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

VAVAL AND MILITARY NTELLIGENCE. On Saturday a general court-martial, of which Col. Eimbirst, commanding the Ist bat:alion, was president, wse.mbied et Cua- ham bar, acks, for the trial of Ensign Thomas S. Mitchell, 80th Regiment, on several charges of disgraceful conduct, and being found in a state of intoxication when on duty. The Deputy-Assistant A dj a tant-G en eral, J. W. Reynolds, officiated as Deputy Judge-Advo cate. The Court niet at 12 o'clock, but although a telegraphic devatch had been forwarded by the President to Shorncliffe, where the prisoner is sta tioned, ordering him to be pr.sent, he did not attend ; and, atter waiting for some time, the mem bers of the court a Ijourued till to-m .rroir at half past 10. The prisoner has only been in the regi ment about two years. Recruiting for the various Indian regiments is proceeding in the most satisfactory manner. Last week the number of recruits who k.ined the Indian depots at Chatham was close upon 700, a number altogether unprecedented. In addition to these intelligence has been received that there are up wards of 50 0 recruits a t th e var i ous recru i t i ng dis tricts waiting to bs forwarded to Chatham, where they are expecte I to arrive during the present week. The supply of recruits comes chiefly from the London, Midland, and Northern districts, the neighbourhood of Liverpool having furnished a large number. On Saturday an order arrived at Chatham garri son from the War-office, directing four officers selected from each of the three depot battalions to proceed to the School of Musketry, Hythe, with the view of qualifying themselves as instructors of musketry to their respective regiments in India. The following officers have joined their respective depots at the Provisional Ba'talions, Chatham, previous to embarking for India :—Capt. G. W. Stacpoole, 18th Royal Irish, who takes the com mand of the depot of that corps ; Lieut. W. S. C. Pinwill, 27th Emaiskillings ; and Ensign H. M. Harding, 7th Fusiliers. The Colchester camp wi ll con tribute strong d taught a to the regiments in India when the troops which are being instructed in rifle practice on the Clac ton marshes have acquired the necessary profi ciency. The force in camp is divided into two battalions, and comprises 94 officers and 2,068 rank and file. The percentage of sick is rather large, but there was odly one death list week. About 70 recruits have arrived within the I,st few days, and some of them ‘t.ppf-ar to be young men of edu cation and comparatively good position in society. As many as 150 recruits have joined the 15th Hussars since the Lt of September. The head quarters of the regiment are at present at Norwich. Another troop of the regiment will, it is expected, be stationed shortly at Ipswich, and another also at Norwich. The Cyclops, 6, paddle frigate, Captain Pullen, left Spithead yegerday morning for the Red Sea, where she will be employed in laying the electric cable. She is fully armed, and }l'es her full com plement on board. She ka Maury's improved lowering apparatus for `',:ounding. After fulfilling her reiesiou in the tied Sea she will go on to the China station . and place herself under the orders of Rear- Atatral Sir Michael Seymour. -s 'lich anxiety was expressed at Falmouth yes terday relative to the non-arrival of the fast de- Apatch steamer Caradoc, having on board the Siamese Embassy, which left Malta on the 12th inst. She ought to have made the passage com fortably in nine days, but it is feared she has en countered the brunt of the late gales, and has been either injured or compelled to bear up for some port of safety. The authorities at Ports mouth are prepared to pay every attention to the Siamese Ambassadors, and the Commander-in- Chief, Sir G. Seymour, has his steam yacht con stantly in readiness to carry him out to Spithead immediately on the arrival of the Caradoc. Captain Alexander Milne, and Captain Sir Bald win Walker, K.C.8., have been staying at the Portland Hotel, Southsea, during the past three days, while they inspected the steam fleet in re serve and made observations upon the trial of the Diadem, the steaming performances of which in com.p4rison with her horse power have so signally disappointed the expectations of her designers. Lieutenant Brown and two non-commissioned officers to the Oxford Militia, garrisoned at Wool -"rich, proceeded to Hythe on Saturday, in pur suance of an order issued from the Horse Guards, for the purpose of going through a course of in struction in the Enfield rifle, about to be distributed to the regiment. Captain Spalding, Woolwich divistoti of Royal Marine Light Infantry, was on Saturday despatched on recruiting service to Derby, to relieve Major Elliott, who is ordered to join head-quarters previous to embarkation. The smiting transport Isabella Blythe arrived at Woolwich on. Saturday, laden with victualling stores from Dept ford, and having embarked Captain Gore, one sub altern, appointed from the Royal Military College at Woolwich, and a detachment of 50 nou-com missioned officers and gunners, for the reinforcement of Captain Anson's company of the 2d battalion Royal Artillery in the Mauritius, she proceeded on her voyage. 1 The list of new class screw frigates, to carry 32 and 50 guns respectively, ordered to be laid sown at Woolwich, containitg the names of the Anson, the Repulse, an 1 ae Baross-I, has been increased by the addition '•fa fourth vessel, to be named the Bristol. His Excell , tiey the I_, - ,rd Lielf.enant of Ireland Las appointed B, eva-Major Hume, 55th =tent, vice CAltr.w pe, res'gned, to be extra Aide de-Camp ; and Ciptain Tito uas Esmond. , , I alf-pay 3.Bth Regiment, t, be extra Aide-de-Camp, vice Vesey, reAped. The steam guuboats Forward and Skipjack, Lieutenants Bel ketey and Murray, now at Ports mouth, are ordered to be re td.y fur sea by the end of this month. They will be sent to the coast of Cuba. Tue Urgent, 6, iron screw steam tro .p frigate, Commander Macdonald, went on Friday lait to Stokes Bay for a trial ..f her engine, which worked admirably, and produced a speed of 12 knots an hour. The Brazlian corvette Imperial Marinheiro, Captain Alvin, remains at Shithead. H-,r captain and officers were en.ertaineft at the Gove7nment house, Port-mouth, on Ililla.y night, by Major- General the lion. Sir J. Yorke Sciali::t, K.C. B. The Brazilian and Neth-rlanda consuls were also invited and a g dliut general cire!e. The following appolntini-nts were made on Satur thy at ;he ..Idiniraity : Lieut. H. Davies, to be lieutenant commanding th© Forward, vice Lieut. Berkeley, sup , lrseded ; Lieu , . Charles G. G. Percival, to the Heron ; Lent. J. H. Coxton, to the Coiiflic ; Edward F. Craven, mat-, to the Cyclops ; J. O'Brien Sc naval cadet, to the V d , rous ; R.b rt Stev surgeon-superinte n lent, to the LAdy .I\l•Naughe.t convict ship ; E. C. Abbott, master's assistant, to Heron ; H. Lindquist, master's assistant, to the Persian. THE MILITIA. The Lancashire Regiment of ArtiPery, now num bering about 700 men, the bulk of whom have volunteered for India, will proceed to Portsmouth on garrison duty to-morrow or Wadnesday. The acceptance of their gallint offer to go out upon active service will depend very much upon Ih. nature of the nextadvices from India. The West Norfolk militia are t assemble on VI, 10th of November. It is expected that th-. regi ment will pans the winter at Shorncldfe or Alde,-- shoi... The North Lincoln regiment of militia now num bers nearly 1,000 men. It is reported that the regiment will proceed shortly to Port-mouth. The Huntingdon maul% were last week inspected by Colonel Upton, of the Coldstr-am Gear's, who complimented toe men upon their smart appear ance, and advis , -d tioif- who had a t f a mili tary life to lose no time in joining the line. The LeicesierAhire Milida are to be emb...died on the 3d of November. _ Recruiting for the line is proceeding rapidly in Derby and the neighbourhood. Men have been sent uff last we e k for the 95th, 37th, and 63d Regi ments, and also for the Rifle Brigade. The 6th West York were inspected on S.itnrclay morning on Skircoat-moor, near Halif4x, by Col. Douglas. This regiment, w hi c h i s i n a high st o f efficiency, will be dismissed (-11 Thurs .ay next (unless orders a re received to the contrary), when they will have c ompleted their term of - 28 days' training. Yesterday the DS. LIVINCFSTON AT BIRmiNG A B. Dr. Livingston met the Bi r li tn i m • --- Commerce, and gate them an interesting .l a e C co h u a n n3 t b o e f r h °: discoveries in the interior of Africa. HXRR CARL FORMRA.