The Sun. — London, England, 1855-10-08 00:00:00

y were !no d for met d all other ,ur was in- a moderate sh account• dull. , uglish grain quarters of 0 peas, 183 cl seed, 29 9 lour. a morning 1 3 moderate• were small• on Friday , though in Large buyers eat of home s effected at r supplied. ►d for home Importers , week's quo• full prices , was in the rates. hipment ( 0 :nt, and the e last Moll• ir request, yet prices —. '•• 72 to 74 and )ed 26s • • • • 28s Cork 25s g as •• 26s 3u: .• 27s 3 . 7, •• 41s 40 •... 438 410 • 35s 3 t .... 38s 4 7 •• •• 40s 4 1 , ▪ 48s 6 ' 1e... 703 7 16 ▪ .. 56s 579 rfons 55s 5,,1' ondon were 7,761 hem!. 3d 6,097; 111 .8 ; in 1850: 1847, 3,803 aloes. rigs , 46 .-- ••• -- ..• 63 ... 21 ... 33 .: 11 , 31 . • 2 7 ' 2 .:: 15 233 ... 4 25 follows Ives. Pig's; 26 4 0 ), 62 : , 2 IPv, 31 3 9 ',; 31 e supplies 0 , this market prices latelf re considere d lirect by sell rtoak in to• a 341 beasts zing distric t ' on, but the good as t ° clime in the )s. The tor orth am ptoo' otluer par ° ippi ies ogle tb pplied wI riniest kind s .e I or Down .trade A, el' calves' d st ure 1 - or ve h a , stela B. 4. s "'' 410. 5 4 0 . 4 410 5 4 1 6 , 4 0 56' ' ;2 0 29 CrI.PLY. eeee e •2, lj 4,15' prices of fah Market, ° l3 i tan Marke' Clct. 8, 15 55 , 1 s. d. s• 6 3 4to 3 0 , 38 4 4 , 2 4 5 46 4 6 3 6 3 3 It l l 4 8 14 4' 4 0 10 5 0 0 0 0 4 5 4 0 410 6 4 310 4 0 .4 6 5 5,5 1 g 65 23, 41 401 i,937 ; sheet ?90; calve° e. d oast o fs , o the 9ii °l3 mtitt° l3l 0 Cher W' "' (1. a. 3 4 •3 L 38 4 0 ,4 2 4 f, 310 41 0 46 5 , le, and Of lowever, reaLiev) 90,0001. to 61. 00.; to 4/. Ng) ma, 51. oil 1. o hand 131 ion. 1 2 / 1 • compare d very lo icked am re' Shawa, (SO! are 101 on Thtt [ea will ; Van D. i e . ; 1,755 ; ,675 bac* 3 , our ma am in ;er, viz.: 2,060 fro v, 462 fro a Bombs: ft a Sydney ill wool : s and evi la 3d; 4 0 ' of on flee, it , 12d; Lill, , d to la ,•`' ed, but ti ° the qu, 00; )Iy, at f. ivl asaing, !P`i 42, •• 20u ter 48s ;6 • —I •• 74s $( ••• —5 • A -121 Os 12e 7, 1110 s 121 j !7 615 s 6/•• 42s [cite , 1, 410 tionF I T (/' t, is ay i]il l g r, at f . 0 . 0 _ ______4, 4. I obi 1 --- ---- 11 1 167 ,6, - 06, to) 61 d ' 9 1' ' L ,' Od 'to ;i' A i 450 355 '' '1 1,1/ai j,093 649 , 9 ,47 :, i 8,726 ' 0' 64. 9d 40 2 ' 0 6: "7 0 M A k A 0 (rk EY -1 1 1 ' qIIIET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLocK.. The Liverpool cotton market on Saturday closed very heavily, and prices of all kinds were un changed. The sales were 6,000 bales (1,500 for export, and the remainder to the trade), compris ing 40 Pernam and Maranham, 6_a 1. to 61d ; 200 Egyptian, Md. to gd. ; and 1,000 Surat, 31d. to 41d. per lb. import since Thursday 20,000 bales. The Railway Share Market was very quiet, at a slight decline on Friday's prices. In confirmation of the remarks made under this head on Saturday with regard to the movement in the dried fruit trade, we have the following , London report from Messrs. Witherby and Han son, the article of raisins being that to which we specially directed attention : " From the 18th to the 29th ult. this market was without any new Valentias. A strong speculative move ment founded, it seems, partly on telegraphic intelligence of rain having fallen at Denia, and injured a part of the crop, which was unshipped, commenced on the 27th ult., and from that date till 3d inst. purchases of floating car goes to arrive here and at outports were made on specu lation at a rapid rise of price, until 475. was freely paid. A cargo was taken on landing at 485., which is now the trade price. Prior to this movement sales afloat had been made at an outport at 395. The operators appear san guine of ultimate success. Black raisins have also ad vanced. A. few Muscatels have arrived. " Of the new currants received last month, per Earl of Carrick, very little has been moved off at the opening price of 116 s. Mean while new currants have advanced at the places of growth, enhancing the value of subse quent shipments. The winter demand has not yet set in here, and will probably be retarded this year beyond the usual period. It will be interesting to observe to what extent the present prices, which for fine fruit are not much in advance of those of the two last winters, will practically check the Christmas consumption. Fine 1851, when exhibited, commands 105 s. to 110 s. and is taken for immediate use. The latter price has been paid at Liverpool for 1855 Morea, per Corinthian. The cur rant trade is now assuming a new feature, for it is clear that even if the whole of the available portion of the 1R55 crop (say 4,500 tons) should come to this country, that quantity, together with the little of the presen t stock fit for grocery purposes, would be less than existed in London only in September, 1854, and must serve for our consumption and export for the next 12 months. It appears to be, therefore, a simple question of supply and demand." The figures relating to the Marco Polo were transposed on Saturday under this head. She has been 79 days out. The following communication has been received from the secretary of the Great Western Railway of Canada : " I am instructed to communicate to you for the in formation of the members of the Stock Exchange, that the directors have adopted the following rule with regard to the participation in dividend of shares given in ex change for bonds converted after the commencement of the current half-year : " Interest at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum will be paid on the bonds from the day of the last coupon due to the day of conversion. " Shares delivered in exchange for such bonds will carry their proposition of the dividends from the day of the conversion to the end of the current half-year. The share certificates and transfer deeds will be stamped to that effect.' The railway meetings announced are the follow ing : _ . Company. Date. Place. Eastern Counties Glasgow',Barrhead,Nielston Nov. 6, Glasgow. Great Luxembourg Oct. 10, London Tavern. Geelong and Melbourne LancNster and Carlisle Nov. 7, Lancaster. Luton, Dunstable, and Wel. Oct. 10, Luton. Newry and Enniskillen West Durham The accounts from New York report the money market as being easy, and although at the latest daises stocks ruled somewhat heavy, they had pre viously been buoyant. The value of the exports during the week ending September 21, was 2,262,828 dols., and the imports was 2,858,514 doli;. Breadstuffs were in active request for ship mei it, and the quantity of flour, wheat, and corn already forwarded was large. It appears that the amount of bullion exported from the United States during 9 months this year is 35,000,000 dollars, or 11,500,000 dollars over the receipts from California. Since this came to Ettrope the aggregate amount of metallic currency he re and on the Continent ought to be propor tio nably increased, allowing for some drain to In( lia and China. Mere are about 48,0001. on board the ship Sp eedy, from Sydney, just announced. Letters per Caroline Coventry, for the Cape of Good Hope, will be in time if posted to-morrow (Tuesday) evening. A meeting of the creditors of Messrs. De Lisle, Janvrin, and Co. was held to-day. Mr. Dobie, on being requested to preside, said he thought all he had to say was that there were three propositions suggested by the friends of the house. It was thought that, as the house was held in such universal esteem, it might not be difficult to find friends, who were personal friends, through whom they could procure