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FURTHER RULES AND ORDERS FOR THE COURT OF PROBATE. The following are the Further Rules and Orders 1 for the Court of Probate, made under the provisions of the 20th and 21st of Victoria, chap. 27, and the. 21st and 22d of Victoria, chap. 95 : " Whereas, in pursuance of the statute the 20th and 21st of Victoria, chap. 77, sect. 30, certain rules and orders for regulating the procedure and prac tice of the Court of Probate were on the 7th day of January, 1858, duly made and published: and whereas the Judge of the Court of Probate is bythe said Act empowered, with the concurrence of the Lord Chancellor and the Lord Chief Justice of the Queen's Bench, or any one of the judges of the ' superior courts of law, to be by such Chief Justice named in this behalf, to repeal, amend, add to, or alter any such rules and orders as to him, with such concurrence as aforesaid, may seem meet ; and whereas the Right Hon. John Lord Campbell, the Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Queen's Bench, did name the Hon. Sir W. Erle, Knight, one of the Judges of the Court of Queen's Bench, in that behalf. Now I, the Right Hon. Sir Cresswell Cresswell, Judge of the Court of Probate, in pur suance of the power given me, by the above recited Act, and with the concurrence of the Right Hon. Frederic Baron Chelmsford, the Lord High Chan cellor of Great Britain, and of the said Hon. William Erle, Knight, do hereby order and direct that the further Rules and Orders shall, on and after the 2d day of November, 1858, take effect and be ob served by all the officers of and belonging to her MajFsty's Court of Probate, and to the Principal Registry thereof, and to the District Registries attached thereto. "Dated this 19th day of October, 1858. " CHELMSFORD, C. " W. ERLE. "C. CRESSWELL.9 "IN NON-CONTENTIOUS BUSINESS.—AFFIDAVITS. " 1. In every case where an affidavit is required from a subscribing witness to a will or codicil, such subscribing witness shall in. such affidavit depose as to the mode in which the said will or codicil was executed and attested. "2. The draught oaths to lead grants of special or limited probate or administration with or, with : , out the will annexed are to be transmitted by the district registrar to the registrars of the principal registry, in order to their being settled ; and.• no such special or limited grant is to issue until the draught oath to. lead the same has been settled by a registrar 'of the principal registry. " 3. No affidavit will be admitted in any mat ter depending in the Court of Probate of which any material part is written on an erasure. "ADMINISTRATION BONDS. " 4. Administration bonds are to be attested by an officer of the principal registry, by a district registrar, or by a commissioner or other person now or hereafter to be authorised to administer oaths under the 20th and 21st of Vict., chap. 77, and the 21st and 22d of Vict., chap. 95 ; but in no case are they to be attested by the proctor, solici tor, attorney, or agent of the party who executes them. The signature of the administrator or ad rainistratrix to such ',bonds, if not taken in the principal registry, must be attested by the same person who administers the oath to such adminis trator or administratrix. • " 5. In all cases of limited or special administra tion two sureties are to be required te the admini stration bond, and the bond is to be given in double the amount of the property to be placed in the pos.' session of or dealt with by the administrator by means of the grant. The alleged value of such pro perty is to be verified by affidavit if required. " CITATIONS. "6. The registrars of the principal registry may, when it appears to them desirable, dispense with the insertion of citations and other instruments in full in the London Gazette and other public jour nals, in acCordanee with any rules and orders made under the provisions of the 20th and 21st of -Viet., chap. 77, and. the 21st and 2241 'of Viet., chap. 95, and may direct that an abstract only of such citations and other instruments shall be published in the said Gazette and in the said other pub lic journals. Such abstracts are to -be pub lished in a form to be settled by the registrars, and so often and at such intervals as the judge or the registrars may direct. " 7. In cases of persons dying intestate without any known relation, in addition to the notice to be given to her Majesty's Procurator-General, or the Solicitor for the Duchy of Lancaster in London, under rule 62 of the Rules, Orders and Instruc tions to the Registrars of the Principal Registry ; or rule 81, of the Rules, Orders, and Instructions for the District Registrars, advertisements for the next of kin of the intestate are to be inserted in such of the leading morning and evening London newspapers, and so often and at such intervals, as the judge or the registrars of the principal registry may direct. " 8. Rules 58 of the Rules, Orders, and Instruc tions for the Registrars of the Principal Registry shall apply to all citations. "'OFFICE COPIES. " 9. Office copies of wills and other documents furnished in the Principal District Registries will not be collated with the original will, or other document from which the same are copied, unless specially required. Every copy so required to be examined shall be certified. under • the hand of one of the principal registrars, or of a district registrar, to be an examined copy . " CATEATS. "10. When a caveat has been entered and sub sequently warned, and such warning results in the commencement of contentious proceedings, the ex penses of the enter of such caveat and the warning thereof shall upoif taxation - be considered as costs in the cause. _ " 11. When a caveat _has been entered in the principal registry, and. notice thereof has been given to a district registrar, he shall not proceed with the grant of probate or administration to which it relates until he receives a notice- from the principal' registry- that the caveat has been with drawn, or that the proceedings consequent thereon have terminated and a final decree has been made therein. " 12. The warning to a caveat is to state the name and interest of the party on whose behalf the same is issued; and if such person claims under a will or codicil, is also to state the date of such will or codi cil. A form is annexed hereto which is to be fol lowed so far as the circumstances of each. case will allow. " 13. :Upon the issuing of a citation under seal of the Court, a caveat shall' be entered in the Court books against any grant being made in respect of the estate and effects of the deceased to which such citation relates, and notice thereof shall be sent to the registrar of any district in which the deceased apperrs to have resided at the time of his death, and such caveat shall remain in force until the pro ceedings following on such citation are terminated. " REVOCATION OF GRANTS. " 14. No grant of probate or letters of adminis tration is to be revoked by a. district registrar, even with consent of parties interested. All applications for such revocation of grants are to be made to the principal registrar. " IN CONTENTIOUS BUSINESS. " If contentious proceedings arise from the ser vice of a citation, the expense of the citation and service thereof shall, upon taxation, be considered as costs in the cause. "16. The entry of every appearance to a citation, or to a warning to-a caveat, shall hereafter be made in the principal registry. " 17. - The words ' or of a Registrar of the Prin cipal Registry' are to be added at the end of rule 74 of rules, orders andinstructionsheretoforeissued for the district registrars. " 18. No cause is to be called on for hearing or trial until after the expiration of 10 days 'from the day when the same has been set down as ready for hearing or trial, and notice thereof has been given, save with the consent of all parties to the suit. " 19. In testamentary causes the plaintiff and defendant, within eight days of the entry of an ap pea.ranee on the parrotthe defendant, are respec tively to fill theivaffi davits as to scripts. "20. No party to the cause, nor his or her proctor, .solicitO r , or attorney, s h a ll b e at lib erty, except b y leave of the judge or of one of the registrars of the . principal regisiw, to inspect the affidavits as to scripts, or th e 8 or by any, other . exhibits annexed thereto, filed seri gr . l a to ll the cause, until his own affidavit as td " 21• The-Plaintiff shallhave been filed. n d ot f be d compelled to de liver his declaration to the copy thereof, until the expiration een of eight days ant, or to file a after the' defendant has .filed his affidavit as to scripts. 