The Sun. — London, England, 1855-08-14 00:00:00

."'"*" .. 11 mated their tlosi;i an g• I n v bl;s6 ,i rees't Sefe",",(l 9l ily su c " rt h ,ang fl° vat, A gr e ' (A ° 0 to w )rt b f rij o l 0 1 ' r froo,, oil our, 1.0 . , It 310°4 0 t 7 b sls' f oe idertake Ut a t t 0 And "` di )tea (41 t i llhe d r J;di nflti 1; 0 for t le ist letweelt? ,t i h 1 68 , d o er of AfO ti ry' d Se re 0 0 ;s teriitlioci , Coto' reillti"to o t 8 0 o p ille9 o'o tits tli s e A $r I I l a. 7. OthO' 0 S , 1 .!: od ROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT. QUEEN'S SPEECH. ROUSE Or LORDS.--(THIS DAY.) Parli ament was thi s d ay prorogued by commission. e r , h ° lll 3' after two o'clock th e L or d Ch ance ll or , th e of a A ' of Gr anv i lle, the Earl of Harrowby, the Duke • r gY l) , and Lord- Stanley of Alderley entered the el robed as her Majesty's Commissioners, and the m 51,70:). of Commons having. been summoned, -_ - following bills received the Royal Assent by Corn :--Consolidated Fund (AppropriatiOn) ; Exche (7,ooo,ooo/.) ; Customs' Tariff Acts Amend - 4, 1 _ 4 1' and Consolidation • Customs' Laws Conan eat of °o; Excise Duties; Turkish Loan ; Office s Ito P e aker ; Trinity College, Dublin ; Dwelling 1,4:r (Scotland) ; Religious Worship ;Slave . i.:e (Sberbro) ; Youthful Offenders (No. 2) , quaplll S uits ; Merchant Shipping Act Amendment ; pike Acts Continuance (Ireland) ; Militia Officer . I) 0 Ifi . c ation ; Fisheries (British Lland and France) , 00:L9'11g-street Public Offices Extension ; Turnpike Acts . T ru 4°114110e (No. 2); Sale of Spirits (Ireland) ; ti o stB Arrangements ; Lunatic Asylums and Reg . o a . I Acts Amendment ; Militia Ballot Suspension ; e z t i of Tobago Loan ; Coal Mines Inspection ; Lo n . and Outrige (I re l an d) Act Continuance; W orks A sylums ( I reland) Advances ; Navigation island 8 (Ireland) ; C ourt of Judication (Prince of Wales tee ; Bills of Lading (No. 2) ; Sale of Beer ; Ord litan B oard ; P assengers Act Amendment ; Metropo. ein e ; 'lca' Man agement ; N u i sances R emova l and Dis -4418 Pre vention • H u dd ers fi e ld B ur i a l G roun d A c t We s e t ndul ent ; Ledb ur y Prebend ; London amid South -0144'41 Railw ay ; Dundalk Harbour and . Port ; • Oepegt";,, Dumbarton, and Helensburgh Railway ; 1 44; "estern and Brentford Railway ; Stokes Bay by * aY and Pier ; Westminster Improvements ; .Der (so r, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Railway atio; t 2) ; ,Royal Conical Flour Mill Company ; West d - N, t e r Lead Company ; New River Company, and win os e ell of the River Lea (No. 2) ; Western . Ter- Ns it T s Railway (Clapham to Norwood) . ; Chinese °"tiger Ships ; Metropolitan Building ; Despatch .b T hat ; zuine ss (Court of Chancery) ; Charitable llos luverness Bridge ; Criminal Justice ; t. a Publicand A _ sees (Ireland); Public Health (1854)Continua . ion q'rno ednaent ; Diseases Prevention • Militia Pay ,_ School 2) .11,1:416 (Security for Application); Public Health (N . o. o welli n "‘bir t g for Labouring Classes; B . urials ; Limited It h o l j linin n Contiguous Benefices , St. John's Col .'cford) Estates ; Harvest's Estates ; Morton Col „,Clare„;"tate ; Haltord's Estate ; Handcock's Estate ; 4 ve -° nt'a Estate ; MarAell's Charity Estates . ; /01.,..the'8 Divorce ; Wyndham's Divorce ; Jones's Di -14; Sumner's Divorce ; Hadow's Divorce. 0, 1‘. - " e LORD CHANCELLOR then read her Most -4°tia Majesty's Speech, as follows : Iv 341 r LORDS .A.ND GENTLEMEN, Son 6 a re command e d by h er M a j es ty t o re l ease th fr° ra further attendance in Parliament, and at k eilt sa ttle time t o express th e warm ac k now l e d g - Aith 8 Gf her Majesty for the zeal and assiduity 4 iaoh: b ich you have applied y o ur se l ves t o the lah o -r g e of your public d u ti es d ur i ng a l ong an d Itriona session. 41 4 " Majesty has seen, with great satisfaction, pidinWhile You have occupied yourselves in pro- A ar ° Means for the vigorous prosecution of the /tie: yo u have given y our attention to many Bore s g es of great public utility. her Majesty is convinced that you will share qve satisfaction at finding that the progress of hi ll e t h l has tended to cement more firmly that union Gore has Bo happily been established between her th e b'tnent and that of her ally the Emperor of r anch. ge r v.. ach e ,Majesty trusts that an alliance, founded = h a t lat t he general interests of Europe, and conso - ad h %j ell ,Y good faith, will long survive the events t the b ays given rise to it ; and will contribute the tAoZtnalient well-being and prosperity of t 1) 04 . ,, ea p t nations which it has united together in The of honourable friendship. th‘te accession of the King of Sardinia to the l're 4 4 o . le tvreen her Majesty, the Emperor of the P ort a " and the Sultan has given additional im he t t e and strength to that alliance, and islity 1 / 4 1 1 cient f orce w hich his Sardinian Ma ,_l4aa sent t o the seat of war to co- Of : -‘1.5; With the Allied Armies will not fail 44:111tain the hi g h repu t a ti on by w hi c h th e army k r ' i nia has ever been distinguished. tai Ma jesty has commanded us to thank you - hang enabled h er to avail herself, as far C a° been found to be required, %he ° Patriotic offers of extended service which kill 48 re ceived from the Militia of the United kb : Rd 1 ,, and for the means of reinforcing her the Crimea by an enlistment of volunteers -. road. 4 t4: l ‘ l aiesty acknowledges with satisfaction the s tep 4 1 , e, : Y°u have adopted for giving effect to the at ~,--"°11 by which, in conjunction with her Ally 41 44 43 '.1 5 er0r of the French, she has made arrange shick ar assisting the Sultan to provide the means necessary to enable him to maintain in IPi that o l Y the Turkish army, which has so gallantly •gar the assaults of its enemies. i t h tiesty, in giving her assent to the bill I Seat n):41 presented to her for the local manage -0 t he metropolis, trusts that the arrange -941),. vro'rided by that measure will lead to many 4 s°verne convenience and tsj os rite conducive to the Ng of this great city. t4l:toltion of the duty upon newspapers will Pa 4e r „ i d iffuse useful information amongst the 'll4'''iutses of her Majesty's subjects. , Pri nciple of limited liability which you . have . 114ft 11 „,. 8 , 13r applied to joint-stock associations ititTkadditional facilities for the employment ' 4 4%. ' and the improvements which you have . e c ) itr a el avra which regulatefriendly societies will t 'slah,, -6 ° habits of industry and thrift amongst 4e l ., r ing classes of the community. Caiesty t rusts that the measures to which ir 4 •° o a f ! g i ven her assent for improving tit rla "natit utions of New South Wales, the' and T asmania, and for bestowing on s lte ° shi ari ng colonies of Australia extended ' `l tig t self-government, will assist in of d iviii° l° Pnient of th e i r grea t na t ura l reso urces, t ° their .Promote the contentme n t and happiness fih tt y thllha b itants. Her Majesty commands us th e a t ahe has been deeply gratified by the zeal ti l l° Path il b ilee sse of her Majesty's arms, and by the bat 414 Manifested for her soldiers and sailors til l4 4 . °ll t her Indian and Colonial Empire ; and likh ,4 sne , jelit Y ac knowledges with great satisfaction b 1 : 1 °-8 contributions which her subjects in the Legislatures and inhabitants of the ° o4l 4l 2're sent for the relief of the sufferers by G„ of of war. tO~P4IEN OF T HE H OUSE OF C OMMONS, ),:mlsNitti th Y command s us t o conve y t o y ou h er 4 1 -4 4 1 , e 4 tll 4 for the readiness and zeal with which 104 th e Pr ovided the necessary supplies for carry phi °,r Ma Aar in whi c h h er M a j esty i s engage d . t k i, 4 t it Is'eatlf l aments the burdens and sacrifices 4kfnl et% peo„, become necessary to impose upo . n her 41 1 t, whi c h I" ; but she acknowledges the wisdom 