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The Sun.
London, England, 1858-12-24

RUSSIA.

The Russian authorities are preparing to make
the most of the commercial prospects opened to
them on the side of OWna. The late treaty with
that country has decided the commercial corporation
of Kiakhta to keep two students at the University
of St. Petersburg, after they have completed their
scholastic instruction at Irkutsk, who are especially
to occupy themselves with the study of the Chinese,
Mantehou, and English languages. The University
will be paid the sum necessary for the support of
these pupils for thirteen years. After being per-
fected in the above languages they are to learn the
Japanese A service of malles-postes and dili-

gences is also being established between Pekin,
Kiakhta, and St. Petersburg—the former run twice
a month, and the latter three times a year. From
Kiakhta to Pekin the distance is 623 niiie-, but
letters are conveyed there and back in a fort-
night. The service is performed by men on horse-
back, who for some little time before reaching the
place where they change horses raise a loud and
peculiar cry, so that the fresh animal may be
brought out ready for them. In Mongolia, a
courier performs 125 miles in the 24 hours. In the
mountainous parts of the country, the speed re-
quired is not so great, but strict regulations are
drawn out as to the rate of travelling, from which
the couriers cannot deviate.
London, England, 1858-12-24

LOCAL SHARE MARKETS.

LIVERP 0 oL—DEC. 23.
The market was steady at the opening, declined in. the
middle of the day, and closed firm, especially for Midlands.
North British, 581 9—York and North Midland, 77 77A
Eastern Counties, 12 13-16—Midland, 1021 /—Chester
and Holylleads, 46 6f—Caledonians, 871 B—Lancashire)
and Yorkshire, 98i—London and North-Westerns, 95 k
East Lancashire, 96k 7—Dutch Rhenish, 3f 9-16 dis.—
Grand Trunk of Canada, 91 3-16—Great Western, 55 6--
Leeds Northern, 48—Dovers, 22 9-16—Berwicks,
Great Western of Canada, 161 16f—Blackburns, 11
Birkenheads, 67 67k.

MANCHESTER—DEC. 23.
The market was rather quiet to-day but prices were firm.
Dovers, 24 ffi --Sheelds, 39k 9—Ditto £6 Pref., 11-16 pm.
—Ditto, 31, per Cents., account, 691—Midland, 1021
Leeds, 98/.

BIRMINGIrAM—DEC. 23.
The transactions in rails to-day were dull, but in local,
stocks a fair amount of business was done, as follows :---
Great Westerns Birmingham Pref., 104—Birminghars
Canals, 954--Birmingham and Staffordshire Gas Co.'s
shares, 51±.

[ADVERTISEMENT.I—Rarey's Horse and Cattle Impros"
ing Food is equally adapted to improve the stamina of
ill-
conditioned Horses, Cows, Bullocks, Calves, Sheep, and
Figs. It causes no extra expense, as it contains far more
and better nourishment than its cost of Id. per feed sur
plies in corer and hay ; hence ensures an actual saving in
the keep. But its principal advantages are a great
provement in the digestive functions, the stamina and
general condition of 'horses enabling them to perform far
morelabour without getting distressed. It imparts nes°
vigour to sick, debilitated, or old apparently worn-out
horses, and it puts rapidly the finest flesh on cattle gene-
rally, and improves the milk in cows, as it enables them to
extract the entire nourishment out of everything they feed
on. Rarey and Co., 77, Regent's Quadrant, Piccadilly,
London. ' Packed in tins of about 99 feeds, lls. in casks
of about 450 feeds, 50s. ; of about 1,000 feeds, £5, being
1,4 d. per feed.
[AnvnicriscuENT.lHolloway's Pills.—Typhoid Fever.
—This fearful malady rages round the Royal residence st
Windsor, and dares to assail "time-honoured Eton." Fon'
each, respectively, the Court and our juvenile aristocracy
have departed. In flight there is safety, when malaria is
the enemy, and wise the counsel that urged the forsaking
an infected spot. In their absence science and senator/
savants must endeavour to remove the cause of so perilous
a complaint, which weekly endangers the lives of thousand°
of our lower and middle classes, who have testified, in tn.°,
strongest terms, to the prophylactic and curative powers °I
Holloway's Febrifuge Pills, 'which recruit the feeble and
exhausted frame, cool the pungent heat of the skin, an
throw off the fever-breeding poison.
London, England, 1858-12-24

THE AUTHOR OF "VATHEK." •
MEMOIRS OF WILLIAM BECKFORD,
• OF FONTHILL, _
Author of " VATHEK."
Two Vols., with fine Portrait, 21s. •
This work contains authentic information, derived in every
ease froM individuals personally-acquainted with Mr. Beck-
ford.
Charles J. Skeet, lfk. King William-street, Charing-cross.
London, England, 1858-12-24

and you must find one-surety in £5O, to answer the
charge at the sessions.

Dcfendant—l will find none. I beg to say that I
will find no bail. I prefer your committing me to pri-
son. That I offered no violence was manifestedby Mr.
Alderman Salomons' statement last night to the
inspector that he did not want me to be detained.
Sir It. IV. Carden—The case is over.

Mr. Alderman Salomons Last night I was
under the most painful pressure. I had friends to
dinner, and had to go to Tonbridge Wells by the
express train. Had I been detained, my wife
might have been in a state of uneasiness, which
made me anxious upon any terms to get away to
save the train.

Mr. Goodman—The magistrate does not wish
you to be locked up. Will you procure a surety P
Defendant—No ; do with me as "you would with
any other defendant. I desire to place myself in
your custody.
The defendant, who was then committed for
trial, was detained in the gaoler's room till the
business of the court was over. He was then con-
veyed to Newgate in a cab.
London, England, 1858-12-24

COMMERCIAL.

