The Sun.
London, England, 1854-11-04 00:00:00

TirE SUN% LONDON' 15-AT'tYRDAY IVEViNG, NOVEMBER 4, 1854.

LLN Liaz.VIED NIXED KENTALb.

SPORTING NOTES.

MIYIIVG INTELLIGENCE.

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MULTUM IN PARVO.

(From the Mining Journal of this day.)
MINES.-The Share Market has been quiet this week,
and prices have, in many instances, given way. South
Tamars, although the mine looks as well as ever, have re-
ceded to 81., 81. 10s.; Sortridge Consols, 3/. 15s. to 41. ;
North R.,bert, 27/. to 29/. ; Devon Great Consols, 3851. to
3901. ,-' Buller, 6701. ; North Basset, 181. 15s. to 191. 15s. ;
Mary Ann, 361. 10s. to 371. 10s. ; East Fron,goch, 17s. 6d.
to 11. Clijah and Wentworth have been done at 161., and
in good demand ; the mine, we hear, has very greatly
improved. Trefusis, Si. to 61. ; Alfred Consols 171.
10s. to 181. 10s. ; South Frances, 2551. to 2601. In
Lydford Consols a large business has been done, at
7s. 6d to 108. ; the shaft is reported as sinking in
a line lode, and in about a month it is expected
the shoot of ore which oas seen in the bottom of
the adit will be met with. Great Sortridge, 15s. to
17s. 6d. ; West Sortridge, Bs. to 10s. ; North Hing-
ston, 6s. to 7e. 6d.
Mines which have sold Ore.-Carbona, Clara, Clijah
and Wentworth, Cubert, Cwtn Darren, Darren, Great
Cowarch, Great Hewas, Great Wheal Alfred, Great
Wheal Baddern, Great Wheal Vor, Helvellyn,
Lydford Consols, Molland, North To wy, North
Wheal Robert, North Wheal Trelawny, Orsedd,
Perran Wheal George, Polgear, Rorrington, Sithney
Wheal Buller, Sortridge Consols, South Wheal Yeo-
land, Trannack Consols, Trebarvah, Tyn-y-Berth, West
Crinnis, West Polberro, West Wheal Frances, Wheal
Crebor, Wheal Trefusis, Wheal Zion, Yooland Console,
and Tassan.

The meetings which were held at Worcester and
Epsom were partial failures. Few people assisted at
their celebration; even the most inveterate turfites seemed
weary and indifferent to the sport. The incidents which
marked the proceedings at Worcester were scarcely
worth record. The defeat of Rataplan for the Handicap
was mulch talked about at the time, and some persons
even believed that he was not "intended," because, for-
sooth, Mr. T. Parr had another horse called Mortimer
in the race. Jack Lemming, however, when in the vein,
can race a bit, and his success was, considering his very
lenient impost, a matter of no surprise. The Flying
Stakes looked on paper a certainty for Falcon, but in
order to make security doubly secure Mr. Wood pur-
chased Kennyside Hero in the morning, lest that horse
should prove a troublesome opuonent. In the evening
Kennyside Hero was sold to Mr. J. Dawson, in whose
stable at Ilsley he will be for the future located. Need-
wood is likely to have a fair share of the " good
things" (..f the Steeplechase season. He jumped his
fences in capital style, and won with consummate
ease. He looked too in the first bloom of
health and condition, and his appearance did
great credit to the training skill of Ben Laud. The
owner of Thirkleby was not, a little chagrined at the
mishap which befell his hone, and stoutly asserted that
had no accident occurred he could have won. I don't
believe it. Spring was backed at one time as if he were
really " meant." Whether he was or not is beyond my
ability to determine. Charley Boyce did good service
with Cervus, and seemed ever ready to assist the
winner.

In Foreign Mines, the market has this week been firm.

MARKET NE 1478-(T HIS DAY.)