—This celebrated a rrived in Liverpool onFriday, and on Saturday he v s "ai l alln in the steamer Cabala for the United Sates. Herr Formes, who is engaged for four month! b y Messrs. 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THE BATTLE AtfirJUEGHIIR. The best account We have seen of this gallant affair is i❑ the following letter from a young officer who had a part in it to a friend in York:— "Camp before Delhi, Aug. 27. "On the evening of the 24th instant, just as I • was about to write to you, oral's came that our brigade, under Brigadier-General Nicholson, was to march at daybreak next morning—the object being to cut bp a party of several thousands of the enemy, with an immense body of cavalry and 16 guns. They were said to be 17 miles out from our camp, towards Riiotuck, on the 25th, on their way to cut off our siege train coming from Kurnal. I had just time to lire off a newspaper to you, make my arrangements and turn into bed, knowing that I had a hard day before me on the morrow. Off we started at 3 a.m., our force being as follows :- Ist Fusiliers, 350 strong ; her Majesty's 61st, 350 strong; two squadrons of her Majesty's 9th Lan cers, and some horse artillery, with 16 field guns ; our native troops were Coke's Mlles, 400 ; Green's ditto, 600 ; and 400 native cavalry. We had 30 elephants with us to carry the men when sick or tired. `• Off we went across the country, by a bad native road, having no other. There was great difficulty in getting our guns along, s me places being under water. Many galloped through at a dash, but several of the horses fell, and one all but drowned in the water and soft sand ; the infantry had, in many places, to drag the guns across. On we went sticking at no difficulty. At three p.m. our out riders came galloping in, saying, " The enemy are in position, and are about 8,000 strong." Our baggage was put into a safe place with a strong guard, and ou weut the force to within half a mile of the enemy, when we commenced for action. The road is about 500 yards from the Serai, and is well covered from the enemy in places by rising ground. On we went past the enemy's camp, and were halted and drawn up for battle on this bide of the rising ground opposite the Serai. Here my regiment and the 61st advanced, and laid down in line behind the ridge ; the horse artillery ran up be fore us and blazed away at the guns in the Send for some time—all their guns firing round shot, shell, &c., at us. After our guns had given thew a few rousds, the General said, " Stand up," and ad dressed us as follows :—" Now, 61st and Ist Fusi liers, prepare to charge the Serai, and take the guns at the pint of the bayonet ; dou't fire a shot until you are within a few yards of them." Our grins then went away to the flank. We got "Fix bayonets, and trail arms, quick march ;" on we went in a beau tiful line at a steady pace. I commanded No. 2 com pany, and was slap in front of the guns, which gave us a volley just as we began our advance. On we went, and we got within some 50 yards of them, when the men gave a howl, and on we dashed, and were slap in to them before they had time to de press the guns. It was bayonet to bayonet for a few moments, but we cut them up, and spiked their guns. The guns were ordered to be spiked when taken, as the enemy were so strong, and we feared a recapture. The rest of the enemy bolted out of the other side of the Serai, and made for the camp. We had very few men killed in the charge, as we got in before they fired the grape. Lieutenant G—, 61st, was bayoneted by a Sepoy after cut ting down two. N— shot the man that did it. He had his horse shot under him, and I saw him hand to hand with a Sepoy, whom he polished off with his sword. My company came right up to a howitzer loaded with grape, and I put my hand on it ; the fellows at it bolted as we were rushing at it. On we went after the brutes, and cut up a heap at the Serai and behind it. We then drew up in line, rallied, and went at the camp, took it, sent a party to take the - village, and then we went and took the guns at the bridge, over which the enemy was bolting in thousands. Here we took six guns more. Up came our guns, and blazed away at the enemy, and off they went, leavibg a host of stores, tkc. all ; along the road. It was beginning to get dark, so we halted, and I went up to the bridge, and held it with my com pany and No. 1, under Captain C-, whilst the enemy drew up in line on the other side of the canal, and set to work firing away at us onthe bridge, with grape, &c. Our guns came closer up, andmowed them down, and G-, one of the engineers, came up to blow up the bridge. As we had cut up heaps, boned their guns, camp, &c., and had a storming party still in the village in rear, the destruction of the bridge was a grand thing. It was the only one they had to get over by, and we were ordered to find it and destroy it ; well, I assisted G- in emptying the tumbril, andmaking a heap of powder on the bridge, which was covered with baggage, &o. A train was laid and we fired it, hoping it might do, as it was impossible V) get a working party just then, and then we were under fire all the time. They all left the bridge, but I went back by myself and looked if it was broken. It was not, and the enemy were still on the other side, so I took bayo nets and spiked two of the guns close to the bridge. They were trying to get them over with them when we first came up. As I was corning bick I met the General on foot, coming up by himself to see ifthe bridge was broken. I said, ' I have just b:ea up there, sir; what do you want to know 1' 'ls the bridge broken,' he said ; so I told him no, and that the enemy were stilt on the other side, but tiat I had spiked the two gulp. He asked me my name, and said, 4 Well done,' my 13,,y, and asked me if I was any relation of Major E----, of the Punjaub ? I then go , , a patty of our men up, and he sent G- with a working party, and as the enemy had all but shut up their thing, holes were dug, a proper train laid, and the bridge was destroyed bodily as if ono had never bees there. "It was now all but dark ; ourmen laid down for the night on the ground, and a party set to work and blew up all tue enemy's camp, stores, ammuni tion, &c. ;it was going on all right. I was so tired I laid down on a bile and fell isleep. Next morning the work of destruction was finished, and off we marched with a lot of treasure, &c., and 13 gun., and brought all safe into camp, after a hard march, arriving at the camp bridge just in the cool of the evening,when the camp turned out to meet us, gave us et, times three,' and played us in with some lively airs. " We have quite smashed the enemy's chance of getting at the siege tt ain, and di , abled him for taking the field. Tbanii God I was not touched ; the g &ant charge saved us from showers of grape and canister. We were at them before the gunners could act—nigers are so slow. The heaviest fire I was in during the day was at the bridge ; they sent grapa at w, and one shot blew up one of the ainininution• boxes on the ' , ridge, killing one man aeil-woundieg several. C insider ing wliat a grant business it was, our loss is really not;iin.;. Capt in S. and Lieut. G., and Dr. 1., and Lieut. E.—two furl:tier killed and the latter, I fear, mort illy wounded, some others slightly hit, and about 100 men killed and wounded. The enemy made no stand till they got to the other side of the canal, and it was too dark, and we were too much done to follow them up, and Nicholson kept his cavalry in band in ca :..e of any sudden rush from the enemy. I saw plenty of Pandies killed, but as they did not stand there was no great slaughter, though 1 fancy our guns muat have killed a heap at the other side of the bridge, and about 100 were killed in the Whilst we were out the Delhi fellows came at our eau p; I hear 200 of them were killed. The siege train will be here in a few days, when we shall run up the guns and batter the place. There is a scarcity of artillery officers. Volunteers from camp ate called for—Addisconibe men. I have sent in any name, and I expect to find myself an artillery officer in a few days. It will be hard work pound ing the place, but I shall not have to storm the city, which will, I fear, cost us 1,000 men. I hope not, but Pan.iy fights well behind walls. The post is just going off ; more news next time. Adieu. THE FATAL FIGHT IN PADDINGTON.