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D IVIDEND of EIGHT per Cent. is just s ' eci ared, and your Traffic is nearly doubled since last year. )it t , ,X ' , AT WESTERN RAIL WAY.— t TheL - k.:,T EXCURSION of the season to the WEST of WEDNESDAY, Fepternber 26th, an Excursion aitl !uto r vi nve Paddington at 8 a.m., for Plymouth (offering fact '4l,:nevam:"lng Torbay, Brixham, Dartryouth, and the south coast calm; at Weston-super-:nary, Bridgewater, Taunton, Exeter, Starcross, Daw'ish, Teignmouth, Torquay, 4 dß.ln r or , gsbrldge-road, and will return on Saturday, October 11144.triZnioUth at 6.30 a.m., and from intermediate stations as MIES THERE AND RAM "44, 84 Ist class. Closed carriages. 1%114,, Per-:li are and Bridgewater. 2os. .. 13s. L itte r 4u r Tivert on - roa d 22s. •• ome, D . ...... ....... • • • awlish or Tcignmouth 2ss. • . 17s. ot T n i K Or " ••• • • • ngsbridge 30s. • . 20s, 4 ;lllibi e e 7. Under 12 half-price. Tickets not transferable , and only o rl wr the Trains specified. n er Particulars see hand-bills, to be obtained at the Pad k Stat. Gr ti , ion, where tickets may be previously obtained, and at 'Western Receiving Offices. ,T r, ' GEORGE ASSURANCE COMPANY. G ilt Offices, 118, PALL-MALL, London. Sl tto- -Viscount RANELAGII, Park-place, St. James's. ` I4I Itras.N—HENRY POWNALL, Esq., Ladbreek-square, SECRETARY—W . C. CRQUHART, Esq. t e I LICIES ABSOLUTELY INDISPUTABLE. 'k !ties 04, t ,. and Endowments for families, children, and others, on ttton'_avourable terms. cliZ Payable yearly, half-yearly, or quarterly. " ) 44 - se for medical fees or stamps. granted for long or short periods, payable by month l y , 4t h re elf-yearly instalments. e Reversions, &c., assured and guaranteed. ' t thnLESEX LUNATIC ASYLUM at 11 41 , well.—Persons willing to Tender for supplying the above With Meat, Flour, Malt, Hops, Hay, and Straw, Oatmeal, AtoOr• Cheese, or Bacon, for six calendar months, from the I st s e ': next, or with any of the under-mentioned articles for ~;•:!ndar months from that day, viz.,—groceries, soap, oil, C.l , brooms, brushes, window glass , lead, and leaden piping , .746"..7n and woollen drapery, blankets, rugs, straw hats arid k r acco, snuff, cloth boots and shoes, leather, and wine and I.,,t_be sick, are requested to deliver sealed Tenders to me, - " - en o'clock on FRIDAY, the 28th inst., at the Sessions 1. (1 41 e n w ell -gr ee n , and to attend there personally at that iei n f t l ins, in which Tenders must be made, may be obtained, piZull of contract may he seen, either upon application to me '7 , or to the storekeeper at the Asylum ; and patterns and ht '''' Which the contractors will be strictly required'to conform, L iotZn at the Asylum at Hanwell. The Committee of Visitors N t il themselves to accept the lowest or any of the tenders. !, dig 13th day of Qeptember, 1855. CHA.ELES WEIGHT, Clerk to the Visitors. q, —CONTRACT for LIGHTING with ic kti s the CITY of BARCELONA.— By order of the Honour :lk,9Pality of Barcelona, it is hereby announced that a Con - Is ( 7 llt hlit the said city for the period of 15 years is now et a viduals or companies desirous of obtaining the particulars will please call at the Consulate-General's of Spain, as e4te they lie for inspection. M. CARSI. o n - court, Sept. 20, 1855. ORDNANCE CONTRACT. OE TO BUILDERS.-SEALED 40::IER.1 addressed to the Director-General of Contracts, „qtbri , „ ce. Pall-mall, London, will be received on or before the 29th instant, from such persons as may be willing • `" a contrac for te erection or Hospital Buildings at the kieent at Shorn t cliff, i h n the County of Kent. ~Nop4 L i no , Drawings, and Form of Tender, and all further in lleway be obtained on application at the Surveyor's Oillc 'th e z Pall-mll, London, every day on and after Saturda , iL2d instant ( Sundays excepted). ;41 ) ,, b 1e Ordnance reserve to themselves the right of rejecting ‘▪ ;, of the Tenders. • Ordnance, Pall-mall, 20th September, 1855. CONTRACT FOR MUSTARD SEED. Department of the Comptroller for Victualling, 4. Somerset-house, 18th September, 18 5 i. / commissioners for Executing the Office of I,•orq h , Oig dgh Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain "otol T ,V , E 0 HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that on MONDAY, !he it:,„! next, at One o'clock, they will be ready to treat with 7hs as may be willing to Contract for supplying and deliver er Majesty's Victualling Stores at Deptford, When to be delivered. Quarters. Half of each in 3 weeks, and the 1)1, u SEED, white, 150 remainder in 3 weeks after , to . brown, 150 wards, or earler ifpreferred by the party tendering. itt o aships reserve to themselves the power, when the ten ' o ,?,ehed, of contracting either for the whole, or for such part 