The Sun. — London, England, 1857-11-05 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. JIILLIEN'S CONCERTS. Engagement of MDLLE. JETTY TREFFZ. PROGRAMME THIS EVENING (Thursday), Nov. 5. Parr I.—Overture, "Piny Blas"—Mendelssehn. Quadrille, "English Lancers," Jullien—Solos by MM. Lavigne, Crozier, Pratten, De FoHey, Sonnenberg, Phillips, and Hughes. Symphony, Andante from the Symphony in C minor—Bee thoven. Aria, " Vedrai Carino" (Don Juan), Mdlle. Jetty Treffs—Mozart. Polka, " Mazeurka "—Jullien (for the 6th time in England). Cornet Obligato, Mr. Phillips —Jullien. Solo, Oboe, M. Lavigne Lavigne. Qua drille, " The British Army " (Jullien) Solos by Mr. Lavigne, Mr. Collinet, Mr. Hardy, Mr. Pratten, Mr. De Folley, Mr. Hughes, Mr. Phillips, and Herr Koenig. PART IL—New Operatic Selection from Mozart's Opera Opera, " Don Juan," arranged expressly for the present sea son of M. Jullien's concerts at her Majesty's Theatre, with Solos by MM. Lavigne, Hardy, Hughes, and Phillips, German Lied, " The Young Recruit," Mademoiselle Jetty Treffz Kucken. Polka, "My Mary Anne "—Jullien. Solo, Violincello (G. Collins)—Mr. G. Collins. Galop, " Pelis sier"—D'Albert. erices of Admission—Promenade, ls ; Upper Boxes, Is. ; Gallery, Is. ; Dress Circle, 2s. 6d.; Private Boxes, 10s. Gd. and upwards. Prospectuses, with full particulars, may be had at the Box. office of the Theatre ; of all the principal libraries ; and at Jullien and Co.'s, 214, Regent-street. The Concert will commence at Eight o'clock. T HEATRE ROYAL, HA.YMA.RIOET. Lessee--Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, to commence at Seven o'clock, with Sheridan Knowles' comedy of THE LOVE CHASE. Con stance, Miss A. Sedgwick. After which, BOX AND COX. Bo; Mr. Buckstone ; Cox, Mr. Compton. Followed by MAKE YOUR WILLS. Te 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 2 0 Pit 2 0 Pit 1 0 Lower Gallery 1 0 Lower Gallery 0 6 Upper Gallery 0 6No half-price to Upper Gallery. R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, Proprietor, Mr. Charles Kean. LAST FOUR WEEKS OF THE TEMPEST. THIS EVENING, will be performed Siakspere's Play of THE TEMPEST. Preceded by LIVING TOO FAST. T HEATRE ROYAL, A DEL PHI Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. TMIS EVENING, will be performed the popular drama of THE GREEN BUSHES, in which Mr. Wright, Mr. Paul Bedford, and Madame Celeste will perform. After which, an original Apropos sketch, entit'ed THE DRAPERY QUESTION ; or, Who's for India I Messrs. Wright, P. Bedford, C. Selby; Miis M. Wilton and Miss Mary Keeley. R OYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.—Lessee, Mr. Dillon.—Under the joint management of Miss LOUISA PYNE and Mr. W. HARRISON. THIS EVENING, will be pe•formed Balfe's new opera, THE ROSE OF CA STILLE. Characters by Miss Louisa Pyne, Miss Susan Pyne, Miss Marian Prescott, Mr. Weiss, Mr. A_ St. Albyn, Mr. G. Honey, Mr. Wallworth, and Mr. W. Harrison. Conductor, M , . Alfred Mellon. • To conclude w ith (first time) a new Farce, entitled A PAIR OF PIGEONS. Mr. G. Honey and Miss Cuthbert. Private Boxes, £2 12s. 6d., £2 28., and £1 11s. 6cl. ; Walls, 6s. ; Dress Circle, ss. ; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit. 25.; Gallery, b.—The Box °ace is no w o p en daily, from 11 to 5, under the direction of Mr. Chatterton, jun. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessees, Messrs. Robson and Emden. MIS EVENING, will be performed HEADS OR rAILS. Messrs. Addison, G. Vining, H. Wigan ; Miss Marston and Mrs. Emden (late Miss Somers). Followed by the new comedy, called LEADING STRINGS. Messrs. Addison, G. Vining, H. Cooper ; Mrs. Stirling, Misses Wyndham and Swaaborough. After which, the comedietta, entitled A SUBTERFUGE. Mrs. Stirling, Mr. G. Vining, aad Mr. G. Murray. Commence at half-past Seven. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswick. THIS EVENING, will be performed AMBITION : or, She Throne and the Tomb. Messrs. Creswick, W. Smith, Vollaire, B. Potter, Jackson, Belmar° ; Miss Webster, Miss M. Ebnrne, Miss Johnstone. After which, a new Petite Comedy, UP IN VIE WORLD. To conclude with AVARICE. CANTERBURY HALL, Westrahnter-road.— OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow ng company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of Selections from all the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS, CHORUSES, GLEES, DUETS, dre., viz. :—Miss Russell, Mrs. Badzey, Madlle. Marietta, Mrs. Palmyre, Ifiss Bru nell, and Madame Marietta; Herr F. Jonghmans, Mr. Renshaw, R. Grover, T. Fareant, S. Jones, J. Barker, W. Melling, Senor Antonio, E. L. Rime, and Mr. St. Albyn ; Messrs. S. Collins, W. 1. Critchaeld, and E. Mack fey. Pianoforte, Mr. Cecil Hicks; harmonium, Master Williams; Director, Herr F. Jonghmans. Commecce at Seven o'clock precisely. Suppers, &c., until twelve o'clock. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRID GE . MIS DAY —Morn., 37 min. aft. 3—Even., 1 taln aft, 4 TO-MORROW—Morn., 23 min. aft. 4—Even., 49 min. aft. 4 THE WEATHER-SUN OFFICE, NOVEMBER 5. THERMO3fETER, IN THE Sill= 62—highest since noon yesterday. 57—lowest this morning and daring the sight. 59 —this day at soon. BAROMETER, 29.89. WIND, the wind went round to North yesterday even ing —it is now E.S.E. ; rather fresh, with dull weather, and alight rain. • c •„, LONDON, THURSDAY, NOV. 5, 1857. The honours yesterday conferred on the Duke of CAMBRIDGE by the Corporation of the City of London, were not the mere common-place compli ments so frequently bestowed by municipalities on men of high rank and station. They had been well and nobly earned, not only by the gallant exploits of His Royal Highness on the tented field, where he fully participated in the perils and dangers of the sanguinary strife, and as freely ex posed himself as any private soldier under his command, but also by the anxious desire to effeot useful reforms in the military department, over which he now so worthily presides. It was a tribute of esteein and respect to the Royal Duke, and, in his person, to the entire army under his control and direction. He justly regarded it in this point of view, and felt doubly gratified in consequence ; and the public will not the less highly estimate his deserts, because helmodestly professed to have only discharged his duty, and to bestow the - honours on those by whom, irrespective of rank or influence, he was elevated to so high a position in the hearts of his fellow-citizens that his ap pointment to the highest military rank was hailed with universal satisfaction. The Civic authorities made a happy selection in Sir Joan KEY to act as their orator on the jute. resting occasion. He spoke well and clearly, while pointing out how nobly the Duke had earned the gift of a soldier's weapon, and how phasing it must be to a man, even of his exalted Tank, to find his name inscribed on the same roll with those of CHATHAM and of PITT, of NELSON and of WELLINGTON. It was bestowed on him not merely as a Prince of the blood, but as a valuable publiU servant, as " the humblest soldier's friend,;a3 one who had shared the dangers of the campaign in the Crimea, cheering his men On the victorious heights of Alma, and in the thick of the murderous fire at Inkerman, with more than half of his noble Guards lying dead or oanded around him, and his gallant steed, struck by the bullet aimed at its rider. There was, in addition to these claims, the active, vigilant, pains taking interest, in other institutions which have made the British nation as prominent for moral achievements, as she is unrivalled for the glory o f her arms. He was honoured alike as the Bel! diet and the philanthropist, the defender of our liberties and the benefactor of our homes." jai, Royal Highness responded in a similar spirit. He