The Sun. — London, England, 1859-09-17 00:00:00

THZ BRITISH ASSOCIATION AT ABERDEEN. ABERDEEN, THURSDAY. The various sectional meetings of the Association commenced to-day at 11 o'clock, in the rooms ap pointed for them in the Marischal College. We append a notice of the proceedings in each section. SECTION A.—Mathematical and Physical Science. President—Earl Rosse, F.R.S. This Section met in one of the mathematical class rooms of Mariachal College—the other sections occupying various other rooms. The room was quite crowded, and many were unable to obtain admis sion, it being known that H.R.H. the Prince-Con sort would visit it at the opq)iing. On the Prince entering, he was loudly cheered by the audience, who rose to their feet. The PRESIDEVIT, in his opening remarks, said it had been usual to give an outline of the business coming before the sections at the first meeting, to indicate the order of proceedings, and enable new members to judge of the comparative interest of the business in the sections. He had just looked over the papers sent in, and found papers on pure ma thematics, applied mathematics ; papers more espe cially on light, electricity and magnetism, and on astronomy ; the processes of mathemati cal instru ments ; also in minor departments of physics ; but up to the present time the papers on some branches were not fully come in. With respect to mathe matics, a subject so abstruse could scarcel y be ex pected to be interesting, except to mathematicians ; and so extensive is the subject that even they might sometimes be unable to follow more than the principle and general scope. However any well informed man might, from the results obtained, gain interesting glimpses of mathematical pro cesses, and som.e general idea of the progress mak ing in that diroction. In applied mathematics there is more of general interest, and the results are perfectly , intelligible without any special educa • tion ; and he recollected at the Oxford meeting an investigation into the identification of a comet was made interesting to ladies even. Discoveries in electricity, light, and heat cannot fail to be inte resting and valuable. The interest of discovery, however, is not permanent. For a time dazzled by the brilliancy of discovery, that brilliancy is lost in the splendour of some fresh discovery. Man at first was not put in possession of all the knowledge we now possess—those things we know were hidden — veiled—to be brought to light by the vigorous use of our intellect. And how wonderful has been the progress of mathematical science since 3,000 years ago—one simple relation of magnitude suggesting another, and those relations becoming gradually more complicated, more interesting, and more im portant, till now we are able to weigh the planets, and, more wonderful still, calculate the course they will take when acted continually upon by ever varying forces. Lord Rosse went on to notice the moral benefit the influence of these discoveries must exert on the thoughtful mind, touching on discove ries in electricity, which enables us now to commu nicate, not slowly by letter, not for short distances by sound, but to immense distances, and instanta neously, by this subtle fluid; and after some general observations, concluded by taking the chair Amid applause. P r ofessor W. THOMSON then proceeded to read a paper on the necessity for incessant recording and for simultaneous observations in different localities to investigate atmospheric electricity. The lecture was illustrated by means of apparatus. During the greater portion of it the Prince Consort was present, listening with evident interest, and put several questions to the learned speaker. SEenost B.—Chemical Science. President—Dr. Lyon Playfair, F.R.S. The proceedings in the section of chemical science commenced by the president, Professor Lyon Play fair, delivering an opening address. The class room was quite filled, and among the audience who passed in and out at occasional intervals were several distinguished savans. His Royal Highness the Prince Consort was also present, and appeared to take great interest in the discussion. Professor LYON PLAYFAIR began by stating that' Sir John Herschel, his predecessor in the chair, drew their attention to the great importance of studying the combining proportions of bodies, in the hope of determining the exact numerical rela tion which prevails between the elements. He con gnat:doled the Section on the publication of the laborious investigation of Dumas on this important inquiry. It required a chemist of great manipula tive skill to obtain combining numbers for the ele ments u pon which reliance could be placed. In the recent memoir of Dumas we had the result, although not the details, of a large series of the experiments on many of the elements. After describing shortly the nature of these experi ments, he went on to say that at a meeting of the British Association in 1851, they had the pleasure of hearing an exposition of his researches delivered by M. Dumas himself. In this country they were familiar with many ingenious discussions on the numerical relations of the elements, and several interesting analogies had been arrived at, which had not yet, however, been sufficienty confirmed to be ranked. in their scientific systems. There was no common ground upon which the theory of equivalents could be at present established—the researches of Brodie, for example, pointing to dif ferent results than those of Dumas. The subject was one of interest, and would be on more than one occasion brought . Under discussion in some of .the papers to be read in the Section. He congratulated the meeting on the number of distinguished Eng lish chemists who leere present, and concluded by expressing his revet that, owing to their cold northern position, they could not have the pleasure of some of their distinguished foreign colleagues. Prince Albert then -withdrew, and was loudly cheered as he passed out of the 1 , and SECTION C. —Geology. President—Sir C. Lyell, LL.D., D.C.L., F.R.S. In this section, which mEt in the principal hall of the college, there was a rinmerons attendance. His Royal Highness the Prince Consort entered the Hall with Mr. Thomson of Benchory, and took his place on the platform, on the right hand of the chairman, amidst loud cheering, the whole com pany standing. Sir CHARLES L YELL read a very interesting paper, which he had prepared as an opening ad- dress on " Proofs of the antiquity of the Hmian Race." After alluding to the interest attaching to the subject, he said that for the last quarter of a century the occasional occurrence in various parts of Europe of the bones of man or the works of his hands, in caves, or breccias and stalactites, associated with the remains of the extinct hyaena, bear, ele phant, or rhinoceros, had given rise to a suspicion that the date of man must be carried further back than we had before imagined. On the other hand, extreme reluctance was naturally felt 'on the part of scientific reasoners to admit the validity of such evidence, seeing that so many caves had been inhabited by a succession of tenants, and had been selected by man as a place not only of domicile but of sepulture, while they had also served not unfrequently as the channels through which the waters of flooded rivers had flowed, so that the remains of living beings which had peo pled the district at more than one era may have subsequently been mingled in such caverns, and confounded together in one and the same deposit. The facts, however, recently brought to light dur ing the systematic investigation, as reported on by Falcomr, of the Brisham Cave, must have prepared them to admit that scepticism in regard to the cave evidence in favour of the antiquity of man had been pushed to an extreme. In the course of the last 15 years another class of proofs had been advanced in France in confircaation of man's antiquity, into two of which he had personally examined in the course of the present summer. After alluding to the dis coveries of M. Ayward in 1844,'in the volcanic dis trict of central France, of portions of two human skeletons, Sir Charles gave the following as the re sult of a visit he had made to Le Puy this year with Mr. SeGpe :— H g was inclined to believe that the human fosii!s were really imbedded by natural causes in their resent matrix ; but in his opinio n they afforded demonstration of man having wit nessed the l ast volcanic eruptions of central France. do not seem The skullsto depart from the modern Europian or Caucasian an d the human bones in were a freeherlitate t yp e , thn those of the quadrup eds found in any breccia of Denise which can be referred to the period even of the latest volcanic eruptions. Sir Charles then gave an interesting description of the flint implements associated in undisturbed gravel in - the north of France with the bones of elephants some of at. Abbeville and Amiens. He displayed sme of hatchets, visit. They th e se implements which he had obtained on hisre centwere likened to h of them spear heads, and wedg es, and their great number was t r uly wonderful , m ore than a thousand A llaying already, been met with in the last ten y ears in the valley of the S om me, in an area fa te, i m iles in length. He inferred that a tribe of may, ages, to whom the use of iron was un and known ntaa. e a long sojourn in that en he wu s reminded of a large In dian_ g m ound which he Ism% •in St. Simon's Is land, in eorhgitaoitfienveacres feet, in area, and ha vin g an average hGeig shells, through chit I fly cooposed of cast-away o y s ter d out which arrow - h e a ds, stone axes, an Indian pott cry *ere dispersed. He believedtruthe antiquity of tb.e Abbeville and Amiens fl i nt ins m e h n . ts to be great, indeed if compared with the times o f history or traditi on. It-must have required a long pe riod for the we, aring down of the chalk which supp lied the broken flints, for the formation of gravel at various heights. , sometimes 100 feet above th e e p resent level 'of the omm e, and for the depositil ev el g entire shells, both terrestrial and aquatic. Sir Charles concluded his paper with some remarks on the origin of species. SECTION E.