The Sun. — London, England, 1855-09-20 00:00:00

-----__-_—___ l. JUL ..ILU 143 V 4.1 I I .4.6 'Ls. .1 II ....• ~0' .. ' T •`• •••• —. room .-..-•-••..- ;Ling )10 Nr.i4Y MARKET SHARE MARKET S. LINES LEASED A T FIXED RENTALs - the yin AND (T HIS D A Y.) . Leastiu . losing Price. Business Flit ' Pai ' ' '' liArLwin• Company yesterday. this day. lain _____.. o ______ en- COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. RAILWAYS. ——. 50 all !tedford and London & - igil -•o- --- Blotchley ... N. We,,t. .., - e Drty CITY, Two O'CLOCK. Er. I' al,l. u,„A". Closing Prices Justness done St. 100 Suckgliamsh. G.&N.W. 95 -97 yesterday. this day. link 11,3 Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed ,-- Si. 100 Clydesdal e Je. Cal ed on. - 100 - 102 the ve r Y heavily, and with some irregularity in tit. 100 A.herdeen.. ..... - ...... 21 -16 25 24 Col. Stour Vy. E. lin. & Sod. and Hal. E. C - Price 12i 8, Ambg. Nottrg. Bost. . 6 8 ) which were bd. per lb. lower than last - - St. 100 E. Lin. g. 6 pc. Gt. Nr tun. ... -• • • !re e l. ,and Emtn. Junet,.. 31 -9 h 4 ex d 4 . The sales were 6,000 bales, 1,000 for ex- 10 all !3olfast & Ballymena. ... - ... St. 100 Glas. Barr. & Caldonian. DortNeils. Direct comprising, in addition to Americans, 500 13i all Birming. Well phi St. 100 Do. New Do • - ••• : •••••Stour Valley ...... .. 71 -7/ Egyptian, 6,1 d. to 7d. ; 1,200 Surat, 31:d. to 5!,d.; 25 all Glstr.& Dn.Fr Gt. Westi 27 - 29 31 29? Birk, Lancsh. & pro' tip ( ' - 100 all llrtlpl. Dk. & Yk. New. 16 - 15 )atch bB O ~.4 e a Islands, 11d. to ls. Bd. per lb. The 44 4 Cheshire Junct 27/ all Do. Cherth. & Birk., Railway & Bcrw. ... - ••• 50 all Hull & Selby Y. &NM 105 - 107 1 the . l ' la y Share Market was active, at a slight ad- ' £5O and £25 Cons. 14 -15 25 all Do. 4 Shares. Do .• - ••• Titan ,ai lee. it 19 Do., £20..... ..... ..... 9 -. 8 , 12 all Do. 4 Shares. Do . - ... Eng' The letters 25 all Myth &Tyne original 12i all Lon. & Greenw S. Easters 12i -13 Ding h a, by the Boomerang, from Australia, £25 (issd. at X 45) -...- ... 20 all Do.Preferen?e Do 23 - 9 4 ritish • bL ve not been yet delivered, but the dates are old. st. ,100 Bristol and Exeter... 87 -89 10 all Lon., Til., &S, Peto &Co llO - 115 ncier L Q ° bullion on board is about 68,0001., and the St. 100 Caledonian , - 61?, 61/ St. 100 Lowestoft gr. a nd 10 Rs. Carmarthen and Car 4 per cent. Norfolk... ... - •• • -I ` t Y Wharncliffe, frora. Sydney, has 6,5001. i ale digan ... - ... St. 100 Do. 6 per ct. Do .....•••• ... - ... rioug ,' 4 the half-yearly General Court of the proprie- 50 al, Chester & Holyhead ll -13 lots 5? all Mauch. Bxtn. L.& N. AV 60 all Cork and Bandon 8 - 10 • tto a the Bank of England, held this day, a divi- and Matlock & Midld. 21 - 2 than a nd (l a • of 4 per cent. for the half-year, without do- 20 11' 6 o Co m r . k n , Bla,ck, &Pass. ... - ... Cornwall -- ... 50 all Middlesra•o' & Stekton & Redcar . Darlingt. ... - ••• eti on for income tax, was declared. The nett 10 1.. Woo:Junction . - ... St. [CO Midld•Bradfd Midland.. 91 - f:3 90 ogre 45 Du olin &Belfast June 5 - 4 6t. 5/ Newmarket the Pl'°6lB of the half-year were 587,032/. ss. 3d. kfte r 25 all DundeePerth&Abei Bury Exton... En. Conn. i- ip I pm the b e the payment of the dividend, the rest would deen Junction 6i - 7 ;etic t o 42 3,050/. 7s. 6d. The dividend being agreed 25 all Do. N•2w ... - ... 50 all N.& Est.s p.c. E. Count. 56 -58 50 all Do. 6 per et. Do._ ...... ... - ... ft '„, t he Court adjourned. St. 1.00 East Auglian 20 all Eastern Counties l2i - I'4 50 all Do. Fix, 'ri, Do 94 - 9i.• 9/ 1 x d 25 all Prost. &IN fro L. &N.W• e if .0 -0 anomalous position of the Money Market, St 100 Eastern Union, A &Ln&YR ... - ••• adds ki d the Stock 12 all Do. A Shrs. ADo n ot l i i rapid alternations that are experienced, •st . 10C. Do., B. Stec? , ••• - ••• St. 00 Roys - tn.& Hit. GtNorthr 130 - 134 and lo t rivet the attention of the mercantile classes 25 Do., New A. . ••• - ••• 25 18? Shef•Roth and Lancaah& St. 100 East Lancashire 7O - 72 Goole g. 5 p.e. Yorksh. ~. - ... f be working of the Bank Charter Act, if only the st. 100 Edinburgh&Glasgow 52 - 54 . ,„ °l. th e purpose of future action, since, whatever 10 all Edinb. and Peebles 9l - 9 i 10 all Shrews. &Her. T. Brassey 8 i - 8 12 9. S. Staffordsh. M.MClean 2/ - 21,1 3 in' ' A Y be said of the expediency, nay, the absolute St. 1 .00 Edin.Prth &Durde , 16 lB 50 all Wear Valleygr Stockt. & • ). the lit e _ . 10 9 worth & .Clyde Ai , o; ... :.. ► 6 per cent._ Darlingt ... - ... thrcb tislty of adopting the course lately pursued by 50 all Furness . - • • sane. 25 all Do Do 3oi -31 i 311 _ a nil .1! TIA Flctrmsiola.. St. .100 WiltsgLikrrirEit !ItWeetn 9O —92 The lett ers by the Boomerang, from Australia, have not been yet delivered, but the dates are old. i n bullion on board is about 68,0001., and the dY Wharncliffe, frora. Sydney, has 6,5001. tor . 4 the half-yearly General Court of the proprie de 8 of the Bank of England, held this day, a clivi htld of 4 per cent. for the half - year, without do - ' ieri for income tax, was declared. The nett 'etpro fits of the half-year were 587,0321. ss. 3d. t er the payment of the dividend, the rest would to t o 423,050/. 7s. 6d. The dividend being agreed ' rn tbe Court adjourned. The anomalous position of the Money Market, the rapid alternations that are experienced, t o ° lll . d rivet the attention of theme rcantile classes wae working of the Bank Charter Act, if only : t he purpose of future action, since, whatever k Y be said of the expediency, nay, the absolute tt e :kssity of adopting the course lately pursued by 4 e33 ank, we may at least go back to first causes, and 4 1 ! for some elucidation of the wisdom of the law 'eh compels such a course. At the present :Itent no impartial person can feel any anxiety tut the position of the Bank, or the amount of t . bullion, except so far as respects the obligation wad er which it labours to keep a given sum in 12 I ile eie, and to contract its circulation. In other i:clswhen, in th e natural order of things, cash would e asy, the legislature, by its enactments, ordains St• fair it shall be made scarce. While this state of 2 g 4i rg exists, we must be prepared for that fitful tli 4 ' 11 4t z ietY which results at the bare idea of bullion Cc.• ri ng us, whatever the object, or however soon 20 I, 4 : R aid bullion could, without effort, be expected 10 12i b k again. All banks, as dealers in money, will Be. i i tit up its value when the demand increases, and 50 t 54 Merchant will object to their so doing ; 25 wh t it is the artificial and exaggerated strain 23 41 1 °h the restrictive laws induce that 2 1. t h tl °YB and dissatisfies. To - day, according to 8128 , e confident predictions hazarded in some St. 11444rters, the minimum rate of discount at the S so t. b b ll k of England was to be raised to 5 per cent. ; 7.5 -. `t greater ease being experienced in all quarters, 100 e arrivals of silver being considerable, and the 50 fi t t ers from Paris indicating a more sober tone 20 it the speculators and less doubt among ea- a t 4plt4l.lists, the measure has not been adopted. We 50 I to al leege any one to say under our present system, ,1 whether the advance will be made in I( 4 : ( ,,days or six weeks, or whether it will be at all ; but if derangement is to ensue from s e purchase of the customary quantity of foreign 2 tt tl 4i la) and the remittance to Turkey of a loan gua- .2 r :teed by our Government and fostered by our t h t i°flal bank, the sooner the " screw " is turned better. Turn it to the utmost our bond with k ill 'key must be fulfilled, and so the merchant is 01 4 cle to suffer. This day upwards of 450,0001., 6 1 , e nY in silver, is exported to India and China , ow " . future remittances will probably be smaller, it 'g to the check given by our tighter money 4 tlcet. The splendid weather now experienced w 4 11 1 , 1 insure the most satisfactory results to harvest ''°llrs, even in the latest districts. i tti T he English funds have been much firmer, an %Dtovement of to ; 8 ' per cent. having occurred in 41 4 015, which are 90 to for present transfer, and Camt tail for account. Cash is easier, and in less and in the Stock Exchange, while the fall in 1 , 11 431 s has brought forward a few buyers for in tnaent. Exchequer Bills are steadier at 4s. .; e naiurn. East India Stock has been dealt in at Exchequer Bonds have recovered to pm. T he Foreign Stock Market has been fir mer, v i l lt 'hout any great activity. Spanish New Deferred been well supported, at 19,1 4, and the Passive a t 4 Peruvian 41 per Cents. have been quoted t t t . Equador Bonds have been at 4, and Grenada th 18 1. Turkish 6 per Cents. are up to 911, and e Crip is par to prem. Venezuela have been he at 27. 