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Since tha Meeting held on the Ist of August, FORTY-SIX DEBT4IIR:;, O Whom 42 had w i ves an d 113 c hild ren , h ave be en dis c t a r ge d fr om the Prisons of E ngland and Wales ; the expense of whose liberation, including every charge connected with the Society, was 4201. 2s. Gd. ; and the following BENEFACTION RECEIVED SINCE THE LAST REPORT. Lieut.-General Sir Wm. Tuyll, per Messrs. Coutts and Co £lO 0 0 Ben efactions are received by Benjamin Bond Cabbell, Esq., the Treasurer,Bank ers;—Messrs No. 1, Brick-court, Temple ; rlso by the following B nkers: —Messrs. Cocks, Drummond:, llerries, Mares, Veres ; and by th e S ecretary, No, 7, Craven-street, Strand, where the Book B may be seen by those who are inclined to support the Charity, and Where the Society meet on the first Wednesday in every month. JOSEPH LUNN, Secretary. 7 near Hotel, 19, at LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER, 8, 1855. , Oct. N o . 190662.] T, Oct. [PRICE 4D• STAMPED SD, r, Oct. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY._ Two Days at BATH and BRI:;TOT.,.—An EXCURSION TRAIN will leave Paddington on SAI URDAY, October 13th, at 6.30 p.m., returning on Monday, October 15th, from Bristol at 6.30, and Bath at 7 p.m. Fares—Bristol, lOs and 65., and Bath, 9s. and ss. Children, under twelve, half-price. Tickets not transferable, and only available for the trains specified. PUBLICATIONS. LETTERS FROM THE CRIMEA. have now been brought tip from the batteries, and are placed in convenient positions near to the termini of the railroad for conveyance to Balaklava. Many of the heavy guns and mortars have been also brought away, and to all appearance the numerous batteries of our two attacks will in a few days be completely dismantled. Sept. 25.—A constant fire was kept up throughout the night from the advanced batteries near the roadstead. NEW NOVEL EY THE AUTHOR OF "LIONEL DEERIIITIIST.' T Now ready at all the Lib r a r i es , i n 3 volsvole., HE PRIEST'S NIECE. Ey the Author of " Lionel Deerhurst." Hurst aral Illackett, Pu blishers, successors to Deng Colburn, 13, Great Marlborough -street. 3rs to eat for r, the withal' Indian . The g very , sed of T HE EDINBURGH REVIEW, No. will be published on Saturday next. _ _ _ • A RGYLL ROOMS.—LAURENT'S CASINO NOW OPEN for the winter season. The following e will be perform e d by hi s cel e brated Band during the will : Ma rc h aux Fl am b eaux. W a lt zes —The Lily of Valley (D'Albert), Zephir Lufte (Gung'l), Fenella (Tinney), Ethel . N ewcome (Laurent), La Sultans (Bosisio). Quadrilles— .e .. t t i 0 du Pastel (Lamotte), Les Hugenots (Laurent), Palermo (WA% I)ert) Bride of Lammermoor (Finney), II Trovato.c ( Cutton). be Ikas—Des Hulands (Lamotte), Italic (Gaviolo), The Lillian (D'Al ' ne rt)l Des Coucous (Bousquet), The Zouaves (Laurent). Galops— mberial Guards (Laurent), The Heels. (Streathcr). Schottische -La Guirlande de Ficus (Bosquet), La Varsoviana (Laurent). Prin cipal Cornet a Piston, M. Boulcours.—Doors open at 8. Admission One Shilling. R , OYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. THIS EVENING, and every evening during tho We ek, the GRAND ELEUSINIAN SPECTACLE of MAGIC and MYSTERY, by Professor ANDERSON, the Great Wizard of the North, in 12 acts, with ever-changing variety of incidents, continuous surprises, novel and extraordinary effects. Magic and Mystery is an entirely new entertainment, pos neesing distinctive characteristics and peculiar phases of Amusement. It is not a monologue, for the audience them selves perform their parts with the principal actor, some of them on the stage and others in front ; it is not an exhibition, for though everything becomes metamorphosed before the eves of the visitors no one can be positive that he sees any One thing; but it is a comedy really performed by the com pany; a melodrama replete with startly positions and unex- Posted denouements a magnificent spectacle, with 2,000 of the Public every night to appear as auxiliaries ; and an ex travaganza, in which all that seems to be is entirely beyond the bounds of probability. Professois Anderson returns his thanks to thronged and fashionable audiences which have nightly filled the Lyceum Theatre to overflow, and by means of whose generous aid he has bolas seamed to announce Magic and Mystery for con tln repetition. ---- Eurzen4,44 , -tasiFittrtfThltfiZr6irhiii /Or Las at any time or in any place been honoured with an amount of success so extensive, so decided, and so unusual. He would attribute that success to three causes; first, that in his present entertainment he has placed before his visitors the results of a life sedulously devoted to the attainment of perfected skill in one• peculiar art, and to perfect which he has travelled the globe in every clime ; secondly, that he has spared no trouble nor'expense to put this entertainment on the stage in the most elaborate manner, by the employment of the first mechanicians and artists of the day ; and thirdly, that, while endeavouring to provide amusement for those Alio honour him with their presence, he has not forgotten that it is possible to afford information also, and that the oppor tunity should not be neglected of exposing conjuring where ever it has been used for nefarious purposes, or wheneverby resorting to the conjuror's arts, in an illegitimate manner, the designing have succeeded in making dupes of the credulous. The 937 letters on the subject of spirit-rapping, which Pro fessor Anderson has received, from the time of opening the theatre up to the present date, bear witness to the great in terest taken on the subject of this singular delusion ; whilst many of them bear melancholy evidence to the dangers which attend a belief in the superstitious nonsense of the " Spiri tualists." Judging simply by the correspondence which ha s resulted, Professor Anderson's exposé of spirit-rapping and his illustration of the so-called table phenomena, have pro duced a sensation unequalled by any previous attempt to ex- Pose a mischievous and impudent juggle. It is impossible for Professor Anderson to reply at length to a tithe of the co mmunications which reach him on the subject. He regrets that many of these should come from ladies and gentlemen who, from their position in society and their well-known in tellectual attainments, he would least have expected to have been converts to a belief so preposterous in itself, and so e asily susceptible of being controverted and disproved. Every evening, fro m th e Lyceum stage, Mr. Anderson's opinions on pirit-r apping are expr esse d, an d every evening, within the L yceum, how tables can be made to rap is exhibited and elucidated. It is respectfully requested that this public exposition will he accepted generally as Professor Anderson's only mode of replying at full length to his Multitudinous correspondents. lie regrets that the n ames of th e great and learned of the land should have been made to figure in the documents emanating from the spirit-rappers, as for instance tho following, ex tracted from the Morning Advertiser of Thursday, Septem ber 20, and t a k en b y that journal from the New York, Spiri tual Telegraph. It purports to emanate from an American spirit-rapper, Mr. D. D. Hume :—" Sir David Brewster frankly confesses that he is sorely puzzled'. at what he has witnessed and Lord Brougham acknowledges himself to be thoroughly nonplussed. Both of these noted men brought the whole force of their keen discernment to bear upon the solution of the phenomena; but the presence of substantial, actual hands, and the demonstrative strength of the spirits who thus clothed themselves for the time, and moved mate rial objects about the room, proved to be too much of a ques tion for them to master." Mr. D. D. Hume, the author of the above, has recently left England, and the following account of Who, and what he is, occurs in the Family Herald, No. 648: This young man, who is a Scotehman by birth, and now in Italy, is a remarkable medium for all the manifestations w ithout apparatiss. Barnum, who is well-k nown th roug h ou t the Anglo-Saxon world as a splendid humbug, offered him 2,000 York, per anum if ha would perform at his in New ' Barnnum then took it for granted that museum mediums could be brought. He was somewhat astonished when his offer was refused. Hume, 'on telling the fact in London lately, simply and honestly remarked, that the money would have been very acceptable to him, for he was poor, young (under 20), an or is)f an d in very bad health : but he would have been afraid losing his power as a medium, and he would sooner lose Hes life. The refusal, however, male Barnum thoughtful. inquired into the subject; and now Barnum, one of the greatest humbugs in the world, and withal a conjuror, is onienlof the firmest believers in spiritualism." It is cer ta y surprising to find such a paragraph as this in the editorial article of an established journal, the editor of whom 1 . '4 ' 8.14 be