spoke in a straightforward, manly tone, both at the meeting, and at the banquet that followed, and added to the high estimation in which be had previously been held. He also alluded to the Indian Rebellion, and repeated the sentiments Whic h he bad previously urged at Sheffield, and for which he received such weV-rnerited eulogy. There was another speaker who did not carry with him the feeling of his audience. Lard GRAN var.; in returning thanks for the toa3t of her MAJESTY'S Ministers, entered on an elabo rate vindication of Lord CANNING, a vindication which was listened to with ill-disguised im patience by the assembled party. His text was " fair play." He demanded that we should hear before we condemn, and strove to remove some of the impressions prejudicial to the Go vernor-General. This is all very well for a per son in a private position, but where the destinies of India are placed in the hands of an individual, it is not sufficient that his inefficiency should be clearly established. He should be beyond sus picion —capable of turning passing events to the best account, and of co-operating with the mili tary authorities, on whom the burden must mainly rest. But in place of so doing, there is a vexa tious system of interference—a:strict attention to routine and red-tapism—the proclamation cast ing censure on the military authorities, and breathing a maudlin philanthropy towards rebels, could not be explained away. Mr. J. P. GRANT might have been sent merely as locum tencns for the Governor of the North-Western Provinces, who, being confined in the fort of Agra, was unable to discharge his duties. But this view of the case has never before been presented to the public, nor is it borne out by the conduct of Mr. GRANT. The pardon of 150 rebels at Cawnpore—the spot desecrated by the murder and violation of our countrywomen and their helpless children—stamped a character on the proceeding which all the eloquence and astuteness of Earl GRANVILLE cannot get rid of. We are glad to learn, on competent authority, that the rumours of estrangement and differences between the Governor-General and the Commander in-Chief are without adequate foundation. But there are other matters that cannot be contra dicted. It is palpable that Lord CANNING, although an amiable man, who might make a re spectable. Governor on ordinary occasions, is not qualified to meet the present emergency. The universal feeling of all the non-official English in habitants of Calcutta sufficiently indicates his de ficiencies ; and really we cannot afford to wait until India is lost to the British nation, and this, one of the brightest gems, is abstracted from the Imperial diadem, to decide whether Lord CANNING has merited all the censure which, justly or unjustly, has been cast upon him. As a private individual he would have an unquestionable right to demand that public opinion should remain suspended until he had an opportunity of being ' heard in his own defence ; but, as Governor- General, occupying the most arduous and im portant position in the gift of the Crown, at the present moment, the case is very different. We want the right man in the right place, and suffi cient has transpired to prove beyond the prc bability of doubt that Lord CANNING is not that man. There have been sufficient indiscre tions to warrant his recal a dozen times over, and, if Ministers and Directors neglect to adopt that obvious course, they will have to answer for all his future mistakes and shortcomings. Tiiele are matters that must, for the time being, rest with the Cabinet, but they may be assured that they will have to render a stringent account for themselves, as well as for Lord CANNING. We fully concur in what fell from the noble Earl in reference to Lords ELGIN and ELrHIN STONE. They have deserved the thanks ana gratitude of their country. But surely their zeal and activity contrasts strongly with the apathy, indifference, and red-hpism of Lord CANNING, and places his conduct in the worst light. Lord GBANVILLE did what he could for his friend, but we deeply regret the palpable bias, respecting a matter on which he may be called to pronounce a judgment in a few days. Certain it is that he did not carry with him his auditors or the community at large, in the defence which he put forward on behalf of Lord CANNING. The Massacre at Vellore in 1808 was but the faint prototype, fifty years previously, of this recent and more hideous Massacre at Cawnpore. During the half century that elapsed between those two frightful occurrences, however, the posi sion of the Bengal Sepoy had been wonderfully advanced. So that in direct proportion to the improvement of his social status has been the height of his atrocity and the depth of his ingra titude. In testimony of this, for example, it should be remembered that the pay of the infantry Sepoy, amounting to some seven rupees, otherwise fourteen shillings per month—surpassing in value the wages of our agricultural labourers—ensured to him at the same time a pension after a certain number of years had elapsed, at a period of life when he might be considered to be (for military purposes) superannuated. This apparently mode rate pay, moreover, was in truth—taking into account the average rate of wages and the ordinary price of provisions in Hindostan—ample in itself ; and its receipt, as a matter of course, was marked by the utmost possible punctuality. Neverthe less, with a knowledge that their present income would cease and their future pension be rendered impossible when once they should have perversely thrown off the yoke of our protective Govern ment, the Bengal Sepoys—with such a stake in their allegiance—revolted, as we have seen, from British rule, and revolted, too, beyond the possi bility of redemption. Signalising their mutiny by crimes of such flagrant and heinous atrocity as to preclude them altogether from the chance of quarter or from the hope of reconciliation. Notwithstanding the almost simultaneous out break of 100,000 armed and disciplined soldiers —scattered over such wide territories—and evi dencing something very like concert in the mere time and manner of their rebellious rising —no one has yet succeeded anywhere in discovering the faintest clue to anything at all bearing the semblance of a conspiracy. This is at once one of the most remarkable and one of the most undeniable characteristics of the late extraordinary movement in. the Bengal Presidency. Never, per haps, was there a more curiously appropriate illustra tion of that happy phrase of the First Consul, about the pear being ripe ! The pear was, in very truth, ripe all over those ill-fated provinces. The mere breath of a rumour was enough to shake the fruit down at once in all directions. It so happened, moreover, that the rumour in question, though to all appearance ridiculously frivolous in itself, affected, in a peculiar manner, the fiercer preju dices of the two great divisions of the Indian population. The seemingly trivial report that the new cartridges were saturated with ani ma l grease, bore directly upon the veneration with which ono animal (the cow) was regarded by the Hindu°, and upon the abhorrence with which another animal (the pig) was regarded by tLe Mussulman. It was conceived by the latter that their pollution, and by the former that their degradation was intended through the imputed lubricati on of the cartridge on the one hand with the fat of sw i ne, and on the other with the fat of oxen. The preposterous scandal got bruited abroad ; and, one after another, ,the native regi ments revolted. the men of the 48th Regiment by the men of the fish Oude Irregular Cavalry, was intercepted, and thereupon brought to Sir H. LAWRENCE at Lucknow, was of itself sufficiently significant ; particularly