The Sun. — London, England, 1857-10-26 00:00:00

HER MA.TESTY'S THEA.TRE. RILL [EN'S CONCERTS. :MLLE. JETTY TIIEFFZ. M. Jullien has the honour to announce that his ANNUAL SERIES of CONCERTS will commence on FRIDAY, the 30th of October, and that he has secured the se rvices of the celebrated Leide r Sangerinn,lle. Jetty Treffs. Prospectuses may be had at the Box-office at the Theatre, add of M. Juilien, 214, Regent-street. Frees of Admission—Promcnacla, is ; Upper Boxes, Is. ; Gallery, Is. ; Dress Circle, 2s. 6d.; Private Boxes, 10s. tire. and upwards. Private Boxes to be secured at the Box-office of the Thea tre t the principal libraries and music sellers ; and at Jul lien and Co.'s, 214, Regent-street. OPERA BUFFA. —St. JAMES'S THEATRE (Enti ly Re-decorite,i).—Signor RONZANI has the honou to announce that the '` , e son wll comm nee on TUESDAY, the 31 of November next 1857. Full particulars will be duly announced. Prospectuses may be had, an t Subscriptions arranged at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond street. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING, will be performed Shakspere's Play of THE TEMPEST. Preceded by LIVING TOO FAST. T HEATRE ROYAL, AD EL Pill. LeA4ec—Mr. Ben Webster. THIS EVENING, will be performed the home-made piece, called URGENT PRIVATE AFFAIRS. After which, will be revived th' celebrated nautical drama, of MY POLL AND NY PARTNER JOE. Harry Hallyard (his original -haracter), Mr. T. P. Cooke. To conclude with the now sketch of WELCOME, LITTLE STRANGER. Mr. Wright, Mr. Paul Bedford, dm T HEATRE ROYAL, HAYMA.RICET. Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone. rHIS EVENING, to commence at Seven o'clock. with THE LADY OF LYONS Pauline, Mss Amy Sedgwick ; Claude Melnotte, Mr. Howe. After which, the new and successful Comedy, entitled VICTIMS. in which Mr. Buckstone, Mr. Howe, Mr. William Farrell, Mrs. B. White, &e., will appear. To conclude with THE GALICIAN FETE. Orchestra Stalls (which may be retained the whole of the evening), 6s. each, (No charge for booking.) First Price. s. d. Second price s. d Dress Boxes 5 0 Dress Boxes 3 0 Upper Boxes 3 0 Upper Boxes... it . ower Gallery 1 0 Lower Gallery 0 6 Upper Gallery 0 6No half-price to Upper Gallery. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswick. THIS EVENING, will be performed AMBITION : or, The Throne and the Tomb. Messrs. Creswick, W. Smith, Vollaire, B. Potter, Jackson, Belmore ; Miss Webster, Miss M. Ehurne, Miss ohnstene. After which, a new Petite Comedy, UP IN THE WORLD. To conclude with AVARICE. -ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.—Lessee, Mr. Dillon.—Under the joint manai.rement of Miss LOUISA PYNE and Mr. W. HARRISON.—Open for an OPERA SEASON of THREE MONTHS, with the fol. lowing Distioguished Artistes :—Madame Caradori, Miss Co relli, Miss Susan Pyn o , Mi ss M ar i an P resco tt, Miss Cuthbert, Mrs. H. Manley, and Miss Louisa Pyne ; Mr. Augustus Braham, Mr. A St. Albyn, Mr. Edmunds, Mr. Hamilton Braham, Mr. Ferdit,and Glover, Mr. Bernard, Mr. Kerby, Mr. W a l lvror th, Mr. G. Honey. Mr. Weiss, and Mr. W. Harrison. Conductor, Mr. Alfred Mellon. The Orchestra selected from the Royal Italian Opera, Jullien's Hind, and the Orches tral ITnioa The Chorus selected entirely from the Royal Italian Opera. Stage Manager, Mr. E. Stirling. Assistant Actlzg Maaao• ' er, Mr. William Brongh. Ballet Master, Mr. Frampton. Chorus Master, Mr, G. Staythson. THIS EVENING, will be performed Verdi's opera of TROTATORE. _ After which: GOOD FOR NOTHING. Private Boxes, £2 12s. 6d., £2 2s„ and El lls. 6d. ; Stalls, 6s. ; Dress Circle, ss. ; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 25.; Gallery, ls.—The Box Office is now open daily, from 11 to -5, under the direction of Mr. Chatterton, jun. S TRAND THE ATRE. —THIS EVENING, will be performed IS HE JEALOUS ? Mr. Shore, Miss Gower, Miss Herbert, and Miss M. A. Victor. Followed by JOHN OF PARIS. Mr. Kinlech, Mr. Oliver ummers, Miss Harriet Gordon. To be followed by THE PHANTOM WIVES, in which Miss Craven will sustain four characters. Reginald Rattle• cap, Mr. Leicester Buckingham. After which, the highly-successful and original burlesque, written by Leicester Buckingham, entitled LA TEA VIATA; or, THE LADY CAMELEON. Miss Craven, Mis; Victor, Mr. F. Charles, Mr. G. Bolton, Mr. J. Howard, and Mr. J. Clarke. Commence at Seven. Stalls. 3s. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, 14.; Gallery 6d. ; Private Boxes, 1/. le. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. 113AReeS, Mesctrss. Robson and Emden. THDI EVENING, will be nerforrned (7th time) a now comedy, called LEADING STRINGS. Messrs. Addison, G. Vining, H. Cooper ; Mrs. Stirling, Misses Wyndham and Swanborough. Followed by (for the first time) a new comedietta, entitled DEADLY REPORTS, After which, the comedietta, entitled A SUBTERFUGE, Mrs. Stirling, Mr. G. Vining, and Mr. G Murray. Commence at half-past Seven. CIANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.- 1 1_..) OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow ing company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of *-4elections from all the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS, CHORUSES, GLEES DUETS, dre., viz. :—Miss Russell, Mrs. Badzey, 'Marllle. Manetta, Mrs. Palmyre, Miss E. Scott Miss Brunel', Mrs. Le Jenne, and Madame Marietta; Herr F. Jongbinans, Mr. Renshaw, R. Grover, T. Farrant, S. Toner, J. Barker, W. Melling, Senor An , onio, E. L. Rime, and Mr. St. Allyn ; Messrs. S. Collins and E. Hack ney. Pianoforte, Mr. Cecil Hi3ks; harmonium, Master Williams ; F'irector, Herr F. Jonghmars. Commence at Seven o'clock precisely. Suppers, &c., until twelve o'clectk. —Signor PICCO still perform, at half-past Eight and half. past Ten, every Evening. Hrna W 5, TER AT LON DO \T BRIDGE. THIS Day -- Morn. 39 rain. aft. 6 -Evea. 14 Lyn aft. 7 To-Moitnow —l4l rn. 57 min. aft. 7 -Even. 43 min. aft. 8 THE WEA.THEII. SUN OFFICE, OCTOBER 25. THERNIO3 ETl.3rt, IN' THE SNIDE. 61—highest since noon yesterday. 53—lowest this morning and during the night 60 —this day at noon. t3AROMETER, 29.94—fallinz. WIND, Sonth-easterly; rather fresh, with fine weather. OCTOBER 26. 60—highest since noon yesterday. 51—lowest this morning and during the night. 60—this day at noon. BAROMETER, 29.81. ; light, with very fine weather. Heavy fog in the morning. • • , • • e x. `- ; . - : S4; 31; ( „a.. . 1 , 4-- cr%N-) tions will be adopted by the Directors, unless the great questions of the session, and that the tbeyhavoa well .grounded trope of earlyand decisive nation will not allow its representatives to'.tolerate measures of relief on the part of the Government. equivocation or shuffling on either. It'is quiet— These should no longer be withheld. Yester- more quiet than is prudent, perhaps, on the day was the tenth anniversary of the issue of the subject of Representative Reform ; but the well known letter of the 25th October, 1847, reason is, that it fully expects Government to ful and the virtual suspension of the Bank Charter fill its promise, and thinks there will be time Act. The crisis is at present just as imminent enough for action when the Ministerial plan is —the danger, in every respect, as great. As we proposed. already pointed out, there are several elements of confusion at present which did not then exist. The exchanges were then in favour of this country. Now there is a heavy drain to India, China, America, ana to almost all pacts of Europe. Th.l gold arrivals from Australia will be purchased over our heads by strangers who can well afford to outbid us in our own markets ; and it is ♦ain to hope for any from California, for they will all be stopped in transitu to supply the more stringent wants of the United States. From whence, then, can we look for relief ? What deus