fu ads to resume their business. This proposition failing, the next was that the affairs of the firm sboauld be carried on under inspection, and that the d emands should be liquidated as fast as possible. This being carried, the next would be that Messrs. IPe Lislewith the assistance of friends, would establish 1 , 4 new firm, so that the valuable connections of the house might be retained, and the correspondence be resumed as for the past. Messrs. de Lisle were not immediately prepared to submit any figures, although they were in an advanced state, and in. a very short time they would lay them be fore the creditors. The funds that they had in hand would meet immediate engagements, for the purpose of giying time for the consideration of these plans, he (the chairman) would move that the meeting be adjourned till Saturday next at 12 o'clock. Mr. Gillespie, on behalf of the Bank of British North America, concurred in the state ments of the chairman and seconded the resolu tion. They had written out to Canada requesting that an officer of the establishment be appointed to report upon the securities, and he believed the other establishments interested had done the same. As regards the funds being in perfect safety, there could be no doubt upon the subject. The motion being carried, thanks were voted to the chairman, and the proceedings terminated. The English Stocks, which opened with a trifling increase of buoyancy, have gone flatter since, Con sols being now 87 to when before they were 87 3 / 4 to 3 / 4 , and momentarily even 871 • The settle ment of the account will now begin to work as it takes place on Friday, and the members of the " house," as well as the majority of the " outsiders" are considered to be heavy Bears. Exchequer Bills are ls. to ss. discount, and India Bonds, 3s. discount to 3s. premium. Exchequer Bonds are 1 3 / 4 discount. There is still much uncer tainty as to whether the Bank will raise the rate on Thursday to 6 per cent. Foreign Securities are quiet generally, but in Turkish Bonds there have been several transactions at rather fuller prices. The 6 per Cents. are 83k to and the New Scrip is 21 to 24 discount. Spanish Deferred Stock is 191 I. Sardinian Bonds have .been done at 841. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. are 64k. Grenada Deferred Stock is steady at 6. Brazilian Old Five per Cents. have been. dealt in at 99 to 991. The following are the nominal prices of foreign stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 18 to 20; Mexi can, 211 to 214 ; Peruvian, 74 to 76 ; ditto Three per Cents., 54 to 56; Portuguese Four per Cents., 43 to 45 ; Russian Five per Cents., 97 to 99 ; ditto Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 85 to 88 ; Spanish New Deferred, 38 to 38 3 / 4 ; ditto Three per Cents., IN to 19i ; ditto Certificates 4f to 4 3 / 4 ditto Passive, 4i to I. The railway market is in some respects firmer, but there has been very little done. Great West ern, Great Northern, North British, and Eastern Counties, have been principally dealt in. East Indian are flatter. Sambre and Meuse are 3 / 4 better. Australasia Bank are 10s. lower. Canada Land have dropped 31. to 41. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY. — CLOSING PRICES, ( Prom the Oticial List. Rum,. 3 per Cent. donsols Annaities B7i 7 61 7 India Bonds, £lOOO — Ditto, under £lOOO 3 p 3 d Consols or Account, 12th October 8 74 .11 a 7 d 6,1 7 E relies:pier Bills, 2 d 2. 21000 . 51 d £500... I 5 1 d Small Exchequer Bonds 1858, 3i per Cent 9Bi Ditto ' 1859, PRICE OF FOREIG N ' FUNDS THIS DAY. Brazilian Bonds 5 per Cent. Ditto for the Account Ditto Small Grenada Bonds, Deferred Peruvian Bonds, 4i per Cent.. Ditto 3 per Cent. Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent. £ St Ditto Account Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Ditto for the Account Bli 4 Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent — Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent. Tarkiah Bonds, 6 per cent B3j 1 ?,$ i Ditto for the account 13 31i i i ik i Ditto New Scrip, 4 per Cent. Dividends on the above oa ,, nhle , o I o n • .. Dutch exchange, 24 per Cent. 12 Gu11... 61f Ditto 4 por Cent. Certificates .. .. . 93i a d THREE O'CLOCK. Consols Ditto for the November Account B7 it • SHARE MARKETS. (THIS DAY.) RAILWAYS. FltrtwAYs. 101osins Prices this day. 23i ';4i 31. 4i .« - ... 7- 16 - 15 14 - 15 9 8 87 - 89 58i 59 11i - 12 5 - 4 6i - 7 12 -• 13 9i - E 8 - 70 49 - 61 9-9 16i - 17E1 71 - 73 61 - 7 85 -- f 6 66 - 68 ; 4 LOO - 102 54i 155 50 • 55 69 -. 72 6 - 7 6 -7;) 75i -75 i ••• • ' l 4 6 i 94 - 96 91 92 21 lid 1 1k 81i -, 824 9i 8i 8 7 - 8 2 i 23 i 7 a ...._ —64 i 36 38 . . . .1.• 12 - 14 11 24 46 - 48 25} 26i 68 • 69 8# - 5 - 44 114 - 22 45 46 91 - 98 fi - 7 bi 5i 24 - 26 .04 . 105 74 76 41 - 114 24 56 57k' 304 --314 5 3 2d par 33 - 35 ••• '.... ... -. 19 20 3 - 4 18 - 20 5 - 7 4 2d 2 3 par i p ; berdeen • . mbg. Nottng. Bow . snd Eastn. Junct Wan & Ballymena liming. %Volvo:1 A tour Valley ..... e _end. Banal.. Cheshire Junct )o. & Birk., £5O and £25 Om Do., £2O. ......... t lytb &Tynsorigina £25 (issd. at £4' iristol and Exeter ;aledonian . Cann. and Ca - digaL :;heater & Holyhead Cork and Bandon ork, Black, tk Pas '3ornwall Do. A Do. B Ci lel Junction Duoliu&BelfastJune Dun. P. di Ah , Jne Do. N > w Fast Eastern Counties.. Fast. TTninn, A. ail De., B. Stoe* Do., New A...,,... East Kent East• Lancashire Edinburgh & GlasgoN, Edinb. and Peebles . Edin. Prth & Dundee worth & Clyde Jt Furness l)o. Extension • Glasgow&S ' 1 7 , 1.t . • Great N. of Seotind. Great Northern . Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Gt. Sth. 81West.(Ire Great Western Do. Stour Val. Rai' Gua. Stk Irish South-Eastern. Lancaster & Carlisle Do., Thirds ' IT New Thirds...... • 11.anc zsh. andYorksb ID 5. W Bt. Riding Un. r Liv.Criny.&Soutlipt London & Blackwal Loud. Bright & S.Cst. Lond. and N. Westn. IDo. Fifths D0.101.5h.,M&8...0 Do. Eighths London and& Westn Do., £5O Do., 41) Lndndrry4k Col erain , Lnduchrr.& Ennlsk. Vanch.Stief.k Li nal Do. Shares, No. 1 Do., Man. & Lin. Un Metropolitan Midland DO )o. Birmng. & Derby 01 Midld. G. West. (Ire. all Do. Half Shares ',II Newcastle & Carlisle aal Nwpt.Aberg. &Hrfd iZ3 Newry & Enniskillen 1.11 Newry Warrenpoint and Rostrevor. JO Norfolk Northn.Corinties r 'North British North Devon, No. 1 Do., No. 2 10., A Deferred ~ Do., B Guaranteed Eastern—Berwie Do, do. Extension 'lurch Co. Leed5............. Do. York North London .. %.&,S.Wstra.,Fiani. - stead, and City Jo North Staffordshir• 'forth Western., N. & S. Westrn. Jun, . Nuneaton, Hinckley and Leicester.. , Ix, Wore.. Wolv ,',.rtsraouth o.fish Central s icottish Midland Thropshire Union youth Devon South Eastern south Wales 4. Yrksh. & Riv. Dry, 4taines,Wok. &WM: -Itockton St Darli itc:kton & tir.rtlep: Taff Vale Do. Pref., No. Names Har. 1".& R I tflyerstone & Lancs Vale of Neath Waterfd. & Kilkenny' 'Vaterford&Limerick West Cornwall Nest End of London and Crystal Palace Do. A ......... Do. B , West London__ Wimbledn & Croydon FOREIGN. k , ttwerosißettortiaro Do. 5 p.c. Oblgs. con. in Sh. at par till '64 Ardennes Belgian Eastn. June. Beziers to Graissessak• Bombay, Baroda, and O eutral India,Scrii Do. Demerara Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France Do. New East Indian, g. 5 p. c Do. E7tension .. Do. do. do., '59, do,. Gd. Tk of CanadaA is Do. St. Lawrence h Atlantic do. Do. Cert. of Debeu con. into Stk. till '6? Do. Comp. 6 13. c., do. Gt. CeLtral of Fran Gt Indian Peninsuls , guar. 5 per cent Do. New 5 per cent no. Extensions.... Great Luxe mbonr, Constituted Share- Do. Obligations... Gt. Western of Omuta ghang 541 Do. New Do. ads., payable's7, with option till '55.. 