when, in addition to this fact, it is remembered that Oude itself was only as recently as the early part of last year annexed to our Oriental possessions—thereby absorbing into the Company's Territories the sole remaining Mahom medan State in Upper Hindostan. The poignancy of this latest blow administered to Asiatic pride was felt elsewhere than simply in the modern and ancient capitals of Oude—viz., at Lucknow and Fyzabad. It affected the whole of the Asiatic race more or less acutely ; but it influenced, in a peculiar degree, the great mass of the army of the Bengalees. For—it is a very remarkable and I noticeable truth, that Oude alone is under derstood to have furnished the Company's forces with besides many thousands of troopers —actually no less than three-fourths of the Bengal Infantry. Bearing in mind the sus picious manner in which this frightful military revolt followed hard upon the annexation of Oude, we regard the curious fact here italicised as (to say the very least of it) singularly significant. However this may be, we now know but too distinctly that the vast military revolt here spoken of really took place thus suddenly and suspi ciously—a gigantic mutiny, in round numbers, of 100,000 disciplined fighting men—the lawless rising, in point of fact, of the whole regular native army of Bengal, an army consisting at the moment of— Seventy-four Regiments of Infantry. Ten Regiments of Cavalry. Nine Battalions of Foot, and Three Brigades of Horse Artillery. It was the revolutionary outbreak, in point of fact, of a hundred thousand skilled veterans — the Bengal Sepoys—the men, the very men who, under the banners of Poxes, contended, now two thousand years ago, with the warriors of ALEXANDER. It is M. DE VA LBEZEN who speaks—" Ce sont les hommes," he exclaims (in his ingenious work 'Les Anglais et I'lnde,' p. 98), " les memos hommes, qui sous les drapeaux du Roi Porus, combattaient it y a deux mille ans, les guerriers d'AlexaEdre." The same men—but how degenerated ! How not merely degenerated how utterly brutalised and degraded. Not in all the terrible records of crime and barbarity em blazoned in the pages of ARRIAN or of CURTIUS, can anywhere be detected narratives comparable in the smallest degree with the fearful annals already inscribed upon the tablets of Anglo-In dian History, in bloody, and indelible, and damn ing characters. Damning to the perpetrators of these new and hitherto inconceivable horrors —the ruffians, above all, of Delhi and Cawnpore. Well may the Edinburgh declare of Jack Sepoy, in spite of all his superficial " tincture of mili tary discipline and his disguise of civilisation"— that his character was still after all " overshacled by low animal propensities, by the beastial super stitions of the worst form of heathenism, and by the impenetrable cunning of a feeble race !" That cunning is already transparent. That feeble race we have now alone to deal with ; we have to crush out its insurrection, to punish its: atrocities, to brand its ingratitude, and to systematise, as speedily as possible, its permanent re-organisation. ANOTHER ADVANCE IN THE RATE OF DISCOUNT. The directors of the Bank of Entland, at their meeting to-day, raised the rate ot discount to the unprecedented point ot 9 par cent. ! This proves that the establishment must be in a very straitened condition, and it is supposed that the balance-sheet for the present week will be quite as unfavourable as any presented in 1847. It is impossible that this rate can be maintained, and measures will, no doubt, be concerted forthwith to relieve the mer cantile public ; otherwise they will be unable to pass through the ordeal, already too severe, with out serious distress. An impression prevails that unless some arrangement can be made to prevent it the rate will soon be advanced to 10 per cent. THE LIVERPOOL BOROUGH BANK. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY MORNING. The Liverpool Borough Bank is partially open to day for the payment of depositors under 2001., in accordance with the arrangement mentioned in The Sun of yesterday. PARLIAMENT FURTHER PROROGUED. (From a Supplement to the Gazette of Tuesday.) At the Court at Windsor, the 4th of November, 1857, present the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council, it is this day ordered by her Mnjasty in Council that the Parliament, which stands prorogued to Friday, the 6th day of November instant, be farther prorogued to Thurs day, the 17th day of December next. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, WEDNESDAY. There was no addition to the Royal dinner party yesterday. The Queen rode in the riding-house this morning, attended by the Hon. Horatia Stopford. Her Majesty held a Privy Council at three o'clock this afternoon. Present--His Royal Highness the Prince Consort, Earl Granville, the Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Clarendon, the Duke of Wellington, and Lord Ernest Bruce. At the Council, Parliament was ordered to be further prorogued from Friday nex`, the 6th inst., until Thurs day, the 17th of December. Her Majesty having been pleased to appoint the Right Hon. Henry Earl Ducie to be Lord-Lieutenant of the County of Gloucester, his lordship was sworn into office. The Right Hon. William Bathurat was Clerk of the Council in waiting. The Queen gave audiences to the Earl of Clarendon and Earl Granville. Lord Cremorne and the Hon M. Saukville West were the Lord and Groom in waiting. The Lord Chancellor, Lords Clarendon, Granville, Docie, and Ernest Bruce, and the Hon. William Bathurst travelled from London yesterday afternoon, by a special train on the Great Western Railway, to attend the Queen's Privy Council held at Windsor Castle. The Duke of Wellington, the Earl of Clarendon, and the other noblemen present at the Council returned by a special train to Paddington in the evening. The heir apparent is beginning to be gradually in itiated into Court life. The Prince is occasionally pre sent at the Queen's dinner table twice or thrice a week. The Marchioness of Londonderry is staying on a visit with the Earl of Rodeo, at Tullymore-park. The noble marqu:s is at Mount Stewart, Downshire. The Earl F.)rteFcue and Viscount and Viscountess Ebrington are passing the season at Castle Hill, sur rounded by a family circle. The Earl of Dartmouth is expected in to 41 to-mor row, from Patshull, Shropshire. The CGuntess of Gainhborough has taken a suite of rooms in the west wing of the Queen's Hotel, Upper Norwood, where the Countess of Roden and Lady Maria Forester are sojourning. The Right Hon. E. Disraeli and Mrs. Disraeli have left Hughenden Manor for Torquay. The National Eaok of Genoa has raised its rate of discount from 7 to 71 per cent. The Official Gazette of Vienna publishes a decree rela tive to the direct taxation for the year 1858. The amount remains unchanged. A supplement to the Gazette of Tuesday night, issued yesterday, contains copies of nine new statutes recently There can be very liwe doubt, . . Univer however, that the plea of the cartridges coast:- framed by the Uliversity of Oxford for the application by this time, of certain gifts or endowments belonging to the , sity, under the 30th section of the Act of the . 17th . and tuted, in reality, only a superficial excuse to 4 floarththlre ibct,d,icesapo.rBple;rsaonnds mentioned it is lawful the mutineers. The circumstance that as early as of that act, within one dr giventi nh the 3d May an inflammatory appeal addressed to petition her Majesty in Council against the approbation of any cf the statutes, or of any part thereof. is the t p i : b t 3 i s ic th atiou, section t o HER MAJESTY'S BUCKHOUNDS.