The Sun.
London, England, 1856-10-23 00:00:00

BIONEY MARKE TI S'AIARE

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COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENC24

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CITY, Two o'CLoo
The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed
'very firmly, and prices of Americans were id. per
lb., and Surats, to 4d. per lb. dearer than last
Reek. The sales were estimated at 20,000 bales,
comprising 2,000 for export, and 8,000 on specula-
tion. The Railway Share Market was active, and
all the leading stocks advanced fro to 1 per
cent.

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9A' A uthg. Ncttng. Bost.
I and Eastn. .Tnnot...
'''' ' all 1331 f aRt t liiillymeas..
LP:, all Rllliing. Wolverh. 1
• Stour Valley
11 all Birk eand. Lancet, Ei
Cheshire Jnnot
273 all Do. C',, sh. Az Efri.
22,,
all I Do., do. ..... ... ...
25 tl I ,Blackburn
5 all Imyth &Tyne origina
£25 (iced. at £,l',
iilt.lloo ,Bristol and Exeter )
St. 1100 !Caledonian.
5J 100 ;Chester di Holyhead 1
50 ; all !Cork and Bandon._
.10 all Cork, Black, gig Pas;,
20 15 Cornwall
10 all I Do .A
101 8I Do. B
50 :45 I Dubfin&BelfastJunc.. 15 all ,Dun. P. di Al;er. Jnc.
St. 1 100 !East Augllan
.10 all 'Eastern Counties..
It. 1100 East. Unlcn, A Stl,
it.t 1.001P5., B. Stock ....,
5 84 Do., New A .....
5 15 !East Kent
1. 100 I East Lancashire
100 1E clinbu rgh ez Gla,sgo
) all Edinb. and Peebles
100 lEdin. Prth di Dtmde,
1 all I Forth & Clyde Janc.
.'lOO Furness
lall Do. Extension........
all Great N. of Scotlnd ,
100 Great Northern
1100 Do., A. Stock
clOO Do., B. Stock
!1)0 Gt. Bth. &West.(lre.)
100 Great Western 1
100 Do. Stotr Val. Rail!
GIIA. Stk
all Irish South-Eastern
1 all Lancaster & Carlisle'
14i Do., Thirds..
12 Do. Now Thirds
100 Laneash.andYorkgh '
Do., Wst. aiding Un
all Do. South' or;'
all London & BlackwalP
,100 Loud. Bright & S.Cst.
100 Lond. and N. Westn.
16 IDo. Fifths
5i,D0.101.5h.,M&8...0
2i too. Eighths
100 London and S. Westn.
, ! all LndndrrydiColeraine
/5 ' all Lndndrry. & Ennisk
St. 100 Ifanch.Shef.& Limit
325. Do., Man. & Lin. Un
1 Nietropolitan. ......
5 Do. J L. Ricardo's
arrangement
100 ifidland
100 1/o.l3irmng.&Derb
all 41d1d. G. West. (Ire )
all Do, Half Shares
all Newcastle & Carlisle
all Nwpt.Aberg. &Hrfd
1.004
311 : ,
I Newry,N a Newryoonrr
li: :BWtoEratine rnvnr :el
18rne k.
sP:
u.°l.ll.nne .1
i
100 North British
100 Nth. Devon Rail, d,
Dock Stock
100 Do., A 5t0ck........
100 c/o. B Stock
too N. iastern—Borwi, li
233 :/o. do. Extension ,
161 Do.do. G.N.E. ?land,
all Do. Leeds
100 Do. York .
100 North London..,,
3i 1p V.&S.Wstrn.,Hatui
etsad, and City Jn.
1.7! North Staffordshire.
el North Western
all N. &S. Westrn.June
I.' It Jx., Wore., & Wolv.
14 'ortstsouth ........
9 Rhymney ....„_.....
.((i .",sottish Central
10) Scot. N E.Abrdn St.
tOt Do. Scot. Mid. St
00 i ,ropshire Ur, i ~,.
2 SitinzbournekSheer,
al ioutu Devon ....
10 South Eastern..,..
00 tooth Wales .
15 i. Yrksh. di Riv. Du

