The Sun. — London, England, 1853-10-22 00:00:00

DREADFUL SHIPWRECK IN THE CHANNEL. LOSS OF THE DALHOUSIE AND SIXTY LIVES. Much regret pervaded the City yesterday at the announcement of the foundering of the well-known ship Dalhousie, Captain Butterworth, commander, in the Channel, off Beachy Head, and the loss of all souls on board, one only surviving to tell the melancholy tale. The circumstances of the loss are of an unusual character. The Dalhousie was a fine Indian teak built ship, of nearly 800 tons. She was launched at Moulmein in 1848, and was threfore a first-class vessel, in good and sound condition. She was the property of Mr. Allan, the shipowner of Leaden hall-street, and, we believe, was chartered to Messrs. Fry Davison, of Fenchurch-street, as one of the " White Horse Line of Australian Passen ger Ships," but previous to being put on she un derwent a thorough overhaul in Mr. Young's dock, at Limehouse. She went into the East India Doeks to load for Sydney, and, happily, on this occasion she was more devoted to the conveyance of freight than passengers. Her crew amounted to about sixty-one, and her cargo, comprising everyde scription of merchandise, was estimated at upwards of 100,0001. Her master, Captain Butterworth, is said to have been a most experienced navigator, and to have passed many years in the owners' service. She cleared from the docks at Blackwall on the 12th, and proceeded down the river to Gravesend. .Her passengers were confined to chief-cabin class, and the reporter was informed by Mr. Davison 'that not more than twenty berths in all had been 43 ecured. Of these there went on board at Graves end Mr. and Mrs. Underwood and three children, Mrs. Simpson and three children, and Miss Rail ford ; and the following expressed their intention of joining the ship at Plymouth, where she had to 'touch :—Major Hawks, Captain R. Daniel, Mr. J. Baldwin, Miss Macintosh and her maid, Mrs. Hill, and Miss A. M. Castles. Mrs. Butterworth being anxious to accompany her husband, Captain But terworth,to Plymouth, where she would leave, s h e went on board with three of her sons for the trip dowa Channel. The eldest, however, on the ship reaching the Downs, went ashore with the pilot at - Deal, to return to school, which is in the neigh bourhood. On the 18th the ship's departure from the Downs was telegraphed at Lloyd's ; and the next that was heard of her was about five o'clock on the following afternoon, when a boat reached 3over from the brig Mitchel Grove, which was lying off in the roadstead, reporting the appalling loss of the ship, and landing the only survivor, Joseph Reed, a seaman, every soul on board having perished with the vessel. All that is known, or is likely to be elicited, of this melancholy loss will be found in the subjoined statement, the contents of the protest which, by the permission of Mr. Allan, the owner, the re porter was allowed to copy : " I, Joseph Reed, lately an able seaman on board the ship Dalhousie ' belonging to the port of London, aohn Butterworth commander, do solemnly and sin cerely declare as follows :—On the 13th of October I set sail in the capacity of an able 'seaman. The ship Was laden with a general cargo ; her crew consisted of 48 men and officers, and she bad also twelve passengers .on board, it being intended that she should call at Ply "inouth to embark the remainder. She was towed down the Thames by a steam tug, and on the 15th, at 7 a.m., she arrived and was anchored in the Downs, the wind being contrary. Th e pil o t w h o h a d taken her down from London quitted her in the Downs, and the vessel lay there, detained by adverse winds and stormy wea-. tiler, until the 18th. During that interval she rode out a heavy gale of wind from the S.W., which lasted from the morning of the 15th till the evening of the 17th, ac companied by a very heavy sea ; but the ship rode it cut easily with a single anchor and chain, being veered away to upwards of 100 fathoms. At 7 a.m. on the 18th, Captain Butterworth got the ship under weigh, and proceeded down the English Channel with a fresh breeze from the N. W. She arrived off Dungeness at about 10 a.m., when the wind fell light. Captain But terworth made the best of his way down Channel under all sail, with the starboard tack on board, and nothing snore took place until between 7 and 8 p.m. At that lime, the vessel being eight or ten miles to the west ward of Dungeness, the wind shifted to the S.S.E., and gradually freshened from that quarter. At 10 p.m. Captain Butterworth took in the topgallantsails, and at midnight all hands were called to reef topsails, the wind increasing rapidly from the southward and eastward, and a strong sea getting up. The light on Beachy Head was then in sight, six or eight miles on the star board beam, and at 1.30 a.m. the mainsail and jib were stowed. Al 2 a.m. I took the helm, from which posi tion I had the means of observing everything which took place subsequently, and at 4 a.m. the fore and maintopsails were double reefed, and the raizentopsail stowed. The witd was then blowing a gale, aeeempa bled by a heavy sea, in which the vessel laboured greatly. 11 4 to that time she had shown herself, to the best of toy judgment, a lively, manageable ship, and during the gale in the Downs she had- b01....ed pumps had been sounded night and morning, and e was quite tight, and upon trying them, as usual, at e . P.m. (previous night), no water (excepting that always 11 1 the bottom) could be found. Towards 4 a.m. the Chip began to lurch deeply in the sea, going a long way over on her broadside, and she seemed unable to recover herself when she rolled. I began to suspect that there lona be a considerable quantity of water in her, and I Mentioned to one of my shipmates that the vessel seemed like a water-logged ship. Shortly afterwards 'the starboard quarter boat was carried away by a sea ; and, about 5 a.m. the crew, by the commander's orders, c ommenced throwing overboard water casks, sheep pens, and other lumber, from the deck. While they were so 13ocupied the ship gave a violent lureh to starboard, and 4 heavy sea at the time breaking over her to leeward, 'Washed overboard the long boat, which was full of live 14 °0E- The weather was then getting worse, and the ship Vas kept haul e d t o th e w i n d on th e por t tack, under the double reefed fore and maintopsail, foresail and foretop -mast staysail, the foresail being hauled up, and the main topsail lowered down on the cap. She continued to lurch 'violently, and at half-past 5 a.m. she rolled right over on her starboard beam-ends, and remained in that posi tion, with her masthead in the water, lying at the mercy of th e sea, which then made a clear breach over her, Cad washed away the larboard quarter boat. A great Melly of the crew took refuge in the maintop, and I got outside the ship on the weather quarter gallery, it being il npossible to stand on deck. A sea broke into the Paintopsail and carried away the main-topmast with all ,_ 441 gear, and likewise washed four men out of the main rP- Captain Butterworth, the chief and second mate, the carpenter, cook, and some of the crew joined me on the weather quarter, and they dragged through the gallery window four passengers, consisting of a gentle then, his wife, and two children, who took refuge with The declarant and another seaman also succeeded 111 'getting out of the water a young lady who had come cut of one of the poop cabins, and I lashed her to a large spar, and plac e d h er w ith th e res t o f h er party on the gallery. Immediately afterwards a large sea broke Over the skip, which washed off the gentleman above Mentioned, with his wife and children (four in all), and