—At the Mary lebone Police-court, on SAlurday, George Groundwell, a labourer, and; Henry Ruhr dge were brought up on re mand and placed at the bar, before Mr. Long, charged with having, in a pugiliAic c , nte , t, in a field by the Harrow-road, Paddington, calved the death of a man named William Hudgkns. They were fully committed for trial. I [ADVERTISEMENT.I-011p of the most valuable discoveries for the benefit of mankind is shown by the numerous extraordi nary cures without medicine of indigestion (dyspepsia), flatu lency, constipation, nervous, bilious, and liver complaints, cough, asthma, consum,,tion, and debility, effected by Du Barry's delicious health•restoring Revalenta Arabica Food. The followingaxeuot the least remarkable :—Cure No. 41,617. W nchester, Dec. 3, 1847. 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In many—we are assured in most—of the cases which occur in British waters the ship is endangered not by the visitation of God, but the recklessness of man. The vessel has put to sea in an unseaworthy state, or she is badly found, or badly handled, or badly commanded. The "onsequence is that she runs aground, or catches fire, or is obliged to be abandoned, or founders outright, and the escape of her crow depends upon the chances of relief provi dentially afforded. The elements really appear to play but a subordinate part in the aggregate of catastrophes. The entire number of casualties in the year referred to was 1,163, and of these only 121 took place during weather which in nautical estimate would amount to a storm. As many as 19 actually occurred in a dead calm, 58 in a " light" breeze, 49 in " gentle" breeze, 98 in a " moderate" breeze, and 154 in a " fresh" breeze ; while only 492 happened during any of those atmospheric conditions by which sailors clas sify the successive developments of " a gale." On turning to another table of the statistics in question we soon discover why so little account need be taken of the weather. Excluding the results of collisions, 368 ships were totally lost, in addition to a still greater number damaged, during the period under review, and of these examples upwards of 200 can be referred to causes directly connected either with the worthlessness of the vessel or the incompetence of her crew. We give the precise figures, because figures alone in such matters can convey an adequate notion of facts, and the reader will be amazed, we think, when we say that 17 ships out of the 368 were abandoned, and 37 went right to the bottom, simply and purely because they were unseaworthy, or, in other words, ought never to have been sent to sea. Defective com passes and defective charts again come in for their share in the account, and the rest of the tale is made up of errors, neglects, and carelessness in their several forms. " Stress of weather" in all its shapes can only be charged with 148 of the catas trophes, but it is rather an encouraging feature in, the casethat intemperance does not figure conspicu ously in the work of mischief. Two only out of the mass of disasters are set down to this source. mon plough, three being required at an expense of at least 15s, per acre. Tried against time, first for two hours and again for one hour, the steam plough drove four furrows at that depth at the average rats of seven acres in a working day of 10 hours, stop pages included, the length of the furrows being 330 yards. The total cost was computed not to exceed 9s, per acre, and in order that this estima tion may be understood the following particulars are given :—Taking the average size of the fields to be about 17 acres, there will be 21 days' work and one removal of the machinery for each field, each removal occupying half a day, so that two fields, or 34 acres, will be the amount of work for one week. The daily expense of coal, oil, water, and labour is reckoned at 355. ; the two shiftings require four horses half a day each time, costing—say, 205., but a deduction of—say, 10s. may be made for the two half days' saving of fuel, water carrying, &c. Then, for wear and repairs, of course much depends upon the number of days worked annually and the soft or stony character of the country ; but, taking the outlay required at 1201. per annum, and the time of working 30 weeks, we have the heavy item of 41. per week. Adding these various sums and dividing by the number of acres ploughed weekly we get Os. as the utmost cost of the heavy land work referred to. Names of Companies. Ashtn &Oldh Birmingham Coventry.. • • Derby .. • • • • GrandJunctn Do., 6 pr. Ct. Grand Union Kennt & Avn Leeds &Livrp Leicester .. • • Leicstr &Nth Long htiorogb Macclesfield. Heath .• • • • • Oxford.. • • • • On Thursday the machine was tried on somewhat lighter soil, a wheat stubble partly overspread with farmyard manure. The length of furrow varied front 220 to 236 yards, thus necessitating frequent changing of widening gear, &c., at the ends of the work, which, however, were accomplished in an average space of half a minute. In one hour nearly an acre was turned over seven inches deep ; with the abovestated conditions as to the dimensions of fields, &c., this is equivalent to about 48 acres per week, at a total expense of only 6s. 31 per acre, whereas the common cost in the district of such laborious pair-horse ploughing is 12s. au acre. The excellence of the work was, however, still more the theme of universal approval than the great economy with which it was performed. A trenching plough, taking only two furrows' breadth, but lifting up a stratum of subsoil and lay ing it upon the buried top-slice, was also tried, and the effect of its action was considered equal to that of manual digging, whether for depth, which averaged 12i inches, or for the complete pulveriza tion of the dry soil by the rapid progress of the im plement. To perform suck work Thy horse-power would cost it is said, 355. per acre; that is, if it could be done at all. But the steam-plough, with out trampling or injuring the soil or subsoil, effected nearly half an acre of this deep trenching in an hour ; or say 22 acres per week, at the total cost of 13s. 9d. per acre. On Friday and Saturday a considerable con course of spectators assembled in the various trial fields, the many farmers and landowners present expressing themselves with one voice as fully per suaded not only of the profitableness of the steam plough, but of the great value of its work ever that done by horse teams. Mr. Fowler has been for tunate at last in obtaining a sufficient trial, in a suitable district, by men of business thoroughly in tent upon doing justice to a novelty like the steam-engine in p!oughharness ; and whether or not the Highland Society may withhold its reward for want of greater competition, there is no doubt that the judges' re port, after another day's trial at Edinburgh, will thoroughly awaken the agricultural public to the great advances which have lately been made in steam culture. The facts above stated carry quite evidence enough of the proposition with which we com menced, and prove beyond question that a large proportion of shipwrecks on these coasts admits of prevention. Even those which are directly attributed to the fury of the weather might possibly have been in some instances escaped with better vessels or better seamanship; and it is painful in the extreme to reflect that, with a state of things like this, men should be exposed to the penalty of imprisonment for refusing to proceed to sea in ships probably unseaworthy. As owners can be protected by insurance there is no self-interest at work to keep them in a proper course, and the temptation to continue worthless vessels in use is constantly ope rating. We are told of a certain schooner so rotten that her own anchor positively pulled her bows out; and that such things are likely to happen under such arrangements is sufficiently plain. It has been eveninferred from the declared rate of mortality among ships that some of them must be kept alive and afloat beyond their appointed time. Out of 33,000 vessels and upwards known to be existing in a particular year it is said that only 129 were broken up. Whether that number is below the proportion due to the natural infirmities of a ship is more than we can pretend to decide, but as a general principle it appears