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London, England, 1853-10-29

CUSTOM-HOUSE RETURN.

Wind, S.W., fine ; tide, five hour's flood.
Arrived—Olivier, from Rouen ; Seine (s), Boulogne ;
Foyle (s), Guernsey.
Sailed—Moselle (s), for Hamburgh ; Stag, Cape of Good
Hope ; Stately, New Zealand ; Buccleuch, Mauritius ;
Wycliffe, Portland Bay; Eupharasive, Dunkirk.
DEAL, Saturday, 9.20 a.m.

Wind W. by N., very fine.
Passed—H.M.'s screw-steamer Radamanthus, from the
West, for the River ; ll.M.'s st. Undine, from Ostend, for
Dover; French packet, Passe Partout, from Calais, for
Dover ; French lugger, Le Mentor, from Westward, for
the River ; Royal George, from Galway, for the River.

CUSTOMS APPOINTMENTS.— The Lords of the Treasury
have nominated Messrs. Francis Ward, M. Knox,
and F. Maclean to clerkships in 'the newly-formed Cus-
toms establishment at the London Docks.
ONE STEP IN ADVANCE.—It is one of the happy re-
sults of the cessation of transportation to this colony
that instructions have been given to pull down the gal-
lows at Launceston. Facing the river, the first object
which met the stranger's eye was the permanent gal-
lows, a substantial affair, built up with bricks and
stone, and having a huge beam securely let into the
walls ; altogether designed for any a mount of service.
But convictism has ceased, and it is rather significant
that the removal of the gallows should be ordered im-
mediately,Tasinonicum.
London, England, 1853-10-29

VESSELS SPOKEN WITH.

The Owen Glendower, from London to Bombay, Sept.
10, let. 2 S., long. 21 W.
The Pekin, from Southampton, Sept. 15, let. 10 N.,
long. 25 W.
The Lockett, Sept. 17, lat. 12 N., long. 25 W.
The Great Britain, from Liverpool to Melbourne, Sept.
6, let. 6 S., long. 27 W.
The Lady Bute, from Liverpool to Melbourne, Sept. 13,
let. 9 N., long. 2417.
The Chinsurah, from Sunderland to Aden, same clay.
The Randolph, from Singapore to New Lbbiidei, Aug.
5, lat. 2 S., long. 100 E.
The Sea Queen, from Whampea to London, Aug. 20,
let. 21 S., long. 68
The Australasia barque, standing to the S.W., Sept. 25,
lat. 3 S., long. 10 W.

The COlbea, Aug. 22, lat. 11 N., long. 25 W.
The Louis Fourteenth, from Dunkirk to Calcutta, Sept.
9, lat. 10 N., long. 28 W.
The Malabar, of Belfast, for Bombay, Sept. 22, lat. 14
N., long. 26 W.
The Euphrates, from London to Sydney, Sept. 23, lat.
15 N., long. 26 W.

The TO1:38 (American ship), bound to Port Philip,
Aug. 24.

The Early Bird, Oct. 3, in Bas fs Straits.
The Wellington, from Liverpool to Lima, lat. 10 N.,
long. 23 W.

The Louisa, Margaretta (brig), from Catlao to England,
with foremast ,•prung, Sept. 26, lat. 28 N., bong. 36 W.
The Ladia, outward bound, Sept. 11, lat. 5 S., long.
20 W.
The X. L. (brig), outward bou id, Sopt. 20, lat 9 N.,
long. 25 W.
The Prince of Wales (ship), outward bound, Sept. 22,
lat. 13 N., long. 25 W.
The Aberfoyle (ship), outward bound, 231, lat. 16 N.,
long. 26 W.
The Constantine (barque), outward bound, 21th, lat. 16
N., long. 27 W.
The Henry Curwen (schooner), homeward bound, Oct.
3, lat. 27 N., long. 34 W.
The Australia, for Australia, Sept. 10, lat. 12 N., long.
24 W.
The Hurricane, bound S., Sept. 7, lat. 9 S., long. 35 W.
The Prince Albert, of London, from India to Falmouth,
lat. 22 N., long. 32 W.
The Otto, from London to Hobart Town, S3pt. 22, lat.
13 N., long. 26 W.
The Cambria (brig), for Liver,,col, Oct. 9, lat. 33 N.,
long. 31 W.
London, England, 1853-10-29

COLBURN'S NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE.
Edited by W. HARRISON AINSWORTH, Esq.
Contents for November No. CCCXCV.
A Romance of Carlton Gardens. By Dudley Costello.
The Age of Gold. By Cyrus Redding.
An Imperial Visit.
" Positive" Philosophy : Comte and Lewes.
Travels in the North.
Walks up Hill. By H. Spicer, Esq.
Fea-side Recreations.
William Cullen Bryant. By Sir Nathaniel.
The F ench Almanacks for 1854.
St. Martin's Eve. By the author of " The Unholy Wish."
A Political Conversazione of the Year 1848. —Metternich, Guizot,
Louis Philippe, Palmerston.
The North-West Passage.
Babali and the Pacha.
Extracts from the Commonplace-Book of a Lately Deceased
Author.
Chronicles of a Country Town. Part 111.
Chapman and Hall, 193, Piccadilly.
41.* Sold by all Booksellers and Newsmen.
London, England, 1853-10-29

MARKET INTELLIGENCE.

(From the London New Price Current of yesterday.)
SUGAR.—To-day there was a reluctance to operate in
'West India sugar for all purposes, and prices close fid per
cwt under last Friday. Operations are 480 hhds, including a
sale of 140 hhdsDemerara crystalised, which went at about
previous terms—fine yellow at 40s to 425, and other sorts
33s to 395. The weeks sales are 1,450 hhds and tierces.
REFINED.—To-day demand was brisker for Refined
Sugar from home dealers—brown lumps at 44s to 44s Gd,
and low to fine grocery 44s 6d to 47s per cwt. In crushed
Sugar sales are limited by exporters.
MAunmus.—To-day Mauritius sugar, met with little
notice, and 1,604 bags at auction went 6,1 to is lower—low
yellow at 32s to 335, brown 27s Gd to 31s Gd, and very ord
26s to 27s per cwt.
FOREIGN.—To-day the foreign sugar market presented a
dull aspect, still full rates are required for floating cargoes.
MOLASSES.—There is no further advance forest India,
but supply is moderate, and several transactions have taken
pluce at 17s Gd to 18s Gd per cwt.
COCOA.—Tho home and export demand has been small ;
Trinidad, grey, at 31s to 32s Gd ; reds 33s to 38s; and
Grenada, 28s to 31s per cwt.
COFFEE.—To-day the demand was not better for Native
Ceylon, and at auction 700 bags 58 casks were only in part
sold at 45s 6d for good old import, whilst low is taken in
at 45s per cwt, beinc, rather lower. Of Madras 380 bags
sold at 41s 6d to 50s Gd for low to good ord. Ceylon is not
offered under former rates.

