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The Sun.
London, England, 1853-01-01

all 'Paris and Orleans

all Paris and Rouen
all Paris and Strasbourg
' 4 ParisCaen & Cherbrg.
2i Quebec &Richmond..
all Rouen and Havre—.
all Sambre and Nome...
4 Southern of France..
4 St. And. & Quebec(A)
17 Tours and Nantes....
2s. Upper India Scrip ...
all West Flanders . .......
4 Do. 5i per c. Prof...
9 Western of France...

ill Agua
all Anglo Californian
2 Australasian
5 Australian
all Australian Cordillera
all Australian Freehold
all Ave Maria
all Baden (Gd. Duchy of)
all British Austrin. Gold
13.5 British Iron
24i Brazilianlmp. (issued
at £5 pm
all Do. Cocaes & Cuiada
15 Do. St. John Del Rey
all Carsons's Creek
all Cobre Copper
1 Colonial Gold
14 Copiapo
all English and Austin
Copper. Smeltg. Co
all General
all Golden Mountain..
all Great Polgooth .... •••
all Lake Bathurst
all Liberty
all Lond .&Californ. Gold
Quartz Crush. Co
4all Mariquita. ....... .
9 Mexican&S.Americn;
all New Granada
all Nouveau Monde
all Port Philip
all Quartz Rock
all Rhymme Iron
10 Santiago de Cuba
all South Australian
7 Tin Croft ......
all United Mexican .....
all West Mariposa........
all Yuba
London, England, 1853-01-01

PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS.

W. Nash, North-street, City, woolen warehouseman, is.,
on Thursday, the 6th inst., and three following Thursdays,
between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Stansfeld,
Basinghall-street.
W. 0. Cameron and W. Bond, Mintern-street, Hoxton,
pickle-merchants, 35., on Thursday, Jan. 6, and three fol-
lowing Thursdays, between eleven and two, at the office
of Mr. Stansfeld, Basin hall-street.
W. Williams, gen., Newport, Monmouthshire, banker,
55., on Wednesday, Jan. 5, or any subsequent Wednesday,
between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Acraman,
Bristol.

W. Williams, jun., Newport, Monmouthshire, banker,
9d., on Wednesday, an, 5, or any subsequent Wednesday,
between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Acraman,
Bristol.

W. Williams, jun., N'ewport, Monmouthshire, banker,
6d., on Wednesday, Jan. 5, or any subsequent Wednesday,
between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Acraman,
Bristol.

T. Tattersall, Liverpool, corn merchant, 4s. 9d., making
with the previous dividend 205., on Wednesday, Jan. 5,
or any subsequent Wednesday, between eleven and two, at
the office of Mr. Turner, Liverpool.
Strickland and Brickwood, Liverpool, merchants, 1-16th
of a penny, on Monday, Jan. 3, or any subsequent Monday,
between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Bird, Liver-
pool.
Lowndes and Bateson, Liverpool, merchants, 11-128 d., on
Monday, Jan. 3., or any subsequent Monday, between
eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Bird, Liverpool.
B. Wraith, Liverpool, carrier, 2s. 4d., on Monday, Jan.
3, or any subsequent Monday, between eleven and two, at
the office of Mr. Bird, Liverpool.
W. Farrall, Liverpool, provision dealer, is., on Monday,
Jan. 3, or any subsequent Monday, between eleven and
two, at the office of Mr. Bird, Liverpool.
Meek and Gill, Liverpool, merchants, Oid., on Monday,
Jan. 3., or any subsequent Monday, between eleven and
two, at the office of Mr. Bird, Liverpool.
R. Kirkman, Liverpool, merchant, third dividend of id.,
on Monday, Jan. 3, or any subsequent Monday, between
eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Bird, Liverpool.

NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES.
At the Court, Basinghall-street.

J. Winzar, Salisbury, Wiltshire, apothecary, Jan. 27,
at two—H. Everett, Ccichester, Essex, builder, Jan. 21,
at one—A. B. Wall, Bishop's-road, Bayswater, apothecary,
Jan. 21, at half-past eleven—J. Bavan, Wisbeach, Cam•
bridgeshire, draper, Jan. 20, at eleven—E. Kretzehmar,
King-square, manufacturing jeweller, Jan. 25, at eleven.

In the Country.
F. Lewin, Ragland, Monmouthshire, engineer, Jan. 26,
at eleven, at the Court, Bristol—lL Hadland, St. Helen's,
Lancashire, glass manufacturer, Jan. 24, at eleven, at the
Court, Liverpool—J. Bedford, Wakefield, Yorkshire,
cloth merchant, Jan. 21, at eleven, at the Court, Leeds—
J. M`Lintock, Barnsley, Yorkshire, linen manufacturer,
Jan. 21, at eleven, at the Court, Leeds—W. H. Stafford,
Sheffield, Yorkshire, painter and paperhanger, Jan. 22, at
twelve, at the Council-hall, Sheffield—S. Goodwin, Bir-
mingham, grocer, Jan. 22, at ten, at the Court, Bir-
mingham.

sr, 1852.
London, England, 1853-01-01

ST, JAMES'S-PALACE, DEC. 30.

The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Right Hon.
Lord Ernest Augustus Charles Bradenell Bruce, to be
Vice-Chamberlain of her Majesty's Household, in the room
of the Right Hon. Orlando George Charles Bridgeman,
Viscount Newport, resigned.
ST. JAMES'S-PALACE, DEC. 30.
___

The Queen has been pleased to appoint Thomas Henry
Lord Foley to be Captain of her Majesty's Honourable
Corps of Gentlemen at Arms, in the room of John William,
Earl of Sandwich, resigned.
ST. JAMES'S PALACE, DEC. 30.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint John Robert
Viscount Sydney to be Captain of her Majesty's Guard of
Yeomen of the Guard, in the room of William Lennox
Lascelles Lord de Roe, resigned.
London, England, 1853-01-01

100 to is id, but stock is 500 bgs less. Of Jamaica Gin-
ger less has been received than in 1851 by 1,700 pkgs.
home trade deliveries have fallen off 600, and there is
rather a larger stock. The present value is 11 18s to 101.,
and last season 21. to 101. 10s.

