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iu valle all be abridged, so as to exclude any al- rs before or after the Chief rate of the Sees Brees won be authorized by Mr. Bu- T remonstrated most earnestly with Mr. Somerby op it was to be to an oc- fr a ey ved ain for urge upon you was in vain for Sexatoniety, or eae clk 20 aitempe t0 bury the ith of July, 1774, was tyrants and the love Mberty—all the passions of that conflict in which the lic came ; i a # @iluted nationality would command the respect of Eng- ‘Nehmen, for, if did not suspect it to be insincere, ‘would ¢ regard it as contemptible. Nor did T ‘to assure Mr. rby that it could not be ox- that Mr. Buchanan and the members of the lega- would consent, by their presence, to countenance such # mode of celebrating the anniversary of American nee. result of eS oe was that a Lat pase nag ‘was agreed upon at tion—the proposed matila- our Rational songs, the indiscreet attempt to give precedence to the successor of George III. over tl successor of Washington, the British tone to be giv te the affair, in deference to Sir Emerson Tennant and 9 Tete eccares were, tinal abandoned by Mr objectionable features were al lo! yy Mr. Be ee pee, eS Oe |, with your sanction, oug! it juctance on your part. % ‘and not until then, did the American “Minister and the members of the tion for accept your invitation ‘be present. circu nces—the negotiation, the agreement, the comprehensive plan of invitation, the as Presence of the representatives of the tes at London—all imparted to the occasion the attributes of a national celebration. Bearing these facts in mind, my s1 ise at the dinner can be imagined when, besides listening to fragments of American jotic songs, I observed, in the order of toasts, not the chief magistrate of our own nation, but the sovereign of another accorded precedence. The next demonstration was the performance of God save the Queen,”’ during which it seemed to be expected that bth st ee stand up. Nor wae my 6 at these ‘tions of the agreement made at the tion at all mitigated by the reason insinuated in Heeg ld pom for the,ovation to her Majesty, viz., that she sent the portraits of herself and her consort (as if sponta: neously and without solicitation), to grace the occasion; for I knew from Colonel Lawrence, that at the urgent re of Mr. Somerby, your agent, the colonel had with jeulty succeeded in ‘obtaining the pictures for you through an expres plication made to Colonel Phipps. ‘Thon it was that I Teomed it right and proper, in view of all that had occurred, to mark my disapprobation ‘what was going on ; whether to do this in the course o! Bome observations to be addressed to the company, @ ‘was done by Mr. Buchanan, or to remain seated while a toast was being drank which T eonsidered out of place, was the on! native left to me. ‘The next incident is one which introduces another of your ‘agents, whose participation in this matter has con- outed much to place you in a position hostile to the Legation. allude to Mr. Adams, the writer of the re- of the celebration for the London journals. For you were believed to be responsible. That they up under your patronage we were assured mce which excluded every doubt. They con- tuitous insult to the President of the United in the false statement that some Americana j; and as calumny in- volved a reproach upon all the Americans at the table. The sketch of Mr. Buchanan’s remarks misrepresented what he saig in & manner that was offensive to him. was, @{ course, expected that you would at once cause ‘these rts to be corrected. What, then, was our as- tonishment to learn that not only had you not done so, Dut that you procured and circulated several hundred copies of them, here and in the United States. facta rest upon ecnig tas will not be inclined to dis- pute ; to which may be added one yet more startling— ‘that Mr. Adams avowed ee that his motive in making the allegation in regard to the President was in vetaliation for my omitting to rise when ‘‘The Queen’”’ ‘was drunk, anticipating that the impression might be eonveyed to ‘Washington that I was one of those who were ‘‘slow to rise” in response to the Presidential Here, then, sir, you have a rapid outline of the cir- eumstances which preceded and prompted my letter to Colonel Greone—a Phen) letterynot intended for pub- Hication—written vindicate the President and the = pr from aspersions which you had sanctioned, to enable Colonel Greene ta correct the misrepresen- tations that sht find their way into the American i. That such was the character and object of my re from the context ; and that it was go re- garded by the gentleman to whom it was addressed is woanifest in the in the introductory remarks of the edi- tor accompanying the letter. He says :—‘‘We have re- ceived a private letter from a gentleman in London, giv- ing an explanation of the proceedings at Mr. Peabody’s iorertovented by. the Bopliel prom. Al mi nted by the press. * theugh the letter was not intended for pul we ‘venture to print portions of it, as the best moans of ap- Se of the truth in relation to the cir- Teferred to, and of guarding them against be, prep false rej 2? ‘am not aware that my letter contained any inexact atatement, except that I said ‘‘Rule Britannia’ was yed after the loyal toast, whereas it turned out to sve been ‘‘God Save the Queen.” Your great fami- Harity with these.airs has enabled you to correct the .. ‘The discrepancy is not, however, perceived to ‘be material; both, in my. ju nt, were equally pelt propriate to the occasion, thatthe error was ina1- vertant is quite cbvious. ‘You question my statement that several gentlemen @id not rise when ‘the Queen” was bryos and you ‘aseert that ‘one person only continued in his seat.”” Jn this you have been misled. Mr. Hooper, who sat at my left, did not rise. Iam informed there were others, net including the one who sat near you, and whose fe- Juctance to stand up only yielded to your repeated and pointed efforts. Not content Bee your Reacher 23 in Promega ting reports of your entertainment disparaging e President of the United States, and compromising the Legation, you have disclosed a new of your hostil- tty by giving the most extensive publicity to a gross at- ack upon me in my official character, under the guise ot eng toe letter tv which my name was not aflixed, and you went far out of your way to assume to be f si A = i Hf Btates, were reluctant to rise when he was pro) ‘the individuals were not designated, thi mine. Lathe tesa your communication you appear to have eenfounded the plain distincjion between differences of epinion, and those deliberate perversions of trath which iimpeach the veracity of men. Thus, for instance, in ing to my opinion of your speeches proposing “the President” and “the Queen,” while you deny that the one was ‘“pervile” and the other “lakewarm,” you do this in terms which if not designed to be offensive, are most be apenas ger The same use ef Innguage has led you in geveral other passages to raise, apparently issues of ve- yacity with me upon points in regard to which we had ‘the misfortune to think differently. controversy thus forced upon me without provoca- tien cannot be declined without dishonor. Andin your ‘ion that you are “responsible” for all you. say dn yout letter; and that you are “ more # man of deeds than words,’? {asm happy to discover an intimation in advance, that if your sense of justice does not prompt ya to make me pean to which I conceive myself de entitled, you ‘ourself ready to afford me the which’ the occasion warrants, and my position 8. It now only remains for me to demand from you & dis- tinct avowal of any intention to impugn my veracity in thing you have said in your letter. is note will be handed to you by my friend, Georgo R. Sanders. Awaiting your reply, I have the honor to be, sir, your