—Geography and Ethnology. President—Admiral Sir James Clark Ross, D.C.L., F.R.S. Professor OwEN read an interesting report on " The Crania of the Tribesof Nepa-al," stating at the outset that the information contained therein had been mainly derived from the valuable researches of Mr. Hodgson, Resident at Nepal, who had thus added another to the high claims he already had established upon the scientific world. The learned professor entered minutely into the formation of the crania, upwards of ninety in number—the features, the skulls, &c., &c. In these ninety varieties of crania, the amount of brain is not greater than those usually found in the highest class of day labourers in this country and Ireland ; indeed, the skulls do not, on the whole, differ very much from what might be found in the graveyards of London, Edin burgh, or Dublin. Sir JOHN BOWRING, in the course of some remarks, as a proof of the low mental standard existing amongst some classes of the Indian tribes, stated that he re membered a murder occurring in Ceylon, and on the murderer being brought to trial, it was found utterly impossible to make him comprehend he committed any sin whatever in revenging himself upon a person who he thought had injured him. The consequence was that the judge came to the con clusion that the murderer could not be held respon sible for his crime. So ignorant was this man that he could not count up to the number five—losing himself always at three. Incidentally, Sir John remarked that the introduction of the decimal sys tem amongst some classes- of the Indians had been esteemed by them one of the greatest benefits in the way of instruction they had ever received. Amongst the other gentlemen who took part in the discussion which followed were Mr. Richard Cull, F.S.A., Mr. Oliphant (late secretary to Lord Elgin in China), Mr. John Cranford, F.R.G.S., and Dr. M'Gowan, from China, &c. The "Geographical Remarks upon the Yangtsee- Kiang, with observations upon its future Com merce," read in the same section by Capt. SHERARD OSBORN, was distinguished by a vast amount of information regarding that little known part of China, and much graphic description of the country and the habits of the people. His Royal Highness the Prince Consort, who entered the room while the paper was being read, seemed much interested in the gallant captain's " remarks," and made a stay of upwards of half-an hour—following closely the illustrative map which had been prepared by the officers of Capt. Osborn's exploring fleet. In the evening there was a conversazione held in the Music Hall, at which there was a large party present. SIR 'TORN COLERIDGE 011 1 MIDDLE CLASS EDUCATION. At the distribution of certificates to the success ful candidates at the 'late Oxford Local Examina tion, held at Exeter, there was an influential atten dance of the friends of education, including Mr. T D. Acland, the originator of the local examination scheme. The Right Hon. Sir J. COLERIDGE, after the dis tribution of the certificates, addressed the meeting. He said—Sir John Kennaway has stated to you in strong language which I cannot improve, and which I will not seek to spoil, all that the country in ge neral owes to the University of Oxford ; and, in my opinion, he might have added that it has acquired an additional claim to the gratitude and affectionate feeling . of the country by the step which it has taken in regard to these examinations. (Hear.) Passing by for a moment what of course I do not undervalue—the higher motives upon which we ought to value national education—there is one point of view in which it strikes me it has not been so often presented to the minds of assemblies like the present, but which I think is of the greatest im portance. No one who has considered the history, not merely of this country but of Christendom in general, for centuries back, can fail to perceive that there has been for centuries a gradual advancement towards the approximation of the different classes of society, and to increasing power with regard to government of what are called the lower orders. (Hear, hear.) lam not, of course, going to express a political opinion here ; I do not say whether it is better or whether it is worse at present. But it seems to me to be so orderly, to have proceeded so regularly, to have gone on so widely—l may say so universally—through Chris tendom, that I cannot but think that we may trace in it the finger of Him who governs the world; and if that be so, I ought to say that it must be for good. (Hear, hear.) It must be for good if we rightly use and direct the dispensations of the Almighty, as far as we are concerned, The desti nies of nations are in His hands, but, as you well know, He acts ordinarily by secondary means ; He acts by human agents, and it is in our power to make that a blessing, as He intended it, or a curse, which he did not intend, according as we use that which He puts in our hands. The river will flow on. If you attempt to stop it, it will overwhelm you in ruin. If you neglect its course, you may lose the benefits it would otherwise confer. But if you direct its course wisely it will be a source of fertility to the land through which it flows. (Applause.) Something like that is what this country ought to do, and what I think it is now doing in respect of education. If the lower orders are to be raised to political power in this country, to make that a blessing you must cultivate the lower orders for discharging the duties to be thrown upon them. (Hear, hear.) Therefore it is that I think the University of Oxford conferred the largest benefit that it had in its power to confer upon this country at large when, passing simply from the education of the higher orders, and those who were destined for the Church, it spread out its hands in a frank and li beral spirit to all classes of society, and offered to connect everybody with itself, in a certain measure, who would only fit himself for it by proper applica tion. (Applause.) It is obvious, and everybody must see, that the more the classes of society lower than those who may be able to take the bene fit directly of university education avail themselves of this privilege, the more will they fit themselves for all those acts of power and administration of government to which in the course of things they may probably be called. (Hear.) I do not forget that several gentlemen have to come after me, and that I ought not to occupy very much more of your time. (Hear, hear, - and applause.) But if I have satisfied you that the delegates and the University are en titled to your thanks, not merely for the - wise con ception of their plan, but for the strictly impartial and discriminating execution of it, let me ask you how are we to show our gratitude to them ?, Not merely by the thanks we are to pass to-day, but in avery much more important and permanent manner. We may divide those who are here present into the public, whom the spectators represent ; the school masters, who have been directly affected by this measure of the University ; and the most interest , ing class of all, the young gentlemen who have been here to-day to receive the certificates from the Uni versity. With regard to ourselves, I hope our course is a clear and a plain one. If any one of you have seen the circulars, it will be found that the original funds for carrying out the local examinations for the distribution of prizes, and for the expenses of this meeting, are now exhausted. I should be extremely sorry, and I think the inhabitants of this great county would be wanting; if they suffered this an nual celebration to fall to the ground. (Hear, hear.) I hope that although upon the present occasion we have not been able to present to the young men who have come here any distinct prizes, yet that before next year comes round we shall be in a position to resume that excellent practice. (Hear, hear.) Do not let it be said that in so doing we are presum ing, in the county of Devon, to think that we can add any value to what the University has done for these young men. Above all things let them re member that nothing can be given in this county equal to the honour which they have now achieved of being associated with the University of Ox ford. They will carry it with them wherever they go. It may have struck you a s an inte resting circumstance that some of those individuals who have laboured and acquired honour, are now gone out into the world—some to sea, some to one place, some to another —some of them hardly