From the import returns at the port of Antwerp
there is a falling off in the articles of wheat, rye,
and other cereP.is, with the exception of rice, which
has incrr,ased considerably. The following is a
table '.rt the chief items under this head, which
have. been imported from the Ist Oct. to the 15th :
Wheat. 3,007,811 kilos.
Rye
Oats. 98,431 „
Buckwheat 38,269 „
Tiarley 650,932
Flour 149,093 „
Rice
Tilf, quantity of wheat in the depot on the 15th s
INS 3,644,917 kilos., and of rye 1,114,966 ditto. S
Later advices from Vienna state that all hopes k
Of the Austrian National Bank being able to t(
resume cash payments on the Ist November are
St
a)Jandoned by the community. In consequence of tto
o
this the premium upon bullion in exchange for their 3t.
notes has risen to 9 per cent. The last statement 31
of the Bank show:, no diminution of the amount of it.
:notes in circulation, notwithstanding the recent 11:
increase of specie, in the vaults of that establish-
znent. The amount of notes is put down at
387,000000 florins, and the reserve of bullion at 50
6i
81,000,000 ditto. 164
aie commercial advices from New York, per St.
!tear:ter Baltic, it is stated that there was a consi- 20
°;.e,1,1)10 pressure for money at the latest date, and -14
ritst- class mercantile paper was only negotiable at st. to 9 per cent. Some interesting information is 20
give 1n relative to the trade of New York during
12,
last month. The value of the imports in that 3t.
Period was $15,502,446, against $14,766,639 in ;6
the corresponding month of 1855. The exports
were valued at $11,360,826 and at $3,738,547 re_ glge,
13pectively, so that a heavy balance of trade still 10
exists against our transatlantic neighbours. For
„.
the speculative securities there was a weak market,
4.
Public being generally disposed to press sales.
The demand for money continues active, and
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full r
rates are current. For commercial purposes,
however, there is no difficulty in getting 60 days'
7-S,
bllls discounted, but capitalists exercise great cau-
tion, and do not supply the market with cash so Bt.
50
abundantly as they did a week or two since.
The directors of the Bank of England, at their Rt
sb.
4 St.
st,
11811a1
cc
meeting" to-day, made no alteration
4rl the terms of discount nor in their policy, with
the
to advances on stock. St.
A very buoyant market prevails for public se- 25
Ctirities, and there is a remarkable scarcity of 50
,
"elleY stock. The public during the last few days V:
'lave been eager purchasers, and there is still an 10
64ketive inquiry. Consols for money have been
20
bZ2I !) 92g 1, and 92i For account they have 20
ebeen92l 3 and 92i 2.. For a moment they were 10.
:1' "ring to a sale by the Government broker, but 76
"4'l are now firmer again. The present quotations 10
faLe 2i
H and 921,- for money and account respec-
eq.* The New- Threes have been 91.. i 92 ;
Reduced 911, ; and the 30 Years' Annuf.
:ea (1885) 17 15-16ths, 18. Exchequer Bills are 10
gn •to 7s. premium ; India Bonds, 3s. to Bs. pre- at
mum ; and Exchequer Bonds 98i. St.
Foreign Securities are rather active, and gene- 20
24411 Y firmer. Turkish 6 per Cents, have risen
Per cent., viz., to 891 90, and the 4 per Cents.
25
are buoyant at 991 Spanish 3 per Cents. are 25
414) and the New Deferred 24f, being rather
St.
higher. Russian 5 per Cents, are dull at 107±,
st.
and the 4/ per Cents. at 97. Peruvian 4/ per p,
Cents. are marked 75, Mexican 214, Chilian 6 per
21
Cents, 105, do. 3 per Cents. 74, Belgian 4i. per 50
Cents. 981, and do. 4 per Otnts. 941. 20
The following are the nominal prices of Foreign 10
Stocks :-Grenada Deferred Bonds, 61 74 ; 5
can, 211 ; Peruvian 41 per Cents., 74 76 ; ditto 25
3 per Cents., 53 55 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 10
43 45 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 106 108 ; ditto 44 per
20
Cents., 95 97; Spanish 3 per Cents., 411 424 ; ditto 10
Deferred, 231 24; ditto Certificates, 4 si; ditto
Passive, 61 I.
0
2
The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up 6
to this day, are in round figures as under :-
20
1856. 1855. 18
Great Western
6
North-Western
south-Westernl7,l96 15,736 6
Brighton 16,191 16,275
Midland
Eonth-Eastern
Caledonian
12,850 11,833 20
Great Northern
Lancashire and Yorkshire
Bristol and Exeter
6, 0
North 720 6,552 2
Manchester Sheffield, and Lincoln 10,028 9,206 20
Stafford rd
North London
Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverh 4,367 4,218
~29,
Great Western of Canada 15,885 12,640 LUU
too
Grand Trunk of Canada
20
Northern of France
10
An active business has been done in the Railway 20
Share Market, and prices have all advanced. The llse in most of the principal lines has been fully too
to per cent. North-Western, Brighton, Lan-
cashire and Yorkshire, Manchester, Sheffield, and too
Lincoln, Lincoln, 11Iidland and South-Eastern have improved 20
1. North-Eastern (Berwick), South-Western, and 20
Edinburgh, Perth 20
, and Dundee 1. The Canadian
rhlines have2W
also shown an enhancement, and Grand 20f
I'trunk and Great Western of Canada are about
to higher. Joint-Stock Bank Shares are 100
active) and a good business has been transacted at ill°
former prices. There are a few transactions re-
lirrorted in Miscellaneous Shares at rather improved
ates. Canacla'Government 6 per Cents, are steady,
andrenerad Screw Steam and North of Europe
steam are quoted at fully former prices.