chedient servant, D. E, SICKLES, To Grorur Pranopr, Esq., Club Chambers, London. Loxnos, Oct. 9, 1854, Sm—Your letter, dated 4th inst., was handed to me by Mr. Sanders on the (th, but my time did not permit me to read it till the evening of the 7th. fore L conclude upon a course to adopt relative to communication, Lhave to request that you will me, if, inthe use of the word “Legation.” you allude to Mr. Buchanan as well as yourself, and ‘whether the letter you have sent me has bea re oF by him, and received his sanction. In the thirteenth paragraph of this letter, when speak- of the toast to the “Queen” you say, “Mt. Hooper, who sat on my left, did not rise, and I am informed there were others, not including the oue who sat near you, and Feluctance to staal up oaly yielded to your repeated and pointed e@Brts.” Am I right in presuming you to mean Mr. Buchanan? $f] am not, I must request Jou te give we the manne of the party. Tour obedient To Mr. D. E. Stones, ena See ¥enton’s Hotel. Ustren States Lecation, Lonvow, Getober 13, 1854. Sm—Your note bearing date on the 9th instant, was seceived Ly me on the morning of the 11th, by hort. Tcannpt concen! my surprise at its tenor. It euit to perceive in any ambiguity te be found in fer, the least necessity for either ef your inquiries; nor have I been aule to discover the bearing of your ques- ‘tions on the sole point I have prese: for your consi- vix., whether you mean to withdraw the dero- gatory allusions to myself, contained ix your publication ef the 16th of August. In order, however, that you may not be delayed in coming to a conclusion ‘‘upon a course te adopt’’ in re- gard to my communication of the 6th instant, Tam dia- to waive the obvious exceptions tu the two quos- which, on their faco at least, are designed toenable $m fo understand the purport of my letter. These two, will answer, lest a 1 to do so might seem discour- You ask, “if, in the use ofthe word ‘Legation,’ ” I “refer to Mr. Buchanan?” The word ‘“logation’”? ocentn several times in my note to you. The sense in which it ja ed is Plein ftom the context; ia some ata ana ass ly w of hae ~ the mirsion {x transacted. yh where that wort occure 1 80 « n from the hich and to enable Colonel Greene to oreet ae tions thet might find their way into the rican In the fourteenth paragraph I also ‘refer to Mr. Bu- ‘chanan”’ when alluding to your instramentality in ae promising the “legation’” by means of your connection with the newapaper reports of the celéira extensively circulated by yourself, and which, as you have admitted, oo a his speecks and that, be- sides, described him as having beon one of the company Pome botany As was maliciously stated, there were who refused to rise when the President of the United States” was proposed. "You also ack, in reference to the individual alluded to in the th Gsinedined to Paragraph of my note, as one of thove to add to this doeument thse when tbe loyal oust was given, “awa "tervftory. shout be eoded to ibe Aseriecnss fait acne Iright in proceming you monn’ Mr. Buchanan?” You are cS awe ‘any such presumption. I referred to a who sat in front of you, at the foot of the ‘at which I occupied a seat, and whom, aa I was in- formed uf ith a fede, ther tharp ianomeeh ed up with a or some ether si #*rement yaad was playing "God save the Queen.” Ths name of the gentleman I am unable to Gs fom. ce with your request; but this is the less impor- tas the amusing incident was observed by several of the company, and it is difficult to suppose you Have for- gotten the occurrence. You also put the following question to me:—'' Whether the letter you have sent me has been or by (ir. Buchanan) nd fecelved his sadetion?” To inquiry—so entirely inadmissible—I presume ly ventured to anticipate an answer. is not easy to characterize this extraordinary in! oth , desire to ponsible respect, with ‘my desire to treat res} If there were no other objection to the question ‘ that it is wholly irrelevant to the issue between us, one be conclusive. You are responsible to me alone for what you have said of me. You now to know whether I show my A ge correspondence to Mr. Buchanan, and what he thinks of it. Certainly his advice in a controversy of this sort, is above all others that which I would naturally be tue first to seek. But it is something quite novel, I believe, for a gentleman to be called upon to disclose the names and opinions of those to whose ju: mnt he may appeal, in the confidence of official or private relations. Su; pose, in return, I were to ask you to favor me with names and views of the conclave—English and American —to whove counsels you submitted your letter to the Boston Post? You might jastly deem such a demand impertinent, and no less improper than I consider your supposition that my note to you needed the sanction of y- In quest involving my personal honor, I act for myself. Can you fail to see that your inquiry evinces an ex- cessive degree of solicitude for what should only concern Mr. Buchanan and myself? oe that when Mr. Buchanan desires you to be informed of his opinion of my course in this matter, he will take occasion te put ‘ou in possession of his views. Surely you muat be able we comprehend that it is not for me to asaume to be the organ of his sentiments in regard to a controversy I hap- to have with you. Perhaps, however, your desire ia to involve Mr. Bu- chanan in this dispute. I must thank you for your generosity in endeavoring to provide me with so great an ally: But while f would avoid both the impolitencss and the indiseretion of underrating an antagonist, I venture to suggest for your consideration whether you had not better settle the difficulty with me alone, rather than embarrass your case» by constrainin also to enter the liste against you. am,.sir, very re- spectfully, your most obedient servant, To GuoxGE Pxasooy, +9 D. E. SICKLES. Club Chambers. Loxpon, Oct. 16, 1854. Sm—Your letterof the 13th inst. has been received, and as it exonerates Mr. Buchanan from being a party t> your communifcation of the 4th inst., os al 1m my inference that he was the gentleman alluded to in th letter as only rising to the toxst.im nonor \{ the Queen after repeated promptings from me, it relieves me from all embarrassment in replying to your first communica- tions. As Secretary of the tion of the United States of this Court, I invited you to a dinner given by me to the ‘Americans in London, on the 4th of July, in honor of the anniversary of our national independence. You attended that dinner—and in violation of that courtesy and that etiquette which prevail among gen- tlemen, you. addressed. an anonymous letter to the Edi- tor of the Boston Post, cor nting upon the events of the evening, and chargit with @ want of patriotian, anda toadyiem, wo di ‘ul to the American character that you left the table in disgust. To this unjustifiable assault I replied, but confined myself toa simple statement of facta necessary for my defence, and you now. #é@k to ppen a correspondence wit me because the facts set férth in defending myself neces- sarily impugned your accuracy, To this, I caunot is- sent. Your having been present at my table as a guest, on the anniversary of our national independence, does not, under the circumstances, authorize you to carry on a correspondence with me, and I therefore return bere- with, your communication of the 4th inst. Jn adopting this course it would be improper to enter into a detailed refutation of any position assumed by ‘ou, antagonistical to the statements contained in my titer < Dosti Post. Badtont ‘ spectfully, your obedient servant GEORGE PEABODY. To D. E. Sickurs, Esq. Secretary of Legation, London. Unrrep States Lecanioy, London, October 18, 1854, Smm—Your note of tho 16th is before me. You decline to proceed with a correspondence—begun six weeks ago—upon grounds which, if