to ua clear that if the insurance system destroys the precautionary mo tives which would otherwise be at work the law should in some manner step in, and do as much for life as is already done for property. The other feature most noticeable in the accounts before us is of a more pleasing kind. A system of lifeboat establishments is maintained to such effect on the coasts of these islands that its instrumentality is exceedingly conspicuous in the table of lives happily preserved. It must be understood that casualties specified in the preceding paragraphs placed actually in danger no fewerthan 2,764 souls ; indeed, excepting for succour of some kind, those figures would have represented the loss of life from shipwreck during a single year, and in our own seas only. In the greater number of in stances escape, of course, has been due to the small craft of various kinds plying about, or to the boats of the sinking vessel itself, but life boats alone saved 362 lives in the 12 months, and the apparatus of mortars, rockets, &c., employed from the shore as many as 262 more. Perhaps it is not too much to conclude that where the agency of the life-boat proved thus serviceable no other agency would have succeeded, and certainly there is none on which so much- reliance can be placed in the most perilous class of emergencies. Harbours of refuge may do much, but they must be far ap kr t, whereas a lifeboat establishment can be formed orr almost any point of the coast, and is sure to find the immediate support of active and daring seamen. The only impediment to the multiplication of these establishments is a very surmountable one—the want of money and the Royal National Lifeboat Institution--a society which has benevolently chlrged itself 'with this good work—appears certainly deserving of public support. There seems, indeed, hardly any limit to the reduction which may be accomplished in these annual disasters by the exercise of vigi lance beforehand and the provision of succour at all times. Nearly two-thirds of the catastrophes as classified above ought to be eliminated from the list if all vessels were sent to sea in good condition, well found and well manned. Of the rest, or those due to the violence of storms, many could probably be robbed of their fatality if a lifeboat were at hand for rescue, and there is surely nothing in either of these requirements which should be beyond the means of the richest nation and the greatest maritime P ower i n th e world. GREAT STEAM PLOUGH TRIAL AT STIRLING. Ann held important of agri cu lt ur i s t s h as j us t been tirling to adj u di ca t e t h e Hi g hl and and Agricultural Society's ats premium for the best steam plough. Recently, as is well known, steam ploughing has formed an attractive feature at agri- Cultural s icieties' gatherings, Mr. Boydell's locomo tive engine, with its " endless railway," Mr. Smith's cultivator, and Mr. Fowler's plough (both hauled by wire-ropes, windlass, and anchored pulleys), having baen exhibited in work to crowds of farmers and sightseers ; but only on one occasion has a prize been awarded, namely, at the Yorkshire Agricultural Society's meeting, when Mr. Boydell's engine, the only invention there competing, was thus honoured by the judges. The SAlisbury trials, unsatisfactory as they were, have not yet been pro nounced upon by the Royal Agricultural Society, and it is gratifying t o find that the Scotch farmers who adopted the thrashing machine of Meikle, took the lead in the improvement of ploughs, applied the discoveries of Deanston Smith, and first found the advantage of every farmstead having its steam chimney, are foremost in giving their deliberate sanction to the steam plough as a nvaus of better and more profitable husbandry. List ye sr the Stirling General Agricultural As sociation practically tested the capabilities of a method of agriculture invented by Messrs. Fisken, ofleuchterarder, by which a common portable steam engine stationed in the field is employed to drive a travelling implement by means of a rapidly-moving hemp cord suspended above the ground, and a fixed wirerope, alongwhich the ploughing machine winds its way. In a remarkably fair and considerate re port the committee stated that, although defective in several mechanical details, this ingenious appa ratus fully demonstated the value of its principle of action, one of their chief grounds of approval belng its adaptation for working any tillage imple ment besides the plough, while the engine may be suitably employed in thrashing, or any farm mill work whatever, thus being really calculated to dis pense with one-third cf the farmer's horses. This year a prize of 2001. has been offered by the Highland Society, leaving the committee of the Stirling Association to conduct the trials and adju dieation. The three days of private trial began on Tuesday, followed by a public exhibition on Friday and Saturday upon Mr. Forrester's farm at Stewart hall the judges being Mr. Henderson, of Banks ; Mr. Patterson, of Offers ; assisted by Mr. Miller, of Millfield, as engineer, while Mr. Finnie, of Swanston, Mr. Gibscn, of Woolmet, and Mr. Hall Maxwell, the secretary, were present on behalf of the Highland Society A considerable competition was anticipated, etlecially as the three favourite classes of schemes, represented by a locomotive traction-engine, a travelling engine with rotary digger attached, and haulage by wirerope, are now taken in hand by our need influential manufac turers. However, owing to a variety of causes, Mr. Fowler's steare-plough alone made its appear ance,—an unfortunate circumstance for the public, as in spite of the Prolonged and thorough testing to which the machine was subjected the element of simultaneous comparison has been entirely want irg. This machine a similar in construction to that shown at Salisbuil, though with minor improve ments; the con sbinadlo-horse engine and windlass at one end of the teld, and an anchorage at the other, travelling very slowly, so as to keep always, opposite to the ploughing, and dragging the imple-' ment to and fro br means of wire ropes. The. ground under operation on Wednesday was a level clover lea, of tenacious course land, in an unfit state for ploughing until mellowed by frost before the usual ploughing season of February. Yet the qua lity of the work was superior to that of ploughing done by horses for tie sake of comparison. At 5 inches deep two horses were unable to work a coat- PRICES 01 SHARE& Prom the Official List. PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENIIV4 LONDON, FRIDAY, OcT. 23, 1857. CANALS. d Dividend 4 per ao Annum. Price.l Names of Companies. Dividend per Annum. irld.RijOUßs OF Butcni. (Front the Morning Herald.) Mir W alter Scott, in his novel of " Kenilworth," tells us of a witty repartee male by young Walter Raleigh, when rebuked by Queen Elizabeth for having refused her physician admittance to the pre sence of the Duke of Sussex, then laying sick at Say House. Raleigh having pleaded in his defence that a skilful mediciner was at that moment in at tendance upon the duke, the Queen retorted upon him with an allusion to the proverb, that in the multitude of counsel there is safety. " Aye, madam," rejoined Raleigh, "but I have heard learned men say that the safety spoken of is for the physician, not for the patient." Had Raleigh been a member of the committee upon harbours of refuge, he might have traced a resemblance between the situation of the British mariners and that of his Grace of Sussex. His shrewd remark would certainly apply with equal truth to the former. So multiplied are the plans for providing them with shelter, that while the election is being made many lives may be lost. Passing hastily along the English Channel, and summarily dis missing such minor stations as Seaford Roads and Newhaven (both of which, however, have their admirers, the latter especially being au excellent post for a light squadron of gun boats), we may mention four principal places on the Cornish cost alone, at which different engineers have recom mended the construction of a sea barrier. The chart shows at the south-western extremity of England a bluff cape, of peculiar configuration, upon the sharp and rugged crags of which many a good bark has been shattered. This pronsonotory is connected with the mainland by a kind of isth mus, hollowed out by Mount's Bay, on the south side, and that of St. Ives to the north. At St. Ives and Penzance there are harbours which have been termed convertible. A ship, that dare not make for the one, would run to the other, the danger consisting in doubling the cape which separates them. For the protection of the haven at Penz ance a breakwater is required upon Penlee Point ; while St. Ives, from tho wen{, round 6v libe north.