The Sun.
London, England, 1859-10-31 00:00:00

COMMERCIAL.

At Melbourne there was no change in the value of gold
since the departure of the mail. The supplies from the
diggings arrived satisfactorily, although not so large as last
year. The shipments per the Orwell for London were on
the following account :—Bank of New South Wales, 21,000
oz. ; London Chartered Bank, 7,380 oz. ; Bank of Victoria,
7,030 oz. ; Oriental Bank Corporation, 5,08.1 oz. ; National
Bank of Australasia, 1,500 oz. ; and small shipments, 255
oz. There was rather more activity in imports, although
prices of various articles had given way. The supply of
labour had been much larger than at any previous time
during the winter.
At Hobart Town and Launceston the produce markets
were well supported ; and at Adelaide markets were inactive
and generally unaltered. Coffee steady, at XlOO per ton.

AMERICA.

LIVERPOOL, MONDAY MORNING.

The steamer Canada, from Boston the 19th inst.,
and from Halifax the 20th inst., reached the Mersey
about midnight, bringing 71 passengers, but no

specie.

On the 20th, the Canada passed the Europa,
bound for Boston ; and on the 29th, the City of
Baltimore, hence for New York.
The insurrectionary movement at Harper's Ferry
had been suppressed by government. The insurrec-
tionists were commanded by a Captain Brown, who
rendered himself notorious in the Free State quar-
rel in Kansas. They numbered in the first in-
stance only 17 white men and 5 negroes. They
took the Armoury by storm, and it was was subse-
quently retaken by the United States Marines.
Fifteen of the insurgents were killed, and there was
some loss B.r life on the other side also, but
the details are very fragmentary and contradictory.
According to one account, it was a deliberate
attempt to incite a servile insurrection ; but another
statement is, that the disaffection originated in the
failure of a contractor to pay his labourers.
There is nothing else of political importance.
The New York stock market on the 18th was
rather fluctuating, but closed buoyant at rather
higher rates. Money continued very easy.
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NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 18.—Cotton sales last three
days 35,000 bales, at steady and unchanged prices.
Receipts, three days, 33,000, against 32,000 same
time last year. Increased receipts at this port
69,000 bales. Sterling exchange 91 to 91 premium.
Freights to Liverpool 19-32 dol.

NEW-YORK, OCT. 20.

Perfect order now prevails at Harper's Ferry, and
the insurrection is regarded as effectually crushed.
The yacht Wanderer, which was seized some
time ago on suspicion of being a slaver, has sailed
from Savannah, with a full crew and a large quan-
tity of ammunition on board ; her destination is
unknown, but it is supposed that she has gone after
a cargo of slaves.
Cotton here is buoyant, and prices have advanced.
Quarter sales to-day, 3,000 bales. Middling Uplands
quoted 112-e. Breadstuffs have also slightly ad-
vanced on all descriptions, and the closing tendency
is upwards. Provisions in general steady. Naval
stores dull. Freights rather higher. The stock
market tends downwards, and quotations to-day
were generally rather lower.
NEw ORLEANS, Oct. 19.—Sales of cotton to-day,
6,000 bales, at unchanged prices.

MAILS FOR AMERICA, VIA CORK.—Arrangements
have been made for the British packets conveying the mails
between this country and North America to call at Queens-
town (Cork), for the purpose of embarking and landing
mails, on each of their voyages between Liverpool and
Boston, via Halifax ; that is, on every alternate voyage by
British packet to and from America. For the future, there-
fore, the outward mails will include such correspondence as
may be posted or may arrive in London up to the usual
post-hour on Saturday evening, or may reach Cork up to
Sunday morning ; so that a considerable additional
time will be allowed throughout the kingdom for posting
letters, &c., sent by these British packets to the United
States and to British North Amerioa. This arrange-
ment will commence with the packet appointed to leave
Liverpool on Saturday, the sth day of November, and
will continue thenceforth on every alternate Saturday.
Notice will be given in both the daily and weekly editions
of the " Postal Official Circular," of the dates of sailing of
the packets to which this arrangement will apply. As the
mails from Boston and Halifax will in future 100 landed at
a shorter interval after their embarkation than heretofore,
it may not be possible to sort all the newspapers, on the
homeward voyage, before the arrival of the packet at
Queenstown. Any newspapers that may remain unsorted
will, as at present, be carried on to Liverpool.—By com-
mand of the Postmaster-General, ROWLAND HlLL.—Gene-
ral Post-office, October 31.
DEATH OF A TOURIST ON SNOWDON.—The
following facts relative to the sudden death of a tourist from
Derbyshire (Mr. R. Rogers Cox) were adduced before a
coroner's court held on Monday evening, the 24th instant,
at the Goat Hotel, Beddgelert. Mr. Cox (the deceased)
arrived at Llanbems from Carnarvon about eleven o'clock
on the previous morning (Sunday), where he engaged a
guide to ascend Snowdon, and thence to proceed to Bedd-
gelert. They started shortly afterwards, and when• half
way up the mountain deceased complained to his guide of
pains in his loins (kidneys), and wished to rest; to this
the guide strongly objected, at the weather was most severe,
and it would be as much as they could accomplish to reach
Beddgelert post road before nightfall. They then pro-
ceeded to the summit and entered ono of the deserted huts.
The deceased lay down for a few moments apparently ex-
hausted. After considerable importunity the guide induced
the deceased to begin the descent, and when about two miles
from the post road the deceased became quite unable to pro-
ceed further. The guide then placed him in a sitting pos-
ture and hastened to a farmhouse adjacent, where he pro-
cured the assistance of two men. On returning they found
deceased lying on his back quite insensible, near to the spot
where the guide had left him. They lost no time in con-
veying him to the farm-house, where every available re-
medy was used, but without avail. Deceased was moved as
speedily as possible to Beddgelert, and medical assistance
was immediately procured, 1340 with like effect, life having
been for some time extinct. The jury gave as their verdict,
" That deceased died in descending Snowdon, apparently
from exhaustion, but there is no evidence to show the exact
caus3 of death." The deceased, it appeared, was the son
of the Rev. R. Cox, of Tickenhall Parsonage, near Derby,
whither his remains were carried, by rail direct, on Wed-
nesday.