NEW YORK, DEC. !H.
Tho cotton market was steady yesterday, with sales of
about 1,100 balest!closing without quotable change in prices.
Flour continued in fair demand, chiefly from the home
trade, with some purchases for export, while prices were
steady. Wheat was firm for the higher grades, while
prices were moderate. Cornwas steady, with sales of Wes-
tern mixed at 76c. to 77c., _ and prime Southern 'white at
871 c. Pork was less buoyant, and sales moderate, inclu-
ding old mess at dols. 17 95, new ditto at dols. 18 371 to
18 50, and prime at dols. 14 35 to 14 50. Sugars were
steady; with sales of al+out 375 hhds. and 75 boxes. Coffee
was steady; sales of 3100 bags of Rio were- made by auc-
tion, at an average of about dols. 10 55, and 278 bags that
-were withdrawn were afterwards sold at like., and some
Laguayra sold at llic. Fieights were steady, but engage-
ments were light.
There has been no movement in the money market
to-day. At bank the best endorsed paper, not over 60
or 90 days, is done at 4 ; ene-name paper at 5 ; and
ordinary good mercantile notes, 4 ; and six monthe' are
done at bank and at the discount houses at 5 to 6 to
8. Exchange on Europe for the steamer to-mor-
row is not active. We quote sterling, bankers',
at 1091 to f ; mercantile bills, at 1081 to 109 ; francs, at
5.14 to 5.16, some choice bankers' bills being held at 5.12 f.
A small shipment of bars will probably be made to-morrow.
London, England, 1858-12-24

COUNTIiY 111ABKRTAF.

BO ST ON—DEc. 22.
Wheat in limited supply, the best dry samples being in
request for milling purposes at a slight advance. Spring
corn unchanged in value.
Wheat, white 4os to 43s Beans Mazagan..—s to —s
red 35s to 40s 1 I Middle & small 39s to 44s
Barley
26s to 34s I White pas 3Bs to 48s
Oats lBs to 23s Grey... —s to —s

LOUTH—DEC. 22.
There has been limited supplies of wheat and barley
to-day. Sales active, at about last week's prices.
Wheat .. 36s to 48s 0at5..... •. „ ...22s to 25s
White .45s to —s Beans ....... • ..353 to 39s
Barley .30s to 33s Peas ......... ..• .—s to —s

MANCHESTER—Dnc. 23.
-At to-day's market a moderate business was transacted
for wheat and flour of the best qualities ; inferior descrip
tions were fully maintained. Flour dull, with the turn in
favour of the buyer. Oats and peas uominaLly unaltered.
Egyptian beans improved Is per qr.

BIRMINGHAM—DEc. 23.
At this day's market there was rather a fair supply of
wheat, and sales were effected at the quotations of this day
se'nnight—in some instance: is per qr dearer. Barley
again rather cheaper. Oats unchanged in value. In beans
more doing. Peas only taken in retail.

ST 0 CliT ON-ON-TEE S—DEo. 22.
There was a moderate supply, and generally a steady
market for wheat, but the prices remained without much
change. Barley dull, and oats in good demand.
Wheat ....398 to 46s Oats.. ...... 20s to 26s
White do 39s to 46s Beans, new.,. • ...40s to 42s
Barley .....31s to 32s Ditto, old ....... .46s to 48s
Flour, 30s to 35s Od per sack.

NORT HALLERT ON—DEc. 22.
There was a middling supply of grain to-clay, and a slow
business at the annexed pnces :—White wheat, from 4s
6d to 5s 6d per bushel; red, 4s 6d to 5s 6d ; barley, 3s to
4s Od per do. ; oats, 2s to 4s ; beans, 4s 9d to 58 6d.

EDINBURGH GRAIN—DEC. 22.
Supplies not so large. Demand a little better.
the same as last week.
Wheat on the top Os 6d down average Os 9d down.
Barley on the top Os 3d down average Os 5d down.
Oats on tho top Os 6d down —average 3d. up.
Beans on the top Os 6d down —averagelsOd down.
Averages per Imperial quarter.
Wheat....
Wheat (N) -12ths
Barley 1 9 8 5-12ths
Oats 1 2 0 3-12ths
Beans
Total Supply and Sales.
Wheat .1095 qrs Sold 930 qrs
Barley... 2753 qrs Sold 1687 qrs
Oats .1378 qrs Sold 1168 qrs
Beans 231 qrs Sold 142 qr

Wheat

-GLASGOW—DEc. 22.
To-day's market was thinly attended; and in the trans-
actions which occurred the turn in value favoured the
buyer.

DERBY SMITHFIELD—DEC. 21.
There was a good supply of fat beasts to-day, mostly of
excellent quality ; the attendance of buyers was small, and
greater part went away unsold. The pens were not well
filled with sheep, and high prices asked. 'A good number
of fat pigs, demand brisk, and prices better.
Beef 6d to 62d 1 Veal 7d
to —d
Mutton ... 6d to 7d Pork
Lamb .. ..0d to —d Rough fat, 4s 10d per stone.
Hides, 4d to 51d; calf skins, 41d to old.
London, England, 1858-12-24

MARKETS,

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 10.—Stocks firm. Pennsylyania
State Fives, 951; Reading. Railroad, 26k; Morris Canal,
49 ; Long Island Railroad, 11/ ; Pennsylvania Railroad,
424.
NEW ORLEANS, l)ec. 10.—,Cotton—Sales to-day 16,000
bales, •thd market closing with an advance of one-eigth of a
cent.; middling, 110. to 111 C.; stock 314,500 against 259,000
last year. Sugar dull, an deClined one-eighth of a 6ent ;
sales at Sic, Molasses, 2710. Flour firm at dole, 5 25.