1:1 ) 4 44 4 ' e '1' . as they may deem fit, or for a greater quantity, or of 4 Mg for any, and also an unlimited power of selection. Pti, of Seed. Will be received for the whole or any portion of each " 1 40 'e o (not less than 2 quarts of each) must be produced by the il t ering. NC.Dles produced by persons whose Tenders are not accepted illl 4 ,_‘ed to be taken away by them immediately after the Con decided. to r .. er will he received unless made on the Printed Form pro ti4l,lor,:e purpose, and which may be obtained on application at li t tl ik , or to Commander Bevis, conducting the Packet Service `editions of the revised eoNtract, to which particular atten- Z,V, may be seen at the said office, and at Liverpool. No be received after One o'clock on the day of treaty, and it t required that the party tendering or an agent on his behalf ( 4 t i .."elld at the office on the day of contract, as the result of 04, r eceived from each person will be communicated to him V e °Posed sureties in writing. St'clor us be addressegto the Secretary of the Admiralty, 14,,, 4 the left-hand corner the words " Tender for Mustard Must also be delivered at Somerset House. 4I tAND ILLUMINATIONS EVERY EVENING. 01' LAST WEEK BUT ONE. bb AL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GAR , i4,` - ' 4 S —A. Week of Galas.—Friday, Sept. 21, splendid Fire Z. discharge of 500 Rockets. The SIEGE and BOMBARD '', "` SEBASTOPOL, with all the new effects, extensive con fearful explosions, &c., &c., introduced since the glorious '); " 4'4 ~ancing in the New Saloon e very evening (Saturday ex • 0 extra Charge. Admission, ONE SHILLING. It tTYLL ROOMS.—LAURENT'S CASINO 7 ~r / 4 ) 1 Y OPEN for the winter season. The following 4 1 . be performed by his celebrated Band during March aux Flambeaux. Waltzes— The Lily /it,,7"eY (D'Albert), Zephir Lufte (Gung'l), Fenella (Tinney), 'l, - Wcome (Laurent), La Sultan() (Bosisio). Quadrilles—Le g a etel “.anuotte), Les Hugenots (Laurent), Palermo (D'Al 11,0e of Lammermoor (Tinney), Trovatore (Tutton). ,"ta Hulands (Lamotte), Italic (Gaviolo), The Lillian Coucous (Bousquet), The Zouaves (Laurent). Galops— V ' al Guards (Laurent), The Hecla (Streather). Schottische I Qt l . ll.. !utde de Fleurs (Bosquet), La Varsoviana (Laurent). Prin p t a Piston, M. Boulcours.—Doors open at 8. Admission • ROWARD, Surgeon-Dentist, 52, Fleet 11•1,,raeliihas in e rodu with c o ed ut an spr er gs elz ,ir n e e s w , o d r ef i cri g lti r o e n s. of AeRyTIIO - the natural teeth as ' not to be distinguished from L by the closest observer; they will never change colour or N . ."t ( tNvill be found very superior to any teeth ever before used. itlk;;:ccid does not require the extraction of roots, or any painful "' and will support and preserve teeth that are loose, and is 0. 61 to restore articulation and mastication. Decayed teeth 1 5,2 0 Und and useful in mastication.-52, Fleet-street. At '4 tea till five. COPAHINE, or SACCHARATED o t ot t 4'pLEEll, approved of by the French College of Physicians, administered in the Paris and London Hospitals, , and k . '/, A - s'ascl by them to he the best remedy for a certain ondisorder. .;;Leet" of Nov. 6, 1852.) A copy will be forwarded appli- IltV i ee per 100, 48.6 d. ; 50 , 2 s. 9 d. To be had o f the inventor, French chemist, 49, Haymarket, London, and "eiDal chemists. ioixSTOPOL in the HANDS of the ALLIES. 1..0 0 glorious victory of the Allies hastens to completion, and , t t k l, t,qi:lloped the war will soon terminate, the peace of Europe , tl.o , lt .4B lied, the inconveniences of high-pzid provisions and ‘ , l lttl ea alt t e a r x at e i s on " i a .1. familyto b e expenses.exper l e n c e d n oy whichever, w i a l 1 m declineake a i n c the li' and general depression from scarcity of money, have en- N0 . ,. 4 05ES and SON to purchase on the most advantageous iN t r• Their limitless capital has procured such abundance of hovel materials for the autumnal season as cannot possibly t li s ,ed, and the advantages secured will be distributed amongst i t so that the necessaries and elegancies of Dress for the th, ~s ' e d approaching seasons are provided by E. Moms and Sox etaces and of such superior quality as prove the most abso tZt to individuals and families. I,itl - 4 7 and Son have great pleasure in acquainting their friends, t 80 d the public with the magnificent arrangements they have for furnishing the most fashionable and useful Dress, corn iii,litti,t4o"? materials of the highest class, devised with incomparable the e most superior attire, accompanied with Hats, Caps, , li 2 l, irts, Underclothing, Bots and shoes, & c., the most ap itcles at the most economical prices. iiiilertch jacket, in materials for the present and approaching O tt '',l. l, losv.s and SON are its sole inventors. It can only lie ob - Ntheir Establishments. The Emperor's Cape. alight wool e, and thoroughly waterproof, 265. plain, 335. lined 'with Nob . Establishments—Minories and Aldgate, opposite to Ald. kt t:e rell. nd Branch—New Oxford-street and Hart-street. ilb: 1,1 and Bradford, Yorkshire. Victoria. 