The Sun. — London, England, 1860-09-22 00:00:00

THR B.RITISII EXPEDITION TO CHINA. TAII-LIEN-I - IWAN BAY, JULY 12. This noble bay, the grand rendezvous of the British expeditionary force, is situated at the southern extremity of the promontory of Lieu-tie . than, in the province of Lian-tong, and is distant 170 miles from the mouth of the Peiho. The en trance to this superb sheet of water is precisely Eve nautical miles across from point to point—a little to seaward of the line connecting these two points the islands of Outer and Inner Shan-shan tan act as breakwaters against the rolling billows of the Whanghai, or Yellow Sea ; Outer Shan- Shan-tau, the largest of the two, is a mass of rocks, two and a half miles in length, and 500 feet in height ; as nearly as possible in its centre is the observation spot, from which the admirable survey, made by Commander Ward, and the officers of her Majesty's ships Actaeon and Dove, in the latter part of February last, was commenced; this precise spot is in lat. 38 deg. 52 min. 54 sec. N., lon. 121 deg. 48 min. 48 sec. E., the rise and fill of water at spring tides being ten feet. The general direction of the bay is from S.E. to N.W., and its extreme length from the observation spot to its northern most shore is twelve miles ; from the entrance it gradually widens to nine miles—the entire circuit following the waterline is thirty-eight miles. The average depth of wafer over its entire area is about seven fathoms, with four and a half fathoms within half-a-mile of the shore, from which depth it shoals gradually in to the rocks and cliffs which confine its waters (with the exception of a few small sandy creeks) in all directions. Leaving Shan-shun-tau astern, and passing close to West Entry Point, with the ship's head p o i n ti ng W.N.W., a run of fi ve miles along the rugged iron.-bound shore brings us to the principal anchorage called Victoria Bay. Some six miles N.B. from this we come to Junk Bay, where the water is shoal, and three shallow sandy creeks, ice-bound in winter, afford a secure place of refuge to the native craft which have given the locality its name. ,Turning thence to the right, with our head due east, we arrive, after running over four miles along a flatter shore to Hand Bay, beyond which, in the same direction, about four miles inland, Sampson Peak lifts its majestic head to the height of 2,213 feet, where its rugged, rocky, storm-beaten pinnacles are enveloped in rolling, fleecy clouds, while the crags of glittering granite that jut out from its steep and shattered sides are glistening in the blazing July sun. Turning once more to the right, with our faces to this mighty harbour's mouth, another run of three miles brings us to Bustard Cove, a grass-grown wooded gorge with a white sandy beach and a little trickling stream of pure water. Another three miles in the same course and we are in Odin's Bay, the second, though in many respects the best, man-of-war an chorage. It is a deep cove, with four fathoms close in to the land, and 'completely sheltered at this season of the year from the fitful squalls of the prevailing monsoon; its southern-most boundary is immediately inside East Entry Poiut, where the cliffs are 450 feet in height. And now I have taken you round the entire margin of this splendid haven, in which at the present time thirty-two British men-of-war, and one hundred and thirty-six sail of British transports, are riding peacefully at anchor, while eleven thousand British soldiers of all arms, and of almost every race and nation that owns the British rule, are peacefully encamped upon its dry and dusty shores, or lounging away the time in the transports aforesaid. The first impressions of the surrounding country are not very favourable in some respects, although the scenery is by no means devoid of grandeur. The water is completely hemmed; in by low cliffs, scarcely worthy of so dignified an appellation, ge nerally not exceeding 30 feet in height, though in some parts they are much loftier. Their line is broken by a few sandy inlets, and the northern shore is rather low and flat, the hills and crags in the distance. On the eastern side, bare rugged hills of a rusty reddish brown, devoid of wood or other vegetation, rise abruptly from the water's edge to heights varying from 450 to 900 feet. Their steep and naked sides are strewn with masses of a yel low brown slatey kind of rock (I regret that I am unable to give you the geological formations), which seems in a semi-decomposed state, and is easily broken into large flakes ; the cliffs by the water side are of the same description, abounding in deep arched caverns, the abode of hundreds of small blue rock pigeons, which furnish the sports men with a little amusement. The most approved mode of bagging them is to row round the mouth in a punt, and send a boy into the recesses with a long bamboo to beat and shout, when often twenty of these hard feathered birds fly out ; they are strong on the wing, and are scarcely to be brought down with anything less killing than a wire cart ridge. The traces of the furious action of the waves upon the rocks far above high-water mark betoken the presence of heavy seas in winter, and doubtless when the north-east monsoon is raging over this broad bay in the fulness of its strength a swell must soon get up that would drive the stoutest leviathan from her moorings, and compel her to seek refuge under the lee of the opposite shore, Behind this range, er rather these dotted lines of hills, and in the direction of " Hand Bay," is an ex tensive steppe, called "Ten Mile Valley ; " but of this I shall speak further on. On the western or left-hand side, looking from the entrance, there is a broad slope of land, some two miles wide by seven or eight long, gently rising from the cliffs to the foot of the steep and lofty unbroken chain of moun tains, which shut in the scene, and form at once a bold background to the picture and a valuable shelter in winter against the fury of the northern monsoon. Their summits stand out in sharp out line against the clear blue sky until the evening mists gather round them. There are stony preci pices and monstrous blocks of upheaved rock' amongst their weather-worn acclivities and barren peaks, that tell of mighty convulsions in bygone ages while jagged rifts and deep nullahs, reaching from their slopes and widening down to the sea, seem to have been torn by the gigantic efforts of volcanic agency. One can imagine the lightning flashin g and , the thunder reverberating, and the wild unfettered winds holding their headlong revels in this desolate region, now for the first time the trysting-place of European warriors. Very little is known of the country about us ; nearly all has yet to be learned, and even an ordinary forenoon's stroll within sight of the shipping is replete with novelty and interest. On such a stroll I must now ask you to accom - piny me. About the centre of Victoria Bay, - where a gentle inland sweep of the cliffs has left a narrow margin of sand and shingle, a rude jetty of rocks, boulders, and such other materials as were to be found nearest at hand, has been hastily thrown out into the water. This little patch of sand presents the most favourable if not the only Practicable spot for landing that can be discovered for several miles. The approach is somewhat dif ficult, even in perfectly calm wheather, owing to the innumerable sunken rocks that abound, and the distance at which the water begins to shoal ; while the ocean swell which rolls in from seaward after a blow outside causes a surf to get up which threatens the pier with a nnihilation, and places communica tion with the la n d b y boats quite out of the ques tion. Tank vessels, men-of-war launches, troopers and long-boats from, the transports, laden with water from the newly dug pits and wells are bump o• in rather unpleasantly With the h a p p il y gentle heaving of the ground-swell, and are waiting pa t ien tly for the rising tide to float th em off with their heavy burdens ; kedges and grapnels are laid out, and one half of their sturdy crews are hauling and heaving upon tackles and wenches,to keep t h eir stranded craft from being set higher up upon the beach by the lifting of the sea and the sweep of the current. An anxious, sunburnt lieutenant, who is acting as beachnaaster—no enviable billet on such o ccasions—is running about in mud-stained gar