The Sun. — London, England, 1855-09-14 00:00:00

...---' 0 P 0 L. F N T 4 "4 -1 11_4 _A AND CO MMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'Ci,oe'.. The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed tamely, but with much evenness in prices. Ameri can cotton lost the advance obtained on Tuesday, and prices of all descriptions were as quoted on lriday last. The sales, to day, were 7,000 bales, comprising 4,500 American (500 for export and 600 on speculation) ; 100 Pernam and Maraniatrn, at 61d. to 7id. ; 250 Egyptian, Gd. to 90. ; and 2,Q 0 Surat, (h a lf fo r e xport) 4d. to sid. p er lb. , The Railway Shares opened firmly, but on the an nouncement of the rate of discount by the Bank of England, prices declined and closed quietly. Au extensive business has been done this week 11 1 colonial produce and fuller prices have been current. Sugar is generally la. dearer, with large Purchases, and coffee has risen ls. to 2s. per cwt. Rice has ruled quiet, but steady, and also tea. spices have generally slightly advanced, and cocoa I 8 dearer. Saltpetre has been dull of sale, arrow root has ruled steady, and cotton has been at pre vious prices. Tallow has been heavy. It has been contended that the law of Limited Liability would introduce to the public a host of cr ude and doubtful undertakings that ought never te have received encouragement, but as yet there no evidence of this, and projects announced are e ach in their way of a legitimate character, and aticahas can be best tested by the combination of small capitals that form in the aggregate a larger total than the individual whose genius ur enterprise launches a scheme could ever 11 °Pc to provide. The secondary advantage of re 4_theningthe capital, which otherwise would be attracted to foreign countries, we need not dilate n Nn• Among the best, if not the best, of the ' u ndertakings in which the public are just now in "ited to take an interest, is the General Cooperage Company, working under Hamilton's patents, Which have been successfully tested on a large Beale during a period of two years. The necessity of ex tending the manufacture to meet the demand, is, h owever, one of the natural results of this success, as It 18 contemplated to form establishments at Liver pool, Barton, and the large centres of consumption, a nd the company also propose cosell fashioned staves re ady for the immediate use of coopers, and for li uiPuient to foreign countries. Having had, in co njunction with other parties, the opportunity of ile eing the whole of the machinery in operation, We can unhesitatingly testify to the rapidity with : hieh every process is carried out, the accurate t he of the materials that form the casks and 'n L e economy of wo o d. O ne man , it i s ascer t a i ne d, t he put together and finish a s many ca s ks f r o m i' n e staves cut and f as hi one d by thi s com p an y as 4 ° , 11 r men would do by the ordinary method, and t he testimonials from' Messrs. Truman and Han brelUT, Abbot, Bass, Meux, and other eminent b rewe rs who have been supplied with thousands of as well as the report of various ship ewcers, would be sufficient to convince the most Sceptical. The Francis Henty, which left Melbourne June , 30 ) arrived at Pernambuco August 21, en route to Great di sa pp o i n t men t i s f e lt th a t th e " B oome • ran g " should be bringing home the Australian : 14 i 1 , when she w as 94 d a y s on th e p assage out . I le has been 99 days out, and is still due. Messrs. D. Bell, Son, and Co. report that the ma rket for American S ecur iti es con tinues dull, an d 4hat 1a th e transactions during the past week in the l°t'ate Stocks have been few, and prices have not : 41 , 411 °d, whilst the Railroad Bonds have been freely - "rod for sale, and prices are generally lower. STATE SEOURITIES. Redeemable. Per Cent. Ir r Y'and 5 per Cent. (Sterling Bonds)... ... 92 93i 11. ginia 6 per Cent. Bonds .1886... 88:j 891 RAILROAD BONDS. ' 4lllo iB Central 7 per Cent. Ist Mortgage, nNI:lot .Cor.vertible 1875... 77 78 lino Central 7 per Cent. Freeland I.Pends 186 0... 79 81 chigan Central Bp. Cent., no Mort. _lB6o_ 96 98 '• York and Erie 7 per Cent. Sinking I ,Pund Rama 1875... 81 82 Rama 7 per Cent., Ist M or t gage (Ster ling Bonds) 1859...1861... 96 07 The alteration in the Bank rate of discount, by 44 further increase from 4 to 44 per cent., was made bo ard, a longer s itti ng th a n usua l o f th e wee kl y ard, and hence could not be communicated in li t . °lll e of the first impressions of The Sun ; and v '')ht as the money-market had been, the ad ;l,4llce took most persons by surprise, even i 'ma bill brokers being unprepared for it, and be viving that it could be postponed for a time. This it ' e list was encouraged by the large sales of stock, -1 ( 1 to b e for account of the Bank of England, and therefore supposed to be made with the object of tendering money scarcer in the general market, 44 : 1 at th e same ti me p l ac i ng i ncrease d means at the 4 i 'Pesal of the directors. We have not the opportu 4itY of knowingprecise]y w hat the demand foraccoul - I ; _qation has this week amounted to, although it i:Undoukedly largo, but rumour affirms that the 4 11 ilien at the Bank up to Saturday last had been i ttinished 800,0001., and that a furth er ma t er i a l red uction has been going on this week. This muc h 1g certain, that at present the discount brokers are puzzled how to act. The change being o"Mdenly ma d e th e y h ave a l arge amoun t o f bill s ° II hand, which they did at 31 up to 4 per cent. acc ording to the date, and could not now get money fo r under 4or 41.. They therefore naturally hesi rZte about assisting the upward movement, and ove only increased by I per cent. their allowance Money on "call." The general belief, t he other is that they must add on other and keep pace with the Bank, which aY surprise them a second time, unless the specie 6 is arrested by another jump to 5 per cent. It day be remarked, however, incidentally, that we i ll lik e ly t o h ave an i m p rovemen t thi s a f ternoon ii L the foreign exchanges, and a check to anythi ng I exaggerated grain specie. t The English funds have been flat, as was to b e t i c i llected f rom th e i n fl uence of d ea r er money , an d r"e have been some further sales for transfer, ut the speculators appear notwithstanding to have e t l t her more confidence, and to anticipate some im :vernent. Consols have been 90 , 1 to 8 for trans -121 and 900 for account. Exchequer Bills are to 13s. premium. 1 311 'ne Foreign Stocks all rule a little in favour o f lera. Turkish Bonds have been 92 to 93, and ' ~8 , evr Scrip is/ to 1 prem. Spanish Threes are slg , Deferred 19/, and the Passive to 5. L a : ,,e tich Scrip is 21 prem. Dutch Four per Cents. , 11 ,,e been 96i 1. he following are the nominal prices of foreign k e4 , B :---Grenada Deferred Bonds 62. to 7/ ; TG 4 inan, 24, to 21i ; Peruvian, 77 to 79 ; ditto O e 'ec per Cents., 57 to 59 ; Portuguese Four per 10 ( ! l l ta• 43 to 45 ; Russian Five per Cents., 98 to ; ditto Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 89 to 91 ; p' 4 Uish New Deferred, 192 to 20 ; ditto Three 4 . Cents., 38i to 39 ; ditt o C er tifi ca t es , 44 t o 4i ; 52r Passive, 4g. to 4g- ; Turkish Six per Cents., p 4 to 93 ; ditto Scrip Four per Cents. to 11. C 6 41 . ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 64 to ditto Four per Cents. 