The Sun. — London, England, 1859-09-14 00:00:00

ifOXEY MA RA.ET A .N.D CITY NEWS. CITY, Two o'CLocK. Sharel Railways. The money „,, a i__ as gold is flowing into the Bank of England an s r d mediate advance in the terms of discount is con °, er ed improbable. There is still an ample supply channels are awaiting employment, but very few new little are open, because the public exhibit, very ii ie disposition to encourage joint stock ad -1:1 The Indian loan, notwithstanding a 8 e ;le proportion of the £5,000,000 has been sub- Stock Caledonian it a ed has exercised very little influence, although 50 Cork and Isisted, with other demands, to give a temporary 20 Cornwall w stimulushowever, to the market. Rather lower terms, 10 1 Do. o. A 3 u A n ftiv 6p es .. n p o er d a ' n: Rio e , 7 r, are now charged for first-class bills, ub 1i n a h n a din n a ift d .i t un ß c: 50 D the applications at the Bank have diminished. Stott Dun ., Perth,& Abr.Junc. tail:, large quantity of gold, viz., £188,000; was Stock East Anglian e.o.. e n: into the Bank yesterday. As extensive r o t Eastern o Union A gr oe ct e Melguments are en route from Australia, and the 25 Stock EastDo.Nw.A.Ote.E.U3ds Lancashire ) o 1 30 1:te to the Continent have diminished, this 20 East tr Movement may continue. The advices received Stock Edinburg 3o and Glasgow 4.7 1 Australia to-day report the following depar- Stock Edin.,Perth, & Dundee. ; 10 oek r,orth es t Clyde Junction th e es for this country :—The Kent, with £148,136 Stock Glasgow & South Westn. „„, e Agincourt, with £133,560 ; the Beechworth, lO Great North of Scotland 'la £79,992 ; the Blue Jacket, with £143,628 ; Stock Great Northern Stock Do. do. A Stock 41 111 the Marco Pblo, with £232,16 0 . Stock Do. do. B Stock market from Liverpool state that the Cotton Stock Gt. South.& Wstn (Ireld ) Stock Great Western • Rail Gua.Stk. yesterday closed with a dull appearance, Stock Fra tr go vl ui ___ prices tended downwards. The sales only so Lancaster and Eastern a to 5,000 bales. 16§ Do. Thirds The Port-Philip and Colonial Gold Mining Com 1613 4 Do. New Thirds _ , Stock Lancashire & Yorkshire parry have just received advices from Australia, and Stock Londona ~ rt a gt B n ItlC v . 01 i s i Irther remittance of £2,500 on account of the Stock London ritsioarg Westn dividends, k o. 12.1 Do. Eighths r At the meeting of the Ottoman Bank, to-day, the stigk Fy , t i l e d r o r n y && S 1& ) u t e h r -Le e s tn . re port stated that the accounts for the half-year a d n err/ h & et Erp in ki e l o ti .. s howed a net profit of £26,030 17s. 4d., and an St oc k hi 10 Metr • opolit • an ample sum had been set apart for bad and doubtful rocct Do.id land Bi ing., & Derby , b , t B . The directors proposed as follow : 50 Mid. Gt. West. (Ireland) 25 Do. i 'Shares ha.. That out of the profits above stated, a sum of £5,000, too New. , Newcastle and& llerefd Carlisle 1.. " g equal to 1 per cent. on the capital of the ban k, be 25 Newry & Armagh (def ) Aber., 7'a to the reserve fund, by which addition that fund , 10 20 Newry, Warpt., & Ros ir let b 4 Lraised to £4o,ooo._That a dividend be declared for Stock ,ITTor.ftec Counties Union 141 1-year at the rate of 8 per cent. per annum. This St s o o ck IsT o o i rth • British i rPriation of the profits will leave a balance of £1,030 Stock Nor.Dev.Rall.&Dk. Stk r ti , 4 d. to be carried forward to the next account." Stock Do.A Stk.— Arec.no div until 6p.c.hasbeenpdß lie Chairman, Mr. Layard, complimented the pro- Stock Do. B Stock coitteitors on the satisfactory result of the operations A rortinavn.i-Tpsuerrte .— Berwick the Bank, and said that their general manager, r el i c t Do. Leeds ..../ , de Falconnet , had been appointed one of the Stock oc North London 11mission ers in Turkey, to receive the monthly c r o r r t t t_ ets Staffordshire ern , pr oceeds of the customs, which would secure the to No. & Sou. W. Junction Stock I xford, Wor.,& Wolver. o , ll ot . ual payments of the dividends on the recent 10 Peebles th h oped loan. In respect to the reserve fund he Ig a r y t m n o e u y it the proprietors would agree with him that stook Scottish o lentral Aber. Stock , °ught to go on accumulating, looking at the Stock Do. Scottish Mid. Stock ,rtieSSitudes which might occur in a country like st-ck 1 1 0 Pt r g a r r o e rn Uni r Sheer. e• u e , I• t aritey. I n answer to a question, the Chairman r o c c lt go o c u t t ne a y s o t u ern Ti 'ated that the profit made by the Bank on the Stock South Wales b ranche s loan was very satisfactory, and that the Stock g tt u i th e Y s o l o s .: R s ! v i p o u k i n . .. were all found by the inspector to be in 25 Stockton & Darlington. 4 p 25 Do. do. 1855 (le e . 7 favourable position. The report and divi- 25 Do. do. 1858 Stockton & llartlepool ea. were agreed to unanimously. Stock Taff Vale An eha_improvement is apparent in the Stock Ex- Stock Do. Preference, 25 Th esHavenDk&Rail 'tee markets, although business is still con- 1 Stock Vale of Neath di eted l... on a limited scale. The effect of the unfa- Stock io 'rrattoerrifbarSdtarlliitePnnmy It 'arable news from China has been merely tempo- 50 Waterford & _Limerick l t h 4 : 7 l a reaction having already occurred. Consols ig N Y P e -end a & Il Cry. Pal. al. Improvement rallied to 951- I for money and account. This 5 13‘ 7 .. A c . — h A a s rea n n o t o ll all 'Provement has created buoyancy in other secu- 5 Do. P il . P 1 all reties West London t o , and Indian Loan Scrip, which descended yes - 10 Do. let Class all 173' to 997 a, has risen to 100 ii, just 1 per cent. 20 Do. 2d Class all , fall seems to' 'have • encouraged real as we ll 44 e limit ed, purehaSes, which, although rather of ti t i e d, have sufficed to alter the general complexion Sh' ( li t . e Market. India Stock has receded to 215 ; ----- 1 10 ° Debentures (1859) are steady, at 95k ; the 25 Blythe . pr (issuedand Tyne Ty fe a l(' per a, nda are marked 3s. dis., and Exch e q uer Bills 1 Stk Brie. & Exet.4p.ct.Stock 10 20 Do. do. do. Shares , 1 255, Prem. . Stoc k Caledon £lO, 44 per cent 10 I ,.. T he transactions in Foreign Securities continue 12.10 ? o o ;i t?tar ia S o lt d a o r n es h r p o . . 2 e: al : 1 7 limited, and prices are rather firmer. Turkish 20 61 3 orn . T . a e l t !. i 5 r e A - I; 1 , 't 1 eern. cent... .. a a I aid the Cents. are 82,1 to 83i ; ditto New, 68i to 694 .; Stock E.Angn. Class A 7 & spc lg o L ~. the 4 per Cents. are 102 I. Spanish, 3 ; Pe r Stocktoc Do. o do.o Cra s s: I C M . .....: 100 _‘;e a uts. are steady at 46 ; Mexican is firm at 21 ; Stock 14. 0 C ( 4i. 0 un. Ex. 5 p co. li s s i To o .: V( i ', l Buenos Ayres Deferred at 20. Russian Scrip ... Stock Do. New 6 per ct. Stock 1( ' e •niarked I- to 1 dis. Stock Eastern Union, 4 per ct. it Mock Edin.e.tGlas. spc shares 1( In the Rag 1,,, i way Share Market the dealings have Stock 1 49 p . c. rl g & ut i t i S. &,/ D. y ( 'a rather limited, a slight improvement, how- Stock oc Furness, 5 Per cent .!:", 11 ev e .. . los , B apparent. Great Northern have advanced tg:totl' i s , a i r a e s c:t 4r /7 1 tre t rc' r I.. p sP e c t . . 1 ( ( ) ) cal Great Western ss. to 10s., and Midlands 10s. ; stoct Do. spc Itedm.,lop.c.pin lg , 1 1 410 nians, Lancashire and Yorkshire, North s i g o c 80 0:5 4gtz ;., d 5 0 p . c: i,,. 84 p r titie ll, and South-Eastern were ' dealt in at about 10 Gt a lst . i s i ii oi svcvo(tlradasutdp)ti l al p re values, although they are now quoted S tock p. et . . pref. Stock ... ; 1( e t. d i v' 50 Great West. (Berke and Hants) Ext. 5 p.ct.. 6 'l7 the Foreign and Colonial Markets there Mg Do. o. T e c e r e e e m m a n tl l e e , , 4 4 i i !) . ct. 100 ti i , bee n very little variation. Lombardo-Vane- stool . : 80. re e d t er e t e l i c i; to r . e . i Igg as Old and New Shares were at previous rates, Stook DO . . lri • rm. Pref. Shares all Etlßo East Indian and Great Western of Canada. 