—The regular hunting season with her Majesty's buckhonnds commenced en Tuesday. The meet was as usual at Salt-hill;; and at the time the stag was unearted there were between two and three hundred horsemen present. The gaiety of the scene was enhanced by the presence of many ladies on horseback and in carriages, and the road was covered with vehicles of every description, from the dog-cart and tandem to the smart drag of the Royal Blues. The stag was uncarted on the farm of Mr. Cantrel!, at Stoke, and went away towards Maidenhead, crossed the Thames by Monkey Island to Bray and Hollynort, and on to Haines-hill, thence to Wokingham, where most of the Lunt were knocked off, the field having dwindled down to about six, owing to the heaviness of the country. The stag was ultimately taken about five miles beyond Wokingham, after about three hours capital fox-hunting speed. The master of the buck hounds, from some unavoidable cause, was absent. RAILWAY ACCIDENT.---AS the through train from Manchester to London, by the Great Northern route, which left Manchester at 9.55 a.m., reached the Mot tram viaduct on the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lir c ln shire Railway, on Tuesday morning, several of the carriages, becoming disconnected from the rest of the train, ran off the rails against the parapet of the bridge. The sides of the carriages were much shattered, but happily little if any penonal injury was sustained either by the passengers or by the officers in charge of the train. "Europe will shortly learn," says a letter from St. Pe'ersburg, in the Wanderei. of Vienna, "that four M mgol tribes who have been hitherto subjects of China have recognised the sovereignty of Russia, which has granted them an exemption from taxation for several years. In order to prevent the displeasure which China may feel at this fact. the Russians are establishing a line of fortresses along the Chinese frontier. Colonies are also being founded under very advantageous conditions, and the new tribes are being converted into a well organised frontier militia. The establishment of two new towns in Siberia is also said to be in conteme plation." ROYAL BRITISH FEMALE ORPHAN ASYLUM, DEVON FORT.—The committee of this admirable institution have unanimously adopted the following resolution :—" The members of this committee, deeply sympathising with their enfortunate countrymen and countrywomen, who have been exposed to such extreme atrocities in India, are desirous of alleviating the sufferings of the survi vors by every means in their power : Resolved, there fore, that ten nominations to this asylum, for the orphans of soldier, or others connected with her Ma jesty's service, who have lost their lives by the mu tiny of the Sepoys, be placed at the disposal of the Lord Mayor and the Central Committee, for the relief of the sufferers. COMMITTAL OF A PUBLICAN FOR MURDER.—Yeater day (Wednesday), an inquest was held at Woolton, near Liverpool, upon the body of Mrs. Martha Molyneux, an elderly widow, who was strangled in her own house on Sunday afternoon. The person accused of the crime is Andrew O'Brien, a publican, of Hanover-street, Liverpool, and deceased's son-in-law. The facts of the case have been detailed in the evidem e given before the county magistrates ori Monday. The inquest terminated in a verdint of " Wilful murder" against the accused. O'Brien was then committed for trial at the Liverpool winter assizes, and removed to Kirkdale gad. We are glad to learn that, upon the repre sentation of several distinguished noblemen and gentlemen connected with Scotland, her Majesty has been graciously pleased to command that two pic tures, which were removed from Stirling Castle to Hampton Court very many years ago, shalt be restored to Scotland. The pictures are supposed to have been painted by Jan de Mabuse, and they represent "James the Fourth of Scotland, his brother Alexander, and Saint Andrew," and " The Queen of James, the Fourth, with Saint George;" they were sent'from Hampton Court with several other pictures to the Manchester Art-Treasures Exhibition, where they were much ad mired; and, in consequence of the representation already mentioned, they will be forwarded from Manchester to Hclyrood Palace, and be exhibited to the public iu the apartment known as Lord Darnley's dining-room.— Score-elan. SALES AT THE EDINBURGH CROSS.—There is nothing, to our mind, so painful as a sale at the Cross. It almost implies blood from a stone, or at any rate it is certain to represent money filtered from the veriest dregs of poverty. Who that could afford it would allow their little odds and ends of goods to be carried away to the Cross ? We are sure that none but the very poor sub mit to such an alternative. In fact, the kind of furniture brought to this place indicates this truth. It is indeed of the plainest description, and often enough represents by its fashion that it has been covered by a roof for a long series of years, and that at last—perhaps after a mighty although unwitnessed struggle— it is borne away amid the tears of those who have cherished it, and disposed of for a few shillings at this stony auction place. We hear that some of our taxing boards are particularly active at present in carrying off and selling in this way, although in many instances the parties are totally unable to pay the tax distrained for.—North, Briton. DEATH WHILST PRAYING —A startling instance of sudden death occurred at Bath on Monday evening. Mr. R. P. L 9131013, wine merchant of that city, who was one of the deacons at Argyle Chapel, was at the wrinkly prayer meeting of the congregation, and had engaged in prayer. A hymn was given out, whet' it was obser►ed that 'Kr. Lemon still remained leaning upon the table in the communion pew, at which he had knelt whilst pray ing. As he did not rise, some of those near him touched nan o bat as this had no effect, an effort was made to rouse him, when it was found that he was dead. As may be supposed, the most intense excitement was occa sioned by this discovery, Mr. Lemon baying been for many years a most active member of the chapel. The painful news soon spread throughout the city, in which Mr. Lemon was well known And highly respected, both as a tradesman and a member of the town council, to which he had been re-elected for the ward of St. James the same day. The deceased gentleman was 56 years of age. His body was at once removed to his residence on the North Parade, where it was received by his sur- ' prised and sorrowing wife and family. The cause of death is supposed to have been disease of the heart. THE LATE BRIGADIER-GENERAL HANDSCOMD, BENGAL ARML—Brigadier-General Isaac Healy Handscomb, of the 22d Bengal Native Infantry, and commander of the Saugor district, whose death is recently reported from India, was born in 1805, recommended by the late Right Hon. C. Bathurst, at that time President of the India Board, and arrived in India as a cadet in Sept., 1822. He served in Arsacan in 1325 (for which he had re ceived a medal), and commanded a regiment of infantry in Shah Shoojah's force at the assault and capture of Ghuznee, in 1839. He went through the Affghan cam paign, with the force under General Sir G. Pollock, and was present at the forcing of Khyhar, Jugdul luck, Tezeen, and Huft Kotul Passes, and at the taking of Istaliff, and at the attack on Mammoo Khali : on this latter occasion be was spoken of in the highest terms of praise. He served also in the Sutlej campaign of 1845-46, including the battles of Moodkee, Feroze shah, and Sobraon, for which he received the thanks of Lord Gough, and was recommended for speedy promo tion. For the Sutlej conp;:ign he was promoted by a special brevet to the rank of lieutenant-colonel, and re ceived the medal and clasps ; he attained the regimental rank of lieutenant-colonel in 1850, and became a lieu terant.colosiel in the Company's army in 1854. We should add that in 1552-53 he served with distinction in Burmah, for which he received the medal. He was ap pointed a brigadier-,;eneral of the first-class in command of field forces in Marcb, 1856. PROCEEDINGS AGAINST A PRIZE-FIGHTER.