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79 - so
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171 —17 i
56 57
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6 - 61
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10 - 11
25 - 27

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all ;t ai nes, Wok. & Wol
tockton & Darling.
14 Do., do., 1854.,,
3 Do., do., 1855
16 ;thekten ttz Hartlep
DC raft* Vale
.........
Lon )0. Pref., No. . 1....
22 Thames Hay, D.& R.
all Vale of Neath .......
all Waterfd. & Rilkenn
all ,Vaterford&Limeril
all West C0rnwa11......
all Vest End of Londot
and Crystal Palace.
all Do. A
all Do. B
all West London
all Do. Fbst Class ..
all Do. Second Class .
all Wimbledn&Croydon

ArrISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(Prom the Official List.) k Stockn
asinese done.
tan 213
............................
3 per C;ent. Reduced Annuities
per Cent. Consols Annuitieb 924 6 i
New 3 per Cent. Annuities
Long Annuities, expire sth Jan 1860 2 9-16
Ditto 30 Years, expire stlApril,Jan.
1885 lB 17 15.16
India Fiords, 1:10( '
.
Ditto, under £1000.....
.........
Consols tor der
92+
Xaeliequer Bills, 241-11. ............
P,lOOO ............. . .... ..
400
%All . ......•
.. ........ .: ........ .
Ditto Bonds, ...... 34 per Cent.
Ditto 1859 .............. .
PRIORS OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK
llrazilian 13onds. 5 per Cent.
,„be., New, 1829 and 1839, 5 per Cent 9B
t'tliliau Bonds, 6 per Cent„
PeDitto 3 per Cent.
can 3 per Cent
rernvian Bonds 44 per Cent
Dirtilguese Bonds, 5 per Cent., Con. 1811
tto 1853, 3 per Cent
Bri.ssian Bonds, 1822, £ St., 5 per Cent._ 107 e
97
1 Ditto 44 per Cent.
Bp. nisi bowls, 3 Per Cent
414
iiitto Account
bitto New Deferred, 3 per Cent.
214
Ditto Account
90 89
Titilich Bends, 6 por cent
90 89i i
jibitto Account
99i; 3,
Ditto Guaranteed, 4 Per Cent.
JPJitto Account
....
................... ••
dend. on tho above payable In London.
Belgian, 24 per
Ditto ‘4. per Ce Cent , ex. 25 francs
Driteti Exc
nt.: ex. 25 francs 98i
hange, 2
Per ~en;
k-, ,12 Guilders
k_ Ditto Account .... • .
liitto 1 per Cent. CP .......... i
a es .
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Ditto Account ...,,...

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on4ols, money . ...
................... TWO
,2 0 TLCCK.
Ditto Account... . ........ . .
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20
10(
DEANERY OF CARLISLE 10(
deanery of Carlisle, 100
vacant by the appointment of Dr. Tait to the bishopric 100
of London, has been conferred upon the Rev. Francis No
el°'e, incumbent of Cheltenham.
20
TRE INSTALLATION Or THE DEAN Or WESTMINSTER, tO
--Te ceremony of installing the new Dean of West- 20
ll'io4ter, the Rev. R. C. Trench, took place this morning 2"(!p
.TI2TAE .0 o'clock. There was full cathedral fiervic?, in the
Lgo
en the occasion.
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10
Alo ,
,ANADIAN MAILS.—LIVERPOOL, Oct. 22.—The
Canacci24 Ocean Steamship Company's screw steamer 25
sey thi:., Captain NV. Ballantine, sailed from the Mer. 25
fortni 4ftornoon for genbee and Montreal with the
gatly
and go mails for the Canadian provincee, 77 cabin
"40 Passengers, and a full cargo.

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FOR:

'Ol - 103
233 - 24!
D. 73
46 48
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14} 143
674 - 683
77 - 79
5i - 443
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15 - 17
36 38

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all intwerp&Rott. reit m
to Ardennes
all lelgian Eastn. Juno
14 3ozi ors to Graissesse c
9 Bombay, Baroda, and
Con. India, g. 6 p. c
all Do.
! 8 Buff. & Lk. Hur. Ry
all Cartaeaux & Toulouse
Coal Mines and Ry.
10s. Ceylon A shares
1 Do. B. do
all Demerara
12 Dutch Rhenish
all Eastern of France
19 Do. New
2s. Eastern Bengal ...
all East Indian A and B,
g. 51).c
5 Do. Ex. C, gu. sp. c
all Do. do. D, gu. sp. c.
all D 0.4 p.c. Bnds. ,'57
all Do. do. do., '59, d(l.-
`2B. Euphrates Valley
108. Eur.& In.Jn.Tel.Rail
all Geelong & Melbourne
guar. 5 per cent...
all O. Trunk of Canada
all Do. Cert. of Deben,
con. into Stk. till '6:
all Do. Comp. 6p. c., do
18 Gt. Central of Franc.
all Gt. In. Pen. g. sp. c.
2 Do New, guar. sp. c
16 Great Luxembourg
all Gt. Western of Canad
bi Do. New
all Do. gds., payable 's';
all Do. do., '76, p. '60..
all Do. do., '73 do.
all Do. do., '73, without
option
4 Italian Junction......
all Lake Const. &
all Liorre and Turnhout
6 Lombardo Venetian.
all Lucca do Fist. sp. c.p.
15 Lyons and Geneva
all Lyons & Mediterran
all Madras, guar. 4 p.c
all Do. New do., sp. c
10 Do. 44 p. c. Eaten
5 Do. 3d Ex., g. sp, c
all Maria Antonia ...
all Do. do. New
all Namur & Liege
all Do. do., Gp. c, Prof
all Northern of France.
all lorwegianTrunkPre
all Paris and Lyons.. .
all Paris and Orleans
5 Recife & San. Fran ,
(Pernam.) g. 7 p. c
5 Rome and Frascati
all loyal Danish .....
all Royal Swedish
all iambre and Meuse
all Do. 5i p. cent. Peat
5 3einde, guar. sp. c
all Do
all iouthern of France
18 it. Andrew's and
Quebec (A)
e.ll 'Xiest Flanders
in Do. SA. per c. Pref
all W. of Franc.
6 Western of Austria...
.
all West. of Switzerland
all Wiesbaden ...
all Viandall Do. 8 per cent. Pref.