0 0 SPORTING. E Dortsmen are reminded of the superiority of the Dress m de q l% I t t Xs and Sox, of the gentlemanly appearance of their Sport t44le, of the new style and materials which appear in the \l4h --, ures of E. MOSES and Sox, of the easy fit and serviceable c4 ll ship displayed in the Sporting Attire, which may be pro tlt t he Establishment and Branch Establishments of E. MOSES hOress for Sportsmen made by E. Mons and Sox has always Universal satisfaction; but the present novelties have still iil ' ' l Ailts to the patronage of all classes of sportsmen, and in -4 ih,?,f their equipments for sporting exercises will fully demon .l. - 't E. MOSES and Sox must continue the Tailors, Hatters, 11,4, L T,t ll4 l d st i3 ab ° u ot s m hm ak e e n r t s s for a n n o l r o ie v s er an s o d fLi d d g E ate ngl o is p h po n si e t ld e t sr d rts g . ato s.e.Pd Branch—New Oxford-street and Hart-street. 11,' 4 and Bradford, Yorkshire. , 1. ._\ 'true, Victoria. 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To which are added, Commentaries on the Physiology of Marriage, with pro cautionary hints on the evils emanating from empirical practice, and on the dangerous remedies advocated by various writers on these important disorders. By SAMUEL LA'MERT, M.D. 37, REDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON, Doctor of Medicine, Matriculated Member of the University of Edin burgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, &c., Leo. The essential object of this treatise is to point out the fearful con sequences resulting from certain habits, irregularities, and excesses, which have produced more misery in Youth, degradation in Man hood, and premature decay at all stages of Life, than, perhaps, any Other class of disease known to modern pathologists. Its perusal is particularly recommended to persons entertaining secret doubts of their physical condition, and who are conscious of having hazarded the health, happiness, and privileges to which every human being is entitled:. It is absolutely necessary that all men should know, that there are principles of personal management which cannot be violated without incurring grievous penalties, and when wisdom and regret succeed the heyday of inconsideratp self-indulgence, how these penalties may be mitigated, hew the sting of their bitterness may be removed, Ind how the evil and Its consequences may be avoided, and above all, that there is scarcely any degree of physical infirmity or functional derangement to which the timely aid of science cannot apply a cure. The Author ha: for a series of years been engaged in au extensive practice iu the treatment of these delicate complaints, which have unfortunately been too generally confided to the care of ignorant emoirics, who inflict great injury on those who are induced to place f.ith in their pretensions. 'ERVOUS DEBILITY may be had, price 9s, of Mt for.. Sher wood and Co., 23, Paternoster. row; Denney, 63, Oxford-street ; II Jrne, 19, Leicester-square; Mann, 39, Cornhill ; or froo by post for 26 staro.ps to any address from the Author's residence, 37, Bed ford-square. At home for :consultation daily from eleyen till two, and from pia till eight, I it Oa. Bd, Os. ed. : 2 , Z .... ~.. ./ • ! • ~,. ....„........,..,-,i,... , I Lr Q •-.t, ' ! ,N . , ,115, 0 , •}1. f .:, ... . 4 7.. ,•••, : ..A l ' • . 41 - 46 / ,-. , s 4,41:* _ _ . ~ I ..1 , • "1 • 11-tI Q - ,:f ---- :, - . ,- ' - -4 j -4j r ..__„.. .\ ' .; 1 '. 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Long before this consummation, however, two ether fires broke nut within the town itself—the first, and smaller of the two, amongst some houses near the cemetery, and the larger in the . part of the town lying in the rear of the Redan. The locale of the former had been severely shelled by the Greenbill battery dur iag the afternoon and evening, and to this it is said the fire in that quat ter is to be attributed. Atter sunset a French battery on the left commenced throwing rockets over the Redan into the town ; and to this, I be lieve, the second burning in that direction is to be traced. This last raged with peculiar fury over a very considerable space, and when I turned away from looking at it long after midnight, the wind was extending the flames to several other buildings adjacent to that in which it first broke out. To aid the breeze, our own Quarry battery threw 3large number of shells into the spot ; whilst the French at the same