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London, England, 1859-10-28

passengers.

Meaton, second-class; Colin M'Fhiel, third-class;
John Judge, ditto; William John Ferries, ditto; James
M'Kappin, difto ; S. Edward Gapper, ditto; William Bow'.
den, William Russell Bradbury (leg broken), Samuel Gren.•
fell, Carl Bartel (maimed), Hagan, John Noon.
The following are among the passengers drowned :—Mri.
and Misses Davies, Mrs. Foster, Mrs. and Miss Fowler,
Mrs. and Miss Murray, Mrs. Bruce, Mr. Grove, Mrs. Gar"
diner, Mrs. Jenkins, Pritchard, Mrs. Woodruff and tWO
servants, Rev. Mr. Hodge, Dr. Hatch, saloon.
The following seamen were saved :—Edward Williamer
boatswain's mate; Owen Williams, quartermaster; David
Strongman, 2d quartermaster; Wm. Foster, carpenter; G.
Snager,: boatswain's mate; John O'Brien, seaman; Ed'
ward Wilson, ditto ; Thomas Griffiths, ditto ; Thom
Timbs, ditto ; William Macarthur, ditto ; Henry Evan*
ditto ; George M‘Givern, ditto ; Joseph Rogerson, ditto ;
William Draper, ditto ; William Hughes, apprentice ;
Thomas Cormick, seaman; Thomas Ellis (storekeeper) ;
John Stanyard.

The following riggers wore saved :—Pritchard, James
White, Patrick Devine, Thomas Cunningham, William
Barton.

Tho following riggers were lost :—Cochrane, William
Thomas, Thomas Neil, Richard Jones, Peter Topham.

THE LOSS OF THE ROYAL CHARTER.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Sin,—All that you recently said, in noticing my run'
phlet on the superiority of Milford Haven as a port of de •
parture and arrival for oceanic steamers, has been fearfully
verified by the loss of the Royal Charter, screw steamer,
after touching at Queenstown on her voyage from Mel-
bourne, and before she could reach Liverpool, her port of
consignment.
She has had a wonderfully short passage, having brought
with her letters and other intelligence of eleven days later
date than any to hand, some of which would be in anticipa-
tion of the next overland mail. She had, in addition to pas-
sengers, letters, and general cargo, a valuable consignment
of specie ; and, besides the terrible sacrifice of human lift?,
already too certain, the total loss of ship and contents will
amount to up yards of half-a-million sterling
Alas ! we cannot derive consolation from the reflection
that she could have made Milford Haven, if that had been
her homeward port, as soon as she called at Queenstown,
and that then all would have been well.—l remain, sir/
yours respectfully, ALFRED BRETT.
Steam Ship Mut, 150, Leadenhall-street,
London, Oct. 27.
T

4:IIE LATE SIR HENRY BISHOP.—An appropriate
red granite monument, with bronze medallion bust of the
late Sir Henry Bishop, has just been erected over his re-
mains at Finchley Cemetery. In connection with this event,
the concert at the Crystal Palace to-morrow will consist
entirely of selections from the best works of this popular
English composer.
London, England, 1859-10-28

This Day, Post Octavo, is. Gd.,
QWORD AND GOWN. By the Author of
KI "Guy Livingstone." Originally published in " Fraser's
Magazine.'_

Lately Published, the Third Edition, 95., of
GUY LIVINGSTONE.
London : John W. Parker and Son, West Strand,

'FRASER'S MAGAZI"
1859.

NE FOR NOVEMBER,
2s. Gd.,
'AINS
I Sword and Gown. By the
Author of 'Guy Living-

CONT.
Pitt and C tnning Fifty
Years of Political History.
By Shirley.
Indian Finance.

stone.' Conclusion.
Alison's ' History of Europe
from 1815 to 1852.'—Second
Paper.
Isambard Kingdom Brunet

Holathy House. By, G. J.
Whyte Melville, Author of
Digby Grand.' Part XI.
Sir James Stephen.—ln ➢le-

moriam. -
Religious and Philosophical
Guides: Hansel and Mau-
rice.

•In Mernoriiin.
Napoleon the Liberator.
Hallueinations.
Has Political Freedom Re-
ceded ?

Sketches Framed in Olive
Wood.

London: John W. Parke

T and Son, West-strand.

HE .UNIVERSAL REVIEW for NOVEMBER,
T
-Price 2s. 6d., contains : —1: The Defences of England.
2. Danish Literature —3lolbech's Dante. 3. Touching Ser-
mons and the Makers of them. 4. A Great Mistake, Part 111.
5. Public Well-being. 6. Tennent's Ceylon. 7. Manly Sports
—their Use and their Abuse.
London, England, 1859-10-28

TURKEY.

The following translation of an Imperial Hatt
read to the Sublime Porte on Saturday, the 15th
October, in presence of all the Ministers and the
high functionaries of • the empire, has been re-
ceived at Mr. Renter's office :
"To the Illustrious Grand Vizier.

'• The first basis and the foundation of all the
strength and all the prosperity of a State rest on
its financial position. Without credit and
without confidence, progress becomes imprac-
ticable. Notwithstanding the material ex-
penses of the country, it is incontestable
that if order was introduced into the administra-
tion of the public money, and it was employed use-
fully, the country would in a short time arrive at
the realisation of this strength and this prosperity.
It has, however, been proved to be true for some
time past, and from different causes, that the blow
that has been given to the credit of Turkey has
thrown the country into the abyss where it is now
plunged. Powerful and daily calls on the Govern-
ment have necessitated the contract of loans from
the merchants in Galata on heavy and ruinous
conditions, as likewise the issue of different
kinds of paper money, and all confidence has
been destroyed as well in the interior as
in the exterior of the State. Disorder in
the expenses has on another side increased the
evil, and brought matters to the situation that they
London, England, 1859-10-28

MARGA rE.

