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vessels. I should have stated that the Plover, Lee, and Kestrel, all sank in the course of the evening of the 25th, and the Haughty and Cormorant (de spatch vessel) early next morning. Thanks to the untiring efforts of our gallant tars, however, the Haughty and Kestrel have, under a heavy fire from the forts, been floated again, and are in compara rative safety, while all the valuable contents of the Cormorant, Lee, and Plover have been either saved or effectually destroyed. All who have witnessed the operations are loud in their praises of the gun boat officers, who have done duty like heroes. It has undoubtedly been a most unfortunate affair ; but, whatever befell, no one can deny that the men did all that mortal men could do. The point selected for landing certainly appears to have been ill chosen, but yet, as we could not get past even the first barrier, it seems that after all it was as good as any that was accessible ; and, as to the expe diency of the attack being made at all, I would only ask—what would they have said in England, what would the world have said, had we declined the attack when, as far as we knew, we had only rascally Chinese to contend with ? " Time, I am confident, will .prove that Euro peans were our principal opponents, and that to have succeeded in our attempt we should have had at least five times, if not ten times, the force we had. " Lieutenant Peard of the Cormorant is particu larly worthy of mention for his conduct. Besides being in action all day with his vessel, he landed, was first in the ditches, took back a message to the boats and returned again to the advanced trench. Lieutenant Peard had served in the trenches during the whole of the siege of Sebastopol. "The great majority of the men hit are either dangerously or severely wounded, but I am happy - to say they are almost all doing well. The weather is very favourable for them, being cool, with fresh breezes from the north and north-east. "The French, out of their small landing party of e, ? men, had 15 killed or wounded. The Ameri cans aosisted us considerably, by means of a small steamer - with which they towed up several of our boats into action from the large ships, and also after the action , by taking out to their respective ships a number of our men, to whom they showed every kindness. They were loud in their praises of daring our men showed, and have sent large presents of fresh meat and vegetables for the benefit of our wounded. " The following vessels were actively engaged : Coromandel, 2 guns, tender to flag-ship, Clutter buck, lieutenant -commanding ; Cormorant, 4 guns, gun vessel, Wodehouse, commander ; Nimrod, 6 guns, gun vessel, Wynniatt, acting commander ; Plover, 2 guns, gunboat, Rason, lieutenant-com manding ; Opossum, 2 guns, gunboat, Balfour, lieutenant -commanding ; Haughty, 2 guns, gun• boat, Broad, lieutenant -commanding ; Lee, 2 guns, gunboat, Jones, lieutenant•commanding ; Kestrel, 2 guns, gunboat, Bevan, lieutenant -commanding ; Janus, 2 guns, gunboat, Knewitt, lieutenant-com manding ; Banterer, 2 guns, gunboat, Jenkins, lieutenant -commanding ; Starling, 2 gins, gun boat, Whitshed, li eu t e nant -commanding; Forester, 2 guns, gunboa t, Innes, lieutenant-commanding. Also a small Fre nch gunboat with one bow gun." From a letter of the 10th July we learn that the troop-ship Assistance was then off Saddle Islands, near Shanghai, having brought down 150 of the worst cases of the wounded. It was to start early next morning for an anchorage near Ningpo, among the Chusan Islands, where it was expecte d there would be a favourable place for lying in until the hot weather should be past. Magicienne and the Coromandel arrive d at Shanghai from the Peiho on the 10th inst. Poor Captain Vansittart, we regret to say, was scarcely expected to live. His leg had been amputated beneath the knee, and it was thought that another amputation would be necessary, as affording the only chance for his life. The last accounts of the admiral were that he was doing well. There had been only three deaths on board the Assistance after she left the Peiho, and the great majority of the wounded on board were getting on wonderfully well. (From the Daily Press, July 19.) Incredible as it may appear, it is positively as serted in hi 'h quarters at Shanghai that the Taoutai has sent a letter to Mr. Bruce, stating that he is commanded to inform his Excellency that the attack of the forts at Taku on her Majesty's ships was a mistake, for which the Emperor expresses sincere regret, that the mandarins who committed the outrage had been decapitated, and that the Emperor would be happy to meet Mr. Bruce at Pekin, and arrange matters amicably. (From the Straits Times, Ext 7 a, August 1.) We regret to learn that Captain Vansittart is in a very precarious condition. His leg was ampu tated below the knee, and it is feared that a second amputation will become necessary.—Hong Kong Register, July 22. The Rev. Mr. Huleatt, also wounded on the 25th of June, arrived at Hong Kong by the Aden on the 18th inst., and we believe is doing well. He pro ceeds to Europe by this mail.—lbid. It is stated that some of the wounds inflicted on our men at the late attack at the Peiho were caused by Minie balls. If this be true it is significant.— LATEST FROM SHANGHAI. The North China Herald of the 16th inst. fur nishes the subjoined latest news, conveyed to Hong Kong by the Yang-tze, which left after the Aden : The Hon. F. W. Bruce and M. de Bourboulon, the ministers of 'England and• France, with their suites, have' arrived in Shanghai. The former in the Coromandel, the latter in the Duchayla. The Magicienne and Assistance are gone to an anchorage off Chinhae, Ningpo, near Kintang Island, where the British squadron will rendezvous, to recruit the sick and wounded. The l i Hesper arrived yesterday, from the Gulf on the Bth. The admiral, in the Chesapeake, was waiting until the disabled gunboats were ready to accom pany him to the rendezvous. The Highflyer 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 remain in the Gulf. We learn that arrangements had been made for a meeting of the American Minister, Mr. Ward, and the Governor-General of Chihli, Hang. The meeting was to take place on the Bth inst., at Peh tang the northern entrance to the Pei-ho, about 10 miles distance from Taku. The question of going to Pekin, it was' expected, would be decided on at that meeting. A supply of provisions had been sent off to the American ships, and it was said that instructions had been issued by the Emperor to his high officers, to receive and escort the Minister and his suite to the capital, for the exchange of the ratified copies of the treaty. The Russian treaty had already been exchanged. Horace Rumbold, Esq., and Mons Le Comte Kleczkowski, secretaries of the British and French Legations, proceed by this mail with despatches for their respective Governments. CAUSES OF THE WAR. On the first arrival of the news at Shanghai the North China Herald, which is referred to by the Hong Kong press as the organ of our diplomacy in China, published the following statement : " The Mandarins said that Mr. Brace would be received at Pekin by going some roundabout way, but that 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 necessary. 