The Sun. — London, England, 1855-10-26 00:00:00

WPM Cossack videttes are down on the road where it 1/1(14, approaches the gorge formed by the Mackenzie ast A., 1 lid plateau, or Akyar, and the rocky eminence of Mangup Kaleh. Besides the road which runs through the defile formed by the Mackenzie ridge and the rock of Mangup Kaleh there are two roads which lead up from the Tchouliou valley to the Mackenzie pla teau. The one to the right branches off from the Aitodor road, and runs up on the last projecting spur of the ridge ; the other leads up through a break in the steep cliff, and seems the better of the two ; both are occupied and fortified by the Rus sians, but only on the first do there seem to be guns. The inhabitants of the villages seem to be well enough satisfied with the change from Cossacks to French and Sardinian soldiers, only, as may , ba naturally supposed, they are in a great fright lest the Russians should again return ; their questions, therefore, about an advance of the allied troops, which so closely touches their very existence, are numerous, and their complaints about the ill treatment which they had to suffer from the Cos sacks great. They try as best they can to make a precarious livelihood by bringing up to the French and Sardinian camps whatever they have left— fruits, eggs, fowls, and sheep. Although the ground all round is considerably broken up, what ever can be cultivated seems very good, and is, as they say, more than sufficient to feed the popula tion ; but they have had no harvest this year, having been prevented from sowing by the ser vices which they had to perform, and then by the final loss of their cattle ; so they are obliged to bring grain and flour from the villages on the banks of the Upper Belbek, which have not suf fered so much, as they supply not only these vil lages, but likewise those in the valley of Baidar, where you continually meet natives bringing back provisions. Those of the valleys of Baidar and Varnoutka have hit on another means of subsistence. They carry wood to Balaklava in their arabas, and bring back what they want from there. The business is not unprofitable, as they get for an araba load from 7s. to 9s. Thus you see, instead of the Crimea supplying us with provisions, we have to supply the inhabitants. By this recent move the French have come close to the Russian positions at Albat and Airgul— there, if at all, the Russians must make their stand. According to the accounts one hears, the Russians have 13 infantry divisions opposite to our lines— one which guards the fortifications on the north plateau, and two at the first Inkerman lighthouse, whose camp can be plainly seen with the naked eye ; two others distributed on the Mackenzie ridge; and eight which guard the series of plateaux from iksbi-Serai down to Aitodor, and the river courses eF the Belbek, Katcha, and Alma. As long as we had not advanced to the Upper Belbek there was a kind of neutral ground between us and the Rus sians, but now we close upon them. Fot Sala, which is now in the possession of the French, is only nine miles, from Bakshi-Serai. The French position, which opens so much new ground and allows-a better look into the interior than any other held before by the Allies since they Marched down from the Alma, has become, not withstanding the distance, a point of attraction to roving English officers, to the great disgust of French commandants, who cannot understand that there are fools enough to ride 40 0r.50 miles to get a view of the country. Three officers of the United States army have arrived in the camp—Major Delaiield, United States Engineers ; Major Murdochie, 'United States Artillery ; and Captain M'Clellan, United States Cavalry. Major-General Windham has taken the command of the Fourth Division, hitherto under the command of General Bentinck. The weather is much more unsettled than it was last year about this time • it is only to be hoped that higher up in the Black Sea it is less so, or else the expedition will have to encounter other diffi culties besides the Russians. No news has as yet arrived of the expedition. The Turkish troops ara beginning to embark more rapidly. Some Tunisian cavalry has arrived at Batoum. Omer Paella himself is at Souchum Kaleh. AND THE PRUSSIAN ELECTIONS. The Siecle, of yesterday, remarks in the follow in terms on the result of the elections : "The elections appear less favourable to the Prussian government than simple figures would cause it to be believed. As far as the elected depu ties can be classified, thus far, 60 belong to the ex treme right, 150 to the Ministerial party, and 120 to the different fractions of the opposition. The right has neither gained nor lost in these elections ; the left ap pears to have lost 20 votes, and the ministerial party to have gained 30. This increase of ministerialists cannot occasion surprise, when the means employed by the government to influence the elections are known. It must not be forgotten, besides, that many of these minis terial elections are defeats for the extreme right. The opposition is still so compact that it must be counted . with. When the bureaucracy shalt desire to go too .far, the right will not be sorry to find in the sup port of the left the means of causing its projects to fail—and, at the same time, a great number of the ministerial party will oppose in common with the left the attempts of the feudal reactionist. It is true that in this way the part played by the opposition in the approaching session will be a purely passive one, but it is the only one which the present state of things permits : for seeing the Charter me naced by the selfishness of the nobility and the ill will of the bureaucracy, the friends of liberty must resign themselves for the moment to maintaining the Charter such as it is, in spite of its defects. On the whole the Prussian Government cannot deceive itself as to the result of the elections. Ignoring none of the causes to which it is indebted for the election of 150 functionaries, it will have turned its attention to that of the 120 independent deputies. The elections of Berlin must have particularly struck the Ministry : out of nine deputies elected, seven belong to the left, and. what is still more serious, Count Schwerin, formerly President of the Chamber, was elected four times at Berlin, in spite of the direct opposition of the prefect. At Berlin also M. de Manteuffel was de feated in three districts by candidates of the left ; in another district the MiniSter of the Interior, M. de Westpha.len, was s e t aside, owing to the exces sive zeal of A police agent, and in a third the same minister was defeated by M. de Pallow, one of the chiefs of the opposition. The political opinions of the elected and the defeat of the ministers show clearly that Berlin has desired•to condemn the policy of the Government, even at the risk of losing the little Royal favour it has possessed since the events of 1843 and 1849." INTERMENTS AT ST. MARTS, HAG- GERSTONE. TO TER EDITOR 0? TIM SUN. Sni—The inhabitants of this district are much indebted to you for. our able exposition of the proceedings of the churchwardens of this church, in your paper of the 23d inst., and thereby causing Sir George Grey's attention to their doings ; but I fear, unless he acts immediately, they will continue to make hay while the sun shine.. I have reason to believe they consider their tenure of power is drawing near—in fact, to be awaiting Sir George's final mandate "to close up." Nous verons. You shall have the number of burials on next Sunday. —Your obedt, servant, R. GOVERNMENT FOLLY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—The recent foolish law regarding the transmis sion of newspapers is already, manifest. Parties attach the penny stamp on unstamped newspapers, concluding they go free ; whereas, if they happen to exceed the specified weight, are "surcharged" pretty heavy, and, consequently, are refused by those to whom addressed, and sent to the "Dead-letter" office, where they are s , used up 1" .This piece of newspaper folly is on a par with the florin and threepenny-bits, the coining of which opened a wide door to the dishonest, inasmuch a s a rece i ver, i n most instances, takes them for half-crow n and four pence, and the roguish payer reaps the benefit of this Government oversight, or mistake, or folly, or whatever you please to call it. October 25, 1355. Quiz. Mr. V. Houlten, the newly-appointed chief secretary to the government of Malta, in place of Mr. Henry Lushington, deceased, has arrived in that island. The Leipzic Gazette publishes the.follo wing letter from Danmark, under date of October 1i ;—" Agood said here about the arrival of two members deal is of the Eng. limb parliament, Sir Watkin W. Wynn and Sir Fitzroy view of who have come direct from London with the of ascertaining the state of the negotiations betwee Denmark on the one hand, and North America, as also Prussia, on the other, respecting the Sound Dues. These gentlemen appear to attach a decisive importance to the resolutions which Prussia will take in this affair. It is also said these gentlemen have been sent by a great Lon don banking-house, deeply interested in the loans for which Denmark has given, by way of security, the pro nee of the Sound toll." ITALIAN TUVITRES.