The Sun. — London, England, 1855-10-05 00:00:00

q her s well urnals Df ter- state sty at Pied- Be the arty of ny let ;0 give Whom for it ier, to al and i from e wish bttacks Future. RAT. d, up• which The broken .e yake re, for ,urpen• ictured le tree pints ; in the leading escap- .oir de- or two, les, un side to cl trees without d with ground )ut the r as the until it he con- t e exca- )arrels, rield of en per listilled consist two or ort, the 1 away, s of, the us mat. i of the . wood, is then :ut into her in a /7 - 0 7,T Tri'V- MARKE T I:I TA IL AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLowc. In the Liverpool cotton market, yesterday, the demand for cotton was very general, but not for large quantities. The market closed very flatly, and prices of American and Brazils were Id. per lb. :lower than last week. Other sorts were unchanged, ihut liMavy of sale. The sales were 7,000 bales (1,500 for export, and the remainder to the trade). 300 Egyptian sold from 6d. to 6/(1. ; 2,000 Surat, 3-/d. to 44d. ; and 30 Sea Islands, 10?- 2 -d. to ls. 2d. per ib• ; 25,000 bales have been imported during the week. The Railway Share Market was brisk, at a slight decline on Wednesday's rates. There has been less firmness in the market for colonial produce this week. Sugar, however, has ruled steady, though there has been less disposi tion to purchase. Plantation Ceylon Coffee has been ls. to ls. Gd. per cwt. cheaper, and other kinds have tended downwards. Cocoa has been Ocl. to ls. cheaper, and Tea has remained at 9d. per lb. for common Congou. Rice has been 3d. per cwt. cheaper, and the demand has been limited. A fair business has been done in Spices. Pimento and Cassia Vera have been depressed. Rum has ruled steady, and Tallow is firmer. The alteration to 5i per cent. in the rate of dis count was noticed in the first edition of yesterday's L'un, and was not adopted until after very full con sideration at the Bank of England, nor can it be said that it was generally expected. We have dwelt upon the necessity of doing something to baulk those mere exchange speculators, who have little or no connection with legitimate trade, and it is only to be regretted that they cannot be reached through a medium which will not so im mediately act upon the quiet going trader. How ever, we have the consolation to know, that among the bankers and discount firms, the negotiation of home bills is easily effected, and that the demand is by no paeans adequate to the meansat the diaposal of the banks. Even yesterday, the 4th of the month, when a pressure might be expected, as an ordinary occurrence, there was no .excitement and no casualty of importance. Thii morning, although long dated bills connected with foreign and Indian business were charged up to the Bank minimum, English drafts can be done below it ; and we hear of money being left with the Lombard-street houses at not more than 31 per cent. This does not look like extreme tightness, nor is there so much want of cash on the Stock Exchange as there was a few days since. For deposits left during a longer period, the Joint-Stock Banks allow 4 to ; but then they require notice of withdrawal. The English Funds have been more subdued this morning after the sudden drop yesterday afternoon upon the alteration in discounts ; and, besides the buying back of speculators who had previously sold, there has been quiet purchases for the public, and up to this hour Mr. Mullins, who is pretty closely watched, does not appear, either personally or by proxy, to have been offering stock for the Bank of England. We need not say how great would be the relief to the market were he to dis continue his operations. Consols have been 87/ and 87i for Transfer, and 871 to 4 for the 12th inst. Exchequer Bills are 2s. to ss. prem. East India Stock has been marked 226, and Bank Stock 216 to 218, being lower than when last dealt in. Foreign Securities have been unsteady. Turkish opened at 831 to 4, touched 841, and are now 83i to 84/. The Scrip has been 2± to 21 discount. Mexican are about the same, 21/ ' but Peruvian have receded to 741 after being 751. Spanish Threes are 381. Brazilian Old 5 per Cents. have been done at 99. The following are the nominal prices of foreign stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 18 to 20 ; Mexi can, 211 to 211 ; Peruvian Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 74 to 76 ; ditto Three per Cents., 54 to 56; Portuguese Four per Cents., 43 to 45 ; Russian Five per Cents., 97 to 99 ; ditto Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 85 to 88 ; Spanish New Deferred, 371 to 381 ; ditto Three per Cents., 19g to 19 ; ditto Certificates, 41 to 41 ; ditto Passive, 4 to N.. Messrs. D. Bell, Son, and Co. report that during the week the business in American Securities has been chiefly confined to the variousßailroad. Bonds, of which there have been some considerable sales at reduced prices. STATE SECURITIES. Redeemable. Plr Cent. Maryland 5 per Cent. (Sterling Bonds)... ... 92 93 M assachusetts 5 per Cent. (Sterl. Bonds). ...101. 103 Mississippi 6 per Cent. P. I. Bk. Bonds lB4l-1871... Mississippi 6 per Cent. Union Bk Bonds ... South Carolina 5 per Cent. Bonds (Baring's) 1858-1868... South Carolina 5 per Cent. Bonds (Palmer's) 1866.. Virginia 6 per Cent. Bonds 1886.. 45 47 20 22 9T 93 81 Si 8& 89 CITY SECURITIES. Boston 5 per Cent. Bonds ... 90 Montreal 6 p. Cent. Ster. 80nd5...1856-1865... 83 New Orleans 6 per Cent. Stock 1883... 80 Pittsburgh 6 per Cent. Stock 1869-1883... 7d RAILROAD BONDS. Illinola 4 bentral 7 per Cent. Ist Mortgage, not Convertible 1875... Illinois Central 7 per Cent. Freeland Bonds 1860... Michigan Central 8 p. Cent., no Mort. _1860... New York Central 6 per Cent., not Convertible 1833... 81. N. York and Erie 7 p. Cent. Convertible 1862... 75 Panama 7 per Cent., let Mortgage 1864_ 93* Pennsylvania Central 6 p. Cent., Convert 18i0... 90 91 92 85 82 78 71 73 *Ex dividend. Railway Shares have given rise to very few tran sactions. North-Western are to I lower than they were yesterday morning, and this about the average decline in the other lines • but, as compared with yesterday's closin g rates, there is no further reduction, and in some instances a slight improve ment. he Foreign Shares are weak, and with smaller dealing. The Joint-Stock Bank Shares have been dull, and Canada flatter. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'cL, ( Prom. the 05cial Lift. ) Iltr4inels don. 2 per Cent. Consols Annuities B7; 4 i India Stock Bank Stock for Account 2lB 16 Coutiols ;or Account, 12th October B7 I i Exchequer Bills, 2id. 2d. 21000 .. ....., 11500 Rmall 2 Etehequer Bonds 1858, 31 per Cent , 98i g Ditto 1859, ~ PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK Brazilian Bonds 5 per Cent. Equador Bonds b l 3xican 3 per Cent. Ditto for the Account 2li ili Peruvian Bonds, 4i per Cent..... Ditto 3 per Cent. Sok n)Sh Bonds, 3 per Cent .. Ditto for the account ... Tarkiai Bonds, 6 per cent Ditto for the account... Ditto Small 38} 831 4} 31 2g d Dividends on the above payable in Lon lon. HALP-DAST Two. Consols Ditto foT Vic Account LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, this Oct. s. —Wind es with at rain. noon, S.S.W. ; fresh breeze and squally, a t ti min PORTSMOUTH, Sept. 4. _lv stt Arrived—William Jackson (tpt. 19 . 