95 to 97. (1 0 . ` t ailvvay Shares are drooping, and sellers pre tuinate T • t he Foreign Mines are cheaper to buy. The ar e 3 are nominal. Canada Company's Shares higher again. 131411 313 FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE 0';.... , . ‘ ! Prom tiv Obicilal 1451... 2 De Lea r Pent. Consols Annuities i„ ek nnnities, Expire SthlBfin — 998 th d; _ . Ko 30 Years, Expire sth April, 1885 17 9 ( t qr Sto c k fit f onds, £lOOO 20 . %N itt °, a Zliderr 21000 2O E - 43 'or Account 12th October 9OB i i !c ... ,1 nn %tl •• er Bills, ofd i 2 12 d. .£ . _ _ 12 to l :l e tilail — I 12 ' brr . Bonds 1858, 3i per Cent.... -- il k "° 1859, ~ ~. 100 a li C.‘". OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLO , IN e lz o liti i i likteb ß onds 5 per Cent. Ditto Biittt o onds, 3 per Cent ... ............ ••••• 33 1 1, New Deferred, 3 per Cent. - Iti ozh 0 pew 4i 5 . Dit to lionds, 6 per cent — Dit to if%';.or hte account - 3 eW Scrip, 4 per Cent. t're n.eli r) lvicland m on the at , ove payable in London, 1. bitt I/el ites, 3 per Cent. vn t ,, o 0 Scrip 2nd Loan of 1855 2 i p tlitt o ltreh "ge. 24 per Cent. 12 Gull 4 Per Cent. Certificates .. C 96i i HALP-Pil 8r TW 0, e () .- 6 . . Diill U_A ........ . COI f 14 f or tb•O AOCOUIIt ow 11! __ SHARE MARKETS. (TIES DAY.) RAILWAYS. 13eine yesterday. 4 - • • 7i 8 4i 14 4 - 9 - 8 87 89 62 62 8 - 10 ... 5 •-- 4 6i • - 7 triWAlrt. Aberdeeh.. ..... Ambg. Nottng. Bost .and Eastn. Jun Belfast & 13allymonl. Birming. Wolf I‘l] ,tour Val y lt,rll ahci. 'l , .e shire J11.1,!' D O . Ghee , . La. to aud Do., Myth &Tyh origina £25 (issd. at £4 Foist& an , ' Rrof.r.. , Carmarthen and Ca. digan Chester dr flolyheaf Cork and Bandon Cork, Black, dt Pay Gum - malt ieT Junction , 11.iliD&13e1fast.Junc. Dundee Porth4l.t'. teen Junction... , Do. N V. .. . East ti ;Han. tdl 100 FA:intern Counti• Stock .. B Stow. Do., New A.— .. i':ast Lancashire iMinburgheic(4lasq ,, Minh. and Peel , los Edin.Prtt Durl. • Oren tz Clyde Furness ... Do. Extension Glasgow&S • .rent Northam Do., A. Stock . Do. B. Stock Gt. Sth. &West. r Ir ;reat Western.. D Stour Val Ra Gua. Stk.. _ Irish South-Flaskr (.4.0-waster & Oro- Do Thirds Do. New Thirds ad York D 3., vk t. aidin g Liv.CrFi y. l Southpt London & rdackw”' Lond. Bright & Lond. and N. Wept C [)o. Eighths. !,n,lonar , d9. •AT . - 1)... £5; .._ ~..,.. Do.. £46.... 1 aillltirry& COI era , ,Il flUarry . & P. rut: ig • 'siancri.She.k Ginot: Do. i Shares, No. t .. i,,,, !Am,. it liili Pr; Aidla.na .. ~ .. ~ , 'o. iiiromQ. & Der' , Nfidld. G. W05t.(1' , ..; )o. visit' 5hare,,.,,,,. 'ceweastle& Oar Vwpt.Aberg. & Newt, - Warreepoin and Rustrover. Norfolk tiortlttl.C.mitiofr ~ Z orth British 'forth Devon N . Ino., No. 2 'o., A Deform 110. , R Goarant, N. Eastern—Berwio 4). do. Extension .do. = ;.N. E. Pure o. Leads York.. North r.0nd0r..... Do. New £10..„. • , „&s.Wstrn.,ll - am• stead, and City North, Staffordshii) , . North Western., S. W04E11..71 , 1. vnileaton, %nd Leicester. lizford, Wore(!st Wolverliampt:t `wtsntonth Centrv. !Scottish Midland S!oropsiii Un ,t) f-;outl) Devon I St b nth „, . ,szouth Wal es ..... S. Vrksh. & Staines, WO: Stockton Sr Darli Stt, Atm, Taff' Vale . O. ,bares. Do. Prof., No. 1.. r-ameo Haven ind R:tilwa• triverstone & Lanes Waterff). Br. aterforl West Cornwall.. West End of Loud, and Crystal Palw.«. West L0nd0n..,.. & Croy 1, sins dont , this day. BALL, kpil lord 1::7 fllci Backglianash. Clydesdale Col. Stour Vy. Sud. and Hal. E. Lin. g. 6 pc Glas. Barr.. Neils. Direct Do. New...... Gistr.& Dn Tirtlpl. Railway Hull & Slie! 1)o. 4 Shares:. Do. k Shares. Lon. & Greenw Do. Pre feren e Lon.,TiL, &S. Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Do. 6 per Manch. Bxtn and Matleclz Middles:•!ro' & Redcar Midld.Bradf;' Newmarket Bury Exten N.& Est.s p.e. Do. tl per et. Do. Fixeds p . Prest. & Wyr, Do. Shrs. A Roystu.& Shef. Roth an, Gooleg.s p.c. Shrews. &H er S. Staffordsb Wear Valleygr S per Do n - rst I2i - 91) --~ ... 71 73 .2 - 51 9 1 - 17 - 19 72 - 74 86 - 70 -- 72 MO 302 561 56i 6 - 70! 79 , - 9i 93t -93 i 1 , 831 -84 i 8- 7 • El 50 A 7 - 674 - 68 39 - 41 12 /0 ti - 24 48 b 0 2q. 271 71 72 - 7 4 - 44 124 - 47 48 91 98 7 - 6i 6 -- 6i 26 .09 . 111 78 80 14 2 13 59 CO 31 32 5 - 3 2d ---- pay .'4 36 19 2(i 3 1 21 23 5 7 4 - 2d toOttfe,l(4N. A utwer p 2zltott. rdam ;tolgian Eastn. June. fiozi ors to Grai (inrnba Baroda, AD Central TndA,Seri )oTnerart. , „ , ! )z~tcl 'tf n!Sh Eastern of Franc Do, tiew Put TridiftL, g. 5 p Es'onisio, „ Do. d! p. c. lids., pa '57, convercible... 1 , 0. do. du., '59 do Gd. Ti: of Cans:l:lA i Do. St. Lawrence k Atlantic do. Do. Cert. of Dohen. con. into Stk. till T. , no. Comp. sp. c., do Gt. Central of ?rap. Polintan! guar. 5 per cent. Do. lei?, per cent no. Extensions. Do. d 0... Great Laix,!;nbonr Constitatod Shpt Do. Obligations... (fit.WestrrnofCafl '1 Do. payable's7. with option till '55.. Do. do., '62, p. '56 Do. do., '76, p. '6ll do., '73, withonl option Hamilton & Toront , Do. e per cent. ...... Lake Const. & Basle Luc.% & Pistoja r, p.e pref.. Lyons and Geneva.,. Lyons a Nieditorrim Vf adras Do. New Maria Antonia .. Do. do. New Namur & Liege • ...fit' , nterest). Do. (ea interest)... Northern of France. D0.20/.Bhs..lato Char leroi and Erquelinesl guar. 3$ p. c. & red. at 2241. dur. 88 yrs. from 1 Jan. 1854.... Do. 20/. 3 p. C Bde (fmy.B.& AMR.ghs. NorwegianTrunkPre Paris and Lyons__ Ditto Bonds ,„ Paris and Orleans. Paris and Rouen ParisCaen di Cherbrg Rouen and Havre Royal Danish Ro - yalSwedish.. Sambre and Mew% . Do. 54 p. cent. Pref. Scinde Southern of Francis.. St. Andrew's awl Quebec (A) West Flanders Do 5 per c. Prof. . Western of France... West. of Switzerland .sbadel „ ...... Zealand fOINT-ATOI 43tra ..• tritish Colonial Bank And Loan Cnnapato ritisb N. Americs.r llnart(L Bank of Asir. 'hrtd. Brk. of India, Australia, China' City Colonial Commercial of Lend P,110.13 gcottish and Australian Chart._ %on& Chart. Bk. of Australia Oitto New London and County London Joint Stock Loud. & WeFtminstez National Provincial of England Do. New National of Ireland - slew South hiental Bank of Corporation erovincial of Irolan(I Do. Now Royal Australn. Bkg. & Gold Imp C 0.... ;oath Australia Union of Australia—. Do. New Lippia 0 kip 91 9i 24. 1 6 6 1 1 1 lip •tBA 114 12 VI 23i ll - 2 1 7 6i 16} - 17} 64 66 93 95 - 6 5i - 5$ , par ip par 34 4 2 3- 3h 24 - 243 100 102 114 116 115 117 107 108 3 21 114 116 7i -- S 191 - 1 llp 7 9 -- 3 5 5i 36i 121 -12 i 9 47i - 48 p 17 - 49 50 52 • pn , 264 9,7 i 20 -- 21 21 - Li 8 -- 94 1 14 -- pin .3i 12 - 13 'p "-- 18 - 19 BINKS 91 - 93 es -- 70 d par d • idis 51 - 56 pl 17 17i 20 -- 200 -- 0 - 40 42 52 - 54 39i -- 40) 71. - 73' 8 - 9 a IMO THE SUN. LONDON. PRIDA..Y.' 11.`,V14_14NI,Nn, SEPTEMBER. 14. 1855. • P., Lz-stilEv. Coalpan! N. W L. &N. W. 1 09.10i.0n.„ E. Un. E. C . Gt.Nrtnn. Caldonian. Gt. Vres - i Nit 'Jo tr . firr , V &N Do.. D 0 18. East, Petcv Nod Do L.& N.v.i & Midld. Stekton narliugt. Midland. En. Coun. E. Conn,. . L. & N. W. &LiaBo7l, Gt North Laneasl. Yqrksh. T. Brassey M. Mthenit Stockt. Dar lingt Do W„stn. VEIN Kb Aga FrilF knglo Austria. Anglo Califorlian kustrplian Australian Col.&llor. Ave Maris. Baden (Gd. Duchy of Bissuarvon Iron an'? Coal British Iron Brazilianlmp.