supposed to be sane. Even if Barnum does believe 111 this spirit- rapping-- does spirit-rapping gain or lose by accession to its adherents ? and, with Barnum's endorse ment to it, is this bill, drawn on public credulity, more likely but be negotiated ? Pr o f essor Anderson would believe not ; _when lie finds th a t e d ucated clergymen of the Church of t-England have the temerity to subscribe their names to so gross seswindle, when h e fi n d s that the incumbent of Wortley (the °- N. J. Godfrey) positively asserts his belief in it, and writes a b oo k on the subject, he considers it t • be time for itt io i s r ning effected, to st a t e that which he knows of the mechanism by which 1 and the mis c hi e f to which it tends. In the 3 Advertiser of October 3 appears a letter from Sir David Brewster, relative to that which he saw at Cox's Hotel, Which the Wizard of the North proclaims every night—that spirit-rapping is nothing more than conjuring applied to bad purposes. In the Morning Advertiser of the following day however, there is an answer to Sir David's letter from one Who was present when he and Lord Brougham had their aance with the spirits, in which the writer says, that " the table (a large dinner-table, I believe) moved about in the most extraordinary manner, and, among other things, a large ac cordion was conveyed by an invisible agency to my hand and then to Lord Brougham's, in which, held by his lordship's light hand, apart from any person, it played an air.through out." With such a statement, printed for the edification of the people of the 19th century, with the facts before us that the most talented men of the day are permitting themselves to be deluded by these juggling spirit-mongers —that the greatest novelist of the age is now engaged in making it the subject of a new work, and that a " spiritual convention" has actually been advertised to be held in St. Martin's-hall, Professor Anderson trusts that his exposures of the spiritual ists of America, as given by him nightly at the Lyceum, will tbe received by the people of England as genuine honest at empts to provide an antidote for the bane of the spiritual jugglers. -- ---. In the course of the last five weeks 100,017 persons have visited' the Lyceum Theatre,—a larger number, it is believed, than bias ever before been assembled within its walls in so a bort a period. Magic and My s t ery i s repeated every even itig, the programme being conti nua ll y c h anged. Grand fashionable Day Performance, or Saturday, October 13, at 2 o'clock ; the programme being thus arranged ; Part 1 ,—Act. 1. The Mesmeric Couch : or, the Clinical Capabilities of the Atmosphere : in which the Wizard will do by magic that which some suppose to be effected by mesmer ism, and illustrate the possibility of sleeping unsupported in the air. Act 2. Th e A qua-Avial Paradox ; exemplifying the power of producing animated nature from fire and water only, and t he Possibility o f el i citing from the simplest elements the most complex forms of ornithological existence. Act 3. Le Livre des Recueils - Choisies : or Puck's Own Pock e t Book, with Puck himself within it. Typifying the evening's entertainment in the , production of the very volu minous from a small volume, in the extraction of magnitude out of minuteness, in developing bulk where no space appears for its existence in discovering odd things in odd places, and In bringing forth unexpected wonders from the most unlikely Place for to be found. Act 4. Magical Locomotion ; or, Transition without Trou ble. In which will be comprised—the Advent of a Wed- ding Ring, th e Peregrinations of a B an k Note, ures the Transfor mation—black into white, and the Discovery of every Article in the position which would seem the most inappropriate. Act 5. L'Ecrin de Verre; or, the Casket of Crcesus. Into Which, though made entirely of glass Perfectly transparent, and suspended so as to be visible to the eyes of all present, the Wizard will cause the money of his visitors to transport itself, and rain into the casket, though its lid be closed, locked, and the key in the possession of the audience. Act -6. Clairvoyance Extraordinary ; or, the Transparency of Opacity. Act. 7. A New Bottle of Bacchus ; or, the Novel Wi ne and Spirit Store. An improvement upon the " inexhaustibl e bottle," inasmuch as the Wizard's bottle will not only be in exhaustible but will change its contents, ad infinitum, at the butter-milk, Nv . r .,°rd -of command, producing soda-water, whisky, E psom salts, Port, Sherry, brandy, gm, rum,id finally 11 2eac, or any other wine or spirit required; ProN in - Mild gto be filled with pocket handkerchiefs perfectly dry, occupying the whole space when tightly packed. Act 8. Half an Hour with the Spirits ; or, an Expose of B Pirit-rappi ng. Introducing the spirit-rapping tableand tocsin of the invisibles. Act. 9. Gr an d M yst i c Amalgam, in which the pr o perty o f the Wizard's patrons will undergo some strange metamor- Pu° ses, and, amongst others, their handkerchiefs become ! rans formed into the flags of victory—the banners of En land, France Turkey, and Sardinia. Act. 10. T he Enchanted Chair of Comus, in which he who , s .FatB himself w ill b e under the magic spell, and appear to .!'lle aud ience, under c i rcumstances least expected, in a posi -won as Peculiar as perplexing. _Ac t:11. The Mystery of the Charmed Chest N ucleus of the Night's Wonders. To comprehend which the audience will have the goodness to observe, in an earlier part ?f the evening, the chest suspended (like Mahommed's boffin) In mid-air, into which all thing ill travel, and out of which all will produced. 8 W , o tt. 12. Th e Homological Evaporation ; or, the Shortest cute to the A n ti podes. Illustrating the easiest mode of ?rl_dding ourselves of a troub lesome friend, and the ad van t ages rut t he newly-discovered dia-te to the ea s t ern h emisphere. r restrial passage from the west. 6 Doo rs I ,_ . a open each evening at half-past 7 ; commence at 8. :::`,rir te boxes, 1/. lls. 6d. and 1/. Is., to be obtained at the I(44°' or at the principal libraries ; stalls, 4s. ; dress t__ e, 38 .1 - upper - boxes', 2s. ; pit, ls. ; galleiy, 6d: The cev..-.oirefice is open daily, from 11 till 5, under the direction f '' A l • Chatterton, jun. Grand fashionable Morning Per . or la h,,, ll ee °ll Saturday, Oeqober 1; at 2 o'clock, Doors open half-past 1. IT, but is per effect y slow d shel- L 9s Od do., Os L to Os to 55i calves rearing bid to ; slips, per lb. Bar s Od to ; ditto Cs 8d; to 9d ; s Od to 2s 41 11s d cash, e have entire e more have in ani- Ft. 0. ..22 6 ..22 3 ..21 9 .23 0 ~21 6 „21 6 ..21 6 .22, 3 ..22 6 ..22 0 ..22 0 ..21 3 ..22 0 ..21 3 ..22 6 ..18 9 ..23 0 ..19 0 ..26 0 30 10 25 75 &oz. 17 9 O 0 5 og O o 5 134 st-ollos Cr: - MU uo 1:11and mun Dertsia . 6 :17 .15 . ID :ort4lo Thd at. dalti A.D. 1720: R OYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE CORPORATION, (Established by Charter of his Majesty George the First), For SEA, FIRE, LIFE, and ANNUITIES. OFFICES—ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON. BRANCH OFFICE-29, PALL-MALL. Octavius Wigram, Esq., Governor. George Pearkes Barclay, Esq., Sub-Onvernor. Sir John William Lubbock, Bart., Deputy-Governor. DIRECTORS. Henry Bainbridge, Esq. Charles John Manning, Esq. Edmond S. P. Calvert, Esq. Hon. John T. Leslie Melville. Tohn Garrett Cattley, Esq. Henry Nelson, Esq. tlexander Colvin, Esq. Edward Howley Palmer, Esq. Edward Maxwell Daniel, Esq. Sir John Henry Pelly, Bart. William Davidson, Esq. Alexander P. Prevost, Esq. Alexander Druce. Esq. Abraham George Roberts, Esq. Riverdale Wm. Grenfell, Esq. Charles Robinson, Esq. Robert Amadeus Heath, Esq. William Soltau, Esq. William Tetlow Hibbert, Esq. • Thomas Tooke, Esq. James Stewart Hodgson, Esq. William Wallace, Esq. Lancelot Holland, Esq. Charles Baring Young, Esq. MEDICAL REFEREE--Samuel Solly, Esq., F.R.S. Notice.—The usual fifteen days allowed for payment of Fire Pre miums falling due at Nfiehaelmas will expire on the 14th October. FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected with this Cor poration on advantageous terms. The Assured are exempt from the liabilities of partnership, and payment of their claims is guaranteed by a large invested capital stock. mrwitwittisrelaikwgr n §;;fftho u tit sleh t = l"en The Reversionary BONUS on Life Policies has averaged 2 per Cent. per annum on the sum assured, or 46 per cent. en the Premiums aid. Any sum not exceeling 10,0001. may be assured en one Life. The Corporation bears the cost of Policy Stamps and Medical Fees, and requires no entrance-money. The Assured are subject to no expense hut the Premium. No extra charge is made for service in the militia within the United Kingdom. LOANS are granted on Life Polities to their full values. This Corporation affords all the advantages of modern practice, with the stability of an office safely constituted under Royal Charter and Special Acts of I'arliament, and tested by the experience of nearly a century and a half. There is but one older life office in existence. ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON. JOHN A. HIGHAM. Actuary and Secretary. CIGARS. REGALIAS. To Noblemen, Officers of the Army and Navy, and Gentlemen. J. L. ITEUDEBOURCK respectfully requests a close inspection of his choice Stock of superior FOREIGN H AVANA CIGARS. Sold in Boxes at wholesale pi ices- I ,i lb. sample boxes if desired. Warehouse, 30, Walbrook, Mansion-house, City. IN THE HIGH COURT OF CHANCERY. TRIESEMAR.—On the 29th of May, 1855, an iniunction was granted by the High Court of Chancery, and on the 11th June following was made perpetual. against Joseph :lranklin and others, to restrain them, under a penalty of one thou -and pounds, from imitating this Medicine, which is protected by Royal Letters Patent of England, and secured by the Seals of th, Ecole 'harmacie de Paris, and the Imperial College of Medicine. Vienna. TRIESEMAR, No. 1, Is Y remedy for Relaxation, Spermatorrhcea, and Exhaustion of tO , Sy.tem, whether arising from excesses, accident, or climate. To those persons who are prevented entering the married state by the consequences of early errors it is invaluable. TRIESEMAR, No. 2, a *ectnally, in the short space of three days, completely and entirely 3 aclicates all traces of those Disorders which Capivi and Cubebs ave so long been thought an antidote for, to the rain of the health , f a vast portion of the population. TRIESEMAR, No. 3, is che great Continental Remedy for that class of Disorders, which irl'ortunately the English physician treats with Mercury, to the in ev;table destruction of the patient's constitution, and which all the a trsaparilla in the world cannot remove. rRIESEMAR, No. 1,2, and 3, are alike devoid of taste or smell, ,ncl of all nauseating qualities. They may lie on the toilet ta'alc n7ithout their use being suspected. cold In tin cases at I Is. each, free by post, 2s. extra, divided into •narate doses, as administered by Valpeau, Lallemand, Roux, tc.,&c.—To be had Wholesale and Retail in London of Johnston, 68, `ornhill; Hannay and Co., 63, Oxford-street; and /lancer, 150, Ox ,rd-street ; R. H. Ingham, druggist, 46, ti arket-street, Manchester ; 1. Bradbury, bookseller, Deansgate, Bolton ; J. Priestly, chemist, 52, .ord-street, Liverpool; Powell, bookseller, 15, Westmoreland-street, , üblin ; Winnall. bookseller, High-street, Birmingham. IMPORTANT to INDIVIDUALS and FAMILIES. —The articles required for Dress at this season should he novel, elegant, comfortable, serviceable, and cheap ; the rea.ons for that are obvious to every one, but the qualifications of businese men to provide it should be peculiar. E. MOSES and SON find it a duty they owe to their patrons and the public that they should acquaint them with the unparalleled pre parations they have made for Autumn and Winter, with the great succ ss their buyers have had in all the markets, with their count less novelties in fabrics for all fashionable and seasonable orders of Attire, with their new inventions and gratifying introductions in Styles of Dress, which have engaged the exclusive attention of the best cutters and workmen in the world. Individuals and Families are reminded of the pleasure and advan tage derived from an inspection of their Autumn and Winter Clothing, which consists of an interminable variety of the most superior goods. In the Heady-made Department is the largest and newest stock ever exhibited. Dress for all classes, exhibiting the best materials and workmanship ; Overcoats for Adults and Juveniles, the newest fabric., the most admirable fit, gentlemanly in appearance, servic.- able in wear, and very reasonable , n price The Kertch Jacket and the Emperor's Cape, the most distinguished garments introduced, solely invented by E. MOSES and SoN, are now made iu materials for Autumn end Winter, but they can only be obtained at their establishment or its branches. Hosiery, Hats, Caps, Boots and Shoes, &c., the newest, best, and cheapest articles ever offered. The Dress for Sporting purposes which Is made by E. Moses and Sex is everywhere tamed for the correctness and ease of its fit—a desideratum with all sportsmen. This Dress is made to order with economy and despatch, or may be selected Ready-made with the strongest assurance of satisfaction. Ladle's' Riding Habits, Liveries, and Official Costume most cor rectly and expeditiously made. Hosiery, Hats. Caps. 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To which :antler, ed ary ' c h o in ni ts mentaries on the Physiology of Marriage, with pre and on the d on the evils emanating from empirical practice, .hose i mperta :_ngerens remedies advocated by various writers on 1 aisorders. :7, g E D B LIMAXITEL LA'MERT, M.D. Doctor of 31eqhm ie : ° a H-S QUA. R E, LOND 0 N, ourgh, Honora r y mem eulated Member of the University of Edin- Licentiate of Apoth esa i r es ef the London Hospit a l M e di ca l S oc i e t y, The essential object of um; Hall, London, &c ., &c. sequences resulting fr om trim is to point ont the f,arful con which have produced irregularities, an I excesses, an I excesses, m; Youth, degradation in Man aaay at iYi rY in iood, and premature d 3ther class of disease known to in:regrnes of Life, than, perhaps, any articularly recommended to persons pathologists. 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Its cost is less than Ons Farthing per Gallon when ..fluted for use. Sold by all Chemists, and at 18, Cannon-street, City. Gallons, ss. Quarts, 2s. Pints, Is. Half-pints, 6d. TOZEAUS COPAHINE, or SACCHARATED t_P CAPSULES, approved of by the r'rench College ofPhysicians. successfully administered in the Paris and London Hospitals, ana acknowledged by them to be the best remedy for a cer. —n disorder. (See " Lancet" of Nov. 6, 1852.) A copy will be fir warded on appli cation.—Price per 100, 4s. 6d. ; 50, 2s. 9d. To be had of the inventor, GABRIEL JOZEAU, French chemist, 49, Haymarket, London, and ill the principal chemists. THE DRAIN OF GOLD ON THE BANK OF ENGLAND. ( From the Times' City Article of this day.) The subjoined communication refers to the ques tion as to the mode in which the bills were pro cured by which the recent drain of gold to Paris has been brought about. The subject is one on which conflicting opinions are still entertained, even among the most experienced persons : "Sir,—l notice from your money article of this morn ing it is asserted in the city that large masses of the bills offering for discount, and by means of which gold is ob tained for transmission to Paris, are not accommodation paper between the houses employed in the transaction, simply a supply of bills on London and bank-notes ob tained on the various bourses of the continent in the ordinary course of business. •This has given rise to conversations among parties well qualified to judge, and the unanimous opinion is decidedly opposed to it, the belief being that the original suggestion on the matter was the correct one. Numerous instances are quoted of merchants who have been applied to for their acceptances against a liberal commission, and the conviction is strong regarding the utter insufficiency of explaining the extra supply of bills to the Bank of England and other monetary establishments of the metropolis by merely attributing it to the clearing the continental bourses of a portion of their ordinary stock. On the contrary, no other bourse offer ing such facilities for discount as London, it is contended that most of the bills on London find their way speedily tr this country, with the exception of Vienna, where bills on Landon are held for particular reasons, but are not likely to be suddenly parted with just now at a loss of from 10 to 15 per cent. In fact, it is considered un questionable that no such stock of bills on London ever exists as to supply on a sudden so many millions ster ling. The general absence of speculation, moreover, confirms the supposition that peculiar motives must exist which have furnished so large a supply of first-class fo reign bills. The exertions of Baron Bruck to restore the redeemability of the Austrian paper money deserve at tention at this moment, particularly as it is asserted he has established an understanding with the leading finan ciers and the modern great financial engine, the Credit Mobilier in Paris. You may depend upon it that in that direction sonic of the attraction is, to be looked for which is at present draining our coffers. " Assuming, therefore, that a considerable portion of the large masses of first-class foreign paper now pressing for discount is based upon credit, it would appear that a suitable remedy for this temporary inundation would con sist not so much i❑ the expedient of raising the rate of discount, which is calculated so injuriously to interfere with the ordinary bona fide business transactions of the country, but rather in gradually and decidedly reducing the time which bills admitted for discount have to run, of which the Bank of France has already set the exam ple.