they perished together. At about this time a schooner Was observed about half a mile to the eastward, bearing 'lowa upon the wreck. The vessel was at that time settling fast in the water, and it was evident that she 'could not remain afloat many minutes longer. I cut the lashings of the spar to which the young lady had teen made fast, in order to give her a chance for her - life. As the spar went adrift, Captain Butterworth, 'the second mate, and one or two of the seamen 'quitted the sinking ship, and held on to the spar in .e hope of saving themselves, declarant being left on "ae quarter with the cook and carpenter. Many of the people had by this been drowned, but others l'emained holding on as they best could, on the weather side of the wreck. She lay thus for about ten minutes After Captain Butterworth had left her, and then sank, going' down head first. I scrambled rom the quarter to the mizenmast, which I ascended as the ship sank. I found the surgeon in the mizentop, and we went up together in the mizentop crosstrees. When we were submerged I lost sight of the surgeon, and I swam to Borne deals which were floating about. I got hold of °lle of them, but shortly afterwards I saw near me one f the chocks of the long boat, capable of affording me better support than the deal, which I therefore left, and placed myself on the chock. The schooner was then lee- Ward 'Within shouting distance, being about 100 yards to of me, and I hailed her, begging her crew to go about to windward, and afterwards drift down among 'the Dalhousie's people, of whom several were still alive, and might th us h ave b een p i c k e d up an d save d, w ith a ittle exertion on the schooner's part. The only re 43P°11se which I cou ld h ear f rom her was given by some * Person on board, who told me " Swim to her ;" but she WaS drifting to leeward much faster than any man could s alv Z, and she shortly afterwards stood away to the 1., and le ft me and my companions struggling in the Water., I watched her for nearly two hours afterwards, ...Lit e she at length disappeared, without having (so far as though the schooner was close to the Dalhousie when ,foundered, and her crew must have seen her go assn. In the course of the morning several other vessels out !leer me, both going up and down Channel, with ...„ul7eeing us. My companions gradually perished one 7. - Z . the other, and I was repeatedly washed off my t o th sn PPert. At about one p.m. the wind veered h )-, and towards four o'clock a brig hove in sight to windward, standing down towards where I was °NZ- I made signals to her with my handkerchief, both_ the bee br ay I could, which were fortunately seen on the brig . , and she bore down to me. The wind Was still bl set was owing a gale from the south-west, and the a b at e could so high as to make it doubtful whether side a could liv e . in it. The brig therefore came along- „Dad:it fast having lowered a rope with a bowline in it, I int° the s ea. Although my body, and sprang from the chock e ve _ a. Although the crew of the brig observed d 'Jr Precaution in their power, I was unavoidably .rag, goy un der rd water for a minute or two before I could u .' eL °u bo , and when I at length reached her deck I 6 e r re aa r l y u n ei ; me r r i f i senseless. She proved to be the Mitchel to Rawson master, bound from Littlohampton nd, with timber. Captain Rawson and his pi t Z. -11 treated me with the greatest kindness and hos an -- eo rea - d at fou r p.m. on the followi ng day the brig xlioderm e _ i a -D•ver Roads. The weather was then 1 ; 1 CAPtea EarIOD Win leiferod a beat, landed me at Dover. I made application to the owners' agent, who furnished me with the means of coming to London, and on the same evening I arrived in London, and lost no time in reporting the loss of the ship to the owners. I further declare that when the ship went down the light on Beachy Head bore from N.E. by E., distant about sixteen miles, and, to the best of my judgment, in about twenty fathoms of water. I believe that every person on board of her, with the exception of myself, perished. I cannot account for the circumstance of the ship foundering in the manner she did, otherwise than upon the presumption that a butt end must have started, either from her having struck upon a wreck, or from some other cause unknown to me. And I, the said Joseph Reed, do conscientiously believe the above state ment to be true, &c. (Signed) " JOSEPH REED." From the ship's Albers deposited at the Shipping office, with which we have been favoured by th e officials, we learn the names of a portion of the crew : _ _ -- - .. . Mr. John Butterworth, aged 45, captain, of London. Mr. William Walter Edge, aged 33, chief mate. Mr. Charles Fitch, aged 23, second mate, of Little Hedi ngham. Mr. Charles Bowditch, aged 20, third mate, of Lon don. William Simpson, aged 20, fourth mate, of Suffolk. John Alexander, aged 23, carpenter, of Stromness. James G. Brotherstone, aged 45, steward, of Dept ford. James Brotherstone (son of above), aged 17, cuddy servant, of Deptford. Alfred Scarfflin, aged 23, cook, of Walton-on-Naze. George Lopers, aged 31, sailmaker, of St. Helena. James Burley, aged 26, seaman, of Kent. James Marcus Harris, apprentice, William Hartshorn, apprentice. Edward Saxon Kendle, apprentice. John Henry Sturtman, apprentice. The remainder—thirty-two--were Lascars, who had been brought from Calcutta on the ship's last voyage, and whose names are not mentioned in the ship's papers. It is stated that the ship and cargo were insured for a sum amounting to about 70,0001. PLYMOUTH, FRIDAY EVENING. The distressing fact of the total loss of the Dal housie, at 5 o'clock on Wednesday morning, off Beachy-head, was telegraphed to Mr. B. Wilcocks, emigration agent, this afternoon. The Dalhousie, which left London on Thursday, the 13th inst., was appointed to call at Plymouth for passengers, several of whom are waiting here. Their names are—Major Hawks, of 21, Doughty street, Mecklenburgh-square, London ; Mr. Ewart, of Oldhouse, Crawley, Sussex ; Captain Robert Daniel, Mr. Beech and wife, of Bath ; Mrs. New man and child, of Penzance ; Miss Hills, of Graves end; Miss Castle, of Nottingham ; Mr. J. Muir Dome, of Liverpool ; Miss Macintosh and maid, of Liverpool ; and John Prottey, servant to Major Hawks. Captain Daniel had on board property worth 1,0001., and Major Hawks about 1001. The others had little of any value in her. Mrs. Newman is the wife of a master mariner, whom she is about to join in the, colonies. A special interposition of Providence seems to have saved the life of Miss Hills. On Friday, the 14th instant, she was off Gravesend in a boat, when the Dalhousie was behind a steamtug going down the river • the captain would not stop the ship, and Miss Hills was compelled to come en by land to Plymouth. She reports that a Mr. Underwood was, with his wife and two children, in another boat which followed the Dalhousie. Mr. Under wood expressed his determination to employ a tug, if necessary, to overtake the ship ; and, as nothing has been heard of him since, it is very probable that he overtook her, and with his family perished in her when she foundered. The Dalhousie was one of Fry and Davison's White Horse line of packets. She belongs to Mr. John Allan, of Lead enhall-street, and was built at Moulmein in 1848, of 756 tons register, and was commanded by Capt. Butterworth, whose wife, it is feared, was on board. In 1850 she left this port with Government emi grants for the Cape of Good Hope ; and in April, 1852, she sailed hence for Port Philip with general passengers. On the present voyage she was laden with a full general cargo, and bound to Sydney direct, as she took only