ex machine& will come for our assistance 7 Is it not time, then, that wo looked to our own security, and adopted the necessary safe guards to avert a wide-spread destruction—the ruin of all but wealthy capitalists, who may be enabled to double their already enormous fortunes at the expense of the struggling community ? In the Times' money article of this day (written on Saturday evening) it is stated that " the arrival of the American and Indian mails, now due, will most likely settle the question as to the prospect of any other further immediate move ment." Well, the American mail has arrived, and the tidings conveyed thereby is quite sufficient alone to prove a real "settler." It is true that the Indian intelligence has not yet come to hand, but we learn that the East India Company have purchased 250,000/. worth of silver to be transmitted by the mail of the 4th proximo, and it is more than probable that a still further amount will be transmitted, and that the drain will be kept up for some time to come. This is another cause of uneasiness. Hitherto the remit tances were to, not from. Leadenhall-street, and from, not to the United States. How can we stand up against it. We repeat, then, the questioa we have fre quently put— At what time are we to adopt means to avert the panic, and the incalculable mischief that must arise from its operation ? Is it to be in an early stage, or must the relaxation take place in the last extremity, and when the danger of general confusion has become immi nent Must we suffer the commercial and manu- facturing interests to be sacrificed to the Moneyocracy, and then only step forward when it is necessary to enable those who have profited largely by the general ruin to realise and secure their ill-gotten gains 7 This time the deluge may be more general than before, and if not averted in due time may sweep away the great with the small, the millionaire with the struggling trader. Exclusive of the painful tidings above commu nicated, the Bank Returns in Friday's Gazette were sufficient to cause grave apprehension. They showed a decrease in the stock of bullion of 585,4651., and in the notes unemployed of 807,2151. The pre ceding week showed a like falling off in bullion of 552,7491., and of notes of 581,6501. These are startling announcements within a single fortnight, and we fear that, if we could know the state on Saturday, there would be no symptom of improvement. Why then is there not an imme diate demand for the a s s em bli ng o f P ar li amen t t o consider measures adapted.for the crisis. Thisstep ought to be adopted whether therebe Government in. terference or mattors are to be allowed to take their own course. Lord PALMERSTON will have to ac- count for every hour's delay. The sufferers from the monetary disturbance will not consent to be willing victims, and retributive justice will await those who have trifl- , el with their misfortunes ! How will the Campaign Parliamentary begin ? A question which must be answered by another question—What, in Feb. 1857, will be the news from India? It -could be almost lucky for Lord PALMERSTON if the February mails announced a state of things as yet far from satisfactory. Patriotism then might hush all squabbles, Mr. DISRAELI would sting the Premier by sarcastic forbearance, W. B. and Sir E. B. LYTTON would give him a more frank support while fighting his country's battle. and Mr. GLADSTONE and Sir J. PAKINGTON would pea haps merely publish a House of Commons edition of their lectures on humanity to Sepoys. But hop ing, as we do, that the ebb of mutiny will by that time not merely have commenced, but. be rapidly Rowing out, it is curious somewhat to conjecture how the game will be played till Easter. There will be Old India represented by the East Inriia Directors in the House, and Young India by Mr BRIGHT, if well enough, and all the more straight forward Reformers—provided they happen to have no relatives or connections in the Indian Civil Service. The Board of Control will strongly lean to Old India, but will not improbably, to a certain extent, conceal its policy, till it sees whether it be strong enough to bolster up the D ,üblo Government a little longer. That question is, of course, every thing, individually and officially, to Mr. VERNON SMITH, since who on earth would tolorate him as the clearly responsible Minister for India, any more than Lord CANNING would have been tole rated for a moment as Governor-General, had it been supposed that he would have had to suppress a mutiny, or indeed to do anything &se there than take his 25,000/. per annum, and countersign the decrees of Messrs. DORIN, GRANT, and Co. On the other subject it will not, as we believe, be content with half measures regard ing India. There must be searching en quiry. We must not be tricked by Mr. ROE BUCK stepping forward, taking on himself gratuitously the office of representing the Liberal party, giving notice of a refsolutiou for a com mittee of inquiry, and then, at the re quest of Government, withdrawing it. Thorough inquiry there must be, and it must be, not by a Royal Commission, but by an independent committee of the House of Com mons, and of the House of Lords too. We must summon home a, fair number of the independent Europeans from Calcutta and elsewhere. We must have residents in India unconnected with the Company—the men who have by'petitions and public meetings, where the press is gagged, asserted the rights of British subjects, and de nounced the incompetency of the Governor and his Council. We have already pointed out the vast import ance, in regard to India, of legislating at the earliest possible period ; or, in the, very homeliest, but most expressive phrase, of "striking while the iron is hot." The iron is hot now. England is more warmly interested on the subject of India than it has been within the recollection of any liv- ng man. Her middle classes, her electors, are interested, and while they are so, is the time for Indian reform. We are, as a nation, touched in conscience for having handed over to a selfish commercial Company the government of so many millions of our fellow subjects. We have awakened from a dream, and while we are awake is the time to set things right. In- dian debates will not drive members out of the House next session, and they will be carefully scanned next the morning by constituents who never read an Indian debate before. The eighteen directors with their 5001. a-year each, their chair• man and deputy-chairman with their 1,0001. a•year each, and the patronage divided among them ; Mr. VERNON Smith, too, and his Board of Control with its patronage, will, of course, all be anxious not to canvass the merits of the system of Indian Government, while every one's eyes are wide open. All means will, therefore, be used to stave off such questions till another year, and till, it may be hoped, the natio will begin to lose somewhat of its present intense feeling. Procrastination, the last and favourite, and sometimes most successful, refuge of political wrong-doers, will be the grand expedient. Let not, however, the. Old Indians and the Board of Control be too reliant on such a policy. While every effort should be made by Reformers to bring the Indian Administration under the most rigid scrutiny in the coming session; yet, if these efforts fail, it may not serve the purposes of char tered abuses so much as is expected. If the fer- your of the interest now taken in India subside somewhat, the determination of the country to do its duty by its almost innumer able, but hitherto neglected, fellow-subjects, may not—we trust will not—subside. The Anglo- Indian press will regain its liberty, independent A.nglo-Indians will find advocates of their views who will not let the public sleep, and the session of 1859 may be better instructed in East India Company delinquencies, and altogether more wary in the right direction, than that of 1858. Still, we repeat, and stand by our homely motto on Indian matters, to " Strike while the iron is hot." DEATH OF LADY JAMES GRAHAM.