—The Spener'scheZeitung contains an- interesting article on the statistics of the Italian stage, according to which the total number of Italian theatres amounts to 117. Of these, 95 are in Italy (viz., in Lom bardy, 28 in 20 towns; in Sardinia, 20 in 17 towns ; in Naples and Sicily, 9 in 6 towns ; in the Papal States, 16 in 11 towns ; in Tuscany, 16 in 8 towns ; in Lucca, 1 ; in Parma, 2 ; in Modena, 2 ; in Corsica, 1 ; and the re maining 22 are scattered over the globe. Of these latter we find 6 in Spain and Portugal (at Madrid alone there are 5), 6 in Greece, Turkey, and the lonian Islands, 3 in 1 i n England (London), 1 in France (Paris), 1 in Denmark (Copenhagen), 1 in Holland (Amsterdam), 1 in Germany (Vienna), 1 in Africa (Algiers), 1 in Ame riea (Rio Janeiro). It needs scarcely be mentioned that by far the greatest part of these theatres are exclusively dedicated to operatic performances. ”1111=1 - MARKET I NEWMARKET RACES.—(This Day.) THE CAPTURE OF SEBASTOPOL. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPZ.) [FROSI A SOLDIER.] COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. 501. PLATE. A.P. Romeo Ie Juif E S l i s ia T v o i r n op be O en ct in I th .— e first and during the last, b es id es two i n t erme di a t e ones. EEFOR The last one it is wholly out o f my power t o d escr ib e t o r haveei ch e s during escaped the fi e bombardments, and I were together in the fifth yen. Captain M. parallel (Juries ! . the night, w ith 70 men . I volunte ere d to go, as a subeltern had to he there, and he (Captain. 111—) was there as being the junior of the two, and I was the senior of the snbalteree, the others being mere boys. We were clout, to the Redan, aed were exposed to a continual fire of mu, ketrs from the Russians for about tire hoere, and our fourth parallel opened a fire from behind us ; thus, being in the dark, thg,fiee was all chance and hap-haa er d, an d ConseqnUntly•Mas were as much in danger from our own men' as the enemy. The fifth parallel is too close for the Redan to play upon us, but they fired grape and bouquets from other batteries. We withdrew to the fourth at daylight. I judged from the appearance and air of things that we were in for it - -that the following day would become memorable. I judged aright. At six o'clock a terrific volley or salvos of guns opened on the left by the French. Imagine, if you can, 200 guns and mortars of the largest calibre firing as ono gun ; the Eng lish in the centre did the same. The French, again, on the right, the same. This frightful affair lasted three hours. The Russians applied all their re sources, and they also fired fearfully. Fancy, I say, if you can, having a fire overhead. The men were cleared from all the parallels except the fourth, which was to re sist any attack that might be made—an unwilling sacri fice of a few, as was t h ought by all, for the good of the whole. The guns having ceoied, a rocket from the French, at 12 o'clock, was the signal for a recommence ment, and the entire number of guns, French and Eng lish, gave a volley, enough to shake the Crimea to its centre. This lasted about two hours and a-half. At 5 o'clock it commenced again and lasted till 7. Night closed in before the high wind which was blowing cleared the earth and heavens fur nines around from dust and smoke. We miraculously escaped with only about two casualties, and got out of the trenches by 9_ o'clock. At 10 the following morning every man of the army was under arms, and the bombardment once more began and continued throughout the entire day, excepting intervals of an hour or two for the guns to cool, as on the day pre vious. The Third Division was formed in reserve in front of the 23th camp. Thecorps were the let Royals, 4th, 14th, 18th, 28th, 38th, 44th, 50th, and 89th, and were under arms till 9 o'clock. The French had gained the Malakhoff by this, while the French and English had been driven twice each respectively from the Redan and Flagstaff bat teries. By 10 o'clock flames appeared in the town at dif ferent points '•by 3 a.m. it wa s i n a f ur i ous bl aze — a sure sign that the Russian s had evacuated the town and gone to the north. Never shall I forget the sight that was presented at daybreak. The rues, guessing that the town was taken, and knowing the plundering pro pensities of our friends the French on such occa sions' sallied fortitand brought away w h atever theycould lay hands upon. But the Russians had removed every thing of any value, and what they could not remove they destroyed ; therefore what was captured was only lumber. Cavalry pickets, French and English, soon formed a barrier to prevent anything being brought away. The two chairs I have sent you were taken from sonic one by the cavalry ; and I happening to be at the spot where they were just as they were being relieved at night, I had them brought away under nightfall. I first visited the town. What a sight ! Every step you took the mind be came overwhelmed at what you saw, until one's ideas were staggered, Here you saw what had been a street of gorgeous palaces ; there you .:ATT a mighty but solemn temple ; yonder a ponderous line of classic buildings and terraces—all in a pile of blackened, srnouldering ruins. Some houses that I entered presented an appearance which would almost grieve one to look at, for pity sake, from their irremediable ruin and desolation. The dwel lings of the upper classes appear to have been built and fitted up to the utmost degree of comfort, convenience, and chasteness. But the chaos in which everything was found I cannot describe. In what had been a drawing room would lie the broken shaft of a column of polished marble, the Corinthian capital of which shone with bur niehed gold, while the upper part of its fellow still ad hered to the ceiling, which it was intended to support, and the weight of which now brought the ceiling nearly down to the flooring. Close beside would be a large block of stone that had crushed to pieces a piano of extraordinary beauty and dimensions, a shot er shell having shattered it from the wall of masonry. Fragments of marble chimneypieces, gilded picture-frames, music, pieces of polished mahogany of elegant forms belonging to tables, sideboards, sofas, &e., were everywhere strewn about. The beautiful places of worship were all ruinous empty shells, riddled, like all the houses and buildings, with shot and shell. One thing, however, went to show that the inhabitant s b a d l ong left theirdwellings, probably as long ago as the first bombarUment, for every house appeared to have been in occupation of the military from the debris of chething and appointments everywhere seen. Those inhabitants, it is probable, too, who had left with the forlor n h o p e o f ever returning,doubtless, with a true Russian spirit and feeling, spread about them what ruin and damage they could before leaving ; and what they failed to do the colliers did for them before they left. CITY, Two o'CLocv.. The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed tamely, but with more steadiness than on Wed nesday. Prices were a point in the buyer's favour in "middling" American, but without change in other descriptions. The sales were 6,000 to 7,000 bales (1,000 for export), comprising 400 Pernam anti Maranham, at sid. to 6d. ; 500 Egyptian, at 51d. to 7d.; and 500 Surat, at 3d. to 4.id. per lb. Imports for the week 25,000 bales. The Railway Share Market has been steady, at a slight advance. S 4 ran. HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES. Orson Flacrow Eight ran. LATEST BETTING. NURSERY STAKES, IST CLASS. 4 to 1 agst Blue Mantle (taken) 7 to 1 agst Dresser (taken) 8 to 1 agst Shelah (taken) 8 to 1 agst Staffordshire Man (taken) 9 to 1 agst Maid of Mill (taken) 9 to 1 *gat Manganese (taken) 10 to 1 agst Tug o' War (taken) 2D CLAss.--No betting. A quieter tone has pervaded the Colonial Prod uce.Markets this week, and for most staples rather lower prices have been submitted to by the importers. Sugar, however, must be men tioned as an exception, a. fair demand having existed for home consumption, and on British Plantation and some descriptions of Foreign an advance of 6d. fo ls. per cwt. has been esta blished. Grocery kinds of Madras also have been fully is. per cwt. dearer, and refined brown lumps have found buyers at 55s Coffee, both Plantation and Native, has ruled rather in favour of purchasers. Tea has been steady though quiet, and rice heavy, notwith standing the improvement in corn. Spices have been at easier rates, and for saltpetre the inquiry has been limited. Of rum a Government contract has been taken, and this has constituted the chief business in the article. Hemp and flax have not varied particularly, but P.Y.C. tallow on the spot has risen to 635. 