know ing the honour which they have achieved. But I will venture to say that when the young midship man or the young man in the merchant service, now ploughing the main, returns to this country, he will rejoice to receive the paper that will then be handed to him ; and come what w;11 in future life, the young pan will always think it an honour to have passed such an examination as to bo able to call himself an Associate in - Arts of the University of Oxford. (Applause.) Do not let it be supposed that we are interfering with the University in that way. But as a mark of gratitude to Oxford—as a token of the estimation in which we hold what Oxford has done fur these young men—l think we should do i b l u l c i e f e , s u s p fu o l n e a ui f id u i t d u a r t e es oczs t r, s yv om e e did n iz o e t c re7 ( a h r i d ea t i h .. e ) I think I haN s 'e o onerous duty omitted to speak to you pr izes . the local examiner. to o ays he is co of you may not know what an p t e m i r l f e e or g m entleman who undertakes that parits extsreem For nfi as many as seven or eight s o u ffi c ee ces h si a y s e ci a by room superintend ing and takin g e t examinations. hat it would have The labour, I believe in gentleman to have done been impossible for a sing l e t the se it, i f h e b a d not been as sisted kind volunteers . My . My friend Mr. Arland is alway s ready to lend hi s help. lam sur e that y ou will go along with me i n saying that these volunteer assistants ought to be in pass on to eluded in the resolutio n. ( Hear. ) I now the second class of those who are called upon to re turn thanks to the University of Oxford—l mean the schoolmasters of the country who have taken part, or who shall take part, in preparing pupils for these examinations. They must feel that their posi tion is considerably raised by it. When I say raised, don't let me be supposed for one moment to imply that it is a profession that is required in the estima tion of society to be raised. My grandfather was a schoolmaster. I was a pupil of an uncle whom I loved and honoured as my father. I was a pupil at Eton of a cousin whom I loved as an elder brother. One of my brothers, as many of you know, has been for years labouring in the school at Eton—success fully, I may say, certain diligently—for a great number of years as assistant-master. I come of a family of schoolmasters ; and let me assure those who are here of that profession that I hold that part of my descent with as much pride, and greater pride, than I do my being able to trace it upon the other side to a gentleman who happened to be Lord Mayor of London for several successive years in the reign of King Henry 111. (Hear, and applause.) I look upon my schoolmaster's descent as the more noble of the two ; and I am perfectly certain that not only the schoolmasters now assembled, but-all the intelligent persons who are here, will go along with me in that feeling. (Hear, hear.) Schoolmas ters will feel not merely that their labours are brought more into the sunshine, and that they re ceive the reward which it is no shame for any man to be proud of receiving, when they produce their successful candidates ; hut the more intelligent among them will receive extremely useful hints by the course the examinations have taken, as to the best means of discharging their duty. (Hear.) I will not go into details in which I might run my self aground, for despite all my lineage I am not so practically acquainted with the subject as many others now here. But there is one thing I would venture to point out. I would press upon them the importance of that which the University of Oxford adhere to, to the great disappointment of many persons—namely, the sticking to the elements, and saying that nothing shall supersede accuracy in the lower and rudimental parts of education. (Hear.) I do not know how that may be with some masters in this county. I can speak for myself, and one near me ‘Mr. Sillifant) will bear me out. My good uncle —it is now nearly 60 years ago, for I began my Latin before I was six years of age—when we came to a new book, I remember especially Homer, said, "Now, boys, this is a new language. You have been reading Xenophon and Lucian. You are now going to read Homer; he spoke in a different lan guage, he thought in a different way from the authors you have read. Let us go by steps." Every word, little or great, every noun and verb, every single word in that book did he make us give an account of. For the first fortnight, three weeks, or a month, about five lines took an hour to get through; and very tedious it must have been to a man who possessed great delicacy of mind, and could enter into the whole beauty of the poet as a poet. Yet he submitted to that drudgery because he knew well how it would pay. The consequetre was that at the end of a month we knew the book we had gone through—the 100 or 200 lines—so ac curately that we might be said, as far as boys could do, to know the book. We knew it grammatically, and nothing came too hard for us after that. That I venture to suggest as an example that might be of use to all schoolmasters. (Hear, hear.) I have said I do not knowhow this is in this county among the masters. I have not the smallest doubt how it must have been with those whose pupils have been successful. I will tell you a story which I have upon the best possible authority. It does not apply to any schoolmaster here, or within many hundred miles of this county. An examiner was about, and he had a class before him—the first class in arith metic. They were able to answer questions ; they had gone through all the higher branches of arith metic, and were prepared to answer anything. But he said, " I will give you a sum in simple addition." He accordingly dictated ¢ sum, and cautiously in terspersed a good many ciphers. Suppose, for in stance, he said " a thousand and forty-nine." He found there was not one in the class who was able to put down that sum in simple addition ; they could not make count of the ciphers. That showed him the boys had been suffered to pass over far too quickly the elementary parts of arithmetic. (Hear, hear.) The examiner took them in grammar, and quoted a few lines from Cowper— . "I am monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute." " What governs right ?" There was not a boy could say, till it was put to them " none to dispute my right." Then -" The beasts that roam over the plain, My form with indifference see.' None could tell what governed "see," or what " see " governed after it. These are instances that I think it not useless to mention, for the purpose of draw ing the attention of intelligent schoolmasters to the neeessity of attending—not merely once in the be ginning, but going back from time to time—to the elements. (Hear, hear, and applause.) To the third class, the young men whom I see before me, I shall simply say a few words, for they have already heard an excellent address from my friend, Sir John Ken naway. I am sure you will feel that you are bound to be extremely thankful to the delegates and the local examiners for the trouble they have taken, and for the excellent manner in which the Oxford examinations have been carried out. (Hear, hear.) I beg of yon, much as I said to you last year, to consider that above all things, in your present situa tion, industry and attention are the things you should hold by. Do not let the 'honours you have received induce you to go sleep and to say . " I have done enough." If so, it is the greatest misfortune that you have attained honours. (Hear. hear.) If, on the contrary, they encourage you to further exertion, then no one can say how great the benefit may be. (Hear, hear.) Let me impress upon you that the best motto you can take for yourselves in this respect is that which was taken by amost emi nent man, who made his woy from a hair-dresser's shop to be Chief Justice Tenterden. What was his motto ? When a man is made a judge he is made a sergeant, and as sergeant he gives rings to some of the great officers of State, with a motto upon it. His motto was "Laborer' He did not refer to his own talents. It was not " invita Minerva." To his immortal honour be it said—from the hair dresser's shop in Canterbury to the Free School in Canterbury ; from the Free School in Canterbury to Corpus Christi College ; from Corpus Christi College to the bar; from the bar to the bench ; from the bench to the peerage—he achieved all with unimpeachable honour, and always practising that which was his motto at last. One a the most gratifying scenes I have ever witnessed was when that man went up to the House of Peers in his robes for the first time, attended by the whole bar of England. (Hear' hear.) RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. EASTERN COUNTIES. Mr. Walford, the defeated candidate in tlEle Ate election for auditors of the Eastern Countie, s Rail way, has transmitted the following further state ment in connexion with that affair. His ( Marge, it will be remembered, was that Mr. Lo re, the chairman, had distinctly intimated that 'either he nor the directors as a body would take part in favour of any of the parties, it being con sidered that the selection should be strictly left to thi 3 , share holders themselves, and that notwithstandi rig this Mr. Love at the poll turned the choice in fa your of a