(issue(' at Er> pm.) Do. Cocaes & Cniab Do. St. John Del Re : Carson's CITA Clarendon Cons. Min Co. of Jamaica.... . Cobre Copper Colonial 501 d.... Copper Min. of Er. Do. Pref. 7i p. Copiapo English and Austii Copper Smelts Fortuna General.. Gt. Nugi Great Polgooth Liberty Linares B Lusitanian Mariquita Now Granada New Linares Minin and Smelting Co. Nouveau Monde.. Pontgibaud Lead Min. & Smelt. Port Philip Quartz Rock Rhymney Tron , Do. New Santiago de Cuba. South A ust.-al iau Tin Croft. United Mexican Waller West Varipoga, . 122. 1 Worthing I%Tiuing Austr9.lia • yester 96 98 100 102 n - 12 1.35 - 27 29 105 tO7 12i - 13 9,3 ? , 4 110 120 119 122 2# ••• '''''' -.... 51 - 3 f - iP 57 - . - 8 - 21- 1 2f3 11 - 32 rq 92 - I A - 0 4 - a 7} - 2i 3 34 4 27 - 29 OP 63 -- 67 33 36 25 .-- 27 18 2J iP 13 - 15 A 2- 3 A 7 - 8J - 341 15 - 16 21 - 23 6 8 4} - 5 26 - 3 3 3!: f 1 PREFEItENCE SHAKEN. St. 100 Aberdeen •• ••• 3t. 100 Do. N 0.2, 7 p. c . ••• 25 al! Myth and Tyn. 10',.. e. pref. (issd. a.t 50t St. 100 Brie. & Ex. 4 p. 92 -- • 94 20 5 D O . 4p. c. Shares -• • St. 1 0 0 Caledoniazi £lO 99 101 15 all 'lhestcr- & Guar. 54 per cent „, - • 94 all ')o. do. Pref. No. 2. - all Do. do. Pref. No. 2.. 6i all Cork ttßanclon.s,ip.e. 3 - 4 f all buu.Prth .& A I , er. J. 54 0.4 10 2 7-11. Anglian Cls. ASh - St. 100 Do. do. Cls. B6p. e. -•-• St. 100 Do. do Cls. C7p. c. - ••• 'est, all Eastern Counties Fax tension, sp.c. No 4 . 6i all Do. No. 2 . ..... . . 4 - 1 .0 all no, New 6 r. c. 124 al i East Lin., G. 6 p. ..• 5 all 00. 51., 10 ner cow -10 all D o , lel. - nci)entr.si .„ all Do. do. 4 per cent. - St. 10 . ' Rao Lancash 6 „ . ' all JJJ.k.W. Yorlt. J. sth" St. 100 Prth.&Dun.4p.e. 58 ••• 62 20 all Fu•'ne ,, s . ••• St. 1 ,, : - lias.&S.W.G.5 p.c. ... St. 100 Great Northn. sp. c 113 -- .116 St. 100 Do. sp. c. Redeem., St. 100 'to. p. at 10 p. c. prom lOB 126 Do. 5 p.c. Scrip, Red. -4 sp. e. - 110 108 10 all art.N. of Rbot. Ist Pr , 94 - 10 St. 100 qt. ( [relit 20 9 Do. 4 per a. Pr,( , j• q t . •.: , 7,,5t 1.. (Boric t , 1-Innts , Ex. sp. cr. 6 St. 100 Do. COll. red. 14, p.... 95 - 97 97 St. 100 Do. con. red. Ip. e 85 -• 87 St. 100 Dr, 0 1 1p.e. 88 8 all Do. Birrn. Pref - 10 4 '0 all Do. Cncster Bp. c.P. - 1.66 - 17 10 all Do. do: sp.c. do . 10 104 S t Do. Birm. Gua. Stlt 70 - 72 363 all Do. Ches. Gua. Sh l9 - 20 l 3 all Do. do. do 94 -10 20 all Do. do. do l4 - L 5 16 0 Lan. & York. F. £2 I 4 - St. :AT. Do. 6p. c. . .36 138 St. 100 rom.k,Brirril• MIL' . Sr,. 10: Do. Pref., sp. c. Sl. - St. rto, NON Onar.6 p.'. - St. jl.OO Do. do. 5 per c , ,Jit •• St• * . ffl Lno.&N. W„ Coe. -', Nun.laton 5 p. et 5' Lon. & 0011.3 ' •• • ' ••• • 11 T , 0047. Lonely. & Ennis.:. . ••• /0 a ' , ran., Shef., tz Lit, Tow. ei 0 l2 - 13 6 14; 1 . all , farypt.&Ctri 0 -.• •• Pt: A; 1.,. 44 per cent.... . - lA' 10 ' St. 10(1 'lir'. Cons& .6 p..; • • St 100 Do, Consol. Bristol Birm. R per eOTlt. 1 6 1 3 8 / 136 St. 100 Do. 41 p. c. Pref. S 97 - 99 dis 16t. Hi!), Pret. tt, - 5 all Do. 51. Pr f4p. c 44 - 41, • St. 100 Ditto Laict star a , Hitc'ien Pri , f. St. - 894 10 All !Norfolk De teatur,• St. 100 D o. Pref. 4p. c. • • .• St. 1 00 IDo. 5 p. c . Ext. „ St. 100 IDo. 5i per et. pref. • St. 100 "Do. Way. Val, S p. • St. 00 North British St. 100 N. E. Boni, 4 p.e, ts 92 - 94 17 5 Do. do. do.. 2 0 13 Do L ee d s 6 p.c • No. ' 1.21 9 Do. do. Quarters 4 • • 25 10 Do. York H & id 20 all North Staffordshir. - • - St. 1(X") Oxford, Worc es t er , • • Wnlverh.,4ls. p 101 -• 106 10 7Do R, Prep. 101. Sh.- SA all Scot. Cent., N ew P r . all South Devon.,,., 134 144 1 0 If Do. fixed, 4i per een iti - pat 1..0.6 all S. Eastern (Readi • knn.) of 1:3 Os. 00. 231 24 St. lekt Do. 44 per cent lOO - 102 20 all S Wales Gua. 4p c. - 20 all Do. do. 44 p. c - 20 all S.Yorksh.4p.e.Gua r . 16 -18 25 all Stock. & Dar. ,5 p c. 25 15 Do. do. do 1.4 -2::); 125 all Stock. & iiartl. g. c. till July 1, 'SC .„ 50 4 Wuterfd. & Kilk• 6pc 3 - 240 ISCELL&N itOLTP.. 1 17 all 40 7 Australian Agric.dt, Auslraln. Royal Mail Berlin Water Works Brit. American Land Brit. & Coln. Smeltg. and Reduction Co. Canada . Canada Gov. 6 p. et. Jan. and July.. Crysta' Peace.. Do. Preference Crystal Pal. of Franc , - Duston Iron Ore Eastern Stas.m Electric Telegraph Electric Teleg. of Ir Gen. Steam Navigat General Screw Steam Irish Beetroot Sugar Magdalena St. Navig Meditcran. Elec. Tel. Mexican &S.Americn. Do. New 29 301 lid 62 2 to 1&2 15 . 6 113 i 114 2$ • 23 - 51 ••• ..... . 1 7 , • •• ... •••• .... ~ ••• .... •I 8 - 10 6 - 6i ••• .... ,„ Nat. Pat. Stearn Fuel Netherlands Land. N. S. W. Coal dr Inter. • • -•-• •• 1 1 Steam. Navigat. Co. B kustralasian Nirth.cf EuropeStam Oriental Gas Peel Rr. Minrl Peuinsnlariz Oriental Do. New.. •et ".". .. fi '.." i ••• 1 2i Portland Iron Co Ttoyal Mail Stearn Scot. Austral. Invest. Ditto New South Austral::An-1, Sabmar. Tel. Scrip..; lietri4ler.,l '1 - :36 - 37 1 1 Crust di L. Co.II. Can., iTw Diouices land ~~ 25 1) 50 t oo this lay, THIS DAY'S NEWS DONCASTER RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) PARK-HILL STAKES. Clotilde Capucine Blooming Heather Rataplan.... Eilermire Acrobat Seven ran. DONCASTER CUP. Six ran.—Wild Thtyrell broke down. NURSERY PLATE. Dead beat with Diego and Announcement.-15 ran LAW INTELLIGENCE. (7'lllS DAY.) BANK FtUPTCY COURT. (Before Mr. Commissioner Holroyd.) IN RE W. HORNE. This was a meeting for last examination. The bank rupt was described as a railway contractor, and con tracted for public works of Queen-street-place, city, and Connaught-terrace-square, Barnstaple, and elsewhere. The balance-sheet commences Aug. 4, 1854, and ends Aug. 2, 18E5, and shows debtor to creditors, 17,2231. ; holding security, 9,273/. to Western Railway of Switzer land Company ; amount awarded them by Mr. Charles Vignoles and disputed by me, 9,876/. ; creditors for rent, rates, and wages, 113/. ; capital commencement, 61,6271 ; rents of property, 4871 ; profits on shares, 4/. ; liabilities, 8,666/. ; debts considered good, 26/. ; doubtful, 143/. ; estimate to realise, 2001. ; bad, 5,5511. (note a sum of 5,450/. of the loss on these ba lances was written off before the 4th of August, 1854) ; property, 3,404/. ; ditto in hand of creditors, 8,721/. ; losses, 9,773/. ; loss on bad and doubtful debts, 45/. Bs. sd. ; loss by the Western Railway of Switzerland Com pany, which accrues to me under the award of Mr. C. Vignoles, 72,805/. ; expenses of arbitration with the above railway, 1,354/. ; interest on mortgage loan, &c., 620/.; trade and travelling expenses, 816/.; law charges, 333/. ; outlaying charge on property, 253/.; ,personal expenses, 254/. No opposition was offered, and the bankrupt passed his examination. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.