The Sun. — London, England, 1853-11-14 00:00:00

FAREWELL BANQUET TO LORD ELPHINSTONE. On Saturday evening, the chairman and directors of the East India Company entertained at dinner Lord Elphinstone, previous to his proceeding to his post as Governor of Bombay, to which he has recently been ap pointed. The dinner took place in the London Tavern, and was characterised by all the splendour and magni ficence for which that establishment is famous. The display of gold plate was profuse in quantity, and curiou s and rare in workmanship. The dinner comprised every delicacy of the season, and the wines were of the first order. fig 4., Mr. Russell Ellice, chairman of the board of directors, was in the chair, having Lord Elphinstone, the guest of the evening, on his right hand. There were also present, on the right—Earl Granville, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Lord Canning, Lord Hardinge, Sir Charles Wood, Mr. Wigram, Lord Campbell, Mr. Sidney Herbert, Sir James Graham, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Card well, Sir James Hogg, Vice-Chancellor Page Wood, &c. On the left of the chairman there were—The Lord Mayor, the Deputy Chairman of the Company, the Earl of Elo•in, the Earl of Bessborough, the Earl of Shelburne, Lord Sydney, Mr. Lock, Lord Ernest Bruce, Lord Stanley of Alderley, Mr. S. Lushington, Mr. Hayter, Mr. Baines, Lord Justice Turner, Vice-Chancellors Kin dersley and Stuart, Sir Richard Jenkins, the Solicitor- General, &c. Among the company there were also pre sent —Sir Willoughby Cotton, Sir George Pollock, Mr. Mills, Colonel Sir Colin Campbell, Hon. Leslie Melvill, Sir C. Pasley, Mr. Masterman, M.P., Sir H. M. Wheeler. Sir Henry Willock, Mr. Mangles, M.P., Mr. Lowe, M.P., Mr. James Wilson, M.P., &c. After giving the healths of the Queen, Prince Albert, and the rest of the Royal Far f aily, which were duly honoured, The CHAIRMAN said they came now to the toast of the ev ening. They were assembled to bid farewell to the noble lord on his right, who was about to proceed to India as Governor of Bombay. (Applause.) He had been elected by the unanimous vote of the court of direc tors, and that vote had been cordially approved of by the Crown. Lord Elpbinstone was no untried man ; they had already had experience of his abilities in ad ministering Indian affairs. They had had experience of his talents as Governor of Madras, all the duties of which office he had discharged to the entire satisfaction of the directors ; and they had, therefore, complete satisfaction in having appointed him as Governor of Bombay, being assured that in his rule he would not only study to for ward the interests of the East India Company, but to promote the happiness of the many millions of our fel low-subjects entrusted to his care. He was sure that all present would join him (the chairman) in the wish that it might please God that the noble lord might be spared to return to his native country, and live long to enjoy the satisfaction of feeling that he had advanced the happiness and promoted the interests and the welfare of the millions of her Majesty's subjects over whom he was now called to rule. (Great applause.) Lord ELPHINSTONE thanked the company for the flat tering manner in which they had received his health. This was not the first time that he had stood in the posi tion of returning thanks for an honour conferred upon him of a similar nature ; but he mast confess he did not find that that at all lightened the difficulty of finding words in which to express his thanks to them. lie did not go out to India an untried man, but in going he felt the full responsibilities of the situation he was about to undertake. And he must also add that he would be ungrateful, indeed, if he did not also remember the assistance and the support which he had received when he was Governor of Madras, both from the directors of • the East India Company and their servants in India, and without which assistance he felt he should not have been equal to the situation. But it was the peculiar good fortune of the Indian Government to possess a body of servants, both in the civil and military departments, which he believed to be altogether unequalled for their zeal and ability —men of tried experience, who had been educated and brought up in the service of the company; and, with their assistance, he did not despair of accomplishing the objects for which he had been sent out. (Applause.) It was unnecessary for him to dwell at any length on what he conceived were the prin cipal objects of an Indian governor. He would only say that the principal objects which he proposed to himself in his government were three—first, to develop the re sources of the country ; second, to promote the sound and practical secular education of the natives ; and third, to advance and promote, as opportunities might offer, those natives who might qualify themselves for situations of trust in the public service. (Applause.) In all these objects he relied with perfect confidence on the counte nance and support of the court of directors. He was convinced, from all he had seen, that it was the wish of the people of this country that the natives of India should have their full share in the advantages arid pri vileges of British rule ; and it was a great comfort to him that upon this subject his feelings and views should be in:entire unison with the views of the court of direc tors and of her Majesty's Government. (Applause.) He would only say, in conclusion, that if he were in any degree enabled to promote these views and objects, he should feel that he had not gone to India in vain. Next to the approbation of his own conscience, his greatest pride would ever be to receive the approbation of the honourable the court of directors, and of her Majesty's Government. (Applause.) The CHAIRMAN next gave the toast of that truly na tional service, " The British Navy," upon which they mainly depended for the maintenance of their dearest privileges. They would all agree with him that to be pre pared for war was the best preservative of peace, and that preservative they had the good fortune to possess at the present moment. As they were honoured on this occa . Bien with the presence of the Right Hon. the First Lord of the Admiralty, he would beg to couple his health with the British navy. (Applause.) Sir JAMES GRAHAM confessed he ought not to be ashamed to lead the van or to break the line on behalf of the British navy ; and yet, when he looked round the table, and saw that the sister service was so well repre• .; seated by th e presence of so many officers so distin guishp d as ,his gallant friend Lord Hardinge, Sir Wil loughby Cotton, Sir George Pollock, and others, he confessed he did regret that Sir William Parker or Corn. modore Lambert was not present to return thanks for the British navy. The gallant officers to whom he had referred in connection with the army had led the Queen's and the Company's troops on many brilliant fields, and in a manner which reflected the highest honou r upon them. If Sir William Parker or Commodore Lambert had been present, their services perhaps might not have been so brilliant, yet they also had done good service in heading the combined services of the Queen's and the Company's marine. Sir William Parker had led the two arms of the service up an unknown river without the loss of a single ship through the whole of that difficult navigation, and had carried the terror of her Majesty's arras into the heart of the Chinese empire, and had there negotiated a peace which had been productive of lasting benefit to the country. More recently, Commodore Lambert had also done good service, in carrying her Majesty's ships up the rivers of the Burmese territory and there compelling the Emperor of Burmah to submit. But this was not the only connection which the East India Company had with the welfare of her Majesty's navy. Their possessions yielded some of the finest tim laer of which the ships of the navy were constructed, and the arsenals of the East India Company had sent forth some of the strongest and best ships in her Majesty's navy. This happy combination of the Queen's and the Company e s services had led to brilliant victories in every sea. The connection had been honourable to both in past times, and he prayed that that combination might long continue, when he was satisfied they would never disgrace the expectations which the country formed of them. (Applause.) The CH AIRMAN then proposed " The Army, " a ser vice whose d ee d s of valour it was needless for him to sent com mem orate. They had the good fortune to have pre withthem on that occasion a gallant nobleman, the Commander-in -Chief of her Majesty's forces, who had nd the done so much in his own person