RUM, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS.—To-day there was a
brisk demand for Rum, and prices advanced, proof Lee-
ward selling at is 114 d to 2s, East India is lld to is
Demerara 32 to 40 overproof at 2s 8d to 3s, and low to fine
Jamaica 2s 10d to 4s 6d for 30 to 38 overproof. The Go-
vernment contract has been taken by Messrs. Ruck, Son,
and Fenwick, at is it d proof. There is a more active de-
mand for Brandy, and rates are higher, ruling at 7s 3d to
7s 5d for Cognac best brands of the vintage of 1851.
SALTPETRE.—CaIcutta 2 to 7 per cent. refraction, 28s
6d to 30s 6d ; 17 to 18 ditto, 25s to 28s ; and Madras, 24s
to 265. British Refined is wanted, at 29s 6d to 30s : these
rates are about the same as last season. Nitrate of soda is
held firmly at 16s to 17s ; and at the close of 1851 rates
were 13s to 14s.

TALLOW.—This afternoon Russian tallow on the spot was
purchased with caution ; fine yellow Russian is 45s per
cwt. At auction 170 cks Australian went at 43s to 478;
and 34 ditto East India at 42s 6d. to 44s 6d.
London, England, 1853-01-01

NAME OF RAILWAY.

BRITISH.

Aberdeen ... .

Belfast and Ballymena •• .... •• ••

Belfast and County Down.. • • • ... :...
Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire
Bolton, Blackburn, and West York • • • •
Bristol and Exeter • • .... • • .... •• • • ..
Ca1ed0ntan............. .......... • •

Chester and Holyhead.• • .. •• .... •• ..
Cork, Blackrock, and Passage •••• •.
Cork and Bandon ..................

Dublin and Belfast Junction ••.. • • ••
Dublin and Drogheda.. .... .........
Dublin and Kingstown ......
Dundee and Arbroath •••••• . • • •

Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen Junction
Dundalk and Enniakiren•• ..•• •• •• ••
East

East Lancashire •..
Eastern Counties and N0rtb1k........
Eastern Union ...... ............ • . • •

F.dlaburgh and Glasvow ........
Xdinburgh. Perth. and Dundee......
Exeter and Creditors.. .......-

Furness Railway ........
Glasgow, and South-Western•• •....•
Great Northern and E. ••
Great Southern and Westei .1 (Ireland)
Great Western ...... ...........
Irish South Eastern • .......
Lancaster and Carlisle-- .........
2

Lancashire and Yorkshire ..... : . : •
Leeds Northern .. .. • • • • • • •• •

Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport•...
London and North Western • .....
London and
London, Brighton, and South Coast..
London and South Western. ........
Londonderry and Enniskillen • •
Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, &c.
M s nch ester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire
Manchester and South Junction......
Maryport and Carlisle • • • • • • •• • • •...

Midland Great Western (Irish)
Monklands .. • • • • • •
Newcastle and Carlisle....
North British ••• • • • •• ** ••. • •
North Staffordshire
North-Westten • • •. • • .... .•..• • ..
Scottish Centra1..;..................
Scottish Midland ......... .....
Shrewsbury and:Birmingham
Shrewsbury and Chester ••••••
Shropshire Uaion ...... ........

South Devon .• •• .•• •••• •• •• •• ••
South EPateu•••• ••••••••••••••••••
South Wales .. •• ....•• • ......
South York., Doncaster, and Goole ..
Ulster. •• .• •• •• •• •••••••••• ••••••
Waterford and Limerick • • ..........
West Cornwall •• •• •• • .... •••••• ••

W hitehaven Janction ...

York stud Newcastle, and Berwick ...
York and North Midland . •• •. ••

roaTIGN.
Dutch Rhenish .. • .....
Marta Antonia
Montereau and Troyes ......
Namur and Liege .
Northern of France .
Orleans and Centrals ...........
Paris and Ly o-ta ..............
Pall, and Rouen • •••••• •••• •• ••
"arts and Strasburgh ..........
Konen and Havre....
Western of France ......
London, England, 1853-01-01

0 5 0
0 5 0

Miss Ehsworth ............ • • .... • • ..
W. H. Somerton, Esq... .. ........

F. Adams .. .. ... • • ..... i 0
E. R. Tripp 0 5 0
If. Welling •.......
Charles F. Ivens .................... 0 5 0
W. Rumsey 0 5 0
F. (4. Dowty . . . .
F. W.. of Oxford ..
In other sums ............. .. ~......flB2 19 0

£390 19 8

Future subscriptions will be announced in The Times and other
papers. Every subseriber's•narae will appear in Eliza Cook's Jour-
nal. JOHN WATKINS, Hon. Sec.
London, England, 1853-01-01

_
MARRIED.
On the 25t11 ult.' ~13,allYeahane, Capt. A. Phillpotts,
Royal Artillerysc'n °1 'lle Bishop of Exeter, to Emilia,
eldest daughter of the Rev. T. Croker, vicar of Adare, of
Maryville,Ou the Limerick.
29th
ult., at Prestwich the Rev. C. Evans,
Fellow of Trinity , College, Cambridge, and one of the
Masters of Rugby School, to Susannah Sarah, younger
(laughter of the Bishop of Manchester.
London, England, 1853-01-01

COUNTRY MARKETS.

LIVERP OOL.—DEO. 31.
The weather for two o r three days past has been ex-
tremely boisterous, but the import note shows fair arrivals
from foreign ports. Of wheat from the United States
5,559 qrs., France 1,450 qrs., Alexandria, 940 qrs. ; of
flour from the United States, 5,235 brls., Spain 1,853
sacks, France 2,649 sacks, and from Canada 1,500 qrs.
The supplies of peas from Ireland and coastwise continues
light ; there has been general indisposition towards busi-
ness since Tuesday. We had a thin attendance of millers
and dealers at our market this morning, and the transac-
tions were again ono moderate scale. Prices of wheat and
flour were barely supported. No change in the value of
any other article.

WAKEFIELD.—DEc. 31.
We have moderate arrivals of wheat and barley. Thero
is more demand for wheat to-day, and holders extremely
finn at the full prices of last Friday. Barley is quite as
dear, and very little left unsold. Oats and shelling are
steady at late prices. Beans, from want of condition, are
is lower.
London, England, 1853-10-27

TO EPICURES.

QUEENBOROUGH and FAVERSHAM
NATIVE OYSTERS.
ue most acceptable Present at this season of the year is a Barrel
of the best NATIVE 0 YSTEILK, which are to be obtained at SCOTI'S
Celebrated OINTER WAREHOUSE, 18, Coventry-street, Piccadilly,
at ss. Gd. per Barrel, warranted to we gh 141bs.
London, England, 1853-10-27

THE BRITISH QUARTERLY REVIEW,
No. XXXVI., price 65., will be published November 1.