- east, is exposed to the full violence of the wind, and can only be covered by a pier extending 2,000 feet into the sea. At New Quay, thirty miles north of the latter spot, and, therefore, so much nearer to the Bristol Channel, a harbour has also been pro jected in very deep water ; but the expense would be so enormous as to counterbalance the advantage of that proximity. Advancing still further in toe same direction, until we have cleared Trevose Head, we come suddenly upon Padstow, which lies snugly +retired withih the bend of the peak. Here at the first glance nature seems to,have thrown in our way the very object of our search—a-deep cleft in the shore, hemmed in on all sides by natural fortifica tions. But on looking more narrowly, we discover a mouth so strait, so rapid a current, and quick sands so treacherous, that we are forced to turn away in disappointment. Of these four sites we think St. Ives the most likely to obtain the pre ponderance of votes in its favour. _ - The Isle of Man hasbeen styled the beacon of the Irish Sea, and it has been asserted by competent naval officers that if 30,0001. were bestowed upon a servicepier at to Douglas thsmall craft s itwoulodtand h render that r p n ort b o o fg s in reat the vicinity, and secure a constant steam-packet communication with the Mersey, in the very worst weather. With regard to the coast of Ireland several schemes are afloat. Greenore Point, Cahore Point, and Ardglass, have all been highly praised. Off Portrush, is the county of Antrim, there is a row of rocks called the Sherries, parallel to the beach, where, by merely closing up one of the in lets, a splendid harbour might be created at which vessels bound from Halifax •or New York would call for orders, and most of the objections which at pre sent exist to the north-about passage, as it is termed, from Liverpool, would by this means be removed. It was likewise a question with the com mittee, whether some assistance might not fairly be granted to the people of WexfOrd, at which place a considerable sum has already been set apart for im provement under the charge of the Admiralty. In the neighbourhood of Wexford the navigation is extremely critical, and the Blaokwater Bank, which rises just outside, is notorious in the annals of mari time disaster. No ships, however, but those of very limited draught can app roac h thi s por t, owing to the shallowness of the channel ; and the evidence has convinced us that any efforts permanently to icicrease the depth would be unavailing, inasmuch as it is choked with countless shoals, and sands per petually drifting, which no volume of water poured upon them could effectually keep clear. There are, however, two localities on that stretch of coast ' which for a very trifling outlay could be made to answer all purposes. The expenditure of 50,0001. would suffice to dredge a wide opening over both the bars which severally obstruct the entrance to the bays of Waterford and Carl:ngford. These bays comprise an anchorage of very large dimen sions, perfect in all respects ; and in the most dreaded gales from the south-west and north-east, either one or the other would afford an accessible refuge to almost every merchantman that frequents those (seas. When such interests are at stake, it would be false economy to be over parsimonious ; and the estimate above mentioned is not more than ' the sum which has been paid ere now far an in ferior or spurious painting. Some Irish members of Parliament, the spurious allies of my Lord Palmers ton, have been accused of an over fondness for agi :A. ion. These geirkemen might perhaps think it beneath their dignity t 0 agitate for the gift of a dredging machine. If they would consent to do so, their importunity, trivial as 'the object'may seem, might in the result not only be very beneficial, as well to the foreign traffic of their own country as to the merchants and mariners of Liverpool, but would, if successful, furnish them with a just and 1 'sting theme fur the display of their indignant declamation. We cannot dismiss this subject without a few re marks upon Holyhead ; since we fancied that we could detect in some of the questions put by the committee a lurking inclination to depreciate the value of that harbour, .and to find an excuse for abandoning it, at least for the prssent, in its un finished state. We should be glad if we had been mistaken in suppo , ing that any such inclination ex ited. If it did, it must have been sorely :locked by the answers of the witnesses, who and all testi fied to the inestimable benefit which has been pro duced even by the half-canstructed breakwater. Al ready 2,000 vessels, principally from Liverpool, take refuge at Holyhead in the course of the year, and ten tim-s that number may be expected, when the entire works, the design for which, on account of the increasing cl-mand for accommoda tion, has teen twice or thrice extended, and brought to a conclusion. The principle of construction which hai be-n adopted at Holyhead is the eaten as at Portland, and was the invention of the late Mr. Rendel. It is entirely original, and reflects great credit upon the ingenuity of that talented engineer. Tiers of piles are first inserted, five in breadth, as the support for five parallel lines of railway. These piles are either screwed into the _ bottom or loaded at the foot, and then dropped into their places, that process being made use of which will bet suit the nature of the soil. The piles are united by transverse beams, over which are laid longitudinal timbers, as girders for each railway. The stage thus formed is not level, but sloped to wards the sea. Trains of wagons, loaded at the quarry with loose stones or rubble, are run on to the platform by a locomotive engine. When they reach the incline the engine is unhooked, and each waggon isput upon a separate tramway, and then, being hurried downwards by its own weight, is met at the proper point by a tumbling-block, and tilts over its contents between the rails into the sea. The material employed is a mixture of huge blocks and ch'ppings. It has been found by experience that where large masses only are used, great disturbance will ensue ; but that the water will of itself wash the smell stone into the interstices, and thus con solidate the whole into a conapact and solid bulwark. Just beneath low-water mark a backbone of ma sonry is driven through the summit of the rubble in the very centre of the breakwater. By this simple method a barrier may be erected which will resist the action of the waves for centuries, and of which it may be said that the longer it endures the longer it will be likely to last. Mr. Renders system is the cheapest and the most speedily executed that has ever been invented, provided only that quar ties are at hand; and in deterinining the situation of the now harbours of refuse this fact must not be forgotten where other advantages are evenly balanced. (From the 7imes.) During the year 1856 ten lives upon an average were lost every week by wrecks and casualties at sea, within sight, as it may be said, of these shores. As this loss, however, is very considerably less, not withstanding the increase in our shipping, than was usually experienced but a few years back, we should not perhaps bespeak any special notice of the two circumstances were it not for one or two of the features which characterise the return, and which appear to us of sufficient importance to be impressed upon the public mind. It seems placed beyond a doubt, by the statistics which we have recently published, both that a large proportion of shipwrecks still arise from preventible causes, and that the loss of life may be still further reduced by the energies and benevolence of the public. The ordinary conceptions of a shipwreck usually involve the idea of a tempest or a hurricane, with all the appalling accessories of thunder, lightning, surge, and fo am . S uc h a pi cture was gi ven the other day i n th e t err ibl e s t ory o f th e Central America st eamer , an d suc h , no d ou bt , i s th e scene presented occas i on a l zicarer home. But the THE RECENT HEAVY GALES. Advic s received at Lloyd's on Saturday from the outports report the loss of about 15 vessels, arising from the recent severe weather. The intel ligence from Yarmouth mentions the loss of eight ships in the vicinity of that port alone, and in the case of one wreck—that of the Ontario—the sad news is conveyed of no less than 22 persons meet ing with a watery grave. It is feared that further disastrous statements have yet to be received from several of the outports. Below will be found a list of those vessels known to have been wrecked, but, in addition, many vessels have put into porbs off the coast after loss of sails, anchors, bowsprits, chains, &o. YARMOWTll.