22. In all causes relating to grants of b t pro a e or letters of administration it shall be competent to the defendant, on the day upon which an ap pearance is entered by him or on his behalf or on the day upon which he receives frdin the pplaintiffla the declaration in th e cause, or within three day s thereafter, to notify to the plaintiff in writing th e object for which he has so entered his app earance, and in such notice to set forth that he admits the validity of the will, Or the intestacy of the de ceased and the relationship claimed by the plaintiff to the deceased, and demand to be heard on peti tion in respect of some other matter, to be therein stated. The plaintiff shall, upon receiving such written notice, unless otherwise ordered. by the * judge, w rn eight days file his act on petition. In case litilltall fail to do so the defendant shall be at liberty to file his act on petition, and the cause shall be heard by affidavit Unlesgthe judge shall direct otherwise. "23. In :order to prevent the time limited for bringing in declarations, pleas, and other pleadings and proceedings from expiring before application can be made to the judge for an extension thereof, any one of the registrars of thegzineipal registry i may, upon reasonable cause being shown, extend the time for bringing in such declaration, plea, or other pleading, or proceeding, provided that such time shall in no case be extended beyond the day upon which the judge shall next sit in open court or m chambers. "24. A receiver of real estate pending suit is, to give bond in the form annexed to these rules and orders, or in a form as near thereto as the circum stances of the case will admit of; with two sure ties, and in a penalty of such an amount as may be directed by the judge. " TAXING BILLS OF COSTS. " 25. When an appointment has been made by a registrar of the principal registry for taxing any bill of costs, and one party only attends at the time appointed, the registrar may, nevertheless, proceed to tax the bill after the expiration of a quarter of an hour, upon being satisfied by affidavit that the other party had due notice of the time ap pointed. " 26. If more than one-sixth is deducted from any bill of costs taxed, as between party and party, or as between practitioner and client, no costs in curred in the taxation thereof shall be allowed as part of such bill. " RULES AS TO SUMMONS. 1. A summons may be taken out by any per son in any matter, whether contentious or non. contentious. _ _ "2. A printed form must be obtained and filled up with the object of the summons, and a half-crown stamp affixed. It must . then be taken to the-Clerk of the Papers, who will fill the blank left in the printed form for the time when the summons is to be made returnable, and get the summons signed. by a registrar. 3. The Clerk of the Papers is then to enter the name of the cause, or matter, and of the agent tak ing out the summons in a book, to be called the summons-book, and return the summons (with the stamp obliterated) signed to the applicant, who is to serve a copy on the opposite party. This copy (except in cases where the consent of the party to be served has been obtained and endorsed on the summons) must be served on the opposite party one clear day at least before the summons is re turnable, and before 7 p.m. On Saturdays the copy of the summons is to be served before 2 p.m. " 4. On the day, and at the hour named in the summons, the party issuing the same is to present himself, with the original, at the judge's chambers. " 0. Both parties will be heard bytbe judge, who will make such order as he may think fit, and a note of such order will be made by the registrar in the summons-book. _ _ " 6. If the party summoned do not appear after the lapse of half an hour fronk the time named in the summons the other party shall be at liberty to go before the judge, who will thereupon make such an order as he may think fit. " 7. An attendance on behalf of the party sum moned for the space of half an hour, if the other do not during such time appear, will be deemed sufficient, and bar the party taking out the sum mons from the right to go before the judge on that occasion. " 8. If a formal order is desired, the same may be had on the application of either party, and for that purpose the original summons, or the copy served on the opposite party, must be filed in the registry-. An order will, thereupon, be drawn up and delivered to the person filing such summons or copy. The Clerk of the Papers, before giving out the order, is to see that a half-crown stamp has been affixed to it, and is to obliterate such stamp. " 9. If a summons is brought to the Clerk of the. Papers, with a consent signed by the party sum moned, or his proctor, solicitor, or attorney' en dorsed thereon, an order will be drawn up without the necessity of going before the judge, provided that the order sought is, in the opinion of the re gistrar, one which the judge under the circum stances would make." Here follow the form of warning to a caveat and the form of bond to be executed by a receiver of real estate pending suit, in the foregoing orders referred to. OPERATIONS .AGAINST rii CHINESE' PIRATE& (From the London Gazette of la , i t Evening,) ADMIRALTY, OCT.. 29. • Despatches, of which the following are copies or extracts, have been received by the Lords Com .missioners of the Ad.- miralty from Rear-Admiral Sir Micha A Seymour : CAPTURE OF PIRATE VESSELS BY 'STAUNCH GUNBOAT. Calcutta, at Hong Kong, Aug, 24. Sir,—l have the henour to transmit; to be laid before the Lords CommissiOnerg of the Adnairahtv, a copy 'of a letter dated the 4th August, with its inclose ire s, from Lieutenant L. Wildman, commanding her Ms t jest3' - 's steam gunboat Staunch, reporting an. attack on three pirate vessels, on his passage from Shanghae to Hong Kong, and the destruction of two of them with most of their crews. 2. Taking into consideration the g reat disparity of force opposed to the Staunch, and that the latter had only her two 24-pounder howitzers on board, I consider this gallant ac tion reflects great credit on Lieut. "Wildman, his officers, and limited complement.—l have, &c M. SEYMOUR, Rear-Admiral and Commander-in-Chief. . The Secretary of the Admiralty. REPORTING THE CAPTURE OF TWO PIRATICAL JUNKS. Her Majesty's Gun-boat Staunch, off Te-plein Island, Aug. 4, 1858. Sir,—l have the honour to report for your Excellency's information the particulars of an engagement which took place this morning off the island Taon Pung, about 50 miles to the north of the port of Wanchon, between her Majesty's gun-boat under my command and three piratical junks. At 8 a.m., whilst at anchor off that island, two Sampans came alongside with information that some piratical - junks had attacked and plundered a village, &c., and were then rounding a neighbouring point. I immediately weighed, cleared for action and stood (under steam) towards four junks which had just then cleared the point, one flying an English ensign, a second a Portu guese, the other two Chinese flags. When we had closed within 200 yards the three largest junks opened a. smart and effective fire on us, doing much damage aloft ; and to pre-. vent injuring my boats, as I determined to. take them by boarding, I deemed it prudent• to lower and .tow then. astern. I then returned their fire with the Staunch's two howitzers, still closing with them ; but as our long gun had been sent on board H.M.S. Fury by your Excellency's orders, to ease the gunboat coming down the China Sea, during the typhoon season, our fire was comparatively feeble. I went ahead at full speed on to the largest junk, giving orders to lash her alongside us ; but the instant we touched such a shower of stinking pots and other combustible mat ter was thrown on board us, 'it was impossible for any per son to remain forward, or to see through the dense smoke they occasioned. It was at this moment, I deeply regret to state, that Ed ward George, A. 8., who was actually engaged in lashing the junk alongside, having gallantry jumped' on board her for that purpose, was cut to pieces, and his remains thrown overboard. The strong breeze favouring the junk, and a heavy swell making it difficult to lash her,- she sheered off; and the Chinese in the meantime, having cut our boats adrift, and being close to the rocks, I backed astern, and having picked them up, I mounted the how itzers, which had been dismounted from the rapidity of my . fire, and renewed the engagement, running alongside one and boarding, killing a great mimberef her crew, many of whom endeavoured to escape by jumping overboard, but only a small number reached the shore. Leaving this vessel in charge of Mr. Morice, the Second Master, and a party of men, I gave chase to' a second in my gig, and having come up with her, I boarded and took possession, making prisoners of the only two living men on board, many having been killed, and few escaping byjmnp ing overboard. The third junk, in the meanwhile, having got some distance away, and not having more than five effective men left after the engagement, I deemed it prudent not to follow her among the numerous rocks and intricate passage she had taken, and being.unable to spare any officer s and men for the captured junks, I gave directions for them to be burnt, which was done. I should observe that, during the time Mr. Morice and the men whom I had left with him to bum the first junk, were performing this duty, a number of Sanpans pulled alongside, and endeavoured to recapture her r firing her long gun below where our people were lighting a fire. Fortunately it did no harm to them, but caused an explo sion, which killed from 20 to 30 Chinese. The fourth vessel, having been a capture made by the pirates, I 'released, having previously obtained a written' statement to that effect. I have great pleasure in bringing to your Excellency's notice the admirable and gallant conduct of Mr. Morice, Second Master, the other officers and ship's company - of the Staunch in this action, under the double disadvantage Of a very reduced complement and armament, with these three junks, carrying a long 24-pounder gun amidships, and six broadside guns of smaller calibre, besides several mounted gingers. Charlef Angell,' Quarthrmaster, I also 'wish particularly' to bring le your notice, for his assistance in pointing the 4 howitzers, and his gallant conduct throughout the engage= ment. I enclose my list of casualties and defects.