0_ f course the matter now' fell into the admiral's hands, and warlike operations were immediately commenced. An officer, with an interpreter was sent to the Chinese, with a messag e stating that the British p l enipotentiary had arrived with the treaty, and as he wa s -- ficitions P , roceeding to Pekin to exchange the rati fications, customary, he desired that the obstructions " • mandarin, one t o h f e fiver might be removed. The and said they grade, was insolent in his demeanour, no they would not be removed, that indeed he hadforce with him. He was told that unless a p assage for the expedition was opened in three days, it would be done by our own forces. The officer was not.allowed to land, the boat. There was no de parley taking place in a an force within the as on the lionstration or app !arance of former occasion , WIS. No flags flying, a na ' m all was still, as if they were occupied only by a s ,‘ll force. The gun s were all mask ed? , Sub. sequently, however, the same journal pub lishes Cie following correction It s, VMS that no mandarins appeared at the mouths or ' the river at all. Some of the common people, cal 'ling themselves braves, under a leader, and a corn %actor engaged in fixing the piles and booms whie, 4 crossed the river, preSented themselves, but maintaii ted positively that there were no man darins near t be place, and that the works in pro gress were un xlertaken at the expense of the peolile, and without an y authority from the Government ; also, that their object was the defence of the coast againsst rebels or pi: ates, and not hostile hindrance to us. Indeed ti ie contractor promised to have the way clear for us in two days. Vere are also ,glad to be assured that Admiral appearruce .at Taku in the first instance was .so t itimista,kably pacific in character. A solitary man -of-war's boat carried in his first message. The Fury and two gunboats were left outside the bar; the rest of the squadron was lying 30 m iles off at S . haluyteen, and when the admiral did come • in b e s stated to have handed a - letter requesting that a market might be opened at the fort, as his ships would remain there until Mr. Bruce's return froin Pekin. " There is another error in our last issue ; that several letters and messengers passed between Mr. Bruce and the mandarins, who said Mr. Brucewould be received atPekin by some roundabout way,but that the river was blocked up and no man-of-war would be allowed to pass. Mr. Bruce, it appears, received but one communication from the shore, the contents of which have not transpired. It was brought from the mouth of another stream, not, so far as we can ascertain, a branch of or connected with the river we call Pei-ho. The place was visited subsequently by the Americans, who found the water too shoal for their boats, Eln d consequently had to wade in to the shore. They tried another landing, and were pursued into the water by some cavalry. The letter brought to Mr, Bruce was found to have been two days on the road, and was delivered on the 25th June ; but a few hours before the admiral, as he had given notice he would, attempted to pass the booms, when the firing began. " We gather, from all we can collect on the subject that if the Chinese Government did intend eventu ally to admit us by some new route, it took care not to inform us of the fact ; for some reason or the other it kept away from Taku any one who might have informed us that the old route, which is not closed to trade, for junks were seen thick above the fort, was closed to the Ministers, who, all the world has been aware for a twelvemonth, were coming to Pekin to exchange ratifications of the treaties. If a foreign Minister had been told by a responsible authority, ' You cannot pass this way ; by the Em peror's orders you must go round by such or such a road,' he might have had difficulty in calling on his admiral to force the passage. But this is pre cisely what the Chinese Government did not do. On the contrary, it appears to have taken every precaution to be unrepresented in the ?natter, quite prepared, we cannot but think, had Admiral Hope's movement succeeded, to throw the entire blame on the country-people, who, as they themselves alleged, had run up these works without its orders and fired without its authority. " There are some contradictions which we cannot explain. Why should an unwarlike and very em barrassed Government fight at all ? Was it out of revenge for the half-hour's thrashing we gave it last year ? or was it that they thought we were coming to get something more out of it ? or was it deter mined not to leave us in the enjoyment even of what we had extorted ? " Our Chinese gossips were agreed from the first that many conditions in the treaty of Tientsin the Emperor would never consent to carry out, and have pointed to the fact, which the Pekin Gazette puts beyond dispute, that Sankgolinsin had so early as last winter assembled a very large force in the neighbourhood of Tien-tsin, as evidence of a de termination to keep us out of Pekin. When it was announced, however, that the foreign ministers were merely about to visit the capital, and did not intend to reside there, a rumour, which we have before noticed, began to grow that the Emperor himself was anxious for peace, and had issued his instructions accordingly. Still we see Sangkolin sin did not break up his camp, and we find an opinion now current among the Chinese, and sup ported in some degree by what has fallen trom Romish missionaries stationed in or near Pekin, that he had declared, happen what might, our ships should not enter the Tien-tsin River. The Emperor, it is said, stands in much awe of this Mongolian and his followers, to whom he was much beholden in 1854, when the Tai-ping rebels came so close to his capital. On the other hand, we repeat, no one can doubt that, however much he might dread th consequences of a failure, provided his Majesty could so screen himself as to be able subsequently to disavow an act of hostility, he would not object to seeing the barbarian's head broken. What he, or whoever it was whose war counsels prevailed, has overlooked, is the certainty that the barbarians will not give in merely because he has come to grief in the first round. The check we have sustained, and with us our gallant allies, of the conduct of whose small quota every one speaks in the highest terms, is too prominent to be I 'left where it lies." BRITISH MEN-OF-WAR IN WATERS NORTH OF SINGAPORE. Commander-in-Chief. Rear-Admiral James Hope, C.B. H.M.S. Chesapeake, 50 guns , CaptainWilles (Peelle Master Attendant, Hong Kong, I. F. Loney, Esq. Senior of Canton, Commander Lacy. H.M.S. Bittern. Master Attendant, Canton, Lieut. Gilbert, R.N. Senior at Arno J, Commander Pearse. H.M.S. Acorn, 12 guns. Senior at Fuh,-ehow-fu, Commander T. Jones. H.M.S. Camilla, 16 guns. Senior at Shanghae, Commander Brooker. H.M.S. Inflexible, 6 guns. AT HONG KONG, OR ON THE CANTON RIVER. Frigate Cambrian 4O guns M'Cleverty, C.B, Gunboat Leven, 80 h.p (84) Hudson. „ Slaney (83) Leet. „ Bustard, 60 h.p (92) Hallowes. )7 Firm, „ ), Clown, 40 h.p. (72) Lee. ), Drake, ~ Staunch, 601. p.. Watchful, 40 h.p (75) Inglefiald. ~ Woodcock „ (73) Bosanquet. Steam Transport. Adventure 6 guns Lacy, Cr. Hospital Ships. Hercules (Military) Melville Dr. Smart. Princess Charlotte Store-ship Minden—Hong Kong. Consular Hulk Alligator—Whampoa. AT JAPAN. Steam sloop Sampson . : --- dguns Hand. - ~ SURVEYING OFF TARTARY. Actieon 26 guns Ward. Gunboat Dove, 60 h.p (96) Bullock. AT OR NORTH OF SHANGHAE. Steam corvette Highflyer 21 guns Shadwell, C.B. Steam corvette Magicienne 22 „ Vansittart, C.B. Steam sloop Cruiser l7 „ Bythesea, Cr., V.C. Steam sloop Nimrod 6 „ Wynyatt, Cr. Steam sloop Fury 6 „ Commorell, Cr., V.O Gunboat Algefme, 80 h. p. (85) Arthur. „ Banter, 60 h. p. (79) Jenkins. 77 Forester „ (87) Innes. „ Haughty „ (89) Broad. • .„ Opposum „ (94) Balfour. „ Plover „ B5 ' „ Starling „ ( 93 ) , Whitshed. „ Janus, 40 h. p. (76 Knevitt. STEAM TENDER. Coromandel 4 guns .. Vine, Second Master. ti STEAM TRANSPORTS. Assistance : Hesper 2 „ .. Loam, Mr. TOTAL BRITISH FORCE. Steang. Frigate, 'one 5O guns. Sailinr , b do., three 4O „ Steam Corvettes, three Sailing Corvette, " one 26 ~ Steam Sloops, five Sailing do., three Gunboats, seventeen Steam Transports, three Do. Tender, one .