—Nortromic, Oct. 23.—Last night i blew a hurricane at N.E. The ship Ontario, Captain Balfour, of and from Shields for Suez (coals), last night, about 11 o'clock, got on the Barber Sand, and soon after went to pieces ; the whole of the crew, with one exception, were drowned, and numbered, including the cap tain's wife, 23 in all. The only survivor; W. C. Robertson, the chief mate, succeeded in getting hold of a piece of plank, drifted about for 2 hours, and was thrown on shore very exhausted, about a mile and a half below Caistor. The body of one man and the master's wife have been washed on shore. The Ontario was a large ship, upwards of 600 tons, and was under a charter to carry a cargo of coals to Suez for the steamers engaged in the Indian service of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company. She left the Tyne in the early part of the week, and had made the north end of Yarmouth sands, when she encoun tered the full force of the gale. The captain's wife still clasped her infant in her arms; when her life less corps was found on shore. The brig Zillah, Captain Watson, from Hartle pool for London, Jost her cauvas during the gale, and afterwards drove on shore to the north of Winterton, where she soon after went to pieces, when the master, mate, and three men, were drowned. Lines were fired over her, and a boat hauled off, which saved the remaining three men, named George Frankland, George Dring, and John Foster. The schooner Argo, Captain Holmes, of and for Yarmouth from Sunderland, went on shore last night off Winterton, and became a total wreck ; crew saved by their own boat, having left before the vessel struck. _ The schooner Sutorg, Captain Hellenburg, of and for Yarmouth f om Sunderland, parted during the gale and went on shore to the south of the pier, and fears are entertained of her becoming a wreck. The sloop Two Trua Fr:ends ' Captain Blacksall, of Grimsby, came on shore at the same time and place ; cargo (glass bottles) is being landed. The brig B,.,bert and Anne, Capt. Dean, of an d from Sunderland for St. Mal), drove over the Scroby Sand last night, striking very heavily ; afterwards sunk in the Cockle Gat. Crew picked up and saved by the fishing lugger William and Mary, of Cromer. The Neapolitan barque Leone, of and for Palermo from Shields, and the brig South Durham, Captain Soutter, of arid from Sunderland for Londo n , b. )t h got on the North Scroby Sand this morning, andin a short time went to pieces. Nine of the crew of ills Leone got on board a steamer bound north. Low ESTOFT, Oct. 23.—The Balmoral, captain Bennett, from Blyth, of and for this port, with p a cargo of coals, went on shore between Cromer and Sherringham last night, and will become a wreck ; crew saved. ALDBOROUGH, Oct. 23.—The Mary, Capt. Samp son, of Wells, on her passage from. Hartlepool for Melton, Kent, during the gale last night, when off this plat ~ sprung a leak, and the crew not being able to keep her free by pumpi ng t oo k to t h e i r boat, with the master's wife and two children, and after waiting by their vessel 20 minute, she went down. They were afterwards taken ou board the John Berry, Captain Dawson. who showed them every attention in his power, and had them landed here. GRIMSBY, 00t. 23.—The Victor, Capt. Framp ton, of Whitby, from Rouen for Newcastle, with a cargo of copper dross, drove on shore near Tetney Lack this morning, and has broken up ; crew saved. A correspondent, writing from Yarmouth on Saturday, says :—" This morning it is further an nounced that the Betsy, a small vessel of about 90 tons, went ashore during the gale at Palling, on the Norfolk coast. The Betsy belonged to Yar mouth, and was owned by Mr. G. D. Palmer. The crew, four or five hands, were all lost. The sloop Two Friends, of Grimsby, Deacon, master, from Sunderland fcr London, drove ashore on the Garleston beach, and beceme a wreck in a few mi nutes. The crew were all saved. The Norwegian barque Henrique Dupont Minote, Kruse, master, from Browig for Fecamp, with deals, was lost up at the Hasborough Sand. The crew took to their boats, and all succeeded in gettiug into it, with the exception of the master and carpenter. These un fortunate men could not be taken off, and it is feared that they were drowned. The crew in the boat were picked up by the Patriot, fishing vessel, and landed at Yarmouth. A boat has been not ced off Winterton, bearing the name, ' St. Katherine, Hartlepool.' As some wreck was also otserved drifting about, it is feared another vessel has been lost." The loss of several ships by collision is reported. Off Hasborough, the Albert steamer came in colli sion with the Catherine of Whitby, bound to Lon don from Hartlepool, and the latter went down with two of her craw. Off Dunlington, the Sir Charles Napier, bound to Sunderland, ran into the Violet, for Boulogne, and the crew of the latter got on board the barque. The accounts from Hull, Bridlington, Sunder land, and other ports on that range of coast, speak of the gale having been verysevere, and it is feared that more sad losses have yet to be reported. HONOUR 01 KNIGHTHOOD.—A Glasgow pap er says _ " We are highly gratified to learn that he r M a j esty has signified her intention of conferring the honour of knight hood on our respected Lord Peplokt. We congratulate the citizaris of Glasgow on this ma r k o f royal favour towards their chief magistrate ; and we venture to say that few men have earned the distinction more worthily than - Mr, Orr." 9 3 71. P. ct. 40 41: 1 100 11/. 100 61. 15s. 100 21. pr. ct. 10 6/. pr. ct. 100 7s. 6d 40 63. iOO 251. .00 51. 83 11.55. 143 701 100 2/. 10s. 100 161. 100 Name of Company. Berlin ...• • • East London Do. 4 per Cent. Pref. Do. 5 per Cent. Pref. Grand Junction ...... Do. New .. .... Kent .... • • Lambeth • • .... • • • • .. New River Company.. Southwark & Vauxhall West Middlesex .. .... Do. Do, .. •• • • Name of Company. flungerford.... •• .... Southwark .......... Ditto New of 734 P.C. Waterloo ..... ........ Ditto Old Ann. of 81. Ditto Nw ditto of 71. Vauxhall ............ Name of Company Commercial .......... Do. Preference East and West India.. Grand Sunny D. & Canal Do. Loan Notes ... Do. 5 per cent. Pref. London .... ....... St. Katharine • • • • • • • • Southampton ........ Victoria Ditto 'New •• •• •• •• GAS-LIGH' Name of Company. British Frovincial Brighton •• .• •• City of London Equitable European .... ....... Great Central Imperial Ditto New Ditto Debentures.. Do. Continental 1 st Cap. Do. Do. 2d Cap. Do. Do. 3d Cap. Do. Do. 4th Cap. Independent London. Parl. Preferen. Phcenix . •• .. • • •• •• •. Rateliff •• • • • .. •• •• •• Surrey Consumers .... United General .... •. Westminster Chartered Ditto, New .... • • Western A. Ditto B Name of Company. Albion •• .... • • Allian4, , e Brit. and For. Ditto Marine ....... Athenaeum • • • • • • . • • • Atlas .. Argus Life ........... British Commercial .. Church of England .. City of London .. •• .. Clericl.Med.B4 Gen. Life County Crown • • • • . • • • • • • • • • Eagle . . Equity and Law...... 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Ditto, New .. • • • • • • Ditto ditto Natio•ir.i Bank ••• • • • New -oath Wales .. • • Oriental Bank Corpora. Ottoman Bank ..... • Provincial of Ireland Ditto, New.• • .. • • •• lonian.... • • • • • • • • • • •• South Australia • • -. Union of Australia Union of Hamburg•... Union of L0nd0n...... Unity Mutual •• •• Western Bank or Londn. Peak Forest. Regeu t's • • • • Rochdale .. • Stfird &Wor* Stoarbridge. Severn and' Wye Rail. j Warwick & Birming. j Warwick & Napton.. j Worcstr & 1 Birming. Wilts & Brki N. Os. 17s 281 12L 10s. 11. 16s. 10s. 78. Od. Paid, Z s. d. 100 all 104 3 % WATER-WORITS. Dividend per Annum. 