3) . , from •to w Bal•D.SkTav•a—; H. 111.5. York, Baltic ; Yorktown, London York ; Oriental, London , for New Orleans ; Se've f r o n r , Port. land Bay. DARTMOUTH, Sept. 4.—W ind w.—Arrived—Dronio, from Antigua. COWES, Sept. 4.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Christianne, from Callao, and sailed for Antwerp. RAMSGATE, Sept. 4.—The barque Change, of and f rom Sunderland for Barcelona, went on shore on the Goodwi n Sand last night, was assisted off, and is riding in the Mar gate Roads leaky. • PLYMOUTH, Sept. 4.—The Platina, of and from Fow e y for Quebec, and the Charles C. Fowler, were in contact; the former foundered. FALMOUTH, Sept. 4.—Wind fresh breezes.— Arrived—George, Titania, and British Yeoman, from Ak yab ; Julia, Callao ; Amethyst, Bathurst; Emma, Akyab, for Bordeaux. Off the port—Adventure, from Honduras, and sailed for Hull. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Friday Morning. Arrived—Caledonia, from Sunderland Harriet, New port; City of Limerick (s.), London; Indiana (s. tpt.), Portsmouth. Sailed—John Watson, for Sunderland ; City of Lime rich (s.), Dublin. LIVERPOOL, Friday Morning. Wind W. Arrived.—Robert Kelly, from New York; Caroline Logue, Malts ; American L:133, Alexandria. Off.—South Carolina. DUBLIN, OCt. 4. Wind W. Arrived.—Fingal, from Orkney Isles. (By SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Friday, 10.22 a.m. Wind S.W. ; tide first hour's ebb; cloudy. Arrived, 4th. —II dtwistle, from Pondicherry ; Marn hull44 and Barnley, Guernsey ; Ca ssage, Colombo.; firmly, °4 ; Narciinch Johth M,13. _ State djuda d not ,t the h the k the g the I own on of ed off , ad ; seen j OUT- - 311 has nt me )fit by overn- entry. and manner mound E which where a a ditch ignited, lw cora 6tter is 3rn that 3 tar of m this is made lace at ►l. The Lit, was Green- persons n prose- Ihis, for Martin's Volver ler sued a•week, to pay ght and ,he me• uestions .lountry. was a ye miles ►. Mr. ;, being beyance ke judge out.— an offi one gob ok it to coast of red, and T landed :ear the Liihmen t magined ked into to find stery.— ago,Vat Saxon, aown in stud of dm with 77 78 90 92 SHARE MARKETS. (THIS DAY.) RAILWAYS. RA/LwAYs. Aberdeen .mbg. Nottng. Boat and Eastn. Junet Belfast & RallYrierl.• Wolin rb stour Valley Cheshire Junet...... Chesh. & Birk., £5O and 1125 Cons. Do., Myth & Tyn 9 origins.' £25 (iced. at £45 iristol and Exeter... laledonian ....... Omni. and Cardigan Chester & Holyhta , Cork and Bandon Cork, Black, & Past ; Cornwall ; Do. A Do. B Chief" Junetfon DuolineißelfastJune Dun. P. & Abrj. Jnc Do. Nlia Eaqt Auglian , Eastern Counties.. East. Union, A. Sti De., B, Stoet ..... Do., New A. East Kent East Lancashire Edinburgh& Glasgov , Edinb. and Peebles.. Edin. Prth & Dun de, Forth & Clyde Ji.n J Furness Do. Extension Glasgow &S. West ,, '7 Great N. of Scotlnd„ Great Northern Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Gt. Sth. &West.(lre. Great Western Do. Stour Val. Rai Gua. Stk Irish South-Eag ten , . Lancaster & Carlisle Do., Thirds Do. New Thirds Lancash .audYork el. Do. W t. aiding Un. Liv:Crsi.y.&Soutb.pt London & Blackwal Lond. Bright & S.Cst. Land. and N. Westu iDo. Fifths Do. Eighths London andS. West' Do., £56. Do., £4O • . Lndndrry&Coleran , Lndndrr:-.& Mint*. Manch.Snef. & Linelb Do. Shares, No. Man. Ye Lin. UT, Metropolitan ti; Bland Birmng. &Dub gidld. G. West. (Ire. Do. Half Shares Newcastle & Carlist, Nwpt.Aberg. Newry & Enniskinet Newry Warrenpoin , and Rostrovor Norfolk Nortlin.Counties Un. North British North Devon, No. 1 Do., No. 2 A Deferred B Guaranteed Eastern—Berwiel , Do. do. Extension „,, Do. do. G.N.E. Burch Co. Leeds Do. York North London N stead, and City Jo North Staffordshir , North Western N. & S. Westrn. June Nuneaton, Hinckley and Leicester Ox, Wore., & Wolv , A,rts:aouth o .tish 3cottiehMidland Thropshire Union ;oath Devon ;loath Eastern youth Wales Yrksh. Dm, qathes,Wok. SLZvol Aoekton Dar lin ithekton Mutlop' Nir Vale Do. Prof., No. !ay. . [Tiverstono & Lanes Vale of Neath Weterfd. & Kilkennl `Vaterford&Limer ct I West Cornwall Test End of London ant Crystal Palace.. Do. A Do. B West London. Wimbledn &Croydon IClllitnß Prices reeterday. 24 - 25 31 - 48 ••• ..'. •• a 71 - 7i 16 - 15 14 - 15 9 - 8. 87 - 89 58i -- 59 Ili - 12,! ••• --- . 5 - 4 61 - 7 12 - 13 c 8 70 49 51 9i 9i • •• ...... • 72 - 74 64 - 7,f 85 - 66 - E 8 122 - 99 - 101 541 65 50 ':`,; 55 69 - 72 6 - 7 .1 6 - 71 , 741 -75 i Gl3 94 96 91t 91 1 2;} lid, 14- 81i —82 i 94 84 8s • 74 22} 23 7 8 - 61 - 64 36 - 38 •• .04 ...' 12 - 14 1i - 2j :I'6 - i. 25?,. ... 26 ••• • 68 • 69 8} - 5 - 11 - 12 45 46 91 - 98 - 5i 24 - 26 'Ol 106 74 76 4,1 43 11?; 56i 57 31 - 31 - 5 —• 3 2d. 33 - 35 • •• '''' la• '''''' • • • .. --. 19 20 3 - 4 19 - 21 5-- 7 4 2d 2 3 par ip 1 4 'OREIGN. 7§ - 8 21 - • 2 4- 2 A i- i , d par 343 35 9 —lO 22 224 81 8 d 15,1 161 62 64 91 - 93 3 - 31 5}- I iP 31 - 4 2i - Si 24 - 243 99 - 101 114 - 116 115 - 118 107 108 22i - 234 112 - 114 Ma ....... ••• 5 - tii: 19 --20 p 7 9 2 - 3 4i - 5f 4A - 5 - 34 12 !7 , 12i ••• - - 1 426 - 43 ViZ -- 46 lA. ... -• pm 20A - 213 2 - lirl 7 . i - i ... .. i - 111) ... - pm 3 --- 9 10 - 11 i) is : ntwe r adt Firitt rdam Do. 5 p.c. Oblgs. con. in Sh, at par till '64 Reigian Kastu. Jun.: Beziers to Grai FRC mat: Bombay, Baroda,ani Central India,ScriT Demerara intcb Rh enb h Eastern of France Do, New East Indian, g. 5 p c Estensioo Do. 4 p. c. Bds., pay '57, convertible__ Do. do. do., '59, do.. Gd. Tk of Canada.A is Do. St. Lawrence & Atlantic do. Do. Cert. of Deben. con. into Stk. till Do. Comp. 6p. c., do Gt. CeLtral of Fran,• Gt. Indian Peninsula guar. 5 per cent Do. New 5 por cent. no. Extensions....... Great Luxemboar. Constituted Share , Do. Obligations Gt.Westernof Canad Shares Do. lids., payable's7, with cption till '55.. Do. do., '62, p. Do. do., '76, p. '60... Dc,. do., '73, without' option Hamilton & Toronto. Do. 6 por cent. Lake Const. & Basle Lucca S. Pistoj a 5 p.c. pref Lyons and Genova Lyons & Mediterrar Madras Do. New Maria Antonia Do. do. New Namur Liege (with Interest) Do. (ex interest) Northern of France. Do.2ol.Slis Do. 207. 3 p. c Med (fmy. B. & Am s. Shs. I NorwegianTrunkPre Paris and Lyons Ditto Bonds Paris and Orleans Paris and Ronan— ParisCaen & Cherbrg. Rouen and Havre Royal Danish Royal Swedish. Do. Obligations 'Sambre and Meuse._ Do. 5.. p. cent. Pref. Seinde; Do.. Southern of France St. Andrew's and Quebec (A), West Flanders Do 5} per c. Prof... Western of France... Do Wcrtlof Switzerland Wiasbaden Zosland Rome and Frascati.. JOINT-STOC Anstra.lasia ....... Bank of London ..... liri. Co). hk.