0 141 e following are the nominal prices of foreign :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 18 to 20 ; t exican, 21 a to Peruvian, 70 to 7 8 ; Deferred, j i to ; Russian Five per Cents., 03 to 100 ; t to Four per Cents., 87 to 89 ; Spanish Three il Cents ., 38 to 381 ; and ditto Deferred, 19 to digan at., Chester & Holyhead all Cork and Bandon I all Cork, Black, & Pass 16 Cornwall 1A CsioTJunction 45 Duulin&BelfastJunc all Dundee Perth &Abe deen Junction all Do. N.'w 100 East Auflittn all Eastern Counties 100 Eastern Union, A Stock 10C Ds., B. Stodo , 8/ Do., New A , 100 East Lancashire 100 Edinburgh & Glasgow all Edinb. and Peebles 1 .00 Edin. Prth & Durde«, 9 worth & Clyde Jn all Furness all Do. Extension.. ,100 Glasgow &S. Weston , 100 Great Northern 100 Do., A. 5t0ck........ 'OO Do., B. 5t0ck........ 1)0 Gt. Sth. &West.(lre.) 100 Great Western 100 Do. Stour Val. Rail Stk all Irish South-Eastern all Lancaster & Carlisle 144 Do., Thirds 7 Do. New Thirds Lancash.andYorksh Do., \V t. 3.iding Un. all Liv:Crat y. eSouthpt all London & Blackwal' 100 Lond. Bright & S.Cst. 100 Lond. and N. Westn. 16 Do. Fifths 51 D0.10Z.5h.,M&8...0 2/ Do. Eighths 100 London andS. Westn 47i Do., £5O. 38 Do., £4O all Lndndrry& Coleraine all Lndndrry. & Ennlak. 100 ganch.Shef.& Linde all Do. Shares, No. 1 '32s. Do., Mau. & Lin. Un 100 Midland 100 Do. Birmng. & Derby all Midid G, West. (Iro, I I all Do. Half Shares all Newcastle & Carlisle 231 Nwpt.Abcrg. &Had 8 Newry & EnniskilleT all Newry Warrenpoint and Rostrovor 100 Norfolk 3i Northn.Counties Un. 100 North British all North Devon, No. 1 all Do., No. 2 all Do., A Deferred all Do., 1 B Guaranteed 100 N.Eastern—Berwick. 20 Do. do. Extension 13 Dodo. G.N.E. Punch. all Co. Leeds 100 Do. York all North London all Do. Now £lO 31 1F• N &S.Wstrn.,l3ainl stead, and City Jn 171 North Staffordshire , all North Western., all N. &S. Westrn. June. 1 Nuneaton, Hinckley. and Leicester 00 Oxford, Worcestor,& Wolverhampton 8 E'orts:aouth 100 Se..l,dsli Central 100 Scottish Midland 1.00 Shropshire Union all South Devon tlO South Eastern all South Wales 15 3. Yrksh. & Riv. Duo 5 Do 1.4 Stp.ines, Wok. &Wok a'l Stockton & Darlin 16 Sto , :kton & Hartlepl 100 Taff Vale ..• 9 Do. £lO shares. Iflo Do. Pref., No. I 21?, Thames Haven Doc] , and Railway Ulverstone & Lancs. nil Vale of Neath all Waterfd. & Kilkenny! all Waterford&Limenel , all West Cornwall. 5 West End of London and Crystal Palace all West London all IWimbledn &Croydon 72 - 74 86 - 87 69 - 71 1'23 - 125 100 - 102 551 •- 664 20 20 10 10 St. 10 St. 15 10 5 20 is 72 - 75 62 - 71 6t -74 p, 762 - 77 a V T i le last week's railway receipts, ascertained up 20 t his day, are in round figures as follow : 100 20 4 1 . 1855. 1354. 4 eat Western ° rth-Western 11°,t111-W estern )~Ighten ,-kidi and 31,540 30,507 100 ''' °tl , t/!-,..9a,2tern C (lonian T r eat Northern 4 4 ne%shire and Yorkshire 2 2 ,282 21,769 ' ° ,l ll l-Eastern ttailway Shares have been higher all round. t :ledonian are up about 10s., Eastern Counties 4 . , Lancashire and Yorkshire 7s. 6 d. to 10 s., ° tth Western and Great Western 10s., and South E astern, Midland, and North Stafford in propor t2ll°ll. The foreign lines are very quiet, but norni :lly about the same. The Grand Trunk of Ca 4cla, are i dearer. LU.sitanian Mine are rather lower. Colonial Gold ca pe k been done at - 3 4 discount. The Joint Stock i m ulc Shares have been at improved rates. Ca ti,tttla Company's Shares have been supported at e rise, and British American Land are at very uf ull rates. ;;; 6i 96 98 92 -02 i - lad 1 1 83 84 8 - 7 6i • Si „ on th e i° $ 1(3 , 14 ” tia 19 3°l" e rifg of VO lif oidaf 411 ITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOC K 1 Front the Ogcial List. ) 3 h C n InusinA., lons r Cont. Consols Annuities 9O , 90 D.,; 44 1 Stock - ",'eels for Account, 12th October 9Ol a , cche q uer Bills, 21 , 1. I 2d. 4000 ... - . £5OO Et ,%nall . '°nequer Bonds 1858, 3i per Cent lOOB t i : i lt lCE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O ' CL O C K. t , tiador Bonds te nada Bonds, 12 per Cent. N t ella.da Bonds, Deferred c t s r Uvian Bonds, 4i per Cent — k i D itto for the Account 77 Auish Bowls, 3 per Cent — Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent. Ditto Passive 44 I , l 'kihh Bonds, 6 per cent — Ditto for the account v uitte New Scrip, 4 per Cent, e l l ezuela Bonds, 41. per Cent.-- Ditto Deferred, 1.. per Cent A Dividends on the above payable in London. 'llstrian Bonds 5 per Ceut. 10 Cu. £. 67 HALF-PAST TWO. Consols Ditto for the Account 9o} i 1 5°1 pr ~ th of .lioir 1061 tea fa 1 , P °r ; therwer; , to 23 3 / 4 - 21 7 ,- 8 6 : 5 -65 i 37 - 39 • 4* ..... • • 12 - 14 li - 24 i*4 - ii; 26 69 - 70 7 - 46 - 4 12 - 13 46 47 91 - 98 74. - 7 • - 64 ••• ...... •• • 24 - 26 108 110 78 80 42 44 i 2 - 13 58 59 311 32 5 3 2d all An twerp&nott , rdrza 4 Belgian Easn. June 10 Beal ers to Graisessae 4 Bombay, Baroda,, aml Central Ind ia,,Ser i) , all Pemuara 10 ;hitch Rhenish all Eastern of Franco 10 Do. New 33 - 35 ""' • ••• ...... • • e• •. 19i 20 3 - 4 19 - 21 5 - 7 4 2d 9 - 9} 21 - 2 2 - 1 53 i all East Indian, g. 5 p.c 10 Do. Ey.tonsion..,, all DO. 4 p. c. Bds., pay '57, convertible el Do. do. do., '59, do 17i Gd. Tk of CanadaA is a.❑ Do. St. Lawrence Si Atlantic do. 70 Do. Cert. of Deben,,! con, into Stk. till '63 all Do. Comp. 6p. c., do. 10 Gt. Central of Fran — a ll Gt. Indian Peninsula guar. 5 per cent. 1 Do. New 5 per cent. 2 Do. Extensions.... , e 5 5 20 all Do. do 13 Great Luxembour, Constituted Share! , all Do. 01)1i,gations all I Gt.Westernof Canad Shares all Do. Bits., payable's7, with option till '55 all Do. do., '6'2, p. '56 all Do. do., '76, p. '6O all Dc. do., '73, without option - en Hamilton & Toronto, all Do. 6 por cent. 14 Lake Conet. & Basle all Lucca Pistoj a 5 p.c. 20 let 20 pref 10 Lyons and Geneva 14 Lyons £ Meditorran all Madras 10 Do. New '3IA Maria Antonia all Do. do. New all Namur & Liege (witi, 76i 71 hj a i iA HANGO MASSACRE.—Dr. Easton, surgeon, RN., 6 t Mr, Sullivan, Master's-Assistant, who were cap- 20 4t ted i n the Cossack's boat at Hango, were exchanged This on the 18th inst. r tb 4.ll is day, it will doubtless be remembered, is the first 40 eiversary of the memorable and glorious victory of 40 (',,,`` Alma." * `•'lTy OFFICER OF HEALTH.—Dr. Challice, of South- 50 41 c, has offered himself as a candidate for this office, 25 ti e klat by the Government appointing Mr. Simon to be 20 e, h oledical adviser of the Board of Health. 100 ly t ho whole of Mr. F. L. Popham's racing stud—Wild 100 excepted—will be brought to the hammer at 100 tcle Park-corner in the course of next month. 20 k w 4 _,lle Ne w York Picayune has the following :—"lt is I ' l that Long Island, in the neighbourhood of North - 20 a ° o /t, is sinking at the rate of 4 inches per day. We do s lit . h wonder, when we recollect how many delinquent h s u o ueeribers we have in those parts." CITY 50 t eed REGISTRATION.