--(THIS DAY.) MANSION-HOUSE. James Wm. Ball, and the lad Taylor, remanded, charged, the lad with stealing, and Ball with receiving, a quantity of copper plates, the property of Taylor's master, Mr. Hammond, printer, Bread-street, were again placed at the bar before Mr. Alderman Wire. No fur;;her evidence being forthcoming, the Alderman discharged the prisoners for the want of evidence to con vict, although there could be no doubt they were morally guilty. Taylor was then summoned for purchasing marine stores and neglecting to enter the same in a book ac cording to the act of Parliament. Mr. Lewis appeared for the defendant, and took a technical objection to the summons. The words of the 480th section of the act stated that any person purchasing old cables, junk, sails, iron, or other marine stores, were liable to a penalty for not keeping a proper account of such purchases ; but he contended the word marine stores did not embrace such articles as copper plates, but marine stores, such as were used in the mer cantile marine. Mr. Alderman Wire, having read the words of the act, said he was disposed to take the words as bearing a wide meaning, embracing old bottles, copper, or such other articles as those persons generally dealt in. The policeman 449 proved going to the defendant's residence in Thames-street, where he keeps a shop, over which he has written "marine store dealer." He had examined the book produced by the defendant as the one in which he entered his purchases, but he found no entry of the copper•plates purchased of Taylor. Defendant said he sometimes purchased goods which he did not enter in a book. Ball then gave evidence of his selling the plates to the defendant. He did not ask him at the time his name or address, nor make any entry in a book. He sold him copper-plates on three or four occasions. Cross-examined—The plates were sold in a perrect state. Mr. Lewis renewed his objection, urging the act was passed fur the protection of the shipping interest. Throughout the act "marine stores" were mentioned, and according to Dr. Johnson " marine " referred to the sea. Alderman Wire said he should take time to consider the point raised, and give his decision to-morrow. GUILDHALL. THE EXTRAORDINARY WILL CASE. —Mr. JOlin, Carter, jun., of Bristol, surrendered to his bail, charged with perjury, in proving a will of his late brother as his last will and testament, well knowing a subsequent will was in existence, whereby Messrs. Stuckey and Co., bankers, of Bristol, had been defrauded of a large sum of money. Mr. Clarkson appeared fur the prosecution, Mr. Parry for the defendant. Mr. Clarkson corrected a f firmer statement made by him. The bankers would only lose about 4,0001., in stead of 20,0001., although the money advanced on the first will would amount to that sum. A conversation ensued, in which it was stated and admitted that the second will was found in a box be lor ging to the defendant, but in the hands of the testator. Mr. Walter Fitzdavies, clerk to Messrs. Campbell and Davies, solicitors, was in 1843 with Messrs. Short and Strickland, solicitors, of Bristol, Messrs. Stuckey's solicitors. Their hill-book stated that they handed the w ill of April, 1846, to Mr. John Carter, jun., in June, 1848. Mr. Lasburg corrected his statement relative to the letter received by his wife. His wife received the letter and opened it. Witness gave it to Mr. Hinton, his soli citor, who bad kept it ever since. Mr. J. G. Hobbs, solicitor, Bristol, produced the mortgage to Messrs. Stuckey. The gross amount ad vanced to the brothers under the first will was 13,7001. Mr. Clark•on asked for a further remand, which was granted, Mr. Jones, &gar merchant, 28, Moorgate street, being bail for 5001. THE B INK O' ENOGAND.-INCREASE OF THE RATE OF DISCOUNT. The Bank of England increased their rate of discount yesterday from 4 per cent , at which it was fixed on Thursday last, to 41 per cent. The step has taken the public by surprise, since, al though it was known that the demand during the past week for discount at the Bank, as well as the with drawals of gold, had been much grea'er even than was anticipated, it was assumed that the recent sales of stock supposed to have been made by them were in tended temporarily to obviate the necessity for it. With in the last ten years there has been only one previous instance of an advance of the rate in two consecutive weeks, and that was in January, 1847, when the threat enings of the approaching panie were suddenly becoming plain. Between the two periods there is no resemblance, for at the present moment the trade of the country is as sound and healthy as at any time on rec.:int. Nevertheless, there is quite enough to justify a repeti tion of the unusual course. The Gazette returns of the last and present week will doubtless exhibit diminutions in the amount of notes unemployed and in the stock of bullion, calculated to excite anxiety, but for the know ledge now afforded previously to their appearance that a vigorous check has been applied. Little question seems to be entertained that the instalment of 1,000,000/. ster ling paid yesterday on the Turkish loan will forthwith be sent in sovereigns to Constantinople, and that during the next five months the remainining 3,000,0001. will be despatched in a similar manner. The Australian arrivals, moreover, are still delayed, only 176,0001. having been received out of 800,0001. that may be con sidered due; and, finally, the extraordinary firmness of the corn-market in the face of a satisfactory har vest at home and of an unusual surplus in the 'United States and Canada has disappointed all expectations, and led to the transmission of large orders, accompanied by specie, to the Danube andelsewhere. Under these circana fs u t a r t n h c e e r s , a t n h d e i ßank d h i a a t d e i a r o i s a e t e e r s n p a e t e i i v a e l y i a deciding w u a p s o n n o a t the remotest prospect of its suddenness causing panic or even it.convenience in any quarter. Although com merce bas lately assumed increased activity, there are no signs of undue speculation either in the manufacturing towns or on the London Stock-Exchange, and the news of the fall of Sebastopol has imparted a feeling of con fidence the effect cf which will be much more powerful in sustaining trade than that of the present notification in depressing it. There is, consequently, no reason to , depart from thecon n v o i t ct p io rd notulicaetaney d very is t t h u i r n b g an w ee il . l go on smoothly, and that, even if further measures should be requisite, they will persons are disposed to believe that a return to 5 per cent. will be adopted before the close of the year, but the drain of specie has been so sudden, and has so evi dently resulted from a combination of unusual causes, that it will be against all experience if an early reaction is not witnessed. Mr. Ellice, M.P., is entertaining a numerous party at Glenquoich Lodge, among whom are Lord Stanley of Alderley, Lard Seymour, Mr. and Lady Henrietta Graham, ttc! GENERAL SR GEORGE BROWN ON TILE CAPTURE OF SEBASTOPOL. The dinner to General Sir George Brown, by his fel low-townsmen in Elgin, to which we referred the other day, came off on Tuesday with great eclat. Nearly 300 of the most influential noblemen and gentlemen in the ncrth of Scotland were present. Provost Grant, the chief magistrate of the Burgh, performed the duties of chairman ; and amongst the company were his Highness the Prince Edward cf Saxe Weimar, the Duke of Rich mond, the Earl of March, Admiral Duff, Sir Alex. P. Cumming, Mr. Cumming Bruce, M.P., the Hon. T. C. Bruce, the Hon. Lewis Grant, Colonel Marshall, Capt. Maitland, &c. • After the usual preliminary toasts, The PROVOST said—Mr. Croupier, my Lords, and Gentlemen, I have now the honour and the greatest possible pleasure in proposing to you the toast of the evening, "The health of General Sir George Brown." Gentlemen, however much I may fail in doing that jus tice to the toast which you may wish and expect from me, I feel assured that the assembling together of so many noblemen and gentlemen as I now see around me to do him honour will convince him how much he is esteemed, how highly his services in the cause of