6d. per cwt. Wool at public sale has gone at the decline noticed at the commence ment of the series. The result of the indigo auc tions has already been given under this head. Messrs. D. Bell, Son, and Co. report more acti vity during the past week in the market for American Securities, a reduction of prices having brought forward purchasers both for State securities and railroad bonds. The following are the quota tions : MARKET NEWS.—(This Day). CORN EXCHANGE-. Fresh up to-day the supply of English wheat was limited, and the show of samples was trifling. For most kinds we had only a moderate inquiry, yet Monday's prices were supported. Rather over 2,400 quarters of foreign wheat have come to hand. The demand was wholly confined to retail quan tities, at full quotations. There was a steady business doing in floating cargoes, at full prices. The barley trade ruled heavy, at Monday's currency. The malt trade was far from active, at late rates. Good sound oats were firm, but not dearer. Inferior parcels met a slow inquiry. Beans, peas, and flour were steady, and the quotations were well supported. Wheat. 1,710 ARRIVALS THIS WISER. Barley. I Malt. 690 I 1,199 - - Oats. Jinglish .. Irish .... i Foreign 1 2,410 Flour. 710 5,19;) .. 14150 sks 4 ' 330 I —brls But without this, our projectiles would have destroyed nearly every stone and stick. Those nobie buildings which are seen from our heights with smooth, white ex terior walls and green roof' e tehich smile and look plea- Nara as a sun-bank in the distance, on approaching them are found to be cold, forbidding ruins—pierced from top to bottom in every direction. The effect of our 13-inch shell can everywhere be seen, weighing as they do 2001 b; and, falling from an altitude of a mile and a-half, or about 3,000 yards, their concussion is equal to 70 tons. Large 'gaps or empty spaces in rows or clusters of buildings tell that a shell has penetrated the roof or wall, and descended to a depth below the foundations, and in an instant not a vestige remained-nearly every atom scattered to the wiads in all directions. The mind cannot picture anything equal in point of beauty to what this city has been. It seems to me to have been a place where one would wish to live and die. The hills behind, stretching raciius-like for miles, must have , been a beautif u l la n d scape b efore we sprea d desolation while in front the sun setting in a yellow mellowness on the watery horizon makes it appear to be a sea of liquid gold, and the soft richness of the shining waters, re flected on a western sky, makes it illusory, and such as one reads of or fancies only in fairy scenes. But Sebas topol has been known and feared more as an arsenal ; and an arsenal we found it. No one is prepared to hear of the extent of warlike resources, naval and military. As you leave the camp and thread your way down the ravines—the ravines and valleys of death—you enter a fauhourg or suburban village, most beautifully situated on the slopes of the opposite hills of the Great Redan and Flagstaff Bastions; but, now scarcelyonestone remains on another. Leaving this, you wind at once upon the creek adjoining the great harbour ; here frowns a formidable battery of ships' guns. The left of this creek is the main city sloping up to a height of about 500 feet above the level of th e sea . Thi s is called the " French side," as it was commanded Ly the Flagstaff Battery, which the French captured. The Redan, the most formidable of all, envered the public work!. and the barracks—im mense buildings, plain, but beautiful structures of hewn stone of marble whiteness. The immense store buildings, .of the same appearance, form a grand quay not equalled anywhere. The quay is terminated by Fort Paul, now destroyed, baying been blown up by the Russians on the night of the Bth before leaving. • The studendous do c k s I can n o t d escr ib e , I never saw anything, the wcrk of men ' s h an d s, th a t can bear the slightest comparison. There are six capable of receiving the largest of the collossal ships that float, and they are as neat as they are large and mighty. The man who planned these was an Englishman—a Mr. Upton, a road surveyor and a defaulter. The Emperor rewarded him with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel ; and I was told by a Russ—an English prisoner at the Monastery of St. George—that the Emperor always shook him by the hand warmly whenever he visited Sebastopol. These works and buildings are held by the English, end we have shafts sunk all round the docks to blow them to destruction whenever instructions arrive to that effect from home. The guns and ammunition that have fallen into English hands are almost incalculable. Around the docks there are not less than 2,000 guns, a vast number of which are of the largest calibre ; and of shot there are piles of tens of thousands. The masts of the thipping slanting upwards above the waters in all di rections suggest a train of strangely speculative ideas. The two Imperial forts (Nicholas and Constantine), n ow enemies, frown antagonistically at each other, and the cross fire from these over the harbour causes a reverbera tion that strikes with a mournful cadence upon the ear. Let this pass, that I may say a word or two upon the defences of the town. The scientific principles displayed in them surpass all that ever has been done before at sieges, and totally eclipses our best engineering tactics. I hesitate not to say—and I mean it with no disparagement —but were the Russian engineer officers to see our works they would laugh at them. The Russian works were ap parently formed to meet any and every exigency. Their batteries were their trenches and parallels, and these parallels and trenches were their one line of batteries, forming mountain ranges which had mountains i for th e i r base. These were not altogether natural aLvantages, but they applied such principles of art as were best suited to whatever advantage nature offered. Our principles dif fered in toto. Could cur trenches be faced about we should then do something near the principles upon which the Russian works were constructed. A person walking from the front can walk nicely int o our works by reason of the earth being thrown to the front, making it a simple incline or small counter scarp. The Russians knew better; they . , made th e perpendicular towards the enemy , rivetting it w i th gabions in order to do it effectually. Behind they had all kinds of shelter for the men an d gunners, quite independent of, bu t contiguous to, the battery, round, square, and t r iangular—some op en , b ut most of them bombproof. Behind also lay a large tract of ground, worked up to be a grand auxiliary to their epe. rations. Tunnel-formed pits to receive our shell were numerous. Deep square pits were sunk immediately behind the batteries and in unlooked-for places to re ceive our men in hundreds as they scaled th e ramparts a hill, there a ladder placed here, steppes formed there. Sharp pointed uprights of gabions and broken bayouets stared you in the face as you looked down these pits and hollows. Disabled guns were consigned to their graves as ours were, but the breech o f t h em lowered in a bole behind the batteries with th e f ore part resting on wood, thus giving them an eleva tion of about forty-five degrees. These they fi re d w i t h an overcharge by a train, and these we now discover sent those numerous messengers to the distance of the camps. But in front of the batteries of which lam writing they had another, a little lower down the hill, and to make this of immense strength the earth was raised from between the two lines of batteries, both in dependent of each other, but of mutual assistance if THE g Nr, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, OCTTORER 26, 1855. required--a broad, deep ditch, of 20 feet wide, in some paces 50, and as many in depth, from the crest of the second parapet. All these were covered with an abatis of large branches of trees, with tops outwards, and a chevattx de friae. You may now fancy the difference of difficulty in the attack on their lines an.l ours. The difference in other things is ii, the sumo ratio. Our men lay in thee:niches when they were half filled erttli sleet and snow, with scarcely anything to Cover them= l notfiing but the. tagged retnnants of a spongy old greatcat;-ilot fit at best for hou-,e flannel. The Russian Lad huts ; no, not hots, . but positively barracks, all along the line of batteries and under them, and.therefore, bombproof. Here they, appear to have been very snug and comfortable. Im lei nients of tailorin,-shoe .lasts, 'and ottitr'etee'ants, told that each handicraftsman worked at his leisure hours, although in , the trenches, cal l .too t were plentiful.: Brittidy tkitties there'Wera plofitlttid from the label_on several bottles it showed that they had an 'affection for English " Old Tom." To stand on the summit of the Flagstaff Bastion you see a s i g h t worth hehording. The wnole of the works of the English and French left at tack-are seen at one view, besides the whole of the southern Crimea. But a visit to the Russian lines is offensive to one's feelings and humanity ; you cannot place your foot upon any loose soil but you may be stand ing upon the half-buiied