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

VARAET Al V CITY NE 11 S. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. Th e a , a Money market continues in an easy position "as gold is flowing into the Bank of England an immediate advance in the terms of discount is con sidered improbable. There is still an ample supply eh capital awaiting employment, but very few new 44 , 4 , 1140 s are open, because the public exhibit very , e "te disposition to encourage joint stock ad 1014111'es- The Indian loan, notwithstanding a lar ge Proportion of the £5,000,000 has been sub. i , rl °ed has e xerc i se d ver y little influence, although stimulus to w i th other deman d s, to g i ve a t em porary h o irau lus to the market. Rather lower terms, a wa ver, are now charged for first - class bills , a nd the applications at the Bank have diminished. A large quan tity o f gold, viz., £lBB,OOO, was tak en into the Bank yesterday. As extensive t 2 Bi gnments are en route from Australia, and the t 4 Perts to the Continent have diminished, this o vement may continue. The advices received "4 4rer. 1 Australia to-day report the following depar th'res for this country :—The Kent, with £148,136 ; ~,Agincourt, with £133,560 ; the Beechworth , " 411 £79,992 ; the Blue Jacket, with £143,628 ; 41 / 1 4 the Marco Polo, with £232,160. ' k ecounts from Liverpool state that the Cotton Itar ket yesterday closed with a dull appearance , an d . prices t en d e d downwards. The sales only amo unted to 5,000 bales. The Port-Philip and Colonial Gold Mining Com ', 14 Y have just received advices from Australia, and ," I rther remitt ance of £2,500 on account of the ulvidends, kc. At the meeting of the Ottoman Bank, to-day, the Port stated that the accounts for the half-year all Qwed a net profit of £26,030 17s. 4d., and an 4 1t hiple s um h a d b een se t a p ar t f o r bad and doubtful "ts. The directors proposed as follow : ` That out of the profits above stated, a sum of £ 5 , 000 , plug equal to 1 per cent. on the capital of the bank, be added to the reserve fund, by which addition tl.t fund Xlll h l / 4 1 raised to £40,000. —That a dividend be declared for ", t half-year at the rate of 8 per cent. per annum. T h i s 1 1 °PriatIon of the profits will leave a balance of £ 1,030 71131.8' 4 d. to be carried forward to the next account." Th e Chairman, Mr. Layard, complimented the pro , tlietors on the satisfactory result of the operations () ), I f t he Bank, and said that their general manager, • de Falconnet, had been appointed one of the °a iraissioners in Turkey, to receive the monthly pro ceeds of the customs, which would secure the I , ll notual payments of the dividends on the recent lo„ loan. In respect to the reserve fund he Ped the proprietors would agree with him that ~,I . : ° llg ht to go on accumulating, looking at the itessitudes which might occur in a country like m . ll ,,l k ey- In answer to a question, the Chairman r anch that the profit made by the Bank on the L lir kish loan was very satisfactory, and that the a ta nehes were all found by the inspector to be in : el 7 favourable position. The report and divi dend Were agreed to unanimously. t h An improvement is apparent in the Stock Ex ange markets, although business i s still con -4 I tl eted on a limited scale. The effect of the unfa -1:0able n ews f rom China has been merely tempo a reaction having already occurr ed . Consols hat e ralli e d t o 95; 1 for money and account. This B 'P r ovement i , has created buoyancy in other secu -I,es, d Indian Loan Scrip, which descen ded yes te,tt"Y to 99-: 1., has risen to 104 2-, just 1 per cent. The fall seems to have encouraged real as well Li ~m P e•Olative purchases, which, although rather : is te d, have sufficed to alter the general complexion di tOB Market. India Stock has receded to 215 ; 13„ D ebentures (1859) are steady , at 951 ; the 2i n " are marked 3s. dis., and Exche q uer Bills 8 Pre m . T he tran sac ti ons i n Foreign Securities c ontinue ver y limited, and prices are rather firmer. Turkish Per C ents. are 822 to 831 ;, di tto N e w, 681 to 69k; a nd the 4 per Cents. are 102 I. Spanish 3 per C ents. ar e steady at 46 ; Mexican i s firm at 21 ; an d Buenos Ayres Deferred at 20. Russian Scrip is marked to k di g . b. ,ln the Railw ay Sh are M ar k e t the dealings have t :en rath er li m it e d , a sl i g h t i m p ro vement, how et, is apparent. Great Northern have advanced lo , 8 ," Great Western