On Tuesday night a violent gale bl9w here from
the S.E., and at about six o'clock on that evening
Mr. Bearman, chief boatman at the Kirigsgate sta-
tion, observed a blue light burning to seaward ;
supposing it at first to be a reflection from the
castle windows, but having called one of the men,
they soon discovered it to be on board a vessel
standing into the bay, and which almost imme-
diately struck the ground. Men were despatched
to Broadstairs and Margate for the lifeboats; the
boat from the first place was soon on the spot, and
it is said, but we hope without foundation, that most
of the men were at the time intoxicated and inca-
pable of rendering any effectual assistance, and at
the same time threatened to throw overboard the
Coastguard men if they attempted to enter the life-
boat. The Margate lifeboat was three hours before
it arrived at the scene of the disaster, in conse-
quence of one or more persons refusing the use of
their horses to convey the boat overland to Kings-
gate, and it is said by persons competent to judge of
such matters that, but for these circumstances, in
all human probability the lives of the crew might
have been saved; but, as it is, all are now lost, not
one being left to tell the fearful tale. One poor
fellow was taken out of the rigging on the following
morning quite dead. It should, however, be Etated
that the Margate boat visited the wreck as soon as
possible, but could find no person on board; the
name of the vessel is supposed to be the Abby, of
Poole, the stern of a boat being washed ashore
with this name on it, and an elderly man supposed
to be one of the crew had also been picked up.
• About the same time as the above the Mary Ann,
of Stockton,. coal laden for Caen, struck on the
wreck of the Northern Bell and sunk, she was disco-
vered in the morning by the crew of the Queen lug-
ger, of Margate ; and the crew, after having been
several hours in the rigging, rescued arid brought to
Margate. Both wrecks took place within a very
short distance of each other, and, had the Coastguard
a boat at all available at this point, it is more than
probable that the crew of the Abby might have been
saved ; and it should be stated that, as it was, they
more than once attempted to reach the wreck in their
small skiff. Would it not be well, could a rocket
apparatus be supplied to this dangerous part of the
coast, as both wrecks are now lying within a short
distance of the cliff?
London, England, 1859-10-28

BANKRUPTS.

George Freeman and Henry Bentley Wrixon, lead mer-
chants,Blenheim-street, Oxford-street, to surrender Nov.
11, at half-past eleven, and Dec. 15, at twelve, at the
Court of Bankruptcy.
John Henry and William Randell Smith, publicans,
Bristol, Nov. 7, and Dec. 12, at eleven, at the District
Court of Bankruptcy.
Wm. Gray, grocer, Ipswich, Nov. 11, at two, and Dec.
9, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Samuel Davidson and Adolph Kanter, general merchants,
St. Mary Axe, City, Nov. 10, at eleven, and Dec. 8, at one,
at the Court of Bankruptcy.
William Arthur, draper, Leicester, Nov. 15 and Dec. 6,
at half-past eleven, at the Birmingham District Court.
William Moore, shoe manufacturer, Leicester and Ansty,
Nov. 15 and Dec. 6, at half-past eleven, at the Shirehall,
Nottingham.
Thomas Jackson, contractor, Cannon street, city, Nov.
15, at half-past one, and Dec. 16, at eleven, at the Court of
Bankruptcy.
William John Scribben, butcher, Plymouth, Nov. 14
and Dec. 12, at one, at the Exeter District Court.
Robert Brown, brewer, Great Driffield, Yorkshire, Nov.
9 and Dec. 14, at twelve, at the Leeds District Court.

SCOTCH BANKRUPTS.
David Shiach, grocer, Elgin.
D. and A. Bennett, grocers, Dumbarton-road, Glasgow.
John Rogers, Solicitor Supreme Courts of Scotland,
Edinburgh.

BANK. OF ENGLAND.
An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria
cap. 32, for the week ending on Wednesday, the 26th day
of October, 1859 :

ISSUE DEP &RTMENT.
Notes issued £30,781,300 Government Debt £11,015,100
Other Securities .. 3,450,900
Gold Coin & Bulliou 16,306,300
Silver Bulliou -

£30,781,300
London, England, 1859-10-28

Oct.-27,15
Contributions will be thankfully received by ltessrs. Willis
and Co. ; Berries and Co ; Coutts and Co. ; and at the office
of the Institution,l4, Joh.u-street, Adelphi,

METROPOLITAN, COUNTIES, AND
GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY,
27, Regent-street, Waterloo-place, London, S.W.
Life Assurance, Annuities, and Er.
Loans on real and personal securit
F. FERGUSON CAM ROUX, Manager,

Lowments.
London, England, 1859-10-28

FALMOUTH.

A gale of wind, almost unprecedented in its seve-
rity and in its sudden rise, occurred at Falmouth
on Tuesday. The early morning and up to noon
was comparatively moderate, but at 1 p.m. the
wind increased rapidly from the eastward, with
violent and unceasing rain and a tremendous
rush of tide. It continued for an hour from
this quarter, and then as instantaneously
changed to N.N.E., the wind and rain both
as unabated as before, and did not decline until
5 p.m., or a little after high water. The ship-
ping in the roads and harbour (about 110 sail)
rode without accident, with the sole exception of
the American barque Jane M. Thurston, Grant,
master, in ballast, from London for Port Talbot,
which vessel being anchored close to the bar point,
and from her light draught of water exposed to the
powerful action of the gusts of wind, drove on
shore under Pendennis Castle, between the bar and
middle point, at 3 30 p.m., where she lay until
Wednesday morning's tide, when she was got off
by the Dandy steam-tug, and towed into the inner
harbour. The damage done to her bottom may not
be considerable. The brig Lavinia, of Hull, Fall,
master, from Taganrog, laden with linseed, which
on arrival, before the gale commenced, had been
put on the ground at the bar to stop a leak, was
driven so high on the beach by the force of the
wind at high water that she must be lightened to
be got off.
In the harbour of St. Mawes, the Swedish brig
Oscar, Nelson, master, from Sundswall for Lisbon,
timber laden, was driven on shore in St. Mawes
Creek, but was got off at high water after the gale
had subsided, and towed into Falmouth inner har-
bour on Wednesday. A coasting schooner (name
unknown) was also beached on St.. Anthony's side
of St. Mawes Creek during the gale.
London, England, 1859-10-28

No. 21,013.

PUBLICATIONS.

