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

THE 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 Marischal 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 opening. On the Prince entering, he was loudly cheered by the audience, who rose to their feet. The PRESIDENT, 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 mathematical 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 scarcely 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 some general idea of the progress mak ing in that direction. 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 potice 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. Professor W. TllomsoN 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. SECTION B.—Chemical Science. President—Dr. Lyon Playfair, C. 8., 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 PI.AYFAIR 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 ratulaied 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 upon 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 were present, and concluded by expressing his regret 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 class-room. 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 numerous attendance. His Royal Highness the Prince Consort entered the Hall with Mr. Thomson of Banchory, and took his place on the platform, on the right hand of the chairman, amidst loud cheering, the whole com pany standing. Sir CHARLES LYELL read a very interesting paper, which he had prepared as an opening ad. dress on " Proofs of the antiquity of the Human 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 breceias and stalactites, associated with the remains of the extinct hyena, bear, ele phant or rhinccerop, had given rise to a suspichn 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 Falcon.-r, 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 confirmation 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, visit Sir he gave the following as the re smulrt. of aope;t had made to Le Puy this year with e was inclined to believe that the human fc iils were really imbedded by natural cau ses in their present matrix ' • but in his opinion they afforded no demonstration of man having wit nessed the last volc ani c eruptions of central France. mto The skulls do not depart from the modern Ylle, and the h u man bones Europian or Caucas i an t were in a fresher state than those of the quadrupeds found in any breccia of Denise which can be referred to the period even of the latest volcanic eruptions. Sir Charles then g ave an interestin g description of the flint implement s associated in undisturbed gravel in the north of France with the bones of eleph ants at Abbeville and Amiens. He displayed some of these implements which he had obtained on his re cent visit. They were likened to hatchets, spear heads, and wedges, and their great number was truly wonderful, more than a thousand of them having already been met with in the last ten years in the valley of the Somme, in an area fif teen miles in length. He inferred that a tribe of savages, to whom the use of iron was unknown, made a long sojourn in that region, and he was reminded of a large Indian mound which he saw in St. Simon's Island, in Georgia, ten acres in area, and having an average height of five feet, chiefly composed of cast-away oyster shells, through out which arrow-heads, stone axes, and Indian pottery were dispersed. He believed the antiquity of the Abbeville and Amiens flint instruments to be great inEfeedif compared with the times of history or tradition. It-must have required a long period for the wearing down of the chalk which supplied the broken flints, for the formation of gravel at various heights, sometimes 100 feet above the present level of the Somme, and for the deposition of sediment, including entire shells, both terrestrial and aquatic. THE SUN, LONDON SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 17, 1859• you direct its course wisely it will be a source o, 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 ? No' merely by the thanks we are to pass to-day, but avert' 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 hate 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 as 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 