The Sun. — London, England, 1858-08-31 00:00:00

ow b.w. , tliic n toWi l rith CIO irieb• o f the C o burg La r 0951 ; o nset , lce 1034 d Doge e after, wet the to tb e Duke Duk e ° rg W ere the cl eiti s ed 1 / 1 " 11 sed wit ; ars• e the ea tli i d jrairov" reside oo goj egt i o ll pros°" g to tY4 be o ig fo i a se' IG• 26. e 0 Bigia /1. 1 0 ter t° 2 9 ' !WI- di ed . r pr Ito iiiel° ke (10 !f; in ° _,fet lend '' de de bo • . 'KY, a n d MONEY MARKET AND CITY NEWS. , STOCK LlS7'S.—Thty .b ENGLISH FUNDS• CITY, Two o'CLocK. During the last f e w days the transactions in the Foreign and Colonial Produce:Markets have been on the e increase. Most of the leading staples have been in fair request, and in some instances improved prices . have been realised. For tea there has been a fa ir inquiry, and some large quantities of c ommon eongou have changed hands at full values. Sugar has been in request, particula rl y the better . qualities suitable for home consump tion, but in the refined market onl y a 'united amount of business has been done, and the market has been rather quiet. Coffee has been at steady Ives, and for the better qualities of Planta tion Ceylon there is still some inqui r y for home use. '-;°111111on Native Ceylon has been dealt in to some extent for exportation at about former rates. Cocoa remains firm. Rice and spices have been at steady r ates. The demand for new fruit has been steady, and the pareels of the new crop just arrived have sold readily at full values, and saltpetre and tallow continue to be dealt in at fully late quotations. _ Letters from Liverpool mention that the Cotton Market yesterday closed firmly, and prices were without alteration. The sales were estimated at 7,000 bales. The Railway Share Market presented a very quiet appearance, and quotations tended downwards. The general inquiry for accommodation, although at more active than it was a few weeks ago, is still n Much quieter than might have been expected, con sidering the loans lately introduced, and the in creased commercial transactions now recorded in most departments of business. As provision has to be made for the commercial bills arriv: it ing at maturity on Saturday, and a deposit s a t o f 5 per cent. must accompany the appl!- at cations for allotments of the Turkish Loan, which is maintained at a premium, a temporary in- St crease in the demand for money may now be expe- ii rienced. Supposing, however, there should be a ft, slight advance in the terms of discount, it will not justify the slightest uneasiness in commercial circles. 1 4 ', At the Stock Exchange, no doubt, a rise of; or 4'would be regarded as a most unfavourable feature, and one I that might consistently be made the basis of speculative it ; operations for a fall. But 24 per cent. is much '. below the average rate of accommodation, even for first-class bills ; and, inasmuch as a return of corn- ' mercial prosperity must inevitably o ccasion a change to ill the market, the public will have to expect a reactionary movement in the terms of discount, 1 provided, of course, that too great an absorption for ii foreign enterprise does not take place. II so Another addition of about £BO,OOO to the stock of sti bullion at the Bank was announced yesterday. •.- The at return on Friday must consequenily show an impor fit taut increase in that department. The additional supplies of Australian gold, re- 11 , ferred to in the telegram from Malta, are consider able. They include the Sultana, with £162,000 ; t the Supply, with £319,968 ; and the Ocean Chief, with £190,376. Upwards of a million sterling is il therefore coming forward, the bulk of which will st : P robably arrive during the next month or six weeks. 1 [ There was a meeting of the Newport, Aberga- 1 'Jenny, &c., Railway Company to-day, at which a 11, 1 report was presented, stating that the earnings of the half year ending the 30 th of June, 1858, over 50 I 3 t miles, amounted to £31,676 18s. 2d., and the net re- 4t venue was £15,788 4s. Bd., which with the former ba lance made an available sum of £16,67515.4d. After the payment of the debenture interest and the 6 and 5 sa Per cent. shares, a net balance of £862 would remain to be carried forward. In spite of the depression of ~ trade this line, from its connection with others, has i i been enabled to maintain it s g ross earnings. The Shrewsbury and Crewe line would be opened by the Ist of September. The repo rt was ado p ted. s 1 There has been a very quiet market for Public Securities to-day, the attention of the members being occupied with the final liquidation of the share account. The Turkish loan, however, still prevents buoyancy, notwithstanding the favour able specie movement and the rise on the Paris Bourse. Consols are 964 i for money and account. The New 3 per Cents. are rather firmer at 971 4, and the Reduced Annuities are steady at 9741• New 24 per Cents., 801; Long Annuities, 18i; India Loan Debentures, 984 4 ; ditto, second issue, 974 i. The March Exchequer Bills, 325. to 355. ; ditto, June, 225. to 255. Bank Stock, 2284. The transactions recorded in the Foreign Stock Market are still rather limited. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 95 i ; ditto 4 per Cents., 1041 ; Mexican 3 per Cents., 214 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 46 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 1131; Dutch 24 per Cents., 65.1 66; Ditto 4 per Cents., 1014 ; and Peruvian Dollar Bonds, 78 4. Turkish Scrip is at about I I to 1 prem. The transactions in the Railway Share Market have been exceedingly limited, and prices generally show a decline of about 4to 1 per cent. Great Westerns, Lancashire and Yorkshire, Brighton, Midland, and South Eastern, declined ss. to 10s.; and Caledonian, North Western, and Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, about 10s. to 15s. The Foreign and Colonial lines are flat. Northern of France have receded ss. ; and Namur and Liege, ss. Grand Trunk of Canada, Great Western of Canada, and East Indian are also at lower quotations. Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous shares are at slightly improved rates. London and County have advanced 55.; London and Westminster, ss. ; and Ottoman Bank, 10s. Canada Land shares improved about ss. to 10s. Consols for money and account, 964 4. Bank Stock, 2281. I Live per Cent. Reduced Annuities, 971- 1. Throe per Cent. Consols Annuities. 961 1, Kew Three per Cent. Annuities, 971 New 2 3 -, per Cent. Annuities, SOL Long Annuities, expire Jan. 5, 1860, 11.. Long Annuities,thirty years. expire Oct. 11,1859, Long Annuities, 30 years, expire April 5, 1885, 18t. India Debentures, 901 1. Do., 2d issue, 971 1. [nal% Bonds, under 1,0001., 11 pm. Consols for Account, 90. gxchequer Bills, 1,0001., 21d, March, 32.. Ricaincuer Bills, Small, 21d., March, 35 —June, 25 2. Exchequer Bonds, 1859, 31 per Cent., 1501 t. FOREIGN FUNDS. Three per Cent. Mexican, 211. Three per Cent. Portuguese Bonds, 1853, 48. Five per Cent. Russian, 1131. Six uer Cent. Turkish, 911 51 Ditto Acct., Sept. 15, 951 1. Fuur per Cent, ditto Guaranteed, 104. 21 per Cent. Dutch Exchange (12 g.). 66 51. Four per Cent. Dutch Certificates, Olt. 4i per Cent. Peruvian Dollar Bonds, ex 45., Y 8 1. LONDON SH R MARA BT.—This Day. D STOCKS. IClosing Price! GOVERNMENT GUARANTEE OF FOUR AND A-HALF PER CENT. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR, —Having seen the observations of your corresp sndent, a few days since, in reference to the Red Sea Telegraph, I have made careful inquiry into its merits, and find that it is INDISPUTABLY guaranteed 41 per cent. by the British Government. —Your obedient servant, WM. BROWNE. Landon, Aug. 31, 18.58. FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT.-0n Sunday after noon a person, whose name i s su pp osed to be Ray, was at the Kingston station, on the South-Western Railway, talking to a man who had neglected to take his ticket. The former volunteered to go to the booking office, and procure the ticket. In order to get there he imprudently made an attempt to cross the line just at the very moment that the train was in sight. The engine -driver, as well as the guard, saw the imminent danger the man was exposed to, and the former sounded,hio whistle as shrilily as be possi bly could, ankat the same time shut off the steam, whilst the guard applied the break s most vigorously, b ut they were unable to stop the train in sufficient time to allow the unfortunate man to get upon the platform. The buffers of the engine struck him, hurling him across the metals, when the wheels of the locomotive, and those of several carriages passed over his body, literally cutting him to pieces. The poor fellow's remains were promptly removed from the line. It is hardly necessary to state that death was instantaneous. Not the least blame can be attributab!e to the company, for if ordinary foresight had been used by the deceased he could have seen distancerain approaching off when it reached the i nac tion, a long DREADFUL ACCIDENT. —A very melancholy occur rence, resulting in the instantaneous death of one man and the serious injury of another, took place at Chalderneso, in the parish of Tingwall, Shetland, on the afternoon of Satur day. A quarryman, residing in Lerwick, had left his home in the morning, to bl ow up, by m eans of a charge of powder, some stones at a place where a new croft is in course of formation. In the afternoon, the train of one of the blasts having only burnt half-way, another attempt to get it to go off was equally unsuccessful, when it was resolved not to blow it again. The hole had been bored pretty nearly to the powder, when a spark produced by the iron employed in boring reached it, and instantly drove the iron right into the forehead of the un fortunate q uarryman, c him on ' the spot. Another man sta ndin g close by was struck by the stones blown up by the explosion, he dy of theman was taken to Lerwick in the and was much inj ured. evening la a cart .tr . He has left a widow and a large family.— Northern Ensign. MACHINERY FOR SIBERIA.—Messrs. Ilandyside and Co., of Derby, are now finishing some machinery for the Russian Government, consisting of two horizontal steam engines, of 150 horse power, with expansion valves upon the equilibrium principle. These engines are coupled together. and to work at quarter strokes—the fly wheels over five tons. Three pumps, twenty inches diameter each, two of them lifting and one plunging . , are to be worked by these engines; four boilers, with double fireboxes and flues, con structed for burning wood—each 30 feet long and six feet aye riches diameter. Its a few days this machinery and engines will be forwarded to St. Petersburg, and thence overland a distance of 3,500 miles to Irku tch, on the river Lena, in lat. 63 degrees north, long. 135 degrees east, or about 5,000 miles from Derby. 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The Deer 2 13roadb:im 3 Cripplcgate Four ran. An objection was made against The Deer, and the stakes were given to Broadbrim. walked over chief than either round shot or shell. Inside the breastw lay what are known among the men by the name of " sw pers"—larg,e gabions trebly lined with roassve wattles, and used to shelter the men while digging a rifle pit. Such the siege works on this occasion. Five minutes' walkthrcugli them would enable the most civil of civilians to understand more about the nature, difficulties, and dangers of a siege than a twelvemonth of unassisted military reading. It was arranged that the siege attack was to begin at 2 o'clock, and eager sightseers, of course, were waiting in crowds long before that appointed hour—and long after it, too, we are sorry to say. The Commander-in- Chief was expected up to the last, but to the disappointment of thousands his Highness was unable to be present. Sir John Burgoyne, however, attended by a brilliant staff, arrived at Chatham for the operations shortly before two o'clock. The gallant General, having inspected the troops in review order with out knapsacks, proceeded to inspect the model room, while besieged and besiegers resorted to their chatted posts. The defence was intrusted to a body of Marines under Lieutenant- Colonel R. J. MeKillop. The besiegers consisted of Cap'ain D. Blyth with 100 Marines to work the heavy guns. The Royal Engineers, with those of the East India Company, were under Colonel Sandharn, the Ist battalion, made up of various depots of regiments of the line-1,000 strong in all —was under Colonel Jervis, tne second battalion under Colonel Phillips, and the third under Colonel Fairtlough. The voltaic bat teriee of the different mines were in chat ge of Captains Noble and Scott. All the troops were provided with 10 rounds of blank cartridge, and 20 were allowed for each siege gun. The troops of the line were told off fur working patties or reliefs in rear of the second parallel for some time, but afterwards came forward to the advanced works, occupying them and the intrenched cavalier bastion as firing parties. The Engineers were told off into the single and flying saps, as leaders of working parties, in charge of the descent into the dry ditch, and with the fist line of ladders for escalading. A strong detachment of troops of the line took charge of the second line of sealing ladders, occupying part of the third parallel and works in the right attack. These dispositions and arrangements were made with such admirable good order that a large force was distriauted among the batteries, parallels, and ap proaches without a sound being , audible, and scarcely more than a head or two peeping curiously over the breastworks being visible. The same secrecy, however, was by no means observed among the besieged, for all their works, even the doomed casemate battery, against which the mine in No. 7 battery was to be sprung, was covered with ladies and gentlemen. As it turned out the patience of these persons was se verely tried, in common with everybody else's for it wes getting well towards four o'clock, and the public were not only thinking ofgoing away,but were actually doing it when the signal was given. It was a grand one, for suddenly, with an awful dull roar and heavy shock, the besiegers' mines were sprung and a great mass of earth and stones, mingled with thick dense smoke and massive sheets of flame, went high up into the air with the earth and gabious of the bat tery. There was an instant pause as every one looked at the solemn mass of dust and smoke that drifted slowly away from the ruined work, and then the attack began—a regu lar " delivery of the assault" in one grand crash of can non and musketry from every port. All the breastworks, all the batteries so carefully masked up to the last moment, seemed suddenly girt with fire. A fringe of musketry en closed the place, broken only by the masses of flame and smoke that marked the position of all the heavy works, from the embrasures cf which, as fast as the piece could be run out and loaded, came a coetinued stream of hot red fire, darting like rows of serpents' tongues to the em brasures of the besieged. Every thing became wrapped in smoke and dust, and only the thundering din of the can nonade predominated. The men m m in in th g e inn thirdith a fiercerparallels and hurri e ..4 uP eloser and closer, he ele each port attacked. It was in vain that the smaller beliebesieged re I, lied by a heavy fire — there were se many ich be was commanded that his defence points from din and conflagration that raged was lost amid the at of this the fougasses (each outside. In the miL: l t off in rapid succession, adding a small mine of 61b.) we , " encumbered air, amid which as a strong party of more dust and smoke to t he came a rush and heavy tramp d feel, troops of the line rushed forward, and From t made his a l laodgmene t where the faugasses had bee n s p rung. st plac l the fire never st pped or slackened loran instant, the ardour of the batter lee, if possible, seemed increased, and every thing denoted a crisis in the affair. The cavalier bastion seemed a mound of smoke and flame, through which on the left could be seen now and then groups of figures pressing on with ladders towards the curtain, followed at a greater dis tance by another line of ladder bearers and storming parties. There was loud cheering amid the smoke as the Engineers mounted the counterscarP, and, dragging up their ladders, began to descend into the dry ditch. Every musket and gun was discharged at the besieged works to cover this movement, but still the besieged stood to it manfully, and poured awful volleys among the assailants. But the latter were supported by the second line of troops, who, leaving their ladders against the counterscarp as a means of retreat, hurried down with the Engineers into a dry ditch, carried the ladders across, and swarmed up the curtain at every point, the besiegers breaking and flying in dissrder as they mounted the walls. This terminated the siege operations, in little more than five or ten minutes after they had com menced. In fact, it was a regular assault—short, but mur derously hot while it lasted. Almost the instant that the last guns were silenced, the public, with the officers in charge of pontoons,l moved down to the water's edge at the creek, where it was sup posed, that, as a result of the siege operations, troops s were to cross on rafts and b low up sunken wrecks, il some gates of stockades were to be destroyed with live shell. Previously