• 4 „ Block Ships, three. Total Guns Total Men, say FRENCH Commander-in-Chief —Vice-Admiral Sir R. D. Genouilly, K.C.8., H.I.M.S. Nemesis, 50, Reynaud, at Cochin China. ALSO AT COCHIN CHINA. Steam-sloop Durance l2 guns. Trebuchel If M eur th e l2 „ D'Haries, ff S aone ~ Alarme „ C a ti na t La Place 11 Phlegethon )1 Pregent „ Primauguet Gunboat Avalanche ~ Dragonne 6 „ Guley. „ Fusee 1 1 Mitraille Peiho 11 Steam Transport Lily Steam-sloop Gironde.. AT CANTON OR HONG KONG. Senior Naval Officer—M. d'Aboiille. Sailing Frigate Capricieuse .. 40 guns. D'Aboville. Steam-sloop Dordogne Marne Gunboat Marceau „ Rose 2 „ La Motte. Chartered steamer Thebes Roskell. AT SHANGHAI. Gunboat F. de Norgazaray Lespes. 0 GULF OF PECHELI. Steam frigate Du Chayla... 40 guns. Tricault. TOTAL FRENCH NAVAL FORCE. IN COCHIN-CHINA Sailing frigate, one 5O guns. Steam sloops, nine Gunboats, five 26 „ Steam transports, three IN CHINA. Sailing frigate, one 4O guns. Steam frigate, one Steam sloops, two Gunboats, two 8 ~ Total . guns - RUSSIAN. Commander-in-Chief—Commodore Popoff. Steam frigate, Askold, 44 guns, Capt Ounskoffsky (Japan Somewhere north of Shanghai. Steam sloop Rhinda 9, Opricknick 3 „ Federouzzy. Gunboat Gridon 3 „ Stromiloff. Steam sloop Streloet ~ Bijarin .. ~ Manjoor 9 , Voyerada ), ft Bruner. Palastoun .. 10 Novick. America 91 6 ~ Powskin. Gunboat Novick 3 „ Stall. 1 , Djuguitte •• • TOTAL RUSSIAN FORCE. . Steam frigate, one Steam sloops, seven .. 59 12 ' G un b oa ts, four Total guns MEI I . SUN, LONDON WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 14, 1859. AMERICAN. Senior Naval Officer—Commodore Tatniti. AT OR NORTH OF SHANGHAI. U.S.S. Powhattan 9 guns. Pearson.' U.S. Chartered steamer, Toeywan. U.S.S. Germantown U.S.S. Mississippi Nos. 4 and 5, 325 to 335 taels. Taysam, No. 1, 320 to 330 taels ; No. 2, 300 to 310 taels ; No. 3, 280 to 290 taels; No. 4, 260 to 270. Tea, black.—The old stock has been in some de mand, and considerable sales have been made at former quotations. A few chests musters of the new crop have been received, and some of the teas are expected in about 10 days. Tea men speak of the most exorbitant prices. Settlements have been —Congou (old) Ningchow, 3,300 chests, at 26 taels to 27 taels, duty paid ; Hohow and common, 7,400 chests, at 16 taels to 31:1 taels, duty paid ; Pekoe, 700 chests, at 28 taels to 56 taels, duty paid. Greens—No sales of old, but 3,800 half-chests new Pingsuey have arrived, and been taken at 20 per cent. dearer than last season's prices. Stocks — Black, 7,000 chests ; green, 4,000 half-chests ; one vessel has sailed for London, and five are on the berth. Freights—£2 to £2 10s. for tea, and £4 to £4 10s. for silk. AT JAPAN. U.S. Sure.-screw Fennimore Cooper, Lieut, J. M. Brooke Mr. Horace Rumbold and the Count Kleskowski, Secretaries of the British and French Legations, proceed by this mail with despatches for their re- spective Governments. This deplorable affair may be productive of the most serious consequences, and the prestige of foreign nations has received a blow the effect of which it will be difficult to eradicate. There is no force in China sufficient to cope with the emergency, and it must be nearly a year at least before anything decisive can be at tempted. Mr. Bruce, we understand, awaits fresh instructions and reinforcements ; meanwhile, the news of our defeat will be heard through out all China. We sincerely trust that the British Government will not look lightly on this matter, for every effort must be used, if we would regain our former position, or retain that which is Ohio, Exchange had a downward tendency until the arrival of the 10th of May mail, when rates rose again, and we quote bank bills, six months' sight, 63. 41d. to Gs. 41d. Credits 6s. 6d. ; on Bombay, 304 rs. ; on Calcutta, nominal ; on Hongkong, 24 per cent. discount. Bullion—Bar silver, 17 dwts. better, taels 111.5 per 100 taels, Canton weight. Mexican dollars, 78 taels per 100 dols. Pekin gold, 98 taels touch, IG3 per bar of taels 9.7.3, Canton weight. The export of tea from China to Great Britain is 1,358,8001 b. against 560,0001 b. last season, or an increase of 798,8001 b. for 1859-60. The silk export to Europe is 1,856 bales against 314, or an increase of 1,542 bales for this season. Manilla advices are to the 16th of July. Current clayed sugar 54- dols. to 5 dols. 3-16 per picul. Hemp, 41 dols. per picul, and advancing. Ex change on London, 4s. 4i-d. Our latest dates are from London, 10th June ; Calcutta, 6th July; Bombay, 16th June; Sydney 13th May ; Melbourne, 10th May; Singapore, 16th July. The London mail of the 22d of May arrived here on the 9th inst., and that of the 10th of June is hourly expected. The steamer Lightning, which arrived yesterday from Calcutta, via Singapore, re ports the mail steamer's arrival there on the 15th inst., and has brought on the news. The outward mail leaves to-day at 2 p.m. THE LA SF!. says -- left to us. We believe the fleet is to be distributed among , the various ports, to protect, if necessary, the resi dents there, as it is impossible to foresee the turn events may now take. The general impression, however, seems to be, that the great value of our trade to the Imperial Treasury will prevent the existing commercial relations being interfered with. It seems clear, however, that the Emperor never intended to ratify the treaty, and that his assent was given as a means of getting rid of Lord Elgin's expedition, and gaining time for the resistance now so successfully made. All remained quiet at Shanghai up to the 15th inst., and little apprehension was felt. The news had not reached Foochow on the 16th, which is our latest date from thence. At Canton matters remain as before. From Cochin China we learn negotiations arc still pending. In trade there has been more activity during the past fortnight. The following transacticns have taken place here and in Canton. We give quota tions at the latter place, duty paid, less 2 per cent. for cash. Cotton.-Bombay, 9,850 bales sold ; stock 4,750 bales. ' Good to fine, 9.7 to 10.7 ; medium to good, taels 8.7 to 9.7; common, taels 7.8 to 8.2. Madras. -Sales, 3,200 bales ; stock, 2,520 bales. Fine, taels, 9.5 to 10.1 ; medium, taels 8.9 to 9.5 ; com mon, taels 8.2 to 8.8. Cotton Yarn.-There has been a local demand freely met by holders. Inquiry has again ceased. Sales, 1,520 bales. We quote Nos. 16 to 24, 36d. to 40d. ; Nos. 28 to 32, 44d. to 47d. ; Nos. 38 to 42, 46d. to 49k. Shirtings.-Gray, 17,300 pieces sold. Quota tions, 51, to 5 catties, 2d. 35c. to 2d. 40c. ; 6to 61 catties, 2d. 50c. to 2d. 60c. ; 6 . 1,- to 61 catties, 2d. 65c. to 2d. 80c.; 7_ l , to 7-1- catties, 3d. 25c. to 3d. 50c. Whites, sales 1,500 pieces. We quote, 54 to 60 reed, 4d. 40c. to 2d. 50c. ; 62 to 66 reed, 2d. 75c. to 2d. 95c. ; 68 to 72 reed, 3d. 20c, to 3d. 50c. T-Cloths.----3,000 pieces quitted, at 2d. 9c. to 3d. Long Ells.-1,500 pieces sold. We quote HII scarlet, 9d. 20c. to 10d. ; H scarlet, Bd. 50c. to 9c. ; H H assorted, 10d. to 10d. 50c. ; H assorted, Bd. 50c. to 9d. 40c. Iron.-Uninquired for. Lead.---:Sales reported of 1,200 piculs com Mon at 7d. 25c. to 7d. 40c. ; and 130 piculs, W B mark, at 7d. 80c. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS FROM GREAT BRITAIN. At Hong Kong—July 12, the Dolphin, from Liverpool; July- 19, the . Cairngorm and the Lam mermuir, both from London ; July 21, the Jessie Beasley, from Liverpool. At Shanghai—July 2, the Challenger and the Chieftain, both from London ; July 3, the Wild Flower, from London. DEPARTURES FOR GREAT BRITAIN. From Foochow—July 7, the Julia, for London ; July 9, the Glenclune, for Liverpool. From Shanghai—July 4, the Woodville, for London. Sugar.—No sales reported. Silk.