piper that will then be handed to him ; and come what will in future life, the young man will always think it an honour to have passed such an examination as to be able to call himself a n A ssoc iate in Arts of the University of Oxford. (Applause.) Do not let it be supposed that .. rk es o f i wo are int er f er i ng w i t h t h e University in that way. ngwrahtiiteuhde we htoold Oxford—as what Oxford—a s tokena ha of the estimation s But as a ma done fo r h ill if, uponta futur e eyoung men—l think we should do occasion, we did not reward the successful candidat I think I have omitted s e vith some prizes. (Hear.) it to speak to you of the local examiner. Some of gentler t l r may not know what an o nerous duty the g of f ice has to perform. For at: many as seven or eight succ essive days he is confined t o a room superintend ing and taking part in these examin • ations. The labour, I believe, is so extreme that it would have been impossible for a single gentleman to have done it, if he had not been assisted by kind volunteers. My friend Mr. Acland is always ready to lend his help. lam sure that you will go along with m e i n saying that these volunteer assistants ought to b e in cluded in the resolution. (Hear.) I _ now pass on to 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 mybrothers, 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 ; but 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, an 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 be submitted to that drudgery because he knew well how it would pay. The consequence 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 know how 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 a 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, Ilpform 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 necessity 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 extremeiy 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 yourpresentsitua• 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 le. (Hear, hear.) Let me impress upon you that tne 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 " Labore." 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 of 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 t England. (Hear' hear.) 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 seak on a crop largely in excess of their necessities for home con sumption, ought to operate against exorbitant 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 and 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. 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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 Pechili, July 5, 1859. Sir,—l request you will inform the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, that having on the 17th ult., arrived off the Nand of Sha dui-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 Peiho River, with the object of intimating to the local authorities the intended arrival of the Hon. Frederick Bruce, her Majesty's Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary, and Monsieur do 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 be 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 sures were masked with matting, evidently with a view of concealing others. 3. Having sent an officer on shore to communicate with the authorities, 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 inside 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, a t Tient-sin, acquaint inghim with the object of arrival, and requesting free com munication with the shore. To this an evasive answer was received two days subsequently. 6. On 21st I received a letter from Mr. Bruce, acquaint ing me that M. de BOurboulon and himself had come to the conclusion to place the niatter in my hands, and requesting me to take any measures I might deem expedient for clear ing away the obstructions in the river, so as to allow them to proceed Int 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 Din 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 construction 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 less 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 by storm, 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, Kestrel, and Banterer, being on a line 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. Tho Opossum, under Captain Willes, was placed in advance, closeup 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 were 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 narrowneoof 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, shifted - my flag to the Cormorant ; and at 4.20 a severe wound I -7,, ‘ had received about an hour previously compelled me to call Captain Shadwell on board the Cormorant, and entrust to 2:693 him the more immediate command of the squadron. 