ss. to 10s., and Midlands 10s.; B rit donians, Lancashire and Yorkshire, North prep , and South-Eastern were de alt in at about "j aus values, although they are now quoted ex . dip. 111 the Foreign and Colonial Markets there ti ll : b een very little variation. Lombardo-Vene .4ll Old and New Shares were at previous rates, also East Indian and Great Western of Ca nada. o r ITI VId Trunk of Canada advanced 5 5., and Great ati Peninsula are 98. . ri i l ei nt Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares I , tt've been very q u iet, prices having exhibited little a ti ilt icM. Peninsula and Oriental Steam advanced °llt Li. a p er e I 3 RITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. d. dent. Consols Annuities bi ° Debentures 21a 1858 — N it „Ditto, 1859 t-11)°,.:4 0 en Scrip, 5 per cent. loo} i i 1, bi 1 % 0 !Stock Uit t t :° Bonds, £1,000 o%lllider £l,OOO ~ l';,,„'is for Account (Oct, 11) b . "glie B - 11 il. 000 lid IN r Is, , 1 . 'rn ail, 10. t un ,. F OREIGN itt F OREIGN FUNDS--CLOSING PRICES. •-aatni k ° D Deferred 6 per Cent. . _ k e le 4-J(4ft- red 20 tit a4 A 3 • P e r Cent ort u ,„ 44 8 •"e se) 1 853, 3 per Cent. b i tati, 1 82, £St 6 per Cent — 5 'to S cr i p, .7 lid I:141 4 1 1 ; 41 , 3 Per C ent 46 b ii. :_a 6 per Cent 8312! ' Ditto New Loan 84 ,i)itto Gant Loan 69 84 t Tv ke z , - .',uaranteed, 4 per Cent. .Pet t li - ri 24 per Cent. 13 itt o , 4 change, 12 Guil. 24 per Cent — ` - ertificat.es, 4 per Cent. ' Dividends on the above payable in London. THREE O'CLOCK. Console, Money 951 I Ditto Account (0ct.)... • • • • • 951 I Tom- • tit img, of STRIKE.—At an adjourned meet: ; 4 14 , th — acl e ea' delegates last night, the treasurer announced fe 61 1 ° 110 7 received from delegates of various trades i'latt -1 ,2 0 Z 1,131 101. Ild., including £l,OOO from t th . e " t ite Engineers, in addition to a previous con [ of ZlOO. ,IIeIIII:risENIENT ]—Thorley's Food for Cattle is now b et ir a to -s ' s. ° l lBl:y attract the attention of the farmer, e4 re feeder of stock. Two years of unremitting in grot ui lu attention have enabled its inventor to take high the as a be to these interests ; and notwithstand7 4 hinet• 111821 Y drawbacks, the malevolent shafts hurled tale and its probable utility, the food, from its admitted " 41 ealtr ien Prods $ ce proved first, that it effects a considerable L t he cons ption a provender • secondly, that it nfluen health an d v i gour in all anima s subjected to its °allydeo and lastly, increases in a remarkable degree an L e gala7 ela rnent of fat. .Mr. Thorley, originating this Il aPe,.... re lticacious food, aimed at a compound calculated -t is ° de th''ae, to a certain extent, the tedious and expensive ha el l Pre • • f fattening stall-fed beasts. In hi d PPily val hn ° TI?; tO 811 Ceeedea ; and success prompted a very natural . r is eabl trProve upon the invention, so as to make it ap ilesq,,,fall% ;,. el 'ery description of domestic animal. .The Eng. Was slow to encourage its use, and manifested an •" the ,"'esa to rely itpon its efficacy, fancying he possessed (I lldf at .L t ad, .nce of his fa , ample materials whereby to feed nt or addit, - 7, 'la cattle at a cheaper rate thanby the employment - "en/ I ,CA of artificial food. The tests to which this foodhas a additionlttitoctess stosth,e,_ - "Jetted have roved its perfect admissibility as ac cheap natural, produce of the farm ; inasmuch as . • th auLrachon. of one-third may be safely submitted food of animals ; and that the produce will . be lak a e , and rendered marketable in two-thirds of the time a eq e jeL c4le th a uni t ad developing fat ; it, therefore, becomes • risv a certain. saving is effected by a fair' attplication 8 C ompounded Food. It is believed that °present e, e ALented low price of wheat has induced its very gene ss'ecd ; eferen - ce to any other of the usual articles of ho wit l ever much questioned whether wheat is a i 8 aot rig f-e ad ProP ' r fo . od for the working horse, certainly or cows or pigs. Mr. Thorley's Food, besides for advantage of greatly invigorating the health 4 4d "Aug the physical power of all animals, is a tonic fo od, geatle 4 .