TEA.—A great increase has taken place in demand for
Congou for home consumption this week. The currency
for low to good ord sound 11 d to is, rat blackish leaf to
blackish leaf is Oid to is 2d, strong to Pekoe sorts is 20
to 2s 3d, and one new crop 2s sd. to 2s 7d.
SPIRITS.--There is no advance for Jamaica Rum, still
demand has been brisker chiefly for home consumption
and prices are firm ; choice sorts 37 to 40 per cent. over
proof realized 5s 2d to 5s 6d, good to fine 34 to 38 over
4s 5d to ss. low to mid 30 to 34 over 4s to 4s 4d per gallon.
TALLOW.—A decrease has taken place in demand for
Russian for all purposes this week, and prices have fully
declined is. per cwt. They closed to-day for first P. Y. C.
at 57s Gd to 5-is 9d on the spot, 57s for delivery in next
two months, and at 58s for spring, at which transactions
were limited.

OILS.—To-day at auction 80 tuns seal sold, pale at 37t
15s, and other sorts 331 5s to 361 15s, being cheaper.

SEABORNE MAILS.

(N signifies that the mails are sent from the General Post-office
by the night—and M by the morning—dispatch.]
London, England, 1853-10-29

AUSTRALIAN SHIPPING.

The Melbourne Argus, of August 18th, contains the
following list of vessels arrived and cleared at Mel-
bourne from August 2 to August 10 :
Arrived.—Aug. 2.—Asia, from London and Ply-
mouth ; Hoppett, London ; Deane, the Cape ; Gem of
the Sea, New York; Kate Swetland, Boston, U.S. ;
Albinus, Liverpool ; Reaper, Glasgow ; Helen and
Mary, Singapore ; Bore, London, via Rio Janeiro ;
Elizabeth, London and Falmouth ; Gem, Singapore ;
Rebecca, New York, via Rio Janeiro ; John Buchanan,
SrewllYarriort;
Singapore ; Rajasthan, Hong Kong ; Albion, Glasgow ;
Aug. 3.—Her Majesty's ship Hercules, Adelaide ; Pasha,
London. Aug. 4.—Chowringhee, London Marchioness of
Londonderry, London, via Plymouth ; St. Anne, Cadiz ;
Tomatin, Glasgow ; James Paxton, Glasgow ; Nene
Valley, Calcutta ; Early Bird, Hong Kong ; Unicorn,
L
Rio Janeiro. Aug. 6.—Asia, Liverpool; Argenti, Lon-
don Glasgow nd daso, nL Standard,;ondon Diana,;
el
. 0 hn London
isi
;.Liverpool.Marym a yo
,PAale r
Boston,
U.S.,
Mi
visa
don ; Yarmouth, New York. Aug. 7.—Willing Lass,
Glasgow; Manchester (steamer), Liverpool; Perthshire,
Glasgow. Aug. B.—Sartelle, New York, via Rio
Janeiro ; Iron Prince (steamer), Liverpool and St. Vin-
cent ; Indian Queen, Liverpool ; Euphrasia, New York,
Bahia, and the Cape. Aug. 9.—Favourite, Liverpool.
Aug. 10.—Elizabeth Hughes, Glasgow. Aug. 13.
Calphurnia, London, via Plymouth ; Louisa Baillie,
San Francisco, via Tahiti ; Scottish Maid, Dundee ;
Antilles, London ; Belle Vue, Port Louis ; Ignis
Fatuus, San Francisco and Opulo ; Medora, London,
via Plymouth ; Seacombe Castle, Liverpool ; Maximilian
Theodore, Amsterdam. Aug. 14. —Lorenzo Sabine, Bos-
ton, via Adelaide ; Theoxena, New York ; Caroline Glen,
Glasgow ; Indianola, New York ; Koning Willem 11.,
Liverpool ; John Barrow, London and Southampton.
Aug. 15.—Experiment, Rio Janeiro ' • Huntley, Lon-
don ; Minalto, Liverpool ; Mercia, London ; Julie,
Singapore ; Lady Kennaway, London and Southamp-
ton ; Agnes, Glasgow ; Protector, Bristol. Aug. 16.—
Falcon, Liverpool ; Ilempsyke, Plymouth ; Rockland,
New York, via Rio Janeiro. Aug. 17.—Lady Flora,

London.
Cleared
Out.—Aug. 2.—Co-ncord—, Albinus. Aug. 4.
—Helen Lindsay, Marion, Callao. Aug. s.—Daniel
Webster, Sydney ; Oregon, Calcutta ; Alert, Singa-
pore ; Cherusker, Calcutta ; El Dorado, Guam. Aug.
6.—Caroline Chisholm, Marchioness of Londonderry,
Sydney ; Christina, Singapore. Aug. B.—Asia, Callao
Elizabeth, Bombay ; Bothnia, Calcutta ; Mary H.
; Augusta Schnoider, Callao.
Vose, Valparaiso
Aug. 9.—Harpley, Madras ; Sartelle,
ugartelle, Sydney ; Rode-
rick Dhu, Glasgow ; Madagascar, London. Aug-
rick
10.—Digby, Bombay ; Erasmus, Batavia ; Varga
Simonetha, Batavia. Aug. 11.—Pauline, Panama,
Callao ; Mary Cannon, Calcutta ; Hungarian, Calcutta
Aug. 12.—David C, Valparaiso ; Homer, Calcutta ;
London, England, 1853-10-29

COUNTRY MARKETS.