t o p romo t e the efficiency acomfort of the Brit is h army. H e need hardly mention Lord Rardinge's brilliant victories in India, where he had won imperishable renown. He would give "The ITealth of Lord Hardinge and the British Army." (Applause.) , Lord Harams mEhadgreatpl easure i returning, on th e part of the British a rmy , his cordial thanks for th e honour On which had been conf erre d upon them.an the ordinary occasion he would hav e con fi ned himself to task of returning thanks f or th e B ritish army ; but mere n the present occasion he felt that su c h a mere routine re ply was impossible, for he saw opposite him his gallant friends Sir Willoughby Cotton and Sir George Pollock the first of whom had performed, both in the first - w4 with Burmah and later in Hindustan, important services, From the latter he (Lord Eardinge) had himself re' ceived important assistance. That gallant officer had performed feats of a brilliancy which were excelled by few—he had advanced through the Punjaub, conquered the Kyber Pass, relieved the garrison of Jellalabad, taken the fortress of Cabul, and then marched back tri umphantly to India. (Applause.) It was impossible to separate the two services of the Queen's and the Com pany's troops in the performance of these great services, and fortunately the kindest and most generous feeling I LLIJOi) .l 1 towards each other pervaded both at the present time. He hoped that that feeling would long continue, and he should be the most ungrateful of men if he did not acknowledge how much he owed to the courage and fide lity of the sepoys. He was happy to be present on this occasion at the entertainment given to his noble friend in connection with his appointment to the government of Bombay. He had had the pleasure of forming an acquaintance with Lord Elphinstone on the banks of the -Sutlej—he had since known him intimately, and he be lieved that a better governor could not have been se lected. With regard to his own position, he believed that the British army were at present in a high state of discipline, and he was convinced that if ever their ser vices should unfortunately be required, they would prove that they had in no degree degenerated from their old renown. (Loud applause.) The CHAIRMAN then said it was well known that the East India Company was of no politics, and that they had nothing to do with party feeling. But they were well aware of the arduous duties which devolved upon those who administered the affairs of the country, and they had ample opportunities of seeing that the present Government devoted their whole energies to the task. Unfortunately, they had not the honour of having the Prime Minister present with them ; but there many dis tinguished members of the Cabinet present, and he was sure the company would all join cordially in the toast of "Her Majesty's Ministers." (Applause.) Earl GRANVILLE felt much embarrased in rising to re turn thanks on behalf of her Majesty's Ministers in the presence of so many of his more distinguished colleagues, but it had been so long his pride and gratification to obey the orders of the noble marquis near him (the Marquis of Lansdowne) that he could not refuse to do so now. He might state that her Majesty's Government, after long, careful, and anxious deliberation, had resolved to take that course which appeared to them the best adapted to promote the welfare of the natives of India, without showing favour either to one side or another at home ; and he could assure the meeting that he and all his colleagues appreciated the straightforward and single minded manner in which the East India Company had met their endeavours so to act. And in future he was sure the East India Company would find that her Ma jesty's Government would always be ready to co-operate with them in every measure that was calculated to pro mote the welfare of the inhabitants of India. (Applause.) He should not do justice to the feelings of her Majesty's Ministers if he did not express on their part the gratifi cation which they felt at the appointment of his noble friend Lord Elphinstone, which appointment had also met the approbation of such a high authority as Lord Hardinge. (Applause.) It had happened to him that by such an accident as that which called him to-night to return thanks for her Majesty's Ministers, he was placed in the chair of a committee of the House of Lords to inquire into the affairs of India ; and when there, he found himself in the position of that young member of Parliament who, on being returned for a certain borough was asked if he found much difficulty in public speak ing. His reply was, that practice made perfect ; and that for his part the only difficulty he found was in hav ing something to say. (Laughter.) So he (Earl Gran ville) had no difficulty in putting questions ; his only dif ficulty was in knowing what to ask. But he must say that while he found from all the witnesses full and clear information on every subject, he had especially found from Lord Elphinstone, whether in the committee or in the House of Lords, that he not only was in possession of a vast amount of information with respect to India, but that he also appeared to have formed clear and candid opinions on all questions affecting the welfare of those great dependencies. (Applause.) He believed he might say with the greatest truth that not only her Majesty's Ministers, but all present, wished him every prosperity in the administration of those affairs which had formed the study of his whole life. An acquaintance with him of twenty years' standing enabled him (Earl Granville) to say that his noble friend was one of the most honour able and high minded men it had ever been his good for tune to meet with. (Applause.) He begged again to thank them for the honour they had done her Majesty Ministers, and he cordially joined them in wishing all health and prosperity to his noble friend. (Applause.) The CHAIRMAN then gave the health of Sir Charles Wood, the President of the Board of Control. Of course it was not to be expected that they approved of every measure adopted at that board, but no one would doubt the honourable purpose and the high motives which on all occasions actuated his right honourable friend. Sir CHARLES WOOD returned thanks. It was not more than six months since he had had the honour of ad dressing the friends and members of the company in that room on a former occasion, and he was glad to find that \ whatever alterations had taken place in the government of India, no alteration had taken place in the magnifi. cent hospitality of the company. Since that time great changes had taken place in the government of India both at home and abroad. He could not suppose that all the propositions he had made should have met the cordial approbation of all whom he had now the honour to address, but of this he could assure them, that in al, he had proposed he was actuated by the belief that they would conduce to the good government of India. In epite of much opposition, and of numerous at tacks, they had succeeded in preserving entire the home government of India and the independence of the Court of Directors. They had been told that constant altercations and differences of opinion were going on between the Government and the Court of Directors ; but he had early expressed his opinion that the two bodies would cordially co-operate together in all those great purposes for which they were called upon to act together ; and he was bound now to de clare that the result had more than fulfillled all his ex pectations. He had, both from the late and the present chairman of the company, without the slightest excep tion, received the most cordial and undeviating support. (Applause.) They had now met to celebrate one of the most important acts of the Home Government. He called it so, because he believed that that which was most essential to the good government of India was the choice of those who were to be placed at the head of affairs, and that nothing was so important as the choice of governors. In celebrating the appointment of Lord Elphinstone they were celebrating the concurrent choice of the Court of Directors and the Crown. They had had two important governorships to fill up within the last six months, and he was happy to say that in both the most perfect unanimity of sentiment had prevailed. He believed it was the unanimous opinion of the Court of Directors that two abler men could not have been selected than Lord Elphinstone for Bombay, and the late Mr. Thomason for Madras ; and he felt assured it was not too much to say that that opinion would be confirmed by all who were capable of forming a judg ment on the matter. (Applause.) He hoped that, even at the festive board, it would not be out of