—l remain, &e., "B. G. " City, Oct. 6." The following alsO has been received in connec tion with the same point. There can be no doubt the Bank would forthwith turn out all bills they could with any clearness identify as being mixed up suspiciously with the transaction ; but a step of that sort requires extreme caution, since, if wrongly adopted in any case, it might seriously jeopardise individual credit:— "Sir, —When it is quite a matter of certainty to the authorities of the Bank of England who the parties are that are extracting gold from their coffers, and for what purpose, in the name of common sense would it not be the right thing for the Bank Directory to turn out their bills when presented for discount, instead of coercing innocent people, and perhaps finally having to jeopar dise the interests of our important commercial commu nity ? There is not nor can be a doubt about this mat ter.—l am, yours respectfully, ' "A CITY BANKER. " October 5." WILL OF THE LATE HENRY COLBURN.—The will of this eminent publisher has been proved in the Consistory Court, Docto re-commons. It is comprised in ten folio sheets, and is dated the let of August, 1854. The whole of his property, consisting of money in the funds, goods, chattels, and credits, is sworn to be under 35,0001. He has left his widow, Eliza Ann Colburn, sole executrix. He bequeathed to her sole use and benefit the sum of 10,0001., together with his leasehold house in Bryanston square, furniture, pictures, stock, copyrights, &c. and a like sum of 10,000/. t o h er s i s t er , th e w if e of? Mr. Malcolm Douglas Crosbie, and her six children. With the exception of a sum of 5001. to Mrs. Hurst, and two small annuities of 801. and 501. respectively to two other persons, there are no bequests whatever to any of his friends or dependants. DEATH OF REAR-ADMIRAL THE HON. Wm. H. PEROY.—We regret;to announce the death of Rear-Ad miral the Hon. Wm. H. Percy, who expired on Friday morning, at eight o'clock, at the Earl of Beverley's re sidence, in Portman-square, after a protracted illness. The gallant gentleman was fourth surviving son of the late Earl of Beverley, and brother of the present peer. He was born 24th March, 1788, and entered the navy as first class volunteer in May, 1801, on board the Lion, 64, and in November the following year was midship man on board the Medusa. In 1814, early in the spring, be was appointed to the command of the Hermes, 20 guns, which vessel, after having 25 men killed and 24 wounded in an unsuccessful attack on Fort Bowyer, Mobile, was set on fire and destroyed, to prevent her falling into the hands of the Americans in September that year. Captain Percy had under his orders at that time, besides his own ship, the Canon, 20, and Sophie and Childers, of 18 each. Of all blame in the loss of the Hermes, be was, by a court- mart i a l , honourably ac quitted in June, 1815. In March that year be arrived in England with despatches from S;r Alex, Cochrane, reporting the defeat of the army before New Orleans. Since,tbat period he never held any naval employment. He formerly represented Stamford in Parliament, and bas been for many years past a Commissioner of the Ex cise. His commissions bore date as follows :—Lieute tenant, 6th July, 1807 ; Commander, 2d May, 1810 ; Captain, 21st M a rch, 1812 ; and Rearadmiral (retired), Ist Oct., 1846. The Earl of Beverley, Lord and Lady Lovable, the Bishop of Carlisle, Viscount and Viscountess llolm s esdale, the Hon. Mr. and Lady Margaret Littleton, Mr. Mortimer, and Lady Emily Drumniond, and many other families of rank, are placed in mourning by the melancholy event. (Prone the Special Correspondent of tire Daily News.) CAMP, SEBASTOPOL, SEPT. 24. No change has occurred in the disposition of the Bri tish Divisions since the mail left on the 22d inst. The First, Third, Fourth, and Highland Divisions are held in 'readiness to move in case any part of the British force should take the field. It is not expected that the Light or Second Divisons will leave their present encamp/lents —their especial duty will be to guard the south side of Sebastopol and the neighbouring heights, in case of the rest of the British force leaving. A conference has been held this day at the French head-quarters, at which Ge neral Simpson was present. The result of the meeting has not been divulged. The rumour in the camp is that the French have made a reconnaissance, and reported that the Russian position between Sebastopol and Batchi- Serai is so strongly defended, as well by its natural ad. vantages as by its artificial works, and that the enemy is in such force, that it would amount to rashness to attempt to dislodge them from it, and that on this ac count the projected expedition is for the present aban doned. This is a mere rumour, and its truth or falsity will be decided in a very few days. The weather which has prevailed lately has been so bad as almost to pre clude the possibility of moving artillery. Rain fell heavily during the greater part of the week until yester day, the 23d inst., and in some places the roads became nearly impassable from the accumulation of mud. On the 22d, there were some viorent thunderstorms, and this electric disturbance appeared to change the condition ,of the atmeephere ; for-since-tbiadarsa.no rails- has fallen, the sky has remained clear from rain -clouds, and the temperature has been considerably raised. The Russians have sunk seine guns on the north side, and have succeeded in getting the range of the town and Karabelnaia suburb on the south side. They have also kept up a frequent fire from Fort Constan tine, and from the large square stone-work, generally spoken of in camp as Fort Michael, but marked in plans as Fort Sukaia. From this latter, howitzer shells have been discharged against the west side of the south harbour. The principal French mortar battery is con cealed by the long range of building comprising Fort Nicholas, and the shot and shells discharged from the opposite side with the intention of impeding and si lencing the fire of this powerful battery, fall very wide of their mark. A few of the French artillerymen on the right, in the battery close to the water of the road stead near Careening Bay, have suffered. On our side one man only of the 3d Buff 4, which regiment was sent to garrison at Karabslnaia, has been wounded. He was struck by a piece of shell while walk ing near the dockyard, and died shortly after wards from the effect of his wound. An extraordi nary escape occurred on Sunday morning, shortly after the hour for divine service. The Russians ap pear to have seen the regiment parading, as the men fell in on the terrace in front of one of the large white build ings which they occupied as their barrack. Some shells were thrown, and one, penetrating the roof, lodged in the room converted into a surgery. Assistant-Surgeon Teevan and an orderly were in the apartment, and had just time to make their escape before the shell exploded. Neither was injured. As no good purpose was effected by exposing the troops to this fire, the 3d Buffs marched back to their old position near the 2d Division today. The French have kept up a harassing fire, day and night, against the Russians on the north side. In addition to a large pile of buildings, supposed to be storehouses, another detached shed, also seeming to be connected with the commissariat, has been set on fire. The convoys of waggons are not observed moving, as they used to do, in the day time, towards the depots of stores below the Star Fort; and the working parties and troops on the march keep much higher towards the crest of the line of mountains forming the north side, instead of moving along the lower road near the cliffs. The tents, moreover, seem diminished in number, but the camp on the Inkerman heights remains as ex. tensive as ever. It is singular that so few accidents have occurred in the town and suburbs, and among the deserted fortifica tions, from the mines and magazines left by the enemy, and arranged to be exploded. Fresh magazines were dis covered daily, until the last three days, with trains laid, and everything prepared for explosion. No casualty occurred, however, and the quantity of gunpowder se• cured from these sources is enormous. A few men have been injured by treading on fougasses, but the number injured by these has been remarkably small, both among the French and ourselves. Major-General Markham has been suffering so much from rheumatism and general ill-health that it is feared he will be compelled to leave the army in the field for a time. When first ordered to join the force in the East under Lord Raglan, General Markham was in the north-western provinces of India. To comply with the order he travelled by rapid journeys, and on his way met with a serious injury in consequence of the upsetting of his conveyance, and receiving a severe kick l imn a horse in the chest, which fractured some ribs. The General was too earnestly bent on