11 4 ,"ens You have alleviated the weight of those re r tivi ! the mixed arrangements which you 1 : 1 7 fc'r Providing those supplies. tta. Lou n -t -a AND GENTLEMEN, ; f an . " 4 Jes sineY cornmands us to say, that she has (tl)._er() re til t) gretthat the endeavours which, of with her Ally the Emperor of she made at the recent conferences 4 11(2 4 iti oh : l. b ring the war to a conclusion 41 4; ) and consistent with the honour of the via Pr ov e d -Ki th the future security of Europe, fail ed' ineffectual ; but those endeavours i~olsllt tn Other course is left to her Ma tt hr, "c'liProsecute the war with all possible Il arli tkra sr Maiesty,trelying upon the support 4 av e ,, Patri ot e , n - lit ' upon the manly spirit Ave,, ef people, upon the , T N , . courage of her army and navy, a ny tinder sufferings and whose 4°l 4 4lll irati o li rt ratlee her Majesty has witnessed jtl Pit' )P ; relying upon the steadfast 11 14 alli e t cl her es) and above all upon the stir tiat ca use, her Majesty humbly puts it " A.141jr,1,4. e..ty Di sposer of events for ssue to 171,1101.1.41 au li tclulastin o l Ned , 13 f the great contest in which she fir '48.3' secur e to Europe the 'blessings - Bev ---5 peace. On your return era' counties you will have duties le°s lib portant than those which -T-FIE suN. 1:0ND-O-N;-TURSDAT:`,PITgNINICTAUGUS.1".34,- LALI _..' I tiAII~RA3E• Com pan 1r yester lay. thl3 ay. IIAILWLYS. __._~. Zodford and Bietzbibv Ernifion N. W. •L. , &N. W. Qhledon E. Un. Caldonian. RAILWAY,. Prioes 3 io3ter4ay Wltf 4 ; e. a iv , tic this day. 100 lluelsghamqtt. IN) 01..yrieArlain.Ir. 24 Col. Stour Vy. E A TY:II\T G, R „h I.) ktprdeen ~ Ainbg, Nottug. 'Bo , incl . F l astn. Juns;,t , .. - . all BelfaitBt Bari . "'” all Binning. Woh )rh 6 Stour Va11ey ........ 293 Birk—ohd: Lanes}... & Cheshire Junet • all Do. Chcsh. 4i Birk., . 450-and £25 Cone. 19 Do., £2O ,••••• all Myth &Tynsorigina I £25 (issd. at £45. 100 Bristol and Exeter... !1.00 Caledonii‘n • . - - 161 s. - Carmarthen and Oar digan al, t, ester Jr"Bolylieut all Cork and Bandon,,. all Cork, Black, lc Pass. 16 Cornwall • .- • 13 CI ieT Junction - 4< Dn.lin&Bolfs.st.Tune. all DundeeFertlidab: i ,loon Junction ..... .. all Do - . -N's 100 East Axglian ........ .- .tll Eastern Counties „. 100 Pastern Union, A Stock .. 100 Ds., B, Stow*"' _8? Do., New A. . i 24 43 -- 4j • Sucl. and Dal. HI R. bin. 100 Glas. Darr. & :Neils. Direct 100 Do, .New...,.. . all Gistr.& Dn. Pi all firtlpl. Dk.* Railway all Hull & Solby all Do. Sharer, all Do, d Shares. all Lon.&Greefir - all Do.Preferewe all Lon.,, Tilt , & S;1 100 Lowestoft , gr, 4 per cent, .tuo Do. 6 poi Ct. all Manch. Ratn. and Matlock all Middles: re & ... ~ ~BY ELECTRIC TELEGRANI.) - BOROTYaii PLATE. 8-8 at. WeeLl Yk._ New, 4 R.ervi Y. & NM D 9 , , 13i:- 13 15i - 16 8 A - S: 91 - 93 62i - 63 Pet° &.96. v." ••• 12 - 14 8 - 10 Norfolk.. . . Miclid. Stelton 1 Darlingt. 3i -- Redcar,,, I( 0 Midld.Btadth of Newmarket_ ran. EASTHAmfsTE - A.D S' AK acharnyl Noisette Bury Exton.. all N.& Rst.s p.c.• all Do. 6 per et. all Dci. Fixecls p all Prest. & Wyse En. Conn. E. Cow,. Do Do. L. &N. W &Ln&Yli Do ... Five. ran. 14- 15 11i - 31; all Do. 'Mrs. A .. ".... ... cT4IS uO Roysin.& latNorthr, se Shef. Roth and Itancash& Goole g. e • - Tairt/lx. all Shrews. &Her T. Brassey, a? S. Statford3h. M.MCldan Nll . Wear Vali eygr Stoekt. & 6 per cent Darlingt all Do Do. 00 Wilts&f:lererst ltWestn 100 East Lancashire- ---- 10G dinburghdoGlasgowl w all Edinb. and Peebles... Edin. Pah dz Durilee 9 Forth & Clyde Jtr J. all Furness. all Do. Extension. LOO Ulasgow&S. Wester 'OO ; Treat Northern .00 Do., A. Stock..... 73 75- 56 - 53 9 - 91 19 - 20 (PT ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH) PATSLIALL HANDICAP. Speed the Plough Kidnapper Master Slender . 1•• .... 71 73 88a —• 89; 65, 67 127 129 ,102 104 , 551 5 t Six ran. CLEVELAND CUP. t. 1 1 00 Do., B. Stock t. 1)0 Gt. Sth. &West.(lre ), t. 100 lreat Western t. 101' Do. Stour Val. Rail Gua. Stk 2 all [rish South-Eastern 5 all Lancaster & Carlisle 9 14;1 Do., Thirds il 7 Do. New Thirds RIO Lancash.andVorksh 3 i Do., Wet. Riding Un ) all Liv. Crsby.&Southpt 3 all London & Blackwal ;. 100 Lond. Bright & S.Cet 100 Gond. and N. Westn. I 16 Do. Fifths I 5i Do.lol. 5h.,M&8.., C !i 2! Do. Eighths.. • 100 London andS. Westn 1 t7a Do., £5O . 1 1 18 Do., £4O all Lnclndrry4Coleraine all Lndndrry. & Ennisk . • 100 tvtanch.Shef. kLi nolo all Do. i Shares, N o . 1 s 'l2e. Do., Man. & Lin. Un. . 100 Midland 100 Do. Birmng. &Derby all llidld. G. West. (Ire,) all Do. Half Shares ill Newcastle & Carlisle 23 Nwpt.Aberg. & Efrfd 8 Newry & Enniskillen all Newry Warrenpoin and Rostrevor......, . 1 K) Norfolk 3 Vorthia.Counties Un, li )0 North British... , all North Devon, No. 1 all Do., No. 2 all 'o., :} A Deferred all Do., i B Guarantoed UK) N. Eastern—Berwick 20 Do. do. Extension 13 Do.do. G.N.E. Puroh all Do. Leeds 100 Do. York al North L0nd0n..,,, all Do. New £10.,,.,, 3. IF N.StS.Wstrn.,Hamr, stead, and City Jn. 17A `North Staffordshire , al' North Western all N.& S. Westrn.June Nuneaton, Hinckley . and Leicester. ' 00 Oxford, Worcester, & . Wolverhampton 8 Portsmouth i, al Se....6ish Central .„ I}i Scottish Midland,,. 100 Shropshire Union ... a'l South Devon 1) ' South Eastern all South Wales 1 2 i S. Yrksh. (St Riv. Dui 5 Do.. . 14 Staines, Wok. &Wok a.l Stockton $t Dull , . 161Stolkten & Hartlepl 0 ,1 Taff Vale .. 9 Do. , £lO shares. 1•10 Do. Pref., No. 1 21i Thames Haven Doer, and Railway . Ulverstone & Lancs. all Vale of Neath all Waterfd. & Kilkenny all Waterford&Limer !dc all West Cornwall. ..... 5 West End of London and Crystal Patace:: all West London. all Wimbledn &Croydon Saucebox.. CHILLINGTON STAFFS. Stork Fi11y.... Gall iard 70 t 5 7 8 cs 7 8 P 80~- 8141 Four, ran. Won by a neck. MEMBERS' PLATE. Romeo.. Haricot . It 100 97 —97 i i d ,ll 86i 876 7 6 d e 5 di FREE HANDICAP. nobgill Fanny Fern Cardsharper Six ran. BETTING ON THE COURSE. EBOR HANDICAP. 9to 1 agst Vandal 9 to 1 agst Little Harry 10 to 1 agst Saucebox (taken) 20 to 1 agst Shoreham ... .... •dv 251 7t 84 691 -69 i 40 - 42 ... ... ••, ~H ~~ .. 11 -- 9 - 2} (THIS EVENING.) 50 - 52 . ... 29 ... 31 72i • 73, 7 66 12 S 13 4 48 49 48 56 d par Ad 6i , 6i —6/ 1 d usr ••• ....' .., 0 - 27 'O6 108 72 74 44 - 46 13i 14i 61 62 30 31 4 3 2d par - 41 •• "." FOREIGN. s►ll Antwerp&Rotterdam 4 Belgian &stn. June 10 Bezi era to Graiseessae 4i Bombay, Bare cla, Central India i Serip all Demerara 10 1 Dutch Rhenish . all Eastern of France . 10 Do. New all East Indian, g. sp. c. 10 Do. Extension., all Do. 4i p. c. Bde., pay '57, convertible all Do. do. do., '59, do 17i Gid. Tkof CanadaA is all Do. St. Lawrence Et Atlantic do. 70 Do. Cert. of Deben., con. into Stk. till'63 all Po. Comp. 6p. c., do. 10 Gt. Central of Fran« , all Gt. Indian Peninsula guar. 5 per cont. 1 Do. New 5 por cent 2 To. Extensions.... all Do. do t 3 Great Luxembottr Constituted Share all Do. Obligations all Gt.Westernof Canad Shares all Do. Bds., payable's7, with option till '55 , all Do. do., '62, p.'56 all Do. do., '76, p. '6O . all Do. do., '73, without option all Hamilton & Toronto all Do. 6 per cent. 14 Lake Const. & Basle all Lucca & Pistoja 5 p.c pref 10 Lyons and Geneva.- 14 Lyons & Mediterran all Madras 10 Po. New ;31A Maria Antonia i.ll Do. do. New all Namur & Liege (with . . interest) — all Do. (ex interest)._ . all Northern of France. all Do .201. Shs.late Char leroi and Erquelines guar. 3i p. c. & red. at 221/. dur. 88 yre. from 1 Jan. 1854 all Do. 201.3 p. c Bde all (fmy. B. NorwegianTrunkPre; 16 Paris and Lyons all Ditto Bonds all Paris and Orleans.... all Paris and Rouen... 15 ParisCaenct Cherbrg. all Rouen and Havre,.,.. all Royal Danish 3 Royal Swedish all Sambre and M 01186., all Do. 5i p. oent. Pref 2s Scinde all Southern of France 16 St. Andrew's and Quebec (A), all West Flanders..,.., all Do 5i per c. Prof 18 Western of France. 