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

r UPON' 4 I Cc) K ET ANO COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLoes - ,, The Liverp oo l C o tt on M ar k e t yecterday cicsed ta mely, but with much eyennsss in prices. Ameri earl cotton lost the advance obtained on Tuesday, .„and pric es o f a ll descr i pt i ons were as quote d on Friday last. The sales, to•day, were 7,000 bales, c°l4 Prising 4,500 A mer i can (500 f or e xp or t and a 0 on sp ecu l at i on ) ; 100 P ernam an d M aran h am, bid. to 7id. ; 250 E g ypti a n, 6d. t o 91d. ; and 2 i °oo Surat, (h a lf f or ex p or t) 4d. t o 52d. p er lb. he Railway Sh ares opene d fi rm l y, b u t on th e an nouncement of the rate of discount by the Bank of li gland, prices declined and closed quietly. An extensive business has been done this week in colonial produce and fuller prices have been "' T ent. Sugar is generally ls. dearer, with large pur chases, an d co ff ee h as r i sen I s . t o 2 s . p e r cwt. l ee has ru l e d qu i e t , b ut stea d y, an d a l so tea. Spices have generally slightly advanced, and cocoa ' 4 dearer. Saltpetre has been dull of sale, arrow rtOot has ruled steady, and cotton has been at pre knia prices. Tallow has been heavy. .It has b een conten d e d th a t th e l aw o f Limited „ Liab ility would introduce to the public a host of Jude and d ou btf u l un d er t a ki ngs that ought never have recei ve d encourage ment, but as yet there i ° no evidence of this, and projects announced are °4 in their way of a legitimate character, and i nch as can be b e st tested by the combination of i capitals that form in the aggregate a ur ger total than th e individual whose genius °r enterp r i se l aunc h es a sc h eme could ever li 13 1 ) e to p rov id e. Th e secon d ar y a d van t age o f re tailling the capital, which otherwise would be attr acted to f o r e i gn countries, we need not dilate t „.. 12311 . Among the best, if not the best, of the dertakings in which the public are just now in -o,le'Ll to take an interest, is the General Cooperage 1 , 11 41 . PanY, working under Hamilton's patents, have been successfully tested on a large ; 1 " during a period of two years. The necessity of t,, te nding the manufacture to meet the demand, is, r r ever, one of the natural results of this success, as Contemplated to form establishments at Liver -47,,1) Burton, and the large centres of consumption, the companyalso propose osell fashioned staves t ea c l Y for the immediate use of coopers, and for eo l nrsent to foreign countries. Having had, in b ionction with other parties, the opportunity of k w ei ng the whole of the machinery in operation, kith unhesitatingly testify to the rapidity with 4 !eh every proc e s s is carried out, the accurate 1 1 11411 of the materials that form the casks and 4 v e , e conomy of wood. One man, it is ascertained, toe Put together and finish as many casks from o ° Staves cut and fashioned by this company as % lir then would do by the ordinary method, and e t estimonials from Messrs. Truman and Han ttlrY, Abbot, Bass, Meux, and other eminent h tew ers who have been supplied with thousands of o :glthead s , as we ll as th e re p o rt of various ship °ers, would be sufficient to convince the most lec h e Francis Henty, which left Melbourne June ' a rrived at Pernambuco August 21, en route to radon. Q.re tat at disappointment is felt that the " Boome- Sr should be bringing home the Australian When she was 94 days on the passage out. has been 99 days out, and is still due. Messrs. D. Bell, Son, and Co. report that the Market fo r A mer i can Secu rities continues dull, and atehe transactions during the past week in the Stocks have been few, and prices have not off 4tie d, whilst the Railroad Bonds have been freely °r ed for sale, and prices are generally lower. STATE SECURITIES. g, R e deemable. Per Cent. - J'and 5 per Cent. (Sterling Bonds) ... 92i 93i rtini a 6 per Cent. Bonds 1886... 881 891 RAILROAD BONDS. I:l4 2 l °.is_Centra . l 7 per Cent. Ist Mortgage, /111 10 t.Uonvertible 1875... 77 78 via Central 7 per Cent. Freeland lsro 81 iF°ligan .... . ' ***** * * ********.... 96 98 pork and Erie 7 p. per en de n n o t. Sinking IV I/n d 1875... 81 82 i llatna 7 per Cent., Ist Mortgage (Ster . g th llZ Bonds) 1859..1861... 96 97 41 , 4111 e alteration in the Bank rate of discount, by n ether increa se f rom 4 t o 4i- per cent., was made der a longer sitting than usual of the weekly r d, and hence could not be communicated in fi lll e of the first impressions of The Sun ; and ght as the money-market had been, the ad tile e e took most p.