10 Gt s . h W ar e e s s t. Ches. 8 p.c.pf all ` r and Trunk l ii. ,, of Canada advanced 55., and Great 10 Do. do. 5 . p. ct. pref Stock Do, Birmmg. guar. stock 10( 'tau Peninsula are 98. 261 Do. Chester guar.shares al 134 Do. do. do al mat Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares al ....ave b een 20 Do. do. do. N ave very quiet, prices having exhibited little tt . t . oct i haonneazinYArttaszpsl.Blicd)cpck 100 1 1, 4 on- Peninsula and Oriental Steam advanced t Stock m Lon . &Brig spc • gu• No .l 10 0 - "It £l. Stock Do. pref., sp. c. ...No. 2 le 81 4 _ Stock Do. New gua., 6p. ct 1 -5' c. . .No. 4 11 . - - -X. 12.10 lAmberg., Notting. Bost. I and Eastern Junction 'SO Belfalt and Balkymena 13.14 Bir., Wol., and Str. Val Stock, Bir., La., and Ch. June IBlackburn 25 Blvth Pyi 10 Bost.Slefd.& Mid. Coun Stock Bristol and Exeter all all tall all PREFERENC: care Railways. 'Pal cock Do. do. , p.. .... 3 1 3 4 ; 11 811 FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE 0' CLOC 3 Do. do. 41 per c. share! I II& Cont. Consols Annuities U• Stock Al e -,,' 215 Stock Lon.&S. W, 7 p.et. stock. , '''',ebentures, 1858 10( late 3d shares "it D ebentures , 1859 t ° I, ' Titlt D• Loan 5 per cent lOOl 11 1 12k Londondy & Cole, 1 shs. a] 12 Londoucty.& Ennis 1 sh. al bi t° B ond tt a, £l,ooo 6 Po. £6 `•:ott s under £l,OOO Xr.ts °lB for A.cdiunt (Oct, 11) 121 31arport & Car., 4p. . . bitto'erer Bills, £l,OOO, 11d 951 1 Do. 4 per cent .. ...... 8 .. . 1 121 1 14k mall, lid. 8 I DES Stock Mid. 'Con. lip. c. Stock . le Stock Do.Con.Bris.&Bir.6p.ct. 11 tlen„„ OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Stock Do. 41 p. c. pref. stock.. 11 ‘ ,.frti: Ayres,, 6 per CentB Do. with option till 1860 ... "tex l • ueferred tt ean. 3 4 a ,_ per Cent. b.' 411 , 1822 £ St., 5 Cent p. c. redeem, at sp.c.n in ) NewportAber,&c.pref.s L S itto R„,_, , per 10 opt Perpet, 6p. c. with _ Patti " , ..1 I all 3 P ' -4 1 d on till 1866 al lIrk; , per Cent tirt o ' a 6 per Cent. B3l Stock Do. sp. c. Ext. Stock 1846 /0 -I),itto New 82/ 1)1 40 1 ' ew Loan stock Dpoo..svviapv..cv. Fret . do. liCt Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. . Dividends on the above payable in , London. Stock Dos New, gua. 5 p er cent V Stock Nth.Dev.Rail.&Dik.Co. 1( TWO O' C LOC K . Stock N-East. irred. 4 p.c. Deb. 10. Consols, Money 951 1- Stock Do. Consol. Pref. 4 p . c. 100 Ditta / Stock Do. Berwick, 4p. c. Pref. 100 o Account (Oct.) .... 17 Do. do. do. ..... , N ._ .. . . 8.13.4 20 Do. Leeds, 6p. c. o. 1. 1, 121 Do. do. Quarters.lB46 . . '25 Do. York, H. &S. Purch. 1 20 North Staffordshire . . R a ;ock Ox. wt. & Wol. 6pc.ls . t . g. 10 - ock Do. Redeem., 2d gua.... 10 .ock Do. Irredeem., 24 gua. 10 ,ock D0.,41 p.c. Db. stk. in perp 10 10 Rhymney Guaranteed. S 84 Scottish Central, new pi al ,ock Scottish N.-Eastern deb 101 ock Do. 31 per c. pref. stock 101 ock Do.Aberdeen.grua.6pc. 101 -ock Do. 7p. c. pref. stock. 10 10s. South Devon, Ann. 105. al 10 Do. Fixed 41 percent. al .0.6. South Eastern (Reading Ann., 1.0.6.) ;ockDo .41 per cent lO4 oc k Do . F xed 41 p.c. Ist is lO4 ;ock South Wales, gua. 4 p.c lO ; ock Do. 41 per cent lO ock S.-Yorkshire, 4 p.c. gua • 10 25 Stock. and Dar. A 5 p.e. al 25 Do. Ti 6 per cent 25 Do. C 6 per cent al ;ock Waterford & Kilkenny, 6 per cent.-........ Th e • of A t suspension has been announced of ,. the house 18 RII t. J. B. Kempe, at St. Petersburg, with liabilities, k Si &i.t;: l3 l ) osed of large amount. Mr. Kenge was an eaten- Si ( 11ti e 8 Y ec ulator in grain and tallow, and his present diffi- St l h ' a re understood to have been caused by severe losses Si the ha latter article. He failed on a former occasion, but llotl eller ally had the repute of being very successful, and Si y ear, rlg ago was said to have made a 000 in a single 'Si arno Ris debts are principally on the continent, the S• , ie 11111 fu London being moderate and chiefly covered by S el oities. h.. [A- . ov znTiszuENT.]—Thorley's Food o .l nrung to seriously attract the attention of Cattle is 'now 1 the farmer, reeder ca 'and feeder of stock. Two years of unrem ittin g St• re and attention ' .t ol-lxid as a ion have enabled . its inventor to take high St log the benefactor to thesemterests ; and notwithstand - r,: aße.; e . really drawbacks, .. the malevolent shafts hurled ' L ai . ,7 l t it and its probable utility, the food,.from its admitted St ~ .`l ' e , will become a necessity to the agricultural i . nterest. k Al ler iellee has proved, first, that it effects a considerable 2 1) - 1Z I tt i ll in the consumption I n p a ryend m er ls secondly, that it St inii,,_ eS health and vigour subjected to its e arl 7nee : and lastly, increasesin a remarkable degree an , sin ' Y development of fat. Mr, Thorley, originating this to Plar b ly efficacious food, aimed at . compound calculated lileci c ,reede, to a certain extent, the tedious and expensive he h - i t glea prevailing of fattening stall-fed beasts. In this desir e 13 Isuccess prompted a very natural • f o P-1 Y succeeded ; and . Plicable Improve upon the invention, so as . to make it ap fish f to every description of domestic animal. The Eng linwil'ileler was fancying he possessed slow to encourage its use, and manifested an in thrgness to rely upon its efficacy , entlf a ,Precluce of his farm, ample rials whereby to feed or a d d '.fe,,u his cattle at a cheaper rate t anby the employnient b e , li sition of artificial food, The tests to which . this food has tocutilibj acted have proved its perfect admissibility as a cheap all ca Onto the natural produce of the farm , inasmuch as in to i h sea a subtraction of one-third may be safely submitted rea1i.....," usual food of animals ; and that the proau9ewill .im b e e 14 1 ,7/ and rendered marketable in two-thirds of the t sobY consumed in developing fat ; it, 'therefore, becomes.,,,n eiceent that a certain saving is effected by a fair application iiiit aorlev' r' ralPL6,,,e' ~o mpounded Food. It is believed that the present --- -u - ented low price of wheat has induced its very gene-_ f eecl7 ; ',. ir ,' Preference to any other of the usual articleti of a in 4 1 .,,_`" let however, much questioned whether wheat is a it ° i„ B.l lug. and proper food for the working horse, certainly . Pose- not for cows or pigs. Mr. Thorley's Food, besides and i, as ing the advantage of greatly invigorating the health ao4 in the phy s i ca l power of . all animals, is . a tonic tit stimulant and when mixed with their other Ri:' reateriallv assiststheir digestive powers—a matter of Oat c ons 13 . 0 11ri, equence, since it is an undoubted fact that the qns,raent contained in their ordinary food is lost, conse org:Pen the impaired or defective actio . n of the digestive j a rest ; .it will also be found to be particularly_ _b o e b nefi h c a i v a e l be en. ° ill% to good working condition horses which l lat - Q e r - worked, or become weak from disease,._ or ar aud Y of a feeble constitution. In cowsit d sefiects art 1 Yield Jed, indeed almost marvellous, nearly . oubling the t he th,,, -4 , 111 , ilk and butter, whilst it at the same time enriches eler4 . 7"tY of both. In pigs its fattening quali i t t i s esa still manifest re allp er f elaftricabie, displaying in a few weeks aef ih .,,, °rl D o vero every other kind of compound or menu een • - s` pin the feeding of swine. Such has I t _ its n -,,,_, success, that at all our great cattle . shows of t i i , my , nob and others who have fed their . cattle n ri u : e al li f- orl — ; a 7uellien Food, have invariably carried off the principal The B ,' "fast cards of commendation have been b awarded elerp.r 4- rellage of Royaltynobility, the . of our principal'no y o ' ve a gr 7 I and of our leadin agTiculturists, must . pr 40e ur.. a Ille itement to this gentleman to pursue his onward hi e hl t„.and he may confidently rely, in producing so high y- he a compound, on • a continual - inn of such ` 44.4 Astinguished patronage., . SHARE MARKET.