Steeplechases were this year wisely discontinued at
Epsom, and the probability exists that the Autumn
Meeting will be either brought forward, or altogether
abandoned. At present the romoters of it find it any-
thing but a paying speculation. The railway company,
however, make a "good thing" of it. More extortionate
and shameful fares were never charged. Think of seven-
and-sixpence for the privilege of riding fourteen miles
and back again in dirty third-class carriages ! They
who returned by the train which left Epsom at five
o'clock suffered intolerable annoyance. Although
charged first-class express fare, the train stopped at every
little station on the line, and the supply of first-class
carriages was purposely inadequate. Gentlemen were
stowed away 1117 e sheep in open carriages, and were
crowded and squeezed by the indiscriminate admittance
of labourers and their implements from Sydenhatn.
Had space enough been afforded perhaps the
grumbling would not have been very violent ; but
high and low were so inconvenienced that they
uttered complaints in no measured language.
The Germans are certainly well versed in turf tactics.
The running of Thir and the performance of Scherz were
at least suspicious. Should the doubts which I enter-
tain on the subject be confirmed, I shall not F cru pie to
expose the proceedings connected with these. horses.
One thing is evident : certain parties betted against
Scherz as if he were dead, and Thir for the Bedding-
ton Stakes was, as a tout significantly observed, a stiff 'on.
I hope, however, to be soon in possession of informa-
tion mpre germain to the matter. The sport was sug-
gestive of no further comment.
The Liverpool Autumn Meeting will take place on
Tuesday and Wednesday next. The prospect of sport
is most cheering, but it may be delusive. I shall re-
serve my remarks on the events appointed for decision
until Monday.
Nov. 4. A FRESH MAN.

COVENT GARDEN.

A full average business was transacted in fruit and
vegetables to-day, as follows :
Os ,kt'oß uo Ts
o.ci irn
teloa
zp.p;l e sh, English,otho use3g sr
a6pde tos
26ss potei r
tlob
4;
sa ppreirc ol
bt s ,;
foreign ditto, 8d to is Cd ; melons, Os Od to Os each
peaches, is Od to 5s ; nectarines, is Od to 5s per dozen ;
apples, 4s 6d to 10s Od per bushel ; pears, 2s Od to
6s Od per half sieve ; Orleans plums and green gages is to
is 6d per punnet ' • ditto, 2s to 3s 6d, and common plums,
is 3 to 3s Od per half sieve ; cherries, 6,1 to ls per pound ;
lemons, 2s to 3s per doz. ; oranges, 103 to Os per 100; fil-
berts, 90s to 110 s per 100 lbs; cobnuts, 120 s 130 s ; almonds,
2s to 3s per lb. ; walnuts, 6d to 10d per 100; figs, is Od
to 2s 6d per lb.
VEGETABLES.—Cabbages, 6d to is Od per dozen ;
red ditto. 2s Od to 4s per dozen ; French beans, is 6,,
to 2s 01 per half sieve ; brocoli, 6,1 to is per bundle ;
potatoes, 60s to 1203 perton ; vegetable marrow, 6d to is each;
peas, is 6d to 3s Od per bush.; broad beans, 9d to is per half
sieve ; turnips, 2d to 4d per bunch ; carrots, 3d to 6d per
bunch; cucumbers, id to 4d each ; garlic, Os 8d to
Os 8d per pc and ; spinach, is to is 6d per sieve ;
onions, 2s 6d to 4s Od per bush. ; Spanish ditto, is to 3s
per doz. ; leeks, ld to 2d per bunch ; shallots, 4d to 6d
horse-radish, 2s Od to 5s Od per bundle ' • parsley 2d
to 3d per bunch ; celery, Oct to Is 3d per
bundle ; endive, Oct to is Od per score ; beet, d to ld
each ; parsnips, is Od to 2s Od per dozen ; small
salad, 2d to 3d per punnet ; mushrooms, is Od to is 3d pei
pottle ; artichokes, 4s to 5s per doz. ; cabbage lettuces, 9d
to is Od per score ; sorrel, 6d to is per half sieve
radishes 9d to is per dozen hands ; tomatoes, 3s 6d to 4s
6d per half sieve; chillies, is to is 6d per 100; Brussells
sprouts, is 3d to 2s 3d ; capsicums, is to 2s per 100.