time continued to contribute rockets for a similar purpese. A shell from one of our own mortar batteries, however, accomplished a still more valuable result, by blositi'ng up a Russian magazine in the sin - all six-gun work on the proper right of the Malakhoff. This oc curred between 9 and 10 p.m., and from the terrific force of the explosion the quantity of powder ignited must have been great. At a distance of more than a mile and a half from the spot the earth shook again, whilst the anise resembled a thunder peal. The full extent of the t.'arnage cannot be known till deserters reveal it ; but that it quite balances the loss sustained by the French, through the late accident in the Manaelon, there can be little room to doubt. Throughout last night the fire continued to be delivered with unabated energy—the enemy, as before, giving scarcely a shot or shell in re turn. This silence on their part, however, is far from proving that their batteries are therefore effectually shut up—the delusion into which we fell and suffered from so calamitously on the 18th of June. We have reason rather to suppose that their guns have been withdrawn into shelter, ready, if necessary, as before, to vomit forth grape and canister when we least expect either. But that they have suffered most heavily during the past three days, in men and materiel, is certain, whilst our own loss has been much lees than during any previous bombardment. During the whole of Thursday after noon an almost unbroken string of stretcher-bearers, carrying away the dead and wounded, could be seen from our advanced trenches winding out of the Re dan ; and several times as they crossed a point within the town where four streets meet, and which our guns in the Quarry Battery command, two of these last gave them discharges which added considerably to the casualties of the day. The humanity of firing on men so employed may be questioned ; but it should be remembered that in war the first principle of action should be that which will inflict the greatest loss on the enemy at the smallest cost to ourselves ; and to carry cut this refined considerations of humanity must often or always be set aside. Thus the last three days have been full of action and incident. Even while I write every one is on the qui vice of expectation as to the next move on the part of the generals. Camp rumour declares that the assault, which in the usual course of things should follow all this bombarding, will be made to-day ; but beyond this gene ral impression I can as yet state nothing. To bring down my account of the firing and its consequences to the latest hour I have delayed writing till the last mo ment in time for post, but even before I close it is not improbable that something decisive may occur. In the meantime I may add to this rapid sketch of our operations since the outgoing of the last mail a few further particulars of some of the occurrences shortly referred to in my letter of the 4th. When I then mentioned the affair in which the 97th Regiment had one officer killed and two wounded in the trenches a night or two before, and added that the matter had since been made the subject of an official investigation, I was not aware of the extent and direction of the blame at taching to those concerned. Since then I have learned the facts more accurately, and they are briefly these :—On the night in question, when the party of the enemy who surprised and drove in our sentries before the advanced approach leading from the fifth parallel, dashed into the sap, the officers of the covering party rushed forward to meet them ; but the men first hesitated, and then turned; only some 8 or 10 of them remaining with their officers. The immediate result was the death of one of the latter, and severe wounds to two of the remainder. These run aways were mostly fresh drafts belonging to the 97th and (I believe) the 17th Regiments. Fortunately, Major Turner, of the 7th, who was field officer of the attack for the night, succeeded in mustering a strong party from other regiments close at hand, and with these promptly attacked and drove out the Russians. On the following morning Major Turner reported the conduct of the runaways, and having made good his charge before the committee of officers appointed to investigate it, a most severe and well-deserved rebuke was administered to the peccant regiments in a general order of last even ing. On the night after this disgraceful behaviour, another excellent officer, Captain Ross, of the 3d Buffs, was shot down in repelling another sallying party from the Redan, who carried him off as they retreated. It is since reported that he has died within the town. Forty-eight hours later still, on Monday night, Cap tain Pechell, of the 77th, was killed on the same ground, in