personal friend, Mr. Flower, by the use of proxies intrusted to him for general purposes. On the in sertion of Mr. Walfurd's original letter an i inpres sion was intimated that Mr. Love would week to put himself right by some reply, but he has: appa rently not deemed it necessary to take any notice of the matter, although the complaint was n( it based upon anything that could be treated as an unwar ranted assumption, but upon a written do climent in the possession of the aggrieved candidato., On that point, however, Mr. Love has a perfect right to consult his own feelings. The shareholde Ira like wise, although they will hardly be prepared. to jus tify anything on the part of their officers th at may appear disingenuous, may feel quite contenit that their proxies should be used as on this occasion. All that need be remarked is, that if ever ti ley find any unpleasant results from the system, they must not call for public sympathy. When their allow directors to nominate auditors, it is just tbie same as if a cash keeper in a firm were requested. by his employers to appointthe accountant who is t o check his totals Sir,—You having pronounced. some explanation' from the directors or chairman. of this company necessary with respect to their reoent con duct in connexion with the election of audLitors, I have been content to wait. Indeed, I feel I have little further to do with the matter individually, you having, greatly to the satisfaction of the pro prietors, taken it up on public grounds. " If the chairman chooses to remain impervious to censure, I am bound to inform you it is not so with a majority of the members of the board. Since my first letter in your columns, some have called upon me, and many more have written, as suring me that they were no parties either to the obtaining or the misuse of the general power proxies by which Mr. Love managed to secure th e election of his own auditor. " As the letters so received give an insight into the management sufficient fully to account for the wcrst misfortunes of this unfortunate company, I shall feel that I am doing a service in handing you copies of them. You wilkperceive that intrigue and dissension are in the ascendant, and that might is usurping the province of right. So far as they affect the question before us, eight of the boarddis t.inctly deny all participation in the use of the di rectors' proxies, several expressing their strong in dignation at the proceeding; one declines informa tion ! one remained neutral from circumstances ; and one ' fully concurred,' his name, indeed, having been in the proxies. " In one of the letters you will find the following passage At a meeting of the directors at the London Tavern a few minutes previous to the ge neral meeting of the proprietors on the 25th ult., the chairman, after making favourable mention of one of the candidates, Mr. Flower, asked permis sion of the board to use proxies in his possession, if necessary, for that gentleman.' The 'if necessary,' I presume, means if he could not defeat me in any other way; and the asking permission shows that the chairman considered the general power proxies as not under his own control. In fact, they were obtained in the name of the directors.' " The request was not only not complied with, but several directors strongly deprecated the idea of tampering in the election of an auditor. The meet ing was suddenly terminated, and the next day the chairman did turn the election by the proxies in question. " The first account Mr. Love has to render is to 11's colleagues, the next to the public, and the third to the proprietors. With myself he had no com punction in breaking faith; how he will justify himself before the three tribunals named every body appears anxious to learn.—Sir, yours most obediently, " CORNELIUS WALFORD, JUN., F.S.S., F.S.A. " 7, Bank-buildings, Lothbury, Sept. 14." TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR THE WEEK. TIIE" SUN, LONDON SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 17, 1859• THE HOP MARKET. The following is from the annual trade circular of Messrs. Woollaton and Son, respecting the hop market : In the early part of the summer a few parishes in Sussex, the Weald of Kent, Farnham, and Wor cester, were severely attacked with vermin, much speculation took place, and there was a rapid ad vance in the value of hops. The duty was estimated so low as £140,000, but weather of the most fa vourable character removed all prospects of a blight, the re-action in the market was severe, sales were almost impossible, and we have now to report that a duty, of £280,000 is expected to be realised. From the samples at present on offer we antici pate that the growth of `1859 will not be less re markable for choiceness of quality than for being the fifth crop in succession greatly beyond the ave rage in quantity. As prices cannot fail to be very reasonable a great demand • is to be expected. The best districts of Middle and East Kent have been entirely exempt from vermin, and from them is grown an immense crop of the highest quality. This result, coupled with the fact that the best hop growing . districts in Bavaria have this seas on a crop largely in excess of their necessities for home con sumption, ought to operate against exorbil ant prices being given on this market for golden hops. It will be remembered that last year the Continent of Europe was compelled to import from England a very large quantity of hops, and thereby contri buted to the rise which took place in our market. No similar demand can be expected this year. The consumption for home and export trade con tinues to increase ; but notwithstanding occasional failure from blight so does the growth of hops in crease. From the year 1792 to the present time, the gross produce of each period of ten years has gradually increased, so that the last eight years from 1852 to 1859 inclusive, have given a total duty of £1,852,000, or an annual • average of £234,000; being an increase of more than 40 per • cent. over the average of the preceding ten and twenty years. During the same period, the in crease of acres under cultivation has been, only 9 per cent., according to the Parliamentary return. These facts suggest the consideration as to how far modern improvements in cultivation operate on the production of such immense crops as the past five years have witnessed. Of course, failures in the crop must aid will recur at some period ; and with the greatly increased consumption, a growth falling► short of the necessities of the trade would greatly enhance prices, and a saleable value might be put on those parcels of old hops remaining in the hands of speculators, for which, at the present time, it is, difficult to name any quotations. CRYSTAL PALACE. -- ONE SHILLING DAY. - FRlDAY.—Admission on payment, 2,214 ; ditto by seasoa tickets, 366 ; total visitors, 2,577. Railways. Ballymena and Portrush Redale and Leyburn Belfast and Ballymena I telfast and County Down Birkd., Lane., & Ches. June. Blyth and Tyne Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Clies.&Holyhead(withMold) Cockermouth & Workington Cork and Bandon Cork, Blackrock, & Passage Deeside Dublin & Belfast Junction Dublin and Drogheda Dub. & Wicklow (in. King at ) Dundalk and Enniskillen Dundee and Arbroath Dundee, Perth, & Aber. Jun. East Anglian E.Counties,Nrfk.,&E.Union East Kent ........ . , E. L ancashire(in. Blackburn) Edinburgh and Glasgow Edinburgh, Perth,& Dundee Forth & Clyde Junction Furness Glasgow & South-Western. Great Northern Great North of Scotland qt.Southn. Sr Westn.(lrlnd ) treat Western lull and Holderness ,nverness & Aberdeen June Irish South-Eastern Killarney Junction Lancaster and Carlisle (in Kendal and Windermere) Lane. & Yrks.(in.Blackburn) Limerick and Foynes Llanelly .... .... . , London & North-Western London and Blackwall London & South-Western Lond. Brightbn, & S. Coast. L'derry and Enniskillen Lond., Tilbury, & Southend. Man.,Sheffield, & Lincolnsh. Manch. S.Jun.& Altrincharn Maryport and Carlisle Midland Midland Gt.Westn. of Irind. Monkland Monmouthsh. Rail. & Canal Newcastle and Carlisle Newport,Aberg.,& Hereford North British (in. Dalkeith) North Devon North-Eastern North London North Staffordshire North-Western N. Yorkshire and Cleveland Oxford, Wore., & Wolver. Peebles St. Helen's Canal & Railway Scottish Central Scottish North-Eastern Shrewsbury & Birmingham Shrewsbury and Chester Shrewsbury & Hereford Shropshire Union South Devon South-Eastern South Wales S. Yorkshire and River Dun Stockton and Darlington Taff Vale Ulster Clverstone and Lancaster , Vale of Neath Warrington and Stockport Waterford and Kilkenny Waterford and Limerick West Cornwall W. Hartlepool II arbr. & Rail Whitehaven Junction Whitehaven & Furness*Jun W'haven,Cleator,&Egrmnt FOREIGN AND COLONIAL Antwerp and Rotterdam Austrian Belgian Eastern Junction Buffalo and Lake Huron Detroit and 3lilwaukie Dutch Rhenish Grand Trunk of Canada Great Indian Peninsula Great Luxembourg Great Western of Canada Lombardo-Venetian Lyons and Geneva Madrid, Saragossa SzAlicant Maria Antonia Northern of France Norwegian Trunk._ Paris, Lyons, dr Medlterrn Paris and Orleans Paris and Strasburg :: Royal Danish Sambre and Meuse Southern of France ___ West Flanders ........ W. and N.W. of France.. Miles Opened. 18.59. 