-300 piculs, No. 1 and 2 LOongkong have been purchased for England at 360 and 350 del. re spectiTely. A similar quantity of Kowkong has been taken for India at 335 dol., and 450 boxes re ruled Kimchuck have been taken for America at 375 to 390 dol. Tea.—Dealers having submitted to a decline of 2 to 3 taels, a moderate quantity of scented teas have been settled. No new Congous have arrived, and it is difficult to obtain any reliable information regarding them. Chest musters are expected soon. It is said that tea-men are trying to bring their produce by a new route, the old ones being in the hands of the rebels. Settlements comprise : Scented orange Pekoe, 14,000 boxes, at 261 taels to to 37 ; scented Caper, 6,000 boxes, at 18 taels to 33 ; Taysham Congou, 500 half-chests of fine, at 25 taels to 30 ; Hy son skin, 1,000 chests, 1,000 half chests, and 1,000 boxes, at 15 taels to 16, for Aus tralia; Canton gunpowder, 1,500 boxes fair quality, 23 taels to 264. No vessel has left for Great Britain ; five remain on the berth, but there is little progress making in their cargoes. Freights are nominally the same, or a shade lower. Tonnage su,,erabundant. Exchange has been very irregular, and bank bills on London have been sold from 4s. 9d. to 4s. 101-d., but only a small sum at the latter figure. First clase bills and credits 4s. 91d. to 4s. 101 d. Other paper 4s. 10d. to 4s. 11d. On India 226 r. and 227 r. on Bombay and Calcutta—little done, and rates closed with an upward tendency. Bullion—Sycee silver 4 per cent. premium. Bar silver nominal, 5 per cent. premium. Gold leaf, 22 dols. 12e. per tael. Gold bars, 22 dols. 20c. per tael. Amoy advices are to the 18th inst., but contain , nothing important. Foochow letters are to the 16th inst. Some small transactions have taken place in imports, but prin cipally in barter. Tea—The receipt of the 10th of May advices . from London made purchasers cautious, and rates declined 2 taels on medium kinds, and 1 to 11 taels on the lower grades. This has, however, been fully recovered by the firmness of tea-men, and prices are as last quoted. Arrivals have been large. Of Congou 30,000 chests, mostly of inferior quality; Oolongs, 25,000 half-chests. No Souchongs have come to market. Pekoes command extreme rates, there being great competition in the country for the Russian market, and a small supply. Scented teas are from 40 to 50 per cent. higher than last season. Settlements have been made of Congou, 17,300 chests, from 12/ taels to 30.5 taels, short, the bulk at 19 taels to 24 taels for England. Souchong-1,900 chests, at 24 taels to 29 taels, short. Oolong-14,400 chests, at 18 taels to 28 taels short, of which about 7,000 chests, at 18 taels to 23.5 taels, are for America. Pekoe-100 chests, at 52.5 taels, and 360 chests, at 75 taels sliort. Scented teas-800 boxes, at 23 taels to 34 taels. StoCks—Congou, 31,000 chests, mostly medium and good common. Souchong-3,000 chests, me dium sorts, some fine. Oolong-29,000 half-chests, some very ordinary. Pekoo-400 chests, fair to fine. Quotations are—Congou, ordinary, coarse, and low, 13.5 taels to 15.5 taels short ; ditto good com mon to flavoury and Kaisow kinds, 17.5 taels to 26 taels short ; ditto Kaisow, 28 taels to 30.5 taels short. Souchong—Fair medium to fine, 27 taels to 32 taels short ; finest, 37 taels to 40 taels short. Oolong—Ordinary Foochow packed, 17.5 taels to 18.5 taels short ; 'common cargo, 19 taels to 20 taels short; fair, 23 taels to 24.5 taels short ; good, 25 taels to 27 taels short; finest 29 taels to 33 taels short. Pekoe—Fair, 52.5 taels short ; finest, 75 taels short. Two vessels have sailed for London, and three are on the berth, at £3 per ton. Shanghai dates are to the 15th inst. The news from the north created a panic among the native bankers, and interest on daily loans advanced, to a rate equal to 70 to 75 per cent. per annum, para lysing trade. This, however, soon subsided and business was resumed as briskly as before. • Imports have been in ghod demand. Shirting, gray, deliveries 78,000 pie r ces; quotations, 51 to ti catties, taels, 1.8.3 to 1.8.8 ; 64 to 7 catties ; taels 1.9.6 to 2.2.0 ; 71 catties, taels 2.4.0 to 2.5.0. Whites, deliveries 11,000 pieces ; common to fine quoted taels 1.8.5 to 2.4.0 ; T-clothes quoted, taels 1.3 to taels 1.7 for 4 to 51 catty goo Is. Iron — nail rod in fair demand, at taels 3.8 for good. Lead unchanged—taels 5.1 to taels 5.2 per picul. Silk has advanced 10 taels per picul, and has an upward tendency. About 1,700 bales have been purchased and sent forward by the present steamer. Quotations are :—Tsatlee, No. 1, 385 to 390 taels ; No. 2, 365 to 370 taels; No. 3, 345 to 350 taels; mouth, is ordered to be prepared for immediate commission. Orders have also been received by the authori ties at Portsmouth to hurry forward with all de spatch the outfit of the Pearl, 20, screw corvette, and the Mohawk, 6, screw despatch vessel. The Perseverance, screw troopship, Commander Power, has been moved into the steam basin at Portsmouth for docking, repairs, &c. The Arrogant, 47, screw, Capt. W. Edmonstone, has been removed from the steam basin at Ports mouth, and berthed alongside the Victoria hulk, where she will take in the remainder of her stores, &c., prior to proceeding to Spithead. The Fire Queen steam tender returned from Portland to Portsmouth 1 - 14rhour en Monday even ing, with Admiral W. Bowles, C. 8., Major-General Sir J. Y. Scarlett, &c., on board. The screw steam ships Edgar, 91, and Neptune, 91, left Portland Harbour this morning under can vas for Gibraltar. Lieut. R. T. St. Aubyn was yesterday appointed additional Lieut. to her Majesty's ship Pemlnoke, Lieut, W. A, Smyth to her MV. sty's ship A letter from a naval officer to a contemporary Various are the opinions propounded by different correspondents to account for the difficulty of man ning our ships and recruiting our regiments. There may be collateral causes, independently of the one great impediment which I have already named in a former letter upon this question ; but I am per fectly convinced, as I believe time will show, that the only real difficulty to be overcome is the aboli tion of the barbarous lash. I am morally persuaded that the time is not far distant when Englishmen will look back upon the history of our country, with reference to this tyrannical and degrading practice, as the foulest blot on otir national escut cheon. I contend, sir, in behalf of the brave de fenders of our country, that the ordinary dangers and trials to which they are daily subjected, in the two services of the army and navy, should shield them from the unnatural coercion of the lash. The bare idea of such a degradation continually hanging over them is calculated to unnerve them, and, of course, the more respectable the individual, the more susceptible of the disgrace attaching to it. The Illustrated London News, of the 3d inst.