„ Stimulant, and when mixed with their other ,gtaat liee n ,, s __•'vrtallv assists their digestive powers—a matter of - ' l ltrie c h,T e cluence, since it is an undoubted fact that the 'Me et went contained in their ordinary food is lost, cense eal/8N uritilvilithe impaired or defective action of the digestive also be found to be particularly beneficial L° good working condition horses which have Ilaturalrar-worked, or become weak from disease, or ar Ill tdoebLaf a feeble constitution. In cows its effects art Yi eld o f deed indeed almost marvellous, nearly doubling the k the qu a ii - " ln k ty and butter whilst it at the same time . enrichds °r▪ e both. In pigs its fattening qualities are . still illerio,4 - ' r aable displaying in .a few weeks its manifest . h.,_ -aet e ttY over every other kind of compound or manu 1t,711. its Th ., feetl , adopted in the feeding of swine. Such has „l'alty --- " l, ed success, that at all our great cattle . shows, Th o ; noblemen, and others who have fed their cattle The Food, have • ariably carried off the principal The ' w'-tst cards of commendation have been awarded. eler4atrenage of Royalty of our principal nobility, the gre a t 1d of our le d* griculturists, must prove a -‘4l t i t e li7d ni r e t to th a is m ien a tteman to pursue his onward . may confidently rely, in producing so -rot 4---v,,otn•ed a compound, on a continuat;cn of 1 14 / 1 ala tillguished patronage.: • ORDINARY SHAII ttaillva ys. 12. - .0 AulberL., )tt.ng. Best and liuste.rn Junction 50 !Belfaf,t and I:aliymena., 13.11 itir., and 61r.Val, Stoel;; fir., La., ac,dCli. June, .e 5 !Blackburn au , l 10 Bost. Slefd. 311 d. Coun, Stock ! Bristol and 34:xeter Stock Caledonian Cork and Bandon Cork, Blkrock,&Passage Cornwall Do. A Do. B IA roves. no div. until6p.c.per an. hasbeen pd.toll. 50 , Dublin andßelfastJuncH 25 Dun.,Perth,& Abr.Junc ' Stoc': ;East Anglian Stock Eastern Counties Stock 'Eastern Union A Stock! Stock Do. do. B Stock , 25 } Do.Nw.A.(lte.E.U3ds) Stock, East Lancashire 20 'East Suffolk 10 ! Do Stock Edinburg and Glasgow Stock Edin.,Perth, & Dundee , 10 Forth & Clyde Junction; Stock Furness Stock. Glasgow & South Westn 10 ;Great North of Scotland , Stock C-Ireat Northern Stock' Do. do. A Stock Stock , Do. do. B Stock S tocklGt. South.& Wstn.(lreld) Stock Great Western S took , Do. Str.Vl. Rail Gua.Stk 1 12 , Irish South Eastern 50 'Lancaster and Carlisle. Do. Thirds 1613 4 Do. New Thirds Stock, Lancashire & Yorkshire Stock London and 'Rockwall. Stock I Lon.,Brighton &S.Coast 25 ;Lond. Chat. and Dover Stock; London & North Westn 12i IDo. Eighths StocklLondon& South-Westn 25 ,L'derry & Coleraine 25 & Enniskillen Stock Man., Shef., & Lincoln 10 Metropolitan Stock , Midland Stock' Do. Birming. & Derby 50 'Mid. Gt. West.(lreland) 25 Do. Shares 100 Newcastle and Carlisle New., Aber., & llerefd Newry & Armagh (def ) Newry, Warpt., & Boa Norfolk North. Counties Union North British Nor.Dev.Rail.&Dk. Stk Do.A Stk.—Arec.no div until 6p,c.hasbeenpdß StockiDo. B Stock Stock'North-Eastn.—Berwick 25 IDo. do. G.N.E.Purchasell Stock Do. Leeds Stock I Do. York Stock, North London 20 INorth Staffordshire ; 20 ;North-Western 10 !No. & Sou. W. Junctionj Stock Oxford, Wor.,& Wolver 10 Peebles 20 Portsmouth 10 Rhymney S took ; Scottish Central Stock Scoth. N:141., Aber. Stock Stock Do. Scottish Mid. Stock Stock 'Shropshire Union 10 ,Sittingbourne & Sheer Stock , South Devon S took South-Eastern Stock South Wales Stock , South Yorks.&Riv.Dun 20 :Staines, Wok., & Wok 25 ;Stockton & Darlington 25 Do. do. 1855 ' 25 !Do. do. 1858 'Stockton & ilartlepool, Stock Taff Vale Stock Do. Preference, No. 1 ; 25 •ThameslloyenDk&Rail Stock Vale of Neath 10 Victoria Station & rim StockWaterford & Kilkenny 50 ,Waterford & Limerick 20 :West Cornwall 10 ; W -end Lon. & Cry. Pal ; 5 ,Do.A.—Arecv.nodiv.till' 7 p.c. has been pd. to B; 5 Do. It 20 West London • I 10 !Do. Ist Class 20 IDo. 2d Class io io PREFEREN Railways. .B.HARE lIARKET.-( THIB DAY.) Blythe and Tyne IC per c. pref. (issued at £5O) [lris. & Exet.4p.ct.Stock Do. do. do. Shares 'Caledon £lO, 44 per cent Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. Cork & Bandon, 5 p. c. Cornwall, 5 per cent. Dun. Perth,& Aber.Jun E.Ann. Class A 7 & spc Do. do. Class B 6 pc Do. do. Class C 7 pc E. Coun. Ex. 5 p ct. No.l Do. do. N 0.2 Do. New 6 per ct. Stock Eastern Union, 4 per ct. Edin.&Glas. 5 pc shares Do. 4 p.c. gua. S. & D. Edin. Perth,& Dun. 4 pc. Fumes; ' 5 per cent IGI as. &S West. • a. spc Great Northern, 5 p. ct Do. 5 pc Redm.,lop.c.pm Do. 4:1 p. c. do. do. Do.sp.c. R edm.,s pc. pm Gt. Nh. of Scotld, Ist pl Gt. Sn.