—On the 25th inst. at the Pavilion, on the Parade, at West Cowes, after a long and painful illness, died Fanny, the wife of the Right Hon. Sit.:James Graham Bart., in the 64th year of her age. As her ladyship's dissolution had been almost hourly expected for the past montb,all her family had assembled round her—Sir James, the Hon. Mrs. Duneombe, and the Misses Graham being with her in her last moment. By her ladyship's particular wish, her body will be &posited in a vault at Whippingham, Isle of Wight. The Duke and Duchess of Richmond aed Lady Cecilia Gordon Lennox are expec t ed to leave Gordon Castle, N. 8., the week after next for London, en route to Goodwood for the winter. The Duke and Duchess purpose paying visits en route to the south. Lord de Grey has slid his Marine Villa at Cowes, to p F. Bluett, Esq., of Holcombe Court, Wellington, Somersetahire. THE KING OF PORTUGAL'S MARRIAGE.—Count Lay radio, the Portuguese. Minister to England, made a for. mal demand at Sigmaringen en the 21-t inst., of the hand of the Princess Stephanie for his master the King of Portugal. The Princess Stephanie was born on the 15th July, 1837, and is the daughter of Prince Charles Antony of Hohenzollern Sigruarin2en, who abdicated his little territory in December, 1849, in favour of the King of Prussia, conditioning for the title of " R,yal High ness," and the rank of a younger prince of the royal h )u,e. Then there will be the Reform business. If Indian affairs be convalescent, or tending that way, the Reform Bill must come on. Lord JOHN, we presume, must be ♦ery hard at work on that business. Mr. OsEORNE w i s h e d him in the Cabinet, pro hqc vice at least, and he himself on this business, enacts the responsible minister, who cannot be expected prematurely to announce his plans. We all somewhat wondered, when he received an honorary address the other day at Birmingham, that the earnest Reformers of that Radical town said not a word about Re form to the author of the first Reform Bill and the engaged nurse for the new one. It turns ut that this was by his L-irdship's particular desire. Of course the inference was, that his own Bill is being carefully matured ; that he means at least to take a conspicuous posi tion on that question next session, either as the Minister for the New Reform Bill, or as the independent supporter of Government ; ready either to supplement their work, if defective, or to proffor his own if the Government proposals be incurably bad. According to the latest arrangements, Prince Frode. rick William will came to England in the early part of n.,xt month, and stay at our Court until after the birth. day of the Prince,:s Royal. A te'egram from 13,1rlin, dated 25th instant, an• uouecis the death of M. de Niebuhr, the Cabinet C9un. cil'or. • A circular has been addressed by Lord Clarendon to the British Mini,ters at maritime Courts, directing them to call the attention of the Governments to which they are accredited to the facilitiesafforded for merchant ships of all nations to make known their identity when meet ing British vessels at Fee, or passing signal stations on the coast of the united kingdom. To effect this, applls cation must be made to the Registrar-General of Sea men, who, on receiving particulars of name, tonnage, port of registry, and national flag, and horse-power if a steamer, will appropriate a distinct signal for each vessel, coin pri,ing four of the flags used in the Commercial Code authorised by the Board of Trade. The Hayivarket Theatre programme announces the repetition of " The Lady of Lyons," on Monday, Toes day, and Friday, and on _the other evenings in the week " The Love Chase," in which Mies Amy Sedgwink ap pears. The comedy of " Victims" will be played as an afterpiece on the three first-named evenings. After the new comedy of " Leading Strings," which will be the chief dish of the Olympia entertainment during. the week, a new farce by Mr. Pedgrave Simpson, entitled " Deadly Reports," will be produced thiseven ing. " A Subterfuge" will be the concluding piece. • The Adelphi management have re-engaged Mr. T. P. Cooke for six night', who will appear in the popular dramas of " My Poll and My Partner Jue" and Black-Eyed Susan," preceded . by " Urgent Private Affairs." Oa Wednesday an apropos sketch, entitled " Tile Drapery Question ; or Who's for India'?" will be proßused. Knowlee'e play of " Love" will be represented by Mr. Clarence Holt, at the Marylebone, the first nights of the week. The " Beggar's Opera," this evening, veil introduce two new actresses, Miss Fanny Lindon and Miss Ernma Ansley, to the London public. The New Mexican drama of " The War Trail" will form the piece de resistance, during the week, at Astley'e. The successful drama of "Ambition" will be repeated every evening during the week, at the Surrey. Another drama, entitled "Avarice," will be the second piece every night. At the National Standard, Mr. Anderson and Miss Elsworthy will appear every evening in the popular drama of " Clouds and Sunshine ;" the afterpieces will be " Ben, the Boatswain," and " Belphegor." M. Salvini, the eminent Italian tragedian lately in Paris, is now, we learn by the Milan journals, acting in that city with the most brilliant success. Morelli, the baritone, has returned from America, and is now singing with success in Rome. Mm. Naptal Arnoult has cancelled her engagement with the director of the Gaite, paying hima forfeit of 12,000 f., having accepted a lucrative offer for St. Petersburg. Mine. 13,isio and M. Tamberbk have been received at the Opera House in St. Petersburg with flattering marks of favour by the Royal Family and court. Mme. Catherine Hayes passed through Paris this week en route for Pau, where she proposes to pass the winter in complete retirement. GRAND FRUIT SHOW OF THE HORTICULTURAL SO °lBM—This splendid exhibition of fruits, open to the competition of the whole world, took place on Saturday, at Willis's Rooms, St. James's, and attracted vast numbers of visitors. The display was, indeed, a most gorgeous one, and it excited the most enthusiastic Praises, Lord PALMERSTON has been very lucky yet in havin g a good pretext to keep out of the uncon getial subject of Parliamentary Reform. Russia, China, or a short session, have come opplrtunely to his aid. We hope, for every reason, that India will not avail him next year. As we have shown already, it may be his policy to tyke India and Parliamentary Re form together, hoping to divide attention, and to get off, both at home and in the East, m ore eas il y by doing so ; especially should he escape through the session the presence of Mr. GORDE N and Mr. MILNER GIBBON. We rather hope, however, that the battle will be a pretty stiff one on both THE SUN, LON DON, MONDAY EVENING, O C TOBER6, 1857. LATE .! , .'iT NEWS. THE NEW SPANISH CABINET. MADRID, 00T. 26. The Cabinet is now definitively constituted, and is as follows President of the Council and Minister of War —General Armero. Estaddo and Ultramar—Martinez de la Rosa. Gracia and Just icia—Casaus. Finance—Alexandro Mon. Marin e—Bustillos. Gobernacion—Bermudez de Castro. Fomento—Salaveria. Governor of Madrid—Marques de Cobera. financial difficulties of England are great, her resources are also prodigious. Of these an idea may be conceived when we state that in five years, from 1846 to 1850, Eng 11nd expended 150 million sterling on b er rail ways,and that in the revolutionary epoch, ar d before she bad profited in the elightest by the immense resources created by the discovery of gold in California and Australia. If England could support a sacrifice like the above without in the least obstructing the progress of her commerce and trade —if England has been able for years to accept only the petty interest of or 2 per cent. paid on the enormous capital sunk in her railroad without having experienced serious inconvenience, hew immense must be her re sources at the present day, when her railway expendi ture is at an end, when her commerce has nearly doubled, and when the pH of California and Australia swell her receipts. The accumulation of capital is such in that country that, in our opinion, were England to lose all the sums which she has expended in India and the 21 milliards of capital now engaged in the United States, her credit would still stand the first in Europe. From this it may be judged how little important, as regards the future, are the exceptional embarrassments which now weigh on England, and, through her, on the whole of Europe—and how vain is the alarm of those people who allow themselves to become panic-stricken. THE SING OF PRUSSIA.