NEVTGATE AND LEADENHALL.
Turkeys, 4s 6d to 7s Od ; Geese, 4s 6d to 7s 6d each;
Ducks, 2s Od to 3s Od ; tame Rabbits, Os Od to Os Od ;
wild do , 10d to is 6d each ; Pigeons, 6s to 8s per doz ;
large Surrey Fowls, —s Od to —s Od ; middling, 2s 3d to
45 Od ; Chickens, is Gd to 2s 3d ; Capons, 4s Od
to 6s Od ; Hares 2s Gd to 3s Gd : grouse, 2s Od to 2s 9d each ;
Leverets, Os Od to Os each. Ostend fresh butter, 108 6d
to 12s Od, and English 11s 6d to 14s Od per dozen lbs.
Engish Eggs, 8s 6d to Os 3d; French ditto, 5s 6d to 7s Ou
per 120.

LAW INTELLIGEA CE.-(THIS DAY.)

QUEEN'S BENCH.
HILL V. STEVENS.

Mr. Collier applied for a rule to show cause why a
new trial should not be had in this case, on the ground
that the verdict for the plaintiff was against evidence.
It was an action for libel brought by a discharged ser-
vant against her former mistress, and the libel, which
accused the plaintiff of theft, was contained in a letter
addressed to a-third party, and signed " C. E. Stevens"
—the defendant's name being Charlotte Stevens. At
the trial the plaintiff herself declared the letter to be in
the defendant's handwriting ; but the defendant's son,
eharles Edward Stevens, was called for the defence, and
he admitted that in a fit of passion he wrote the letter
complained of in the declaration. Notwithstanding that,
however, the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff ;
damages, 201.
Lord Campbell—Was that the whole of the evidence ?
Mr. Collier—Yes, my lord, the whole of it.
Lord Campbell—The verdict was clearly against evi-
dence. then. Take a rule.
Rule nisi accordingly.

NEWPORT.
Beef from 3s 6d to 4s 6d ; mutton, 33 Gd to 4s 6d ;
veal, 3s 4d to 4s 4d ; pork, 3s 4d to 5s Od per 81bs.

WHITECHAPEL.
Beef, 3s 2d to 4s 6d ; mutton, Ss 4d to 4s 8d ; veal, 3s 2d
to 4s 4d; pork, 3a 4d to 5s 2d per Blbs. by the carcase.

BILLINGSGATE.

Turbots, 5s Od to 21s ; Brills, 3s to 103 each; Salmon
is 6d to is 7d per ib; Cod Fish, 4s to is each ; Soles,
3d to 2s 3d per pair; Eels, 8d to is 01 per lb; Lobsters, 6d to
Is Gd ; Crabs, 4d to is 6d ; Whitings, 3s to Ils per doz.:
Common Oysters, 103 to 16s ; Natives, 40s to 50s pei
bsh; Mackerel, 0,1 to Od each ; Smelts, is to is 3d per doz.;
Skate, Gd to Od per lb; Shrimps, Os 9d to 2s Gd per gallon,
Bloaters, is Gd to 2s Od per doz. ; Fresh Herrings, Od to
Os Od per doz. ; Scotch do., Gd to is Od.

BREAD.
The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are fro!)
10d to lid; of household ditto, BAd to *1 per 4lb loaf.

HIDES AND SKINS.

Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 3/d to Od; 641 b to 721 b, 34
to 30 ; 721 b to 801 b, 30 to 34d ; 801 b to 881 b, 30 to 4d ;
881 b to 961 b, 4d to 4/d ; 961 b to 1041 b, 4/d to 40 ; 104 P
to 1121 b 4?•,d to 4id. Horse hides, Gs Od to Os Oct; calf skins,
tight, 2s °Tito 3s Od; ditto, full, 6s Od to Os Od; polleo
sheep, 4s Od to 5s 6d ; Kents, 3s Gd to 4s Od ; Half-breds,
3s Gd to 4s Od ; Downs, 2s 10d to 3s 4d ; Lambs, Os Od to
Os 01

RUSSIAN POWER-CONDUCT OF
DIIIYIS-
TE OF PARLIAMENT.

(From the Press of this day.)
When Mr. Disraeli, before the prorogation of Parlia-
ment, s 2._,L:ested the expediency of au autumn session, it
was not, we apprehend, from any wish to unduly mag-
nify the influence of the Legislature, but from an idea
that circumstances might arise, in the peculiar state
of affairs, which the Government might naturally wish
to lay before Parliament for advice or decision. The
Queen's Ministers in time of war have large powers
committed to them. It is for them to conduct
negotiations, to conclude treaties, to prescribe rules
and principles of warfare by the issue of orders
in council, and to direct as they please the move-
ments of our fleets and armies. No powers analogous
to these are called into requisition when the country is
at peace. We do not say that they are larger than the
public good requires, but chat they may not be abu-ed
by a weak or corrupt Administration, it is very desir-
able that they should, more e•pecially'at the commence-
ment of a great war, be exercised under the immediate
supervision of Parliament.