Lard, in kegs, 12c. Coffee firm at 11,c. Freights—Cotton
to Liverpool unchanged, and to Boston, Vic. Sterling ex-
change, 108 to 1081, and with bills of lading 106± to 107±.
MOBILE, Dec. 10.—Cotton—Sales to-day 3,000 bales, at
unchanged prices. The sales of the week sum up 22,500
bales, and the receipts 29,000, against 17,750 for the cor-
responding week of last year. Receipts ahead of last year,
.115,600 bales. • Stock, 117,500 bales.
SAVAIsiNAIf, Dec. 10.—Cotton firm. Sales to-day, 980
bales.

CHAnizsrox, Dec. 10.—Cotton---Sales to-day, 2,400
bales at prices ranging from 104 c. to 11 c.; the market
closing firm.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 10.—Flour quiet ; superfine, dols.
5 121 to dols. 5 37i. Wheat dull, sales' 2,000 bushels, red,
dol. 124 to dol. 128 ; white, dol. 1 37 to dol.' 1 42. Corn
advanced, sales 4,000 bushels—new yellow, 53c. to 70c. ;
white, 64c. Whisky firm, at 25c. to 26c.
London, England, 1858-12-24

RUSSIA.

The Russian authorities are preparing to make
the most of the commercial prospects opened to
them on the side of China. The late treaty with
that country has decided the commercial corporation
of Kiakhta to keep two students at the University
of St. Petersburg, after they have completed their
scholastic instruction at Irkutsk, who are especially
to occupy themselves with the study of the Chinese,
Mantchou, and English languages. The University
will be paid the sum necessary for the support of
these pupils for thirteen years. After being per-
fected in the above languages they are to learn the
Japanese A service of malles-postes and dill-

gences is also being established between Pekin,
Kiakhta, and St. Petersburg—the former run twice
a month, and the latter three times a year. From
Kiakhta to Pekin the distance is 623 miles, but
letters are conveyed there and back in a fort-
night. The service is performed by men on horse-
back, who for some little time before reaching the
place where they change horses raise a loud and
peculiar cry, so that the fresh animal may be
brought out ready for them. In Mongolia, a
courier performs 125 miles in the 24 hours. In the
mountainous parts of the country, the speed re-
quired is not so great, but strict regulations are
drawn out as to the rate of travelling, from which
the couriers cannot deviate.
London, England, 1858-12-24

DECAYED TEETH and TOOTHACHE.—
HOWARD'S ENAMEL for stopping Decayed Teeth,
however large the cavity. It is placed in the tooth in a soil
state, without any. pressure or pa-n, and immediately
HARDENS INTO ENAMEL ; it will remain in the tooth
many years, rendering extraction unnecessary, and arresting
the further progress of decay. Sold by all medicine vendors,
Price One Shilling.
London, England, 1858-10-16

Anglo-Mexican Mint
Atlantic Tel. (Limited)
Australian Agricultural
Australian Royal Mail .
Berlin Water Works
Do New, issued at £5 die
British American Land
Brit. & Irish Mag.Tel.A.
Do. B, 7 p. c. till 1862
Do. C_

Canada
Chan. Islands Tel. (Lim )
Cop.Min.ofEng.&Smlt,7
Do. Preference 7& per et
Crystal Palace.
Do. Preference
Eastern Steam
Electric) Telegraph
Eng. & Aust. Cop.St.Co
Europ. & Ind.Junct.Tel
Europ. &Am. Stm.(Lim )
Gl.lron ScrewCol.(Lim )
Gen. Steam Navigation
London Discount
Lond.Gen. Omnibus Co
Mediter. Electric Teleg
Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim )
National Discount Co
Netherlands Land
Do do
Do 8 p.c.Pref.,iss.at ldts
N.Br.&NovaScotiaLand
N.B. Australasian (Lim )
North of Europe Steam
Oriental Gas
Do. New Shares
Peel River Land & Min
Pen. & Oriental Steam
Do. New
Red Sea & Ind. Telegr
Rhymney Iron
Do. New
Royal Mail Steam
Scot. Austrin.lnv.(Lim )
South Australian Land
Submarine Teleg. Serip
Do. do Registered
Tr.& Ln.Co.ofUpr. Can
Tan Diemen's LitugN4
London, England, 1858-10-16

THE NA VY.

Her Majesty's screw steam gunvessel Teazer,
Lieut.-Commander Charles Wrey, from the West
Coast of Africa, yesterday steamed down the river
from Woolwich to try her engines, and was subse-
quently admitted into basin to be stripped and pre-
pared for being paid off.
The steam transport Dee, bringing a number of
naval stores for Deptford dockyard, arrived a
Woolwich on Thursday from Pcrtsmouth.
London, England, 1858-10-16

THEATRE-ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
Lessee, Mr. J. B. Bnokstone.
THIS EVENING will be performed LONDON ASSU-
BANtE : Mr. and Mrs. C. Matthews, &C.

After which, THE DAUGHTER OF THE GUADAL-
QUIVER. Perea Nena.
With HE WOULD BE AN ACTOR.
And ANY PORT IN A STORM.

Commence at 7.
London, England, 1858-10-16

BANKRUPTS.