ments, soaked through to the knees, watching the advance of the rising flood that will relieve him of his weighty charge ; the spare hands from the watering parties are dabbling about after rock oysters, or, Pipe in mouth, are scraping, scrubbing, scouring, and washing masts and oars and every imaginable description of boat gear, to say nothing of deck cloths, hammocks, and white trolysers. Next to kis pipe and his can, your true blue man-of war's-man loves his soap and scrubbing-brush; on a washing-day, so replete with domestic horrors to the landsman, he is in his glory, and a sly chance such as this, when he can combine the pleasures of the tub with the luxury of smoking, the indulgence of running about on the sand in a somewhat neglige attire, throwing stones, shouting with the full power of his great lungs, and experiencing a temporary sense of freedom from the galling though necessary restraints of the quarter deck, is to him what a pic-nic at Richmond is to the pent-up man of business of the City. Leaving this scene behind me, I come at once to the little camp of the Royal Engineers, nestling under the shelter of the cliffs on a slightly elevated strip of beach, and a safe distance from the angry waves. Here Major Fisher and his sappers are in dustriously superintending the numerous fatigue parties from the different ships and regiments in sinking wells. The great scarcity of water, the entire absence of anything worthy of the name of stream or brook, and the excessively arid state of the whole country, are drawbacks of rathe r a ser i ous nature in this otherwise admirable base of opera tions ; the all-important labburs of the diggers have fortunately been tolerably successful, some 40 wells and pits have already been sunk, producing in all about 130 tons daily; but the setting in of the dry season is reasonably regarded with considerable un easiness. In anticipation of the failure of the sup ply from natural sources, several steam condensing vessels have been fitted out at Hong Kong, for the sole purpose of distilling water for the transports. The steam vessels would of course be independent, and would even be able to assist the men-of-war in supplying the sailing ships from their condensers. Nothing, however, can compensate for the want of running water, for although a sufficient quantity may be obtained to sustain the lives of the host of men and animals congregated here, still very great inconvenience, if not actual suffering, must be gone through if the wells fail from continued drought ; and in a dusty, parched, burnt-up country, where men have to subsist chiefly on salt provisions, and horses and cattle on the driest of hay, straw, and grain, the want of an abundance of this vital element is especially distressing. Every effort has been made by the authorities to find water else where, and gunboats have explored the coast in every direction for 60 miles in vain ; and with the exception of the roadstead of Chee-foo, the French rendezvous, 60 miles due south of us, in the pro. vince of Shantung, there is no known anchorage where such a mighty fleet could lie in safety. Quitting the little camp, and scrambling up the steep red sides of one of the fissures of which I have already spoken, I find myself on what, for want of a better term, I must call the terre-plein, about a mile and a half in breadth, which stretches away for miles to the northward, and lies between the steep rocky hills which encircle the harbour and the edge of the cliffs, sloping gently down from the foot of the former towards the water side. Poor as this land is, the whole of it is carefully cultivated, fences or boundary marks of any kind are unknown, and one looks for full five miles in a straight line over an unbroken expanse of tilled ground, with only two small villages to break the monotonous aspect of the scene. The soil is thin, light, and friable, occasionally mixed with gravel and a greyish sand, and looks in its present dried-up state as if a good breeze would carry it all away— miserably thin stunted crops of bearded wheat, sweet potato, and Indian corn, and occasionally of millet, are spread abroad as far as the view extends. The wheat, though full blown and nearly ripe, is scarcely six inches in height, and the parched-up ears seldom contain more than twenty withered-up, husky-looking grains apiece. It is sown in rows of mathematical accuracy, about nine inches apart, and appears to have been dibbled in. Food must in deed be scarce, and labour superabundant, when such wretched produce can be worth the raising. Indian corn seems to be the' staple here, and evidently flourishes better than anything else. The plants are set singly, about two feet apart, in painfully straight lines, and at this season are about a foot in height. The heavy dews of night must alone be the source that supplies the moisture from which are elaborated the juices - which give them their fresh and luxuriant appearance, for there are no means of artificial irrigation, and rain has not fallen for many days. The yield appears to be good ; the dried specimens I have seen of last year's crop were large, full, and exceeding well-flavoured. The sweet potato, with its little bunch of green lily-like leaves, is seldom planted in beds by itself; it generally holds an economical position between the corn stalks; from the poverty and dryness of the soil I should imagine that its tubers must be few and small. A few patches of hemp may be seen here and there in sheltered situations, where the sweeping blasts of the monsoon are not likely to bow down in tall stems. Hempen ropes are more commonly used by the few junks and san pans I have examined than in the seaports further south, where coir and bamboo cordage appears to be preferred. Five minutes' walking takes us to the village of Ching-Mew, where battered doors and splintered shutters, and scattered remnants of broken furniture tumbled into the streets, tell of the lawless visits of moss-troopers from the camps or ships. At one time there was no very scrupulous nicety observed in searching for pigs, ducks and fowls, but the very vigorous measures adopted by the authorities for the suppression of looting, and the sharp and summary disposal of two or three delinquencies detectedfla grante clelicto, have happily resulted in the preven tion of the plundering and ill-usage of the people, and the once terrified villagers are returning to their wonted occupations, and supplies of live stock are beginning to find their way into the barbarian camp, in spite of all the edicts of hostile mandarins, Rough deeply-sunk roads, often many feet below the level of the surrounding fields, and marked with broad ruts, afforded the first evidence of the exist ence of wheeled carriages, which are things un known in the Canton province. For full five miles the aspect of the country was precisely the same. I passed one oth er v ill age only, which I left on my rig ht hand, an d one lark funereal group of aged yews overshad ow i ng the green mounds, beneath which rest the mortal remains of defunct head men or petty mandarins. With this exception, not the ghost of a tree, bush, or s h ru b was within the range of vision. Th e extreme scarcity of firewood is another misfortune, and although the commis sariat have provided ample stores, it will sooner or later become a source of trouble and expense. The non-existence of woods and folia ge materially ag gravates the wearisome and depressing influence of the monotonous nakedness and general sterility, while a deadly stillness reigns over the almost de serted fields. The culture of rice appears to be wholly.unknown, or rather unpractised in this comparatively north ern region. It seems odd to speak of a place on the same parallel of latitude as the sunny city of Pa lermo, in terms almost applicable to the bleak wastes of the Arctic circle, andyet this now broiling plain, in a few months hence, will be swept by icy winds from the snow-capped mountains of Manchouria, the minor creeks and perhaps even the broad waters of the great bay will be frozen in, and the climate will be almost as severe as that of Siberia. But even if the spring commenced sufficiently early in the year, and the genial weather lasted long enough to allow the rice-crops to come to maturity, the want of water would render its cultivation impossible. We may well rejoice that here we escape the damp fogs and malarious