11 Do. do., '62, p. '56 11 Do. do., '76, p. '6O 11 do., '73, without option 11 Hamilton & Toronto 11 Do. 6 per cent. 7 Lake Congt 1¢ Ra‘le 11 Lierre and Turnhout ti Lyons and Geneva 4 Lyons & lieditemn ill Madras LO Do. New Maria Antonia IDo. do. New Namur & Liege Iwiti interest). 'Do. (ex interest) Northern of France D o .20 /. She Do. 201. 3 p. 0 Bds (fmy. B. di Ams. She. NorwegianTrunkPre Paris and Lyons Ditto Bonds , ...... Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen... ParisCaen & Cherbrg. D 0.. . Rome and Frascati..l Rouen and Havre floyal Danish Royal Swedish....... Do. Obligations Sambre and Meuse no. 5A p. cent. Pref &lode Do Aouthern of France.. St. Andrew's and, Quebec (A) , ...... Weet Flanders Do 5 per c. Prof Western of France , Do Zealand JOINT-siTOl A 7tstral A:4in Bank of London ..... itri. Col. Bk.& Ln. C. British N. American, Chartd. Bank of Asia Chrtd. Bnk. of India, Australia, & Chiva City Colonial Australis rtnk Commercial of Lond. Eng.Scot.s Lue. Cht. Lond. Chart. Bk. 01 n itto New London and C oun ty L.& E g - . Corp. London Joint Stock Loud. & Weetminstol National Pro.of Eng. Do. New, ........ Nlational Ireland, New South Wain Oriental Bank of Corporation. i*rovincial of Ireland Do. New Royal Australn.Bkv Royal British Union of Do. New Inion of Luny Ott 71 .... 8 21 - 2 4 - 2 i- I 1 d par 34i 35; 9 10 22i —22 i 1i 8i 7 311 15i • 16i 62 64 91 - 93 3 - 3i 5i - 5 i iP 4 - 43 21 - 3 231 241 - lip 99 - 101 113 - 1143 115 118 1064 1074 224 23 112 - 114 .i --6 p. 19i - 20 p 1 7 9 2 - 3 4i - 5 4i - 5 - 34 12 - 7i - gi 43j - 44 44 : 46 - ptu 203 -- 213 2 -- 13 , -- 3i 7i 8i *i - pm 34 - 4 . - 11 9 - 10 p, 18i -19 A rIA BANKS. St 86 49 - 51 i d par i d -- }die 52 - 54 p 161 161 11 191; I II 38 40 par -- 2p ••• -- ... ••- --• IN • 35 7_17 36 40 - 42 52 - 54 a• 40 - 41 69 - 71 7i 8 ...... V 4ba. !Moms don% this day. 10 46 10 4i all all all all 50 , : 59 8i 12i 9 i i i 101 54 5 4i 75i i 6& 92 11 2 li ati 68 i 8 57 6a 31i 3O 91 4i I 3 23j 4 7i THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY ..FIVENV-Int OCTOBER 8, 1855. LANES I, Y,A.S.bli X di; Ktv: fat , trt CI , -IV 61 ev 9*- THE EMPEROR ALEXANDER'S VISIT TO ODESSA. this day. this .lay es istNines, RAILWAY& • , ompan , Redford and London & BletNey N. Wo•t Buckohamsh. L. &N.W. 92 96 Clydesdale .Ic. :laled on 100 102 Col. Stour Vy. E. Un. & Sud. and Hal. E. C... . ••• 11.1. cf.6ne. 4t.Nrt,r, E. Un. H. Sh. E. Count. 4 41 Glas. Barr. & Caldoniar. Neils. Direct Do. New. Do • •• distr.& Dn.Fr Gt. Westin 26 28 27 Dk. & Yk. New. Railway & Berw. Hull & Selby Y. &NM 100 105 1011 Do. IShares. Do.. Do. d Shares. Do ••• Lon. & Greenw S. Baste r 12 k 13 Do.Preferen.T Do 23 ?.4 Lon., Til., &S. Peto &Co 110 115 Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Norfolk... Do. 6 per ct. Do •• Manch. Bxtn. L.&N. W and Matlock & Midld. 2/ —2l Middlesbro' & Stckton & Redcar Darlingt. Midland.. 90 Newmarket Bury Exton.., En. Conn. Op Pra N.dt Est.s p.c. E. Count. 56 58 Do. 6 rer et. Do Do. Fixeds p.t Do Prest. & L. & N. W Do. Shrs. ADo — ••• Roystn.& Hit. GtNorthn 130 134 Shef.Roth.and Lancash& Goole g. sp. c. Yorksh. Shrews.&Her, T. Brassey 7l 81 S. Staffordsh. M.MClean 2i Wear Valleygr Stockt. & 6 per cent... Darlingt Do Do 3Ol —31 i wiltiVomrst itWestn B5 - VO The Constitutionnel publishes the two following letters from Odessa cc ODIX;A 7 Sept. 24. " The Grand Duke Constantine is expected here to-morrow ; he will alight at the Nariscbkin Palace. " Count Stackelberg, Russian military envoy at Vienna, and Count Benkend.orff,.who fills the same functions at 13.1rlin, passed through here yesterday on their way to Nicolaieff, where the Emperor is expected to-morrow. "General Tocitleben, whose wounds are not quite healed yet, is expected here shortly. _ _ _ "The first detachments of the Militia of the Empire, of Moscow, have arrived at Odessa. Their commander, General Golowiu, an old man of 70 years of age, has received a kick from a horse, and is seriously ill. " A great deal of anxiety is felt here in con sequence of the news of the embarkation of a considerable number of troops at Kamiesh and Bd. laklava. Our garrison is always under arms. The coast bristles with guns and mortars ; but still greater fears are entertained for Nicolaieff, to which place a large number of cannon have been sent recently. " ODESSA, Sept. 25.—The Emperor Alexander and suite arrived here on the evening of the 22d. The Governor-General had announced that the Emperor would enter the city at noon, but he did not arrive till late in the afternoon, and the crowd, tired of waiting, had quietly dispersed. This cir cumstance is the cause why the entrance of the Czar produced so little effect upon our population, ' and, with the exception of the rolling of the drums, the sound of military music, and the movement among the officers in command of the troops, there was no change visible in the appearance of Odessa. On the following day the whole population attended their daily business as usual. " The Emperor alighted at the palace of Prince Woronzoff. His suite was lodged at the chateau of Countess Langeron. The Czar left next day for Nicolaieff, whither his brother, the Grand Duke Constantine, had preceded him. This da3 a grand council of war, to which all the commanders of the corps of infantry quartered in New Russia are summoned, was to be held, under the presidency of the Emperor, at Nicolaieff. In case the events of the war in the Crimea should prevent Prince Gort schakoff from attending the Council General Osten• Sacken is to attend in his stead. This veteran Ge neral, who held important commands in all the great wars under Alexander and Nicholas, enjoys in the highest degree the confidence of the present Emperor. It is to be presumed that his advice will be listened to, and his plans of campaign seriously examined. It is said that General Liprandi and General of Cavalry de Wrangel have also been called to Nicolaieff." PR 11 FE RENCE SHAH. Eh. herdeen Do. N 0.2, 7 p. c. Myth and Tyne 1 Oper c. pref. (issd.2tsoZ & Ex. 4 p. c. St. Do. 4 p. c. Shares Caledonian £lO Chester & Holyhea" Guar. 5i per cent Do. do. Pref. No. 2 Do. do. Pref. No. 2 Cork dt Bandon 5 ip. c Dun.Prth .dt Aber. J Anglian Cls. A Sh Do. do. Cls. B 6 p. c Do. do Cls. C 7 p. c Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No. Do. No. 2 112 - 116 108 - 112 91 - 93 96 -7- 5i 15 - 16 6 . - P 124-- Do. New 6 p. c. St East Un., G. 6 p. c. Do. 51., 10 ner cent. Do. 101.Del;entr.Sh. Do. do. 4 per cent East Lancask. 6 pate F,. &W. York. J. sths Ed Prth.&Dun.4p.c. Furne.s ii - 60 UKASE OF THE E.IIPEROR A bEXANDER. alas. & S.W. G. 5 p. c. Great Northn. 5 p. c Do. 5 p. c. Redeem. at 10 p. c. prem.. Do. 4.; p. Do. 5 p. c. Scrip, Red %t 5 p. c. pm... Gt. N. of Scot. lat Pre S. i W. (Ireland) Do. 4 per e. Prof. !It. West). (Becks Tants Ex. 5 p. c) Do. con. red. 4# p.c DI. con. red. 4 p. c Do. irred. 4p.c. Do. Birm. Pref. Sh Do. Cnester 8 p. c.P.S Do. do. 5 p. c. do Do. Birm. Gua. Stk Do. Ches. Gua. Do. do. do Do. do. do [An. & York. F £2( Do. 6 p. c. laon.&Brigh. G. 5 p.c. Do. Pref., 5 p. c. St. Do. New Guar.6 p. c. Do. do. 5 per cent.. Lou.&N. W., Coy. (11 Nuneaton 5 p. et Lon. & S.W. 7 per ct. Lowly. Ra Coler. Sh. Lowly. & Ennis. . Shef., & Lin. sew, £lO £6 IV2 : 114 ST. PETERSBURG, SEPT. 28.