The Sun.
London, England, 1853-10-20 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THUItgip.A.Y EVENING, OCTOBER 20, 1858.

sisting of a small and empty basket, a small carpet bag,
and two boxes, each about 15 inches in length,' might
have been placed inside the cab, and that the cabman
was requested so to dispose of them.
Mr. Elliott observed that it was quite clear the com-
plainant was not entitled to charge for the parcels in the
present case, as from his own admission, as well as from
the testimony of the young lady who had been examined,
there was abundance of room inside the vehicle for the
parcels without inconvenience to the ladies. The 10th
section of the act directed that " the driver of every
hackney carriage within the limits of this act shall carry
in or upon such carriage a reasonable quantity of lug-
gage for every person hiring such carriage, without any
additional charge, as provided in schedule (A) to this act
annexed." This was the general law as related to the
carriage of luggage, and the exception in the schedule
was, " when more than two person shall be carried inside
any hackney carriage, with more luggage than can be
carried inside the carriage, a further sum of twopence
for every package carried outside the said carriage is to
be paid by the hirer in addition to the fares." In the
present case, though there were three persons in the
cab, the luggage it was admitted was not more than could
be carried inside the vehicle, and, therefore, the driver
was not justified in making a charge for it.
The complainant said he considered himself justified
to charge for all packages placed on the outside of his
cab.

Mr. Elliott observed that he certainly was not. The
law as he had read it to him was perfectly clear. Re
dismissed the summons.

Octavitts Eicke, a young fellow who assumed consider-
able airs, was charged with violently assaulting Mrs.
Mary Ann Downham, the wife of a livery stable keeper
in Chester-street, Kennington-road. From the evidenee,
it appeared that the brother of the defendant had pur-
chased a mare of Mr. Downham for 121., and got the
animal away by placing "a horse of greater value with
Mr. Downham, as a security for the money. On Sa-
turday, the Bth inst., the defendant, who claimed the
horse as his property, and not that of his brother, went
to the premises of Mr. Downham, accompanied by a
number of men, tore the stable door from the hinges,
and brought the horse away. Mrs. Downham, in
the absence of her husband, endeavoured to prevent the
horse being taken away, and while doing so she re-
ceived a violent blow from the defendant, which
knocked her down, and it was some time before she re-
covered.
Mr. Elliott characterised the conduct of the defendant
as most outrageous and brutal, and convicted him in a
penalty of 51., or in default of payment to one month's
imprisonment.

THAMES.—Captain Stooke, master of the Queen of
the Teign, and the two seamen Northcote and Golds-
worthy, were formally committed for trial for the man-
slaughter of the five Lascars who had been killed in the
affray on board that vessel. It will be remembered that
the defendants attributed the origin of the affair to an
attempted mutiny on the part of the Malay portion of
the crew. The Lascar witnesses, however, gave a dif-
ferent version of the matter. They said that the affray
commenced in consequence of the chief mate beating one
of the Lascars on deck, and some of the people were
killed after the " bobbery" was over. Their statements
varied considerably, and it seemed there had been some
conversations among the Lascars about murdering the
captain and mate and taking the ship to California.
David Fairfield, an English seaman, who had been
disrated for incompetency and misconduct, and who had
been put in irons a few days after the unfortunate trans-
action, partially confirmed the natives as to one Lascar
being shot and others cut down after the disturbance
was over. .

Mr. Humphreys, on behalf of his clients, asserted their
perfect innocence of the charge imputed to them.
Mr. Yardley took bail for the appearance of the pri-
soners at the sessions, as before, and they were set at
liberty.
The two Malay prisoners, Ali and Ahalt, were also
committed for assaulting Mr. Treatt, the chief mate,
who had received no fewer than 14 wounds in the affray.

A dissipated looking fellow, named John Broldliy,
aged 47, a coal whipper, of 25, Devonshire-street, Com-
mercial-road East, was charged with an inhuman assault
on Mary Ann Burchley, with whom he cohabited.
The defendant had been in the habit of frequently ill-
using the complainant, and he had even suffered two
months' imprisonment for a brutal assault upon her.
On Saturday last he went home drunk, and finding that
the complainant had lent sixpence to a neighbour, he
kicked and beat her in a savage manner, and finally
threw her down stairs. She was taken up insensible,
and had to be conveyed to the hospital.
Broadley, in defence, charged the woman with intoxi-
cation and other misconduct.