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411 Bedford and
Blotchley ...
.100 Buckgh:taish.
11,(10 Clydosdatt. i .
all i Col. Stour Vy.
. !IOC! E. Lin. R. 6 pc.
all IE. Un. H. Sli.
100 Glas. Barr. &
Neils. Direct!
1100 Do. N0w......
all Glstr.ct Dn. Fr
all lirtlpl. Dlr. &
Railway
all Hull & Selby
all Do. i Sharer.
all Do. i Shares.
all ! Lon. & Greonw !!
all I Do.Prefcrence I.
100 ! Lon., Til., k •:,'. ,
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London &
N. Wo.ft.
L. &N. W
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34 Do. Bark. Sh.
100 Lowestoft gr.
4 per cont.
100 Do. 6 per ct.
all Manch. Batn.
and Matlock
all Middlesbro' &
Redc.g 6 p.c.
100 Midld.Braaf.t
54 Newmarket
Bury E. o.spc
all N.& Est.s p.c.
all Do. 6 per et.
all Do. Fixods p c
all Prost. & w yre
all Do. i Shrs. A
100 Roystn.& Mt.
18i Shcf.Roth.and
G0010g.5 p.c.
all Shrews.&iler,
101 S. Staffordsh.
all Wear Vail eyg r
6 per cent..
all Do..

Poto Co
Do

Norfolk ,
Do

1100 Wilts&Oomrst

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1 & Midld.
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7'l_ SUN, LONDON THURSDAY KVE I G OCTOBER 23 I 8 5 6

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.— (This Day,

MANSION•HOUSE.

PO/MEW7.-oclavius King, the young man who was
brought before the Lord Mayor on Saturday in custody
of John Forrester, was again placed at the bar, charged
with uttering three forged acceptances for 1,5001.,
1,5001., and 1,4501., with intent to defraud the Na-
tional Discount Company. He is described on the
police-sheet as 21 years of age, merchant, of the Ter-
race, Newmarket. Tbs prisoner, who is very respect-
ably connected, appeared to feel acutely his degraded
Position, and from his exhausted state he was accom-
modated with a seat. It appears there are several
bills of a heavy amount now running supposed to have
been uttered and forged by him. Since his incarcera-
tion he has been adjudicated a bankrupt.
Mr. Ila Hams, of the firm of Martin and Hallama,
appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Wontner for
the prisoner.

Mr. Hallam said be should not offer any further
evidence. He thought sufficient had been adduced to
prove the charge.

The Lord Mayor said he thought so also.
Mr. Wontner did not object to the course proposed.
The depaitions, the particulars of which have already
been published, were read over, and the prisoner was
committed for trial.

MARLDOROUGH•STREET.
A DISHONEST SERVANT.—Thomas Almond and ilfary
Buck,thorne were placed at the bar before Mr. 'lngham,
the former prisoner charged with stealing a quantity of
tobacco, the property of Mr. Rogers, tobacco manufac-
turer, High-street, St. Giles ; and the latter with receiv-
ing the same, well knowing it to have been stolen.
Mr. C. Lewis appeared for the female prisoner.
Franklin, 72 F, stated that, from information he had
received from the prosecutor, be was induced to watch
the prisoner, who was in his employ, and who was sus-
pected of robbing him. On Tuesday night last he saw
the prisoner leave prosecutor's shop, and he followed
him to the corner of Fox-court, Gray's-inn-lane, where
he (prisoner) was joined by another man, to whom he
delivered a parcel. The prisoner and his compa-
nion then went into a public-house, and the
other man shortly after left and took the parcel to
No. 1, Fox-court. The prisoner left the public-house,
but witness, in consequence of not having assistance
at hand, did not then take him into custody. Last
night he watched the prisoner again, and about half-
past 8 he saw him leave his work, and, after dodging
him about for some time, he followed him to No. 1,
Fox-court, a chandler's shop. The female prisoner was
in the shop, and the prisoner gave her a parcel con-
taining tobacco, which she weighed and put away
behind the counter. She gave the prisoner some
money, and when he came out of the shop witness
took him into custody. Holmes, 50 F, who was with
witness at the time, took charge of the woman. The
parcel of tobacco new produced was subsequently
found behind the counter.

David Fowkes, manager to the prosecutor, identified
the tobacco as the property of his employer. The pri-
soner had been in their employ for about three years,
and latterly he bad been given to drink and dishonest
habits.

which was locked when he saw it an hour before the ,
prisoner was missing. Whe❑ he saw it again it was
broken to pieces, and the money was gone. From in-
formation he received he went to the station-house and
found the prisoner there.

Police constable Smith, No. 403 K, said that he found
the prisoner last night in a place called Blue-gate-fields,
Shadwell, with some drunken sailors and loose women.
She was very much intoxicated and disorderly, and it
appeared had been to a house of ill fame with a sailor
before he took her into custody.
Mr. Elliott expressed his surprise at so much immo-
rality in a girl so young, and asked her age.
The prisoner replied that she was 15.
Smith added that the prisoner confessed to him that
morning that she broke open the money box and stole all
the money, except a three-penny piece which she left in I
the bottom of the box.