& W (Ireland) 4 ) p. ct. pref. Stock Great West. (Berks and !Tants) Ext. 5 p.ct Do. Redeemable, 44 p ct Do. Redeemable, 4 p. ct Do. Irredeemable, do Do. 5 p. et. Redeem. Pref Do. Birm. Pref. Shares Gt. West. Ches. 8 p.c,pf 1 shares Do do. 5 p. et. pref Do. Birming. guar. stock Do. Chester guar.shares Do. do. do Do. do. do. Lan. & York 6 p.c. stock Do.Bantsl.St£s 3slCdpe, !L on.& Brig.spc. gu. No.l, IDo. prof., 5 p. c. ...No. 2 Do. New gua., 6 p. et Do. do, 5 n. c. No. 4 'Do. do. 4i per c. shares Lon.& N. W.Cov. &Nun eaton, 5 p. et. Lon. &S. W, 7 p.ct. stock, late 3d shares Londondy & Cole, 4 shs. Londondy.& Ennis 4 sh. lan„Sh., & Lin., 6 p. et. Do. £6 Do. 31 per cent. Nfaryport & Car., 4 p.c Do. 4 per cent... Do. Mid. Con. 6 p. c. Stock . Do.Con.Bris.&Bir.6p.ct. Do. 44 p. c. pref. stock Do. with option till 1860 Do. Leics. & Ilit.pref. st. Newport,Aber, pret.s p. c. redeem, at 5 p. o. n m Do. Perpet, 6 p. c. with option till 1866 Norfolk Deb. 4 p.c.shares Do. 5 p. c. Ext.Stock,lB46 Do. 5i p. c. Pref. do. 1847 Do. Way.Val.Ex.Sk 1847 North British, 5 per cent Do. New, mut. 5 per cent Nth.Dev.Rall.&Dek.Co. N-East. irred. 4 p.c. Deb. Do. Consol. Pref. 4 p. c. Do. Berwick, 4 p. c. Pref. Do. do. do. Do. Leeds, 6 p. c. No. 1 Do. do. Quarters, 1846. Do. York, IL & S. Purch. North Staffordshire . Ox. wr. & Wol. 6 pc. let g Do. Redeem., 2d elm Do. Irredeem., 24 gua. Do. 4i p.c. Db. stk.in perp Rhymney Guaranteed. Scottish Central, new in Scottish N.-Eastern deb Do. 3i per c. pref. stook Do.Aberdeen.gua:6 Do. 7 p. a. pref. stock. South Devon, Ann. 10s. Do. Fixed ti per cent. South Eastern (Reading Ann., 1.0 6 ) Do .4 per Cent Do. Fixed 4i p.c. Ist is South Wales, gua. 4 p.c Do. 4i per cent S.-Yorkshire, 4 p.c. gua Stock. and Dar. A 5 p.e Do; B 6 per cent Do. C 6 per cent Waterford & Kilkenny, 6 per cent. `dhoti; ,ES AND STOCKS. Paid. Cloiing Prioe. 6 6-1 8 Ri 76 78 lli lq 6 8 97 98 84 841 4i 51 7i Si 14 15 55 56 38 40 26 28 73 74 26 264 95 97 100 i 1011 84 66 130 132 104 106 59t 591 55 60 190 95 148 158 pl I 148 1581 Y 948 95 64 66 410 112 . 131 148 92 93 1 1811 91 924 6 8 35 86 1 1 103 i 104 82 84 sq, 57 59 3} B d 58 581 88 84 1; 111 d 44 44 71 71 102 104 4 4+ c 1 13 14a 7 13 30 32 13 15 109 111 24 25 81 83 46,1 47i 31 21 d 43 14 751 711 61 63 00 65 8 11 36 37 AT eiS 5 t ei q 11 ARES. Closing Price. 0 61 96 98 1 101 103 5 i 6 i 99 101 1 100 112 1103 106 111 113 1 110 112 126 128 181 83 112 114 118 120 109 111 104 106 84 86 97 99 88 90 89 91 100 102 91 10} 17 18 91 101 73 75 19 20 94 10 144 154 139 141 55 180 85 95 [2O 123 i II 66 68 [4O 149 103 104 93 j P 9i 91 VI its [OB 110 LO6 108 90 92 96 98 1 4p i td 122 124 122 124 98 100 74 76 120 124 118 122 10.1 101 2/11 24 102 104 102 104 28 29 33 84 32i 334 47 63 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Railways. I Leasing I Closing Business Paid. Co.'s. Price. Done. Redford and Bletchleyi Buckinghamshire Chester & Holyhead.. Do. do. 5i p. ct..... Do."do. 5 p. ct...... Clydesdale J unction . Colchester, Stour Val. E.Lincolnshire,g.epx E Union,Harwichns Do. Woodbridge Gls. Barr. &Nells,Drct. Do. New Gloster& Dean Forest Hartlpool.Dck.&Rail Hull and Selby Do. Shares Do. Shares London &Greenwich Do. Preference Lon.,Tilby.&Sout end: Lowestoft, gua.ct. Do. 6 per cent ........ Manc.,Buxtn. &Matk. Mid. Bradford Prefer ence Stock ........ Newmarkt.,BuryE x guaranteed 5 p. c. Northn.& Eastn. 5 p.c. Do. do. 6 per cent. Do. Fixed 5 per cent. Preston and WIT I Do. shares A. Roystn,Hitch.,& Shep Shrewsbry& Hereford South Staffordshire .. Wilts and Somerset.. Wimbledon& Croydn. Share Docke. Commercial .. . Do 4 per Cen t. Prel . Min East and West India London St. Katharine Southampton Victoria Do New ...... ••••••stat all Lnltz 100 11 . ,n& N.W 100 ,Do. 100 Do. 100 Do. 100 Caledonia all E.U.BrE C 100 Gt. North. all E.Counts. 100 100 Caledonin I 100 Do. all Gt. West. all Yk.N.&Br all Yk.N.Md. all Do. all Do. 100 S. East 100 Do. 100 Peto &Co. 100 Norfolk 100 Do. all LN W&M No Midland . i. 6.6. E.Counta. all Do. all Do. all Do. L&N all & L.yk. all Do. 100 Gt. North all T Brassoy all M'Clean 100 Gt. West all IL.&Brgtn DOCKS 1 .- 91 04 If 0? 94 71 Bi' Paid CPrime 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 101 103 2 .... 120 .... ~.. 96 96 49 50 123 127 113 115 102 104 16 17 143 145 120 112 64 66 115 120 91 93 2i 2/ 96 99 k 1P 56 58 1138 142 lusiness 25 10 20 Stock 50 Stock Stock Stock Share all 100 3i 100 100 all all all all all CE SI Paid. 100 100 100 100 all 7 T - THE SU, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER ;14, 18b9. BI(ITISH POSSESSIONS. Share 1 Railways. lAtlantic & S L Lawrence! Leased at 6 per cent..l Bora.,BarodatizCent.lndl 18/ 18 18 20i 20i 10 gn. 5 per cent Do. Addit. Capital A Do. Do. B Buffalo and Lake Huron Do. New Do. Preference Butfalo,Brant.