Mr. Yardley was satisfied the prisoner had committed
a most savage assault upon the woman who had been
foolish enough to live with him, and he should inflict a
severe sentence. He.asked the complainant if she con-
sidered her life worthjpreserving ?
The complainant implored of the magistrate to bind
the prisoner over to keep the peace. If he was not re•
strained he would murder her.

Mr. Yardley intended to do something more. He
should sentence him to be kept to hard labour for six
calendar months, and then to find good bail, himself in
80/., and two sureties in 401. each, to be of good, be-
haviour for six months longer.

GREAT SALE OF LIVE STOCK ON HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS
PRINCE ALBERT'S FARMS, AT WlNDSOR.—Yesterday,
the annual selection of live stock, the property of his
Royal Highness the Prince Consort, was sold by
auction, at Norfolk Farm, by Messrs. Buckland and
Son, and attracted a large attendance of butchers,
graziers, and others. First in the order of sale
were the pigs, which realised very high prices, com-
paratively malt hogs making from 51. to 61. each.
A young boar of the Windsor breed was knocked down
for 41. Bs. One or two breeding sows also fetched
51. 17s. 6d. each. The pigs made altogether nearly 2001.,
the principal purchasers being Messrs. Agar, Rubie, and
Hale, of Windsor. The sheep consisted of 420 fat South-
downs, 230 home-bred ewes and lambs, with several
rams. The whole were disposed of at good but not ex-
orbitant prices, the principal purchasers being Mr. Min-
ton, of Windsor, end the leading butchers of the neigh-
bourhood. The cattle consisted of a remarkably fine
Hereford ox, intended for the Smithfield show ; 81 supe-
rior fat oxen and heifers, 80 fine short-horns (fit for stall-
ing), 19 steers and heifers, 6 short-horned heifers and
cows, and 2 pure-bred young bulls. The dairy cows
ranged from 141. 15s. to 161. 10s. ; the fat cows and
heifers from 151. to 221. 10s. The Nereford ox (fed on
cake and meal) was really a splendid animal, and realised
the large sum of 461., Mr. Ratcliffe, butcher, of Hilling-
den, being the purchaser. The fat short-horned oxen
varied from 181. 10s. to 281. each ; the five-year ,old
Scots, from 15/. to 171. ; the four-year-olds, from 101.
to 121. 10s. The fat Devons ranged from 17/. to 241.105.
A two-year-old short-horned bull was knocked down to
John Hercy, Esq., for 251. ; an Alderney bull of the
same age fetched about half the money. The total pro-
ceeds of the sale were about 4,0001. We might add,
that, /since last year, great improvements have been
made in the yards and premises attached to Norfolk
farm, and the arrangements for the accommodation of
the company were very complete._

PURITY OF THE MIDDLESEX MAGISTRATES.—A cor-
respondent of the Times, writing under the name
" Wide Awake," says :—" Agreeing with your corre-
spondent, " A Thirsty Soul," that the Middlesex magis-
tracy all over England, are but fallible and weak mor-
tals, like other people, and that therefore irresponsible
powers of jobbing ought not to be any longer vested
in their hands, I would call his attention to what was
happening at the Session-house, Clerkenwell, yesterday
—the very day on which his letter respecting the mal-
administration of the law with regard to music licenses
appeared in your columns. Mr. Pownall again pre-
sided ; and, after some other business had been trans-
acted, Mr. F. H. Pownall was elected by voting to the
office of county surveyor."
ALLEGED REMOVAL OF SHAKESPERE'S EFFIGY AT
STRATFORD-ON-AVON.—Mr. J. 0. Halliwell contradicts
the statement of Mr. Cunningham as to the proposed
removal of the monument to Shakespeare in the Church
at Stratford-on-Avon. He says—" The vicar, I am satis-
fied, from the conversations I have had with him on the
subject of the monument of Shakspeare, would never
sanction the absurd proposal of removing it ; no could
such a proposition have emanated from any reasonable
person, except it bad been intended as a joke. The
monument, when erected by the poet's friends, could
not have "blocked out" any window, as it must have
been (at least partially) erected against that part of the
wall on the other side of which was7the charnel-house.
Moreover, any window inserted in the place now occu-
pied by the monument al effigy of Shakspeare would be
out of place ; or, at all events, it would not improve the
effect of the large painted window at the end of the
chancel, the elaboration of which has cost the vicar such
vast labour and expense."