&Ln. C. iritish N. american ribartd. Bank of Asia Uhrtd. Bra. of India,' Australia, & China' City „ Colonial Commercial of Land Eng• Scot.& &us Cht Loud. Chart. Bk. of Australia. Ditto New .......n. .. .." ** I,ondon and C . o ** Lnd.&E. Enkg. c orp. London Joint Stock Loa d. & Westminster National Pro.of Eng. Do. New - • National of Ireland.. New South Wale:.... Oriental Bank of C0rp0rati0n.......... Provincial of Ireland Do. New ............... Royal Anstraln.Bkg. .101 ,1 Imp C 0.... Royal 8riti5h......... -ionth Australia Union of Australia Do. New . URIC% Of 1:10;doit 1K BANKR, 85 -- 87 49 - 51 d par d dig 53 - 55 F •• """' ••• fai 191 20 d ?i3 -- 40 r par -- 2p e•• '— ... 35 _ `36 40 - 42 52 - 54 .•• """ owl 41' 69 - 71 7i - gm Business done this day. ex d all ss. all all THE SCT ti t IiONDON, FRIDAY EATEI4II.4C3 s OCTOBER 5, 1855. LINES LFASED T FIXED RENTAL?. THIS DAY'S NEWS soldier 10s. from the poor-box fund to defray the costs of his maintenance to Scotland. Lcaciß, 'iompanF losing ericeF ye9ter lay. The soldier expressed his gratitude to the magistrate, and retired. LAW INTELLIGENCE. VIOLENT ASSAULT ON A POLICE CONSTABLE. James 71turston, a carpenter, and Catherine Keelin, a woman of the town, were brought before 1 :11r. Yardley, charged with being drunk and disorderly, and asFaulting Phillip Bradley, a police constable, No. 137 H, who said he was on duty this morning about one o'clock, in Back Church-lane, Whitechapel, when his attention was called to the male prisoner, who was quarrelling with another man and several prostitutes. They made a good deal of noise. He begged of them to be quiet, and go away, but they refused to do so, and he led the male prisoner to the end of the street, when he turned round upon him, and struck him a violent blow under the ear, which caused him to stagger, and he fell against the shutters of a house. When he recovered himself he laid hold of Thurston by the collar, and the woman Keelin then came up to him, and struck him a violent blow on the mouth, whioh caused it to bleed, and cut his lips. He then procured assistance and gave the pri soners into custody. Both were very violent and dis orderly on the way to the station-house. Thurston, who is a respectable-looking man, said he had unfortunately been drinking more than usual last night, which carried him into excesses he would have spurned if sober. He was not what the constable took him to be, but a working man. While he was in liquor he fell in with a fellow who was living with a girl of the town, and who invariably annoyed him when he met him. Ho got into a quarrel, the police constable came up, and he did not know whether he struck him or not. The woman pleaded that she was "insensibly drunk" BANKRUPTCY COURT. (Before Mr. Commissioner Fonblanque.) IN RE NEEDHALL AND WHITE. This was an adjourned examination. The bankrupts were described as of Friday-street, silk and velvet ma- nufacturers. The bankrupts passed. (Befora Mr. Commissioner Evans.) IN RE PETER STAINSBY. This was a meeting for last examination. The bank rupt was described as of Salvador-house, Bishopsg ate street, and of Ponteford, near Shrewsbury, and of Par son's-green, Fulham, smelter and manufacturer. The bankrupt's examination was again adjourned to give the assignees time to properly investigate the a& counts filed. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. this morning. Mr. Yardley said it was no excuse for beating a police man that the parties who assaulted him were drunk. The male prisoner was not suspected to be a dishonest man, or conducting himself otherwise than orderly in general, but he was a very powerful man, and a blow from him must have done the constable much injury. He feed Thurston 405., or in default of payment 14 days' imprisonment, and the female prisoner 103., or the alter native of 7 days' imprisonment. London N. We,q Caledon E. Un. E. C GL.Nrtun. E. Count. Caldonian. Gt. Wear Yk. New. Berw. Y. &NM !Do.- ,Do r. Eastern Do iPeto Sz Co. INorfolk.. L. & N. W. & Midid. Stckton & Darlingt. En. Coun. M. Count. Do L. & N.W Do Gt Northn Lancash dr Yorksb. T. Brassey M. MCloan Stockt. & Darlingt Do I atW4 i ... 6 --L-• a 1 a 6 - 7 - - 3 3 - 26 - 28 -11 P 65 - 69 31 - 33 24 - 26 18 - 20 A - ii; 13 - 15 - 7 - 7i ••• - 15 - 16 f -- 21 - 1 23 6 - 8 3t - 41 R - A 3} - 3 i 3 - 3i 1 -- 1 Business this day. MANSION-HOUSE. THE JEWISH MODE OF SLAUGHTERING CATTLE. — This was the adjourned day appointed for the hearing of a summons obtained by Mr. Forster, secretary to the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, against Yenikoff Cohen and Thomas Reynolds, for cru elty to a bullock. The question involved was one of considerable im portance to the members of the Jewish persuasion, the cruelty complained of being the mode by which they slaughter their cattle for food, and which the Society is prepared to show, by the highest medical evidence, inflicts cruelty on the animals. The hearing of the complaint on the former occasion was adjourned on the application of Mr. S. Samuels, t• enable him and the Jewish authorities to consider the question involved, and, if consistent with their religious tenets, to substitute some other mode of slaughtering the animals. To-day a further adjournment was applied for on the ground that the sth of October was a Jewish festival, on winch occasion the parties concerned would be en gaged in their religious duties, and it was suggested the complaint should be entered into on Monday next. Sir Peter Laurie asked if this was the first time the question had been broached. It was a very important question, and he had no recollection of such a case coming before him during his long experience. Mr. Forster said it was. The society considered they could suggest a more humane mode than that now adopted by the Jews, without interfering with their reli gious sights and feelings. By the Christian mode of slaughtering cattle, a bullock took two or three minutes in dying ; whereas, by the Jewish mode, it occupied 12 or 13 minutes in dying. It was unnecessary an animal should be kept so long dying. The Clerk, who attended for Mr. Samuels, objected to Mr. Forster then entering on the case, as he was not in a position to reply to him. Sir Peter Laurie said he thought it would be advan tageous to Mr. Sampson Samuels to know what the real charge was. Mr. Forster then described the Christian and Jewish modes of slaughtering cattle. By the latter mode the legs of the animal are hobbled, and it is then thrown on its side. A hollow ring is placed in its mouth, into which is put an iron bar, and the head of the animal is held down in a certain posture, when the religious officer comes with a sharp knife, shaves off a portion of the hair from the throat, and with one cut severs the jugular vein. The Jews considered that by so doing the bullock died quickly, but it was a mistake. The vein, after the first rush of blood, collapsed, and the blood then