&Godrich 6 p. ct. bds. 1 A uLr., 1872 Do. do. 1 .July, 1873 Do. do. 1 June, 1874 Clcutta.&S.Eastrn.Lim. Cape,Eastn. Prov.(Lim.) Cape T ONVII & Dock Scrip Central Oude (Limited) Ceylon Guaranteed 6p.e Demerara S tockl Eastern Bengal.g,u.sp.c. 'East Indian. , gu. 5 p. c.. Do. F Shares Ext. 100 160 20 Sto. Stock 100 100 100 100 Stook Do. Jubbulpore Do.4ip.c. Bds. pay.'s9 Do. 4i p. c. Debentrs. Geelong& Mel.gua.sp. c. Geelong Corporation 6 per cent. Bonds Grand Trunk of Canada Do. 6 per cent. Pref Do. 6 percent. Debentr Do. 7 per cent. 1802 Do. 1867 Gt. Indiarenin.gua.sp.c. Do. New, gua.s per cent. Do. do 20 { 20i 20} 100 1 100 100 100 Stook Stock Gt.S.of Ind.Lim.—Scrip guaranteed 5 per cent. Gt.W. of Canada Shares Do. New Do. Bonds pay. '76,with opt. till '6O Do. do. '73 till '6O Do. do. '?3 without opt., Do. 5/ p. c. do. '77 do Madras, guar., 41 p. c Do. do. 5 per cent Do. 41 p. c. Extension Do. Third Ex. gua.s.p.c Do. Fourth do. Stock Do do. .... Meth. Corp. 6 p.c Bondsl Newßrunswick&Canda. Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.6pc Class ACapitl.Share.. Do. do. Land d 0... Do. do. B. Capital do. Do. do. Land d 0... Oude (Limited) Scinde ( Do. New Do. Punjaub Do. Indus. St. Flo. tc,, 9 ; St. Andrews Quebec A Trinidad(Limited) Scrip Closing Business I Price. ! Done. all all 80 82 16i 17 1 1 1} 11 d d 4A 5 all all all I 1 oo 51 61 1. 3 0. id ip 2a. 6d all 5 100 1; ; d 99; 100; all a'l all 100 100 100 all all all 100 id par 99i 100, 19 20 34 35 92 94 71i 724 78 82 GS 72 984 98! I i d 34} 4 72 i 79i 14 ld 14# 144 51d 102 104 102 104 101 103 97 100 85 90 18i 19 d 1i 1 d 98 7 4 - --a 19 20 14 11 I it 9 1 d d I d FOREIGN Antwerp & Rotterdam Ardennes Bah.&S.Fran.,Lim.7p.c Belgian East. Junction Beziers to Graissessao— Carmeaux Mine & Rail Coplobo Ditto Extension Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France Euphrates Valley Grand Rua. G liar .5 p.o Great Central of France Gt, Luxem, ' Con. she Italian Junction Lake Constance & Bale Lierre and Turnhout Lombardo Venetian Ditto New Lyons and Geneva Maria Antonia Do. do. New Namur and Liege Do. do. 6 p. e, Pref. Northern of France Do. Now Shares Norwegian 'l'runk Pref Paris,Lyons, and Medit Paris and Orleans Recife& S. Fran. (fern.)' gua. 7 p. et. (Lim.) Riga and Dunaburg Rome and Frascati' Royal Danish Royal Swedish Do. 7 per cent. Pref. Sambre and Meuse.-- Do. 54 per cent. Prof. Southern of France West Flanders Do. 54 p. c. Preference W. & N.W. of France Western of Austria Western of Switzerland Wiesbaden Do S per cent. Pref Zealand COLONIAL GOVERN Securities. Can.Gov.6p.c JR.& July Do. 6p. c. 1 , 11. &A llf.f. Do. 6 p.c.Mr. & Sep. N.8.G0v.6p.c. Ja. &July Do. 6p.c.Ap. & Oct. N. S.W. Gov. sp. c. Deb. D0.5p.cen.1871 to 1978 Do.sp.cen.lBBB unit up NovaScollaGov.6 p.c. S Deb. redeemable, 18M S.Aus.Gt.6pc.Jan&July Vict•Grov.6p.c.Jan&July Do. do. April & Oct. 'AYS. 41 4j ......, -_ p it td I 1 2} 2/ i i d 51 5,} d 25 26 ei ei 21} 2PI 1 8 84 19 20 38 37 9 1 0 34 35 83 65 3 2i d 6 66.- 86 9 196 206 54 6 91 10 22 23 T SECUR Closing Prices. Business Done. 98/ 90/ 984 99/ 98 99 [o9} 110} [O7 109 110 111 191 / MISCELLANEOUS. s i Share Miscellaneous. I Paid. C losin g , . lituainess done i 1 1 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint all 14 15 1000 Atlantic Tel. (Limited), all 200 220 25 Australian Agricultural 19 28 29 10 Australian Royal Mail . all 4 f 10 Berlin Water Works all a 44 41 3/ 50 British American Land 4C, 50 Brit. & Irish Mag.Tel.A. all 36 38 20 Do. B, 7p. c. till 1862 all 19 21 20 Do. C 100 Canada Land 324 105 108 10 Chan. I slan ds Tel.(Lim ) all 8 9 Stock Cop.Min.ofEng.&Smltg all 25 Do. Preference 74 per ct all 24 25 5 Crystal Palace 5 Do. Preference all 41 5 Stock Electric Telegraph lOO 101 101 25 Do. New 5 Eng.Cop.St.CO all 1 14 20 GLlron Screw Co l all 15 Gen. Steam Navigation. 14 1 Groat Ship (Limited) all id i P 20 Indian & Aust. Telegr 2s. 5 London District Telegr 1 i i d 20 London Discount 5 If lf d 4 Lond.G en . O mn ib us C o a ll 14 If 20 Madras Irr. and Canal 1 4 i 10 Mediter. Electric Teleg. all 10 Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim.) all 4 5 25 National Discount Co_ 5 14 1 d 10 Netherlands Land all 5 Do 8 p.c. Pref.,' ss. at idle all 4 1 100 N.ltr.