CONTENTS :-
1. The Revolution in China.
2. Ludwig Tieck.
3. English Fens—their Origin and Improvements.
4. RuFsian War in the Caucasus.
5. The ‘cw Theology—Maurice's Essays.
6. Ruskin's Sea Stories.
7. Portrait Painting in Efistory.
8 Steward on Wesleyan Methodism.
9 Russian Progress. Who is to Blame?
10. Our Epilogue on Affairs and Books.
London: Jackson and Walford, 18, St. Paul's Churchyard; and
Simplan, Marshall, and Co., Stationers' hall-court.
London, England, 1853-10-27

SPAIN.

The Madrid Gazette of the 21st contains a nuur
ber of nominations to governorships of provinces'
General Lersundi had taken possession of the Cap'
taincy-General of Andalusia. A letter says
" Mr. Soule, Minister of the United States, is to
be received this evening by the Queen. n the
request of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, he 1105
consented to withdraw several expressions, eons':
dered objectionable, in the speech to be addressed
by him to the Queen."
The railway question was again on the order of
the day. The difficulties relative to the concession
of the line from Belmaz to Cordova, which is
tended to facilitate the working of rich coal nlinr,
lately discovered in the mountains, would, it W 3
hoped, be satisfactorily arranged on the 21st.
A deputation of notable inhabitants of Pampa"
luna had arrived at Madrid for the purpose of sub'
mitting and recommending to the Government 0
plan for the passage of the Northern Rajiv's,'
through Navarre, which they consider preferable
to the line adopted via Irun and Bilboa.
The Three per Cents. were done at 41i ; the
New Three per Cents. at 22; the Debt of the Firs' Class at 9i, and that of the Seeond at 5.
London, England, 1853-10-27

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 27, 1853.

-DAILY WEATHER TABLE.

THURSDAY, OCT. 27, 1853.
State of the wind and weather at each of the following
places at nine o'clock yesterday morning. The stations ar
arranged in order of latitude.
SOUTHAMPTON—E., strong breeze—partially cloudy.
FOLKESTONE—S., gentle breeze -cloudless.
TUNBRIDGE--S., gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
GREENWICH—S.E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
STROOD—S., gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
SWINDON—S. W., fresh breeze—partially cloudy.
CAMBRIDGE—S., gentle breeze—cloudless.
The returns from the following places indicate the state
of the Weather on Tuesday morning at nine o'clock
II4IIIERICK—S.W., Calm—overcast.
tterAIiRAD_S.W., gentle breeze—rain.
...laumattAlt—S., gentle breeze—overcast
p SS
S W
I'ANC A BUR calm—partially cloudy.
'gentle breeze—overcast.
VIAP—N.E., calm p.a'rtially cloudy.
xARRINGDOIT—E.S.E., light breeze—cloudy.

HTGET—WATEIt AT LaDONBRIDGE.
Tina DAY —ibrning 13 min after 9 Evening 57 min.aft. 9
Tina
36 min:after 10 Evening 13 min.aft. 11

THE WEATHER„—SuN OPTIC; OCT. 27. THERMOMETER, IN
65 —highest since noon yeste THE SHADE.
5 rday.
7—lowest this morning and during the night.
64—this day at noon.

BAROMETER, 29'72.
WIND, S.S.W.—Light airs, aud dull weather.
....—......---....._

~ Grip
Cl.l
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London, England, 1853-10-27

Richard Bentley, New Burlington•etreet,

Just puhlished;price Otte Shilling,
THE RESULTS of the CENSUS of GREAT
BRITAI vr in 1851 ; with a description of the Machinery and
Processes employed to obtain the Returns.
By EDWARD CHESHIRE,
Fellow of the statistical society, and one of tile Secretaries of the
Statistical Section of the British Associ
London: John W. Parker and Sous, 445, West Strand.

Now Ready,
URRAY'S MODERN DOMESTIC
COOKERY BOOK. A New and Cheaper Edition, most
carefully revised and improved. With 100 Woodcuts. Price Five
Shillingz,, strongly bound.
Of this popular work more than 210,0:;0 copies have been sold.

Joint Murray, Albemarle street.

THE BRITISH QUARTERLY REVIEW,
No. XXXVI., price Gs., will be published November 1.

CONTENTS :-
1. The Revolution in China.
2. Ludwig' Tieck.
3. Engli4). Fens—their Origin and Improvements.
4. Russian War in the Caucasus.
5. The ;New Theology—Maurice's Essays,
6. Ituskin's Sea Stories.
7. Portrait Painting in History.
8. Steward on Wesleyan Methodism.
0 Russian Progress. Who is to Blame?
10. Our Epilogue on Affairs and Books.
London : Jar•kson and Walford, 18, St. Paul's Churchyard; and
Simpkin, Marshall, and Co., Stationers'-hall-court.
London, England, 1853-10-27

FOREIGN.

5 Antwerp&Rotterdam
3 Belgian Eastn. June.
8 Beziers to Graissessac
all Charleroi& Erquelin.
14 Dijon and Besancon
8 Dutch Rhenish
all East Indian

2 Do. Ertensien
all Gt. Indian Peninsula
10 Gd. Junct. of France
all Gt. Western of Canada
Shares
3 Lucca & Pistoja sp. c
pref
15 Luxembourg

10 Do. (Railway)
2 Do

3 Do. (Canal)
5 Do. 6p. et. pref._
12 Lyons & Mediterran
7A Madras

all- 'Namur cir Lieg© (with I

interest) - s --
all Do. (ex interest).,,.
all Northern of France.

Do. 201. 3 p. c Dds,
all (fmy. B. & Ams. Ms.;
all NorwegianTrunkPrel
10 Paris and Ly0n5.,,,,,

all Paris and Orleans.
all Paris and Rouen._

all Paris and Strasbourg
4 ParisCaen dr Cherbrg.
104 Quebec dr Richmond
all Ronan and Havre.....

2 Royal Swedish
all Sambre and Meuse
2 Sth-Eastrn. of France
6 Southern of France
2s. Upper India Scrip
.11 West Flanders
.0 Do. 5} per c. Pref
.0 Western of France

4 West. of Switzerland
12 Zealand
London, England, 1853-10-27

r 0 LOVERS of FISH.-100 REAL VAR-
A_ MOUTH BLOATERS for 6s , package included. The above
forwarded to al parts on receipt of penny postage stamps, or Post-
office order (preferred), for the amount.—Address, THOMAS
LETTIS, Jun., Fish Curer, Great Yarmouth.
London, England, 1853-10-27

s"cottishlllidland

Shrewsbury & Bil mg.
Do. L. & N. Western
Guaranteed St cak 1
Shrewsby. & Berefd
Shrewsby. & G 1 ester
(N. W. Min ;
Do. Halyeso. 6.