-rsons by surprise, even hill brokers being unprepared for it, and be g that it could be postponed for a time. This 1: 4 1V Was encouraged by the large sales of stock, to be for account of the Bank of England, and te e tefore supposed to be made with the object of d: ti ering money scarcer in the general market, 4 . at th e same ti me pl ac i ng i ncrease d m eans at the kit ksal of the directors. We have not the opportu k /t ) f knowingprecisely what the demand foraccom- M atien has this week amounted to, although it l: l h ildoubtedly large, but rumour affirms that the tli,".inti at the Bank up to Saturday last had been t e ;; 4l nislied 800,0001., and that a further material l e uetio n has been going on this week. This much k re eertain ' that at present the discount brokers Puzzled how to act. The change being uenly made they have a large amount of bills hand, which they did at 31 up to 4 per cent. to o rding to the date, and could not now get money . tat Olider 4or 41. They therefore naturally hesi -44.e abo u t ass i s ti ng th e u p war d movemen t,, and k t re only increased by 4 per cent. their allowance s e , rnoney on "call." The general belief, %: e rtheless, is that they mu .0 add on „ Ill : other and keep pace with the Bank, which tt :surprise them a second time, unless the specie s 4 :1 1 . 8 arrested by another jump to 5 per cent. It a'iYi be remarked however, incidentally, that we ere . t he to have an improvement this afternoon . lik"tle foreign exchanges, and a check to anything ',! 3 tztggerated grain specie. is English English funds have been flat, as was to be threted from the influence of dearer money, and h re have been some further sales for transfer, r a f t the e speculators appear notwithstanding to have p ro 'er more confidence, and to anticipate some im fer:arnent. Consols have been 901 to for trans -124.44nd 90i for account. Exchequer Bills are T he 13s. premium. bue Foreign Stocks all rule a little in favour of 11 3% th Turkish Bonds have been 921 to 93, and ew Scrip is to 1 prem. Spanish Threes are b r E.,, , Deferred 191, and the Passive 41 to 5. ach Scrip is 24 prem. Dutch Four per Cents. it' I",e bee n 96i i• et oet. l le following are the nominal prices of foreign 414,7, :—Grenada Deferred Bonds 6g. to 74 ; jean, 21k, to 211 ; Peruvian, 77 to 7 9 ; ditto 1111 - ee per Cents., 57 to 59 ; Portuguese Four per 1.0 ( j'il• 43 to 45 ; Russian Five per Cents., 98 to ; ditto Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 89 to 91 ; p et tish New Deferred, 19g to 20 ; ditto Three Cents., 381 to 39 ; ditto C e rtificates, 41 to ; 94° Passive, 41 to 4i ; Tu r kish Six per Cents., P re to 93 ; ditto Scrip Four per Cents. i f to 1} Et 3 ,4 1.; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 64 to t lditto Four per Cents. 95 to 97. ilivay Shares are drooping, and sellers pre hinate Ba b e Foreign . Mines are cheaper to buy. The as, 'a are nominal. Canada Company's Shares higher again. ktIT T --SR FUNDS THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES. From the Oficial List. De n0.m...,1„, , , 1, , ,j Cent. Consols Annaitlee 18fte . 9f iiiiii e Pk nntlitiea, Expire sth Jan.. _ 1 114. 14 ° 30 Years, l ii p Stock Expire sth Apr il, 1885 17 229 30 l Aonde £lOOO o Itt e. ` • )0 2O ve,„ , Ltuder Lloi E ,or Account, 12th October 21 92 a i i i 2(1. t ' l lequer Bills, tic% 12 5 S mall • . 12 te h b i e g t t l t e o l : Bonds 1858, 3i per Cent.... 1859, ft .. 1001 i litl tt l' iii . R lCE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. tr -01 Bonds 5 per Cent. 114,,,1tt0 Small 14,,,,-°" Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent 57 iZELTI Bends 4. per Cent. il a ,„ l `t o for the A count 7Bl 6 - '1;" t iouds, 3 Per Cent 3Bl bit s " Now Deferred, 3 per Cent. t. b 19t 20 - ol vi , Passive 4f 5 b.. 1 Rends, 6 per cent — bZ: for New the account Scrip, 4 per Cent. Or ''iv,londu nn tnt above payable In London. _l tteh #,D•t i _Tatee, 3 per Cent. ' l- '" 'er . 2 d L an of 1855 blot .„ to 0 o 7tetutuge. 24 per Cant. 12 Gull 7, t ° I poi- Cenc. Curtifleates ...... -- NI I THREE O'CLOCK. "A '°%•,. 90i I k l loll ttu for the Acieouat ... 9Ol t ..• - ... 2 p SIIA% Sa rti A 2 IC 111 TS. (THIS DAY.) RAILWAYS. atn,w.rric iClastag this dal. I• :. irt :t.t 1 this day. imbg. Nottug. 80, Mid Eastn. Junet. lic; fast it rally - me m, Wob ).rb Stour Vallvy 3irk Lauesl.. Cheshise Janet._ Do. CheMh. & Birh Ztii) and £25 C. .u. Do., £2O Myth & Tyn3or;gina £25 (ismd. at £.`• Bristol and Exeter... 'aledoniark 254 4 - l'' , - 8 14i -- 14 - 9 - 8 87 - 81 61i - 62 62 i 1/ {Carmarthen and Ca , digan (Cork Holyheao Cork and Randon Cork, Blaeb, & Pas C. •rnwall 1 - 13 8 - iU , • • ....... sr • ..6 - 4 61 - 7 12) i3A 9 4 - 7 1 - 73 52 - 54 9i - • 17 - 19 00. .... 72 - 74 86 5 , 7 70 72 "3 - 5 .00 - 1 02 55i - 661 72 • 15 6i -• 7-, 774 76 6i 95 97 924 93 11 -. 11d 1 • h 6 i 5i 23i V 4. 71 - - 67 39 - 41 12 10 - ,ig : iii 27i 70i - 7A 7 4t lei 4GA 47a 91 - 93 ."." ... 48 ex. d 'iieT Junction. 