THE POLICE IN DEVONSHIRE.—As was stated a few
weeks since, the policemen of Torquay made an appli-
cation for an increase in their pay, on the ground that
their present wages (16s. per week) were inadequate to
meet the rise which had taken place in the price of
almost every necessary of life. The local board of
health, in whom the management is vested, took time
to consider the application, and at their last meeting,
held a few days ago, they consented to raise the pay of
fifty
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those who had served longest in the force from 16s. to
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nervousness, constipation, indigestion, and debility, from
which I had suffered great misery, and which no
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cured
spasms, and
nervousness, debility, with cramps,
nausea, for which my servant had consulted the advice
plibeyepespviaeu,s,
of many, have been effectually removed by Du Barry's
delicious food in a very short time. I shall be happy
to answer any inquiries. Rev. John W. Flavel, Rid-
lington Rectory, Norfolk." "Three years' excessive'
'nervousness, with pains in my neck and left arm, and
general debility, which rendered my life very miserable,
has been radically removed by Du Barry's excellent
food. Alexs. Stuart, Archdeacon of Ross, Skibbereen."
—" Fifty years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia,
nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency,
spasms, sickness at the stomach, and vomittings, has
been removed by Du Barry's excellent food. Maria Jolly,
• Diss Norfolk."— Copies of Wortham Ling, near ,
testi-
monials of 50,000 cures (including those of Lord Stuart
de Decies, Major-General Thomas King, Drs. Ure,
Shorland, and Harvey (gratis). In canisters, with full
instructions, 11b., 2s. 9d. ; 21b., 4s. 6d. ; 51b., lls. ;
121 b., 225. ; super-refined, 51b., 225. ; 101 b., 335. The
101 b. and 12113. carriage free. Barry Du Barry and Co.,
77, Regent-street, London ; also, Fortnum, Mason, and,
Co., purveyors to her Majesty, Piccadilly.

DISCOVERY OF THE NORTH-TVEST

PASSAGE.

From the Lynn Advertiser
_and West Norfolk Herald.)