1,603 At 5.40 the Kestrel sunk in her position; and it became 353 necessary to put the Lee on the ground to avoid the like '77 result. At 6.30 the fire from the north forts ceased altogether, ! 64 and half an hour later that on the south side was silenced ; 5 , 8 3 with the exception of that proceed i ng from one gun in the outer or south bastion, one m the curta in on each side of it, ci and one in the flank of the centre bastion, also one in the , 63 detached fort to the south. 27 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 5 supported by the guns of the vessels. The force consisted of a detachment of Sap' era and Miners, under Major Fisher, Royal Engineers; a brigade of Marines, under Col. Thos. Lemon; a division of seamen, un der 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 deta;chment of French seamen, under the command of Commandant Tricault. They were endotered by a heavy fire proceeding from those guns I have a w lready 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 reache d the second ditch, and about 50 having arrived close under the walls, had the op position they experienced beers that usual in Chinese war fare, there is little doubt that the place would have been successfully milled 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 Commerell, who, after consultation with Majors Fi her, R.E., and Richard Parke, R.M., and Commandan t Tricault, having reporte ositi d to Cap tain Shadwell that they could hold their present pon, but that it was impossible to storm without reinforcements, received frorrithat 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 Commerell and Heath being the last on shore. 18. I have already stated that the Leo 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, and 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 it Plover im and Lee e proved to be so hopelessly aground, that was poss 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 mo wasv ing down; and on the following day such a heavy fire opened on her, that although afloa:t, she sank at her anchors, and the officers and men employed in removing her were withdrawn as she went down. 20. The fire of the enemy being remarkably well directed and sustained, occasioned the squadron considerable loss, amounting to 25 officers and me n killed, and 93 wounded, of which 54 are slight. Among the former I have to re gret the loss of Lieut. W. H. Rason, 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 tho 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. T. H. Herbert, midshipman, both of this ship ; of Lieut. Hamilton Wolrige of the Royal Marine 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 cienne. 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. Mr. A. Powlett, midshipman of the Fury. Mr. George Armytage, midshipman of Cruiser. Mr. 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 Rev. H. 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 (b) , of this ship, Dr. John Little, of the Royal Marine Brigade, and the medical officers of the force gene rally, to whose unwearied exertions I hive to attribute the present satisfactory state of our wounded, and I avail my self of tkis opportunity of bringintr, under their lordships' special notice the very high terms m which Colonel Lemon speaks of the services of Dr. W. J. Baird, senior Assistant- - Surgeon, of the Brigade. 24. 