'n,, , in&BelfastJunc Dundee Perth4Ab toun Junction . Do. N svir ...... east Al glian [Astern Counties... c',P...stern Union, A Stock .. D4q., B New A.. at L3neasitiro , ldinburgb & f4las7n , Mint , . and Peebleb Ftdin. Prth Az Dl:tr. - I, orth & Clyde Ju ?urness f , o. Extension.. Glasgow &S. Wc , st H4reat, Northern.. Do., A. Stock.... i 10., B. Stock_ „ Sth. ezWest.ar , I' %mat Western '11) Stour Val RA Gua. Stk • . Irish 71outh-71stac, T.,;outaster & Car lit: Do., Thirds Do. - New Thirds.... . ing Liv. Cn t y. London ac Land. Bright & Loud. and N. West: , '4o. Fifths - )•:),lOl.Sh.,MSta )o. Eighths....... Awdoua.ndS. W- )0., £50.. . 8 Do., £4O 111 f..ntlndrry&Ool ra TJ till t,a(lndrry. & Of. Aanc),,,•3l)es.k all Db. Shares, No. 128. )0., Mrau. & Lin. Un )0 Ntidland .00 io. Fhrrnng. &Dee) sr. %/Mild. West. (Ire. all Do. Half Shares Neweastlo & Carlisl 23 ; wpt. Aberg. &Elrf. 8 ' , Jewry & all Newry Warrenpoin ..n.l Rostrevor .. . I.- to szorfolk .„. orthn.Counties ITt) orth British North Devon, No, wo., No, 2 0., ; A Deferred ; R Guarani, e Eastern—Berwi, Po. do. ExtonFion , G.N. E. Purol Co. Londe Do. York NTorth Lonio Da. New , &S.Wstru.,}Tvn,.. stead, and City JI) North Staffordshir , . North Western N. & S. Westrn..Tun , `inneaton t Hinek!• and Leicester. Word, Worcest4, , Wolverhampton ;'ortsinonth Central 'Scottish Midland -:iirttpshire Umon 4)116 DOVOTI *lath Eastern ;nuth Wales Vrksh. Do qta.;nem, Wok. &W.! Stockton Darli Firot T'aff vale • 1)o. £lO ~hares.. ID°. Pref., No. 1.. Tbiunes Haven Doc.- 31.: , i1 war, , , , 'Tilverstone & Lanes. y >tie • N eat} . IWaterford&Urrier: , t. IWest West Entl of Loud. , and Crystal Palace. West L0nd0n...... IWi rnbledn k Ornri:.; ... _ 71 - 6 6i - 6i 24 - 26 'O9 111 78 80 41 3 .2 58} 5f4 31 - - 32 5 3 2d pai - ..- - , • •• "". 21 - 5 4 - 2a Eq)it GN „ A.ntweriKuited akin selgian Eastn. Juri, qeziers Graiss. itonibay ,Baroda,aP , : Central India,Scril Demerara I hit& R ieniell Eastern of France Do. New East Indian, g 5 p.c De, Ey , ,engioi , Do. 4a p. c. Bds., pa) '57, convertible.... no. do. do., '59, do Gd. Tk of Canad all i s L/0. At. Lawrence la Atlantic do. DO. Cert. of Debon. con. into Stk. till 'F: no, Comp. 6 p. c., do Gt. Central of Fran Ot Indian Peninsul • guar. 5 per cent. 1)o. New 5 por cent I - 0. Extensions.... Do. d 0.... .......... Great Luxerubour Constituted Share , Do. Gt. Western of Canad Shares Do. lids., payable's7, with option till '55.. Do. do., '62, p. '56 Do. do., '76, p. '6O D. do., '73, without option Hamilton & Toront , Do. 6 per eclat. Lake Const. & Bash, Lucca Zig Pistoj a 5 p.c pref. Lyons and Geneva Lyons Mediterran Madras Do. Now Maria Antonia Do. do. New Namur & Liege Iwiti interest) Do. (ex interest)... ' Northern of France D 0.201, Shs.late Char leroi and Erqueliue, guar. 3 p. c. & red at 22y. dur. 88 yrs. from 1 Jan. 1854 Do. 24.1 i. 3 p. c Bds (fray. 11.& Ams.Shs. NorwegianTrunkPre Paris and Lyons Ditto Bonds Paris and Orleans..,. Paris and Rouen... l'arisCaen & Cherbrg. Rouen and Havre..... nyal Danish Royal Swedish Sambre and Meuse.. Do. 5:1 p. cent. Pret. &ludo , „. Southern of France.. St. Andrew's and Quebec (A)......... West Flanders Do 54 per c. Pref Western of France Wert. of Switzerland Wiaabaden Zealand JOINT-STO , - %.ustra.insib firitiala Colonial Bank and Loan Company nritiib N. American 'ltartd. Bank of Agi,i ( %ltd. Brk. of India, Australia, & China City Commercial of bond. ehlglib - h Scottish and Australian Chart Lona. Chart. Bk. of Australis Ditto New London and County London Joint Stock Lond. & Weetminstor National Provincia' of England Do. New,. National of Ireland. 'ow South %lea Oriental Bank of Corporation erovincial of Ireland New I I 't opal Austral n. Bk R. Gold Imp c o intLb Au strtdia Onion 4Likustralle... IDo. New 11Taion of Load 9} - 2} - • - 1 1 7 - lip 4 11A -12} 23i 23i 2 ri 164 174 64 66 93 95 5i 6 5 i 5 1 I par 4p par 4p 31 - 4 - 34 24 -24 i 100 - 102 114 - 116 115 - 117 107 108 - 21 114 - 116 ~. - - - 8 :1 191 -20 tr 1 7 9 2 -- 3 5 - 53/4 : 121 -12 i q - 9 47i - 48 p 47 - 49 50 - 52 - 26i 27: 20 - 21 2.f - 894 1 - 14. ... - pm 3j - ij i 2 - 13 _ p . - • ii.- h. 13A_Nk 91 -- 93 68 70 d Far f d idis 54 - 56 p 17 -17 i 20 -20 id d 38 40 ao* • ••• ...... . ii : 36 42 - 41 52 - 54 39 - 71 - 73 8 M tar St. .0 it., 3/ 28 St. ?,0 ?0 10 10 10 6 ?,(1 18 LO Ui 90 THE SU N, LONDON, PRID „At Y EVEN IN r 4, gETTEMBER 14 1855. LINES gED - t ' t XE . i') f''l4l'7"4. ;~. f ,4 F''litk:' • r %kr. , 714 . 4 1 4 " s"' this n fly ' , GP;NEBAT: SIR G.EOROE IMOTVN ON TEE b 14PTURE OF SEBASTOPOL. The dinner to G-tieeral Sir.Geerge -Brown; by his f e le low-townsmen iu Elgin, to which we refer! et: the other day, came off on Tuesday with great (eat. Nearly :1300 of the most influential noblemen- and gentlemen in the north of Scotland were present. Provost Gratit, the chief inagietrete of the Burgh, performed the duties Of chairman ; and amongst the company were his Highness the Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, the Duke of Rich mond, the Earl of March, Admiral Duff, Sir - Alex. P. 3 Cumming, Mr. Cumming Eruce, M.P., the Hon. T. C. Bruce, the Hon. Lewis Grant, Colonel Marshall, Capt. Maitland, &c. After the usual preliminary toast, ! - The PROvosT said—Mr. Croupier, -my