Do. Oswestry
Shropshire Union
South Devon

South Eastern..,

ISouth Wales

S. Yrksh. & Riv. Dun
Do

Stockton & Hartlepl.
Thames Haven Dock

and Railway
Vale of Neath .

Waterfd. & Kilkenny
Waterford&Limerick
West Cornwall

Wimbledn & Croydon
York Newctl.&Berw.
Do. Extensions
Do. G.N.E. Purchase
York & N. Midland
London, England, 1853-10-27

SHARE M.

BRITISH RAILWAYS.

RAILWAYS.

100
8i

Aberdeen ..
Ambg. Nottng. Bost
and Eastn. Junct
Birming. Wolverh. &
Stour Valley
Birkenhd. Lancsh. &
Cheshire Junct
Do. Chcsh. & Birk.,
£5O and £25 Cons.
Do., £20..... .......
Bristol and Exeter
C,';Lledouian
Chester & Holyhead.
Cork and Bandon
Cork, Black, & Pass.
Dublin&Belfast.Tune.
Dundee Perth &Aber-
dem Junction
Do. New ......

East Anglian
Do., (XlB E & H)
Eastern Counties
Eastern Union, A
Stock
,Do., B. Stock

New A

East Lancashire

East &West Ind. Dk.
& Binning. June
Edinburgh& Glasgow
Edinb. and Peebles
Edin. Prth. & Dundee
Glasgow& S. Western
Great Northern Stk.
Do., A. Stock
Do., B. Stock
Gt. Sth. &West.(lre )
Great Western
Irish South-Eastern
Lancaster & Carlisle
Do., Thirds

ILaneash.andYorksh.
Do., Fifths
D )• , Wst.RidingUn
Leeds Northern

Liv.Crsby.&Southpt
London & Blackwall
Loud. Tilb. & Sthend.
Load. Bright & S. Cst.
Lond. and N. Westn.
Do. Fifths

Do,lo/. 5h.,M&8...0
London and S. Westn
Do., £5O
Do., £4O
Lndndrry& Coleraine
Lndndrry. & Ennisk.
Manch. Shef. & Lineln
Do., Man. & Lin. Un
Midland

Do. Birmng. & Derby
Midid. G. West . (Ire.)
Do. Half Shares

Newcastle & Carlisle
,Newmarket

Do., Bury Extension.
Nwpt.Aberg. &Hrfd.
Newry & Enniskillen
Newry Warrenpoint
and Rostrevor.

Norfolk
Northu . Counties Un
North British

'North Devon, No. 1
Do., No. 2

Do., 4 A Deferred
Do., B Guaranteed
North Staffordshire
North Western
N. & S. Westrn. June
Oxford, Worcester,&
Wolverhampton
'Scottish Central ,
London, England, 1853-10-27

.w`
~te~~

JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary

EAST INDIA HOUSE, 26th OCT., 1853.
THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST
INDIA COMPANY do HEREBY GIVE NOTICE,

That the Transfer of Books of the said Company's Stock will be
shut on Tuesday the k;th December next at 'three o'clock; and opened
again on Tuesday the lith J:inuary, 1854.
That the Warrants for the Dividends on the said Stock. payable on
l'rhlay the 6th January, 1854, under the 11 Sccticn of the Act, 3d
4.11 d 4th William IV , e ,p. 85, will be ready to be delivered on that
day.
JAMES. C. NI6LVILL, ,ecrAary.

LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN
RAILWAY.

YORK-ROAD OFFICES, 24th October, 1853,

GENTLEMEN,
,Mr. SNELL, has thought proper to publish a letter addressed by
Tra to the South-Western Sh•treholders, in reply to the Circular of the
hoard of the 17th lust , with confluents thereon, calcu`aled, among
other things, to induce you to suppose that the Directors bad to-
structed their Secretary to refuse access to the a?counts of Mr. Snell,
_and that therefore he had not been able to examine those accounts,
Which prevented his testing the truth of my statement to the Share-
hohlers.

It
is due to you, as well as to myself, that you should he made ac-
pin
with the answer sent by the Board, at their ear lest meet •
tg, to Mr. letter, from which you will learn the real state of
the ease. The Secretary's letter is therefore su'joined.
I take this opportunity of statinir, that on the eve of a meeting I
" 11,,t consider the columns of a public journal the fittest p 1 ce to
enter on the discussion of railway accounts.
I have the means, which I shall exercise at the proper time, ofrefut-
it Mistatements made with a coolness and minuteness of detail celcu-
Iced to invest them with an air of truth which they do hot possess,
and o' +tibstantiating to every candid in,nd the statements and figures
of the BOlrd, which those who contradict them have not dared to
test.

7he same will also be a more proper time than a meeting with a
stall section of shareholders, t ):discass a policy affecting the whole
:dY of proprietors. It would be asimproper to withhold it then as it
would be to divulge it sooner.
The presence of reporters will secure, what was not obtained be-
fore, a candid and impartial report of the proceedings.
should not have added even thus much, hat I not felt that to
bane omit o ' leave an impression that the opposite
cred i t.
I have the honour to be, Gentlemen,
Your very obedient servant,
FRANCIS SCOTT, Chairman.
London, England, 1853-10-27

LONDON, THURSDAY,. OCTOBER 27, 1853.

At length we have certain intelligence that the
Combined fleets of France and England have
passed the Dardanelles, and are now anchored in
the sea of Marmora. The Rubicon, has thus been
decisively crossed ; and, moreover, under such
circumstances as to leave no possible doubt as to
the intentions of the parties who have taken up a
position so very decided. It cannot now be said ,
with any degree of plausibility that the step has
been made as much for the purpose of protecting
London, England, 1853-10-27

SATURDAY.

Mr. Mare's Ariosto, Bst 121 b, agst Lord Glasgow's
Caracara, Bst. A.F. 200, h ft.
Yesterday, in the race for the 501. Plate, last three
miles of 8.C., Joan of Arc broke a blood vessel, and was
pulled up before they arrived at the Bushes.
NEWMARKET RACES THIS DAY.

Eleven races are appointed for decision. The first
will be run at 12.45, the Glasgow Stakes at 3.35, the
last race at 4.30.
SCRATCHINGS FOR THE GLASGOW STAKES.—JuIian,
Coup d'Etat, Mirabeau, Prince Arthur, Scythian, Mar-
ley Hill, Paxton, Bessus, Sambo, and Conspiracy colt.
London, England, 1853-10-27

NEWMARKET RACES.