5/. per cnt. 6i. per cnt. 4/. per cent. 51. per cent. 4t. per cnt. 51. per cnt. 41. per cent. BRIDG: Dividend per Annum. lOs per cent. •• • • 1 11. 12s. Od. 11. Bs. Od. 28s. DOCKS, Dividend per Annum. 51. pr cent. 6/. pr sent. 41. per cent. 51. pr cent. 14 Z. per cnt. I 4 per cent. 51. Os per c. N AND COM Dividend per Annum. 71. per cent. 51. per cent. 21. per cent. 21. 6/. per cent. 81. per cent IN. per cent. 31. ss. 41. 15s. 41. 10s. 61. per cent. 534 . per cnt. st. 8/. per cent. 16s Od per sh. 7 per cent. Amount of Share,• X s. d. 10 0 0 Stock. 25 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 61 0 0 5 1 8 Amount of Share. Z s. d. 25 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 60 0 0 40 0 0 70 10 3 Amount of Share. s. a. Stock. Stock. Stock. 100 0 0 100 0 0 25 0 0 Stock. :stock. 50 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 Paid. X s. d. Stock. too "6 0 too 0 0 5 0 0 Stock. 50 - 0 0 20 0 0 14 0 0 COMPANTEs. Amount of Share. Paid. s. d. 20 0 0 20 0 0 150 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 Stock 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 40 0 0 25 0 0 60 0 0 20 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 rRANCE COAPANIES. Dividend per Annum. 71. per c. 71. 148. 6d. ii. p.c.& ba. 158. & bs 41. per cent. 71. 109. 71. 109. 51. 5 pr ct.& bs. 41. per share 1/. 18s. 59. 514 per cent. 11. 41. per cent. 6 per cent. 51. per cent. M. per cent t2l. per cent 14s. 51. p. ct. &bs. 2s & 2s bons. 211. per sh. 4s. per share, 18s.& bs. 4% per cent 5L per cent. 5L per cent. 6 x per cent 51 p. ct. 51. per ceet. 5/. per cent. 12% per c. 72. 8 p. c. & bs 53¢ p. c & bs -- 1/. 14s. 41. & bonus. 51. & bonus. 51. & t,ouus TINT-STOCK Dividend per Annum. 1 201. per cent. 51. per cent. 9 per cent. 4/. per cent. 51. per cent. 171. p. c. & bs. 4 1 . per cent. 51. percent. IN. per cent. 61. per cent. 28 per cent. 18'. per cent. 16 pc.&bs 51. per cent. 20'. per cent. 101. per cent. 31. p. ct.&bs. Si. per cent. 51. per cent. 10/. per cent. 11/. per cent.l 151. per cent. Amount of Share. £ s. d. 500 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 1 0 0 60 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 20 0 0 too 0 0 5 0 0 Stock. 20 0 0 100 0 0 500 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 400 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 5' 0 0 10 0 0 6 5 0 100 0 0 5 0 0 Stock. 20 0 0 1.00 0 0 ANKS. Amount of share. s. d. 40 0 0 2.5 0 0 103 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 1 20 0 0 1 20 0 50 0 0 'lOO 0 0 50 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 ' 15 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 1 00 0 0 Z s. d. all 150 0 0 12 10 6 100 0 0 42 15 0 41 0 0 43 10 0 41 0 0 all 52 0 0 16 0 0 all 10 0 0 4 0 0 Paid. Z s. d. 50 0 0 11 0 0 25 0 0 all 5 15 0 25 0 0 5 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 all 4 0 0 all 47 5 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 30 0 0 2 10 0 13 0 0 2 10 0 12 10 0 2 0 0 12 10 0 2 0 0 20 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 o 10 0 10 0 0 0 10 0 5 10 0 10 0 0 5 - 0 0 Paid. Z a. d. all 18 15 0 50 0 0 all 6 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 20 . 6 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 20 0 0 35 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 22 10 0 If 15 0 0 25 0 0 all 2 10 0 3 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 GIST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES. Dividend Amcuat Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. --- ---- - X s. d. .£ s. d. Bank of Scotland .... 71. per cent. 100 C 0 100 0 0 18810 s British Linen Company 81. per cent 100 0 0 100 0 0 21710 s Caledonian Bank ...•. 8/. per cent. 10 0 0 210 0 31' 17s City of Glasgow Baak 5/. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 12110 s Clydesdale Bank .. •• 5%1. p cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 13 I 0:. C-mmercial Bank .. 71. per cent. 500 0 0 100 0 0 240/ 0 Eastern Bank.. •• •• •• 61. per cent. 25 0 0 10 0 0 14i Os Edinb. & Glasgow.... NI. p cent. 5 0 5 0 0 41 17s National Bank ...... 6% per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 1921 15 Northof Scotland Bank 51. per cent 20 0 0 210 051 102 Royal Bank of Scotl. .. 51. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 130/5s Union Bank of Scot. .. 81. par cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 100/ 0 Western Bank ........ 71. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 60/ 10 Alliance Fire and Life.. BKI. pr cent. 100 0 0 11 0 0 17/12s British Guarantee . .. 41. per cent. 10 0 0 2 0 011 lie Caledonian Fire Insur. 10/..per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 24110 s City of Glasgow Lite.. 61. per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 041 is Co'onial Life ......... 51. per cent. 50 0 0 3 0 071 :Os Edinburgh Life Incur. 61. percent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 281 7s Eng. & Scot, Law Life 51.?er cent. 50 0 0 3 5 0 41 6s Life Assoc. of 3cotland 61. per cent. 40 0 0 3 0 06/ 15s National Fire and Life 61. per cent. 10 0 0 1 4 011 19s North British Insur... 7L per cent. 200 0 0 20 0 0 37/ Os Northern Assurance Co. 20 0 0 1 0 0 11 148 Scottish Provincial .... - 50 0 0 2 0 0 21 108 Scottish Union Insrnc. 7%1. pr cent. 20 0 0 1 0- 0 11 155 Standard Life ...... •• 51. per cent. 50 0 0 7 0 0 26/ 10 MISCELLANEOUS. Dividend ' Amount Name of Company. per of t Paid. Price. Annum. Share. - --- .£ a. d. X s. d. Acadian Charcoal Iron • • 10 o 0 2 0 0 - African Steam Ship .. . • 20 0 0 10 0 0 - Assam lea .......... 61. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 0 - Auction Mart........ 2% /p - 25 0 0 19 0 . er cent 50 - - 0 0 0 Australian Aericulturl2o% Australian Trust •• .• 81. pr cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 - Australian Royal Mail - 10 0 0 all - Anglo-Mexican Mint. 11. 108. 10 0 0 all , - British American Land 51. per cent 50 0 0 40 0 0 - Canada ... •• .... •• .. 61. percent. 100 0 0 32 10 0 125 Do. 5 per cent Bonds 51. per r c c e e nntt. Stock kk 1 1 00 00 0 0 0 0 Ditto, 5 per cent bds 51. per cent. Stock 100' 0 0 - Ditto, 6 per cent. •• 6/. per Ditto, Ditto, 6 6 p p c c .. t 81 b d s s 1 1 8 8 7 7 6 4 6 6 1. 1. p p e e r r c e e en n t t . . S S t t o o c c k k 1 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ...-. all 1% Crystal Palace Ditto Prefere n c e . . . 0 0 5 0 0 Crya. Palace of France - - City lec t N r it.: Telegraphigation Bo Bonds 3 6 % ,.p / p e . 4 0 0 all - Electric Stock. 100 - 0 0 -- Eng &Ans. Cop. Smelt. Eng.&lris. Mag. T. Co. - 5 0 0 all - 50 0 0 all Equitable Reversionry 5/ - per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 - Gen. Revers. & Invest. .p c and I/ 100 5° 0 0 0 ° Ditto New ...... - '0022 10 0 0 )10 _- Gen. T. Sc. Col. (Lim.) - 25 0 0 all - G en.SteamNavigation 10/. per ct. & 15 0 0 14 a n - London Gen. Omnibus 12/ per cent 4 0 0 Hudson's Bay all 3% Stock - U.. per cent. Stock Hungerford - Lou. Ne. &Na. Mauso - 10 0 0 all - London Reversionary 5/. per cent. i 5 0 1 . a ll - Mex. & S. American - 10 0 0 all % 5 0 0 Nat. Discount Comp • . - 25 0 0 3% 100 0 0 - N.S.W. Gov.sp.c. Deb. Si. p er c ent. - Nor. Bri. Australasian 6d. 1 0 0 all North of Europe, Stm. Ili. per cent. 20 0 0 0 17 111 10 1 0 a Prlce'sPatent Cand. Co - 2 5 0 22 0 all - Peel River.Land&Min. - Pen. & Oriental Steam 71. per cent 50 0 0 all 73 Ditto New - 50 0 0 10 0 0 16 I 10000 0 0 all , -. Re D v i e t rs to io N n e ar w y 1 . n .. t . .13 .. 0 . c 0 0 20 0 0 - G. p. share. 100 0 0 ' 66 0 0 Royal Mail Steam 4 4 1,-! / 7.. Pr cent. c e e e n nt t. 1 ' Scottish Aus. Invest. 