— which, to its honour, is repudiating and deprecating the lash—seems to imagine that the difficulty of overcoming this national abomination, in reference to the navy, lies with a few old admirals. It says : —" We know that some gallant old admirals, men of experience of sailors, declare that it is utterly impossible to preserve discipline without the lash, and that the abolition of the punishment of flog ging on board ship would be fatal to the discipline, and, consequently, to the efficiency of the British navy" If this be true—which I trust, for the honour of the navy, is not the case—then I for one, say, that the sooner these old gentlemen are put upon the retired list the better for the country. But, sir, I demur to the statement that it is the admirals who throw obstacles in the way of the. abolition of the lash. As far as the admirals who have publicly taken the most lively interest in promoting its abolition, one of them, Sir Charles Napier, as I have before quoted, says, " that in the Baltic and Black Sea fleets, during the late war, there was no corporal punishment, and he was of opinion that the navy could be governed without it." The name of Collingwood is alluded to by the Illustrated London News. I take this op portunity of stating that that excellent old admi ral, as far as he was concerned, almost abolished the lash in his day. This will be see by any one who will take the trouble to refer to his memoirs. But. sin, I will not condescend to argue the ques tion upon the opinion of this or that individual. I view it simply upon the principles of justice and mercy, and I again persist in declaring that the martial law has no right to override the civil law. Neither the soldier nor the sailor, by entering the service, ignores his rights as a citizen, and Judge Blackstone has observed, quoting Sir Matthew Hale, that martial law is "in truth and reality no law, but something indulged rather than allowed as law.' In short, martial law, as far as the sailor is affected, is a law for branding him with the badge of slavery. It is high time, then, that the wrongs of the defenders of our country should meet with that public . reprobation which they de serve ; and if the newspapers in general were to advocate their cause, we should soon have to re joice over the emancipation of a class of persons to whom the country owes a debt it will never be able to repay, As for the difficulty of keeping up the discipline of the army and navy without the lash, it is perfectly utopian. Let the poor fellows be treated like human beings with immortal souls, and as responsible agents. No men are more sus ceptible of kindness than the sailors, and if they met with such Christian sympathy as was exem plified in the case of the late Admiral Sir W. Ed ward Parry, we should have no occasion for the degrading lash. It may be said that his were picked men, and perhaps they were ; and if the lash, the * badge of slavery, were set aside, we should have such a number of volunteers, that all your sailors would be just such men as you require. I should like to try the experiment. Of this lam quite convinced, that, so long as the lash is con tinued, no bounty you can offer will man the ser vice, either the one;or the other, as recent expe rience has proved. Much, very much, will depend upon the qualities of the commanding officers, far more than upon the men themselves. If you have placed over a crew or a *regiment real gentlemen, and, above all, men who can perform their duty without backing their authority by a .profane oath—men whose own moral qualities will form an example to those below them—such influence would do more to gain the esteem and respect of the men than any harsh measures, by the lash or otherwise. Again, then, I call upon the press to come to the rescue of the poor soldier and sailor—their destiny is in its hands. If the victory shall be gained, what will follow P Why, these brave men will then sing with a zest they never felt before, " God save the Queen," " Rule Britannia," and give three such hearty English cheers for Queen and country as shall make the welkin ring again. FROM TILE GAZETTE OF LAST NIGIIT FOREIGN-OFFICE, SEPT. 9. The Queen has lieen graciously pleased to appoint Ed ward Thornton, Esq., now her Majesty's Charge d'Affaires and Consul-General to the Oriential Republic of the Uru guay, to be her Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary to the Argentine Confederation. The Queen has also been graciously pleasedjjto appoint William Garrow Lettsom, Foq., now her Majesty's Charge d'Affaires and Consul-General to the Republic of Bolivia, to be her Majesty's Charge d'Affaires and Consul-General to the Oriental Republic of Uruguay. COMMISSIONS BY LORDS LIEUTENANT._ De- County ty of Dorset—Edward Castleman, Esq., to be De puty Lieutenant. Althorp Company of Volunteer Rifle Corps—The Right Hon. John Poyntz, Earl Spencer, to be Captain. Reigate with Surrey Company of Volunteer Rifle Corps —The Hon. William John Monson to be Captain ; Francis Henry Beaumont, Esq., to be Lieutenant ; Henry Lainson, Esq., to be Ensign. Richmond or Ist Surrey Subdivision Volunteer Rifle Corps —Morgan Yeatman, Esq., to be Lieutenant; Octavius Ommaney, Esq., to be Ensign. Royal Sherwood Foresters, or Nottinghamshire Regi ment of Militia—Lieutenant Wm. Francis Scully to be Captain, vice Stanhope, resigned ; Ensign Wm. Ainsworth to be Lieutenant, vice Jameson, resigned ; Ensign J as p er Burne to be Li eu tenant, vice Scully, promoted. The Queen has accepted the resignation of the commission held by Ensign Robert Felix Bower St. Clair. Durham Artillery Militia—Lieutenant. Colonel Henry Stobart to be Honorary Colonel; Major George Hall, late of the Lancashire Artillery Militia, to be Lieutenant-Col. Commandant, vice Stobart. North Somerset Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry—As sistant-Surgeon Boodle to be Surgeon, vice Crang, resigned. Warwickshire Yeomanry Cavalry—John Digby Wing field Digby, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Wilson, resigned. The following appointments are substituted for those which appeared in the Gazette of 23d August :- Ist Company of Northumberland Volunteer Rifles—Ed ward Potter, Esq., to be Captain; John Fawcus, Gent., to be Ensign. • BANKIWPTS. James Bolitho Goggin and Richard Veale, mantle manu facturers, London Wall, City, Sept. 26, at eleven, and Nov. 10, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Richard Nicholson, agricultural merchant, Lincoln, Sept. 26, at twelve, and Nov.- 7, at one, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Frederick Boshell, seedsman and florist, Southwark, Sept. 29, at eleven, and Oct. 31, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Henry Grant, ship chandler, Cardiff, Sept. 27 and Oct. 25, at eleven, at the :Bristol District Court. Owen Evans, innkeeper, Liverpool, Sept. 10, _at one, and Oct. 6, at eleven, at - the Liverpool District Court. David Galer, grocer', Woolwich, Sept. 26 and Nov. 10, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Nicholas Coressy and Paul Maximos, merchants, Thread needle-street, City, Sept. 26 and Nov. 10, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. John Watson Hamilton, share broker, Birnringham, Sept. 23 and Oct. 13, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. William Hookway, builder, Canton, Glamorganshiro Sept. :`,7 and Oct. 25, at eleven, at the Bristol Distric Court SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. Wm. Gardner, builder Glasgow. Thomas M'Fedries, shoemaker, Kilmarnock. David Campbell, brick and tile manufacturer, Culloden Inverness-shire. James Houston, builder, Glasgow. William Davison, commission merchant, Borrow stounness. John Gray, ladies' shoe manufacturer, Edinburgh. Thomas Henderson, boot and shoe merchant, Alloa. William Circuit, horse dealor, Glasgow. SHIPS OF WAR. At Hong Kong—The British frigate Cambrian, steamer Coromandel, gunboat Clown, French steamer Gironde. At Macao—The Portuguese brig Mondego, lorcha Amazona. _ _ _ At Canton River—The British brig Bittern, steamer Adventure, gunboats Bustard, Drake, Firm, Leven, Slaney, Staunch, Watchful, and Woodcock ; French frigate Capricieuse, steamer Marseau, steamer Rose. _ _ . At Amoy—The British brig Acorn. Foochow—The British brig Camilla. Ningpo—The British gunboat Algerine. Shanghai—The British steamers Fury, Hesper, Inflexible ; Fr3nch steamers Du Chayla, F. de Vorzagray, and the American brig Germantown, schooner F. Cooper. Gulf of Pecheli—The British steamers'Assistance, Chesapeake, Coromandel, Cruizer, Highflyer, Magi cienne ; the gunboats Algerine, Banterer, Forester, Haughty, Janus, Nimrod, Starling, and the Ameri can steamers Powhattan and Toeywan. At the North—The British frigate Actaeon, the gunboat Dove. Japan—The