to this, however, Sir John inspected some bridges over the creek of the true rough and ready style— bridges that could be made in the course of a couple of hours in any field, but which, when properly made, would suffice for the passage of any army, and for the most of its heavy baggage and stores. One of these bridges was the in vention of Colonel Saudham, and the strength, and even beauty of its rough construction were universally admired. There was a lattice-work bridge, too, strong and simple, but not on quVe a new plan. Both these bridges were made of scaffold poles tied firmly together wit h rope, and both were on the suspension principle. But perhaps the most curious and interesting bridge of al was one invented by Sergeant-Major Jones, R_Z., which utilised in the most valuable and important manner the refuse iron hoops. These hoops were simply rivetted into long bands, which were hung in a segment of a circle between two poles, and on which again were laid the pontook "chesses" or planks, so as to make a bridge of unusual strength ant light ness, and one constructed with the greatest ease and quickness. The only drawback in the use of this bridge is that, hanging downwards like a slack rope, it vibrates and oscillates so seriously that it is as much as a man can do to cross. Guns or horses would be out of the question. If the pontoon chesses, too, are used, why not use the pontoons themselves, which confessedly make the best bridge of all ? After these bridges bad been examined the engineers formed a pontoon bridge in intermediate order. Some rafts were also made of barrel pontoons, and from one of these a tower de scended into the deep water of the Medway to place a charge against a supposed sunken wreck. This was to have been fired by a voltaic battery, but for some sub-aqueous reason or other it would not go off. Another charge of Glb. of powder was then hauled down by the diver by rope, and this was lighted by a Bickford's fuse, and exploded grandly. An 8-inch shell, loaded with 21b. Boz. of powder, and hung against a gate in the shell-house, was next fired to show the manner of destroying gates and entrances, an effort which was per fectly successful, and the gate, though of strong oak timbers, was blown to fragments. This concluded the programme of the day. In the course of another week or so all the field works will be filled in and turfed over till another siege is planned for next year. THIS DAYS SHIPPING. LONDON, Aug. 31.—Wind this day at noon, S.W. strong breeze and cloudy. KINGSTOWN, Aug. 30.—Arrived—Invincible, fromiPorto Rico; Eli z abeth Young, from St. John, N. 8.; Aje nrico, from Quebec. QUEENSTOWN, Aug. 30.—Wind N.W.—Arrived — W m. Woodside, from Matanzas. COWES, Aug. 30.—Wind W.N.W.—Sailed—Swansea, for Caldeira. PILL, Aug. 30.—Wind W.N.W.— d—SaileJuno, M for Quebec; Moses, for Davenport, Newport, and a- tanzas. CARDIGAN, Aug. 30.—wind W.—Arrived—Advena, from Quebec. N EW PORT, Aug. 30.—Wind W.—Arrived—Bristol, from Matanzas. HOLYHEAD Aug. 30.—Wind W. by N., fresh gale.— Arrived—Env:Jenkins, from Huelva for Liverpool. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Tuesday Morning. Wind W.N.W. Arrived, August 30.—Johanna Cattarina, from Rio Janiero ; William Stanley, Jamaica; Aeor, screw steamer, Denia; Saltmarsh, Huelva; Christine, Riga; Victor and Loochristie, Ostend; Laconia, screw steamer, Alexandria. W Arrived, August 31.—Prince of ales, from St. John's, New Brunswick. Off.—J. Bradshaw, from St. John's, New Brunswick; Arctic, New York. (EY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND,TGeSday Morni ng. Wind N.W.; tide three-quarters ebb. - Arrived, Aug. 31—Franz Alois, from Odessa ; Windward, Sombrero Island; Johanna Hendrich, Ibrail ; Mecklenburg Hansuth, Taganrog; Utile, Alexandria; Iris, Guernsey; Lionne, Furet and Auguste, Gravelines ; St. George, Ibrail; Young King, St. Maio; Countess of Leicester, Guernsey; Ranger (s), Cronstadt. Sailed, Aug. 30—Alma, for Christiania. Sailed, Aug. 31—Albion, steamer, for Boulogne; Bel gium, steamer, Ostend. DEAL, Tuesday Morning. Wind W., moderate. Arrived—Mercutio, from Jamaica, for London ; Bayard, from St. John's, for London; Tar, from London, for Swan sea; Elliott, schooner, from north, for west. Her Mgjesty's ship Valorous, with her Majesty's ship Mersey, sailed in tow for Portsmouth. ORDINARY WILBER Bhare.l liaka ill. ! • 1 1? andta h.rf,berg.,d:tort Ju.neu Net e s.. tlux.. 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Stock ick Great Bonn. & Wn.lralaDd 101 rk Great Western lOl Dek Do.Stour Val. Rail. Gn Sk 10 iq ; frish South Eastern. al 50 Lancaster and Carlisle _ 164 Do. Thirds l, is Do. New Thirds ll Get( Lancashire and Yorkshir It , 16 Do. do. F. £l6 g Do. do. 29 shares Do. West Biding 10 Crosby, & liouth7. al s London and Blaok - wall al 6 1 Do. New 4 ink Lon., Brighton, &8. Coati 101 ock London &North-Western lt 11} ) Do. Eighths oak London & South-Wester - 101 t 5 London and Coleraine 25 Landon and Enniskillen... 00k lanches..finef.,& Lincoln- -.10 , 10 Metropolitan ock Midland.. ock Do. Birmingham & Derby 101 50 ilid. Gt. West. (Ireland)... al 20 Do. Shares al 00 Newcastle and Carlisle al 15 Newport, Aberg" gem al 10 Newry and Armagh (def. 1 to Newry,Warrenpt.k Bostr. sl ock. Norfolk 50 Northern Counties Union 1 3ck North British Itky North Devon ItalL&Dl4 13k, la ltk. D recv. no,div: until 6 p.c.has beenrpd B 101 tt. Do. B Stock lOl lk North Eastern—Berwick 101 1 Do. do. G.N.E. Purchase 16.1 1k Do. Leeds lOl ak Do. York ck North London lOl t 0 N. kILV elan., Hampstead, and Oity Junction. S. 10 Siortlißtaffordshiro l' North Western al Nor' & Son. West. Janc al ak 37.10 rd, Wore., &Wolvarb 101 A Peebles 10 Portsmouth Rhymney 10k Scottish Central mk Scottish LE, Aber. Stk ll Or Do. Scottish Mid. Stock II Nik Shropshire Union. ll 10 Sittinghe. & Sheerness S 10k South Devon ck Soutk-Eastern lO >ek loath Wales • 14 10 South Yorks. & Rivet Dun a 10 Do. Do 1 10 Staines, Wokin. &Woking a 15 Stockton and Darlington al 15 Do. t 111 Do. do. 1855 . - Stockton and Hartlepool 1 (1 oek Taft' Vale Kik Do. Preierence, No. 1 it 15 Thames Haven Dk. k Ball 10 mk Cale of Neath OO , ock a terford and Yilkenny 101 10 Waterford and Limerick al 10 West Cornwall al W.E. of Lon. & Cry. Palace al 5 t u`" , receiving nodiv. till 7 pr. ct. 5 Do. B been paid to 8... 10 NeStLondOn a 10 Do. let Class a le Do. 2d do les 55 g • Si S Qlr 10 153 :Si 9 3 13.4 le 10 45 i 10 Vi 3 10 9t 631 1 dta 4fl 73t 99} 51 5} dik 11 8 9 II S 9 J o 17 28 all I r '1 5 Mt I —• wo lit us m 2 7 99 113 'B4 86 K 4 44 66 al S 2 Ms )0 84 94 lei 11 72 )0 77 79 al 14 15 Is 6 4Cs al 9 11 11 116} 26t tO ••• 7 ami 161 "" Is 1— •••• lo I 831 2 I Sto, 3t 101 I? Ed I SI li LINES LEASED AT 'FIXED RENTALS. - ------- Leasing I pl"ing blea( Salines Railways Pal a . I companies. Done. lettord A Bletohley all Lou. I N.Wn. ..... ... Rickinrhamshire .. Ilydesdale Junction.- 100 Caledonian.. 116 04 10618 ) o l c hester, Stour VaL all E. gn. & Id. O. ii.Llnc olnshiro, g. 6 p.O lOO Gt. Northsrn 141 141 I. Union. Harwich Shrs all Fl. Comities.. 4 5 Do. Woodbridge ►• MI 1.1111 iss.BarrotsNeils.DireCt. 100 Caledonian.. ... .... Do. New .... .- tionees. & Dean Forest all Get. Western - ...• lartlepo ol Dock. is Rail. all Yk. N. & Bee. .... - it'll and 5e1by....... '• all Yk.k N. Mid. 111 115 Do. i Shares all Do .... .... Do. t Shares all Do - - london and Greenwich all Bth. Eastern 18 14 Ito. Preference. all D 0........, ...... 221 t 4 lon., Tilby., &Southend 100 Peto a 00.., 92 9 )o. Barking Shares all Do IMO ..... ioweatoft, gna. 4 per ot. 100 Norfolk ... ... 30. Do. 6 per cent lOO Do •-• - (Inches., Buz., & MAL all ii.k N.W.A M 2} 21 liddlesbro t a B.edcar... all Stook.ADarl ...., .- didland Bradford lOO Midland.... 98 100 lewkt.By. Nx, go. 5 p.c 51.51.6 ion. Counties ; 60 }pm pm torthern and Eastern all Do 5B Do. 6 per cent all Do ai■ MO 30. /Iced 5 per cent... all Do a s' Preston and Wyra.. LII LS I. Wt .-• ..• Go. It Shares A... .... - all D 0...... loyston, Illtchili, .... Shepreth Stock lOO Git.Northeri. 140 144 the? both., and Goole 18.11.6 Lan. & York. -.• i arms sbury & Hereford. all ' Mr.T.Brassey 9 10 South Sta ff ordshiro all Mr. M'eleau 9} let Veal Talley all Stook.* Dar. - - Do. do all Do lit SA Inlts and Somerset.... 100 Grt. Western 90 92 Wimbledon a Croydon all Lon. I Brigh 8 9 I'ILRYBILINOB 811/111111. I. 1 Cl taint 1 Closing Pries'. 3 Dens. BhilwayL Ikare Blyth and Tyne 10 per o. pret. (issued at B 250. ... : 11 Tom,. a Eilet.4 p.Ct.tco' Do. do. do. 5hare5.......... laledonlan 101., it p. 0.. 101 Do. I ',hares, No. 0 t. Onester allolyheael, bipc 101 Do. do. 5 per cent ... ....., 101 Oork and Bandon, 5} p. a. al Onn.,Yerth,& Aber. Jame. al it. Anglian Class A Bharat. 