—The Emperor Alex ander has issued the following ukase : " Every month of actual presence in the garrison of Sebastopol on the north side and in the forts shall be considered equivalent to a year's service, and insure the following privileges :-Ist, generals, staff and superior officers, and likewise officials in the civil service, to a ear their uniforms on retiring into private life ; 2d, to wear then the Order of St. Vladimir, 4th class, and the scarf for the ser vice of 25 years (auy one cf them who had served 14 years when the siege commenced receives at once this order de jure); 3d, full pensions to themselves and families as upon superannuation ; officers, mili tary or civil, to receive additional rank (every grade in Russia has to be filled fora normal period of three to four years, to be shortened by special distinc tions only ; non-commissioned officers and privates will accordingly not enjoy this final promotion) ; sth, sur:eons to receive pensions and increase of pay (with certain modifications) ; 6th, police offi cials to have higher salaries ; 7th, persons holding inferior employments will not have their punish ments and penalties for minor offences recorded against them when discharged ; Bth, indefinite fur lough (but not till the war is over)." There are three more regulations for private sol diers, respecting their pay and medals. Every day spent in the north side of Sebastopol beyond a calendar month is to be deemed equivalentto twelve days. Then certain regulations follow respecting the Order of St. Vladimir. 107 - 109 100 102 iP - 10 6 - . 95 97 80 85 87 9i 10 1 16i 16 10 104 1 70 72 186 —19 i 9i 91 13i -- 14i I;s4 136 ••• 12t - 13 Vlarypt.& Carl. 4 p a Do. 4i per cent Do NH& Consol.6 p.e.St Do. Consol. Bristol Rim. 6 per cent.... Do. 4i p. c. Pref. St Do. Pref. 4 { per cen 5/. Pr , f. 4 p. c.. (Ditto L. & H. Pref. St ; Norfolk Debenture.. .•. '.... The Emperor orders, in another ukase, the reor ganisation of the head military school, and the for mation of three special military academies. Another order of the Emperor prohibits the expor tation of coarse cloths, whether g'ey or of any other colour, by the land frontiers of Poland and Russia in Europe. 124 136 96 98 4d 4 4t Do. Pref. 4 p. c. Stoc Do. 5 p. c. Eat Do. 5 A per ct. pref Do. Way. Val. 5 p. c INorth British Russian reports state that emigration has com menced on a great scale in Simpheropol since the 9th. A panic was driving away the inhabitants in all directions. Certain Tartars had been executed by the military authorities for having spread abroad the report that the forts on the south side of Sebas topol had been blown up. The Grand Duke George of Mecklenburg Strelitz left Moscow on the 21st, at midnight, for Nicolaieff, to join the Emperor. A Russian Colonel of Artillery, named Konstan tinoff, has invented a new kind of Congreve-rocket, at Revel, and the trial of its effects had proved sa tisfactory. It flies five-sevenths of a German mile, that is, of five English miles. A great quantity has been distributed there for use against the allies. Revel is still being fortified. 'N. E. Berw. 4 p.c. P. Do. do. do Do Leeds 6 p.c %No.] Do. do. Quarters 4F Do. York Fri, & S. Prtr. North Staffordshire.. Oxford, Worcester, D. 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" Emanuel Swedenborg," designated by Coleridge as one of those "great men unjustly branded," whose vindication he thought of writing, is the sub ject of a eulogistic notice. So also is the author of " Alton Locke" and " Westward, Ho !" to wit, Charles Kingsley. The leading idea of his teach ing is said to be, " to reunite God and nature, godliness and life, which have been wilfully divorced by the fancies and selfishness of men." " The Crimean War" narrates itg history from Alma to the MAlakhoff. " Telse Wollersien 'is concluded, and, in addition to " Our House at Home," an interesting paperdevoted to youthful reminiscences, the reader will find the commencement of a new story, entitled " Mary Sutherland," worthy of notice. 4.4 j ..i —7- lid MINES. 1 all rk.gua eria ••• 6 1 all Anglo Austrin. Gold 10s. all Anglo Californian 4 20 6 Austre Tian 6 1 1 all Australian Cordillerr, - 1 all Ave Maria - 1 all Baden (Gd. 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Land I all N.l Austi alasiau - 4 . 2) 15 Nrth.ofEumpeStaan , . . 134 all Oriental GA s, 1 14 1 2s. Do. " New Shares" par all Peel Rr. 1.41 .& ',Una 21 -• 24 5u all Peninsular &Oriental SL , 10 Do. New, all Portland. Iron Co 1 -14 100 frio Royal Steam ..• , dl Scot. A ustral. Invest. 14 - 11 1 4 Ditto New all "out's Austral.:Lan• ".54 • :A 6A . 1 all Submar. Tel. Scrip_ - 4 . 4 11 itt.2.l4tel'.i .„ 2 . 5 Trnstdt L.Co.U.Can 100 284 Vest Diemen's La n e 144 The Art Journal is rich as usual in illustrations of the pictorial art. The larger engravings comprise " The First Born," a beautiful picture by Lerius, in the Royal collection engraved by Lightfoot. " Fisher Boys," a pleasing landscape on the coast of Norfolk, painted by W. Oollins and engraved by A. Willimore, and "The Day Dream," a charm ing production, engraved by Artlett, from„. the statue by P. MacDowell, R.A. Among the minor illustrations are specimens (one or two but mode rately executed) of the works of that eminent British artist, Sir Charles Locke Eastlake, R.A., and also of the most recent productions of indus trial art. Among the letterpress a curious paper on the " Marks of Gold and Silver Smiths," a use ful one on " The Art of Architecture in relation to Sanitary Improvement," " Photographs from Se bastopol," and " The Artistic, Industrial, and Commercial results of the Universal Exposition of 1855," may be noticed as worthy of an attentive perusal. Evangelical Christendom. The most prominent feature of the present num ber is an interesting report of the proceedings at " The Paris Conference," a meeting of evangelical Christians of all churches and from all parts of the world, just held in the capital of France. DEATH OF SIR CHARLES CHAD. BART.—We have to record the demise of Sir Charles Chad, Bart., who died a few days since at Thursfor,l Hall, Norfolk. The de ceased baronet was eldest son of S'r George Chad, the first baronet, and was born 21st April, 1779. He mar ried, June 14, 1810, Lady Anne, second. daughter of Edward Earl of Winterton, and by ber ladyship, who died in March, 1832, he had an only son, Edward Henry, who died in 1842. His brother, Mr. G. W. Chad, formerly British minister at Dresden, who died a few years since, was heir presumptive to the baronetcy. THE SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH.—In consequence of the increasing submarine telegraph communication with the oontinent, the Electric and International Telegraph Companies have laid down another wire between the . English and Dutch coasts, in addition to three already in operation. The new cable is 119 tniles in length, and weighs 238 tons. It was coiled on board the steamer Monarch (Captain Henley), belonging to the companies, and the process of paying out commenced at Orfordness at 3 p.m. on the 29th , and was successfully com pleted at Schevening at 1.20 p.m. on the 30th, having occupied about 21 hours. The whole of the operations were under the direction of Mr. Frederick C. Webb, as sistant-engineer. Arr an g ements have been completed with the continental Governments by which messages can be forwarded direct to most of the principal cities on the continent, and despatches are therefore now trans mitted from London to Amsterdam, B er li n , Hamburg, &c., with the sam e rapidity as to Li verpoo l , M anc hest er , or Glasgow. SUN OFFICE, Seven, o' Clock,. NEWMARKET RACES. (THIS' DAY.) (EY ELECTRIC TELEORAPII.) £5O PLATE. Orinoco King of Trumps 2 Seven ran. SWEEPSTAKES. Habena £5O PLATE. Ostragoth's dam Sacrifice filly Eleven ran. SWEEPSTAKES. Assayer Curious Six ran. HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES. Para . Physalis colt Three ran. MATCH.