Lords, -and ' Gentlemen,.l -have now tlea honour and the greatest possible planstire in'proposing to you the toast - of the evening, "The- health of General Sir George Brown." Gentlemen, however rnuch.l may fail in doing that.jeze-: 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-countrymen 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 light 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, long ago 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 pert, during wars which are now about being considered as belengine to a past age ; but so soon as the present war bad been declared he was among 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 landing 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 Gene; al the moment he got upon his legs was, "Forward, brave 23 1 , and I will lead you !" and he led - them to' vieCerfaccerdingly. His Cemmander-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 snore glorious and bloody battle of Inlternian, it i 3 difficult for 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, nthough 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, wo have marshall'd our clans, Their swords altlu.' thousands, their bosoms are one ; They are true to the last of their blood and their breath, Aue like reapers descend to the harvest of death. Than 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 Laker man, where British valour and prowess were so conspi cuously shown, and before the mantle of night had been withdrawn, an l where " f a aj, nt, ria • thl4 ea:c vid let Aile y ~. Buck g hamsh. Clydesd e Col. Stour Vy. Sud. and Hal. l. Lin. g. 6 pc. Glas. Barr. & Neils. Direct Do. New Glstr.6rDn Fr Hrtlpi. Dk. & Railway Hull & Selby Do. Shares. Do. Shares. Lon.&Greenw Do. Preferen:•e Lou. , Til., & S. Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Do, 6 per ct. Manch. Bxtn. and Matloci' Redcar. . Kidld.Bradfl Newmarket Bury Eaten,. Est.sp.c. Do. 6 per et. Do. Fixeds p Prest. & Wyly. Lott . . NT. w ,•t. DONCASTELt RACES. L. N. NV 95 100 - 102 (THIS DAY.) E. t7n. E. C 11 - 12 135 iGt.Nrt, L, ( B Y ELLO7RI 0 TBLE6RA Pll. I PARK-HILL STAKES. Honiar. C10ti1de...................................... Capr.eine Blooming 'leather Seven ran. DONCASTER CUP. IDo Gt. Wes 7 4 Vk. New, & Berw. Y.&N M 27 - 29 167 i - 107 Do S. Basta Rataplan Eiltrrnire Acrobat 12i - 13 ?.3 - '4 110 - 120 Peto di Co Six ran.—Wild bayrell broke down. NURSERY PLATE. Dead heat with Diego and. Announeement.-15 ran. Vail - 41v Do 1..& N. W & Midi& Stekton Darllugt, . 119 122 211 - DON STARES, Mfleman Fandango Chicken .. 91 - tg - 4 57 - 59 En. Conu, E: Count. D 0......... Five ran. DONCASTER STAKES. Sa.ucebox Lady Tatton Vandal L. &N.W. kLn&Ylt Do. A Shrtt. A Roystn.k. Hit. Mel. Roth an:. nooleg,s p.c. Gt Northl Lanca‘l, Six ran. Bhrews.oler T. Brassey S. Statiortisb. 34.1101ee.7,, Wear Valleygr t 3 per cent... Darlingt Do. Do 'o - •:ret ;IW-stn. 90 - " 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 his indivi dual resolve, be w , uld have loudly exclaimed— " Though my perishing ranks should be strewed in their gore, Like ocean weeds heap'l on the gn 7 . f-beaten shore, I, untainted by flight or by chains, While the kindling of life in wy bosom remains, . . . . Shall victor exult, or in death be laid low, With my back to the field, and my feet to the foe; And leavin4 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 brave troops more im mediately under his command, although stunned awhile, were not dkpirited, but rushed anew upon the foe, to avenge the temporary fall of their leader. In this con flict the British forces, although numbering at the out set only about 8,000 effective men, withstood fer six hours the determined awl successive attacks of 60,000 Russians, who were at last finally repulsed with a loss of net less than 15,000 men in bided 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 asaured, is as sincerely lameuted by the men whom be commanded as we rejoice in his safe return. (Cheers.) He is not only an honour to his country, and to Shotehmen, and his fellow-citizens of this ancient Royal burgh more particularly, but a pattern to all to imitate ; and one, the incident, 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 siasm sub,iding, he said— Mr. Chairman and gentleman, I rise, I assure you, with great diffidence, because, posi tively my friend here did appear to me t i greatly over rate and exaggerate my services. (' No, no.") I assure you, gentlemen, I have dune notating more than carry out the orders and instruction.; 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 had upon earth. (Cheers.) Lord Raglan —(anplause)—was always so kind and considerate to everybody, and particularly so to me, he 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 aloes, 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 ender ance have been and are above all praise—(hear, and loud applause)—only, indeed, to he 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 some 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 platpau to sustain our position there. We could not leave our ground an( enormous material there to go out and attaok them ; they would tot 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 ground, and the MIN ii*. 