101 Do. Clogs B 6 ce per nt 10i Do. Class 0 7 per cent lei E. Conn. IgA. 5 p. et. No. 1 1 701 • Do ...... ....., ..............No. I 101 co. New 6 per cent. Stool 101 leis ~ U 711012, 4 p. of lOl O. Lan., 6 per cent ...... K. &IVt. 'V ork. June. Ilfth I &din. ,t Gies. 5 p.c. share. 10 Odin., Perth, and Dunde. to ?urness 5 per cent.. , .lO ilas. ts &West. gun. Ip. et. 101 heat Northern, 6 p.cent 10 I Do.sp.o.lledeertuble,lop.r. 10 g Do. At per cent. do ...... I Do. 5 p.o. Scrip, rod.at 5 p ( e 49 51 A 96 96 9 NM OM i 0 104 106 4t.Nh.of Scotland,lat pre Gt.Bn.aWn. (Ireland) per cent. in et. Stock.. it. West. (Berke k Rant) Bz. 5 per cent) )o. Con.alledm.4t per et 1 Do. do. 4 per cent Do. Irredeemable 4 per ct. it Do. 6 per ct. redeem. pre 1.0 00. Binning. pref. shares a I Do.Chester 8 p.c.pr.sharet tl Do. do. 5 per cent. do I Do. Binning. guar. stock.. lei Chester guar. shares.. aJ Do. do. do Do. do. do Lan. & Yorkshire 6 per C lO And. tt Brigh. 5. p. 0 lok Do. Pref. 6p. ct. Stock lei )o. New guar. 8 per ee , ,t. let )o. do. 4 per cent lOl (Jon. kN. „Cwt.& Nunea ton, 5 per cent lOl London and B.West. 7 p.c. 101 Londondy. Cole, share al Londonderry & Ennis,} eh. a] Kral., Bh., a Lin., lO Do.ei 00. Si par cent Assyport and Carl. 4 p. c. Do. do. 41 per cent Do. do Slid.Oon.e per cent. Stock 00. Con. Bria.& Dir. 6 p. ct. )o. 411 p. c. Pref. ; Do. with option till I SCO, Do. Lath. and liit. pret.st.. to, NiewPort, Aber. Am. pret...l Do. Porpet. 5 p. c gorfoLk Debenture Share. Do. 6 per c., Ex. Sk., Inc 10, )o. si p. o. Pref. 5k., ISO 101 A.r.Val.Ex.Sk 10, forth 90. TS. Pm'erence Esgetn )o do. do. )o. Laois 6 per ot OLL.Wot.,.tiifol.,6 p.c. 1 g. Do. 40. 6p. e. to. t Do, 6k P. 0 Debenture ek hock tt.lo f Stk. flock flock flock Eitk} Stock stock Mock stock stock mock hock itock bock ;lock Stock Stock stock '.Lock Stock 'tack Stock itook Stock Btoo . l Stock it,ock lock stock 3toek qtocl Stack Ateck ttOzk Sto 192 k xd 109 !n 89}i .L+ S~ I 9o} I dis I nt I :a 5! 6 115 120 10 103 lOR 10 117 119 115 117 '3l L$ , I €0 St ,00 I 10 1 -• "• 10 1 122 128 ;0 lll 116 10 107 109 10 65 67 .1 ut $ 10 8291 86 83 85 96 98 91 1 9 Ift 171 91 lot 2 14_ iit 191 1' 9i et LII ISt 14 58 140 10 I r "" 10 1 ItB 168 lUS 122 Ai pm 10 t 5 70 loi I ••• w 0 IEB HO .0 104 106 S I IPm 10 94 96 all - all 114 111 all 81 9t e 0 AD 00 10 10A 110 106 93t I S 13 4 t 114 par IS-- 9 Ms par &1I IS 26 LOO 118 110 100 1 100 1 98 100 INIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. -6ZTt'ovl4p.NttniTtiry 100 Do. 6 p.c. Feb.&Aug. l , 100 Do. Ogp.c. Mar.&Sep. l 100 Niß.Gov. 6cp.c. Jan.&July 100 Do. 6 p.c pr. Oct. 100 N.S.W.Gov. 5.p bent. 100 Nova ScotiteG6 St. Debent. redeemable 1875 100 Jan.Bauly 100 Vict..Gov. .e. Jan.tauly 100 MINIM 112; 113 k HI 113 11l 113 10; 109 101 109 111 109 111 Gotlna bleu. I 211 t SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, TATTERSALL'S.—MoNDAY. Owing to counter attPa l grins very feW members put in en spume, and, asa'matter of course no grea t amount f' speculation toqk place on future events. During tbe early part of the a?ternoon Fitz Roland was backed for " The St. Leger at 4 o 1 to nearly £7OO, four ." monkeys" being taken in one bet aboUt him (7 to 2 was itre' highest offer at thelclose. Four to 1 would have been taken about Toxo- Gildtig, was frequently inqur4d after, and 20 " ponies" weds Mtn once abilut her. Nailing whatever was done on The Derby. ST. LEGER. 7to 2 agst. Sir J. Hawley's Fitz Itoland-4 to 1 taken freely. 7to 2 Lord Derby's Toxophilite—takel to 1. 100 to 6 Mr. S. Williams's Knight of Kars. 18 to 1 Mg. J. Scott's LongraNge—taken. 20 to 1 Admiral Harcourt's Gildermire—taken and off. LICHFIELD RACES.—MONDAY. FURTHER PARTICULARS. THE COPELAND HANDICAP of 5 sovs each, 3 ft, with 25 added. A mile and a-half. 9 subs. Mr. T. Cliff's Sobi 4., 3 yrs, 6st Glb (Gardiner) 1 Mr. W. Flintoff's Echo, 4 yrs, 64 81b (Grimsbaw) 2 Mr. W. Saunders's Master Bagot, 4 yrs, Bst 71b (Kendall) 3 Mr. White's Glen Eagle, 4 yrs, 7st 31 b (Snowden) 4 Won by a neck. TfiE STAFF ' ORDSHIRIII STAKES of 50 Boys, added to a handicap sweepstakes of 10 sovs each, 5 ft, and 3 only s ii declared by the 21st of August; certain:. penalties for winners; second to save his stake. 20 subs, sof whom declared. Tw, Mr. H. Wilkins ns litnteytree, 3 yrs, 4st 121 b (Grimchaw) 1 Mr.V. Mott ns Thornhill, 3 yrs, sst 811,....(Moorbouse) 2 Mr. G. Payne ns colt by Flying Dusc bman—Gala, 3 yrs sst,6lb The folloling also ran :—Pensioner, Leukotbea, Vander by,a length. THE.IIAMPAGNE STAKES of 5 cove each, with 4o added, I n for Iwo-year-of ; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 31b ; certain pe . rialiri and a lowancea. Haifa mile. 16 subs. „Mr. T. Marseillaise, Bst 31b (Grimmer) 1 i d Mr. Bates's Raspberry, Bst 31b (Osborne) 2 Wadlow's Brandy Ball, Bst 7 1 b (Fordham) 3 following also ran :—Marmalade, Sprattou, and • ▪ Aston. Won by three lengths. ▪ T HE TAMwORTH PLATE of 30 sovs, handicap, for all certain penalties. Six furlongs. Mr. J. S. Barber's Nougat, 4 yrs, 7st 121 b 1 Mr. R.lWilson ns Spider, 3 yrs, 7st 31b Mr. J.Sardley ns Silkmore, 4 yrs, 7st 51b The following also ran :—Lizzie, Independence, Windfall, 'Sir 'Arm, and Castaside. Won by a neck. THE SELLING HANDICAP of 3 sore each, with 20 added, for all ages; the winner to be sold for 50 sovs. One mile. G subs. Mr. H. Wilkins's Ferndale. 3 yrs, 7st 121 b Mr. J. Wborne's Spider. 3 yrs, 7st 7113 Mr. T. Cliff's Nougat, 1, I,ls, Bst 71b...... Silkmore and liele.: 21.0 ran. Won by a bead Despatches were received yesterday at the Colo nial-office from the Governors of the North American Pro vinces,Seligcland, and the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands. THIS DAY'S MARKETS. HAY AND STRAW. Smithfield—Old meadow hay, SOs to 8716 d; new do., 15s to SU; old clover, Fss to 110+; new do., 85s to 1001; and straw, 30s to S3s per lead. A moderate supply, and a steady trade. Cumberland—Old meadow hay, fSs to 90s; new do., 668 to Ps; old clover, f 8s to 1128; new do., 16s to 100$ ; and straw, 318 theWl per load. Both hay and straw met a fair sale, at our quotati Whitechapel—Old meadow hay, 601 to 665; new ditto, 61s to FSS; old clover, Fss to 110 s: new do. 85s to lass ; snd straw. S OS to Us per load. A. fair demand, at full prices. Supplies moderW. COLONIAL. e uantity q Tex.—There has been ra ther more activity, and a l arg of common congou cha n g ed hands at 10d. per lb. Considerable and qua ntities are announced for p ublic sales during the week. prices are expected to be firm, as the private adrices from China report that quotations there are exceedingly fir StTeati.--The demand is bymeans active,bu t prices remain firm, more particularly for th e n finer descriptions. In the Refined Market only a limited business has been done, and little variation can be reported in values. Coyrez.—Plantation Ceylon continues in fair demand, and at fully late quotations. The better kinds of native Ceylon have also been inquired for, and sales hare been effected to some extent for exportation. .—A. very limited business has been reported , holders de . EICE manding hig h e r rates, w hich buyers do not seem disposed to give. The small business done has been chiefly in white qualities of The second cargo of ex n e e ee w d y jn a g l l e y nt g ia oo ra d, is h in es s h re as al b is e e e d n being Be y n a g u al. m. _ full eeraSteivErv'ereznr"de4ltt.:----.eP';hgruecalmwittay.rket is dull ; a few sales of Bengal have been effected a about late quotations, in other qualities there is no change whatever to report. TALLow.—The market has exhibited symptoms of improve ment ; a fair amount of business has been done, and the trade have bought: to some extent. A rather large speculative business has also been done, as the advices from Bt. rekersburg notice a con siderable advance on the quotations. P.Y.C., on the spot, is quoted 505., 4,0 g. 6d. to 495, 9d, for last S months, and 50s. per cent, for spring do Men. POLICE IN2' MARLBOROUGH-STREET. —CRUELLY USING A HORSE.—John Carpenter, of Chippersfield, King's Lang ley, Herts, carman to William Ellis, a hay carter, was charged at the instance of Mr. Win. Love, chief constable of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, with working a horse in an unfit condition. Simeon Sell, one of the Royal Society's officers, said be was in the New-road when be saw the defendant driving the horse, and his attention was called to it from seeing it tremble as if in great pain. He went up and examined the horse, and on removing the saddle discovered two large old wounds; there was also a large raw wound on the shoulder, and the collar was pressing on it, and both wounds were very raw, and the horse was altogether in a very low condition. The magistrate having examined the horse (which was standin in front of tile court, and was in a ver pitiable conditio g n—a mere skeleton), asked the defendant what he lad to say to it. The defendant said it was not so had when he brought it out. The magistrate said he could not allow a horse to he worked in such a condition. It was too bad. The otlieer of the society had very properly brought him to the court. He would take a lenient view of the case and let him go, but he would advise him not to do so again. The officers of the society would have their eyes on him, and he might depend upon it that if he was brought there again he would be severely dealt with. THAMES.