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, Mr. S. U. Broom, gunner, and 6 seamen. Ma g icienne— Mr. F. W. Egerton, acting mate, and 6 seamen. Cruizer—Mr. W. Hartland, boatswain, and 8 seamen. t At this time Lieut. Eason, of the Plover, was killed, and I placed Lieut. George A. Douglas, my flag lieutenant, in temporary command of her. .RAILM EASTERN COUNTIES. Mr. Walford, the defeated candidate in the late election for auditors of the Eastern Counties Rail way, has transmitted the following further state ment in connexion with that affair. His charge, it will be remembered, was that Mr. Love, the chairman, had distinctly intimated that neither he nor the directors as a body would take part in favour of any of the parties, it being considered that the selection should be strictly left to the share holders themselves, and that notwithstanding this Mr. Love at the poll turned the choice in favour of a personal friend, Mr. Flower, by tke use of proxies intrusted to him for general purposes. On the in sertion of Mr. Walfdrd's original letter an impres sion was intimated that Mr. Love would seek 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 not based upon anything that could be treated as an unwar ranted assumption, but upon a written document in the possession of the aggrieved candidate. On that point, however, Mr. Love has a perfect right to consult his own feelings. The shareholders like wise, although they will hardly be prepared to jus tify anything on the part of their officers that may appear disingenuous, may feel quite content that their proxies should be used as on this occasion. All that need be remarked is, that if ever they find any unpleasant results from the system, they must not call for public sympathy. When they allow directors to nominate auditors, it is just the same as if a cash keeper in a firm were requested by his employers to appoint the accountant who is to check his totals :—" Sir,—You having pronounced some explanation' from the directors or chairman of this company necessary with respect to their recent con duct in connexion with the election of auditors, 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 coluinns, 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 worst misfortunes of this unfortunate company, I shall feel that I am doing a service in handing you copies of them. You will perceive 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 board dis tinctly 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 h'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 'ABER. Miles Opened. Receipts. 1859. 1858. 117 1981 9 11 20 401 35 171 31 67i 489 1831 283 2013 466 1859. 1,243 527 2,937 1,679 7,630 7, 15,086 13,' 261 344 301 354 1,337 1, 1,875 1, 2,281 2, 782 692 1,109 1, 952 27,064 27, 450 6,656 3,525 341 1,150 7,356 26,383 1,526 7,671 36,385 37,680 622 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,` . 28 38,933 2,629 7,930 , 275 2,000 1, 3,506 3, 4,005 4, 2,137 1, 3,315 3, 1,939 1, 796 3,764 3, 7,64 0 24, 7,922 7, 3,286 2, 6,966 6, 4, 2 / 5 9 4. 1,777 1. 1,535 I 1, 773 3,691 3, 567 560 329 1,116 I i t 43,424 36. 275 1,035 2,361 3,868 9,530 3,257 2,695 7,185 6,504 I 5, 10,647 8, 46,906 146 1,011 85,023 60, 53,209 52 50,078 47, 1,183 1, 19,721 17, 1,060 1. 46,498 1 41,2 1858. GENCB. Sir Charles concluded his paper with some remarks on the origin of species. SECTION E.—Geography and Ethnology. President—Admiral Sir lames Clark Ross, D.C.L., F.R.S. Professor OWEN read an interesting report on " The Crania of the Tribes of Nepaul," 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 mother 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 JOHN COLERIDGE ON 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 Ijon. 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, an d 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 Ballymena and Portrush 1 Bedale and Leyburn • Belfast and Ballymena Belfast and County Down Birkd., Lane., & Ches. June Blyth and Tyne ....... Bristol and Exeter Caledonian ...............• Ches.&llolyhead(with 3 lold) Cockermouth & Working,ton Cork and Bandon Cork, Blackrock, & Passage Deeside .. . .... . Dublin & Belfast Junction Dublin and Drogheda Dub. & Wicklow (in. angst ) Dundalk and Enniskillen , Dundee and Arbroath Dundee, Perth, & Aber. Jun East Anglian E. Counties,Nrik.,& 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.& Westn.(lrind ) treat Western full and Holderness tnverness & Aberdeen June Irish South-Eastern Killarney Junction Lancaster and Carlisle (in Kendal and Windermere) Lanc. & Yrks.