British steamer Sampson the Ame rican steamer Mississippi, the Russian steamers Askolde, Griden, Opritchnick, Rinda, and Streloet, the Dutch steamer Bali. .7IIE Major-Gen. Sir H. Jones, Royal Engineers, and the other members of the Defence Commission, at tended by Col. Peters, Royal Artillery, and Col. Wright, Royal Engineers, went on Monday in the steam tender Vivid, W. H. Allen master, round Plymouth Sound, for the purpose of exaMining the fortifications. They landed at Bovisand Point and on the Breakwater. The Vivid then swept round Cawsand Bay, continuing some time under the new battery at Picklecombe Point, Mount Edgcumbe, and proceeded towards Hamoaze, until near Eastern King Point, whore she waited an hour, for the purpose of surveying the fortifications there. She then went up the Hamoaze as far as Saltash. The fort or battery . at Bovisand was erected about ten years since half way up the steep part of Staddon Heights. After its erection it was discovered that in case of attack an enemy's balls flying over the artillerymen would strike against the hill and, rebounding, cause probably more destruction than if the fort was hit point blank. With a view to remedy this defect a wall has been carried up behind. The batteries are built of and faced with granite, which it is feared when struck will prove very detrimental to the men at the guns. Some experienced engineers consider that instead of being on any part of the hill this battery should have been level with the sea—a raking shot being much more effective against shipping than one dropped from a height. It is understood that the military authorities have long contemplated the utility of erecting batteries on the breakwater, and it is stated that they intend the erection to be in side the present structure. It is to be hoped that the authorities will contemplate the possibility of erecting the proposed battery outside the break water, where the water space is comparatively of no use, rather than encroach on the anchorage ground in the Sound, where every square inch is of so much value. • The screw gun vessel Pioneer, 6, Commander H. Reilly, was taken out of dock on Monday, and will probably leave Plymouth soon for her station on the West Coast of Africa. The Clio, 21 guns, screw steam corvette,4oo horse power (nominal), Capt. Thomas Miller, at Sheerness, on her trial trip made 10 knots-9 with a pressure of 201b.-55 revolutions and maintained a vacuum of 24.6. She was inspected by the Commander in-Chief on Monday last, who highly complimented Captain Miller and the officers on the appearance of the ship and crew, and expressed great Satisfac tion with her engines, after a minute examination. Her crew have been paid their two months' advance in the presence of Capt. Superintendent R. B. Watson, B.N. She is under orders to leave Sheerness this day. The new screw line-of-battle ship Mars, 80 guns, 400 horse-power (nominal), Capt. James N. Strange, was inspected at Sheerness yesterday by the Com mander-in-Chief. Her crew have received their two months' advance, and she is under orders to proceed to the Great Nore this day. The paddlewheel steam-yacht Black Eagle, Master-Commander John E. Petley, arrived at Sheerness yesterday with volunteers and super numeraries (for the ships in commission at that port) from Portsmouth. She left again for Wool wich. . Tlie Challenger, 21 guns, screw steam corvette, 400-horse power (nominal), was taken into the iltting basin at Sheerness yesterday; also the Icarus, screw steam sloop, 11 guns, and the screw steam sloop Alacrity, 4 guns; these, with the Reynard, steam sloop, and the Snake, steam sloop, are ordered to be prepared forthwith to be commissioned for China. The Foxhound, Victor, and Wrangler, steam sloops, are daily expected to be prepared for the same service. The Queen, screw steamship, 86 gnus, has nearly received her armament, and is being coppered to her sea-going marks. The paddle-Wheel steam vessel Locust, 3 guns, Lieutenant and Commander John B. Field, is now in No. 3 dry dock, at Sheerness, making good de fects preparatory to her leaving on particular ser vice. She Avill be ready in two or three days. The following ships are in the fitting basin at Sheerpess, viz.: —The Forte, new screw steam frigate, of 51 guns and 400 horse-power; the Goliath, 80 guns, new screw steam ship, of 400 horse-powei• ;-the Wasp, 13 guns, screw steam sloop; the challenger, corvett e ; th e AlaCrity,.sloop ; and the Prussian_ bark Frederick Scalia ; the latter is discharging timber, deals, &c., from the Baltic, under the Government contract. The Ira algar, 91, screw, Laptain Fanshawe, arrived at Spithead yesterday f7om Portland. The Neptune and the Edgar left Portland at the same time as the . Trafalgar, bound for th e wes tward. The ships remaining at Portland were the Imperieuse and the Blenheim, with the Argus, revenue steamer, bearing the pendant of Commodore Yelverton, and the Great Eastern steamship. The Beagle, 6, screw despatch-vessel, at Ports- POLICE I NTELLIGENCE.-7,Sept. 13. --..- THAMES.—FAMILY REVELATIONS .----Elizabeth Cain, a careworn -looking woman, abc Hit 40 years of age, and who was described as a la undress, of 2, Charles-street, Hampstead-road, was I brought be fore Mr. Selfe, charged with using a busive and threatening language towards John Cr( )sby and his wife, of 11, Denbigh-terrace, Bow. The complainant, Mr. Crosby, stated that he co habited with the prisoner for many ye ars, and they lived together as man and wife. They- had several children, and two of tlyem he kept at :a boarding school, and allowed ker a maintenance after he was married. Mr. Selfe-_ls that your wife by your side ? (The magistrate pointed to a lively young • w oman, half thP age of her husband.) Mr. Crosby—Yes, that is my wife. I allowed the prisoner 10s. per week after I got rti carried. I gave her money to apprentice one of m . y - girls to a business and her mother spent it. I alsi ) gave her £5 to buy a mangle, and she spent that. Mr. Selfe—ls that your child which OW prisoner has in her arms P Witness—No, it is not my child. The prisoner —You wretch ; it is your child, and you know it. The complainant said that the prisoner had an noyed, abused, and threatened him at ev - e ry place where he had lived since their separation, and had also acted in a similar manner towards his wife. She also went to his dwelling one day whiLle he was out, broke open his drawers, and took everything out of them. On Monday evening she ca :me to his house and made a great disturbance, to tl ie annoy ance of his neighbours. She knocked loudly at the door, and when he answered it called hiia i a thief, pickpocket, card-sharper, rogue, and oth r names, and said his wife was the greatest -- in .]:!:ngland. The prisoner —So she is. Mr. Selfe—You must be quiet here till y our hus band—l mean the complainant—has fini shed his evidence. Mr. Crosby, in answer to questions by 114 r. Selfe said he was married in September, 1857, and then put in a letter, in the prisoner's handwriting, which she had sent to his next door neighbour. It con tained the most diabolical threats towards his wife, and the most scurrilous abuse of her. The prisoner threatened to murder his wife, and be hung for her at Newgate. The prisoner—All this is done through spite. Mr. Crosby—Here are seven similar letters, and the language used in all of them is dreadful. The prisoner in her defence,made a long harangue and said that Crosby seduced her when she was only'l6 years of age, and induced her to leave an excellent home and good parents under apromise of marriage. He frequently said he would make her his lawful wife. The child in her arms was the eighth, and Crosby was the father of all of them. She supported him in his adversity, and, when he had no food, worked hard to procure some