Now ready at all the Libraries, in 5 vols.,
A LIFE FOR A LIFE.
By the Author of
" John Halifax, Gentleman," &c.

" In 'A Life fora Life' the author is fortunate in a good
subject and she has produced a work of strong effect."
A.thenzeum.
Burst and Blackett,l3, Great ➢Tarlborough-street.
London, England, 1859-10-28

BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY.
The NOVEMBER NUMBER, price Half-a-Crown,
will contain Pars the First of OVINGDEAN GRANGE :
A Tale of the South Downs. By WILLIAM HARRISON
AINSWORTH.- • •
London': Richard Bentley; New Burlington-street.
*** Solt by all Booksellers, and at all Railway Stations.
London, England, 1859-10-28

COLONIAL.

TEX.—At public sale prices were at a decline of about fd.
per lb. under late quotations. In the private market busi-
ness continues very inactive.
SUGAR.—A fair amount of business has been done in
British Plantation at fully late values. Foreign descrip-
tions have been inactive, and in the refined market a mode-
rate business has been transacted at a slight advance in
prices.
COFFEE.—At the public sale of Plantation Ceylon a de-
cline of about 6d. per ewt. took place, other descriptions
were inactive, and barely realised former values.
RICE.—The market is dull, no material change having
taken place in prices.
FRU IT.—The demand for medium qualities of currants
has been exceedingly active, and sales have been effected,
to some extent, at former rates.
SALTPETRE.—The market is steady, but only a moderate
business has been recorded, at former quotations.
TALLow.—There has been a steady enquiry for present
delivery, and P.Y.C., on the spot, and all the year's,
quoted 595. 6d. to 595. 9d. per cwt.
GREEN FRUlT.—Demand good, market well supported
for all kinds. A parcel of Madeira oranges, sold by Keel-
ing and Hunt at public sale, went at 15s per box; ches-
nuts, 30s to 32s per barrel ; black Spanish held at 6.5 s ;
Barcelona, 40s. Lemons scarce, and advanced in price.
The crop of grapes in Spain and Portugal short, but few
expected this season.

The Duke of Rutland is staying at Cheveley
Park, new Newmarket, where his grace is receiving cow •
pany.
We (Brighton Guardian) have much pleasure in
announcing the following subscriptions forwarded by Sir
Francis Goldsmid, viz. :—To the South Down Hounds,
£3l 10s. ; to the Brighton Harriers, £2l. The "meets" on
the Downs attract a large number of visitors during our
winter season, and the interest evinced by the hon. baronet
in the efficiency of our local hunting establishments is a
substantial service to the town of Brighton and its vicinity
A WHERRYMAN'S CHURCH.—The Norfolk, Chro-
nicle says a wherryman's church will, in the course of a
short time, be commenced in Yarmouth.
CHAPLAINS TO THE SHERIFFS OF LONDOas N.--.
Mr. Alderman and Sheriff Phillips has appointed his
chaplain for the year of his shrievalty the Rev. Michael
Gibbs, M.A., prebendary of St. Paul's Cathedral, and rec.
tor of Christ Church, Newgate-street. Mr. Alderman and
Sheriff Gabriel has appointed the Rev, Mr, )3tickmaster to
be his chaplain for the salue period.
London, England, 1859-10-28

INDIA AND CHINA.

TRIESTE, OCT. 27.
The Austrian Lloyd's steamer brings advice from
Calcutta to the 22d September :
The Governor has despatched 1,500 men from
Bombay against the rebellious Waghers.

The Rohillas in the Deccan continue to commit
acts of brigandage.
It is intended to send an expeditionary corps
against the bands of robbers in Central India, and
against the remaining insurgents in Terrai.
Oude is tranquil. 300 of the 450 mon who had
escaped from the prison of Mundlaisir have been
caught again.
Imports quiet. Exports flat. Freights declining.
Exchange on London, 2s. 04d. to 2s. Odd.
MADRAS, SEPT. 27.
Exchange on London, 2s. Od. to 2s. 13d.
lIONG KONG, SEPT. 12.

The American Ambassador had returned from
Pekin without having obtained the ratification of
the treaty at that city. The ratification had taken
place at Peh-tang.
The steamer Thebes, which had been hired by
the French, was wrecked on the passage between
Hong Kong and Turon.

Exchange on London, 45.100. to 4s. 11d.
SHANGHAI, SEPT. 3

Silk has risen ; tea declined.
TRIESTE, THURSDAY.
The Austrian Lloyd's steamer just arrived brings
advices from Constanttnople to the 22d inst.
The nomination of Kupresli Paella as Grand
Vizier has been confirmed. The Commissioners for
the settlement of the boundary question in Monte-
negro were obliged to leave the country for the
present, having been attacked by the inhabitants.
Public order has since been re-established.

ALGESIRAS, WEDNESDAY.
The Spanish Consul at Tangiers has just arrived
here with all his household.

FRANCE.

PARIS, THLTIISDAY.

We have no telegraphic news from Zurich to-day,
nor has any news arrived from Spain or Morocco.
Lord and Lady Cowley, the Prince and Princess
Metternich. and Count and Countess Walcwski, arc
invited to Compiz,ne.
Prince Napoleon has returned to Paris.
_ _

M. Mon, the Spanish Ambassador, received lately
a despatch from his Government, directing him
immediately to solicit the lo,n from the French
Government of a large quantity of tents and other
articles for a campaign. Marshal Bandon, Minister
of War, at once declared that all the articles required
should be supplied.

BOURSE, Oct. 27.—The market has been very

dull, but with slight variation in prices. Threes
varied from 69f. 25c. to 69f. 30c. ; Mobilier, 7651.
to 7681. 75c.; Lyons, 906 f. 25c. to 908 f. 75c.; Or-
leans, 1,357 f. 50c. to 1,360 f. ; Southern, 507 f. 50c.
to 508 f. 75c.; Austrian, 540 f. to 541 f. 250. ; Lom-
bard, 5461. 25c. to 547 f. 50c. The following were
the last quotations :

ti per Cents. .... 95 I Credit Fonder 690
Do. end month .. 95 —Belgian 4
3 per Cents. 69 40 I Piedmonteso (5)
Do. end month.... 69 35 Roman B4
Bank Shares 2840 Austrian
C.fredit Mobilier .. 771 25 Spanish Threes
Do. Account ..... 771 25 Home Debt 4l-1 -
London, England, 1859-10-28

CORK-OCT. 25.