111. per cent. 1 0 0 all 1% Land 71. per cent. 25 0 0 all South Australian 52% Trust and Loan Comp. 7%.. pr cent. 20 0 0 5 4 0 - Van Diemen's Land.: 10s. 100 0 0 28 10 0 - Gov. 6 per cent. DOS. 6 per cent. 4 _ ... Paid. A s. d. FEARFUL MORTALITY AT LISBON. A letter fr m Lisbon, dated Oct. 19, says regret that I am not yet able to notice a chant e+ for the better in the course of the deadly epidemic, which continues to ravage this capital. The disease now appears to be spreading, instead of confining itself, as at first, to the parishes of the Se and Mag dalena. The movement everywhere, and among all classes, is to get out of the town and into the open country. So many people have left Lisbon, that the al , ered state of things is obvious to everybody. There is no appearance of life, no business, the shops are shut up—no carriages wake the echoes of the silent streets ; on 'Change it is the same, hardly a dozen merchants are to be found at the hours of business, few bills are negotiated, and everything ill the shape of trade is paralysed.. The government his begun to provide encampments in squares and open places for the gal!egos, or water carriers, who live in close dirty houses, where they are great'y overcrowded and unable to pay proper attention to cleanliness. The average mortality is about 60 daily, and the upper and middle classes of soc'ety have hitherto suffered most. The Count. de Casal, the Baron de Rezende, and Signor Sex zedello are among the victims of note who have re cently been carried off. The I..ctilty still continue divided in their opinions about the nature of the fever ; and are by no means unanimous in cls.ssing it as yellow fever. There can, however, be no doubt that many cases of yellow fever have occurred, but the balance of probabilities seems to turn to Vile side of those who maintain that the disease is a species. of typhus, highly contagious, and very fat: al in its. effects. "Among other things may be mentioned the fact that the Cardinal Patriarch, the head of the church, in Lisbon, has seized this time to visit Santarem, where he persists in remaining —praying, but at a, distance, for the welfare of his flock. "I hear, besides, of some cases of husbands aban doning their wives and children who are attacked by the fever and flying away into the open country. But in opposition to this we may set the conduct off many members of the medical profession who man fully maintain their posts, although many of their number have succumbed to the destroyer. The Xing isalso assiduous iii doing everything in his power to calm the terror of the people, and isise quently to be seen riding about the streets. "As a natural consequence of the stoppage Of business, there is a great scarcity 9f money, and a, monetary crisis is feared in the commercial commu nity. I hear already that bills upon some of the wholesale Portuguese houses in the dry goods line have been protested, and that the Bank has refused to discount paper. The Peninsular and Oriental packet Granada arrived only on the 13th instant. She did not com municate with the city, and received the mails for the south wade up in tarred boxes, which the Spanish sanitary code declares not to be infectious. The Tyne left this for the Brazils on the 14th instant, taking a very large mail for the various Brazilian ports. " Political news there is none, all questions being now merged in the absorbing topic of the pest_ "In foreign exchanges the transactions both in Landon and continental paper have been very limited, owing chiefly to the want of buyers. The quotations are as follows :—London, 33 days, 53i ; 90 days ' 54i ; Hamburg, 48i ; P ar i s, 5 2 7 ; Genoa, 526 ; Amsterdam, 42g. " The stock market is also very dull, and the quotations may be considered nominal ; they are as follows :—Three per Cent. Coupons, 464 to 47 ; Deferred Stock, 28 to 28k. Bank of Portugal shares, 114 to 12 per cent. premium. Bank of . Oporto, 22 to 224 per cent. premi um. Country Markets. DALKEITH GRAIN MARKET—Osor. 22. Qrs. Best. Current. Infezio. 235 Wheat '3B Od. 47s Cd 1336 Oats 33s Od 2ss 9d .... ..... 204 Od 975 Barley 4ls Cd 32s Od 9 Peas & beans 52s Od —s 0 d ---3 011 . , HADDINGTON GRAIN MARKET-00T. 23., First . 70e Od 438 64 32s Od 508 Od WHEAT. I 1 Second 568 4d 36s 7d ) 26s lld ) 48 3 4d Third 36s Od 278 Od i 24s 6d I 454 6d Total quantity of wheat in market, 574 qrs., 444 sold barley „ 838 qrs., 794 sold oats ,i 396 qrs., 346 sold ft beans f t 30 qrs., 24 sold AVERAGES PER IMPERIAL QUARTER. Wheat, 2/. 16 4 0-12ths / Barley, „X. 16 7 6.12th1 Oats, ... 11.6 11 7-12ths I Beans, ..... 24 8 4 6-12 tbs 11 , ABERDEEN—OcT. 23. Potato oats 23s Od to 24s Od Common oats 21 s Cd t o 22 s Od 1 401bs per bushel Bere 29s Od to 31s °cl s3lbs Barley 29s Od to 31s Od Wheat, red (spring)3ss Od to 40s Od }621b8 white 3ss Od t o 50 s Od tl , Oatmeal 18s 3d to 19s fid per boll. Flour 42s Od to 43s Od per sack. PROVISION MARKET. Beef, per lb 6d to 9d Butter, p lb. is Od to Is is I Mutton, per,lb Cd t o 9d Eggs, p doz. Os 91 to Os 101 Lamb, do., Os 6d to Os 9d I Hens, p pair 3s Od to 38 61 Veal, per lb ... 6d to Os 9d I Chickens,do.ls 6d to 2s 01 Pork, perlb...os Od to Os Od Ducks, do., Os Od to 2 6 1 Salmon, per lb Os Od I Ducklings,doOs Od to 2s 6 Grouse, per brace.....os to Os Turkeys, each 5s Od to 4s 61 Tallow, p stone, Os to —s 03 Potatoes, pr pock, Od to 10.1 Rabbits, each Od to Od. Butter for exportation (present cure) per cwt. 106 s to 108 s Eggs, wholesale price, per dozen • dto 8d RETAIL PRICES. Flour,l4lb 0s Od to 2s 4d Barley flour,l4lb.Os to 2/5 01 Oatmeal Os Od to is lid „ dust, Beremeal ....Os Od to is 10d , per lb 2d t o 20 Peasemeal... Os Od to 2s 4d Sid's, id Cheese, per imperial stone, 45. Od. to 4s 6d 4-lb. 10af...8d. I 2-Ib. 10af...4d. DUBLIN, OCT. 23. Oar market to-day was very moderately supplied. A ready sale for wheat at about Tuesday's rates. Malting barley supported that day's prices ; grinding samples 6d to is higher. Indian corn advanced about 6d in mall transactions. White wheat, 303 Od to 33s Od ; red ditto, 28s Od to 31s Od; ditto new, 30 s 6d ; b ar l ey , ma lti ng, 17s 6d 225; grind ing, —s to --s ; oats, old, 15s Od to 18s; ditto, new, 120 6d to 14s 6d ; oatmeal, 14s Od to 16s. bore, new, 15 s to 160 6d ; rapese, d, 28 s Oct t o 30 s Oct per 1;1 ; bakers flour, 185 Od to 24s Od per cwt; Indian corn, 365 01 to 376 6d p' 180 lb*. LOCAL SHARE MARKETa. LIVERPOOL, OCT. 24.• STOCK EXCHANGE.—The tone of the market has been showing a downward tendency, and there is little business doing. Caledonians, 39,i s--Midland, 814 -Lancashire and Yorkshire, 92 --Great Western of Canada, 18g Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 38 -South Eastern, 19—Eastern Counties, 10.13.9—North B ri ti s h , 11k — Grand Trunks, n i—London and North Westerns, 954 —North Union B, 220 —Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire, 65—North Eastern, Berwicks, 22 Dutch Rhenish, 5 d. MANCHESTER, OCT. 24. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market was exceedingly dull to-day, at yesterday's prices. Eastern Counties, ISlii-- -- Dovers, 19 East Anglian, 4i—Easb Lancashire, 90 — Great Western of Canada, 18B—Midland, 811—Leeda, 9 3 Grand Trunk of Canada, 91. 13s. 6d. BIRMINGHAM, OCT. 24. STOCK EXCHANGL—Prices in the market generally dull, but in prices no further depreciation. London and North Westerns, 94 —Birmingham and Stour Valleys, 81—Shropshire Unions, 48—Great Western, 511. LEEDS, 00T. 21. STOCK EXCILLWGZ.—The market rather inactive, and prices about the same. North Western, 7 1 — Londoni§, 951 —North Eastern, Berwicks, 22i--Leeds, 24 1—Yorks; 39 1-16—Midlands, 82. CRYSTAL PALACE.-000 Shilling Day.--On day the acombßions on payment were 2,029 6 ; by season tickets, 580 ; total visitors, 2,609. BIRTHS. OF A SON. On the 23d i ns t ., at 39, Ampthill-square, the wife of Vi r • H. Winsor, Esq. On the 23d inst., "it Lower Clapton, Mrs. George S. Niblett. OF A DAUGHTER, On the 23d inst., at Ardgowan, the Lady Octavia MAW Stewart. On the 21st inst., at Clapham, Mrs. Moulson. MARRIED. On the 21st inst., at Beauchief, Derbyshire, the Rev. C. Audley Aesheton Craven, M.A., Cantab. to Elizabeth Mary. eldest daughter of the late Rev. W. Broughton Smith, M.A., of Dunston Hall, Derbyshire, and Beau. chieff Abbey, Dei:bysbir... On the sth inst., at the parish church, Brighton, ?day cellus L. Valentine, of Cheapside, to Mary Ellis, 40, Bo' tolph-lane, city. DIED. On ihe 23d inst., Saml. Brewis, Esq., of Langley House , Prestwich, Manchester, aged 57. On the 23d inst., Captain Edward Codd, half-pay 21st Fusiliers, age , . 34. On the 24th inst., at 15, Clapton-terrace, Caroline, wife of Henry Janson, Esq. On the 22d inst., at 6, P ar k- roa d , R egent ' s - par k , H enr i Oliver, Esq., proctor, Doctors' -commons. On the 22. inst., Mr. W m. C u ll en, of the Castle H o t el New Brentford, aged 55. On the 20th inst., at Hammersmith, Edward Towsey, • of Quality-court, Chan3ery-lane, solicitor. On the 21st inst , at Eastbourne, Charlotte, wife of it Colgate, E sq ., aged 36. LONDON : Printed and Published by KURDO youNe , of No, 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, N° 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the county of Middlesex, Monday, October 26„1857. Price. Price Price, 1754 Price. 109% Price. 14% 19) g Price. 21 7% 280 Price, 57 3 4 _64 28