(in.Blackburn) Limerick and Foynes Llanelly . . • •• • London & North-Western London and Blackwall London & South-Western Loud. Brighton, & S. Coast. L'derry and Enniskillen Loud., Tilbury, & Southend. Han.,Sheffield, &Lincoln sh. Manch. S.Jun .& Al trincham Ma port and Carlisle Midland Midland G t. Westn. of bind. Monkland Mournoutlish. Mail. & Canal Newcastle and Carlisle Newport,Aberg.,& Hereford North British (in. Dalkcith) North Devon North-Eastern ............. North London ............ North Staffordshire North-Western N. Yorkshire and Cleveland Oxford, Worc., & Wolver Peeblei 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 Ulverstone and Lancaster Vale of Neath Warrington and Stockport ] Waterford and Kilkenny Waterford and Limerick West Cornwall W.HartlepoolHarbr.&RalL Whitehaven Junction...... Whitehaven & Furness Jun. W'haven,CleatorokEgrmnt. FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. Antwerp and Rotterdam Austrian Belgian Eastern Junction Buffalo and Lake Huron Detroit and Milwaukie Dutch Rhenish Grand Trunk of Canada Great Indian Peninsula Great Luxembourg Great Western of Canada Lombardo-Venetian Lyons and Geneva Madrid, Saragossa &Alicant Maria Antonia' Northern of France Norwegian Trunk Paris, Lyons, & Mediterrn Paris and Orleans Paris and Strasburg Royal Danish Sambre and Meuse Southern of France ..... . West Flanders W. and N.W. of France..,, ----------...:------.......--..---., ' ..---------- ..----,----. —7.--- "- - R. J. Wynniatt of the Nimrod, Lieutenant A. J. Innes of to be Capiain, vice Calverley, who retires ; Cornet Robert , the Forester, Lieutenant J. D. Bevan of tbe Kestrel. and Hartley Bower to be I kutenant, ~za© Laseelles, promoted; Lieutenant W. H. Jones of the Lee, whose able conduct in Cornet Henry Fredei iek Clare-Vyner to be Lieut., vice covering the landing, after he had been obliged to put his Taylor, promoted ; to be Cornet, vessel on the ground to prevent her sinking, had also at- vice Bower, promoted. tracted my notice. BANKRU TTCY ANNULLED. W Uliam Ingilby, Gent., To Commander A. Wodehouse of the Cormorant Lien- Thomas Davies, wool len draper, Newport. tenant C. J. Balfour of the Opossum, J. D. Bread of the ' : RP LINK RUPT S. Haughty . , and ti. P. Knevitt of the Janus, my thanks are Hen Achlin, shoeing' ker Great Coram-street, Russell; also due for the manner in which their vessels were fought square,rYto surrender St vt. '26, at twelve, and Oct. 28, a and handled. My thanks are also due to Major Fisher, Royal Engi- • eleven, at the Court of R:s nkruptcy veers, whose men being distributed as riflemen in the gun.- chres, Sept. 29,at 'I d Nov. 3, al twelve, at dip Court one, . t i vessels and gun-boats, was himself present on board the Wiliam Robins, bail dor, St. John's-street, St. Se and of Bankruptcy. Plover. The Nozagavy, French gun-boat, not being armed in a tong-hill, manner which enabled her to share in the attack, Monsieur .i.l h l i i l ac M A id ls d t l o e n s e , x, draper, s ep. High-row,-astttr,eveetivlsre, oat; the Court of Bankruptcy r. Tricault, Commandant of the Duchayla, did me the honour to John Crawford Wilson, warehouseman, Wooil-street, , attach himself to me from the commencement of the action it until he landed. Mr. J. W. M. Ashby , m y Secretary, besides being on the Court c 0 0. urtctol, of half-past: ov. .t we lve, and Nov. 1, Bath, t twelve, at Edmund Snook, pork but cher, Sept.t. 29, and. N duty with me, took charge of the signal duty when my 1 at eleven, at the Brist c.l District Court. Flag Lieutenant took command of the• Plover.To Commandea J. E. Commerell and W. A. J. Heath,Dtewgeeltvaeu,,atmtehr;:hamnant,ch' for their conduct during the operations on shore, my warm- Oct. ) i Henryit e 2 n o r Y , John Shawcroft Harocilton, auctioneer, Kingston-uPea' est acknowledgments are due. Com. Commerell brings un- Hull, Sept. 21 and Oct.. 26, at twelve, at the Townlialli der my notice Lieutenants George Parsons and John C. 