(THIS DAY.)

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
SWEEPSTAKES OF 10 SOVS. A.F.
Jack the Giant Killer
Braxey
Hobbyhorse
HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES for 2-yr-olds. D.M.
Blanchie f
Sis. to Aphrodite
SELLING HAND:CAP.

Nell Gwynne
Winter
Six rail.
MATCH.—Pharold beat Invasion.

LATEST BETTING ON THE COURSE.
NURSERY STAKES.
sto 1 agst Duchess of Lorraine colt (taken).
Bto 1 agst Brother to Little Swift.
10 to 1 agst Hermitage (taken).
DERBY.
7to 1 agst Autocrat.
9 to 1 agst King Torn.
4to 1 agst Scott's lot.
OAKS.
9to 2 agst Meteora, (taken to 1,0001. 6to 1
previously taken heavily).
10 to 1 agst Sortie (taken).
CHESTER CUP.
1000 to 20 agst Muscovite and Defiance coupled.
London, England, 1853-10-27

ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.
PATRON—H.R.H. PRINCE ALBERT.
LAST WEEK of the SECOND PART of an HISTORICAL LEC •
TUBE on `THE THAMES," from its Source to its Estuary, by
GEORGE BUCKLAND, Esq., assisted by Miss Blanche Younge, with
NEW SO NGS and NEW D SsOLVING SCENERY, on Tuesdays and
Fridays at four o'clock, and every Evening except Saturday at line
LECTURES.—By J. H. Pepper. Esq. : On PHOTOGRAPHY, with
Illustratiorpi, Mornings and Evenings.
By Pr. Bachhoffner : On ELECTRO-GILDING and
SILVERING.
The LANCASHIRE SEWING MACHINE and BA TE'S IM-
PROVED FIRE ESCAPE exhibited in Use and explained Daily,
Open Mornings and Evenings. Admission, Is.; Schools, and
Children under Ten years of age Half-price.
London, England, 1853-10-27

MARRIED.
On the 25th inst., at St. Mary's, Kingston, ,got,t)
Charles E. Mainwaring, Esq., Royal Artillery,
,e,' foor
of Captain E. R. P. Mainwaring, R.N., to isaheils'
daughter of Captain T. R. Agnew, Tipner.
On the 26th inst., at St. Dionis' BackchurClll spl
Alexander D. Peacock, Esq., of Steward-street) of
fields, to Sarah, only child of J. S. Cuthbert, En"
church-street, city of London.
London, England, 1853-10-27

This day is Publ'shed, neatly bound, in 2 vols., 215.,
ALFRED BUNN IN AMERICA.
OLD ENGLAND AND NEW ENGLAND.
By ALFRED BUNN, Author of "The Stage Be:ore and Behind
the Curtain."

Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street,

Just published, price Ole Shilling,
'THE RESULTS of the CENSUS of GREAT
L BRITAIN in 1851 ; with a description of the Machinery and
Processes employed to obtain the Returns.

By EDWARD CHESHIRE,
Fellow of the Statistical Society, and one of the Secretaries of the
Statistical Section of the British ASSOCiAtiOII•
London: John W. Parker and Sons, 445, West Strand.
London, England, 1853-10-27

EAST INDIA HOUSE, 26th OcT 1853.
THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST
INDIA CO ItrANY do HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, That a
QUARTERLY GENERAL COURT of the said Company will
be held at their House in Leadenhall-street, on WEDNESDAY, the
21st December next, at Eleven o'clock in the Forenoon.

JA:IES C. MELVILL, Secretary,

EAST INDIA HOUSE, 26th OCT., 1853.
THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST
INDIA. COMPANY do HEREBY GIVE NOTICE,

I,Te ..list the Rate of Interest payable upon the Company's Bends will
a ;iartun"sedfrofrmornan2dl.afitCsr this
aceaiyit.. per annum to 31. 55. per cent. per

JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary.

EAST INDIA HOUSE, 26th OCT., 1853.
TILE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST
INDLek COMPANY do HEREBY GIVE NOTICE,
Taat the Transfer of Books of the said Company's Stock will be
shut
011 Tuesday the fly? December next at Three o'clock, and opened
,!in on Tuesday the 17th January, 1854.
.„, 'Tat the warrants for the Dividends on t he said Stock. payable on
end ay the 6th January, 1854, under the I S(ction of the Act, 3d
4th William IV, ell). 85, will be ready to be delivered on that
nay.
JAMES. C. MELVILL, secretary.

LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN
RAILWAY.

YOBS-GOAD OFFICES, 24th October, 1853.

GENTLEMEN,
bier SNELL has thought proper to publish a letter addressed by
tlio
rd to the South-Western Shareholders, in reply to the Circular of the
Boa
of the 17th inst , with comments thereon, calca'ated, among
Binrer
things, to induce you to suppose that tha Directors load in-
,octed their Secretary to refuse access to the accounts of Mr. Snell,
h! that therefore he had not been able to examine those accounts,
bntelt Prevented his testing the truth of my statement to the Share-
,nuers.
It Lq T
oe to you, as well as to myself, that you should be made ac-
with the answer sent by the Board, at their contest meet •
tlge, to t,
Snell's let•er, from which you will learn the real state of
The Secretary's letter is therefore sonjoined.
dos take this opportunity of station', that on the eve of a meeting I
consider the columns of a public journal the fittest place to
"t." on the discussion of railway accounts.
lave tho means, which I shall exercise at the proper time, in ofrefut-
t poi ,
to
ernents made with a coolness and minuteness of detail eaten-
d to invest them with an air of truth which they do not possess,
and or, übstantiatlng to every candid mind the statements and figures
fret e BOlrd, which those who contradict them have not dared to
the same will also be a more proper time than a meeting with a
bunxrl section of shareholders, t :discuss a policy affecting the whole
7of proprietors. It would be as improper to withhold it then as it
"°41,1 be to divulge it sooner."
ro.o
.he presence ot reporters will secure, what was not obtained be-
`,9 candid and impartial report of the proceedings.
should not have added even thus much, hal I not felt that to
'stTfe omitted to do so might leave an impression that the opposite
elements are deserving of credit.
I have the honour to be, Gentlemen,
Your very obedient servant,
FRANCIS SCOTT, Chairman.
London, England, 1853-10-27

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London, England, 1853-10-27

ITALY.