thoy were not mere pretexts, would have prevented you from continu- ing it until now, when you find yourself convicted both of falsehood and calumi You assailed me in a published letter; proclaimed yourself ‘ responsible” for aR you said in it; ostenta- tiously declared that you were “more a man of deeds than words;’’ and now, that you are driven to the alter- native of making the reparation, or else affording the re- dress, due from a gentleman, you have shrunk from either, and yielded to that instinct of the coward which of git offence renders the more reckless as courage to face the consequences oozes out. ‘ours, &e., D. E. SICKLES. To Groner Prxnopr, Esq., Club Chambers. Spain. THE FORMATION OF A NEW CONSTITUTION ABANDONED —IMPORTANT COLONIAL KEFORMS—ENGLISH PRO- POSITION WITH REGARD TO THE SLAVE TRADE— PROMISES OF NAPOLEON—THE INFANT DON ENRIQUE ‘The ministry has abandoned the project of drawing up @ constitution to be submitted to rtes. Aroyal decree orders the payment of the November dividends. The Epoca of Madrid states that important colonia reforms are about to be effected; amongst them, it says, Porto Rico is to be declared a free port; the Bank of the Philippines is to be authorised to issue notes, and the ‘oclonies are to be allowed to re their,own budgets for the Cortes, M. Olozaga, Minister of Spain in France, had forwarded to the Constitutional Alcade of Madrid a sum of 25,495 reals, raised by Spaniards in France, for the relief of the families of the killed and wounded in the combats of July. @ ‘The Madrid correspondent of the London Chronicle, writ on the 13th of October, says:— eee apenth a that Lord ee ecahg th eet in a bey od ¢ Span’ ernment, requesting them to declare slave trade to e proceeding to which the govern- ment here can hardly object, if ly desirous me 'fulfiling their engagements on the subject, as it is mracyin Us strongest sense. I would not anticipate a negative reply to the above proposition of our government, but it may be observed that it has been found on previous occasions that progressista governments have been more tntracta- ble on matters in which English policy is interested than any others; and even the present expulsion of Major- General Bristow is considered, by persons whose opinion is entitled to respect, to be very much owing to a refusal to give way ona point which might possibly revive the imputation wont to be thrown * ressista govern- ments, in former times, of being “English,” as if Eng- land had ever obtained anything from their supposed attachment, except the certainty of being attacked by their political antagonists. Fortunately, the state of ‘thi which existed some time back has now ceased, and both England and France, now cordially united, can pursue their great schemes of European policy,’ aud allow events in Spaia to take their own course, without embroiling or denatuzalixing thein by interference of any ‘The Commercio of Cadiz asserts, on the faith of a Paris gorespondent, that, in a conference between the Frengh Emperor and Senor Oloeaga, the former stated that the French government would maintain the same good rela- tions as before with any government that Spain might give herself, provided that the Duke of Montpensier did not-enter it directly or indirectly. It is said that the Infante Don Enrique, when ordered away, went to the British embassy and sought protec- tion there, which, however, his lif being in ao , was ed, He left Madrid on the ultima, for France. Intended Visit of the Emperor and Empress of the French to England. (Latest (et. 18) Paris Oorrespontence of the London Chrenicle.] For some time past rumors have been afloat in Porth of au intended visit on the part of the Emperar aad Empress of the French #0 Queen Victoria. This visit, which seemed extremely probable ever since the two gay. ernmentshad beco! fer in a great war, became almoat a matter of certainty? from the time that Prinee Albaxt visited the Emperor at the camp of Boulogne. Stith there were deubts as to the poriod when the visit would take place. In general it was thought likely thatit would be postponed fill next spring, when Parliament woult be sitting, and London weuld be full, 1 understand, however, from what would appear to be excelleat au- thority, that the visit will take glace in the course of the month of November, but I hawe not heard that th» preeise day ig fixed. I understand that it in expected that Queen Victoria and Prince Advert will returm iho visit about the middle of May wext, when her Majest; will net only be abie to see the Fremeh Exhibition, whtici will them he open, but see Paris ia all ite gl immence improvemewts now going on, in a state of com- pletion. It is almost needless to <ay dhat this oxshang- of visita is of immenge importance. They must not looked on simply as am exchange of civilities between the sovereigns of two t countries. Thsy aro n great political cveut, and will 4o mach to ormen? the alliance which has already so condially been entered inte between the people of both countetes. Attempted Extension of American Slave oR. [From the Londos News, Oct. 20. Wo learn from St. Dominge that the ploui; eontia of nited States, Mr. Casnetu, has succeated in indue- the Dominican fe saga to ee fe his proposition Fie part the peninsula of Samaga to the United States This gentleman, whois a General in the Texan militia, made himself already famous in the Texan anmexation plan, aud figured in a similar capacity in Mexleo. He waa sent out by Mr. Pierce’« administration in & most ostentatious manner a8 plenipotentiary to the Dominican republic, of which, od i fenaene the United Statew had ‘never pre: ously deign 10 take notice, Mr. Caznoau, w' February last, arrived as an humble indirtdvel pregete to sound hts wa) now on board the Uni States frigate Colu: mmodore Newton, and entered upon his imy t The frigate Columbia was followed by the sloop-of-war Albany, and both pro- ceeded to Samana, where they were assiduously em- loyed to select the most favorabl for » military lepot. During these occupations, h were directed Wa ‘an engineer officer, who earned his laurels in Mexico, ir. Cazneau entered upon his negotiations, plausibly for the extension of American commerce, but secretly and ¢ is said) by bribery to gain a footing in Samana, ‘The Dominicans consist of a mixed population, with strong prevalence of color. Those of the lati were well aware what they would have to expect if the Americans were permitted to locate themselves, and strong opposition arose against admitting the American: of which the were #o much afraid that they the treaty to the national | an ; £ 5 5 Mr. Buchanan | ten sett te Geet eet Pop have passed y. it i oa deep ge eye can ROW 0} en contem- Wates a pronunciament whi ie to give him dictato- rial power. A couucil of miniaters will be established, the constitution annulled; and havi this first step, it may be that General Santana the exam- of ao e, Sante Anna, in Mexico, and Sou- jue, 5 Tf mean’ the treaty should meet the ap- bation of the eee ‘Washington —which, for eaake of the suppression of slavery, we hope it will not—Rantana will, on the return of Mr. Cazneau, who is ‘on the eve of his departure for Washington with the new draft of the treaty, unhesitatingly ratify the same. + yn omg oa constitu he feare no longer and at of establishing military de at Samana, eBay of Manzanita on the seeleweaten boun- dary republic, will most materially facilitate the plan of Plerce’s sdminuatration to easure the acquisition of Cuba and Porto Rico. As soon as this is effected, Bt. Domingo, where the Americans, thanks to Mr. Casnvau’s intrigues, are likely to preeure a footing by right of treaty, will then be annexed to the Union as a slave State.’ The slaveholding States acquire by this masterly stroke four additional stars on thei A borg Cuba will be divided into two, and Porto Rico and St. Domingo are to form the two others. toopn = ia hare pla wth ol thete moral pone, oppose wi power, and to reject with the previous treaty oe Mr. Cazneau wrung from an inexperienced na- n, The E Arctic Expedition. ACQUITTAL OF THE NAVAL OFFIDELS AT COURT MAR- TIAL. the London Globe, Oct. 20.) The court martial on the officers of the ships left in the Arctic seas has terminated in # manner to create a es impression. So far as the conduct of the inquiry gone, it must claim the fullest confidence. It has drawn out the whole facte without diaguise or reserva- tion; all concerned have laid their own case before it in @ manner suital high character which the ser- PO he Re alae mse! » By }; nor it to his 5 ap ator Sasideration; and we denied: t! des it of the court, . Sud; MSW thipe those sbandoament called for the inquicy, the Assistance, Pioneer, Investigator, lute, and In- trepid, were in veny indifferent sinte as regards the ves- rels, the provisions, and the men. The Investigator had deen out for a long'time; it would have been impossibl> todemand the continued service of the erew, mont of whom were out of health; and only four volunteered to remain. With regard to the willingness of tho commander, Capt. M’Clure, the public, we presume, can entertain no doubt at all. The crews of Assistance and Pionser were in a bad state of health, the provisions were de@- cient, and additional supplies would have been required. ‘The crews of the Resolute and Intrepid, however, were in a state of health upon the whole decidedly good. ‘The officers differed amongst themselves as to the policy of remaining or coming away. Sir Edward Bel- cher’s fostructions from the Admiralty directed him to return home as soon as the provisions shouldbe reduced to such an amount as would be not more than sufficient for a clear twelve months, but to leave sup- lies at proper depots for Capt. Collinson or any other of e missing explorers who might be in need of assist. ance. si fad Belcher was for acting upon this part of hia instructions. Capt. Richards’ opinion does not come out very distinctly; he appears tohave been prepar- ed to perform his duty under the orders of his commanling officer, whatever they might have been; and he gives his evidence with a succinctness and a straightforward. ness ‘that disarm every doubt as to the spirit of his conduct. The most decided advocate for stepping was Captain Kellett, who believed that out of the several crews @ sufficient number could have been found to man some of the ships, to keep them in a state of efficiency, and to throw out travelliny Lies with a great proba- Dility of assisting Captain Collinson, When on the 16th of May, he received orders to abandon his ship, the Resolute, he remonstrated and demanded more_peremp- tory orders, which ultimately he obtained. r- tfeulars of the entire case have, no doubt, been read by the reader in the notices of the report of ‘the investiga- tion from day to day, and he is already aware of the re- ault {n several cases. In pronouncing the sequittal of Captain M’Clure, Captain Kellet and Captain Richards, their swords were returned to them with compliments from the President, Sir Riward Belcher was declared to have been acquitted, and his sword was returned to him in silence. We have no desire to strikes fallen man, and we would willingly imitate the silence of the court; but our readers have a right to be enlightened as to the moan- ing of forma which might otherwise somewhat mystify them. There is no doubt that Sir Edward Belcher & defence which entitled him to acquittal. We have al- réady stated one condition in his instructions, that “the several ships under his orders should each be on its way home, and to the eastward of Barrow’s Straits, whenever their stock of provisions shall have been faced to twelve mouths’ full allowance.”’ It is true that the in- structions dated on the 12th of May, 1863, declared the Admirafty to place ‘every confidence”? in Sir Fdward’s ‘ zeal and intelligence,’ and. empowered him ‘to abandon the expedition altogether ;? but the same instructions impressed upon him the neceesity of sugh steps, by lea ship on the spot, with or wittiout crew, as nish every possible assistance which Captain or Commander McClure wight ire; Sir was empowered to send back. uch of the ships to Eag- land as might not be wanted; and his attention was par- ticularly drawn to a condition which materially qualitie | the authority to return:—=“Unlesa any circumstances on consultation with the senior officer of her Majesty’s ships, should induce yo to believe that your tumaining out another year would tend to clear uj fate of our qnissing countrymen.”’ Captain Kellett, who desire to Temain, whose crew appears to have been in a condition to enable him to do 40, and whose vessel was unimpair- ed, did not obtain the permission, We believe that if he had remained the Admiralty would not have censured | ir Edward Belcher. been instances in which officers for explor- have almost exceeded their instruct death and starvation iteelf, by se: permitted by the Admiralty to ve 1 expedition, even after he had thus put upon the last fai such large interpretation upon his instructi Collinson is only one amongst an honorable list. of men like Parry, Herbert, Back, Richardson, M‘Clure, and Kellett, who have liberally’ construed the permission to venture as much as possible, and have construed strictl: those dlauses in their instructions which would enabl them to withdraw. None of those men could have been required to braye 80 much as they did; but the Admi- rality has never censured them, and their countrymen regard them with a respect approaching to veneration. Certainly, not one of them ever, on @ public occasion, re- ceived his sword in silence, French West Indies. The steamship La Plata, at Southampton, (Eng.,) on October 18th, had dates from Guadaloupe and Martinique to the 26th of September. ‘The Martinique journals state that the sanitary state of Guadaloupe is as satisfactory.as that of Martinique; but the prospects in regard to the crops of 1855 are at Doth places extremely problematical. In succession to a very lengthened period of dry weather, the rains have not been sufficiently abundant, and if the crops are not consequently diminished, they will be much retarded. ‘The coffee estates are represented to be luxuriant, and the disease which affected the trees for some years hay- ing disappeared, the crop of 1854-55 is likely to surpass those of many years past. The attention of the planters of Guadaloupe has been particularly directed by the go- vernment to this interesting culture, “whieh has already enriohedt the colouy, and furnishes am article the price of which is subject only to very slight variations.” A large accumulation of guano has been discovered below a precipice at Anse Bertrand, Guadaloupe. It is of 75 metres in depth; and, by means of a windlass, as much 2820 hogsheads a day have been drawn from it; 165 hogsheads were obtained in five days. Five thousand hogelieads of guano, it is estimated, are contained in this bed. The Count dé Gueydor has’ samounced officially that 367 immigrants were to have-been despatched from Pondieherry on the 15th of July for Martinique, and the vessel would alsonbring 150 tons of rice. ‘Trade of Parts. The Paris correspondent of the London Times, writin on the 16th ultimo, says:—The activity which | smanifested itself in almost every branch of trale daring the few days the fall of Sebastopol was consilered cer- tain, suddenly subsided when that event was contradict- ed; but as the period approaches when the shopkeeyers are obliged to lay in their stocka for the winter, con-i 'e- rable animation is anticipated, even in the absence of favorable political news. Trade was duller in P% during the last month than in the proviuces, as