The Sun.
London, England, 1854-10-19 00:00:00

PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT.

:FROM ♦ SECOND SUPPLEMENT TO THE GAZETTE OF
TUESDAY.)

At the Court at Windsor, the 18th day of October,
1854—Present, the Queen's Most Excellent Ma-
jesty in Council,—
It is this day ordered by her Majesty in Council
that the Parliament, which stands prorogued to
Thursday, the nineteenth day of October inst., be
further prorogued to Thursday, the sixteenth day
of November next.

The Duke and Duchess of Richmond and family leave
Gordon Castle, near Fochabers, next week, for London,
en route to Goodwood for the winter.
The Dowager Marchioness of Londonderry, Lord
Edward Vane Tempest, and suite, arrived at the Im-
perial Hotel, Belfast, from her ladyship's romantic resi-
dence, Garron Tower, and left on Tuesday en route for
Dublin.
GRANTHAM AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION.—The anni-
versary of this society was held yesterday, at Grantham,
Lincolnshire.
SERJEANT-MAJOR GRINLINTON, of the Sappers and
Mine's, has been made ensign of the 65th Foot, with-
out purchase, on account of good conduct.
PORTSMOUTH, Wednesday.—The American liner Sir
Robert Peel sailed from Spithead this morning, for New
York, under a double reefed-topsail breeze from north-
west.
AN ILLUMINATION FOR ALMA.—On Friday night last
Mr. Abdoullah Ydlibi, the Vice-Consul for Turkey, had
his residence in Arlington-place, Oxford-road, Manches-
ter, brilliantly illuminated, in celebration of the victory
achieved by the allied armies at the battle of the Alma.
The vessel belonging to the State, the Galilee, sta-
tioned at the Port St. Nicholas, yesterday displayed her
colours half-mast high in consequence of the funeral of
Marshal de St. Arnaud. In the evening the Imperial
theatres were closed.—Paris Paper.
REPRESENTATION OF ABINGDON.—The only candidate
at present mentioned in the room of Lord Norreys, ealled
to the House of Lords by the death of his father, the
Earl of Abingdon, is Mr. D. H. Burr, of Aldermaston-
park, and late High Sheriff of the county.
CHOLERA.—The epidemic is on the increase in the
Grangeaorman Female Penitentiary and in the North
Dublin Union workhouse ; but in that city generally the
malady has made little progress. From Belfast the re-
port is very satisfactory.
The arrival of the intermediate mail from New York
this week is looked for with much anxiety, as she is ex-
pected to bring accounts if any further number of pas-
sengers beyond those already reported were saved from
the Arctic. The steamer on the present occasion is,
however, a slow ono (the Hermann), and her advices
probably will not be received before Friday or Saturday.
The John Barrow has arrived from Sydney with 6,314
ounces of geld and 7,100 sovereigns, the total value
being 32,3501. The West India steamer has also
brought 120,0001. (of which 45,0001. is gold), making an
aggregate receipt yesterday of 152,3501.
Advices from Prince Edward Island describe a tour
by the new Governer, Mr. Daly, through its principal
districts, and his favourable reception. A legislative
session had just been opened, chiefly for the purposes of
considering the measures necessary in consequence of
the recent reciprocity treaty with the United States, and
of making the police or other arrangements required in
consequence of the final withdrawal of the detachment
of troops hitherto stationed in the island. Universal
satisfaction seems to have been created by the working
of the recent system of responsible government, and
confidence has been generally expressed that the Go-
vernor will deal vigorously with the land question, which
has long been a cause of agitation in the colony.
THE GUARDS.—We understand that the additional
force will be sent out-on Tuesday next. The regiments
will supply about 340 men ; The Scots Fusiliers, who
lost so severely at the Alma, supplying the larger num-
ber. All the other regiments of the light division are
prepared to send out a considerable number, but we be-
lieve the augmentation will be confined to supplying the
want occasioned by the loss in the late engagement.
THE LIST OF KILLED AND WOUNDED.—The Queen's
messenger, conveying the special list of the killed and
wounded at the battle of the Alma, arrived yesterday,
at 11,o'clock, at the official residence of the Secretary
at War. His Grace the Duke of Newcastle immediately
sent for Lord Hardiage. After a consultation, it was
ordered that a special Gazette should at once be issued.
THE VINTAGE IN OPORTO.—The latest accounts from
Oporto regarding the present vintage are even more
unfavourable than were anticipated. One writer states
his conviction that there are not above 20,000 pipes
of port made this year within the factory district, and
adds, thht the produce of the vineyards bordering on
that district scarcely amounts to anything. These
statements come from interested parties, but there
is no reason to doubt their correctness, and they
are confirmed in a great degree by instances
furnished of the comparative produce of various
estates, several vineyards having yielded only from
15 to 25 per cent. of their ordinary quantity.
One locality is mentioned in which the usual amount
has been 1,000 pipes, and where it is this year under 50.
This state of affairs operates as a heavy blow to the coun-
try, and will be felt in many ways, the numerous failures
just announced at Lisbon being more or less among its
consequences. Under these circumstances, a project,
said to have been forwarded to London, for a new rail-
way line to Cintra, with a splendid pier from Lisbon to
Belem and large and commodious docks, is not likely to
meet with much attention, even if the dishonesty of the
Portuguese Government to the foreign bondholders were-
not such as to check all disposition on the part of British
capitalists to have anything to do with public undertak-
ings in that country.
ATTEMPT TO SHOOT A WIFE AT MANCElESTElt.—Yes-
terday a man, occupying a respectable position in life as
a master packing-case maker, named Jonathan War-
hurst, was charged at the Manchester City Police-court
with attempting to shoot his wife. The magistrates
ordered the prisoner to find heavy sureties to keep the
peace for three months.
The brig of war Beaumanoir, commanded by Captain
de MaroUes, arrived at Cherbourg on the evening of the
13th, coming from the White Sea, which she left on the
24th ult. She had on board the captain and second in
command of a Russian merchant vessel, laden with
leather, which she captured near Archangel. The prize
was on its way to France, under the direction of an offi-
cer of the frigate Psyche. The Beaumanoir parted with
the Psyche in the North Sea.
APPOINTMENT.—The Rev. Charles Harbin, perpetual
curate of the township of 'linden, Wilts, has been pre-
sented to the rectory of Teston, near Maidstone, Kent,
by the Earl of C-ainaborough. The above small prefer-
ment thus rendered vacant is in the gift of the Crown.
LIVERPOOL, Wednesday.--It blew a severe gale from
the east to north-east last night and this morning, mo-
derating towards noon. No casualties to the shipping
in the port or on the immediate coast have been reported.
The Irish mail did not arrive tiU late in the day, owing
to the severity of the weather.
DEPARTURE OF THE PACIFIC.—LIVERPOOL, Wednes-
day.—The United States mail steam-ship Pacific, Cap-
tain Ezra Nye, sailed from the Mersey for New York,
with the usual mails for the western continent, 210 pas-
sengers, and a full cargo of merchandise on freight. The
screw steam-ship City of Manchester, Captain W.
Wylie, will sail to-night for Philadelphia, with a full
cargo of merchandise and a large umbern of passengers.
THE OCTOBER GALES.—SHI.ELS, enesday, noon.—
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oniiigrhtcoaat. violentlt galehas of wind frionmttohrerentsa N.N.E.I
night,
which which has been very dark. The wind, which blew hard
during the night, got away to the northward during the
morning, but it i, feared that some of the light vessels
that were coming down wi;l be driven on the York-
shire coast. A heavy sea is running on the bar.