118 198 gl; 8: 20 29/ 22 1831 283 4 179 9 28 614 i 177 734 9 233 461 101 94 3 2 0 9 11 171 108 119 1858. 117 1 401 35 171 31 671 489 291 22 1831 283 ;0 6 4 4613 251 41 1014 289 /52 - 28 5 7 1 184 60 1734 28 614 i 177 720 9 233 46i 571 301 171 108 116 Receipts. 1859. 1,243 527 2,937 1,679 7,630 15,086 354 1,337 1,875 2,281 692 1,10, 952 87,064 450 6,656 3,525 341 1,150 7,356 26,383 1,526 7,671 36,385 266 873 248 554 37,680 230 622 74,125 1,841 20,425 20,444 831 2,514 10,706 '942 1,081 38,933 4,679 1,527 2,409 3,444 1,404 6,228 1858. .562 38,933 2,629 7,930 5,114 1,170 275 2,000 3,506 4,005 2,137 3,315 1,939 - 354 2,599 1,653 7,353 13,777 1,291 1,663 2,027 - 796 3,764 27,540 7,922 3,286 6,966 4,289 1,777 622 1, 051 '915 27,02 n '490 1,535 6,197 3,272 874 6,950 26,074 2,001 7,000 33,729 673 261 161 140 108} 849 881 34,663 183 582 70,768 1,621 18,907 19,206 7.53 2,502 10,273 899 990 37,409 3,951 1,410 2,413 3,281 1,270 6,1E8 505 1,531 773 3,691 567 560 329 1,116 43,424 577 40,197 2,578 7,023 4,809 .244 1,953 3,462 4,600 1,829 3,116 1,777 .919 3,389 24,775 7,024 2,817 6,981 4,545 1,046 275 1,035 2,361 3,868 9,530 3,257 2,695 7,185 '383 1,751 429 1,134 66. 3,630 '436 471 287 1,204 36,079 279 1,089 1,689 3,915 9,691 2,194 1,690 8,037 6,504 10,547 5,181 8,7:9 .291 411,906 1,011 85,023 53,209 50,078 313 46 2 1 980 60.037 52 033 47,768 1,183 19,721 1,060 46,498 1,161 17,660 1,0( 41,267 [AnyznnsintENT.].--We have read with much pleasure Du Barry's Report on the cure of Indigestion (Dyspepsia), Flatulency, Constipation, Nervous, Bilious, and Liver Complaints, Cough, Asthma, Consumption, and Debility, without medicine, by Du Barry's Food. The following are a few extracts which appear to merit the attention of many :—Cure No. 47,121.—Mi5s Elizabeth Jacobs, of Ni&ing 'Vicarage, Waltham:cross, Herts : a cure of ex treme nervousness, indigestion, gatherings, low spirits , and nervous-fancies. Cure No. 48,314. —Miss Elizabeth Yeo man, Gateaere near Liverpool: a cure of ten years' dyspepsia and all the horrors of nervous irritability. Cure No. .54,812. —Miss Virginia Zeguers, cured, of consumption, after her medical advisers had abandoned all hopes of re covery. Cure No. 51,514.—8ar0n de Polentz, Prefect of Langcnau, of many years' horrible sufferings of tke nerves, and of an obstinate liver complaint, for which the erman spas had been tried in vain for years. Cure No. 48,721.—General Baron de Zaluskowski, of many years fearful disorders of the digestive functions. En tins, at ls. 6d. ; lib., 3s. ; 21b., ss. 9d. ; 51b., 12e.; 121 b., 265. The 101 b. and 121 b. tins carriage free, on receipt of post office order. Du Barry and Co., 77, Regent-street, London' Fortnum, Mason, and Co; 182, Piccadilly; Abbis, 60, Graceclmrch-street ; 4, Cheapside - ; 63, and 150, Oxford street ; 330 and 451, Strand ; 49 and 60, Bishopsgate street ; 85, Tottenham-court-road. Also at Dublin, Bewley and Draper ; at Edinburo, Raimes and Co., at Liverpool, Nixon and Thew; at Manchester, Sharp and Scott; at York , Raimes, Blanchard, and Co.; at South ampton, Randall and 84:44 THE DISASTER IN CHINA. (Pim the Gazette of last evening.) ADMIRALTY, SEPT. 16. A despatch, of which the following is a copy, has been received by the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty from Rear-Admiral James Hope, C. 8., Commander-in- Chief of her Majesty's ships and vessels on the East India and China Station : Chesapeake, Gulf of Pachili, July 5, 1859. request you will inform the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, that having on the 17th ult., arrived off the IKland of Sha-lui-tien, in the Gulf of Pechili, where I reported in my letter, No. 66, of the 11th ult., the squadron had been directed to rendezvous, I proceeded on the follow ing day to the mouth of the Paiho River, with the object of intimating to the local authorities the intended arrival of the lion. Frederick Bruce, her Majesty's Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary, and Monsieur de Bourboulon, Minister of his Imperial Majesty the Emperor of the French, and of reconnoitring the existing state of the de fences of the river. 2. These last appeared to consist principally of the re construction, in earth, and in an improved form, of the works destroyed last year, strengthened by additional ditches and abattis, as well as an increased number of booms of a very much more formidable nature, a descrip tion of all of which will he found on the annexed plan, fur nished by Major Fisher of the Royal Engineers. Very few guns were seen, but a considerable number of embra sines were masked with matting, evidently with a view of concealing others. 3. Having sent an officer on shore to communicate with the authoriti:is, he was met by a guard, apparently of coun try people, who prevented him from landing, informed him that there were no officials nearer than Tient-sin, and on his acquainting them with my wish that the obstructions at the mouth of the river should be removed, in order to enable the ministers to proceed to Tient-sin, a promise was given that a commencement should be made for this pur pose within the next 48 hours. 4. On following day I moved the whole of the squadron up to the anchorage off the mouth of the river, placing the gun-boats insido the bar. On proceeding to examine the entrance, on the 20th, and finding that nothing had been done towards removing the obstructions before referred to, I addressed a letter to the Tantai, at Tient-sin, acquaint ing-him with the object of arrival, and requesting free com munication with the shore. To this an evasive answer was received two days subsequently. 5. On 21st I received a letter from Mr. Brace, acquaint ing me that M. de Bourboulon and himself had come to the conclusion to place the matter in my hands, and requesting me to take any measures I might deem expedient for clear ing away the obstructitns in the river, so as to allow them to proceed at once to Tient-sin ; in consequence of which I acquainted the Tantai, that the Ministers having arrived, and the obstructions still existing at the mouth of the river, I should proceed to remove them, using force if necessary, the responsibility of the consequences resting with those by whom I might be opposed. To this communication no reply was received, and consequently on the 24th I took the force inside the bar to prepare for operations, and gave further intimation that after eight o'clock in the evening, if I re ceived no satisfactory reply, I should feel myself at liberty to take my own course. 6. On the same night the parties named in the margin,* under the direction of Capt. G. 0. Willes, cut one of the cables of the boom, marked D in the plan, and blew two away with powder. These last, however, were found reunited on the fol lowing day, the supporting logs of wood to which they were cross-lashed being probably moored head and stern. Capt. Willes availed himself of this opportunity to examine closely the codstruction of the inner boom (plan E), and he found it to consist of large baulks, well cross-lashed together, form ing a mass of timber not than 120 feet wide, and about 3 feet in depth. The opening shown in the plan might have admitted of the passage of a gunboat, but the strength of the current would, at any time, have rendered such a passage a matter of exceeding difficulty and doubt. Under these circumstances it was clear that no other mode of at tack was left open to me, except that on the front of the works, and a subsequent endeavour to carry them bystorm, should I succeed in silencing their fire. 7. The morning of the 25th was occupied in placing the vessels in position (see plan), the Starling, Janus, Plover (Flag), Cormorant, Lee,4Kestrel, and Banterer, being on a lino parallel to the works on the South Fort, and the Nim rod in the rear of the line, with her fire bearing on the North Fort. The Opossum, under Captain Willes, was placed in advance, close up to the stakes, and the Forester and Haughty in reserve, in rear of the line, the former having directions to move up into the Plover's position, should that vessel advance in support of the Opossum. The vessels on the right wore under the direc tions of Capt. C. F. A. Shadwell ; those on the left under Capt. N. Vansittart. The strength of the tide and the narrowness of the channel (about 200 yards) had rendered it a matter of extreme difficulty to take up the position above detailed ; and the Banterer and Starling, the vessels on the extreme right and left of the line, had both taken the ground, the former, however, in a good position, the latter in one which incapacitated her from taking much share in the action. At 2 p.m., I directed the Opossum to open a passage through the first barrier, which being effected by 2.30, she moved up to the second barrier, supported by the Plover, closely followed by the Lee and Haughty, which vessels I ordered in for that purpose. On the arrival of the Opossum at the second barrier, the forts opened a simultaneous fire of not less than between 30 or 40 guns, of calibres from 32-pounders to 8-inch, on which I directed the ships to engage. The Plover took up a position close to the barrier. The Opossum, Lee, and Haughty, in succession, astern of her. At 3 p.m.,t finding that the ships inside the barrier, especially the Plover and Opossum, were becoming disabled by the enemy's fire, they were dropped out into fresh posi tions outside of