—At the Rochester County Court, held yesterday (Wednesday), an ao'ion was brought by a gentleman named Buckhurst against Benjamin Caunt, the well-known prize-fighter, to recover the sum of 101. 103. for damage committed t the plaintiff's grounds on the occasion of a p►iz -fight taking place between him and another fighter named Caunt himself appeared to defend the action. The plaintiff's solicitor, Mr. Stephenson, said that on the 22d of September last a steamboat filled with about 700 or 800 people, arrived at Burntwich Island, a re tired spot on the banks of the Medway, where the plain tiff resides, when the whole party immediately landed. Caunt and Largharn commenced fighting, and were so engaged for some time, although warned away by the plaintiff and his men. The mob amused them selves by committing sundry depralations about the grounds ; among other things they destroyed some of the fencing, and carried off several bushels of mushrooms, which grow in great quantities there. -The plaintiff was constantly being annoyed by having prize-fights cc;air ring on his land, as from its convenient and retired situation it was peculiarly adapted for those disgraceful scenes, and as no notice was ever taken by the mob of his orders to remove from the ground, he was compelled I to bring an action against the principals concerned. During the progress of the trial the defendant made an offer to the plaintiff's solicitor t pay the plaintiff a sum of money, which being acceded to, the trial was stopped. The Judge ordered costs to be g;ven the plaintiff on the the highest scale, remarking that it was a monstrous thing for a number of ruffians to land on a gentleman's private property and commit what damage they pleased. An action was also brought by the plaintiff against Langham, which was withdrawn under similar circum stanced. T " MAILS, &C.—SOUTHAMPTON, Wednesday.—The Peniokular and Oriental Company's steam-ahip Ripon, OaPt- Powell, left to-day f o r Gibraltar, Ma'ta, and Alex andria, with th e I nd i a and Ch i na ma il s , 90 fi rst - c : ass pae3engers, a full cargo, and 3,609 boxes of specie, jewel lery, &c., Yalu 959 , 71 9 1 ,, v i z : _ Gold. Silver. Jewel6ry, Man:i'ius , £5OO 0.. ... XI 0 Bombay..,, 663 13 ..:£350,329 10 ... 727 0 Ceylon. 5175 0 . ... 105 14 Madras 3 ,58610 :: 24,493 8 ... 1,022 9 Calcut. 1 1,821 0 ...... 473 :0 2 1 4 0 0 0 8 ... 217 18 Penang,,,.,,Si ngapo. o — ... 23,834 13 •• • . Hong Kon g 400 0 .. 63,295 11 Shanghai —. ... 3,440 0 240 0 3 10 391 0 T0ta1...X12,153 3 £941,613 10 £3,022 11 The United St a t es ' ma i l steamer Ariel, Captain Ludlow, atrived here last night from Havre, and bailed to-day for Now York. She took out, besides the mails, 143 passengers from Bremen and Havre, 41 from Southamp ton, $210,000 in specie from Havre, 56,000/. from South ampton, and a general cargo. The two steamers left about the same time, and afforded a very pleasing oppor tunity for a sort of impromptu exchange of international courtesies. The Ripon went out of dock first, and as sbe passed the Ariel the passengers and crews cheered each other most lustily, the band on board the Rpm played "Yankee Doodle," and the complimentary salu tation of dipping colours was exchanged between the two ships. The Admiralty steam yacht Fire Queen, Com mander Paul, which had come up fora Portsmouth, also steamed out of dock a few minutes previously on her return. - LATEST NEWS. AMERICA. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, THURSDAY MORNING. The United States steamer Vanderbilt was tele graphed from Hurst at 9 a.m. She brings New York dates, we believe, to the 24th ult. THE CRISIS IN BELGIUM. The Independance Beige of yesterday, says : " The Ministerial crisis has undergone no change. M. Charles Rogier is expected this evening at Brus sels from Paris. It appears that M. de Brouckere has actually undertaken the task of forming a Ministry. It is said this will be purely a ' working Ministry,' and intended merely to carry on Govern ment in the interval to the elections, which will take place in June, 1858. The names of the future Cabinet are also given. They are—M. H. de Brouckere, Foreign Affairs ; Liedts, Interior ; Faider, Justice ; Quoilin, Finance ; Renard, War," According to letters from Constantinople, M. Thouvenel appeared determined to abstain from personal relations with the new Grand Vizier, though still continuing his good understanding with Aali Pacha, the Minister for Foreign Affairs." FRANCE. PARIS, WEDNESDAY EVENING. M. Billault, Minister of the Interior, has by Imperial decree been charged with the ad interim administration of the department of justice during the absence of M. Abbatucci. The Bourse has been very unsettled, and specu lators still continue under apprehensions about the measures which the Banks of j England and France may adopt in order to protect their bullion. It has been reported that 80 millions of francs in English bills, and 40 millions in French bills on the United States have been returned protested. A Paris letter in the Indepenciance of Brussels says : "A Papal bul►, giving a canonical institution to the Faculty of Theology of Paris, to the Sor bonne, and to eight other Faculties in France, will, it is said, be shortly promulgated. A non.official copy of this document has been sent to the French Go. vernment, in order that it may be aware of its contents. Among the conditions laid down for the institution of these faculties of theology is that of the renunciation by France of the four articles of 1682. Ido not think that the French Government will over consent to accept the bull with such a clause. There must be a particular ne gotiation on that point, or the Sovereign Pontiff will be requested to suppress a condition which is humiliating for the Church of France." BOURSE, Nov. 4.—The following were the lasi quotations : Cash. fr. End of Month. 4i per Cents - -1. 3 per Cents 66 95 67 15 Bank Shares 2930 Credit Foncier 520 - Credit Mobilier 775 Roman Do. Account 777 50 Austrian - Belgian 4) (ad)...... 97 Spanish Threes .___ _ Fied toontese (5) 9O Home Debt - RAILWAYS-FOR CASH. tr. c. Orleans - c, Western Strasburg New Ditto Grand Central 600 - Sardinian . 465 - Austrian Cum. 6ti74— Northern - - Lyons and Med 8321 — New Ditto~. Geneva 603 Midi GREECE. It lag been announced by telegraph that King Otho had subscribed 10,000£ out of his privy purse to the Indian Relief Fund, and directed the various functionaries to follow his example. The following is the text of the Royal decree issued on the occa- mon : "The unheaTd of misfortunes which have lately fallen upon the Christians of British India having come to our knowledge, and observing also the general sympathy which these misfortunes have produced among the inha bitants of the kingdom, who are not only moved by a spirit of philanthropy and Christian charity, but also by that feeling of profound gratitude which they enter tain to% ards England for the noble aid she gave them during the war of independence, we, at the proposition of our Minister of the Interior, have decided that the Nomarchs be ordered to open subscription lists through oat the country in favour of the victims of this barbar ous mutiny, and after having coilycted the amount, they will forward the sum to the office of the Home Depart ment. Our Minister of the Interior is charged with the execution and the publication of the present ordinance. "OTLIO." SWEDEN. The Svenska-Tidning of Stockholm, the semi official organ of the Swedish Government, con tains, in its number