—•l have, &c., LE VE SON WILDMAN, Lieutenant and Commander. P.S.—I should have mentioned that from the quantity of f European knives, revolver cartridges and rifles, and th 4 desperate resistance they made in keeping up a heavy fire , that Europeans must have been on board—the engagemeni t having lasted five hours. Rear-Admiral Sir M. Seymour, K.C.8., Commander-in-Chief. OPERATIONS "AGAINST PIRATES. _ • Calcutta, at Hong Kong, Sept.. 10. Sir, Information having reached me, on the evaning t the 23d ult., that a fleet of 20 pirate vessels had captured 1 junk bound to Hong Kong, in the neighbourhood of fill) 4 island, I despatched her Majesty's steam gun-vessel Sur - prise, on the following morning in search of them. She re - turned the same evening, having succeeded in destroying a r capturing 26 heavily armed junks at the island of. Sing-tine , mounting over 300 guns. I enclose Commander Cresswell' s report of his proceedings, dated the 24th of August, arid be; ; to draw their Lordships' favourable notice to the gallan t manner in which the commander, officers, and crew of tht Surprise engaged and overcame so superior a force. 2. It being reported that the pirates destroyed by the Sur - prise formed a division of a large fleet to the southward, whirl has harassed the coasting trade for some time, I orderei 1 the Magicienne, Inflexible, Plover, and Algerine, under till ) orders of Captain N. Vansittart, C. 8., to scour the coast ii i that direction. By that officer's report, herewith enclosed , dated the 4th inst., their Lordships will perceive that th 4 expedition was attended with the most complete success, m less than 100 piratical vessels having been destroyed, ant I 236 guns sunk in deep water, with heavy loss to those des. - perate miscreants. The town of Coolan, the headquarter of the pirates, was also destroyed, as well as a stockade( 1 fort of 14 guns. The conduct of the officers and men of tht squadron is deserving of the highest praise. 3. On Captain Vansittart's return I ordered him to mite to the northward of Hong Kong ; but though he visited al 1 the usual haunts of the pirates the people stated that the; f had not been troubled for some time past. • 4. These important successes have afforded much satii - faction to the Chinese traders. Captain Vansittart just! y gives credit to Mr. Caldwell, Registrar-General, ,who _l companied the expedition for obtaining information. 'Tii gentleman's name must be familiar to their Lordships, frt his numerous services against pirates.. ' - I have, &c., M. SEYMOUR, Rear-Admiial and Commander-in-ChW f. The Secretary of the Admiralty, London. REPORTING CAPTURE AND DESTRUCTION OP PIRA? ICAL VESSELS. - Her Majesty's ship Surprise, at Hong Kong, „Au 4. 24. Sir,—l have the honour to inform you that, in cuz npli ance with instructions received from you on the nig: ht of the 22d inst., directing me to proceed in search of lairs Aical junks near the Leman Islands, and effect their captu re or destruction,. I proceeded to sea at daylight the folio , wing morning, having with me the launch and barge of ' her Majesty's ship Cambrian. Shortly after opening out from Hong Kong Ba 3 • the pilot pointed out three boats working to windward, and informed me that they were part of the piratical fleet I fortunately, at this time, observed many masts in a mall bay, in the north-west part of the island of Ling-Sing` and being informed it was the main body of the piratical i force I proceeded towards them. When within about 1,700 yards they opened fire oxi me, which I did not return until within about 1,000, wha . awe engaged them with one port broadside, firing shot and* hell. I then directed the Cambrian's boom boats to take up a position in shore of us, so as to be able to advance; ta king them in the flank as their guns came within range. The enemy directed much of their fire to the boats, whict t was admirably replied to by. Lieutenant J. W. Webb, i is he steadily advanced with his boats. The enemy opened on us at 8 a.m., keeping up a smart and well-directed fire with round shot and spear-b eaded rockets, and, as we closed, with grape and canister, b ulling the ship on several occasions, and had we not kel it on a continual move would doubtlesshave - caused us in aterial damage. After about 35 minutes their fire considerablk' slack ened, and at about 9 o'clock two- of their largest 1 orchas blew up with a tremendous explosion, caused apparel illy by the bursting of one of our shells ; they appeared is Limedi ately paralysed, and their firing ceased. Taking adv antage of this, I pushed on with my own boats, and, joinin g with the Cambrian's boats, effected a landing within a ver y short distance of the junks, having observed the crews desert their vessels and take to the hills. On advancing to the top of a neighbouring ride 'e some more piratical vessels were discovered in aping creek on the opposite side, crowded with men, and evidently prep tred for an, attack from seaward ; our position completet y com- Ind.nded them, and by opening fu'e . on'thera with' °it r rifles, . killing a great number, caused the others to run awls y, after a vain attempt to reach us with their gingalls, our height being too great for any effective fire from the large guns. Not deeming it prudent to expose the! men unnecessarily to the scorching heat of the sun, I ordered their return to the boats in preference to advancing by land, and, returning myself to the Surprise, closed, and, taking the boats in tow, steamed round abreast the creek, arid fired a few shells. I then despatched the Cambrian's and our own boats, under cover of our fire, to effect the capture of the junks. No re sistance was offered, beyond :the occasional fire of gingalls from the neighbouring hills, the junks being deserted. Several of them being aground, and many others much shattered from our fire, we only succeeded in bringing out seven, so I ordered the remainder to be destroyed by fire. On boarding and landing to effect this we found a num ber of Chinamen, and observed for the first time several guns mounted on shore, commanding the creek, which were destroyed. The capture of the piratical fleet being completed, 19 having been set fire to, 'and seven taken psssession of, and observing the total destruction of the others by the ex plosion of their several magazines, I proceeded on my re turn to Hong Hong, taking four of the junks in tow, the three others being in chargeof officers with orders to follow and arrived at this port at 9.30 p.m. with the four junks,' the others arriving during the night. Of the seven vessels we have in our possession, two are lorcha built, one mounting 28 guns, the other 24, from 6 to 24-pounders ; the remaining ones being junks of fiom 7 to 16 guns. Of those destroyed five were heavily armed' lorchas, the remainder averaging the, same armament as above ; in all mounting on board and on shore 327 guns, 103 of which are on board the vessels brought in. I have great pleasure in bringing to your notice the con duct of Lieut. J. W. Webb, of her. Majesty's ship Cam brian, for the very 'gallant and judicious manner in which he fought the boats of that vessel ; and: the assistance ren dered me both on board and on shore by Lieut. Charles Tarry, Senior Lieutenant of tke Surprise, as also the steadi ness and zeal displayed by the other officers and men under my command. The only casualty was Mr. Mallet, mate of the Cambrian, who, I regret to say, was severely burnt from an explosion while firing one of the junks. I have, &e., S. GURNEY CRESSWELL, Commander. His Excellency Rear:Admiral Sir M. Seymour, K.C.B. LETTER