120 iq Agua .Fria . ..... Anglo Anktrln. Ofli A »glo Californian „ Vast/ elian Anstraliap CordilleT Ave Maria Bkonarvon Iron an Coal British Iron. Brazilianlmp.(istme at pm.) •_ Do. Coca,CB & °dab DO. St. John Doi IL): °arson's eveqk Clarmdon Cons. lit: Co. of Jamaica..,... 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The bank rupt was des:.:rilied as a railway contrActor, and con tracted for public works of Queen -street-place, city, and Connauht-terrace-square, Barnstaple, and elsewhere. The balance-.heel commences Aug. 4, 1854, and ends Aug. 2 1855, and shows debtor to creditors, 17,2231. ; bottling security, 9,2731. to Western Railway of Switzer land Company ; amount award. d them by Mr. Charles Vignoles and disputed by me, 9,8761. ; creditors for rent► late=, , and wages, 1131. ; capital commencement, 61,6271 ; rents of property, 487/ ; profits on shares, 41. ; liabilities, 8,6661. ; debts considered good, 26/. ; doubtful, 1431. ; estimate to realise, 2001. ; bad, 5,551/. (note a sum of 5,4501. of the loss on these ba lances was written off before the 4th of August, 1854); property. 3,4041. ; ditto in hand of creditors, 8,7211. ; losses, 9,7731. ; loss on bad and doubtful debts, 451. Bs. 5,1. ; 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., 6201.; trade and travelling expenses, 8161.; law charge?, 3331. ; outlaying charge on property, 2531.; personal expenses, 2541. No opposition was offered, and the bankrupt passed his examination. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY) MANSION-HOUSE. Tames 'gin. Ball, and the lad Taylor, remanded, charged, the lad with stealing,. and Ball with receiving, a quantity of cf)pper p'ates, the property of Taylor's master. Mr. Hammond, printer, Bread-street, were again placed at the bar before Mr. Alderman Wire. No further evidence being forthcoming, the Alderman dinharged the prisoners for the want of evidence to con v►ct, 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 acc.iunt 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 w as 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. Deteudant said he sometimes purchased goods which he did not ekter in a book. Ball then gave evidence of his selling the platen to the defendant.. lie did not a. 4, 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 perfect stet e. Mr. Lewis renewed his objection, urging the act was passed for 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 be should take time to consider the point raised, and give his decision to-morrow. GUILDHALL. THE EXTRAORDINARY WILL CASE.—Mr. J ohs Varier, 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 for the prosecution, Mr. Parry for the defendant. Mr. Clarkson corrected a firmer statement made by him. The bankers would only lose about 4,0001., in stead of 20,000/., although the money advanced on the trst 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 he lot ging to the defendant, but in the hands of the testator. 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 12,7001. Mr. Clark-on asked for a further remand, which was granted, Mr. Jones, &gar merchant, 28, Moorgate street, being bail for 500/. TILE E 4NK 0& ENGELAND.-INCREASE OF THE BATE 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 44 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 greater 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 panic were suddenly becoming plain. Between the two periods there is no resemblance, for at the present moment the trade of the country is as round and healthy as at any time on recur t. 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 1,000,0001. ster ling paid yesterday on the Turkish loan will forthwith besentinso monthsvereign the to remaininingCon:tantin opl 3 6 :o a o n o d ,o t o h o r the during next five 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 and elsewhere. Under these circum stances, the Bank had no alternative in deciding upon a evenfurther inconvenienceand ofnu rtii( euimmediateeLsop nedcinispeculation a i a s ts e ni to , yonc Stock-Exchange, especially i.utEahrze terehi na. the remotest prospect of its suddenness causing panic or com merce has lately assumed increased activity, there are n to o w s i i i g e n t s tr o p b a e r m ted uch a con fidencemfeoerliengpoowferfu °f thefatlill the effect will in sustaining trade than that of the present notification in derreseing it. There is, consequently, no reason to depart from the conviction that everything will go on smoothly, and that, even if further measures should be requisite, they will not produce any disturbance. Some persons are disposed believe that a return to 5 per cent. will