-DELEGA TION OF THE ROYAL POWERS. The following telegraphic despatches have been received from Berlin : SANS-SOUCI, FRIDAY, OCT. 23. A cabinet order, resulting from the formal opinion of the physicians, who state that the King must abstain for at least three months from, all affairs of government, confers upon the Prince of Prussia the direction of the supreme affairs of the state for the said period of three months, unless, contrary to all expectation, the King's health should be re-established sooner. The order of the Cabinet invites the Prince to take upon himself the execution of its provisions. BERLIN, SATURDAY, OCT. 24. To-day at noon the ministers of state assembled at the palace, and the Prince of Prussia received the delegation of power for three months, in virtue of a cabinet order signed yesterday by the King, and countersigned by Baron von Manteuffel. The bulletin of the King's health, dated from Sans-Souci, this morning at 11 o'clock, states that during the last twenty-four hours the state of his Majesty has been most satisfactory. BERLIN, SATURDAY EVENING. His Royal Highness the Prince of Prussia has addressed to the Ministers a statement, in which, after announcing his acceptance of the royal powers conferred upcn him, he declares it be his firm will to conform faithfully to the constitution and laws of the country, and to direot the affairs of the Government according to the King's inten tions, known to him, so long as his Majesty shall think fit. The Prince adds that he expects from the army, the functionaries,and the subjects of the King, that they will pay him due obedience. The Ministers collectively, and each of them individually, will re main charged with the same responsibilities as be fore. The Ministry of State and the several de partments, together with the military and civil administrations, will be maintained in the same conditions. The decrees of the Prince will bear the signa ture :—By delegation of his Majesty the King : the Prince of Prussia. The Prince prays God to grant him strength and grace to execute his mission to the King's satisfaction, and for the good of the country, and hopes that the re-establishment of his Majesty's shattered health will soon put an end to a mission, which he has accepted in deference to the King's orders, and from love to his country. The Cabinet order above referred to is as fo" lows :-- 6 g To THE PRINCE OF PRI:META. BOVRSE, Oct. 24.—The following were the last quotations : Cash. fr. End of month. 44 per Cents 3 por Cents 66 90 66 90 Bank Shares 2980 Credit Foncier — Credit Mobilier 787 50 Roman Do. Account 787 50 Austrian Belgian 4. 9Bi— Spanish Threes — FWD:tentage (5) 9O Home Debt " Royal Highness and dear Prince,—As p accord ing to the prascriptien of my physician; I must keep myself aloof from all business of State for at least three months, I herewith commit to your Royal Highness and clear Prince my proxy in the supreme conduct of the affairs of State for a period of three months, unless my health should, contrary to expectation, be sufficiently restored at an earlier period. I, therefore, herewith call upon your Royal Highness and dear Prince to issue the necessary command,. "FRIEDRICH WILHELM. "Sans Souci, Oct. 23, 1857." (Countiirsigned by all the nine Ministers.) In execution of this trust committed to bim, the Prince of Prussia has addressed the following mani festo to the Ministry : " Annexed to these presents I forward to the Ministry of State the original of a Royal Cabinet order addressed to myself, with the instruction to have it, together with this my present manifesto, b a knowledge o f th e p u bli c i n th e G eze t z s r a o m u m gh t lu t itog (collection o f l aws ). cc Wi t h reference to the proxy which the King's Majesty has committed to m e , and w hi c h I h ave taken upon me, I herewith declare that it is my firm will and intention to carry on the , conduct of in consci en ti ous o b servance o f t h e charter affairsterofthe country and the laws of the land according to my best knowledge of the intentions of His Majesty, my Royal brother and Sove reign, an d for so long a time as His Majesty may consider this desirable. I expect that His Majesty's milit cry forces, his c i v il o ffi cers , an d a ll his Majesty's subjects will show me due obedience, and more particularly the Ministers of State will all an d theiff lr e sponsibility. each of them remain dtu duly conscious of their Stateof both in the Ministry su e i re e r: s, t public offices, also in the Military and Naval Civil, is to pursue the same course as has been the case hitherto. All direct ap plications (viz., to the King's person) are to be ad and in ad dressed as heretofore, and the form in which public documents will be signed, will be c By order of his Majesty the King, " ' Prince of PRUSSIA." " I pray to God that He will confer on me strength and grace to execute the charge committed to me to the satisfaction of His Majesty the King and to the good of the country, and that the restor ation of my Royal Sovereign's health, which to my deep grief and that of all the nation has of late been disordered, will soon relieve me of the task which I, in conformity with his Majesty's commands, and in consideration of my duties to tho country, herewith assume. " Prince of PRUSSIA. " Von MANTEUFFEL. " Von der HEYDT. " SIMONS. " VOn RATTMER. " VOn WESTPIIALEN. " VOn BODELSCHWING. "Von MASSON. " Von WALDARSEE. " VOn MA.NTEUFFEL 11. " Berlin, Oct. 24, 1857." As soon as it is possible the King will be con veyed to Charlottenburgh, which is more suited than Sans Souci to an autumnal residence, and he wi►l stay there in all probability at least two months. FRANCE. PARIS, SUNDAY EVENING. It is said that M. Migeon will appeal against the sentence of one month's imprisonment pronounced for that offence. From the evidence of their own witnesses, the authorities have been clearly con victed of ernplcying the same "electoral frauds" for which th ey prosecute d M. Mi geon . The Chamb er o f C ommerce of Pari s h e ld a special me e ti ng yester d ay, to pass a resoluti on praying the govensmont so far to repeal the usury laws as to allow private parties to charge the same rate of discount as is taken by the Bank of France. At present there is this extra ordinary anomaly, that a merchant who pays 71 per cent. for discount of his paper to the bank, cannot lawfully take more than 6 per cent. upon the bills he receives from his customers. This.ano maly provokes a great outcry in most of the pro vincial towns, and many country journals openly call for a forced currency of banknotes, The Em peror decidedly sets his face against this expedient. The Spectateur thus dwells on the immense finan cial resources commanded by England, and marvels at the timid capitalists who