body of a dead comrade or Russian;and the stifling odour that rises everywhere makes onealatost shudder. THE EARL Oh' _ELLESMERE ON THE WAR. On Tuesday night the opening lecture for the season of ,he \Vorsley Literary Institution was delivered in the Court House, Worsley, by the Earl of Ellesmere, who chose for his subject " The Present War." The room was crowded. The Noble Lecturer, on commencing, said that in pro posing to endeavour to illustrate his lecture on the war in the East, he should have some apology to make for the selection, because he was sure there could be no assemblage in this country to which the subject was not in some degree familiar, and he felt that, whatever might be the merits of the subject, some excuse was necessary for any one who proposed to instruct others respecting it. Now, if the question was asked him, whether he was able to tell them anything that they had not learned themselves, his best reply must be with Shylock in the play, "11l not answer that." But having more idle time than most of those present, there might be sourced of information—French and German more particularly—to which he and not they had hal access. He was inclined to look upon the war from a military point of view ; but with respect to the origin and nature of the war he might touch so far upon its political aspect as to say that there never was a war more essen tially national. There had been wars attending on the wills of statesmen, of kings, and even of kings' mis tresses ; and he gad lived in a time when one man, con trary to the advice of alt surrounding him—of his most confidential and faithful advisers—could launch the whole of France into wars that overwhelmed that country. But. this was emphatically the war of the people, as fir as this country was concerned. It was curious to ascertain what had been the cause of this. It was very natural that a peo ple in great sacrifices or great struggles should be influ enced either by fear or by revenge. But neither of these influences had hed any particular effect on the present struggle. We were actuated by a sentiment against the oppression of the weak, and by a feeling of indignation at the breach of that peace under which Europe was prospering; and these were the motives that had led us to this contest. Russia had thrown down the gauntlet of defiance to Europe, and Europe would have been die graced if she had not taken it up. The prevention of the extension of Russia was only a provident step on our part, and on looking at her past history he thought it wise to check her progress towards becoming a great naval and- military power. His lordship pointed out the length of time that Russia had had designs upon Constantinople, and alluded to the fact of her having ex acted tribute from the Greek empire in the ninth cen tury, when the Anglo-Saxon rule was established in this country ; and this war might have taken place, he said, after the congress of Vienna but for Napoleon's return from Elba—when that general, on reaching France, found the secret treaty iramed by Lord Castlereagh, and entered into against Ruoda by England, France, and Austria, and sent it to the Czar. He thought we were perfectly right in net being alarmed by the sight of the Russian army on paper. In time of war it was said Russia could raise a million of men ; but she could not move any considerable portion of that army to any frontier that was threatened, and still more difficult would she find it to advance on Turkey or any other power. But she was formidable in a strictly de fensive war, from her inaccessibility, as was experienced by Charles XII. and Napoleon. On commencing the war we were too sanguine, and overlooked the fact that for 40 years Russia had been making ready for the struggle, and had carried h er m ilit ar y p repara ti ons as far as she possibly could. But Russia herself was not a warlike nation, and he doubted whether the Emperor could get a single volunteer soldier out of all his people. His lordship, however, acknowledged the stubborn bra very of those Russian soldiers engaged in fight, and spoke in terms of admiration of their officers, who, he said, were highly instructed and able generals. At the time when the Russian fleets and our naval operations most en gaged our attention, there wore great expectations raise and it was said that great improvements had taken place, particularly in our naval gunnery. The range of our guns had been vastly increased, and we had the screw applied to our vessels : and so we were to destroy those great fortresses, Cronstadt and Sebastopol, and put an end to the naval power of Russia for ever. Now he thought this increase of range of no moment ; for against a fortress the fire of heavy guns required to be near to have effect, whilst a shot from the fortress might easily get into the magazine and blow up a ship. However, it had been said that though we failed in our naval attack at Sebastopol we hal succeeded at Bomar sund. But Bomarsund was not taken by naval, but by a land attack. There were three towers, one of which was taken by our marines with three heavy guns ; another by the French ; and the last fortress, though it had been battered by our guns, fell in consequence of the others being taken. He thought the attacks that had been made on our admirals, for not making mere havoc, were unrea sonable and unjust. His lordship then proceeded to give an historical sketch of the war, in the course of which he spoke with some warmth and admiration of ourachieve tnente, and particularly of the late Marshal St. Arnaud and Lord Raglan, of the conduct of the officers Butler and Nasmyth at Silistria ; and of that of General Scar lett at Balaklava. The war had been very generally called "the soldiers' battle." If it was meant by that that the victory was owing to the bravery of the Eng lish soldier, the definition was good ; but if it meant. that he was not well led by the English officer, it was a libel, The English army had borne a distinguished, if not a successful share, in the last great action, resulting in the fall of Sebastopol ; and he regretted to see the state ments which had been made in the Times, statemeuts which, even if true, should not have been, promulgated by an English newspaper. It had been said thatthe dietance in the army between the officers and the men was too great ; but there was not an army in the world in which there was such attachment between officers and men. He would give an instance. A young man, wounded, was lying in his tent during the dreadful hurricane in the Crimea, and the tent was threatened to be blown down; but eighteen men turned out of their own tent, and re mained out in the cold all night in order to keep the poor boy's tent from falling. It had also been ob jected that officers were too young ; but he would ask--where would a well-grown and well-educated boy not go, and where would not men follow him ? His lord ship then proceeded to give instances of the bravery of young officers during the campaign. In conclusion he might proceed to suns up, or, in commercial language, to take sto c k o f th e costs and the assets of the war, and he might say that, though our ex p enses h a d b een vas t, our returns had been somewhat in proportion. We had everywhere been successful ; and, though we had had great losses in killed, he shuddered to think how much even in that respect the balance was in our favour. Ho had heard the Russian loss stated at 400,000 ; and lie himself was inclined to estimate it at 3C0,000. The latest telegraphic despatches brought us accounts of suc cesses at Rare, and in the Sea of Azoff, and lastly, of the capture of that fortress on the mouth of the Dnieper, Klnbourn. These were advantages ; but he should deceive his hearers if he said they were sufficient to induce Russia to make offers of peace that should be accepted by the allies ; and, till such offers were made, he trusted this country would persevere in the struggle. No one could be more anxious than he was for the return of peace, and he hoped the path to it would not be impeded by any unreasonable demand from ns. He would not talk of the humiliation and degrada tion of Russia. He hoped that peace would be eventually effected on terms that would give it. the chance of being permanent ; but he feared it would only be the fruit of further and considerable efforts in the war. He would conclude by saying, "St. George for England, God defend the right !"—The noble leoturer was listened to throughout with marked attention, and many of his re marks elicited considerable applause. PROROGATION OF CONVOCATION.—ShortIy after nine o'clock yesterday morning, the Vicar-General (Dr. Twiss), Mr. F. H. Dyke, the proctor for the province of Canterbury, and other officials, attended at the Jeru salem Chamber, adjacent to Westminster Abbey, and in the name of the archbishop prorogued convocation until the 12th of December. No beFines4 will be transacted in Convocation until after the meeting of Parliament. COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS' SCHOOLS.