be adopte i before the close of the year, but the drein of specie has been so sudden, and has so evi dently resulted trom a combination of unusual eaustee that it will be against all experience if au early reaction is not witnessed. ftawhceat was not wtstnhag Althoughese m t haaennrdu consequence wouli have been that we should have been I. now ask you to drink to "Tin 'health of 064011.114 besieged, instead of besieging them, in our own har- Pelissier, T.Tarmora, and Nue Paella ;" Loa bour. (Hear.) We have row got possession -of -the hope and trust that as their colours are SOW waving ill south side (there seems no rtasonto doubt) —r,e b,ve Sebastopol, the Russian will ere lons be swept frogs now got possession of the south of the bar- the Crimea. (Loud applause.) bnu`— which is, in fict, all the town, and out The next toast was "The health of the aletnbar3 troops will be able with a small force to maintain the Parliament for the County end Burgh," acknowledged road t, Mackenzie's Farm. We can cross the Tchernaya, by Major Cuinroing Bruce, ALP. and we shall be able to fight our enemy upon the ogbit The meeting, which was a very enthusiastic •ea ground, whereas before we could only fight them through 1 throughout, terminated about 10 o'clock. 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 impraving our civil - institutions mainly, egad they have been paying tio attention to anything but their army. Russia is the most gigantic military power ever seer► upon earth. She hasan artillery never equalled. let-tire mention, fhr.t while we and th . e.Frenc h truligW up our siege 'trains, consisting of the usual four-indi mortars, why, sir, these fellows brought againit us guns which threw into my own camp shot of no less weight than eighty-six pounds, while the size of their shells also outmatched 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. Toere 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 wade by that Eastern army there has been good reason for. (Hear.) Let me allude to one or two circum- _ Natal ! mod Military Intelligence. --- ,N. - . TharneEf, steam-transport, No. 92, b e l ong i ng to the, est India*Mtiil Packet Company, arrived at Spit head . early yesterday morning from the Crimea. She brings no invalid troops, but about 60 invalid seamen and inarines, WliO have chiefly been engaged in tb. trenches: - She lies also four sedeants of the Royal Ar tillery, who come home to join their battalions, and a . few men. from -the Land Transport Corps. Captain Beynon and seven ol.the crew of the brig John Poynen, which was run down in the Sea of Mariners, and the following officers, all ( of !Om came home invalided by illness or woundi W. Napier, Land Transport Corps ; Capt. Foster, 11th Hussars ; Capt. Caulfield, Coldstream Guards ; Capt. Ball, 81st Foot ; Capt. Murray, 79th Foot ; Capt. J. Doherty, of the Staff ; Lieut. Yates, 11th Hussars ; Lieut. Tertian°, Royal Artillery • Lient. C. B. Hughes, 62d lost ; Lieut. Mairis, ; Lient. C. J. Napier, R.M. ; Lima. Robinson, 7th Foot. Capt. Shearrnan, Ist Dragoons, comes home on leave, and Lieutenant Yates, 11th Hus sars, on promotion. The Thames reports the following vessels :—August 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. exohanged signals with the Terrible, 21, steam-frigate, sad 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 78 riggers and seamen, under charge of Mr. Bean, master of the St. Vincent, 103, to bring the Repulse, 91, new serew-ship, from Pembroke to this yard, to be fitted out. The Siinonm, 18, screw troop-ship, Capt. Sullivan, is to come out of the dock to-morrow and be taken into the , team-basin, to receive new engines of 600-horse power, her present engines being only 350-horse power-18'6h boo week. stances connected with these movements. Tho 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 o 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 Si:istria. Omer Pacha was extremely anxious that we should send troops to Verna. We have been told that they were sent there to die of cholera in a swamp. I tell you, gentlemen, there was no scamp at Varna at ail. Instead of a swamp, we had the most beautiful ground you could imagine. It was like the finest English park with the finest water you could wish. (Hear.) I do not coneisler, therefore, that we are indebted to the country in 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 shore. (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 Pacba's army of 60,000 could not he 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 apiece that we might land at. Time admirals had no flat-bottomed boats, and such as we got we had 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 eteamers having now reverse propellers have no paddies, 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 die. 