-(THIS DAY.) ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Paid. Closing \ 6 6-1 8 84 76 78 11 121 Mines. 1.7.2 Susinese 6 8 97 98 86 86i 41 64 74 81 14 15 55/ 564 38 40 26 28 74 76 26 261 97 99 1004 1014 84 66 130 132 103 105 59 594 55 60 97 100 155 16} p 154 1 6 5 p 965 97 63 65 110 112 14 145 92P 93 14 1* 1 91* 025 6 8 35 36 103} 104 82 84 9i 1O 57 59 3i 8 d 60 60i 88 84 11d1 44/ 441 71 71/ 102 104 4/ 4/ d 13 14/ 1 1 7 8 30 32 13 15 109 111 24 25 81 83 464 474 34 24d 43 44 754 76i 61 63 60 65 8 11 36 87 57 GS 5 1 6i 3 31 7$ 71 ;HARES. Id. IClosing Business I Price. Done. ill 49 51 )0 96 98 - - 103 105 11 5 1 6 1 99 101 12 117 .05 108 14 116 113 115 L 29 131 81 83 00 I - .15 117 [lB 120 09 111 104 106 84 86 97 99 88 90 89 91 [OO 102 9f 10} I l7 18 [1 8t 19 5 73 75 . I 1 19 20 a 0 10 11 14i 15} 0 139 141 155 1(O J 1 - -- J 1 Si 91 )0 120 123 4i i )0 66 68 10 140 142 O 103 104 3 )0 93 a l I 01 10 al I ill )1 110 112 108 110 91 93 96 9! 9 - - 1.9 - )0 122 124 DO 122 124 0 no 74 76 120 124 118 122 10 24 24i 102 101 102 104 28 21 33 At 32} 33 ! 47 53 ___--------- _ LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. 1 , Leasing . Closing Business 20 , /Australian Railways. Paid . Co.'s. Price. Done. 1 ' Bon AccordCopper,Lim. 15s 1d 4 p 35 Brazil. Imp. (is. at a p.) 27 - I 1 )Clarendon Do.St.Johndelß ey arendon Consols Min- ,Lim. 15 10 11 5 D0.1..gr Co.nof and J M am in a i i n c gC a . 0 all - - Bedford and Bletchley all Ln & N.W . • • . Buckinghamshire .... 100 Ln & N.W 96 08 Chester & Holyhead.. 100 Do. ...... 49 50 ine - - d Do. do. 51 p. et..... 100 D 0....... 123 127 40 Cra Copper all 45 47 Do.' do. sp. ct. - 'C ob piapo l6 7 8 Clydesdale Junction . 100 Caledonin 102 104 1 )DunMoun.Cop.lliling Co all 1 i Colchester, Stour Val . . all E.U.&E Cl 6 17 2 !Fortuna E.Lincolnshire,g.6p.e 100 Gt. North. 143 145 20 General ' all 221 231 23 E Union,HarwichShs all E.Counts. - - 3 Linares all 111 121 Do. Woodbridge . . 100 I - - 5 L inares l$ 11 It . Gls.Barr.&Neils,Dre.t. 100 Caledonin - - 1 Mariquita all Do. New lOO Do. - Mining apunsdtrSaminel. (L.)...t.... 1 141 d par 1 1 N.RhineCop.of S.Aus.L all 1 5 1 , Gloster& Dean Forest all Gt. West. - - 20 Pontg,ibaud Silver, Lead 10 HartlPool.Dek.&Rail. all Yk.N.&Br 5 1 ,l' see or t t ti P s h h i A li Hull and Selby ...... all Yk.N.Md. 109 111 all $ Do. 4 Shares ....... all Do. - - Do. 1 Shares ....... all Do. - -28.2.84 United Mexican London&Greenwich . 100 S. East... 64 6 e, Do. si. 1 9 15 1 120 93 - .• JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Preference uy Do. 6 per cent. ....... Do.im &Sou'ien.d... 100 all LN W&M 21 21 Share Joint-Stock Banks. !Paid. Closing Business Price. Done. Lowestoft, gua. 4p. et. 1 1 00 00 Nor folk. De --__ ___ Manc.,Buxtn. & Matk. 1?n 1 Mid. Bradford Prefer -100 Agra&UnitedServiceßk 50 - - - NeewnemearSkttol3t;ry• -Ei ... 5 1 . 0 5 0 . 6. M E. i c d o la u n n d ts : 9 4 6 9 1 8 }, 40 Australasia all 84 86 guaranteed sp. c. 25 Bank of Eg,ypt 100 Pank of London 5O - - Northn.& Eastn. 5 p.O *• all DO. ...... 40 Brit. Col. Bk. & Loan Co. all - - Fixed 5 per cen- L LN W• I 50 British North American all - - Do.- - Do. do. 6 per cent.... a a l l l l D _Do o . • ............ - 5_6 s = B Preston and Wyro. all .ask, 20 Chtd. Bank of India, Sze 16 4 1 4 p 100 City 5O 61 63 142 - 100 Colonial 25 - - Do. 1 Shares A. all Do. .... . . 1 - 38 Roystn,Hitch.,& Slieo 100 Gt. North. . ,20.11 Com. Bank of Canada.. all - - Shrowsbry& Hereford all T Brassey . . 100 Commercial of Landon. 20 2) 21 South Staffordshire .. all M'Clean . 1 Li 20 ) Wilts and Somerset.. 100 IGt. West 92 0 1 20 Gen Bk. of Switzerland all - Eng • Scot., & Ans. Ch. all 151 16 16 Wimbledon& Croydn. all IL.&Brgtia ____________, 74 8 4 _ .. .... .... 1 2 500 0 0 Lou LNoant .d C po h nr a oj r v . o.Bioknf.toEfAn Stock g u :at England. a l : 0 1 2_l: 2 : 14 I \ 50 London and County ... 20 - - t________ _ DOCIS§•--------- 100 London &Westminst 20 - - s Share Docks.2o Do. new . lO -...-. , 50 National Bank e - - —_-_—__ {Paid Crlonseein! Jalgr: .• all --- J Stock Commercial 25 Orient .Ek, Corporation all 40 41 100 --. 20 Ottoman Bank Stock Do 4 per Cent . Fret Ili 100 •.• n. - • 100 Provincial of Ireland ~ 25 70 72 e Stock East and West India... 100 - 120 10 Do. New all - - a Stock London lOO - 25 South Australia - - d Stock St. Katharine lOO - 25 Union of Australia all 471 481 48 0 Stock Southampton lOO --- 50 Union of London rz 26 27 h Stock Victoria - 20 Do New ... ••,. - ;,2 - all 100 100 100 16f 100 100 7-7 ► r r-• - -1.7 T 4 '_.ol:';'llo,_7l T 2 SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 14, 18b9. BRITISH POSSESSIONS. are Railways. Atlantic & St Lawrence Leased at 6 per cent 8 Bom.,Baroda&Cent.lnd gu. 5 per cent 18 Do. Addit. Caplial A 13 Do. Do. 9 i Buffalo and Lake Huron t 0 Do. New 10 Do. Preference Buffalo,Brvut.&Godrich ( 6 p. ct. bds. 1 Pue,.., 1872 10 Do. do. 1 July, 1873 Do. do. 1 June, 1874 5 Clcutta.&S.Eastrn.Lim. Cape,Eastn. Prov. (Lim. ) Cape Town & Dock Scrip Central Oude (Limited) Ceylon Guaranteed 6p.c. 74 Demerara O Eastern Bengal.gu.sp.c. ock East Indian, gu. 5 p. c AI Do. F Shares Ext Do. Jubbulpore 10 "D 0.44 p.c. Bd s. nay. 59 Do. 4& p. c. Debentrs. O G eelong& Mel. gua.s p. C. {Geelong Corporation 6 per cent. Bonds )ck Grand Trunk of Canada 10 Do. 6 per cent. Pret )0 Do. 6 percent. Debentr )0 Do. 7 per cent. 1862 10 Do. do. 1867 Stock Gt. Indi aPeni n. g ua.sp.e. 20 Do. New, gua.s per cent. 20 Do. do 20 Gt.S of Ind.Lim.—Scrip I ' guaranteed 5 per cent. 204 Gt.W. of f.;anada Share:. Do. New Do. Bonds pay. '76,witl , opt. till '6O Do. do. '73 till '6O Do. do. '73 without opt / Do. 5i p. c. do. '77 do ck Madras, guar., 4i p. c ►ck Do. do. 5 per cent W Do. 41p. c. Extension W Do. Third Ex. gua.s.p.c 20 Do. Fourth do. 20 Do. do. .. ;ock Melb. Corp. 6 p.c. Bonds Newßrunswick&Canda. ' Ry. &L and(Lim.)g.6pc Class ACapitl. 51) are Do. do. Land do Do. do. B. Capital do . Do. do. Land do Oude (Limited) Scinde :0 Do. New :0 Do. Puniaub O Do. Indus. St. Flo. t7l4,,'''' T. St. Andrews & Quebec A Trinidad(Limited) Scrip FOREIGN all all all 1100 100 1. 3 0. Its. 6d, all a'l all 100 100 100 all 100 116 116 513 1 all 5 15 all all all all all all all all 113 Paid. Clo sing Businces • Price. Done. 80 82 16 17 11 11 lid 4 b d 5 4 id 1 p 11 fa ' 1 * d 994 1004 id par 994 1004 19 20 34 35 92 94 71i 724 78 82 68 72 981 981 1 Id la id 141 141 5/ 51 d 102 104 102 104 101 103 97 100 85 90 ,AII; 89 91 18419 dl 14 1 d - -d - 19 20 1i I d 1 1 d 1i I d 'AYS. 41 41 — P lt id I 1 2} 2} d Nt dl 6 i 6i 341 4 72 I 79i 14} f 9 21 211)1 lt lk 8 8 19 20 36 37 - 9 10 34 35 53 65 3 21 cl 6 6% 8% 9% 19% 20% 54 6 9% 10 22 23 58 1 1 I ii X, Antwerp /4 Rotterdami Ardennes 20 Bah.&S.Fran.,Lim.7p.c 5 Belgian East. Junction 20 Beziers to Graissessac 881 8 6 Carmeaux Mine & /tail d 100 Cc_plabo Ditto Extension 20 Dutch Rhenish 20 Eastern of France __ 20 Euphrates Valley 20 Grand Rus Guar .5 P.C 20 - 311 I 21 21 _ Great Central of France 9 Gt. Luxem.. Con. shs O Italian Junction • Lake Constance & Rale O Lierre and Turnhout Lombardo Venetian 9 Ditto New O Lyons and Geneva al Maria Antonia O Do. do. New O ,Namur and Liege • :0 Do. do. 6p. c. Pref [6 Northern of France Kt Do. 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V,.n Tlipms'n'• T.n.nol Sharel rMENT SECUR: Closing Paid. Prices. 100 112 113 100 110. 112 100 114 116 10C 1094 1104 100 106 984 994 100 981 t 99 100 98 99 100 1094 1104 100 107 109 109 100 110 111 'Ali EOUS. Closing Paid .\ price. 14 15 200 220 28 29 31 %i 36 38 19 21 144 154 105 108 8 9 24 25 lot ; Zusinees done 41 31 14 10 41 5 101 101 par 1 p 1 1A ~,d P ; Id • 11 11d 4 5 1 11 1 d 1 1 AA i , ~,, 50 55 73 76 8 10 * 13 21i 224 64 7 50 53 115 125 34 36 I 1 I 8 9 DONCASTER RACES.