of the 28th ult., an article which warmly defends the Danish Government against the two great German Powers, and which declares that it is necessary to unite closely the efforts of the three Scandinavian kingdoms, in order to resist energetically the intervention of the 'Ger manic Confederation in the internal affairs of a country which is subjected to the sceptre of an in dependent kingdom. " This article," says a letter from Stockholm, " has caused a great sensation, as the belief is that it has been approved of by the Government, and that it expresses the views of the Prince Regent with regard to the relations of the United Kingdoms with Germany." MONTENEGRO. The Dalmatian, Gazelle of Rsgusa confirms the late accounts of the predatory disposition mani fested by the Montenegrins, and asserts that serious representations have been made to the Austrian Government on the subject. The Pacha of Pre bigne' whose districts have lately been invaded by a band of Prince Dauilo's followers, has ap plied to Constantinople for relief and instructions. Another band, 1,800 strong, which• had marched on a village... on Austrian territory, was dispersed by a single discharge of artillery. SPAIN. The Madrid journals of the 31st ult. state that rumours of a Ministerial crisis had alr ea d y b egun to be circulated, and were credited in certain quar ters. The crisis, according to some persons, was caused by the determination of M. Martinez de la Rosa and M. Bermudez de Castro to resign the portfolios of Foreign Affairs and of the Interior ; according to others, by the refusal of the Queen sign decrees nominating General Joaquin Armero Director-General of Cavalry, General Echague, Captain-General of Granada ; Oaneral Res de Olano, Director of Artillery ; and General Mira sol, Director of Infantry. Others, again, state that it was occasioned by dissensions amongst the Ministers about questions of finance. The Espana, a semi- official organ, declares, however, that "for the present the rumours possess no importance," and that "it oaly mentions them to satisfy the en riostty of its readers." The Clamor P ablico had been seized. The Queen, having entered the last month of her pregnancy, had commenced a series of visits to nine churches, her first being to Santa Maria, to worship the image of the Virgin of Al mudena. The report drawn up by the advocates of Queen Christina, in answer to the accusations brought again , t her in the partiamcntary investiga tion to which her acts were recently subjected, was about to be published. It was believed that the state of siege of Seville would be shortly raised. A letter from Vienna affirms that a change has taken place iu the views of the Prussian govern ment relative to the question of the Danubian priucipalities. The Zcit of Berlin, which is looked on as the organ of the government, publiskes in its last number an article declaring that the only real requirements of the principalities we-re a regulation of the conditions of landed property, and an improvement in the organic laws. "Mo3t of the German States," says a letter from Berlin, "have notified IT telegraph to our govertim nt that they adhere to the measure.; pro jected by Prussia and Austria in the Holstein question." According to the Pestl6 Lloyd, there have been no fewer than 105 bankruptcies in Vienna during the last two months. Throe or four firms of minor importance suspended their payments on the Ist. The father of Vogel, the African traveller, has just re:;eived a letter from the English Consul at Tripoli, stating that the death of his son is not con firmed. A despatch from Lisbon announces that the number of cases of cholera is less considerable, but that the proportion of fatal results is increased. A subscription has been opened at Turin for the sufferers by the Indian mutiny, to which King Victor Emmanuel hae contributed 10,000 fr. NEW SOUTH WALES. We have received ad vices from Sydney, New South Wales, to Aug. 12, being four days later than the date of previous ad vices. This intelligence reachea us by way of Callao. On the 11th of Atfaust the second session of the first parliament of New South Wales was opened by his Excellency the Governor-General. We gather from the report of the Sydney Mnpire that the opening was conducted with much cvremony, and that the traditions of Westminster are con scientiously observed in the capital of the Australian colony. The occasion was honoured, we are told, by the presence of a brilliant assemblage of ladies, distinguished visitors, the foreign consuls, dignita ries of the church, and officers of the army and navy. The Lower House was summoned by Black Rod, and the Speaker was greatly admired in his "splendid new state robes." His Excellency, who was attended by an aide-de-camp, and received with a military salute, took his place on the vice-regal throne, and delivered the following speech HONOURABLE GENTLEMEN OF TITS LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, AND GENTLEMEN OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY. I should have called you together at an earlier pe riod, but had I done so (owing to the unusual length of the last session, which was prolonged until the 17th March of the present year), a sufficient interval would not have been afforded to the government for the preparation of the business about to be brought before you, Neither would a sufficient recess have been granted to those members who were with drawn for so long a time from attending to their private affairs. The delay which has taken place will, I feel assured, be conducive to the ultimate dispatch 'of public business, as it has enabled the Government to mature many measures of great importance to the welfare of the country, which, together with the estimates for the year 1858, will be immediately brought under your consideration. To the following measures of reform and social pro gress I would more particularly invite your atten tion. ' ' Experience has already shown that the change in the system of government requires a correspond ing change in the system of representation. A bill will therefore be immediately laid before you to increase the number of members of the Assembly, ' to remove the disabilities to vote arising from I change of residence or qualification, to introduce the ballot, and to bring the electoral distribution in harmony with the changes among the population indicated by the late census. This bill will be ac companied by another for the purpose of regulating the proceedings at elections, diminishing the ex penses of candidates, and providing more effectually against the evils of bribery and corruption. A bill will be laid before you on an early day, to provide for the future management and disposal of the public lands, which, while preserving the good faith of the crown, will render the acqui sition of land in fee simple more easy to all who are likely to bring it into profitable use, and thus facilitate the permanent settlement, and at the same time increase the productiveness of the country. One of the most important ob jects of the measure will be to augment the means available for public improvement, and more espe cially for those great works of internal communica tion whioh are now so much desired, without unduly pressing upon any class of the community. The Municipalities Bill of last session, modified and improved su some important particulars, will be immediately submitted for your consideration. A bill for the establishment of district courts will be again brought forward in an amended form. The object of this bill is to facilitate and expedite the administration of justice in the interior, and to relieve the Supreme Court from the present exces sive pressure of businesit. The criminal law requires simplification and