Eminent as is the position which the maritime force
of Great Britain has held from time immemorial, both in
peace and in war,—in the prosecution of geographical
discovery and of commercial intercourse, as well as in
the terrible sovereignty of the seas—perhaps no single
event has ever reflected more honour at once on our navy
and our nation than that which has engrossed the public
attention during the past few days. The discovery of a
North-West passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific
Ocean—the great problem which has baffled the inge-
nuity of geographers for seven hundred years ; upon
which an almost fabulous amount of treasure has been
expended ; in which hundreds of gallant men have
perilled their lives—in many cases, as in that of the
lamented Bellot, with too fatal a result ; while in others,
and above all, in that of Sir John Franklin and his 137
companions, what hope remains is so slight as but to
add to the darkness of despair—the effectuating of that
noble enterprise, in which the hearts of all civilised
nations are deeply absorbed, has been reserved to in-
crease the lustre of England's glory, and to add another
jewel to her crown of peaceful triumph. We are assured
the hearts of Englishmen must bound within them with
patriotic pride when they read of the heroic exertion
of their countrymen, of their noble daring in
the performance of a duty requiring almost super-
human intrepidity and endurance —of their stern,
unflinching resolve to overcome difficulties, the
immensity of which none but those who have them-
selves been engaged in this arduous service can ade-
quately conceive. Would that it could be said that
the returned vessel had brought tidings of the gallant
crews of the Erebus and Terror, as well as of that of the
Investigator ; but this satisfaction is withheld, and, we
fear, can never be expected. But, leaving this painful
subject' we may well join in a hearty expression of gra-
titude and rejoicing in the ascertained safety of Com-
mander 111(Clure, his crew, and his vessel, of which, until
last week, the latest tidings dated as far back as the 6th
of August, 1851, and which from the 24th of the follow-
ing month had been immovably frozen up in latitude 74'6
and longitude 117'12. And if to the nation at large
there is so much cause for rejoicing in the dispatches,
which prove not only th'e safety of the gallant common•
der, but the solution by him of the problem in question,
what must be the pride and the joy of our own townsmen
in knowing that it is one of themselves who has actually
made the passage itself—that he alone, of all the brave
and determined men who have devoted themselves to the
task, has succeeded in entering the Polar Seas by Beh-
, ring's Straits and returned by Davis's Straits, and
brought home actual information of the resolution of the
great difficulty—that to Lynn belongs the honour of
having produced a hero, not in the arena of war and
bloodshed, but in the humane conquests of civilisation and
philanthropy, so much more appropriate to the character
of a grandson of Elizabeth Fry. The fact that the friends
of Lieut. Cresswell had participated with those of all the
crew of the Investigator in the solemn dread that the
tidings of August, 1851, were the last which they would
receive of the existence of that vessel and its tenants—the
conviction, in fact, that these must be looked upon as ad-
ditional victims to the noble enterprise of searching for
and relieving the lost expedition of Franklin—must
have imparted to the sympathy excited in•behalf of him-
self and his family a depth and intensity which few oc-
currences could be expected so generally to produce.
We are rejoiced at knowing that the emotion thus ex-
cited will not be allowed to subside in mere general feli-
citation, but that it has been resolved by a meeting of
our townsmen, exceedingly numerous and respectable,
though called together in the most impromptu manner,
that some demonstration shall be made of the deep-felt
congratulation in which the whole town unanimously.
concurs. As to the precise mode in which these sym-
pathies are to be conveyed we will not presume even to
make a suggestion, feeling the utmost satisfaction in
leaving the details to the body of gentlemen whose
assemblage to consider the subject we elsewhere record,
and who, when they meet again to concert final mea-
sures, will, no doubt, now that the intention has become
generally known, receive a very large accession of num-
bers. Whatever be the moclus operandi resolved on, we
trust it will be onein which the whole of the inhabi-
tants will have the opportunity of co-operating, as we
feel assured they intensely desire to do.
There is one more point in connection with this sub-
ject, on which we cannot refrain from expressing a hope
—nay, a positive assurance—that the well-earned pro-
motion of the gallant officer in whom so much interest
is centred, will not be withheld by the Admiralty, but
that they will evince themselves as ready as the whole
of the public in their appreciation of services for which
not Great Britain only, but the civilised world, is deeply
!ndebted.

Fourteen Two by two lengths. Nothing else was near.
The winner was sold for 105 guineas.

GRAND OPEN STEEPLECHASE, a Free Handicap of 15
sovs. each, 5 ft, with 100 added. The second horse
to save his stake. Certain penalties and allowances.
About four miles.
Mr. T. Mason's. Oscar, aged, lOst 71b (S. Darling, jun.) 1
Mr. Vevers's Bourton, aged, lOst 41b (G. Stevens) 2
Mr. Jackson's Labyrinth, 5 yrs, Bst 101 b (Fowler) 3
The following were not placed :—Peter, Maria Day,
Spring, Friendless.

.. ._,-
Betting-6 to 4 agst Oscar, sto 1 agst Friendless, 6
to 1 each agst Maria Day and Bourton, 8 to 1 agst
Labyrinth.

FREE HANDICAP STEEPLECHASE of 5 sous. each, with
25 added. Penalties for winners. Optional selling
weights. Three miles.
Mr. Land's Needwood (late Honest Tom), (301.) 9st 21b
(Green) 1
Mr. Stewart's 2Esculapius, 6 yrs (301.), 9st 81b (in-
cluding 61b over) (C. Boyce) 2
The following were not placed :—Pride of the North,
Gulnare, Slashing Painter, Welcome, and Fazeley.
Betting-5 to 4 agst Needwood, sto 1 agst any other.
Won by ten lengths. Welcome third.
The winner was afterwards knocked down to the
owner at 270 guineas; the right of purchase was how-
ever disputed by Mr. Mather, who was the last bidder at
275 guineas.