it, where, having received assistance in men, they renewed the action. In consequence of the Plover's disabled state, I shifted my flag to the Cormorant ; and at 4.20 a severe wound I had received about an hour previously compelled me to call Captain Shadwell on board the Cormorant, and entrust to him the more immediate command of the squadron. At 5.40 the Kestrel sunk in her position ; and it became necessary to put the Lee on the ground to avoid the like result. At 6.30 the fire from the north forts ceased altogether, and half an hour later that on the south side was silenced with the exception of that proceed . ng from one gun in the outer or south bastion, one in the curtain on each side of it, and oue in the flank of the centre bastion, also one in the detached fort to the south. At 7.20 a landing was effected opposite the outer bastion of the south fort, the portion which appeared most injured by the fire of the squadron, and where the attack could be best supported by the guns of the vessels. The force consisted of a detachment of Sapiers and Miners, under Major Fisher, Royal Engineers; a brigade of Marines, under Col. Thos. Lemen ; a division of seamen, under Captain Vansittart, assisted by Commanders John E. Commerell and W. A. J. Heath, the whole under Capt. Shadwell's direction, accom panied by a small detachment of French seamen, under the command of Commandant Tricault. They were encountered by a heavy fire proceeding from those guns I have already named as not completely silenced, as well as from gingalls and rifles ; but notwithstanding these and other serious obstacles presented by the character of the ground to be crossed, and the nature of the defences, 150 officers and men having reached the second ditch, and about 50 having arrived close under the walls, had the op position they experienced been that usual in Chinese war fare, there is little doubt that the place would have been successfully carried at the point of the bayonet. Captains Shadwell and Vansittart and Colonel Lemon, R.M., having been disabled in the advance, the command in front devolved on Commander Comraerell, who, after consultation with Majors Fi.her, R.E., and Richard Parke, R.M., and Commandant Tricault, having reported to Cap thin Shadwell that they could hold their present position, but that it was impossible to storm without reinforcements, received from that officer the order to retire. 17. This operation was effected with a deliberation and coolness equal to the gallantry of the advance, under cover of the night, which had now closed in, the force being sent down to the boats by detachments, carrying the wounded with them, and eventually the whole were brought off by 1.30 a.m., of the 26th, Commanders Conunerell and Heath being the last on shore. 18. I have already stated that the Lee and Kestrel had sunk in their positions from the effect of the enemy's fire ; and I regret to add, that in proceeding down the river after the termination of the action, the Plover was grounded within range of the forts, arid the Cormorant in endea vouring to remove, was also found to have taken the ground. Under these circumstances I desired the officers and men to be removed from them for the time, in order to obviate the loss which might occur, should the enemy be enabled to reopen their fire. 19. The Kestrel, I am happy to say, has since been re covered ; but notwithstanding every exertion which was subsequently made, under the direction of Captain Willes, to recover the three other vessels, the Plover and Lee proved to be so hopelessly aground, that it was impossible to move them ; while the Cormorant, which got afloat com paratively uninjured on the night of the 27th, was again unfortunately grounded, within range of the forts, on mov ing down; and on the following day such a heavy fire was opened on her, that although afloat, she sank at her anchors, and the officers and men employed in removingb..er were withdrawn as she went down. 20. The fire of the enemy being remarkably well directed and sustained, occasioned the squadron consiierable loss, amounting- to 25 officers and men killed, and 93 wounded, of which 54 are slight. Among the former I have to re gret the loss of Lieut. W. H. Itason, commanding the Plover, a very promising young officer, and Captain Theo. M'Kenna of the Ist Royals, who was attached to me by the Major. General commanding the Forces in China. 21. In the subsequent attack on shore 64 officers and men were killed, and 252 wounded, of which 90 are slight. Amongst the former I have to regret the loss of Lieut. A. Graves of the Assistance, Lieut. C. H. Clutterbuck, and Mr. 'l'. 11. Herbert, midshipman, both of this ship; of Lieut. Hamilton Wolrie - "o of the Royal Marino Brigade, and Lieut. H. L. T. Inglis, Royal Marines, of the Highflyer, attached to the 2d Battalion. Amongt the severely wounded are— Captain Shadwell, C. 8., of her Majesty's ship Highflyer. Captain Vansittart, C. 8., of her Majesty's ship Magi cicnnc. Acting Lieutenant C. E. Buckle, of her Majesty's ship Magicenne. Mr. A. J. Burniston, Master of the Banterer. Mr. N. B. Smith, Acting Mate of the Chesapeake. Me. A. Powlett, midshipman of the Fury. Mr. George Armytage, midshipman 4 Cruiser. Alr. W. Ryan, gunner of the Plover. Lieutenant George Longley, Royal Engineers. Colonel Lemon, Royal Marines. Captain W. G. R. Masters, Royal Marines, her Majes ty's ship Chesapeake. Lieutenant J. C. Crawford. Royal Marine Artillery, and The Res,. 11. Huleatt, Chaplain to the Forces. 22. The loss on the part of the French amounted to 4 men killed and 10 wounded, including 2 officers, one of the latter, I regret to state, being Commandant Tricault. .23. My warmest thanks are due to Staff-Surgeon Wal ter Dickson (1)), of this ship, Dr. John Little, of the Royal Marine llrigade, and the medical officers of the force gene rally, to whose unwearied exertions I have to attribute the pr sent satisfactory state of our wounded, and I avail my self of this opportunity of bringing under their lordships' special notice the very high terms in which Colonel Lemon soeak:4 of the services of 1)r. W. J. Baird, senior Assistant- Surgeon of the Brigade. 21. It is a more grateful duty to request you will bring under their lordships' notice the valuable assistance I re ceived from Captains Shadwell and Vansittart, in com mand of the respective divisions of gun-boats. Lieutenant John Jenkins is highly recommended by Captain Shadwell for the way in which he fought the Banterer, Captain Vansittart speaks highly of Acting Commander * Chesapeake--Lieutenant J. C. Wilson, 3lr. S. K. Broom, gunner, and 6 seamen. Maglcienne—Mr. F. W, Egerton, acting mate, and 6 seamen. Cruizer—Mr, W. Hartland, boatswain, and IS seamen. t At. this time Lieut. Rason, of the Plover, was killed, and I placed Lieut. Georg() A. Douglas, my flag lieutenant, in temporary command of tier. R. J. Wynniatt of the Nimrod, Lieutenant A. J. Innos of the Forester , Lieutenant J. D. Bevan of the Kestrel. and Lieutenant W. H. Jones of the Lee, whose able conduct in covering the landing, after he had been obliged to put his vessel on the ground to prevent her sinking, had also at tracted my notice. To CoMmander A. Wodehouse of the Cormorant Lieu tenant C. J. Balfour of the Opossum, J. D. Bread of the Haughty, and 11. P. Knevitt of the Janus, my thanks are also due for the manner in which their vessels were fought and handled. My thanks are also due to Major Fisher, Royal Engi neers, whose men being distributed as riflemen in the gun vessels and gun-boats, was himself present on board the Plover. The Nozagavy, French gun-boat, not being armed in a manner which enabled her to share in the attack, Monsieur Tricault, Commandant of the DuchaybrA, did me the honour to attach himself to me from the commencement of the action until he landed. Mr. J. W. M. Ashby, my Secretary, besides being on duty with me, took charge of the signal duty when my Flag Lieutenant took command of the Plover. To Commandat J. E. Commerell and W. A. J. Heath, for their conduct during the operations on shore, my warm est acknowledgments are due. Com. Commerell brings un der my notice Lieutenants George Parsons and John C. Wilson, of the Chesapeake, and C. E. Buckle, Acting, of th© Magicienne, Messrs. George S. Peard, John Shortt, and Viscount Kilcoursie, Mates and Messrs. George Armytage and C. L. Oxley, Midshipmen. To Colonel Lemon my warmest acknowledgments are Also due for the way in which he led the brigade. That officer strongly recommends Major Parke, who commanded the First, and Captain Masters, who commanded the Second Battalion, and brings under my notice the assist ance he received from Captain P. M. C. Croker, Brigade- Major, Lieutenani, L. Rokeby, acting as his Aide-de-Camp, Lieutenants and Adjutants John F. Hawkey and H. L. Evans, and Lieutenant John Straghan. The conspicuous gallantry of Sergeant-Major Wood and Quartermaster- Sergeant Hailing also attracted his notice. Major Fisher, Royal Engineers, speaks highly of the gal lantry of Lieutenant J. N. Maitland, R.E., in endeavour ing to get the scaling-ladders up, a service in which Lieu tenant Longley, R.E., was engaged and unfortunately wounded. To Captain J. 0. Willes my warmest thanks are due for his exertions in re-embarking the force when it became evident that the attack had' failed, on which service