OF PROCEEDINGS. Her Majesty's ship Magicienne, off Linting Island, Sept. 4. Sir,—l have the honour to inform you that, in obedience to your orders for me to take under my directions her Ma ) lesty's ships Inflexible, Plover, Algerine, and proceed with I hem to destroy and capture the many pirates represented a s being in this neighbourhood, I left the anchorage of Wong Kong with the said vessels and her Majesty's ship ier my command on the morning of the 26th ult., as soo n as, Mr. Caldwell, the Registrar-General, and three Chinese informers had come on board. From Hong Kong we proceeded and examined carefully the whole coast as far westward as Mamee, having up to the pres ent date taken and destroyed one fortified stockade mounting 14 . guns, 26 piratical fighting junks, 74 fast row boat, s, 236 guns, about 372 pirates killed, 36 pirates taken alives six cargo vessels recaptured from pirates, 54 men and six women retaken from pirates; with only a few wounded on our side. I enclose herewith a detailed account of each day's pro ceedings, with list of captures, people rescued, casualties, officers employed in boats, &c. I cannot say too much for the valuable assistance I have received from Mr. Caldwell, the Registrar-General, who was most indefatigable in his exertions, gaining much valuable information from the prisoners rescued, and by other means, thereby being in a great measure the cause of our success ; and he showed much udgmeat in discriminating the innocent from the guilty of those captured on board the junks, besides being a valuable acquisition from his intimate knowledge of the Chinese, language. In conclusion, I bog to draw your favourable notice more particularly to the following officers :—Commander Brooker, of the Inflexible ; J. C. Soady, Senior Lieutenant of this ship; Lieutenant Wynniatt, commanding Plover; Lieutenant Arthur, commanding Algerine ; Lieutenant Bevan, of the Inflexible; and Mr. Brabazon, Acting Mate of this ship, as being in command of parties. The work undergone by all the officers and men employed, the pre cision of the fire of the vessels and boats, the order and dis- Cipline sustained, reflect the highest credit on both officers and men, as also on the masters of the two ships and second masters of the gunboat, for their conducting their re spective vessels through so many intricate channels. To Commander r Brooker I gave the command of the left division of boats, with the gunboat Algerine ; besides his co-operating with me on all occasions, he was most energetic in endeavouring to carry out all my wishes, and I found his services most valuable, he having been employed against the Chinese pirates on former occasions. To First Lieutenant J. C. Soady, of this ship, I gave command of the right division of boats on every occasion, besides the entire management of getting guns out of vessels into deep water, landing parties on shore, and setting vessels on fire. He is an invaluable officer ; among many other claimry on,the service he was First Lieutenant of the Arro , gent at the bombardment of Sweaborg in 1855. • Lieutenants Wynnisitt and Arthur are most highly de. serving officers. Lieutenant Wynniatt's despatch concern ing his gallant attack upon the pirate squadron on the 29th of August I enclose herewith. Lieutenant Arthur, although much hurt on the 18th of August in both legs by the carry ing away of a hawser, refused to have assistance lent to him, but was always at work when anything was to be done. First Lieutenant Bevan, of the Inflexible, acted with Commander Brooker,whio speaks most highly of him and the assistance ne receivea. Mr. Brabazon, acting mate of this ship, besides being on board the Plover, with 10 of the Magicienne's Royal Marine Artillery to assist in working her guns, was always away in the boats upon their shoving off from the gunboat, and was with me on the 30th of August, in the first gig, when, from being a light boat, we got within a few yards of the pirate junk, before the other boats could come up, the pirates making a good defence, so much so as to wound eight of nine men whom I took in the boat. I found his services as a good rifle shot, with the assistance of the two marines, of great service. kr. G. Anstruther, midshipman of this ship, gallantly saved from drowning one of the gig's crew, of which I have spoken in the detailed account. Commander Brooker, Lieutenants Soady and Wynniatt, were with me on the 27th of August, when, with 10 men, we made the night attack on the fortified stockade of 14 guns• _ _ I have despatched the Algerine into nong"Kong with Mr. Caldwell, the three Chinese informers, and the remainder of the persons rescued from the pirates not yet disposed of. Upon the Algerine's return with Mr. Caldwell, I propose searching well the bays in the vicinity of Hong Kong to the eastward, as we have every reason to believe that there is still one fleet of junks undiscovered. The energy of Mr. Caldwell in finding out and gaining information as to where the pirates are does him the very greatest credit. • Trusting you will approve my proceedings since leaving Hong Kong on the 26th u1t. 7 1 have, &c., NICHOLAS VANSITTART, Captain. Rear-Admiral Sir M. Seymour, K.C.8., Commander-in-Chief, &c. DETAILED ACCOUNT OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF H.M.'s SHIPS MAGICIENNE, INFLEXIBLE, PLOVER, AND AL GERLHE, WHEN UPON A CRUISE FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF PIRACY. Aug. 20.—Leaving the anchorage at Hong Kong at 6.30 a.m., we proceeded and carefully examined Pootoy, the Lema Islands, Sammoon, Lingting, and Chungchow ; send ing the Inflexible and Algerine to the westward of Lingting, the Mag,icienne with the Plover going to the eastward, we came upon two piratical fighting junks and one fast boat. One of the junks having her anchor up made for the shore, the crew taking to their boats. I immediately despatched the Plover, directing Lieut. Wynniatt to bring her out, which he did, and was fortunate in recapturing Charles Deacon, an Englishman belonging to the American ship Antelope, who had been taken by the pirates three weeks before, in company with the Mate and eight Chinese ; the former, and four of the latter he saw cut down and thrown overboard at the time- of being captured. The second junk was at anchor, which the pirates had abandoned and laid a train to, but she fortunately blew up before the Plover's beat reached her. Being informed that there were about 120 pirates on the island who had taken to the hills and rocks, I despatched Lieut. Soady, First Lieutenant of this ship, and. Lieut. Tuson,:R.M.A., with a strong party ashore, to cut off any pirates, but found here, as elsewhere, that it was useless following them, so shot at the - different parties as, they showed themselves. The junk blown up being nearly awash, I directed Lieut. Soady to recover as many of the guns on board of her as he possibly could, and to bring them out into deep water, which by nine the next morning he completed,bringing out, with those onboard the first captured junk, 50 guns-6, 9, 12, and 18 pounders—all of which were taken into deep water and the junks de stroyed. Ashore, much shot and ammunition was found, all of which was destroyed. 27th August. —ln the morning, before leaving Lingting, a Chinese who had been taken by the pirates some days before came on board in one of our boats ; his description of thelatrocities committed by the pirates was dreadful to hear. Mr. Caldwell, the Registrar-General, on board of us, having gained information at Lingting that two pirate junks, with a cargo junk of cocoa nuts, had only left on the 25th for Coulan Bay, a stronghold and favourite resort of the pirates, we proceeded to the Ladrone Islands to Tylon, and anchored the"Magicienne and Inflexible at 5 pm: on the south side in four fathoms water. I im mediately proceeded in the Plover with all the boats of the Magicienne armed, under Lieutenant Soady, and the boats of the Inflexible in tow of the Algerine, under Commander Brooker; landing the marines under Lieut. Tustin, R.M.A., with pinnace in charge of Lieutenant• Hill, on the south side. Upon our opening Coulan Bay we discovered a squadron of five piratical fighting junks, with two captured cargo vessels Upon our nearing them they fired one gun, and ran their vessels aground, the crews jump g overboard and swimming ashore. The fire of the Plo ver, Algerine, and rocket-boats was admirable: Anbhor ing the gunboats_ in position at sunset, we took possession of the pirate junks, mounting in all 62 guns, the two cargo junks being one laden with cocoanuts and the other with rice. We had to destroy the cocoanut vessel (being on the rocks), but liberated the rice junk, putting on boird of her the people found in the former, the united crews amounting to 24. At 10 p.m. I started with the Magicienno's and In flexible's first gigs, accompanied by Commander Brooker, Lieutenants