Peter Foster, ship-builder, Sunderland, to surrender,
Oct. 22 at half-Rast eleven, and Dec. 2 at twelve, at the
Newcastle District Court.
Matthew Bates, manufacturer, Huddersfield, Nov. 1 and
29, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court.
ironmonger, Leeds, Oct. 26 and Nov.
Parkins, auctioneer, Grocers'-hall-court, Poultry,
twelve, and Nov. 29, at one, at the
paPthune i'eeds District Court.
223. G,
aaemto reeglseevHene,
and John Lowe, bankers, St. Swithin's-
Pasptcty.
Oct.corh 27, at h-
sßt
Coilsaukru
lane, Oct. 30 and Dec. 3, at eleven, at the Court of Bank-
rupjtochny. Brawn, draper, Bradford, Oct. 22 and Nov. 25, at
eleven, at the Leeds District Court.
Ann Margaret Goodacre, grocer, Edenham, Lincolnshire,
Nov. 2 and 25, at half-past, ten, at the Shire-hall, Notting-
ham.

BANK OF ENGLAND.
An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria,
cap. 32, for the week ending on Wednesday, the 13th day
of October, 1858 :

I ARTMFNT.
Notes issued ......£33,838,860 Government Debt £11,015,100
Other Securities .. 3,459,900
Gold Coin & Bullion 18,863,860
Silver Bullion ....
•

£33,338,860

£33,338,80#
Securities
..
14,817,709
Re
BANKING DEPARTMENT.
Proprietors' Capi- Government Secu-
tsalt £14,553,000
Other rities
(including
3,091,512 Dead WeightAn-
Public Deposits (in-
nuity) £10,809,467
eluding Exche-
quer, Savings' Notes
Banks, Commis- Gold and Silver '
missioners of Na- Coin
tional Debt, and
Dividend Ac-
counts) .......... 5,356,897
Other Deposits.. •
Seven Day and
other Bills

633,13

827,272

£38,398,047
M. 31
Dated Oct. 14, 1858.

£38,398,047
iIARSIIALL, Chief Cashier.

AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR.
=The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com-
pr Oct.,edfro m Returns made in the week ending the 12th day
o
1858, exclusive of the duties of Customs paid or
payable thereon, on the importation thereof into Great
Britain :
Per cwt.
From the British possessions in America .. 27s 4d
MuscoVado, the produce of the Mauritius .. 26s ld
Muscovado, thetproduce of. the East Indies.. 27s 7d
Average price 0 tile] regqiiig ~ „ ,r , 27s 5d
London, England, 1858-10-16

Share'

Railways.

12.10 Amberg., Notting. Bost.
and Eastern Junction
50 Belfast and Ballymena
13.14 Bin, Wol., and S tr. Val
Stock Birk., Lane., and Chesh
Junction
25 Blackburn
25 Blyth and Tyne
Steck Bristol and Exeter
Stock'Caledonian
Stock'Chester and Holyhead:
50 Cork and Bandon
20 Cork, Blkrock,&Passage
20 Cornwall
10 Do. AA reves- no div
untilflp.c.per an.
CCCIO Do. B hasbeen pd.toß.
50 Dublin and Belfast June.
25 Dun.,Perth,& Abr.June
Stock East Anglian
Stock Eastern Counties
Stock Eastern Union A Stock
Stock Do. do. B Stock
25 Do.Nw.A.(lte.E.Uals)
25 East Kent
Stock East Lancashire
20 East Suffolk
10 Do
Stock Edinburg and Glasgow
Stock Edin.,l'erth, & Dundee
10 Forth & Clyde Junction
Stock Furness
Stock Glasgow & South Westn
10 Great North of Scotland
Stock Great Northern
Stock Do. do. A Stock
Stock Do. do. B Stock
Stock Gt. South.& Wstp.(lre' ct,
Stock Great Western
Stock Do.Str.Vl.Rail Gua.Stk
12 Irish South Eastern
50 Lancaster and Carlisle
161 Do. Thirds
1613 4 Do. New Thirds
Stock Lancashire & Yorkshire
16 Do. do. F £l6
9 Do. do. £9 shares
3 Do. West Riding Union
20 Do. Southport
11.6.3 London and Blackwall
11.6.3 Do.Newiss.at £slosp.sh
Stock Lon.,Brig-hton &S.Coast
Stock London & North Westn.
124 Do. Eighths
Stock London& South-Westn
25 L'derry & Coleraine
25 L'derry & Enniskillen
Stock Man., Slief, & Lincoln )
10 Metropolitan
Stock Midland
Stock Do. Birming. & Derby
50 Mid. Gt. West. (Ireland)
25 Do. 4 Shares
100 Newcastle and Carlisle
25 New., Aber., & Herefd
10 Newry & Armagh (def )
20 Newry, Warpt., & Ros
Stock Norfolk
50 North. Counties Union
Stock North British
Stock Nor.Dev.Rail.&Dk. Stk
Stock DO.A Stk.— Arec.no div
until 6p.c.hasbeenpdß
Do. B Stock
North-Eastn.—Berwick
Do. do. G.N.E.Purchase
Do. Leeds..
Do. York.. ,
North London
N. &S.Westn., Hampstdl
and City Junction...
North Staffordshire..
North-Western
No. & Sou. W. Junction
Oxford, Wor ,& Wolver
Peebles
Portsmouth
Rhymney
Scottish Central
Sooth. N.E., .Aber. Stock
Do. Scottish Mid. Stock
Shropshire Union
Sittingbourne & Sheer
South Devon .
South-Eastern...
South Wales ,
SouthYorks.&Riv.Dun
Do. do
Staines, Wok., & Wek..
Stockton & Darlington,
Do. do. 1854....
Do. do. 1855
Stockton & Hartlepool
Taff Vale
Do. Preference, No. 1
ThamesHavenDk&Rail
Vale of Neath
Waterford & Kilkenny
Waterford & Limerick
West Cornwall
W-end Lon. & Cry. Pal
Do.A.—Arecv.nodiv.till
7 p.c. has been pd. to B
Do. B
West London
Do. Ist Class..
Do. 2d Class .