a most injudiciously ordered attempt (with only eight men) on a Russian rifle-pit some thirty yards in advance of the further extremity of the sap. They had scarcely emerged from the shel ter of the parapet before a volley knocked over five men and the captain, whose body was dragged back into the trench by one of the three survivors. Again, on Wednesday night, Capt. Anderson, of the 31st, who leas for several months been doing duty with the Engi neers, was shot dead by a rifle bullet inside the same work ; and on Thursday night, Capt. Buckley, of the Grenadier Guards, met with a similar fate almost on the same spot. Thus within the short period of a week, this trumpery approach has cost us the lives of five most valuable officers and many men. These have constituted the main weight of our fatal casualties since this day week, but in all sad earnest the list is heavy enough. I have more than once had occasion to refer to the dis graceful behaviour of very many of the young soldiers who are being continually sent out hither from the home depots, and this conduct of the 97th and 17th furnishes another painful illustration of the truth of my remarks. With such multiplied examples of the great inferiority of these raw levies before their eyes, it may be worth while for the home authorities to con sider whether or not some plan be practicable by which none but old troops should be sent out hither—at least till all such now on home service have been drafted to this army. As it is, I have heard more than one com manding officer declare that he would prefer short num bers of the latter any day to a full complement made up for the most part— as is the case with many regiments now in the front—of these green youths, who are sol diers only in appearance and name. 9 a.m.—As was to be expected, the assault is to be made in the course of this forenoon. Since early dawn this morning a terrific fire along the whole line, left and right, has been kept up on the enemy's works from every gun and mortar that could be brought to bear on any part of them. In addition to the Russian batteries on the pro. per right of the town, the Redan and its mischievous six-gun neighbour have replied vigorously, as have also a couple of batteries from the north side. Only one gun has played from the Malakhoff, and for its rare shots filly fifty for one have been returned. All through the night the allies kept up a murderous cannonade, and at this moment while I write the combined discharges re semble one long unbroken peal of thunder. This is to be continued till the signal for the assault is given, when the enemy will have barely time to greet the advancing columns with one discharge of grape. This time the ar- LAST HOURS OF THE SIEGE. (Fr(m. the Correspondent of the Daily News.) C , .t.,111P BEFORE SEBASTOPOL, SKET. 8. After 'Long weeks of comparative idleness the allied batteries have again opened upon the besieged town, and for the gi 'eater part of three days havekept up an almost continuo' as bombardment along nearly the whole of the attacking: line. This time, at ail event; the attention of the gene rals commanding was kept sufficiently secret ; for till tl le thundering cannonade began at dawn on Wednesd lay morning from the batteries on the French left, I ha we been unable to hear of any one, out of the narrow c circle of cenfidents at head-quarters, who was at all a% c are of its approach. About four o'clock on the morn ing of the sth, however, our allies opened the ball from, the guns of their left attack, and maintained a most 'vigorous fire on the enemy's works in that direction till about an hour and a half after noon, - when our own batteries and those on the French r ight opened on the Redan, the Malakhoff, and its adjac ,ant supports in Careening Bay. From that hour unt it shortly before 5 o'clock, a feu d'enfer was kept up along the whole line, to which only the Russian batteries opposed to the French left replied with any thing lik e sustained vigour. The gunners in the Redan and Roo aid Tower contented themselves with throwing occasion II shells into our advanced works and the Mame lon, and is few hollow shot which came bounding up to the close neighbourhood of the tents along the front. About a quarter' before 5 o'clock the fire on both sides slackened 1, and an hour later it . almost ceased, when a calm—in ,striking contrast to the stormy thunder which had filled the air and clouded the sky during the day— succeedeo L, and remained almost undisturbed till the light of dawn ;',gain came to guide the aim of the -combatants. Some ts co hours later, however, about 8 o'clock, a. lent the occurr edscene. toA givelarge rg e t wo decker, picturesqueness ecker, lyingand i n n e t w eres ii moored cff the dockyard shears, suddenly