for him. In his prosperity, and when he got higher in the world, he became faithless to her, and often brought home unfortunate girls 14 years of age, and paid them for their favours in bad half-sovereigns. While she was in a state of pregnancy he used to throw cold water over her. She met .with an accident and he got £2O damages from a • public company by stating she was his wife. The complainant did not allow her 10s. per week. Her allowance was £2 every five weeks. As to the Wife, who was now staring and laughing in derision, she was 'once her servant. She took that infamous wretch when she was destitute, and bought her a chemise for 15d. and a pair of stockings for 9d. One day she caught the girl coming out of her master's bedroom. She could not put up with that, and, on upbraiding her husband with his infidelity, he struck her, and blackened both eyes. After that she used to go out to work to support Crosby while he carried on an adulterous intercourse with the girl he had since made his wife. At last she was obliged to turn the girl out of her house, and this happened last Ascot races two years. Her paramour swore he would never marry, but he went with a bottle of gin in his own gig to Turnham-green to see her. Mr. Selfe—Now, what has all this to do with the charge against you ? The Prisoner—Well, I did call him a pickpocket and a thief. I work hard for my living, and after living with him as his wife for 17 years, and being faithful to him, it is very hard to be turned out of doors for another woman. I can substantiate what I say—that he is a thief. I can tell you who he has— • Mr. Selfe—l have had enough of this. Here is a letter in your own handwriting, a frightfully hideous letter, threatening to take away the life of Mrs. Crosby for marrying your paramour. You say you do not care whether you are hung for her or not. I must have sureties to compel you to keep the peace. The Prisoner—He swore that I was his lawful wife, and got £2O by it. What am Itodo ? Mr. Selfe—Keep away from him. You must find sureties to keep the peace or go to prison. The Prisoner—What am I to do, sir ? I have one child lying dead. I got, .her buried by bor rowing the money, and can't repay it. There are two of our children in court and one at home. It was hard, very hard, to be deserted after being his faithful companion for 17 years. Mr. Selfe—You should have made him put a ring on your finger in church before you lived with him, and you would have had a legal claim on him as his wife. This is the way these unhappy connections generally end. The Prisoner—That man, who calls himself John Crosby, is John Macdonald, the betting man. He has many names. The child I brought from the boarding-school because it was ill-used. Mr. Selfe—You have threatened to take away the woman's life, and I must have security. The prisoner—l can't get bail: I live in the Hampstead-road. Mr. Selfe—You had no right in Bow at all. Keep away from there. The complainant said he paid the prisoner 10s. per week for the maintenance of his children. Mr. Selfe—There is no great merit about that. You ought to pay for them. The complainant—l kept them at boarding , school formerly. The prisoner—l cannot keep his three children 'on 10s. per week. Mr. Selfe—l will have nothing to do ,with your disp ute suretys . in z I must 10t have e the keep peace the preserved. peace for Find one three months. The prisoanmer an undone, h fe e r i e h r a n n w ds e )- 1;u 11::h famy you to do? will allow me to go alwaillhentetving never go near r n him again. He is a bad n— if I was to tell you how he gets his living you would be astonished. Mr. Selfe—l do not want to hear it. However bad he is, you have no right to threaten him and his wife, and to abuse them. Now, I will let you go if you promise not to go near him again. If you repeat your silly behaviour of last night I will compel you to find heavy sureties to keep the peace. The only legal claim you have upon him is to obtain an order of affiliation for the maintenance of the children if they are under 13 years of age, and obtain ,2s. 6d. per week for each. Perhaps that will be the best course to adopt. The prisoner—They are all under 13. The complainant—No; one is above 14. Mr. Selfe then discharged the prisoner on her solemn promise not to molest her paramour and his wife again. Crosby asked the magistrate what he was to pay for the children. Mr. Selfe—l will not tell you. Do what is right by that woman and her children. You are the father of the children and ought to maintain them. WESTMINSTER.—EXTRAORDINARY GOVERN MENT PROSECUTION.—John Daly, a respectable looking man, holding the responsible situation of " cloth viewer" at the Army Clothing Stores, Gros venor-road, Thames-bank, Pimlico, was placed at the bar, charged with stealing some pieces of string, value twopence. Isaac Coles, a labourer at the stores, said he untied some bales of cloth between 6 and 8 that morning, and threw the string down. Prisoner came behind him, and, taking some of it up, put it into his poc ket, as witness thought for a joke. Prisoner and he went out to breakfast, when the accused was Stopped by the police and the string found in his pocket. Mr. Arnold inquired what usually became of the string taken from bales of cloth. Witness replied that the " cloth viewers " came to him sometimes for it, or pin icked it up t o where damages w ere f oun d in cloth, the rema inder put was generally swept away into the dust-hole as waste. Sergeant Cox, 24 B, said he was on duty at the Military Stores when the men left for breakfast. Observing something bulky in prisoner's pocket he stopped him, and inquired what he had got there. Prisoner pulled out his handkerchief, and in doing so witness saw a portion of t he strin g in hi, pocket. Witness then asked the a ccused to g o into the lodge and show him what he h ad g ot, when he prod uce d the string from his poc ket, and said he h ad got it off some bales of serg e, and was going to take it home for his own private use, and added, that the string was not Government property. Prisoner was then kept till 10 o'clock, for th e arr i va l o f M r . Elliott, military storekeeper, and subsequently de tained till the arrival of Col. Dorbury, inspector of the cloth department, who then desired a gentleman of the establishment to come and charge him . . Mr. Arnold inquired the length of the pieces of string. The sergeant replied, that some of the pieces wer e tlv e or four yards long. w hat Mr. Arnold inquired whether witne ss knew was usually done with the pieces of string taken off the cloth. Witness replied that a pertion of it was seedns T before stated to mark damages iu the cloth Nvu-" , and some was swept away a s waste. here were pieces as long as those found on the prison er swePt away into the dust-hole. Mr. Arnold observed that this was a most extra: ordinary case. Here was a man charged with stea l ing two-pennyworth of string, while on the sworn . evidence before him pieces equally as long we deemed perfectly useless and swept away into the dust-hole as waste. A gentleman, understood to be Mr. Hoyle, sub; inspector of the stores, said that Col. Dorbury hau sent the prisoner there to ascertain whether be vius t guilty of theft, and not with a view of punts as if the magistrate found him guilty he would lose his situation. Mr. Arnold disapproved of the cou rse adopte_a• If the accused were guilty of theft he should be dealt with according to law, and if he had doe! ) something which was improper, and which ought not to have done, he might be dismiss ed fro° his situation without being given into custody for felony. It was a singular and harsh proceedil!g unless there was reason to suppose dishonesty in other H respects. Mr. Hoyle said there was not; prisoner Ives b e " lieved to be a very respectable man. Mr. Arnold observed that of all th e trumPer, cases that lead ever been brought before him within: his experience as a magistrate this wa s the .fie If there was any notion of being able to carry case any further against the accused he would L'-` rect him to enter into his own recognisances tow pear again, but if not, he should discharge Win. The police replied there was not. Mr. Arnold then discharged the prisoner, obsery ing that it was not a creditable thing to give into custody at all. COUNTRY MAREBTB. NEWCASTLE—SETT. 12. We had a good supply of wheat 'from the co until morning, the chief proportion being of the new croP• quality generally being soft, and prices fully last market day. Other articles inactive. to 3 ° l • • Wheat ....40s to 44s Oats .......... 