Stock
Stock
25
Stock
Stock
Stock

Stock'

Stock
Stock
Stock
Stock
10
Stock
Stock
Stock

Stock
Stock

Stock
Stock

Share' Railways.
London, England, 1858-10-16

FATAL AFFRAY WITH A GAME-
KEEPER AT NEWARK.

On Saturday afternoon last, about five o'clock,
much excitement was produced in Newark by the
report that a labourer, named Charles Braithwaite,
had been shot dead >ry George Wesley, an under-
keeper in the employ of James Thorpe, Esq., of
Beaconfield House, near that town. It appears
the keeper was walking up Cliffe Nook-lane, when
he met the deceased, carrying a gun, which he re-
quired him to give up. The deceased refused, and
a fearful struggle ensued, both falling into a ditch
five feet deep. Shortly afterwards the keeper called
to a man who was passing, and said, " Poor Braith-
waite has shot himself;"- after which the keeper
went for assistance. The gun stock was broken
into several pieces, and the barrel, as well as the
clothes of the keeper, was covered with blood.
During the evening the keeper gave himself into
custody; and, on Monday an inquest was opened
before the borough coroner, at the Newark Arms
Inn, where the body of the deceased was taken.
The above facts were stated by the accused, who
added that during the struggle the deceased
struck him on the mouth, when the gun went
off and shot the deceased ; but h.F coTuheld not
account for its being so much injure_d
sur-
geon, who had examined the deceased, stated that
the head and body were very much bruised ; but
that the actual cause of death was the gun-shot
wound. After sitting seven hours, the jury ad-
journed to yesterday (Thursday),when it is expected
that further evidence of an important nature will
be produced.
The excitement in the neighbourhood which such
an event is in itself calculated to create, has been
increased by, the proceedings of the county magis-
trates in different game cases which have recently
been brought before them. The deceased was shot
through the heart, but he also had a very serious
wound on the head, and the latter, in the opinion
of many persons who have seen it, is such as would
be likely to have caused death if no other injury
had been sustained. It is also very singular that
the stock of the gun should have been broken into
pieces, supposing g the deceased shot himself, and
that the various fragments of it and the gun
barrel were found at distances of several yards
from each other. The spot where the struggle
occurred was just within the boundary of the
borough of Newark ; so that, much to the satisfac-
tioxi of the inhabitants, the judicial inquiry will
not be held before the county magistrates. We
may add, that the lane is a public highway, and
that the keeper, therefore, had not the slightest
right to demand the gun from the deceased while
he was passing along it.—Manchester Guardian.

A special general meeting of the London and
South Western Railway Company is called for the 27th
inst., to consider the expediency of the company taking
leases of the Stainks and Wokingham and Portsmouth
Artilwayo,
London, England, 1858-10-16

BRAZIL.

A Paris letter in Jhe Nord states that a trifling
difference has arisen between France and Brazil•
A French merchant having died at Pernambuco
leaving children under age, the French Minister,
Count de Lemont, caused the French consul to put
seals on his premises. The local authorities main-
tained that he had no right to do so, as by Brazi-
lian law the children of foreigners born in Brazil
are Brazilians, and subject to the law of the coun-
try. On appeal to the justice of the peace, he de-
cided that the local authorities were in the right,
and the seals were removed. In consequence Count
de Lemont struck his flag, in order to await the
instructions of the French Government.
London, England, 1858-10-16

Railways.

Ballymena and Portrush
Bedale and Leyburn
Belfast and Ballymena
Belfast and' County Down
Birkd., Lane., & Ches. June
Blyth and Tyne
Bristol and Exeter
Caledonian
Ches.&Holyhead(withMold)
Cockermouth & Workington
Cork and Bandon
Cork, Blackrock, & Passage
Deeside
Dublin & Belfast Junction
Dublin and Drogheda
Dub. & Wicklow(in.Kingst )
Dundalk and Enniskillen
Dundee and Arbroath
Dundee, Perth, & Aber. Jun
East Anglian
E.Counties,Nrfk.,&E.Union
East Kent
E.Laneashire(in.Blackburn)
Edinburgh and Glasgow
Edinburgh, Perth,& Dundee
Forth & Clyde Junction
Furness
Glasgow & South-Western
Great Northern
Great North of Scotland
Gt.Southn. & Westn.(lrind )
Great Western
Hull and Holderness
Inverness & Aberdeen June.
Irish South-Eastern
Killarney Junction
Lancaster and Carlisle (in.
Kendal and Windermere)
Lane. & Yrks.(in.Blackburn)
Limerick and Foynes
Llanelly
London & North-Western
London and Blackwall
London & South-Western .
Lond. Brighton, & S. Coast.
L'derry and Enniskillen
Lond., Tilbury, & Southend
d Carlisle
Maryport an
;pan% ,hS.hse.ffijtelid.
&ALiriracihnasnh.
Midland . .... ; ...... .
midland CLAN estn. of Irind. .
Monkland°
m nmoutlish. Rail. & Canal
Newcastle and Carlisle....
Newport,Aberg.,& Hereford
North British (in. Dalkeith)
North Devon
North-Eastern...... •
North London
North Staffordshire .. ...
North-Western
N. Yorkshire and Cleveland
Oxford, Wore., & Wolver
Peebles...
C...... • ... ..
St. Helen's anal & Railway
Scottish Central .......
Scottish North-iastern
Shrewsbury & Birmingham
Shrewsbury and Chester
Shrewsbury & Hereford
Shropshire Union
South Devon
South-Eastern
South Wales
S. Yorkshire and River Dun
Stockton and Darlington
Taff Vale
Ulster
Ulverstone and Lancaster
Vale of Neath
Warrington and Stockport
Waterford and Kilkenny
Waterford and Limerick
West Cornwall
W. Hartlepool Harbr. & R ail
Whitehaven Junction
Whitehaven & Furness Jun
W'haven,Cleator,&Egrmnt
FOREIGN AND COLONIAL
Antwerp and Rotterdam
Austrian
Belgian Eastern Junction
Buffalo and Lake Huron
Detroit and Milwaukie
Dutch Rhenish
Grand Trunk of Canada
Great Indian Peninsula
Great Luxembourg
Great Western of Canada
Lombardo-Venetian
Lyons and Geneva
Madrid, Saragossa &Alicant
Maria Antonia'
Northern of France
Norwegian Trunk
Paris, Lyons, & Mediterrn
Paris and Orleans