SPORTING NOTES.

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RETROSPECTIVE.

All persons seemed heartily tired of their week's
sport at Newmarket. They certainly seemed to
experience too much of a good thing, and had little
causs for regret when Mr. Hibburd dropped his flag
for the last time. The weather in the early part of
the week was most unpropitious, and only the most
ardent lover of sport could be found to brave its in-
clemency. The incidents connected with the racing
have been already fully described, and turfites
are perhaps not willing to allow their minds to
brood over them, so weary are they of their
week's work. Bookmakers generally are
large winners, and the " gentlemen had
a hard time of it. Still no very " fortunate
youths" are reported. John Osborne and certain
thorough thick-and-thin adherents of his stable made
a successful flight with Red Eagle, but they were
scarcely prepared for the complete fulfilment of
their expectations. Their hopes centred chiefly in
Lady Alice. The two animals were never, I believe'
tried together, but I am informed that they had a
rough gallop in their clothes on the Monday, and
that Red Eagle seemed to have all the best of it.
Danebury was discouraged by the defeat of Ariadne.
John Day placed the utmost confidence in the
mare's chance, a confidence which all persons
shared when they saw the blooming condi-
tion of the mare and her improved appearance
since the spring. The Newmarket folk were sadly
disappointed by the wretched exhibition made hY.
North Lincoln, who was the first beaten horse
in
the race. The Cesarewitch competitors, too, cut uP
very badly, and altogether a change in the weather°
seemed to have brought a change of fortune to th
fielders. The two-yr-old races were not marked
by much importance, the most interesting enceurr
ter being between Thunderbolt and ThormanbY .lof
the Criterion. Thormanby gave another proofto,c
his great pluck and power of endurance by "`.
style in which he climbed the hill. Thunderbolt 1°
a nice compact horse, but he belongs to a class onlla
very little superior to that of King-at-Arms.
Nurseries were attended with greater success °I:15
they were last year, but the quality of the animals
which they brought out was somewhat insignifieari tca
The " talent" were clever enough, for they spot

the winner for each class.
From the " Retrospective " I will now turn t°
the prospective, and place before the reader a fel(
brief hints relative to the Worcester Gather
mg, which all racing-men anticipate with pleasure;
because, whatever may be the character of the sport
they are sure that the business arrangements vili't
be carried out in accordance with honesty and fa f
play. The programme promises an abundance °A.
sport, and by turfites of the Midland districts, 9!
least, the meeting will be numerously patronisec.
Curlew has only 51bs. extra to carry for the Sul,
sery Stakes, and he may, therefore, repeat his Ne'
market success. Ben Webster, however, perforrae:
I sufficiently well at Newmarket last week to induct),
me to believe that he may play first business t,
,_
morrow. Bad as he is, Mutineer ought to ;
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capable of winning the Autumn Handicap. Should
Ihe not pull through his owner will find it to
advantage to convert him into cat's meat 'with°

delay.
The Autumn Flying Handicap will doubtless tzt-
tract a large field. Sam Spode, Maud, and Curiel
are, in my opinion, the most noteworthy nara„et
amongst the nominations. I know so little ab°lii
the present " form" of the " jumpers" that I shs
not refer to the Steeplechases and Hurdle Rac,,es*
A FRESH MAI'