—DRUNKENNESS, DELIRIUM TREMENS, AND ATTEMPTED SUlClDE.—Nicholas Lanvick, aged 28, a stout, able-bodied Norwegian seaman, was brought before Mr. Selfe, charged with attempting to commit suicide butting his throat. The complainant, Richard Sanderson, of No. 142, High street, Shailwell, said he was a lodging-house keeper, and the prisoner had boarded with him sin ce he was paid off eight days ago, and had been drinking to excess ever since, until be became afflicted with delirium tremens, and scarcely knew what he was about. This mornin g he heard a great noise in the prisoner's bed-room, and the breaking of glass and furniture. The noise continued for some time, and be went up stairs to see what was the matter, and found the door of the prisoner's bedroom barricaded. He broke it open, and found the apartment in the greatest confusion, and the prisoner in the middle of it, staring wildly, and trembling very much. The prisoner had a knife in his hand, the blade of which was stained with blood, and he thrust it forward and said, "Kill me, kill me, for I can't do it my self;" and pulled his shirt on one side and exhibited a wound in his throat, from which the blood was flowing copiously. The knife was taken from the prisoner, and a surgeon was called upon to attend him, who sewed up the wound. In answer to Mr. Selfe, the witness said that the prisoner came from Bombay in a British ship, the LadyOttavia, and had been almost continually drunk. Mr. Selfe- And spent all his wages, I suppose ? The prisoner —Yes, sir, and I wish to get to sea again as soon as I can. Mr. Selfe asked how much the prisoner received on Tues day last. The prisoner—l had £2O, mine worship. I have had the horrors, mine worship, for the last five days. Mr. Selfe—What a shocking thing it is that you should be so foolish as to spend all your hard-earned wages in one week, and get into this dreadful condition, and attempt to take away your own life. The prisoner— Oh, the horrors, mine worship, the horrors. Mr. Selfe—The horrors. Yes; it is the horrors, indeed. You are in a state of delirium tremens. Did you encourage him to drink, Mr. Sanderson ? Mr. Sanderson—No, I did not indeed, sir. I never en courage seamen who lodge in my house to drink. He drunk nothing in my house. Richard Harris, a seaman, was a shipmate of the prisoner's, and confirmed the statement of Mr. Sanderson as to the prisoner having been continually " on the drink" since he came home. Mr. Selfe—Have you spent all your money ? Harris—No, I have not. The prisoner—l have got the horrors, let me go, mine worship, and I will go to sea. Mr. Selfe could not liberate the prisoner in his present condition, an d would remand him until Thursday t o the House of Detention, where be would be taken care of and properly treated. I in POSTAL COMMUNICATION WITH AUS TRALIA. THE PANAMA ROUTE. Yesterday afternoon a deputation representing a large num ber of bankers. merchants, and other persons interested in the colonies of New South Wales, Moreton Bay, and New Zealand, waited by appointment upon Sir E. Bulwei' at the Colonial-office, to present a memorial in favour of the esta blishment of anew pos,alcommuniation via Panama. Ttie deputation consisted of the lion. Sir Henry Watson Parker, late Colonial Secretary of New South Wales ; the lion. Robert Johnson, and the yon. R. J. Want, Members of the Legislative Council of New South Wales; Mr. G. A. Lloyd, Agent for the Government of New South Wales; Messrs. John Alga, Donald Larnach, and William Walker of New South Wales; Mr. J. C. Fitzgerald, late Member of the Executise Council of New Zealand; Messrs. W. J. Graham and Edward Blacket, of Auckland ; Mr. Day, Emi gration Agent, late of Melbourne; and Mr. R. Moore, of Paris, The deputation having been introduml, The Hon. Mr. PARKER said that he had the honour to present a memorial from the Australian colonies and New Zealand, urging upon her Majesty's Government the im portance of establishing a steam mail communication by way of Panama between England and the Australian colonies and New Zealand. The memorial was signed by about 400 of the most info ntial gentlemen in the colonies and this country connected with the colonial trade, and was in the following terms : Fisherman Leikothea Echo .... " TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE SIR E. B LYTTON, BART., SECR ETARY OF STATE F THE COLO NIES, &C., " The memorial of the undersigned bankers, merchants, and other s, inhabitants of, or otherwise interested in the welfare of, the colonies of New South Wales, Moreton Bay, and New Zealand, " Stiewetli,-1. That your memorialists have suffered great inconvenience, and, in some instances, considerable loss, in consequence of the delays and it egularities which have hitherto attended the performance of the postal service between this country and the Australian colonies. " 2. That, even with the present insufficient communica tion, the mails are rapidly increasing in bulk and import ance, whilst an amount of traffic is springing up which de monstrates the profitable results that would arise from a postal service conducted with regularity and despatch. "3. That the increasing wealth a nd im p ortance of the d Australian colonies, and the rapid development of their resources, demand a more frequent postal communication than has hitherto been maintained with this country; and flero that for such purpose a fortnightly mail ought to be este blished. "4. That whilst in deference to the wishes of the southern and western colonies ;of the Australian group the route by way of Suez should be maintained, the interests of the x d northern and eastern colonies demand that a new route by way of Panama should be established, the mails being con veyed alternately by either route, so that each portion of the whole group may share equally the great advantage derived from being made the point of first arrival and of last departure of the mails. "5. That the insufficiency of the postal service via Suez to the wants of the northern and eastern colonies is such that twice only in the time during which it has been in use have replies been received from Sydney by return of post i, it is comparatively of little use to the dis trict of Moreton Bay (about shortly to be erected into a separate colony), which would receive its mails via Pa nama as soon as Melbourne; and New Zealand, although willing to share the expense, can derive but little advan tage from the service. "6. That the feeling of the colonists of New South Wales and New Zealand has already been clearly manifested, the Governments of both those colonies having unanimously voted a large sum to establish a mail service by the Panama route—the former £35,000 a-year, the latter 1:35,000. And this feeling has again been strongly expressed by the Legis lature of New South Wales, as appears in recent accounts received from that colony. "7. That whilst your memorialists believe that the Suez route ought to be maintained as having the incidental ad vantagetof keeping open the intercourse between Australia and the British dependencies in the East, the Panama route presents still more important incidental advantages as opening the communication with the British colonies in North America, the West India Islands, and the ne wl y discovered gad fields on the North-West Cast, as well as with the United States and with the coasts of South America, between which and the Australian colonies commercial re lations of great importance already exist. "8. That the importance of the Panama route is im mensely enhanced by the completion of telegraphic com munication with America, by which intelligence may be conveyed between the Australian colonies and England in about 30 days. "9. That upon every consideration, whether of commer cial or political convenience, the maintenance of a double line of postal service is of the highest importance as a pro vision against those contingencies to which a single line will always be more or less exposed. "And your memorialists earnestly hope that their petition may be taken into the favourable con sideration of her