'Manchester, Sept. t. 29 and Kingston-upOn-Hull. . . Wilson, of the Chesapeake, and C. E. Buckle, Acting, of imortimer the Magicienne Messrs. George. S. Peard, John Shortt, Henry John Waring, window glass dealer, street, Cavendish -square', Sept: 29 and Nov. 3, at delve, and Viscount 'Kilcoursie, Mates, and Messrs. George at the Court of Bankruptcy. • • • • 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 no tice the assist ance he received from Captain P. M. C. Croker, Brigade- Major, Lieutenant 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 they,alindds up, a service in which Lieu tenant Longle R.E., was engaged and unfortunately wounded. To Captain J. 0. Willes my war mest 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 Lieut. 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. lie 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, Scc., (Signed) J. HOPE, - ' Rear-Admiral and Commander-in -Chief To the Secretary of the Admiralty. SCOTCI3I BANKRUPTS. D. and J. Scott, tailoru, Auchinblaa. William 11PLean, smith, Glasgow. • David Jack, envelope maker, Glasgow. Robert Renton, draper, Dalbeattie. William Wilson, grocatr, East Kilbride. BANK OF ENGLAND. An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and She 14th dal cap. Victoria, cap. 32, for the week ending on Wednesday, the of September, 1859: .. , ISSU.E DEP Notes issued £30,81,685 . . ..A.RTMENT. • 6 overnmen t Debt X11,015•1uu Oth er Securities . • ,450 900 , Gold Coin Az Bullion 16,41%685 Silver Bullion .•.• 130,89*,60 £30,891,6851 BANKING DEPARTMENT. Proprietors' Capi- Government Secu tal £14,553,000 rities (including Rest Public Deposits (in- nuity) .... . ..... X 11,220,018 eluding Exche- Other Securities .. 18,957,161 quer, Savings' Notes ............ 9,83025 Banks, Commis- Gold and Silver missioners of • C0in............ Na tional Debt, and Dividend Ac- • ' counts) ' 8,508,922 Other Deposits , 13,074,610 Seven Day and other Bills 7 859,292 FROM THE GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT 701,1 37 , • 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 Dragogn Guards—Comet Joseph Here mon Persse FiizPatrick to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Hay, promoted. 18th Light Dragoons—Comet 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 b e Lieutenant ; Sergeant - Major John Barnett, of the Royal Horse Brigade, to be Riding Master ; Sergeant - Maj or Geor g e 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 lice White ; John James Hugh Henry, Marq uis of Tuflibardine, 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, promo ur ted ; Ensign Th eo ph i lus Jones to be Lieutenant, by pchase, vice £40,712,641 M.l £40,712,641. 'ARSIIALL, Chief Cashier. Dated Sept. 15,1859: AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR.' The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, co l m puted from Returns made in the week ending the 1 3 thi a of Sept., 1859, exclusive of the duties of Customs pa le payable thereon, on .the importation thereof into, Grew. Britain : Per ire. From the Britishp oss essions in America .. 25s gd Muscovado, the produce of the Mauritius .• — 6 °° Muscovado, the produce of the East Indies.. 18s 80a Average price of the foregoing ............ 238 2dl COURSE OF E XCHANGE.—YEsTNIPIA-T• It 1 Amsterdam Ditto 3 Months. 'll 16 ii - Rotterdam Antwerp Brussels , 2 5 27i 13- 6 Hamburgh Par i s 3 VI Ditto 32 Months. 25 32 f 25 371 Marseilles .. ._ .... Frankfort on *Maine — 12 12 117 i 7 0 - 5 O 5O Vienna • Trieste Petersburgh . , Madrid Cadiz Leghorn Genoa Naples Palermo Messina Lisbon 12 7 0 il 34 33a 56 49 491 a 50t 49 1 30 i n s 30 5 2 5 6 0 25 521 40* 40f 123 1221 123 1 5 231 1/ 511 52 511 - • Oporto Rio Janeiro New York — • • • • Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard)....p er oz. £3 17 0 ' ?.. Mexican Dollars ... .. 5 II Silver in Bars (Standard) 9, 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 Fort—Lieutenant-Colonel Alfred Augustus Chap man, from the 48th Foot, to be Lieutenant-Coloneloice Campbell, who exchanges. 20th Foot—Ensign Charles Henry Webster to be Lieute nant, by purchase, vice Hoblyn, who retires. 33d Foot—Captain John Matt) , 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 Toulon. 48th F oo t--Lieutenant-Colonel Archibald Neil Campbll, 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 dateda the 10th, and not 9th January. 1857, as stated in t t he 1 0 th, of 17th February, 1857. 60th Foot—Captain James Henry Archer, from the Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment, to be Captain, vice WOlll. 