Tho following were the quotations this morning
wheat, 21s Od to 24s OA ; white, 24s Od to 258 3d; bole/
6d to 12s 6d; oats, 7s 6d to 13s Od.

DERBY SMITHFIELD—OcT. 25. full
There was a good supply of fat stock to-day, with s „pit
attendance of buyers; high prices were asked for the la.
quality, but a few of the middling sort were left une?ce.
Sheep were in good supply, with no alteration in Pri
Fat calves more plentiful.
Beef
Mutton .. • 6d to 7d Pork
Lamb Od to Od Rough fat, 5s Gd
Hides, 3id to 50 ; calf skins, 6d to 6d.
London, England, 1859-10-28

RAILWAYS.

Cash. Account.
Orleans
Northern 932 50 .. 932 50
New ditto Bl5 817 60
Lyons and ➢tediterranean 907 50 .. 908 75
Geneva 520 .. 525 ,
Southern
Western 563 75 .. 568 76
Eastern
Sardinian 412 50 ..
Austrian
Lombard ..
Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. 111 c. ; money,
251.10 c.; three months, paper, 24f. 96c.; money, 21f. 94c.
London, England, 1859-10-28

FOREIGN

I!Antwerp & Rotterdam
Ardonnes

Bah.&S.Fran.,Ltm.7p.c.
Belgian East. Junction
Beziers to Graissessac
Carmeaux Mine & Rail
Copiabo
Ditto Extension
Dutch Rhenish
Eastern of France

Euphrates Valley
Grand Rus. Guar .5 p.c
Great Central of France
Gt. Luxem., Con. shs
Italian Junction
Lake Constance Az Bale
Lierre and Turnhout
Lombardo Venetian
Ditto New

Lyons and Geneva
Maria Antonia
Do. do. New
Namur and Liege
Do. do. 6 p. c. Pref
Northern of France.—
Do. New Shares

Norwegian Trunk Pref.
Paris,l,yons, and Medit.
Paris and Orleans ......

Recife& S. Fran. (Fern.)
gua. 7 p. et. (Lim.) ...
Riga and Dunaburg....
,Rome and Frascati ....

Royal Danish
Royal Swedish
Do. 7 per cent. Pref.
Sambre and Meuse
Do. 54 per cent. Pref.
Southern of France

96 5

101 1001 i

4i t

38
i
73

97 1

A; 7

lot 4

Business
Done.
London, England, 1859-01-31

METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET.

The total imports of foreign stock into London last week
were 573 head. In the corresponding week in 1858 we
received 787; in 1857, 1,239; in 1856, 916; in 1855,
1,362; in 185-1, 2,709; in 1853, 3,770; and in 1352,
1,968 head.

IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WEEK.
From. Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs.
Rotterdam
Hamburgh B.. 47 .. —..—
Antwerp — • •
Ostend — • .

.. •-- .. 64 e.
....... .. ....... .. 29 ..

Ilibtal 163

The above is the smallest supply of stock that has reached
us in any week for some time past, and we must now anti-
cipate limited importations during the next month or six
weeks.

The supply of foreign stock in to-day's market was
limited as to number, but its general quality was tolerably
prime. Sales progressed slowly, at late rates.
The arrivals of beasts fresh up from our own grazing dis-
tricts were only moderate, and the general quality of the
stock was very middling for the time of year. The atten-
dance of buyers was o&y moderate, aid the beef trade was
somewhat inactive. In prices, howeve; very Hale change
took place. A few very superior Scots realised 5s per 81bs,
but the general top figure for beef was 4s 10d per 81bs.
From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire,
we received 2,200 Scots and shorthorns, from other
parts of England 600 of various breeds ; from Scotland,
270 Scots ; and from Ireland, 23 oxen•
We were again rather scantily supplied with sheep, the
general condition of which was by no means first-rate.
The mutton trade was far from active, and very little
change took place in prices. The extreme value of the best
old Downs was 5s 2d per Blbs. _ _

Calves, the supply of which was limited, sold steadily, at
full prices. _ _

The pork trade ruled heavy, at last week's quotations.

Per Blbs. to sink the offal.

s. d. s. d.
Crse. &inf. beasts 3 4 3 6
Second qualitydo. 3 8 4 2
Prime large oxen 4 4 4 6
Prime Scots, &c. 4 8 4 10
Crse. & inf. sheep 3 6 3 10
Second quality do. 4 0 4 4
Suckling calves, 19s to 21s
18s to 225.

a. d. s. d.
Prime ers-wool d 0.4 6 4 8
Puce. S'tbdown do. 4 10 5 0
Largo crse. calves 3 8 4 6
Pi ime smell do 4 8 5 4
Large hop 3 0 3 6
slain porkers ... 3 "8 4 2
and quarter-old store pigs,
London, England, 1859-01-31

THE NA VT.

Her Majesty's steam sloop Virago, 6, Commander
Montague B. Dunn, arrived at Portsmouth yester-
day with the remainder of the Tipperary Militia
Artillery (one company) from Waterford. The
head quarters were disembarked from her Majesty's
steam transport Urgent on Saturday morning
alongside the dockyard. _ _

Her Majesty's ship Britannia, 120 (training ship
at Portsmouth), Capt. R. Harris, is in the ship
basin, but will move out the next spring tides and
take up the moorings off Haslar Creek. The naval
cadets who3e leave of absence for their Christmas
vacation is expired will join the Britannia this day.
The hired transport Cospatrick sailed from Ply-
mouth on Friday, with varinus detachments for the
East Indies.