fever-laden exhalations of the reeking paddy-fields of the south. In almost all other parts of China, liquid manure of inde scribable offensiveness appears to be a kind of national institution. The all-pervading colours of this celestial abomination mingle with all our thoughts, ideas, and recollections of the Flowery Land, and I believe that a true-born Cantonese in exile would be as deeply moved in his inmost se- - by a. sniff of a high-flavoured market garde- in '°l sound of the " Ranz des Vaches." vicinity of Deptford as a banished Sr .. ' a t h e saturate every square inch of fielo mi'ghty dimensions stew ly Nr.; ' l3 '.. nl'y er d b o y th t e h y e ... and garden with this overpowering compost, bu' • 4; pestiferous tanks of ba king heats of summ,-- : t i e highways in the coolies beset yo-- --c, string' of bucket-beatin g I .ants anti 1. . - " t Path Paul hem you in the narrow onncl all e y s of their filthy cities, while Y4 Kaakr iforgiazwik • eJars of deopv%ing horrors lie in wait for the'liriwary passenger behind every angle and corner of the tortpous streets. Happily .or us the breezes here are refreshing and health gtaietnege, f a fi n l d th m ar e e ph fe it r ic th f e u p m r e e s se a n n t d lef r t ev b o e l h t i i n ng d. recep- Three villages only are built on the whole length of the western shore from West-entry Point to the angle of " Sunk Creek," a distance of full ten miles. Their entire populations, making the most liberal allowance for their miraculous power of close stowing, cannot possibly exceed fifteen hun dred souls, including women and children. How this great extent of ground is cultivated by so few labourers is a great puzzle to me. To Kin-chew, the principal and most distant of the thoee villages, I directed my weary steps. At the bottom of a gorge running down from the bare brown mountains to the north-west angle of the bay, and further screened both from storms and ob servation by sundry undulations of the ground, is a string of neat, compact, and well-built cottages, about a quarter of a mile in length. The number of habitations may amount to about a hundred — completely embowered in groves of willow trees, sheltered by rows of sumach ; and with hedges full of blooming wild roses and trailing vines, with flaunting hollyhocks, tiger lilies, and blood-red roses in full blow, the air scented with sweet flowers, and the thickets ringing with the melodious notes of the mina, the thrush, and other singing birds, and with rich green grass growing luxu riantly in the cool shade ; the tranquil beauty of this retired and secluded hamlet is equally refresh ing to the eye and to the mind. The houses are vastly superior in their construction to any I have ever seen in any other part of China ; almost the whole of them are of stone cemented together with chunam, the windows glazed, as an Irishman would say, with oiled paper, and the roofs well and neatly thatched with straw. The streets are wide and clean, and every cottage has its walled garden ; the latter contains onions, a kind of lettuce, hemp, and a few roses and flowers, and the shady orchards are stocked with almond trees, pear trees, loquots, and a kind of peach. The people are said to be (with the exception of a few immigrants from the Shan tung district) pure Manchoos, and speak the man darin or court dialect with a tolerably correct accent. They are a fine, marly, athletic race, with nothing servile in their bearing ; and some of our freebooters who have tried to appropriate their fowls and pigs have found to their cost that they do not want for courage. Their features are very different to those of the genuine Chinese ; their noses are high and aquiline, the cheek-bones less prominent, the eyes less oblique and almond-shaped, and their skins very much darker than those of the latter people. The complexion of some of the men is as swarthy as that of the darkest of our gipsies ; of the fair sex I have had no opportunity of forming an opinion, for, with the exception of a few hideous unearthly looking old crones, the whole of the women, together with the children, cattle, and goods and chattels gene rally, have been removed to some place of refuge beyond the mountains. On our first arrival it was almost impossible to obtain supplies or provisions of any kind. The people positively refused to receive our money or to hold any dealings with us ; they were friendly and civil, but gave us to understand by their signs that if they trafficked with us they would lose their heads, After the encamping of the troops com menced, however, and the provost-marshal had esta blished his sway, and every possible protection against violence or unfair dealing was afforded to them by the authorities, pigs and poultry were brought in in sufficient quantities to supply the officers' messes; but such an invasion of hungry locusts has used up the resources of this thinly peopled neighbourhood. There is a scarcity of live stock at present; and with the exception of the not very frequent issues of commissariat bullocks, all ranks and classes may be said to be roughing it on her Majesty's salt rations. On Monday, 2d inst., a court-martial, of which Rear-Admiral Jones, C. 8., was president, assembled on board her Majesty's Imperieuse, in Odin's Bay, for the trial of Commander Balfour, R.N., and the officers and crew of her Majesty's late steam troop ship Assistance, which was lost on a rock near Deep Bay, at the back of the island of Hong Kong, a few hours after she had left the roadstead on Ist June, en route for this place. The news and particulars of her loss will of course have reached England long before you receive this. A dense fog appears to have prevailed at the time that she struck, and the rock is not laid down in the charts; soundings of ten fathoms are given in them on the spot on which 4he came to her untimely end. Commander Bal four was slightly blamed by the court for being too near the land in such hazy weather, and a repri mand was passed upon him accordingly. The great est credit is due to all concerned for the manner in which the crew and passengers were saved, and a general feeling of satisfaction pervades the whole of the naval force here that no imputation has been thrown upon the professional reputation of a gal lant officer, who is universally respected and es teemed, and whose kindness and courtesy to all who have been passengers in his late ship have become proverbial. The warmest sympathy was also dis played towards her veteran master, Mr. Louttid (who appeared to feel deeply the painful position he was unfortunately placed in after a continuous and honourable service of 32 years in the Royal Navy). It is much to be regretted that a greater number of surveying vessels are not employed by the Admiralty in these seas, now so greatly tra versed by our augmented fleet and our rapidly in creasing trade. This is the second large and costly vessel that has been lost to the nation within the last three years from the defective charts. In April, 1857, her Majesty's 50-gun frigate Raleigh was similarly lost, on her way to Macao, by striking on a rock not laid down. This is an expensive sys tem of ascertaining the position of reefs and shoals; and these two discoveries alone must have cost the public about £300,000, to say nothing of the im perilling of the lives of many hundreds of our brave seamen in the mercantile as well as in the royal navy. The Assistance, in addition to 800 coolies, carried 60 days' provision for 3,000 men, the loss of which at such a critical time, independently of its money value, might have been attended with the most calamitous result. The cost of these two ill fated ships would have paid for a perfect flotilla of surveying crafts for years, and might have been advantageously expended in increasing our ac quaintance with the intricacies and difficulties of these little known though much navigated seas. The paddle sloop Centaur appears to have been sent out from England with her boilers in a very defective state: after an endless amount of patching and tinkering at the factory of Hong Kong she is unable to bear the proper pressure of steam. That so fine a vessel should have been sent to a station 15,000 miles from home in so bad a condition seems strange, to say the least. The engines of the Adven turealf i a a realsosaid to be nearly wo r n ou t ; b u t h er case is diff erent. She has been three years and a h commission, and has performed an immense amount of hard work; and although the framing and many other heavy parts of her machinery are broken or crippled, she still continues to render good service, Which speaks well for the energy of her officers. A floating factory is sadly wanted on this distant and wide-spreading station, on which of -- war engines of var i ous some 70 sets of men powers are perpetually being severely tested by the heavy monsoons and formidable gales of these broad eastern waters. I have been amused by th e inin:: ssion made upon eived f rom h ome some of the newspapers recer:fly— r by the abominably absurd - report they had received of the destruction of t .Le Algerine and D ove gun boats by the fort; of Taku. Stories resting upon no tangible .oundation whatever are spread about that 1 4- c .