-(THIS DAY). [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.] STAND PLATE. • Miss Julia 1 Neophyte Thirteen ran. LATEST BETTING. ST. LEGER. 7to 4 on:Promised Land (offered) sto 1 agst Summerside (taken freely) 100 to 8 agst Gladiolus (taken) 15 to 1 agst Gamester (taken) 20 to 1 agst Napoleon (taken) Marionette scratched. RACING FIXT JRES FOR 1859. IMBER. Dover l5 Chesterfield Leicester 2l Monmouth 22 Manchester Autumn ....23 Newmarket F.O 27 Brecon Walsall 28 Richmond 4 Royal Caledonian Hunt and Perth.. Bedford 8 Newmarket S.O 10 Ipswich 19 Kelso 19 Newmarket II 24 Worcester Autumn 2 Liverpool Autumn 9 :MBER. Shrewsbury Autumn . . . .15 INFANT MORTALITY IN NEW YORK. (From the Hew York Herald.) Four hundred and fifty-two children, under the ages of two years, died in this city of New York last week; of that number 145 died of cholera in fantum and 43 of diarrhoea ; the whole number of deaths of all ages being 710.• Common decency de mands an inquisition of this innocent blood. The Board of Health, the city inspector, and the other city authorities, are all very well as far as they go, and as far as they understand matters intrusted to their special care. It is their function to remove all causes of injury to the public health. But our mis fortune is that they understand but little ; and that though the present city inspector has done better than many of his predecessors, still the work to be accomplished under his auspices is badly done in very many locations. In the places where the bulk of this great infant mortality occurred, amongst the poor and labouring classes, there is little political influence to be reaped and few votes to be garilered in. If the city inspector could be everywhere in person to inspect every part of the city, perhaps all would be as it should ; but this is simply a physical impossibility. Two important questions thus arise—Do the health wardens or deputies know what cleanliness is ? And what class of persons fill these places ? It must first be kept in mind that nothing can be more delicate or sensitive than the vital organs of an infant. It must then be understood that the great infant mortality occurs amongst those families which are compelled to live in second, third, and fourth class tenement-houses, among that class who are always suffering from exposure and all the try ing ills attendant upon dependence and poverty. These tenement-houses are built or purchased by the owners, for the purpose of making a large pro fit out of a small outlay ; but few of them have any yard room, and none, it may be safely said, are adequately provided with drains or outhouses. The poor people who live in these places are compelled, therefore, to keep the refuse of their houses in their badly ventilated apartments, or to let it stand in the street until it can be removed by the carts. The children, having no yard, are compelled to go in the street for recreation, and for what is supposed to be fresh air ; and there they inhale the effluvia from filthy kennels and neglected garbage boxes, acted upon by the sun, and poisoning the whole atmosphere. Whether these children are in or out of the house they are always breathing air impregnated with disease. One of these roots of evil might be remedied if the contractors' carts engaged for the collection of this offal did their work regularly ;and faithfully, and in this hot season repeated it twice a day ; but, instead of this, on some days the carts never appear at all; on other days it is nearly dark before the offal is collected, and then it is done in such a sluggish manner that it might as well not be done at all; the collector of the garbage generally spilling a large part into the street, and allowing it to remain there. Another cause for this alarming mortality is to be found in the bad and unwholesome meats and provisions sold to these poor people, at nearly all the butcher and grocery shops which infest the localities in which they live. In our southern cities they have officers denominated commissaries of markets and provision stores, whose duty it is to seize all unwholesome meats, and provisions. If the health wardens of this city were to have this indispensable office included in their duties, they would have ample room to exercise their functions. They would find large quantities of meat exposed for sale at the large markets which are utterly unfit for human use. Meats are daily offered to the poor of our city which are simple plates of the very worst kind, saturated with the seed of a hun dred diseases. The strict old law of the Jewish state controlling the licence of slaughterers might be revived and reapplied with advantage to the shambles of New York. While this, with other departments of our municipal police, is left at the mercy of irresponsible greed and the uncontrolled lust of gain, we must expect to see Herod steadily at his work among the children of the poor. THIS DAY'S MARKETS. The supply of English wheat into-day's market was very limited. Fine dry samples were disposed of at Monday's currency, but inferior parcels ruled heavy, at barely late rates. The general quality of the new wheats was by no means fine. There was only a limited inquiry for most descriptions of foreign wheat. In the general quotations, however, no change took place. Fine barley realised extreme rates. tilling sorts were dull, b u t no t c h eaper. Most kinds of malt moved o ff s l ow l y . In prices, how ever, no change took place. Grinding and, dis The oat trade was heavy, at 6d to is per qr less money. Both beans and pea . s were dull, and rather lower to pur. chase Flour moved off slowly, at late rates. ARRIVALS TILTS WILE . ): Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. English 1,770 ( 190 ! 510 i - - n i 640 Irish Foreign 2,510 1 240 i 42,320 I 60 da l 1 BOROUGH HOP. Good and fine new hops are in moderate request, at nib prices ; but all other kinds are a dull sale. The duty ii called £270,000. WHITECHAPEL. The supply good, and trade ruled somewhat heavy : Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s 4d , mutton 3s Od to 4s 6d ; lamb, Os Od to Os Od ; veal, 3s 6d to 48 , 4 d ; and pork, 3a 4d to 4s 4d per 81b., by the carcase. THIS DA Y'S SHIPPING. LONDON, Sept. 14.—Wind this day at noon, North- North-East; fresh breeze, and squally, with rain at times. CLIME, Sept. 12.—Wind E.— krrived—Achilles, from Richibucto ; Indian Queen, from New York; Irvine, from St. John's, New Brunswick. Sailed—George Bradford, for New York. _ _ QUEENSTOWN, Sept. 12.—Wind S., blowing strong.- -Arrived—lslam, from Seirra Leone ; Ann and Isabella, from Rio de la Hache. Off port—Tarenson, for Hon duras. _ _ -- —. FLEETWOOD, Sept. 12.—The Sir Colin Campbell, for Miramichi, which was stranded, Aug. 30, on the east side of the river, has been towed off this morning. . (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Wednesday Morning• Wind N.B. Arrived —John and Jane, from Taganrog; Ceres, steamer, from Dublin; Havre, steamer, from Havre ; Eva, from Seaham ; Belinda, Lamplighter, and Wear, from Sunderland. _ Sailed—Georges, for Cherbourg ; L'Etoile, for Carentan ; Bessie, for Sund.erland ; Cerss, steamer, for London. LIVERPOOL, Wednesday Morning. Wind N.B. Sailed, Sept. 12—Belle Creole, for Melbourne ; Oceano, for Cienfuegos. Sailed, Sept. 13—Shalimar, for Auckland. Arrived, Sept. 14—Trebalgan, from Quebec • Isabella, from Tarrazona ; Mentor, from Bremen. Sailed—lowa, for Havannah ; Jeremiah Thompson and J. A. Stamber, for New York ; Martha Pope, for Trinidad; Jane and Albert, for St. Thomas's. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPM.) - -- GRAVESEND. Wedneday Morning. Wind E. ; tide low water ; weather cloudy, with rain. Arrived, Sept. 13—Warrior, steamer, from Lisbon ; Nord Star, from Archangel ; Valkryen, from Gothenburg; Pura, Thea, and Lionnd, from Gravelines. Arrived, Sept. 14—Panser, from Boulogne ; General Codrington, from Oporto. Sailed, Sept. 14—Lord John Russell, for Dunkirk. DBAL, Wednesday Morning. Wind S.. ; fresh p a ssed—Don Carda, from Barbados, for London; Ruby Belgian mail packet. from Ostend, and landed mails. :THE REFORM MOVEMENT.—A private meeting was to be held at Newall's-buildings, Manchester, last evening, of the council of the Lancashire Reformers' Union, to consider the most advisable course of action for promo ting the advance of the Reform cause during the present recess. It is understood that the Union are disposed to promote a vigorous agitation, and a number of lecturers are to be engaged, among whom Mr. George Thompson is named as one of the principal. It is also proposed that a great meeting shall be held at the Free Trade Hall on the eve of the next session of Parliament, on the Reform ques• tion, at which Mr. Cobden, Mr. Bright, Mr. Gibson, and most of the leading Reformers of the kingdom, will be in vited to be present. 84- iiii I E 55 1 1 1 1 10 I 21 oti 59 2 le I St St o a l 93 21 S 8 1 1 92 12 2 103 n I 21 0.1 3b 100 all all all 5 281 BRITISH MINES. Alfred Consols (Philack) British Iron Devon G. Cons. (Tavist ) East Bassett (Mogan) E. WI Russl (Tavistk ) Gam. &St. Autyn(Gwen ) Great South Tolgus G. Wheal Alfd.(Phillack ) G. Wheal Vor (Helston) Lady Bertha Margaret (tiny Lelant) North Frances (Illogan) North Wheal Crofty N.Wh'l Basset (Illogan) Par Consols (St. Blazyl. P rov idence (Uny Lelnt) Sortridge Cons. Iklin.Co. SouthCaradon (St.Cleer) Sorth C. Brea( Illogan). S Wheal Fran. (Illogan) Tamar Silver and Lead 2.11.19 Mining Co Tin Croft UnitedMines(Gwennap) Vale of Torrey (Caren.) West Basset (Illogan) W. Caradon (Liskeard) Wheal Basset (Illogan). Wheal Buller (Redruth) Wheal Edward (Cale.) Wheal Ritty(U. Lelant) Wh'l MaryAnn(Menhe) Trelawney (Lick.) 6.17.0 17s 12.1.8 9k 1.6.6. 10.6.7 10 7.9.4 nil. 11 10.6.7 18.18.91 12s 6d' .9 441 1 2 .- 425 435 160 165 8 84 43 45 14 144 1 15 1 531 85 9 61 6 7 11 12 38 42 230 2 24 3 145 155 2 4 36 20 2t: 130 135 180 170 80 90 1 1 12 i # 1 3i 30 33 2? 28 FOREIGN MINES Paid. \ Closing 1 Business Price. Done. ,ITIES. Bueinees Done. 74f if SEPTE: OCT , No VE: "F /~•f L S a. ~ \\. THE DISASTER IN CHINA. HONGKONG, JULY 22. Intelligence from the north is of the most disas trous nature, our forces having been repulsed at the entrance of the Peiho with very severe loss. Mr. Bruce arrived off the Peiho on the 18th .of June, and sought communication with the authorities on shore. No officers of rank were found, but some messages were interchanged between some petty Mandarins and Mr. Bruce's suite. The tenour of these was, that the foreign Ministers would be al lowed to proceed to Pekin by a passage to the north ward, but that no man-of-war would be allowed to enter the Peiho. They disclaimed acting under Im perial orders, stating that the forts and barriers were constructed by the country people to protect them against pirates. Failing to obtain any satis factory intercourse, Mr. Bruce handed the matter over to Admiral Hope, who, on the 25th of June, proceeded to force a passage. The result is given in the encloseilextracts from the North China. Herald of the 9th and 14th inst : " Her Majesty's ship —, off the Peiho, July 1. " On the 25th of June, the negotiations with the Chinese having come to nothing but a put off to gain time, the Admiral with his flag flying in the Plover, followed by the gunboats Lee, Nimrod, Cor morant, Opossum, Banterer, Starling, Forester, Kestrel, Janus, and Haughty, proceeded to take up a position off the Peiho forts, ready to attack in case the Chinese should offer any resistance to clearing away the barriers. At 2 p.m., the stations having been pretty well obtained (with the exception of the Starling and Banterer, which were on shore — the former on the south and the latter on the north bank), the Plover and Opossum weighed ; the latter proceeded to clear away a passage through the iron stakes which composed the first obstruction. Two of these having been drawn, the Plover, followed by the Opossum, passed through them, and also the second boom, which had been destroyed by the flag captain on the previous night. On arriving at the second she attempted, together with the Opossum, to break through it, but without effect. Almost immediately a single gun was fired at her, and directly all the masks were rolled up and a tremendous fire was opened on the squadron, and the action became ge neral. The Lee, by signal from the Plover, passed through the stakes to the support of the Admiral. The Plover and the Opossum were, however, soon obliged to slip, the fire being too heavy for them, and, followed by the Lee, dropped clear of the stakes at 3.15. The gunboat Plover suffered very much in killed and wounded. An officer was sent to the reserve to order up reinforcements, but the tide was too strong for the boats to attempt to pull up. The American flag officer very kindly offered to tow the boats up to a position to enable them to reach the gunboats. At 4.30 the enemy's fire was slackened considerably, orders wore sent down to the reserve, for Marine and Naval Brigades to pre pare to land, and the Forester and the Opossum, together with the Toeywan, proceeded and towed them to the Nimrod, the place of rendezvous. At an early period of the action the Admiral had been wounded on board the Plover• by a splinter in the thigh, and that vessel was almost entirely disabled. He shifted his flag to the Opossum. When there he took his station on the caboose, and thence issued his orders, until a round shot cut the mainstay on which he was leaning and caused him to fall to the deck, a height of some eight feet, breaking a rib and severely shaking him. After a short time he left the Opossum in the Du Chayla's gig, and pro ceeded to the Cormorant, where he remained. At 5.45 the boats, having assembled alongside the Num ' rod, pushed for the shore as near the stakes as pos sible and opposite to the left bastion, about 600 yards distant from it. The landing here was com posed of mud about knee deep, and the greatest difficulty was experienced in getting up the scaling ladders and bridges. The Marines and Naval Bri gade, a small portion of which had only just landed, pushed to the front under a very heavy fire from 6 guns in flank and in front. The fire from the walls of gingalls, rifles, and arrows was also very heavy. " No check had hitherto taken place, but here a ditch, five feet deep and ten broad, occurred, and the men, having no choice, plunged across, and thereby wetted their ammunition. A party of some 50 officers aid men again pushed on and crossed another wet ditch, which took them within 20 yards of the wall. In the meantime Capts. Shadwell and Van sittart, as also Col. Leman, having been wounded, the command devolved on Commodore Commerell and Major Parke. It was now about 9 o'clock, and darkness had set in. The position of the landing party was most precarious ; 50 officers and men alone remained in the first ditch, and about 150 in the second. Many had been killed and wounded, and, with the exception of a small body 150 yards further back, no reinforcements appeared to be of- fering, and the men already at the front were per fectly exhausted, and without dry ammunition or rifles fit to use. The officers in vain encouraged the men to charge to the walls, but it was ineffectual ; the men were few and done up, and even if they had not been they never could have carried them against the thousands that lined the walls. Under these circumstances the commanding officer des patched an officer to the rear to ask for instructions and the senior officer sent him back immediately with orders for the