imagine that the pre sent crisis will unduly try her strength : "It must not be lost from sight that if the present LONDON, MONDAY, OCT. 28, 1857. The intelligence which arrived yesterday at Liverpool by the Royal mail steam-ship Arabia is of a very gloomy character. The panic had increased in intensity ; an indiscriminate run for specie was made on all the banks, even on those of unquestionable solvency. Several were com pelled to refuge payment in specie during business hours on the 12th inst., although they continued to pay bank-notes and certified cheques, and in the evening of that day the banks of New York generally agreed, as a matter of self defence, to suspend specie payments on the following morning, and appointed a c)mmit tee to proceed to Albany, and request the governor to convene the Legislature to consider the necessity of enacting some law to give re'ief to the present financia l, emergency. We are told by the New York Courier and Enquirer, a highly re spectable journal, well-informed in financial mat ters, that the prevalent opinion was, that "a few of the old strong banks combined together, to force the majority into liquidation, and then con fine the business to a limited number. In doing this the smaller banks were compelled to curtail their operations, and in the general restriction many of the most wealthy, honourable, and useful firms have been sacrificed." Adding, "We speak within bounds, whE.n we say that this cause has driven 50,000 men and women out of our workshops into idleness and poverty. There was, in fact, an almost total destruction of confidence among the poorer (query all) classes of the people, and chaos ae u confusion prevailed in the City. It was utterly impossible to convert any classes of sec ur it y i nto money. No (imitations of foreign or dornEstie exc h ange s could be give*. The market values o f prope r ty, of stocks, of produce, &c., were all no urinal. And this is the state to which matters are rapidly tending in this country, and at which they must arrive if the monetary enactments of 1844 are continued in unabated rigour. The faint hope entertained here was, that better news from America would relieve our own pressure. That mus t now be abandoned ; and it is by no means mpossale that new and more stringent zegula. RAILWAYS-FOB CASH. tr. c. fr c. Orleans • 1320 Western 670 Northern Lyons and Med 8376.— New Ditto 6 — New Ditto... ....... 8176 Grand Central 1 — Geneva — Sardinian Midi - Austrian Com. ...... 673 i MARKET NEWS.—(This Day.) CORN EXCHANGE. The whole of the country markets held on Saturday were heavy for wheat, and prices gave way ls. to 2s. per quarter. Fine malting barley was mostly held at full prices ; but other kinds were dull and drooping. All other spring corn sold heavily, at barely late rates. The continental markets still rule heavy for wheat, on easier terms, although the supplies on offer are not exten sive. Our American advices state that ordinary shipping brands of flour may be purchased at New York at 18s. per barrel. Only moderate supplies of English produce were re ceived up to our market last week. The imports from abroad were 17,751 quarters of wheat, 13,636 barley, 5'1,398 oats, 825 beans, 500 peas, 3,615 linseed, 1,850 rape seed, 185 mustard-seed, 5,560 sundry seeds, and 500 sacks and 100 barrels of flour. The quantity of English wheat arrived fresh up to our market this morning from Essex, was only moderate. From Kent the supply was tolerably good, but the majo rity of the samples were out of condition owing to the long prevailing damp weather. The attendance of millers was only moderate, and the demand for all kinds arising from the prospect of large shipments of flour being made to this country from France, ruled heavy, at a decline in the quotations realised on Monday last of from 2s to 3s per quarter. Thera was an extensive show of foreign wheat, and im porters generally were sellers on lower terms. Very few transactions took place, and prices wore is to 2s per qr. lower than last week. Floating cargoes of grain were dull, and rather drooping. We were well supplied with barley, and the trade, con sequently, ruled heavy. Fine malting samples sold at last week's currency. Grinding and distilling sorts were irre gular in price, the decline being is to 2s per quarter. There was very lit tle business doing in malt, at barely the late decline in value. We were extensively supplied with oats, and all kinds, except the finest parcels, were 6d to is per quarter cheaper. Beans changed hands slowly, at about previous rates. In peas, very little was doing, at last week's currency. The flour trade ruled heavy, and country marks were fully is per 280 lb% cheaper. CURRENCY PER Wheat—Essex & Kent, Red •• new 455 to 563 Ditto.. old 53s 603 Ditto, White new 563 61s Ditt0........ old 58s 62s Norfolk and Lin coln, Red, old 443 51a Ditto new •• ...• 48s 52s Rye—Old ............ —s New ............ 32s 36s Barley—Grinding .•• .. 28s 333 Malting ......... 38s 403 Chevaller...• . 41s Ats Malt—BaffolkandNor . folk.. .. Brown 58s 60s Kingston and Ware 68s 77s PERIAL MEASURE. Malt—Chevalier •• 76 to 78s Oats Yorkshire and LinColnsk.,Feed 20s 23s Potato . ..... 22s 29s Youghal and Cork Black. •• •• •• 18s 22s Cork, White .•• .. 108 28s Scotch, Feed •• • • 20s 24s Beans—Tlek .•••• •• •• 36s 40 Pigeons •••. 41 , 46. Peas —Grey ..••• • • • • • 38s 40, Maple . ........ 40s 41s White.•• .• •• •• •• 403 4 Boilers ••• ••• 46s 52, Flour—Town-made... 48s 50, Suffolk • •• •• •• • 39s 42. Stooktn & Norfolk 38s 42s METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. The total imports of foreign stock into London last week were 8,154 head. In the corresponding week in 1856 we received 4,210; in 1855, 1,904 ; in 1854, 7,182; in 1853, 8,577; in 1852, 9,147; in 1851, 8,665; and in 1850, 3,972 head. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WNEN. From Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Rotterdam 233 ... 1,393 ... Amsterdam Dordt Hamburgh — ... 1,359 ... ,„ „, Harlingen 338 ... 738 ... 2 ... 64 .., 18E; Bremen Tonning Medemblik 62 ... 1,724 ... Antwerp . Calves. Pigs. ... 413 ~. 4 • • • "-' 40 ... -- - ..• - ••• T0ta1....1,317 ' 6,091 25 531 ... 190 The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows : Beasts. Sheen. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 1856 1,608 2,261 330 11 1855..... 220 ... 1,605 ... 28 51 1854 2,433 4,359 205 194 1853 _2,013 5,814 253 259 1852 1,361 6,719 ... 319 170 1851 1,411 7,039 402 ... 297 1850 1,367 5,419 ,„ 295 ... 885 There was a fair average supply of foreign stock in to-lay's market, in fair condition. Compared with Monday last, the receipts of home fed beasts fresh up this morning were very moderate, and their general quality was by no means first rate. Although the attendance of buyers was not to say numerous, there was a slight improvement in the trade, but without leading to any advance in the quo tations. The highest value of the best Scots was 4s 10d per Blbs. From Lincoln•hire, Leicestershire, and Northampton shire we received 2,500 short horns ; from other parts of England 300 of various breeds ; from Scotland, 4 Scots; and from Ireland, 340 oxen. We were very scantily supplied with all breeds of sheep. For most breeds there was an improved demand, and prices were 2d per bibs higher than on this day se'ennight. The bast old Downs and half-breds 5s to 6s per 81bs. From Ireland 320 sheep came to hand via Liverpool. Very few calves were in the market, and the veal trade ruled brisk, at 2d per Sibs above last Monday's currency. Pigs were in moderate supply and fair request, at full prices. TURKEY. Telegraphic accounts from Viennaconfirm the in telligencepf the ministerial change at Constantinople and the return to power of Reschid Pacha. The only fresh piece of information we