Paris and Strasburg
Royal Danish
Sambre and Meuse

Southern of France:

West Flanders vv
W. and N.W. of France..

1858. 1857.

334
103
1,147

423
2,541
1,325
7,376
13,435
7,297
257
352

325
1,421
1,678
1,914

590
1,124
1,051
27,424

325
6,243
6,953
3,088

313
703
7,346
28,325
1,510
6,496
31,671

8,168
24,211

-227
477
58,816
1,367
17,051
19,174

-875
1,977
10,415

955
35,162
6,141
1,406
2,241
3,225
1,390
5,631

619
37,823
2,318
6,901.

373
1,164

742
3,635
505
509

9gi
32,163

877
71,872
48,855
48,298

537
1,253
12,722
London, England, 1858-10-16

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.
Under the Management of Mr. Charles K can. •
THIS EVENING will be presented Shakspere's Play of
THE MERCHANT OF VENICE.
~,,..
Shylock, Mr. C. Kean—Portia, Mrs. C. Sean.
Preceded by the Farce of
DYING FOR LOVE.
London, England, 1858-10-16

RUSSIA.

A letter from St. Petersburg of the 6th instant
contains-the following extraordinary revelation :
" The great topic of the day in all circles is the dis-
covery of one of the most extensive, barefaced, and
impudent frauds ever committed on this or any
other government. In the country we are accus-
tomed from our youth upwards to the peculations
of the ill-paid government officials, from the Gene-
ral of an army of 100,000 men on paper, who can
only produce a third of that number of effective
soldiers when an inspection takes place, down to
the keeper of a lock-up house, who multiplies the

number of his inmates to obtain rations and allow-
ances for prisoners who are not in existence. But
all these are trifles compared with the dis-
closures now made, which involve peculations
to the value of no less than twenty millions of
roubles. Many people ask, with a shake of the
head, What is the practical use of astronomy ?'
One answer is, that in this instance science has the
credit of having made a discovery of the greatest
importance to the State in a pecuniary point of
view. The result of the calculations lately made
by the well-known astronomer, Professor Sturve,
of the University of Dorpat, relative to the true
geographical positions of St. Petersburg and Mos-
cow, and the distance between the two capitals of
the empire, is, that the actual length of the rail-
road is, by astronomical observations, no less than
881 wersts (about 60 miles) shorter than its nomi-
nal length of 607 wersts, or in other words that the
Government, for whose account the railroad was
constructed, has had to pay about 1-7th of the value,
or 12 millions of roubles, more than it ought to have
paid. As the rolling stock of the St. Petersburg and
Moscow Railway is furnished by an American com-
pany who are paid for the same at so much per werst, it
follows that in this quarter the Government have
been paying also a most fearful overcharge. The
poles erected along the line to denote the distances
have been systematically fixed in the wrong
places, so as to mislead both the Government and
the public. The Emperor was in the most violent
state of excitement on learning the above, and gave
immediate orders for the strictest investigation into
the facts of the case to be made, with the view to
inflict the most summary judgment on the parties
inculpated in the nefarious transaction ; but as so
many persons of the highest rank and importance
are compromised in the affair, it is not likely that
the investigation will be continued, but on the
contrary the matter will be hushed up to prevent
Lithe public scandal of the real delinquents being
xposed and made to suffer the penalty they so
richly deserve for the share they have taken in this
atrocious fraud."
London, England, 1858-10-16

LATEST NEWS.

MARSEILLES, OCT. 15.
Accounts have been received from Constantinople
to the 9th.

The Porte had suppressed a number of govern-
ment offices, and had resolved to reduce the staff of
the army. The pay of the troops is generally in
arrear. Two new battalions had been sent as a
reinforcement to Candia, where the fermentation in
the minds of the people was on the increase. Ac-
cording to the Esperance of Athens of the 7th,
the Candiotes in arms had repulsed the collectors
of the taxes, and called for the promised revision.
In the night of the 4th the Turks raised a great
outcry, and woke up the governor, telling him that
the Christians were plotting the massacre of the
Mussulmans.

Another despatch received via Trieste, but with-
out date, says :
Lord Stratford de Redcliffe has received a visit
from the Ministers of the Porte, and has himself
visited the Cheikl-u-Islam. The conference on the
subject of the frontiers of Montenegro has been ad-
journed for a week, in consequence of the indispo-
sition of the Austrian representative. Lord Strat-
ford de Redcliffe is expected at Athens about the
23d inst.

MADRID, OCT. 15.