LIVERPOOL—OCT. 28.
At this morning's market we had about the usual attea•
dance of buyers, and a fair extent of business trampired
at an improvement on last Tuesday's rates of ld. to 2d per
bushel on wheat, 6d per barrel and sack on flour, 20 pat°
qr. each on Egyptian beans, Indian corn, and peas, 2a
3d on barley, and 13 to 2s per load on oatmeal. Oats olr
tained full prices.

WAKEFIELD—Ocr. 28.
Our supplies of grain this week are for the season ell:
ceedingly short. New wheat meets a fair demand at 10 r
2s per qr. over last week's prices. Old wheat is held for
.
more money, but the business passing is to a limited elu
tent. Barley 2s per qr. dearer. Beans rather higher.
oats and shelling no material change.

EXETER—OcT. 28.
CATTLE.—Prime beef, 10s 0d per score ; cows and •ng
121. 00s to 151. ; butchers' calves, s)d to 6d per lb., re:l4-1w
calves OOs to OOs each. Sheep, sid to 61d. Lambs,
Od per lb. Store hogs, 30s to 555-each.
CORN.—The following are on offer this morninto"
Wheat, English, 68s to 80s ; Danube, red, 008. 76s
Dialtzic, 74s to 76s • ditto fine, 78s to 80s ; Anienca"'
ge. Od ;
to fBs per qr. Barley, 40s to 445. Oats, 24s to --000;
French, grey, 00s Oct. Beans, ticks, 56s ; Dutch, to
French, 00s. Flour.—Fine, 35s to 36s ; seconds, 336
31s per sack.

INVERNESS.—Ocr. 28.
hels
CORN.—Wheat, per Tarter, bl 5 rter, weighing 621 b per 0,,0dt
65s Od to 70s Od ; barley, ditto, 541 b ditto, 33s Od '—
Oats, ditto, 421 b ditto, 22s Od to 24s Od. , ditto
MEAL.—Oatmeal, per imp. boll 188 Od to 20s vu 3 04;
secoad, 00s Oct to Os Od; barleyrneal, 15s Od to od;
peasemeal, 15s Oct to Os Od ; bran, per stone, Os 7(1 to %; to
Ist flour, per 2801 b, 54s 0(1 to 56s Od ; 2d ditto, 471 iod
49s Od ; oatmeal, best, per st. of 141 b imperia is
to 2s Od ; ditto second, Os 0(1 to Os Od ; barleymew,
to is 6(1; peasemeal, is Gd to Os 04 ; Ist flour, 2s 9d
3s Od credit ; 2d ditto, 2s 3d cash, 2s 7d credit.

BRISTOL SUGAR—OcT. 28.
week, the
The market has been exceedingly dull this we
transactions since our last, with the exception of a rot
ot
of Trinidad, being of a most retail character. In re
produce prices are with difficulty supported.

COAL MAR.

7.—Ocr. 28.

Prices of Coal per ton at the close of the market :--'
s. d.l Wallsend, /O. 8, 6.
Carr's Hartley 01 9 6
.25 0
Davison's West Hartley 21 9 Cassop
Hasting's Hartley 17 01Heugh Hall . ............... g,.. 0
Holywell.. 91 oSouth Hartlepool ......... ',' 0
Longridge's Wst Hartley2l 9 South Kelloe .............. 'f..l 6
Stobart's Hartley .. ' 6
20 6 Whitworth ..... 20
.........
Tanfield Moor Butes 21 6 Pease's West ............... 0
West Hartley 22 0 Cwm Garnant Stone ...... ~1 6
Bell's Primrose 18 9 Derwentwater Hartley "al 0
Wallsend, &c. IGawber Hall ............... ''
9
Brachlyll . 06 0 Sidney's Hartley .....••••3. 0
Hetton 26 0 Watney's Anthracite.- •
Ships at market 3O I Sold 25.
London, England, 1853-10-29

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS D AY.

LONDON, Oct. 29. - Wind this day at Noon, W., light
airs, and cloudy weather.
OFF COWES, Oct. 28.—Franklin, from Havre, and sailed
for New York. _

PLYMOUTH, Oct. 28. -Wind, S.W. Arrived—Prince
Regent, Bombay. Sailed—Geelong, Shanghai; Coldstream,
Madras ; Madras, Sierra Leone.
SUNDERLAND, Oct. 28.—Arrived—Julie Heyn, Quebec.
HULL, Oct. 28.—The Tartar, of Boxham, was in con-
tact yesterday off the Span Light, with the Gazelle (s),
from Antwerp, when she immediately sunk ; crew saved.
CLYDE, Oct. 27.—Wind, S.E. Arrived—New Hamp-
shire, New York ; Henry Curraen, Bahia ; Davidson, St.
Kitt's ; Cecilia, St. John's, N.B. Sailed—Active, New-
foundland.

STORNOWAY, Oct. 27.—Arrived— Visterbotton,
for Stockholm, leaky, and with damage.
KINGSTOWN, Oct. 27.—Wind, S.S.W.
Odessa, Quebec and Wicklow Bay.
QUEENSTOWN, Oct. 27.—Wind, variable and calm. Ar-
rived—Henry Winch, from Calcutta, for Liverpool.
SINGAPORE, Sept. 15.—The Bombay, for London, sailed
hence on the 27th June, and hag put back leaky ; she has
been surveyed, and abandoned by the master.
BOMBAY, Sept. 28.—The Lord Auckland, boynd for
London, has put back leaky.
MELBOURNE, Aug. 22.—The United, Liverpool to this
port, which got on a sand bank on the 21st July, has been
got off.

Arrived

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
LIVERPOOL, Saturday, 10 a.m.