—Tyre beat Barba colt. The Match and Sweepstakes are off. 1 LATEST BETTING CESARE WITCH. 100 to 15 agst Mr. Sykes (taken) 7to 1 agst King Tom (taken) 7to 1 agst Robgill (offered) 12 to 1 agst Brother to Grey Tommy (taken) 12 to 1 agst Monarque (offered) 12 to 1 agst Sultan (offered) 12 to 1 agst Neville (offered) 20 to 1 agst Crown Pigeon (taken). 30 to 1 agst Veteran (taken) 40 to 1 agst Jolly Marine (taken) 40 to 1 agA Eulogist (taken) 50 to 1 agst Paletot (offered) NAVAL APPOINTMENTS.—(This Day.) The following appointments have been made at the Admiralty this day : Commander G. 0. Willis to the Duke of Wellington. Commander Lieut. J. R. Palmer to the Penelope. Paymaster J. E. Autey to the Leander. Paymaster John Hayward to the Leander. Paymaster B. W. White to the Recruit. Paymaster T. E. Palmer to the W rangier. Paymaster J. A. Welch to the Ardent. Paymaster T. W. Wells to the Porcupine. Paymaster 4 : •l3arren to the Cressy. Paymaster C. W. Sturgess to the Amphion. DESPATCH FROM GEN. SIMPSON. (Prom a Supplement to Friday's Gazette.) WAR DEPARTMENT, OCT. 8. Lord Panmure has this day received a despatch, and its enclosures, of which the following are copies, ad dressed to his lordship by General Simpson :-- Sebastopol, September 25. My Lord,—l have the honour to transmit the report of the principal medical officer for this week, ending 18th September, which, by mistake, I omitted to send before. Your lordship will read with satisfaction that the health of the army is all that can be desired, and the marked improvement since the arduous night duties have ceased is very apparent. The troops continue to be employed in the construc tion of the roads, and in making preparations for the winter, which are greatly facilitated by the fineness of the weather. The enemy have commenced firing into the town, and the troops stationed there for the purpose of performing fatigue duties have been, in consequence, withdrawn. Large quantities of timber and building material are daily taken from the houses by our troops.—l have, &c., JAMES SIMPSON, General Commanding. The Lord Panmure, &c. (Enclo,nre 1.) Head-Quarters, Sebastopol, Sept. 18. Sir—l have the honour to transmit the weekly state of sick to the 15th instant, and have much satisfaction in being able to state that the health of the army con tinues to improve. During the period embraced by this return the admissions from wounds, owing to the as sault of the Redan battery, have been numerous, and the number of deaths, I am sorry to say, is very considera ble ; but the cases that remain are for the most doing well, and a large portion of them are of a slight nature, and many of the men will soon be restored to the ranks. Cholera continues to decrease, and may now be said to have almost disappeared, and during the present week there has beena diminution of every other form of disease, as will be seen by the followirg abstract, in which it will be observed that our gunshot accidents alone are in excess over the previous week. This week. Previous week. Admitted. Died. Admitted. Died. Fevers Diarhcea Cholera 2l 11 ...... 25 20 Dysentery 139 7 ...... 169 4 Wounds Other diseases 628 7 ...... 481 5 3,500 194 ...... 2,334 112 The admissions to strength this week have been 7.22 per cent. ; last week they were 4.91 per cent. The deaths to strength this week have been 0.40 per cent. ; last week they were 0.23 per cent. The sick to well this week is 12.0 per cent. ; last week it was 10.96 per cent.—l have, &c., J. HALL, Inspector-General of Hospitals. General Simpson, Commanding-in-Chief. Enclosure 2. Read-Quarters, Sebastopol, Sept. 25, 1854. Sir,—ln transmitting the weekly state of sick to the 22d inst., I have much satisfaction in stating that the sanitary condition of the army is satisfactory, and were the casualties of war deducted from the list it would be very favourable indeed. As it is the admissions to strength during the present week have only been 2.98 per cent., and some of these were transfers from regi mental to general hospitals. The deaths to strength have been 0 . 20 per cent. ; and the sick to well is 10.02 per cent. Last week these pro portions were, 712, 0.40, and 12'00 per cent., respec tively. Deducting the casualties of war the proportion of sick to well this week would be 616 per cent., and that of death to strength o'os per cent. The following abstract shows the near approximation of disease and death between this and the preceding week : This week. Previous week. Admitted. Died. Admitted. Died. Fevers Diarrhasa 446 3 4 ...... 493 4 Cholera 7 ..... 21 11 Dysentery, 146 5 ...... 139 7 Wounds B4* 76 ...... 1965 150 Other diseases 528 3 ...... 528 7 Total 1,5 ti 7 106 ...... 3,500 194 The only head under which there is a remarkable and decided decrease in the admissions is wounds, and 2 out of the 84 of these were transfers to the General Hospital at Balaklava. The number of deaths from wounds is, I regret to say, considerable, but a great many men were shot through the upper part of the chest in the assault on the Redan, and wounds of that nature are always serious ; but a large proportion of the wounds were slight, as is evinced by the discharges this and the preceding week, amounting to about 1,000 men, de ducting those transferred to General Hospital. Cholera has nearly disappeared, and there has been no increase in the other forms of bowel complaints, and the health of all the divisions is reported by the different Superintendent Medical Officers to be highly satisfac tory. In the 3d Division no death occurred during the week, and in the 4 th onl y one, from an injury of th e skull. During the week we htive had strong equinoctial gales, with heavy rain, which has reduced the tempera. ture considerably, and rendered the weather delightful. The men are employed on fatigue duties in making roads and preparing for their own comforts during the winter ; but the night duty is light. Their rations are good and abundant, and everything is favourable to health.—l have, &c., JOHN HALL, Inspector-General of Hospitals. General Simpson, Commanding-in-Chief. • Two of this number were transfers to General Hospital. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Oct. B.—Wind this day at noon, S.S.W. ; light, with fine weather. ~ _____ (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Monday Morning. Arrived—Gipsey, from Llanelly ; Choice, Buenos Ayres ; Adelaide, Waterford ; Curtius, London; Alliance (s.), Havre ; Argyll (s.), Carentan ; George, Cherbourg ; Wm. Jackson, Black Sea. Sailed—Welt, for the Black Sea. LIVERPOOL, Monday Morning. Wind S.E. Arrived.—Corropus , from Montreal ; Riga and Alma, Qz.qbec ; Marsala and Agnes Sophia, Palermo ; Angusti, Gheht ; Martha, Villa Nova ; Lizzy, Alexandria. Sailed.—Johan Heinrinh, for Stettin ; Argus, New foundland; Allaro, Saskiobing ; Countess of Liverpool, Har burg. Q WEENSTOWN, Oct. 6. Wind S.S.W. Arrived.