The Prince of Asturias is much better. Prince
Galitzin yesterday had the honour of presenting to
the Queen a letter from the Emperor of Russia.—
Lisbon letters state that the Queen is in an inte-
resting condition.
London, England, 1858-10-16

OANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.—
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Mr. Barnard, and Mr. St. Albyn. Mr. John G. Forde and E.
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Mr. Courtnay —Director, Herr F. Jonghmans. Commence at
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A FINE ARTS GALLERY,
now in course of construction, will be thrown open in con-
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NEW WORK EDITED BY MRS. GREY.

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of the late Rev. Matthew Irving, D.D., late Canon of
Rochester, aged 70.
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'So conclude with THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.
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London, England, 1858-10-16

number of his inmates to obtain rations and allow-
ances for prisoners who are not in existence. But
all these are trifles compared with the dis-
closures now made, which involve peculations
to the value of no less than twenty millions of
roubles. Many people ask, with a shake of the
head, ' What is the practical use of astronomy ?'
One answer is, that in this instance science has the
credit of having made a discovery of the greatest
importance to the State in a pecuniary point of
view. The result of the calculations lately made
by the well-known astronomer, Professor Sturve,
of the University of Dorpat, relative to the true
geographical positions of St. Petersburg and Mos-
cow, and the distance between the two capitals of
the empire, is, that the actual length of the rail-
road is, by astronomical observations, no less than
881; wersts (about 60 miles) shorter than its nomi-
nal length of 607 wersts, or in other words that the
Government, for whose account the railroad was
constructed, has had to pay about I.7th of the value,
or 12 millions of roubles, more than it ought to have
paid. As the rolling stock of the St. Petersburg and
Moscow Railway is furnished by an American com-
pany who are paid for the same at so much per werst, it
follows that in this quarter the Government have
been paying also a most fearful overcharge. The
poles erected along the line to denote the distances
have been systematically fixed in the wrong
places, so as to mislead both the Government and
the public. The Emperor was in the most violent
state of excitement on learning the above, and gave
immediate orders for the strictest investigation into
the facts of the case to be made, with' the view to
inflict the most summaryjudgment on the parties
inculpated in the nefarious transaction ; but as so
many persons of the highest rank and importance
are compromised in the affair, it is not likely that
the investigation will be continued, but on the
contrary the matter will be hushed up to prevent
the public scandal of the real delinquents being
exposed and made to suffer the penalty they so
richly deserve for the share they have taken in this
atrocious fraud."
London, England, 1858-10-16

BRAZIL.

A Paris letter in the Nord states that a trifling
difference has arisen between France and Brazil•
A French merchant having died at Pernambuco
leaving children under age, the French Minister,
Count de Lemont, caused the French consul to put
seals on his premises. The local authorities main-
tained that he had no right to do so, as by Brazi-
lian law the children of foreigners born in Brazil
are Brazilians, and subject to the law of the coun-
try. On appeal to the justice of the peace, he de-
cided that the local authorities were in the right,
and the seals were removed. In consequence Count
de Lemont struck his flag, in order to await the
instructions of the French Government.
London, England, 1858-10-16

COUNTRY MARKETS.

LIVERPOOL—OcT. 15.

The arrivals from Ireland and coastwise since Tuesday
have been liberal of oatmeal, but otherwise light. From
foreign ports we have received only 45 qrs wheat, 2,260
qrs rye, 1,014 sacks and 6,446 barrels flour. The exports
in the same time comprise 1,130 qrs wheat, 800 qrs oats,
911 sacks and 393 barrels flour. There has not been much
doing in the trade during the past two days, but prices
have been generally supported in the sales made. At this
day's market there was a thin attendance of buyers ; how-
ever, a moderately consumptive demand was en)erienced
for wheat at late rates. Barrel flour in request, and the
turn dearer. Oats, with a slow sale, were again easier to
buy-3s 5d per 451 b being the extreme value of best Irish
mealers. Oatmeal, however, with a fair sale, maintained
its value. In barley and peas no alteration, but Egyptian
beans were fully 6d lower. Indian corn continues ne-
glected, and to force sales lower prices would have to be
submitted to.
London, England, 1858-10-16

WAKEFIELD—OcT. 15.

We have fair arrivals of grain this week. Wheat is held
firmly for the extreme prices of last Friday, but millers con-
fine their purchases to their immediate requirements, and
the trade is slow. Fine barley maintains its price ; other
sorts in very limited demand. Beans is per qr. lower.
Oats and :shelling- a dull sale, and rather cheaper.

Averages for the week :
Wheat 4,320 qrs., at
Barley.-- ... 1,407 „
Oats 47 „
Ry
e — 7
Beans
Peas — )9
Arrivals this week :

.43s 7d
.35s 10d
.33s Od
.—s Od
.45s 3d
.—s Od

Wheat 5,042 qrs.
Oats
_2O

Barley
Beans . • .
Rapeseed
Linseed

RIPON—OcT. 14.

The price of wheat has been firm to-day, and for good
qualities for seed an advance of from is to 2s per qr. was
obtained. Oats a• slow sale. Barley was in fair demand.
The following were the •quotations this morning :—Red
wheat, 4s 6d to 5s 6d; white, 5s 6d to 5s 9d ; barley 30s to
36s Od per qr.; oats, 24s Od to 30s.

EXETE

'CT. 15.

We have to report a SME
and prices ruled about the sai
ante of farmers was nutnerot

l supply of wheat at market,
Le as last week. The 'attend-

Wheat, white.. 58 •3dt058 6d Barley... 4s Od to 48 6d
I
Ditto red 5s Od to 5s 3d Oats ..... .... 2s 9d to 3s Od
Flour, fine, 30s to 31s; seconds, 29s to —s per sack.
CATTLE.—The market was fairly supplied with stock,
but business appeared to be small.
I
Fat beef, p score, lOs to 10s 6d Ewes, per lb .... 6d to Od
Pork carcases, do 8s to 9s Od Wethers da...... 6td to Od '
Lambs, per 1b....... Od to Od Fat calves, d0....6id to 7d
Rough fat, 4d per lb.