the object of his journey to adopt the necessary means of care for this hurt, and in consequence of absence of proper attention on this occasion his health appears to have suffered. He has been ailing ever since he reached the Crimea, but it is fully expected that after a few weeks' rest and care he will have regained health and strength sufficient to en able him to resume duty. Brigade-Major W. F. Rooke, 47th Regiment, who, while doing duty with the 2d brigade of the 2d division, was wounded in the head at the assault of the Redan, is lying in a very precarious state, and not expected to live. Brevet-Major Remnant Chapman, 20th Regiment, doing duty as acting engineer, died at the siege-train of the left attack on the 20th instant. He received a wound in the knee. He was nephew to Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Chapman, Royal Engineers, whose name has been so intimately associated with the engineering ope rations on the left, and was residing with him at the time of his death. Captain Halsted Poole, 23d Regi ment, has also sunk from the effect of his wounds, which were of a very serious character. He was supposed at first to have been killed, as he was not found till the morning after the assault. As a general rule the wounded are reported to be goi ng on remar k a bl y we ll, and many have already been enabled to leave the field to complete their cure in England. The Ist and 2d battalions of the Royal Regiment have received orders to join the Highland Division. This, the lst Regiment, is reported to have been once known as the Royal Scots Regiment, and still bears as its em blem the royal cypher within the collar of St. Andrew. This circumstance is said to have influenced its selection to form part of the Highland Division. The division will now consist of two brigades, each formed of four battalions. One brigade will be composed of the four kilted Highland regiments ; the other of the two regi ments, one of which, the 71st, is still at Kertch, wearing trews, and the two battalions of the Royal Regiment. The head-quarters and greater part of the Highland Division still remain encamped near Kamara. The French are restoring the bridge across the south harbour, to connect the west side with the Karabelnaia suburb. They are placing it in its original position— that which it occupied before the more powerful and ad. vanced fire of the siege guns compelled the enemy to shift it to a greater distance. It is nearly completed. The communication is at present round the head of the harbour, and includes a considerable circuit, which will be avoided by the direct passage. The construction of the military roads by the English troops is being carried on with great energy. The guard of the trenches in each attack is reduced to a captain's command, and the greater number of the troops thus set free are employed either in making roads, clearing the batteries, or making the necessary preparations for the coming winter. In this respect among others, the abandonment by the enemy of the south side, occurring as it did a month or six weeks before the commence. ment of the severe season, has rendered the most impor tant service to the British force. Had it taken place a month later, there is every reason to believe that the winter would have caught us with nothing but the rail road to depend on forcommunication and the conveyance of supplies. Now there is every reason to expect that the plateau will be traversed in all directions by firm and substantial well-drained roads. It is impossible to overrate the great value and advantage of the op portunity thus afforded to us for insuring constant provision against the most material exigencies of the coming winter. Those only who had occasion to observe the increase and multiplication of the varied miseries and sufferings which arose last winter from the want of means of transport and communication will be able to appreciate the real value of the different circumstances under which the army will be placed during the ensuing winter. All the shot and shell belonging to the siege guns CAMP BEFORE SEBASTOPOL, SEPT. 25. With the exception of the excavated rock remains of Inkerman—of which their situation as yet limits our examination to a telescopic survey—the ruins of Hera clea Chersonesus, on the little headland that bounds Quarantine Bay on the west, are the only architectural relics of any historic interest in the nighbourhood of Se bastopol. Till within so recent a period, I believe, as 20 years ago, several others were scattered over the plateau from the mouth of the Tchernaya to Balaklava, along the eastern declivity of which a wall connecting these two points served to protect the promontory against the Scythians and Bosphoranic kings ; but what the dens edax temporis had been slowly effecting for centuries the " march of improvement" had speedily consummated since then, and, excepting the few blocks of Chersonese masonry which I have mentioned, not a trace is to be seen over this broad expanse of hill and valley of either Greek or Genoese remains. The last and most sweep ing clearance of the architectural relics of this- cele brated city of commercial antiquity took place on the building of Nicolaieff, on the Boug, when all the finest of its green marble pillars and slabs, were car ried off to form part of the houses in the new t9-wn. Later, the rise of Sebastopol itself occasioned a stiff further diminution of the ruins, by the extraction of almost every remaining block that could be turned to account in the erection of the great Russian stronghold ; till hardly enough now remains to guide the wanderer in his search after the site of the capital of one of the most powerful free states of the ancient world. On Sunday I rode over to Kamiesch, and after making the tour of the large wooden town into which this French landing-place has grown, proceeded over the heights on its north-east, and rambled for a time amid the crumbling relics of the old Greek city, and the tombs in the very picturesque graveyard of the Church of St. Wladimir, a short way beyond. Before attempting any description of either of these last, however, I may just prefix a remark or two on the present state of Kamiesch itself, and the line of works by which it is now fortified. But a few weeks ago, this head-quarters of the French administrations and principal locale of the traders who followed the army consisted of little more than a couple, or at most three, straggling and broken rows of wooden sheds, portions of which bore, to be sure, sufficiently imposing names, such as Hotel des Allies, Cafe de l'Univers, Grand Magazin de Monsieur Qnel qu'un et Cie., and the like ; but sounding as might be the nomenclature given by the various proprietaires to their shops, they were little better than so many detached hovels, and their stocks in trade were anything but first class. Wondrous, however, is the change which has taken place : regularly laid-out streets of substantial and neatly-built wooden houses have been erected along the whole face of the slope running up from the northern shore of the bay, and in these are to be seen shops filled with every variety of eatable, drinkable and wearable merchandise ; behind the counters of which, too, buxom Marseillaises or Parisiennes may be seen dealing out creature comforts to groups of red-coated ensigns and lieutenants, wliom they daily be witch all the way from the English camp, to listen to their merry laugh, and drink in unsettling poison from their wicked but lustrous black eyes. What if Madlle. charges her delighted customers 60s. a dozen for yin ordinaire, or, in the prettiest broken Eng lish in the world—to which her juvenile admirers will persist in replying in still more disjointed French—re commends her Medoc (?), at four guineas the case ; is it in British human nature, especially on the green side of 25, to haggle for prices with so charming a pickpocket? Mademoiselle and her employer both know that it is not, and wax rich accordingly. Indeed, with some few exceptions, it is only at Kamiesh that the face of wo mankind is to be seen at all ; and to the fact that many a pretty specimen of " that same" may be there gazed at tilt the gazer i 3 content, for the trifling premium of some 40 per cent. of extortion on what he buys, the place, I am disposed to think, owes a large proportion of its English and most profitable trade. Substantial wooden landing-wharves line the shore of the bay, and behind these rows of army stores, numerous and capacious enough, one would fancy, to hold vic tualling and other supplies for the whole allied force before Sebastopol. Then comes the first of the ten or a dozen of broad streets into which the town is laid out, running parallel with the shore, and kept perfectly free from obstructions and nuisances of every kind. Neatly painted tablets fixed on the corners of the streets tell the stranger that he is walking through the Rue Napoleon, or Rue de la, Gloire, or Place de la Qua rantine, or