Soady and Wynniatt, on a reconnoitring expe dition. Up the creek we discovered and set fire to four piratical fighting junks, one of 12 guns, the others having had their guns removed; while destroying the junks and some smaller vessels, occasional musket-shots were fired at us, which we returned. As we were burning the third junk, great guns opened on us, and about 1,700 yards from inland, many of the shot reaching alongside the gigs at that dis tance. Favoured by the moon (occasionally obscured), I determined to land ; so with Commander Brooker, Lieu tenants Soady and Wynniatt, and 10 men, we pushed on as well as we could find our way, guided by the spirited fire of the guns at the stockade, which continued until we got within pistol-shot, up to which time we had reserved our fire. Giving a volley we pushed on ; the enemy ran, our selves being brought up for a moment or so by the entrance of the stockade being staked ; clambering through mud water, and over embankment,, we got possession of the 14- gun stockade, spiked the guns, destroyed the ammunition, fired volleys where at times we heard the enemy, and re turned on boar& by 2 a.m., with no loss on our side. Al though the shot came over our heads, the pirates appeared to be firing at where the vessels were burning in the creek, and not to be aware of our movements ashore, nor the smallness of our force, until we were close upon them ; for, having to advance in single file in a narrow pathway, several of the guns being placed so as to completely sweep away everything approaching, we would have required a considerable force to have attacked. it in in the day-time, and I have little doubt that we should have sustained some loss. The guns were similar to those in the piratical fighting junks. - Aug: 28.—Lieutenants Sharpe and Bevan were employed getting the guns out of the junks captured in Coulan Bay into deep water, and then setting the vessel on fire. Land ing a large party under Commander Brooker, Lieutenant Soady, and Acting Mate Brabazon, I had 30 piratical fast boats destroyed, and marched up to the stockade to destroy the guns more effectually and burn the houses in the vicinity; the same S having been effected, all hands re-embarked and proceeded down to the ships, weighed and stea med down on the south side, to Sandy Bay, St. john's Island, Mr. Caldwell going down on the north side, with Plover and Algerine, where allre-anchored by dark. Aug. 29.—At daylight, having despatched the Plover and Algerine to search Samtong Bay, I proceeded with Mr. Caldwell and Commander Brooker,in Alagicienne's and In flexible's first gigs, to search the small nooks and coves in Sandy Bay, St. John'S Island. At the extreme end of one of the bays we came suddenly upon a piratical junk of 10 guns, all on one broadside, and 38 men all at their guns, pointed for the entrance between the rocks. As he evi dently intended disputing our entrance, and it would be impossible to board him on account of his being high and dry on the mud, I had the gig's crews landed on the rocks with their rifles. Upon our opening fire the pirates imme diately fled, many being killed. On board we . found two women who had been prisoners for upwards of two months, whom we liberated. In the forenoon, seeing , some junks to the , westward, I despatched Commander Brooker in the Inflexible, with the boats of the Magicienne,.under Lieu tenant Soady, to examine them, remaining at anchor in the Magicienne to superintend getting the pirate junk out to where we were at anchor. Off Hawchura Bluff, the Plover and Algerine came upon six piratical junks, upon which they made a spirited attack, doing much credit to Lieutenants Wynniatt and Arthur ; after an ex change of shot for several minutes the pirates jumped over board, upwards of 190 being killed or drowned, 36 taken alive, 22 people rescued, and 80 guns destroyed; the In flexible with Magicienne's boats coming in very opportunely to prevent any escape, and to give a finishing stroke to an affair so ably executedby Lieut. Wynniatt. For particulars I must refer you to the letter written by Lieut. Wynniatt, enclosed herewith. Aug. 30—At 4 p.m., hearing a gun fired from the north ward, I had the Plover ready, with the 3,lagicienne's cutter under Lieut. Soady, the Inflexible's cutter under Lieut. Bevan, and started at daybreak, with Mr. Caldwell and Commander Brooker after four vessels for the land. Upon our getting within gunshot the crews of the two larger junks took to their boats and made for the shore, our selves opening fire with musketry and great guns, destroy ing the greater part of them. The vessels turned out to be one pirate junk, mounting five guns, on board of which we found a Chinese woman, who had been made a prisoner with seven men some days before, near Macao, her vessel, the second large one, having been kept by the pirates to form one of their squadron. The remaining two were fishing vessels, one with five men the other with four on board, whom we liberated. The other two vessels I had taken into deep water, set fire to, and guns thrown overboard. The woman I had sent to the Ma gicienne. Weighing with the ships at 8 p.m. we proceeded to Mong- Chow, where leaving the Magicienne and Inflexible at an chor, I proceeded at Ip.m. with Mr. Caldwell in the Plover, taking in i tow allthe Magicienne's boats under Lieut: Soady, Commander Brooker going in Algerine with Inflexible's boats. Proceeding up for Tywooshan, at 3 p.m. we disco vered two junks, and on giving chase one lowered her sails and anchored, turning out to be our old friend the rice junk, which had been again captured by another pirate (the ves sel ahead), who was sailing away with a good breeze, and pulling with all her oars to escape up to the fort of Tywoo shan. As soon as we came within range we opened fire, the Chinese villagers on shore following her up, so as to slaughter any one attempting to escape by swimming from her. At 4.10 p.m. the pirate opened fire upon us, and con tinued so doing until she was taken. The Plover having got within canister distance did great execution, as did the Algerine and all the boats. Pushing off in the boats'at 4.40 the pirate still sailing and pulling gave 'us a hard chase ; my gig being light consequently got within pistel:-shot dis tance before the other boats could come up. I cannot speak too highly of Mr. Brabazon, acting mate, and . lqr, S. G. Anstruther, midshipman, who came up with me, or of the whole boat's crew, as, out of nine men, eight were wounded by the pirates ; Mr. Brabazon with the two marines keep ing up a most effective fire with their rifles ; Mr. Anstruther most gallantly jumped overboard after T. Mills, ordinary, one of the gig's crew, who, in consequence of a stinkpot having exploded upon him, had to jump overboard to save himself, but being unable to swim was fast sinking, when Mr. Anstruther rescued him ; Mr. Anstruther's strength was also exhausted when assistance came to him. At 5.30 p.m. the boats having come within easier distance, as well as the Plover and Algerine, the pirate grounded in a sinking state, those ost board of her not killed jumped overboard, the few escaping us being immediately slaughtered by the villagers ashore. One Chinese, who had been taken prisoner by the pirates and rescued by us, informed us that this junk was comman ded by the pirate chief Cheppoo, who was killed shortly be fore the vessel grounded ; also that she mounted nine guns having a crew of 'upwards of 65 men, not one of whom escaped. The coolness displayed throughout the expedition since leaving Hong Kong by all on board, the accuracy of the fire from the Plover and Algerine, also from the boats of Magicienne and Inflexible, do great credit to all on board, and I take this opportunity of recommending to your favourable notice, as I have done in my covering letter particularly Commander Brooker, Lieutenant J. C. Soady, Lieutenant Wynniatt, Lieutenant Arthur, Lieutenant Bevan, Acting Mate Brabazon, Midshipman Anstruther The conducting of the Plover and Algerine through such intricate channels reflects the greatest credit on Mr. J. Har vey and Mr. Clements, Masters ; Mr. J. Phillips, Acting Second Matser ; and Mr. H. Swainson,:Second Master. • I enclose herewith a list of casualties, in which I am happy to say are none killed. Aug. 31. —Searching the various creeks we found two junks with no guns on board, but as they answered the de scription given by Mr. Caldwell I had them destroyed, meeting with no resistance with the exception of the gingall shot. Before high water I had the Plover and Algerine placed in position before the battery of Tywooshan, in which were two heavy long guns, besides smaller ones ; sending a boat in under Lieut. Soady, to set fire to a large junk, which .had been used as a pirate, but whose guns had been re moved, our firing of the previous day giving them timely warning. We remained opposed to the battery until the vessel was burnt to the water's edge ; however, as no shot was fired, I did not feel myself authorised in acting in any way against it, although it is well understood that the Hakka tribe living there always give protection openly to the pirates, the mandarins never yet having been able to take the place, although they have tried with a large force; the Hakka tribe being in open . rebellion against them. There being nothing more to complete the destruction of, I re turned with the vessels and boats to where the Magicienne and Inflexible were at anchor. . _ Sept. I.