- BRISTOL SUGAR—Ocr. 15.
The market is still exceedingly quiet, but as importers
refrain from supplying the offices with samples, and will
not submit to any further decline in prices, we do not alter
quotations this week. Holders of floating cargoes having
reduced their pretensions, rather more business has resulted,
and two of Havannahs, consisting together, of 4,500 boxes,
have found buyers here since our last at 27s for No. 91, and
32s 6d for No. 14f, both fully insured. Refiners' produce
has been more freely dealt in, but prices show no signs of
improvement. Rum quiet, but firm.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR THE WEEK.

Miles Opened.

Receipts.
London, England, 1858-10-16

FORT:IG:

Australian
Bon AccordCopper,Lim.
Brazil. Imp. (is. at Z 5 p.)
Do. St.J olmdelney, Lim.
Do. L and and Mining Co.
Clarendon Consols Min-

ing Co. of Jamaica
Cobre Copper
Copiapo
DunMoun.Cop.Ming.Co
Fortuna
General
Linares
Lusitanian
Mariquita
New Granada
Pontgibaud Silver, Lead
Mining
.and Smelt
Port Philip
Santiago de Cuba
(United Mexican

COLONIAL GOVER
London, England, 1858-10-16

ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.
Manager, Mr. Edmund Falconer.
THIS EVENING, EXTREMES; or, Men of the Day.
Supported by Messrs. H. Vandenhoff, Emery, J. Rogers, J.
G. Shore, and Barrett ; Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Weston, Miss
Kate Saxon.
After which the Lauri Family.
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THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY - EVENINO, OCTOBER 16, 1858.

FOREIGN.

LAW INTELZIGENCE.-(THIS DA y;)

STIOTtEDITCH COUNTY COURT.
(Before Mr. Sergeant Stokes.)
SUTTON V. NEWLETE NELSON, OLAI3IANT..-

INTEE.PLEADTR.

This was an interpleader summons for unlawfully dis-
training the plaintiff's goods and chattels.
Mr. Beard appeared for the claimant.

The facts were briefly these :—The defendant in the ori-
ginal action resided in the same house as Mr. Nelson, his
brother-in-law, and on the execution being levied, pro-
perty in the parlour, alleged to belong to the plaintiff, was
seized.

Mr. Beard now called the claimant and defendant, when
both swore positively that the goods belonged to the for-
mer.

Two furniture brokers also deposed to having sold the
goods to Nelson.
His Honour said there was,no evidence.

Mr. Beard submitted that the positive evidence of the
defendant, corroborated by the brokers, ought to be deemed
conclusive.

His Honour said no bills or receipts were produced, and
in such cases the strictest evidence was necessary, or the
officers would be baffled and continually placed in difficulty.
Mr. Beard said that he must respectfslly submit that,
according to the sworn evidence, there could be no difficulty
or doubt ; if in such a case as this officers were allowed to
levy, there would be no end to difficulties, and frequently
injustice.

His Honour said he was not satisfied that the property
did not belong to defendant, and he should therefore find
for the plaintiff in the action.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day).

MANSION-HOUSE.

Joseph Carbine, a private in the Scotch Fusilier Guards,
was charged with assaulting a police-constable whiletaking
him into custody for upsetting a barrow with fruit, standing
at the bottom of the stairs leading from London-bridge to
Lower Thames-street, last night at a quarter to 9 o'clock.
It appeared from the evidence that soldiers from the
Tower are in the habit of upsetting this fruit stall and
barrow at the bottom of the London-bridge stairs.
A sergeant in the Guards gave the prisoner a good cha-
raotor, and said if the defendant had boon sober he would
not have been guilty of the offence.

The Lord Mayor sentenced him .to one month's imprison-
ment with hard labour, and directed the Inspector of Police
to write to the Commanding Officer detailing the whole cir-
cumstances of the case.

Barbara Higgins, an old offender, was charged with
entering the premises in Crutched-friars, and stealing a
bedroom utensil, the property of Mrs. E. Philips, widow,
who missed several other articles. Prisoner was sentenced
to six weeks' imprisonment with hard labour.
London, England, 1858-10-16

THE WEATHER.-SUN OFFICE, OCT. 16.

THEEMO3IETER, IN THE SHADE.
6.s—highest since noon yesterday.
51—lowest this morning and during the night.
647—this day at noon.

BAROMETER-29.8`2.
WIND, S.W. ; light-with fine sunshiny weather.
London, England, 1858-10-16

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APHAEL'S PROPHETIC MESSENGER for
1859, with a large coloured Hieroglyphic; comprising
Nativities of Eminent Personages; Astrological Remarks
from the Nativities of the QUEEN, the Prince Consort, the
Prince of Wales, the Princess Alice, and Prince Alfred
LOUIS NAPOLEON, Emperor of the French, and the Noble
Premier, Lord Derby. With a great variety of useful and
interesting matter, a correct and complete Ephemeris, and
varied information.—Piper, Stephenson, and Spence, 23, Pa-
ternoster-row, London.
London, England, 1858-10-16

ROYAL STRAND THEATRE.
Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborough.
THIS EVENING, THE LAST OF THE PIGTAILS ;
Messrs.C. Selby, J. Bland, J. Clarke, &c.
After which THE MAID AND THE MAGPIE.
Followed by THE BONNIE FISH WIFE.
And MY AUNT'S HUSBAND ; Mr. Swanborough, Mra.
Selby, Miss Ternan.

Commence at 7 o'clock.