place for him to pay a passing tribute to the memory of Mr. Tho mason—(Hear, hear,)—who had been selected as a governor of Madras simply on account of the zeal and ability he showed in the government of the north-west provinces. They believed that, in paying a tribute to his talents by rewarding him with the government of Madras, they were consulting the best interests of that province in placing them under the care of a man whose zeal and ability were al ready so conspicuous. He could not express how deeply he felt the loss which India had sustained, when, as they all knew, the last mail brought the melancholy tidings that he had fallen a victim, it was to be feared, to over-exertion in the government of the north-western provinces. It was a sad loss, an d one which he foresaw it would not be easy to fill up. With regard to his noble friend whose appointment they had met to cele brate, he might remind them that he had administered the affairs of the sister presidency of Madras for many years, and that subsequently he had visited the other parts of India. It would be no slight advantage to his govern ment at Bombay that he should previously have made acquaintance with the other parts of India. He had also the great advantage of the advice'of a distinguished relative of his own (Mr. Mountstuart Elphinstone), who had formerly been governor of Bombay, and who had left there imperishable records of his government. From the experience which his noble friend had already ac quired in the government of India, they all expected much. He had stated the objects to which he thought his attention, as governor of Bombay, ought to be directed ; and he (Sir C. Wood) had no doubt that to these objects he would devote his best exertions ; and that he would receive the warm support both of the Go vernment and of the Court of Directors. He could tell his noble friend that from what was known of his past conduct much was expected of his future. The eyes of the people of England were more fixed upon India now than they had ever before been, on account of the in creased facilities of intercourse, and the greater informa tion that was consequently diffused with respect to it. His noble friend had a difficult task to discharge ; but he (Sir C. Wood) believed he was fully equal to it ; if he had not, he would never have given his own consent or the directors theirs, to his being placed in that situation. He cordis.llAjoin e d in the wish that his noble friend d might b ra e on b b da l e tt s iho s aentd ofw he i h t w h i so hueldal bet h Sovereign, and spar e a ad b n i I d i o t i rt e eh s tel t i o r gnpr homea e t r f it o u r d m ,,ev i b ot i hf s th u e ti a e p s' p thonseehengexotvetrnoased; were "The "The Marquis of Dalhousie, Governor-General of India," and "The Lord Mayor." To the latter, the LO RD M AYOR shortly replied. The Marquis of LANBDOWITZ said he should hardly have felt himself called upon to obtrude upon their at tention on this occasion, were it not that he knew it would be agreeable to their feelings that they should not part without paying a tribute to the chairman of the East India Company. (Applause.) With respect to the particular occasion on which they had met—the • occasion of celebrating the appointment of his noble friend to an important station, in India—he need scarcely sa y anything. As one of her Majesty's Ministers, they had already spoken by the mouth of their foreman—his noble friend near him, and who was the first in official rank among them, and by whom they had been ably re presented to-day —so that there could be no doubt as to their feelings on the appointment. In another capacity he might be held to appear among them as a member of one of the most important constitutional authorities in the country—the House of Lords, who, as well as the other house of Parliament, have always been in connec tion with the East India Company, and who have ever felt the advantage of leaving the affairs of the company in the hands of the directors or their chairman ; and he was sure both houses would always be ready to ac knowledge the merit, the skill, and the judgment with which they had administered them. As a member of the House of Lords he was certain he spoke the feelings of all composing that assembly when he said that if a vote could have been proposed there, or if any proposition could have been made in conformity with the principles of the constitution with respect to the merits of the selection which the East India Company had made in the new governor of Bombay—if ever vote was passed unanimously in the House of Lords, that vote would have been a vote in favour of his noble friend. (Ap plause.) There are and there always have been in that house members who derive their right to sit in that as sembly from their connection with services rendered in India to the East India Company and to the country at large. Even in this room they had great living instances —(applause)—and among the first families in the coun try there were persons who dated their origin and their position from services in the East. There were others who had made for themselves a career, in some respects a new career, by serving not only the company with zeal and fidelity, but also, as his noble friend had told them, by holding it to be a great and solemn duty so to admi nister the affairs of the country as to benefit the natives who were committed to their charge. He had every confidence that Parliament had acted wisely in placing the government of India once more in the han 's of the Company, and his confidence was all the greater from finding his honourable friend in the chair placed at the head of the Company, to whom he begged to return thanks for the generous hospitality with which he had brought them together to-day, and he would beg to pro pose as a toast " The Chairman and Directors of the East India Company." (Applause.) The CHAIRMAN returned thanks, and afterwards pro posed " Mr. Millett and the Civil Service." Mr. MILLETT returned thanks. The CHAIRMAN then proposed "The Indian Army," whose services he said it would be impossible to over estimate. (Applause.) Sir GEORGE POLLOCK, in returning thanks, said he was gratified to have that opportunity of acknowledging publicly how much he had been indebted to the officers who served under his command, for they had served him with heart and soul. With respect to the army of India, he need only say that it was always ready to act, and that it always acted with effect, whether in the east or the west. But after the eulogium that had been pro nounced on that army by Lord Hardinge it was un necessary for him to add another word. (Applause.) The last toast of the evening was, " The Indian Navy," which was replied to by Captain Campbell, after which the company separated. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 14, 1853. THE MURDER AT BURNHAM ABBEY FARM. BURNHAM ABBEY, Saturday Evening.—Since the committal of Moses Hatto on the coroner's jury's ver dict, accusing him of the atrocious murder perpetrated here on Tuesday night week, the police have been ac tively engaged in trying to get together such evidence as may bring the murderer to justice, and the result of their exertions still further strengthens their suspicions of the accused. Since Hatto's committal to Aylesbury gaol the chap lain has been in daily attendance on him, but, as a mat- 1 ter of course, the cause of his committal could not be re ferred to by the reverend gentleman ; and the prisoner himself has not, during any such visitations, alluded to the crime. Upon his arrival at the prison on Tuesday night the same air of brovado which marked his demean our before the coroner's jury was observable ; but on the next day, and even down to the present, a marked change in his manner is reported, and within the last 24 hours he has exhibited a gloomy reserve, strongly con trasting with his bearing when he was first received by the gaol authorities. On his receiving breakfast from the warden yesterday morning, he muttered the words " Dreadful, very dreadful;" but gave no further key to the matter occupying his mind at the moment. The prisoner's appetite, which for the first day was equal to the gaol allowance, has most sensibly abated, and though his health continues to be good, it is not unlikely that a continuance of refraining from partaking as heartily as before of his meals must so undermine it as to necessitate his removal to the infirmary ward. The accused man has neither directly nor indirectly said a word while in the gaol bearing upon the dreadful crime, save the observations above mentioned, and he studiously avoids coming in sight of the other prisoners. The police have searched every spot on and about the premises here where it might