Wind, W.N.W., fresh breeze, and fine. -
Arrived—Caroline, from Dantzic ; Victory, Bordeaux ;
Eva, Oran ; Lord Elgin, Africa; Rosalie, Ostend ; Line,
Cronstadt ; Maria Alphonsino, Santander; Nuevo Leon,
London. _ _ _

Off Holyhead, at 8 a.m.—The steam-ship Arabia, from
New York, with the mails of the 19th instant ; she would
arrive in Liverpool about one o'clock.
(BY SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH.)
GRAVESEND, Saturday, 10.27 a.m.
London, England, 1853-10-29

THE UNITED STATES'

ARRIVAL OF THE ARABIA.
(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
LIVERPOOL, OCT. 29'
The royal mail steam-ship Arabia, Capt. Jud.kil)!:
was off Holyhead this morning, inward bouncll
this port, with the usual mails from the Uv
States and British North America.
The Arabia was to leave New York for -Div
is
pool on the 19th inst. ; she has therefore' .c'
another extraordinary run across the Atlan'
again given proof of her great speed. or
Owing to the state of the tide, it may be tool
three p.m. before she can arrive in the river ; "01
her mails will not be delivered in London 11P
Monday morning.
London, England, 1853-10-29

TEMA I'RE ROYAL ADELPIII.
Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—llirectress, Madame Celeste,
THIS EVENING, OCT. 29,

Will be performed THE DISCARDED SON. Characters by
Leigh Murray, Paul afdlord, and Keeley; Mrs. Keeley and Miss
Woolgar.
After which, THE CAMP AT CHORHAM.,
To be followed by "HOTEL CHARGES!" or, How to Cook
"A Blida."
To conclude with COMING OF AGE.
London, England, 1853-10-29

THE UNITED STATES.

ARRIVAL OF THE ARABIA.
(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
LIVERPOOL, OCT. 29.
The royal mail steam-ship Arabia, Capt. JudkinBo
was off Holyhead this morning, inward bound to
this port, with the usual mails from the United.
States and British North America.
The Arabia was to leave New York for Liver-
pool on the 19th inst. ; she has therefore, in
another extraordinary run across the Atlantic,
again given proof of her great speed.
Owing to the state of the tide, it may be two or
three p.m. before she can arrive in the river ; and
her mails will not be delivered in London until
Monday morning.
London, England, 1853-10-29

NEWMARKET RACES-THIS DAY.

There will be 14 races. The first at 11 ; the Hough
ton Handicap at 12.25 ; the Second Nursery Stakes at
2.15 ; the last race at 4.15.
A special train will leave Newmarket for London at
a quarter-past 5.
London, England, 1853-10-29

SPAIN.

rho last accounts from Madrid are of the 23d
inst.

The evening before, the Queen, accompanied by
the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Officers of
the Palace, admitted to a private audience M. Soule,
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
of the United States of America in Spain. After
being ushered in with the usual ceremony, M•
Soule handed to her Majesty the letter of the Pre-
sident of the Republic which accredited him as
Envoy to the Court.
The Queen's reply to his address was as follows :---

"I have heard with satisfaction the assurances you
have given to me relative to the, friendly sentiments of
the President of the United Status, and I feel pleasure
in assuring you that they are not surpassed by those
which animate me for his person and for your country.
Those new assurances, always grateful to me, convince
me more and more of the interest which Spain as well
as the United States have to preserve and draw closer,
their former relations. In me your Excellency will fin('
the best dispositions, and in my Government the sin-
cerest co-operation, for the accomplishment of so inv.
portant and so desirable an object.'
It being Sunday, the Bourse was closed.
London, England, 1853-10-29

NEWMARKET RACES.

(THIS DAY.)

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)

HANDICAP. R.M.

Bridesmaid
Sister to Aphrodite
Seven ran.
SWEEPSTAKES OF 10 SOVS. Ab. M
Nicotine

HOUGHTON HANDICAP.

Seahorse
Ephesus
Fifteen ran.
SWEEPSTAKES OF 200 SOVS
Physalis colt
Kaffir

SWEEPSTAKES OF 10 SOVS. T.Y.C
Rosaline
Lizzie
SECOND NURSERY STAKES.

Star of Surrey
Panclibox

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT (THIS DAY).

OLD COURT.

;Before Mr. Justice Cresswell and Mr. Justice Williams.)

LIBEL.

A respectably attired, gentlemanly-looking man,
named Wade Meara, surrendered to take his trial on
a charge of unlawfully, wickedly, and maliciously writ-
ing, printing, and publishing a false libel, containing
matters concerning the Hon. Craven Fitzhardinge
Berkeley, M.P.

Mr. Clarkson, who appeared on behalf of the prisoner,
said the prisoner was quite ready to admit his guilt, and
that there was no foundation whatever for the imputa-
tions which it contained.

The Attorney-General said the libel reflected upon
the character of ladies of high rank and station in society
whose reputations were without a blemish ; but, since
the prisoner had evinced the utmost contrition for his
conduct, there was no desire on the part of the prosecu-
tion to press for judgment.

Mr. Justice Gresswell thought the ends of justice
would be amply served if the prisoner entered into his
own recognisance in 1,0001., to appear when called upon
to receive judgment, and to keep the peace towards all
her Majesty's subjects for the next five years.
The prisoner gave the required security, and was
discharged.
London, England, 1853-12-24

OYSTERS—TO EPICURES.
OIIEENBOROUGH and -FAYERSHAM
NATIVE OYSTERS.
7te most acceptable Present at this season of the year is a Rarre
of the best NATIVE OYSTER which are to be obtained at SCOTT'S
Celebrated OYSTER WARE ROUSE, 18, Coventry-street, Piccadilly,
at ss. 6d.per Barrel, warranted to weigh 141bs.
London, England, 1853-12-24

BIRTHS.
IOP AON. S
On the 19th inst. at Brighton, the wife of Alffea
Whitehead, Esq., o:tams ate ife of
On the 21st inst., at Newg It.omney, Kent, the Iv
Benjamin Wood, Esq.
OP A DAUGHTER.
On the 19th inst at Foremark-hall, Derbyshire, 3114'
Henry Allsopp. -•valei
.
On the 21st inst , at 8, Beaufoy-terrace, 31,01
Mrs. John W. Cripp s.
London, England, 1853-12-24

LIVERPOOL, Mta. 23.