his country are appreciated by his fellow-ceuntrymen in general, and in particular by the inhabitants of this an cient royal burgh, of which community he has been long a free citizen in right of his respected father, who for a considerable number of years presided over them as provost and chief magistrate (or, as our friends in Eng land would term it, the mayor of the town), and who discharged the duties of :hat office in a way most hon ourable to himself and with great advantage to the pub lic. It is, therefore, with peculiar delight and enthusiasm that they hail his return to the place of his nativity, loaded as he is with laurels so nobly won, and with dis tinctions so justly bestowed—a delight and enthusiasm in which I feel assured every person in this vast assembly fully participate. (Cheers.) It will not be necessary for me to refer particularly to the many important incidents in the successful career of General Sir G. Brown. These are, in a great measure, londago matters of history and familiar to many of you. I may, however, in passing, mention a few facts which it would be improper to over look. (The Provost here went over the details of Sir George's career during the last war.) Such, my lords and gentlemen, are the important events in which our honored guest took so noble and gallant a part, during wars which are now about being considered as belonging to a past age ; but so soon as the present war had been declared he was afnong the first appointed to take an important lead in it. He was appointed to command the Light Division, and to be second in command to the Gene ral-in-Chief of the army, the late lamented Lord Raglan. General Sir George Brown was the first general officer to mount his charger. On the lauding of the British troops in the Crimea, and when reconnoitering in the neighbourhood, an attempt was made to cut him off from the army, but he was rescued by a body of riflemen, and a few of the Cossacks fell as victims to their temerity ; and he was present when the first blood was drawn by the British on Russian soil. (Cheers.) He was also one of the first of the brave Generals who forced their way to and carried the heights of the Alma, in the face of showers of shot of all kinds from the strongly fortified position of the enemy, and in his progress his celebrated charger fell under him, pierced by no less than 11 bul lets ; but the cry of the General the moment he got upon his legs was, " Forward, brave 23d, and I will lead you !" and he led them to victory accordingly. His Commander-in-Chief, in reporting to the Government, expressed himself in these emphatic terms—" The mode in which General Sir George Brown conducted his divi sion demands my warmest approbation." As to the battle of the Alma, and the still more glorious and bloody battle of Inkerman, it i 3 difficult fur me to command language sufficient to convey to you my feelings in re gard to them, but something like what is described by one of our national poets must have been flashing ra pidly across the minds of the Generals when their con tests were about to commence ; and, although nothing but the cheer of the fierce onset was heard, their thoughts, if I may judge from their boll daring and heroism, ran thus : " Bold northern usurper, we have marshall'd our clans, Their swords altho' thousands, their bosoms are one ; They are true to the last of their blood and their breath, An , like reapers descend to the harvest of death. Thou welcome be Russia's hordes to the shock, . Let them dash their proud foam like a wave on the rock; But woe to their kindred, and woe to their cause, When Albyn her claymore indignantly draws, When her bonnetted chieftains to victory crowd, All plaided and plumed in their tartan array." And on that memorable morning on the heights of Inker man, where BritLh valour and prowess were so conspi cuously shown, and before the mantle of night bad been withdrawn, and where " By torch and trumpet fast arrayed, Each horseman drew his battle blade, And furious every charger neighed To join the dreadful revelry—" if our gallant guest bad been asked what was hie indivi dual resolve, he would have loudly exclaimed— " Though my perishing ranks should be strewed in their gore, Like ocean weeds heap'd on the surf-beaten shore, I, untainted by flight or by chains, While the kindling of life in my bosom remains, Shall victor exult, or in death be laid low, With my back to the field, and my feet to the foe ; And leaving in battle no blot on my name, Look proudly to heaven from the death-bed of fame." Somewhat in accordance with the sentiments cf the poet, General Sir G. Brown did fall with his " back to the field, and his feet to the foe ;" but we have to thank God that his wound was not mortal ; and when he was led away from the scene of battle the bravo troops more im mediately under his command, although stunned awhile, were not dispirited, but rushed anew upon the foe, to avenge the temporary fall of their leader. In this con filet the British forces, although numbering at the out set only about 8,000 effective men, withstood fer six hours the determined and successive attacks of 60,000 Russians, who were at last finally repulsed with a loss of not less than 15,000 men in killed and wounded. (Cheers.) It is but right to add that in this last re pulse a division of our noble and chivalrous allies, the French, came to the aid of the British, and shared in the danger and glory of the day. The hero on my right, whom we have met to honour, al though severely wounded at this battle, so soon as his health was restored returned to share with his com panions in arms the dangers of the field, and only quitted it when the state of his health compelled him to do so ; and his absence, I feel assured, is as sincerely lamented by the men whom he commanded as we rvjoice in his safe return. (Cheers.) He is not only an honour to his country, and to Scotchmen, and his fellow-citizens of this ancient Royal burgh more particularly, but a pattern to all to imitate ; and one, the incidents of whose life will enrich the page of Britain's history over the long series of years he has been so honourably en- gaged in fighting her battles. (Hear, and cheers.) Let us therefore fill our glasses to the brim and quaff them to the bottom in wishing that Gen. Sir G. Brown may long be spared to wear his laurels and enjoy his honours, and in token of extreme respect for himself, as well as for the way he so nobly co-operated with the Highland Brigade in clearing the heights of Alma, let us give him Highland honours—which was done with tremendous applause. Gen. BROWN, on rising to acknowledge the toast, was received with repeated rounds of applause. On the enthu- sias3m subsiding, he said— Mr. Chairman and gentleman, I rise, I assure you, with great diffidence, because, posi tively my friend here did appear to me to greatly over rate and exaggerate my services. (•' No, no.") I assure you!, gentlemen, I have done nothing more than carry out the orders and instructions conveyed to me by a much abler man ; and if I had failed to do so, I should have failed in my duty. And more than that, I should have failed in my duty to the most kind and considerate friend I ever bad upon earth. (Cheers.) Lord Raglan —(applause)—was always so kind and considerate to everybody, and particularly so to me, be took me so much into his confidence, and treated me in