burst into limn, e ; ; and in considerably less than half-an-hour her whol , ) hull and rigging were one mass of waving fire. None but a most graphic pen could describe the grandeur of the cot tflagration, as it brightened and extended in relief aga b ist the pitchy darkness of the night, throwing up clouds of smoke, which hung in lurid masses over and aron: a d the burning ship, till the whole harbour, from Fort Pau I to the north shore, was covered with the fleecy vol runes, which there was not a breath of wind to stir. Th a red glare of the flames threw its reflection over all t b e adjacent buildings and shipping, creating a picture of ' lights and shadows such as only the pencil of Rembi sindt himself could have worthily reproduced ; whilst al ). we the vapoury canopy that overhung the vessel, tl to sky was lighted up with a brilliance which rendered the outline of the various siege works before the town. almost as visible as at noonday. The only sky-scene. I ever saw which surpassed, or even equalled it, was an autumn -sunset in Mesopotamia, when the long even line of the desert horizon was crowned p 'ith a glory of which no combination of artifi cial colons s could ever afford an adequate resemblance. About twx hours after the first outbreak of the fire there were two trifling explosions, as if caused by the ignition of spirits to r the firing of a couple of powder casks ; but beyond tht se, and the discharge of a single cannon, there was no rep ort. Shortly before midnight the decks fell in, after ati hich the side timbers continued to burn for some coup' e of hours, when the wreck settled down, and at daylighit ; no trace of her remained visible above the water. With tll e grey light of early morning on Thursday the bombardu ent recommenced, and continued throughout the day, Iv ith some, periods of intermittent slackness. As on the ; previous day its strength was confined to the French an d our own left--the batteries on the right doing little more than to keep up a dropping fire on the Malakhoff: and Little Redan, the former of which did not answer wi th a single gun. Soon after sunset, however, nearly ewe 75 , mortar along the whole line of attack was brought i a to play, and till nearly 9 the thunder of their discharge s rolled through the air in almost unbroken peals ; the sky was literally alive with shells, vomited forth froi n their fiery beds at every angle from fifteen de grees up to seventy-five, whilst showers of the still grander a n d more terrific rockets darted across the dark ness like wenging comets. As illustrating the briskness of the fire about this time I may mention that within four minus tes I counted as many as thirty-one shells fall ing inside the Malakhoff alone, whilst an almost equally warm prrbc ace was being kept up upon its formidable neighbour the Redan. As throughout the previous day the Mala k Koff scarcely fired a shot in reply, almost its only disci u erges being a few cohorns thrown over the pa rapet into ;the French sap, whose occupants generally gave back two fc , r one. The Mamelon to a great extent also re served its fire, leaving its vis-a-vis to be dealt with by our 21-gun ar ic - 1 mortar batteries on its left. About half-past nine o'clo k another fire broke out behind the Round Tower, 'b.icb, though inferior in extent and brilliance to that of -the previous night, threw up volumes of smoke and flame, that' cast a flood of lurid light over a great part of t'tie harbour, the Arsenal, the Redan, and our own and the French advanced trenches. After burning for about a n hour, however, it rapidly died out, having been in ail probability one of the buildings on the slope of the hill, leading down from the rear of the Malakhoff to the barb our. During the hour for which this had lasted one of the three-deckers, which had been drawn up dur ing the p revious night, with their broadsides to the Round T a wer, threw several shells into the trenches near the Mam E lon, as well as into our own advanced mortar batteries -on its flank, but as the French replied with some die c harges of rockets, this fire from the shipping was not I.