—Proceeded with gunboats in tow to Mamee, when sending for the Mandarin I handed over to him 22 pirates for his disposal. Sept. 2 —Proceeded to St. John's Island, searching the nooks and corners, finding nothing. Sept. 3.—Proceeded at 4 a.m. for Tylon Island, where at Il a.m., anchoring the Magicienne and Inflexible on the south side, I started -with Commander. Brooker and Mr. Caldwell in Plover and Algerino with ships' boats to Coulan Bay. Finding I had been too lenient on the former occasion of visiting this place, in sparing the houses and many boats, - as the accounts given by prisoners taken from pirates and from all parties inquired of agreed that every person and article thereat were piratical, and had been for some years, also from Mr. Caldwell's previous know ledge ; and as the mandarin authorities had long since de nounced it as such, I desired Commander Brooker to land with his division of boats and with those under Lieutenant Soady, to search well the different lots . of houses about the creek, and to burn and destroy everything that he could find, which he most ably executed, having only a few gin. gall shot fired at his party, which was returned, without any loss on our side, the pirates having four or five killed. The houses were nothing more thaninagazines of powder and ammunition, explosion after explosion taking place. Seven more guns were discovered and destroyed cargoes of betelnnt and other pirated stores'set fire to, as were also two, piratical fighti i ng ,iunks with gam removed, one cargo junk, and about 40 boats, nearly all fast boati. With the Plover I started in chase of a fast boat pulling 16 oars, which we ctid not get possession of until after all the crew had got ashore. She was well armed and provisioned, and mounted a, 6-pounder in the stern. Two other piratical fast-boats Were likewise discovered and set fire to. The destruction of their favourite stronghold, with loss of powder and ammunition will, I trust, prevent the pirates fitting out any vessels of consequence for piratical purposes for some time. Sept. 4..—Proceeded by Kypong Islands, Sammoon, and Ling-ting, where we now are. NICHOLAS VANSITTART, Captain, Her Majesty's ship Magieienne, off Ling-ting Island, Sept. 4. Her Majesty's gunboat Plover, Sandy Bay, Aug 29. Sir,—l have the honour to acquaint you that, in obe dience to your orders, I proceeded with the Plover and Al gerine to Samtong Bay, where nothing was met with beyond a few fishing and trading boats, but from whom I gained information of pirates having been there on the previous evening, but had left during the night in the direction of Gunjavar Channel; upon which I considered I should not be departing from my instructions in following them up, which I did, searching the whole of the western shore of Hawcheun Island, without seeing anything suspi cious until we arrived at Hawcheun Bluff, when we sud denly opened six piratical junks standing in line towards the shore, which from their appearance as to tonnage and cut of sails quite agreed with the information we had received at Samtong. As we approached within gun shot fire was opened immediately on both sides, Lieutenant Arthur, in the Algerine, taking the right extreme of the line, while the Plover took the left, to prevent their reach ing the shore, firing continually on both sides for many minutes, when the men jumped overboard from the junks and made for the shore, a few escaping in their small boats, leaving us in possession of the junks, which were as speedily as possible anchored, guni thrown overboard, and set fire to, in which we were much assisted by the joining of the Inflexible and Magicienne's boats, under Lieut. Soady, as every assistance was given by Commander Brooker in de stroying the junks, which being completed in obedience to instructions from Commander Brooker, I proceeded with the Algerine to examine Namoa Harbour and the channel leading between the islands of Hawcheun, Wasp, Cricket, and Dipachou, when I rejoined the Magicienne. I am happy to say that the captures were effected Without a single man being wounded on our side, though the fire at times was heavy. As far as lam able to learn; upwards of 80 guns were destroyed. In conclusion, I beg to bring to your notice the very cordial co-operation I received from Lieut. Arthur in the Algerine, and the brisk and accurate fire kept up by the gun-boats reflects the highest credit on both men and offi cers. I further think it my duty to bring to your notice Mr. John Phillips, Second Master of the Plover, who con ducted the vessels through most intricate channels in a manner which showed great judgment and ability. The interpreter sent by Mr. Caldwell, Registrar-General, proved of great value in obtaining information and making himself generally useful. Hoping that our proceedings may meet with your ap proval, I have, &e., ROBERT WYNNIAT T. I l ieutenant Commanding. To Captain N. Vansittart, C. 8., Her Majesty's ship Magicienne. LIST OF OFFICERS BELONGING TO HER MAJESTY'S SHIPS MAGICIENNE, INFLEXIBLE, PLOVER, AND ALGERINE, AWAY IN BOATS BETWEEN THE 20TH AUGUST, 1858, AND THIS DATE. Her Majesty's ship Magicienne, off Lingting Island, Sept. 4, 1858. HER MAJESTY'S SHIP MAGICIENNE. Lieutenants J. C. Soady, Philip R. Sharpe, Charles F. Hill, Lieut. Henry B. Tuson, R.M.A., Acting Mate W. Brabazon, Assistant-Surgeon W. H. Clorke, Clark C. W. Roache, Midshipmen C. S. P. Woodruffe, D. D. Yonge, A. L Clarkson, F. N. Campbell, Frank Rougemont, and G. J. Anstruther, Master's Assistant J. W. Ashton, Gunner M. Thompson, Boatswain Edward Layton. HER MAJESTY'S SHIP INFLEXIBLE. Commander G. A. C. Brooker, Lieutenants G. D. Bevan, J. E. Stokes, acting ; , Midshipman Baron Von Otter, Swedish Lieutenant; Acting-mate E. S. Mangan, Assistant Surgeon M. M. Magrath, Midshipmen T. 11. Herbert, and G. Blake, Master's Assistant H. Barrett. HER MAJESTY'S GUNBOAT PLOVER. Lieutenant *Commanding Robert J. Wynniatt, Assistant Engineer 2d Class Innis. HER MAJESTY'S GUNBOAT ALGERINE. Lieutenant Commanding William Arthur, Assistant En gineer 2d Class William Palmer. NICHOLAS VANSITTART, Captain. REPORT OF CASUALTIES AMONG THE OFFICERS AND CREWS OF HER MAJESTY'S SHIPS MAGICIENNE, IN FLEXIBLE, PLOVER, AND ALGERINE, DURING AN Ex- PEDITION AGAINST THE PIRATES, BETWEEN THE 26TH AUGUST AND THIS DATE. Her Majesty's ship Magicienne, off Lingting Island, Sept. 4. Aug. 27—Henry Croft, carpenter's crew Magicienne, burn of race. Aug. 28.—W. Arthur, Lieutenant Commanding Alge rine, severe contusion of both thighs. Aug. 30 and 31.—Robert Rundle, ship's corporal, severe burn of face and asphyxia; William Hankins, boy, Ist class, wound of head; Henry Canham, A. 8., burn of right arm and leg and contusion of back ; Thomas Macpherson, A. 8., contusion of shoulder ; Thos. Mill, ordinary, burn of both arms and contusion of back; John Davies, A. 8., contusion of arm and knee ; John Shortening, ordinary, concussion of brain ; Henry Lock, private, Royal Marines, wound of nose—all of the Magicienne. John Clayson, ordi nary, Algerine, contusion of hand; John Brookes and Michael Collins, privates, Royal Marines, Inflexible, both wound of foot ; Richard Markquick, stoker, Plover, wound of ankle. W. H. CLARKE, Assistant-Surgeon (on duty in boats.) ALDERMAN SALOMONS AND LIEUT. HIGGINSON. • Lest evening a crowded public meeting of elec tors was held at the Queen's Arms Tavern, Plum stead, to hear an address from Mr. Alderman Salomons, as a candidate for the representation of the borough of Greenwich. After recapitulating his political views, Alderman Salomons referred at some length to the case of Lieutenant Higginson, who recently applied for a summons against the directors of the Atlantic Telegraph Company. Alderman Salomons observed—" I have ever been proud of my reputation as a courteous and con siderate magistrate, and as the case of Lieutenant Higginson has been introduced into this contest, I will g ive a plain statement of the facts. Now, .a gentlman whom I bad never seen before applied to me as a magistrate for a summons against the At lantic Telegraph Company Directors, for an alleged irregularity in not having registered the names of the shareholders. The applicant was a lieutenant in the Royal Navy, but he was evidently labouring under an extraordinary delusion. I told him that I had myself Xl,OOO in tne company, wnien money was