—Evangelismos Jachinthia, from Forsyth ; 10, Mi nerva, Undine, and Maid of Orleans, Syra ; Lady Sale and Woodstock, Callao; Angola, Leghorn; England, Akyab ; Kendaroa and Slarianski, Ibraila. all all 10) [OO St. 20 St. 15 100 all 100 100 100 10 St. 20 1100 100 100 100 100 100 03 *ll 01 100 100 all all 100 10 25 to ..0.6 100 all all all all all pm 12i 112& 100 i 95 6 16} i THE FRENCH AND B.VTISII IN TIIE CRIMEA. THE OPINION OF THE PEOPLE IN PARIS WITH RESPECT TO THE CONDUCT OF THE BRITISH TROOPS ON THE BTH SEPTEMBER. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—When I returned to Paris from a visit to Loy don about a week ago I hardly felt the courage to face my French frends. Sebastopol bad been taken ; the English had failed in their assault upon the Redan, while the French had cap►tured and retained the Malakhoff, the possession of which by the Allies had forced the Rus-ians to abandon the town. Such being the state of things I, o f course, expected that my French acquaintances, with the good-humoured raillery of their character, would chuckle over our failure and their success. But, to my agreeable surprise, I found that everywhere in Paris the highest praise was not only given to the determination and bravery of our soldiers, but that the French public attributed to the heroic resistance of our soldiers the success of the day as much as to those employed directly in the taking of the Malakhoff. In France, such are the number of old officers and soldiers spread everywhere over the soil, and such is the military turn given to the military mind, by the constant perusal of the Campaigns of the Empire, that strategic operations are better understood in Paris by all classes, even to the lowest, than by the generality of well-informed people in London. And when the Times and the other ournals, and their correspondents, go blundering on, blaming this person and that, and throw ing chill upon our poor soldiers, the French people, with a justness of view, and a frank generosity, allow to our troops as much merit as to their own. I have the advantage of a pretty numerous acquaint ance in Paris, amongst whom are a number of military men. As a matter of course, the conversation since the capture of Sebastopol has been almost exclusively upon that subject. I have heard the questio❑ discussed over and over again, and I will now give you the al most universal opinion of Frenchmen as to that action. This will be certainly more interesting to your readers than any opinion of my own. The Malakhoff was the key of Sebastopol. When that was taken the town was ours. It was, therefore, necessary that every effort should be directed to this end, and that everything else should be subordinate to the capture of that fort. But, in order to reduce the Malakhoff, it was absolutely necessary to make diver sions in other places ; because, if the Malakhoff was at tacked alone, the whole Russian army would be concen trated for its defence, and all the men the allies could bring against it would not, be sufficient to secure its cap ture. Hence the besieging of the Redan and the other forts, all important it is true, but of which the capture could not take place until the Malakhoff was in pm.session of the allies, the attack of which, however, forced the Russians to withdraw a considerable part of their force from the defence of the Malakhoff. On the Bth of September the approaches to the Mala khoff were quite sufficiently close to warrant the as sault. The French were at less than twenty-five yards from the fortification, nearly every gun was silenced, the walls around the fort had been nearly levelled by the play of the artillery, and the French had nothing to do but to walk into the fortification, fighting their way, of course, but without the necessity of an escalade. But the Great Redan was not in any way prepared for an assault. The English trenches were at more than two hundred yards' distance from the walls. The bat teries of the fort, both in front and i❑ flank, were in full activity ; and the taking and retention of the Redan under these circumstances was physically impossible, supposing the Russians comported themselves with their usual obstinacy and courage. Such was the state of things on the Bth September. The allied Generals thought that the propitious moment was arrived for taking Sebastopol. General Pelissier said to General Simpson, "I can easily, from the posi tion I occupy, take the Malakh , df ; but the difficulty is to hold it, before I can bring my reserves and artillery into action, and prepare it for defence. If I surprise the Russians, which I hope to do, and take the fort by a coup de 'main, they will return in such force that the small number of men who mount to the assault 'I be overwhelmed and driven back as on the 18th of June. I do not expect teat the Redan can be taken by you. You are not in a condition to do so ; but it is absolutely ❑ecessary that a diversion should be made in our favour after our first success, to give us time to breathe, and to bring up our artillery and reserves. All I ask for this ist oue hour, and I will undertake to keep possession of the Malakhoff. Make your assault, and give us, if pos sible, that length of respite. Throw away as few men as possible, but engage the Russians for at least an hour, and Sebastopol is ours." Such is the conversation sup posed to have taken place betwixt Pelissier and Simpson; and I am informed upon good autbority.that private let ters from French officers in the Crimea fully confirm that the purport of what I have stated was really said by General Pelissier. , Such was the plan adopted. It was exactly in accord ance with the tactics of the great Napoleon, who was in the habit of sacrificing a certain number of men, in order to secure the object in view. Napoleon was in the habit of saying to a colonel of a regiment, without mincing the matter, "Allen vous faire tuer, vous et votre regi ment," when he sent a devoted corps to the attack ot a redoubt or a position which there were not the slightest chalice ot taking, and that in order to facilitate the suc cess of another part of the army. And the corps of General de Salles, who attacked the Central Bastion, and was repulsed, was placed in the same position as the English, except that the work it had to du was not quite so desperate. This is the real state of the case fully admitted at Paris, but which, of course, could not be openly declared in the despatches, although it is hinted at sufficiently clear to military men in the report of General Niel. The devoted band which attacked the Redan, as well as the French under de Salle, were in a manner sacrificed to the success of the great object in view, the retention of the Malakhoff. They were the f )rlorn hope—les enfans perdus—of the allied armies. This the blundering correspondent of the Times has not had the sagacity to discover, and he has expressed him ' self as if the sole object of the English had been to take the Redan. Nor has the Times itself, with all its thun dering articles against General Simpson, seen clearer. The explanation which I have just given, and which is recognised by everybody in Paris, is the real one, and clears up the apparently inexplicable conduct of General Simpson. Why, it is said, did not he send reinforce ments? Because he knew that no reinforcement which the English army could have sent could have secured the capture of the fort, and would have been an addi tional and useless loss of life. His object was merely to occupy a great portion of