NEW WIEST2I.IINSTEI?-BRIDG-0.
Little more thapnr
The works connected with this fine structure
have rapidly pette;
aoginreosnsteidt.
osrinsicxe
weeksour algasot
only the
cast-iron work had been completed, the 0'11!
wrought-iron crowns of each arch being still s'
Messrs. Cochran's iron works, at Battersea. Net'
however, not only has the whole of the iron vrcri,
wrought and cast, of the first half of the arc en
beenbolted
finished, but the "buckle" plates have tithe
.
down for the roadway, and a portion of th°
macadamized road itself at either end constructs of
Thewr manner in which the road is made is a scrie4sit-,
ought-iron convex plates, about 7ft. 13Y —l4-
bwit\hveen the convex crowns of these are intervs-
etbolted on to the ribs of the arch. The
filled
are
with
a.wood pavement, the interstices of weer iiii
closedin with strong asphalte, till all is perfect J
brick rubbish, to the depth of 8 or 10
level with the top of the plates. A coatin,g of dry
inches, J.
Bthen laid down, with a layer of granite over, :the
oth the portions over the abutmentS 0' lied,
_Middlesex and Surrey sides have thus been fici,e inter-
but ut the granite has not yet been laid over the In 0,
mediate arches. The work of strewing this, 11°30,
tver. would occupy but a few days, and, as far °g.te to
be judged from a careful survey of what has het t°
be performed, there seems no reason whatever W ill
another month. It is not, however, P
the first half of the bridge should not be ePellthat
robable traffic
It will be ready for the reception of carriag° the
much before Christmas, if even then. What op
Board of Works are doing in the matter of thew:
Fitzroy passed a short bill enabling
Fitzroy
it is hard to say. Late in the season .
_,,,„
and remove the block of houses on the left or Pal'„,,
yard side of the Middlesex end of the roadc",;',o
Whether he at the same time obtained the nrultire
him to Pui.CP-7;
cannot tell ; but certain it is that as yet no 54,111,•-spO'
shown on the part of the inhabitants of oil "re-
sition to quit the houses which are so urgently _
rd.,
quired to be removed, and we believe Oat acce„lo
none lay
in g to the notices they have received
bound to do so before Christmas. For such Rays
it seems hard to find any excuse, as it has
u dolt
been
known that these tenements must come , be'
eventually, and ought to have been removea
surrey
fore this. The block of houses on the SurrtJe
side, leading from the end of the bridrerty.
Stangate-street, are what is called bridge PK doll
For the occupants of these houses coe3Peonlavo
may not be required, though one isutuu ..e.,
thought at least a quarter's notice a necessarYiWge
liminary to such a wholesale ejectment. The bf,,,itly.
must therefore, if opened this year, be open
ea
such 0,
out proper approaches at all. Fortunately', et
of dettess
course will not involve any great amount
cost or trouble; but when there is not the slip, tbe
reasonable excuse for incurring any one 01. us,
three the public will not unnaturally be caPtifethe
By cutting down a slight portion of each end e the
old bridge, and so levelling the roadway on to le_,,
new structure, the difficulty of the approaches can
be got over for a time. In the first half of the new
bridge now completed there is not sufficient VI
jviit
to give good accommodation to the immense arll°_,,g
of foot and passenger traffic which now daily aye
the old structure. For this reason we believer be
for months after the opening the new half believe
the
exclusively devoted to the carriage traffic,,, of
greater part of the old bridge being reserveLtAt
foot passengers only. During this time about elwia
or ten feet of the western side of the old bridge_ero
be hoarded off and taken down, and twohysthis
arches bolted on to the new structure, and wit
additional space room will then be gained for bot
__,o
carriages and passengers. The work of taking do
and
the ue k
the old bridge entirely will then be continut
the second half of the new one completed in °ue
another 12 months. With such energy hure.ried
engineering works, under Mr. Page, been cal
no..
forward that all the piers have now easternbeen.
tirely finished, with the exception of the two
halves of two, directly in the way of which are
rse) can"
of the piers of the old bridge, which, of cou
not be moved or meddled with at present. , ii the
The outer rib of ornamental work on whicrbeen
perforated stone parapet will rest has not "rel,,e,,r.
completely fixed to the finished half. Tbi,,'ess
ever, is a matter of no moment whatever, as, l'i.'„r $
be placed in a for tnight, or left unfinished. 'vet
twelvemonth, indifferently. Placing the Payor]C
on the rib will occupy about two months, a ' tbe
which can, of course, be proceeded with afte.,r ays
bridge has been opened for traffic. Two trarel"oill
on the east or right hand side of the new ha' hand
at once be fixed for heavy traffic, and the left es;
side set apart for carriages and public conveyanc,o
When the whole bridge is finished the traolschket
lampstotl along
either
rlieavy waggons will be close to the ker'ith
side, while a slight kerbstone division W.,ig
sides
y divide all traffic going to the north and se'
of the river.
the very centre of the bridge I.tir.
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ilust.
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, 11';e
th
New Publications in preparation .—" Poems,' roitt
Author of " John Halifax, Gentleman," with eug"
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