may bs seen hy the last returns of the Bank of France, the re. sults of which are all to the advantage of the branch banks. The advices from Alsace, Rouen, and Lyons, ihowever, state that the silk and cotton inanufacturer ‘are not as busily employed as they usually are at thi« searov. Those of Paris received in the begiuning of the ‘month some important orders from England, and mos: cof them, at work, preparing for the jour de Van. The last igence from the United States was loss satisfactery than that brought by the previous packet. ‘Theresumption of business had not been of Jong dura- ‘tion,and 1 My mmo of Sresh commercie! catastro- he rendered negotiation of bills very dificult, and luced the principal merchant houces to be extremely cau- tious. ‘The price of corn maintaining itself bigh, the vernment has thought proper to extend, by six mouths, granted for the free importation of gecin and dour. provincial markets, ,wevertheless, aes more abundantly. supple, and the farmers are everywhere beginning to thresk’ their corn, in order to moet their pape for the end of the yeae. In Paris rates re- ae en, during the week. Choice,flour at fram ¥0f. to 91f. per sack; the good sorts atfrom L. to 88f., and the ordinary quality at from 84f. to 87f. The price of wheat varied from 38f. te 44f. 50c. por hec- tolitne and. half, according to its weight and quality. Gold Sapplics of Ei {From Aue London Chronicle, Oct. 19.) The Per hey of the precious metals have for | weeks and months past been considerable, keeping pace with the demand far gold, whather for hone purposes or for shipment to the Continent. It will net, however, have been os cys that wo have on several occasions, since the Ea: question asaumed a serious aspect, called attention to the certainty of an Eurepean war drawing gold from this country te a very considerable extent, and beyond the general anticipation. The enor- mous yield of the Californian and Avstralian miges has tly increased our stock of buléon in the Bank of ind. “We have shown that the expanion of trade, caused by an enl supply of would absorb the wi would not Ne of that sont, aah that it remain in thia country ag unproductire and cumbersome burden, but would be distributed all Ftd J ee he hy i has been Geren ere " , ry re. In- dia and Ching another parti ar — it 7 bes agp tifal abrond hast evident fone a ty of facts, Take, fur example, change for notes. During the present year they, on the a freely f ‘ies withow’ L sreamaieee tek eaerstat tines were scarce, are now tifal.” The natural expansion of trade, luced by the sbundance of the precious metals in during the last few years, combined with prosperity, aud the abseuce of any dist: causes, are, im conjunction with the large , amount of corn we had to pay for, the primary causes | of the great distribution here referred to. Of the enor- | mous arrivals of gold in nothing now remains | of them here. Gold and silver gre still wanted on the Continent; and whatever may be the amount of the im- portations into this country, the demand abroad will still be supplied by us, and will keep in-check any very | great preponderance of supply ever our own wants. It ‘will be seen by the following table that, although the importation from all parts this year have beem very | large, the stock of bullion has not increased; on the con- trary, it has decreased. This is so far satisfac , a8 it shows how ready a market other- | wise be a most serious burthen. the atock of bul- | Hien in the bank does not fall below a certain it, there | fis no cause for uneasiness wheu wo see gold go out as | fast as it comes into the country, for we aball do a larger | trade, and consequently derive a greater profit. | 99%. Bank Stock at 210, Inia Bondy at 10s, premiusa, Exchequer Bills at 4s. to 74. premium. an Half-past Three O’Clock.—Vhe Englich stock market closes with an improvement of 4, on the opening prices, the last official Compre for Consols being 0455 a 9124 for money, and 94% a 94% for the 14th November. New ‘Three per Cents are 933g 2 9554. Turkish Serip closes at +X pemium. fo tower the prices of bullion as given in Hogears & Pixley’s circular:—Bar gold, 77s. 9d. , bs. 1364. per oz. standard; dollars, South American, flat; Spanish pillars, 68.’ per oz. BARING BROTHERS AND CO.’S CIRCULAR+ Loxpos, Oct. 20—5 P. M. In the colonial and foreign produce markets, a fair Dusiness has been transacted during the week. Sugar ai Coffee firmer. Breadstuffs have risen consider- ably. Money is easier, Congols leave off 0434 a 94%, Dollars—The price for the late arrivals ix not yet fixed. Bar silver, 58.144. American eagles, 768. 2d. a Tés. 2344. Doubloons, 74.4 AmxnicaN Stocks without variation since our last re- rt. There are inquiries for United States 6's, and jacsachusetts tenn, Uae bat no sellers. Occasional at Weck eran tatnand Sf) Gulls ete coats cae cea aad aioe ee Garris in 4; 8, bu’ amounts are #1 and at low prices. F cia." Hilts | deena ree ee wa meee "pot 008 1elong! 132 | silver sold from Bs. 64, 4s. 5d., being previous rates; 576,000 16,008,208 | 16 bags Teneriffe black brought from Js. 11d. a 4s. 4d €20;000 16,223,214 | Cocoa is Arm; 68 bags Trinidad brought very full Feb. 385,000 16,296'683 | rates, from 33s. for good gray to 37s, for good reil; 164 400,000 136,203,598 "Grenada sold from 328. 6d. a 37s. 6d.; 220 bags 740,000 16,286,313 , were taken in from 29s. a 29s. 6d.; 120 bags Guay- 240,000 16,266,165 | aquil (sea damaged) sold at 28. 64. March 4 4,000 15,908,903 | Corrow quiet. ie sales for the week are 860 bales 672,000 1673067685 | only. At ‘Liverpool there has been a good demand 400,000 14,822,809 | throughout ‘the week; yesterday’s quotation for mid- — 14,629,282 | dling Orleans was 5344. per lb. i April 1, 000 4,449,718 Darvas, &c.—In the absence of pple salon we have Ift- 8 000 4,140'590 | tle to report. Turkey opium, 18s. paid. Gambier, 268, 15 | @d.@ 270. Quicksilver, 1s. lid. Cutch—2,270 bage at 22 600,000 4,083 | auction sold from Sls. 6d.a 33s. In saffron nothing 2 720,000 doing. Camphor, £5 16s. © £6, but no sellers. Mey 6 414,000 Hswr.—The macket is firmer, St. Petersburg clean, of 13,4. 3000 fine quality, hax been cold at £60. 1,050 bales Manila, 20. 650,000 at auction, were bought in from £500 £67. In jute Py 610,000 _ nothing doing, there being no disposition to buy. June 110,000 InpiGo.—The quarterly sales have come to an end to- u 573,000 day, and closed rather heavily. The total quantity of- 1 850,000 fered was 13,016 chests, of which 4,656 were withdrawn, 2. 760,000 and 6,369 bought in, leaving 5,000 chests sold. Prices of July 670,000 desirable ahi; q' jes have advanced 10d. a 1s, on 250,000 the July rates, and ordinary and middling qualities 6d. 62,000 a 8d. per Ib. 830,000 .—The market ia dull, with only a moderate de- 972,000 |. We quote rails at £7 a7 5e., bars £8, free on Aug’t 900,000 doard in Wales. Scotch pigs 81s. for’ mixed numbers 576,000 on the Clyde, Swedish £15, and scarce. 408,000 Larp.—Western in kegs, 50s. a 53) 206,000 Motasses steady. Cuba muscovado, 14s. a 14s. 6d., Sept. 700,000 clayed 138. 