The screw steamship Doris, 32, at Devonport,
shipped her two pivot guns on Friday.
The screw guardship of ordinary Exmouth, 90,
Capt. Robert S. Robinson, was placed alongside the
sheer hulk in Hamoaze on Friday, and stepped her
mizenmast, &c.
The screw steamship James Watt, 91, at Devon-
port, was masted last week, and is ordered to be
docked. It is expected that the screw steam sloop
Racer, 11, Commander the Hon. Thomas A. Pakcn-
ham, will also be docked there.
The screw. steamship Sanspareil, 70, Capt. Roch-
fortuebe
Maguire, from Portsmouth, arrived on Satur-
day at Plymouth, where her crew will be paid off.
The screw steam sloop Gannet,i m
11uodr will
E.
ll .
G
com-
missioned 'at Plymouth by Commander
Lambert, and will have a complement of 120
Devonport
officers and men.
iPvai
Isllicayu,l,Bla2r to.:
yesterday,stru ck his
War-Admiral Superintendent of
flDaoc-c,kgrdbOaSiilli tThomaslleßoy al.
onlave of absenc:.i.

We have been requested to correct an inaccuracy
in our statement, that " Rear-Admiral Sir Michael
Seymour had been compelled to solicit being super-
seded in his command owing to his failing health."
The Admiral was in excellent health when last
heard of; but having had, while on the coast of
China, two attacks of fever, he has been advised
not to pass a fourth summer in the East ; and he
has, therefore, requested that he may be relieved
punctually at the expiration of his command (the
appointment being ordinarily for three years),
which will terminate on the 18th February next.
The following appointments were made on Satur-
day at the Admiralty :
Commander W. N. W. Hewett, V.C. to the
Viper, vice Lieut. Hodgkinson, superseded on his
own request; J. C. Walsh, surgeon, to the. Terma-
gant; W. Humphrey, surgeon, to the Gannet ;
E. Georges, actin,* assistant-surgeon, to the Ter-
magant; and T. °S. Burnett, acting assistant-sur-
geon, to the Gannet.
London, England, 1859-01-31

BOROUGH HOP.

Most kinds of new hops continue in steady request, and
last weeks prices are well supported. All other kinds are
very dull, and the quotations rule next to nominal.
Mid and East Kent pockets 7os to 120 s per cwt.
Weald of Kent do s4s to 70s „
Sussex do sis to 66s „
London, England, 1859-01-31

LUNATICS AND THEIR PROTECTION.-
A PUBLIC MEETING will be held at EXETER
HALL, on TUESDAY Evening, February Ist, to petition the
House of Commons for an inquiry into the Treatment of
Lunatics, and to amend the Laws for their Protection.
BENJAMIN BOND CABBELL, ;Esq., will take the Chair
punctually at Eight p.m. •
Alleged Lunatics' Friend Society,
44, Craven-street, Strand,
Jan. 13, 1859. -

LONDON CRYSTAL PALACE, REGENT-
CIRCUS,L4 OXFORD-STREET and GREAT PORT-
LAND-STREET.

This magnificent building is NOW OPEN to the public, for
the SALE of all kinds of USEFUL and FANCY ARTICLES.
The Photographic Establishment, Aviary, Conservatory,
General Refreshment Room, and Ladies' Private Refresh-
ment Room, with Retiring Room attached, arc replete in their
several departments.
ADMISSION FREE.

HOWES AND CUSHING'S GREAT
UNITED STATES CIRCUS.—A safe place of amuse-
ment.—The ALHAMBRA PALACE, Leicester-square, hav-
ing been constructed as a model of architecture, no accident
need be apprehended.
The Morning Performances are particularly recommended,
as the Pantomime can be seen with the same effect as at night.
Sprites of the Silver Shower.
ELLA, the wonder of the world.—The celebrated horse,
"Cruiser," will be exhibited in his subdued state, as tamed
by Mr. Rarey.—" Black Eagle," the horse of beauty.—The
educated mules; " Pete " and "Barney." Madam DELE-
VANTI in her Terrific Ascent on the Telegraph Wire. The
Comic Pantomime, entitled THE MISER OF BAGDAD, re-
presented in the circle at each performance.
Pit, ls. ; Boxes, 28. ; Reserved Seats, 35.; Stalls, 55.; Private
Boxes, £2 28. Children under Nine years of age, half-price.
Gallery, M.
Two Performances Daily at two and half-past seven p.m.
London, England, 1859-01-31

ANTHONY MARTIN Y. BARTON.

Mr. Joyce obtained a rule calling upon the plain-
tiff to show cause why all the proceedings in this
action should not be stayed without payment of
costs to him or his attorney.
It was an action to recover a sum of £8 16s. 6d.,
the balance due upon a bill of exchange for £l3
10s. It was stated when the rule was moved that
the plaintiff was not the holder of the bill, and that
the action had been brought in his name, as be
lived more than 20 miles off, in order that proceed-
ings might be taken in the superior court instead of
the County Court.
Mr. Huddleston, Q.C., showed cause against the
rule, saying that the plaintiff was a bona fide holder
of the bill, and that it had been transferred to him
by his brother, Samuel Martin, and that it was paid
through the plaintiff's bankers at Glocester, and
presented in London in the usual manner.
Mr. Joyce supported the rule.
The Court said that they would reserve their
judgment until after the he aring of the next case.
London, England, 1859-01-31

LAW INTELLIGENCE.—Jan. 29.

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.

(Sittings in Banco, before Lord Campbell and Jus.
tices Wightman, Crompton, and Hill.)