Majesty's Government." Sir E. L. BULWER—You are aware that the establish ment of any route of postal communication must rest with the -Treasury. It is not a matter for the Colonial-office, although, undoubtedly, recommendation of the Colonial Minister will have its doe weight and influence. A great o f ap plications have been received on this subject, w ill have every consideration from the Govern nanudraht they Govern ment. I think it probable that we may ultimately be able to establish a fortnightly communication with the Austra lian;:colonies by way of Panama, the more so in consequence of the.formation of the colony of British Columbia. But, the qu'estiou is, after all, to a great extent one of expense. The Hon. Mr. PARKER referred to the great inconveni ence that had arisen from the irregularity of the mails as was pointed out in the memorial. The colonies of New South Wales and New Zealand bad offered to contribute liberally towards the establishment of the proposed route. New Zealand bad offered a subsidy of £15,000 and New South Wales a subsidy of £35 , 000 a year. Sir E. L. BULWER—I should like to have some idea of the proportionate expenses of the Panama route. The Hon. Mr. PARKER—Twelvemonths ago the company w hi c h nose has communication with New South Wales would have been content with the colonial subsidy, inde pendent of the Imperial Government altogether ; but the line broke down somewhere on this side of Panama. Sir E. L. BuLWER—Was that an Australian or an Eng lish company ? The Hon. Mr. PARKER—It was the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, and they would have taken the mail the whole way, but their consideration was that they bad an establishment between Panama and England. Sir E. L. BULWER—And would they have taken the rest for 00,000 a-year ? The Hon. Mr. PARKER—Yes. The contract now in ex way of Suez was not only most insufficient, but i m st o e s n t pceexby e nsive. He had been informed by a gentleman of great mercantile eminence, that if the old contracts were annulled, the two might be taken and effectually carried out for the additional £50,000. Both as regarded the Imperial Government and the colony, it was most desir able that there should be a second route. Sir E. L. BULWER, so far as the principle is concerned, I very much agree with the memorialists, and so far as the expression of my opinion goes I am in favour of the esta blishment of a double route ; very much so indeed. A great number of reasons have lately arisen to render the second route necessary, and I shall be exceedingly glad to do what I can to pr omote it. That is all I can sa y ; perhaps you may think it desirable to see the Tressury on the subject. The deputation then withdrew. CRYSTAL PALACE.—ONE SHILLING D AY.—Yes terdsy the admissions on payment were 11,684 ; do. by season tickets 848; total, 12,532. LONDON GAZETTE.-(THIS EVENING.; WHITEHALL, AUG. 30. The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a Knight of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire land unto Frederic Hughes, Esq., late a Captain in the 7th Regiment of Madras Light Cavalry. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, AUG. 31. 2d Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Brevet -Major Cook Synge Hutchinson to be Major, by purchase, vice Keene, who retires; Lieutenant George Eden Jarvis to be Captain, by purchase, vice Hutchinson. 2d Dragoons—Surgeon Augustus Purefoy Lockwood, from the Bth Hussars, to be Surgeon, vice Llewelyn, who exchanges. 4th Light Dragoons—Sergeant-Major James William Kelly, to be Cornet, without purchase, vice Brooke, pro- m oted. Ist Light Dragoons—Cornet Thomas Richards to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Reilly, killed in action; Regimental Sergeant-Major John Pickworth to be Riding Master; Surgeon Jenkin Homfray Llewelyn, from the 2d Dragoons, to be Surgeon, vice Lockwood, who exchanges. 15th Light,rea William Henry Horne to be Captain by purchase, vice Lord W. C. M. D. Scott, who retires. 16th Light Dragoons—Walter P. Ba enal, Gent., to be g Cornet, without purchase, vice Atkinson, promoted. Military Train—Lieutenant Robert M. Hornby, from the 99th Foot, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Brevet -Major Wood, who retires. Ist Regiment of Foot—The promotion of Lieutenant- Colonel A. B. Montgomery. C. 13., to be Colonel in the Army, as stated in the Gazette of the 28th May, 1858, to be antedated to 13th January. 7th Foot—Brevet -Major Frederick Ernest Appleyard to be Major, by purchase, vice Gilley, who retires; Morris James Fawcett, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Fol lett, promoted. 10th Foot—Lieutenant George C. Bartholomew to be Captain, by purchase, vice Milner, who r e t i r e s; ce Ensign P. W. Matthews to be L ieutenant, by purchase, vi Bartho- lomew. 13th Foot—To be Captains, without purchase : Lieut. Samuel Head, from 24th Foot le Lieut. John Peyton, from 87th Foot; Lieut. A. C . Bog, from 78th Foot. To be Lieutenants, without purchase : Ensign W. S. Cunning home, Ensign George Turville, Ensign A. G. Wynen, and Ensign E. Bolger. 14th Foot —Ensign Francis Fox Robinson has been super seded, being absent without leave. 15th Foot—To be Ensign s, by parchace : Charles Clifton Tabor, Gent., vice Idut don, promoted; Charles Samuel Chapman, Gent., vice Heaton, promoted. 20th Foot—Lieut. John Carden to be Captain, by pur chase, vice Hewett, who retires. h u ttleworth, Esq., to be pay 21st Foot —George He n ry S master. 22d Foot—The Commission of Quartermaster George Wohlrnann to be antedated to sth March, 1858. 24'h Foot—Lieut. Charles O'L. L. Prendergast, from the 3d West India Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice J. Scott, who exchanges. 30th Foot—Ensign Henry F. Morewood to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice G. H. Sanders, who retires upon half-pay. 39th Foot—Ensign C. Francis Oldtield to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Arbuckle, w ho retires; Francis Ernest Kerr, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Oldfield. 43d Foot—Joseph Hogartb, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Talbot, promoted. 4Gth Foot—Major Arthur George Vesey to be Lieute nant-Colonel, without purhase ; Brevet-Major Algernon Robert Garrett to be Major, without purchase, vice Vesey ; Lieutenant Thomas John Barlow Connell to be Captain, without purchase, vice Garrett ; Ensign Vesey Daly to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Council; Ensign Allan J o shua Kentish to be Lieutenant , by prhase, vice Coote, promoted. 48th Foot—Assistant -Surgeon Jean Valleton de Bois siere, from the Staff, to be Assistant -Surgeon, vice Hemp hill, appointed to the 66th Foot. 49th Foot.—Ensign Frederick Platt Blackmore, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Maule, who retires; Wm. John Gillespie, Gent., t o be Ensign, by purchase, vice Blackmore; Lieut. Robert Hall Sprott to be Instructor of Musketry, vice Chaplin, retired. 54th Foot. —Ensign M. W. E. Gosset to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Edwards, whose promotion by purchase on the 13th July, 1858, has been cancelled; Ensign E. S. Chapman, from the 15th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Gosset. 60th Foot.—Edward Digby O'Rorke,Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Heathcote, promoted. 64th Foot.—Henry F. Scobell, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice George Thompson, who resigns. 65th Foot.—Staff -Surgeon of the Second Class Thomas E. White, M.D., to be Surgeon, vice Marshall, who exchanges. 79th Foot—Ensign G. W. Coventry, from the 84th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Simpson, who exchanges 84th Foot —Ensign James M. Thomas Simpson, from the 79th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Coventry, who exchangeon to s. 91st Foot—Brevet-Lieut.-Colonel B. E. M. Gord be Lieut.-Colonel, without purchase ; Brevet-Major Henry J. Savage to be Major, without purchase, vice Gordon; Lieutenant Alexander C. Bruce to be Captain, without pur chase, vice Savage; Ensign Robert Powell Jones to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Bruce. 2d West India Regiment—Ensign A. E. Pierson has been permitted to resign his commission. 3d West India Regiment—Lieutenant James Bligh Scott, from the 24th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Prendergast, who exchanges. RECRUITING DISTRICT. Brevet-Colonel David Russell, C. 8., from the 84th Foot, o be Inspecting Field Officer, vice Brevet-Colonel Kelly deceased. HOSPITAL STAFF. Staff-Surgeon of the First Class, with local rank, Thomas Patrick Matthew to be Staff-Surgeon of the First Class. Surgeon Thornton Marshall, from the 65th Foot to be Staff-burgeon of the Second Class, vice White, who ex changes. To be Acting Assistant -Surgeons: — John Goodrick Campbell, Gent. George Palatiano, M.D. Thomas Henderson Somerville, Gent. Thomas Howell, Gent. Thomas Lightfoot, Gent. Acting Assistant -Surgeon Richard Robinson Alderson has been permitted to resign his appointment. MEMORANDUM. The second Christian name of Quartermaster John Croker, on half-pay 6th Foot, is Charles. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORDS-LIEUTENANT . The Duke of Lancaster's Own Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry—Adjutant Charlie Berkeley Molyneux to be Cap tain, and to serve with the rank of Captain from the date of his Adjutant's commission, viz. , the 11th Dec., 1856. Oxfordshire Regitneatlof Militia—Lieutenant W. Frede rick Raitt to be Captain, vice Cole, resigned ; Ensig ro- Henry Olivier Lloyd to be Lieutenant, vice Raitt, p n moted. 2d Regiment of Roy arieshire Militia—Walter Alexander J am es Wakeman, Gent. , to be Ensign, vice J. D. Barnes, resigned. Resignation—Lieut. James Broil' Byers. Ist Regiment of Royal Cheshire Militia—Resignation — Captain Archibald Edmund Bromwich. ThE NAVY. The Right Hor. Sir John Pakington, the First Lord of the Admiralty. arrived on Saturday at his seat in Worces tershire from Pernhroke, having completed his annual tour of inspection of the naval dockyards and arsenals. Captain the Tim. J.H. Drummond and Lord Lovaine, M.P., Junior Lords, harp returned to town from Pembroke. The Right Hon. 11. T. L. Corry, M.P., the Secretary of the Admiralty, has gone on a tour to Scotland. Rear- Admiral Milne, on leaving Pembroke, went to Scotland for a few weeks' relaxation. The Board of Admiralty have countermanded the order for the removal of the Seamen's Hospital-ship from Greenwich to the pier at Greenhithe, and have ordered the whole of the moorings laid down for that purpose to be removed. Com modore Count Popoff and a party of officers from the Rus sian squadron at Portsmouth, yesterday visited Woolwich Arsenal, by permission of the War Department, and in spected the Royal Laboratory and other departments of that establishment. The steatu-trawport 'William France commenced shipping platforms, g un-earriages, and other stores from Woolwielt Arsenal yesterday for Corfu ; and the steamer Elizabeth Jane yesterday arrived in the liver, and commenced ship ping military stores from Woolwich, for Malta. The Diadem, 32, screw frigate, Capt. W. Moorsom, C. 8., arrived at Spitherei on Sunday afternoon from the westwat d, and saluted the flag of the Commander-in-Chief. The Russian ships Rindee, Griden, and Oprichnew are expected to sail to-morrow (Wednesday) for the Pacific. A da y has not passed since their arrival at Spit head but some of their officers have visited the dockyard. Eleven of them did so yesterday. The Agamemnon, 91, screw, Capt. G. W. Preedy, had her lower masts and bowsprit taken out at Portsmouth yes terday, and is to be paid off to-morrow. The Pigmy steam-vessel, Master Jo hnston acting, sailed from Portsmouth yesterday afternoon with supernumeraries for Plymouth. On Thursday night five line-of-battle ships belonging to the Channel fleet anchored in Torbay. They are expected to remain a few days in the bay, and since they have been there they have been practising great gun exercise. The Benares, screw -steamer, belonging to the Peninsular and Oriental Company, returned to Falmouth on Saturday after her fruitless endeavour to find the Colombo at Vigo, but, on being telegraphed from London to proceed again to Vigo, she departed at once for that port, after replenishing her fuel. The following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty:—Patrick Selvin, Surgeon, to the Valorous; Edmund Wallis, Assistant -Surgeon, to the Wellesley ; J. N. Dick, Assistant -Surgeon, to the Chatham Division of Royal Marines; and Percy O.M. Presgrave, Clerk, to the Cressy. THE ARMY. BANKREFFTI3. Edward John Cook, commission agent, Hall-street, City road, to surrender Sept. 9, at half-past one, and Oct. 15, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Henry Earnshaw, corn miller, Mytholmroyd, Yorkshire, Sept. 10 and Oct. 8, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Joseph Roberts, ironmonger, Liverpool, Sept. 13 and Oct. 8, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. Wm. Nicholas Jones, bookseller, Newport, Sept. 13 and Oct. 18, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. William Parsonage, steam packet agent and auctioneer, Liverpool, Sept. 7th, at twelve, and Oct. 8, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Thomas Dawson, printer, Birmingham, Sept. 13, and Oct. 4, at half-past eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Edward Brereton Baldwin, saddler, Walsall, Sept..lo and Oct. 1, at half-past eleven, at the Birmingham 'District Court. William Arnold Bailey, wine and spirit merchant, Bide ford, Devonshire, Sept. 9 and Oct. 12, at one, at the Exeter District Court. %J o hn Madin and Richard Webster , brewers, Newark, Sept. 14 and Oct. 5 , at half - pa st ten, at the Shire-ball, Not tingham. upGoneo-Trgreentßose ffßoirrdcsbheirr,einnkeeperpt.io and o b c t r . e te a r ur half-past eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. James and Thomas Steven, coaltnasters, Burn bank, Ayr. shire. Dun John Alexander, plumber, oon. John M'Kenzie, clock maker, Hi g h-street, Edinburgh. THE WORTHING CATASTROPHE. —On Sunday, at four o'clock in the afternoon, the funeral of the children taf Mr. Torr—Elizabeth, Ada, and Florence—and Clementin.a Jackson, with the boatman Bland and his wife, took place at Broadwater church, about one mile from Worthing, and almost within sight of the spot where the recent dreadful calamity occurred. The bodies were placed in a hearse, and attended by a file of mourners, and not less than 3,000 spec tators. At the porch of the ancient church at Broadwater the bodies were received by the ltev. E. K. Elliott, 8.A., the incum b e nt of the parish,and immediately afterwards the beautiful edifice, which is considered to be one of the finest specimens of the Norman and Saxon periods in this country of an ecclesiastical character, was crowded to excess. The burial service was read in an impressive manner by the rev. incum bent. At four o'clock in the morning the bodies of Mary Sarah, William Thomas, George, and Clara Ann Smith, the children of Mr. Smith, who were also drowned by the oversetting of the Mary Eliza, were removed by special train to the residence of their father in town for interment. The brave man Lester, who saved the sur vivors, was one of the chief mourners at Broadw&ter. During the reading of the funeral service scarcely a 2 :al eye was to be seen. The Commander-in -Chief has issued directions for the Royal Antrim Rifle Regiment of Militia, at Woolwich, to be thoroughly instructed ii: the art of manufacturing war materials, as practised in the Z.aboratory Department oft the Royal Arsenal. One company is ordered to be admited daily for that purpose until further CYclers. I n f o rmation has just been received Of the safe a r rival at their destination of the party of Royal Ent:ineers who sailed from Southampton on the 2d April last for British Columbia, for the purpose of marking out and making a s crvey of the Oregon boundary, which runs along the 49th p:kralle.l of latitude, from the Gulf of Georgia to the Rocky Monti: 4l ns. The detachment consisted of Lieut.