A shop-keeper said the prisoner was formerly in his
employ, and she robbed him of money and goods, but he
overlooked it and allowed her to escape without punish-

merit.

The prisoner said she was guilty, and very sorry for
what she had done.

Mr. Elliott was afraid the prisoner was a most incorri•
Bible thief. This was not the first time she had robbed

her employer, and she appeared to indulge i❑ the mos,
• •

vicious propensities. He sentenced her to two months
imprisonment and hard labour.

Mr. Bingham asked whether the woman was known

Franklin said she was the wife of a porter in Gray's.
11D.

Mr. Bingham—Then how came she in the shop in
Fox-court

Mr. Lewis said he could explain that. The fact was,
the female who kept the shop was a friend of his client,
and having occasion to go out for the day, she requested
her (his client) to mind the shop for her, which she, out
of kindness, did. Her husband wag a highly respectable
man, and he (Mr. Lewis) could assure the court that his
wife knew nothing whatever about the tobacco being
stolen.

The male prisoner pleaded guilty, and said drink was
:he cause of his present disgrace.

Mr. Bingham committed him for two months. As
to the female there did not seem to be anything against
her ; he should therefore discharge her.

MR. DISRAELI 42' HOME.

Oa Tuesday Mr. Disraeli made his appearance at the
annual gathering of an agricultural society near his own
estate, at Hughendon Manor, Bucks, known as the
Amersham and Chesham Agricul:ural Association.
The chair was taken by the senior member for the
county, the Hon. C. C. Cavendish, and there was a large
attendance of the local gentry, including Viscount Cur-
zon, W. Loundes, Esq., T. T. Drake, Esq., &c.
After the usual toasts had been given,
Mr. Disraeli rose to return thanks 84 one of " The
Members for the County." After a few words of apology,
he said---Although I agree on these social occasions on
almost every subject with my friend, Mr. Cavendish,
there is one sentiment in which I cannot coincide with
him —viz., that it would have been as well that the health
of the county members had not been given. Gentlemen,
I should have been unhappy and ashamed if I thought
that the representative of this great, this undivided county
could be considered, under any circumstances, as a mere
political partisan. I look forward with the deepest inte-
rest and gratification to these occasions, when we meet
together without reference to political principles, political
passions, or political bodies, united together by our com-
mon sympathies, our common interests, our common
county. I can say most sincerely—and it was not my
intention to have referred in the most indirect manner
to political subjects—that although Mr. Cavendish and
myself sit on different sides of the House of Commons,
still, whenever the interests of the county of Buckingham
are at stake, there has never been the slightest difference
of opinion between us, and on all such occasions I have
received from him cordial and invariable support, and I
have been guided and benefited by his advice and coun-
sel. Gentlemen, I would now with your -permission it
down, but that a question was asked me down stairs, to
which I said, perhaps rashly, that I would reply after
dinner. I was asked just now, by one of the most in-
fluential members of your society what was my opinion
on agricultural statistics I I have no desire to avoid an
answer to that question, because this association being
formed purely for the benefit of the agricultural interest,
it is a question that was rightly asked, and which I ought
not to avoid giving an answer to. I hope it will never
be said of me or of any member representing you, that
he or lam an enemy to information. I believe infor-
mation,
and correct information, is the only solid basis
of true and real legislation, and I am sure that neither
the agricultural interest nor any other interest in this
important county, would ever oppose the collection of
information that is likely to prove a benefit to the com-
munity. But on this subject of agricultural statistics,
oa which so much agitation exists, on which Ministers
have been defeated, in which Parliament has been ap-
pealed to in vain, without being permitted to solve the
difficulty, I believe that the Ministers of no country
have the means of obtaining such sound and extensive
information as to the agriculturarproducts of thecountry
as the Minister of England. There is not a parish in
the country of which the acreage is not known, and
even the mode of cultivation of that acreage. This in.
formation exists in the Commutation Acts, in the
award under Inclosure Acts, and in the maps of
parochial assessments. Ido not for a moment maintain
that it may not be necessary to obtain more accu-
rate or wider information. But when I hear it main-
tained
that we are absolutely in the dark as to this im-
portant article of produce, and the means by which it is
produced, I hope it Will not be considered impertinent
or irreverent on my part, as your member, to remind
you that there are already existing in the country these
remarkably fall means of ascertaining these results. It
may be that fuller and more accurate information is
required, but how is it to be obtained Suppose an
inspector had been sent round, before last harvest, to
ascertain the probable results of the harvest, and to for-
ward to the Government the fruits of his research, could
anything be more deceptive than such reterns ? Would
they not have required to be diminished by 25 per cent.
on the crops promised ? The deduction I draw is, that
on this subject only general results can be available to
guide us in legislation, and in this country there exist at
present means of obtaining these general results, which
no Minister of any country possesses in an equal' degree
with the Minister of England. Ido not say this in any
way to encourage you in any blind, bigoted opposition
to information, or to any measure by which it can be
more accurately obtained. But we live in an age of sta-
tistical imposture, and many statements are made on
these matters by men entirely unacquainted with rural
life, and not possessed of that information which is ne-
cessary on subjects of such delicacy and importance.
We have a great basis of information in the country to
build upon, and I believe we may both increase that
basis and go on to build upon it. But I will not encou-
rage that cry, which is the cry of ignorance, that this
great civilised country is so deficient in the means of
authentic and positive information as to the agricultural
produce of England. We may—l trust we shall—im-
prove these means, and we cannot so improve them
without the cordial support of the agricultural body.