—The Revising Barrister pre- 100 v c ,Ced Yesterday with the revision of the lists of tenant- too ot -er e jo the respective wards. The revision of the list Quo livery terminated as follows claim allowed ; 20 bt, the objections • sustained 96 ; failed, 12 ; struck out 50 Revising ' Barrister, ' 9, Most of the objections 20 itedinnullrowged without discussion, and no point of inte- 25 the morning. The Court was adjourned till 100 a, Au nT s i 10 kia v .VAL OF THE BOOMERANG.—LIVE W RFOOL, ednes- 5 k;; —This day the mail-ship Boomerang, which left 4 .4i theurn e on J une 7th, arr i ve d off Holyhead at 10 25 tqC. and is expected in the river in time for her mails 25 oa delivered by first post to-morrow morning. She I .. board on freight 17,00 Q 01111003 of gold. 50 interest) all Do. (ox interest) all Northern of France all D 0.24 Shs.late Char loroi and Erquelium 94 92ft 66 i i- 1 i -1 36 - 361 9 - 10 23 - 231 1 - 11 S -. 16 - 17 63 —. 65 92 94 4i 5 5 51 I par - ip par p 3i - 31 - 24 - 241 guar. 3$ p. c. & red. at 2214. dur. 68 yrs. from 1 Jan. 1854 all Do. 207. 3 p. c Bde (fmy. B. & Ams. Shs. all NorwegianTrunkPrer 16 Paris and Lyons all Ditto Bonds all Paris and Orleans all Paris and Rouen... ParisCaen&Chcrbrg. all Ronen and Ilavre all Royal Danish 3 Royal Swedish all Sambre and Mouse all Do. 5i p. cent. Pref 2s. Sciudo all Southern of France 16 St. Andrew's and Quebec (A) efl West Flanders all Do 54 per c. Prof 18 Western of France 16 Wevt. of Switzerland all Wiesbaden . all Zealand 99 - 101. 111 - 116 115 - 117 107 • 108 23 - 21 112 - 115 (110 , 6 -- 7 • - 20 1 , 1 1 n , 7 9 2 3 5 - 5 -5! 35 35i 12 - 12 - 4 - 9 45 - 45Apl i*d = 48 ••• —• par 20 21 21 lid 81 84 ... - pm 31 - 4h 91 10i 24i h loi —11 L .•• -- ••• 18 - 19 BANKS. 91 -- 93 e - i 7o A d par d idis 55 -- 51 p 17 -17 i 191 20 (I', 4 - d 38 40 ... . m. "' 4.. • *". ''"" . • 35 - 36 42 - 43 52 - 54 Pm Pm •9 • "" ay. 40 - 41 70 - 72 8 - 9 FOREIGN. JOINT-STO' all Australasia I all British Colonial Bank and Loan Company all 3ritiih N. American 5 Ohartd. Bank of Asia 4 Ohrtd. Bnk. of Indi2 , Australia, & Chin 30 City 25 1 Oolonial . 20 Commercial of Lond. all Englibh Scottish and A.ustralian Chart... all Lond. Mart. Bk. o Australis, ~ 5 Ditto Now., 20 London and County 10 London Joint Stock 20 Lond. & Westminster 35 NaVonal Provincial of England 10 )o. New 22?, gational of Ireland all 3 ;ew South Walea all Oriental Bank of Corporation 25 i'rovincial of Ireland all Do. Now 1 Royal Australu.Bkg & 1: 1 ,0 1 .d. Imp Co all 'south Australia all Onion of Austrr,lia 94 Do. New .., 1 IQ Vain of leod »w. PREFERENCE SHARES. It. 1100 t. 100 15 I all Aberdeen Do. N 0.2, 7 p. c. myth and Tyne 10 per c. pref. (issd.atso/ Bris. & Ex. 4 p. c. St. Do. 4 p. c. Shares , : - laledonian £lO Chester & Holyheae Guar. 51 per cent Do. do. Pref. No. 2 Do. do. Pref. No. 2 Cork &Bandons !Dun.Prth .&Aber.J. E. Anglian Chi. A Sh. Do. do. C]s. E 6 p. c. Do. do Cls. C 7 p. c. Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No. 'Do. No. 2 Do. New 6 r . c. St East Un., G. 6 p. c Do. 51., 10 ner cent . Do. 191. Debcntr.Sh. Do. do. 4 per cent... East Lanc.A.sh.6 E. &W. York. J. stll Prth.&Dun.4p.c. Furness... & S.W. G. 5 p.c . Great Northn. 5 p. 1)o. 5 p. c. Redeem at 10 p. c. prom... Do. ,4?; p. e Do. 5 P.C. Scrip, Red. At sp. c• pm••• • • Gt.N. of Scot.lst Pre Gt. G. !LW. (Ireland Do. 4per c. S , Gt. Westn. (Berks Hants Ex. 5 p. c) Do. con, red. 4,i pc. Do. con. red. 4 p. c Do. irred„ Ap.C. Do. Birm. Pref. Sh... Do. Chester 8 p. c.P.S Do. do. 5 p. c. Do. Birm, Gun. Stk. Do. Ches. Gua. Sh.. Do. do. do Do. do. do Lan. &York. F. £2( Do. 6 p. c. St)ck Lon . &Brigh. 0.5 p.c. Do. Pref., 5 p. c. St. Do. New Guar.6 p. c. Do. do. 5 per cent Lon. &N. W., Coy. d Nuneaton 5 p. ct Lon. & S. W. C0n.341i• Londy. & C tor. Sh. Londy. & Ennis. Si,. \fan., Shef., & Now, £lO Do. £6 4larypt.&Carl.4p 1,. 41 per cent A. 100 5 A. 100 L 5 all )1. all l all 64 all 64 all 10 2 it. 100 It. 100 6'6 all 92 =el 99 2 J.& 11.1 .... ••• 3 - 4 rit - 61 12 - 131 >t. 100 126 76. LO all It. 100 ZO 9 53 -- 62 - 116 .26 all .26 ,11 .0 a'] 6 4 ..V. all L 2: all .2? 10' t. LOO it. LOO Do - +lid. Consol .6 p.c.St Do. Consol. Bristol ? ! Pirm. 6 per cent.. ;t. !100 Do. 4i p. c. Pref. St t 6 11 1)o. I'ref. 4 per con 5 all Do. 5/. Pr, f. 4p. c.. 3t. WO Ditto Leiccstzr and IMO' en Pref. St. 10 All 'Norf , lk Deteature ~ St. , 1.00 Do. Prof. 4p. c. Stoo St. 100 100 ,u. 1100 ;t. 1100 Do. 5 p. c. ; Do. 5 per et. pref... po.Way. Val. 5 p c ',North British t. 100 .7 5 !O 13 ?t 9 N. E. 13erw, 4 p.c. P Do. do. do Do Leeds 6 p.c :No.l Do. do. Quarters 4' 107 - 309 101 103 94 - 10 r; I 10 !CI all I Do. York !I. & Pl)r North Staffordshire Oxford, Worcester, Wol verh. Xl5. Rp.e. Do R. Pref. 10/. Sh. Scot. Cent. , New Pre South Devon Do. fixed,4l per cm' ;S. Eastern (Rearlbt Ann.) of LI Os. ed. Do. 41 per cent 'S. Wales Gus.. 4 p. c Do, do. 4 i p. c.... S.Yorksll.4p.c.Guar. Stock. & Dar, , 5 p. c. Do. do. do Stock. & liartl. g. p. e. till July 1, 'SP , !W Arida. & Kilh.Bpc ft. 1100 6 - 95 - 97 80 - 85 - 88 91 - 104 16i - 17 10 - 102 70 - 72 182 - 194 9+ 0i 14 -14 L k L3O -- 138 10 7 3 !i t all Ni all 10 .0•C ail ••• " NN• ... "... ... t. 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I i 4i all Great Polgooth. . 2 3 / 4 3 1 all Liberty II - $ 3 all Linares 7/ 8 1 ... all 'Do. B 2l— 3IP 5 1 Lusitanian ' 1 3 / 4 2p 21 1 all Mariquita .. -- 1 all New Granada li -- l i 1 all Now Linares Minin and Smelting 1 all Nouveau Monde C0......i 20 all Pontgiband Silver Lead Min. & Smelt. 15 -- 16 5 1 Port Philip — i 1 all Quartz Rock I - 50 all Rhymney Iron 2l 23 15 all Do. New 6 8 30 121 Santiago do Cuba..„ 4 3 /4 5 1 all South Australian..,,, a i 10 7 3 / 4 Tin Croft ... ... ....... 28N all United Mexican,..,,, 3 3 3 / 4 1 all Waller i .6 1 all West Mariposa i i 1. t 12s.' Worthing Mining of Aue a tralia 1 all vnh ••• •.. MISCELLANEOUS. 25 1 17 Australian Agricult. 29 30 le all Aus`alia. Royal Mail ... ... 1U 7 Berlin Water Works 2 lid 50 40 Brit. American Land ... ... 58 5 1 Brit. & Coln. Smeltg. and Reduction Co.. ... ... 10, - ; 32 3 / 4 Canada 169 163 163 St. 100 Canada Gov. 6p. ct Jan. and Jaly 11 2 3 /4 --113 i 113 5 all Crystal Palace 2k '2 2f f 5 5 Do. 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Co.U.Can ... ..,. ... x 1• I . 46 5 4 vin Dienion's Lit 11 ri 15 OA '4 THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 20 Iti 5 THIS DAY'S NEWS BANK OF ENGLAND-(THIS DAY.) The Court of Directors of the Governor and Company of the Bank of England held their general court this morning. At 12 o'clock precisely, the chair was taken by T. M. Weguelin, Esq. _ The minutes of the last court baying been read ard confirmed, The GovEnNoß, in opening the proceedings, said that the present was a general court, and was also one of the quarterly general courts held in accordance with the charter. The nett profits of the half-year ending on the 31st of August last were 5.87,032/. 55. 3d., snaking the amount of the Rest on that day 3,605,1701. 78. 6d. ; and that, after providing a dividend of 4 per cont., the Rest would be 3,023,050/. 