16 Wert. of Switzerland all Wiesbaden all Zealand 1865. *2lirt4l4 t:"•4., 441;';• ^ 5, it ?'• 4 . ‘4 . ) , I,tc, 11 414, the beautiful acctracy of the fire, and th 3 care witia'r.hich the squadron was handled in shallow water, d eserve to be callei to your favourtbie notice. The able an d c h eerful co ol eration of the Fre3ch throughout the d a y w as b eyond all praise. —I have, &:;., _ - '. „ (signed). - .... , Sepen_ ()_ 610-ek. ..SIIERART) 08BQRN',_ Cminaander and Senor °nicer-. .Po3r-Aclutiral DimuL'id,Lyow;: Rut., - ,Qta.umapder-,in7C544. . - -11. S": ve - su;ihfc, - thof of ' Aznf anis; Sir,—The day I closed my. last report to you, the Beagle, Lieutenant 'Efewett --- waedetached to Berdiansk. --- -- f Lieutenant Hewett rejoined.me yesterday, and reports, that one of the Russian sunken vessels was blown up. Lieutenant - Fiewett,-the seine evening; landed undercover of ,his vessel's guns ,, and- - destroyed- an extensive cone°. tion -of fish stores, and two larg egranar i e S f u ll o f ,corn. . On the 17th of July, in:consequence inforuiation;re ceived of extensive depots of corn *art - forage'existing at :a town called Glofira; upon the - Asiatic coast, : near Gheislr, Lproceeded there-with t heiquadFotOiCcompanied by the French Steamers Milan 'and Meuette.:. The Vesuvius and Swallow were obliged to - anchor' soil e distance o ; s ore, therefore ,sent Comtnander Rowley :Lambert (her--Ma jeity's - ship Curlew);_ "With th e g un- b oats named iu the : margins to reconnoitrer in fort - e, end it an opportunity, curred, to destroy anrato roe pf proyi s i ons or :4f orage, ja i 'Was to d 6 Oommander'Larnbeit found , Glafira and its ,nets beurhood swarming with ca,valry ';"the town.an open etraggling agricultural village, and no appearance tof corn - or forage -- in: it'; he therefore very properly confined his operations to destroying, upon Olofira Spit, some very extensive corn and fish stores, but spared the town. The skill with which this service was executed in the face of large bodies of cavalry, reflects no small credit upon Commander Lambert; and he speaks most highly of the able assistance rendered him by the French officers and men under Captains De Cintre and L'.Allernand. From Glofira I next proceeded to the Crooked Spit,'in the Gulf of Azof, the French squadron parting company to harass the enemy in the neighbourhood of Kamisheva and Obitotchna. - - The squadron reached Crooked Spit the same day (July 18); and I immediately ordered Commander Frederick Craufurd, in the Swallow, supported by the gun-boats Grinder, Boxer, and Cracker, and the boats of her Majesty's ships Vesuvius, Curlew, and Fancy, under Lieutenants Grylls, Rowley, and Sulivan, to proceed and clear the spit of the cavalry and Cossacks of the enemy, and then land and destroy the great fishing establishments situated upon it. Commander Oran ford executed this service with great vigour, and his report I have the honour to enclose. The extra ordinary quantity of nets and stores of fish, and the scale of the works destroyed fully confirm the statements made by the work people that their occupation consisted in sup plying food to the army in the Critters, everything going to Simpheropol by the great _northern road along the steppe. Whilst this service was being executed I recon noitred the mouth of the river Mious, fifteen miles west of Taganrog, in her Majesty's ship Jasper, Lieutenant J. S. Fludson. The shallow nature of the coast would not allow us to approach within a mile and three quarters of what in the chart is marked as Fort Tenaenos. The fortification '.vas an earthwork of some extent and ditched but not pierced for guns. It was evidently of an old date, and as I could see no one within it, I again returned to the same place, accompanied by the boats of her Majesty's ships Vesuvius and Curlew, and her Majesty's gun-vessels, Cracker, Boxer, and Jasper. Cavalry in large bodies, armed for the most part with carbines or rifles, were evidently much ,harassed by riding upon supposed points of attack; and when we got to Fort l'enionos, and the usual Cossack picquet had been driven off, I and Commander. Lambert proceeded at once with the light boats into the river. When there, and imme diately under Fort Temonors; which stands upon a steep escarpe of eighty feet, we found ourselves looked down upon by a large body of both horse and foot, lining the ditch and parapet of the work. Landing on the opposite bank, at good rifid-shot distance, one boat's crow, under Lieutenant Rowley, was -sent to -destroy a collection of launches and a fishery, whilst a careful and steady fire of Miele - rifles kept the Russians from advancing upon us. Assuring ourselves of the non-existence of any object worth lk.zarding so small a force any farther, we returned to the vessels, passing within pistol shot of the Russian ambuscade. The cool steadiness of the officers and men in the gigs, together with the wonderful precision o f the fire from- the covering vessels, distant as they - were; doubtless kept the ,enemy in check, and prevented serious consequences. To Commander 'Lam bert, te Lieunants Grylls and /R ow l e y, an d- M r. Tabu teau (Mate), who were in the gigs, as well as to Lieute nants Mairyatt, Townshend, and Hudson, who commanded the gun-vessels, my best thanks are due. The gig of the Grinder, under Lieutenant Hamilton, had a narrow escape upon the same day' from a similar ambuscade, at a place called Kirpe, 10 miles east of Mari anpol, the very proper humanity of Lieutenant Hamilton in not firing into an open defenceless town as it appeaireit to him, having nigh entailed the loss of a boat's crew when attempting to land and destroy a corn store. A heavy fire of musketry at ball pistol shot providentially injured no 'One, and Lieutenant Hamilton appears to have most skil fully escaped. The 19th July, I reconnoitred Taganrog in the Jasper gun-tioat. ' 'A new battery was being constructed upon the heights near the hospital, but although two shots were thrown into it, it did not reply. , • Every part of the town show e d s i gns of the injuries it ,had received when we vioited it under the late Capt.:Ed rnund Lyons, of the Miranda. The long series of Govern ment stores burnt by tee Allied - Metal had not been re paired, and the only sign of any communication being now held, by water, with the Don, was one large barge upon the beach. To put a stop, however to all traffic of thi s na t ure, an d to harass the enemy in this neighbourhood, I have ordered Commander Craufurd to remain in the Gulf of Azoff, with two gun-vessels under his orders. That the squadron has not been idle, I trust this report will show ; and without entering more into details than I have done, I can assure you, Sir, that from Ghenitch to Taganrog, and thence round to Kamiskeva, we have kept the coast in a state of constant alarm, and their ttoops ..incessantly moving. The good service done by the gun boats in this way has been very great. The total amount of provisions, corn, fisheries, forage, and boats destroyed, has been something enormous. Nothing can exceed the zeal and activity of the officers, or good:conduct atilt; men, constituting this squadron ; and constant work does not, -I am hippy to say, appear as yet to impair their health.—l have, &c., . • . • ,(Signed) SHERARD OSBORN; Commander and Senior' Offider. Rear-Adiniral Sir Edmund Lyons, Bart., G.C.8., &o. Gossip . - . - --•- t , . ____ - -_-, „: .'.'.".'';.- .., . --- Prey Gir l ... ~ : ..... ...„. .... .. ...! .. • „. _ il :., . __Twelve rant, - ..? - - -f " 1 : - kIgkSAIRE gikliES% - -- -:- T Ali 6 i . eil'e - -• , : ..,'''f' n Brother to Grey -Tommy= ::': T ' - " . • ' , &vezi rat. ' - ,- _ .41BBpY--STAIUtS. - 3' ''. ' Fair Geraldine . .. ~,..-„,„.....„.„„..--..—....,.,;.--- FlyaWay . .: . .. ... 