- ...;e Board of Ordnance of Pekin have re .4ntly adopted the same calabres for their guns as those in use in the Russian artillery, and that a shipload of guns, powder, shot, and shell, from the Amoor, has been sent as a present to Prince Sung ko-lin-sin, the Mongolian Captain-General at Taku. Such fables accidentally finding their way into the columns of influential journals may excite much unnecessary ill-feeling and groundless uneasiness. I hear from reliable sources that great apprehen sion of an attack by the rebels is felt by the Chi nese traders of Shanghai, notwithstanding the pre sence of a British garrison, consisting of the leff rfIE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 22, 1860. wing of the battalion of Royal Marine Light In fantry and the Loodianah Regiment of Native In fantry, with three British men-of-war and a French force some 600 strong. Most of the wealthy shopkeepers living within the walls have deserted the place, leaving behind only those who have nothing to lose. Guards of the allied forces occupy the gates of the city, and strong outposts have been established beyond the European settlements, to guard against surprise. The great and wealthy city of Soo-chow, the pro vincial capital of Kiang-Su, is in the hands of the insurgents ; and in all directions the wavering im perial troops are going over by thousands to the ,‘ pestilent vermin," as the long-haired revivalists of the Ming dynasty are styled in official edicts. Ho, the Governor-General of the Two Kiang, and an Imperial Commissioner of the first class, empowered to adjust " barbarian affairs," on visiting Shanghai a short time since, tried to stir up a loyal feeling amongst the populace, and to enrol volunteers from amongst them to serve under his master's standards 500 rapscallions and ragamuffins, the scum of the streets, accepted the proffered bounty of two taels (about 135.); the least disreputable of these tatter demalions received the rank of sergeants and sub officers, and this notable rabble -rout was dubbed with the imposing title of Body Guard of his Ex cellency the Governor-General of the Two Kiang. The business which had brought Commissioner Ho to Shanghai being terminated, he proceeded to re turn in state, escorted by this honourable posse of gentlemen-at-arms. The work of Messrs. Callery and Yvan, translated into our own language by Oxenford, gives a long detailed account of the rise and progress of this great struggle for liberty by the Chinese race, who have smarted under the yoke of their Tartar conquerors for 260 years. The facts related by these gentlemen appear to be confirmed by the observations of our own ambas sador during his enterprising ascent of the Yang tse to Han-kow, an amusing and instructive descrip tion of which adventurous expedition is to be found in Mr. Oliphant's work, to which I have before alluded. With the great provincial capitals of the central distracts in the hands of the insurgents, the revenues exhausted, the troops disaffected, and the populace sympathising with the rebel lineal de scendant of the old Ming dynasty, it is evident that the Imperial Government cannot long contend with the allied forces of England and France. A great force has been assembled hero, at a cost that will make the hair of our economists stand on end when the " little bill" is produced for payment. £BOO,OOO was the sum originally voted for the ex penses of this expedition, and the commissariat alone disbursed in the last month £185,000 or more than one-half of the entire sum voted. A calcula tion has been made here by pretty competent judges that, supposing the whole affair to be settled and the force dispersed by the first of January, 1861, the expenditure would not amount to less than £7,000,000 sterling. We have been waiting now for fully a fort night for our gallant allies, and the Forbin came in on the Bth to inform tiff that the 25th of the month would be the earliest day on which they can possibly move onward. We fear that the reduction of the Peiho defences will be followed by immediate submission to our dicta tion—the yielding of the Court of Pekin, by the withdrawal of our force—and the withdrawal of the force, by the instant refusal to fulfil their fair and false promises. It is indeed to be hoped that we shall not make this the third occasion on which we have been similarly gulled by this treacherous and faithless nation. We are slow to benefit by experience, but it will indeed be an unsatisfactory expenditure of our time and treasure if an insecure peace is hastily patched up, only to fall through as soon as our backs are turned. The 23d of July is named as the day for the departure of the British force for the Gulf of Pecheli. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT, &pt. 2 (Before Mr. Justice Blackburn.) Frederick Augustus Davis, 35, who had pleaded guilty at the commencement of the session to three charges of forgery, was brought up for judgment. Mr. Giffard, who was instructed to prosecute on behalf of the Bank of England, informed the court that the prisoner had a discount account with that establishment, and presented three bills of discount, which were placed to his credit, and the whole of which turned out to be forgeries, The total amount of the bills in round numbers was about £1,500. Mr. Best, who appeared for the prisoner, said that he had filled a very respectable position, and he believed that if he had been permitted to do so ho would have taken up the whole of the forged instruments. lie did not urge this as any pallia tion or excuse for the prisoner, but it was an in gredient in the case which he thought ought to be brought to the notice of his lordship. Mr. Justice Blackburn, in passing sentence, said that the prisoner had pleaded " Guilty" to three charges of forgery, and the depositions left no doubt that he had committed that offence. It was an offence of a very serious character, and one that it was impossible to pass over with a ight sentence. The learned counsel had urged on his behalf that he intended to take up the bills, and, probably, if he had had an opportunity, he would have done so, but that was no excuse whatever for him. In every case where a clerk embezzled or misappropriated moneys of his employer he generally intended in the first instance to make it good, and pro bably in many instances he did so, but the result was that he continued in a course of crime, and the extent of his defalcations be came very great. In the present case the for mer respectable position of the prisoner was an aggravation of his offence, for he must have known perfectly well the nature of the act he was com mitting, and its dangerous character in a commer cial community. The amount of the forgeries was very large, and the very lightest sentence he could possibly pronounce was one of six years' penal servitude. Alien Ferie Johnson, 28, upholsterer, and Sarah Elliott, 29, were jointly charged with having fe loniously and by force taken away from the cus tody of her parents a chili named Clara Telson Smith, she being under the age of ten years, with out their consent. There were a variety of other counts varying the form of the charge, andby one of them the in dictment alleged that the °Eject of taking away the child was to steal the ebthes she had on at the time. Mr. M'Donncll appearel for the prosecution. The woman Elliott had been admitted to bail, and she did not surrender, and Mr. Jonas, the Governor of Newgate, hauled to the learned judge a letter that had been received from her, ad dressed to the man Jci inson , w hi c h was dated