7s. 6d. The court therefore proposed that a dividend of that amount be now made of interest and profit for the half-year ending Aug. 31, without deduction on account of income tax. The d rectors had, in accordance with the suggestions of many influen tial individuals, determined upon the establishing of a West-end branch of the Bank of England, ; and while they thought a great amount of convenience would be afforded to that locality by such an establishment, they also thought it would be a source of profit to the Bank. After such a resolution had been come to, the next thing to be done was, to ascertain the best locality for this new branch, and Anglesey-house, Saville-row, had been decided upon as possessing the greatest amount of ad vantages, and the premises had accordingly been taken by the Bank authorities. He bad great pleasure in moving the resolution in accordance with the statement he had just made with respect to the dividend. A resolution to the effect that a dividend of 4 per cent. of interest and profit for the half year ending the 31st of August last, without deduction on account of income tax, was then agreed to. . . .... ... . _ Mr. TITE inquired whether the premises in Saville row were freehold, or were the directors merely tenants ? The GOVERNOR replied that the premises were free hold. The dividend warrants were then declared to be pay able on the 11th of October next. The GOVERNOR, in acknowledging the usual vote of thanks, said he would take that opportunity of stating that which he should have done in the observations he had first made.. It was that business would commence at the new branch in Saville-row on the Ist of October. The proceedings then terminated. LAW INTELLIGENCE. - (THIS DAY.) COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Holroyd.) IN RE JAMES SMITH. This was a meeting for certificate. The bankrupt was described as of Philpot-lane, tea dealer, The balance-sheet commenced March, 1853, and ended May, 1855, and showed debtor to creditors, 9081. ; profits on separate trade, 6191. ; amount drawn out to firm, 601. ; debtors, good and doubtful, 4371. ; property estimated to realise, after deductions, 2911. ; trade expenses, 323/. ; amount paid to creditors of Smith and Croft in excess of receipts since November, 1854, 3241. ; personal expenses, 74/. ; law expenses, 201. ; losses, 341. ; deficiency at commencement, 801. The bankrupt obtained his certificate. IN RE V. QADD. This was a meeting for last examination. The bank rupt was described as of North-street, Chichester, grocer and merchant. The balance-sheet commenced October, 1853, and ended July, 1855, and showed—Debtor to capital, 1131. 16s. 7d.; creditors, 1,236/. 6s. 3d.; ditto holding secu rity, 1,2111. 2s. 11d.; wages paid in full, 41. 95.; profits, 8851. 158. 6d.; creditor by good debts, 2491. 6s. 7d.; doubtful, 321. 7s. 4d.; property in the hands of creditors holding security, 18001.; trade charges, 8171. 15s. 7d.; interest, 831. 7s. ld.; law costs, 741. is. 61.; personal expenses, 3251.; losses, 581. 14s. 7d. Mr. Matthews appeared for the assignees. The examination was adjourned to allow the assignees time to investigate the.accounts. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT—Sept. 20. OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Crompton.) At the sitting of the court, upon the application of Mr. Ballantine, the case of Isabella Mary Jolly, who stands charged with the murder of her mother, Isabella Jolly, was postponed until next session. Frederick Moul who was acquitted in this court yes terday afternoon, was again indicted upon the same evi dence for obtaining money by false pretences from the Times Insurance Office. The jury acquitted him. NEW COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Crowder.) henry TVatts, 38, coachman, was indicted for the wil ful murder of Sarah Watts. . _ _ Mr. Bodkin and Mr. Clark prosecuted, and Mr. Parry and Mr. Francis defended. The facts of the case, which Mr. Bodkin opened to the jury as one of manslaughter rather than murder, have been recently fully before the public. The prisoner, atthe time of the occurrence, kept a beer-shop in Spring-street, Paddington, and deceased, who was spoken of as a most exemplary character was his wife. Upon Satur day the 14th of July the prisoner, who was drunk, had been chastising his son for some offence, when the de ceased interfered, and said that the prisoner had better do his duty to the children and send the boy to school. Upon this the prisoner struck her several times with the same cane, in consequence of which she began to cry, upon which he abused her and turned her out of the bar. She then tried to go up stairs, but he went up before her, and upon her reaching the landing he either struck or pushed her down the stairs, and she fell to the bottom, and became partly insensible. She was then taken into the room of a lodger upon the ground floor, and placed upon the bed. The prisoner followed her in, and again ill-used her, but was finally got out of the room,and the deceased remained there for about two hours, when, feeling better she left the room, and was assisted upstairs into her bedroom. Almost directly afterwards a scream and a fall was heard, and upon the lodgers in the house going upstairs, they found her lying senseless, and the prisoner ill-using her. They again placed her upon the bed, and tried to keep prisoner from getting at her ; but he succeeded, and repeatedly dragged her from bed, and struck, kicked, and beat her head about the floor. He said she was drunk, and not fit to live, and that be would do for her. This conduct he pursued from the middle of the afternoon until late in the evening, when the lodgers, finding that the poor creature was in a dying state, begged the prisoner to send for a doctor, but refused, and said she might die and be d—d. Finally a Dr. Reece was sent for. Prisoner abused him, and in his presence again tried to ill-treat the poor woman, who was then in a dying state. Prisoner said he would not let Dr. Reece attend her, and sent one of his children for Dr. Forbes. Dr. Reece then got her into bed and left her in the care of the lodgers. The prisoner then again dragged her out of the bed, shook her, beat, kicked, and pinched her. Finally, Dr. Forhes'came, and from that time the prisoner was prevented from d assaulting her. * Dr. Forbes found her quite insensible, in which state she remained until Monday night when she died. The case had not concluded when we went to press, POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-(TIILS DAY. GUILDHALL. - - James Hurley, aged 63, was brought up on remand before Sir P. Laurie, charged with having several pieces of silver spoons in his possession supposed to have been stolen. Police Constable 115 stated that on Friday evening, from information he received, he went up to the prisoner in Barbican, and asked him if he had some silver spoons. He replied he had, and said he picked them up in Fins bury-square. He took the prisoner into custody, and found four spoons in his possession, broken in half, with the crest erased, and 11. 18s. 11d. in money. The pri soner endeavoured to dispose of the spoons at the shop of Mr. Benham, refiner, Barbican. Lawson, the beadle of Leadenhall-market, said the prisoner had been forbidden the market from his pilfer ing practices. He believed he was a returned convict. The prisoner admitted he had been transported, but it was 25 years since. Sir Peter Laurie, however, discharged the prisoner, ordering the spoons to be detained by the police. WESTMINSTER. witness told him that he was charged with inflicting a serious wound on his wife, by kicking her. He observed that he only pushed his wife. Witness tnok her to the Westminster Hospital, which institution she is unable to leave in consequence of the severe injuries on her MURDEROUS ASSAULT BY A MAN ON HIS WlFE.—This day Thomas Todd, a coal-porter, No. 33, New Peter street, Westminster, was placed at the bar before Mr. Paynter by policeman B 95, charged with assaulting Maria Todd, his wife, by violently striking her, so that her life is in danger. The constable stated that between 11 and 12 o'clock last night he received information that the prisoner bad committed the most violent assault upon his wife. He wont in !search of him, when on taking hint into custody SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. 