some other equally well baptised thorough fare which the enterprise of our allies has called into existence within a very recent period. A busy popula tion, and crowds of arriving and departing customers throng and jostle each other in the roadways, and, with the aid of strings of waggons and light carts, inter spersed with here and there a mounted vivandiere, rid ing "not sideways but otherways," complete a very striking and peculiar picture of life in one of its not least suggestive phases. The high plateau behind the town is mainly occupied by Government stores and scattered bits of encampment, some couple or three hundred yards distant from which runs the line of field-works which fortifies the position, in a sweeping curve from north to south. In point of solidity and apparent permanency these defences far sur pass those by which Balaklava and its neighbourhood have been strengthened, their construction having no thing whatever about it which is improvised or tempo rary in appearance. The whole consists of the usual work of a continuous line of ditch and substantial stone-faced earth bank, crowned with batteries at intervals of every five hundred yards, which are so constructed as to pour a cross-fire upon any attacking force that might attempt to force the line. Those of the redoubts which I saw on Sunday had not received their guns ; but this, I pre sume, will be done before winter sets in. The impression given to a glance at the:vvhole, was certainly such as in no way favoured the notion that our allies meditate an early retreat from the situation ; but rather encouraged the belief that, peace or no peace, they'll hold Kamiesch for some time to come. From the point at which I emerged from this admir able line of defence works, the route towards the ruins lay down a steep and very stony declivity, at the bot tom of which was a French encampment. Then an open space, then a patch of encampment again, and So or for nearly a mile, when the path entered a broad grassy open, on the other side of which lay all the crumbling ruins that have as yet escaped removal. Spread over this were several Frenchmen impressed with the delusive notion that they were " doing it" in the line of quail shooting ; but I counted five shots out of six running in which the sportsman missed his " feathers." They carried cheap double bar rels, however, and were girt on with game-bags—a com pleteness of outfit which doubtless brought with it a keen sense of sporting enjoyment, and so, minus the sup plementary game, realised its wearer's object well enough. The first portion of the ruins I came to was a thick and lofty wall, much frayed and honeycombed, but still likely to resist the action of time for centuries to come, if spared so long by the more destructive hand of man. Outside of this massive line of masonry, and nearly washed by the sea, was a collection of ruinous buildings, also of evidently considerable antiquity, 'out forming no part of the ruins which give interest to the spot. Within, nothing remains to point out where temple, or forum, or market-place once stood ; odd and scattered fragments of foundation walls having alone outlived the annihilating breath of some twenty centu ries, and escaped the yet more fatal agency of a vandalism which can neither value nor respect what has been con secrated by time. The French had taken advantage of one of these low masses of antique masonry in the construction of the extreme outside battery of their left attack, and here in incongruous fellowship with ga bions, fascines, and sand-bags, were to be seen the relics of buildings Which had become ruins before ever Gaul had emerged from its anti-medimval barbarism, or the savage peopled forests of Scandinavia echoed to the sound of the first civilising axe. Further on, in advance of this battery, the ruins presented very much the ap pearance of an exhausted quarry, heaps of broken slabs and massive chisselled blocks lying thickly all over the ground, and almost hiding the few traces of foundations the eye could still discover amid the surrounding rubbish. After picking my way cautiously, and not without danger to both horse and rider, through these historic wrecks and pitfalls for a few hundred yards, I came upon the re mains of a few modern houses, in an open space, before which were piled fragments of the old Greek pillars, capi tals, and other productions of the architectural chisel, cut out of. a rough white marble, and but little disco loured by time. The heap would have filled some six or eight ordinary waggons. They may probably have been in course of removal to Sebastopol at the time of the arrival of the Allies, and the sadly fractured condition in which I found them was no doubt largely owing to the round shot and shell which had fallen and exploded on and around the spot during the siege. A few perches beyond this was another French battery, like nearly all the rest, dismantled and em pty, an d serv i ng as a sort of abutment to this was the last fragment of the Chersonese masonry, a portion of the wall of what appeared, from the foundations, to have been a small circular tower. Winding through the labyrinth of old trenches and am busCades which lay behind this, I reached the crown of the little slope which divides this extreme end of Quaran tine Bay from the grassy and secluded valley from the centre of which rose the green and gilt spire and-cupola of the " holy and ancient" church of St. Wladinair. It was the sight of thr sacrilegious plundering of this build ing by the French, your readers way Perhaps xemem,i her, which Prince Mentschikoff alleged to be the inciting cause of the atrocities committed by the Russian soldiers on the allied wounded during the early part of the siege ; and certainly, from the present aspect and condition 'of the edifice, the Muscovite indignation was not without cause. I had first seen the church from the parapet of the Quarantine batteries within the town, and from that point its pr e tty a lt ar -d ome an d stee pl e , p ar tly hidden by the blow of the intervening hill, and shaded, too, by the mulberry and other trees in which it lay emboss?med, struck me at once as being the must picturesque sight I had anywhere met w ith i n th e ne i g hb ourhoo d o f S e b as• topol. Itieeead of dispelling this impression, a nearer inspection only served to confirm it. The church stands nearly in the centre of an enclosed graveyard of some 15 or 20 acres in extent, and which occupies nearly two-thirds of the valley within which the little temple is situated. Tombs, graven, and en closed family vaults cluster round it as thickly as they can be ; and over each is some sculptured slab or other monumental covering, bearing inscripflons in Russian to the memory of the buried ones beneaN Black wooden crosses of a triangular shape also rise out of the tops of more than three-fourths of the entire graves within the .cemetery ; those which have them not being surmounted by green or white marble ones instead. Broken pillars, vases, sarcophagi, and all the other usual forms of se pulchral monument, are thickly scattered over the place, and serve, with the interclustering trees, to complete the prettiest picture of graveyard scenery I have seen anywhere in the East. But even this beautiful and consecrated spot has not escaped the destruction which the siege and Lie operations have brought upon everything in and around the captured town. Crosses, tombstones, and monumental sculptures lie around on . all hands, overthrown and shattered by shot and shell, which in this instance, however, must have come from friendly guns. During the earlier. ope eations a the siege this valley lay in frozstaoL4he.izeitiethe batteries, and received whatever shot and shell from the town fell short of the French works, whilst latterly it caught those which were aimed at, but passed over, the advanced batteries which our allies had thrown up be tween it and the defending redoubts. -Thus, in either case, its present battered condition is attributable to Russian guns. The church itself is a small rectangular building of about 40 feet by 15, and over its northern (altar) end rises a small well-proportioned dome, painted green on the outside, like all the Russo-Greek churches, and surmounted by a large gilt ball and cross. At the opposite extremity is the entrance porch, supported by a simple row of white columns, which are carried round each of the two adjacent corners of the building for about ten feet. Through the centre of this rises a square bell tower, from which again springs a graceful needle-like spire painted a bright green, like the dome behind, and, like it too, terminating in a golden ball and cross. Each of the side walls, I may add, is pierced with four win dows and an entrance door in the centre, and the whole is roofed in with sheet lead or iron, painted of the same sacred colour as the cupola and spire. So much for the exterior of the building. Its interior, I need hardly remark, has long been rifled