the Russian army for a cer tain time, and to give Pelissier time to fortify him se lf i n the Malakhoff,i in order to be able to resist the tremen dous attack of the Russian army to retake the fort, to which ho was sure to be exposed in the Afterpart of the day. Another question is also put by the Times' corre spondents—" Why did not General Simpson send his best troops to the assault ?" Because (the answer is evident) he wished to preserve his best soldieni fur an attack which really would succeed, and thought the young recruit fit enough food for powder. Such is war! Let us return to the narrative. The Malakoff is taken by the French almost without the loss of a man ; their great loss was in the defence some hours afterwards. Instantly the flag is hoisted for the English to commence. About 2,000 poor soldiers, who of course believe that the attack is a serious and not a false attack, are sent across a space of 200 yards, exposed both in front and in flank to batteries of 68-pounders. They arrive at the foot of the wall out of breath, after losing by the discharges of grape about a third of their number. The rampart is scaled, notwithstanding the Russians on the other side, who are driven back, and the British obtain a footing in the salient angle of the Redan. Put, as a natural and inevitable consequence after going through such tremendous risks, there is a certain degree of confusion among the survivors. One regiment is mixed up with another, and there is not the same order, arrangement, and discipline as there would have been had there been nothing but fair open fighting. Not withstanding this our poor fellows occupied the place, and held the Russians in check—not for an hour, as stated by Pelissier, but for nearly double that time— and that against immense masses of the enemy ; for we are informed that, after the surprise of the Malakhoff, the greater part of the Russians engaged there rushed to the Redan, to share in the repulse of this handful of English. After a desperate and heroic defence against such immense odds, the devoted band of British were pushed almost by physical pressure out of the Redan, and the greater part annihilated. Such was the behaviour of the English column of at tack, as detailed in the despatches of Pelissier. Neil and Martnora, and the French, one and all agree in say ing that no troops could have behaved with more courage. A vieille moustache said to me the other day, what soldiers but the English would marchedbav 200 yards against such a tremendous enfilading fire o f artillery, would have mounted the breach ed _ hy a mu c h after being who w ou ld decimated by grape, and that, w hen opposed superior force on the other side ; and, finally, have retained their position in the fort for tw o h ours against overwhelming odds ?" The Times' special correspondent (like an ill bird that files its own mat) attacks the poor soldiers, because, he says, they were in confusion and did not obey the order of their officers to j um p into the tr averses into certain destruction. But how does ho know that the soldiers refused to obey this order, or that such a foolish order was ever given by the officers 7 The correspondent was n ot there hi m self to see. H e must, therefore, have taken his report from some one of the officers who had wished to exalt himself and his class at the expense of the poor soldiers. And yet this writer, in order that he m ay send to his paper a long pompous letter, does not hesitate to calumniate and vilify our poor soldiers in the face of Europe, and that upon hearsay evidence, the very day after the action, without leaving himself the time of verifying his strictures. His letters, as well as the ,articles of the Times upon the same subject, have been translated into the French papers, and there is but one opinion in Paris as to the conduct of the Times and his correspondent—that of disgust and indignation. The general saying here is, that the correspondent is a preten tious blockhead, who does not in the slightest degree understand military affairs, and who has not hesitated, in order to send a long-Jetalled account to his employers, to attack not only the General-in-Chief, but to calum niate the poor soldiers. While the English troops were devoting themselves in the manner ,I have described, the French in the Malakhoff were comparatively free from attack, for the great assault? of the Russians to retake the fortifical ions Only commenced about half past two. Pelissier had then double the time of respite he asked from General Simpson, and during this time the French had made the most of their time. The approaches on the French side were levelled so as to allow the entrance of artillery a n d the rapid advance of the reserves.. A number of field piee,s by this means were brought up and placed in bat. tery, arid the Imperial Guard were entered for the de f.,:-rice, in addition to the troops employed in the assault. Ti,e c A nnon of the Russians were turned against the e-terny, and the place in a manner fortified against the Russians themselves. Afteg this, as Pelissier said, the illalakhoff was secure, and cculd not he retaken. It is true, after the Russians had finally repulsed the English, but not till then, they returned to the assault of the French in the Malakhoff ; and they brought their whole army to this operation. But it was too late. This attack was desperate and courageous in the extreme ; but they failed, after immense slaughter on their pat t, as well as that of the French. Such, how ever, was the desperate and powerful nature of their attack, that all the French with whom I have conversed admit, with the greatest frankness, that had the assault of the Russians been made immediately after the first French success, before they had time to fortify them selves, the French would have been certain to have been driven out of the Malakhoff, and the affair would have ended as it did on the 18th of June. The French are, therefore, right in saying that the English, by their heroic resistance in the Redan, are entitled to as much credit and honour for the final reduction of Sebastopol -as-are those who were employed directly in the captur' of the Malakhoff. Such, Mr. Editor, is the opinion of all military men in Paris, and, indeed, of all classes ; for our generous allies do us full credit. It is only the ignorant, carping, and conceited correspondents, with the Times at their head, who talk of the blood of the English soldiers being shed ingloriously and uselessly on the Bth of Sep tember.