2 WOLVERHAMPTON RACES I • 2 3 Walked over. THE LONDON GAZETTE ADMIRALTY, A. 13. Despatches, of which the following are copies, have been received from Rear-Admiral Sir Edmund Lyons, Bart, G.C.E., Commander-in-Chief of her Majesty's ships and vessels in the Mediterranean , and Black Sea. Royal Albert, off Sebastopol, July 30. In coutitmation of the proceedings of the steam squadron in the Sea of Azef, under the orders of the Com mander Shoran! Osborne, of the Wsuvins, I beg leave to enclose, for the information of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, copies of two letters from that officer, to gether with the several enclosures reporting the steps taken to deprive the enemy of the now harvest, and to cripple his resources of all kinds, since the proceedings which were communicated in my letter of the 7th inst. (No. 638). During the time the, squadron was detained from stress of weather, under Berutch Spit, near Gheniteh„the vessels were, at every break of the weather, employed in destroy: ing extensive fishicg establishments which supplied the army in the Crimea with fish, as well as guard-houses, barracks, stores of forage, and provisions on the Isthmus of Arabat, anti the pontoon or only meaps of communica tion between Arabat Spit and theCritnea, at the entrance o f the Kara-su River, was burnt by Commander RA:parley! Lambert of the Curlew. The attack and destructiOn of Fort Fetrovskoi, on the 16st., by the combined English arid French squadrons named in Commander Osborn's letter, Appears to have been accomplished with the usual skill and success which has attended the operations in the Sea of Azef; and their lordships will observe that particular Mention is made of Lieutenant Hubert Champion, fienior lieutenant of the Vesuvius, who commanded the landing party, and rendered great service. I would particularly beg leave to call their lordships' attention to the high-minded conduct of Captain De Cintre, of his Imperial Majesty's steamer Milan, who, on seeing that the bulk of the squadron was under the orders of Commander Osborn, to whom he was senior, waived his light to plan the attack, and placed his ship, as well as the Monette, in the positions pointed out by Commander Osborn. - In the meantime Lieutenant Hewett, in the Beagle, de stroyed an extensive collection of fish stores and two large granaries full of corn in the neighbourhood of Berdiansk. After destroying Fort Petrovskoi, the squadron proceeded to Glofira, where some extensive corn and fish stores were destroyed by vessels-under the orders of Comniander Row ley. Lambert, of the Curlew, and a similar service was per formed at the Crooked Spit, in the Gulf of Azof, by , ves sels under the orders of Commander F. A. B. Craufurd, of the Swallow. In the meantime Commander Osborn, re. connoitered various parts of the coast as far as Taganrog: The reports of Commander Osborn are so comprehensive that I will only remark that the admirable manner in which he has carried out my instructions " to clear the sea board of all fish stores, all fisherie., and mills obi a sale' beyond the wants of the neighbouring population, and, indeed of all things destined to contribute to the mainten ance of the enemy's army in the Crimea," fully corrobo rates the opinion I have before expressed, that he ais An officer possessing a rare combination of high qualities, and I beg to recommend him to their lordships' most favour able consideration.—l am, &c., (Signed) EDMUND LYONS. Rear-Admiral and Commander-in-Chief. The Secretary of the Admiralty, &c."&c. &c. Her Majesty's ship Vesuvius, Gulf of Azof, ' July 17, 1855. Sir,—Heavy gales and, much sea obliged the squadron in this sea to take shelter under Berutch Spit for neveral days.. Coaling, provisioning, 'and completing stores was, however, proceeded with, and at every break in the wea ther the vessels were actively employed destroying some extensiVe fisheries upon Betutch" Spit, as welt as guard-houses, barracks, and stores of forage and provisions,to within-ait easy gun-shot of Arabat Fort. The only pon toon or means of communication betweenA.rabitt Spit and the Crimea, at the entrance of the Kara-su River„ has been burnt! by Commander Rowley Lambert, H.M.S. Curies, and we have now entire possession of the Spit. A lull in the weather enabled me to put to sea upon the 13th July, for a sweep round the Sea of Azof ; the Ardent, Weser, and Clinker being left under the orders of Lieut. Horton te'harans Genitifi and Arabat, as well to cut off' all communication along the Spit. Delayed by the weather, we did not reach Berdiansk until the 15th July; a heavy sea was running, but anxious to lose no time, the seni-)r officer of the French Squadron (Captain De Clare, of the Milan) and myself determined to go at once and endeavour to burn the forage and corn stacks upon the landward side of the hills overlooking the town. H.3l.B.•Swallow, off Crooked Spit, Sea of Azoff. July 15. Siro--In compliance with your orders, T proceeded in her Majesty's steam gun-hoat , ,Grinder, ivith Cracker and Boxer, and boats of the squadron to reconnoitre the Crooked Spit. -. • Having cleared the Spit of some mounted troops who occupied it, I ordered a detachment of boats, with their respective officers, to land and destroy the i mmense fi s hi ng establishments and nets found upon the point of it. The country - seemed swarming with cavalry, but, by the able management of the officers ill command of the gun-boats, and by their good fire, they were effectually driven off the Spit some distance inland: ' - No inhabitants were to be seen, but the occasional glimpse of soldiers showed that a landing was expected and that they were prepared for a street fight. I hoisted a flag of truce in order, if possible, to get the women and children removed from the town, but as that met with no reply and the surf rendered landing extremely hazardous, I hauled it down, and the squadron commenced to fire over,the town at the forage and corn stacked behind it, and I soon had the flatisfaction of seeing a fire break out exactly where it was wanted. The town is not touched except by an occasional shell. The wheat and forage being fired it became necessary to move into deeper water for the night, and from our distant anchorage the fires were seen burning throughout the night. On the 16th July the allied squadron proceeded to Fort Petrovski, between Berdianek and Marianpol. As I ap proached the place there were evident symptoms of an in crease to tho fortifications since the Vesuvius silenced its fire three weeks ago. A redan, covering the curtain which faces the sea, showed seven new embrasures, and much new earth led me to expect some masked works. Captain De Cintr6, commanding the. French steamer Milan, although my senior, in the most handsome manner surrendered the right of planning the attack; and; keeping alone in view the good of the allied valise, gallantly took up the position I wished him to do, followed by Captain De L'Allemank in the Mouette. Having reconnoitred as far into the land as we could see from the mast head of the Grinder, all the boats were or. dered to land and,set fire to very large and extensive Go ' vernment stores upon the nppel:part.of thiSpit, large - fishing establishnients, - an enormous quantity of nets, haystacks, and several large houses -used as Govern.; went stores. 'I learnt frOm a Russian fisherman that the fish caught on this spit and arid here was immediately forwarded to Simpl2eropol, for the :use of the Crimean army; and I conclude that a very - severe blow has been in flicted on the enemy by the amount of property which was destroyed, including spars, timber, fish, nets, and boats; apparently the most extensive= fishing establishments in the Sea of Azof ; and I am happy to say without &casualty. My thanks are due to Lieutenant Hamilton, of Grinder, and Townsend, of Boxer, as also to Lieutenants Rowley, of Curlew; Gulls, of Fancy; Sullivan, of Vesuvius; Mr. Aldrich, Master of Swallow; Mr. Deere, Gunner of Cur lew, and Mr. Windsor, Gunner of Swallow; who all and each by their zeal and activity rendered great service in destroying so large an accumulation of stores and houses in so short a space of time.