such a way that I would have been something worse than a coward if I had not done my best to obey his commands. I think, however, gentlemen, I may do better if I leave number one alone, and believe that through me you wish to pay a compliment to the army at large. Gen tlemen, I can truly say that their constancy and endur ance have been and are above all praise —(hear, and loud applause)—only, indeed, to be equalled by their conduct before the enemy, for British troops have never behaved better than they have done in this campaign. (Great applause.) I hope the news we have heard this evening of the fall of Sebastopol will prove of great importance, and that we shall be able to do sonic- thing decisive, for hitherto we have been fighting with one arm tied. We have not been able to move the army because we depended on our ships for every ounce of provisions, every morsel of forage, and every truss cf hay we consumed. It was impossible to move the army to pass the Tchernaya and march upon the Russians, without leaving at least ninety thousand men upon the plateau to sustain our position there. We could not leave our ground and enormous material there to go out and attack them ; they would nct only have got our guns, but they would have obtained possession of points of our position which we never could have gained from them. They would have established themselves upon the high ground in the way they previously established themselves upon the low pro d, *ad the clnsequence would have been that we should have been besieged, instead of besieging them, in our own har bour. (Hear.) We have now got possession of the • south side (there seems no reason to doubt)—we hove now got possession of the south side of the har bour—which is, in fact, all the town, and our *mops will be able with a small force to maintain the road to Mackenzie's Farm. We can cross the Tchernaya, and we shall be able to fight our enemy upon the open ground, whereas before we could only fight them through the town. (Cheers.) I may say that till now we were tied by the leg. The Russian army, it must be remem bered, has frequently been very superior in numbers to ours—mind you the Russians have not been acting in regard to their army as we have been doing to ours, or as any other States in Europe has been doing; for, while we have been improving our civil institutions mainly, egad they have been paying no attention to anything but their army. Russia is the most gigantic military power ever seen upon earth. She has an artillery never equalled. Just let me mention, that while we and the French brought up our siege trains, consisting of the usual four-inch mortars, why, sir, these fellows brought against; us guns which threw into my own camp shot of no less weight than eighty-six pounds, while the size of their shells also out matched ours. In this country of ours we have fostered the spirit of freedom of opinion ; but there is one disadvantage attendant on this. You meet with people sometimes who think they know everything. There are a good many who fancy they know other peo ple's business better than themselves. The consequenee of this feeling is, that we have had more great generals and admirals at the clubs and coffee-houses than we had in the army and navy. It would be no very difficult matter, however, to show that every movement which has been made by that Eastern army there bas been good reason for. (Hear.) Let me allude to one or two circum- Gtances connected with these movements. The troops were sent out without any specific plan of operations ; the only thing they were told was to occupy certain lines at Gallipoli, joining the Sea of Marmora, so as to inter- c,pt the Russians coming down and retreating from the Bosphorus. Having done this, the Russians in the meantime crossed the Danube and set to work in be sieging Silistria. Omer Pacha was extremely anxious that we should send troops to Varna. We have been told that they were sent there to die of cholera in a swamp. I tell you, gentlemen, there was no swamp at Varna at all. Instead of a swamp, we had the most beautiful ground you could imagine. It was like th e finest English park with the finest water you could wish. (Hear.) Ido not consider, therefore, that we are indebted to the country i❑ the slightest degree for the disease that occurred there, and particularly for this reason, that the troops who never bad been at Varna suffered more than . those who had been there. And there is another reason. The sailors of the two fleets which had been lying at Varna suffered twice as much as the troops on chore. (Hear.) Remember also that by going to Varna we saved Silistria. The Turks made a very gallant defence there but it was not the defence that made the Russians raise the siege of Silistria, and retire behind the Danube—it was the presence of seventy thousand troops at Varna. (Hear, hear.) We are further told that we should have gone two months earlier to the Crimea ; but it so happened we could not go. Omer Pacha's army of 60,000 could not be left to the tender mercies of 150,000 of the enemy. (Hear, hear.) But another reason was that, as we had gone out with no specific plan of campaign, consequently the attack on the Crimea was never heard of by the army till July, and when we heard of it we knew nothing of the ground at ail, nor even whether that was a place that we might land at. The admirals bad no flat-bottomed boats, and such as we got we bad to improvise. The only thing indeed we had in this respect was the paddle-boats of the steam ers; and I need not tell you that most of our war steamers having now reverse propellers have no paddles, and con sequently no paddle-boats. Our resources, therefore, in this way were not at all sufficient, and we had to go down to Constantinople to make provision for the dis embarking of the troops. We bought up all the caiques of the country, and joined them together, and in this way we made very good means for landing. (Cheers.) W e aro next blamed for the late period of the season at which we landed ; but it should be remembered that we could not leave Varna till the Austrians had taken steps for keeping the peace in the Principalities. (" Hear," and cheers.) The next difficulty was connected with the advance at the Alma. We are told that Lord Raglan was very wrong in taking the bull by the horns ; but I think be did quite right. He saw that if he got out from the plain be had not sufficient cavalry. The Russians were in such force iu the centre that the possibility was, that they would have made an attack, and cut up the two armies ; and I am of opinion, therefore, that rey lamented friend did quite right in taking the bull by the horns. We suffered no doubt deeply last winter, and some people say that we should have done better if we had attacked the north side at first. This, perhaps, looks very plausible ; but if we had attempted to lay siege to the north side, we must have had one army to carry on the siege, and another to keep off the enemy ; but independently of that we could not have safely ahan boned our position for two days, as we night have lost the harbour, and thereby our means of obtaining provi sinus and material. The slightest breeze raises such a surf on that coast that it is rendered impossible for n landing being effected at certain points, and the army, I am sure, would have been lost when the gales of Novem ber occurred. lam