have obtained is that Aali Pacha remains Minister of Foreign Affairs, but with this exception the whole cabinet has been re-constructed. All the other members of the new Ministry belonged t ) Reschid Pacha's last cabinet. There can be no doubt that the Sultan's object in the change is to strengthen the opposition which he is determined to make to the political union of the Principalities. Lord Stratford de Redcliffe has again ob tained a triumph at Constantinople. The Patric, observing that Aali Paella has always been against the union, says that the change of ministers does not indicate any change of policy, but is rather a " reinforcement" of a line of policy previously resolved upon. It remarks, also, that the Sultan must wish to avail himself of the experience and ability of Reschid in order the better to sustain the struggle which is anticipated. ITALY. "Letters from Italy," says the Indepenclance of Brussels, "state that the Austrians feel some anxiety with respect to their situation there. The effective of their troops in the Roman States has been greatly diminished, but it has latterly been remarked that the artillery, the engineers, and the materiel have been augmented. Verona and Man tua are now stored as if a campaign were to be com menced to-morrow ; and all the stores that were considered too old have been replaced by new ones. The Archduke Maximillian gives a great impulsion to the administration. If it were possible to effect a union between the Austrians and the Italians, no one would be better qualified for the tasty than he. A new attempt at reconciliation is about to be made by him this winter, and we shall see whether or not the Milanese aristocracy will reply to his advances. SPAIN. The Madrid journals of the 20th eontain no political news of interest. The editors of the prin cipal newspapers had proposed to have a grand banquet, as a manifestation against the late Cabi net, but on reflection had determined not to carry out the design. According to the Epoca, the change of Ministry has been received with marked favour at Barcelona, Valencia, Seville, and Sara gossa. A despatch of the 23d says that the Gazette contains an announcement that it is to be the ex clusive organ of the Government, and it asserts that no foreign Miinistry exercises any influence in the internal affairs in Spain. A letter from Celtinge of the Bth, in the Agram Gazette, says :—" It is well known that the inha bitants of Kuci were attacked last year by the Montenegrin., and completely ruined by pillage. They have been since left unmolested, but they re cently sent a deputation to the Pacha of Scutari to ask whether he would protect them or not against any future attack, and begging him, in case Turkey wished to preserve her rule over Kuci, to place a garrison there to defend it against the Montene grins. As the Pacha could not promise them as sistance, they sent a deputation of their principal chiefs to this town to make their submission to Prince Danilo. The latter received them very courteously, and named one of the chiefs, who had before been the most opposed to him, a senator, and the other chiefs wero made woiwodes and captains." A letter from St. Petersburg of the 17th says : —"The Emperor and Empress are at this moment at Kiew, and their return to St. Petersburg is fixed for the 25th. Prince Gortschakoff arrived here in the night of the 14th, and has resumed the direc tion of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which dur ing his absence was confided to M. de Malsoff. CJunt de Nesselrode, Chancellor of the Empire, arrived in this city on the 13th. The Pope, on the 15th, granted an audience to Cardinal Villecourt, who had come over to Civita Vecchia for that purpose from Genoa. The Pope afterwards visited Corneto, and after a few hours' stay in that place, returned to Civita Vecchia. Accounts from Naples of the 20th announce the arrival in that city of the Prince de Joinvillo. The prince immediately paid a visit to the Countess de Tripani, his sister-in-law. A lettPr from Naples, in the Opinione of Turin, states that the marriage of the Duke of Calabria with the Emperor of Austria's sister will not take place this year. The Duke is about to visit Vienna, in order to pay his respects to his future consort. Count de Buol will, it is said, leave Carlsbad on the 30th for Dresden, where he will be jo ned by the Countess. The minister is to resume tht duties of his office on the 10th November. THE BELFAST CUSTOMS' FRAUD.—A rumour has reached us (Evening Post) that Moore has been captured in one of the Channel Islands, and that he bal taken poison either at the moment of his capture or when he found that escape was impossible, AN ENGLISH TOURIST ON THE CASPIAN SHORES.—The Northern Bee says that an English gentleman, Mr. Sey mour Kerry Wodehouse, nephew to Lord Wodehouse, the British Ambassador at St. Petersburg, arrived at Astrakhan on the 6th September, and thence proceeded to visit Prince Tumenew, the chieftain of a tribe of nomad Calmucks in Tartary. He has since returned 'to Astra khan to examine the Russian fisheries there established, and intended to embark on the Ist inst. to go to Bakou by the steam-boat Tarki. Mr. Wodebouse designed also, on his way borne, to visit Georgia, the Crimea, and South Russia, and then to return to Landon by way of Con stantinople. SITTINGS OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.—A return to the House of Commons made on the motion of Mr. Grey, M.P., shows that during the session of 1857, which oc cupied six months, or a part thereof, the House of Com mons sat 110 days—viz, in February 19 days; in March, 15 ; in April and May, 21 (the dissolution causing an interregnum ; in June, 19 ; in July, 24 ; and in August, 19. The tote; number of hours of sitting was 9031 hours and 4 minutes. The house eat altogether 91i hours after midnight. There were 7,963 entries in the " Votes" of the House (published diurnally.) The average duration of each sitting of the house throughout the session was 7 houre 47 minutes and 29 seconds, or the beat part of the third of a civil day. The House was reluctant, or bad no occasion to sit after midnight in February, March, April and May, but in the last three months (June, July, and August) the " midnight oil" was far more largely consumed. GENERAL HAVELOOK.—At a meeting of the Hibernian Bible Society held in Belfast on Tuesday last, the Rev. Mr. Graham, of Bonn, mentioned this fact :---He had to tell tbem that General Havelock, who is now so distinguished in India, although a Baptist, was a mem ber of his (Mr. Graham's) missionary church at Boor, and his wife and daughter were members of it for seven years. He could also narrate an anecdote regarding that great and good man, which he had heard from the lips of Lady Havelock, When General Havelock, as colonel of his regiment, was travelling through India be al ways took with him a Bethel tent, in which he preached the gospel ; and when Sunday came in India he usually hoisted the Bethel flag, and invited all men to come and hear the gospel—in fact, he even baptised some. He was reported for this at head-quarters, fur acting in a non-military and disorderly manner ; and the Comman der-ia-ChieF, General Lord Gough, entertained the charge, but with the true spirit of a generous military man he caused the state of Colonel Havelock's regiment to be examined. He caused the reports of the moral state of the various regiments to be read for some time back, and he found that Colonel Havelock's stood at the head of the list ; there was less drunkenness, less flog ging, lees imprisonment in it than in any other. When that was done the Commander-in-Chief said, "Go and tell Colonei Havelock, with my compliments, to baptise the whole army," Per Bibs to sink the oitals. s. d. s. d.I s. d. 6. d, Inferior Beasts... 