—l have, &c., (Signed) FRED. A. B. ORA - I:TURD, - - Commander. Commander Osborne Senior Officer. , - At the Court, at Osborne House, Isle of Wight, the 13th day of August, 1855 ; present, the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council. This day the Right Hon. William Francis Cowper, the. Right Hon. Maurice Frederick Fitz herding° Berkeley, K.C.8., the Right Hon. Robert Lowe, and the Right Hon. William Monsell, were, by her Ma jesty's command, sworn of her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, and took their respective places at the Board accordingly. Her Majestyiti Council was this day pleased to appoint the Right Honourable Robert Lowe President of the Com mittee of Council appointed for the consideration of all matters relating to Trade and Foreign Plantations, in the absence of the President of the said Committee for the time being. • WHITEHALL , AUG 13. . The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be paesed under the Great Seal for nominating, constitut ing. and appointing the Right Honourable Edward Pley dell..Bouverie to be a Poor Law Commissioner for Eng land. The-gneethas also becin pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the office or place of Lieutenant-Governo r of her Majesty's Hospital at Greenwich unto. Rear-Admiral Sir William Fairbrother Carroll, K.C.B. At 9.30 a.m., all arrangements being made, the squadron named in the margin* took up their positions. The light draught gun-boats taking up stations east and west of the fort, and enfilading the works in front and rear ; whilst the heavier vessels formed a semicircle round the front. The heavy nature of our ordnance crushed all attempts at `resistance, and soon forced not only the garrison to retire WA33.-OFFICE, AUG. 14. from the trenches, bat also kept at s• respectable distance ' M EDICAL4FOO tto l'AF be F , Co B !!PS.—Captain Rich ar d S. Cole, f rom the reserve force, consi s ti ng o f , three strong battalions the 3 of infantry, and two squadroni of cavalry. ' A uitatit Staff-Captein. . COMMISSION SIGNED, BY.-.THE QUEEN. . We then commenced to fire with carcases,und although s - Ist Or RoYal East Middlesex Regiment of Militia — partially successful, I was obliged to send the light beets Thomas t .. lin Ti anelagh John . George Thomson; Gent., late Cap of the squadron to complete the destrnction of the fort and batteriek; a duty I entrusted to Lieut. Hubert.Campion, ,to be Adjutant, vice Philips, resigned. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD LIEUTENANTS of the ' Vesuvius , assisted by the officers in the annexed . list. . . . sth or Royal Elthorne Light Infantry Regiment of Mid- In a short time I had the satisfaction of seeing all the dlesex Militia—E ns i gn R o b er t Hill R oss t o b e Li eu t e nant, cantonment; gun , platforms; public buildings, corn and vice WoOdall, Promoted: forage stores on fire, and the embrasures of the earthworks Cambridgeshire Militia—John Lever, Esq.; 8.A., to be ge • ' seriously injured ;: and although the enemy . Assistant-Sur eon, vice Joberns, promoted. from an earth work to the rear opened a sharp fire Upon our men, : Lieu-' • . Forfar' and K incardine 'Kincardine Regiment of Militia Artillery — tenant Campion completed this service in the most able . .Alexander Murray Officer,-M.D., to be Assistant S urgeon. • • Ist Somerset Regiment of Militia —Ensign Art h ur H e n ry and perfect manner, without the loss of one man. Nicholas Kemmis to be Lieutenant, Lieutenant - Campion reports that_ the fort was fully as formidable a one as it appeared from the ships ; the plat- Ralph Sadler, Gent., to; be Ensign, vice vice Clar k e, forms were laid .ready, .but the guns either had not vet . - B n re in eel nah • 13 'lB resigned ; Robert Cbaffey Orla eV, Gent., arrived or had. been withdrawn by the enemy. . Leaving Q 1 a . ~,,, .• - . • 'Ensign May Jenkins Freestun to be Lieutenant , ff-' tvoichei3Re_tyn...: the Swallow, Coritinander - Craufurd, to check any attempt sign, vice reestunitriirtoiTot Rekini—ent2...tosiin Henry of the enemy to- re- occupy : the fort and'extingthahtfie fire I - - until the destruction was complete, the rest of the squa dron on . . m H e o:ra n e c r n e: i E ic e Ed en to be to be Ensign je .iii i... .e n d . il ß e e r b h ..e ir t n proceeded to destroy great quantities of lOrage and some ( 2 , E ns i g n. - 2d Regiment —Ensign John 1r 1 i,,,' 1 most extensive fisheries, situated upon ` the Whits House !' Lieutenant Gent .;: ; Ensign . Bova:,Yar Wenham Cave .f ro w n — , Spit, and about the mouth of the River Berda. By .dark. sc l' ave . of to s se ou rr h Reg iment of otfalYtheom" Wary' C ' resigned; Charles the work-was done, and thirty fisheries; - numbers - Of heavy is all, Gent., to be Ensign. - t,o bo Lieutenant, vice Jackson, launches, and great store of salted fish, nets , and gear . , as - - -t ys ; Flintshire Militia — Adjutant Fred er i c k xstalias well as much forage, .had fallen into our hads in spite Militia — Ed promoed. _considerable numbers of Cossack horse. ' V a t i h ep t i h e e n ra ß n eg k -4 avairy—Chaa. Nothing could exceed the zeal and energy displayed .by 'Morris, Gent., to be Cornet. every and man threughOut the day ; and the s kilful ist Durham Regiment a Militia —H manner in wbich the various officers in command of b er ' ing, Gent., tote Ensign, vice Wells , el a James Field - First LieUtenant • ' Lielit ' ena t . William Majesty's vessels took up their positions in the me::: . _ Worcestershire : ., Regiment of - • _....: to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Ski rl . gar Lowe, Gent. rinder, Boxer, Cracker, * Vesuvius, Commander Sherard Osborn ; Curlew, C° ll .` Fifeshire Militia Artillery S 'Y''Protnoted, F. A. B. Haig' 10 , be - •— econd • n mantles- Rowley -Lambert ; SwalloW, 'Cointhande o r meted a 'nee George Alarms'', pro- ; Fancy, Lieutenant C. G. Grylls ; eir„, m _ ( t r .,.',„„ L d . .. • . . tenant P. Hamilton ; Boxer, Lieutenant .S. F. _lut-!" . *.' r- .Boats of Vesuvius and Swallow . . Cracker, Lieutenant. J. H. Marryatt ; Beagle I *Fancy, (4 • t J S. Hudson , • Pl. Burgoyne ; Jasper Lieutenan . Wraiikler, Ll . eutenan u : Jasper, Wrangler, Lieutenant W. N. Hewett. . WHITEHALL, AUG. 13. The Queen , has been pleased to appoint thellon.Williara Francis Cowper to be President of the . General Board of Health. belong to your attendance in Partainent. Her Majesty trusts that your powerful influ ence will b 3 exerted for the welfare and happiness of her people, the promotion of which is the object of her Mljesty's constant care, and the anxious desire of her heart. aOIISE OF COMMONS—(THIS DAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair at half-put one o'cloOk Sir AVGLIZTM- CLIFFORD appeared at the bar and summoned the house to the House of Lords to hear her Majesty's most gracious speech proroguing Parliament. The SPEAKER then_left the house, attended by several members. - . After an absence of about twenty minutes the SPEAKER returned, and, having read the speech to the house, left the chair. . - AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two O'CLOCK, The cotton market at Liverpool yesterday closed with heavy buying, and prices of American -and Surat were id. per lb. dearer than on Friday. The sales were estimated At 15,000 bales (2,000 of which were taken for export and 4,000 on speculation), comprising 500 Pernam and Maranham at 64d. to Bd., 200 Bahia at 61d , 400 Egyptian at Gd. to 74d., and 2,000 Surat at 3id. to 52d. per lb. The Rail way Share Market was steady; and prices a shade easier than on Saturday. The Overland letters, Calcutta dates to July 4, are expected to be in town to-morrow. The steamer Avon has arrived with the Bra zilian mail. Accounts from Japan state that the Russian Admiral, commanding the Diana, had attempted to make his escape in an American merchant ship, but two French men-of-war appeared off the Bay, and he had to re-embark. The letters of allotment for the French loan have bean delivered by Messrs. Baring's who have re turned 84 per cent. of the deposits. This will in crease the temporary supply of floating cash. The funds are firm. Consols are 91 to 1 for transfer and 91i to 4 for account. The other prices are-3 per Cent. Reduced 91i 4, New 3 per Cents. 