force to withdraw, as no rein forcements could be sent. Directly this order was received the wounded were despatched to the rear by twos and threes, and two hours having been given them to get to the boats, the small advanced partyretreated in good order from ditch to ditch, examining the ground in their retreat for any wounded that might have been overlooked. Many poor fellows, alas ! in the retreat fell to rise no more, but the wounded were saved and brought off. "In the meantime the boats of the squadron under Capt. Willes employed themselves in embark ing the wounded and landing party, and at 1 o'clock or a little after they were all off. The gunboats did their duty ably, and covered the landing party up to the latest moment it was prudent to fire, and shortly after, as a testimony of their hard-fought day, the Lee and Kestrelsunk, and the Haughty just managed tokeep herself afloat till the morning, when she went down, but fortunately out of range. At 3 a.m. the Cormorant, with the Admiral on board and full of wounded, was so fast aground that it was consi• dered necessary to leave her, as she was right under the batteries, and at daylight the enemy would doubtless concentrate their fire on her, whereas, if she were temporarily abandoned it was hoped the enemy would cease firing on her, and the next night we should be able to get her off. For the same rea sons the Plover and Starling, both immoveably aground, were cleared of their crews. The morning of the 26th showed our squadron in sad condition, hardly a gunboat but was disabled. However, dur ing the day the carpenters of the squadron were employed patching them up temporarily, and the Starling having floated, her second master pro ceeded in a dingy and cut her cable, hen she drifted out of range with the ebb. Two night at tempts were made by Capt. Willes to recover Cor morant and Plover, but without success. The Cor morant's ship's company having remained till 11 a.m. to endeavour to float her, a most terrific fire was opened upon her from batteries both north and south, and it soon became evident she was sinking. Orders were therefore sent down to Commander Wodehouse ordering him to abandon her if he had no hopes. Her ship's company and officers were embarked accordingly, but not before the water was up to her lower deck, and half-an-hour afterwards she went down head foremost. The same night fresh attempts were made on the Plover, but it was found impracticable, as she was full of water, and gave no hope of her being able to float. At daylight the Kestrel, sunk on the 25th under the batteries, was observed drifting out, and, having been towed by the Janus into shoal water, was eventually reco vered. During that day the enemy got on board the Plover over the mud, and saved us the trouble of destroying her by setting her on fire themselves, but not before a great portion of her stores had been recovered. " The next two or three days the boats of the Chesapeake were employed destroying the aban doned vessels as much as possible. " I have no time to add more, as I hear a vessel is going to Shanghai. Pray let me hear from y.O as soon as possible. We shall in all probability re main in the gulf till nearly the last. " Iler Majesty's ship -, off the Peiho, July 3. " The whole of the squadron had assembled off the Peiho by the 18th of June, and preparations were immediately made in case warlike measures should be necessary, we in the squadron, however, never dreaming that the Chinese would be so mad as to resist. Several letters and messages passed between Mr. Bruce and the Mandarins, the purport of which will never be known until they are pub lished in the English papers, but th e question at issue seemed in the end to have resolved itself into this :—The Mandarins said that Mr. Bruce would be received at Pekin by going some round-about way, but that the river was blocked up by barriers, and no man-of-war would be allowed to pass. Mr. Bruce, on the other hand, was determined that he would go by the river, and force the passage if ne cessary. Of course the matter now fell into the Ad miral's hands, and warlike operations immediately commenced. On the 24th the whole of the Naval and Marine Brigades, with the French frigate Du Chayla, were towed in over the bar and put on board some junks which had been detained for the purpose out of gunshot of the forts. The remainder of this day was spent in making the final preparation for an r attack on the forts, which are very substantially' built, and have evidently had the benefit of Euro pOn skill in their construction, as did also their guns during the action. The principal forts con ant of three bastions connected by curtains and armed with guns of from 24-pounders to 60- pounders. One of these forts is on the south bank of the river and another on the north, but that on the north runs at right angles to the south batteries, and thus any ships anchoring parallel to the south forts—i. e., in the line of the river—are exposed to a. raking or longitudinal fire from the north forts. Besides these there are two or three other batteries which took part in the action, 'but without much effect. Four very formidable barriers crossed •the river, the outer one being . so situated that it was not more than 600 yards from any gun in the batteries, and considerably less than that from most of them. The flag captain partially destroyed one of these barriers during the night of the 24th, but was fired on by the batteries, and retired. "On Saturday, June 25, the gunboats Janus, Kestrel,,Lee, Haughty, Plover, Starling, Opossum, Banterer, and Forester, with the despatch-vessels Nimrod and Cormorant, took up their positions, the inner gunboat, the Banterer, being close to the outer barrier on the north side of the river, the line of vessels crossing the stream from that point dia gonally, or in a southerly direction. The Admiral had hoisted his flag on board the Plover, and with the Opossum leading, he proceeded about 2 p.m. to force his way through the outer barrier. The Opossum steamed at it, but it was too strong for her; however, by hooking her anchor to one of the piles she managed to drag one up, and so made room to pass through, and then steamed on towards the second barrier. Every one now began to think that the Chinese were going to let us pass through quietly, but that idea was of very short duration, for the Admiral, following the Opossum, had no sooner pushed the bow of the Plover through the barrier, than bang went a gun from the batteries into her. She immediately returned it, and the whole of the forts opened fire as if by magic (this was at 2.40 p.m.) A tremendous can nonade ensued, and it lasted without intermis sion until between four and five o'clock, the Chinese firing with remarkable precision and causing ater rible loss on board the gunboats, the Plover and Opossum had to retrace their steps and join the rest of the squadron. So severe was the fire that in a very short time the Plover and two other gun boats had to be reinforced from the Naval Brigade, The Admiral was wounded In the early part of the action, but refused to leave the deck. His gun boat was evidently a mark for the enemy until he shifted to the Cormorant. The tide falling, several of the vessels grounded, and the enemy's• fire was now cutting them to pieces below the water line. The southern batteries, however, had begun to slacken their fire, and it being thought that a landing might be effected with a good prospect of success, an officer was sent to inspect the proposed spot for the landing, and reported it practicable. The signal was immediately made for the landing parties, and the two brigades ap proached in two vessels for some distance, and then pulled in towards the shore. Directly they commenced landing they were assailed by a tremendous fire from all