from Southampton, and the writer stated in it th a t before the receipt of the letter the writer would be no more, and would be at the bottom of the Southampton Water. :t was not considered pru dent to show this letter to the prisoner Johnson, and he was, of course, not aware that such a com munication had been received. Mr. Justice Byles, having inquired whether any further information lud been received in reference to the statement contained in the letter, was in formed that nothing more was known than what appeared in the letter, Mr. Justice Byles said that all that could be done was to estreat the recognisances of the woman, and proceed with the case against the prisoner Johnson. The evidence went to show that the father and mother of the child in question resided in Knights bridge, and that the father was in the habit of sing ing at different concert rooms in the metropolis with the child, who, it appeared, is only five years and four months old, but who is said to possess con siderable musical talent. The prisoner and the woman Elliott lived in the same neighbourhood, passing as man and wife, by the names of Mr. and Mrs. Elliott, and it seemed that they were on inti mate terms with the father and mother of the child. On the 30th of July the woman Elliott went to Mrs. Smith and proposed to take the child out and buy her a sash, and the mother consented that the child should accompany her, but upon the under standing that she was to bring her back very shortly-. It appeared that, immediately after the woman had obtained possession of the child, she was joined by the prisoner, and they all three stayed in London that night, and on the following morning they proceeded to Southampton, and thence to Portsmouth, where both prisoners were taken into custody on the 15th of August, the child being still in their company. The real motive that appeared to be assigned to the prisoner and his companion for their extraordinary conduct was a desire to make a profit out of the musical talent possessed by the child. Mrs. Smith, the mother, was called, and stated, in answer to questions put by the learned judge, that none of the child's apparel was missing except a feather that M 4 in her hat. Tler clothes had, I however, been somewhat c h ange d i n appearance by being trimmed with black; in fact, for §ome object or other, the prisoners seemed to have desired that I she should appear to be in mourning. Mr. Justice Byles inquired of the mother what was the value of the clothes that were upon the child when she was taken away ? The mother replied, about 17s. Gd. Clara Telson Smith, the child that was the sub ject of the inquiry, was examined, and although of such tender age she answered the questions put to her very readily, and exhibited a good deal of con fidence. She confirmed the statement of her mother as to the circumstances under which she was taken from her home by the woman Elliott, and said that when she was taken to Southampton she wanted to return home, and she was told that she should go home at the end of the week, but when that period had elapsed she was told that she should not go home at all. Mr. Justice Ryles asked the child whether she performed anywhere while she was away with the prisoner and Mrs. Elliott The child said that she did not perform any where, and was not asked to do so. She also said that they did not treat her in any way unkindly while she was in their company. The prisoner, when called upon for his defence, declared that he was entirely ignorant of the cir cumstances under which Sarah Elliott obtained possession of the child, and he believed from what she stated that she had brought the child away with the consent of her mother. So far as he was concerned he said that the child was an incum brance more than anything else, and, with regard to appropriating her clothes, the fact was that they bought clothes for her while she was with them. The learned Judge, in summing up, said that the case was, undoubtedly, a very extraordinary one, and although every possible endeavour had been made to bring the charge within the terms of the statute, it appeared to 'him very doubtful whether any of the counts had been supported by the evi dence. The jury, after a short deliberation, returned a verdict of Not Guilty. Upon an application subsequently made by Mr. Sleigh on behalf of the bail of the woman Elliott her recognisances were respited to the next session. NEW COURT. The Common Sergeant sat in this court during the day, and disposed of several minor cases. THIRD COURT. (Before Mr. Commissioner Kerr.) At the sitting of the Court this morning Mr. Sleigh applied to the Commissioner to make abso lute a rule which had been obtained in the case of a person named Hart, who bad been directed to deliver up certain property, but which order he had not obeyed. It will be recoiled that at the last sitting of this Court two men named Bliss and Wuillez were, after a trial which occupied two days, convicted of stealing a quantity of plush, the property of Mr. Gilly, a merchant, the master of Wuillez. Upon this plush a person named Hart, living in Bury street, St. Mary-axe, advanced £1,200, minus the commisson, the property being worth about £l,BOO. After the conviction an order was made by the Court for the restitution of the property, which order not having been obeyed, a rule was obtained ou the first day of this session calling for the com mittal of Hart for contempt of court in not obey ing the order. A cross rule was obtained calling upon the prosecutor to show cause why the order should not be rescinded. Mr. Metcalfe (with whom was Mr. Poland) ap peared to support the rule, and after some discus sion it was agr ee d th a t Mr. Metcalfe should be heard in support of the cross-rule which his clients had obtained, and which would raise the whole question. Mr. Metcalfe, after alluding to the great im portance of the question raised, as far as the com mercial world was concerned, briefly alluded to the circumstances of the case, and, in opposing the order of the Court calling upon Mr. Hart to give up the property, urged that, if enforced, it would be setting aside the decision of the Court above, for upon the action of trover which had been brought by Mr. Gilly the Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, before whom the action was tried, directed the jury as to the law of the case under the Factors Act, sth and 6th Victoria, cap. 39, sec. 1 and 3, and they, acting upon that, found for Mr. Hart, the defendant, thus establishing his title to the property by finding that he had acted bone fide in the matter; and further, that his client (Hart) knew the prisoner Wuillez as Under these circumstances, he (the learned counsel) contended that Mr. Hart was not to blame. The Commissioner—You gave only £1,200 for property which the prosecutor valued at £2,000, and which there is no reason to doubt was near its worth. The Chief Justice at the trial, in summing up, told the jury it was worth £1,600. Mr. Metcalfe said it was only a loan upon the goods. The Commissioner—You had invoices with the goods. Mr. Metcalfe urged that it was only a loan, and that by the section of the act which ho had referred to the goods might be given up upon the lien which there was upon them being paid. The contract was, he contended, a legal and binding one: The fact was, the prosecutor, Mr. Gilly, was not satisfied with the prospect of a new trial, and wished to overthrow the decision of the jury, who found a verdict in favour of Mr. Hart. The Commissioner—Yes, and the jury found something else. Mr. Sleigh—They also found that Mr. Hart's mode of transacting business was prejudicial to the interest of trade. Mr. Metcalfe thought that it was not fair to Mr. Hart that his actions should be judged by the re sult of the trial in this court, where, for aught that was known, the prisoner Wuillez might, in the hope of saving himself, have made the accusation which he did against the other. Mr. Hart had been attacked in this matter, and he felt that he had not had a fair opportunity of clearing his cha racter, which, as a merchant of this city, was more to him than the amount in dispute. The Commissioner—l have the affidavits of Mr. Hart and his clerk, Berryman, but I cannot try the question of the bona fides of his intention upon them or the explanation of counsel. What I have to de cide is the question of whether the power of issuing