flowed slowly, causing the animal to be 12 or 13 minutes in• dying. The Jewish official, if he failed in the first cut to inflict death, was not allowed to repeat it—the animal, in consequence, being unfit for food, and it not unfrequently happened that the butcher behind the back of the religious officer cut a piece off one of the veins to cause the blood to flow more freely and cause the animal to die. After some other observations between Sir Peter Laurie, Mr. Forster, Mr. Samuels' clerk, and the magis trates' clerk, the hearing was adjourned till the 16th. GUILDHALL. CUTTING AND WOUNDING. Edmund Wheeler, re manded charged with cutting and wounding Walter Coulson, with whom he lived at 9, Printing-house-lane, was placed at the bar for final examination. The prisoner, who is an ex-policeman, was defended by Mr. Lewis. The case was reported in The Sun on Monday, when it first came before Alderman Humphrey. To-day the additional evidence of the surgeon was taken, which showed that the prosecutor was suffering from a clean cut wound on the arm, five inches in length, two inches of which exposed the muscular structure ; and also one of three inches in length. On the leg he found two wounds, one four inches, the other three inches in length. The wounds were not dangerous. _ Alderman Hunter committed the prisoner for trial for unlawfully wounding the complainant. SOUTHWARK. DARING WATCH ROBBERY, BY A FEMALE, IN A PUBLIC-HOUSE.—Illen Kelly, a dissipated-looking young woman, wag placed at the bar, before Mr. A'Beckett, charged with stealing a silver watch and chain, from the person of John Coiling, under the following circum stances : The prosecutor, a middle-aged man, stated that be was a plasterer, and he resided in Upper Ground-street, Blackfriars-road. Last evening he had been to the Surrey Theatre, and when he was returning home he called at the Halfway House Tavern, in Webber-street, to partake of some refreshment. While standing there the prisoner came in and spoke rather familiar to him. At that time his watch was safe in his waistcoat pocket, and perceiving that the prisoner pushed against him rather heavily, he went to another part of the bar. Immediately after that a man told him that the prisoner had a watch in her hand, which he believed she had stolen, and on putting his hand to his waistcoat pocket witness missed his watch and chain. The prisoner was then seized, and the watch was found in her possession. He then called in a constable, and gave her into custody. James Robinson, a labourer, stated that about twelve o'clock last night he was in the Halfway House, drink ing a glass of ale, when he saw the prisoner p us hi ng against the prosecutor. The latter partially fell back wards, and as the prisoner was leaving bim, witness saw the watch produced in her hands with the chain hanging down. He immediately laid bold of her, and after con siderable difficulty' succeeded in wrenching the watch from her hand. Having called the prosecutor's atten tion to the circumstances a constable was fetched, an d she was given into custody. Prior to his arrival, how ever, she bit his bands and kicked him severely. Mr. A'Beckett asked what state the prosecutor was in to allow his watch to be taken from him so easily ? Witness replied that he was a little under the influ ence of liquor, but he perfectly knew what he was about. _ _ The prisoner said she picked it up, and did not intend to steal it. She was remanded for the atte ndance of another witness. THAMES. A CRIMEAN HERO IN A DIFFIOULTY.—This morning, on Mr. Yardley taking his seat on the bench, a soldier came before him and said he wished to proceed to Scot land, his native place, and had not the means of doing so. He was present at the battles of Alma, I3alaklava, and Inkerman, and was wounded in the trenches before Sebastopol, sent home invalided, and was discharged on a pension. Mr. Yardley was very sorry to see a discharged British soldier, who wore the emblem of his bravery, a medal on his breast, in a destitute condition, and asked how he came to be in that state. The soldier—Your honour, I was robbed of all my money last night, and am without a farthing. Mr. Yardley—What part of Scotland do you wish to go to. The soldier—To Edinburgh, sir. Mr. Yardley—Well, in consideration of the services you have rendered your country, I will write to the secretary of the General Steam Navigation Company, in Lombard-street, to grant you a free passage to Edin burgh in one of their ships, and I dare say my request will be complied with under the circumstances. The soldier said his p assa g e was paid for, and pro duced the order for his passage ; but he had no means of maintaining himself on the voyage. Mr. Yardley—You got among the women last night, I suppose The Crimean hero did not deny the soft impeachment ; he held down his head, and muttered that he was very sorry he had made a fool of himself. Mr. Yardley said he hoped the soldier would act with more prudence in future, but he would not keep him from rejoining his friends and relatives in Scotland. He ordered Mr. Livingston, the chief usher, to give the MARYLEBONE. RUFFIANLY ASSAULTS ON THE POLICE. 271077248 Harris and William Harris were placed at the bar, before Mr. Long, charged with the following outrages on the police. It appeared from the evidence that at one o'clock this morning, the prisoners were very drunk and disorderly in Stingo-lane, New-road. After a desperate resistance they were taken into custody, when they attacked three officers in a most determined manner, kicking and strik ing them with all their might. They were ultimately properly secured and locked up. At the station-house the first-named prisoner conducted himself in a most violent manner while being taken down stairs to the cell. Thomas Harris stated that he had partaken of too much drink, and was not aware that he had ill-treated either of the officers ; and the other prisoner said his boots were not fit to kick a man with, they were so thin. The magistrate said these outrages upon constables in the execution of their duty were of such frequent oc currence that he was determined to punish offenders severely. The prisoners were both sent to the House of Correction for six weeks. CHARGE 01? ROBBERY.— A young woman, named Pleasance Fernandez, was brought up in custody, chargejl with having stolen a silver table spoon from the house of Mrs. Elizabeth Massey, 220, Maida-hill. Evidence of a strongly suspicious nature was gone into, but as the magistrate considered it would be useless to send the matter to a jury, the prisoner was discharged. MARKBT NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. Coastwise, since .Monday, the arrivals of English wheat have been tolerably extensive ; but fresh up to-day they were limited, and the show of samples was small. The demand, however, for most kinds ruled inactive, yet very little change took place in the quotations. The imports of foreign wheat have been trifling. Most kinds sold slowly, yet importers were firm, and late rates were supported. Floating cargoes commanded full prices. Very little barley was on sale, and the trade was steady, at fully late rates. We lad a firm market for malt, at fully Monday's cur rency. _ . _ The oat trade was steady, and really fine oats were the turn dearer. Beans, peas, and flour were unaltered in value Wheat. 