The William Ward, hence for Mobile, has put into
Kingstown to refit, having sprung a leak. She has been
arrested for salvage by some fishermen.
The Golden Light was aground near Miramichi, much
injured, Dec 9, and would probably be condemned.
The Roya Mail steamer Niagara, hence, arrived at Bos-
ton, Dec. 3, with many of the passengers per steamer
Humboldt
The steamer Baltic, from New York for this port, left
Dec. 9, has nearly $1,000,000 in specie.
The Elisabeth, of Newport, from Liverpool to South-
ampton, cr vice versa, was towed into Queenstown on the
21st, witl six feet of water in her hold, by the Petrel,
pilot boas, and a steamer, having been found. off Bally-
cotton, a derelict, by the pilot boat.
Arrived—John Bibby, from Paraiba ; Saratoga, New
York ; Orleans, Quebec ; B. L. Harriman, Baltimore ;
Van Ste!n, Philadelphia.
London, England, 1853-12-24

USSIA AND TURKEY. - LAMBERT'S
EA; COLOURED MAP, 3 ft. 4 in. by 2 ft. 3 in., showing the Seat
of War on the Danube, the Black Sea, and the Eastern Frontier.

Price Is.; in case, Is 6d.; by post, 6d. extra.
Dobbs, Kidd, and Co., 134, Fleet-street, London; Menzies, Edin.
burgh; Lambert, Newcastle-on-Tyne; and all Booksellers.
London, England, 1853-12-24

318,000
186,000
723,221

Books .................................. ~
Mahogany, and all ornamental
woods, and fire-wood
Brazil woods, and other dyewoods
in sticks.
335,350
Cochineal
414,000
Cod ills, or hemp of tow or flax, cwt. 1,562,000
Cream of tartar ...................... 311,000
Engravings, etchings, or plate 107,000
Flaxseed and linseed 633,000
Hatters' furs 1,627,000
Hair 358,000
Indiarubber, 681,000
Indigo 1,281,000
Ivory p38,000
Linens 8,897,317
Oils of Palm, cocoa nut, and olive 455,000
Raw hides and skins, of all kinds
and conditions
Rags 982,837
Salt 1,059,000
Saltpetre and potash 1,309,000
Raw silk 712,000
Spices of all kinds 802,000
Steel-bars, cast, shear, or German 2,718,000
Tin, in plates or sheets 4,709,000
Tin in pigs 721,000
Watches and parts of watches 3,217,000
Zinc spelter or teuteneque
Wines, except champagne, and
adulterated wines 2,114,000 845,000
Opium 346,000 172,000
Sulphate of quinine 223,090 44,000
Soda ash 845,000 179,000
Wool, worth less than 10e. per lb. 674,111 210,000
As the tnajority in Congress is 00 largely democratic,

463,003

17,000
41,000
78,000
60,000
10,000
65,000
162,000
35,000

61,000
120,000
12,000
1,763,000
80,000

297,000
50,000
210,000
97,000
106,000
346,000
427,000
705,000
36,000
321,000
62.000
London, England, 1853-12-24

MISCE:

5 Anbin ()oat and Iron
174 Australian Agricult.
12 Anstralsn.Pcific Mail
8 Austral'. Royal Mail
2 Berlin Water Works
38i Brit. American Land
1 Brit. & Coln. Smeltg.
and Reduction Co
32i Canada Company
5 Crystal Palace
4 Do. New
2 Crystal Pal. of France
3 Eastern Steam
20 Electric Telegraph (A)
15 Do. (B)
1 Electric Tel. of Irel
14 Gen. Steam Navigat
18 General Screw Steam
74 Irish Beetroot Sugar
6 Magdalena St. Navig.
all Nat. Pt. Steam Fuel
4 Netherlands Land
1 N. S. W. Coal & Inter-
Stem. Nay. Co

all IN. B. Australasian ..

Do. New
10 Nrth.ofEuropeSteam
all Peel Rr. Ld. & Minrl.
all Peninsular & Oriental
25 Do. do.
all Portland Iron Co
60 Royal Mail Steam
all Soot. Austral. Invest
25 South Austral. Land
all Submarine Telegraph
28i Van Diemen's Land

45 - 46

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70 - 75

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11 - 2 pi
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-

16 - 18
11 - 13

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2 .2.-1 ld

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15 16

THE CRYSTAL PALACE COMPANY.--The directors of
this company, with their usual liberality, have issued
tickets to each shareholder for admission to view the
works at Sydenham, with four friends, from the 26th to
the 31st of December, both days inclusive. As most
persons have a holiday at this time of the year, it is
anticipated that this opportunity will be seized upon by
many to witness the progress of an undertaking which
far outstrips in magnitude the Peoples' Palace of 1851.
THE DIIE_E OF NEWCASTLE.—We understand that his
Grace the Duke of Newcastth has contributed no less
than 8001. during the present year towards the restora-
tion of various churches not immediately connected with
his own estates. The churches on his Grace's patrimo-
nial estates have just been inspected by Mr. Scott, the
architect, and very considerable improvements are con-
templated in all those requiring renovation, both inter-
nally and externally,—Nottingham Review.
London, England, 1853-12-24

THE WAR ON THE DANUBE.

WIDDIN, DEC. 2
The special correspondent of the Times says :

- .
" Yesterday saw one of those grand bursts of military
enthusiasm which the present crisis has engendered, and
which has 'recalled to the population here those heroic
times when the Crescent culminated to the terror of Eu-
rope. The names Wida and Sofia are now all that re-
main of the sister Queens and capitals of the long defunct
Bulgaria, but the Moslem Widdin is pregnant with memo-
rials of the long struggle which so oft hava reddened the
Danube with the blood of the brave. The arsenal of the
citadel, from which I write, still shows the drums of Canso
el Ghoury, the last of the Mwelnke Sultans, which the
great Selim sent across the Balkan to tell that the Soldans
that began *ith Saladin had ceased to exist. Here, too,
are those huge unwieldy halberts of the German Lanzk-
nechts of those old and bye-gone days when the ancestors
of the present Magyar nobles sued for vassalage at the then
truly Sublime Porte, and the horse-tails stood erect from
the hills of Styria to the shores of Yemen. Even the scene
of the solemnity I am about to describe is the record of a
fall on evil tongues and evil days, the seraglio where Pas-
van Oglou, that stiff-necked rebel, so long defied his sove-
reign, and which later, lodged in hoary audacity, Hussein,
the once truculent destroyer of the Jannisaries.
" The army now assembled here is in numbers not a
long way short of that which I two months ago saw at
Olmutz. In science, drill, discipline, dress, and equip-
ment it would be useless to institute a comparison, but as
a moral spectacle the army at Widdin must strike the
coldest and most unimpassioned spectator. The impulse
from within is stronger than the command from without ;
everywhere is visible a deep flowing enthusiasm, which,
directed by science, may work prodigies ; left to itself,
fruitless devastation and ruin.