92i /, Omnium Turkish Bonds are firm. The prices of foreign stocks are these :—Mexican 3 per Cent., 21/ ; Peruvian 4i per Cent., 81 to 82 ; ditto 3 per Cents., 59 to 60 ; Portuguese Four per Cents., 43 to 45 ; Russian Five per Cents., 100 to 102 ; ditto Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 89 to 91 ; Spanish New Deferred, 18/ -to 19 ; ditto 3 per Cents., 37 to 371 ; ditto Certificates, 41 to 41 ; ditto Passive, 4 to 4i ; Turkish 6 per Cent. Bonds, 931 The Railway Share Market has been quiet. The Great Westerns are steadier. Caledonian Eastern Counties Great Northern A. Shares ... 31 a, na i 22 4 If If Great Western Lancashire and Yorkshire London and Blackwall London and North-Wester n London and South-Western Midland Counties 69a tl North Staffordshire South-E•xstern and Dover York, Newcastle, and Berwick .... York and North Midlan,d Antwerp and Rotterdam 9l 10 Great Central of France 4/ 5 Luxembourg Constituted 3. 4 Luxembourg Bonds 3 / Northern of France Paris and Lyons 4BA 9 Paris and Strasbourg 3B/ 9 Crystal Palace 2a 1 Australian Agricultural Peel River Land 2/ i South Australian Land 36/ 7i United Mexican 3 i I BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE o'4 ( Fri:oaths Official List. ) _ Businesb done Bank Stock ...... 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities.,....... 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 9l. A 90i Nsw 3 per Cent. Annuities ... • ....... 921 Lone Annuities, Expire sth Jan.. I seo Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth April, 1883 16 15-16 India Stock India Bonds, 21000 Ditto, under 1.11000 29 31 Consols for Account, 6th September 9li Cxchequer Bills, 2/d I £lOOO. l9 2500 Small — I E tchequer Bonds 1858, 3i per Cent.... 10 I Ditto 1859, „ 1004 PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOOR Peruvian Bonds, 44 per Cent....„.......... 82 Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent. .. B6/ parish Bonds, 3 per Cent Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent. Tarkibh Bonds, 6 per cent 931 nividendq on the above (livable in London. Belgian Bonds, 2. per Cent. ex. 25 fr — Ditto 4i per Cent. Ex. 25 fr 94i Consols HALF-PAST TWO. 91 i LLOYD'S SHIPPING--(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Aug. 14.—Wind this day at noon, S.S.W.; light airs and cloudy. PORTSMOUTH, Aug. 18. Wind, N. to N.E.—Arrived— Tigris, from London, for the Crime a ; E g b er t, Shi e ld s , for iochefort, leaky. Sailed—Sutlej, for the Cape of Good Hope and Calcutta ; Governor, Corunna ; Great Britain (s. tpt. 187), Liverpool. Aug. COWES, l3. Wind, N.—Arrived—Bonanza, from Akyab ; Secret, Santos. DARTMOUTH, Aug. 13. Wind s , N.E.—Arrived—Vit tern, from London for Ceylon. PLYMOUTH, Aug. 13. Wind N.W.—Arrived—Canton, from MObile. Sailed—Roslin Castle, for Quebec. A derelict ship, with three vessels alongside, was passed on the 11th inst., 65 miles S.W. of this port. HULL, Aug. 13. Wind N.E.—Arrived--John Casely, from Quebec; St. George, Greenland. MONTE VIDEO, July 4.—The American ship Clarendon, from Cardiff for California, put in here, on the Ist July, leaky tiller upper works . ; will repair. ILFRACOMBE, Aug. 13. Wind, N.N.E. and fine.— A Newport pilot reports a screw-steamer on shore on the north end of Luudy Island, blowing off her steam and with boats alongside. QUEENSTOWN, Aug. 12. Wind N.N.W.—Arrived— Frithjof, from Mauritius. Off the port—Thomas, from Prince Edward's Island, and proceeded for Ardrossan. FALMOUTH, Aug. 13. Wind Variable.—Off—Duchess of Northumberland, from Akyab, and sailed for Antwerp. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning. 310NEY MARKET I Wind, W.N.W. Arrived—Citizen, from Bordeaux; Nordetern, Grim etadt. DEAL, Tuesday Morning. Wind, N.W. Arrived—Antelope (s.s.) from the westward. Arrived from the River and Sailed—Candace, for Val• paraiso ; Margaret Pollock, for Quebec. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) HAY MARKETS. SmrriirrELD.—Old meadow hay, 415 s to 6/ 108 ; new ditto, 4/10s to 5115 s ; old clover, 4/ 108 to 6/ 15s ; new ditto 4/ 5i to 51 154 ; and straw, 1/ 5s Od to 1/ 103 Od per load. Trade rather dull. CumunaLANn.—Old meadow hay, 4/ 83 to 6/ 10a ; new ditto, 4/ 5s to 5/ 15s ; old clove), 4/ 10s to 61104 ; and new ntto, 4/ Os to 5/ 15s; and straw, 1/ 6s to 1/ lls per load. A moderate supply and a steady demand. WHITEOHAPEL.—OId meadow hay, 4 1 8s to 6' 10s; new ditto, 4/ 5s to 5/ 15s; old clove , , 4/ 10s to 6/ 10s; new ditto, 4/ 5s to 61 Os; and straw, 11 5s to 1/ lOs per load. Trade dull, COLONIAL. TEA.—The trade have been occupied with the samples for the public sales, which are now in progress. SUGAR.—The market is firm. A cargo of Havannah, No. 4 and 11 sold at 23s BLI for the United Kingdom, being full prices. There were landed at the East and West India docks last week 2,284 hhd4 274 tres 810 brie ; there were taken for home use 1,566 hhds 141 trcs 330 brie ; and the stock is 9,800 hhds 915 trcs 2,540 brie. COFFEE. —The market is quiet. RICE.—The demand continues active. SALTPETRE.—Refraction 6i per cent. brought 335, and 2i per cent. 35s 6d per cwt. Rum.—There were landed at the above docks last week 604 puns 23 hhds. There were taken for home use 220 puns 8 hhds. and exported 689 puns 214 hhds. The stock is 10,551 puns 760 hhds. TALLOW.—On Saturday the tallow market was firm, and higher prices were demanded, but buyers not being pre pared to pay an advance, very little business was done. Yesterday the market opened—buyers at 555, and sellers at 55s 3d, for all this month. The demand, how ever, on the spot, was large, and holders, encouraged by the large delivery of last week, would not sell excepting at an advance of 3d. to 6d. per cwt., to which the trade submitted in the.course of the day, and we leave off, Y.C. new, on the spot, 55s 6d ; old, 54i 93 ; all this month, 55s 3d to 55s 6d; October to December, 565, buyers;. December, 56s 6d;buyers. We quote cocoa nut oil, Cochin, 43 s 6d ; C ey l on, 42 s 6d ; palm oil, 42s fid ; linseed oil; 42s 6d. Australian sheep, none ; beef, 53s to 555. South American, 56s ; inferior, 54s 6d; tallow oil, 37a 6d; tallow, Elvin°, 51s 6d; town tallow, nett cash, 545. THE IMPERATRICE STEAMER.—The screw steamer Imperatice, the successful raising of which we have al ready re ported, was towed into Ra rnsgate harbour yes terday; her hull is very tittle damaged, except by the collision. CIIARTERHOUSE. -- TA LB OT SCHOLARSHIP. —.This echo. larship, founded as a memorial to the late Hon. J. C. 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Sh all Do. Cucster Bp. c.P.S all Do. do. 5 p. c. do 100 Do. Birm. Gus. Stk all Do. Ches. Qua. Sh i all Do. do. do all Do. do. do 6 Lan. &York. F. £2l 100 Do. 6p. c. Stock 100 Lon.&Brigh. G. 5 p.c 100 Do. Pref., sp.c. St 100 Do. `New Guar.6 p. 0 100 Do. do. 5 per cent.. 100 Lon. &N. W., Coy. di Nuneaton 5 p. et.. 5 Lon. &S. W. Con.3dt• 411 Lowly. & Color. Sh. all Lonely. & Ennis. 6 St., 111 Sher., & Now, £lO 44 Do. £6 all Marypt.