not aware that there are :lily fur ther points in connexion with this subjecl; that I need refer to. But as people are frequently asking me about these things, I thought I might take this opportunity of giving an anse'er to some of their questions. I have now only to repeat my very grateful thanks for the honour you have now done me—an honour which I could never forget, even were I yovnger man than I am. (Cheers.) Amongst other toasts was " The Allied Generals," in proposing which The Duke of RICHMOND said—Gentlemen, I trust that you will not consider that I am intruding too much upon your notice when I rise in obedience to the Provost to propose the next toast. Gentlemen, I was trained in Wellington's School, and I feel it right to obey all law ful commands ; and though I am well aware that there are many gentlemen here who would perform the task better than I can do, yet I can assure you there is no man in this great empire who feels more deeply than I do, that my present toast deserves the approbation and heartiest cheers you can give it. During a longer war we were unfortunately opposed to the army of France ; yet the utmost respect existed between the officers and soldiers of the contending armies, as Sir George Brown will agree with me in saying. (hear, from Sir George.) In the ‘lay of battle we did our duty to our country and sovereign, hut the moment the battle was at an end, the officers and soldiers mingled together to such an extent, that at last the Duke of Wellidgton was obliged to for- bid them communicating. I say this to prove to you that war can be carried on in rather a better way than the present war has been. To the officers in command of Sebastopol—l cannot call it a sie,ge, for it is no siege unless you invest the place in full—l give full credit. I think their defence of that fortress has been most gal lant and most meritorious to them. It would have gene down to history as a great feat of arms, but it has been stained by the greatest of all crimes, that of firing on a flag of truce. (Hear.) Gentlemen, I am to ask you to drink the health of Generals Pelissier, Simp- son, Marinora, and Omer Pacha. (Cheers.) I feel that in doing this, it is not necessary that I should say much to induce you to drink the toast in a full bumper. You all know them well. The allies have done their duty— they have emulated the acLievements of the army which went before them. As a soldier of the old army I may say that our present troops went as far, and perhaps farther than their predecessors ; for though we never had that dreadful disease the cholera amongst us, they have not, on the other hand, had those long terrible marches where we had to send our sick and wounded a hundred leagues to head-quarters. There is one thing quite clear : the British army before Sebastopol have proved true in the field of battle—(hear, and applause)—and that they have endured their privations with very little grumbling indeed. I remember when the men in my time had little else to do they grumbled ; but next day, when work had to be done, they would lead the storming party just as if they had never grumbled. (Applause.) But we British hold that wo have a right to complain ; sti:l, when we are called upon to come forward to do our duty, there are few of tie who will re fuse. (Hear, hear.) Is this war there has been—and I fear we shall still bear of more—there has been a sad loss of life ; but I do hope and trust that the result of the Russians evacuatirg Sebastopol will lead to a peace which will be lasting. Let me say, however, that I for one will never consent to a patched-up concern. tAp plause.) I say that the allies have shed too much valu able blood in the Crimea to allow any diplomatist to mancouvre a peace. (Hear, hear.) I say that we ought to obtain those guarantees which shall secure to the civilised world the great blessings of peace ; an d I con sider that any man who would agree to a patehed- uP concern will deserve the reprobation of his fellow-m cn Gentlemen, I propose to you the toast of the All ie d Generals, and beg to assure you that the only regre t which I have felt is, that I have been too o ld to share the danger. (Hear.) Nothing would have given me in greater pleasure than to have commanded a battalion in Sir George Brown's Division ; and I am sure that though Sir George might have got b e t ter officers, he would, at all math have felt that he h A - _ not a mgr® &seawall one. 941 i xd 17 16i 781 i i G# 97 93 141 11 j 34 20 x d 10 0 L.O 6 50 2 100 1 25 I 1 1 all all all 153 6 - • I now ask you to drink to " The health of General, Pelissier, Simpson, Marmora, and Omer Pacha ;" and I hope and trust that as their colours are now waving in Sebastopol, the Russian flag will ere long be swept from the Crimea. (Loud applause.) The next toast was "The health of the Members of Parliament for the County and Burgh," acknowledged by Major Currming Bruce, M.P. The meeting, which was a very enthusiastic ono throughout, terminated about 10 o'clock. Naval and Military Intelligence. - The Thames, steam-transport, No. 92, belonging to the West India Mail Packet Company, arrived at Spit head early yesterday morning from the Crimea. She brings no invalid troops, but about 60 invalid seamen and marines, who have chiefly been engaged in the trenches. She has also four serjeants of the Royal Ar tillery, who come home to join their battalions, and a few men from the Land Transport Corps. Capt a i n Beynon and seven of the crew of the brig John Beynon, which wa , run down i n th e S ea of Marmora, and the . following officers, all of whom came home invalided by illness or wounds :—Lieut.-Colonel W. Napier, Land Transport Corps ; Capt. Foster, 11th Hussars ; Capt. Caulfield, Coldstream Guards ; Capt. Ball, 31st Foot ; Capt. Murray, 79th Foot ; Capt. J. Doherty, of the Staff ; Lieut. Yates, 11th Hussars ; Lieut. Torriano, Royal Artillery ; Lieut. C. B. Hugh es , 62d F oot ; Lieut. Mairis, R.M. ; Lieut. C. J. Napier, R.M. ; Lieut. Robinson, 7th Foot. Capt. Shearman, Ist Dragoons, comes home on leave, and Lieutenant Yates, 11th Hus sars, on promotion. The Thames reports the following vessels :—Augnst 21, the steamer Severn left Constan tinople for Balaklava ; August 24, passed the steamer Medway ; August 27, the Trent, steamer, arrived at Malta en route to Balaklava ; August 29, exchanged signals w ith th e T err ibl e , 21, steam-frigate, and the Sheldrake, in lat. 37, long. 11 ; and on 4th Sept. left at Gibraltar the floating battery Meteor, and the steam-sloop Prometheus, 6. The Thames came into harbour this afternoon and landed her passengers. The Tyne, transport, Commander P. Wellington, ar rived at Spithead yesterday, and landed some old stores and invalids from the South American station to-day, and sailed fur the eastward. The Lucifer, steamer, sails on Saturday with 73 riggers and seamen, under charge of Mr. Bean, master of the St. Vincent, 103, to bring the Repulse, 91, new screw-ship, from Pembroke to this yard, to be fitted out. The Sirnoorn, 18, screw troop-ship, Capt. Sullivan, is to come out of the dock to-morrow and be taken into the steam-basin, to receive new engines of 600-horse power, her present engines being only 350-horse power—much too weak. The Great Tasmania, sailing transport, No. 210, is re-fitting for further service. The Baron Von Humboldt, screw steamer, is in Woolwich basin, undergoing