1 THE REGENERATION OF EUROPE. (From the Morning Post of this day.) Although the name of Sebastopol, even by the de struction of Sebastopol the town, has secured to itself an imperishable remembrance, it has ceased to occupy the large space in public attention allotted to it, with out intermission, for eleven months. Odessa, near the Drseister, Nicelaieff on the Bong, and Cherson, still more East, upon the Doeiper, have superseded much of the interest attaching so recently to the great "standing menace "--a menace no longer. Nay, the solicitude of spectators has been transferred, in the Crimea itself, further north. Ba.ksh . -Sherai, Simpheropol. and Perekop aro now the words "to conjure with." But still there glares upon the canvas the name of Mackenzie's Heights, much nearer to the present basis of operations. Ad hering to our acknowledged purpose, we will abstain for the moment from strategic disquisitions of too close a character. What could they serve ? A strong conviction, over and over again considered, might be right ; but the impression of it, i n th e presen t pos ture o affairs, would be useless for practical purposes — surplusage if the plan which is the subject of it he now, as we think it in process of execution—and worse than this, if it has been put aside for the sake of other and very different operations. Let us turn, then, to that vast and not altogether un profitable margin of topics which the conflict presents to our notice. Omer Pacha has entirely missed the later glories which crowned the Crimean expedition. We will not add that he did not expect them ; but it appears to us that the very opposite of everything which could be said of General Canrobert is true of Omer Pacha. He is good as first, and, of course, good when alone. With others, and even with orders, he seems to feel himself out of place. As to his proposed scheme of campaign, how strangely accu rate has our former calculation proved ! Many times we said, in reference to the Asia Minor war, that either side, by throwing itself on the enemy's commu nications, must gain a prize. There would, of course, be hardships ; but victory would yield liberal indemni ties. We minutely indicated the peculiar reasons which in that region rendered such strategy advisable, and, indeed, infallible. We finished that more special enu meration by a reflection of an exceedingly common place character, which was true of Armenia and Georgia only because it is true of every land. On two accounts, we observed, it is good to interpose between an enemy on the defensive and his communications ; "first, you get his caravans—and, secondly, he loses them ; so that you feed on his famine." Well, Omer Pacha proposes to land in Mingrelia, somewhere between Soukoum•Kaleh and Redoubt-Ka leh, probably at or about Anaklia. Yet, Kars is its vested, far to his right, and a little behind even. How is this ? Why does he not fly to the relief of Kars ? Why does he not propose to make the Russians raise that siege ? Why is not his first anxiety to break the leaguer ? So would ask, and so have asked, the steady rs who think they know how a campaign in Asia Minor, or a campaign anywhere else, ought to be ma naged. The answer is simple. Omer Pacha wants to bring General Mouravieff to Constantinople. He there fore goes to the rear of the Russian position—not being afraid of what that Russian General can effect against him in the field, and being quite sure that no more cer tain means could be adopted to release Kars from all stress and pressure. The advantage of getting Schamyl to come down from Khusbek, and the mountains of the Caucasus, with his" caterans," is also worth consideration —although purely collateral. Then Imeretia lies before the new comers and their Highland allies ; Akbabzik is threatened ; Georgia is insecure ; even the connection with the Caspian is by no means a certainty. As to Kars, it may laugh at its assailants. All our e nnment4, for some months past, are fulfilled aid authenticated to the letter. We have, with teas f line s s, occasionally di. cussed the properties of the Rus sian soldier. We have not spoken of him in a derisive spirit. We have been mindful of facts. The Russian sol dier has many noble qualities ; if he fights in a bad cause, he does not know it. He did not make the cause • his Government will have to answer for his long and patient sufferings— his humble and obedient endur ance. It would, moreover, he a serious error to over• look the vast expanse of moor, and bog, and morass, and steppe, and desert which that docile and faithful serf traverses before he can come face to face with his adversary. Undoubtedly, he is inferior in constitution to the children of the West ; but it is not wholly thi s in feriority which decides the battles in which he is en gaged, or consigns him to an adverse fate. It is partly his previous fatigues. And are there none in Asia Minor ? No great soldier, from Alexander down, ever looked at Asia Minor except as a stepping-stone. And, although most of the Russians are wafted to that place of action in boats through the Caspian, they find enough to try their nerves and to wear out their courage, their spirits, and their health, in the marches of Gulistan, be fore they come to Armenia at all. Only three generals, we think, in the entire course of history, ever led troops of naturally inferior physical organisation against their betters with success. Those three generals were Pyrrhus, Eumenes, and Hannibal. The second Eumenes, by far the ablest lieutenant of Alexander the Great, was cnce obliged to deceive his soldiers respecting the nationality of the adversaries whom they soon afterwards utterly routed, and whom they would not even have confronted had they known those enemies to be Macedonian soldiers. Hannibal made the Gauls and the Marritanians vanquish their future conquerors, the Italians ; and Pyrrhus rendered Greeks successful against Romans in the field. General Mouravieff commands Russians against Turks ; but the Turks are commanded by Omer Pacha. THE DESTRUCTION OF ST. JAMES'S PARK. The Siede has some well-timed remarks on the neces sity of making the most of the result of the war in which the allies are engaged. The following passages are de servingof attention :—" The campaign of the Crimea, so gloriously crowned by the taking of Sebastopol, throws back the Muscovite power for more than a cen tury. We are now far from the embassy of Menschi koff and the passage of the Pruth. If there is now an 'invalid 'in the case it is not the ally of the Western Powers. The fall of Sebastopol changes nothing in our (the Siec/e's) policy. Before the triumph of the allied armies we demanded that ideas of civilisation and liberty should be the great ground .of support, and we now ask it more than ever. We demanded that England and France should not allow themselves to be tricked with impunity by the Germanic Powers ; we now repeat that demand more strongly than ever. Before the fall of the city in which Russia had placed her principal means of universal subjugation, we de clared that a durable peace could not be founded oa the four guarantees ; we proclaimed those guarantees to be insufficient, And as not preserving Europe from new and savage aggressions on the part of Russia. We now proclaim that opinion more strongly than ever. Before the conquest of the great Muscovite arsenal we pleaded the cause of nationalities ; we said that it was not only necessary to have pledges in the Black Sea, but also on the coast of Asia, and in the Baltic ; we mentioned the names of Poland, Finland, and of Italy ; we now do so more than ever. Before the arrival of the event which resounds throughout the world we did not fear to say :—There is more in this struggle than a circum scribed war, more than a political war between State and State, and that the regeneration of Europe was en gaged in it. We now assert it more than ever.. In a word we have nothing to change in what we have said i and writ ten." Th e p resen t moment, the Siec/e declares, s the very best that can be selected for the allied Powers to act : " It is not in the first moment that Russia will feel the enormity of the losses ; her national pride will sus tain her. Already the German journals publish very proud expressions made use of by the Czar. Let us allow them to say and write what they think proper, but do not let us lose time. It is now the moment for rendering to the success of