the writ of restitution is discretional or ministerial with me. Mr. Metcalfe said that his client in not obeying the directions of the court was in consequence of his not clearly understanding them. The Commissioner said that could not be the case, as he had not only stated to Mr. Hart what was required of him, and what had very properly been agreed upon by his (Mr. Hart's) counsel (Mr. Metcalfe) and Mr. Sleigh on the other side, but he (the Commissioner) had written it down and read it over to Mr. Hart, and he had refused to agree to it. Mr. Sleigh at some length addressed the Court in support of the rule which had been obtained to en force the order of restitution, and rested his argu ments upon the wording of the Act of the 7th and 6th George IV., cap. 29, which made the restitution of property imperative upon the conviction of the person stealing or embezzling it. He contended that the Act left the judge no discretionary power in the matter. The construction which he put upon the Act relied on by his learned friends was in tended to refer to the case of a man acting as an agent having an independent possession of the pro perty dealt with, and not to pr9perty in the pos session of the master. Mr. Metcalfe—Mr. Hart thought he was dealing with the principal in the transaction. Mr. Sleigh was sorry that the questiontf Mr. Hart's character should have been introduced, as it called upon him to state that he had only done what he had under a notice from Mr. Gilly's attor ney, not to part with the property at his peril. An offer was then made to the prosecutor, Mr. Gilly, either to pay int!? court £1,200, to abide the issue of the new trial, or to prty Mr. Hart that sum, or to allow them under the provisions of the Fac tors Act to be sold and the balance paid over to him. This he would not assent to. After some further discussion, The Commissioner said that this was a most im portant question, and ought not to be got rid of by a sidewind, and he was rather in favour of enlarg ing the rule until after the new trial, but thought he had not the power to do so. He was most anxious that Mr. Gilly should not be kept out of his property. After some further conversation, The learned Commissioner said he should give a decision to-morrow. The argument, which had been specially fixed for this day, lasted some hours, and seemed to create great interest, the court being very full. [ADVERTISEMENT.] Pills and medicine invariably ag gravate and perpetuate diseases ; their annoyance, dis appointment, and expense may be avoided by persons in indifferent health sending only their address to E. S. 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George Faulkner Jenkyn to the rectory of South Kelsey, in the county and diocese of Lincoln, the same being void by the cession of the - Rev. Lewis Parkyn. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, SEPT. 21. 2d Regiment of Life Guerds—Lieutenant John Henniker Lovett to be Captain, by purchase, vice John Glencairn Caster Hamilton, who retires; Cornet and Sub-Lieute nant Conwy Grenville Hercules Rowley to be Lieute nant, by purchase, vice Lovett. Ist Dragoon Guards—Lieutenant John Cuningham to be Captain, by purchase, vice Thomas Walter Still, who retires; Lieutenant Henry Marlow Sidney to be Captain, by purchase, vice Joseph Henry Anderson, who retires. Ist Dragoons—Cornet George Lake Harvey to be Lieute nant, by purchase, vice Finucane, who retires. 6th Dragoons—Charles Borlase, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Rathbone, who retires. 7th Light Dragoons—Rickard Archibald Farquharson, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Johnes, promoted. 11th Light Dragoons—Lieuten an t Ri c h ar d J o h n Somers to be Captain, by purchase, vice James A Meek Stewart, who retires ; Cornet Reginald Calvert, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Somers. 13th Light Dragoons—Philip Williams, Gent., to be Cor net by purchase, vice Johnson, promoted ; Joseph Bon ham Clay, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase s vice 'Wilson, promoted. 16th Light Dragoons—Cornet Francis Joseph Barron to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Cowlan, who retires. 18th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant Harmer Hardy to be Captain, by purchase, vice Loftus, who retires; Lieu tenant Robert Cuninghame Cuninghame Graham, from the 14th Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice Shaw, appointed to the 7th Light Dragoons ; Cornet Edmund Bernard Liebert, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Hardy ; Edmund Lart, Gent, to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Goldsmith, appointed to the 7th Dragoons. Royal Artillery—Staff-Surgeon Frederick Bone. M.D., to be Surgeon, vice Dassauville, appointed to the Staff. Military Train—Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Bird, from half-payi Unattached, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice George Erskine, appointed Deputy-Inspector of Volun teers; Acting Veterinary Surgeons John Marshall Wil son, Wm. Appleton, and Robert Marshall, to be Veteri nary Surgeons. Grenadier Guards—Lieutenant and Captain John Murray to be Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice Alfred Tipping, who retires ; Ensign and Lieut. Hon. Charles Ernest Edgcumbe to be Lieutenant and Captain, by purchase, vice Murray; the Hon. Wm. Sholto Douglas Home to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Hon. C. E. Edgcumbe. 3d Regiment of Foot—Ensign John Law to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Caldecott, deceased ; Thos. Wm. Carpenter, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Law; Lieutenant James H. Le Cocq to be Adjutant, vice Alfred Bonwell Letts, who resigns that appoint ment. 4th Foot—Charles Frederick Hooper, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Bridson, promoted. sth Foot—Captain Ernest Le Pelley, from the 75th Foot, to be Captain, vice John Barnett Barker, who exchanges; James Fergusson, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Leslie, promoted. 6th Foot—George Sharp Grinable, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Hopkins, promoted. 7th Foot—Ensign Frederick Charles Keyser to be Lieute nant, by purchase, vice Gardner, who retires ; Francis Johnston Murray, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Keyser. Bth Foot—John Dawson, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Watson, promoted. 9th Foot—Captain John Martley, from Adjutant of a De pot Battalion, to be Captain, vice Graham, appointed Adjutant of a Depot Battalion. 11th Foot—Arthur Frederic Astley, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Ball, appointed to the 59th Foot ; Richard Cumberlege, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Robinson, promoted. 12th Foot—Captain Arnold More Knight, from the Cape Mounted Riflemen, to be Captain, vice Samuel Henry Harford, who exchanges. 14th Foot—Captain Charles Edward Stewart Gleig, from half-pay 92d Foot, to be Captain, vice J. Hamilton, who has retired on full-pay; Ensign Francis Le Breton But ler to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Heaton, who retires. 15th Foot—Robert Reeves, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Grant, promoted. 16th Foot—Reinhold Baker Bald, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Busfeild, promoted. 17th Foot—George Augustus Cox, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice MacGregor, promoted. 21st Foot—John James Rutherford, Gent , to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Ralston, promoted ; Edward John Butler, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice MacPher son, promoted. 23d Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Richard Westrop Saunders, M.D., from the Bth Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Morris, deceased. 29th Foot—Alfred William Matchett, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase vice Berkeley, promoted. • 30th Foot—John Peters Charles Lowder, Gent., to be En sign, by purchase, vice Boyce, who retires. 36th Foot—Ensign Harding° Richard Stracey to bo Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Le Mesurier, who retires. 47th Foot—Alfred Campbell Blair Hall, Gent., to be En sign, by purchase, vice Murphy, who retires ; Lionel Wentwot th Atkinson, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Bell, promoted. • 48th Foot—William Beatty, Gent., to be Easign, by pur chase, vice Brown, promoted. 