-Col. Hawkins, Commissioner; Capt. Haig, Royal Artillery ; Lieut. Wilson and Lieut. Durrab, R.E.; and 50 non-commissioned officers and sappers of the Royal Engineers. Capt. Parson, R.E., and the detachment of non-com missioned officers and sappers of the Royal Engineers who embark at Southampton for British Columbia, via Chagres and Panama, to-morrow, are not intended, as stated, f.,r the survey of the Oregon boundary, but for the survey of such a portion of the territory as may seem most suitaMe for the establishment of the first Imperial settlement, which will be formed on the arrival of the main body of the expedition, under Col. Moody, R.E., who will take out with them, we are informed, a sufficient quantity of iron and wooden houses, &c.,--to form a small town at once, and which may be destined to form the capital of a prosperous colony. Captain Barnett, Stb company, 4th battalion, Lieutenant Youn.z, six non-commissioned officers, and 42 gunners of the Royal Artillery, at Woolwich, are under orders to re lieve Captain Blosse and the detachment of Artillery, 12th battalion, on duty at the Tower, who are ordered to return to bead-quarters, Woolwich. A society for promoting the exercise of the rifle by pri vate individuals is about to be formed at Torquay. THE MILITIA. The Lord-Lieutenant of Brecknockshire has appointed Tuesday, the sth of Octob?r, as the most convenient time for calling out the Royal Brecknock Rifle Regiment for training and exercise. SIEGE OPERATIONS AT CHATHAM. The military season is over at Aldershott, and the other popular places of warlike entertainment are fast preparing winter quarters. The great Engineer barrack on the banks of the Medway has kept open a few days later with brilliant attractions, but only for a short time, and yesterday the last display was made in one of those interesting and well managed siege operations for which Chatham has become so widely and justly celebrated. The programme on this occasion was almost as varied in incidents and effects ai any day of actual hard siege fight ing. There was cannonading, springing mines under land and water, escalading, pontooning, crossing bridges, and blowing up stockades, — in fact , a ll, and a good deal more than all, which any one could hope to witness even in a siege of the most complicated and desperate character. The day, therefore, was looked forward to apparently with a good deal of interest, net alone on account of the opera tions themselves, but because, perhaps, they were to be the last of the kind for the year, and because, as it was generally believed, his Royal Highness the Com mander-in-Chief would conduct the operations in person. In the latter expectation the Chatham public were certainly disappointed, and also, we imagine, in the operations tnetu selves, for from one cause or another the commencement was delayed till so late in the afternoon that the siege and s ham assault, the only things whic h bore curtailing, were all compressed into the space of a few minutes, and the fight terminated before the firing had well informed the public of what was going on. The weather, too, as no doubt many of our readers have had cause to observe for themselves on similar occasions, exercised an important adverse influence. During all the early part of the morning it rained with that dogged obstinacy peculiar to such holiday occasions in England, and though towards the middle of the day it cleared up fine and warm, yet the mischief was done, and any influx of visitors from the country effectually prevented. The siege works upon this occasion had been undertaken, to perfect the young officers and men studying military engineering at Chatham, in carrying out the most important details of their tactics in that practical manner which cat only be acquired by the experieace of actual siege operations on a large, though bloodless scale. For this purpose, therefore, actual siege was laid to that portion of the Chatham defences round the steep bill over looking St. Mary's Creek, and enclosing the barracks to wards New Brompton. It is some time since the siege com menced, for everything has been done according to the most approved rules and regulations of civilised and very modern warfare. Not a sod was turned which was not ne cessary to the attacking party—not a thistle was cut down or a blade of grass uprooted hut upon the soundest strate getical reasons. The only difference (rather an important one, it is true) between the approaches in this case and those of an ordinary siege was that there was no defence. No matter what batteries were erected or what dangers seemed to threaten Chatham, the defenders gave no heed. There were no sorties or alertes, rifle pits or mines to contend against, yet, notwithstanding such rather favourable circumstances, the attack progressed but slowly, for every step had to be taught to both men and junior offi cers, and since the ground was first broken some months have elapsed ere the place bats been completely invested. However, in spite of all delayer' the last approaches, with all th e i r sanguinary etceteras of mines, fougasses, breaching batteries, and so on, were complete d, and nothin g remained but to "'deliver," as it is termed in military parlance, the final assault at 2 o'clock yesterday, though, as it turned out, the delivery was by no means made with that punctuality w hich usually distinguishes military appointments in such matters. As we have intimated, it was anticipated that the Commander-in-Chief would either conduct or witness the operation, so, in order to give extra eclat to the occasion, there was to be pontooning across St. Mary's Creek to the island, with subaqueous explosions and a trial of varicui kinds of improvised bridges for use in the field. The place besieged was situated in the heights over the creek—a salient angle of the works, including several strong bastions and batteries, and defended, of course, like other parts of the Chatham lines, by a very broad and deep dry ditch. In spite of this de fence, however, as even the mimic siege showed beyond a doubt, this salient is a very weak part of the works, so weak, jndeed, as to quite justify the opinion that, though an attack on it might occasion heavy loss, it could, never theless, be taken with comparatively. as much ease and cer tainty, in spite of its defence, as . if, in the case of the pre sent siege, it never fired a defensve shot at all. Against' this weak point the siege had been regularly press ed, with the usual approaches of first, second, third, a nd fourth parallels , and their accompaniments of covering batteries to each, rifle-pits, zigzags, breastwork, and mines, so that when complete the whole trenches cover a very large extent of ground. Taking the whole, from first to last, all these approaches were most admirably executes!, and with as much care and solidity literally as if the lives of all concerned in the attack depended on them. All the parallels were deep and capacious, the breastworks high and massive, the musketry loops strong and admirably. concealed. The insides of all the works were carefully rivetted with turf and fascine the outsides showed little to the fire of the enemy, andthere were sbell-pits and refuges for the men as if every sod had been turned under a tremendous fire of bombs, with stout and well-made banquettes for the men to stand on and fire over the parapet, against sorties or enemy's rifle men. Whenever the zigzags were compelled to turn so as to b e e apo . sed, however distantly, to the enfilading fire from the besieged, traverses crossed the approach at close inter vals. It was in these traverses, and in them only, the expe rienced eye detected that the besiegers had never had to encounter the enemy's fire,_ for they were unquestionably t oo weak to withstand the effects of any but the very lightest artillery. The magazines, however, were, as the Englis h magazines always are, protected with the most solid works, and the batteries thrown up at various points were 18 feet thick in the embrasures. In the construction of the works wrought iron solid gabions had been used with the iron band hoop gabionsi and those of the common hazel and ash twigs. The latter are represented as being beyond all doubt the best where wood and labour are abundant, but the durability of the iron band hoop gabions, as well as the facility with which any number can be made and transported, gives them an immense advantage over any others for convenience. Nine batteries had been constructed to assist at the final assault—all of different kinds, but all, or nearly all, converging their fire on the casemate battery and redan wall of the besieged place. The armament of these besieging works seldom exceeded two pieces—howitzers, 18- pounders, or 32-pounder siege guns. There was an admi rably-constructed masked battery—quite hidden—to sweep the dry ditch; this was No. 4. Nos. 5 and 6 batteries were placed so as to command the re-entering angles of the be sieged works. No. 7 battery had a mine of 271 b. of powder to breach the redan, and a counter battery next it, and also opposite the redan, had the same charge for the same purpose in another deep mine. These works were connected with a line of rifle-pits admirably constructed and concealed, and in rear of them was a cavalier bat tery, looped in all parts for riflemen, and defended with cohorns from behind. This was the besiegers' right attack. The left was also of several strong batteries, with m soe 20 taugasses (small mines) in a fl y in g sap, running direct upon the casemate battery, and almost at right angles with the run; tain to be escaladed. The men at the breaching guns a others close to the works were " endangered" by soros of i the clumsiest mantlets over the muzzles of the pieces (to ever keep out the fire of the besie g ed riflemen) which devised. In active service such mend would fly like grape among the defenders of a battery, do ten times more mis. ir rn, Lb es- an le of is a tate I are 1 " o f L i the snow lbel• '' MS. r 27• - I