" Before we proceed further let me give the list, of the
commanders and a statement of the troops sent solely from
official duty

"Ahmed Paella, Commander-in-Chief, General of Divi-
sion, attached to the corps of General Staff.
" Lieutenant-General Ismail Pasha, President of the
Council of the Army of Roumelia.

-
" Lieutenant-General Dlustapha Pasha,*of the Army o:
Roumelia.

" Lieutenant-General Saalim Pasha, Commandant of the
Fortress of Widdin.

" Mehmed Pasha, Brigadier of Infantry, Army of Con
stantinople.

" Suleyman Pasha, Brigadier of Infantry, Imperial
Guard.

" Osman Pasha, Brigadier of Infantry, Army of Rom
melia.

" Osman Pasha, Brigadier of Artillery, Imperial Guard
"Ismail Pasha, Brigadier of Cavalry, Army of Constan-
tinople.
" Mazhar Pasha, Brigadier of Cavalry, Army of Ron.
melia.

Nizam Infantry, eight regiments at 3;600 23,800

Regular Cavalr-y-,_tif_re9..regi.meuts at -900 -','700

Artillery, one Lind ahalfreiiment at 1,500 2,250
Carabineers, two battalions at
Bashi Bayonks (like Cossacks) 9OO
Arnaout Rifles BOO
Local Artillery (Militia)

38,520
London, England, 1853-12-24

£28,729,730 £28,729,720
M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier.
Dated the 22d day of Dec., 1853.
BANKING DEPARTMENT.

Proprietors' capital .. 14,553,000
Rest ... 3,189,090
Public deposits (in-
cluding Exchequer,
Commissioners of
National Debt, Sav-
ing's Banks, and
Dividend Accounts) 10,492,686
Other deposiia ...... 10,699,684
Seven Day and other

Government securities

(Includg.Dead Weight
Annuity) 15,043,730
Other securities 16,237,015
notes 8,124,105
Gold and silver coin .. 713,526

Bills.. :.........,, 1,183,916

240,118,376

440,118,376
'. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier.

Dated the 22d day of Dec., 185,

PRICE OF SUGAR.
The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed
from the returns made in the week ending the 20th day of
Dec., 1853, is 225. 6d. per hundredweight, exclusive of
the duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the im-
portation thereof into Great Britain.

STATE OF TRADE—NOTTINGHAIL —The lace trade we
are happy to be enabled to report continues to be better
than has been the case for several years past at this
season of the year. The hands in the various warehouses
are fully employed. This is attributable to the large and
numerous orders which have been given by the American
buyers who have now left England. But for these we
should have found business unusually flat, as the German
orders have been this year less in number and amount
than hitherto, clearly in consequence of the Eastern
war. Several orders Which have, however, been given by
the Germans, could not be forwarded in consequence
of the Baltic ports having been closed by the ice.
The purchases in all cases have been chiefly in the
commoner classes of goods, the better departments
remaining in a dull condition. The hosiery trade is
very brisk, in consequence of the execution of orders
already received for the spring, and there is more in-
quiry for the home trade—in fact the trade is unusu-
ally busy for the season. Several houses both in the
lace and hosiery trade have been interrupted in course
of taking stock as they always do at this season, in
consequence of being rendered too busy by the influx
of orders,—Nottingham Quardian.
London, England, 1853-12-24

(Copy•)

The Supreme Board of Health, in their ordinary sitting
of the 29th of November last, have resolved,

That henceforth vessels coming from the city of Dundee
should be subjected to a quarantine of ten days fi r pas-
sengers and goods, if no sickness has broken out during
the voyage, the quarantine and purification of the goods
to take place in a lazzarette of the first class, and should
be refused pratique if any sickness has broken out during
the voyage ; the quarantine of ten days for passengers
alone, with the purification of their effects on board the
vessel, for ships coming from the other ports of the United
Kin dom of Great Britain remaining in force as before.
The Supreme Board of Health, in their ordinary sitting
of the 2d instant, have resolved :-
Ist. That henceforward vessels coming from Franco,
from Algeria, as well as from Corsica and other French
islands, shall be subjected to a quarantine of ten days for
the passengers alone, their effects being aired on board the
vessel, and any 1. tters which the said vessels may carry
shall be fumigated.

2d. That passengers who arrive by land, as well as by
from places where no sickness prevails, but who ori-
ginally proceeded from France, should prove that they
have been 10 days in a place where the public health is
good.
3d. That all vessels coming from French ports, carrying
susceptible goods, must bring a certificate from the royal
consul, testifying that the said goods do not come from
Paris ; in default of which, they are to be subjected to the
same process of purification required for goods coming
from infected places.
4th. That orders should be sent through the regular
channels to all the diplomatic and consular agents in the
Italian states, not to sign passports or to deliver new ones
to those persons who come from France, unless they have
remained 10 days in a place where the public health is
good.
London, England, 1853-12-24

COUNTRY MARKETS.

•
•••

LIVERPOOL—DEC. 23. -
We had not so large an attendanee of millers and deal
as of late. The business transacted was moderately, fair,
and prices barely equal to those current at Tuesday's 1:001::
ket for wheat. Oats advanced is per bushel, and oatmeal
is per load. Indian corn rather dearer, and attracts Leo
speculative attention from its relative cheaper value. Blir
ley, beans, and peas unchanged in value.
:ro

WAKEFIELD—DEC. 23.
We have again a short supply of grain reported to tisil
day's market. Wheat must be noted from 1s to 2s per qr.
dearer, but the demand is not so extensive. Beans meets
good sale at le per qr. advance. Beane, oats, and sheik(
each fetch more money Average for the week ending
us.
19 :—Wheat, 68s 9W. Barley, 37s 10.1 d. Oats, 29s
Beans, 37s sd.