Why should the Ministry of Lord Aberdeen be re-
luctant to meet Parliament at this juncture ? We can
imagine that a Government, confident in the sincerity of
its intentions and the wisdom of its policy, would be
anxious, in a time of difficulty like the present, to meet
the representatives of the country, if only to receive their
support, and obtain from them such an expression si
the national will as would invigorate our defenders, and
show our enemy how vain was the hope he had founded
on our assumed instability and desire of peace. We
have had two autumn sessions within the last seven
years ; the first to mitigate the evils of scarcity in
Ireland, the second to determine whether Lord Derby's
Government had a majority in the House of Commons.
It will hardly be pretended that, in either case, was
there more need for the action of the Legislature than
now exists.

'l'l;e public are not only anxious, but deeply dissatis-
fied on many points. They cannot understand the delay
in the invasion of the Crimea so long after it was almost
officially announced —the inactivity of our fleets,
rendered more remarkable by the sneers cast on
their commanders from Ministerial sources—tie great
advantages conceded, contrary to common sense and all
former usage, to neutral commerce—the scandalous
inefficiency of our commissariat arrangements for the
Crimea army—the unaccountable delay in the publi-
cation of intelligence, after the solemn promise of the
Duke of Newcastle that whatever was received by the
Government should forthwith be made known—the
entire absence of any system of postal communication
with the theatre of war. Why should Government
shrink from meeting inquiry on all these points ? It is

not the least-important function of Parliament to clear up
misconceptions onMinisterialconduct, or when suspicions
are well-grounded to secure the redress of abuses
by their exposure. How long, but for the interference
f Parliament, might it have remained a doubtful ques-
ion whether Mr. Lawley, while possessed of all the
secrets of the Exchequer, had really speculated in the
'nods ? How long might the Prince C,msort have been
exposed to the brutal calumny but for the Parliamentary
explanations which the unreasoning clamour against him
called forth It is no secret that certain members of
the Ministry affect to view Parliament as an obstructive
and antiquated machinery which might advantageously
be dispensed with altogether. It is the Peelite section
of the Cabinet which especially hates, and with reason,
the inquisitive spirit of Parliament ; and we acquit the
Whigs of other blame than of meanly succumbing to
heir colleagues beaureaucratic horror of publicity, and
uorbid antipathy to free debate.
Nor are these the only topics requiring Parliamentary
onsideration. The Ministry, in commencing the war,
numenced also a series of grand experiments. From
tf.eir novelty alone they required watching, and it is
.'ery necessary that the country should now receive
a one information on their practical effect. We should
ike to know how far Mr. Gladstone's new taxes have
answered his expectations, and whether the receipts
,f the revenue are equal, as he anticipated they
would be, to the expenditure of the war. His manage-
nent of the Exchequer has not inspired much confidence
in his sagacity. It will be great news to hear that his
4chemes have proved successful, and that our finances
under his care are in a flourishing state. If this be
,o, how cruel of him to delay the cheering announce-
nent ; but if the contrary be the case, the public
rill have to pay dearly for postponing till the last
moment the necessity for repai ing his errors.

Every one is astonished and indignant at observing
be effect of the novel principle of admitting without let
,r hindrance the produce of our enemy. The facts of the
:as© are patent. Russia finds in England a better market
for her produce than ever she found before. Her credit
,s upheld by our payments. Her great landowners, en-
iched by ouriwealth, scoff at the notion of our hostility,
►nd finding their prosperity enhanced by war, afford it
heir cordial support. Her Government, through the
:ontinued imports of our gold, is enabled to keep its
caper —notwithstanding enormous fresh issues—at par ;
Lnd thus the war, which we imagined would so im-
pair the fortunes of her nobles and cripple her
esources as to compel her to sue for peace, only