But that support will not, ought not, to be obtained,
unless that body is treated with that deference and cour-
tesy on the subject which are its due, I trust you will
pardon me for these observations, since, although we are
assembled for pleasure, this is in some sense a business
meeting. Let me again thank you for the honour you
have paid me, and also to my absent colleague, Mr. Du
Pre, to whom I shall not fail to mention when I meet him
the kindness with which you havereceived him. lean assure
you both for myselfand for all royaolleagues, that to be re-
membered with respect and regard in assemblies like the
present is the greatest reward we can receive, and the
inspiration of public life which never fails.—(Cheers.)
Subsequently, in proposing prosperity to the Associa-
tion, Mr. DISRAELI said—l recollect—and I hope there
are few present who can recollect-go far back (nearly a
quarter of a century)—the institution of the first agri-
cultural association in this county, at which I assisted.
I recollect the ridicule and the line of depreciation which
was extended at that time, not only to assoc'ations of
this nature, but to all bodies of men collected together
in this somewhat desultory way, for any purposes.
Even that great scientific socieey, which since has com-
manded the attention not only of England but of Europe,
was treated not only with depreciation but with ridicule.
It was said that Sir Isaac Newton did not discover the
law of gravitation by the aid of a learned society, and,
applying the same to agriculture, that the plough was
not invented at an agricultural meeting, (Loud laughter.)
Notwithstanding these attempts to bring men together,
they have proved superior to ridicule, and they continue
to benefit society and to prosper. It is with great satis-
faction that I behold, throughout this country, not one
agricultural association only, but that their name is
legion—that in every district and part of Buckingham-
shire men have felt the comfort and advantage of meet-
ing together—the benefit of the communication of ideas
and the communion of sentiment—and that it is not in
one town and one district alone, but in many towns and
many districts, that we find the life and spirit of the
county thus united, and that in that union men find
advantage and strength. I know that there is some-
times some jealousy on the subject ; but so far from
having any jealousy, the only feeling of regret I ex-
perience is, that I have not the pbysical means and
occasion of meeting my friends and constituents at all
these places and on all such occasions ; and I am doubly
happy in meeting to-day those with whom lam most
nearly connected by property and neighbourhood. I
think the time has passed away when it is necessary to
vindicate this toast, though it has often been my lot
in past times to perform this then difficult and un-
gracious task. lam content to rest my vindication on
the broad Around that it is good for men to meet together,
and in agricultural counties especially, where we have
not, so to speak, the machin'ery of great towns to assist
the aggregation of men, we must have resource to sc-
cieties of this kind to bring them together, and in no in-
stance have they been otherwise than beneficial. The
operations of your society must not be very consider-
able, but the objects are such as aim at the very best dis-
positions of man. I cannot look on the rewards distri-
buted to-night to various classes without feeling that
they must have a most beneficial and beautiful effect on
all parts of your agricultural system. It is absurd to
pretend for a moment that the effect of the scenes of the
day vanish as the sun descends and exercise no influence
on the morrow that follows. The sturdy ploughman
that may have obtained prizes to night, on his boy who
has whistled at the plough, if to-morrow be meets the
farmer who has gained the premium for his five acres of
swedes, will feel a spirit of fraternity which all the laws
artificially enacted by senates never could create. Well,
then, I place it on the back ground that it is good for
men to meet together—that man is never so weak as
when he is isolated—on this I rest the vindication of
these societies. And if there is any class on whom that
truth ought to be more impressed thin another, it is the
tiller of the soil. He fulfils the most important, the
noblest, of all duties to society, but he fulfils it alone,
and he of all others in the community should seek the
society of his fellows, that there he may obtain the
strength that is necessary for all men in this world of
contest. And, gentlemen, always remember that emu-
lation is the parent of enterprise. It is impossible that
men can meet together without feeling, however noble
may be the rivalry, some degree of emulation, and it is
that emulation which leads to improvement. Think
what an important fact, in old times, the market day
was to the farmer. It is market day that has kept the
farmer alive. (Cheers.) He drives ioto the town, he
meets his fellow, fie exchanges ideas, and hears that
such a one has made such improvements, and has ob-
tained such advantages, and he is induced to enter into
honourable and beneficial rivalry with his neighbours.
But what else is the tendency of these associations
which were founded twenty or thirty years ago, and
which have since so much increased ? Their tendency
is to multiply the influence of market day, to take
the agriculturist out of his isolation, to make him fed
how important is sympathy to success in all operations,
to make him feel that it is only by union that these ope
rations can be successfully conducted, and that he can
obtain that fair play to which he is entitled. There is
not a class of agriculturists whose position has not, in
my !opinion, been advantaged by these associations.
From the inhabitant of the cottage, who at this moment
is communicating with pride to his family the achieve-
ments of the day, to the provident occupi.r of land who
is now meditating the seeds of future scientific enter-
prise, I feel sure that an impulse has been given to every
class. Ido not pretend that these societies should rest
on a higher basis ; it is on social considerations that
support them. But social considerations lead to scien •
tific research, and the more you keen together, the more
you will find energy of mind exhibited, scientific enter-
prise increased, and a sense of your own influence and
importance in society fostered. With thesefeelings,
very
in
very hastily and imperfectly expressed, la now to
pro-
pose the toast entrusted to me, and, frightened by
the
number of names on the paper before me, some of
it
definite, And come indefinite, I will venture to give t