245 bps White do 46s to 60s Beans ..........4 400 ' 36s to 42s Ditto, old Barleyas good so • •--4 SHEFFIELD—SEPT. 13. szal The market was very well attended this morning!nu both raw and old wheat in tolerable request, at a 5 fully the prices of this day se'nnight. T he supply good, but trade rather dull. 6d Red wheat, per load of 3 imperial bushels.......4BllB6lltrt°oo 175 6d White • ..188 II PI Beans ~ ~ Od Peas, per qr . 330 Od to 35° 0 ,1 Grindinc , barley, per qr • .. . 335 Od to 405 . Malting ditto, „ ' **** 245 pd to 325 Oct Oats 9 / ' ' is 10d Per Millers' prices for flour—ls 6d, is Bd, all d 141 b. 25 0 Hay, 80s to 85s; wheat straw, 28s to 365; oat WWI to 365; turnips, 14s to 16s per ton. BRISTOL—SEPT. 12. Were r e At our market to-day new and inferior wheats _d ther a dull trade, but there was a little doing in oats Se grinding barley at about. late prices, though oats Wer e turn dearer, LEEDS—SEPT. 13. fi ne We had a moderate supply of new and old wile 9t • i ce ;„ a re qualities sell at improved rates ; for other sorts Ph a rlel fully thoseo btainable on Friday last. The price (4. " d at nominally the same as before. Beans in limited dervl' lower rates. Oats, peas, and other articles unchangw' Arrivals this week : Wheat Barley Oats Rapeseed Beans Malt Linseed Averages for the week : Wheat 2,349 qrs., at 43s 7 3 / 4 01 Peas •• • • 5 ,/ 3s s Od Beans Barley„ ~ ....... 140 Oats 122 „ 2ss 110 Rye fll DlDCOT—ftrr. 12. We had a fair attendance at to-day's market, and a 101 supply of grain. The extreme prices of last week, howave_f were fully maintained. Several samples of new wheat Used 37s to 455. Old wheat, best, 46s to 50s; inferior, : to 465. Old oats, 26s to 325; new met with a slow ow Beans and peas unchanged. COURSE OF EXCH.ANGE.- - Y EsTE " .". 11 15 Amsterdam Ditto 11 1 Rotterdam _ 11 161 25 3 1 ` . 5 6 Antwerp _ ... ... -: • 25 271 ' " 26 "" g Brussels •,..- 25 271 Hamburgh ' 25 15 Paris 25 25 321 10 25 37 k Ditto Marseilles 25 321 4171 Frankfort on Maine — . 11 71 12 B '' Vienna 12 85 Trieste 34 Petersburgh — 34 491 Madrid 60 Cadiz — , 491 Leghorn .-30 21 30 25 Genoa — . 25 - 55 Naples - 401 40, Palermo — 1221 123 Messina — 123 123 Lisbon - - 511 61 i Oporto Rio Janeiro New York • • • .. Foreign Gold in_Bars (Standard).... per oz. D o il l . 0 9 Mexican Dollars " 0 5 11 Silver in Bars (Standard) ,. thic Cheiniel/ [ADVERTISEMENT.] — EPPS'S (11°m°"1 1 by the Cocos.—This esteemed, preparation is sold anjP grocerspackets. Each packet is labelled " James Epps, IL pathic chemist, London." in ß tm lus e hin nt ; at a l e s. 6d. per lb., in lib., 31 b., _Thmo3o. • •and Shortness of Determination [A nv n [ADVERTISEMENT. — Hollow a y' s o m f n N B T I 0 . Palpitation, Breadth are cured by these heart'S impulse. Under Hollowale od grand regulators of the tHootlhloewHeyead's ,PFilltissanhindg? comesgrand sspteecadifiycsatnhde current unchan o g f ed blo b od y t t h h r e o7 p g a h s o si u n t g th t e h b zg iy li b t : hence the suffusion of Chest and cheeks is avoided, and ner vous embarrassment pretented. They, in like manner, re' move excessive sensibility, so often the opponent to the ease and grace inherent to the healthful and s trong-nery d frame, and eradicate the doubts of the nervous. In law' lects declining from intense study, free living, or ofer anxiety, no equal remedy is attainable; Without exagg e i ration, they give muscular energy to the paralysed a n ease to the pained. [ADVERTISEMENT.]-Among the numerous extraordinerl. cures without medici n e e ff ec t e d by Du Barry's delici ou, health-restoring RevalentaArabica food indigestion (dYeerg sia) flatuency, co ns tip a ti on , nerv o us , bilious and liver c o :, plaints, cough, asthma, consumption, and debility the fe.,, 11 °,: a mg are not the least remarkable; Cure 32,836. years' excessive nervousness, with pains in my nee ~k an ,, Q 7 left arm, and general debility, which rendered my 11 1: 21 111 1 miserable, has been radically removed by Du BerrY's restoring food. Alex. Stuart, Archdeacon of Ross, _ four bereen." , Cure 3,906. " Thirty years' cough, irldig" and general debility have been removed by Du 13tuAJ -- •''.__ ° t_ cellent revalenta arabica food. James Porter, Atb.ol:slqive7 Perth." Clunbury, Shropshire, Dec. 22, 1856. ( *l lia . men,—Many years' sufferings of chronic rhea i ne and complication of nervous diseases that mite had miserable, for which the most approved reniedigarry,o been tried in vain, have been removed by Dui tann uizi. revalenta arabica food. I am, &c., James En tins, at Is. 6d. ; 11b., 3s. ; 21b., ss. 9d. ; 51 b" • t . .4P° 4- 265. The 101 b. and 121 b. tins carriage free, on re c T P Lou don' office order. Du Barry and Co., 77, Regent-stree'l bh i e 60, Fortnum, Mason, and Co., 182, Piccadilly ; os iord- Gracechurch-street ; 4, Cheapside ; 63, ana it'.u.,, ote gate• street ; 330 and 451 Strand • 49 and 60, 13 ' 6 ' ü blint street ; 85, Tottenham-court-road. Also at _d Co., Bewley and Draper ; at Edinburgh, Raimes _e„L . ' arp a nd at Liverpool, Nixon and Thew ; at Manchester, Scott ; at York, Raimes, Blanchard, and Co. ; et ampton, Randall and Son. BIRTHS. BLA.CKETT.—On the 12th inst., at Green-street, Groovell°T square, Mrs. J. B. Blackett, of a daughter. PAKENHAM.—On the 12th inst., at York, the wife of Car tain the Hon. T. A. Pakenham, of a son. SALTER.—On the 12th inst., the wife of Mr. Edward Salt er ' architect, Hammersmith, of a son. WALSH.—On the 11 th in st., at Trinit y Parsonage, Troll' bridge, the wife o f the Rev. Digb y Walsh, M.A., o f 11 son. MARRIAGES. BANTS—Pimorr.—On the 10th. inst., James B. Bar ne l R Esq., of Knightsbridge, to Eliza Ann, third daughter o the late Wm. Puxon, Esq., of Charterhouse-squa re • HoorEn—SnEwEN.—On the 11th inst , at St. Saviour. Church, Southwark, Mr. George M. inst., to tho eldest daughter of Mr. John Shewen, of Sevemo r Kent. lina M Nn a dr n ßi e i h o e rn st sea, thyer-square, DEATHS. BAYNES.— On th e 11th inst., at 43, Manchester-street/ Mr. James Baynes, ag ed 61. GlBsoN.—On o.P th e 10th i ns t., Edward Gibson, Esq., 01. DD 51111 HA AN.—On e rkshire, 9th inst . J , at . 38, Pembridge Villas, N°fr ta ? ting-hill, Mr. Robert George .J Haddan, late of Calcut aged 44. F.R.S. the 7th inst,., Professor Arthur IlenfroP HOWKINB.—On the 7th inst., at Perth, T. R. Ilowkinfh Lieut. 79th Cameron . LUMLEY.—On the llth ins Hig hlandt., in ers Green-street, Gros vel "ra . square, the Hon. Lady Lumley, GCB of the late Guild- Gene ral the Hon. Sir Wm. Lumley, . SUMNED,.—On the 10th inst., at Hatehl ru ids, near ford, Colonel William Home Sumner. LONDON : Printed and Published by MUR DO YOTJN G of No. 112, Strand, Printer, a t The Sun Office, No. 1 12 ; Strand, in the Precinct of th e Savoy. in the count , ' 01 Middlesex, Wednesday, September 14, 1869 , t,, r t lit whi eh ARRA.T. the a nonrre tetng 0 11 tt,"„,d nece tad fi rial the ° n l ROI •Oth 0 at 411 ° shiFail Way f urther P Com T H E Gl' In, The GR I t tarti b ,,eYmoi lova. on h l'411,„ 'MAT sir e each It o _ to N vF 4% Stmt.)t PAI ell at 4 k