poop cabin passengers, most of whom are at Plymouth. it is computed that the total loss of life, passengers and crew in cluded, will ho about 30 persons. FEARFUL ACCIDENT ON THE .RIVER MEDWAY. A frightful accident occurred on Thursday evening at Hartlake-bridge on the river Medway, near Tunbridge, by which it is supposed that nearly 40 persons have perished. The accounts of the accident are at present somewhat imperfect, but it appears that, in consequence of the river Medway having overflowed its banks, the hoppickers in the employ of Mr. Cox, a large hop gi uwor living at Golden-green, in the parish of TTadlow, near Tunbridge, after having finished their day's work, were being conveyed through the flood in a waggon, drawn by three horses, when, on arriving at Hartlake tillage, they beeanue alai - tied at the rush of water, and uttered loud cries. The party consisted of men, women, and children. The noise made by them alarmed the horses, and it seems that the animals consequently ran away, and came in contact with the side of the bridge, which, being in a dilapidated state, broke down. The consequence was that the waggon was precipitated into the river, and all the persons in it were drowned. Up to yesterday the bodies of two women only had been recovered, but, according to the best information that could be obtained upon the spot, no less than 37 persons are missing. In consequence of the vast body of water which is now flowing down the river, and the locks being open, the probability is that the bodies may be washed a con siderable distance from the bridge. Numbers of per sons are engaged in endeavouring to find them. The names of the two women whose bodies have been re covered are not known. . The coroner is to hold an inquest upon them to-day at the Bell Inn, Golden-green, in the parish of Hadlow. WEST SUSSEX QUARTER SESSIONS. IGNATIUS FRANCIS COYLE v. THE DUKE OF RICHMOND AND THE SUSSEX JUSTICES. The appeal against the conviction by his Grace the Duke of Richmond, Mr. Bridgeman (the Recorder for the city of Chichester), and a bench of Sussex jus tices, under the Vagrant Act, of the appellant for an attempt to pick pockets at the late Goodwood races, having been fixed for this day, the quarter sessions were invested with a more than ordinary interest. The notoriety acquired by the appellant from his having been for many years connected with the " turf," but more particularly his alleged participation in the " Running Rein" affair, his trial and conviction on a charge of forging the name of a sporting nobleman to a bill of exchange, and his general intimacy with the " men about town," had not only attracted consider. able interest to the affair, but rendered the case oRe for sporting speculation, and, so confident were his friends of success, that they freely offered two to one that the conviction would be quashed. At 11 o'clock Mr. PRIME, M.P., the chairman, took his seat on the bench, and there were present a greater number of magistrates than, perhaps, had ever assembled on a similar occasion. Mr. Creasey and Mr. Johnson appeared to support the conviction, and Mr. E. James, Mr. Ballantine, and Mr. Wyatt were in attendance on behalf of the appellant. The court throughout the proceedings was crowded to excess, and many of those present were from London. The evidence taken at the petty sessions when the case was first heard was reproduced. Mark Loome, a sergeant of the metropolitan police force and B division, distinctly swore that on the 27th of July last, he saw the appellant attempting to pick pockets in the Good wood betting enclosure. Mr. Cope, the Governor of Newgate, produced a cer tificate of the conviction of Coyle at the Central Crimi nal Court on the 25th of October, 1851, on a charge of forgery, and his sentence to 12 months imprisonment. Sergeants Quinnear and Combe, of the P and L divi sions of police, deposed to having seen Coyle in the com pany of the swell mob. The cross-examination of the latter witness by Mr. Ballantine created considerable laughter in the court. Other witnesses were called to prove the same facts, and this closed the case in support of the conviction. On the part of the appellant, the Earl of Uxbridge was called and deposed,—That when he asked the officer why he did not bring forward the persons on whom the robberies were attempted, he said he could not find them when he took the accused, and did not mention a word of that to which be had sworn on that day,— namely, that one of the old gentlemen had so many bets on the race that he could not attend. His Lord ship also said, that on telling Loome that he thought he had made some mistake, or had acted under some personal or vindictive feeling towards Coyle, his reply was, that this was quite impossible, as he knew nothing about him. Mr. Pearce, the superintendent of the F division of police ; Mr. Field, the late inspector of the detectives ; Serjeants Langley and Whicher, all actively employed in police matters for many years, were exa mined, and, one and all declared that they had known the appellant for many years, and that he had never as sociated with the members of the swell mob, nor had they ever heard of his being concerned in or addicted to picking pockets. The witnesses went further, and said they must have heard if he had made such attempts. Mr. James addressed the bench in a most forcible speech, commenting in severe terms on the conduct of Loome, the officer. Mr. Creasy also spoke for some time in reply to the evidence called on the part of the appellant ; and the Chairman having read over the evi dence, the Magistrates deliberated for about 10 minutes, and then affirmed the conviction. MONUMENT TO THE LATE LIEUTENANT BELLOT.— It is stated that Lord John Russell and the Earl of Ellesmere have requested Sir Roderick Murchison to place their names on the list of the Committee for the purpose of furnishing the erection of a monument to the memory of the late gallant French officer, Lieu tenant Bellot, and have authorised him to announce that they are ready to contribute liberally to the laud able object. oral ill A an 1 the lenle L re lying ne of wing men with great trds. °nth had. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 22, 1858. SHARE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY. BRITISH RAILWAYS. Paid. Closing Prices this day. 50 50 20 50 50 16 St. 20 14 50 40 25 25 812s 1 St. St. St. St. 13 20 20 50 50 20 20 25 25 12 14 25 121 12. 12. St. 10 25 10 ..0.6 10 20 20 20 too 184 100 100 100 8 100 100 42 34 all 100 - 100 474 17i all 100 1 100 100 100 1100 all all 6i all 100 all I 21s. 100 20 110 100 Aberdeen Do. No. 2, 7 p. C. Bris. & Ex. 4 p. c. St. I Do. 4 p. c. 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Land Submarine Telegraph Van Diemen's Land •.• 62 - - 55 60 x d i- I r id iP ••• .•• i d— par — ia iii, 32 : ii -15 i 68 '4, 81 00 Z J,l i LLOYD'S SNIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Oct. 21.--Wind this day at Noon, S.W., fine. RAMSGATE, Oct. 21.—Wind, S.W., strong breeze. Ar rived—Tridente, Bremen, for Havannah, damaged. Put Back—Haviland, for Carthagena, leaky. DEAL, Oct. 21.—Wind, S.W. by W., blowing strong. Arrived—Tyro, Smyrna ; Black River Packet, for Sydney. FOLKESTONE, Oct. 21.—Part of a vessel's stern or quarter board, with " M`Larin" on it, in large letters, has washed ashore at Hythe. PORTSMOUTH, OCt.2l.—Wind, W.S.W. Sailed—James, Melbourne.—The Emily, from London to Syra, reports having seen yesterday, about seven m il es S.W. of St. Katharine's Light, what appeared to be part of the deck of a large veesel, with two iron knees attached ; and the Ada, from Shields to Port Philip, reports having seen, be tween this and Beechy Head, yesterday, several rough spars, cabin doors, and bulkhead s , painted light green. HABLEPOOL, Oct. 21. Wind, W.S.W., blowing a gale. Sailed—Ellen, Porto Grande. Hum, Oct. 21.