A correspondent writes from Rome on the 20th
—" I believe there is little doubt that the French
garrison is to be augmented, as both in Civita
Vecchia and in Rome a French officer of distinc-
tion has been visiting convents to ascertain what
number could be received. The French garrison
has latterly met with more sympathy from the
Romans, and the Emperor is become popular, in
consequence of the alliance with England against
Russian pretensions in the East. The police are
vigilant, but only those who are known to belong
to the Mazzinian party are arrested. The mode-
rate party is not molested. Ample measures have
been taken to supply the deficiency of wheat 'uy
purchasing from abroad. The Municipal Council
has decided that a sum shall be set aside from the
budget of the city to maintain corn at a moderate

price. A committee had been named, composed of
three members, charged with the task of finding
the most simple, and at the same time the safest
mode of carrying out that decision, so as to pro-
tect the buyers from fraud. The weather has been
cold for the last ten days, but this is an advantage,
for it has checked the malaria, which, in August
and September, was very injurious to public
health. Several English families of distinction
have arrived here."
We read in the Parlamento of Turin of the 23d,
that the refugees now in that city have presented
an address to Count Cavour, expressive of their
regret at the riotous manifestation got up against
him on the 18th, and declaring that not one of their
number took part in it. •
The Council-General of Genoa, in its sitting of
the 21st, passed a resolution for the suspension of
the duty on flour, from the Ist of November to the
Ist of May next. It was further resolved to applY
to the Chambers, on their meeting, for an autho-
risation to impose a local contribution to cover the
deficit arising from this suspension. The Syndic
also informed the Council, that several rich corn-
merchants had offered to sign engagements for a
monthly sum to be applied in securing bread_ to the
poor at a low price.
The Grand Duchess of Tuscany embarked on
the 16th at Leghorn, with the Archduke Charles,
her second son, on a visit to her daughter the
Archduchess Maria Isabella, the Countess of Tra-
pani, who has been lately delivered of aleprince.
On reaching Civita Vecchia, the sea became so
menacing, that the illustrious passengers had to
land, whence they proceeded to Rome, taking up
their quarters at the Palazzo di Firenza, belonging
to the Grand Duke. On the 18th they paid a visit
to the Pope, in company with the Marquis Scipione
Bargagli, the Tuscan Minister at Rome,, They
also called upon Cardinal Antonelli, who after-
wards waited upon them at their palace. They
left for Naples on the same day.
London, England, 1853-10-27

GRIND BAL MASQUE at the CASINO DE
VENISE, High Holbotn.—The Proprietor has the honour to
announce that, in compliance with the general wish, Le will give a
GRAND BAL MASQUE at the above magnificent Establishment,
THIS EVENINt (THURSDAY, October 27th), upon a scale of
na-
':eual brilPancy an.t splendour. Mr. W. M. PACKER'S Celebroteo
BAND will occupy the Orchestra, and perform a Programni, con-
sistiug of the Choicest Conn ed tio s of the most popular writers of
Dance Music.

Gentlemen's Ticket., Es. ; Lady's do., 3s. ; Reserved Seats, Is. ex.
tra. Doors open at half-past Nine; dancing to commence at Ten
o'clock punctually. Supper at One o clock, Tickets, 3s. 6d. each.
Appointed Costumier, Mr. Nathan, Castle street, Liecester-square.
London, England, 1853-10-27

ITALY.

A correspondent writes from Rome on the 20th :
I believe there is little doubt that the French
garrison is to be augmented, as both in Civita
Vecchia and in Rome a French officer of distinc-
tion has been visiting convents to ascertain what
number could be received. The French garrison
has latterly met with more sympathy from the
Romans, and the Emperor is become popular, in
consequence of the alliance with England against
Russian pretensions in the East. The police are
vigilant, but only those who are known to belong
to the Mazzinian party are arrested. The mode-
rate party is not molested. Ample measures have
been taken to supply the deficiency. of wheat by
purchasing from abroad. The Municipal Council
has decided that a sum shall be set aside from the
budget of the city to maintain corn at a moderate

price. A committee had been named, composed 0f
three members, charged with the task of finding
the most simple, and at the same time the safest
mode of carrying out tliat decision, so as to pro-
tect the buyers from fraud. The weather has been
cold for the last ten days, but this is an advantage,
for it has checked the malaria, which, in August
and September, was very injurious to public
health. Several English families of distinction
have arrived here."

We read in the Parlamento of Turin of the 23dt
that the refugees now in that city have presented
an address to Count Cavour, expressive of their
regret at the riotous manifestation got up against
him on the 18th, and declaring that not one of their
number took part in it.
The Council-General of Genoa, in its sitting of
the 21st, passed a resolution for the suspension 01
the duty on flour, from the Ist of November to the
Ist of May next. It was further resolved to applY
to the Chambers, on their meeting, for an ant ho-
risation to impose a local contribution to cover the
deficit arising from this suspension. The Syndic
also informed the Council, that several rich corn"
merchant.; had offered to sign engagements for s
monthly sum to be applied in securing bread to the
poor at a low price.
The Grand Duchess of Tuscany embarked os
the 16th at Leghorn, with the Archduke Charles,
her second son, on a visit to her daughter the
Archduchess Maria Isabella, the Countess of Tra-
pani, who has been lately delivered of a:iprince.
On reaching Civita Vecchia, the sea became e°
menacing, that the illustrious passengers had to
land, whence they proceeded to Rome, taking uP
their quarters at the Palazzo di Firenza, belonging
to the Grand Duke.- On the 18th they paid a visit
to the Pope, in company with the Marquis Seipioile
Bargagli, the Tuscan Minister at Rome, The 9
also called upon Cardinal Antonelli, who after'
wards waited upon them at their palace. The!
left for Naples on the same day.
London, England, 1853-10-27

Now Ready,

MURRAY'S MODERN DOMESTIC
COOKERY BOOK. A New and Cheaper Edition, most
carefully revised and improved. With 100 Woodcuts. Price Five
Shillings, strongly bound.
s' Of this popular work more than 210,0t0 copies have been sold.

John Murray, Albemarle street.
London, England, 1853-10-27

SATURDAY.

Mr. Mare's Ariosto, Bst 121 b, agst Lord Glasgow's
Caracara, Bst. A.F. 200, h ft.
Yesterday, in the race for the 50/. Plate, last three
miles of 8.C., Joan of Arc broke a blood vessel, and was
pulled up before they arrived at the Bushes.
NEWMARKET RACES THIS DAY.