3 2to 3 4 PrimeSouthdown 5 2 5 6 Second quality.... 3 6 3 10;Large erse. calves 4 4 410 Prime large oxen 4 0 4 4;Primo small do 5 0 5 4 Prime Scots, dtc. 4 6 4 10 1 Large hogs Inferior Sheep ...3 6 3 81Small porkers 4 8 5 2 Second quality ...3 10 4 2 1 Suckling calves 25 0 30 0 ?rime crse.-wlled.4 4 s b , 0 1 Quarter old pigs 22 0 28 0 TOTAL SUPPLY: FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts' 1,954 Sheep and lambs 3,700. Calves 6 3 Pigs Beasts 5,548 Sheep and lambs 21,060 Calves 122 Pigs 270 A. statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in the Great Metropolitan Cattle Market, on londay, Oct. 27, 1856, and this day, Mond.Ay, Oct. 26, 1857. • Per 81bs, to sink the offals. Oct. 27, 1856. j 0ct.26,1 857. s. d. s. d. !s. d. s. ci. Coarse and inferior beasts ... ... 2 Bto 3 0,3 2to '3 4 Bccond quality ditto 3 2 3 813 6 310 Prime largo oxen ... ... 310 4 6,4 0 .4 4 Prime Scots, drc „,. ... 4 8 4 1014 6 410 Coarse and inferior sheep 3 4 3 6;3- 6 3'B Second quality ditto 3 8 4 0 1 3 10 4 2 Prime coarse woolled ditto 4 2 4 4,4 4 5 0 Prime Southdown ditto 4 8 5 Op 2 5 6 Lambs ... ... ... ... ... ... _ _ 1 _ Large coarse calves ... ... ... 3 8 4 4 1 4 4 4 10 Prime small ditto ... ... „, „, 4 6 5 0 1 5 0 5 4 L a rge hogs „, „, ... ..„ 6 . ... 3 8 . 4 4 4 0 4 6 ',Teat small porkers .., , ... 4 5 2.4 8 5 2 Beasts... ... ... ••• ... 5, 22 5,548 Sheep and lambs ... ... 21,530 21,060 Calves 3 •.• ..• ..• ..• ••• ••• 22 • 122 Pigs ... „, ... ,„ ~. ... 670 270 SUPPLIES ON SALE, Oct. 29, 1855.—Beasts, 4,801; sheep and lambs, 22,550; calves, 127; pigs, 420. Oct. 3), 1851.—Beasts, 5,361; sheep and lambs, 27,080 ; calves, 169 ; pigs, 493. NEWGATB AND LBADENHALL. The supplies of meat on offer killed in the metropolis con tinue only moderate, but the arrivals from Scotland and. the provinces are liberal. The trade generally is heavy, at our quotations. Per Bibs by the carcase. s. d. s. d. Beef, inferior 0 10 3 2 Do., middling 3 4 3 8 Do. primo large 3 10 4 0 Do., do. small .„ 4 2 4 4 Pork, large 3 8 4 4 Mutton, Inferior Do., middling..... Do., prime Veal Pork, small d. rt. d. 2 3 4 6 4 2 4 4 8 8 4 6 6 5 4 BOROUGH HOP. Largo quantities of both new and old hops are on sale in our market. Fine samples of the former move off steadily, at full quotations. Otherwise the demand is heavy, but we have no other change to notice in value. Last week's imports were 61 bales from Hamburg. New hops are selling as follows : Mid and East Kent pockets, 70s to 1188 ; Weald of Kent ditto, 60s to 84s; Sussex ditto, 568 to 72s per cwt. SEEDS. All agricultural seeds are very dull, and prices have a downward tendency. Cakes continue in requeo, and, in some instances, prices are a shade in favour of sellers. Turnlp,White,per bush. 153 to 16s Swede . .. • • .... •• 20s 2331 Anstard, 8r0wn...... 18s 2031 White, new...... 163 2031 rares,Winter,new....ss Od 6s Od Carraway ....... • • • .. 45s boa Coriander •• •• .. •• •• •• 30s 32s Hempsced, per quarter 46s 489 Linseed, Eng. Sowing.. 70,1 125 Crushing •• •• •• •• 62s 6ss Baltic •• •• .• •• 614 Gbs Odessa •• •• •• •• • 64s 65s Linseed Cake, pr. ton — English •• ... 10/ 103 11/05 Foreign, per ton 114 O. 11 10s Rap° Cakes, per ton 61 Os 6 bs Rapeseed, new, pr qr. 72s 763 01d............ —s —8 Canary,per quarter 90.1 Rye grass (new) .. •• 263 28s Clover,RedEng.(cwt.) 64s 743 White •• •• ...• •• 62s 733 Foreign Red...... 60s 74s White.... 62s 80s Trefoil, 23s 25.3 TAL Although our market is flat to notice in the quotations, To-day P.Y.C. on the spot is per cwt. Rough fat, 3s lad p t 853. 1854. 1855. SOW, t, we have very little change compared with last week. s selling at 56s 6d to 563 9d per 81b. 1857. 22,546 i6s 6d to 56s 9d 3,119 37,301 5,31 49,442 59s 6d 14,259 56s 9d 4,034 53,368 3,743 50,647 58s Oti Stock this day • ... 21.612 C 57s 0 t, Price of Y. C ••.. I 57 , 6d Delivery last week ! 3,025 Ditto from Juno 1 .... 45,870 Arrivals last week.. 2,064 Ditto from Junel...., 41,167 Price otTow n - • 166 OJ 30,072 66a Od .e 66s 6d 2,393 20,316 2,386 24,388 684 6d 13,092 63s 6dti —s 'Od 3,177 51,958 1,404 27,335 65s 6d STATEMENT OF TALLOW SHIPPING AT ST. PETERSBURG. 1857. Casks. 1856. 1853. Casks. Casks. Tallow despatched from Cronstadt to the 30th .Sept„ o.s. (estimated at 25 pools to the cask) In ships loading and lighters Total loaded off St. Petersburg 2d Oct~ o.s 95 , 720 87,369 'Loaded off from St. Petersburg after this date .• .• .... •••••• • • •• - 16,375 18,754 112,095 106,123 Total at the close of the navigation.... London Liverpool ..... ..• • • .... Bristol.. ............. •••• • • • • 592 3,946 2,863 Other English ports ....... Ireland .......... Scotland .. •• • 11 2,119 1,233 Germany...... .. • • ......... France.. ••.. .. .......... ••• • • • 5 Total. BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. Since Monday last the arrival of potatoes coastwise and by railway have been only moderat e . The imports from 44901 hays been gory OZIOUPITO-113 1 97 WATS from Ter. ningzen, 1,200 tans from Antwerp, 212 tons from Hai' ; burg, 2,3 t ons f rom R o tt er d am , 77 t ons f rom Ghent, 21k, tons from Bruges, 6 bags from Bi nun, 40 tons from Ostord, 9i tons from Groningen, 30 tons from Jersey, awl 110 tons from other quarters. The demand is in a sluggish state as follows : ik Regents, 140 s to 163 s ; Bent and Essex ditto, 120 s to 140 s ; Middlings, 60s to 70s ; Lincolns, 110 s to 120 s ; Blues, 120 s, per ton, WOOL. Owing to the approaching public sales, and the high range in tho value of money, our market has become heavy. and in some instances prices have a downward tendency, The imports have been liberal—viz., 2,195 bales from Syd ney, 367 from Hobart Town, 588 from Melbourne, 2,297 from Algoa. Bay, 475 from the Cape, 4 from Buenos Ayres, 1.12/ from Taganrog, 91 from Odessa, 529 from Callao, 100 frena Havre, and 27 from Dordt. Current prices of English Wool :—Down togs, is 51d to is 6d; half-bred hoggets, is 4Ad to is ; Down ewes and hogs, is 3 1 d to is 4jd ; Kent fleeces, is 3. 1 ,d to is 4id Leicester ewes, la 2di to is 4d ; flannel wool, le ld to is 3d ; and blanket wool, 10d to is 4d per lb. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY—(This Day). (Before Mr. Commissioner Evans.) The cases during the morning were chiefly private, and (or the choice of assi L zoos. IN RV STEEDMAN. This bankrupt was described as of Albany.etreet, Re- gent's-park, pianoforte manufacturer, and to-day came up on his own petition. Mr. Lawrence FDA that in this case the bankrupt bad assigned his property to trustets for the benefit of his i creditors, but had subsequently filed his petition in bankruptcy. Thera was no desire on the part of the creditors to interfere with the proceedings of the true• tees, is the collection of the estate, or on their part that it siaoul i be administered under bankruptcy ; but the Cos rt would make an order that the trustees should be repaid a sum of about 1701., which they had expended in carrying on the besinees, &c. His Hon'aur granted the order, subject to the investi gation of the items. An application was then made for an allowance to the bankrupt. Mr. Lav vrance objected at the present, as the bank rupt bad re ceived 1001. after be had made the assignment, and had not yet accounted for it. The application, therefore, stands over. The at counts are in course of preparation by Mears. Paul and Turner, and a dividend "of 108, in the pound and upw mrds is expected. ( JRIMINAL COURT—{This Day). OLD COURT. The October session of this court commenced this morning at the Old Bailey, before the Lord Mayor, the Recorder, Mr. Alderman Hales, Mr. Alderman aeci. Sheriff Lawrence, Mr. Sheriff Allen, and the under sheriffs Messrs. Maitland and Parker. The calendar contains the names of 155 prisoners. The learned Recorder, in charging the