France, England, Italy, and Turkey, all that that advantage can produce. A war of civilisation has been undertaken. It must be followed up, in a complete manner, for the benefit of that civili sation wherever it is suffering. In Turkey there has been, in the first place, admitted for ever liberty ofa r a science, civil equality has been founded, and Ottawa unity formed. By a system of effective guarantees, all recurrence of the events of 1853 have been also pre vented. There are also to be repaired the faults of two centuries, and to raise up heroic Poland which has been reduced to furnish its most precious blood for the triumph of the policy of Peter the Great. The part which belongs to Italy is also to be thought of ; Piedmont did not fight for herself alone at Traktir and at Sebastopol. She there represents Italy ; stipula tions must, therefore, be made far Italy. • Before the vic tory the revision of the map of Europe was talked of with confidence ; it now may be spoken of with power, and with a certainty of being obeyed. After all, it is only by a complete revision of these treaties which were imposed on us in our disasters that a really durable and glorious peace can be acquired." The Siccle then argues that everything it recommends is perfectly easy of accorripl sh meet :—" It will be, perhaps, said that we require too much, and that we wish to lead the country into adven tures ; our only wish is that the sacrifices it makes shall benefit civilisation.. To those who accuse us of seeking far what is impossible we would reply by the fall of Sebastopol. It was also said that we impelled the Powers of the West to impossiblities when we were the first to point out the Crimea as the grave of Russian in fluence. Well, then ! Let us he believed when we say that everything is now easy to Franca and England ; they may re-establish in their rights all the nations who have been sacrificed to the ambition and the exigences of the strongest ; supported by the sympathies and the grati tude of nations they will form an indestructible alliance, but let them always have present to their minds that true axiom, that in war, in policy, and, in fact, in al affairs of life, it is necessary to know how to profit by the moment." ,erson. The prisoner observed that his wife had an old wound from which she suffered the loss of blood, and which arose on her confinement six years ago. Mr. Paynter said, that what he had now referred to was much against him, as he must have been aware of the situation his wife was in. It is a very serious charge against you. The prisoner wa remanded. THE THIRD GUARANTEE. A letter from Vienna of the 14th, in the Consti tutionnet, says :—" When, during the Conferences of Vienna, Prince Gortschakoll incessantly re marked that it was impossible for the Czar to com promise the dignity of his crown, M. Drouyn de I'Huys exclaimed one day quite indignantly : 'Do you then think that the Emperor Napo leon 111. can compromise the military honour of his nation ? It is you who have provoked us, and you must submit to the consequences.' The inter pretation of the third guarantee laid down by the Western Powers reposed entirely on the sense of that reply. It is that which explains why Austria, who had so many times declared that she thought herself interested in the solution of the third guaran tee, quite as much as the other powers, could not decide on accepting the formula presented by France and England, who in addition the general interests of Europe had to protect the particular honour of their arms. In other words, Austria as much as the Western Powers admitted the urgency, for the general interest of Europe, of putting an end to Russian preponderance iu the Black Sea by means of the reduction of the Muscovite naval forces ; only as the amount of that reduction there existed between the arrangement proposed by the Cabinet of 'Vienna, and that demanded by the Courts of the Tuileries and St. James's a difference of about six vessels of war. The fall of Sebastopol giving ample and vast satisfaction to the military honour of the Western Powers, the question of the third guarantee returns into the domain of the general interests of Europe, on the ground of which it is almost impossible for France and England not to obtain, not only the moral assistance, but the active co-operation of Austria. The immediate consequence of the takin g of Sebastopol and of Russianthe destruction of the vessels of war sheltered in its port, is to have completely re moved the divergence which existed between what are called the Austrian propositions and the exigences of the Western Powers. While the latter persisted in reducing the naval forces of Russia in the Black Sea to four ships of the line, four frigates, and a proportional number of smaller vessels, and vessels not armed, Count Buol, in the sitting of the 4th June, laid before the Conference of Vienna the following combina tion The Russian plenipotentiaries and those of the Sublime Porte will propose to the Confer ence, in common accord, the equal effective strength of the naval force which the two Powers will keep up in the Black Sea, and which must not exceed the actual number of Russian vessels now afloat in that sea.' Now, that the victorious eagles of France float on the ramparts of Sebastopol, there does not remain a single Russian vessel of war to which can be applied the term afloat,' which served, as the basis of the interpretation which the Cabinet of Vienna would have desired to apply to the third guarantee. The propositions of Austria being no longer of any practical applica tion, there is no need to add that the Court of Vienna will probably be the first to abandon them, in order, in concert with France and England, to seek for a new combination for the solution of the third guarantee. Such is the great practical utility of the maintenance of the alliance of the 2d De cember. I think that it is sufficiently proved that the third guarantee has now returned into the sphere of a question of European order. As it equally interests all the great powers, it may be added, without exaggeration, that it interests Ger many even more than France and England, since the Danube; the vital artery of the commerce of Germany, falls into the Euxiue. It much less be comes the Western Powers to offer peace than it belongs to Europe to exact it from Russia. The most narrow party spirit alone can still maintain that the third guarantee only looks to the satisfac tion of the amour propre of France and England, since to reduce the Muscovite power to just limits is at once to guarantee the independence and the integrity of Turkey, and to consolidate the politi cal equilibrium of Europe." LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Sept. 10.—Wind this day at noon, light airs from the southward and westward, with fine clear weather. The Gondola, from Salonica to Queenstown, which was reported on the 17th Sept. as not having been heard of since her sailing from the former port, was passed by the Energy on the 27th May, and by the Bells, of Blyth, off Malaga, on the 9th June, but no further intelligence of her has beers received. PORTSMOUTH, Sept. 19.—Wind S.—Arrived.—Hope (s.s. tpt. 64), from Balaklava, &c., and left for Deptford ; H.M.S. Perseverance, Gib-altar, and left for Deptford ; Dee, Woolwich. Sailed—Black Sea (s.s. tpt. 106), for Deptford. Off the port - Ariel, from Moulmein, for Ant werp ; Domingo, La Guayra, for Hamburg ; Mary Ann, Baltimore, for Bremen; Elizabeth Hamilton, Newcastle, for New York. Pa' MOUTH, Sept. 19.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Fanny, from Prince Edward's Island. Sailed—H.3l Str. Alecto, for the West Coast of Africa ; Blenheim (store ship), Crimea. FALMOUTH, Sept. 19.—Wind variable—Arrived—Con trast° (s.), from Shields for Constantinople. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Thursday Morning. Arrived—Courier (s.), from Jersey ; Maria Maude, Cadiz. Sailed—Black Boy (s ), for London ; Matilda, Newport, ; Williams, Newcastle; Dispatch (s.), Jersey; Atalanta (s.), Havre. LIVERPOOL, Thursday Morning. Wind W. Arrived.—British Queen, from Bombay ; E. Z., New York ; General Taylor and Ellen Maria, St. John's, N. 8.; Mar.:aret. Havre; Gauntlet, Crimea ; Iceui, Maceio ; Corrido, Paraiba ; Driver, New York ; Egyptian, Alex andria ; Ciatra, Lisbon ; Auguste and Victor, Rouen. Sailed.—Golconda, for Coquimbo; Harvest Queen, New York. KINGSTOWN, Sept. 19. Arrived.—Albion, from Antigua. QUEENSTOWN, Sept. 18. Wind, N.N.W. Sailed.--Wilhohnina, for Leghorn. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) DEAL, Sept. 20, 0.50 a.m. Wind light and variable. Passed.—Robert and George, from Belize, for Dundee. Anchored.—John Laud, from London for Genoa ; Pan dora, London, for Constantinople. Passed.—Black Sea (s.s. tpt. 190), from Malta, for Lon don ; Ethiope (s.s.), Afrioa, for London; Black Boy ( s.s. tpt. 73), the Crimea, for London. VESSELS SPOKEN - MTH. The Dispatch, of London, for .Algoa Bay, July 28, in lat. 3 N, long. 25 W. The Marchioness of Londonderry, bound south, Aug. 2, in lat. 11 N, long. 27 W. The John Henry, from Callao to QUOOnStOWD, Aug. 21, in lat. 36 N, long. 44 W. The American ship Westmoreland, standing to the west, 5 Sept. . Tho John Russell, homeward bound, .Tuuo 27, 50 miles southward of the Cape. The Thomas Mitchell, in lat. 31 S, long. 26 W. Tho Georgians, of Bristol, for Akyab, May 3, in lat. 12 N, long. SSE. The schooner Elizabeth, bound for Algoa Bay, Juno 4, in lat. 26 S. The Lyon, Aug. 17, standing east, off Sable Island. The Red Rose, of Arracan, for Liverpool, 120 days out, Aug. 20, in lat. 3l N, long. 41 W. CAPTAIN WILLIAM PEEL, R.N.—Yesterday a congra tulatory address was presented to the gallant officer, in the Town-hall, Tamworth, on his return to his native country from the Crimea. Nothing could exceed the enthusiasm of the assembly. The town was decorated with much taste, and the population made a real holi day on the joyful occasion. THE ARMY WORKS CORPS.—The detachment of the Army Works Carps which left yesterday for the Crimea will embark at Marseilles probably to-day, in the steamer which conveys General Simpson's despatches to Mar seilles, and should arrive at Sebastopol in little more than ten days hence. Their services will doubtless be required in whatever new positions the army may occupy. Another detachment, numbering 250, will be ready for embarkation on Tuesday next. The Army Works Corps already in the Crimea is more than 1,000 strong. The shipment of specie by the Peninsular and Orien tal steamer Nubia amount to the heavy total of 486,0501., of which 34,5851. is gold for Alexandria, Ceylon, and Bombay, and 451,4651. silver for Bombay, Madras, and Calcutta. BANK OF FRANCE.—Tbe mercantile letters from Paris yesterday repeat the expectation that the Bank of France will forthwith raise their rate of discount, but seem to express less uneasiness than might have been expected regarding the general state of the money-market. The fall on time Bourse on Tuesday is attributed chiefly to unfavourable reports regarding the results of the har vest. BRIGHTON.—House agents and others engaged in letting house property state that the demand for houses in first-rate situations is on the increase ; and that we are likely to have a good season, if no unforeseen cir cumstances should arise to mar it. The Marine drive in the afternoon is now delightful. The sea for the last day or two has presented the glassy surface of a lake, scarcely ruffled even by a ripple ; and the nu merous craft on the water have imparted great animation to a scene that is not exceeded in beauty under an Italian sky. The almost inn umerable excursionists that daily flock into the town bring our bathing machines and pleasure-boats into constant request, and just now the bathing is delightful,—Briglam Gazette. TESTIMONIAL TO SIR CHAS. NAPIER. A numerous meeting of the friends and admirers of Admiral Sir C. Napier was held on Monday evening, at the Three Compasses Tavern, Silver-street, Golden square, to consider the best course to be adopted to raise the necessary funds for a testimonial to the gallant Admiral Sir C. Napier. Mr. James Homes took the chair, and, several gentleman having addressed the meeting, the following resolutions were passed, approv ing of a public subscription, and the following address : " Fellow-countrymen,—ln the commencement of last year, Admiral Sir Chi - wits Napier, a man well known for deeds of naval daring, was appointed by the Govern ment to command the Baltic fleet on an expedition against Russia. He accepted the command, stating that he was about to try a new power in maritime-war fare, namely, steam, and that the country must not ex pect too much from bins. He found shallows, rocks, and granite batteries to contend with, and soon became aware that the enemy would not give battle on the open sea, but skulked under cover of their fortifications, which his ships were too large to approach with a chance of success. He, therefore, quickly laid down a plan of ope rations requiring the services of gun-boats and mortars. The Admiralty did not furnish him with these, but highly approved of his sagacity and discretion—qualities which they the more praised in him, since his valour bad been called rash by the enemies of his appointment. Until October he continued the blockade, in universal credit amid honour. During this time he had disciplined a fleet manned by raw sailors, surveyed more than 2,000 miles of coast, had stopped the Russian Baltic trade by such a blockade as in those seas had never been done be fore, had made charts of and buoyed all the intricate na vigation of the numerous gulfs and inlets, and bad taken observations which w, uld have rendered success oertain early this year bad his requirements been attended to. At length, when the false news of the capture of Sebas topol arrived, he was goaded to expose her Majesty's fleet to almost certain destruction. This he refused to do, thereby showing a moral courage not less remark able than the other attributes of his name. It was sought then, on the part of authorities wholly incompetent to regulate the naval affairs of this nation, to crush an ad miral whom neither orders nor contradictory reports could cause to swerve from his duty to his country. When he brought borne the fleet, without a single loss, after doing all that has been recounted, he was ordered peremptorily to haul down his flag ; he was treated with indignity, and assailed with reproach. Smarting under the unme rited censure, he asked for a court-martial, or at least an inquiry into his conduct. This was refused, because the authorities—having failed to satisfy ,the people, through the results of their own ignorance, apathy, or connivance with the advocates of non-injury to Russia_ —wished for a scapegoat, and selected Sir Charles Na pier. It was sought to prove that he had been the cause of comparative inaction ; and this was attempted by the unscrupulous perversion of his letters and reports, and of the whole facts of the case. In the midst of this oc curred the disgraceful attempt to purchase his acquies cence in the sacrifice of his own name and reputation by the offer of an empty and degraded order of merit.' Sir Charles refused this. He waited until no injury could be inflicted on his country by the publication of documents, and then broke through the miserable shackles of routine, and has earned thereby the ever lasting thanks of the nation, by showing how her in terests have been sacrificed. " Fellow <lon n try men, Sir Charles Napier has al ways shown himself the enemy of official incapacity ; there fore this sacrifice was doubly gratifying to those whose acts constitute them the friends of Russia. To says the stronghold of the enemy, and at the same time to blast the reputation of one of our bravest