—Wind, W.S.W. Arrived—Washing ton, Richibucto. Sailed—Amherst, Melbourne. GRIMSBY, Oct. 21.—Arrived—Idas, Shields, for Lowes toft, very leaky- SOUTHAMPTON, OCt. 21. Sailed Wangah, Port Philip. LIVERPOOL, Oct. 21.—The David Harrison, hence for Bahia, has been towed back from Holyhead. PADSTOW, Oct. 20.—The smaok Caroline, of New Quay, struck on the Villaes, three miles off this port, and after wards sunk at her anchors. FISHGUARD, Oct. 21.—The William and Mary, from Liverpool, for Bristol, drove ashore on the Codwick Sand, where she sunk ; a great part of her cargo washed out, her hatches having come off. BRISTOL, Oct. 21.—Arrived—A schooner, from New foundiand. COWES, Oct. 21.—. Arrived—Courier, Matanzas; Agnes Smith, London for Naples, with foremast sprang. DARTMOUTH, Oct. 11.—Put Back—Victoria, from Glou cester, leaky; pumps choked with cargo—wheat. TORBAY, Oct. 21.—1 t is blowing a gale from S.S.W. to S.W. LOWESTOFT, Oct. 20.—schooner, supposed foreign, •is reported to have been lost on the Baneard Sand yesterday. GUERNSEY, Oct. 20.—The Champion, from Mevagisooy, to Jersey, drifted front the road stead yesterday, and stranded on the Flatney Esplanade, where she became a total wreck; crew saved. LLANELLY, Oct. 20.—The Providence, from Hayti, for Neath, has been abandoned off Milford, in a sinking state. LEITH, Oct. 20.—The Wilmington, of Hull, was wrecked on the 16th of September, in Exeter Bay, Davies' Straits ; five of the crew arrived here this morning. —•- - LYEID, Oct. 21.—The Chapman, of and for Plymouth, from Sierra Leone, was lost on the 14th of October, 480 miles S.W. of Scilly ; crew saved. PENzANcE, Oct. 19.—Wind, N.N.E, blowing hard, and squally. Arrived —Eleopore, Falmouth for Antwerp, with loss of foretopmast, maintopgallantmast, and sails, with other damage, having been on her beam ends in the night, in a hurricane, from S.E. and E.S.E.—The Olivia (fishing lugger), in running for her moorings during the gale last night, went on shore a mile to the westward of this place, and is a complete wreck; crew saved. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Saturday, Oct. y, 10 0 a.m.. Wind, S.W., fresh breeze, and kne. Arrived—Rosa, from Santander. WATERFORD, Wind, S.W. Sailed—Ann Jenny, for New York ; Gazelle, for Mel bourne. (BY SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Saturday, 10.15 a.m. CUSTOM-HOUSE RETURN. Arrived—Fifeshire, from Archangel ; Sophie, Aarhuns. Sailed—Caledonia (s), for Hamburgh ; Triton (a), f o r Calais ; Belgium (s), for (Mend ; Perseverance, for Leer ; Wanderings Manden, for Christiania. Tide, 10 a.m., low water ; weather, fine. DEAL, Saturday, 9.23 a.m. Wind, S.W., fresh, thick rain. band—Caroline, from Taganrog for London. MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) COVENT GARDEN. The supplies of both fruit and vegetables on sale to-day were extensive, yet the demand ruled steady, at last week's currency. FRurr.—Pine apples, English, 3s Od to Os Od each; ditto colonial, is to is 3d each ; Orleans plums, is to 2s ; green gages, is Od to 2s Oct per punnet ; hot-house grapes, is Od to is 6d; foreign ditto, 8d to is per lb; apples, 3s to 6s per bush.; pears, 2s to 4s per half sieve ; lemons, is Od to 2s Od ; oranges, 2s to 3s per doz. ; almonds, 5s per peck ; Barcelona nuts, 20s per bush.; cob-nuts, 50s to 60s per 1001bs. ; chesnuts, 8s to 20s per bushel ; filberts, 65s to 86s per 100 lbs ; walnuts, 8d to is 6d per 100; peaches, is to 5s ; nectarines, 2s to 7s ; apricots, is to 3s per dozen ; figs, is to 2s per dozen ; damsons, 2s 6d. to 3s 6d per half sieve ; melons, is to 3s Oct each. VEGETABLES.—Cabbages, Gd to Os Oct ; Brussels sprouts, is 6d to 2s Oct per half sieve ; brocoli, 2s to ds ; greens. 2s Od to 3s Od per dozen bunches; broad beans, Os Od to Os Oct per half sieve ; French beans, is 6d to 2s Gd per half sieve ; sca-kail Os Od to Os Od ; red cabbages, 2s to 4s Od per dozen ; potatoes, 130 s to 185 s per ton ; turnips, 2s Oct to 2s 6d ; carrots, 4s Od to 6s Od per dozen bunches; cucumbers, Os 2d to Os 6d each; celery, 9d to Is 6d per bundle ; spinach, is Oct to 2s Oct per sieve ; onions, Os Od to lOs Od per bushel ; Spanish ditto, is to 3s per doz. ; leeks, 3d to 4d per bunch ; shallots, 6d to Bcl ; garlic, Gd to 8d per lb ; endive, 2s 2d to 3s Od per score small salad, 2d to 3d perpunnet; horse-raddish, is Od to 3s Od per bundle ; mushrooms, Os Od to 8s Oct per bushel; parsley, 2s Odto 4s Od per dozen bunches ; turnip greens, is 3d to is Gd per bushel ; beet, is Od to is 6d per dozen ; cos lettuces, 9d to is per score ; radishes, is Od to 3s Od per doz. hands ; tomatoes, 6s Oct to 8s Oct per dozen ; mint, 3d to 5d per bunch; artichokes, 3s to 6s per dozen; sorrel, 6d to is per half sieve. THE DRAINAGE OF LONDON. ( From the Times. ) On Thursday last, as appeared by our impression of yesterday, the Metropolitan Commissioners of Sewers held a special court for the purpose of re ceiving what the Chairman correctly described as some "interesting and important" reports relating to the drainage of London. This business was transacted in proper official form—that is to say, the reports in question were read, " received," " adopted," and ordered to be printed and put into circulation forthwith. We apprehend, however, that the publicity thus desired will be of no great effect without some more popular exposition of the matter actually in hand, and we perform our duty, therefore, by putting into plainer language what has been now announced of the views and pros puts of the Court. It will not be forgotten in what position the Commissioners were left by recent proceedings. They possessed an ordinary income of some 200,0001. a-year, of which 50,0001. was .absorbed in current ordinary expenses, leaving 150,0001., or thereabouts, available for " extraordinary works." The works thus characterised included the construction and reconstruction of sewers wherever they were reqhired, and the obligations under this head represented, it was said, at pre sent an amount of not less than 200,0001. a-year more ; so that upon the whole the Commissioners, if they performed the whole of their duties, would have found themselves with an annual deficit of 50,0001. Besides these obligations, however, there was another and a heavier one. The whole system of London sewerage was so unscientific, imperfect, and unserviceable that an entirely new scheme was required upon new principles, and with a compre hensive character, before the metropolis could be well drai ne d at all. Not only was it indispensable to relieve the Thames, as well as other localities, from pollution, and to find some fitter main sewer for this huge city than an open tidal river flowing through its centre, but it was at length plainly confessed by the Commissioners themselves, that even district drainage could never be thoroughly accomplished without the provision of a better out fall, under an improved system. This is what was termed the "Great Drainage Scheme." After certain proceedings, to which we need make no present allu sion, the second Commission of Sewers approved, in the year 1850, of a plan proposed by Mr. Frank For sterfor drainingafresh the north and the south side of the Thames, at costs respectively of 1,200,0001. and 250,000/. ; but the funds for this undertaking were not forthcoming, and this Commission soon after broke up. There next appeared on the stage a private company, which offered to provide the re quired substitutes for the bed of the Thames, by constructing two intercepting tunnel sewers at an