INVERNESS.—DEc. 20.
CORN.—Wheat, per quarter, weighing 621 b per bushll'.
6Ss Od to 70s Od ; barley, ditto, 541 b ditto, 306 Od to 32suu
Oats, ditto, 421 b ditto, 25s Od to 27s Od.
MEAL.—Oatmeal, per imp. boll 20s Od to 21s Od ; ar.
second, 00s Od. to Os Od ; barleymeal, 15s Od to Os ".
peasemeal, 15s Od to Os Od ; brp,n, per stone, Os 7d to Os„;"44
Ist flour, per 2801 b, 54s Od to 56s Oil ; 2d ditto, ,470 Od
49s Od ; oatmeal, best, per st. of 141 b impoial 2s ~
to 2s 2d ; ditto second, N Od to Os Od ; barleymeal Is kut
to 18 6d ; peasemeal, is 6d to Os ; Ist flour, 2s 9d oaf
3s Od credit ; 2d ditto, 2s 3d cash, 28 Id credit.

EXETER—DEC. 23.
CATTLE.—Prime beef, 108 6d per score ; cows and cal,veli.
101. 00s to 12/. • butchers' calves, 6d to Od per lb., ter;
calves 00s to 00s each. Sheep, 6d to 64d. Lambs, Od
Od per lb. Store hogs, large size, 358 to 505 each; 811:
22s to 24s ; small, 16s to 183. Rough fat, Od Per
Pork carcases from 9s to lOs per score.
CORN.—In our market wheat may be quoted from SI,
to Os 6d. Malting barley, 4s 3,1 to 4s 10d ; grinding d0..4
Od to 4s 3d. Oats, 24s 6d to 26s Od. Beans, 523 Od
uu
per qr.
Prices of Flour to-day— Fine, 56s to 57a; 013°11—''4 541
to 55s per sack.

BRISTOL SUGAR—DEC. 28.
ig
The market has been exceedingly bare of saraPles th cal(1
week.. India which have been brought forward hav!:„..oo
ready buyers at fully 6d advance. For floating 7/114
.
more inquiry, but few offering. Refiners' produce dse,erw,
participate in the activity prevailing for the raW Ma •
and prices with difficulty supported.

ET.—DEc. 23.
he close of the market

Wallsend, ko. .35
Lambton .................. 35 0
Stewart's ..................
:a 6
Whitwell ....
....
............
Thonaley .............. .. ,0
Gwaen Cae Giu-wen •••• .. .
.34
.0
Perkins' Anthracite .... 34 0
Watney's Anthracite.** •..

!8 f Sold „ 24.
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BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, DEC. 22.

The Right Hon. the Lords of the Committee of the
Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received,
through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy
of a despatch from her Majesty's Vice-Consul at Buenos
Ayres, inclosing a decree of the Government of Buenos
Ayres, opening the port of San Nicolas, on the Parana (150
miles north of Buenos Ayres), to general trade, from the
15th October last.
BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, DEC. 22.
The Right Hon. the Lords of the Committee of the
Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received,
through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy
of a despatch from her Majesty's Consul at Paraiba, re-
porting that the decree which prohibited the re-exporta-
tion of foreign goods from the province of Paraiba has
been rescinded and replaced by another decree, permitting
such re-exportation of foreign goods on payment of the
legal transit dues.
BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, DEC. 22.
The Right Hon. the Lords of the Committee of the Privy
Council for Trade and Plantations have received, through
the Secretary of State .for Foreign Affairs, a copy or a
despatch from her Majesty's Consul-General at Guatemala,
inclosing a communication from the Captain of the Port of
Iztapam, announcing that the Custom-house at that port
had been removed to San Jose, and that the Port .f Izta-
pam had been closed.
London, England, 1853-12-24

PARTICIPATION or PROPITS.

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Instituted 1807. Capital, .£600,000. •
Persons insuring against Fire, or effecting Policies Upon their own,
or the-lives of others, share largely in the surplus profits, free from
the possibility of loss.
• Prospectuses, and; every required information, may be had of any
of the Agents in England, Scotland, and Ireland, and Of Charles
Lewis, Esq., the Secretary, at the Bead Office in Exeter; and also
at the Office of the Company, 20, New Bridge-street, of the Manager
and Agent for London,
London, England, 1853-12-24

BANKRUPTS.

Robert Mooney, tea dealer, grocer, and oilman, Plea-
sant-row, Holloway-road, and Cropley-street, Holton New
Town, to surrender, Jan. 3, at two, and 31, at twelve, at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Watkins, official assignee,
Basinghall-street ; Hare, Gray's-inn.
William Harknett, builder, Barking, Essex, Jan. 4, a t
two, and Jan. 31, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Stansfeld, official assignee ; Hewitt, Nicholas-lane.
joilePh WAtrooD, broker, Liverpool, at Liverpool Didriot
London, England, 1853-12-24

London : George Routledge• and Co.. Farringdon-street.

THE RAILWAY LIBRARY.—" The Times,"
of December 17, says. "It is the testimony of Irarringdon-
street that a work published at Five Shillings, producing a large
sale of 3,000 copies, whea issued st a Shilling, has an issue of 60,000.
Mes4rs. RoutLEnaz and Co., on the let of January, commence the
issue of Sir E. LY r FO N BULWER'S WORKS, in volumes varying
from One to Twp Shillings.
London, England, 1853-12-24

BOARD OF 'TRADE, WHITEHALL, DEC. 22.

The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of
the Privy Council for Tradoand. Plantations have received,
through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy
of a despatch from her Majesty's Acting Charge d'Affaires
al Naples, transmitting a translation of the New Quaran-
t e Regulations issued by the Neapolitan Board of Health,
a ccpy of which is hereunto subjoined.
. _
(Translation.)
London, England, 1853-12-24

Wallsend, &c.

Lawson 32 0
Eden Main 34 0
Braddyll 35 0
Haswell .5 3
Ships at market 2

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.