& Carl. 4 p o all Do. 4i per cent 10?.. Do WO Mid. Consol.6 p.c St [OO I Do. Consol. Bristol I Birm. 6 per cent. St. 100 Do. 4i p. c. Pref. St 161 11 Do. Pref. 4A per cen 5 all Do. 5/. Pr , f.. 4p. C.. St. 100 Ditto Leicester and Hitchen Pr, f. St. 10 iNOrfolk Debenture's 100 iDo.Pref. 4p. e. Sto, It. 100 ;Do.' sp. a. Est ' ' ;t. LOO 54 per et.pref 100 Do. Way. Val. sp. c It. .00 'North British t. 100 N. E. Berw, 4 p.c P .7 5 I Do. do. do 13 Do Leeds 6 p.c 9 D. do. Quarters 4 , 10 Do. York FL&ti. Pnr all North Staffordshire 100 Oxford, Worcester, ' Wolverh.£ls.6p e 7 Do R. Prof. 10/. Sh. all Scot. Cent., New Pre all South Devon 1i Do. tlxed,4i per cen' all 'S. Eastern (Readier' Ann.) of £:1 Os. 6d. 'lOO iDo. 4i per cent,.... all IS Wales Gua. 4p. 0. all IDo. do. 4i p. all S.Yorksh.4p,c.Guar. all Stock .8: Dar., sp. e. 15 Do. do. do all Stock. & fiartl. g. p, c. till July 1, 'SC 4 INV Aerfd. Kilk. 6p c PREFERENCE SHARES. 92 94 99 -- ik ,•• ''''' N• 3 - 4 6. - 6i 1 - 1 - lfi 136 - 14 60 - 62 15 - i2l 111 - 113 105 , - 107 II ti 6 -- 6i 96 -- 98 85 -- 87 87 -- 83 110 —ll 17 -- 176 10 - 10 74 -- 76 19i -- 206 9i -- 104 14i -- 156 Rd t 36 138 ••• SOO 21 - 3f 13} 6 - •• 1 36 138 97 9 Ad par. 4 4i ... 1 - 01 - 106 45 - 97 3i - 41 —~a 105 - 107 - 1 , 0 id - par 23i —24 i 101 .103 16 -: lir ••• a.... .4 2 -24 p ••• ..• 3 - 2(1 51180ELLANEOUi3. 17. Australian Agricult. all Aushsln. Royal Mail 7 Berlin Water Works 40 Brit. American Land 1 Brit. & Coln. Smeltg. and Reduction Co. 12A Canada 100 Canada Gov. 6p. et Jan. and July all Crystal Palace 5 Do. Pmforencp all Crystal Pal. of France D Liston Iron Ore 11 Eastern Steam 23 Electric Telegraph all Electric Teleg. of Ir 14 Gen. Steam Navigat all General Screw Steam 10 Irish Beetroot Suga' 10 Magdalena St. Navig all Mediteran. Elec. Tel. 9 Maxi cau&S,Americia. 2/. Do. New ............. all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel 5 Netherlands Land 1 N. S. W. Coal &Inter Steam Navigat. Co all N. B. Australasian._ 15 Nrth. of EuropeStaam all Oriental Gas all Peel Rr. Ld. & Minrl. all Peninsular & Oriental 10 Do. New all Portland Iron Co 60 Royal Mail Steam all Scot. Austral. Invest Ditto New all South Austral. Lani all Submar. Tel. Scrip all Do. Registered 5 Trust &L. Co.U. Can .A.• Van Diemen's Land, 29 - 30 2 lid . 63 62 133 : ]36 114 115 2 - 2i 51- 54 iii = ii. 4 opt ••• ..... ... 1 1 --It • ...... ... i....• 1 ••• - 2 i h - 2t 68 - 70 ii - i* 37 -. 38 - 1 - 1 1 • - . i i 99 -- 101 102 - 104 i 5- L 7 ... ' ''''" . 28 - 30 .g = • 13 23 - 24 -111 21-2 94 - 96 , - 58 -- 60 .•a "7" ••• 134 - 136 8} - 2i. Rli -32 i 93 - 94 .•• ... •• 5i 6i 5 6 2i 3 34 44 27 29 P 59 11 61 32 35 2d par 19 20 2 .r• 1 5 i — 17 2 24 8 3 3 p 11 1 ••• ••• 13 14, 19 a 1 5 6 5 5i 2, 3 25 St, 20 St, 10 St. 15 18 21 L 0 5 20 18 204 100 20 20 16- 20 100 100 100 20 20 50 50 100 100 20 50 20 25 •• ...r . • •• •6 .ta 5 - 20a j 21a 3 M. 4 20 - 22 5 7 3. .2d ••• ••• - 9i 101 2s 2 11 1i -- 2 par p 38/-39 121 —l3k 24k 24/ 2 71 —61 d 161 —17 i 64 66 91 —95 i 41 5 , 5i 51 r iP In 3i - 34 3 - 3i 23/ -23 i 100 - 102 112 - 115 114 - 116 1071 108 23k - 24 114 - 116 di. 7 = 8 ; 19i -- 2 2 p 0 p 7 9 2 .- 3 6 51 idf i7i 121 12/ 8 - 9 49 - 490 19 -- 51 50 -- 52 27 pro 29 19 i --20} 1 1 -- 1 1 4 -- 10 1t -24 p pm ••• ..• 4 7 4i ••• a 12 —; 13 p 18 f6i BANKS 93 -- 95 66 - d par -- 10 s P 17 i - 17 191 -- 20 d 37 __ 381 • N .00. 33. - 34 42 - 51 - ••• m•• ••• - 72 - .. i-it 11i I 25 89 674 7 1271 1031 5t4 51 61 81 I 20 4 35 97 3 8 I 1 40 87 5 St. 25 20 691 1 4j 1 St. 20 St. 15 20 St. di. st. - St. 10 St. '4O 50 23i / 6 12 12. 12. St. St. 191 25 25 1,2 J 1( 50 5 t7i 50 50 2 100 39i 40 726 712 t. 20 4i 27i 83i 94 Pm Pm ea div 1071 181 i E , ! ..=...ccrele?.mhire Rcyaill:egiment cf li:l:jails—Rai 'sat Mae% farlane, Gent., to be Ensign. I Ist Regiment of King's Own StafiVrdsbirp I tilitiap--• I ,Thimd3ates Al-rston, Gent., to be Ensign. _Hampshire YeomaaryCs v aliy -- . - Lietttenant Hens Lau ' boy Hunter to be Captain, vice flawley,yesigned ; i "erne& Georg e SClater to be Lieutenant; vice Hiinter, prom 0 tod ; ebi•gei . At thui jervoi§p Scott,_ 'Gent, to be Cornet, . rico I Sehttei',l promoted: "['Ties ArtiEeTs_sa3titlited -for that which appeared in .the 0 , 4,e0te-of the 3d inst.] •_ . -,‘ - 2tl eotiiwall Ritiea—;-Edwatd: Sis: Aubyn, jun., Gal t., to be Eneeola ' ' ADMIRALTY, AUG. 11 NAVAL PRIZE MONEY. Notice is hereby given to the oillcerzand crew of b or Msjesty'sship Tribune; and to ail other persons interests di therein, that rin the advert t: published in th :41 1 / l ildji fif!zzitft.e:pf th e -2 0th: and 24th 'July, 1855 giving :notice-4 pveparations making for the into 4ded distribution Of certain Russian'" Vessels, five in number, captured by her Majesty's ship, Tribnue;"one of such vessels the --"-Petrirp - a - er v.l( wrongly described as having bPen captured on the 13t1, insteadof the 12th April, 1854, ivhich.last•mecationed is the *cbireot! date of capture. BANKR,I7pTs. carp en t ers , Upp e r Hayne, W E hi e t n e j c a r m os i s a -s H tr a e :Y ert a o nd su C r h r a en rl d e e s r, -ug. 24, at half-past twelve, and Sept. 29, at half-past one,-at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, .13„g ag h,,,8. street ; Digby, Circus-place, Finsbury-circus; Baylis, Redcross-street. Arthur Cooling and Henry Marcham, soap makers, Lon. don-wall, Aug. 114 and Sept. 29, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. C. 'imam, official 'assignee, Aldermanbury ; Philpot, Gracech urch-street: Richard Gooda(kre, grocer, Nottingham, Sept. 4 and 25, at ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Harris, official assignee, Nottingham ; Clarke, Nottingham. Charles Merit Riigg, apothecary, Upper Stamford-street; Blackfriars, Aug. 24, at h a lf-p as t o ne, and Sept. 29, a t half-past twelve, at Go - Coiiit of Bankruptcy. - Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street; Hopgood, King ham -street, Strand_ John Augustus Neel, wine and spirit merchant, South Shields, - Ang. 24, and Oct. 5, at twelve, at - the Newcastle upon-Tyne District. Court. .Baker, official assignee, New castle-upon-Tyne ; "stsorr, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Shield and Harwood, Cleinexetia-lane, City. - John Grover, envelope maker and stationer, Strand, Aug. 23 and Sept. 25, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall• street; Beathfield, John Rushton, plasterer, Carlisle, Cumberland, August 28, and Octob e r 2, a t eleven at the New cas tl e - u pon-Tyne District Court. Baker, OEIII4 assignee, Newcastle-upon. Tyne ; Bendle and Son, Carlisle, Grey, Armstrong, and Monnsey, Staple-inn; London; Hoyle, Newcastle-upon- Tyne. William Hackett; gas and water engineer,' Oxford, Aug. 25, at eleven, and Sept. 29, at two, at th e C ourt of Bank rnptey. Cannan, o ffi cial assignee, Aldermanbnry; Parker, Rooke, and Co., Bedford-row. John Field, draper, Burnham, Westgate, Norfolk, Aug. 25, at half-past•one, and Sept. 27, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee,- Dasingliall street; Sole, Turner, and Turner, Aldermanbury. William Charles Goode, warehouseman, High-street, Borough, Aug. 31; at twelve, and Sept. 27, at eleven, at the Court of Bankrupt c y. C annan , o ffi c i a l assignee, Al dermanbury ; Linklater and Hackwood. Sise-lane. Charles Horanell, ironmonger, Chelmsford, Aug. Tit, at two, and Sept. 28, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basingh,lll - ; Goddard and Eyre, Wood-street. Louis Ahborn, toy dealer, Liverpool, Aug. 27, and Sept. 27, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Morgan,. official assignee,. Liverpool ; Neal and Martin, Liverpool. Wm. Backhouse, timber dealer, Latham, Lan cas t er , Aug. 27, and S e pt. 27 , a t e l even, at the Liverpool District Court. Morgan, official assignee, Liverpool ; Harvey, Falcon , and Harvey, Liverpool. Charles Phillips, potter, Weston-super-Mara, Aug. 28 and Sept. 25, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Miller, official assignee, Bristol; Bevan and Girline, Bristol. William Fear and Williem,Fcar the younger, sawyers - and engineeri Bristol, Aug., 28 and Sept. 25,. a t• e l even, at the Bristol District Court. Acraman, official assignee, - Bristol; Wells, St. Swithin's-lane ; AbboV , and Lucas, Bristol.' 