&NovaScotiaLand 80 1 N.B.Australasian (Lim ) all f ; 1 Oriental Gas 1 Do. New Shares lss. 4 d 4 p 10 Orientl. In. Steam, A 6 10 Ditto B 4 10 Ditto C 2s. Stock Peel River Land & Min. 100 50 55 50 Pen. & Oriental Steam, all 73 76 74f 5} 50 Do. New l5 8 10 20 Red Sea & Ind. Telegr. 13 4 fp 50 Rhymney Iron 15 Do. New 100 Royal Mail Steam Stock Scot.Austrin.lnv.(lim ) 100 115 125 25 South Australian Land. all 34 36 1 Submarine Telex. Scrip, all ; 1 1 Do. do Registe re d a ll ; 1 20 Tr.& 1.n.C0.0t ITpr.Can. 5 100 Vs,. Turman '• T.gind BRITISH MINES. Slane Mines. Pa i d. I Closing I Business Price. Dolts. • Alfred Consols (Philack) 2.11.10 31 41 20 British Iron 10 Devon G. Cons. (Taoist ) 1 425 435 East Bassett (Mogan) 3O 160 16.5 E. WI Russl (Tavistk ) 6.17.0 8 81 am.SESt.Aubyn(Gwen 43 45 Great South Tobris ) 54 17 / s 14 144 G.WhealAlf.l.(Phillack) 12.1.8 11 . Wheal Vor (1Ielston) 91 1 ,ady Bertha A largaret (Uny Lelant) 10.6.7 1 63 orth Frances (Illogan) 10 51 61 orth Wheal Crotty 7.9.4 SI .Wlll. Basset (Mogan) nil. 8 7 ar Consols (St. Maly). 11 11 12 Providence (Uny Lelnt) 10.6.7 38 42 Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. 6s 4 t o - SouthCaradon(St.Cleer) 14 230 2 South C. Brea( Illogan). 2 21 3 S Wheal Fran. (Illogan) 18.18.9 145 165 5 Tamar Silver and Lead Mining Co 4l 2/ 3 10 Tin Croft 9 41 5 UnitedMines(Gwennap) 40 - Vale of Towey (Caren.) 12s 6d 1 1 West Basset (Illogan).. 1/ 20 2 W. Caradon (Liskeard). 10 130 135 - Wheal Basset (Illogan). 51 160 170 Wheal Buller (Redruth) 5 80 90 ▪ Wheal Edward (Cals.). 8 11 11 Wheal Kitty(U. Lelant ) 1.7.2 121 131 Wh '1 Mary Ann (Menhe 8 30 33 WWI Trelawney (Lisk. 44 27 28 FOREIGN MINES 20 Austifitilian 1 Bon AccordCopper,Lim lss }d ip 35 Brazil. Imp. (is. at 25p ) 27 20 Do.St.Johndelßey,Lim l5 10 11 5 Do.L and and Miningeo all 1 Clarendon Consols Min ing Co. of Jamaica 40 Cobra Copper 45 47 — 1 C° u P n i s a PoUn.Cop.Ming.Co l a a6 l ll l 475 i 487 D 4 2 Fortkina. 20 General all 22 231 53 3 Linares all 11 12 5 Lusitanian 1 Mariquita all 1 N.RhineCop.of S.Aus.L all p 20 Pontgibaud Silver, Lead 10 Mining and Smelt 4l 51 5 Port Philip 1 Scottish Australn. (L.) 1 dp l 28.2.84 United Mexican JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Share Joint-Stock Banks. Paid. Closing 1 MUlimas Price. I Done. 100 Agra&UnitedServioeßk 50 - -- 40 Australasia all 84 86 25 Bank of Ei.cypt all 21 22 100 rank of London 6O - - 40 Brit. Col. Bk. & LoanCo all - 0 - 50 British North American all - 100 C 20 Chtd. Bank of India, &o 1 5 6 ity 61 03 100 Colonial - - -- 20.11 COM. Bank of Canada all - - 10020 Commercial of London 2O 2) 21 Eng Scot., & Aus. Ch all 15i 16 18 20 Gen 13k. of Switzerland all - 20 Lon Char.Bk.ofAustral. all 21} 21} 50 London and County 5 0 London Joint Stock - 1 00 London & Westminster 2O - -- 100 Nat. I'rov. of England 35 - 20 Do. new lO - 50 National Bank 25 - 20 New South Wales - 25 Orient .Bk. Corporation all 40 41 20 Ottoman Bank .. ... . 100 Provincial of Ireland 10 Do. New all - '- 25 South Australia . - 25 Union of Australia 50 `Union of London 100 Unity Mutual BO -7: r- THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock. .DONCASTER RACES.-(THIS DAY). [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.] THE ST. LEGER. GAMESTER DEFENDER MAGNUM Eleven ran. MUNICIPAL STAKES, Torn Bowline.. Venus filly Lady Falconer CORPORATION PLATE The Rover Maid of the Mist Mentmore Miss Julia Neophyte. Tightfit,.. Twilight... Lady Peel.. i • • 4 Nine ran. STAND PLATE. Thirteen ran. PORTLAND PLATE. 2 Fourteen ran. QUEEN'S PLATE. - - -----• Wild Rose - - 1 Paul King at Arms 3 Five ran. SWEEPSTAKES OF TEN SON'S. Fravola ^ y Restes Baron Munchausen Eleven ran. LATEST BETTING. ST. LEGIVR.d. 7to 4on Promised Land (offered) sto 1 agst Summerside (taken freely) 100 to 8 agst Gladiolus (taken) 15 to 1 ag,st Gamester (taken) 20 to 1 agst Napoleon (taken) Marionette scratched. INFANT MORTALITT IN NEW YORK. (From the New 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 diarrhea; 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 rind few votes to be garnered 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 :imply 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 tenementehossee 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 effiuvia 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 alar m i n g mortality is to be found i n th e b a d and u nw h o l es ome meats and provision s so ld t o th ese p oor peop l e , at nearly all 'the butch er an d grocery s h ops w hi c h infest the localities i n w hi c h th ey li ve . I n our