be supposed likely for the rings, pencil-cases, and razors stolen from the dressing table in Mr. Goodwin's room to have been placed, but as yet they have not succeeded in obtaining the objects of their search. It is their belief that those small articles were put away further from the scene of murder than they were at first led to think, and they most positively assert, believing as they do in the guilt of Hatto, that on the night after the murder, and before the police were even aware that a murder had been committed, the ac cused, when he rode on one of his Master's horses to the Maidenhead station for a parcel which he alleges he ex pected, then placed them in some part of the many fields or swamps on his road. They, consequently, are now about to search the whole district, with the assistance of Mr. Goodwin's labourers and the surrounding cottagers, who exhibit the greatest excitement against the suspected man. It will be remembered that a shirt worn by the accused was missing from his stock of linen, and by the washer woman's account it turns out to have been almost a new one, and was washed by her a week before the murder. This shirt has not yet been found, and the police are strongly of opinion that Hatto must have worn it the night of the murder, and supposing it to have been torn in the desperate struggle with the deceased, and bearing stains of blood sufficient to inculpate him, that he used it with other articles in setting fire to the body of the unfortunate creature. It is certainly not a little singular that this shirt is not forthcoming, more especially as the accused was a stranger to the neighbourhood, and could not have given it to any acquaintance. There can be no doubt, say the police, that they would have had ample proofs of the prisoner's guilt had they been made acquainted with the murder on the night it was committed, and they are quite outrageous with the surgeon's assistant who saw the deceased when Mr. Goodwin first discovered her burning. We give the statement of the police with regard to the intelligence of this person. Superintendent Perkins, of Eton, says that on Mr. Goodwin discovering the murder he at once sent for the surgeon, but that instead of the principal arriving his assistant made his appearance. Upon his departure he was requested by Mr. Goodwin to inform the police on his way home of the awful tragedy. This sagacious young man rode home to Eton, and calling at the police station informed Mr. Perkins that a coroner's inquest would be held on the body of a woman at Burnham Abbey Farm, and that he had, therefore, better send word to the coroner. The superintendent asked " What the woman died from ?" "From suffocation," replied the surgeon's assistant, and then rode off home. a br w onik or fier d n : fii a nn s gfe sa ares i t, d , about the body being burnt, nor of the blood in the passages, the room, and the walls, I norN Nothingft a t n h d an dr h e e a r d e fu d l et i a nj il u e r d i . es in o t f h e e ou fa r c s e e: the ti police It h eclose of f t word to h thefir first day d t ay e e c f o r t o h n e e , inquestbut it w t ha a n that they ot a b n e came aware of the butchery that had taken place. There can be very little doubt but that the police, had they been informed by this surgeon's assistant of the true state of things on the night of the murder, would at once have been on the track in time to get possession of material evidence against the assassin, whereas the de lay arising from his stupidity afforded all the tim e neces sary to place such impediments in the way as m a y, after all, tend to defeat the ends of justice in this most san guinary affair. It is statQd that an additional link in the evidence against Hatto, the groom, who has been committed to take his trial at the next Bucks Quarter Sessions, has been supplied by the discovery of a shirt of his which was missing. It appears that the deceased and the ac cused were on much more friendly terms than was sup posed,thatled an H el a t t h te at t j o e e a e lo m u rn sy it w t a h s e i in some o otmefdewghreicehtnhoe motive second doubt exists in the neighbourhood of the fearful occur- I relict), EXTENSIVE FIRE PRESERVA7I.I:u.y AND MIRACULOUS OF FIVE LI VLS. A fire of a very alarming character, and nearly attended with the loss of five lives, happened in the premises belonging to Messrs. Perry and Davis, machine and general printers, carrying on business at Newington Butts, within a few doors of the Elephant and Castle Inn. At the time of the outbreak there were on the premises asleep a lodger named Fell, his wife, his two children, and a man who was taking charge of the establishment. The discovery was made at a few minutes before five o'clock on Saturday morning by a person named Catchpool, residing in the next house. An instant cry of "Fire !" was therefore raised, which brought Smart, the conductor of the Royal Society for the Protection of Life from Fire, to the front of the house. At that time the whole of the printing offices, extending from Surrey -row into Walworth-road, pre sented one immense sheet of flame. By repeatedly knocking at the door, and ringing the bells, the five inmates were made aware of their great danger, but on their attempting to descend the stairs they were met by a huge sheet of flame which prostrated them. Fortu nately they managed to regain their feet, and retraced their steps to one of the upper rooms, where they re mained until the fire-escape was adjusted in front of the house. The conductor at once ran up the escape —brought down the children in safety-- then mounted the machine again --carried down Mrs. Fell on his shoulders, and finally rescued Mr. Fell and the other man ju , t as the flames had entered the apartment in which they had been waiting. With as little delay as possible the engines of the London Fire Brigade and West of England Insurance Office attended, and fortu nately an abundant supply of water was obtained irons the Lambeth Company's mains, from which the engines were supplied, and after the lapse of two hours the flames were extinguished, but not until the stock in trade was consumed and the building nearly gutted. Fortunately the valuable and extensive collection of blocks belonging to Mr. T. R. Smith, of the Tour of Europe, Leicester -square, were, owing to the exertions of the firemen, saved from destruction, or the loss would have proved far more serious than it has been. The damage done to stock in trade, &c., it is feared will amount to 20001. The sufferers were insured in the Phcenix and Royal Exchange fire-offices. The origin of the misfortune is unknown. STATE OF TRADE. (Front the Manchester Guardian of Saturday.) MANCHESTER, Nov. 11—Throughout the present week there has been a more decided abstinence than before from any but such small purchases of yarns and goods as might be absolutely necessary in the way of assort ment. It is felt to be of vital importance to the interests of the country that we have now had ten or twelve days of weather highly favourable for preparing the land and sowing wheat ; but even this most propitious circum stance, with its influence upon the price of corn and upon the state of the money market, aided by our greatly di minished production of yarn and cloth, and by the con sideration of the very considerable fall which has taken place in prices, entirely fails to induce anything like ventures on the part of either home or foreign buyers.. There is indeed some little speculation in cotton at Liverpool, with a hardening in prices, occasioned by very apocryphal accounts of a " killing frost" having occurred in the United States. Under these circum stances, there is a somewhat increased desire, though no pressure, to sell ; and it may be said that the bias of prices is, in many things, slightly against producers. This is not the case, however, in India mule yarns, for which there is rather more inquiry. Warps, also, tip to 24's, continue steady. GLASGOW, Nov. 11.—There has been a quiet market for cotton during the week, the trade only purchasing sufficient to supply present wants. Prices are un changed. BRADFORD, Nov. 14.—Wools ; There is no change during the week, and the buying is on the narrowest scale possible. Yarns—The supplies are most mate rially diminished, the continued short-time working, stoppage of machinery, and ruinous price for yarns, compared with the cost of the raw material, compel the spinners to cease working, as near as they possibly can, till a turn for the better presents itself, ....NOTTINGHAM, Nov. 10.—Th ere i s no a l terat i on i n the lace trade worthy of notice since our last. LEICESTER, Nov. 10.—Nothing is buying in any branch but to complete orders. Long wools are giving way; short kinds hold their value. STATE OF THE WOOLLEN TRADE. (Front the Leeds Mercury of Saturday.) LEEDS, Nov. 11.