34.; Barbadoes, 14s, 3d. 232,000 Leap in good demand, at rather advancing prices 000,000 common pig, £23; refined, £23 10s.; Spanish, £22 10s, ‘357,000 8 Lixsexp CAKES in brisk demand, at fully 16s. per ton 730,000 18,059,870 | advance on previous quotations. New York barrel cake Oct. 12 _ 480,000 12,972)466 | £11 16s, cost, freight and insurance, and £12 from ware 1,000,000 not yet known. | house; Boston cake, in bags, £11 15s. 9 £11 17s, 6d. - We have here a total importation of gotd into this coun- try, during @ period d¥ nine months and a half, of £20,- 20,000, and a diminution during the same period in the | stock of bullion held by the Bank of England of £3,313,- 679. Until within the last few weeks, the fact of the large arrivals of gold finding no resting-place here has caused no surprise, because the public were well aware that shipments to the Continent continued. the late favorable turn, however, in the rateqvof the foreign exchanges, which it was expected check the drain upon our metallic resources, it Has be- | come “a matter of surprise that gold docs not ac- cumulate, notwithstanding the arse arrivals week after week, and the well-known fact that, so far | as they can be ascertained, the exports to the Con- tinent have nearly ceased. None of the late arri- vals, it must be observed, have gone into the vaults of the Bank of Bogtand, for the stock of bullion has ateadily diminished. It is evident, therefore, that a very large quantity of gold goes abroad, of which the public have no knowledge, and the amount of which can- not be ascertained. payment of the troops in the East, and the expenses of the commissariat and other departments necessarily absorb a very large sum. This drain goes on, to some extent, irrespective of the state of the foreign exchanges,‘and thus it will continue. It is highly desirable that some record should be taken at the various custom-houses of England of the precious metals exported, but at present, there is no such return kept. The subject, is, however, intended to be brought before Parliament ‘next session, with a view to obtain as au- thentic a record as possible under the circumstances, for the guidance of the monetary and commercial inte: . Belgium, Messrs, Sanders, Magen and Brunet de l’Argentiere, who were on trial in Brussels for the fabrication of an infernal machine, have been found guiltg, and senterfced to six months imprisonment and costs, Messrs. Fourd- rin and Vander it; tried’ with them, have been ac- quitted. THE VERY LATEST. Loxpox, Oct, 20—3 P. M. These is no later direct news. A Russian despatch (supposed tv be reliable,) says that nothing of import- ‘ance had bappened in the Crimes to the 13th. The government have chartéred to-day two more o¢ean steamers for the despatch of troops, vis.: the Cleopatra and the Ottawa. It was yesterday reported that in the event of a fur- ther addition of cavalry being required for the East, oue regiment of Life Guards will be sent out, the number to be 450 men. Some volunteers from other regiments will, of course, be required. Recruiting ts going on most briskly. Mins Nightingale, who is to conduct the nurses to at- tend the sick and wounded soldiers in the East, leaves England to-day, She goes with the sanction and assist- ance of the War Minister and the,Duke of Newcastle. Ber staff of Mercies includes a nuniber of recruits from Miss Sellon’s establishment, and others forma society of Sistérs of Charity attached to a Roman Catholic so- ciety in London. A Hamburg and Antwerp were rather more in request, and quotations slightly receded. Rates upon Holland and Paris were also s shade lower than last post. The rate of exchange at Parig continues with a steady appearance, but at other places the tendency is less fa vorable. From the Amsterdam stock market this afternoon the quotations show increasing heaviness, especially in Rus- sian secBrities, and at Vienna, from day to day, there is a slow but uninterrupted augmentation of distrust. From Odessa it is stated that shipments of seed and tallow were being made to the Mediterranean, and that no blockade exists there, ‘THE CRIMEA, Viewxa, Friday, Oct. 20, 1854. A private despatch from Bucharest, dated the 16th instant, announces that the bombardment commenced on the 13th. Two hundred pieces of heavy artillery were employed. Sebastopol was not expected to hold out more than three or four days. Thirty thousand Russians have crossed the Danube into the Dobrudscha. The vanguard is at Babadach. Twelve thousand Russians under Uschakoff occupied the Danube ferries near Toultsch. ‘The German press everywhere gives inilications of the apptocchiag rupture hetween Austria and Prussia. Great anxiety exists at Berlin, OMER PACHA’S OPERATIONS. Tbe London Chronicle, noticing that an impression ap- pears to prevail that Omer Pacha will immediately as- sume the offensive in Bessarabia, says that it may per- | haps be doubted whether such a movement is actually | contemplated; but even if the Turkish commander should | not cross the frontier, the menacing attitude which he maintains in ite vicinity will be almost equally efficacious in detaining in cowpulsory inactivity a large Russian ar- my of observation. It may be added that offeusive ope- rations on hig part would at this moment be unavailing for the immediate purpose of efecting a diversion in fa- sor of the allies, since any Russian force designed for the velief of Bebgxtopol must long cre this have reached Verekop. THE SIEGE OF SEBASTOPOL. Manmaziss, Friday evening, Oct. 20, 1854. The City of London transport ship which left Con- rtantinople on the 13th has just arrived. She brings de- apatches from Lord Raglan. per IRISH OFFICERS AT ALMA. Wo give elsewhere notioes from the provincial press of more of the heroes of 4lma. Of Lieutenant Dudley bernae, we are told that he went up to the Russian trenchinents, fired fia five tounds with his revolver, ‘Thon rainy tacts lated of Irish- | are many ex! facta re! of _Trish- men inrihe Peninsular war, iby Maxwell, in his ‘Stories | of Waterloo,” and others, but anything comparable to | this wethave not read elther én romance or reality. In addition to the names of ahe Irish officers who were amongst the killed and woueded at the late battle, we lave to mention Charles M. B. Siree, ensign of the 33d | regiment, who is stated in the Gasette to have been re. | verely wounded. This young afficer, who entered the ly . } army in August, 1862, is son of Sohn H. Si +) of | Siguoontn Dettin age er ath The Captain Butler whose name appears amongst the In the foreign exchanges this afternoon, bills upon | O1s,—Olive ix firm, but the demand moderate; Gallf- poli £57 a £58; Malaga, £54 a £55, Linseed has ad- vanced to 36s. 6d. a 378, on tho spot, with speculative inquiry for the early months of next year at 38%. 6d. a 898. Rape—the scarcity of refined on the spot has ad- Faced the protensions of holders to 61. at which price itis dificult to buy; Brown is held at 489. 6d; fish are steady; sperm £108; Southern £41 a £42; pale seal £41 10s.; cod £40 10s. Corvew.—The demand continues steady, and prices are fully supported. The public sales of Plantation Ceylon have comprised 768 casks, and 884 barrels and bags, the greater part of which were disposed of from 4s éd. a 18. 6d. for fine fine ord. to mid, colory, with fine from 68x. 6s. 8 80s, Native Ceylon in good demand, from 458. a 468, 120 pkgs. Mocha partly sold from 62s, a 67s, 6d. 168 cases and 616 bags East India went from 48s. 64, for fine ord. to 56s. for low mid. eolory. 500 bags Madras rtly sold at 51s. 1,500 bags Porto Rico have changed audsat 52s, In floating cargoes we have nothing to report, CorreR without change. Tough cake and tile £126. Best selected, £120, Sheathing, 14d. Yellow metal, 124. Corx—At the market on Monday, with only a moderate supply of English wheat, and very small arrivals of foreign, there was an advance of 1s. @ 2s, per qr. on the prices of the previous Friday. On Wednesday, with a | continued demand, there was an advance of 3s.’por qr., and to-day a further rise of ge, We.quote white American wheat 78s. 0 84.; red, 76s. a 80s. per qr. ‘American flour 38s. a 42s. per bbl., with extra fine at 448. Sriom.—We note the following) sales:—078 phge, Ja, maica ginger, from 43a. to 120s. for small to fair boll bright; 612 cases and 211 pockets Culicut ginger, from 398, 0 768. Pimento, 453 bags, from 5444. a O35. Black Perper, 600 bage heavy Malabar, brought from 4364. a 4%4. ‘Cloves, 240 boxes and 57 bags sold from 53g. 0 54¢d. for fair to good Zanzibar. SUGAR.—The quantity offered during the week has again been large, and prices of the lower descriptions ate rather easier.’ The sales of West India for the week amounts to 2,270 hhds.; and 11,000 Mauritius and Fast India in public sale, were also chiefly disposed of. Of foreign the sales by auction Have been large, viz., 28,000 bags Manila, which all aold from 284, 6d. a 28. for clayed; 7,038 bags Brazil, which were nearly all taxen im;.1,780 boxes ‘Huvana, the greater: portion of which realized from #23, a 27s. 6d. for low to fine yellow. Of 970 bhds. Cubs, and 296 hhids. 170 bbls, Porto Rico, abont two-thirds were disposed of ; 3,426 Pernam- buco brought moderate gs) from 2ba. to good Brown. Privately, 12,000 baga nila have been sold at 294. 6d., and 10,000 bags unclayed at 26s. €d..-and 4,000 bags Brazil at 28s.; also the fol- lowing floating cargoes—2,155 boxes (No. 18) wt 26s. 6d. for the Mediterrancan, 2,165 boxes (No, 12) 21a, 6d., for Antwerp, and 3,190 boxes (No. 12) 21s. 434d, for Holland. The TALLow market haa been excited during the week, and prices advanced to 68s. a 688. 6d. To-lay, however, there is less activity, and the nearest jrfee ‘on the spot is O78. Tea is without animation. Public sales of 40,000 pkgs. have been held during the week; but the propor- tion sold has been small, without alteration in prices. Common Congou, 10344. ‘Dx.—Prices of English have advanced 3s. per ewt.; we quote blocks, 1 bars, 118s.; refined, 121s. Straits firm at 113s. a 114s.; Banca, 114s. a 115 TorPentive.—Rough, 12s., nowinal. have been soli freely at 40s. 6d. ‘Woot.—The periodical sales commenced yesterday, with @ fair attendance of buyers, and last sale’s prices are fully maintained, | _ Ricr.—A very extensive business has been transacted | during the week, and prices have advanced 1s. 6d, a 2s, perewt. Fino white Bengal is worth 1és., and fair and | good 14s. 6d. a 15s. 6d.; cargo Bengal 12s. 6d. A gre | number of cargoes of Arracan have been sold, to arrive, from Ls. 3d. a 12s. 6d., according to date of shipment. has been a steady demand. Common proof leewards 2s. 10s.; strong Demarara 38. per proof gallon, to arrive; Jamaica 4s. 6d. a 5s. Spevrer.—A speculative demand has sprung up, and prices have advanced to £24. Saureerre is firm. About 5,000 bags lave changed hands at 26s. cash, for 344 per cent refraction; and 1,000 bags 113; per cent refraction at 238. cash; 5 per cent re- fraction is worth to-day 26s., usual conditions. Nitrate soda 16s., cash. Sxxps.—Linsced—the import into London during the week has been 12,453 quarters, and a large business is reported at rapidly advancing prices. Black Sea, on the spot has been sold at 63s., and floating cargoes from 64s. a 668. per quai Rapeseed also inquired for at in- creased prices; Calcutta brings 58s., cost, freight, and insurance. RICHARDSON BROTHERS & CO.’S CIRCULAR. LIVERPOOL, Oct. 20, 1854, The weather continues showery and cold Our Jresh supplies of wheat, flour and corn, are «till light, and the demand has kept up strong for flour; and a further advance of 1s. to 2s. per barrel has been paid for good Baltimore, and some lote of corn have been taken for shipment to Ireland, and by the Greeks to hold over, at the full prices of Tuesday; and at 1s. advance on fair yellow. ‘A fair business done in wheat at, Manchester market yerterday, at 12s. per 70 Ibs. for American white, At our market this morning we had a good attendance of the town dealers and millers, and some from the in- terior districts, secking for wheat and flour; the further advance of 6d. ‘per 70 Ibs. demanded on Tuesday’s prices for good white wheats checked business, but holders were very firm for the above improvement, and inferior wheats, in the absence of good qualities, attracted more attention, and nearly a corresponding rise. Baltimore flour (almost tho only quality on sale) commanded dls. ad42s.—the latter price for retail lots, A remuant of Spanish flour ix held at 60 There were numeron cr for Indian corn from the local millers, an? also some for shipment to the con tinent; but the prices demanded, of 41s. to 428. for extra fresh yellow, checked sales. Ordinary runs of the samc 10 41s., and mixed and white 393. to 3. | American spirits a ° Both old 1 in improved request, and (a, to Is p imports from abroad tince this day week consist +£—— quarters wheat, 10,230 quarters corn, 5,227 bar- rele of flour. Export 2104 quarters wheat, 11,800 quarters corn, 3,915 barrels and 2,820 sacks flour, ‘This day’s currency for American cereals is—whtte wheat, 1s. Wing, 118. 61. a Us. Od. Philadely yore, 41s, to 42s., Westerns, 30%. to 40x. dian corn, 40s. 41s. for yellow, and’ 388. 6d., 398. to 40s, for mixed and white, as in Guality and condition. Cortoy.—the accounts from the, United States carly in the week cartel some improvement, but this has fallen away, and the market clones with nteadiness at the same quotations as last week. The sales were 46,400 bales, of which the trade took 36,920, The sales for export are 2,900 bales American, 2,410 Surate, and 60 Exyptain. Be oeir Bark.—No é@ales have been made in the Larp.—Ih oonxequenee ef fe report of the tallow market, this article has excited the attention of specu- killed, is brother of the hero who died at Silintria, after having been mainly instrumental ie obliging the Rus- Sians to raine the siege. Markets. ° Loxpox Moxey Manner, Oct. 20—Tiwdwe o’clock.—The Fnglish stock market continues remarkebly quiet, but FL preety ey «Ay re opel * if Nowanber. Bank stock” 208 x 110; Tadie Tats Twrilas erp) $96 434 premium, "Tho divides due og a . the Ndentreal' Gotpenticn¢ roout bonda on the tet we by the Commercial . The Railway Share mark: very heavy this morning. The money market is much easier, owi to the pa; of the divideads, and the influx apecte. distrust and seapicion by the Pew pve ore a he yreanes lus and hairs has been to some ex! bg brig by the repeated com- certain of the are bone parsing off, and there seems no reason to ant te ice ee ef fo 0 9336, and $ enemas lators ;’ about 2,000 tons chauged hands, moxtly for de- livery in December and January, and some small parcels on the spot at 52x.'6d, to 64s. per cwt.—an advance of ‘2a. to 2s. 64. . In Bex Pou the operations are so trifling that wecan only ray that they are both in good demand, There {« no stock of really good beef here. Bacon is without mueh inquiry, and holders endeavor to hold the prices up. Lavemrroon Friacats, Oct, 20—Messers. Jacot, Taylor and Tipper’s weekly Cirewar reports. its to the United States, daring the week, advanced 2s. 6d. per ton, with pro«peet of continuance:— To New York—Iron, Ke. 20s, 0226. Od. Fino goods, 1s, 6d. Coarse goods, 124, 6d. Earthenware, 8s. Hard. ware, 129. Gd. Steerage pa’ rs, £3 Ts, 6d. To Poston—Iron, &¢., 228. Gi. a 27s. Od. Fine goods, 20n, Falt, 208, Coarse goods 154, Earthenware, 7s. « 84. Hardware, 16s. Senne passengers, £3 7s, 6d. To Baltimore—lron, &e., 26s. a 27s. 6d. Fine b 264. Salt, 25s. Coarse goods, 20. Earthenware, 12s, 6d. aa Eaikcdet ph 22m. 6d. a 268. Fine gonda, 20s. 0 phia, 22. 6d. a 259. . Salt, Coarse in, ed. Hard- & a, ‘Ibs. Earthenware, 126. To New Oriene—invm, oy 13h. 0264 Fine 208, i Hardware 164. 