The Sun.
London, England, 1856-11-25 00:00:00

A Cabinet Council was hell, yesterday at the official
residence of the First Lord of the Treanory, in Downing-
street. The Ministers present were Viscount Palmer-
ston, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Lansdowne,
the Earl of Harrowby, Sir George Gray, the Earl of
Clarendon, Mr. Secretary Labouchere, Lord Panmure,
the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Charles Wocd,
the Right Hon. R. Vernon Smith, Lord Stanley of Al-
derley, and the Right Hon. M. T. Baines.
Admiral Dundas is to be Liberal candidate for Green-
wich.

From almost all the continental cities the tone of the
private letters continues to be very satisfactory.
The Bank of Frankfort have reduced their rates of
discount from 6 per cent. to 5 per cent.
At Hamburg there has been a slight reaction from the
downward tendency of the discount-market, the rate,
which bad fallen to si, being now again 6 per cent.
Silver continues to be sent to this country from the
continent to meet the Eastern demand. From Ham-
burg some bars have just been despatched, while from
Paris sf. pieces still come in considerable quantities.
The sales in the Encumbered Estates Court, Ireland,
from the 14th to the 20th, have realised the large sum
of 198.038/ , and the rates were on a very high range,
averaging about 27 years' purchase on the net rental.
The late General Guyon left two sons and one daugh-
ter. The Emperor of the Ftench has already nominated
one of the boys to a vacancy in the Polytechnic School,
and has promised to provide, if possible, for the other.
A letter from Rustchuk mentions that arrangements
are just now being made in the D obrudsc'na for the
return of about 1,400 Bulgarian families, who had fled
into Bessarabia at the time of the taking of Matschin
and the siege of Silistria.
According to the monthly statement of Messrs. W.
and H. Laird, the export of coal in October was 516,07$
tons against 404,086 tons in the corresponding month
of last year. The principal increase has been to Ame-
rica, Denmark, PrusFia, Sweden, France, Italy, Spain,
Belgium, and Austria.
The commercial advices from New York state that the
recant recovery of the stock market has been maintained,
although the news from Euzope was discouraging. The
distrust inspired by the disclosures, both in England and
America, of the irregularities in the transfer department
of railways, had caused stock to decline in price.
GREAT WESTERN OF BENGAL RAILWAY.—The Max-
ter in Chancery Humphry has at length decided that all
transfers of shares or scrip in this abortive company are

illegal and void, and has directed the declaration of a
dividend of the assets in the hands of Mr. Quitter (of