- -There has been a better business done in the woollen cloth market this week. There have been several buyers in the town during the week ; considerable activity has prevailed, and a better busi ness has been done in those warehouses that are mainly engaged in the London trade. As the season for the country demand is nearly at an end, this branch of our trade is beginning to be rather quieter. HUDDERSFIELD, Nov. B.—There has not been much doing in the Cloth-hall or the warehouses ; several large buyers have been about, however, but more for the phr pose of looking after anything jobbish than for the sup ply of any general wants. Prices still easier. ROCHDALE, Nov. 7.—There has not been much change in the flannel market to-day. If lower prices had been submitted to, more business would have been transacted. Wool has been rather firmer to-day, arising principally from the London wool HALIFAX, Nov. s,—We have continued depression in both the piece and yarn departments of business, nor as there at present any clear prospect of their attaining more satisfactory position. The wool market is very dull and unsatisfactory prices both of corning and clothing kinds still showing a drooping tendency. There have been a few sales of middle wethers at 141 d. per lb., and of common noils and brokes at 12(1. Quotations, how ever, are very irregular in the market. &TIRING INTELLIGENCE. (From the Mining Journal of Saturday.) Shares in a great many mines have been in request this week, but at very low prices. Whilst on the subject of low prices, we may remark that we have received several communications upon the present state and condition of the mining market, and the manner in which property is depreciated in value by what is termed " price making," and " bearing" of shares. There is an old saying, we admit, that the " value of a thing is what it will bring ;" but in a limited and speculative market, like that for mining shares, this does not always hold good. There is generally some favorite stock of the day in which the public buy freely, and to which the main attention of the dealers is, for the time, directed ; and in many other good and promising mines no business may be transacted for weeks ; for, without buying orders on the market, the dealers do not increase their stocks, without they get great bargains. It is easy therefore to depreciate the value of such mines as these, and upon such, as it app ears f rom th e informa tion we have received from the largest dealer in the mar ket, it is the practice of a few parties to act. To exemplify our meaning more particularly, let us take the case of Speedwell, the price of shares here (1024th), was 61. per share; when suddenly, one morning of late, a daily paper gave the quotation of an actual sale at 21. 14s. per share. The shareholders, particularly those residing in the country, became naturally alarmed at seeing a sud den depreciation of nearly 4,0001. in their property ; but, on enquiry, it turned out that a very few shares only had been forced on the market, and in " price ' making" sold at 21. 145., that quotation bein, immedi ately forwarded for publication, to establish it, if possible, as the real value of the shares. This is but the type of many ; and we should advise share holders, before they getalarmed and fall into the traps laid for them by the " bears," to make enquiry as to the true causes for the very low quotations often made, and which have brought the mining market into its present depressed condition. Many dividend mines have not quite maintained their prices. In the Bullion Market,—Mexican and South Ameri can dollars, 55. ld. per oz. Bar silver containing gold, all gold above 5 grs. in the pound to be paid for, ss. 21d. per oz. standard. Bar silver without gold, ss. 20. per oz. standard. Bar gold, 775. 9d. per oz. standard. Spanish doubloons, 775. per oz. Columbian doubloons, 78s. 6d. per oz. The gold mining share this week has been very quiet ; prices on the whole have been fairly 'supported, but the dealings have not been sufficiently extensive to give a decided character to the market. The exception has been Agua Fria shares, which have been in increased demand, owing to favourable advices ; from the reports published to-day, Anglo-Californian have likewise been enquired for. The accounts from California state that the mines there are progressing, and before Christmas it is anticipated that some actual results will come to hand. 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Telescopes—A new and most important invention in telescopes, possessing such extraordinary powers that some, 3A inches, with an extra eye-piece, will show distinctly Jupiter's moons, Saturn's ring, and the double stars ; with the same telescope, weighing only 3 ounces, can be seen a person's countenance three miles and a half distant, and an object from 16 to 20 miles. They supersede every other kind fer the waistcoat-pocket. and aro of larger and all sizes, with increasing powers accordingly. Opera and race-course glasses, with wonderful power; an object can be clearly seen, from 14 to 1(; miles distant. Deafness—New Discovery—The Organic Vi brator, an extraordinary powerful and newly-invented instrument, for Deafness, entirely different from all others, to surpass anything of the kind that has been, or probably ever can be, produced. Being of the same colour as the skin, it is not perceptible ; it enables deaf persons to hear distinctly at church and at public as semblies ; the unpleasant sensa:ion of singing noises in the ears is entirely removed ; and it affords all the assist. ante that possibly could be desired.-39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly. Observe, opposite the York Hotel. NOMINATION OF SHERIFFS. Saturday being the morrow of St. Martin, the Lords of the Privy Council assembled in the Court of Exchequer, in pursuance of ancient custom, to proceed to " the nomi nation of sheriffs for the year ensuing for all the counties in England and Wales, with the exception of Cornwall and Lancashire." The Lords of the Council present were—the Earl Gran ville, President of the Council, the Lord Chancellor, the Right Hon. W. Gladstone, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Lord Campbell, Lord Chief Justice of England, Sir John Jervis, Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, Sir F. Pollock, Chief Baron, Mr. Baron Parke, Mr. Baron Alderson, Mr. Justice Colridge, Mr. Justice Wightman, Mr. Baron Platt, and Mr. Justice Talfourd. Mr. E. F. Greville attended as Clerk of the Council. The Queen's Remembrances- administered the customary oath to the Privy Councillors in Norman-French. The members of the council having resumed their seats, The Queen's Remembrancer (assisted by C. Brown, Esq., the chief clerk) proceeded to read over the list of names returned from each county. A variety of altera tions in the names having been made upon the informa tion which had been forwarded to the learned judges or to the Council-office, the list was ultimately settled in the following form : miliammiam ENGLAND. Bedfordshire.—Frederick Charles Polhill Turner, of Howbury-hall, Esq. ; John Shaw Leigh, of Luton Hoo, Esq. ; Sir George Robert Osborne, of Chicksa,nds, Esq. Berkshire.—James Joseph Wheble, of Bulmershe-court, Esq. ; Henry Elwes ' of Mareham-park, near Abingdon, Esq. ; Sir Cl aL di us Stephen Paul Hunter, of Mortimer. hill, Bart. Bucks.—Henry Ha,nner, of Stock-grove, Esq. ; Philip Duncombe Pauncefort Duncombe, of Great Briekhill, Esq.; William Frederick Farrer, of Brayfield-house, Esq. Cambridgeshire and Huntingdoushire.—William Wells, of Holme, Esq. ; George William Rowley of St. Neots, Esq. ; Sir John Henry Pelley, of Woodhurst. (The nomi nation this year is from Huntingdon.) Cumberland.—George Saul, of Brunstock, Esq. ; Thomas Alison Hoskins, of Higham, Esq.; Thomas Story Spedding, of Mirehouse, Esq. Cheshire.—Francis Duckinfield Palmer Astley, of Duck infield, Esq. ; John Chapman, of Hill-end, Mottram, Esq.; Richard Christopher Naylor, of Hooton-hall, Esq. Derbyshire.—William Drury Lowe, of Locks-park, Esq.; Peter Arkwright, of Willesloy-castle, Esq. ; the Right Hon. Henry Manners, Lord Waterpark, of Doveridge. Devonshire.—Arthur Davie Bassett, of Watermouth, Esq.; Edward Studd, of Oxton, Esq.; Richard Sommers Gard, of Rougemont, Esq. Dorsetshire—Sir Henry Oglander, of Parnham, Bart. ; Robert Williams, of Bridehead,. Esq.; George Wheildon, the younger, of Wyke house, Esq. Durham.—Henry John Baker Baker, of Elemore-hall, Esq. ; William Peareth, of Usworth-house, Esq. ; Robert Surtees, of Redworth-house, Esq. Essex.