54th Foot—Major John Charles Hill Jones to be Lieute nant-Colonel, without purchase, vice Lieutenant-Colcsnel and Brevet-Colonel Charles Edward Michel, retired upcta full pay. Captain James Sinclair Thomson to be Major, without purchase, vice Jones ; Lieutenant Edward Clitice to be Captain, without purchase, vice Thomson ; Ensign Dudley B. Coppinger to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Clifte ; Sergeant-Major Lewis Purnell to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Coppinger 60th Foot—Captain Joseph Cheese, from half-pay of the late Land Transport Corps, to be Captain, vice Waters, who exchanges; Francis Seaman Blunt, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Lees, promoted; Henry James Daubuz, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Parker, who retires. 63d Foot—Ensign Francis Thomas Hulton to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Vieth, who retires. 75th Foot—Captain John Barnett Barker, from the sth Foot, to be Captain, vice Ernest Le Pelley, who ex changes ; Lieutenant Montague Choltheley Morris to be Captain, by purchase, vice William John James Smith, who retires ; Ensign Charles Finnerty to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice M. C. Morris. 78th Foot—Alexander Herman Adam Gordon, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Swanson, appointed to the 40th Foot. 79th Foot—George Lyddon Morley, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Baillie, promoted. 83d Foot—Edward Meyrieke, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Murphy, promoted. 88th Foot—William .61ibberd Brewer, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Hatfield, promoted. 89th Foot—Luke Henry Jones, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Atthill, promoted. 94th Foot—Lieut. Josiah Robert Rolls to be Captain, by purchase, vice Gardiner, promoted, by purchase, to an Unattached Majority. 96th Foot—James King, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Henniker, promoted. 97th Foot—Anthony Lynch, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Gray, promoted. 98th Foot—Lieut. Sidney Henry Heywood to be Captain, by purchase, vice Rhodes, who retires; Ensign Charles Graham Heathcote to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Heywood. 99th Foot—Marcus Wm. Kelly, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Eyre, appointed to the 73d Foot. 100th Foot—Cecil Edward Leny Lyon, Gent., to be En sign, by purchase, vice Ridout, promoted; Jeremiah Bingham Kersteman, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice ,_ Davidson, promoted. - , . . Rifle Brigade—Lieut. Frederick Edward Sotheby to be Captain, by purchase, vice George Robert Saunders, who retires ; Ensign Lord Edward Cavendish to be Lieute nant, by purchase, vice Sotheby ; William Duberly, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Lord E. Caven- dish. Ist West India Regiment—Assistant-Surgeon King John Parr, from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgen, vice Kelly appointed to the Staff. 2nd West India Regiment—James F. Hopkins, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Studdert, promoted. 3rd West India Regiment Ensign George Francis O'Grady to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice :Duncan, who has retired. ;ape Mounted Riflemen—Captain Samuel Henry Harford, from the 12th Foot, to be Captain, vice Arnold Mere _ Knight, who exchanges. Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment—Ensign and Adjutant David Miller to have the rank of Lieutenant ; Ensign Ernest C. Wilford to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Suckling, who retires. St. Helena Regiment—Ensign Anthony Edmond Donelan to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Furnell, de ceased; Thomas Storrar Smith, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Donelan. Royal Newfoundland Companies Assistant-Surgeon Leslie Ogilvy Patterson, from the Staff, to be Assistiuit- Surgeon, vice Skues, appointed to the Stall; DEPOT BATTALION—Captain James Graham from 9th Foot to be Adjutant, vice Captain J. Martley, appointed to the 9th Foot. CAVALRY DEPOT.—Quartermaster-Sergeant William Lowe to be Quartermaster, vice John Thompson, who re tires upon half-pay. ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE.—Captain and Brevet- Major William Roberts Farmer, from 82d Foot to be Cap tain of a Company of Gentlemen Cadets, vice Brevet-Major Garnet Man, who has retired upon full-pay ; Assistant- Surgeon F. Collins, M.D., from the Staff, to be Assistant- Surgeon, vice Surgeon Melville Nettle, M.D., appointed to the 18th Light Dragoons. UNATTACHED.—Major and Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Bird, from the Gold Coast Artillery Corps, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase ; Captain Thomas George Gardiner, from 94th Foot, to be Major, by pur chase. STAFF.—Captain and Brovet-Colonel Evelyn Henry Frederick Pocklington, halt-pay, Unattached, to beAssis tant-Quartermaster-General at head-quarters, vice Brevet- Colonel Terence O'Brien, Lieutenant-Colonel, on half-pay . , Unattached, appointed to the command of the troops in Ceylon. MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.—Staff-SUTgOOII-MajOr Gidao.:l Dolmage, retired upon half-pay, to have the honorary rank of Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals; Staff-Surgeon- Major Robert Smith, retired upon half-pay, to have the honorary rank of Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals ; Surgeon-Major William A. Dassauville, M.D., from the Royal Artillery, to be Staff-Surgeon-Major, vice Stone, placed upon half-pay ; Staff-Surgeon John It. Brush, M.D., from half-pay, to be Staff-Surgeon, vice Hardie, appointed to the 73d Foot ; Assistant-Surgeon William M. Skues, M.D., from the Royal Newfoundland Companies, to be Staff-Assistant-Surgeon, vice Henry Walker, placed upon half-pay; Assistant-Surgeon James Kelly, from the Ist West India Regiment, to be Staff•Assistant-Surgeon, vice Patterson, appointed to the Royal Newfoundland Com panies; Dispenser of Medicines Frederick Philpot to be Apothecary to the Forces, vice Schombri, placed upon half pay. BREVET. Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet-Colonel Charles Edward Michel, retired upon full. pay, 54th Foot ) to have the honorary rank of Major-General. Lieutenant-Col. Edward Thornbrough Parker Shewen, retired full-pay, Royal Marines, to have the honorary, rank of Colonel, under her Majesty's Order in Council of 13th November, 1858. . Captain and Brevet-Major William Fellows, retired upon full-pay, late half-pay 18th Light Dragoons and SUM Officer of Pensioners, to bo Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army, the rank being honorary only. TO lIE MAJORS IN THE ARMY. Captain Charles Eflward StewaliCiceig,l4th Foot. Captain Henry Augustus Adams, 13th Bombay Native Infantry. CgPtiiii GhrigtoPbou Dacklo, N pokabay Light caTairn Captain Robert Hayden Shebbeare, 60th Bengal Native Infantry. Captain Frederick Reome, 10th Bombay Native Infantry. Paymaster Henry Hollis Howett, 17th Foot, to have the honorary rank of Captain, under the Royal Warrant of 27th January, 1860. Paymaster James Murphy, 10th Foot, to have the ho norary rank of Captain, under the Royal Warrant of 27th January, 1860. Quaitermaster John Thompson, half-pay Cavalry De pot, to have the honorary rank of Captain. The Brevet Commissions of the undermentioned Officers to be antedated, and the following promotions to take place consequent on the promotion of Colonel Montgomery Wil liams, of the Royal Engineers, to be Major-General, in succession to General Gustays Nicolls, of the Royal En gineers, who died on Ist August, 1860 : To be antedated to 2d August, 1860 : Brevet-Colonel H. F. l'onsonby, Grenadier Guards. Brevet-Lieut.-Col. J. Nugent, 36th Foot. Brevet-Major J. C. Childs ' Royal Artillery. Lieut.-Col. Oliver Paget Bourke, half-pay, 17th Foot, to be Colonel. Major John Porter, 67th Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel. Captain G. Vanderheyden Johnson, Royal Artillery, to bo Major. The und,qrmentioned promotions to take place consequent on the death of Lieut.-General Horatio George Broke, Colonel 88th Foot, on Aug. 30, 1860 : Major-General 31;ehael White, C. 8., Colonel 7th Dra goon Guards, to be Lieutenant-General. Brevet-Colonel Charles William Morley Balders, C. 8., from 17th Light Dragoons, Commandant of the Cavalry Depot at Maidstone, to be Major-General. Lieut.