s outhern cities they have officers denominated comraissaries of markets and p rov i s i on s t ores , w h ose duty it . is to seize all unwh o l esome meats, fi s h , an d provision!. If the health wa r d ens o f thi s c i ty were to have tine indispensable office included i n 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 s i mp l e foneites 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 ittARKETs. The supply of English wheat in to-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 mest descriptions of, foreign wheat. In the general quotations, however, no change took place. Fine barley realised extreme rates. Grinding and die• tilling sorts were dull, but not cheaper. Most kinds of malt moved off slowly. In prices, how ever, no change took place. The oat trade was heavy, at Gd to Is per qr lees money. Both beans and peas were dull, and rather lower to pur chase. Flour moved off slowly, at late rates. ARRIVALS THIS WRE) Wheat. Barley Malt, Oats. Flour. English 1,770 190 610 ; i 640 Irish ,k Foreign 2,610 240 1 42,320 t3O uls BOROUGH HOP. Good and fine new hops are in moderate request, at full prices ; but all other kinds are a dull sale. The duty is 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 4e 4d ; and pork, 3e 4d to 4s 4d per 81b., by the carcase. THIS DAY'S SHIPPING. LoNnow, Sept. 14.—Wind this dtty at noon, North. North-East; fresh breeze, and squally, with rain a times. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Wednesday Morning. Wind N.E. 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 Sunderland ; Cerss, steamer, for London. LivEnrooL, Wednesday Morning. Wind N.E. 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 TELEGRAPH.) ' _ GRAVESEND, Wedneday Morning. Wind E.; title low water; weather cloudy, with rain. Arrived, Sept. 13—Warrior, steamer, from Lisbon Nord Star, from Archangel; Valk yen, from Gothenburg Furet, Thea, and Lionnd, from Gravelines. Arrived, Sept. 14—Pitnser, from Boulogne; General Codrington, from Oporto. Sailed, Sept. 14—Lord John Russell, for Dunkirk. DEAL, Wednesday . Morning. Wind 5..; fresh. Passed—Don Carda, from Barbados, for London; Ruby, Belgian mail packet. from Ostend, and lauded mails. 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 enclosed extracts from the North China herald of the 9th and 14th inst : " Her Majesty's ship -, off theyeiho, July 1. " On the . 25t11 of June , the negotiations with tke Chinese having come to nothing but a put off to gain time, the Admiral with his flag flying is 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 Pais 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 draw', the Plover, followed by the Opossum, passed through them, and also the second boom, which had been destroyed by the flagcaptain 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 ceedei to the Cormorant, where he remained. At 5.45 the boats, having assembled alongside the Nim 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 gingalle, 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 Vansittart, 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 party , retreated 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 coantime 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 gunborits 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 Kestrel sunk, and the Haughty just managed to!keep 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, when 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 tho 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 you as soon as possible. We shall in all probability re main in the gulf till nearly the last. " Her 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 pnrport of which will never be known until they are pub lished in the English papers, but the 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 f attack on the forts, which are very substa n ti a lly j built, and have evidently had the benefit of Euro pean skill in their construction, as did also their guns during the action. The principal forts con sist of three bastions connected by curtains and armed with guns of from 24-pounders to 50- 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 tho 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 consderably less than that from most of them,. The fill.. '' 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 Chine§e 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 rib!, 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 