4,050 ARRIVALS THIS WHISK. Barley. ( Malt. Oats. 1 , Flom -510 1 30) 590 • Plnglish Irill .... 5,1 - 0 - 0 1 4sO Foreign j / -, 1 -- , 0I 2,680 2140 sks • 4160 bra METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. The supply of beasts in to-day's market was but mode rate in number, and very deficient in quality ; neverthe less the demand for all breeds was inactive, at barely Mon day's currency. We were scantily supplied with sheep, mostly in low condition. The mutton trade, however, ruled dull, at barely stationary prices. The show of both English and foreign calves was rather extensive, and the veal trade was heavy, at a decline in the quotations of 2d per 81bs. Pigs were steady, at late rates. Milch cows sold slowly, at from 141. to 191. ss. each, in cluding their small calf. Per 81bs to sink the offals. s. d. s. d.! s. d. s d. Inferior Beasts.... 3 6to 3 8 1 PrimeSouthdown 410 5 Second quality.... 3 10 4 2 i Large crse. calves 310 4 6 Prime large oxen 4 4 4 6jPrime small d 0... 4 8 5 0 Prime Scots, cite. 4 8 410 Large hogs 3lO 4 4 Inferior Sheep ...3 6 3 SiSmall porkers 4 6 5 0 Second quality ...3 10 4 2 Suelc.ling calves.. 23 0 30 0 Primo crse.-wlled.4 4 4 B ( Quarter old pigs. 22 0 28 0 Beasts ...•• • . • • 872 i Beasts ...... • • .......... • 160 Sheep ............... 1 Calves . ..... ••..•• • • • • TOTAL SUPPLY. FOBEIGN SUPPLY. LEADENHALL. h kind of meat, as follows : tbe carcase. NEWGATE AND We had a slow sale for eac Per 81bs by s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d Beef, interior 3 2 3 6 Mutton, Inferior 3 4 3 8 Do., middling 3 8 310 Do., middling 310 4 0 Do., prime large .4 0 4 2 Do., prime 4 2 4 De c , do. small ....4 4 4 6 Veal 3 8 4 10 Purk, large .3 8 4 2 Pork, small 4 4 5 4 BOROUGH HOP. There is a large supply of new bops on sale, in excellent condition, and the demand for them is active, on rather higher terms. The following are current rates :—Mid and East Kent pockets, 5/. to 61. 6s. ; Weald of Kents, 4/. 6s to 5/. ; Sussex, 4/. 4s to 4/. 108 ; country Farnhams, 4/. 4s to 5/. ss, and Farnhams, 5/. 5s to 61. 03. The duty is called 290,0001. to 300,C001. COLONIAL. TEA.—A good business has been done in fair sound com mon congou at 9d per lb, and a fair inquiry has existed for the finer sorts. _ SUGAR.—A large business has been done this week in British plantation at full prices. Barbadoes sold freely at 43s for fine brown and grey, up to 47s Gd for fine yellow. Jamaica good grey brought 43s 6d to 44s 6d. East India— There have boon but few public sales of Bengal or Madras. Mauritius kind of Bengal went at 47s to 47s 6d for good and fine yellows. Mauritius has been quiet, but at public sales good and fine brown realised 42s 6d to 43s 6d ; low to good mid yellow 43s 6d to 46s ; small grainy yellow 46s to 48s. Penang low soft foxy to good brown brought 39s to 43s 6d, low to good yellow 43s Gd to 47s 6d; fine bright yellow 47s 6(.1 to 495. Foreign.—Pernambuco, from Havre, sold slowly at 6d de cline, viz., 39s to 42s 6d for low foxy to good brown, and 43s Gd to 45s ed for low to mid yellow. Brown Havannah at auction was taken in at 41s 6d to 41s for good. Cuba Muscovado sold heavily at 41s Gd to 43s for low to good heavy brown, and 43s 6d to 46s for low to mid bright yellow. Refined has been quiet, at 54s for brown lumps. COFFEE.—Plantation Ceylon has declined 6d to is per cwt ; fine fine ord small good mid bold coloury brought 58s to 64s 6d ; fine ord small to good bold coloury, 56s to 70s; good, 67s to 72s ; fine fine ord greyish Demerara kind, 58s Gd to 59s 6d; peaberry, 68s to 70s; and triage, 50s 6d to 57s ed. Native, early in the week, was taken in at 52s for ord good ord Pottmark ; but good fair ord sold at 51s 6d to 525. Since good ord has been taken at 51s to 51s Gd. Jamaica fine ord to low mid brought 54s to 60s. Costa Rica good ord mixed pale to mid brought 53s to 62s per cwt. Calcutta mocha was taken at 80s for com mon brownish mixed, but Bahia sold at 42s to 49s for good and fine mixed pale. RICE.—Tho lower kinds of Bengal has been 3d per cwt. cheaper, mid and good mid selling at 15s 10ad to 16a, good mid at 15s 9d, and mid at 14s 9d. SPlCES.—Jamaica ginger has realised 48s to 90s for small to mid, 101 s t 01093 for good ord and fine bold white. Penang pepper has been steady at ssd for mid clean ord, 5/d for first-class damaged. Cassia Vera has been cheaper, beings2s for good fair, 42s for fair ord, 26s to 30s for mid. Penang cloves brought 10d for good bright. PIMENTO has declined ad, good ord being taken in at Gd, ord coarse to mid realised 5/d to sd. SALTPETRE.—BengaI 13 to 12 per cent. refraction has been taken in at 365, and 10 per cent. at 375. Rmf.—The market has been quiet, but without large transactions, proof Seawards have been 2s 4d to 2s sd, and proof Demerara, of good and fine qualities 2s 8d to 2s 9d. TALLOW.—The market has been firmer, and P.Y.C. has brought 596 to 596 6d per cwt. on the spot. CONVICTION FOR GIVING A RECEIPT WITHOUT ot- STAMP.—A few days ago, at the town police-court, N tingham, William Bates, a tailor, living in Spaniel-row, was charged with having, on the 17th July last, offended against the Inland Revenue laws, by giving a r eceipt for a sum of money exceeding 21., without affixing a stamp thereto. A young man named Frederick Carter proved having paid to the defendant an account amounting to 21. 13s. 6d. The defendant settled the bill without put ting a stamp on it. It was in payment of a coat he had of Bates. There had been some u npleasantness about the coat. Mr. Bowley, in de fence, stated that the de fendant had put a stamp on at the time the account was settled, but insinuated that i t had been since taken off. He produced another bill which had had the stamp off, and which did notleave the slightest trace of having had one. 