sunk at the bottom of the sea ; and he stated that he had lost the same, amount, but it turns out that he calculates his loss upon the fact that because the company did not adopt an invention of his, he had lost £l,OOO. I told him that I could not adju dicate upon the case, and adjourned it until the next day, and the solicitors to the company were then present. He then complained that they were on the bench, but I told him to take a seat on the bench also. He refuied to do so, and what followed has been much misrepresented to-my prejudice. I carefully considered the case, and when I found that I had no jurisdiction, I advised the applicant to go to the Registrar's office. Throughout the whole case I paid every respect to the lieutenant— gave him every indulgence, and treated hiin on terms of equality. On the second day I told him that I was sorry that I was compelled to tell him to leave the court ; and this was construed by some of the newspapers into an apology, but nothing was farther from my thoughts. These are the facts ; and, although some of the newspapers have accused me of being flippant, and Punch has given me an admonition, I consider that the course I adopted was entirely justifiable." A resolution pledging the meeting to support Alderman Salomons was then adopted. SERIOUS LOSS OF LIFE AND SHIPPING _DURING THE LATE GALES. SHIELDS, TUESDAY FORENOON. We have already reported that a 'vessel named the Wingra , e, belonging 'to this port, was run down and perished with all hands during the late gale. There is now little doubt that another collier vessel, the Amaranth, of Seaton Shire, has also been lost, and that every one on board have suffered with her. She left Cuxhaven six weeks ago in ballast for the Tyne, and has never since been heard of. She had a crew of 10 or 11 hands, and the mas ter's wife was also on the voyage with him, so that 12 persons at least must hive perished. Several 'ships that have reached here from Hamburg report having passed the wreck of a large brig, apparently of about 300 tons, floating about on the edge of the Dogger Bank, and about 60 miles from the Eng lish coast. She appeared to have been a foreign brig, and:it was thought had been timber-laden. Every inquiry has been made at the outposts to ascertain if the crew of a foreign vessel had been landed there, but no information can'be gathered with regard to them, and it is•very much feared that the crew of the unfortunate brig have all pe rished. The crew of the brig Dalston have arrived at their homes in - Shields without an article of clothing except that which they wore. She - was proceeding from the Tyne to the Mediterranean with coals, when her decks were swept by a heavy - sea - as she - w.as - passing-aloUgthe-Suffolk coast. The sea swept away the long-boat, and immediately after the vessel began to sink. The -master, Mr. Barker, however, got the • stern boat out, and stowed all his crew away in it. They had only been a quarter of an hour from the vessel when she went down. The crew of the vessel, after pull ing in their frail and overladen boat nine miles, fortunately landed at Lowestoft. The master, chief officers, steward, and two seamen, lost in the Henry Tanner, of Shields, near Aden, as reported by tele graph, were Tyne men. THE NEW BOARD OF CONSERVANCY.—The new Board of Conservancy of the River Thames, constituted under a recent Act of Parliament, met on Monday after nooni at their offices, Trinity-square, Tower-hill, for the purpose of appointing a solicitor. There were no fewer than ,17 candidates for the office, the emoluments of which, it is, supposed, will amount to from £2OO to £3OO a-year. Mr. Freer, of Lincoln's-inn-fields, was elected. 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THE SUN, t NDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 3, 1858. " FROM THE GAZETTE OF Y_ESTERDAI WINDSOR, CASTLE, OCT. 29. This day had audience of her Majesty : His Excellency Mons. Musurus, Ambassador Extraordi nary and Plenipotentiary from the Sultan, to deliver a letter from his Sovereign ; Don Tomas Murphy, Envoy Extraordinary. and Minister Plenipotentiary from the Mexican Republic, to deliver his credentials ; . _ _ Don Xavier de Isturizy Montero, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary from the Queen of Spain, to deliver his credentials ; And Senor Jose Santiago Rodriguez, Envoy Extraordi nary and Minister Plenipotentiary from the Republic of Venezuela, to deliver his credentials; To which audiences they were respectively introduced by the Earl of Malmesbury, her Majesty's Principal Secre tary of State for Foreign Affairs, BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, Nov. 1. The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received in formation, through the Secretary of State for Foreign. Affairs,. that with a view to facilitate navigation, the fol lowing measures have been adopted by the Russian Go vernment in respect to the transport of merchandise of Russian origin from ports in the Black Sea and the Sea of Azof, to those of the Baltic, and vice versa (with the excep tion of the port of Odessa, until it ceases to be a free port) except salt from the Crimea, and walnut wood from the Transcaucasian Provinces, in regard to which articles special regulations exist. _ Those of the articles which are charggi with duties, on being exported to foreign countries, can only be transported on presentation at the custom house of exportation, of a gua rantee of two well-known Russian merchants (if the ex porter should be a member of one of the first two guilds) that, in case the goods should not be d e li vere d at another Russian port, the export duty shall be paid by the exporter, without objection, unless in case of damage, the said guarantee to be restored,• upon the re ceipt of the goods at the port of importation. The Export Custom-house is required to make known, upon every occasion the fact of the exportation of goods, to the Custom-house, at which it is intended to import such goods, stating their nature and quantity. In addition to this the Custom-house seals should be placed upon mer chandise chargeable with export or import, duties; and on the exportation of wines or tobacco from the southern to the Baltic ports, two samples are to be taken; one of which, bearing the Custom-house seal, must accompany- the mer chandise, and the other be retained at the custom-house of exportation, and sealed with the seals of the Custom-house and that of the exporter. If, on importation, the goods are ascertained to lie iden tical with the samples, and bear the seals unbroken, they will be delivered without obstacle, but in other cases they will be treated as foreign merchandise. • - - COMMISSIONS BY LORDS-LIEUTENANT. West Essex Yeomanry Cavalry—D. Frederiek Collins (Member of the Royal College of Surgeons), to be Surgeon, vice Dobson, deceased. The Essex Rifles—Lieutenant Griffin Curtis Galt to be Captain, vice Lister, resigned ; Ensign Edward Robinson to be Lieutenant, vice Gait, promoted ; Ensign Bertram Aynsley James Mitford to be Lieutenant, vice Kitcat, superseded; Ensign Waldron Edward Roper Kelly to be Lieutenant, vice Sandell, resigned ; Ensign Wm. Roberts Knobel to be Lieutenant, vice Fenn, resigned ; Albert Rob son Burkill, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Robinson, promoted ; Wm. Tate Philpott, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Mitford, promoted. West Essex Militia—Ensign Henry Septimus Eicke to be Lieutenant, vice Clifford, resigned ; Lieutenant Maurice Henry Hollings Bird to be Captain, vice Ibbetson, resigned. Queen's Own Light Infantry Regiment of Tower Ham lets Militia—Lieutenant Daniel Williams to be Captain, promoted. K vice Thomas Henry Pipon, resigned; E om ns o ig te. n d R. irk wood to be Lieutenant, vice Williams, Ist Devon Regiment of Militia —Henry Wm. Barbor to be Ensign, vice Charles Bevan, resigned; Albert Cecil R. Drewe to be Ensign. — oxfordshire Regiment of Militia—Charles Rivers Bul keley, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Fletcher, retired. Royal Glamorgan Light Infantry Militia—Major Ed ward R. Wood to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Wheatley, resigned ; Captain John Popkin Traherne to be Major, vice Wood, promoted. Royal Monmouthshire Light Infantry Regiment of Mi litia—Lieutenant Bryan Sheehy to be Captain, vice Hom fray, resigned. 2d Regiment of King's Own Staffordshire Militia—Lieu tenant Isaac De Liancour Wilson to be Captain, vice Har greaves; resigned. 4th or Duke of Lancaster's own (Light Infantry) Regt. of Royal Lancashire Militia —Ensign Frederick Henry Brice to be Lieutenant, vice George Ainsworth Fielding, resigned. Royal Sherwood Foresters or Nottinghamshire Regiment 'of Militia —Ensign John Alexander Byrne to be Lieu tenant, vice Wall, promoted ; Lieutenant William Elisha Smith to be Captain, vice Moore, resigned ; Ensign Loftus John Rolleaton. to' be Lieutenant, 'vice Smith, promoted ; Ensign John Jamieson to be Lieutenant, vice Surplice, resigned. MEMORANDUM. 