—His Royal Highness Prince Albert has graciously consented to open in person the new building recently erected for this institution at Pinner, near Harrow. The ce re mony w ill take place at one o'clock on Saturday, the 27th instant. After the ceremony the company will sit down to a col lation in the dining hall. The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, supported by the sheriffs of London and Middle sex, will preside. PARISH EXCURSION TO THE CRYSTAL PALACE.—The Rev. Joseph Brown, the benevolent and active rector of Christ Church, Blackfriars, was on Tuesday enabled, through the kind subscription of friends, to treat about 1,510 of his poorer parishioners to an excursion to the Crystal Palace. The Rev. gentleman himself headed the miscellaneous company, including 150 of the inmates of the workhouse, all the parish and ragged•school children, and a contingent of 50 from the O r phan Home atHam common.these It is hardly necessary to say that all poor awl generally-neglected childrea of humanity were we el highly delighted with their trip, but have. add — what perhaps will not be so generally • - pated—that the strictest grati they ono and all conducted thekosefveswith propriety, and by their demeanour i ndicated tude to the kind friends who had subscribed to give them a holiday. At 4 o'clock they were all supplied with tea in the south transept, the worthy rector presiding, and immediately after returned in their excursion train to town, GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Redeemable. Per Cent. United States 6 per Cent. 1867-1868_105 107 United States 6 per Cent. Bonds 1863...106 108 STATE SECURITIES. California 7 per Cent. Bonds Maryland 5 per Cent. (Sterling Bonds) Massachusetts 5 per Cent. (Sterl. Bonds) .1870... 80 81 .. 92 93 , ...100 102 Mississippi 6 per Cent. Pl. _ Bonds - , , 1841-1871... 45 47 Mississippi 6 per Cent. Union Bk. Bonds ... 18 20 Pennsylvania 5 per Cent. Stock Pennsylvania 5 per Cent. Bonds '877... 821 831 South Carolina 5 per Cent. Bonds (Baring's) 1858-1868... 97 98 South Carolina 5 per Cent. Bonds (Palmer's) 186G... 83 90 Virginia 5 per Cent. (Sterling Bonds) 1888... 83 85 Virginia 6 per Cent. Bonds 1886... 86 88 CITY SECURITIES. Boston 5 per Cent. Bonds (Divers) ... Montreal 6 per Cent. Bonds ' 1856-4865... New Orleans 6 per Cent. Stock 1883... Pittsburgh 6 per Cent. Stock 1869-1883 90 92 83 85 80 82 76 7S RAILROAD BONDS. Illinois Central 7 per Cent. Ist Mortgage, not Convertible - 1575... Illinois Central 7 per Cent. Freeland Bonds 1860... Michigan Central 8 p. Cent., no Mort. _1860... 72 74 73 75 90 92 92 01 New York Central 't p. Cent., Convert 1864 New York Central 6 per Cent., not Convertible IS33 New York and Erie 7 per Cent. Ist Mort _ SL 83 gage 1567...100 102 New York and Erie 7 per Cent. 3d Mort.... gage 1883... 83 85 N. York and Erie 7 p. Cent. Convertiblo 1862... 75 N. York and Erio 7 per Cent. Sinking Fund 1875... 78 80 Panama 7 per Cent., Ist Mortgage (Ster ling Bonds), not convertible 1859... 93 97 Ditto ditto 1861... 93 95 Pennsylvania Central 6 p. Cent., Convert 1860... 89 91 On the Paris Bourse yesterday there was a fur ther advance in the 3 per Cent. Reutes of 35c. for time transactions, and 25e. for money bargains. Although nothing of importance occurred in the ordinary business of the day stocks maintained a general firmness. It is mentioned on good autho rity that the Bank of France will shortly issue notes of 25f. and 50f. value, which are expected to relieve the metallic currency. By recent accounts from Vienna we are led to understand that the National State Bank is likely to make payments in coin of the precious metals at some early date. It would appear from this that the late influx of gold and silver into Austria is be ginning to show itself in resuscitating the metallic currency of the country, which has almost lain dor mant since the revolutionary era of 1848. At present the coinage in circulation is limited to copper and single and double kreutzer pieces, of the value of one-third and two-thirds of a penny English, and a six kreutzer silver alloyed coin, the size of a six pence, and valued about twopence. The total value of this currency is under 1,5001. ster ling to about 3,000,0001. of paper circu lation, according to recent accounts. What may be the value and denomination of the pro mised new gold and silver coins we are not yet informed, and it is so long since the Austrians have heard the chink of their OWII, money that they have almost forgotten what the old coinage was like. Throughout yesterday there was a comparatively easy money market, and no difficulty was expe rienced in obtaining advances on first-class com- mercial paper. The English Stock Market is again under the unfavourable influence of the rumours current with respect to a probable disagreement between this country and the United States, but the quota tions are at present too firm to be much affected. Money just now has more effect than politics,•and really the statements above referred to are so pre mature that it is surprising that much importance should be attached to them. Consols for money have been 87i to 88k, but for account they have continued at about 88 to I, and they are now steady at that price. Exchequer Bills are supported at 2s. discount to 3s. premium. The New 3 pew Cents. are 876 to 88k, and the Reduced 874, In Foreign Bonds there is an absence of any thing like activity, and the fluctuations are gene rally unimportant. Turkish Bonds 79 a to and the New Scrip 2fi to 24 discount, in both cases a decided improvement, compared with the closing prices of yesterday. Sardinian Bonds are heavy again, being 831. The Russian 4 per Cents. are marked 8611, which is about below the prices ob tained on -Tuesday. Peruvian Bonds are 72. Equador 45i, and Chilian 99. Railway Shares generally are at rather a lower range, but the decline does not in most cases exceed ±. Great Western of Canada are heavy, and foreign lines are merely nominal. United Mexican Mining Shares have risen about 10s., and Union of Australia Bank 10s. to 1/. Canada Land have dropped to 139. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.-CLOSING PRICES. f Prom the Oficial List. ) Bu.iness don. Bank Stock :......... 3 pur Cent. Reduced Annuities....... B7l{ i 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities BBt 74 Bh. New 3 per Cont. Annuities .... ........... roue . Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 181 4 0 , 3 7-16 Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth Jan., 1860 3 11-16 Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth April, 1885 16} 3-16 India Stock India Bonds, £lOOO r.lonsols ,or Account B3 i 8 Etchequer Mills, 2id 2d. 1;1000 . ...11••• 3 p 2 d -- X5OO Exchequer Bonds 1858, 3p 2 d PRICE Or, ' " Small • _3: 8, 2 d 3i per Cent 98i Ditt o Chilian Bonds, 6 per Cent 1859 t a,ce4 F:::: : IGN FUNDS Tl-ITB DAY. F. E, qo Peruvian BBoonndsi r Cent. ..... ......, 4 -0'94 per Cent, • Con. • 1811 Ditto for the A Portuguese Bonds 5 *** -• ••• ........... • •7 2 Ditto 4 per Cunt. Ditto for the account ...... ..............•. '— A - A Russian Bonds, 4* per Cent.,, M . , Sardinian Bonds , 5 per Cent. ******* " ******* 7,7, Tarkibli Bonds, 6 per cent ***** .. ************ "4 Ditto for the Account Ditto New Scrip, 4 per Cent. Di v idends on the above payableCr, . ....,:ni2,1,1., i 2 W -R-FIR O'CLOCK. Consols ...................... ...•••. ........... •'8 A Ditto for tll \or ount Nov. 8 .......... 88 * POST-OFFICE BLUNDERS. —A considerable fund i s likely to be raised by the Post-office department, from the pecuniary penalties imposed On the Post -offi ce officials for blunders committed by them in the discharge of their duties. THE GRAPE Cnor IN PORTUGAL —The Peninsular pa-ket Madrid brought some deplorable accounts of the failure of the grape crop in Portugal. In consequence of this failure the price of the commonest wines has risen so high that the poor have been deprived of their ordinary beverage. METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. The supply of beasts in to-day'snTark7t;;Tsbtit mode rate ; the trade, however, was excessively heavy, at barely Monday's decline in the quotations. We were scantily supplied with sheep, which moved off slowly, at barely stationary prices. The general quality of the stock was interior. The number of calves was comparatively small ; yet the veal trade was very dull, at a decline of 2d per Sibs. Pigs were a slow sale, on former terms. Milch cows were heavy, at from 141. to 191: each, including their small calf. Per Sibs to sink the offals. s. d. s. d.l 0. 4. Inferior Beasts.... 3 4to 3 6PrimoSouthdown 410 5 0 Second quality.... 3 8 4 01Large crse. calves 3 6 4 2 Prime largo oxen 4 2 4 6'Prime small do 4 4 410 Prime Scots, dm 48 4 11:4argo hogs Inferior Sheep ...3 4 3 6 Small porkers 4 6 5 Second quality ...3 8 4 2Suckling calves 23 0 30 0 Primo crso.-rolled.4 4 4 8 Quarter old pigs 22 0 29 0 TOTAL SUPPLY. POIEIGN SUPPLY. Beasts ............ ...... 1,010 I Sheep ..•• .• .. 4,000 Calves •... 401 Egs . .••• 420 Beasts ............•• •• .. • 210 Sheep 1,6 1 )J Calves...... P1g5•...........••....