At the sitting of the Court this day Lord Camp-
bell delivered judgment in two cases which had
been previously argued.
The first case related to a contract of sale, of no
general interest.
The second case was the following, which related
to the deduction of certain expenses in the rating
of a canal :
THE QUEEN V. THE COVENTRY CANAL NAVIGATION
London, England, 1859-01-31

mind should be kept as quiet as possible, and that
hostile agitators should have no pretext for carry-
ing on their trade, on the principle that ill.condi-
tiorwd dogs should not be aroused from their sleep,
even by the barking of well-disposed dogs. It is
quite possible that the movement might have been
made the subject of a motion in Parliament which
would be troublesome to meet ; but as the Govern-
ment would have had no connection with the meet•
ing, we do not see how it would have been cora-
-1 mitted by any proceedings of the Liberal party,
while its endeavours to amend the law would be
strengthened by a demonstration so important, just
before the assembling of Parliament. But, at all
events, whether some busy friends of the Govern-
ment, more zealous perhaps for their own personal
advancement than for the improvement of the
country, were right or wrong in the course they
adopted, and whether the committee were right or
wrong in not resisting the pressure, and holding
the meeting at all hazards, which would, in any
case, have been an influential ono, certain it is that
faith has been broken with the public. A very
strong feeling of disappointment and indignation
has been produced throughout the country, and a
heavy blow has been given to the confidence of the
community in any statement of a similar kind that
may hereafter go forth to the world."
Had the meeting been held it is pretty certain
that the defections would have been more curious
than Lord Downshire and his friends could have
been led to anticipate from the pairing off of such
men of mark as Lord Monck, Lord Massareene, and
politicians of that stamp. No one can accuse
the two city members (Messrs. Grogan and Vance)
of lukewarmness in any movement of their tparty,
and yet both those gentlemen, it is said, were
thoroughly opposed to the project for the revival
of the old system of political agitation in Ireland.
Phcenix or Riband societies may even still partially
flourish, but the platform, whether at the Rotunda
or inlConciliation-hall, is quite out of date—in fact,
it has become an object of positive aversion.
London, England, 1859-01-31

MARRIAGES.

BA.STARD—WooLLcomnE.—On the 27th inst, at Plympton
St. Mary, the Rev. William Pollexien Bastard, youngest
son of the late E. P. Bastard, Esq., of Kitley, M.P., to
Caroline, second daughter of Rear-Admiral Woollcombe,
of Hemerdon.
WnEELEu—WooLeocx.—On the 29th inst., at St. Mary's,
Bryanston-square, Charles Wheeler, of 34, 'Warren-
street, Fitzroy-square, to Catherine Woolcock, of 13, Old
Quebec-street, Oxford-street; eldest daughter of the late
John Woolcock, of Truro, Cornwall.

DEATHS.
BENNETT.—On the 25th inst., at 18, St. James's-street,
London, Mr. John Bennett, of St. Aldate's, Oxford,
aged 76.
BERKELEY.—On the 27th inst., at Smethwiek, near Bir-
mingham, Charles Berkeley, Esq., of the Birmingham
Plate-glass Company.
CONANT.—On the 27th inst., in Montagu-square, Frances,
daughter of the late Sir Nathaniel Conant, of Portland-
place, aged 78.

COOPER.—On the 27th inst., William Cooper, Esq., of
Hoebridge place, Woking, Surrey, and formerly of 'York,
aged 66.
DE MICIIELE.—On the 28th inst., at Old Stein°, Brighton,
John George Do Michele, Esq., aged 59.
HARRIS.—On the 28th inst., at 20, Bloomsbury-square,
William Harris, Esq., aged 87.

LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG,
of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 11?,
Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the county of
Middlesex, Monday, January 31, 1859.
London, England, 1859-01-31

SEEDS.

On the whole there has been a steady demand for clover
seed, and late rates have been well supported. In trefoil
very little is doing. Linseed has changed hands slowly at
barely stationary prices, and rapeseed with difficulty brings
last week's quotations. Cakes are dull, and rather cheaper.
Turnip,White,p.bus.l2B to 14s Carraway
Swede
Mustard, 8r0wn.... Ss lls llempseed, per qr 30s 38s
White, new.... 12s Ms Linseed,Eng.sowing 728 748
Tares, Spring, new Bsod 108 Od Crushing —s —s
Old —s —8 Baltic --s —s
Canary, per quarter 58s 68s Odessa
Rye grass, new 22s 258 Linseed Cake, p. ton
Clover, Red Eng., ct. 64s 68s English £lO Os£lo 158
White 7os 78s Foreign, p ton C 9 Os Od 1010 s
_ . Foreign Red.... 58s 048 Rape Cakes,p. ton 5 Os 6 5s
White 70s 78 apeseed, p. qr Ols 085
Trefoil, new lBs 20
London, England, 1859-01-31

THE ARMY.

Colour-Sergeant Tesiah Hampton and Sergeant
Matthew Richardson, of the 84th depot at Chatham,
have been each presented with a silver medal,
together with a gratuity of £lO, by order of the
Duke of Cambridge, as a reward for long and
faithful service and meritorious conduct. The
medals were presented to the noncommissioned
to follow theirson
officers in the presence of the whole of the troops
at the Hut-barracks, 13rompton, by Major C. Elgee,
who spoke in high terms of the excellent conduct
Open to them.
A -adjoining
of Sergeant llampton and Sergeant Richardson,
and exhorted the young soldiers
in order to -as already been
example
A e considerable
it.ahbei
es a
portioni ne l rewards
the
hNev eprreho
Admiralty, and the
the Marine barracks at CitthaethaArndini
taken possession of by
enable them to accommodate s
houses taken down
enlarging the Royal Marine provide space for
ever al hundred addi-
tional Barracks so as to
tional officers and tnc,n,

-
[AnvEßTTsEmtxT.ll—Rarey's Horse and Cattle Improv•
ing Food improves t e stamina, vigour, endurance, and
muscle of ill-conditioned or apparently worn-out Horses,
Cows, Bullocks, Calves, Sheep, and Pigs. It causes no
extra expense, as it contains far more and better nourish-
ment than its cost of 11d. per feed supplies in corn or
hay; hence ensures an actual saving. In a short time it
improves the appearance and value of horses and cattle by
20 to 30 per cent. Rarey and Co., sole importers, 77, Pic-
cadilly, Quadrant, London. Packed in tins of about 42
feeds, Os. ; of about 90 feeds, lls. ; in casks of about 450
feeds, 50s. ; of about 1,000 feeds, £5, being about lid. per
feed. Goods forwarded on receipt of Post-office Orders.
Important Caution—Beware of spurious imitations offered
by the ignorant and unscrupulous. All imitators will be
proceeded against.
London, England, 1859-01-31

CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE.