grand jury, said that nithough a somewhat longer period had elapsed than was usual since the last session, it was to be eV pocted that the business `,could be greater, but that via° not sufficient to accoue:c for the number of serio us 030 1 'endar. There wer e fi ve c h arges of cwoiulitvali nmurder, h eal be Ides Ades those of manslaughter, perjury, burglary,utnone ',he other u sua l c l asses of stealing, Jo., b 'am were of such a c h arac t er as wou ld be likel y to Rive them much t rou bl e . Af ter enter i ng into of t and the details of the charges as stated on the depositions , the le arced Recorder referred to a charge of attempted extort) on against a person named Rose. It wool° appear from the deposition, that previous to the loot election in this city of Lord Mayor there was some sir preher L &o n of a contest, and a question arose relative t° the el pployinent of the defendant Rose as an agent to condo ,ct the election for one of the parties. On various occasi ,olis the defendant said it would be necessary for the r;en,tleman likely to be opposed to put down a larger sum tb ,an that subscribed against, him, to meet the thrnate ned contest and secure his election ; and Inbie: quentl3 ,be produced certain handbills. The defendan t having failed in obtaining the agency, then said tit papery should b e p u bli s h e d, an d it was on that threat b• was charged, under the 6th and 7th Vic. The questioa . for t ,heir consideration was, whether the alleged threat was made with intent to obtain an office of profit o r to It idaepnpeeeariendtbtee depositions (the oetions lea c r o n u s i d a ext( )rt money, according to the terms of the act, or vvilly the) : it was made from a feeling of annoy ance a t n ot, op- Rbger: relied t co ifry d ehri ) : that nr,evt eh ne i gf threate the for n wt tail iing the agency. o a r s ec nn ei a v d in e g b t y he th a e pp d o e i f n e t n ra da eu n t t b t: expects d, a n d if so, it was not an offence within the ac t of PaCtiaruent. POLICM INTELLIGENCE. -- (This Day) MANSION -HOUSE. GROSS IXORATITUDE.—IMPUDENT ROBRRRy. —Joh! King, ,described as a carman, of Long-lane, B e rnsoor s brought before the Lo r d M ayor , c h arge d t stealiney, was wi g; 'four dozen of wine, va l ue, l2l , , tin d er the fo lowing peculiar circumstances : Jan ties Rossi said he was manager to Miss 1 1 ° 5134 wine, spirit, and beer merchant, of 9, Cooper's-re°, Trani ty-square. Th e p r i soner was not i n regu l a r 1913 . !: _ ploy adent ; but occasionally empl o y e d b y hi m as a ports On the Bth instant prisoner came to the counting-be e " in Cooper's-row, and, as usual, asked if there was sub chance for a job. Withess did not need his servia; but 'lB there was a hamper of wine to be delivered l o Seething-lane, he (witness) told prisoner he might to it. The hamper b e i ng pl ace d upon a trul pfAeoner went away w ith it. Ab out an h our 'awl* 13,teg rafterward he r e tu rne d, an d t h e d istance not warraet.7 the length of abs ence , th e pr i soner, upon being Irt: tioned, said he had b een d e t a i ne d b y an obstracto;: Witness paid him for th e j o b an d pr i soner 'went *o,g'47; From some comm un i ca ti on received by witness '13,0 police were communicated with and the prisoner xf_ t apprehended. W itness h a d ascertained that pe isoe b % had not d e li vere d t h e wine to the place to wbi°ll was directed. Prisoner was sober when be left 11° when be returned. Prisoner said h e was d run k , an d did not know w heN he delivered the wine. Smith said the prisoner's ,sister had received a ,° o reign from the prisoner on the night of the robbery ; had a Bread deal of gold money. who The officer asked for a remand, and the prisoners persisted in his statement, was removed. MARL I 3OROUGI3.STREET. VIOLENT ASSAULT ON A P OLIOE - OONSTABL IE .f FRENCHMAN.—Leon Avenel, a dirty, ill-looking Frer b - a r man of disreputabl e c h arac t er , was p l ace d a t the g before Mr. B ing h am , c h arge d w i t h v i o l ent l y ass ault! o oo Police-con s t a bl e R o bi nson , 48 C, w hil e i n th e ex ecute of his duty. je. ; The constable, who seemed to be in great pain, • posed that on Saturday evening he w a s on . duty, ' Windmiil-street, when a young man cam e u p to liter and, pointing out the prisoner to his notice, said 1 . 0 7,1 just assaulted a woman in a viol en t manner, and requa g :, - t him to take him (prisoner) i n t o custody. Witness 1;4 to the corner of Queen -st ree t, w h ere he saw a fema l e j on the pavement, apparently much injured, who cha r a - s , the prisoner with be a ti ng h er, and knocking her da r " , . Witness requested her t o accompany him to the st resists house to pr e fer th e c h arge, and then took the prisone r custody. At first th e pr i soner offered no istliii g but after proceedin g some di stance bo becaninexeeet t o violent, and st ruc k and kicked him with great ce several times. Th e resu l t of the prisoner ' s violea nd rendered witness totally unfit for duty yesterdsb I to he even now felt g rea t pa i n i n his legs. The woman,: to was assaulted by th e p r i soner, a l t h ou gh a l mos t unal:" - stand, refused to press the charge. The prisoner, in defence, denied assaulting the 1 3 0 0 man in the manner d es c r ib e d. Th e f a ct was the ea` h io used him very roughly and was the cause of (prisoner'b) losing his hat, which he, being a poor O could not afford to lose. dt n h e E prisoner h m e us e t ou n id ot a t s h s A i o ut k 11 ; if he did, he w ou ld find hilligeo pb eo c M I iacu r es . aw ß i i th n ho g i h mr a e m ps d s ne a i td i much mistaken, for the law on that point was quit e . strict here as it was in Franc e . H a d h e (prisoner) no an Englishman, it would have been his duty to e' er , committed him for a lo ng f ir n, b ut as he was a foreifi4r, and perhaps not acquainted with the law, he of Bingham) should only commit him to the Sou se Correction for fourteen days. THAMES. SAVAGE ASSAULT ON A PU BL ICAN. —J o hn vr.h 001 1 an Irish labourer, was brought before Mr. Selfe, cb with committing a savage assault on Mr. O rwe ll, b w eli '.tee. landlord of the Three Lords public-house, in the Mili ° ' lo .s Mr. Orwell said the prisoner came to his house it i t night at 11 o'clock, and called for a glass of spiritist b ou t which he was supplied, and was about to leave wiSl o d paying for it, when the waiter stopped him and 0 401 for the money. The prisoner struck the waiter an d c e• and witness wen t t o t h e a ssista li s a i a )f s t t h ru e struggle with him, The prisoner str uc k hi m on the be r i• and a scuffle took place, in the course of which the! ) e I soner fell, but ,he jumped up again an d , like aiglu aproug upon him and bit hi s fi ngers. T he Lead he finger of the right band was bitten to the bone, a, 13 ".. 0 11 was put to great inconv en i ence and pain. Mr. y r ; e re severelythen lacerated, the bar) bandages one fseveralrom finger was nearlyfingers. dividedT Th e y .Y by the t pr i son er,who eetb.b The - n 1 F a menr, said the publican and his servant beat bin'' , his sides were black and blue all over. a nd Mr. Orwell sa id t h e prisoner received a blac_k.. hiteye at other injuri es b y falling down, and he never " all. l h re. prisoner --j s l o f e said n e atrocious can'tthe p p a r y iso it n . er bad committed a °lt assault, and S u ed hi m 20 s . month. Mr. 8 elFe—Tb en y o u are committed to prison for p r i tol THE BERKELEY LtuziT.—We learn from the """. u s ifr Times that the noble pack established and so 1111olt be c 3 utly maintained by the late Earl Fitzhardinge n continued in unabated e ffi ciency by the gallant : 4 ", 133 ,,; or who has succeeded to the possession and es te :AO Berkeley. The hounds, we h ear , vi ill meet 0 0 "- than NiE bye daring the coming week.