•••• NEWGATE AND We had a very dull trade t drooping. .... .... _ LEADENIT ALL. ,o-day, and prices were rather Per Blbs by the earcasa. s. d. s. d. Beef, inferior 3 0 3 4 Do., laiddling 3 6 3 8 Do., prime large 3 10 4 0 Dc,„ do. sinall 4 2 4 4 Fork, large 3 10 4 4 e. d. s. (1. Mutton, Inferior 3 2 3 6 Do., middling 3 8 4 0 Do., prime 4 2 4 6 Veal 3 6 4 6 Pork, small 4 6 5 4 BOROUGH HOP. As most of the brewers aro now well in stock, and as the supply of hops is extensive, our market is heavy, and prices have a downward tendency. Tho duty is still called 300,0001. Sussex pockets, 3/. 15s to 4/. 14s ; Weald of Bents. 3/. 10s. to 4/. 15s ; Mid and East Keats, 4/. to 5/. 12s ; Faruhains, le. 4s to 5/. 12s. per cwt. COLONIA L. TEA.—The public sales went off slowly, and only 2,000 packages sold out of 8,300 without change in price. Cam ino') congou at Sid to 9d. SUGAR.—There has been a brisk market this week, and West India, for refining purposes, has advanced fully 6d per cwt. Mauritius black, 37s t ) 38s 6u, low to fine brown 30s to 43s 6,1, low to good middling grocery sold at 44s to 46s Gd, and grainy 47s 6d to 495. Havannah, low heavy to good middling grey 45s to 468 Gd. Porto Rico, low to good heavy grey and yellow sold at 45s to 47s Gil, and good and fine grocery 49s to 51s 6d per cwt. Middling and good soft Benares went at 47s Gd to 48d, and middling and good to yellow Mauritius kind 46s Gd to 47s 6d. Cuba has been sold at higher prices, low heavy to good bright grocery 45s 6d to 485 6d, middling to good soft yellowy 45s 6(1 to 48s Gd, duty 15s, and fine yellow 49s Gd, duty 17s per cwt. Cassipore was taken in, publicly, at 478 Gd to 504. The Refined market is again dearer, and few brown goods to be had under 5Gs per cwt. COFFEE. —The market has been very quiet, and very few buyers. Good ordinary Native Ceylon 48s 61 to 495. Plantation Ceylon sold at steady latices, 30 bags washed Rio taken in at 60s for middling. hen.—Bengal rather cheaper, goad middling realised 15s 6d, to 16s per cwt ; good middling to good bold white sold at Ms 6d per cwt. _ _ _ SALTPETRE.--Madras has been lower, ordinary 36i lb sold at 28i per cwt. PIMENTO - is firm, and middling stalky to good mid dling went at sid to sid per lb. SPlCES.—Ginger—Ordinary small to good middling bold Jamaica, 45s to 51. 133; good and fine bold, 6/. is to 81. 15s per cwt. African was taken in at 24s 6,1 to 255. being above the value. Pepper—Penang middling clean greyish sid per lb, Singapore long pepper 38s per owt. 2 cases 4 bags wild hutmegs were taken in at is 2d to 2s. 19 bags damaged Bombay cloves were taken in at 53d to 51d per lb. TALLOW.--The market is firmer, and P.Y.C. on the spot is 63s to 63s 3d per cwt, and 61s 3d to 64s 6d per owt for the spring months. Rum.-:--Market has been firm, but little business doing. Pille and brown leewards 2s Sd to 2s 9d per proof gallon. GREEN FRIIIT.—A moderate demand exists for all kinds. The high price of new Spanish nuts renders the trade cau tious in taking stock. A portion of two cargoes, offored at public sale by Keeling and Hunt, and a few barrels were taken at '2B to 3.s per barrel under the opening price, and may now be quoted at 435. Barcelona advanced to 40e. Two cargoes old Smyrna still on hand, and a shilling per barrel advance is asked. The stock of lemons is light. The exportation of chestnuts is prohibited from France, in order that they may be retained as an article of food. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.) LONDON, Oct. 13.—Wind thi; day at noon, S.W. ; frezh gale and squally. POR rsmouvi, Oct. 25.--Wind W.S.W., blowing hard— Arrived—Arniuna Holland, from Bergen, for Rio Janeiro ; American Eagle, London, for New York ; Mary Ann, London, for Calcutta; Lord Raglan, London, for Ade laide' S.A. Off the port—American Congress, from New York. COWES, Oct. 25.—Wind S. W.—Arrived—Prins Oscar, from Akyab ; Alfred Hill, Callao. PLYMOUTH, Oct_ 2s.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived—ln diana (s.s.), from Southampton, for the Crimea. Sailed— George Marshall, for Australia. FALMOUTH, Oct. Wind W. S.W.—Arrived —Pe trouella, from Akyab; Athlone, from Liverpool, for Ade laide, S.A. (PEE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Friday Morning. Arrival—Thomas (s.), from Leith. Sailed.—Sylph (s.), for Dublin ; Reaper, Cork. LIVERPOOL, Friday Morning. Wind W. Off.—Lotus, Conqueror, and Alarm, from Bombay ; Romulus. QUEENSTOWN, Oct. 24. Wind W.N.W. Arrivod.—Achilles, from Syra ; Ocoanica, :Mauritius; Margaret, Rio Janeiro. Sailed.—Sea Rover, for Hamburg; Lord Dalhousie, Malta. DUBLIN, Oct. 25. Wind S.W. Arrived.—Charles Richard, from Syra. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Friday, 9.40 a.m. Wind S.W. by W. ; tide, quarter flood, very strong, with rain. Arrived.—Panther (s.), from Boalogne. DEAL, Friday, 9.35 a.m. Wind, S.W. by W. ; a gale. The Investigator is about being supplied pith an anchor and chain, to replace others lost during the night. Tho ships are riding very heavily, the greater part with two anchors down. A French gun-boat has put back and anchored—name unknown. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. The Prince Edward, from. Beliz3, for London, Oat. 1, in lat. 35 N, long. 74 W. The Now World. from New York, for Liverpool, Oct. 3, in lat. 4 ► N, long. 71 IV. _ . The steam-transports Nos. 208 and 212, Oct. 15, in the Gut of Gibraltar. The William and Jane, from London, for New Zealand, Sept. 1, in 13t. 3 N, long. 22 W. The Sea Witch, from London, for China, Sept. 9, in lat. 8 N, long. 23 W. The Bengal, from London, for Calcutta, Sspt. 10, in lat. 9N, lonq. 24 W. - The Si. Anno, of Nantes ' from Gibraltar, for the Mau ritius; and Reunion, Sept. 15, iu lat. 13 N, long. 25 W. The ship Sandhach, steering west, Sept. 19, in lat. 15 N, long. 31 W. The Louis XIV., from Calcutta, for Dunkirk, Sept. 30, in lat. :3 6 N, long. 37 W. The Campbeltown Castle, Oct. 12, in lat. 45 N, long. 9 W. PRINCE ALBERT AND THE HIIDDERRIPIELD MECIiANICS INSTITIITE.—The following letter has been received by the secretary of the Huddersfield Mechanics' Institution : " Windsor Castle, Oct. 20.—Sir,---I have received the commands of his Royal Highness the Prince to inform you, in reply to your letter of the 13th iust., that his Royal IliJiness has read with sincere pleasure the ac count therein contained of the successful operation of the Huddersfield 3leehanics' Institution. His Royal Highness agrees with you that the case is an exceptional one in respect to the amount of instruction affordei and the number of recipients of it. His Royal Highness would be very glad to hear of very many similar suc ces-es. I am commanded to forward to you the enclosed chequ e for 251., which his Royal Highness would wish to be given in one or more prizes (at the next distribu tion), as the managing committee may judge best,—l am, &c., C. B. PHIPPIS.—To Frank Curzon, Esq." - _ _ Naval and Military Intelligence. The ingwing notice has been issued from the Admi ralty riiye ting the admission of persons from the mer chant servi, 3 into the Royal Navy :-- " The Aords Commissioners of the Admiralty, being de sirous to encourage gentlemen from the merchant service to enter the Royal Navy in the rank of second-master, are pleased to invite such officers as can comply with the re quirements of the Queen's regulations to offer themselves -for such appointments. " The Adth 4 ralty are also pleased to invite officers who may not be able fully to comply with those requirements to offer themselves for the appointment of acting secend `mastet, pro idel they shall have completed four years' stn.- viee at sea, have filled some of the rating -required b y th e Queen's regulations before isentioned, shall have completed the full age of 18 sears, and shall produce satisfactory ',ref of diligpnce, sobriety, and good cond uc t. Th e Board 'of Ac'.eiiralty are willing to guarantee to them on their consizleticg the necessary period of service in the Royal Navy, and on their 9onforming in allrespects to the re quiretnents at 4 such time existing, their confirmation to the :auk of second master in her Majesty's service, with all the further advantages to be derived from such rank, both as regards half-pay and the prospect of future ad vancement to the rank of master, &c. Details of the ex.- amination whe.:; candidates for the appointment of acting second master must pass are subjoined. " Officers making application must state distinctly their age, the ships in which they have served, length of service, ratings, &c., addressing such application to the Secretary of the Admiralty, when their claims will receive Maine diate attention. " To qualify en officer to receive a commission as second master ho must have served at least six years at sea, three of which in her Majesty's navy as midshlurnan or master's assistant; or, having served six years at sea, shall have actually been one year or more master, or two years chief mate, or three years inferior mate of a merchant vessel; or shall have served in the two former capacities in a mer chant vessel for a period, when combined, of 18 months ; or in the two latter, or in the three capacities, for a period combined of two years and a-half. He shall produce cer tificates of diligence, sobriety, and good conduct, as re quired in tho case of masters, and shall pass examination as the Admiralty may from time to time direct; but no candidate shall On examined before he shall have attained the age of 19 years, or after the age of 35. "It will be required of candidates who present them selves at the Admiralty for examination for the appoint ment of acting second-wasters— " 1. That they shall be IS years old ; shall have been 4 years at sea; shall produce satisfactory testimonials. 