repairs. The Castor, frigate, 06, arrived at Plymouth on Wed nesday afternoon from Chatham, and saluted the Port Admiral. She is bound for the Cape of Good Hope, and takes out a small mail from this port. The Inflexible, 6, has been ordered to be masted and brought forward for temporary service. Two more mortar-boats, Nos. 3 and 16, were towed up to Wool,sich yesterday morning by the Lizard from Sheerness. They are to be stripped and laid up at Deptford. The Hollander also arrived yesterday morn. ing at the dockyard from the Crimea. Yesterday afternoon the ceremony of launching the Pearl took place in the dockyard at Woolwich. At two o'clock precisely Commodore Shepherd, Superin tendent of the Dockyard, arrived on the platform which had been erected for the occasion, escorting Miss Gor don, one of the daughters of Rear-Admiral Sir James Alexander Gordon, K.C.8., Lieutenant -Governor of Greenwich Hospital. Having taken a very brief sur vey of the ship, Commodore Shepherd placed the gar landed bottle of wine in Miss Gordon's hands, which she immediately dashed against the cutwater, exclaim ing " Success to the Pearl." The National Anthem and " Rule Britannia" were struck up, and the men began to cleave the wedges from the keel, thereby allowing the vessel to drop on the bed. The artificers were then ordered to knock away the blocks and set free. The ship then made her first movement, and de scended slowly to the river, amidst the applause of a largo concourse of persons. She is an elegantly-built vessel, and has a remarkably clean run from fore to aft. Her dimensions are as follow : Ft. In. Length over all 224 0 Length between the perpendiculars 260 0 Length of the keel for tonnage 172 Oj Breadth extreme 4O 4' Breadth for tonnage Breadth moulded Depth in hold Burden in tons 1,468 76-94 Armament, 20 8-inch 6J cwt. 9 feet; 1 68-pounder 93 cwt. 10 feet. Power of engines, 400 rees. The Pearl was built by Mr. M'Pherson Rice, the master shipwright of the dockyard at Woolwich. She will be imm..diately taken into the basin to receive her screw and fittings. OFFICIAL VISIT TO DEVONPOR.T. From the office of the Admiral Superintendent of the Dockyard at Devonport the Lords of the Admiralty roceeded, on Wednesday morning, to the Rope-house, and witnessed the closing of a first-rate's cable by ma chinery. They then went to the building-slips to ex amine ships in course of construction and alteration. At No. 1 is the Narcissus, 28 ; this frigate is planked down, sut, being intended for sailing only, all further work is suspended for the present. No. 2, the screw-frigate Satellite, 22, forwarding with despatch ; cradle ready for the launch, which is appointed for the 26th inst. Her ooilers and engines, of 400-horse power, are prepared at Keyham Steam-yard. No. 3 slip, the screw steam-ship Liffey, 51, on which a large number of barids are em ployed ; planked down, beams cro , sed, and will be ready for launching in February. Slips No. 4 and 5 are vacant. In the new basin is the Hibernia, 120, fitting as a receiving-ship at Malta, where she will convey nll stores due to the island, including various anchors, chains, &c., and a lot of spars, to receive which the bulkheads will be removed from her lower deck. In the head dock is the Seahorse, originally in tended for a 44, but now fitting as a screw blockship of 200-horse power. She is to be supplied with two 13-inch mortars, and will be undocked about Christmas. In the Union Dock the Forth, old 44, is fitting like the Seahorse, and may be undocked in January. The Cen turion, 80, taken into the North Dock about four months since, is being converted into a screw block-ship, and will be ready before Christmas, This examination occu pied the time until half-past one, when their lordships re turned to the Black Eagle, took luncheon, and at 3 were rowed u p Hatnoaze in the Admiral's barge, to th e exten sive powder works in course of construction at Bull point, from which they went to Keyham : and examined the progress of buildings, machinery, smit6eries, &c., of the great quadrangle, and of the tunnel which will soon connect this establishment with the Devonport Dock yard. The steal -ships fitting at Keyhain are the Con queror, 120, launched at Plymouth on the 2d of May ; steam has been got up, and she is nearly ready for sea. The Brunswick, 00, launched at Pembroke on the let of June, also nearly ready ; and the Ueda, 6, recently returned from the Pacific and Gibraltar, where she ran ashore. She is almost fit for sea service. The Lords of the Admiralty left at 5.30 for the Black Eagle, and in th 3 evening dined with Admiral Superintendent Plum ridge, in the dockyard. APPOINTMENTS. John R. Ityan, Second Master, to the Impregrable ; John F. R. Aylen, Second Master, to the Tyne. Orders were received at Southampton yesterday, by the Peninsular and Oriental Company, to prepare to re ceive on board the steam-transport Ripon, No. 25, 9 officers and 206 men of the Coldstream Guards ; 6 offi cers and 207 men of the Scots Fusiliers ; 6 officers and 236 men of the S2d Regiment ; and 2 officers and 300 men of the Laud Transport Corps. The detachment of the 82d Regiment will probably embark to-morrow. The Ripon will sail for the Crimea early next week. The General Screw Company's steam-ship Hydaspes will probably sail for Plymouth to-morrow or Sunday to em bark troops for the Crimea. She has taken on board a large quantity of shell and huts at Southampton. The Queen of the South is under repairs for the conveyance of shell, huts, &c., to the Crimea. Prince Albert has forwarded a check for 101. each to Serjeant-Major J. Steel and Quartertnaster-Serjeant B. K. Spencer, of the Royal Sappers and Miners, " as o`Woolwich g_t a mark of his Royal Highness's approval of their atten tion and care in making the survey of Osborne." Captain R. Haig, Lieutenant Da wson, 1 serjeant, 2 corporals, and 5 bombardiers, of t he Ro y al Ar tillery, sre to hold themselves in readiness to p roceed to t he Crimea, on particular service. neeArs,nuamnbderthofe mTeu n r o k f is t h he c ß o o n y t a in l g A en rt t i , lle ie ry 4y , ;ov a l E r); • to-day. THE MILITIA. An extensive ra n g e of buildi ngs destined for barracks, t q acc ommodate 3 , 000 militia, has b een some time in progress at what is called the O rdnance -field, near Col chester, and is now fast approaching completion. They c omprise a series of huts, replete with every accommo dation, arranged in six rows, with carriage-way between each row. Each hut is feet by 20 feet, and has 10 window?. Those for the officers are arranged each in four divisions, with separate entrances, so as to give dis tinct accommodation to each officer. There will be a church calculated for 800 persons, as also ample hospital accommodation, including that for the medical staff, as well as very spacious schoolrooms. The South Devon Militia, is now stationed on Maker Heights, near Mount-Edgecumbe, in Cornwall, and is disposed of in five separate redoubts and a small encamp ment of some 30 tents. This is the first relaxation which has been accorded from garrison duty for 18 months, the last four of which were passed in billets at Plymouth. METROPOLITAN FREEHOLD LAND SOCIETY. —The half yearly report of this society, at a recent meeting, showed the amount of loans and deposits at 3,7061., and the subscriptions at 1,0371. 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