Eleven rac;;;;;;;;Olniediordecision:- The first
will be run at 12.45, the Glasgow Stakes at 3.35, the
last race at 4.30.
SCRATCHINGS FOR THE GLASGOW STAKES.—tTulian,
Coup d'Etat, Mirabea,u, Prince Arthur, Scythian, Mar-
ley Hill, Paxton, Bessus, Sambo, and Conspiracy colt.
London, England, 1853-10-27

LA U RENT'S CASINO, ARGYLL Rooms.
(Lessee, Cues. C. LAURENT, Onslow-house, Fulham-road)
The above Rooms are now OPEN FOR THE SEASON
and wilt continue open every evening, with LAURENT':
CELEBRATED BAND. Admission, Is. Doors open at half-past 8 ;
Dancing to commence at 9 o'clock, and ter.ninate at half-past 11.
London, England, 1853-10-27

MR. QOBDEN, ON NATIONAL EDUCATION.

Mr. Cobden has delivered to the Mechanics' Insti-
tute at Barnsley, a speech on National Education, which
presents a happy contrast with his recent oratorical efforts.
0! si sic omnia ! It was impossible to enforce the ad-
vantages of education by arguments sounder or better
adapted to carry conviction to the minds of the audience
he was addressing. As a point of private interest—as
a point of public policy—as a point of honour it behoved
the mechanics of England to look around them, lest they
should be overtaken in the race upon which their
very existence depends. We want education as a se-
curity for the preservation of our political liberties. If
the people are to be admitted to political power they
must be educated for the performance of the trust. We
want education as a security in the march of social pro-
gress. "Take, for instance," said Mr. Cobden, " sanitary
reforms. Why do our people, many of them, live in
filthy places, which are continually generating disease
You may say, 'lt is our poverty.' But then our poverty'
often comes from ignorance and our vices, for our vices
are often the consequence of our ignorance." Educa-
tion, again, is a half-way-house to temperance. The
way to make the people temperate is to find there
rational amusements instead of sensual indulgences.
Take, again, the case of the " strikes"— of the present
differences between masters and workmen. This, agaie,
is the result of ignorance. When men come to under:
stand the principles on which the rights of wages an,!
the rights of property depend, they will not settle the
matters in such a bungling way as that which brings r,
much misery on all parties concerned." So on through.
out. The want of education meets us at every t:tikly
and, if we do not look well to it, we shall be Qstates
outstripped in the race by the inhabitants of the Dbs'"
—an old by a new country.—Times.
London, England, 1853-10-27

TO EPICURES

QUEENBOROUGH and FAVERSHAN
NATIVE OYSTERS. _ .

17e most acceptable Present at this season of the year is a Barrel
of the best NATIVE OYSTERS, which are to be obtained at SCOTT'S
Celebrated 0Y .3 TER WAREHOUSE, 18, Coventry-street, Piccadilly,
at ss. Gd.per Barrel, warranted tows gh 141bs.

GRAND BAL MASQUE at the CASINO DE
VENISE, High Holborn.—The Proprietor has the honour to
announce that, in compliance with the general wish, he will give a
GRAND BAL MASQUE at the above maviiticent Establishment,
THIS EVENING (THORSDAT, October 27th), upon a scale of un-
usual brilliancy ant splendour. Mr. W. M. PACKER'S Celebrates
BAND will occupy the Orchestra, and perform a Programme con-
sisting of the Choicest CointeCtions of the most popular writers of
Dance Music.

Gentlemen's Ticket, ss. ; Lady's do., 3s. ; Reserved Seats, Is. ex•
tra, Doors open at Half-past Nine; dancing to commence at Ten
o'clock punctually. Supper at One o'clock, Tickets, 3s. 6d. each,
Appointed Costumier, Mr. 'Nathan, Castle' street, Liecester-square.

LAURENT'S CASINO, ARGYLL ROOMS,
(Lessee, CIIAS. C. LAURENT, Onslow-house, Fulham•road).
—The above -Rooms are now OPEN FOR THE SEASON,
and will continue open every evening, with LAURENT'S
CELEBRATED BAND. Admission, Is. Doors open at half-past 8 ;
Dancing to commence at 9 o'clock, and teradnate at half-past 11.

ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.
PATRON —II.R.H. PRINCE ALBERT.
LAST WEEK of the SECOND PART of an HISTORICAL LEC •
TUBE on "THE THAMES," from its Source to its Estuary, by
GEORGE BUCKLAND, Esq., assisted by Miss Blanche Younge, with
NEW SONGS and NEW UtSsOLVING -IC ENERY, on Tuesdays and
Fridays at four o'clock, and every Evening except Saturday at r.ine
LECTURES.—By J. H. Pepper, Esq.: On PHOTOGRAPHY, with
Illustrations, Mornings and Evenings
By Pr. Bachhoffner : On ELECTRO-GILDING and
SILVERING.
The LANCASHIRE SEWING MACHINE and BATE'S IM-
PROVED FIRE ESCAPE exhibited in Use and explained Daily.
Open Mornings and Evenings. Admission, Is.; Schools, and
hildren under Ten years of age Half-price.

ATKINSON and COMPANY, CABINET
MASCFACTURERs, UPHOLSTERERS, and CARPET
W RE HOU-EME 69, 70. 71, 72, 73, 74, and 75, Westminster-
bridge-road, Lambeth, London.

ATKINSON and COMPANY, DRAPERS,
SILK MERCERS, LACEMEN, &c., 69 70, 71, 72, 73, 74.
and 75, Westminster-bridve-road, Lambeth, London.—Shawls, Furs,
mantles, Family Mourning, &c.

"r 0 LOVERS of FISH.---100 REAL YAR-
-I,_ MOUTH BLOATERS for Gs , package included. The above
forwarded to al' parts on receipt of penny postage stamps, or Post-
office order (preferred), tor the amount.—Address, THOMAS
LETTIS, Jun., Fish Curer, Great Yarmouth.
London, England, 1853-10-27

SPAIN.

The Madrid Gazette of the 21st contains a num-
ber of nominations to governorships of provinces.
General Lersundi had taken possession of the Cap-
taincy-General of Andalusia. A letter says "Mr. Soule, Minister of the United States, is to
be received this evening by the Queen. On the
request of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, he has
consented to withdraw several expressions, consi-
dered objectionable, in the speech to be addressed
by him to the Queen."