amendment, in order to make the punishment of crime more certain ; and, in connection with this subj ec t, I p ro p ose to bring under your special notice the important question of secondary punishment. The subject of education has received the most anxious consideration from the government ; and it is my intention to lay befire you a measure which, while it will not in any way int.:Afore with the re ligious convictions of a single individual, will sup ply adequate means of instruction for the whole community. Regulations have been established to facilitate the introduction from the United Kingdom of use ful immigrants under private engi;gement. The opportunity thus afforded for the selection of immi grants by means of private agency, and of providing them with passages in private ships, will, I trust, be productive of great public advantage. It is proposed also to grant rewis-iou certificates in the purchase of land, to persons introducing immigrants of the la bouring classes, under such regulations as may be found desirable. The latter object can only be &fee' eel by legislative enactment, and the necessary measure for this purpose will, accordingly, be brought forward at an early day. Arrangements have been made by which it is be lieved the efficiency of the railway department will be materially increased. The officer for whom, at the request of the legislature, I applied in 1855, has lately arrived in the colony ; and I trust to be able to lay before you, shortly, such a report from him upon the general question of railway construc tion and management as will greatly facilitate the determination of the measures necessary for the ex tension of railways into the interior. The unprecedented continuance of heavy rains has made communication by the ordinary roads of the colony almost impracticable, and has hitherto unfortunately impeded the beneficial expenditure of the sines voted for their repair. It is intended to apply to the liberality of Parliament for a much larger amount than usual for the maintenance and repair of the leading thoroughfares of the colony, and to place them under a more satisfactory system of management. Contracts have been entered into for the con struction of a line of telegraph from Sydney to Albury. The progress of this work, and of those undertaken for a similar purpose by the sister colonies, justifies the expectation that the galvanic circuit between all the chief cities of Australia will soon be completed. I have to congratulate you upon the successful operation of the Act of last session for the amend ment of the laws relating to the managernerit of the gold fields, and upon the orderly conduct and grad ually increasing prosperity of the population et the mines. The important questions of an in` er-colonial cha racter which are constantly arising suggest the es tablishment of a federal legislature, possessing power and authority for their d scission and deter mination in the interests of the Australians colonies generally. I recommend this important subject to your early consideration. The Legislative Assembly having asserted the principle that all legislative bodies should be elec tive, it will be necessary that the earliest period consistent with its debberate Legislative Council should be taken into the consideration of the legis lature, and it appears to me that a fitting oppor tunity for this purpose will be afforded, when, by the intended revision of the electoral system, the opinion of the country upon this fundamental ques tion can be clearly ascertained. It is desirable to separate the political duties of the Attorney-General from his office of Grand Jury, and in order to early out this reform, a bill will be introduced to authorise the appointment of a pub lit prosecutor. The recent proclamation of the coinage of the Sydney Mint in Victoria will, I believe, be of great advantage to the colony and to New South Wales. And I venture to hope that her Majesty's govern ment may be induced to make current the colonial coin in all parts of the British empire. GENTLEMEN OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY, The financial condition of the country has during ;he recess received my most anxious attention. is a subject of congratulation, that the deficit in the revenue e xisting at the cotnnaencitment of 1856, has been diminished by economy and the improved state of the public income, and that, up to the present time, I have not been compelled to avail myself of Vie authority to borrow any portion of the sum of one hundred and fifty thousand pounds, placed at my disposal to cover this deficit. It is not my intention at present to propose any alte ration in the customs tariff, nor t o increase t amount of revenue raised by indirect taxation. The estinrAtes of expenditureiare prepared, r and will be immediately laid b e f or e you. The utmost economy, consistent with a desire to provide fer the wants of this rising country, has b een o b served in their preparation. androation. The ct distribution of the duties on goods entering the colony by way of the Riv e r Murray has b een the subject of correspondence between th e government of New South Wales, Victoria, and South Australia, which will be laid before you. It is hoped that this correspondence will lead to the completion of a temporary arrange ment satisfactory to all parties, and ultimately to the adoption of one tariff of customs' dues common to all the Audraliau cAonies. A bill will be sub mitted to you for the purpose of lega'ising the contemplated arrangement. The temporary and varied character of a con siderable portion of the public debt, and the in convenience which is felt in some instances from the want of a desirable mode of permanently , investing trust and other moneys, has rendered it exne:lient to fund the debt or the colony on certain conditions. A measure for this purpose has accord ingly been prepared, and will be laid before you. It has bean thougnt advisable t ) modify the pre sent system of receipts and payments at the Trea sury, ky relieving the Minister of Fivance and Trade from the anomalous position of combining a political office with that of a public accountant, re sponsible for the custody and expenditure of the public money. A bill to give effect to this mea sure will be presented to you. A bill to establish the office and define the duties of the Auditor -General will be re-submitted to you on an early day. HONOURABLE GENTLEMEN OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, AND GENTLEMEN OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY, The great importance of making adequate ar rangements for the management of the lighthouses and harbours on the coast, and the supervision and regulation of the pilot establishments, has sug gested the propriety of appointing a board, whom it is proposed to incorporate and entrust with the performance of those duties ; the necessary mea sure has been prepared for this purpose. I shall lay before you important correspondence which has led to the establishment of banking and commercial agencies for New South Wales in Lon don, upon terms advantageous to the colony. A provisional arrangement has been entered into with the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, for • monthly postal communication between Southamp ton and Sydney, via Panama and New Zealand. Should this scheme be carried into effect, it will give to these colonies the advantage of a steam communication with England every fortnight. The correspondence on the subject will be immediately laid before you, and I earnestly recommend tke measure to your consideration and approval. The colony has been visited during the past fear months by severe and almost unprecedented floods in various parts, but it is a subject of