2. Shall have a tolerablegeneral knowledge of the pilot age of the Channel from the North Foreland to the Land's end, including the Downs, Spithead, and Plymouth-sound. "3. A fair knowledge of seamanship at the discretion of the examining -officers, also of the stowage of the ship's hold. " i. Iu navigation they must be able to work a day's work ; to find the latitude by meridian altitude of the sun, longitude by chronometer, and variation of the compass by amplitude azimuth, 5. A competent knowledge of the tides, so as to be able to find the time of high water on any given day at any given place." The Baraguay d'Hilliers, sailing transport No. 124, Capt. Sharp, arrived at Spithead yesterday morning from the East. She sailed from Malta Sept. 12, and Gibral tit Sept. 29. . On the 29th, off the Rock, she passed the transport Campardown ; on the 30th, in the Gut, passed the screw steam transport No. 183 ; on 13th Oct., in lat. 39'30 No., lo ng . 11 \V ., signalled the screw steam transport Clyde ; on the 20th, in lat. 46.30 N., long. 8.20 \V., spoke the brig Ware ; on the 21st, in lat.. 46.39 N., lung 8'23 W., signalled the steamer Persian, with a bark in tow, steering S.W. the brought no invalids or passengers. Her Majesty's steam troopship Simoom, 18, Capt. T. R. Sulivan, hauled alongside off Portsmouth yesterday morning, in readiness to embark her allotment of the British German Legion (the Ist Light Infantry Regi ment, consisting of 45 officers and 1,000 men) who are expected to arrive to-day from Shortieliffe for transport to Ealal.•lava. The steatu•transport Lady Eglinton, No. 105, will leave Portsmouth to-day with a cargo of the huts built by Mr. Luke Camwell, the contractor with the Govern ment, for the Crimea. The steam-transport Perseverance, Capt. Harris, will take o❑ board the 4th Middlesex Militia at Portsmouth on the 29th inst., for Ireland, and returns with the Ar magh Militia, to replace the Middlesex, in garrison at Portsmouth. The Royal Mail Stea.rn.packet Company's ship Ori noco has been again appropriated for transport service, and taken up to convey draughts to Malta from Ports. mouth ; she will be ready in a-few days to receive her allotment of troops, which, consisting of British regulars and British Swiss Jagers, will number about 1,400 or 1,500 men. The Royal Charlie, sailing transport, appropriated to convey draughts from Portsmouth, has not yet arrived at that port, owing to the strong contrary winds expe rienced in her passage from the Thames. Very heavy westerly gales blew all day yesterday at Portsmouth, and there was much sea on. In the morn ing a barge, laden with ballast, filled and went down off the Spur Redoubt, but the crew were saved. At 7 p.m. the gale seemed on the increase, attended by squalls and rain. The steam vessel Inflexible left Plymouth on Monday for Woolwich, to return with machinery for the Satellite. The frigate Arachne and the steam•vessel Heela have been placed along.-ide the dockyard, Devonport, prepa ratlry to their being put in commisBion. _ _ • The African mail steam-packet Ethiope, Commander Barnwell, sailed from Plymouth for Madeira and the West Coast of Africa on Wednesday afternoan. Among her passengers are Dr. Weeks, the newitroppointed Bishop of Sierra Leone, and 14 clergymen. She has a full cargo of general merchandise, including nearly one tou of specie for the different ports on the coast. The next mail home, the Gambia, is probably between Bathurst and Tenerife, and the Candace between Lagos and Fernando Po. The passenger ship Kent, Capt. Coleman, belonging to Messrs. Money, Wigrain, and Co., London, which sailed from Plymouth for Melbourne on the evening of the 13th of May, made the passa.;e in 69 days, having arrived on the 20th of July, up to which date there was nu appearance of the mail contract ship Oliver Laing, which left Liverpool on the 25th of July, eight days be fore the Kent. Her Majesty's brig Britomart, 8, Commander Hessel tine, which has been engaged upwards of three years on the West Coast of Africa, arrived at Plymouth yesterday afternoon, short of provisions and water, having been 49 days from Ascension. Spoke, Sept. 13, in lat. 7.30 N., loug. 21 W.. the Dutch bark Castor, and the English bark Burmah, from London for Calcutta ; 19th, the Hamburg brig No. 33 ; 29th, the American bark Ithona, 39 days from New York, for Rio do la Piata ; Oct. 1, the Spanish brigantine Abace, from Santander ; 3d, in lat. 28.40 N., long. 33.3 W., the Golden Age, from Old Calabar for Liverpool ; 14th, in lat. 37.25 N., long. 34.7 W., the ship Phoebe Dunbar, 85 days from Mauritius, for London ; on the 25th, 20 miles S.S.E. off the Lizard, the Norwegian bark Argo, outward bound ; on the 10th of Oct., at sunset, saw the glare of a fire in the north we=t, made all sail, and at 11 p.m. came up, in lat. 35.51 N., long. 30,54 W., with the hull of a ship, about 1,200 to 1,400 tons, burnt half-way down to the water's edge. The Britomart cruised near during the night, and fired guns, but no vestige 6f a boat or crew was seen. lire brig Corbeille, of Jersey, also joined in the effort to identify the vessel. Her fore-royal yard and sparsail were picked u;s by the Britomart. The hired screw-transport Indiana, Captain Lambert, which left Southampton on Wednesday with troops for the East, encounted a heavy south-west gale when off tho Eddystone, and put back to Plymouth-sound yes terday afternoon. The Nicholas Wood, screw-transport, wag to leave Woolwich last evening for Portsmouth, to take in provi 'ions for the army in the Crimea. Yesterday at half-past 1 p.m. an explosion took place in the fuse department of the Royal Arsenal at Wool wich, but no loss of life resulted from it. A considerable quantity of prepared fuses had been collected and depo sited in the drying-house. The men and boys employed there had not returned from dinner when the explosion occurred. The only person injured was a policeman, whose beat was on that spot, and who was suddenly em bedded in a portion of the ruins. Assistance was imme diately at hand, and he was conveyed to the surgery. His injuries, although severe, are not of a dangerous nature. The drying-room, it appears, was heated by steam, conveyed though the building by means of vari ous pipes, but how the accident occurred has not been discovered. Col. Pickering and Capt. Fraser, belong ing to the department, were instantly on the spot, and the fire-engines were immediately in full play on the ruins, the adjoining buildings, the model room, and the chemical laboratory, into which some fragments of burn ing fuses had been forced through the broken windows. The fire was speedily quenched, and the amount of damage was very slight, cons id er i ng the quantity o f c ombustible matter collected there. _ • Forty•one wounded and disabled soldiers arrived in Dublin by the Ondine ecrew•steamer, from London, on Wednesday morning. On the wounded soldiers arriving at the North-wall, they were conveyed to the Crimean Hotel, where they were carefully attended to. It having been intimated to the Lord-Lieutenant that these poor fel lows had arrived, he immediately expressed his determi nation to visit th e m. His Excellency arr ived shortly after 4 o'clock, accompanied by the Hon. Agar Ellis, Aide•de. Camp in Waiting, and immediate l y p roceeded to inspect the wounded soldiers. Among th em were number s of men who were severely wounded in the different engagement s in the Crimea, and who had been in hospital for some time. Their wounds, speaking generally, Were of i a fright ful character—some being on crutches , others on wooden niost minutey legs, and others bearing marks . severe injuries received Hi s Excellency questioned thetas in action. and evidenced the most marked Ri o, with the poor fellows' sufferings. After kindly IlYmP3thY satisfying his. self that all their wants were properly attended to he 1 returned to the Vice-regal Lodge, Colonel Gordon Higgins, commanding tillery, has left Dublin on a tour of inspection in the the Royal Ar- North of Ireland. Lieutenant T. F. Maude, 15th Hussars, has offered his services at.the seat o f ce r sailed on Tuesday, He from l warS.ou This gallant youn g dB, Hussars, in the Indi ana steam transport. 