BETTING ON THE COURSE.
CAMBRIDGESHIRE.
Bto 1 agst Nabob (taken).
100 to 6 agst Balrownie.
4to 1 taken about the two.
100 to 6 agst Mistletoe (taken).
20 to 1 agst Seahorse (taken).
35 to 1 agst Bit of Blue (taken).
DERBY.
1400 to 200 agst Autocrat (taken).
50 to 1 agst Meteora (taken).
Most of the above bets were laid at Leamington on
Tuesday night.
The weather to-day was extremely unfavourable, rain
falling heavily throughout the day. Many parts of the
course were under water. Attendance very thin.

KELSO RACES.—YESTERDAY.
(By Electric Telegraph.)
The CALEDONIAN HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES of 15 sovs.
each, 10 ft, and 5 only if declared. Two miles.
Testator
Braxey 2
The INNKEEPERS' PLATE of 50 sovs., added to a Sweep-
stakes of 5 sovs. each. Once round and a distance
Helen Faucit
John Dory 2
HER MAJESTY'S PLATE of 100 guineas ; three-year-olds,
7st 121 b ; four, Bst 12 lb ; five, 9st 51b ; six and aged,
10st. Four miles.
Defiance 1
The Itch

PLATE of 50 soya., added to a Sweepstakes of 3 sous,
each. One mile and a half.

Goorkah
Braxey
Goorkah pulled up lame

RICHMOND RACES.—YESTERDAY.
(By Electric Telegraph.)
ASKE STAKES.

Comfit 1
Fairthorn 2
The HAT STAKES of 5 sovs. each, 3 ft, with 20 added.
Happy Joe 1
Jackdaw
The RICHMOND HANDICAP of 10 sovs. each, h ft, and
3 only if declared, with 70 added. Once round and a
distance.
Grapeshot
Lerrywheut 2

Four ran.
SWEEPSTAKES of 5 soya. each.

Ivan

Lord John 2
The EASBY STAKES of 15 sovs. each, 10 ft, and only 5 if
declared.
Tros walked over.

EPSOM AUDI
WEIGHTS for the EPSOM
Derby Course.

►IN MEETING.
AUTUMN HANDICAP. New

Age st lb
Nabob
Rataplan
The Reiver 3 8 11
Little Harry 4 8 8
Lan dgrave a 8 7
Neasham 5 8 4
Indian Warrior
A dine 4 8 0
Frantic 4 7 13
Pelion 3 7 13
Father Thames
Cat's-paw 3 7 11
Eulogist .
King Pepin 4 7 10
Talfourd 3 7 8
Ethelbert 3 7 7
Exact 3 7 7
Butterfly 4 7 7
Orinoco 3 7 7
Unity 5 7 6
Lucio 4 7 6
Jouvence 3 7 5
Lady Amyott 4 7 4
Bit of Blue 4 7 4
Mr. Sykes 3 7 4
La:nbton 3 7 4
Congreve 3 7 0
Candlewick 6 7 0
Missive 4 7 0
Catherine Hayes 3 6 13
Mayfair 3 6 13
Stamford 5 6 13
WEIGHTS for the BEDDINGT(
One I

Age st lb
Rackapelt 3 612
Calot 4 6 11
Dick Turpin 3 6 11
Tickton 3 6 11
Richard Primmer 4 6 10
Corybantes 3 6 10
Friday 3 6 10
Arnie Sutherland 3 6 8
Charley 3 6 8
Chilton 3 6 8
Lawsuit 3 6 8
Terpsichore
Lord Lieutenant 3 6 7
Massa Mungo 5 6 7
Nerva 3 6 4
Pug Orrock 3 6 2
Anteverta 3 6 0
Auchinleck 3 6 0
Little David 3 6 0
Miss Tennyson 3 5 13
Georgy 3 5 10
Good Morning 3 5 10
Allington 3 5 10
Madeline 4 5 7
Winter 3 5 7