'William Fairey, provision merchant, Bedfotd, Ang. 31, at two, and Oct. 2, at tweive, at the Court orßankruptcy. Nicholson, official assignee, Basiiighall-street ; Sole, Tur- . ner, and Turner, Aldermanbnry; Herby, Leicester. Joseph Spencer, ironfounder, BilsOn, Aug. 25, and Sept. 22,14 eleven. at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birminghain ; De akin and , Dent, Wolverhampton ; James, Birmingham. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION. John liilgOur, baker, A.uchtertool, Fifeshire. COIIIISA OF EXCHANGE. Tats DAY. 1 4.insterdam .. .. .. .. • . 11 16 % Gibraltar .. . .. Ditto, three months .. -i1 18 a rat:gbOrn •.•••• . • a •• • • Rotterdam ........•• .. 11 la 4 Genoa •.... . .. •..... •• 20 .' Al Antwerp .......• ...... 25 ,5 Milan ...... •• .. -... •• I Brussels .... •• ..••• ~.. 25 35 Venice.— liamburgh ...........; 13 8 Naples ...• ..., „,......• 44% Altona ............... Palermo • .1... 132% Paris .........-.•• • • .... 25 10 1 Messina ... ... 132 K Ditto, three months —25 37% Lisbon ...... ...... —•• 53 Marseilles .... Bourdeaux ............ Rio Janeiro ..... .•• .... Frankfort-on slaine .... 118% Buenoi Ayres.... • • .... Berlin ................ --- New York, 60 days' sight Vienna.......... •• .... 11 47 Philadelphia ... Trieste .......... •..... 1 l 49 PRICES OF RVLLICN, PER oz. Petersburg ............ 35% Foreign Gold' fn Bars £3 17 9 Madrid .........., ~.. 50 Porttigal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 Cadiz .........• ..... ~, 50% Mexican Dollars .... 0 5 0 % Barcelona .....• ...... New Dollars ...... 0 0 0 Seville.. ••.. .. ...... ... Sliver in bars ...... 0 5 1% ADVENTURE WITH GREEK BRIGANDS. The following letter is from an Irish officer in the navy to his relatives in Dublin, dated Athens, August' 1 :—" Since my last letter, in which I gave you an ac-, count of our cruise among the islands looking for pirate'', we have been left quiet for some time; but this state of affairs did not last king, for there has been a great deal of excitement caused by an adventures in which some of our fellows were the principal heroes. On Sunday last two pic-nic parties left Athens for the day, going to the mountains around Pentilicus, one of which was Greek, and the other an entertainment given at our camp at Pentilicus by the French Secretary of Legation to 17 or 18 gentlemen. Two 'of our officers rode out to the camp, which is situated in a very cool, pleasant place, and' the day having passed over, they were re turning slowly down a hill, between' 9 and 10 o'clock id the evening, within two miles of Athens, when they saw two carriages at a standstill, which they sup posed were the parties of pleasure stopping for a while. At the moment that the officers were pau iug, out jumped three fellows with muskets, who, pointing them close to their beads, seized the bridles of their horses and demanded money in Greek. Being completely done for on all sides, and not having the revolvers they usually carry along with, them on these 'country excursions, they were obliged to yield and deliver up their purses. While handing theth out they were led towards a valley, where they saw a set of ladies and children crying, with some disconsolate men, who had just given up their watches and money to the robbers. In taking the money from one of the officers, the brigands let go the bridle of the horse, which the other seeing, he cried out to his friend, 'Now is your time ;' with that he gave the rascal a blow between his eyes, which sent him, gun and all, flat on his back, and then they spurred their horses, darting forward about six yards, when two shots w ere fi re d at t h em, one of which stiuck the horse in the heart, killing him on the spot, and throwing the rider on the road headlong. The other half went through coat above the grazing the skin, and passing afterwards by his friend's head. - Up again he got to mount the other horse, when another Shut was fired, and the horse fell groaning on the ground, very nearly catching the rider under the saddle. No sooner down than up again, and seeing no one closer than 1,200 yar le, the officers ran for it, as hard as they could, making a guess that the muskets ,could not be so quickly reloaded, and that the brigands wouldhave enough to do to mind their prisoners. Lucki• ly, the officers got clear and reached Athens uncaplvde having lost their caps in the scrimmage. They then went straight to the police-office, but they seemed so slow, sending about to different people, that they thought it better to complain to the ambassador, who sent so special messenger down to make the Greek autboritil energetic, as it was thought the French Secretar y '* party were still in durance vile. Even !la, the . authorities seemed afraid, and sent back to . tl! Nv b a s a e r a , d a o n r d , tot late—the ere ev en g w o h t o lO th O en sol w d e ie e r t s, h b im ut se t lf oo escaped. If the people can be believed, none were were9o known to be about the place. The brig ih ri e d Minister e er o s f would have cut their throats if they mad at the escape of the two officers tha t had ea thought the whole for attempting to make off, as they hen the information garrison would be out on them w hen yugshatidthtehmey, of the detained was the Secretary and ns i o d u e r red a l u , n a i : te s t a: . and, and make the a souvenir, ali Governmental reached—therefore th 6y k kept pt a s t they set all t ., w p h prisoners of o pf n al" : r se s el free. d One whose robbers for a tailor, h h e have some energy rapidity. I Greek police o f reports are flying,mostly meantime all kinds d h o o r no w ur il s i . lek T e he thie Fre h n e c aines a e d m in ira h l The brigand s are 16 in number, and if on . the _whole„ aaaa. could be caught a nd the fi rst three shot the rest •would They were lying in wait f dis P erse. which they had or the captain'. pity also (of . notice), but, not returning Berated, bat it desperate to Athens until 3 o clock in the morning; they escaped) and got home safe. Our officers will always in faturn carry their revolvers with them, so that both French and English will not surrender again in a _Dublin Freeman's Journal. - u p z. o of K u d e y t ness the SOUTHAM Duke of Ca b• • a 4 d -u g. 13. RoyalH. e r R Highness yal High.the n his nage arrived at the' docks . to-day front 08 borne o Cris Pin n board th e R oya l yac ht F a iry, Captain , and proceeded per South-Western Railway in the ` R' 6Yal:tarriigtis to , London at 3 o'clock. .Viiicount Qod nge t Comma n d er -i n -Chi e f, left in_ - the Fairy- lor ._itie on a visit to her Majesty and Prince Albert. Tug FRENCH LOAN: -Messrs. Baring and Co. issued Yesterday. their circular lettersof allotment of the French loan. The last price of the scrip wag 21 to .1 premium. PORT or Lora:corr.—ln the general business of thief port during the past week there has been considerable activity, and among other heavy cargoes three of tea hate been reported. The total of ships entered inwards . Wie 240 ; being 10 - more than in the previous week. The number cleared outward was 144, showing an increase of 26. Out of theen44 - kvere in ballast—an unusually large quantity—the proportion of foreign and British io clearing being..ls of the former and 29 of the latter. CROWN LANDS (SCOTLAND).—It appears that the gro amount realised from sales of Crown lands in Scotland amounted in 1846 to 6,540/. ; in 1848 to 3,4161.; ss 1853 to 12,04 C/. ; and in 1854 to 2,9651. The gr?'if! amount realised from the rents on pr 2 oduce thereof d; r l. to the 10 years front 1845 to 1854 ; varied from • a 3,1911. per annum.