and stripped of everything which French rapacity could covet, or French violence remove. Even of the very flooring planks some have been torn up and carried away, whilst every altar fitting, or other piece of fixed or moveable furniture, has shared the same fate. The very doors have been wrenched off their hinges, and born away by the plundering Zouaves, Chasseurs, or other drilled Vanddls of the Armee d'Orient, in whom the instinct of pillage had extinguished every spark of reverence for the temples of a faith which differs but little from their own. The walls are covered with frescoes of saints, angels, and other the usual subjects of ecclesiastical decoration, over and between which are scrawled in chalk the names of French visitors, and other inscriptions as destitute of the intended wit as of corn mon decency. On the wall of the large semi-circular recess which formed the altar is a very fine fresco paint ing of the Crucifixion ; but even it had not escaped the desecration with which the mitred members of the canon had been defaced, names and jeu d'esprits being in like manner traced all over its really well painted sur face. Above this, where the wall curves towards the roof, a group, representing a throned Jehovah, sur rounded by crowned apostles and martyrs, has been more fortunate ; but it owes its escape, lam confident, rather to its elevation than to any respectful consider. ation on the part of those who have defaced and dese crated all within reach below. Even while I was in the building a couple of red-breeched Goths were tugging away at a solitary window-frame, which had pro bably not been thought worth the trouble of deporta tion by previous pillagers. Outside, too, amongst the tombs, I saw another pair employed in tearing down some iron railing which had enclosed a small family burying plot, and a few minutes later one of the scoundrels came to me offering for sale a neatly de signed wire stand, which had supported a broken vase in the centre of the enclosure. Verily, with the best possible disposition to admire and praise our allies, I am sometimes compelled to yield for a moment to a very different class of feelings, and believe that, with all our roughness of mariner, our civilisation is in same respects a century ahead of theirs. War has horrors enough, in all conscience, without any enhancement of its terrible fruits, from the indulgence of a vandalic rapacity and love of ruin. I finally left this desolated but still picturesque spot by a breach in the enclosing wall made by cannon shot or shell, and returned to our own lines over the net• work of ditches and earthworks which formed the trenches of the French left attack. Tee three days which have passed since the departure of the last mail have been almost utterly unproductive of anything in the shape of local news—the rumour of a movement towards Eupatoria remaining in eatu quo, unrealised or undisproved. The weather, in the mean time, has been unusually fine, and suitable for any ope rations that could be undertaken. On the whole, the gene ral opinion is setting in in favour of the belief that the old game of delay and hesitation is to he played again, and that, excepting whatever resultless "demonstration" the small French force lately despatched to Eupatoria may make, the main body of the allied armies will do nothing more till spring. In the first gush of our recent triumph everybody believed in and talked of some rapid movement which would put the top stone on the fabric of the past campaign's success ; but as days and weeks wear by without any sign of this occurring, we are be ginning to prepare for a long wintry interval of apathetic idleness and ennui. The French, to be sure, continue their partial shelling of the north side, to which the enemy replies with shot for shot ; but this can conduce little to the advancement of the grand end in view—that of driving them from their new and sufficiently strong position. We have already garrisoned our portion of the town —the Admiralty, with its adjacent buildings—with a body of troops, a service which is to be taken in turn by each of the regiments in front. I regret to report that a shot from one of the batteries on the north side fell into these new quarters a few nights ago, and killed a couple of men of the 3d Buffs, who happened to ho the regiment that then supplied the occupying detachment. M. Soyer, I am also sorry to have occasion to men tion, has been seriously ill for the last ten days with a bad attack of fever, and is yet confined to his tent. The chef had intended to have left ere this for England, to complete his arrangements for the carrying on of his winter culinary campaign here ; but this severe indispo sition has knocked all his arrangements thus far on the head. THE BOMBARDMENT OF DUNAMUNDE AND BULLEN. RIGA, Sept. 29.—As the season is getting so far ad• vanccd, without our seeing anything of the allied fleets, we were beginning to think there wonld be no bombard ment this year, when yesterday morning at an early hour the inhabitants of this city were suddenly awak ened by a loud and severe cannonade. It appears that during the night eight British men-of-war—four line-of battle ships, a frigate, and three corvettes—had ap proached our coast unperceived, and at daybreak opened their fire upon our batteries at Dunamunde, the mouth of the Duna. The bombardment was kept up for nearly three hours, without, however, inflicting much damage on the batteries, except dismounting a few guns, after which the hostile squadron stood off to the westward, and took up a position opposite the colony of Bullen, situated at the mouth of one of the channels of the Duna. Here they opened a heavy fire on the bat teries, which was but feebly answered by the Russian artillerymen. This second bombardment lasted for two . hours, and the dam a g e d one was cons id era bly T orein portant than at Dunamund e . Ab ou t noon the ships drew off altogethe r , an d di sappeare d in a no rth-easterly y direction. Intelligence has this day been received here of a simi lar hostile visit at Old Salts, a small town situated at th e mouth of the river Salle, about 50 miles higher up the coast. On Tuesday last, the 25th of September, a couple of large steam-frigates, under the Brit ish .nag, arrived off the mouth of the river Salis, and cast anchor within gun shot of the town. A boat was imme diately lowered, which, manned by an officer and sev en sa i lors, pro ceeded to sound and reconnoitre the mouth of the river and the channel. On hawing accompli s h e d this, they gave a signal to the ships, d wh en four more boats, containing four o fficers and e natn, push e d off and joined the first boat. These five boats then pulled in towards the shore, the foremost of them displaying a white flag i n her bows, which was answered by a similar one hoisted on the flagstaff on the shore, in the hope o f thereby saving the ten timber vessels lying at a nchor about a werst up the river, without their masts and rigging. Whilst the lastly -arrived four boats lay on their oars, the first ono approached the landing-place, and the English officer in command inquired of Herr von Behaghel, the principal proprietor and inhabitant of Old Salis, whether the vessels lying in the river belonged to the government or were private property. This gen tleman replied that they belonged to him and his people, upon which the lieutenant expressed his regret, but his positive orders were to destroy them and all others they might find along th oast. Representations a n d en treaties were of no= ail; the sailors set fi re to a ll the vessels, after whi c h ' y returned to the frigates. As soon as the latter wire out of sight, attempts were made by the inhabitant's of Old Sails to extinguish the flames and save some of the burning vessels, but without much success, as only two were partially saved, w hilst the re maining eight w ere b urne d t o th e wa t er ' s edge and to -1 tally destroyed. S i: N• :,:.;.>:: . .. . . \ ,„...,77 . :;-1 ICROPEAN WHEAT AVERAGES. i' k• —A' - ` - ' :::;:s1. 1 ;1 1 . • —\--•-\/)-?" - ' - - 2 - - = * T) THE EDITOR OF THE SUL . ". tl.l •J - - ::-. -...." -.,—ln the present critical state of the oErn mantas" - ItlN'( I 5.% AN of Eurepe, which seriously affects the current of gold floing both from Australia and California, it may, per. . ha lss, be conside r ed i n t eres ti ng t o show t e relative an. nua l l average prices of wheat d ur i ng th t titnty-six i s • years in the p r i nc ip a l coun t r i es o f E ue . 