—Thomas White, of Weathersfield, Esq. ; John Watlington Perry Watlington, of Moor-hall, Esq. ; Robert Hills, of Colono Engaine, Esq. Gloucestershire.--John Henry Elwes, of Colesborne, near Northleach, Esq.; Corbet Holland Corbet, of Adming ton-house, Esq. ; Sir Charles Rushout Rushout, of Segin cote-house, Bart. Herefordshire.—Richard Hereford, of Sufton-court, Esq. ; Elias Chadwick, of Puddiestone, Esq. ; Richard Francis Weg,g-Prosser, of Belmont, Esq. Hertfordshire. Robert Hanbury, of the Poles -in - Thundridge, Esq. • Nathaniel Hibbert, of Munden in Watford, Esq. ; William Joseph Myers, of Porters in Shenley, Esq. Kent.—Alexander Glendining, of Ashgrove, Sevenoaks, Esq. ; John A ngers t e i n, of Woodlands, Blackheath, Esq. ; Sir Walter Charles James, of Betshanger, Bart. Leicestershire.—Cosino George Charles Kevill, of Holt, Esq. ; Henry Corles Bingham, of Wartnaby, Esq. ; Wil liam Ward Tailby, of Humberstone, Esq. Lincolnshire.—Anthony Wilson, of Rancely-hall, Esq. ; George Skipworth, of Moorton-house Esq.; the Hon. Alexander Lesli e M e l v ill e, o f B rans ton-hall. Monmouthshire.—Thomas Browne, of Ebbew-vale, Esq.; John Russell, of Risca, Esq. ; William Cave, of Penhow, Esq. Norfolk.—Brampton Gurdon, of Litton, Esq., Robert Kellett Long, of Dunston, Esq. ; Sir Robert John Harvey, of Thorpe, Knight. Northamptonshire.—The Right Hon. Anthony Henley Lord Henley, of Watford; George Hall, of Barton-Segrave, Esq. ; the Hon. Frederick William Child Villiers, of Northumberland.—Stamp Brooksbank, of the Her mitage, Esq. ; Samuel Edw a rd Widd r i ng t on , o f Newton hall, Esq. ; Rowland Errington, of Sandhoe, Esq. Nottinghamshire. —Samuel Bagnall Wild, of Costock, Esq. ; Henry Bridgeman Simpson, of Babworth, Esq.; Samuel William Weldtt, of Langwith-lodge, Esq. Oxfordshire.—John William Fane, of Wormsley, Esq. ; Benjamin John Whippy, of Lee-place, Charlbury, Esq.; Edwin Guest, of Sandford-park, Esq. Rutlandshire.—Robert Lee Bradshaw, of Tinwell, Esq.; Charles Ormston Eaton, of Tixover, Esq.; Arthur Heath cote, of Pilton, Esq. Shropshire.—Robert Aglionby Slaney, of Walford Manor, Esq. ; Willoughby Hart Sitwell, of Bucknall, Esq. ; Edward Lloyd Gatacre, of Gatacre-hall, Esq. Somersetshire.—James Curtis Somerville, of Dinder, Esq. ; William Phelips, of Montacute, Esq. ; George Barens Northeote, of Somerset court, Esq, Staffordshire.-- John Davenport Westwood, Esq. ; Richard Dyott, of Freeford, Esq. ; Thomas William Gif fard, of Chillingter, Esq. County of Southampton.—Jeremiah Robert Ives, of Bentworth-hall, Aston, Esq. ; James Edward Bradshaw, of Fair Oaa-park, near Winchester, Esq. ; the Hon. Sir Edward Butler, of Harefield, Southampton. Suffolk.—Windsor Parker, of Clopton-hall, Itr,ttlesden, Esq. - John Josselyn, o f St. Ed mun d' s -hil l, Bury St. Ed munds, Esq. ; Andrew Arcedeckne, of Glevering-hall, Hacheston, Esq. Surrey.—Robert Gosling, of Botley-park, Esq. ; Ro bert Wigram Crawford, of Mickleham-hall, Dorking, Esq. ; George Carew Gibson, of Brathtone-brook, Guild ford, Esq. Sussex. —John Day, of Nowick, Esq. ; William Whit ter, of Worthing, Esq. ; William Crake, of Hastings, Esq. Warwickshire.—William Charles Alston, of Elmdon, Esq. ; Joseph Moore Boultbee, of Springfield, Esq. ; Sir GliandosWren Cradock Hartopp, of Four-oaks-hall, Sutton Goldfield, Bart. Westmoreland.—Walter Charles Strickland, of Sizergh• hall, Kendal, Esq.; John Wilson, of the Howe, Winder. mere, Esq. ; John Hill, of Bankfoot, Esq. Wiltshire.—Edmund Lewis Clutterbuck, of Harden. huish-park, Esq. ; Sir Francis Dugdale Astley, of Ever leigh-park, Bart.; Simon Watson Taylor, of Urckfield, Esq. Worcestershire. —Edward Bearcroft, of Mere-hall, near Bromsgrove, Esq. ; William Dowdeswell, of Pull-court, near Tewkesbury, Esq. ; Francis Edward Williams, of Doddenhatn, Esq. Yorkshire.--Henry Willoughby, of Birdsall, Esq. ; James Brown, of Copgrove, Esq. ; Sir George Wombwell, of Newburgh-park, Bart. WALES. Anglesea —Robert Brisco Owen, of Beaumaris-park, Esq. ; John Williams, of Treffos, Esq. ; Hugh Robert Hughes, of Bodwyn, Esq. Breconshire.—John Powell, of Walton Mount, Esq. ; John Vaughan, of Velinnewydd, Esq. ; Thomas Davies, of Llanyattock, Esq. Carnarvonshire. Thomas Lock Duncombe Jones Parry, of Madryn, Esq. ; Samuel Duckfield Derbyshire, of Pen dyffrn, Esq, ; Richard Trygarn Griffith, of Trygarn Esq. Carmarthenshire.—Sir James Hamilton, of Dolgarn, Bart. ; John Jones, of Blaenos, Esq. ; George Watkin Rice, of Llwyngbrain, Esq. Cardiganshire.—Morgan Jones, of Penlan, Esq. ; Wil liam Buck, of A bneigee, Esq. ; John Battersby Harford, of Peterwell, Esq. Denbighshire—RichardJones, of Bellan-place, Rhuabon, Esq. ; John Edward Madocks, of Glan-y-wern, Esq. ; Henry Robinson Sandbach, of Havodunos, near Abergele. Flintshire.—Arthur Trevor Viscount Dungannon, of Brynkinalt ; Henry Raikes, of Lwynegrin, Esq. ; Edmund Peel, of Bryd-y-pys, Esq. Glarnorganshire.—Lewis Llewelwyn Dillwyn, of Park weon, near Swansea, Esq. ; Richard Bassett, of Bonvil stone house, Esq. ; William Llewellyn, of Court-colman, Esq. Merionethshire.—Hugh John Bevely, of Brynygwin, Esq. ; George Augustus Huddart, of Plasynpenrhyn, Esq.; Charles Ponsonby Tottenham, of Carrogissa, Esq. Montgomeryshire. —Edmund Ethelstane Peel, of Lian drinio. Esq. ; Sir John Wilson, of Bodfach, K.C.8.; Join Michael Severne, of Wallop, Esq. Pembrokeshire.—The Hon. Robert Fulke Greville, of Castle-hall; John Leach, of Ivy Tower, Esq. ; Nicholas John Dunn, of Tenby. Esq. Radnorshire.—Walter de Winton, of Masslaugh Castle, Esq. ; John Jones, of Cefrfaes, Esq. ; Robert Baskerville Mynors, of Evancoed, Esq. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. SHREWSBURY AUTUMN MEETING. This meeting will commence to-morrow. The first race is set for one o'clock, and the programme for the three days presents a variety of sport, which is likely to be of a very interesting and attractive character. The principal features on the first day are The Shrews bury and Column Handicaps ; on the second day, the Copeland Handicap and Grand Annual Steeplechase ; and on the third day a Two-yr-old Selling race and a Selling Handicap Steeplechase. Strong fields are ex pected to run. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. Additional fixtures received since our last publica. .on STAG-HOUNDS. Petre's, Hon. F.—To-morrow, 'Axe and Compasses ,High Roding)— at half-past 11. FOX-HOUNDS. Cheshire—Wednesday, Wrenbury ; Thursday, Chol mondeley at half-past 10. Cleveland— Thursday, Kirkleatham—at half-past 10. Crawley and Horsham—Wednesday, Bran bridge ; Friday, Crab Tree, Cowfield—at a quarter before 11. Dacre's, Lord—Wednesday, Broadwater ; Friday, Hadnal Common—at half-past 10. Durham, County—Wednesday, Holdforth Bar ; Fri day, Stotfold—at half-past 10. Essex, East--To-morrow, Sturmer Lion ; Thursday, Kelvedon ; Saturday, Notelet' Gate —at half-past 10. Essex, South—To-morrow, White's Bridge ; Satur day, Puddle Dock—at half-past 10. Essex Union—Wednesday, East Hanningfield Tye; Saturday, Prittlewell—at 11. Fitzhardinge's, Earl—To morrow, Dixon ; Thursday, Pump's Bottom ; Saturday. Broadway—at half-past 11. F.B.—TO-morrow, Budock Water ; Friday, KM grew Hill—at half-past 10. Heythrop—Wednesday, Barton Gate ; Friday, Dour ton Bridge ; Saturday, Dit , 4iley—at half-past 10. Holderness—To-morrow, l3ilton Kennel ; Thursday, Witheinwiek ; Saturday, Brantingham—at a quarter before 11. Hursley—Friday, Dog and Crook—at a quarter be fore 11. HurworLh—Thursday, Welbury ; Saturday, Coteliff Wood—at half-past 10. Bent, West- (Mr. Collyer's)—To morrow, Horton Wook ; Thursday, Bat's Wood ; Saturday, Challingion Roughs —at half-past 10. Ledbury—Friday, Higham—at half-past 10. Ludlow—To-morrow, Kimsley ; Friday, Craven Arms—at half-part 10. Monmouthshire —Thursday, Llamihangel Crucorney —at half-past 10. . New Forest—Wednesday, Bolder Wood ; Friday, New Park—at half-past 10. Oxfordshire—To-morrow, Stadhamp ton ; Friday, Forest Hill—at half-past 10. Puckeridge—Wednesday, Peverels ; Saturday, Great Mundon—at half-past 10. Baby (Duke of Cleveland's)—Wednesday Houghton Toll-bar ; Friday, Kinninvie—at half-past 10. Shropshire--To-morrow, Bicton Heath—at half-past 10 ; Friday, Atcham-bridge--at 11. Sinnington—To-morrow, Wrelton ; Friday, Helmsley —at half-past 10. - - SouthaMpton's, Lord—Wednesday, Wing ; Friday, Bradden ; Saturday, Beachampton— at 11. Southdown—Friday, Laughton Pound—at a quarter before 11. Staffordshire, North—To-morrow, Swynnerton Hall ; Friday, Doddington—at half-past 10. Sussex, East—To-morrow, Sidley Green ; Friday, John's Cross—at half-past 10. Tindale—Thursday, Kirkley ; Saturday, Riding Mill —at half-past 10. Tiverton—Thursday, Two Gates, Winsford—at half past 10. Tredegar—Wednesday, Ebbw-bridge ; Friday, Peny land-gate—at half-past 11. Vine—To-morrow, Hurstbourne-park ' • Thursday, Wakefield-park ; S a t ur d a y, Chinehani Toll-bar—at a quarter before 11. Wheble's, Mr.