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 Shuto ; Lieutenant David Mortimer Murray to be Captain, with out purchase, vice Mockler; Ensign William Henry Ashe to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Murray ; Th om as Albert Bray Wright, Gent., to be Ensign, with out purchase, vice Ashe, promoted. 78th Foot--William Charles Smith, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vico Ing,lia, promoted. 86th Foot—Lieut.-Colonel and Brevet-Colonel James Creagh has been permitted to reti re on full-pay, under the provisions of the 3 7th clause o f 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. 21 West India Regiment—Ensign Frederick Mathews to be Instructor of Musketry, vice Franklin, appointed to the 45th Foot. Cape Mounted Riflemen—Quartermastr John Landrey, from the 13th Foot, to be Quartermas e ter, vice Argent, who exchanges. Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment—Captain John Shuter Davenport McGill, from the 60th Foot, to be Captain, vice Archer, who exchanges. HOSPITAL STAFF.—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.--DopUty 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 the Troops in the Northern District. Major-General Sir John Gaspard Le Merchant 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. The 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 66 th 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-LIEUTENN'Te. Dc- County of Wordester—Henry Talbot , Esq.) to b puCot Lieutenant. y unty of Derby—George Andrew, Esq., t° Lieutenant ; Robert Edward Wilmot, De ut Esq., to be p y Lieutenant. be Deputy Repton and Gresley Troop of Yeoma nry Cavalry— Co t o be Cornet, vice signed; Henry Baden, E s q., jun., et Rowland Smith to be Lieutenant, viceMousley, r.e. Sm ls tht Ri egiment , promoted. of Derbys hire Mili c t e ia Fe J ac o h se , R p p obinson, Esq., to be L ieutenant, Esq., to y h rom G o a t l e i d ffe . William Langton Coke , - be Lieutenant, vice Halle ' well, resigned. g s Dra -Ist Company, West RidinEg_ladtwoefaorfdYtohLreklosyllisdit7GkeiVnntol,,utnotebere Rifles—Maior George Briggs, aPlitaeribner;t Severne, Gent., to be Ensign goon Guards, to be C Lieutenant ; Thomas Royal Sherwood Foresters or Nottinghamsre Regiment ' of Militia —The Queen has accepted the Resignation of the Commission held by Ensign George Wood. Hussar Regiment of Yorkshire (West Riding) Yeomanry Clry.—CaPtain Frederick Henry Wood to be Maj or, vic ava e Lord Wenlock, promoted ; Lieut. the Hon. George Edwin Lascelles to be Captain, vice the Earl af Ilarewood, promoted ; Lieut. Edward Clo Ugh Taylor to 'be Captain, vi ce Wood, promoted; Lieut. Thomas Greenwood Teak Railways. 20 29 ! 22 183! 2&3 6,950 26,074 2,001 7,000 33,729 34,663 173 1 i 9 28 6141 177 720 9 233 46 7361 9 233 461 101 94 29 57 301 171 108 119 2 57 301 171 108 116 505 1,531 574 44 781 857 838 COUNTRY MARKBTU. LIVERPOOL -B=n.. 16. The arrivals from Ireland an d coastwise are w heat, ve jaht. From foreign ports *e have only recei ved 130 r 4,112 qrs of oats (chiefly foreign), 1,608 qrs of 15 40 ,... ; besides 3,503 barrels of flour .from Canada. The export.° comprise 582 qrs wheat, 300 qrs of oats, 470 qrs of Indian corn, and 355 barrels of flour. The weather has been file- There has been little activity . in the demand during we week. Our market to-day had a rather fair attendance of the town and country trade, and a good co nsum p tive do the was experienced for wheat, at an advance of per cental and 6d per sack and barrel. New Irish inquired for, and fine samples of red would have brought 8s 7d to 8s 9d per cental. Oats more inquired after, at previous prices. Oatmeal neglected. and brought Gd per load less , money. eas, an d barley were in fair req uest, at rather over pre vious prices. I n dian corn in better demand, at an advance of fully 6d per qr. ---- WAKEFIELD—SEPT. 16. The show of wheat is very limited, but there being all i mprove d demand prices adva nced is per qr. over the WO of Friday last. Fine lieavy barley steady, at fully, re late do, w hil® inferior qualities are very . difficult to mote. eal" dull, at barely late rates. Oats and shelling i n limited d o " mand, and prices tend, downwards. Suffo lk, and , Wheat, per qr. of 8 bushels 601 b., Ess ex l , s ; ditto ed, Kent, white, old, 48 s to 51s ; new, 488 to 5j old, 42s to 445; new, 42s to 44 - s ; Lincolnshire aid 'York shire white, new, 46s to 50s ; red, 41e to 445. Averages for the week : Wheat 4 , 604 qr s., at........ 430 2tcl• Peas ....... - ,2 ........ —4l Od Od Beans —' Barley....• • ... 635 , 36 s sfd O ats 3O 24s Od Rye ,f r EXETER--SEPT. 16. The businciis 'was 'dull to-day, at the following prices :-- Wheat, white.. 5s 6d to 5s 9d 1 Barley. Ditto red . - .5s Od to 5s 3d 1 Oats ..... .. 3s Od to Os Od Flour, fine, 32s to 335; .seconds, 30s to 31s per sa ck. ........---- . . cerri4E. The market was moderately supplied with stock, and s very numerous attendance of dealers. Pork carcases in re , ' ther small supply. er lb .... 50 t. Od Fat beef,p score, 9 s 6d to 10s6d Ewes p Pork carcases,do 7s 9d to Bs9d Wethers, d 0...... 6id to Od Lambs, per lb. ....7d to 74d Fat calves, d 0.... 6id to 7 a 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 a downward tendency: 'ln floating cargoes of Havannahs a moderate amount of business has been concluded, but at again rather low rates. Refiners' produce of all deFctiptions is very fl Lt and prices nearly noMinal. Rum st e a dy va lue, but low transactions to report. COAL MARK (Prices of Coal per Ton at ET--SEPT. 18. the close of the market-) Walls End. ' - s. d: Buddle's West Hartleyls 3 Davison's West Hart- _ _ 8. d. Belmont, ...... ....16 0 Hough Ha 11.... ... ...17 0 Cassop ...... .. .. 6 Whitworth ............. 16 0 South Kelloe ....... ..,.• 17 Thorpe ............. 16 6 Hartlepool., . . ..... 18 6 South Hartlepool. ..... 17 3 Benson.... .. . ....... 16 Haswell ..... ..... 18 0 Harton ........... . . . . 19 6 Po well' 0 3 Carway .. s Duffryn . Stea ns2 21 6 1 0 ; Nixon's Duffryn ...... :et, 48—Sold, 38. le . i -- - l5 3 Lambert's West Hart ley 15 3 Tanfield Moor Butes —l3 Holywell 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 marks •=1.•••••••••••••••••..M. The Consul-General of Greece in London hag g iven notice that by an ordi nance date& the 2d list. , _l l Greek Government have authorised the sale oft Athe 25,0 00 (Pm' on tals of Naxos emery stone by public tender, ans, the Ist of October. BIRTHS. _._ GRANAnn.—On the 13th inst., at Castle Forbes, the Countess of Granard, of a son, stillborn. HOLLAND. —On the 16th inst., at 3, Grosvenor-crescen t the wife of Henry Thu.rstan Holland, Esq., of a son. QUIN.—On th e 13th inst., a t Ryde, the wife of the 11011. . H. Wyndham Quin, of a daughte r . W BIERISON,—On the 3d inst.' at Gibraltar, the wi fe of R O Lieut.-Col. Robertson, 100th Regt., of a son. MARRIAGES. ' a MURAY—GRAIIAM.—On the 15th inst., at Stdeorr'- hr, the Captain J. Murray, ena ier Guards, to the Lady Agnes Caroline Graham, the eldest daughter d his Grace the Duke of Montrose. _....,..„ Lancaster, T. F. Rolt, Esq., RoLT--GARNETT.—On the 15th inst., at the parish chui -- 9 Lieut.-General Sir John Rblt, K.C.B to Annie, eldest daughter of Henry Garnett, Esq., of *yeside. the scond son of the late Bi n tn ii N u n t L er .-- , DEATHS. Oisnaltuhbearldsthiiiinnsgtd.,omat BlBr,unDeuki, eisstgrelet, D.C.L., F.R S . ~ &c., aged 64. BENNETT.—On the 14th inst., Diary, relict of the late W. Bennett, Esq., of Crookham, Hants, aged 80. DENDY.—On the 14th inst., Samuel Frederick Dendit Esq ,of 9, Lincoln's-inn -fields, and 3, Breams-buildingl, Chanceiy-lane. EASEY.—On the 13th inst., at 22, Brick-street, leigfiar' Mr. John Easey, aged 37.prye r, FRYER.—On the 10th inst., at Yarmouth, John West Esq., of Chatters, Cambridgeshire, aged 72. terrace, STRANGE.--On the 14th inst., at 60, Cambridge- of i., Hyde-park, Esther, relict of Wm. Strange, Elatil VP ton, Essex, aged 80. Peter - WALKER.—On the 16th inst., at Petershalions*, _. of the arsulb-, sham, Surrey, W. K. Walker, Esq., late Leicestershire, aged 75. L O NDON : Pi n ted and Published by irovo o, r of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 112, Strand, hi the Precinct of the Savoy, in the count"' of i Septem b e r 17, 1869. d dl esex , Saturday, TI Qin] DAy for th or wr Posed cltvid ( next th e f r o'cloe I] T Whi ch the f 0 r ender on the fr thp 20 ..- ,__ TH~ te m ., ' S t l a a / 1 " r tir , 0 , si ve, tinned teFiy e Ar r i ve Q r /