0 308, FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. MONEY MARKET. Farpar, Nov. 3—6 P. M. Quotations for fancy stocks remain without materia, alteration. Some of the leading fancies were in moderate: demand, At the first board Virginia 6’s advanced 4 per cent. Iinois bonds fell off 34 per cent; Panama Rail- road, 34; Galena and Chicago Railroad, i. At the second board there was quite an improvement. Nicaragu® Transit went up 34 percent; Erie Railroad, 3; ; Reading Railroad, 1%{. The advance this afternoon was caused undoubtedly by the complexion of foreign advices rela~ tive to financial and commercial affairs, but we fear it cannot be sustained until our local embarrasemente dis- appear. We are liquidating old Kabilities and working out of old difficulties very rapidly, and, ultimately, we must be in a very strong position for future operations. After the adjournment of the board, the following sales of bonds and stocks were made at auction by Simeon Draper:— $1,000 Cleveland and Toledo RR, In int. added 70 100 abs. Delaware, Lackawanna and WestermRR- 70 80 do, Third Avenue Railroad, 20: 10 do. Clinton Fire Insurance, There was very little doing in the foreign exehango market to-day. We quote 03 to 9% per cent premiums for sterling bills; on Paris, Sf. 15 a & 123g. The steame ship Washington, from this port fos Southampton and Bremen, to-morrow, (Saturday,) will take out between three and five hundred thousand dollara in specte, The National Fire Insurance Company have declared & semi-annual dividend of fifteen per cent. The earnings of the Hudson River Railroad Company for October, 1854, amo, to $160,642 18, against $153, _ 258 30—showing an int of $7,383 88 for the month this year. The annexed statement exhibits the aggregate value of imports and exports of this district during the first tem months in each of the past three yeara:— Commxnce OF THe Port oF New York—Imrorts axD PORTS. sa ten MONINE Of ———many » -$117,143,844 $161,197,322 $156,261, 186 po 61,914,149 70,979,628 88,821,736 Excess of imports ————_—-. ——____,. —___, over exports... $55,229,695 $90,217,607 $69,490,450 It will be seen by this that the excess of imports over exports, for the first ten months of the present year, was $20,788,247 less than in the same time the previous years Unfortunately, the cause of this great decrease was the increase in the shipments of specie. The amount of specie exported this year up to the lat of November was: $33,563,141, against $19,765,730 for the corresponding period in 1863. But for this large exportation of precious metals, the excess of importations of merchandise would. have been about equal to that of last year. The steamship Arabia, at this port from Liverpool, brings three days later intelligence from England and all parts of the Continent. The advices are rather more favorable than those received by the steamship Pacific, and have already had a good effect upon our local mar- kets. Quotations for consols had fluctuated slightly, but closed without change. Cotton continued in mteady demand at previous prices. The most important move- ment had been in the corn market, Breadstuffa were in active demand at an advance ranging from four to six shillings on a barrel for flour, and from two to three shillings on a quarter for Indian corn. The absence of foreign supplies is said to be the principal cause of the: activity and improvement. Western Canal flour wae quoted at 39 a 40 shillings. The circular of Messrs. Dennistoun & Co. says -—"'The money market is more stringent. The failures which have occurred here and elsewhere, though on the spot they have affected the credit of fow who were in credit before, have had a most unfavorable effect on the state of feeling in London, and second class paper in viewed with considerable distrust. We cannot help thinking that, in alittle time, this distrast will pass away, and the ordinary course of affaira be restored. In the mean- time, gold arrives in great quantities, but, notwith- standing the more favorable rates of exchange with tho Continent, has not so far found its way to the Bank of England, The state of suspense in which we are as to the fate of Sebastopol adds, without doubt, to the pre- vailing uneasiness, while the great advance in the corn market has materially contributed to it.” Barings’ circular of the same date reports an caster money market. American securities of all kinds were dull, and the sales made at low prices. The last returns of the Bank of England, compared with those for the previous week, show a decrease of £67,861 in the bullion and coin; of £610,647 in the rest of £3,211,443 in the public deposits; of £1,560,865 in th» private sccurities; and £635,570 in the notes unemploy ed, In the notes in circulation there is an increase of £618,950; of £617,757 in the private deposits, ando £63,678 in the government securities, «The warrants entered at the Treasury Department Washington, on the Ist inst. w Yor the redemption of stecks... $3,391 14 Ver the payment of Treasury del 15,373 4p For the Customs ......0000++ 3,640 56 Covered into the Treasury from mi: rources ., ‘ 2,812 87 For the War Department ..... + 181,168 13 For the Navy Departinen! oi + 60,877 For re-paying for the Navy Department...,. 2,720 37 For the Interior Department.......... 801 33 The Boston Journal of the 8d instant says:— ‘Transactions at the stock board to-day were limited in amount, but the market was firm at quotations. Boston and Maine Railroad in moderate request at 101%, hold- era asking 10134, Providence 693 offered, and no stock on the market for sale. Concord improved !4. No sales of Eastern; bids of 56), were made for about 90 hares, which is an improvement of 3% over yesterday. North: ern gold at 28%, the bidding price at the close. Old Co- lony advanced 3; the shares were offered for pale at 80, closing bids were 79%. Western advanced to 954, at which figure the demand exceeded the supply. Boston Ferry Company rold 374, the first sale made for several weeks. At this rate it is about the price of the stock which is obtained by the conversion of Eastern Railroad dividends, which are selling im the market at 14; each, of which it takes 25 to make a share of the Ferry stock. Holders of said stock, upon surrendering the 25 acrjp dividends, are entitled to the cash df on the Fefry stock of 84 per share. The Louisville Courier states that the liabilities of G. H. Monsaratt & Co., of that city, who lately made an as- eignment, are about $80,000, while their available assets are estimated at $131,000. The failure of the house was precipitated, if not produced, by the fact of a confiden- tial agent and carrier having defaulted with a larg? amount of funds entrusted to him for transportation from Paducah to Louisville for the benefit of the house, The London Times, of Oct. 20th, says:— ‘The latest accounta from Oporto regarding the present vintoge, are even more unfavorable than were anticipate ed. One writer states his conviction that thore are not above 20,000 pipes of port made this year within th: factory district, and adds, that the produce of the vine- yards bordering on that district scarcely amounts ta anything. These statements come from interested par ties, but there is no reason to doubt their correctness, and they are confirmed ina great degree by instances furnished of the comparative produce of various estates, several vineyards having yielded only from fif teen to twenty-five per cent of their ordinary quanti ty. Ono locality is mentioned in which the uaual amod nt has icen 1,000 pipes, and where it is this year under ay. ‘ihin state of affairs operates as a heavy blow to ti try, and will be felt in many ways, the numerous iluses just announced at Lisbon being more or less among its consequences. Under these circumstances, project, said to have been forwarded to Louden, for a new railway line to Cintra, with a splondid Linbon to Belem and large end commodious docks, is not likely te meet with much attention, even if the disho- nesty of the Portuguese government to the foreign bond- holders were not such as to check all disposition on the angghing to do with part of Britich eapitalists to have | WVlicgundertakings in that country. F000 4o 960 13500 1O ov ag ee 10000 NY Cn R'BMGO 85 7000 WO. 006 CA este mepirit us eh 5 Bk of , 40 Nassau Bank. b3 100 ‘anton Ce 88 20: 650 do. moe GON SZine Co..... 43 1000 Penn & Le Zinc. 2 1000 Flor & K Jt Stk. x 200 Nic Transit Co... 2134 800 do 80 2155 z 8S Zs4 100 sha XY Cen R 400 "io pa 100 Nica TranaGo."’ 9 2 100 Kyte RR, do. ggug gaspegeess gezeeiseet