's a cousin of the three Maudes who were wounded at the Redan and at Balaklava. ing°t3l-1190notaoyerms,orrning. the following draughts, amount serjeants, 2 drummer s , a nd 390 ran k and file, were conveyed to Queenstown, wh e r e th e y em barked on board transportth y e Dalhousie : -41 s t Regi. m and e eet, 2 o ffi cers 49 men, under the command of Major Meredith ; 55th Regiment, 3 officers and 55 men, commanded by C ap t a i n B arnston ; 4 7 t h R eg i m ent, 3 officers, 2 serjeants, 1 drummer, and 130 men, ued.er C . :twain Pilki ng t on ; 14th R eg i ment, 1 o ffi ce r, 1 ser jeant, 1 drummer, and 36 men ; 56th Regiment, 7 0 ffi cers, 3 serjeants, and 158 men. Major Peaty, of the latter regiment, bad the command of the seve ral ' draughts. The Dalbousie will convey them to Ithe Crimea. The Earl of Dalhousie railed on Tuesday for I her destination. 1 The following draughts arrived in Cork on Tuesday evening from Limerick, and avrait their gmbarkation for the Crimea :-17Lh Re.2imetit, 130 men and 4 ollicere, under the command of Lieutenant Travers ; 39th Regi ment, 100 men and 4 officers, under Captain Priteband ; 90th R. rrimerit, 150 men and 4 officers, urd.-r the cart. !nand of aptain Taylor; 89th Pe t gim.n:, 12 men and 3 officer, , , under Lientenal:t - Hoare. A transport is ex pected to arrive in Cork Harbour in the course of the week to convey those troops to the seat of war. The following appointments, =via at the Admiralty yesterday, appeared in our late edition last night : LIEUTENANTS. ThOwag C, Bruce, to the Sampson. Denis B. Pack, to the Russell. Edward White, to the Penelope. PAYMAUTER. Alex. C. Y u l e , t o the ,Arachne. Sporting,- Intelligenp- NEWMARKET HOUGHTON MEETING, THE SUBSCRIPTION ROOM. WauxszDAY NIGHT. The publication of the weights for the Nursery Stakes, and the subsequent declaration of the acceptaocAs parted uo activity to speculation-6 to 1 was offt the field for either class. For the Derby, 10 to 1 was taken to 1001. about .• low Jack ; 13 to 1 to 4001. about Edington ; 1,000 to 30 and 35 to 1 about Sugar Plum ; and 40 to 1 to 1001. about West Langton. TIIIJRBDAY. Subscription Handicap Plate 6f_501., for 3-yr-olds and upwards. .D. Two miles 119 yards. Mr. Pell's Pole Star by Faugh a Baliagh, 3 yrs, 83t 51b (Ashman) 1 Mr. H. Brown's Speed the Plough, 5 yrs, Sst 71b(Lo we) 2 Lord Cdtdon's Nathan, 5 yrs, 3st 71b (1. Day) 3 Mr. J. M. Stanley's Surgeon-General, 4 yrs, Est 111 b (Tyrrell) 4 Betting :-2 to 1 agst Pole Star, 5 to 2 agst Speed the Plough, 3 to 1 agst Surgeon-General. Won very cleverly by two lengths —the second beating the third half a length. Pretty good fourth. Sweepstakes of 10 sous each, for 2-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 71b; fillies, 83t 41b. The winner to be sold for 40 sovs if demanded, &c. Last half of Ab. ht. 3 furlongs 217 yards. (6 subs.) Mr. T. Ben's Ceres, by Planet, Bit 4lb (Bagbatn) 1 Mr. Swot-does Persia, Bst 4lb (Flatman) 2 Mr. G. Morton's / 1 .1.2ta, Bst 4lb (J. Osborne) 3 Mr. Saxon's Fashion, Est 4lb (Forster) 4 Mr. J. Artnstrono. ° 's Caledo n i a , EA 41b (Aldcroft) Betting to 2on Ceres. Won easily by a length ; bad third. The winner was claimed for Mr. Henderson, and goes into R. I'Ansou's stable. Sweepstakes of 50 sovs each ; for 2-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 7lb ; fillies, Bst 41b. Ab. M, 7 furlongs 212 yards. (7 subs.) Mr. Howard's Yellow Jack, by Birdcatcher, Bst 7.6 (Wells) 1 Mr. Bryan's Secret, by Melbourne, Bit 4lb (J. Marson) 2 Mr. W. Grrne's Blue Mantle, Bst 41b (A Day) 3 Betting—ti to lon Yellow Jack. Secret, with the favourite in close attendance, made the running for th• fir,t quart,er of a mile, when their positions were changed. The contest with the twu was admirably sustained. Se cret, ho.vever, when close at home, swerved to the left, and was at last beaten by a length and a half. Th• third was several lengths behind. Handicap Sweepstakes of 15 cove each, 10 ft, for 2-yr olds. 1). M. 7 fur. 201 yds. (8 subs.) Mr. J. M. Stanley's Sauve qui petit, by Alarm, ist 12Ib (Ashniall) 1 Mr. Alfred's Bst (Wells) 2 Mr. J. Oshorne's The Bailiff, ist 41b ......(Bearpark) 3 Thu following also ra❑ :—Dramatist, Folkestone, Plumptois Maid. Betting-2 to 1 agst Dramatist, sto 2 agst Sauve qui pent, 9 to 2 apt Goldhill, G to 1 ngst Plumptun Maid. Sauve qui peat made all the running, and won by a length. Bad third. Sweepstakes of 10 SOVR each ; for 2-yr•olds, ist ; three, Bst 121 b ; fillies allowed 21b. The winner to be sold for Sc) soys, if demanded, &o. T.Y.C. 5 fur. 140 yds. (3 sub.i.) Mr. Mo.itague's Bianca, by lago, n yrs, Bst 101 b (Wells) 1 Mr. E. R. Clark's Laura Selina, 3 yr:+, Bst 101 b . _ . Alderaft) 2 Mr. T. Walker's Thirty-to-Five, 2 yrr, Gst 121 b.. .. _ (Bullock) 0 Betting-5 to 4on Thirty-to-Five, sto 2 agst Bianca. A close race throughout with the two placed was won by half a length. The favourite jumped round when the flags were dropped, and was left at the post. Sweepstakes of 10 sews each, for 2-yrolds ; colts, Bat 71b ; fillies, Bst 41b. The winner to be sold for 150 sous if demanded, &o. T.Y.C. 5 furlongs 140 yards. (3 5ub....) Mr. T. Walker's Anniversary, by Annandale, Bst 41b (Aldcrott) 1 Mr. Morris's Quack, Bst 71b (l3asham) Mr. C. Winteringhatn's Calcutta, Bst 41b (J Marlon) 3 Betting-2 to lon Anniversary. Won by s length, two lengths between the snond and third. The winner was claimed by Mr. Morris. Renewal of the Glasgow Stakes of 100 sous each, h for 2-yr-old colts, Bst 71b each. Last three qua it • of the Rowley Mile. (12 snbs.) Duke of Bedford's Tyre, 8.4 71b (S. Rogers Lord Chesterfield's Peter Wilkins, Bat 71b...(Flatinan) Lord Glasgow's b c—Clarissa, Sit 71b (A.ldcreft) Mr. Inman 's Napoleon 111., by lago, Bst 71b (Wells) 4 The following also ran :—Armigar, the Czar, b.O by Conyngliam—Prioress. Iltting-2 to 1 agst Peter Wilkins, 3 to 1 aget Na• poleGn 111., 7 to 2 agst Tyre, 8 to 1 agst Clarissa colt. A. very fine race up the cords with the fiat two was won by a neck. Two lengths between the second and third, and a head between third and fourth. Handicap Sweepstakes of 100 sovs each, h ft, for 8-yr olds. Extra weight for certain winners. A. F. 1 mile 2 fur 73 yds. (2 subs.) Lord Zetland's Fandango, Sit (J. 'Marmon) 1 Lord Clifden's Chalice, Est 121 b (Crouch) 2 Betting-7 to 4on Fandango. The favourite made all the running, and won easily by threeluarters of length. Optional Selling Stakes of 5 sovs each ; 2-yr•olds, 6st 71b ; three, 7st 10lb ; four, Set 111 b ; rive and up• ward, 98t Ch. The winner to be sold for 100 wive if demanded, &c. ; allowances if entered to be sold for les.. A. F. 1 mile 2 fur 73 yds. (7 subs.) Mr. R. Cooper's Mary Ann, by Faugh-a-Ballagh, 3 yrs (501 ), 6st 121 b (Hughes) 1 Mr. J. M. Stanley's Surgeon General, 4 yrs, (501.), 7st 131 b (Ashman) 2 Mr. Wood's Vine, 2 yre (501.), 4st 91b (corr 44t 111 b) (Ducker) 8 The following also ran :—John o'Bruges, Donum, The Dwarf. Betting-7 to 4 aget Mary Ann, 4to 1 each aget Vin• and Surgeon-CI eneral. Wou by a neck, the second beat ing the third half a length. The others were tailed off. The winner wag claimed. Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, for 3.yr•olds, 7st 41b ; four Sit 41b ; five and upwards, B,t 11lb, Mares and geld ings allowed 31b. The winner to be sold for 250 cove. if demanded, &c. A.F. 1 mile 2 fur. 73 yds. (3 subs.) Mr. Nicholson's Berezina, by Hetman Platoff, 3 yrs (Ashman) 1 Mr. W. Robinson's Alcyone, 3 yrs ( 1 -learpark) 2 Mr. \Voffenden's The Princess, 3 yrs .(Charlton) 3 Betting --5 to 4 agst Alcyone, 6to 4 agst Princess, 2 to 1 agst Berezina. Won by a length. Very bad third. Yellow Jack and Peter Wilkins, who, on account of very favourable reports of their private pertormancto,har: for some ti me p as t h e ld a p re tty p ro minent position the Derby betting, made their first appearance in public to-day. This was, in fact, the only feature o f interest and importance in the day's sport. With regard to Yellow Jack, there are many conflict ing opinions as to his form and quality, and his ability to sustain the leading character in the grand Derby spec. tacle of 1856 is much questioned. This moot point is, however, likely to be productive of much speculation. Peter Wilkins must be seen again before judgment b. pronounced upon him. The weather wag showery and bitterly cold, an d the heath was, consequently, thinly attended. UP TO SIX O'CLO CK. BETTING 6 to int ,T.cLASS NURSERY S TARES. 1 a sst Blue Mantle (take 7 to 1) Bto 1 asst Sheilah (taken) 10 to 1 agst Manganese (taken ) 10 to 1 agst Dresser (taken) 10 to 1 agst Queen's Head (offered) 10 to 1 agst Lawn (offered) 14 to 1 agst Dramatist (offered) RECOND•CLASS NURSERY. Bto 1 apt Secret (taken) 10 to 1 agst Diego (taken) 10 to 1 agat Pretty Boy GREAT LUXEMBOURG RAILWAY.—Traffio return for the week ending Oct. 21, 1855 MR Q . -- ...ATI& OF SMITHFIELD.—The committee con nected with this movement are taking active measures in order to insure the appropriation of the site of Smith field to a profitable purpose. Weekly meetings of the committee are held, and public meetings of the a _ inhabi tants of the adjacent neighbourhood are about to S o k_ place. The corporation of the City of London suppor t the the application of the memorialsts, who pray tha t meat, poultry, &c., markets be erected darn portion of;the site. 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