a shorter name, and propose, "I"rosperity to the Agri
cultu•al Association of youl• leappy valley." (Loud
cheers.)
Mr. Sheriff MECHI afierwara.g addressed the meeting,
respcndi. g to the toast of "The Visitors." His address
Rai ci€fiy directed to the 11104 e expensive employment
of irachi:ery, and economy of nsaa•ure in farming.

RAILWAY INTJ! iLLIGENCE.

•

GREAT INDIAN :PENINSULA.
The following is the report the directors to be pre-
sented at the fourteenth half-y early gen
shareholders to be held on Mon day next seal meeting of:—
" The board of directors ;las e again the pleisure of
meeting the shareholders with n satisfactory statement
of the affairs of the company. The contractors engaged
in the construction of the works' .between the foot of the
Boors Gbaut and Sholapoor (220' miles) have made pro-
gress even beyond expectation, and it is already evident
that this line will be opened considerably within the
period fixed by the respective contra's for the comple-
by
works. This result will Lie obtained partly
by the energy which the contractors themselves have
displayed in their management, and partly by, reductions
made in the works at the Gbaut through the skill of the
less
resident enginee
than 100,000/.r, Whereby a great saving in cost (not
), will be effected for the benefit of
the company. The Brat section of the south-eastern
aria of the railway, froar Callian to Campoolee, was
opened for traffic in the month of May, as was promised
in the last half-year's report of the directors. The length
of line in operation is therefe re now 83 miles, via., 32
miles from Bombay to Callian ; 17 miles (diverging
N.E ) from Callian to Wassind ; and 39 miles (diverging
S.E.) from Callian to Campolee. The directors are
fully satisfied with the traffic brought along this newly-
opened portion of railway. The following statement will enable the shareholders and the public to judge of the comparative growth of the traffic for the three past half-years, and the progressive decrease of working ex-
penses for the same period :
FOB THE HALF-TEAILS zantros
Jane 30, 1855. Dec. 31, 1855. June 30, 1356.
Average of milts
open during the 33 miles. .. 43 mile!. • • 60 Mlles.
alf•year
xPenses
Net Profits
Receipt. •• 167,943492 97 01 43'.295124 161 131 7.11867:.857:602! :6 1:7
Per centage of 1,482 .18 1 .. 3,337 14 4 ..
working expensesl 813 59'5 461 .. on gross receipts
Notwithstanding the satisfactory progress evidenced. by
these returns, however, the board must again repeat
what they have more than once stated, that the abundant
traffic of the country can never be said to have coin-
menced, even, until the railway shall have been ex-
tended into the Deccan. In connection with the
North-Esters Extension line, running throughout the
Bera: field to Nagpore, the contract drawings
and specifications have just been completed, and
the works on this important and fertile section of the
railway will be put to competition in the course of a
month or two from this date. The Hon. East India
Company have, since the last report, formally sanctioned
a further portion of the main line in this direction up to
Jubbulpore, where it will unite with the East Indian
Railway, and form a continuous communication between
Bombay and Calcutta. This further concession place's
within the limits of the Great Indian Peninsula Railway
Company the district of Oossungabad, on the Nerbudda,
where there is known to be a most extensive field of coal
and iron in conjunction ; and this company will thus have
a cheap and abundant supply of fuel for the locomotive
engines, the want of which is its greatest present disad-
vantage. The length of line now officially sanctioned is,
in the aggregate, 1,103 miles. Since the last meeting of
shareholders, a further amount of 1,000,000/. capital has
been issued, guaranteed 5 per cent, interest; and the
present capital of the company therefore amounts
to 4,000,0001., in shares of 201. each ; and 333,8001. in
loans upon debenture bonds at 4i per cent, interest,
issued for a determinate period of five years. The state-
ment of accounts in relation to capital and rerenne, up
to the termination of the half-year ending the 30th June,
1856, will be found appended to this report. These
statements have been duly examined with the books of the
company by the accountants of the Hon. East India
Company, in addition to a minute audit by the company's
auditors." The revenue account showed that during the
half-year ended the 30th of June last, the receipts were
15,1911.95., or 165,724 rs, and the expenditure 7,115/.
9s. 4d., or 77,628 rs., leaving a balance of net profit
8,075/. 19s. Bd.

RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS.
LONDON AND SOLITH-EASTEItg RATLWAY.—Traffic re-
turn for the week ending Oct. 18, 1856 £22,886 1 3
Corresponding week last year 23,702 6 1

Decrease in 1856
LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAY.—
Traffic return for the week ending Oct`.lB,
1856...... £16,191 19 7
Corresponding week last year.... 16,2 5 2 8
Total of the half-year to this date, 1856 2.)6,930 14 7
Total of the half-pass to this date, 1855 282,493 18 10
GREAT NORTHERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for the
week ending Oct. 12, 1856 £26,342 3 11
Corresponding week last year 26,013 6 7
LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.—TrAffio
return for the week ending Oct. 19, 1856 265,789 0 0
Corresponding week last year
CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for
the week ending Oct. 19, 1856 £6,724 0 II
Corresponding week last year 5,424 0 0

Increase in 1856.....
£1,310 0 0
LANCASHIRE AND YORKSEITRE RAILWAY. —Tllab re
turn for the week ending Oct. 19, 1856 £22,436 7 2
Corresponding week last year. 20,136 5 6
GLASGOW AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic re•
turn for the week ending Oct. 18, 1856 £6,760 19 5
Corresponding week last year 6,041 4 9

Increase in 1856...
£719 14 8
CORK AND BANDON RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for week
ern:ling Oct. 18, 1856
Corresponding week last year 235 12 $
2
GREAT LUXEMBOURG RAILWAY.—Traffic return for tho
week ending Oct. 19, 1856 £74B 11 2
LONDON GENERAL OMNIBUS COMPANY.—Traffic re-
turns for the week ending Oct. 18, 1856 £10,468 6 9

ENGLISH STATESMEN IN ITALY.-
AFFAIRS OF LOMBARDI:

TURIN, Oct. 17.—An English statesman cannot
come to Italy to amuse himself, or to spend the
winter for the benefit of his health, without being
suspected by the despotic writers and their adhe-
rents of plotting and conspiring against the esta-
blished Governments, and of making revolutionary
propagandas. Lord Minto was long ago qualified
by au Austrian paper as the " stormy petrel," and
this soubriquet has been adopted by all the reac-
tionary papers which are published in Italy. The
noble earl is known under the name of "Uccello
della tempesta." It appears now that his lordship
has been superseded by his son-in-law, Lord John
Russell. The clerical papers of Turin have openly
stated that Lord John Russell has come to Italy
on a secret political mission, which, of course, is
directed against the peace of Europe, and to blow
to atoms all the thrones of Italy. I understand
from Florence that the alarm of the Grand Duke
and his Government is really excessive. It may
be hoped, therefore, that the Earl of Malmesbury,
who arrived here last night from Venice, will
come in for his share of these absurd suspicions,
and we shall find his lordship denounced as an
" unbridled demagogue !"—Morning Post.

THE LATE MURDERS AND PIRACY ON
BOARD THE GLOBE, BAROE, IN THE BOS-
PHORUS.

PORTSMOUTH, WEDNESDAY.
The prisoners were brought up again to-day before
the bench of magistrates, but owing to the absence
of the master of the vessel they were again remanded
until Saturday, the 25th inst.
The prosecutor for the Crown, Mr. Swainson,
stated that owing to the orders that the barque Globe
was bound or consigned to London, the master had
been obliged to leave this port to navigate his vessel
to the Thames from Falmouth, and that owing to the
prevalence of easterly winds it might be some time
before she could reach her destination.
The prisoners desired the interpreter to state that
they had been in gaol long enough, and had no
ness to be detained.
The Chevalier Pappalardo, who, as the Neapolitan
consul, was in attendance on the bench with the
magistrates to watch the case, rendered very yalipbie
assistance. The chevalier explained to the prisoners.
until
that they were in custody on a charge of murder
piracy, and that they were again to go below
Saturday.

THE TRADE BETWEEN LIVERPOOL AND PHILADEL.
PHIA.—LIVERPOOL, Oct. 22.—The Liverpool and Phila-
delphia Steam-sbip Company's screw steamer Kangaroo,
Captain R. Ewing. left the Mersey this afternoon for
Philadelphia with 55 cabih rind 130 steerage passengers,
and a general cargo.
DRURY LANE.— Miss Marriott made a most 811C088,-
NI debut last night at Drury-lane, in the character of
Pauline. She played the part with great energy and
power, and an intensity of feeling which stamped her at
once as an actressof the highest order and ability. Old
Drury 13 indeed introducing new and sterling talent to
the world.

SERIOUS CASE OF EMBEZZLEMENT.—Ed ward Williame,
many years a member of the Society of Friends, vv..h
charged before the magistrates at Birmingham yesterday
with embezzlement. The accused was a commission
agent, and his employers, Messrs. Johnson, soap•boilers,
of Runcorn Cheshere ; the amount embezzled being
between 4001. and 5001. Mr. Thomas Harding prose-
cuted, and Mr. H. Southall defended the prisoner. He
was committed for trial to the sessions.
GREAT RUNNING FEAT AT OXFORD.—The Prince of
Wales's Cricket Ground at Oxford was yesterday visited
by a large number of tho undergraduates of the univel •
siry and citizens, for the purpose of witnessing James
Pudnev, the pedestrian, run the great distance of eleven
miles within the hour, for 251. a side. The cricket
ground is about 350 yards round it, so that to accom-
plish the task he had to run over the course 55 times,
and a distance every filth time round. The ground was
heavy, consequently time was the favourite. Pudney
wia, in excellent condition, and appeared to run as fast
at the finigh as in any part of the race. On arriving at
the goal he was very much applauded, many expecting
that he had won ; but ou referring to the time-keeper,
we found he had lost by one second only,