The Kaffir 3 5 7
North Pole 3 5 5
Crassus 3 5 5
Gipsy Girl 3 5 0
Shropshire Lass 3 5 0
Nestor 3 5 0
Roger Thornton 3 5 0
)N STAKES, for two-yr-olds.
nile.

st. lb.
The Empire 8 7
The Pall
Barrel 8 7
Alembic
Tom (late Mountain
Hawk
Bobby
Old Noll
Queen's Own
Carlotta Grisi 8 4
Astolfo 8 1
Diana
Merry Monk
Alas 8 0
Glen strae 7 12
Cyrus
Punch-box
Mirabeau 7 8
c by Touchstone, out
of Fugleman's dam 7 7
Village Lass 7 7
WEIGHTS for the BENT.

st. 1b

Balmoral
Adelaide . 7 4
Brother to Little Swift 7 4
Lady-bird
Gabriel 7 0
Ariel 7 0
Mark Anthony 6 12
Field Marshal 6 12
Gretchen
Basquine
Victorine
Determination 6 7
Roebuck
f by Spanish Jack out
of Espoir 6 4
Mulligrub s
Conspiracy
Lioness.
Chauntress
Kitty Clover 5 10

:NCK PLATE. One mile.

Age st lb
Nabob
Grey Tommy 4 9 11
Narcissus
Pelion 3 8 10
Father Thames 4 8 10
Warwick
Calot
Poodle
Faux_ Paux 5 8 4
lanthe
Lambton
Mr. Sykes 3 8 3
Chilton
Dick Turpin
Corybantes 3 7 12
Cheddar 3 7 10
Annie Sutherland 3 7 10
Octavia
Richard Primmer 4 7 10
Glenluce 4 7 9

Age st ]b

Dear Me.. -3
7

Tamerlane 3 7 7
Charley
Tobolski.
Merriment 5 7 6
Anteverta
Auchinleak 3 7 4
Madeline
Sweetheart 6 6 12
Now-or-Never
Good Mourning 3 6 12
The Kaffix 3 6 10
Crassus
Young N•orval 3 6 7
North Pole 3 6 7
Georgy
Romualdus ...... 4 6 7
Gipsy Girl 3 6 4
Fright 3 6 4
Maria Beal 3 6 4

BRIGHTON AUTUMN HANDICAP. --We are requested to
state that Massaroni, 3 yrs, Bst, sho nld have been in-
cluded in the list of nominations, and Mariposa omitted.

IRISH COSTIIME.—The Galway Packil has the follow
ing gratifying bit of intelligence :—"rt is with peculiar
pleasure we notice the improved appearance of the
peasantry on Sundays and holidays, the surest signs of
returning prosperity. Instead of the ragged coat,
the old hat, and broken shoes, which marked the
period of the famine, and stamped ripon poor Paddy
an appearance far from gratifying to his pride,
a new suit from head to foot now rewards hie
long-tried patience and hard struggle with adver-
sity. No one could fail to observe the: strong muster of
country people in our streets, on Sunday last, and the
cheering and gratifying appearance which they pre-
sented ; the boys wearing new and comfortable frieze
and corduroy, while the girls displayed their red and
blue mantles, nicely trimmed caps, an .d new shoes and
stockings—articles of comfort which the poor people
were long deprived of. From inquiries which we made
in various quarters we received but one reply, that the
country people were never in so prosperous a condition
as they are at present ; an assurance which is fully
borne out by the cheering and comfortable appearance
which they present in our streets wh en they come to
town.

A. NOBLEMAN'S WHIM.—An interesting specimen,
which may be known to very few, andi which is, for its
kind, unsurpassed in the annals of literature, is the
great historical work which has recently been com-
pleted by the late Mr. Wiffen, the admirable trans-
lator of Tasso, and other popular works, which
comprises the family records of every descendant of
the ancient and distinguished house of Russell, com-
piled from authentic sources, chiefly in the posses-
-81011
of the family. This very beal;tiful production,
which includes the portraits of every member of that
peerage, direct and collateral, painted by one of the
most prominent artists of the age (Harding) is comprised
in one folio volume, printed in a style of sumptuous
magnificence ; only one single copy of which was printed
off. The unique bequest by the late puke of Bedford,
under whose personal superintendence it was commenced
and completed, was designed by him sts an heirloom in
the family, and to be deposited in the Library at Woburn
Abbey, from whence it was on no account to be re-
moved. It cost the duke three thousand guineas.--
Salad for the ,solitary.