—To-morrow, Beach-hill ; Friday, De labere—at 11. Wilts, South—Wednesday, Compton Hut; Friday, Pythouse--at 11. ___ Wyeside To-morrow, Clirow-hill ; Friday, Llan stephan—at half-past 10. Wynn's, Sir W. W.-- Wednesday, Acton Reynald ; Thursday, Gredington ; Saturday, Baschurch—at half past 10. Y ork and Ainsty.—To-morrow, Copmanthorp ; Thurs. day, Cop Grove ; Saturday, Marton Abbey—at half past 10. HARRIERS. Aikton—Wednesday, Breckfoot, Allenby—at half past 8. Brecknockshire—Friday, Talwen —at 11. Brookside—Thursday, Telscombe Tye—at half-past 10. Carlisle—To-morrow, White Quay, Stoneraise ; Wed• nesday, Steel Gate ; Friday, King Moor—at 10. Craven, Yorkshire—Wednesday, Craven Heifer; Fri day, Gill Church—at 11. Eamont—Wednesday, Dacre ; Saturday, Longwathby —at half•past_lo. Evans', Mr.—To-morrow, Lyddington Side-gate ; Friday, Wraughton Wharf--at 11. Lonsdale's, Lord--Thursday, Buckland Wharf—at 12. Newcastle and Gateshead Friday, Heddon-on-the- Wall—at half-past 10. Whitchurch—To-morrow, Charlcot ; Friday, Bulling ton-bridge—at half-past 10. Williams's, Mr. E.—Wednesday, Brentnor, Devon— at half past 10 ; Saturday, Callington, New-bridge-- at 10. SCOTCH. FOXHOUNDS. Buccleuch's, Duke of—To-morrow, Boswell's Green ; Thursday, Crealing ; Saturday, Lauder Castle- at half past 10. Dumfriesshire—To-morrow, Lockerbie ; Saturday, Tothorwold —at half•past 10. Lanarkshire and Renfrewshire—To-morrow, Dal dowie ; Saturday, Annisfield Toll—at quarter before 11. Linlithgow and Stirlingshire—To-morrow, Dunmore Park ; Thursday, Dalmatroy ; Saturday, Champfleurie —at a quarter before 11. Wemyss's, Lord—To-morrow, Swinton Mill Toll Wednesday, Roddam ; Friday, Sunwick ; Saturday, Copeland —at half-past 10. HARRIERS. Tait's, Mr. A. D.—Wednesday, Grougar Mains ; Sa turday, Kilmaurs Mains—at hall-past 11. IRISH. FOX-HOUNDS. Kilkenny—Wednesday, Desart-house ; Friday, Shank hil Castle--at 11. Meath—Wednesday, Kilmessau; Thursday, Moynalty —at 11. Moyode Castle—To-morrow, Newtown; Friday, Bally dugan— at H. Route—To-morrow, Dunhoe ; Friday, Ballytibber at 11. HARRIERS. Ballymahon, Union—Friday, kilkenny West—at 12, Palmerston—Wednesday, Lucan Race-course ; Sa• turday, Kingswood—at 12. Union Hunt—To-day, Lumville ; Thursday, Bally. britton-bridge—time not named. Wicklow—To-day, Knockrakeen ; Friday, Castleti. mon—time not named. ALTCAR COURSING MEETING—FRIDAY. Judge —Mr. ASSHETON BENNETT. The ALTCAR CllP.—First Ties. Mr. Swan's f d Soda Ash beat Mr. T. D. Hornby's bl d Haymaker. Mr. Wilson's 131 k d Weapon beat Mr. It. G. Jebb's f b No hurry. Mr. Moore's bk and w b Mary of Argyle (bye)—Mr. Ardern's bk d Mungo (dr). Mr. R. G. Temple's r b Thought beat Lord Sefton's r d Shaver. Mr. Deakin's r d Priam beat Mr. T. Brocklebank's f d Bonnie Prince Charlie. Mr. B. H. Jones's bk and w d Junta beat Mr. G. Cooke's r b Croxteth. Mr. Peacock's tkd w bl d Papist beat Mr. Randall's f and w b Rival. Second Ties. Weapon beat Soda Ash. I Junta beat Priam. Thoughtbeat MaryofA rg yl e Papist ran a bye. ALTCAR STAGES.—First Ties. Mr. W. Neilson's bk d Nightshade beat Mr. Deakin's bk and w d Dusty Miller. Mr. Swan's r and w d Speedwell beat Mr. R. Pres ton's bk b Papillon. Mr..Ardern's w and bk d Magic beat Mr. Moore's Moss Rose. Mr. R. G. Temple's bk and w b Turtledove beat Mr. R. G. Jebb's r and w d Sandy Minimus. Mr. H. Jefferson's r d John Bull beat Mr. T. Brockle. bank's f d Busirane. Lord Sefton's bk b Staylace beat Mr. W. Wilson's f b Wrong Decision. Mr. J. Blundell's f b Brenhilda beat Mr. E. Stanley's f d Shark. Second Ties. Speedwell beat Nightshade. I Staylace beat John Bull Magic beat Turtledove. Brenhilda ran a bye. SEFTON STAKES, for Dog Puppies.—Third Ties. Mars beat Jam. Celt beat Tack. Pyramid beat Beaumont Sackcloth ran a bye. and was dr. Fourth Ties, - - Mars ran a bye. I Celt beat Sackcloth. CROXTETH STAKES, for Bitch Puppies.—Third Ties. Remembrance beat Sylph. Reliance beat Maria. I Minerva beat Necklace. Jilt ran a bye. Fourth Ties. RemembrancebeatMinerva I Jilt beat Reliance. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. QUARANTINE NOTICE. GIBRALTAR, Nov. 1, 1853.—The Board of Health has decided that the present Quarantine imposed on arrivals from Great Britain should be taken off on the evening of the 2nd instant at gun-fire, owing to the arrival of troops from England in her Majesty's ship Leopard with clean bill of health, for whom there is no accommodation in the Bay, more particularly as there can be no cause for alarm as regards the public health. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 12. The Woodside ferry steamer Queen was in contact this morning with the coasting schooner Lucy Ashton, of Run corn, which lost bowsprit, &c- Th e s t eamer ' s paddle-boa was slightly damaged. The Cambria, which arrived here from Calingapatam, encountered a hurricane from 3d to 11th August, off the Cape, and threw part of cargo overboard. A derelict brig, apparently English, with house aft, painted green, and covered with canvas, and with some thing resembling the ace of clubs painted on the stern be tween the cabin windows, was passed, Nov. 5, lat. 50, long. 16, by the Great Western, at this port. The Clarence, from Seville, from this port, has put into Seville leaky. The Susan Knapp, for Liverpool, was spoken off Gibraltar. The Alpine, Nov. 9, off Bard se y. The Victoria, Constantinople to Cork, was spoken Oct. 28, lat. 36 N., long. 16 W. The Zephyr, bound East, was spoken Oct. 30, lat. 37 N., long. 11 E. The Ballaret, bound East, was spoken Oct. 31, lat. 38 N., long. S. E. The Terpsichore, Malaga to Malta, was spoken Oct. 31, lat. 38 N., long. 8 E. The Napan Belle, Alexandria to Liverpool, was spoken Oct. 31, lat. 38 N., long 7. E. The William Henry, Smyrna to Falmouth, was spoken Nov. 2, lat. 37 N., long. 0. E. CUSTOMHOUSE, NOV. 12. ENTERED INWARDS.—The John and Elizabeth, for Gothenburg ; Black Cat, Patras and Cephalonia ; Dania and Valencia ; Lightning, Denia ; Minnia, Altona ; Freak, Smyrna ; Robert and Margaret, Cronstadt ; Robin son, ditto ; Minerva, Stettin ; Lucia, ditto ; Catherine Isabella, ditto ; Prosperitas, Sannesund ; Paidennis, Cadiz ; Tre Sodskinde, Nyborg ; Ceres, ditto ; Horsburgh, Valparaiso ; Hebe, Pillau ; Apollo, Trieste ; Salvator, Gothenburg ; Raketer, ditto ; Equivalent, ditto ; Hermes, ditto ; Fortuna, Dantzic ; Kitty, ditto ; Broughty Castle, ditto ; Edwin, ditto ; Hoppet, Swartwich ; Henriette Christine, Nykiobing ; Prospero, Rostock ; Stafelle, Me mel ; Cognac Packet, Riga ; Maria, Sudwesthorn ; Pearl, Cadiz; Anemone, Dantzie ; Sidonia, ditto; St. Anthony, ditto ; Ea ,t London, ditto; Four Sisters, ditto; Zenith, ditto ; Balfour, ditto ; Leveret, ditto ; Anaceron, Riga ; Tom Cringle, Memel ; London, Wvburg ; Thankful, Rostock ; Jane Archibald, Malaga and . Lisbon ; - mina, Memel ; Anna Catherina, Riga ; Railway King, ditto ; Syllind e M a i, ditt o ; Vrouw Antje, Leer ; Minerva, Dram ; William, Memel • Hendrika, St. Petersburg ; Jessie, St. John's, Newfoundland ; Walvisch, Amsterdam. ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING.—The Prince Re gent,• for Port Ad e laiclva ; Antipodes, Sydney; Architect, New York; Almuth. Hamburg; Neptune, Altona ; Eclipse, Dunkirk and Havre ; Danneborg, Odessa. CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO.—The Gustard. for Dunkirk ; Marie, Havre ; Frowning Beauty, Valparaiso ; Jacobs Alida, Amsterdam ; Basdaat, Bilboa ; Silherweese, Stettin ; Alerta, Havre; Waterwitch, Mogadore ; Mary, Dunkirk ; Onward, Nassau ; Trevenner, Copenhagen ; Patrician, Jamaica; Elspeth, St. Vincent and St. Luci a ; Caroline Omith, Launceskal ; Roclderkirk, Port Philip ; Louis, ditto ; Geer, Geelong ; Hazard, Adelaide and ge bourne; Templar, Sydney; Nelson, New Zealand' VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. ' The Henry Gardner, from China to London, Sep t ' ' lat. 21 S., long. 1 W. IL: The Francais Theodore, from Madras to Bordeata) 13th, lat. 14 S., long. 7 N. 0 114 ' The Mary Queen of Scots, from Liverpool to Au lt Nov The . 7 B , four miles S.W. of Smalls. • NO ' 8, oomerang, from Liverpool to Australia,Australia,— at. 49 N., long. 8 W. 2 9 1° ' The Parliament, from Liverpo o l to Boston, Sept. 48 N., long. 32 W. i d 46 The Catharine, from Clyd e t o B os ton, Oct. 7, ' N.,long. 52 W. I'7, _ , he Horizon, from Swansea to New Orleans, °et' lat. 28 N , long. 80 W. The Ellen (barque), f rom N ew Y or k to London , (3 ' 4 ' 14,10ng. 52 W. The Eugenie, from London to Sydney, New WTheales, lat. 47 N., long. 9 W. Stadl Dordrecht, from Hartlepool and Tess i Singapore, lat. 12 N. long. 25 W. COUNTRY MARKETS. I N—Nov. 12. .;es of grain at our „isrkei OATS. sls° s ij 32s 9d Os 30 s sa 6041 04 25s Od 518 j 399 qrs., 3_ 2 1 y la 619 qrs., 6e, 401 qrs., old 1, 42 qrs., 0' £3 18 7 11.12 tbs ..... • 2 0 8 0-1209 ...... 