3d Regiment (Light Infantry) of West York Militia — Captain John Charles Flood has been removed from the regiment. Royal Ayrshire Rifles—Her Majesty has been pleased to permit Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Thomas Montgomery Cuninghame, Bart., whose resignation was notified in the Gazette of the 14th September, to retain the honorary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. BANKRUPTS. Robert Gilbert Saunders, coffeehouse-keeper, Skinner* street, Snow-hill, Nov. 12, at one, and Dec. 10, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwin Guest, ironmonger, Blackfriars-road, Nov. 17, at two, and Dec. 15, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Henry Louis Winter, timber merchant, New North street, Finsbury, Nov. 12, at eleven, and Dec. 10, at half past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Jabez Edmanson, linen draper, Sheffield, Nov. 20 az' Dec. 18, at ten, at the Leeds District Court. George Lionel Fitzmaurice, boarding-house keeper, Gloucester-place, Portman-square, Nov. 13 and Dec. 13, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Samuel Manning, mason, Marylebone-road, Nov. 16, at eleven, and Dec. 16, at one, at tke Court of Bankruptcy. William Slade, paper maker, Bagnor, Berkshire, Nov. 17, at one, and Dec. 15, at twelve, at the Court of Bank ruptcy, John Harris, envelope manufacturer, College-hill, Upper Thames-street, Nov. 12, at twelve, and Dec. 14, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. James Henry Wills, licensed victualler, Hammersmith, Nov. 12, at eleven, and Dec. 7, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. Rev. Robert William Fraser, parish minister, Edinburgh. James Wallace, woolspinner, Devonside. Alexander Watt, cattle dealer, Dunfermline. Gavin Park, flesher, Glasgow. Thomas Arbuckle, tobacconist, Glasgow. John Douglas, wright and builder, Glasgow. Thomas Cram Temperley, merchant, late of Newcastle on-Tyne, now at Portobello, near Edinburgh. William Bowie, flesher, Elgin. William Leitch, writer, Glasgow. COUNTRY MA_RKBTS. LIVERPOOL—Nov. 2. The attendance• at our market this morning was fair, but the result of business was quite moderate, and buyers had to pay fully late rates for the best wheat and flour—' selected brands of flour from New Orleans sold as high as 26s to 28s per barrel of 1961bs ; the inferior grades of both articles were quite unmanageable. There was a decline of Is per qr each on beans and Indian corn, id per bushel on oats, and 6d per load on oatmeal. Choice malting barley commands 43s to 44s ; useful sorts, weighing 541bs per im perial qr., about 405.; and common, 33s to 34s per imperial qr. SHEFFIELD—Nov. 2. At this morning's market there was very little doing ill grain; and prices remained without much change. White wheat, new, 15c to 17s B ar l e y, gr i n di ng 2 Bs t o 32s Red d 0...... ' 16s to 20s Oats, old, .. 24s to 345 Old white —s to —s New do —s to .."-- .3 Red do. —s to —s Beans. 17s to 20s Barley, malting.... 33s to 36s Peas.. 4Bs to 545 Millers' prices for flour—ls sd, is 7d, and is 9d per 141 b. Hay, 80s to 90s ; wheat straw, 28s to 35s ; oat straw, 35s to 40s ; turnips, 14s to 15s per ton. LEEDS—Nov. 2. The market is modeiately supplied with wheat ; in con sequence of the dull report from Mark-lane millers aim at buying at a similar reduction, but are not generally suc cessful. Prices at the close were is per qr. under those of Friday, with but little passing. Fine barley is scarce, and maintains its value ; scarcely any demand for inferior sorts. Beans and oats steady. Other articles as before. Averages for the week : Wheat 2,925 qrs., at 45s 51d Barley. ....... . 1,465 ~ 355 lid Oats 195 „ 23s 10d Rye lB „ 32s Od Beans Peas Arrivals this week : Wheat s ..2,321 qrs. Oats — Barley Beans Rapeseed — Linseed 152 NORWICH CATTLE—OcT. 30. There was a large show of store beasts to-day, consisting of Scots, shorthorns, Irish, and Devons. Sales were veil dull. The selling price for Scots was 5s to 5s 6d; short horns, 4s 6d to 5s Od ; Irish, 3s 6d to 4s per stone of 141bg• estimated weight when fat. Fat beasts firm at 7s 6d to 8 0 per stone. Sheep—Fat sheep, 8s to 8s 6d, prime lots 9s per stone. Pigs—Good store pigs, 16s to 20s per head. Fat pork 6s to 6s 6d, prime 6s 9d per stone. COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—.YESTERDAY. Amsterdam ' Short. 11 14 11 14k Ditto Rotterdam — 11 16i 11 17 Antwerp Brussels — 25 25 25 30 Hamburgh Paris - Short. 25 5 25 10 Ditto - 25 32 Marseilles — 25 271 25 32 _ _ Frankfort on Maine Vienna Trieste Petersburgh Madrid Cadiz Leghorn Genoa Napier Palermo Messina Lisbon Oporto Rio Janeiro New York 1181 1181 10 2 10 6 10 3 10 7 34/ 35 491 . 49 4 4919 i 29 75 29 871 25 45 25 5 0 414 41 1221 123 123 123 1 521 52 521 52 • . E.I. Co's bls. House Mc 604 Calcutta, Co.'s rupee 26 23 Bombay ditto Madras ditto — 26 231 East India Company's, Bills drawn from the 24th ult. to the Bth inst. . Ben-al .£1,201 5 0 Madras 0 0 0 Bombay £1,201 5 0 Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard) per oz. 17 9 Mexican Dollars Silver in Bars (Standard) ... 0 5 LOCAL SHARE .MARKETS. LrVERPOOL-NOV. 2.. The market was flat at .the opening, and afterwards proved, closing b e tt er . E as t ern C ount i es, 12 5-16 i—clieste' and Holyhead, 375 B—Caledonians 824 a—Lancashir e and Yorkshire, 94 4—London and Norlh-Westerns, 89 1' Sheffield, 35a a—Midl an d , 961 I—North British, 5 55 Berwicks, 921 1 3—York and. North Midland, 76 t —Leeds Northern, 47 1--Dovers, 22 3-16 I—Dutch Rhenish, 41 dis.—Grand Trunk of Canada, 9 3-16 5-16—Great Western. of Canada, 18 4—Birkenheads, 66 s—Blackburns, 115 Great Western, 544 s—East Lancashire, 934 4. MANCHESTER—NOV. 2. The market was fair, and prices rather easier. Leeds , 94I—London and North Westerns, 891—Dovers Sheffield, 35k—Le e d s 6 p er C en t. P re f eren ce, 140—New port 5 per Cent. Preference, 91—South Staffords, 10 1-16 —Midlands, 96/. LEEDS—Nov. 2. There was very little business, and prices rather higher• North-Westerns, 11. BIEMINGRAM-NOV. 2. The closing prices in t is market to-day were—Midlands, 961 /—inningham and StOur Valley Guaranteed Stook, 55 f---Ditto Birmingham, 721.73—Ditt0 Preference, 9# 101 Londons, 891 894—South Staffords, 104---Birrainghaul Canals, 93/ 41. Market dull. [ADVERTISEMENT.)—HoIIoway's Ointment and PO have been used freely by millions of human being sof both sexes and all ages, in every p ar t of the world; andw hile the public press has teemed w ith authenticated cases of extra' ordinary cures in a vast variety of diseases (such as indiges tion, scorbutic eruptions, and liver complaints), there 15 not on public record a single case in which their use has been attended with a bad effect. None, when wing gel loway's Ointment and Pills. need suffer the hope of cur! to be counterbala nce d by th e f ear o f i n j ury . They, an' peculiarly mild in their operation, and yet they never fail to give immediate relief, and sooner or later to effect a complete and permanent •ure. BIRTHS. BONE.—On the 30th ult., at Tenby Lodge, Kingston -hilly the wife of W. Bone, Esq., of the Stock Exchange, of a daughter. Cocx.—On the Ist inst., at' 1, Westbourne-park-terrace) Porchester• terrace, the w if e of Dr. Cock, of a son. EVANS.—On the Ist inst., at 30, Cumberland-terrace, Re' gent's-park, the wife of John. Evans, Esq.,Q.c of a . daughter. • WINTER.—On the 29th ult., at the Rectory, East Bran' denham, Norfolk, the wife of . the Rev. Geo. R. Wintery of a daughter. MARRIAGES. POLKINGHORN E TRAUNSELL.— On the 31st ult., at Stoke, Devonshire, Charles - J. Polkinghorne, Esq.? R.N., to Catherine, youngest daughter of J. Traunselit Esq. WE SLEY — BENSON.—On the 30th ult., at St. Peter's , Weald, Robert Glenn Wesley, Esq., of Canonbury-par l , to Juliana, only daughter of James Benson, Esq., oci South Weald, Essex. DEATHS. BATLY.—On the 31st ult., at West all Clifton, Glouces tershire, Anne widow of Major Samuel Bayly, 56th Be' giraent, aged 92. DAVIES.—On the 31st ult., at Addiscombe-villas, Croydon , the Rev. Charles Davies, aged 33. FOULGER.—On the 31st ult., Mr. George Foulger, of Wer mouth, formerly of Ealing,. aged 41. HEPWORTH.—On the 31st ult., at 14, Anglesey-crescen t, Hants, James Hepworth, Esq, aged 80. HABBERFIELD.—On the 30th ult., at Salcombe, Devon' Riehaid Habberfield, Esq., of Tulse-hill. • LAMBERT. —On the 31st ult., at Weston-super-Mare, th e Hon. Charle s Lambert, second sou of the Earl of Cava° , aged 15. , 2 MEEsoN.—On th e Ist inst., John Meeson, Esq., 0- 5 I Sussex-gardens, Hyd e - par k , an d D uvals, G rays, Ess° ' aged 69. LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUN G :,' of No. 112, St rand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 11 1 Strand, in th e P rec i nct of the Savoy, in the oonntY ° Middlesex, 'Wednesday, November $, 1858. 1