the batteries, and a dreadful carnage ensued. The mud was so heavy that the men could scarcely struggle through it, and they were mowed down by dozens. Many who were wounded fell and were smothered in the mud ; others were actually drowned in this dread ful morass from pure fatigue. Many more con trived to push on towards the batteries, but scarcely a man ha , l a dry cartridge. The two ditches were crossed, but the utter impossibility of bringing up scaling ladders or bridges through such a sea of mud baffled all attempts at storming. The Chinese threw out fireballs which, in the darkness that had now come on, showed very distinctly the position of our people. Capt. Shadwell, who commanded the Naval Brigade, having been severely wounded, and many other officers and men killed and wounded, it was but too evident that any further attempt would only entail a still greater sacrifice of life, and there fore the retreat was reluctantly ordered. The Chi nese gave a yell of triumph when they saw this movement, and, if possible, redoubled their fire, while our poor fellows retraced their steps a 3 best they could many having to crawl on their hands and knees to prevent sinking into the mud altogether. By 1 p.m. the wounded and the remains of the leading party were embarked. To return to the gunboats,—the duel between them and the forts recommenced with great fury and continued until long after dark, when at length, all the ammunition being expended and the vessels all being in a sinking condition, the firing gradually ceased, and by 10 o'clock the ac tion may be said to have ended. The Lee and Kes trel had already sunk and the Cormorant was fast following their example, and they, with two or three other gunboats, bad to be deserted during the night. Thus ended this most disastrous affair; the only redeeming point in it is that our men, though beaten, fought everywhere with the most desperate resolution, and had there been firm foot ing for the Marine and Naval Brigades there can be no doubt that the forts would have been carried; as it was, their part of the fighting was a strug gle against mud, and not against China men. Between the 26th of June and this day we have managed to rescue all the vessels from under the guns of the batteries, except the Cormorant, Lee, and Plover; they are utterly destroyed, but the remaining have been patched up sufficiently to make them float. The Kestrel, floated oia.t in the most extra ordinary manner, and managed to steam out and join the rest of the squadron last evening ; and the Chinese, who have kept up a desultory fire on our vessels ever since the 25th, are now left in the quiet enjoyment of their victory. The Americans, though they took no part in the action, have been extremely kind in assisting our wounded, and in various other ways have earned the good wishes of the whole squadron, I send you a list of the killed and wounded, which you will see is a very heavy one, considering that the total number of men of all arms engaged did not exceed 1,300 men. There may be one or two names omitted, but it is very difficult to discover among so many vessels who are in the list of casualties. I cannot now ascertain the number of seamen and marines in each vessel, but :he total loss, including officers and men of all arms, .s 464 killed and wounded. The officers are as 7ollows " CASUALTIES BEFORE THE PEIHO FORTS ON JUNE 25, 1859. KILLED. Lieut. Graves, R.N., the Assistance, killed on shore. Lieut. Clutterbuck, R.N., the Coromandel, killed on shore. Lieut. Rason, R.N., the Plover, killed on board. Capt. MlCenna,Royal Regiment, killed on board the Plover. Mr. Herbert, midshipman, the Chesapeake, killed on shore. Lieut. Woolridge, Royal Marine Brigade, killed on shore. Lieut. Inglis, Royal Marines, the Highflyer killed in boat. WOUNDED. Admiral Hope, severely. Capt. Vansittart, the Magicienne, loss of left leg below knee. Capt. Shadwell, The Highflyer, severe wound of Capt. Willess, the Chesapeake, slightly. Col. Lemon, Royal Marine Brigade, severely. Lieut. Purvis, R.N., the Highflyer, slightly. Lieut. Buckle, Magicienne, slightly. ' Mr. Burniston, master, the Banterer, slightly. Mr. Armitage, midshipman, the Cruiser, severely. Mr. Powlett, midshipman, the Cambrian, severely. Mr. N. B. Smith, mate, the Chesapeake, severly. Mr. Phillips, second master, the Plover, slightly, Lieut. Longley, Royal Engineers, the Plover severely. Rev. H. Hewliatt, chaplain, Royal Marine Bri. Bade, severely. Capt. Masters, the Chesapeake. Capt. Slaughter, Royal Marine Brigade. Lieut. Williams, Royal Marine Artillery. Lieut. Crawford, Royal Marine Artillery. Lieut. Collier, Royal Marine Brigade. Lieut. Carrington, Royal Marine Brigade. Lieut. Smith, Royal Marine Brigade. Lieut. Perceval, Fury, slightly. TOTAL KILLED AND WOUNDED. British, 464; French, 4 killed and 10 wounded, including Capt. Tricault (Du Chayla), wounded in the arm. TOTAL OF MARINE BRIGADE ONLY. Killed. Wounded. Officers • 1 Sergeants Buglers Corporals .... Rank and file 104 142 " JULY 14. " Since our issue of the 9th the 11 Bruce and M. de Bourboulon, th e Mi n i s t ers o f Eng land and France, with their suites, have arrived in Shanghai, the former in the Coromandel, the latter in the Du Chayla. The Magicienne and Assistance are gone to an anchorage off Chinhae, Ningpo, near Kinfang Island, where the British squadron will rendezvous, to recruit the sick and wounded. The Hesper arrived yesterday from the Gulf on the Bth. The Admiral in the Chesapeake was waiting until the disabled gunboats were ready to accompany hi m t o the rendezvous. The High flyer was to leave on the Bth for Shanghai, under sail, where she will take her station again as guardship. The Cruiser and two gunboats will re main in the Gulf. The American Minister was holding communication with the Chinese officials at a more northern entrance to the Peiho. It is expected he will proceed to Pekin." (Front the Ceylon Observer.) The lamentable intelligence we have to convey by this . mail is a new difficulty with the Chinese authorities, which led to an attack on the 25th of June from - and upon the Taku Forts, at the month of the Peiho, resulting in the total defeat of the British force, with the loss of no less than five gun boats and between 400 or 500 men, or about one third of our force employed. The following letter contains a graphic and mov ing description of the engagement at Teku, and of the heroic valour displayed by our officers and then " OFF THE PEIHO, June 28. " I feel scarcely equal to the painful task of at tempting to describe occurrences which I am alto gether incompetent to depict in sufficiently striking and vivid colours, and yet on the vivid as well as correct representation of which, I feel, depends the honour of all the brave men with whom I am serving —nay more, of Old England's stainless flag itself. "As I did not keep a journal of the previous day's proceeding% 1 shall confine myself to those of the ill-starred 25th. "At daylight on the morning of that day the gunboats weighed and proceeded to make a last attempt to remove the barriers that the Chinese had placed across the entrance of the river, and were evidently determined not to remove of their own accord. " These, however, being composed of strong iron bars and chains, successfully resisted all the efforts made for their removal up to 12 o'clock, when the order was given that the men should have their dinners, after which it was generally understood we should open fire on the forts. Strange to say, during the six or eight hours in which these preli minary measures were being effected neither was a single gun fired from the forts, nor was there a symptom evident that their occupants were pre pared to defend them. Every embrasure was screened with matting, and not a head was visible over the ramparts ;- and this, although the gunboats were all only from 500 to 700 yards distant, and , were all at sixes and sevens from some getting aground, while others had to haul them off, and the space in which they had to move being too con fined to allow of their manoeuvring: " Dinner having been finished, about half-past 1 o'clock the signal was run up to prepare for action, and the Opossum Lieut.