sincere grail• tude to Pr vidence, that these visitations have not been attended with any serious loss of life. The commercial and monetary state of the coun try is sound and satisfactory, and I am most thank ful to be able to state that prosperity attends all interests in the community. Various important measures, to which I need not specially allude, will also be presented to you, and will, I am sure, in common with those to which I have adverted, receive your attentive considera tion. I again assure you of my earnest desire to co-operate most zealously and cordially with the Legislature to the best of my ability for the public good ; and I sincerely trust that the result of your deliberations may, under the blessing of Almighty' God, conduce to the happiness and prosperity of the important community whose interests are com mitted to your charge. The address having been concluded, his Excel lency retired in the same order as he entered. The council then adjourned until four o'clock in the afternoon. PROPOSED CHRISTIAN MISSION TO GRAND BONNY, WESTERN AFRICA. TO THE EDITOR OF THI SIIN. SlR,—Permit me to address you upon the fol lowing subject, and request the favour of your in serting this letter in your next edition, as I deem it my duty to make it public. Some time since I applied to his Grace the Arch bishop of Canterbury, entreating his aid in esta blishing a Christian mission at Grand Bonny (an important trading pace for palm oil, in West Africa), where there never has been such, although fur many years past I have used all the means ill my power to accomplish my object. Also, in 1848, I wrote to the Rev. Andrew Somerville, of the Presbyterian Church Missionary Society, but with no success. His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury refer• red rue to the Church Missionary Society, Salisbury.' square, Fleet street ; and on the 6th day of March , uitlmo by their appoint men t, I b a d an i n t erv iew with die secretaries there ; but I regret to say that my application was not entertained by them. In conclusion, I beg to add that the result of mf endeavours abovo narrated are not, in my opinion' consistent with Christianity and the object of DI siouary establishments.-1 be g t o su b scr ib e role'. 9 Sir, yours, &c., PEPPLE, King of Bonny, West Africa. Tottenham, Nov. 4, 1857. MARKET NEWS.—(This Day.) CORN EXCHANGE. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the week ended Nov. 5, 1857, made up from the R 3. turns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales, per Imperial Quarter. WHEAT BARLEY I OATS I RYE BEANS 1 PEAS 53s lid 43s ld 25s Od 36s 10d 45 8 9d 45s 3a THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGES. WHEAT I BARLEY I OATS i RYE BEANS I PEAS 55510 d 43s 3d 25s 7d 36s 4d 45s 8d 44s 3d ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK, Wheat, 102,059; barley, 74,825; oats, 9,530; rye, VA; beaus 5,296 ; peas, 3,321 quarters. MEAT MARKETS. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL.—The supplies of melt were only moderate, yet the trade ruled he a vy, as follows —Beef, from 23 ldd to 4s 4d ; Mutton, 3s 2d to 413 8d; Veal, 3s 6d to 4s 4d ; Pork, 3s 6d to 5s 2d per 81b0, the carcase. SOUTHALL, Nov. 4.—The supplies of stock on sales here to-day were seasonably extensive, and the trade generally ruled heavy, on lower terms : —Beef, from 3s 2d to 4. 6cl; Mutton, 3s 4d to 5s 2d ' • - Veal, 9s Od to 4a Bt.l ; York. 4s Od to 5s Od per Sib s , to sink the offal. ROMFORD, Nov. 4.—To-day's market was well supplied, with stock, whi c h move d o ff s l owly. as follows :— Bee f , ' from 3s Od to 4 s 8d • Muttou, 33 6d to 5 s 4d; Veals 4s ('d to 4s 8d ; Perk, 4s Od to 4s 10d per 811 as. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 21 lOs to 4/ Os; clover, 3i 15s to 51 03; and straw, 116 s to 1/ lOs per load. A fair average supply, and a dull trade. CUMBERLAND. —Meadow hay, 2/ 15s to 4/ Os ; clovers 3/ 10a to 41 15s ; and straw. 1/ 6s to 11 10a per load. Supply moderate, and trade dull. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 2/ 129 to 4/ Os ; clover. 3/ 10a to 5/ Os ; and straw, 1/ 69 to 11 las per load. A dull trade. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. --(This Day.) LONDON, Nov. 5. Wind this day at noon, S. 132°. dorato breeze, and dull hazy weather. PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 4.—Wind E.N.E. to Arrived—Vonderhegot, from Akyab for Stettin • If"" 1 ‘ tain Wave, Chinch as ; C. N orr i s , ditt o. S a il e d—Albion' for Jamaica. A lit SOUTHAMPTON, Nov. 4.—Wind (s), fir New York. COWES, Nov. 4.--Wind variable. —Arrived—Betty Peri. back, from Callao. NEWPORT, Nov. 4.—Wind E.—Sailed — Neptune, .for St. Thomas. CARDIFF, Nov. 4.—Wind E.N.E.—Arrived— Ranee, from St. Valery. Sailed—P. Sharon, for Ascension ; .Ad. vance, for Callao; Edward Everett, St. Thomas; SOY, Bilboa. —. W\VANSEA, Nov. 4. Wind — E.S.E.—Sailecl—Mary Ant Johnston, for Caldera. WATERFORD, Nov. 3.—Wind W.—Sailed—F*lln/ Bloomer, for 6t. John's, Newfoundland. (2 ER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Thursday, 10 Lin* Wind E. ; thick, with occas i ona l showers. Arrived—Courier (s.), f rom J ersey; H avre (8 . ) . Sailed--Exp;ess (s.), for Weymouth ; Despatch WI Jersey ; Alliance (s.), Havre. LIVERPOOL, Thursday Morning. Wind S.E. Sailed, Nov. 4—Rowena, for Buenos Ayres ; Palmatts , for Halifax; F. C. Clarke , Calcutta; Congress, Apalachi• cola ; Philip Dean, Hayti. Sailed, Nor. 5-Orient,- for New York ; Looshtank, foe Aden. QUEENSTOWN, NOT. 3. Wind S.E. Arrived—Resolution, from Genoa; Aghia Apostles Galatz ; Fiarmka Mario, Taganrog. _ DUBLIN, Nov. 4. Wind N.E. Arrived—Heinrich, Gustav, from Quebec. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGEAPL) GRAVESEND, Thursday, 9.30 rhino Wind, S, W, ; nearly low water ; foggy. Sailed, Nov. s.—ltoss D. Mangles, steamer, for Stettin ; Windsor, Melbourne. Arrived, Nov. 4.—East Anglian, from Croustadt. DEAL, Wind, S.S.E., li g ht ; w i t h a thick fog. Thursday, 9 81. 113 . Passed—Fair City, from Palermo, for Hull. It transpired late yesterday afternoon that the accept' ances of - Ow firm of Powles, Brothers, and C o ., to foreign draughts, had been dishonoured. The cause 0 1 the embarrassment is stated to be disappointment in the receipt of remittances from South America. The accept' antes of the house are about 50,0001. The firm of Powleit Price, and Co., in which Mr. Powles is also a partners and which is engaged exclusively in the insurance busi' pests, is not aff,cted by this event. ESCAPE OF Two CONVICTS FROM A RAILWAY TRAIN . * —About ore o'clock on Tuesday morning, as a number of convicts were being conveyed from Glasgow to Lee: don by the mail train whi c h l e f t the former city at 1 2 minutes past eight o'clock on Monday evening, during the few moments the train stormed at Penrith Station , at the time named two of their i u nber, although chained together in the ordinary way, managed to escape hi jumping out of the carriage •t, the off side. Just before the train started the persons in charge of the convicts missed the two men, and instantly gave the alarro. Several per sons were despatched in different direct i o n in search of the men, while others made a minute exami nation of the premises connected with the railway, dur g which they found, not the convicts, but the chains by which they had been pinioned together. Des Pi ta ihe mo s t v i gilant search throughout the who l e o f the day nothing twee either seen or beard of the nriseill convicte. We are inform e d, on au th or ity, that sever; other convi c t s a ft erwar d s attemp t e d to f o ll o w their 11 0 _ liberated c o mpanio ns , b u t t h e y were p re vented by U .ll m authorities. r r THE S:TTN, _ LONDON, THTTIZSDIAY ENENING NOV MB EEI ~ is 7 <, I-