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This vessel, which is now loading in the Thames for the Cri mea , i s we ll wort h y of the inspection of persons interested in stea m nav i ga ti on , as s h e combines manypoints of excellence which, so far as we are aware, have never before been attained in so complete and efficient a manner. The Azoff is of 800 tons, builders' measure m?rit ; she is built under Lloyd's new rules for iron ships ; is classed A 1 f or 12 years, the longest period for whichiron ships a re c l assed, and is believed to be the strongest !team -vessel yet constructed. Not only are the scantlings very heavy, but the distribution of the materials is so managed as to secure the maximum, of strength when the vessel is subj ec t e d to a longitudinal strain—the only species of strain from which iron ves sels are found to suffer. The model of the vessel is a very fine one, being sharp . at the end; and with a con siderable rise of floor, which prevents the vessel from rolling in the way usual in screw vessels. Notwith standing the fineness of the model, however, the vessel lea large carrying capacity, aswill be obvious from the fact that she will carry out to the Crimea nearly 400 navvies and about 600 tons of cargo, besides nearly 300 tons of coals and 8,000 g a ll ons o f wa t er . T u is large carrying power is the result chiefly of the smallness of the space occupied by the engine, which, although capable of pro pelling the vessel at the rate of 13 or 14 miles an hour, does not, exclusively of the boilers, fill a space of more than about 20 measurement tons in the vessel. The vessel and her machinery have been designed and constructed by Mr. Dourne, civil engineer of Glasgow and Greenock, and the whole combination seems to realise the desire so general among shipowners, of uniting a high rate of speed and a fine form of vessel with large carrying capacity. The fine model of the vessel enables her to be propelled easily through the water, and the steam is supplied to the engine dur ing only a small portion of the stroke, leaving the residue of the stroke to be completed by the expand ing steam, by which arrangement steam and therefore fuel are saved to a very important extent. This expe dient of economy is well known and largely practised Cornwall, in the case of the pumping engines for the mines ; but has been hitherto availed of in steam navi gation only to a very small extent, and the main secret of the superior economy of fuel attained in the Azoff lies in the more perfect and extensive application of this principle than has heretofore been usual in steam-vessels, combined with the small dimensions of the machinery, which prevents any important loss of heat by radiation, or of steam by leakage through the piston. The com pactness and simplicity of the machinery in the Azoff exceed that of any other vessel; there are few parts to be looked after or to go wrong ; and when to these im portant qualities are added the smallness of her consump tion of fuel soe think there is fair reason to conclude that she is yet without a rival. Such results cannot but be iriterestiag to the public generally, and especially to that part of it interested in steam navigation, and we should recommend a visit to the vessel herself to all admirers of marine architecture. TREMENDOUS THUNDER-STORM. Yesterday afternoon, about half-past three o'clock, a violent thunder-storm broke over the metropolis, which lasted until between five and six o'clock, and was accom panied by torrents of rain such as it has seldom been our lot to witness. PORTSMOUTH, Thursday,—This port has been visited to-day with a tremendous thunder-storm, accompanied with a perfect deluge of rain, by which the streets were rendered for some time impassible. The yacht Era was capsized at the mouth of the harbour. She belongs to -- Gibbs, jun., Esq., and on board of her were seven hands, who had a narrow escape. The vessel was off the blockhouse with her head in-shore and all sail set. The storm came on so suddenly that there was no time to let go the halyards, so that the whole force of the gale took her, and she heeled over and went down in about two fathoms. LIvERPOoL, rhursday.—About two o'clock this after noon a violent thunder-storm visited this town and neigh bonrhood, accompanied with very violent peals of thunder and vivid flashes of lightning. The rain de scended in torrents, and hailstones were exceedingly numerous. Amongst the casualties which have occurred the electric fluid struck a portion of a firework manu factory, in Greenland-street, where the operation of making these combustibles was going on. The house instantly blew up, and with the explosion a public-house, next door, was also quite destroyed. Several persons who were engaged in the manufactory were injured by the explosion ; three or four so severely that it is doubt ful whether they will recover. The fire-engines from Temple-court were in attendance, and succeeded in ex tinguishing the flames : the premises, however, are left in a mass of ruing. STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER, Oct. 4.—The market to-day has again been exceedingly inactive, the unfavourable speculations respecting the prospects of the money-market rendering all parties extremely cautious in their proceedings. Stocks are very generally light, and prices are not quotably lower than on Tuesday, but their tendency is daily more in favour of purchasers, and no expectation of improve ment appears to be entertained. The chief inquiry for cloth has been from the Greek and American trades, and the Germans are operating, but with considerable cau tion, in yarns. NOTTINGHAM, Oct. 4.—There has been this week a slight increase in the demand for inferior classes of lace goods ; yet, although the autumn season has commenced, the lace trade continues very quiet, and there is not su much doing for the season as was anticipated would be the case. The hosiery manufacturers are preparing for the winter demand. The trade is steady. Yarns re main without alteration. CRYSTAL PALACE.—ONE ►SHILLING DAY.—Thursday, Oct. 4.—Admissions on payment, 4,152 ; ditto by season-tickets, 904; total visitors, 4,556. CorreFponding day last year, 6,520. POSITION OF THE RUSSIAN ARMY. The Polish journal Czas thus describes the posi tion of the Russian army in the Crimea, on the 23d ult. : "The Russian forces occupy a line, fortified by art and nature, forming a semicircle round the position of the Allies, and extending from the Telegraph and Fort Constantine, situate at the extremity of a small promon tory, to the impenetrable chain of mountains of Tehatir Dagh. The main force of the Russians, consisting of three divisions, is posted behind thatline, on the plateau of Belbek, and facing the south. The right wing is com posed of a considerable corps, occupying (on the north side of Sebastopol) the citadel of Severnaya, and the Forts Catherine, Constantine, and Telegraph. The left, wing holds the fortified defiles of Aitodur and the chain of the Tcherkes-Kerman, as far as the source of the Bel bek and the mountains cf Yalta. The army of reserve is stationed at Baksbi-Serai and Siinpheropol. Other troops maintain the communications between the prin cipal army and three other corps—namely, the one be fore Kertch with its right wing at Kaffa and its left at Arabat ; another in observation before Eupatoria ; and the third, consisting of at least 40,000 men, which pro tects Perekop. The Russian troops in the Crimea still possess two roads, by which they can communicate with Russia ; the one passing by the Isthmus of Perekop, and the other by the bridge of Tchongar across the Putrid Sea." THE COLOGNE CHORAL SINGERS. Rossini has addressed the following letter to Mr. Mitchell, who is now in Paris with the Cologne cho ral singers : " am very sensible to all the flattering expres sions to myself, contained in the letter which you have done me the honour to address me. I have been as much surprised as delighted with what I have heard from the Choral Seciety of Cologne. Bo good enough, sir, to be my cordial interpreter in expressing to those artistes my entire satisfaction ; and if my health permit I will avail myself of your obliging offer, assured that you will recognise in my acceptance of it an evidence of the interest I take in these charming concerts. "GIA.CHIMO ROSSINI." THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON.—At the monthly general meeting, held yesterday, at the so ciety's house, in Hanover-square—the Lord Bishop of Oxford, vice-president, in the chair—Lady Dufferin, and Messrs. H. C. Ibbetson, J. B. Cripps, W. C. Wil kins, A. Forbes, J. Espin, and Dr. Addams were elected fellows of the society ; and J. A. Wright, Esq., and Mrs. Seager, were proposed as candidates for the fellowship. The report contained a list o f donationa.an r d s visitors to to the menagerie, and stated tha t thelto to the gardens up to the present time had a mounted ls to 283,032. FORBES MACKENZIE'S. ACT IN ABERDEENA case was tried the other day before the magistrates of Aber deen which illustrates in a very striking manner the working of Forbes Mackenzie's Act Scotland.inof colours It ap pears that on the occasion of the presentation S I to the Aberdeenshire Milit ia b y Lady a toun on the Ist of August last, a ball and supper were given by the officers in the saloon of the Royal Hotel at night. The attendance comprised the Lord Provost, or chief magis trate of the city, and many other distinguished citizens, and the company did not separate until b e t ween 3 and 4 o'clock in the morning. The charge was for keeping open house after 11 o'clock at night. Mr. J. D. Milne, counsel for Mr. Robertson, the pr o p r i e t or o f the h ote l , put in severa l preliminary objections. The principal of these were that the individuals said to be illegally enter tained were not specifically named ; tht the prosecutor (superintendent of police) not acting on his free motive, but by the direction and instructions of others, bad no / o c-us standi in the case ; that the chief magistrate of the city and head of the court having sanctioned the enter tainment by his presence, it was incompetent for any inferior member of the magistracy to take up the case, but though two justices of the peace might try the case, as the entertainment was sanctioned by more than 40 justices of the peace, nearly one-half of whom were de puty-lieutenants, the illegality of the entertainment could not be questioned by a single magistrate ; that, as the ball was for furthering the military and patriotic spirit of the country, and conducted with propriety, inter ference on such an occasion was uncalled for, and ought not to receive countenance from any quarter ; and that as Colonel Erskine, the principal entertainer, was a lodger in the hotel, he was entitled to entertain his guests, many of whom were from distant parts of the country. All these objections were overruled, and the magistrates imposed a fine of 1/. 55., with expenses 12s. 6d., to be given to the complainant, and 120. 6d. to the Reforma tory School. TEE BLACK SEA. ( From the Moniteur. ) Harbour of Kamiesh, rear Sebastopol, Sept. 22. The embarkation of the troops for Eupatoria was com pleted to-day. Besides the cavalry and artillery distri buted over the frigates, corvettes, and transports, some infantry embarked on board other men-of-war ' the Jean- Part and the Ulm being among the number. The latter then put to rea. Admiral Bruat left for Eupatoria with the last ships of the expedition. Everywhere, since as previous to the capture of Sebastopol, the greatest activity reigns throughout the ailed army. . 5 The steam corvette, the Phleg4ton, sent to the Darda nelles by Admiral Brunt to assist the wind-bound ships to pass up the straits, arrived at the roadstead of Sebas topol on the 28th of September, coming from Constan tinople, and last from Odessa, After assisting the Syrene frigate, which had been stranded, undamaged, at the old Seraglio cape, to get afloat, the Phl4g6ton went to Tenedos, where she fell in with two vessels becalmed, coming from Toulon, laden with troops ; she took in tow the three-decker Valmy, Captain De Barre, brought her in 25 hours to Constan tinople, and thence to the Black Sea, where the latter was enabled to continue her passage. Having returned to the Bosphorus, and having taken on board, for Odessa, 100 Russian prisoners, wounded or amputated, and captured at the battle of Traktir, the corvette took in tow the Turenne, Captain Fleuriot de Langle, and sailed for the Black Sea. The Valmy and the Turenne arrived at Kamiesh some few days ago. The corvette, on her way to Odessa, met off the Isle of Serpents a great many Greek vessels on their way to the Danube, to load with corn, in right of the leave re cently given to neutral vessels. The Dee of Serpents or Fidonisi, the only island in the Black Sea, is a barren and naked rock, lying ab ou t 20 miles off the mouths of the Danube, almost east by west with the Sulina, the principal mouth of the river. There is on this island a lighthouse, 200 English feet above the level of the sea. The light is not kept up at present. The delta of the Danube is quite flat, the landing places have little depth of water, and the shores are not seen until, as it were, you touch them. Nature seems to have placed the Isle of Serpents in this spot to claim the mariner's gratitude. It is very desirable that the lighthouse should be illuminated before winter. In execution of the treaty of exchange, 16 French prisoners coming from the interior of Russia were deli vered-up to Captain Russel, of the Phlegeton, on his ar rival in the Odessa roads under a flag of truce. The enemy has now only a few of our wounded and a small number of prisoners ; on our side we have still in our depots and ambulances above 3,000 prisoners. The Crimean news and the taking of Sebastopol were known at Odessa, and had caused much consternation. The commander of the Phlegeton, on touching at Ten dra for the purpose of taking the despatches of his col league of the English cruiser, gladly took on board t en English officers, prisoners of war, who were impatiently waiting for an opportunity of coming to the Crimea. He consigned them, on arriving off Sebastopol, into the hands of Admiral Lyons, on board the Royal Albert. The following are the names of these prisoners : Easton, surgeon, and O'Sullivan, master, coming both of them from the boats of the English man-of-war the Cossack, who were so ill-treated in the Baltic near Hango ; Hardwick, captain of the 17th Lancers ; Clarke, lieutenant in the 50th Regiment of Foot ; Max ted, Pope, Tickers, Thonsan, Mac Karthy, officers of the Commissariat ; Carrew, captain in the merchant service. The greatest cordiality reigned during the whole of the passage between these officers and the staff of the PhLgeton. The Turkish prisoners will be in future exchanged, by virtue of a supplementary convention, like the other allied prisoners, and will be received by our cruisers off Odessa on the signature of the superior officer charged with the exchanges. Tendra, where the cruising ground usually lies, is a very sandy peninsula, very little elevated, and situated to the south of Otchakoff. It appears to be formed, like all this part of the coast stretching from Cape Kinburn to Perekop, of the alluvial deposits of the Bug and the Dnieper, leaving here end there apertures, which the sea has reserved capriciously for itself. Tendt a, in rounding off from the north to the south and the west, forms a vast and secure bay, the soundings of which, both inside and outside, have been frequently taken by the allied cruisers. The two squadrons might, in case of need, find safe shel- ter there. The peninsula is evacuated by the Russians. A light house is to be seen on it in a good state of repair, but the light is not kept up. The waters in this spot abound in fish. They are frozen over for one or two months during the winter. When ships are at the Tendra anchorage Otchakoff and the citadel of Kinburn can be seen from the mast-head. On the Stb, the day on which Sebastopol was taken, a violent gale from the north-east assailed the allied squadron, and prevented it taking up a position. As the wind blew towards shore the ships would have run the greatest danger, and the risk of being lost, without hav ing it in their power, owing to the state of the sea, to do any serous harm to the enemy. Since the Bth a north-easter has often prevailed, and with tolerable violence. This circumstance, which is at tributable to the equinox, hai occasioneJ no accident, nor has it paralysed the operations, on account of the very prudent measures taken by the Admiral command ing-in•chief and by the officers under his orders. At present the gale has subsided, and the sea is calm. In the course of yesterday, the 21st, the screw-ship the Navarin, and the floating battery the Lave, Capt. Cor nulier, anchored in the roadstead. The Lave has en tered Streletzka Bay, where there is already the Ten nant°, towed in by the Phlegeton. Fort Constantine has been firing shells and bombs at the two ships, but without touching them. THE SHIP CANAL OF SUEZ. A firman of concession by his Highness Mahomed. Said, - Viceroy of Egypt, confers upon M. Ferdi nand de Lesseps the power to constitute a company formed of capitalists of all nations, having for its object the opening of the Isthmus and the forma tion of a canal between the two seas, under the title of Compagnio universelle du Canal Maritime de Suez. The obligations of the company are : The undertaking of all the works of construction at its own expense. . . • . . The payment of the indemnity due to every individua 1 who may be expropriated for the public advantage. The duty of setting aside 15 per cent. on the net pro fits for the benefit of the Egyptian treasury, and 10 per cent. for that of the original menthe's of the company. The right of the Egyptian Government to approve the tariff of transit established by the company, as well as its laws ; _ A formal stipulation to maintain in the tariff an abso lute equality for the flags of all nations, and a prohibi tion to grant peculiar advantages or exclusive profit to any one of them. The benefits reserved to the comp Any by th© fir man arc : The concession of the canal between the two seas for the term of 99 years, reckoning from the day on which the navigation shall be opened ; The gratuitous concession of all the land necessary for the construction of the canal, and forming part of the public domains. These lands are almost the whole upon which the works will have to be executed ' • The division among the shareholders of 75 per cent. upon the net profits ; The gratuitous concession of all the public domains, at present uncultivated, that may be irrigated and cultivated at the expense, or by the labours, of the com pany, by means of the irrigating canal derived from the Nile ; The power to fix by measurement of the land (feddan) the charge upon the proprietors who may choose to have their property irrigated by the waters of canals belong. big to the company; The gratuitous right to take from the mines and guar. ries of the public domain s, without p a y ment, all the materials necessary for the formation of the canal, and for the works connected with it ; The free entrance of all the machines and materials which the compa n y ma y im p ort fro m foreign countries out of their conces s i on ; to be determi ne d a t t h e expiration of t f h or e At p nh r e i i v nc i d le er g inr e yni b in y tgy friendly arbitration, for the value of the materials and moveable obje c t s th at may then be g i ven u p ; and, finally, f u his c t ntrueon functionar ie s i and e The solemn engagement, en t ere d i nto b y t h e Vi ceroy, to afford loyal concurrence, and that of the public 3 of Egypt, in facilitating the enter. prise, and the realisation of the concession. THE PROPOSED ROAD ACROSS ST. JAMES'S PARK. TO THE EDITOR OF THE BUN. Sin, — I beg to forward to you the copy of a letter ad dressed by me to Sir Benjamin Hall, in the hope that, as the subject referred to is of public interest, you will have the goodness to insert it in your next publication. I am, Sir, your obed. servant, JOHN VILLIERS SHELLEY. Mansfield Park, 4th Oct., 1855. Mansfield Park, 4th Oct., 1855. MY DEAR HALL,—When I wrote to you on the 16th ult. in relation to the proposed road across St. James's Park, I did so in consequence of representations made to me by some of niy constituents, who thought that the road would be objectionable, and that the Government intended to proceed with the scheme without any refe rence being made to Parliament. This impression was no doubt made upon them in conse q uence of statements which be th the public papers, that the road was to during the re cess , an d t h at t h e works bad bee n commenced ; b ut, after the assurance appeared proceededin w contained in your letter of the 18th ult., " that nothing will be done till Parliament meets, when the public will have an o pportunity of considering the plans which will b e presented to the House of Commons, and of seeing whether the accommoCation offered to the public is the best that should be granted," I am requested now to state that they do not think it necessary to wait upon you on Saturday next. Hereafter, when they have had an opportunity of well considering the plans, if they have objections to make it may again become my duty to apply to you to receive a deputation of my constituents. 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