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 are next blamed for the late period of the season ar which we landed ; but it should be remembered that we could not leave Varna till the Austrians bad 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 Raghte was very wrong in taking the bull by the horns ; but I think he did quite right. He saw that if he got nut from the plain he 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 mini of opinion, therefore, that my lamented friend did quite right in taking the bull by the horns. We suffered no doubt deeply last winter, and sonic people say that we should have done better if we had attacked the north side at first. This, perhaps, looks very plausible ; hut 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 eakly :than boned our position for two days, as we might have lost the harbour, and thereby our means of obtaining provi sions and material. The slightest breeze raiser' such a surf on that coast that it is rendered impossible for a landing being effected at certain points, and the army, I am sure, would have been lost when the gales of Novem ber occurrech I am not aware that there are any fur ther points in connexion with this subjec,`, 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 answer 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 RlclnfoND said—Gentlemen, I trust that you will not consider that I am intruding too much ft upon your notice ehen 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 thee I do, that my present toast deserves the approbation and heartiest cheers you can give it. Daring a longer war we were unfortunately oppo , ed to the army of France ; yet the utmost respect existed between the officers and soldiers of the contending amiss, as Sir George Brown. will agree with me in saying. (Hear, from Sir George.) In the day of battle we did our duty to our country and r sovereign, hut the moment the battle was at an end, tke 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 oommand. of Sebastopol—l cannot call it a siege, 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 then. It would h ave gone down to history as a great feat of arms, lout it has been stained by th e greatest o f 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, Marmora, and Orner 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 achievements 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 sot, on the other hand, had those long terrible marches where we had to send our sick and wounded a hundred leagues to bead-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 mien in my time hag 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 bad never grumble d (Applause.) But we British hold that we have a rig ht to complain ; still, when we are called up on to eomo forward to do our duty, there are few of • us who will re • fuse. (Hear, hear.) In this war th ere has been— and I fear we shall still hear of .more— there has been a sad loss of life ; but I do hope and trust that the result of the Russians evacuating Sebastopol will lead to a peac e which will be lasting. Let me say, however, that I for one will never consent to a patched-up concern. (Ap. p e we e.) I say that the allies have shed too much valu able blood in the Crimea to allow any diplomatist to manceuvre a peace. (Hear, hear.) I say that we ought to obtain those guarantees w hich shall secure t o t h e civilised world the great blessings of peace ; and I con eider that any man who would agree to a patched- up c oncern will deserve the reprobation o f hi s fellow-mess Gentlemen, I propose to you the toast of the Allied Generals, and beg to assure you that the only regret which I have felt is, that I have been too old to share in the danger. (Hear.) Nothing would have given me greater pleasure than t o h ave commanded a battalion in Sir George Brown'i. Divi s i on ; and I am sure that though Sir George might have got better officers, he would, at all events, have felt that he had not a more zealous one. 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, 36, arrived at Plymouth on Wed nesday afternoon from Chatham, and saluted the Port Admiral. She is bound for the Caps of Geod 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. and 16, were towed up to Woolwich yesterday morning by the Lizard from Shesruess. 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 Woolwioh. At two o'clock precisely Commodore Shepherd, Saperin tendent of the Dockyard, arrived on the platform which sad 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 Lauds, ,which h e immediately dashed against the cutwater, " Success to the Pearl." The National Anthem and " Rule Britannia" were struck up, and the Luca hegan 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 .at 03 concourse of persons. She is an Oegentiy-built vessel, and his a remarkably clean run from fore to aft. Her dimensions are as follow : Ft. L. Length over all Length between the perpendiculars 260 0 Length of the keel for tonnage Breadth extreme 4O Breadth for tonnage ............ Breadth moulded 39 4 Depth is hold • • 23 6 Burden in tons 1,468 76-94 Armament, 20 8-inch 60 cwt. 9 feet; 1 68-piaster 95 cwt. 10 feet. Power of engines, 400 h. ries. The Pearl was built by Mr. M Thereon Rl4, the master shipwright of the dockyard at Woolwich. She will ,tarm , liately taken into the basin to receive her weer and Ittiage. OFFICIAL VISIT TO DEVONPORT. 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, but, being intended for sailing only, all further work is suspended for the present. No. 2, the isorew-frigate Satellite, 22, forwarding with despatch ; cradle ready for the launch, which is appointed for the 26th inst. Her hollers and engines, of 400-horse power, are prepared at Keyharn Steam-yard. No. 3 slip, the screw stems-skip Liffey, 51, on which a large number of hands are ems oloyed ; planked down, beams crossed, and will be ready for launching in February. Slips No. 4 and ,S. are vacant. In the new basin is the Hibernia, 120, fitting as a receiving-ship at Malta, where she will convey aL stores due to the island, including various anchors, chains, cte., and a lot of spars, to receive whisk the bulkheads will be removed from her lower desk. 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 nucleated about Christmas. In the Union Dock the Forth, old 44, is fitting like that Seahorse, and may be undocked in January. The Cen turion, 80, taken into the North Dock aboutlonr months since, is being converted into a screw block-ship, and will be ready before Christmae. This examination occu pied the time until half-past one, when their lordships re turned to the Black Eagle, took luncheon, and at 8 were r , wed up Hainoaze in the Admiral's barge, to the eaten. .ive powder works in course of construction at Ball point, from which they went to Keyham, and examined the progress of buildings, machinery, smitkeritie, 3e., of the great quadranglo, and of the t unne l w hi ch will soon connect this establishment with the Devonport Deck yard. The steatr,sbips fitting at Yeyharn are the Con queror, 120, launched at Plymouth on the 2d of May ; -team has been got up, and she is nearly really for OWL l'he Brunswick, 90, launched at Pembroke on the Ist of .June, also nearly ready ; and the Hecla, 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 the evening dined with Admiral Superintendent Plum ridge, in the dockyard. APPOINTMENTS. John R. Ryan, Second Vaster, to the Impregnable ; John F. R. Aylen, Seconrl Master, to the Tyne. Orders were received at Southamptea yostosebiy, by the Peninsular and Oriental Company, to preps:. to re ceive ou board the steam-transport Ripen, No. £5, • officers and 206 men of the Coldstream Guards ; 6.oa cers and 207 men of the Soots Fusilien ; 6 (Aeon and 236 men of the 84(1 Regiment ; and 2 officers and SOO men of the Land Transport Corps. Tbe detachment of the 81 Regiment will probably embark to-morrow. The Ripon will sail for the Crimea early next week. The General Screw Company's steam-ship Hydaspee will probably sad for Plymouth to-morrow or Sunday to em bark troops for the Crimea. She has taken oa board a large quantity of shell and huts at Southampton. The Queen of the South is under repairs for the coaveyanee of shell, huts, ko., to the Crimea. Prince Albert has forwarded a oheck for 101. each t o Setjeant-Major J. Steel and Quartermaster-Serj e sat B. K. Spencer, of the Royal Sappers and Miners, 4. es 3 mark of his Royal Highness's approval of their w ee _ Lion and care in making t he s urv ey of O sborste." Captain R. Haig, Lieutenant Dawson, 1 eerie/Ant, 2 coroorals, and 5 bomba rdiers, of the Royal Artill ery, are t . hold themselves in readiness to proceed to the Crimea, on particular service. Au nee,;:aniernbdthofe In T e u n r o k f is t h he c ß o o l n y t a ii i i i. e r ia t t i , ll -. ern Rey 1 1 r • leav e to-day. a l THE MILITIA. A n extensive range of buildings destined for 'lsar/ache, to a ccommodate 3,000 militia, has been some time ia progress at what is called the Ordnance.field, near Col cheater, and is now fast approaching completion. They comprise a series of buts, replete with every 111C001111110- dation, arranged in sit rows, with earriage-way h'iw.°ll Pitch row. Each hit is 38 feet by 20 foot, aad has 10 windows, Th ose for the officers are arranged each is four divi s i ons, with separate entrance*, so as to g iv. tinct accommodation to each officer. There will be a chnrch calculated for 800 persons, as also amp/. 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' sad 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 maths, the last four of which were passed in billets at Plymouth. METROPOLITAN FREEHOLD LAND SOCIRTY.—Th• kigi• yearly report of this society, at a recent meetir g, Aimed the amount of loan and dtposits at 3,7061.,„ sai Ow subscriptions at 1,0371. KING BORBA. REWARDED.—The Pope is about to give his Orders ! Ou the Fcbtival of the Nativity he grill, it is 'aid, fouud. 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