outlay, if we remember rightly, of some 650,0001. for the north, and 350,000/. for the south side of the river. The conditions they demanded for the execution of this enterprise included a fee simple in sewage abstracted, and a guaranteed interest of 3 per cent., by means of rates, on the expenditure incurred. The bill for this purpose, however, having been successfully opposed by the Metropo litan Commissioners, was lost in the last session. This opposition seems naturally to have quickened the responsibilities of the Commissioners them selves, and they now appear, accordingly, with a scheme of their own in place of that to which they objected. As far as we can extract any definite statement from the successive recitals of official reports, it seems that the Commissioners contemplate the im mediate commencement of certain works in con nexion with the Great Drainage Scheme on each side of the river, and we presume these works will be in substantial accordance with the plans pre pared by Mr. Frank Forster, and approved by the second Commission some three years ago. The operations on the north side, we are told, " will divert the whole of the sewage and flood-waters of 14 square miles of the upper districts from the river Thames ;" will relieve the Fleet sewer, and, though still incomplete, will change the whole character of this portion of the London drainage. Those on the south side, if we correctly apprehend the report, are intended "to produce the same effect that would be produced by raising the land on the south side of the metropolis 20 feet." Without, however, entering more minutely at present into the specifications before us, we conclude that it is proposed to put in hand im mediately certain portions of the great drainage scheme on each side of the river, and to carry these out, as far as may be found practicable, on the true principles of metropolitan sewerage. With such a resolution nobody can quarrel ; but there are several points on which more distinct informa tion is exceedingly desirable. Official forms, un fortunately, do not always convey much popular knowledge, and the public is still left in uncertainty respecting many details of considerable interest. We observe in the documents published that the " estimated cost of the whole (northern) work " is 271,2901., a sum which Sir W. Cubitt wisely re marks may as well be called 300,0001. at once. We also observe that in the report relating to the " south side of the Thames," a certain " high level sewer" is set at 258,0001., and a "low level ditto," with its apiurtenances, at 379,0001., making together an amount of 637,0001. We should be glad to learn more intelligibly to what these sums refer. Is it proposed to make an expenditure of 637,0001. on the south side of the Thames, and 300,0001. on the north ? If so, this appears to be a reversal of former estimates, whick all made the northern works materially more expensive than the south ern. Perhaps this practical raising of the whole southern side which is now projected involves an outlay not contemplated on previous occasions. Again, if we add the 637,0001. to the 300,0001., this gives nearly a million, which is upwards of two-thirds of the total demanded under Mr. Frank Forster's plan for the complete performance of the entire drainage scheme. Will two-thirds of it be completed by the present works ? What is the real aggregate of the outlay at present proposed, and what proportion of the whole scheme is this ex pected to accomplish ? Mr. Robert Stephenson, we observe, says of the northern undertaking, " the work proposed by your engineer, and sanc tioned by Sir W. Cubitt is undoubtedly a step in the right direction, but its effect will scarcely be felt if not followed up by similar designs of much greater magnitude, both on the north and south sides of the Thames." Now, this description does not exactly coincide with the anticipations put on record by the Commissioners, and we should like to get some better approximation to actual facts. Besides all this, there is a further point of very considerable importance. How are the funds to be provided ? The Commissioners, it is true, ob tained from Parliament the other day additional powers for raising money to the extent of 200 000/ , but this would not go very far, especially With an established deficit of 50,0001. to start with. Taken in conjunction with the whole available funds of the Commission, it would amo un t certa i nly to some 350,0001., but then what becomes of the extra ordinary works—works of " urgency," which were described as pressing on the Commissioners to the extent of 200,0001. a year, irrespectively altogether of the main draina ge scheme ?To put the case in half-a-dozen words, if the Commission requires 250,0001. a year f or its regular ti duties, and pos sesses but 200,000/. to perforiniese withal, how can an addition of 200 , 0001 . fora single . year enable it, over and abov e it s current liabilities, to undertake works involving a further expenditure of a million ? These are points on which we look for some infor mation._ In th e meanw hil e we f u ll y concur w ith Mr. Robert Stephenson in thinking that " the amount absolutely required for rendering the sewerage of the metropolis what it should be," ought to be laid before Parliament and the country without hesitation or delay. When these estimates have been properly tested we shall discern the real extent of our obligations, and either get our city well drained at last, or know the reason why. DRURY-LANE.--EQUESTRIAN AND GYMNASTIC PER FORMANCES.—No sooner has the dramatic season been brought to a successful conclusion than the note of pre paration falls upon the ear indicative of the forthcoming interesting and popular entertainments, in support of which the lessee has made engagements with a galaxy of talent of acknowledged and even world-renowned celebrity. In the arrangements of Mr. Smith are in cluded the names of the first male and female equestrians, not of our own country alone, but also from France and America • including Hermande z, Eaton Stone, New some, Madame Pauline N ewsome (from Franconrs, Paris), Stoke's American Wonders, Ella and Leon, an d many others. The facetious Tom Barry, aided by his brothers w r e s mirth-provokin g i c onfreres, Af essrs. Doughty and l.k.rot --night, daAsrthur Eam es , are also engaged. As pro f e ssors of gym nas ti c art , nam should look in va in for es such Elliot, Messrs. R us selli, Zamesou, who has accomplished, with infinite ease and unprecedented feat of throwing 91 grace, the summersaults • cession. A combination of fortuitous circumstanc e s i sue placed the lessee in a position to e 0 e has talent for a season necessarily limited , mbine this array of other engagements of the various • Owing to the STRAND THEATRE.—The b talented artistes. Crosby, previous to his enefit to be given to Mr. announced for this departure for the Colonies, and next, Oct. 24th, on evening, which o c c a sion , is postponed until Monda y of the Australian Theatres,occasion Mr. R. J. Osborne, appearance in England. will ' m ak e his first and only NORFOLK ES TUARY.—The new channel now being b this com pany een used for the fi leading to th e h ar bour, has ju s t come throu g h therst time by loaded vessels. Several have Had the new chann e l without accident o r dan ger. Tor e estuary cut not have been thus avail able, a day's delay would several'ofhave been imposed upon thethose upon tide. It vesse lsvri llthwhich happened to arrive late the estuary, when u f s l b l e seen to what great ex tentu y completed will benefit the 4 b i lTiug of the p out, Renwets. Aberdeen .. Ambg. Nottng. Bost and Eastn. Junct firming. Wolverh. & Stour Valley Birkenhd. Lancsh. do Cheshire Junct Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O and £25 Cons. Do., £2O. Bristol and Exeter... Caledonian Chester & Holyhead. Cork and Bandon... Cork, Black, & Pass. Dublin&BelfastJunc. Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction Do. New East Anglian Do., (218 E & Eastern Counties Eastern Union, A Stock Do., B. Stock Do., New A East Lancashire East &West Ind. Dk & Birming. June Edinburgh&Glasgow Edinb. and Peebles Edin. Prth. & Dunde • Glasgow & S. Western Great Northern Stk. Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock ....... . 'Gt. Sth. &West. (Ire.) Great Western Irish South-Eastern Lancaster & Carlisle Do., Thirds Lancash. andYorksh Do., Fifths D a. , Wst. Riding Un Leeds Northern Liv.Crsby. &Southpt London & Blackwall Lond. Tilb. & Sthend. Loud. Bright & S. est. Loud, and N. Westn. Do. Fifths a D o JO/. Sh. , M&8...0 London andS. Westn. Do., £5O Do., £4O Lndndrry& Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk. Manch.Shef.& Lincin Do., Man. & Lin. Un Midland Do. Birmng. & D erby Midld. G. West. (Ire.) Do. Half Shares Newcastle & Carlisle Newmarket Do., Bury Extension. Nwpt.Aberg. &Hrfd Newry &Enniskillen Newry Warrenpoint and Rostrevor Norfolk .... Northn.Counties Un North British North Devon, No. 1, Do., No. 2 Do., A A Deferred Do., A B Guaranteed North Staffordshire North Western N. & S. Westrn. June Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton Scottish Central Scottish Midland Shrewsbury & Biimg Do. L. & N. Western Guaranteed SI oak Shrewsby. & Herefd Shrewsby. & Chester (N. W. Min, Do. Halves,. e Do. Oswestry Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern South Wales S. Yrksh. & Riv. Dun Do Stockton & Hartlepl.l Thames Haven Dock and Railway Vale of Neath Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford&Limerick West Cornwall. Wimbledn & Croydon York Newetl.&Berw. Do. Extensions Do. G.N.E. Purchase York & N. Midland... PREFEREN I FOREIGN. Antwerp&Rotterdam Belgian Eastn. June. Beziers to Graissessac Charleroi & Erquelin. Dijon and Besancon Dutch Rhenish East Indian Do. Extension Gt. Indian Peninsula Gd. Junct. of France Gt. Western of Canada Shares Lucca di Pistoj a 5 p.e pref Luxembourg Do. (Railway) Do Do. (Canal) Do. 6 p. et. pref Lyons & Moditerran Madras Namur & Liege (with interest) Do. (ox interest) Northern of France Do. 201. 3 p. c Bds (fmy. B . & Ams. Shs.) NorwegianTrunkPref Paris and Lyons Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen._ Paris and Strasbourg ParisCaen & Cherbrg Quebec & Richmond Rouen and Havre Royal Swedi sh Sambre and Meuse Sth-Eastrn . of France Southern. of France Upper India Scrip West Flanders Do. 5i per c. Pref Western of France West. of Switzerland Zealand '4 6:,1, - 7 32i -- 331 124 - 131 - 7 -- S 154 -- 15ip 39 41 - 35i . 35 4 i 3 1 2 -- p 18 19 1 4d P 2 4pl 3 4 34ct LINES LEASED AT lenzED RENTALS• Paldi Leasing Conapans. Cloring Pricers tils day. RAUMAYS. Buckghamsh .1 Clydesdale Jc.l E. Lincoln. gr. 6 p. cent Glstr.&Dn.Fr ,Hrtlpl. Dk. & Railway Hull & Selby Do. Shares Do. 1. Shares Lon. &Greenw Do. Preference Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent Do. 6 per ct Manch.Baton and Matlock Middlesbro' & Redcar. Midld.Bradfd. Northern and Eastern sp.c. Do. 6 per et.. Do. Fixed sp. e Prest. &Wyre Do. 4 Shares. Roystn.& Hit. Do.Shepth.St. Shef. Roth. & Goole g . 5. p. c S. Staffordsh WearValleygr 6 per cent Do Wilts &Somrstil t • trb (itton SUN OFFICE, Six o'Clock. TATTERSALL'S. (THIS EVENING,) CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES. 10 to 1 agst Haco (taken). 10 to 1 agst Nabob (offered). 12 to 1 agst Seahorse (taken). 12 to 1 agst Mistletoe (taken). 15 to 1 agst Balrownie (taken). 100 to 6 agst Orestes (offered). 20 to 1 agst The General (taken). 25 to 1 agst Invasion (taken). 1,000 to 30 agst Hervine (taken). 50 to 1 agst lanthe (taken). STATE OF TRADE. (From the Manchester Guardian of this day.) MANCHESTER, Oct. 21.—0 n Tuesday, there was a very sensible improvement in the tone of our market, in re gard to India goods, and the medium and lower counts of water and mule yarns. The causes are obvious enough. After so long a period of comparatively trifling business, the supplies in the hands of various classes of buyers had fallen to a very low point ; and such parties were, therefore, prepared to operate on the appearance of any ground for increased confidence. The lessened production, with the certainty of its further diminu tion, by additional turn-outs, could not but tend to the strengthening of prices ; while, in the face of these turn outs, cotton was becoming dearer. At the same time, advices of an improvement in the Bombay and Calcutta markets were received. These favourable circumstances gave rise to considerable purchases of bundles and warps for Germany, where trade is good and stocks are small, and also of 40-inch shirtings and some kinds of yarns for India. The resumption of work by some makers of domestics - had the effect of occasioning more to be done also in warps and pincops for those fabrics. NOTTINGHAM, Oct. 20.—The trade generally may be stated as flat, in some cases so much so that machine holders are contemplating working half time. One large mill at Derby intends adopting this plan next week, and many smaller producers will do the same. Many of those who have been making silk goods nearly all the year are likely to make a few warps of cotton rather than hold stocks of the former material, which requires the investment of a serious amount of capital. The price of silk remains still very high, as is also cotton yarn. LEICESTER, Oct. 20.—There is less doing in regular hosiery goods, and manufacturers are cur t a ili ng th e production. Wholesale buyers have received instruc tions only to purchase for immediate demand. In fancy hosiery a good demand continues, but the glove branch is becoming much depressed. Long wools are very heavy sale, and prices are in favour of the buyer ; skin combing noils and short kinds are stilt in good request, and firm in price. THE WOOLLEN TRADE. (From the Leeds Mercury of this day.) LEEDS.—We have no change to report in the state of the woollen cloth market this week. The trade is gene. rally inanimate and dull. The very serious position which the Oriental question has assumed, coupled with the scarcity and dearness of money, and the high price which many of the chief necessaries of life now command, with other disturbing elements, have for sometime caused a feeling of depression and languor to rule in the market as well as in the warehouse. The cloth halls have been attended poorly, and the business very moderate. The trade in the warehouses, sympathising with the general feeling, is dull and quiet. Very few buyers, and the principle on which they act in purchasing is that of caution. HUDDERSFIELD, Oct. 18.—We have had a very indif ferent market again to-day, and it is not likely that we shall have any alteration for the better so long as there are so many adverse circumstances bearing upon trade generally. The tendency of prices is still downwards, both in the manufactured goods and in raw material. ROCHDALE, Oct. .17.--We have had a slender attend ance of merchants and drapers, yet the market has not been worse than is usually the case at this season of the year. Dyed flannels and strong Yorkshire goods were in moderate request; middle qualities were rather more inquired after than on this day week, but other sorts are dull, and only a limited amount of business was 'trans acted in the wool market. BRADFORD, Thursday.—The high prices of raw mate rial, the dearness of corn, which cripples the power of all classes to purchase freely of other commodities, and the uncertainty about war and peace, all conspire to produce a general cessation of demand. HALIFAX, Oct. 15.