the firm of Quilter, Ball, and Co.), the official manager,
among the original allottees -of shares, the result o
which is that the transferees of shares or scrip will not
be entitled to participate.
GALE AT LIVERPOOL. —LIVERPOOL, Monday. —II
blew a severe gale from the northwest on Saturday
night and Sunday, but decreased this morning. The
casualties reported are trifling. The chief damage has
been sustained by the American ships ashore on the
Burbo Bank—one of which has entirely gone to pieces
—the Louisiana, for New Orleans, and another, the S.
M. Fox, for New York—is rapidly breaking up.
The screw steamer Constitution is hourly expected at
Southampton from Antwerp on her way to New York
She belongs to the same line as the Belgique, the pio-
neer ship o the Belgian Transatlantic Steam Navigation
Company.
THE BRAZILS.—The steam-packet line between South-
ampton and Brazils, by the Union Screw Company's
steamers, will be rosepended this month. The steamer
Celt, belonging:so that company, will not leave South-
ampton until. the 23d of next month. These steamers
will in %tine call at Pernambuco, as well as at Bahia
and Rio de Janeiro.
ARRIVAL OF THE MADRID. The Peninsular and
Oriental Company's steam packet Madrid, Captain
George Bradshaw, Admiralty agent,Lieu t. Darby, -R.N.,
arrived at Southamphen with the Peninsular mails
yesterday. Her dates were—Gibraltar, Nov. 15 ; Cadiz,
Nov. 16 ; Lisbon, Nov. 19 ; Oporto, Nov. 20 ; Vigo,
Nov. 21. The Madrid brought 15 passengers, amongst
whom were Sir John Rennie.
THE STEAMER EUROPEAN.—Captain Ellison has been
appointed to the command of the European, which takes
out the next Australian mail. This was the officer who
made the celebrated boat voyage from the Alacranes to
Sisal, when the Tweed was wrecked on the former, some
years since. He also commanded the Avon during the
great storm in the Black Sea, and saved his ship by per-
forming the daring feat of running her through the
rocky and narrow ensrance into Balaklava harbour
during the height of the storm.
OUR OCEAN STEAMERS.—The freight charged for the
specie taken out in the Peninsular and Oriental Com-
pany's steamer Colombo last week amounted to nearly
12,0001. Since the enormous exports of silver to the
East the passengers and specie freight by one of the
Alexandrian packets amounted to the value of the ship.
The length of the lines which the Peninsular and Ori-
ental Company's packets at present traverse is 17,664
miles. There aro now two important mail steam packet
lines in connexion with that company's packets, which
are worked by independent companies—viz., the one
between Aden and the Manritius, and that between
Calcutta and Burmah. The highest single passenger
fare in the world is 1651. which is the suns charged by
the above-named company for a passage from Southamp-
ton to Shanghae. By recent arrangements the arrival
home of the West India packets fits in with the depar-
ture of the East India ones ; this has increased the
wonders of modern travelling. A person can now take
leave of the Pacific Ocean from the west at Panama, and
in eleven weeks he may salute the great ocean from the
east on the coast of China. During this period be would
have travelled nearly 15,000 miles, hare crossed two
oceans and two great seas, sighted some of the most re-
markable places in ancient and modern history, and
lauded on the four quarters of the globe. The expense
• of such a trip is 2201.
SUNKEN WAR VESSELS AT SEBASTOPOL TO BE RAISED
BY AN AMERICAN.—A. Boston paper says :—" John E.
Cowen, Esq., of this city, who is now in Russia, has
just entered into a contract with the Russian Govern-
ment to raise the ships of war and other vessels, 52 in
number, sunk in the harbour of Sebastopol at the time
of the siege. It will be remembered that Mr. Cowen,
under contract with our Government, succeeded, after
repeated effsrte of British engineers had failed, in raising
the wreck of the United States steamer Missouri, sunk
in the harbour of Gibraltar. Mr.Coweu will commence
operations in the harbour of Sebastopol next spring."
PORT OF LONDON.—In the general business of the
port of London during the past week there has been con-
tinued activity. The number of ships reported inward
was 280, showing an increase of 51 over the previous
week. These included 54 with cargoes of grain, rice,
and flour ; 23 with fruit of all sorts, 9 with sugar, and
1 with tea. The number of vessels cleared outward was
103, includino. 12 in ballast, showing a decrease of 25.
In the Australian trade there is a considerable diminu-
tion in the number of vessels on the berth. The total is
45, being a decrease of 11 from the last account. Of
those now loading 6 are for Adelaide, 3 for Hobart Town,
3 for Launceston, 3 for Melbourne, 1 for Moreton Bay,
7 for New Zealand, 14 for Port Philip, 6 for Sydney, 1
for Swan River, and 1 for Warrnambool. The depar-
tures from the port of London for the Australian colonies
during the past week have comprised 7 vessels-4 to
Sydney, 2 to Launceston, and 1 to Hobart Town, with
an aggregate capacity of 5,594 tons. The rates of
freight exhibit a tendency to increased firmness.
LIVERPOOL SHIPPING STATISTICS.—The following is a
return of ships inwards and outwards in the foreign
trade of this port for the week ended Nov. 22, 1856 ;
and of ships reported inwards from Jan. 1 to the same
date, as compared with the corresponding period in the
year 1855 e—Entered inwards—Week ended Nov. 22,
1856—ships, 77 ; tonnage, 45,491; week ended Nov. 22,
1855—ships, 49 ; tonnage, 20,486; increase in ships, 28;
increase in tonnage, 25,005. Cleared outwards—Week
ended Nov. 22, 1856—ship, 73; tonnage, 41,474; week
ended Nov. 22, 1855—ships, 87 ; tonnage, 40,626 ; de-
crease in ships, 14; increase in tonnage, 848. Reported
inwards—from Jan. 1 to Nov. 22, 1856 —ships, 3,917;
tonnage, 2,211,538 ; Jan. 1 to Nov. 22, 1855—ships,
3,760; tonnage, 1,869,112 ; increase in ships, 157 ; in-
crease in tonnage, 324,426.
THE CHESTER MURDERER.—Jackson remains in the
d in which he appeared at his examina-
tion. We understand that his friends have declined same dogged moo
ad-
vancing any amount whatever for the purposes of his
defence. He wiil have, therefore, to rely upon coun-
sel appointed by the judge for his defence.—Chester
Chronicle.
THE BRITS 111,RDER.—The inquest upon the body of
the unfortunate George Carter, who was murdered in a
secluded spot in the vicinity of Erith, was resumed
yesterday at the Crown Hotel, Erith, and again
adjourned. The strongest fact elicited against the
innocence of Worrell, the man who was suspected of the
crime, and who committed suicide on Friday last in the
Greenwich Police-court, was the identification of the
gouge found in the hand of the murdered man. John
Mayo, a carpenter, said the instrument was his property.
He lent it to a young man in the employ of Worrell's
father, who had not since returned it to him.
MURDER FROM DISAPPOINTED LOVE.—LEICESTER,
Monday.—This morning a man named Wedge, a brick-
layer's labourer, was brought before the mayor and
sitting magistrates at the Town-hall, charged with the
wilful murder of Eliza Bond, by administering poison to
her. It appeared that the prisoner had for some time
b:en paying his addresses to the deceased ; but a few
weeks ago she gave him notice that his attentions would
no longer be acceptable, and the prisoner was supplanted
by another party. He then declared he would poison
the young woman. Last Saturday evening he was in
her company and offered to fetch her a bottle of Scotch
ale, to which she consented ; but immediately after par-
taking of it complained of feeling ill, and died yesterday
morning. The circumstances of her death led to sus-
picion being entertained of poisoning by strychnine, and
the prisoner was consequently apprehended. Only the
bare facts of the case were given in evidence this morn-
ing, and the prisoner, who denied the charge, was
remanded. A. coroner's inquest will, however, be held
this evening, when medical evidence will be adduced as
to the cause of death.
SERIOUS ACCIDENT.—On Friday last Miss Ricardo, of
Titness Park, Sunninghill, sister to Mr. S. Ricardo, M. P.
for Windsor, was riding through the Long-walk, in com-
pany with her brother-in-law, Capt. Bastard, and his
daughter, three of the Misses Codrington,and Maj or Blanc.
After passing the double gates, the horse ridden by Miss
Ricardo suddenly bolted.' As the animal reached the gate
at the end of Park-street, the porter of the Upper Lodge,
leading to the Castle, ran to shut the gate, but had not
time to close it within a yard, when the horse, in attempt-
ing to force itself through the narrow space, brought
the lady in violent contact with the iron post. The col-
lision threw Miss Ricardo off, and she sustained a severe
fracture of the thigh. She was taken to one of the royal
lodges, where she received prompt medical attendance ;
and her thigh being partially set, she was conveyed to
Titness Park, where she was attended by Dr. Ellison,
of Windsor, and Mr. Brown
Sunninghill. Miss Ricardo, we are happy to say, is
doing well. (the family surgeon), of