-Col.. Charles Sillery, half-pay Depot Battalion, Deputy Quartermaster-General in New Zealand, to be Colonel. Brevet• Major Henry Downe Griffith, 45th Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel. Captain Adolphus Frederick Connell, Royal Artillery, to be Major. The undermentioned promotions to take place consequent on the death of Major-General Henry Frederick Lockyer, C. 8., on Aug. 30, 1860 : Brevet-Colonel Frederick W. Hamilton, C. 8., from the Grenadier Guards, to be Major-General. Lieutenant-Colonel Bertie Edward Murray Gordon, 91st Foot, te be Colonel. Major Francis Gilbert Hamley, 50th Foot, to be Lieu tenant-Colonel. Captain Sydney Darling, 9th Foot, to be Major. For the notification in the Gazette of 18th instant, rela tive to Captains Caulfield and Trench, read Captain John Palmer Caulfield, 4th Bengal European Regiment, to be Major in the Army; Captain Henry Le Poer Trench, 35th Bengal Native Infantry, to be Major in the Army. MEMORANDA.—Major and Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Murray, upon half-pay Unattached, has been per mitted to retire from the service by the sale of his commis sion, he being about to become a settler in Canada. The Christian names of Major-General Smyly, retired full-pay 99th Foot, are Philip Austin, and not Philip only, as hitherto stated. ADMIRALTY, SEPT. 20. Corps of Royal Marines.—Erratum in Gazette of Aug. 24 :—Promotion of First Lieutenant Owen Thomas Jones should be dated 22d instant. BANKRUPTS. John Gladwin Dickinson and Joseph Auchterlonie Creighton, collar and shirt marizifacturers, Aldermanbury, to surrender, Oct. 4, at two, and Nov. 1, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. George Huntington, shoe makes'. Great Suffolk-street, Borough, October 1. and 20, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. William Anthony Freston, iron meoter, Maesteg, Gla morganshire, Oct. 2 and Nov. 6, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. George Erlam, woollen draper, Upper-street, Islington, Oct. 4, at half-past twelve, and Oct. 31, at one, at the Court of Banki aptcy. George Canning Moulton, dealer in indiarubber, Bruns wick-square, Bloomsbury, Middlesex, Oct. 4, at one, and Nov. 6, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Thomas Plummer Dunn, ironmaster, Maesteg, Glamor ganshire, Oct. 8 and Nov. 12, at eleven, at the Bristol Dis trict Court. William Hargreaves and William Slater, whitesmiths, Bradford, Yorkshire, Oct. 5 and 26, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Charles Underwood, grocer, James-street, Covent-gar den, Oct. 4, at half-past eleven, and Nov. 8, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. George Harris, tailor, Woking, Surrey, Oct. 4, at half past two, and Nov. 6, at eleven, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. James Sherry, shoemaker, Portsea, Oct 6, at eleven, and Nov. at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. James Kelita Hardy, general agent, Fenchurch-street, Oct. 1, at two, and Nov. 6, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Joseph Hardwick, tailor, Strand, Oct. 4, at eleven, and Nov. 1, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Thomas Bagnall Pickles, cab proprietor, Great York mews, Baker-street, Portman-square, Oct. 4, at twelve, and Nov. 8, at ono, at the Court of Bankruptcy. SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. Clerihew and Donaldson, boot and shoe makers, Ban chory Ternan, Kiacardineshire. Robert Cunningham ; smith aid spirit dealer, Hamilton, Lanarkshire. James Alan, merchant, Glasgow. BANK OF ENGLAND. An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Sth Victoria, cap. 32, for the week ending on Wednesday, the 19th day of Sept., 1860: ISSUE DEPARTMENT. Notes issued ......136,673,4-66, Government Debt £11,015,100 Other Securities .. 3,459,900 Gold Coin & Bullion 15,598,460 Silver Bullion .... - X 30,073,460 BANKING DEPARTMINNT. Proprietors' Capi- Government Sean tal £14,553,000 rities (including Rest ... -.. 3,784,978 Dead WeightAn- Public Deposits (in- nutty) eluding Exalle- Other Securities quer, Savinge Notes Banff, Commits- / Gold and Silver missioners of Na- Coin. 781,296 tional Debt, and Dividend Ac counts) 6,965,466 Other Deposits 13,179,934 Seven Day and other Bills 430,073,460 752,469 £39 235,84 7 I £39,235,847 MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. Dated Sept. 20, 1880. AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown. or Muscovado Sugar, com puted from Returns made in the week ending the 18th day of Sept., 1860, exclusive of the duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the importation thereof into Great Britain : Muscovado, the produce ol c the British pos sessions in America . COUNTRY MARKETS. LIVERPOOL--SETT. 21. With continued unsettled weather, an active trade has been doing during the last two days, with few arrivals. There was a good attendance of both millers and dealers at this morning's market, with an active consumptive de mand for wheat, which may be quoted at a slight advance on late rates. Oats in moderate request, at former prices. In Indian corn there was a good business done at Tuesday's rates. Beans, peas, and barley remain without alteration. Flour was at rather more money. Oatmeal was at previous quotations. Harvest progressing slowly in this county. WAKEFIELD-- , SEPT. 21. The show of wheat was small, and line old warts to 24 dearer, but millers bought with reserve. Dry new in good request, at rather over previous rates. New barley scarce, at 40s to 445. Other articles unchanged. Averages for the week : Wheat . 80 qrs., at 600 61d Peas ... —s Od Beans 8ar1ey......., , 63 378 7d Oats — —B Od Rye — --- —s Od LOUGHBOROUGH-SEPT. 20. A pretty fair show of Wheat at market to-day, for which the trade was firm for most samples, at an advance of 2e on last week. Barley rather dearer. Beans and oats were scarce. White ruled at 64s to 675, red 60s to 64s per qr. Barley, 29s to 45s ; oats, 28s to 32s ; beans, 478 to 52s ; peas, —s to —a. EXETER--SEPT. 21. A fair business was done in the corn market to-day, at the following prices : Wheat, white.. 8s Od to Os Od Barley. ... 4s 4d to 4s 6d Ditto red .. 7s 9d to Om Od Oats' 3s 6d to 48 Od New white wheat, 7s tO 78 6d; red, 6s 9d to 7s. Flour, fine, 44s to 455; seconds, 42s to 438 per sack. CATTLE. There was a small attendance of dealers at the market, owing to the harvest. Business dull. I Fat beef,p score, lls to 11s6d Ewes, per lb .... 6d to 6id Pork carcases,do 12s to 12s 6d Wethers, do. 6ld to 7d Sheep, per lb. 7d to —d Fat calves, d 0.... 7d to 01 Rough fat, 4d per lb. BRISTOL SUGAR—SEPT. 21. We have had but few sales for sugars this week, and the market has become exceedingly flat, barely supporting late rates. Reflned descriptions also dull, and 6d to is lower. Rums quiet. BIRTHS. ARKWRIGHT.—On the 17th inst., at Barthomley Rectory, the Hon. Mrs. George Arkwright, of a tion. HANDCOCK.—On the 19th inst., at 14, Dawson-street, Dublin, the wife of the lion. Robert Handcock, of a son. CONGREVE.—On the 19th inst., at Inverness, the wife of Jolla Congreve, Esq., of Stony Stratford, Bucks, and Flichity, Inverness-shire, of a son and heir. MARRIAGES. LAW—CAIRD.—On the 18th inst., at &afield House, Greenock, Robert Law, merchant, London and Edin burgh, to Margaret, eldest daughter of John S. Caird, Esq., shipbuilder. WILDMAN—EWINGS.—On the 20th inst , at St. George's, Camberwell, Thomas, eldest son of the late T. C. Wild man, Esq., formerly of H.R.'s Customs, to Rosetta, the second daughter of the late A. Ewings, Esq., formerly of Sydenham. DEATHS. CA MMILLERI.—On the 17th inst., at Henley-on-Th ame Captain Cammilleri, R.N., G.M.G., of Medin a Villas Brighton, aged 68. FOGGO.—On the 14th inst., at 30 , Harrington-st ree t north N LG IV o "- vs 3 -. l —O r.j n ani th e e s 2 F o ° t g h g itt., at historical painter, aged 72. GLUpper Norwood, Robert Robertson Glaskow, Esq., of Montgree nan, aged 49. HATLOCK.—On. the 19th inst., John Haylock, Esq. ) of Brisham-place, Cambridgeshire. MORPOTT.--On the 15th inst., at Leicester, Jas. Morpott, Esq., aged 32. LONDON : Printed and Published by M URDO YOUN(-4, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The ,Sun Jfilee, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, In the COUntY of Niddlefitgi Satardah Neptada 22, 1860.