—There is nothing better in this market since our last report, but rather the reverse, and prices of combing wool still inclined to droop. They are generally expected lower, and some houses are materially abridging their consumption of the article. Short wools, though not plentiful, have rather given way in value. LAT.MT o.72rlrrlA'a XIV T 13L.L16`.13NCE. (By Submarine and European Telegraph.) CUSTOM-HOUSE RETURN GRAVESEND, OCT. 22, 2.26 raa. Wind, S.W. ; tide, three-quarters ; fine. Arrived—Panther (s), Ostend. Sailed—Rainbow (s), Rotterdam. DEAL, OCT. 22, NOON. Wind, W.S.W., blowing strong, with rain. Anchored—Naiad, from London to Trinidad ; Sumatra, from Dordrecht, to Liverpool. Put Back—Mississippi, for Sydney ; Emperor, Algoa Bay. 2 P. M. Wind, W.S.W., fresh, and squally. No fresh arrivals. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Geese, E;l;6s6cilia;ys,3s6d to 5s 6d each ; Ducks 1s 9d to 2s 9d; tame Rabbits, 10d to is 6d; wild ditto, Gd to is ; Pigeons, 5d to 8d each; roasting Pigs, Os Od to Os Od each; Surrey Fowls, 5s Od to 9s Od ; ditto Chickens, 3s Od to 5s Od; barn-door Fowls, is 9d to 2s 9d per couple; Capons, 3s to 4s 6d : Chickens, is 9d to 2s 3d per couple ; Pheasants, 3s 6d to 4s Od; Partridges, is 3d to is 9d; Hares, 2s 6d to 3s 6d; Leverets, 3s Od to 5a Od; Woodcocks, 2s 6d to 3s 6d; Grouse, is 9d to 2s Od; Snipes, 9d to is 6d; Teal, 6d. to 9d; wild Ducks, is 3d to 2s Od ; .Widgeons, 9d to ls Od; and Plovers, 6 d to is each. English Eggs, 8s 6X to Os Od; French ditto, 5s Od to 78 Od per 120 ; Ostend f res h Butter lls Od to 12s, and English lls 6d to Rs per 12 lbs. BILLINGSGATE. 2s 6d to 15s Od ; Brills, 2s 6d to 78 Od. each ; 4d t o 3 8 per pair ; Eels, 8d to is per lb ; L o b sters, 6d to Sa l lm ur o bts n o TrOut, is to is 4d per lb; Cod Fish, 5 s t o 1 2s ; Soles, 2 s 6d ; Crabs, 6d to 2s 6d ; Whitings, 6s to 12s Od per doz ; Doreys, 2s 6 d to 8s; Mullets, is to 4 s Od each ; Commo n 3 ysters, 10s Od to 16s Od; Natives, 40 s Od to 50s Od per bsh; Mackerel, 25s to 0s per 100 ; Smelts, le6d to 5s pr doz.; Skate, 6d to 7d per lb; Shrimps, i s 6d to 2s 6d per gallon; Bloaters, is 6d to 2s Od per d ozen; Fresh Herrings, 3s Od to 4 s 0d per 100 ; Haddocks, 6s to 12s per doz. ; Plaice, 4d to is each ; Carp, 2s Oct per brace ; Tench, 2s Od to Os Od per brace iGurnets, 4d to is Oct each ; Halibut, 6d per lb. ; Salt Fish, 2d to 5d Der lb ; Prawns, 3s Od to 5s 03 per lb. ; Flound ers , i s to i s 6d per dozen ; Sturgeon, 6d per lb.; Pike 6(1 each. READ. The prices of wheaten b B read in the metropolis are from loci to 104 d; of household ditto, Bid to 9id per 41b loaf. Beef, from 2s 6d WHITECHAPE to 3s 8d; Mutto L n, 3s 4d to 4s 10d Veal, 3s 4d t o 4 s 4d ; Pork, 3s 4d to 4s 10d per 8 1 bs. by the carcase. NEWPORT. Beef from 2s 10d to 3 1O& mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 10d ; veal, 4s 6d to 4s 6d ; pork, 3s 4d to 4s I.od per Sibs. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 2id to 3d; 641 b to 721 b, 3 d to 34d; 721 b to 801 b, 3Jd to 3Ad; 801 b to 881 b, 3id to aid; 881 b to 961 b, aid to 44; OGlb to 104113, 4d to 4.}d ; 1041 1 3 to 1121 b 44d to 4id. Horse hides, 6s Gd to Os 04; calf sklled ins, light, 2s 6d to 3s 6d; ditto, full, 6 s Gd to Os 0d; po sheep, 4s 64 to 5s 3d; Kents, 4s Oct to 4s 4d; Half-bre4s, 4s Od to 4s 4‘l; Downs, 3s 4 4 to 3s 104; Lambs, 2s 6d to 48 6d. 1311156: t 0 0 0 2 51 43 18s p ; er c l lo o v ad er . HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 31 5s to 5/ 15s ; clover ditto, 4/ 5s to 61 6s ; and straw, 1/ 14e to 2/ 2s per load. Supply moderate, and trade rather dull. -Meadow strhaawy, A fair average supply, ditto,e u i 4 B l E c ti , .orr 6s; and a steady demand. WIIITECIIAPEL.—Meadow hay, 36108 to ditto, 410 s to 61 ver y and 5/ 155 . ; clove straw, 1/ 143 to 2/ 2 l o ad. r Trade otqady, at full prices. per E NAVAL in TELLI44IT ,r -•, • THE BATTLE OF TRA Fikte4 t t. " -. . The anniversary of this glorious dayk:was celebrated as ~:;!.(qftie usual yesterday. The Victory, flag - ship;„4,Portsznouth, according to custom, decorated her trucks wairgarlaills. The surviving flag-officers who served neer kords Nelson and Collingwood on the occasion, are Vice- Admiral Richard Thomas. Rear-Admirals—Jan Pasco (who was Nelson's signal lieutenant), Sir G. R. 'Bar torius, W. W. Henderson, C. 8., W. Walpole, H. W. Bruce, J. H. Plumridge, Sir John Franklin, C. 8., Sir A. P. Green, C. 8., J. Carter, the Earl of Egm on t, Si r G. Westphal N. Duff, T, F. C. Mainwaring, A. Ferris, J. Symes, L. Hole, F. J. Thomas, H. Robinson, G. W. H. D'Aetb, W. S. Lovell, K.H., J. Rattray, G. Hewson, E. Barnard, J. Hay, H. Forbes, A. D. Y. Arbuthnot. /~ tom' Among the other surviving officers on the Navy List are-- Captains.---George Mowbray, Patten, Drake, Her ringham, W. Robertson, Sir W. H. Pierson, A. Luc kraft, Sir J. Hindmarsh, Dickinson, I\l'erae, M. H. Sweny, W. Shepheard, Parkin, Gape, Hood, J. Robert son Walker, G. Bignell, R. Douglas, S. Smith, T. P. Robinson, Reeve, Allen, Festing, Herbert, C. Hall, G. Brown, Rowe, Buchanan, Murley, Sykes, West, Sir A. Dixie, Bart. Commanders—Colby, Parker, Gill. C. A. Johnson, Pukernill, Kelly, Mason, D. Dent, W. Marten, Wood riff, Maclean, W. Carleton, H. West, H. Lancaster, Garrett, Lancaster, Vicary, Eyton, Adamson, Bowden, Howe, Basten, Purches, Bogue, Carslake, Barclay Eaton, Hilton, Entwistle, Pi ice, Colthurst, J. H. Sanders, Sal mon, Blennerharsett, C. Chappell, Anthony, Lamphier, Rich, Chrystie, Woolcock, Phepoe, Waterman, Treeve, Syer, Walford, Lauzun, Hickes, Tardrew, A. M`Kenzie, Cock, Rawlins, Snell, Napier, Seymour. Lieutenants—Rivers, Pollard, Knapman, Parsons, Hemer, Finemore, Harris, Boyce, Beckett, Parr, Hay don, Wolrige, Dumbreck, A. Martin, L. Dennys, A. Gallaway, Poad, Hick, Sir T. W. Kolburne, Bart., Chesnaye, G. E. Patey, Deuchar, Lambert, St. Quintin, Brenan, Elmhurst, Barker, J. H. Brown, Pilch, J. B. Elliott, Lechmere, Day, Blight, Weaver, Jackson, Cres wick, Cordry. Master—H. Andrews. Medical Officers—The Director-General Sir William Burnett, K.C.8., M.D., F.R.S. Inspector of Hospitals —J. Mortimer. Surgeons—P. Lyon, P. Suth er . Paymasters—Holman, Wells, Jewell Bailey, Whichelo, Starr, Mason. Royal Marines—Major-Generals Lawrence, Sir J. Owen, K.C.8.; Colonels Coryton, Ellis, C. 8., Wearing, Philips; Majors Finmore, Lemon ; Lieutenants Rotely, Magin, Brattle, Fane, Cinnamond, Rooke, Hawkins, Nicolas, Reeves, Mackintosh, Lister. PORTSMOUTH, OCT. 21. The Duke of Wellington, St. Jean d'Acre, Arrogant, and Amphion are ordered into harbour from Spithead to repair defects. The Russian frigate Aurora, 46, sailed into harbour this morning, from Spithead, to get a refit. PLYMOUTH, OCT. 21. Arrangements have been made for the departure of her Imperial Highness the Grand Duchess of Russia, family, and suite this morning from Torquay. The Im perial party leave by the up express, going over the South Devon, Bristol and Exeter, and Great Western Railways as far as Reading, where the Royal saloon will be de tached from the Great Western train. Her Majesty's ship Queen, 116, Captain F.T.Mitchell, and the screwship Ajax, Captain Warden, had the blue peters up all day yesterday, and they were appointed to sail to-day. It is now (10 a.m.) blowing a strong gale from the southward and westward, and has been all night. The Queen will proceed direct to the Mediterranean, and the Ajax to Queenstown. The Alarm, 26, is ordered to be brought forward for commission. WOOLWICH, Oar. 21. APPOINTMENTS. Captain Sir Thomas Maitland, C.B. (1837), to be Flag-Captain to Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas J. Cochrane, K.C.8., Commander-in-Chief at Portsmouth, and to the Victory flagship at that port, vice Shepherd. Captain William R. Mends (1852) to be Flag-Captain to Rear-Admiral Sir Edmund Lyons, G.C.8., K.C.H., and to the Agamemnon, 91, screw steam flagship at Portsmouth, preparing for service on the Mediterranean station. Captain William Houston Stewart to the Modeste, 18, sloop, on the Mediterranean station. Captain Houston Stewart, son of Rear-Admiral Stewart, C. 8., Superintendent at Malta dockyard, was formerly in command of the Virago paddlewheel steamsloop on the Pacific station, and was appointed shortly after his re turn home to be commander in the Prince Regent, 90, making ready at Devonport for service in the Mediter ranean. The Modeste is at present under the command of Lord William Compton. Assistant-Surgeon Frederick L. Leonard (1852), acting Assistant-Surgeon to the Ajax, 58, screw steam ship at Devonport, is confi r m e d as Assistant-Surgeon to the ship. Navit,l Instructor John Fitzgerald (1853) to the Im perieuse, 50, screw steamfrigate at Portsmouth. Midshipmen. —E. S. J. Daniel to the Diamond, 28, at Sheerness, L. Wildemar to the Blenheim, 60, screw steam-guardship. It is understood here to-day that Captain John Shep herd (1840), from the Victory flagship, will succeed Commodore Henry Eden at Woolwich Dockyard. Commodore Henry Eden was appointed Superintendent at Woolwich Dockyard on November 13, 1848. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN. Mr. Snell's committee have addressed a letter to the shareholders, in consequence of a circular put forth by the chairman of the company respecting the pledge given to Parliament in respect to the extension scheme. The committee assert that the Southampton and Dorchester branch bas not paid 3i per cent. per annum upon its cost, as stated by the directors, and that the statement in the report of the directors presented to the May meet ing was a gross misrepresentation. That instead of the cost of the Dorchester line being 752,0001., as stated by the directors, it should have been 800,0001., exclusive of 148,480/. for rolling stock, &c. The committee allow the receipts for the year 1852 to be 56,1291., as stated by the directors, but they do not admit the working expenses to be only 28,0641., or 50 per cent. of the receipts. They contend that the expenses amounted to 40,0081., includ ing interest on worki ng s t oc k , leaving a balance of line cost to tht hapeta the e i n mB t e op r oa ls oy t o o oo n l.n e t xd h pe e be n o e nd u et t ud l a r y oe . s n a t The t h e 4De per n i r e c r I nh cent.ei t s t t r 32,0001. per annum, towards which they get the above g sum of 16,121/. on l y, thus entailing a loss per se of 15,8791. per annum. The length of the Dorchester branch is 63 miles, and, of the company's lines 251 miles. The working expenses of the Dorchester branch by the . above account is 640/. per mile per annum, and of all the othe r li nes of the company upwards of 1,0001. per mile per annum. That the branches put forth from the parent line have reduced their dividends from 91. and 10e. per cent. per annum to their present amount of between Si. and 41, per cent. The letter of the committee states : "We were appointed a committee by the meeting of shareholders, held at Morley's Hotel on the 3d inst. At that meeting the resolutions were passed of which we en close a copy. We then addressed a letter to the chairman and directors of the company, requesting a conference with the board, a copy of which is also enclosed, and we received a reply from the secretary, Mr. Crombie, appointing the 13th instant for the conference. Mr Snell opened the conference by assuring the board that we came there in an p . rudent after pa cific 'amicable policy spirit, i throught, a n d anddesirous b y t b t e o d b i r r il e i c g to a r b s o o u n t l a y , but, every gentleman addressed the i g e h e a nboardguaw, ..._dseveral requests wished language,—and to dese,_all had inthe d mostcourteous requests had been made for s ome observat ions from the board, done, and then over what had board, the chairman in simply rose and said h declare this conference ( lissolve . We know not what quir h ed oul f d w l our been urged by us, and ien should same d brea el th. added, 'and I despised—our efforts as a few friendly disposition was that were mocked. comment to make upon such a proceeding ! We fee on the consideration of our fellow- We throw " nel d ve Prl to them with c onfidence for their shareholders defied —and hat we, personally, shareholders, fw. Serjeant Gaselee and Mr. Mortimer were and appeal of the treatment we di r ectors besides the chairman who addressed us; the only Mr. Uzielli, Count Eyre, and Mr. Reed 11- Chaplin, the di *wel) —" bsent• The rest of rectors--that is, judgment, — f or . unavoidably a 4 The committee state that the great and important error in the report to the meeting honourably releases nine—were present. the shareholders from the pledge given by the directors to the Committee of the House of Commons respecting the Dorchester and Exeter line. They state that of the l them, They th i r t ee n directors six o n ly urge on those measures; four, if not five, or opposedaf. are stand o o t . o and the rest are a bsentabroad, entreat their fel low-shareholders to negative the extension scheme by forwarding their proxies to London, or to Mr. Chaplin, Hyde -park-gardens ; or to Mr. Serjeant Gaselee, Cambridge-square ; and in every case to write underneath the signature the words " to be used against the extension." FORTH AND CLYDE CANAL. - - The report to be submitted to the proprietors at Glas gow on the 26th inst. states that the accounts exhibit a surplus revenue for the year of 34,4271., enabling them to declare a dividend at the rate of 54 per cent. amount ing to 31,3861., and leaving 3,041 t. to add to the rest. This statement of their affairs will, it is hoped, be satis factory, showing not only an increased trade, but also& diminished expenditure. The large saving in the extra ordinary expenditure is exceptional, no part of the canal having this year required such extensive repairs as to necessitate an interruption of traffic—a circumstance which has of course told favourably upon the revenue. In the ordinary expenditure retrenchments have been made, and others are in contemplation • the results of these will, however, be unfavourably affected by a rise of wages and materials during the last few months. Under these circumstances the governor and council have, after due consideration, to recommend the large addition to rest which has been stated, raising its amount to 7,382/. The Grangemouth harbour having participated in the general increase of trade, its surplus income on the last half-year, of 4091. has been applied to reduce the advances formerly made by the company, and now debited in "joint account with the Earl of Zetland," thereby diminishing by that amount the con tingent account maintained to meet these advances. The Drumpellor Railway Extension will be completed within a few weeks, and will prove a useful feeder to traffic, as well as an accommodation to important mine ral Aolda. nce ;nts to ted ,sed Inn' ties, 1 of the rich sian pre ,hed iger sup lent vate that the urg, sure the ivers ;ue ; ourt ;d to de nst., nge tele- and with .854. 3 the was finish pain. id of 16th pen. tack irth, Pro eals, and oked Ger the ?s on th© ;ober ;ton, wen- Jima sates d on and large l the wero cold, wore abia, 6th irn- inst. had %, on the ;en a State Bre- er in Rye fair d by ) the ights Pool, 6d. crip- Dis- xliet the Olc• avy heat ;low' stn grow ) on. I re- tha. DXO I WS *O/1- ■ I