Wheat—Essex and Kent, red, new 3ss to 43s
Ditto, old
Ditto, white, new 3Bs 50s
Ditto, old —B —8
Norfolk and Lincoln, red, old —s '-'8
Ditto, new
nye—Old —8 —8
New
Barley—Grinding .., 248 30a
Malting .365 378
Chevalier 3BB 438
Malt—Suffolk and Norfolk
Brown
- Kingston and Ware 6OB 66s
Chevalier
Oats—Yorkshire and Line,olnsh., Feeding 238 26e
Potato 248 29s
Yonghal and Cork, black ... 20s 2.3 s
Cork, white ' 228 27s
Scotch, Feeding 23s 268
Beans —Tick
Pigeons . 4lB 445
Peas—Grey
Maple lBs 403
White 3Bs 42s
Boilers
Flour—Town-made
Suffolk 3OB 329
Stockton and Norfolk
London, England, 1859-01-31

THE NAVY.

Her Majesty's steam sloop Virago, 6, Commander
Montague B. Dunn, arrived at Portsmouth yester-
day with the remainder of the Tipperary Militia
Artillery (one company) from Waterford. The
head quarters were disembarked from her Majesty's
steam transport Urgent on Saturday morning
alongside the dockyard.
Her Majesty's ship Britannia, 120 (training. ship
at Portsmouth), Capt. It. Harris, is in the ship
basin, but will move out the next spring tided and
take up the moorings off Haslar Creek. The naval
cadets whose leave of absence for their Christmas
vacation is expired will join the 13ritannia this clay.
The hired transport Cospatrick sailed from Ply-
mouth on Friday, with various detachments for the
East Indies.

The screw steamship Doris, 32, at Dcvonport,
shipped her two pivot guns on Friday.
The screw guardship of ordinary Exmouth, 90,
Capt. Robert S. Robinson, was placed alongside the
sheer hulk in Hamoaze on Friday, and stepped her
mizenmast,
1.1),' ed on Satur-
Cott. Roch
-
The screw steamship James Watt, 91, at Devon-
port, was masted last week, and is ordered to be
docked. It is expected that the screw steam sloop
Racer, 11, Commander the Hon. Thomas A. Paken-
ham, will also be docked there.
The
r 1 c
daT at Plymouth, where her crew will be paid off.
The screw steam sloop Gannet, 11, will be com-
missioned at Plymouth by Commander E. H. Cr.
,sgtu•Trve, stfreoaminshipSansi)at.eil ,' , 7
Portsmouth,
Lambert, and will have a coin 1 p ement of 120
officers and men.

Rear-Admiral Superintendent of Devonport
Dockyard, Sir Thomas S. Pasley, Bart., struck his
flag, on board the Royal William, 120, yesterday,
on leave of absence.
We have been requested to correct an inaccuracy
in our statement, that " Rear-Admiral Sir Michael
Seymour had been compelled to solicit being super-
seded in his command owing to his failing health."
The Admiral was in excellent health when last
heard of ; but having had, while on the coast of
China, two attacks of fever, he has been advised
not to pass a fourth summer in the East ; and he
has, therefore, requested that he may be relieved
punctually at the expiration of his command (the.
appointment being ordinarily for three years),
which will terminate on the 18th February next.
The following appointments were made on Satur-
day at the Admiralty :
Commander W. N. W. Hewett, V.C. to the
oVwi Vn
iper,
requestvice i;
;ant; W. Humphrey, surgeon, to the Gannet;,t_eh
Ter-
magantE. Georges, acting assistant-surgeon, to
iejn.t
.H.wodaglskhi,nssuonrg,
surgeon,
josetdheedToenrmh_aiis:
assistant-sur-
geon, to the Gannet.
; and T. S. Burnett, acting
London, England, 1859-01-31

DISASTROUS CONFLAGRATION AT

SHEFFIELD.

SHEFFIELD, SUNDAY, 11.30 P.M.
About 10 o'clock a fire broke out on the premises
of Mr. Charles Unwin, timber merchant and furni-
ture broker, West-bar, Sheffield. For the last
half-hour it has been raging with terrific violence,
illuminating the sky to an extent which-must be
visible for miles, and casting a glare on the whole
town. The premises are extremely extensive,
having a considerable frontage to West-bar, and
extending thence to Spring-street. They comprise
large furniture shops and stores, with extensive
timber-yard and workshops behind. The stock is
is immense. The conflragration extends over the
whole premises, and throws up a blaze many yards
above the loftiest surrounding buildings. There
appears no possibility of preventing the flames
consuming much adjacent property, and the loss
will, probably be enormous. The conflagration is
the most serious which has occurred in Sheffield
for many years. The cause of it is not yet known.
MONDAY, 1 a.m.
The conflagration is abating. The whole of Mr.
Unwin's premises are completely gutted : large
portions of the walls are down ; nothing saved.
The fire only extended to a shop and a few cottages
adjoining Unwin's. A brisk north-west wind blow-
ing. The burning premises were sheltered by the
Surrey Music-hall. There is a tremendous crowd.
The military were called out to clear the streets.
The same premises, having been previously on fire,
the surrounding property has fortunately been
protected by high walls. The building is insured
in the Sheffield Fire-office. Stock not insured;
estimated damage over £lO,OOO.

NOVEL EMPLOYMENT FOR A PIGEON.—A few
days ago, as a man named James Dando was leaving the
Barnet Railway Station, he suddenly burst a blood vessel.
He was instantly conveyed to the Barnet Union workhouse,
and although every attention was paid to him he very
shortly expired. It appeared he had gone to Barnet to
start some carrier pigeons, and rather a novel experiment
was tried to discover his friends. A note was attached to
one of the pigeons, and it was instantly liberated. The
result was that a brother of the deceased arrived at Barnet
and recognised the dead body of his relative in about an
hour afterwards. The deceased resided at No. 2, Jenner's-
court, Blackfriars.
[AnvEnTisEkENT.l—Holloway's Pills and Ointment.—
For all skin diseases, owever inveterate, these medicines
are a sovereign remedy. While the Ointment passes through
the pores of the skin, as water saturates the soil, or as salt
penetrates meat, the Pills act upon the blood, which they
correct and purify. The whole physical machinery is thus
rendered healthy, regular, and vigorous. The cure thus
effected is not partial and temporary, the disease is en-
tirely and for ever driven from the system, and the patient
need not be apprehensive of its return. As these medicines
have no violent action they do not necessitate any interrup-
tion of the ordinary avocations. Directions for the use of
these noble medicaments are affixed to each pot and box,
London, England, 1859-01-31