and best admirals, was a master-stroke of cunning. It shall fail, through you. If the Admiralty could not furnish the requisite materials lest year they might have done so early this. But a second season's cruise has been less effective than the first, since Napier succeeded in destroying Bomar suml, and Dundas has failed to destro y Sweahor g , the only act of importance that was attempted. What was done there was effaced by the adoption, on too contracted a scale, of Sir Charles Napier's own plans and sugges tions, after the summer had been wasted in doing no more than he had already done ; not only his experi ence, but that of his subordinates, Chads, Plumridge, and other brave men, having been dispensed with. "Fellow -countrymen,—Magna Charta has declared that 'no man shall suffer wrong without redress.' The wrong inflicted upon public men by unjust authority can only be redressed by the people. Such wrong has been inflicted upon Sir Charles Napier. Will you redress it ? If not, you will leave a melancholy precedent to your children ; for henceforth a brave and honest man shall have far more fear to serve his country than ever any Englishman felt in combating with her worst enemies. " National honours should flow from the Crown, as impartial justice shou ld be rendered by the law. It is, however, a constitu tional ri g ht, as it is a natural dut y of Englishmen , t o see that honours be fitly awarded, and that, above all , in j ustice be not done to men w ho have ae , done psAunfibtrig i t le h re e wsimroemedeek i duty fn y ugnr t tosfi should t eor l r l tu e hdl i de r i country. srcabunescshei eoolndi on an ea r ly d ay in the the obje c t i n v i ew ; and, it was deter m i ne d that after furtheraddress and resolutions discussion, the w emeetingreextensively separated. a m dd e e circu lated throughout the metropolis yesterd a y, and it is The some stated that in many of the provincial towns the subject is warmly taken up, Sheerness alone to contribute 2001. in furtherance having promised of the object. RUSSIAN REOPPTION OF THE NEWS OF THE FALL OF SEBASTOPOL. On the receipt of the intelligence of the fall of Sebas topol Mr. Gladstone retired into his bed-room, and locked the door. Sir James Grahatn wept. Mr. Cobden, who was at tea, ordered the things to be taken away. The honourable gentleman was taken very ill in the course of the night. Mr. Bright stopped his ears with cotton, that he might not hear the ringing of the bells. Lord J. Russell scratched his head. King Otho, of Greece, shook in his shoes. Bombs danced with rage for a few moments, and then broke out into a violent perspiration. The Emperor of Austria, who was writing an auto graph to the Czar Alexander, ground his teeth and tore the letter to pieces. The King of Prussia was seized with a vertigo. When he recovered he expressed himself very unwell, and i called for brandy and water, of which beverage his Ma i jesty drank several glasses, crying more and more pro fusely over each, and was ultimately carried to bed,-- I Punch. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—An Income Tax-paying correspondent of the Times asks, Who is it ?—by this query desiring to ascer tain "by whose authority and at whose suggestion, the gardens of St. James's Park are about to be unneces sarily bisected ?" The authority can of course be none other than that of the Right Honourable Sir Benjamin Hall, First Com missioner of Works. The suggestion is an old one, as was disclosed by some plans laid before Parliament some years back, and emanated from his Royal Highness Prince Albert, who assumes to be, as Lord Cmnpbell described it, an Alter Ego of the Sovereign, and claims, as guardian of his son's future interests, to interfere in all matters connected with what is by courtesy calla Crown property. Your Radical baronets, like Sir Benjamin and his predecessor, are ambitious, and their wives still more so. Their first object in life aims at the social position and convenient emoluments of office, and will not allow their moral courage in defence of public interests to interfere with their main desire to make things pleasant as to themselves at the Palace. Nothing but an Argus pub lic and their voice, the press, will be able to defeat the inaticeuvres by which such operations as that i❑ ques tion, and fifty others in other departments, are now set going under irresponsible meddling. Queen Caroline, the wife of George the Second, con templated some such similar project, and asked the Minister what might be the probable cost. Sir Robert Walpole replied, " Only three Crowns, madam." A little plain speaking on the part of our responsible gover• hors would anticipate a deal of mischief now brewing, and of which the parties whose peace is chiefly concerned seem to be altogether ignorant. As, however, our offi cials neglect that duty in common with the administra tive details of their posts, it is the press which must dis: charge the task, and make known the deep offence which certain proceedings have engendered in the mind of an observant public. Income Tax-payer complains chiefly on the score of expense ; but it is the tricky way in which these schemes are attempted, and the Parliamentary and metropolitan recess is taken advantage of, which is ten fold more disgusting, and involuntarily reminds one of the small chicanery of German diplomacy. The plans and estimates for any such alterations as now threaten to destroy St. James's Park ought to have been laid before Parliament, and thoroughly examined, understood, and approved before the work was com menced. The dodge now, however, put in practice is to begin and carry out a plan, without notice, so far as to make its completion all but inevitable. No plan or vote was at any rate brought before Parliament honestly giving notice of this project, and Sir Benjamin must be held responsible for any unauthorised and unconstitu tional exercise of his power. The press alone can now prevent the mischief. Thank God it is in this country still free, and that Princes are morbidly sensitive of its influence. I am, Sir, your constant reader, ANGLICUS. The friends of the late Lord Robertson, one of the judges of the Court of Session in Scotland, will be gratified to see his lordship's name and reputation so wel! sustained as they have been by his son, Brevet- Major P. Robertson, of the 4th (King's Own). Duly a few months ago this gallant officer obtained his com pany "for distinguished services," and he has now re ceived his brevet majority on the same grounds. SERGEANT BRODIE, OF THE FIRST ROYAL DRAGOONS. —This non-commissioned officer appeared on the parade of the Invalid Depot on Wednesday morning, with a number of others who are discharged from the servi: e, for the purpose of being informed the amount of th.ir pensions • and as the case of Serjeant Brodie was one of consider Ale interest, not only arriongs': , the officer - L., but also with many gentlemen of the neighbourhood, they were very anxious to hear bow the Government intended to deal with him after what had taken place. On the previous evening large bets were made that the Horse Guards could not and would not dare to give him less than what he was entitled to, namely 2s. per day, for the serv ices he has rendered , and the ver y excellent character ho has borne for the last 19 years he had been inth e re giment, 17 of whic h a ser j eant. Such service alone en titles him to the receipt of is. 7d. per day pension. worthy To day, the great surprise o f all p arties, this hon est and man is only allowed t h e p altr y p itt ance of Is. pe besides the loss of his position and to knock whilst the r n o o f ck th h e i d m ue down, s been allowed to sell his own c adjutantwho was the o i r ) d ri e r r i c e i d p a t l h e a t n r a o o i v re r r o s nw commission and pocket the te money, and rewarded with a captaincy in the Turkish Contingent, worth CON* ayear—Montivg Paper.