he re remained till Commander Commerell reported to him that the last man was re-embarked. He speaks highly of Lieutenant J. C. Wilson and M. John St. John Wagstaffe, Assistant-Paymaster, on that occasion (the latter of whom accompanied him throughout the day). Upon Captain Willes also devolved the arduous duty of directing the gallant attempts which were subse quently made to recover the Plover, Lee, and Cormorant, and when that became hopeless, to effect their destruction, and to his unwearied zeal, I am indebted for carrying out the repairs of the gun-boats, all of which have been placed on the ground for that purpose. He speaks highly of all the officers and men employed on this service, and especially of the gallantry of Lieute nant N. P. Knevitt, of the Janus, in laying out an anchor for the recovery of the Cormorant, under a heavy fire, and of that of Mr. Oscar Samson, Second Master of the Star ling, who recovered that vessel under a sharp fire from the enemy, on her floating ; of the efforts made by Liout. Wil son and Mr. S. R. Broome, gunner of the Chesapeake, to destroy the vessels which were no longer recoverable ; and of the energy displayed by Mr. W. D. Strong, Master of the Cruiser, in raising the Haughty, which had sunk. He further calls my attention to the exertions of the carpenters of the Assistance, Cruiser, and Magicienne, under the direction of Mr. R. Pickard, of this ship, who in effecting the repairs of the gun-boats, with the arti ficers of the squadron, had many difficulties to surmount. From what has preceded their lordships will be well able to appreciate the devoted gallantry displayed by- the officers and men on this occasion ; and although it has not pleased God to crown our efforts in the execution of our duty with success, I yet feel entire confidence that those efforts will obtain from their lordships that full measure of approba tion they have so well deserved.—l have, &c., (Signed) J. HOPE, Rear-Admiral and Commander-in-Chief. To the Secretary of the Admiralty. FROM THE GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT CROWN OFFICE, SEPT. 15. MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT PARLIAMENT. County of Salop—Southern Division.—Sir Baldwin Leighton, Bart., in the room of the Hon. Robert Windsor Clive, deceased. WAR OFFICE, PALL-MALL, SEPT. 16. sth Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Cornet Joseph Here mon Persse FiizPatrick to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Hay, promoted. 18th Light Dragoons—Cornet Hamlyn Huntingdon Harris to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Orde, who retires. Royal Artillery—Lieutenant Ernest Courtenay Vaughan to be Second Captain, vice Boulton, who resigns ; Gen tlemen Cadet Henry Metcalfe to be Lieutenant ; Sergeant- Major John Barnett, of the Royal Horse Brigade, to be Riding Master; Sergeant-Major George Dann, of the Riding Establishment, to be Riding Master. Scots Fusilier Guards—Lieutenant and Captain Ray mond Herbert White to be Captain and Lieutenant Co lonel, by purchase, vice Loyd-Lindsay, who retires; En• sign and Lieutenant Christopher Peach Pemberton to be Lieutenant and Captain, by purchase, vice White; John. James Hugh Henry, Marquis of Tuiiibardine, to be En sign and Lieutenant,by purchase, vice Pemberton; Lieu tenant and Captain George Hay Moncrieff to be Adju tant, vice White, promoted. 2d Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant Charles J. R. Tyler to be Captain, by purchase, vice Gore, promoted ; Ensign Theophilus Jones to be Lieutenant by purchase, vice Tyler. 4th Foot—John Henry Gordon, Esq., late Captain 4th Royal Lancashire Militia, to be Paymaster, vice Treeve, who has resigned. 11th Foot—Lieutenant and Adjutant Francis W. Osborne has been permitted to resign the Adjutancy only. 13th Foot—Quartermaster Thomas Argent, from the Cape Mounted Riflemen, to be Quartermaster, vice Landrey, who exchanges. 14th Foot—Captain John Owens, from the 33d Foot, to be Captain, vice M'Kenzie, who exchanges. 18th Foot—Lieutenant-Colonel Alfred Augustus Chap man, from the 48th Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Campbell, who exchanges. 20th Foot—Ensign Charles Henry Webster to be Lieute nant, by purchase, vice Hoblyn, who retires. 33d Foot—Captain John M'Kay M'Kenzie, from the 14th Foot, to be Captain, vice Owens, who exchanges. 34th Foot—Quartermaster Terence Rowan to be Paymas ter, vice Percy, deceased. 35th Foot--Brevet-Lieut.-Colonel Charles Beamish to be Lieut.-Col., without purchase, vice Brevet-Colonel E. H. Hutchinson, who retires on full pay ; Captain and Brevet-Major Thomas Teulon to be Major, without pur chase, vice Beamish ; Lieutenant John Davis to be Cap tain, without purchase, vice Teulon. 48th Foot—Lieutenant-Colonel Archibald Neil Campbell, from the 18th Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Chapman, who exchanges. 49th Foot—Edwin Glass Fenn, Gent., to be Ensign, with out purchase, vice Shirley, promoted. The restoration of Captain G. K. Chatfield to full-pay to be dated the 10th, and not 9th January. 1857, as stated in the " Gazette" of 17th February, 1857. 60th Foot—Captain James Henry Archer, from the Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment, to be Captain, vise M'Gill. who exchanges. 64th Foot—Major and Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Neville Hill Shute, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase, vice Sibley, deceased ; Captain and Brevet-Major Robert Mockler to be Major without purchase, vice Shute; Lieutenant David Mortimer Murray to be Captain, with out purchase, vice Mockler; Ensign William Henry Ashe to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Murray ; Thomas Albert Bray Wright, Gent., to be Ensign, with out purchase, vice Ashe, promoted. 78th Foot—William Charles Smith, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Inglis, promoted. 86th Foot—Lieut.-Colonel and Brevet-Colonel James Creagh bas been permitted to retire on full-pay, under the provisions of the 37th clause of the Royal Warrant of Oct. 14, 1858. 92d Foot—Lieut. Theodore Gordon to be Captain, by Pur . --- - -. . chase, - vice Brevet-Major Bethune, who retires. 94th Foot—Ensign Caulfield French to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Paley, deceased. 100th Foot—George John Skinner, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase. 2d West India Regiment--Ensign Frederick Mathews to be Instructor of Musketry, vice Franklin, appointed to the 45th Foot. Cape Mounted Riflemen—Quartermaster John Landrey, from the 13th Foot, to be Quartermaster, vice Argent, who exchanges. Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment—Captain John Shuter Davenport.MeGill, from the 60th Foot, to b• Captain, vice Archer, who exchanges. HOSPITAL STlFF. — Surgeon-Major John Savage, M.D., of the Royal Artillery, who retires on half pay, to have the honorary rank of Deputy Inspector-General of Hos pitals, in accordance with article 20 of the royal warrant of Ist October, 1858. ROYAL MILITARY ASYLUM.—Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals Wm. Lucas, upon half-pay, to be Surgeon, vice Dr. Balfour, promoted to be Deputy Inspector-Ge neral of Hospitals on the Staff at Head Quarters. BREVET. Major-General Sir John Lysaght Pennefather, K.C.8., to have the Local Rank of Lieutenant-General in Great Britain while commanding tho Troops in the Northern Distriot. Major-General Sir John Gaspard Le Marchant to have the Local Rank of Lieutenant-General in Malta. Brevet-Colonel Edward Hely Hutchinson, retired full pay 35th Foot, to be Major-General, the Rank being honorary only. The commission of Captain Edmond Palmer, of the Royal Artillery, to be Major in the Army, to be antedated to 20th July, 1858. • Tho undermentioned Officers of her Majesty's Indian Forces, retired on full-pay since the 14th October, 1858, to have a step of honorary rank, as follows : TO BE MAJoR-GENERALS. Brevet-Colonel James Ramsay, Bengal Infantry. Brevet-Colonel Thomas John Nuthall, Bengal Infantry. Brevet-Colonel Adam Cuppage, Madras Infantry. Brevet-Colonel Frederic Conyers Cotton, Madras Engi neers. _ _ Captain C. C. G. Ross, of the 66th Ghoorka Light In fantry, to be Major in the Army. ADMIRALTY, AUG. 26. • Corps of Royal Marines—Mr. Robert Bedford Hitch cock, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant. COMMISSIONS BY LORDS-LIEUTENAN T. County of Worcester—Henry Talbot, Esq., to be De puty Lieutenant. County of Derby—George Andrew, Esq., to be De p ut y Lieutenant; Robert Edward Wilmot, Esq. , to be Deputy Lieutenant. Repton and Gresley Troop of Yeomanry Cavalry— e Cornet R ow l an d S m ith t o b e Li eu tenant, vice Mousley, re- Cornet ; Henry Bolen, Esq., jun., to be C or net, vice Smith, promoted. Ist Regiment of Derbys h i re Militia —Joseph Galiffe Robinson, Esq., to be Lieu tena nt, vice Pea ch, p romoted ; LangtonWilliam Coke, Esq., to bo Lieutenant, vice Hallo well, resigned. Ist Company, West Riding of Yorkshire , Volunteer Rifles—Major George Briggs, l a te of the I st King's Dra goon Guards, to be Captain ; 'Edward Lloyd, Gent , to be Lieutenant ; Thomas llerbert Severn, Gent., to be Ensign. Royal Sherwood Foresters or Nottinghamshire Regiment of Militia—The Queen has accepted the Resignation of the Commission held by Ensign George Wood. Hussar Regiment of Yorkshire- (West Riding) Yeomanry Cavalry.