Monetary system, Mr. Spooner and Mr. Cayley,
members of the committee, agreed on this remedy.
Mr. Twells, Mr. Alexander, and Mr. Capps, wit-
nesses examined, agreed on it also ; and it has
the approval of many of the oldest and most
talented of our monetary reformers,—Mr. John
Taylor, Colonel M'Donald, and a host of others who
are fully competent to form an opinion.
But whether they agree in this exact remedy or
not, there is a rapidly growing conviction among
all thinking men that a system under which panics
are periodical, and the Bank Charter Act has to be
suspended to avert national bankruptcy, is tho-
roughly rotten. And it is becomimg more and
more evident every day that the trade in money
ought to be free, and that the great principle of
Monetary Reform is gold at its market price.
This is a question which bears more directly
on the moral and social condition of the people
of England than any other. Whatever Mr. Bright
may say to the contrary, every man in England is
free. He can go where he pleases, worship as he
pleases, do the best he can for himself, and express
his opinion openly on any subject always providing
that in doing all this lie does not 'unjustly injure his
neighbour.
The thing which presses down the energy and
the industry of the masses is a bad money law, by
which they are thrown out of work, deprived of a
market for their labour, and the just reward of
their time and talents, No Parliament, reformed
or unreformed, can reach the grievances of the
working classes of all orders, which leaves this rich
man's law in operation to place industry under the
feet of capital.

THIRD EDITION

SUN OFFICE, Seven o'

TATTERSALLS'-( THIS EVENING.)

LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE.
15 to 1 agst Ghika (taken)
15 to 1 agst The Brewer (offered)
100 to 6 agst Weathercosk (offered)
20 to 1 agst Tease (taken)
20 to 1 agst Little Charley (taken)
25 to 1 agst Miss Harkaway (taken)
25 to 1 agst Ace of hearts (taken)
50 to 1 agst Freshman (taken)
CHESTER CUP.
100 to 6 agst Drogheda (offered)
TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS.
sto 1 agst Promised Land (offered)
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES.
10 to 1 agst Little Agnes (taken)

DERBY.
12 to 1 agst Promised Land (offered
20 to 1 agst Musjid (taken)]
20 to 1 agst Cavendish
25 to 1 agst Gaspard (taken)
1000 to 10 agst Logic (taken)
1000 to 35 agst Balnamoon (taken)
1000 to 15 agst Guy Fawkes (taken)
A moderate attendance only, and business rather dull.
London, England, 1859-01-31

MISCELLANEOUS.

Miscellaneous.

Anglo-Mexican Mint
Atlantic Tel. (Limited).
Australian Agricultural
Australian Royal Mail .
Berlin Water Works
Do New, issued at .C 5 dis
British American Land
Brit. & Irish Mag.Tel.A.
Do. B, 7 P.C. till 1862
Do. C...
Canada Land
Chan.lslands Tel.(Lim )
Cop.Min.otEng.&Smitg
Do. Preference 7i per ct
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 ldis.
N.P.r.&NovaScotiaL and
N.l3.Australasian (Urn )
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
Seot.Austrin.lny.(Lim )
South Australian Land
Submarine Teleg. Scrip
Do. do Registered
Tr.& La.Co.of Upr. Can
Nag Diemou's Land!

all
all
all
158.
all
all

I ',dd.\ Closing liminess done
Price.

14 131
:40 270
3.5 36
I 1
4

40 42
19 21
13 15
115 120
•9/ 14
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23 25
141

305 108
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11 2

1
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1 14
15 18

1
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21 31

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125 137;
37 38 '

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9 11

1311 26
London, England, 1859-01-31

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

The following appointments were made at the Admi-
ralty this afternoon :

Commander—N. F. Hewett, to the Viper.
Lieutenants—Geo. Douglas, to be Flag-Lieutenant to
Rear-Admiral Hope; C. 0. H. P. St. John, to the St. Jean
d'Acre ; Charles J. Wray, Charles J. Rowley, U. C. Sin-
gleton, and William Johnston, to ditto ; Cuthbert Le Me-
surier and Alex. Butler, to the Hogue.
Masters—C. R. P. Forbes to the St. Jean d'Acre ; Thos.
R. Collingwood (additional) to the Exmouth; Charles
Gahan (additional) to ditto.

Second Master Frederick J. Ray, to the Vesuvius.
Paymaster George W. Pickthorn, to the St. Jean
d' Acre.

Clerks—Henry W. Andrews and Alfred P. Cox to the
St. Joan d'Aere.

Assistant Clerk—Thomas W. Cleave to the St. Jean
d' Acre.

FUNERAL OF THE LATE MR. HALLAM.

The secbided village church of Clevedon, on the
Bristol Channel, presented on Friday last a me.
morable and impressive scene. On.tbat afternoon

the remains of file late Henry Hallam, the histo-
rian, were conveyed from Clevedon Court, the scat
of Sir Arthur Hallam Elton, M.P., nephew of the
deceased, to a grave which, through a mysterious
inversion of the common order of succession, had
been already rendered classic ground by the ashes
of his two gifted. sons. It is now six and twenty
years ago since the father, dismayed and almost
broken-hearted by the abrupt bereavement, carried
to the same secluded spot upon the shore of the
Atlantic one whose name will often and for ages
be repeated on both sides of that ocean in answer
to the question,—" Who is indicated by the ini-
tials A. H. H.," familiar on the title-page of the

"In Memoriam" of Alfred Tennyson ?' This was
Arthur Henry Hallam, who is remembered still,
and who will cease to be remembered only when their
memory shall altogether fail, by many of the now
foremost spirits of our time, among whom in
his day he was ranked ungrudgingly as the
foremost and most promising. He died in 1833,
near the completion of his 23d year. Four years
later, and an amiable daughter was reunited to the
brother who had been her playmate ; and three
years afterwards a still sadder necessity summoned
the father to lay his wife beside the ashes of their
children.