'llhe free trade in wheat which now exists in this country (for the t r ifli ng d u t y o f i s. per quarter willileii. scarcely interfere) must tend to make England the uni .yerglal mart for all corn exporting countries. _lt hal t . however, been observed .that as long as any other cenn. try as a deficient supply, th e market price i x t be influenced by the dema n d th ere b y createdren4 II rise o the level o f th e pr i ce i n suc h country, less S' ex penses of transport and profit. This d;fficulty is counter balanced to a great extent by the constant supply under free trade, which prevents the recurrence of famine prices, except, when bad harvests are very general. It is not very long ago since capitalists were trembling under the apprehensio n that the new and great supply of gold would rapidly increase prices and lower the rate of interest, and even our financiers endeavoured to meet the popular opinion by creating a Two-and-a-Half per Cent. Stock. It will he found that such great changes can only take place slowly. A very trifling annual ad dition made to the money value of any commodity will in a century assume a gigantic amount. We have seen this take place in the century following the discovery and the introduction of the precious metals from Arne ricaj Vast as the amount of gold may be which is now i -.llly poured into the world's treasury, still the effect need is only a percentage on the gross existing ant ; but of what that amount may be we have only a very vague idea. I believe that I might very safely predict that gold will continue for many years to main tain its value, and that the power of absorbing it from the commercial market will go on till a gold circulation will exist far more universally than at present, without anticipating the possible event of a diminished supply. In, a few days I intend to make up the weekly aver age prices of grain in England and Wales for the year ending Michaelmas-day last, as the result may be useful to thc landowner an d th e f armer i n f i x i ng corn rents, whic I hope soon to see more generally adopted.-- lam &c., : - • CHARLES M. WILLICH, cuttrary University - Tire Assurance Society. 25, Suffolk-street, Pall-mall, Oct. 5. ANNUAL AVERAGE PRICE OF WHEAT PER IMPERIAL QUAR. TER IN ENGLAND, FRANCE, BELGIUM, AND PRUSSIA, 1828-1853. Average price per Imperial Quarter in For the Year. ,---- -y England. *France. *Belgium. , +Prussia. ----- -- s. d. d. 1823 4 s 5 9 s. 30 11 1829 1830 64 3 51 11 47 2 34 0 1831 1831 1833 1834 1835 1836 1837 1838 1839 1840 1841 1842 1843 I 181.1 1845 1846 1847 , 69 9 67 4 72 2 59 0 1848 1849 100 151 1852 1853 4... 26 --- Avcraeof 1 54 10 45 61 46 3 34 10i 26 years... 1854 * Taking the hectolitre at 2.9 to the imnerial (mart.. ~..1 * Taking the hectolitre at 2.9 to the imperial quarter, and 25 francs to the pound sterling. + Taking the scheffel at 54. to the imperial quarter, and 200 silver groschen to the pound sterling. THE AMERICAN HARVEST. A correspondent of the New York Daily Time, after noting that the different estimates of the wheat crop of 1855, range from 120,000,000 to 185,000,000 bushels, continues :—" The next question of interest is, what will be our surplus ? N o t a ques ti on f or ready solution, be cause that surplus is as elastic as indiarubber. It de pends entirely on circumstances, If Europe wants wheat or flour from us, and is obliged to pay, as lately, high prices, it is difficult to limit our surplus. Unless her harvests fail to an extraordinary degree, we have enough to supply all her wants. Paradoxical as it ap pears, the more she wants the more we have to spare, and the less she wants the less we shall have for export. The surplus will in that case be used freely at home, and beyond that use, what is not required for seed will be stored away for the next season's sale for home or foreign consumption. If, on the other band, high prices rule, less wheat will be used at home. Indian corn, potatoes, &c., will take its place extensively, and the shipments of wheat and flour to Europe of this year's crop surpass for quantity all precedent. The following table shows our annual produce of wheat since 1839, together with the exports : UNITED STATES DROP AND EXPORTS OF WHEAT FOB A SERIES OF YEARS, Crop. Exports. Year. Bushels. tsusltelt. 1840 1841 1812 ......... ~... 102,317,240 ' 1813 1811 1815 , 106,548,000 1816 1817 1848' 114,245,000 1849 1850 1851 1852 1853 1854 1855 1856 "It is obvious by this table that the quantity of wheat exported from the United States is entirely independent of the amount of the existing crop. Thus the exports of 1848 and 1854 are in quantity double those of 1847 and 1849, although the product of the first•named years did not exceed those of the last two. The exports of 1840 and 1846 also doubled those of 1843 and 1845, although their crop was not as abundant by 15 per cent. The exports of 1852 and 1853, on a cropof lessthan 239,000,000 bushels for both years, were more than 37,500,000 bushels, while the exports of 1842 an d 1844, on a crop of nearly 200,000,000 bushels, hardly reached 15 nail. lions. In all those years it was the foreign demand sti mulating high prices here which enhanced the export, as it was the absence of that cause which diminished the exports of others. If the foreign demand did not enlarge the export of 1855, it was not because the wheat crop had failed to any great extent, but because the drought of 1854 bad so cut short the supply of corn, potatoes, &c., as to compel a larger use of wheat than would other wise have taken place. " Our plenty, this year, consists not mainly nor chiefly in the fact of the large crop of wheat itself, but in the variety and abundance of substitutes for wheat to which we can and do resort, when the motive of wheat at high prices induces us to do so. Abundant as is our crop of wheat, it is but one item, and not the largest. than Among others, our oat crop of 1855 cannot be less 400,000,000 bushels ; other grain of less importance, not short of 100,000,000. But all this is nothing to the yield of corn, which is almost as safe as if it were already in the granary, and cannot be put down at less than 1,000,000,000 bushels. It may ay exceed those figures 20 per cent, I repeat it, there is hardly any limit to our surplus of wheat beyond t he c r op itself. And if th e de mand abroad shoul d carr y o ff 100 ,000,000 b us h e l s, or even more, which is almost four times as much as we have ever exported in one year, there would be enough left to feed Cincinnati consumers of flour, of those who would prefer to pay 7 dole, per barrel to using corn meal or other substitutes, and other points at corresponding rates." DEATH BY DROWNING OF THE HON. MRS. MATHESON. —We regret to announce the death of the Hon. Mrs. Matheson, wife of our burgh member, Mr. Matheson, of Ardross, under very painful and distressing circum stances. It appears that Mrs. Matheson left the house at Inverinate, on Mr. Matheson's property of Lochalsh (where the family was residing), early on Sunday morn ing last, in order that she might walk leisurely to church, and saunter along the picturesque coast by the way. She did not appear at church, and not returning to Inve rinate, the alarm was given, and search made in the neighbourhood, but without effect. Early next morning, however, as Dr. Maclean wasapproaching Inverinate, he observed a bonnet and veil on the water, and further search having been made, the body of the unfortunate lady was found in the sea at the base of a rock, which it is supposed she had climbed to enjoy the fine view of Loch Duich which it affords. Mr. Matheson was at Ardross, but intimation having been conveyed to him, he posted through Inverness on Monday, on his way to Inverinate. The melancholy event has occasioned the deepest sympathy and regret over the whole north. The deceased lady was sister to the late Lord Beaum on t, was married in 1853 to Mr. Matheson, and h as t wo children, the youngest only a few months old.—/nver ness Courier. T ERRIFI C EXPLOSION OF GAS IN THE OL D K ENT - ROAD. even i ng , a t a f ew minutes before eight immediate vicinity o f B arron ' s-place, Old 07eOlonek8,attuhreday Kent-road, was greatly alarmed, in consequence of a fearful exploFion of gas taking place in the premises be longing to Mr. W. Baker, p or k b utcher, carrying on business at No. 5, in the above thoroughfare. It com menced in the back parlour, from the gas escaping, and coming in contact with a light it became ignited, and e xploded with a noise resembling the discharge of severa fire-arms, demolishing the windows and breaking the doors, as well as setting fire to the room. Several of the inmates were terribly shaken, but fortunately no one was seriously injured. The engines of the London Brigade quickly attended, but the fire was not extin guished until considerable damage was done. The pre miEns and th e i r con t en t s were insured in the Count Fire Office. anno prod aMOi BANK OF LONDON, Incorporated by Royal Charter, Threadneedle street, and 4.50, West Strand. NOTICE.—The rate allowed on deposits has been raised from this day to 41. 10s. per cent. MATTHEW MARSHALL, Jun., Manager. October 4, 1855. 43% 132 1324 533 i 534 ;. 14 (6, 418/11 6 2 lofmon 4 r. , 1a11 • 15 15 ortBll3 ertall, 6 mon 6 mon be do is (via ;t1 we INTJE. have • late and 1 the lean- If IL west, Re♦ rood, John 1 ., to igest Mat, )ark ;hter Sur- min wife win, !am- .ead, i tho tho ived cant f the 3rd- ived igh, r of 12, r of