had seen a bear. Walked towards him ;on getting onwards a hundred yards, they could see from his proportions that he was not one of them. Pim began to screech and throw up his hands (his face as black as my hat) ; this brought the captain and lieutenant to a stand, as they could not hear sufficiently to make out his language. "At length Pim reached the party, quite beside him ,where r,ai d nag o s: y oe Kellett e come T f r n o i r n e , was' — Lieutenant . self, and stammered o u t, on M'C lure asking him, Who hapari Pim,ea y d bso Herald, iuwe, ittaohn M'Clure, in I s w tr a a s it t e he last He p a e t rson he shook . g l l e is n h g rnan thfo_un ai d that this so lit ary stranger was a true En i angel of light ;he says He soon was seen from the ship ; they had only one hatchway open, and the crew were fairly jambed there, in their endeavour to get up. The sick jumped out of their hammocks, and the crew forgot their despondency ; in fact, all was changed on board the Investigator. " M'Clure had 30 men and three officers fully pre. pared to leave for the depot at Point Spencer. What a disappointment it would have been to go there and find the miserable Mary yacht with four or five casks of provisions, instead of a fine large depot ! "Another party of seven men were to have gone by M'Kenzie, with a request to the Admiralty to send out a ship at Point Leopold, in 1854. The 30 men are on their way to me now. I shall, if possible, send them on to Beechy Island, with about 10 men of my own crew, to be taken home the first opportunity. " May 2.—lnvestigator's second party, consisting of Lieutenant Cresswell and Wynniatt, Mr. Piers, and Mr. Meertsching arrived, bringing two men on their sledge. They made an extraordinary passage across for men in their state. The greater part of them are affected with scurvy, but are rapidly improving." THE ARCTIC EXPEDITIONS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. ISIR,—In addition to the very interesting particulars which have appeared in The Sun of this day of the pro ceedings of her Majesty's ship Investigator in the Arctic Regions, we think it will be satisfactory to the publics to know, that by letters we have received from Com. mander M'Clure of that ship and from Captain Kellett, of her Majesty's ship Resolute, it appears that those of& cers bad met at Melville Island, and had been in com pany fora fortnight at the date of the last communica tion, Captain M'Cl ure h a d effected e from ofl7o miles a cros s the c position 7th i b t iy a ofmarch which Ma he y had placed Island. Under e these circumstances there catx b provisionwilibe his Ship made ade for the at Baring's th 3 i o , which this tihsi e wash Investigator and her crew, an d the only safetyquestionnof doubtntthep r e t s h at d t in uncertainty is whether the ship herself will be able to force a passage through this large mass of ice. we are, sir, your faithful servants, HALLETT, ROBINSON, AND CO., Agents to Capt a i n K e ll ett and Commander M 'Clure. George-street, Westminster, Oct. 8. FATAL STEALS-BOAT COLLISION.—SOUTHEND, OCT. 7. intelligence has just reached here of a collision be tween the Trident steam-ship, Captain Morris, one of the fleet of the General Steam Navigation Company, and the brig Harewood, of London, Mr. Graham, master, which took place on Tuesday night, near the Mouse light, some miles below the Nore, and occasioned the foundering of the latter vessel, and the loss of six of her crew. The Trident is one of the largest ships be longing to the company, and was selected by her Ma jesty for returning to the metropolis on the occasion of her first visit to Scotland, in preference to the Royal George sailing yacht. The names of the unhappy fel lows who perished were—George Waters, mate; John Alderson, seaman ; Richard Thompson, seaman ; 'Wil liam Johnson, seaman ; and William Collins and Tho mas George West, apprentices. On the part of the steamer it is averred, as we are informed, that the acci dent did not result from any improper navication on their part ; that they saw the approach of the Harewood, and stopped the engines, and did everything to avoid coming in contact, but that she ran right into them. The whole matter, however, will be thoroughly investi• gated at the coroner's inquest upon the bodies, as soon as any of them are found. The brig and cargo are a total loss. CITY ROYAL COMMISSION --In consequence of prior engagements on the part of the Royal Commissioner appointed to inquire into the state of the Corporation of the City of London, it is now understood that thi seal will not be opened until the commencement of tliAl ensuing month. 99 100 a d bon y of 3 fr. I for Jant and 70te lay tea to °Da 60 ;bed jot lil l ! e (1 GiC irj )ere 0 1 1 A 10• Paid 184 100 100 all all all 25 25 50 St. St. St. St. 100 all 3 100 17i all 10 100 100 100 100 100 261 13 20 20 -L all 100 all 51s. 1 100 20 112 100 76 7 all all all all all 100 1100 100 18k' all all all all all 13.5 24i 30 20 1 40 25 100 100 20 50 50 100 100 100 20 70 50 100 5 4 20