LIVERPOOL, DEC. 23.
flea atill
STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The share market ope---,41.
here this morning at about the closing prices of Ye.B_,.„'"tbst-
Upon receipt of a telegraph from London, rept:el-lop
Baron Brunnow had demanded his passports, we talcs;
sudden decline of nearly 1 per cent. on all the heavy
but at the close, this evening, prices were all be tternlss,
not up to the opening rates of the morning :—Cal'eu°lo;
271 ; Eastern Counties, 133 ; East LancashireWO
Lancashire and Yorkshire, 67i 7 ; London and LW,
Western, 1031 ; ditto Fifth Shares, prem. ;. Idanc)ri'
Sheffield, and Lincoln, 21; Midland, M ;
INorth.
tish, 8; North Staffordshire, 5 9-16; South Eastern •°n,
Dover, 18 t ; York, Newcastle, and Berwick
16 1-16.

MANCHESTER, DEC. 23.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The business done has bee-0
there not being many buyers. Caledonian, 27i;
Counties, 13$ ; East Lancashire, 16$ ; Laticasau'igi
Yorkshire, 6731 4 ; London and North-Westerlitood,
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 24$ ; 130
64, 3$ ; North Staffordshire, 54 ; Shrewsbury au"
mingham Pref., 104 ; South-Eastern, 10 I.

BIRMINGHAM, DEC. 23.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-At the opening of the Stoop
change this morning the railway share marlet had
ing tendency, and up to mid-day no transactions 1111'7,.00
ported on 'Change. The unfavourable intelligence :1A
the East, and its consequent effect upon the Money-m*4r
was considered to be the cause. One or two trifling 006
actions in private were said to have occurred in the co
of the afternoon.

BRISTOL, DEC. 22.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market continues dull b>3d
active. Midland Stock brought 63i.

COURSE OF EXCH.
Am5terdam............ 11 1410
Ditto, three:months .. 11 16
Rnttord •• . _ 11 1(14
Antwerp .............. 25 20
Brussels .............. 25 20
llamburgh ..... 13 5
Altona .................

Paris .............. .... 25 2%
Ditto, throe months .. 25 30
Marseilles..•....• • • .... 25 32%
Bourdeaux ............

Frankfort-on-Maine . : 118 R,
Berlin
Vienna .. • • ..
Trieste .. ........ •• .. 11 44
Petersburgh 87%
Madrid .... .......... 50 4,
Barcelona.. ........
SevWe •••.••• • •• • •
London, England, 1853-12-24

.FRAUDS IN LEADENITA LL-MARKET,

Mr. D. W. Harvey, the Commissioner of the City
Police, received the following letter from the proprietor
of the Bury Post :-
1 " Sir,—l take the liberty of calling your attention to it'
, case which, I believe, is only ono of a very numerous class
of frauds of like character. Having received a copy of the
inclosed advertisement last week, 'which was unintention-
ally inserted in my paper without previous inquiry, on
sending up the account to my town agent he reports it as
bad ; and knowing that this mode of obtaining provision;
from the country is frequently practised by men of straw
at this season, the name used in this case .being that of a,
poultry salesman of some standing in Leadenhall-market,
I beg to suggest the expediency of some inquiry being
made by the police respecting the house named.—l am, sir,
your most obedient servant,
' , • ' "JOHNSON GEDGE, Proprietor.
" To D. W. Harvey; Esq., Commissioner
of Police, London."
" No. —, Fleet-street, London.
"Sir,—l wish the encloSed inserted three times in yoxr
paper, and a copy sent each time, with your charge, by
return of post.—Yours respectfully, —.
"To Poultry Feeders, Farmers, and others.—The ad-
vertiser is desirous of contracting for a 'regular supply of
poultry of all kinds.; also fresh butter, cream cheeses,
hams, &c. Address, prepaid, ——, Fleot-street, London.
"N.B. An extra supply of geese, turkeys, fowls, and
sucking pigs required during Christmas,"
Mr. Harvey also received a letter from the County
Police-office, Dumfries, stating that a gentleman in that
vicinity had, in consequence of au advertisement of the
same kind, sent to London by railway a tea chest, con-
taining three geese and a turkey, consigned to the per-
sons who described themselves in the advertisement as
salesmen in Lea.denhall-rnarket, but had never heard a
word about the goods since.
The commissioner, upon receiving the communica-
tions, sent constable 376, one of the active members of
the force, to make the necessary inquiries, and the report
of the officer was that a gang of swindlers, to which the
Fleet-street and the Leadenhall-market advertisers be-
longed, were getting game from all parts of the country ;
that the house in Fleet-street was formerly a betting-
office, and that one of the part,ies is there all day to re-
ceive letters. That a4respectable salesman in Leaden.
hall-market had shown the offioer a number of letters
respecting the gang, who had taken theliberty of using
his name, and that the beadle of Newgate-market had
advertised in a number of country newspapers caution-
ing farmiirs and others upon the subject.
Active measures have, we understand, been adopted
in consequence of the information.
London, England, 1853-12-24

SEWELL and CO., Compton House. This
ESTABLISHMENT will be CLOSED on MONDAY, December
26, the day_after Christmas-day. All orders orietters from the coun-
try will be attended to as usual.

- •
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MASITFACTURERS, UPHOLSTERERS, and CARPET
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6 Australian

all Australian Cordillera
all Australian Freehold
all Ave Maria

all 'Baden (Gd.Daohy of)I
all Bltenarvon Iron and

Coal
all British Austrin. Gold
13.5 British Iron
' 243 Brazilianlmp. (issued
at £5 pm
all Do. Cocaes & Cuiad
15 Do. St. John Del Rey
Carson's Creek
all Cobra Copper
1 Colonial Gold

16 Copiapo .
all Copp& Min. of Eng,
all Do. Pref. 7i p. cent,
all English and Austin,
Copper Smeltg. Co
all General

all Gt.NuggetVeinScrp
2 Do. Registered
all Great Polgooth
all Lake Bathurst
all Liberty
all Linares.

all Iliond.&CaliformGolcil

Quartz Crush. Co
all Mariquita
9 Mexican&S.Amerieu
all New Granada
all New Linares Minini

and Smelting Co.::
all Nouveau Monde
all Pontgiband Silver
Lead Min. & Smelt
1 Port Philip
all Quartz Rock
all Rhymney Iron
15 Do. Now
11i Santiago de Cuba '
all South Australian
7 Tin Croft
all United Mexican
all Waller
all West Granada
all West Mariposa
12s. Worthing Mining of

Australia ,
all Yuba 1