THE COMMERCE OF FRANCE.

According to documents just published by the
French Government, the total amount of the com-
merce of France with foreign countries in 1852 was
equal to 124,800,0001., imports and exports toge-
ther—being an increase of 12 per cent. over 1851.
Of this total, 72 per cent. represents the imports
and exports by sea, and 28 per cent, by land. The
amounts for the principal countries trading with
France were as follows in each year :

England
United States,
Belgium
Switzerland

Sardinia .

1851.
... £16,680,000
.. 14,640,000
.. 12,680,000
.. 9,640,000

7,040,000

Spain
German Customs Union
Turkey
Russia
Brazil

Naples
Netherlands-,

5,280,000
4,160,000
3,280,000
1,680,000

2 , 960 000
, .__

1852.
... £19,400,000
... 11,480,000
... 14,240,000
... 10,760,000

8,080,000

5,480,000
4,800,000
3,360,000
2,880,000

2,720:000

1,640,000
1,840,000

2,200,000
1,920,000

English possessions in India 1,680,000 ... 1,800,000
Tuscany
Cuba and Porto Rico 1,120,000 ... 1,440,000
La Plata 1,040,000 ... 1,160,000

Egypt ....
Mexico ...

Per .

680,000 ... 1,080,000
1,240,000 ... 1,040,000

880,000

1,000,000

It will be remarked that the increase is nearly
general, and is particularly large with England, the
United States, and Russia ; also, that those large
direct exports to Australia had not commenced
which will bring that country on the list in 1853.
At the same time, it is to be mentioned that none
of the figures can be taken as furnishing anything
more than approximations, owing to the general
vagueness of official valuations. Thus, while in
the above return the total export and import trade
with England in 1851 appears to have been
16,680,0001., it was put down in a Parliamentary
paper published last year at only 10,111,575/.
(namely, imports of British goods, 2,028,4631. ; ex-
ports to England, 8,083,1121.). The relative pro-
portions' however, of the trade with each country
will not be affected by the consideration, and the
fault, moreover, of the discrepancy between the
English and French statements is believed to lie on
this side, as, although our statements of exports
may be fairly relied upon, little dependence is
placed on our valuations of imports.
With the French colonies the total amount of
exchanges was 11,680,0001., the proportion of Al-
geria being 4,920,0001., to which if 520,0001. be
added for the trade of that colony with countries
other than France, an aggregate of 5,440,0001. is
reached. The exports from France to Algeria were
4,200,0001. in 1852, and the imports from Algeria
720,0001., the latter being nearly three times their
amount in 1850. They consisted principally of
wool, hides, breadstuffs, and tobacco. At the
present time considerable quantities of breadstuffs
are being exported from Algeria, and in this respect
1853 is likely to present a large increase over 1852.

RAILWAY SHARE MARKET.

LIVERPOOL, 00T. 19.

STOCK EXCIIANGE.—There has been little change to
notice in the share market since yesterday, the business
transactions being very small. Caledonian, 24i ; Eastern
Counties, 11 15-16 ; East Lancashire, 15A ; Lancashire
and Yorkshire, 62A ; London and North-Western, 102.1
3c.; ditto, one-eighth shares, ad. ; Midland, 581 ; North
British, 6a ; South Eastern and Dover, 17 7-16; Man-
chester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, Quarter Shares, No. 1, 6. ;
North Union B, 169.

MANCHESTER, OCT. 19.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—We have had a quiet demand,
prices closing rather weaker. Lancaster and Preston, N ;
Dovers, 17a ; Leeds, 61i ; London Stock, 102 in.; Mid-
lands, 58 ; Sheffields, 191 ; Eastern Counties, 11.