110 6 0.1‘3119 ••• 3 010 4-160 Day when male upl in General Post- Office, London.* America(byßrit.pack)N America (by United Sts. packet) ..........N America (by U States packet) ........N Australia (via South ampton) ..........M Ditto (via Marseilles) N Ditto (via Cape of kiood Hops) ...... • • • • ••N Africa (West Coast) ..Nj Alexandria........ Alexandria .. Bahamas .........,, M Belgium .. .. •• • • • N Brazil .......... . .. .M Buenos Ayres .. .. • • • • M Cape of Good Hope N Cape of Good Hope ..N Cape de Verds ......N Ceylon (see India) Ceylon ...... • • ......N Channel Isles .... ..N Chili. . ..... M China (see India) Constantinople ......N Constantinople Cont. of Europe M & N Egypt (see India) France .... • . & N Gibraltar M Greece (see India) Greytown Ha mburgh Havannah M Holland M. Honduras India (viaSouthamp.;.)M, India (via Marseilles)M lonian Isles (see India) l Ireland ........M & N Madeira M Madeira Malta (see India) Malta ..... N Mauritius (see India) Mauritius .... • N 14th of the month Mexico .. M,2nd of the month.. Naples . ..• • . NAthlhth2sthofmon Sew Granada .. M I2d & 17th of month New ißy private skip .. Papal States Nsthlsth2sthotinon. Peninsula Mlthl7th2Sthoftnon. Peru ..Mi 9 d & 27ta of mon. Port Natal of the month Sicily .. th 15th 25thocmon, Tuscary th 15tb 25 thofrnon Venezuela .. M2d & 17th of month Van I)iemen'sLand (see AnNtralla) West Indies Every Friday .... INov. 15. INov. 27 .. .. ,IJan•4.• .• •••• gan. 8.. IDee. 4 q3d of the month.. 8,9, 24, & 30 of m. 4th & 20th of mon. 17th of the month [) 9 9 ; h t 44 a h t ht l i l i o o y o f f c : f t t h f — h tth e e. he m l e . m o o. n i n n. oo t t : h i t th . : h . : . 19th of the month.. 14th of the month Mon ~Wed.,&Fild. 2d & 17th of month 7,8,17,21,&27 of m. 4th gc 20th of mon. Twice daily ...... (Twice dai1y.. .... 4 f 7,11, 20 27 am. 12nd & 17th of mon. ITuesdsy & Friday 2nd of the month [ Wednesday & Sat. 17th of the month. ,4th & 20th of mon. Bth&Nth of month [ 7, 17, & 27 of mon Twice daily 7,9, 17,& 28 of m. 9th of the month 1 23d of month •• .. 7,17,19,28, 30 ofm. 12d t 17th 0/ month We ll' 'if g • When any of th ese d ates call of a Sunday, the , e le e i dispatched on the following day, with the exception of A toll Southampton), and the M a lt a , b o th o f wh i ch w ill be A t day preceding. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—HoIIows 's Ointment APlet-ef for the Effectual Cure of Bad Legs. —Extrac t d r:1 1,197 1 1 from H. Watki nson , E sq ., propr i e t or of the 0 1 9 61 Free Press, dated D ec . 15, 1852 :—" Dear Si r, to o e vi tager, residing at Moulton, has requested 06 , e fe 4 ,o you the particulars of the a l mos t m i rac ulous a r , s - p 0 3, 01 by using your ointment and pills ; the suifererogo, Hewdle, who injured his leg about 14 year ° As although he was under medical treatment fir 00 sfl° lei ther he derived no ben e fit. At the age ill 6 8 ,00 13 , 0 0; accident happened t o th e a l rea dy i n jured leg , Jpia it in a fearful conditi on . H owever , by the u'pcb<olr medicines alone, his leg h as b een peilectly our by all druggists ; and at Professor Hollow" lishment, 244, Strand, London. BIRTHS. l l ' OF A SON. ISS O ' On the 9th inst., at Chipping Sodhull' . 0 of Walker. the On the 10th inst., at Montague-square , w 9. H. F. Routh, M.D. On the 10th inst., at B eec h-l awn , Ai gblirkij' J. Marrow. OF A DAUGHTER. a d' Of ' On the 9th inat, the wife of W. Scott, VOCI' ford-street, Russell-square. r " On the 10th inst., at H u yt on , the wife o f Esq. 4io ll MARRIED. it.. to, o f On the 9th i ns t. at Sunderland, sfr• J . t o oe Elizabeth Havelock of that town. to cid ° eril, On the 10th i na t, at St. Pancras, W illis CD' I. I . of Mr. W. Oliver, of Bunhill-row, Finsburf, nn terrace, Pentonville, to Elizabeth, eldest u`' Baxter, Esq., of Northauipton-aquare• e re , ...Tito) 24 jj :i LONDON : Printed and Published by foe 1, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun, O tto :0,0 Strand, in the Precinct of the SaYOX.,.., Middlogez, Monday, Noyankor j Abg'" neXt, LGXt. Pl Par obtair I Q 'I be °f the Celebi at 5,. ~~( orwar Office LE T r A' wa RF bridge. A' •nd 75, Mantic L ` The and 1, CELE baneir R` An the RI popular YOU Ni expree: It Nin BABY _Open vhildre 4 nd Ir ~, "ecer a mach p ''QParat 1 14 at th e 185 4, Chat Cow gab %AI Gree Otte/ I Cinp Leitl SII I 'rekt 13Ir w.11%111i Drese ri 1 /11 geNv known gold— klats l 'ints ,CAt gal. U 8 r rtl a ner ~, ~,~ DR . Doctc Edi .„ so , „Jul, tttr, e 4 th, floe exist Debit del, %ate i Dmi c th e rnay kid I that .era, HADDINGTO: Th© following are the pril to-day : WHEAT. BARLEY. First Bls Od 43s 3d Second B2s Od 40s 8d Third 76s Od 28s Od Total quantity of wheat in market, 14 barley f fl oats f f beans Average of wheat Ditto of Barley Ditto of Oats . Ditto of Beans DALREITH GRAIN MARKET--NOV. 10. ior. Inf e 63 Qrs. Best. Current. 303 Wheat 84s Oct 1021 Oats 33s 0.1 986 Barley 42s 6d 72 3 6 s s ' 8 8 1 1 ** .. .. ........ .. : 51 6 ' ;4 6 : (1 . q 36s 9d ....... . , a v 36 Peas & beans 62s Od sBs Oct ......... Average of wheat, 3/. 12s gid. ABERDEEN —Nov. 11. 268 f Oi' The prices of grain are—Old oats, 25s Od t albs li e 401bs per bushel; new oats, 24s Od. to 25s Od, bushel ; bere, 38s Od t o 40 s Od, 531bs per bushel ;6us all 37s Od to 38s Od, 531b s p er b us h e l ; wheat, fed, 6 0 08 11 `„; 70s Od, 621bs per bushel ; w h ea t, w hit e , 00 s O d r 11; 621bs per oushel ; oatmeal, 20 s 6d t o 21s 6d P e flour, 58s Od to 60s Od per sack. Provisions—B° toy r to 6,1 to 8d ; mutton, ditto, 6d to Ett ; veal, ditto, 6c : 0 08 pork, per lb, Os sd. to Os 7,1 ; salmon, per lb, Os Od 3Ja rabbits, each, Od to 0,1; tallow, per stone, 5s 9d,„ t° to ,1 1 0 potatoes, per peck, 8d to 9d ; Ater, per lb, 1 - 0 - 1 5 Fo eggs, per eoz, Os lld to Os 12d ; hens, per pair , to, 3s Od ; chickens, ditto, is 3d to 2s Od ; ducks t oil / to 2s 1 ; ducklings, ditto, 2s 6d to Os Uct, i ; bo , t li; each, 3s Od to 4s Od ; geese, ditto, 3s Od to 43 v° 'O5 for exuortation (prebent cure), per cwt, 74s to _ is / 0 , , ditto (summer cured), 00s to 00s Od ; eggs , wholesr, per dozen, Od to 7id ; 41b lo a f, 9d ; 21b l o af, _, 4 0 tc :05 1 7 0 fine small, 03 0(1 to Od ; pork, large, Os Od . 11 1 lamb, per lb., 03 6,1 to 8d ; cheese, per iroPe ri 5s 6,1 to 7s. EXETER—Nov. 11. or .4 CATTLE.—Prime beef, lOs Od per score ; cOWS 511... r010 101. OOs to 13/. ; butchers' calves, 6cl to Od per lb. m , Oa calves 00a to 00s each. Sheep, 6d t o 6id. 14132-4 Od per lb. Store hogs, 30s to 55s each. CORN.—The following are on offer this 11 2, - , tovo Wheat, English, 71s 9d to Os ; Danube, red, vn es o, 43 ; Dantzic, OOs to 008 • ditto fine, 00s to 00s ; Anle, r 'oV oi ; to 00s per qr. Barley, 41s 3d to Os. 0at5,..0 09 .,_: ° t French, grey, 00s Od. Beans, ticks, 48s 10d ; 5v French, OOs. Flour.— Fine, 53s to 54s ; seconds, 52s 52s per sack. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS, t LIVERPOOL, NOV. 12. ve 3 STOCK EXCHANGE. The sh are mar ket -ogo , this morning, but has sin ce improved, and closed t the highest point of th e d a y :—Caledonian, 26 1 A 2 V; ter and Holyhead, 161 ; E as t ern C ou nties, 40. 11 4 , cashire and Yorkshire, 64 ,;. 7 , 2 1 ; London and I ' 4 . . tern, 104 ; Midland, 60i ; North British, 7, P Eastern and Dover, 181, 1-16. MANCHESTER; Nov. 12. STOCK EXCHANGE.- Eastern Coatties, IIIIIipv shire and Yorkshire, 64} ; Ditto W es t Riding li z eCe London and North-Western 1021 ; M anc hester l t ol 3.1 , " and Lincoln, 20i ; South Eastern an d Dover, N' BIRMINGHAM, Nov. 12. o 4' 46 4 tb i STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market conannog stationary. There is little business doing. g ; 114 closing quotations this afternoon were the fo ll y ts 6; Eastern Counties, sellers, 13; London and North' 1.1 ' buyers 1021, sellers 1031 ; ditto Eighths, ,go Shrewsbury and Birmingham, sellers 61 ;My , ' teed, 90 ; South Staffordshire, 1 dis. BRISTOL, Nov. 12. hag STOOK EXOHANGE.—The Eastern intelligenc e • c og pletely paralysed ,the market, and although P rl lower, there was absolutely nothing doing. SEABORNE MAIL& al FO 9l (N signifies that the mail s are sent Prom the Geller by the night—and M by the morning —dispatch.] _........r.--: COUNTRIES. From W l° j U j port Dispatob e i; eterl Liverpool Liverpool '" SouthamP— ,„ SontharaP — 50 , Dover .••••• Liverpool • " ;0 1 '' Plymouth .• so. 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Wyatt, - -A Birkeil he On the 10th inst., at Price-street, .0:1 o ste'izoi Barnes, Esq. Beclo'l sa - On the 9th inst., at Malvern-place, ~000, eldest daughter of the late Ensign a ' Veteran Battalion, aged 44. ,rge/2