The railway question was again on the order of
the day. The difficulties relative to the concession
of the line from Belmaz to Cordova, which is in-
tended to facilitate the working of rich coal mines
lately discovered in the mountains, would, it was
hoped, be satisfactorily arranged on the 21st.
A deputation of notable inhabitants of Pampe-
luna had arrived at Madrid for the purpose of sub-
mitting and recommending to the Government a
plan for the passage of the Northern Railway
through Navarre, which they consider preferable
to the line adopted via Irun and Bilboa.
The Three \ per Cents. were done at 41i ; the
New Three per Cents. at 22 ; the Debt of the First
Class at 9i, and that of the Seeond at 5.
London, England, 1853-10-27

THIS EVENING, OCT. 27 (and during the Week),

The Successful Burlesque of JUPITER'S DECREE, AND TAE
FALL OF PILETON; or, THE Fl EBY COURSERS OF THE SUN,
Aftor which, the EQUESTRIAN FETE.—The arena has been
entirely re-decorated, in the Parisian style, with crimson velvet and
gold.
Re-appearance of Miss EMILY COOKE. Astounding Perfor..
Mances of Signor CARLOTTIE and Signor FRANCOIS on LA
PERCHE,

To conclude with a new GRAND GREEK ENTREE, arranged
by Mr. W. Cooke for Twelve Equestrians on their Fleet Steeds.
Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W.
West.
London, England, 1853-12-15

WallEend, &c.

(osforth 26 4
Wyland (unscreened) 29 6

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.

LIVERPOOL, DEC. 14.
ket
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The dealers in the share 1:11.-Tor
have been occdpied to-day with pi eparations for the setoce
ment of- the account to-morrow. The contangos 1?!fli
ruled heavier than expected on some stocks —espocl'„
Caledonians and Dovers. The backwardations hav('
3.10 pet
off all the heavy stocks, and a contango of * to 3.1-01';b
cent. has been generally paid. The market closed furl
a shade above the opening rates this morning. • Caledonian'
28k ; Eastern Counties, 138 ; Lancashire and YoL•k6,l'on:
68 ; Lancaster and Carlisle new third shares, 12 p. 41,t-h
don and North-Western, 1031 ; Midland, 644 ;
British, 81 ; Sonth-Eastern and Dover, 191-16

MANCHESTER, DEC. 14.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market opened at the dolo!55:a,
rates of yesterday evening, but there was a slight i mP 19 ;
merit towards the close. Sheffields, 253 ; DovEss, it
Midlands, 643 ; Leeds Stocks, 68i ; Manchester anclPtio.
mingham C Qrs., 5-16 p ; East Lancashire, 16i ; Cale
nians, 284 ; Sheffield New Pref., 4 p.

BIRMINGHAM, DEC. 14. aci
STOCK EXCHANGE.—This market was flat to-da1,,441
prices a shade lower. Loudon and North Western ""
sellers at 103.

LEEDS, DEC. 14.
. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market was very •ng
mate at the first meeting to-day. At the noon
rather more animation prevailed, but shares gener,Ty
were operated at a decline upon• yesterday's rates.
~racig
cashire and Yorkshire fell and closed at 68 ; 3fiten-rth
were done at 64 ; Bradford Short Lines at 6) r prem. ;
British, Bi. The market closed at its wealEect point.
London, England, 1853-12-15

WEDNESDAY EVENING CONCERTS.

The principal features in last night's concert were
a selection from Mr Benedict's works, and the overture
and one or two vocal pieces from the Guglielmo Tell.
The overture was very well played, and the popular
allegro elicited the never-failing encore. There was
also a new march by the some composer, stated to
have been written expressly for the Grand Sultan, a
very brilliant and inspiring composition, but though
made by the directors a somewhat prominent feature
of the programme, it was not very successful. The
effect of the two military bands were almost over-
powering, and too far brazen, to be pleasant. Written
to be played in the open air, the march is hardly
suited for performance in an enclosed space. Mr.
Benedict was more fortunate ; the selection from his
works was judicious, and included some of his most
popular pieces. There was also the March from the
Crusaders, and the second pianoforte concertino. This
last was played by Madame De Barry, a lady possessing
considerable powers of execution, but deficient in other
respects. Madame Amedei was again engaged, and
gave the " Elena," from the Donna del Lago, and the
"Uua voce," from the Barbiere, and was.vociferonsly
applauded in both. The second part of the concert was
made up of songs and duets, chiefly from English com-
posers, and included also a very clever performance of
Kalliwodie's double rondo for two violins, by the
brothers A. and H. Holmes (the younger a mere boy),

whose purity of tone and delicacy of execution merit
special commendation. The hall, though not full, was
well attended, and the concert on the whole seemed to
please.
London, England, 1853-12-15

FRANCE.

At the hour of going to press the French pa-
pers,
of last night, had not reached us. The fol-
lowing is by electric telegraph
At the Bourse yesterday the funds experienced
a considerable decline. The Three per Cents.
closed at 75f. 15c. for the end of the monthowd
the Four-and-a-Half per Cents. at 102 f. ; Orleans
Railway Shares, 1,195 f. ; Rouen, 1,065 f. ; Havre,
502 f. 50c. ; Great Northern, 882 f. 50e. ; Paris
and Strasburg, 837 f. 50c. ; Paris and Lyons, 923 f.
75c. ; Lyons to the Mediterranean, 770 f. ; Western
of France, 705 f. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 630 f. ; Great
Central, 525 f. ; Lyons and Geneva, 517 f. 50c. ;
Shares of the Bank of Credit Mobilier, 765 f.
London, England, 1853-12-15

RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS.

LONISON AND SOUTH-EASTERN ItAlLWAY.—Traffic re-
turn for the week ending Dec. 10, 1853 £12,674 10 1
Corresponding week last year 11,655 2 0

. £1,019 8 1.
LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST
Traffic return for the week ending Dec. 10,
1853 £10,353 10 8

Increase in 1853

Corresponding week last year 9,299 7 0
Total of the half-year to this date, 1853 338,306 7 4
Total of the half-year to this date, 1852 305,404 13 6
THE GREAT NORTHERN itArLwAy.—Traific return for
the week ending Dec. 4, 1853 Z. 16,750 7 2
Corresponding week last year 13,750 10 9
LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAlLWAY.—Traffic re-
turn for the week ending Dec. 11, 1853 £17,505 9 10

Corresponding week last year 17,410 14 10
CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for
the week%nding Dec. 11, 1853 £3,538 0 8
Corresponding week last year .. 3,120 14 3

Increase in 1853 £4l7 G. 5
GLASGOW AND SOUTII-WBSTERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic re.
'.,tuast for the week ending Dec. 10, 1853 21,509 10 5
...orrespoading week last year 3,873 10 8

Inereaselln 1853 £635 19 9
CORK AND BANDON RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for the
week ending Dec. 10, 1853! 0239 2 4
Corresponding week last year l4l 13 6