—l remain, &c., Paris, October 1, 1855. JAMES AYTOUN. SCRAPS FROM THE CAMP. (FROM A YOUNG CAVALRY OFFICER.) Camp, Sebastopol, Sept. 17. I promised, in my last, to describe to you the Redan, Malakhoff, and Sebastopo l , as soon as I could get leave by my senior troop officer emerging from sick quarters. Well, this has occurred ; and obtaining a pass I rode off to the Redan. I went by the picket-house and 21-gun battery, and then through the parallels and semi-parallels. as they were called when I was at college, and I emerged within 150 yards of the counterscarp of the Redan, the distance between being an open space. An in telligent non-commissioned officer was with me, who had served in the trenches, and ho pointed out the remarkable spots. "Here," said • he, pointing to a little ditch in the open space, not more than three feet deep, with a bank about two feet high, at two feet in front of the ditch, " the sen tries were placed at night." About ten yards in advance a similar ditch was occupied by Russian sentries ; so the hostile pickets were only ten yards apart at night. " And," said my informant, "we could see them, sir, lighting their pipes." I found the ditch of the Redan neither deep nor wide, but I have since learnt that its depth was diminished by the bodies of the poor fellows, both English and Russians, buried in it. Riding into the itedan, looked around with amazement, for my college fortification instruction had not led me to expect anything so colossal. Dismounting, and taking a survey from the parapet, my wonder was increased by the retrenchment or double line of works. I asked an artilleryman to show me the bomb proofs, and he led me to a hole under the parapet, but it was so blocked up, with bedding, coats, cloaks, and other matters, that we could not get iu, and were obliged to go to another. Here we entered a sort of cave, six feet three or four in height, and ten fet wide ; beds were slung side by side, making it a regular barrack along one face of the Redan. The roof was about 25 feet thick, and no shell could possibly penetrate. Beams of wood, apparently from the dockyard, of great diameter, formed the ceiling, then earth, then iron tanks filled with earth, then bags of sand gabions, fascines, and finally earth, making a thick ness of from 20 to 25 feet.• The magazine was similarly formed ; it had been exploded, but the only damage done was to upset a couple of guns and destroy one of the caves. The second parapets or retrenchments in the rear were about eight feet high and ten feet thick, and I do not think above 15 feet distant from the base of the interior slope of the front parapet ; besides these there were tra verses at every two guns. The embrasures had mantlets of coils of thick . rope, protecting the gun ners, but, I think, a Minie ball at 100 yards would go through them. The artillery man now called my attention to one of the guns which had been hit in three places, twice near the muzzle, and once at the breach. "This," said he, "is the only gun that was damaged worth speaking of." If it be the fact, it says a great deal for the defensive cha racter of the works, or for the tact of the Russians in withdrawing their guns when our firing was heavy. The shells must have made great havoc, and there were hundreds of holes where they had fallen, but I suspect the Russians kept few troops in the works, and those few in the bomb proofs. The artillery officer in charge of the Redan was good enough to show me Ins room. It was under the second parapet, and facing the centre. It had a comfortable iron bedstead, and when he first took possession a nice mahogany table, but some body had walked off with it. The room had a ceilin g of sack. There was a military sketch hoard, so I suppose its fornier occupier had been au artillery or engineer officer. I remarked that in this room, being in the second parapet, the roof was not above three feet thick, and a shell had fallen upon it, but had not penetrated to the interior. From the Redan I descended to the lesser harbour, and keeping by its shore reached the arsenal, barracks, and dockyard, passing mul titudes of new guns lying in rows ; most of these, I believe, were rendered useless by having had a shot rammed home. The dry docks were first-rate. From the barracks I heard whistling, arid well known tones—" I say, Jack," " Com:here, Tom," &c., and sundry expressions not particularly po lite, indicating that the vicissitudes of war had replaced the former occupants by English troops. I wonder the Russians on the other side do not disturb their hilarity, for the guns of Forts Cor stantine and Alexander can reach them ; and new batteries are being raised ; but whether to be de fended or to cover their retreat remains to be seen. I now found myself near the Malakhoff, but the French sentry refused to let me in. While argu ing the matter in bad French, an English Horse Artillery serjeant cantered up, and without saying a word entered, and I followed hi s examp l e ; the sentry uttering certain phrases not complimentary to us. The plan of construction of the Malakhoff is that of the Redan ; but it appeared to me that the retrenchments were even thicker and higher, and it was closed at the rear. In my humble opinio it is much stronger than the Redan. I observed that the French sap was up to the coun terscarp of the ditch, and this enabled the storm ing party to rush in so quickly. Sebastopol proper was a well-built, handsome town, chiefly of stone houses. On ascending one of the streets, and looking back, I was reminded a good deal of the main harbour at Malta. Al though the walls of the houses have not been much injured by shot and shell, yet there is scarcely a whole roof in the town. The conflagration and shelling have effected this. I saw a new church in course of erection. Probably a well organised fire brigade prevented our shells firing the town, and the Russians, no doubt, had recourse to com bustibles to aid them as incendiaries, for quantities of dry forage had been observed coming over from the north side. Set. . Repart will still have it th a t we are to p take 2l the field for a short time. Th e i m p ress i on , h owever , is that the Russians are evacuating the north side, and we in due co urse o f t i me s h a ll wa lk i n. I must admit, from what I saw on my second visit to the Replan, that it looks probable, from the quantities of carts which, with a good glass, appeared plainly to he leaving the place ; but where they go to is uncertain. I saw a regular string of them, and the French were firing rockets at them from a little below the Malakhoff. A battery was also firing upon the north side, at an earthen work which has been lately erected from our part of Sebastopol ; but the battery was French. We apparently are doing nothing, and the Sardinians are helping us —the active party is the French. Their force by the Tchernaya has of late increased immensely. Whether anything is to be attempted by Macken zie's Farm time will show. The Russians are . busy raising batteries on the northern side ; but it is said in camp that it is only with a view to cover their retreat, and that when they have got the im pediments well away, they will walk off and bl ow the forts up, as was done on this side. If we m arc h, I am all ready, but my baggage is reduced to a minimum, for as we are allowed only one bat horse, the poor beast cannot carry more than a box, the bed, and the tent. I have paid a second visit to th e E m d an, an d am still inclined to think the Malakoff is twice as strong ; but as the . French sap had r e a c h e d the coun t ers carp of the ditch, th e i r rus h was on ly o f a few yards, while our poor fellows had to run over more than 150 yards, mowed down by grape and canister. Th 4 retrenchments in the Malakhoff are awful. DEATH OP ROSH MOORE, IMP.—Ross Moore, Esq., member for the borough of Armagh, died on Friday, at his residence, in Dublin. A now election will conse quently become necessary. FIRE IN THE SOUTHWARK-BRIDGE-ROAD.—On Satur dly a fire took place in the premises of Mrs. Etridge, No. 3S, Southwark-bridge-road. The fire commenced from a lighted candle, in the first floor. By great exer tion on the part of the firemen and inmates the fire was extinguished, but not before considerable damage was done. The occupier was uninsured. Y.) 5 5 10 20 5 20 18 204 21:4 110 St. A 20 16 20 zu 100 100 100 20 10 I 34 191 161 i 19; ea d