tire 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 .1 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 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 haa 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 out 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 tlllO 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 eash vessel, but the total loss, including officers and men of all arms, is 464 killed and wounded. The officers are as follows " CASUALTIES BEFORE THE PEIIIO FORTS ON JUNE 25, 1859. KILLED. • Lieut. Graves, R.N., the Assistance, killed on shore. Lieut. Clutteximek,R.N., the Coromandel, killed on shore. Lieut. Rason, R.N., the Plover, killed on board. Capt. M'Kenna, Royal Regiment, killed on board the Plover. Mr. Herbert, midshipman, the Chesapeake, killed on shore. Lieut. \Voolridge, Royal Marine Brigade, killed on shore. Lieut. Inglis, Royal Marines, the Hightlyer killed in boat. WOUNDED. Admiral Hope, severely. Capt. Vansittart, the INlagicienne, loss of left leg below knee. Capt. Shadwell, the Righflyer, severe wound of foot. 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, raidshipman, the Cruiser, severely. Mr. Po wlett, midshipman, the Cambrian, severely. Mr. N. B. Smith, mate, the Chesapeake, Beverly. Mr. Phillips, second master, the Plover, slightly. Lieut. Longley, Royal Engineers, the Plover, severely. Rev. H. Hewliatt, chaplain, Royal Marine Bri gade, 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 Chavla), wounded in the arm. TOTAL OF MARINE BRIGADE ONLY. Killed. Wounded. Officers Sergeants Buglers Corporals .. 1 Rank and file 24 . 104 142 " JULY 14. " Since our issue of the 9th the Hon. F. W. Bruce and M. de Bourboulon, the Ministers of Eng land and France, with their su it es, h ave arr i ve d i n 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 th e ren d e zvous. The High flyer was to l eave on th e Bth f o r 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 bolding communication with the Chinese officials at a more northern entrance to the Peiho. It is expected he will proceed to Pekin." (Fiona 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 men : " OFF THE PETHO, 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 proceedings, I 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 ownaecord. " 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 our 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 bad 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. APl(eana, 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 Cormorant (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 rescue, and towing her out under a heavy fire. Nevertheless, the bombardment was kept up with unabated vigour, and in about two hours the enemy's fire began sen sibly to slacken ; and (although they had got our range so exactly that almost every shot told, while ours, though admirably directed, did comparatively little damage to their mud walls) shortly after four o'clock it became almost silenced. " At about five o'clock, the anxiously expected signal was accordingly made for the troops to land and assault, which was briskly answered by them; every boat containing 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 forts, 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 shire), 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 oat 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, Maior 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 s hi ps. 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 and the dying. Every exertion, was made by the medical staff (towhom , andho w eve, 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 proportionate loss has, indeed, been fright ful-434 killed and wounded. The Ist battalion of 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 wha are re turned missing being still alive. With such enemies as the Chinese, and under the peculiar circumstances ‘:e s s t q i U ll a . dron of ,t,hielcase, belief all t o h u r t ou o g f h t o h u e t q t u i Hope l s that Europeans manned the batteries as well as Chinese. Men in grey coats, with cle,sely cropped i s s u u ch ni l N i , o e : hair, and with Russian features, wQre 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 incontestably European faces. The damaged forts have already been repaired, and have never ceased to fire upon the boats that are still engaged under Capt. 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