-Com. Balfour, with Capt. Willes, R.N., and the Plover, with out brave old admiral, pushed in close up to the first barrier. No sooner did they arrive there, than suddenly, and as if by magic, the mats that screened the guns in all the curtain batteries were triced up, and the whole of the guns opened fire.. Our vessels being all well prepared however, the fire was immediately re turned, and the action became general. " It was at once evident, though, that we had no ordinary Chinese artillery to contend against. Their fire, both in weight , and precision, was such as few men, and I feel certain no Chinese cam paigners, ever before experienced. In a very few minutes the Opossum had several of her crew killed or wounded. In the Plover the Admiral was se verely hit ; her gallant commander, Rason, and Capt. Allienna, of the Ist Royals (doing duty on the Admiral's staff) were killed, and almost every man of the crew disabled ; while the Haughty (Lieut.-Com. Broad), Lee (Lieut.-Com. Jones), Kes trel (Lieut.-Com. Bevan), and Cormo7..ant (Com. Wodehouse), were so severely crippled that they were in a sinking state. The Lee, indeed, would have gone down at once but for. 'Lieut. Broad, in the Haughty, dashing in to her rescua, and towing her out under a heavy fire. Nevertheless, the bombardment was kept up vvith unabated vigour, and in about two hours the enemy's fire began sen sibly to slacken; and (altb.ough they had got our range so exactly that ahr.ost every shot told, while ours, though admirably directed, did comparatively little damage to their mud walls) shortly after four o'clock it became al ;Host silenced. , "At about five o' c lock, the anxiously expected signal was accordingly made for the troops to land and assault, which was briskly answered by them; every boat co lr otaining them striving to be the first to reach the. shore. Not a soul in the squadron at that moment, I believe, doubted our obtaining a speedy victory, Just as the first boat touched the shore, however, bang went a gun again from the forte, immediately followed by a perfect hurricane of shot, shell, gingall balls, and rockets from 'all the southern batteries, which mowed down our men by tens as they landed. Nevertheless, out of the boats they all leaped with undiminished ardour (many into water so deep that they had to swim to the shore), and dashed forward through the mud, while the ships threw in as heavy a covering fire as they possibly could.' " The enemy's fire, however, continued to be so deadly, and the mud proved so deep (in most places reaching up to the men's knees, at least—often up to their waists) that out of the 1,000 men who landed barely 100 reached the first of the three deep and wide ditches, which, after some 500 yards of wading through the mud, presented themselves before the gallant few who got so far, and out of that small number scarcely twenty had been able to keep their rifles or their ammunition dry. Never theless, they boldly faced those new difficulties, and some fifty of them, with a crowd of officers (among whom were conspicuous the commanding officer of the French contingent, Commanders Com merell and Heath, RN., Major Parke, and Lieut. Hawkey of the Marines, Major Fisher and Lieut. Maitland of the Engineers), succeeded in getting as far as the furthest bank of the third ditch, from which they would certainly have made a good attempt to scale the walls had ladders been forth coming ; but, out of the number that were landed, all but one had either been broken by shot or had stuck in the mud. With the remaining one, how ever, ten devoted men sprang forward, three of whom were immediately shot dead, and five wounded severely. " A vertical fire of arrows, as well as a constant fusillade, was kept up on the select band who now crouched in the ditch, waiting, but in vain, for rein forcements ; and that any of them afterwards escaped alive is miraculous. Seeing what insur mountable difficulties presented themselves, - the order was at last given to retire ; the lion-hearted commander of the troops, Colonel Lemon, of the Royal Marines (who was one of the first into the furthest ditch) ; Captain Vansittart, of the, Magi cienne ; and Capt. Shadwell, of the Highflyer—all having been severely wounded. The latter was badly shot through the foot shortly after landing, but nevertheless managed to struggle manfully for ward, even to the advanced trench. Poor Captain Vansittart had his leg shot off. Lieutenant Graves of the Assistance, Lieutenant Clutterbuck of the Coramandel ; young Herbert, of the Chesapeake; and Lieutenants Inglis and Woolridge, of the Royal Marines, were all killed while gallantly cheering on their men ; and at least three-fourths of the officers who landed were more or less severely hit. In effecting the retreat even more lives were lost, perhaps, than in advancing, as the Chinese, by lighting blue lights, were enabled to discover the exact position of our then reeling and thoroughly exhausted men, and so to shoot them down like birds. Even on arriving at the water's edge, mat ters were not improved, as so many of the boats had been smashed to pieces by round shot that there were not enough remaining to take off the surviving men. Several were drowned in attempting to get off, while many - had to remain for more than an hour up to their necks in water before they could get a place in a boat; and even then their dangers were not past, as the fire from the forts continued so heavy that several boats full of wounded were struck and swamped while pulling off to the ships. The Coromandel was made the temporary hospital ship, and the scene on her upper deck was truly horrible. It was nearly one o'clock before the last boat load of wounded was brought off to her, and long ere that hour she was crowded with the muti lated staff (to whom, and gl w at as ed m a a n de d b y thethe d medical y Every exertion, however, espe cially to Dr. Little, of the Marines, great credit is due), and long ere daybreak every sufferer had his wounds tended. Every operation (and their num ber was sickening) I was gratified to hear was per formed under the influence of chloroform. " Our ful-434 killed and wounded. The I st b attalion of Proportionate loss has, indeed , been fri g ht- Marines alone, which landed barely 400 strong, has lost altogether 172 killed and wounded; the Chesa peake 26 killed or missing, and 34 wounded ; and the gunboats, 90 killed and wounded. No expecta tion whatever is entertained of those who are re turned Withs circumstances henemies as he of the case, all such h o p e is out of the question. the C h inese , missing and being under still tbe alive. peculiar " The belief is uni versal throu g hout the squadron that Europeans manned the batteries as well as Chinese. Men in' grey coats, with closely cropped hair, and with Russian features, were distinctly visible in the batteries, and the whole of the fort'• fications were evidently of European designing. Some of those who advanced near to the wall even go so far as to declare that they heard men calling for " more powder," in Russian ; and this morning it is reported that two dead bodies floated - out of the river, dressed in Chinese clothes but having i ncon t e stably European faces. The damaged forts have already been repaired, and have never ceased to fire upon the boats that are still engaged under Capt. Willes and Commanders Commerell, Heath, and Wynniatt, in struggling to rescue the stranded i eSi 8