,ours a flood of prosperity over the face of the
and, and raises her credit higher than it has
giver stood before. It is literally British capital
.vhich feeds and clothes her troops, and supplies her
with the very sinews of war. We dwell on these facts,
is they are admitted by the Ministerial prints, and as
hey urgently demand—more, perhaps, than any other
single subject—the attention of Parliament. Is it to be
.uppe,ed that had the operation of this order in Council
,eert foreseen at the time when it was promulgated it

would have been allowed to pass sub sileittio by the Le-
;islature ? Yet the policy is defended, while its evil re•
tilts are admitted. Commercial reasons are still pleaded
in its justification, and the question has arrived at that
point when we have to choose between resistance to the
economic projects of the Coalition, and sub-
nission to the will of the Emperor Nicholas.
It is vain to think of subduing him by wasting
the extremities of his empire while we nourish
its heart, or while we cling to the.ignoble principle that
cur trade is more precious than our blood, and that the
'lves of our brave fellows by sea and land are nothing
in comparison with hemp and tallow. We can strike at
the power of Russia only through the material interests
of her people.
The notion that the power of Russia can be broken in
a single campaign is at an end. There has been a foolish
lisposition amongst us to underrate her resources, and
especially her power of resistance. From the commence-
ment of hostilities the Ministerial press has laboured inces-
santly to disguise the real character of the contest. To lc, ep
our people in good humour they have been flattered with
the idea of rapid and easy victory. Our boasting, cre-
lulity, and abuse have been carried so far as to make
us appear ridiculotis in the eyes of Europe. It is not
by sdch means that we can hope to conquer our enemy.
We must learn to take a juster measure of his strength
AA of our own, and aim not only at conquering his
armies in the field, but at the destruction, by every
deans at our command, of the industrial prosperity
which continually renews them, and which is the real
secret of Russia's power and pride.
The war only commenced in reality after our Parlia-
ment had been prorogued. In the interval the whole
aspect of affairs has changed. Sensible persons, slow to
credit that we were really on the brink of a tremen-
?ous contest, now shake their heads when peace is men-
tioned, and express their fears that we are at the com-
mencement of a great European war. It is most desi-
rable that Parliament should meet that the country may
more clearly understand its conditions and prospects.
But Lord Aberdeen has no taste for free discussion,
and, in mite of the incalculable mischief his secret in-
triguing has occasioned, he still clings to the belief that
he can bes' administer the affairs of the empire in his
closet, and that the true art of statesmanship is to ex-
clude a nation from taking part in the management of
its own concerns.

GENERAL CANROBERT'S ADDRESS TO

THE FRENCH TROOPS.

The following is the order of the day addressed to the
army of the East by General Canrobert, on assuming
the command-in-ehief of the French troops. It is dated
from the head-quarters of Tchernaya, Sept. 26 :
" Soldiers of the army of the East, my comrades—
The melancholy circumstances under which has fallen
upon me the high honour of being your commander-in-
chief would increase the weight of that task, if the co-
operation of all were not assured to me in the name of the
country and of the Emperor. Penetrated as I am with the
grandeur of the historical mission which we accomplish on
this distant land, you will each of you bring to it, each
within your sphere, and with the most absolute devoted-
ness, that active part which is indispensable to enable
me to bring it to a successful termination. A. few days
more of sufferings and of trials, and you will have caused
to fall at your feet the threatening bulwark of the vast
empire which only a little time age braved Europe. The
successes which you have already gained are the gua-
rantees for those which await you but do not forget
that the intrepid marshal who was our General-in-Chief
prepared them by kis perseverance in organising the
great operation which we execute, and by the brilliant
victory of the Alma. " CANEOBICBT.

NOUVEAU MONDE COMPANY.—The NoYeau Monde
Company have issued to their shareholders on account of
their general meeting held at Paris on the 30th of Sep-
tember, together with reports from the grant and ,
Messrs. Taylor and Sons, the London agents, describing ,
the expenditure into which the company were led by the '
advices from Mr. CAernent, their manager in California,
the actual natures of which was only discovered upon Mr.
Phillips being sent out to test them. At the Paris
meeting the grant was authorised by the shareholders
to take such proceedings against Mr. Clement as he
might deem advisable ; and, in preference to winding
up the company, it was unanimously resolve I to enter-
tain some propositions recently made for working cer-
tain mines in the republic of New Granada, regarding
ai
prompt and
which very satisfactory information was considered to
nr Rumford, had been
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have been received.
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