—Captain Frederick Henry Wood to be Major, vice Lord Wenlock, promoted ; Lieut. the Hon. George Edwin Lascelles to be Captain, vice the Earl of Harewood, promoted ; Lieut. Edward Clough Taylor to be Captain, vice Wood, promoted ; Lieut. Thomas Greenwood -Teale to be Capiain, vice Calverley, who retires ; Cornet Robert Hartley Bower to be Lieutenant, vice Lascelles, promoted; Cornet Henry Frederick Clare Vyner to be Lieut., vice Taylor, promoted; William Ingilby, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Bower, promoted. BANKRUPTCY ANNN ULLED. Thomas Davies, woollen draper, ewport. BANKRUPTS. Henry Achlin, shoemak Great Coram-street, Russell square, to surrender Sept. 26, at twelve, and Oct. 28, at el eve Wn, at the Cour of Ban illiam Robins,t builder, kru St.ptcy John's-street, St. Sepul chres, Sept. 29, at one, and Nov. 3, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. William Alston, draper, Higia-row, Silver-street, Not ting-hill, Middlesex, Sept. 29, and Nov. 11, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. John Crawford Wilson , warehouseman, Wool-street, City, Oct. 1, at half - past twe lve, and Nov. 1, at twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edmund Snook, pork butche r, Bath, Sept. 29, and Nov. d 1, at eleven, at the Bristo l District Court. Henry Degetau, merchant , Manchester, Sept. 29 an Oct. 20, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. on John Shawcroft Hamilton, auct i oneer , Kingston-up' Hull, Sept. 21 and Oct. 26, at twelve, at the Town all Kingston-upon-Hull. Henry John Waring, window glass dealer, Mortinaor e, street, Cavendish-square, Sept. 29 and Nov. 3, at twelv at the Court of Bankruptcy. SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. D. and J. Scott, tailors, Auchinblao. William M'Lean, smith, Glasgow. David Jack, envelope maker, Glasgow. Robert Renton, draper, Dalbeattie. William Wilson, grocer, East Kilbride. • BANK OF ENGLAND. An Account, pursuant to the Act 7 th and Bth 4th day i c toria, cap. 32, for the week ending on Wednesday, the 14 of September, 1859 : ISSUE DEPARTMENT. Notes issued £30,894,685 Government Debt X11,015,11° Oth e r Securities . • 3•459,T, Gold Coin Sr Bullion 16,419,u0' Silver Bullion . • • • £30,894,685 X 30,894,6851 BANKING D : Proprietors' Capi tal £14,553,000 Rest Public Deposits (in cluding Exche quer, Savings' lianks, Commis missioners of Na tional Debt, and Dividend Ac- counts) _ _ 8,508,922 Other Deposits 13,074,610 Seven Day and other Bills 859,292 £40,712,641 M. ] Dated Sept. 15, 1859. , EPARTMENT. Government Secu rities ((including nuit Dead Weight Any) ........- £11,220, 018 Other Securities .. 18,957,16! Notes ... . ... ... 9,83432' Gold and Silver C0in............ 701,137 £40,712,641 'HALL, Chief Cashier. AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado sugar , corn - ' uted from Returns made in the week ending ot h e 13th day of Sept., 1859, exclusive of the duties of Cu stoms paid or payable thereon, on the importation thereof into Grea t Britain : Per cwt. From the British possessions in Amer i ca • o 258 21 Muscovado, the produce of the Mauritiu s .. Muscovado, the produce of the East Indies.. 18e 8L Average price of the foregoing ............ 239 2 COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—YEsTSI47:. 15 Amsterdam Ditto 1 Rotterdam — 11 16 25 Antwerp Brussels — 26 273 1 3 6 Hamburgh Paris ~ a 2. 5 Ditto Marseilles —2511732 i Frankfort on Maine — t 12 7 0 Vienna Trieste _5. 0 34_ Petersburgh Madrid Cadiz Leghorn Genoa Naples Palermo Messina Lisbon Oporto Rio Janeiro 331 49 491 49f 30 50/ 16 no 5 25 6° 25 40 5 2 1 401 122} 123 123/ 123 6a 511 62 511 .. •• New York — .. 0 0 0 0 ir 9 A Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard)....per oz. Mexican Dollars Silver in Bars (Standard) fl/ COUNTRY MARIBT.q. LIVERPOOL—Sxpr. 16. li g ht. The arrivals from Ireland and coastwise are very , From foreign ports we have only receive d 130 qrs b ean* le*" 4,112 qrs of oats (chiefly foreign) 1,608 qrs of be 4, besides 3,503 barrels of flour from 'Canada. The exl l° _,:„ comprise 582 qrs wheat, 300 qrs of oats, 470 qrs of ante. and 355 barrels of flour. The weather has been flrr There has been little activity , in the demand during 1 week. Our market to-day had a rather fair attendanee,° the town and country , trade, and a good consumptiv e =lnd was experienced for wheat , at an advance of f e cental and 6d per sack and barrel. New Irish inq ° „ 1 :1 and fine samples of red would have brought Es 7d to fis per cental: Oats more inquired after, at previous price s ' Oatmeal neglected, and brought 6d per load less money Beans, peas, and barley were in fair request, at rather over previous prices. Indian corn in better demand, at an advance of fully 6d per qr. WAKEFIELD—SIIPT. 16. The show of wheat is very limited, but there being an improved demand prices advanced is per qr. over the rates of Friday last. Fine heavy barley steady, at fully late remit while inferior qualities are very difficult to move. B ean° dull, at barely late rates. Oats and shelling in limited de e° and prices tend downwards. i Wheat, per qr. of 8 bushels 601 b ., Essex, Suffolk, a, n Kent, white, old, 48s to 51 s ; new , 48s to 51s ; ditto, reat - old, 42s to 445; new, 42 s to 44 s ; Lin colnshire and (0,44" shire white, new, 46s to 50s ; red, 415 to 44a. Averages for the week : Wheat 4,604 qrs., at 435 2td Peas Beans —s Od -- 19 Barley 635 „ 36s 50 Oats 3O „ 24s Od Oil Rye - Is EXETER—SEPT. 16. The business was dull to-day, at the following 0 0 ° 6 :-... Wheat, white.. 5s 6d to 5s 9d Barley.. 4s Od t o Os 01 I Ditto red 5s Od to 5s 3 d Oats ...... .3sOdto Os 0 , 1 Flour, fine, 32s to 335; seconds, 30s to 31s per sack. CATTLE. The market was moderately suppked with stock, and s very numerous attendance of dealers. Pork carcases in ra' ther small supply. I Fat beef,p score,9s6d to 10s 6 d Ewes , p er lb ... . sid to 0 Pork carcases,do 7s 9d to Bs9d Wethers, do. 6id to 04 Lambs, per lb. ....7d to 7id Fat calves, d 0.... 61d to 7a Rough fat, 41d per lb. BRISTOL SUGAR—SEPT. 16. We have not any improvement to notice in our market this week; the demand continues limited to the more im mediate requirements of the dealers, and prices have still downward tendency. In floating cargoes of Havannaho * moderate amount of business has been concluded, but at again rather low rates. Refiners' produce of all descriptioll, is very fl it, and prices nearly nominal. Rum steady value, but few transactions to report. COAL MARK (Prices of Coal per Ton at ET.—SEPT. 16. the close ef the market.) e. d. Buddle's West Hartleyls $ Davison's West Hart ley l5 3 Lambert's West Hart- Walls End. g. d. Belmont •16 0 Heugh Hall ................ ... 0 Cassop l7 6 0 Whitworth , .. 15 South Kello . e • ............... 17 6 ° Thorpe .. Hartlepool.. ....... 18 di South H ar tlepool. ..... 17 Benson.... .... 6 Haswell ............. Harton .............. Carwa ........ 19 6 Powell' 's Du Steamffryn Steam 21 0 21 6 Nixon's Duffryn ...... t, 48—Sold, 38. ley 15 3 Tanfield Moor Butes-13 3 Holy well 15 6 Wylam l5 9 Eden Main 16 9 Walls End. Eden 17 6 Acorn Close 17 6 South Hutton 18 3 Lambton. 18 6 Ships at market The Consul-General of Greece in London h t given notice that by an ordinance dated t he 2d lust., lt am e Greek Government have authorised the sale of 25,00 0 quill" tals of Naxos emery stone by public tender, at Athens, 011 the Ist of October. ___—............... BIRTHS. GRANARD.—On the 13th inst., at Castle Forbes, the Countess of Granard, of a son, stillborn. HOLLAND.—On the 16th inst., at 3, Grosvenor-crescent the wife of Henry Thurstan Holland, Esq., of a son. QUIN.—On the 13th inst., at Hyde, the wife of the Hon. W. H. Wyndham Quin► of a daughter. RounirrsoN.—On the 3d inst., at Gibraltar, the wife of Lieut.-Col. Robertson, 100th Regt., of a son. MARRIAGES. MURRAY—GnAnAm.—On the 15th inst. at St. George'e Church, Hanover-square, Captain J. Murray, Grenadier Guards, to the Lady Agnes Caroline Graham, the eldest daughter of his Grace the Duke of Montrose. RoLT—GARNETT•—On the 15th inst., at the parish church+ Lancaster, T. F. Rolt, Esq., the scond son of the late Lieut.-General Sir John Rolt, K.C.B to Annie, eldest daughter of Henry Garnett, Esq., of iiryreside. DEATHS. BRUNEL.—On the 15th inst. at 18, Duke-stree t, 1%7° , 4- minster, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Esq F.R.S., &c., aged 64. BENNETT.—On the 14th inst., Mary, relict of th e late 'W- Bennett, Esq.,.of Crookham, Hants, aged 80 . d DENDY.—On the 14th inst., Samuel Frederick Pen'', ~ D.C.— , Esq , of 9, Li nco l n ' s -inn-fields, and 3, Breams-b,uildiugat Chancel y -lane. EAsEY.—On the 13th inst., at 22, Brick-street, IdaYfi'ir' Mr. John Easey, age 37. FRYER.— o On the 10th d inst., at Yarmouth, John Fryer' Esq., of Chatteris, Cambridgeshire, aged 72. STRANGE.—On the 14th inst. , a t 60, Cambridge-terrr Hyde-park, Esther, relict of Wm. Strange, BK.) r ton, Essex, aged 80. late o the WA L KER.—On the 16th inst., at Petersham Hous Grang e , P: 1 1: sham, Surrey, W. K. Walke r, Esq., f Leicestershire, aged 75 --- LONDON : Printed and Published by iIIiRDO YOVI4O of No. 112, Strand, Printer , at The Sue Office, No. 1 12 : Strand, in the Precinct of the he in the c,ouuti iudieeex, Saturday, September V I 1859. T the l'en( 0 4 t he e ne ar star 810 sive