‘ mg continued. The glare of a second fire within the town was visible in the rear of the Redan ; but this appeared to have been soon got under, and did not last for ) nom than half-an-hour. As on Wednesday, so again during this day's practice, the enemy fired seve ral shells at the camp, two of which, that I have heard of, took effect. The first fell into a canteen-hut in the Third Diovision, and demolished the whole concern, at the same time wounding the luckless Maltese to whom the store belonged ; whilst the second exploded within , and killed the only man a s teat n hap oopf paned the F t o o u r b t e h D insidei vi s i o a t n the time, besides wound ing three. others in the neighbourhood, During Thursday night the firing again slackened, but was resumed on Friday at daylight, and kept up vigorously throughout the day—its main force being, as c , n the two preceding days, from the left. On looking at the Malakhoff about noon I was able, with the aid of a good glass, to perceive the full extent of the external injury which it bad sustained from Wednes day's and Thursday's fire, and of the entire number of its embrasures only two remained open. The rest had been literally bunged up, and their gabions shattered and knocked about in all directions inti and outside the ditch. The abattis, which bad proved so formidable an obstacle to our Allies on the 18th of June, was also swept away in various places, and open ings, varying from one to ten yards, were visible through out the greater part of its length from the six-gun battery up to the parapet of the French sap. Similarly, though to a much less degree, the embrasures of the Redan had been damaged, and its fascines and gabions blown out of place ; whilst the small flanking party under the wing of the Malakhoff appeared but little injured. Passing on to the town itself, on the left, a vast number of houses which had before escaped uninjured were seen reduced to ruins, roofs being knocked in, side walls shattered, or gables blown clean away. From the roofs of several of the public buildings, however, the sheet lead appears to have been purposely stripped ; and I also perceived a scaffolding at present round the dome of the small tower that rises out of the Admiralty buildings, leading to the impression that it is undergoing the same denuding process. Altogether, a much greater proportion of the fire appears to have been this time directed against the town itself than on any previous occasion, and the da mage inflicted seems to be commensurately great. Why this had not been done long ago has been a standing matter for remark and wonder since the earliest months of the siege. One per cent. of the shot and shellthrown resultlessly into the Redan and Malakhoff would have laid the town in ruins, and not have left the garrison as much shelter as would have given cover to a rat. About 5 p.m. yesterday another ship was discovered to be on fire near the middle of the harbour, and almost hidden from our view by the crest of the Malakhoff bill. From the masts, which were at first all that could be seen, we judged her to be a frigate ; soon after the first outbreak of the flames she appeared to be to wed out far ther from the south shore, for her deck and one tier of portholes became visible above the brow of the slope, and the impression as to her size was then confirmed. Though the evening was windy, and an impetus therefore given to the flames, she continued to burn steadily till nearly an hour before midnight, when the blaze gradually subsided to a smoulder, fanned into rangement is, that our attack on the Redan shall not be made till the Malakhoff is actually occupied by the French —then, and not till then, our stormers shall dash on to the Redan, the French supporting them by a simultaneous rush upon the small flanking battery which worked us so much mischief on the 18th June. Our assaulting force is to be composed of the whole of the Second Division, and the second brigade of the Light Division, with the first brigade as a reserve. As a punishment for its recent conduct in the trenches the 97th has been told off to lead. General Markham, of the Second Division, commands the whole. Such, briefly, is to be the order of this final attack, and the strength of our own force to be employed in it. With the lesson of the fatal 18th fresh in all minds we have little of the un duly sanguine confidence of success which then ani mated everybody ; but with our advances pushed so much nearer the points to be attacked, and with ar rangements free from the complications which bore such disastrous fruit thf.,), the general disappointment will still be great if before sunset to-day the Tricolour and Union Jack do not float in triumph over the Malakhoff and Redan. This accomplished, the south side of Sebas topol is our own. T HE EAST INDIA COAL COMPANY. " LIMITED." _ _ Provisionally Registered under the Limited Liability Act of 1855. Capital, 150,0001. in 15,000 Shares of 101. each. A Deposit of ss. per Share upon Allotment. The first call of 21. per share to be made one month after the deed of the Company is ready for signature, of which due notice will be given, and the remaining calls to be made from time to time as the money may be required. PROVISIONAL DIRECTORS. Captain L. V. Vernon, R.E., M.P., Arclington House, Want age, Berks. Sir H. T. Maddock, M.P. (late Governor of Bengal), 180, South Audley-street. Gregor Grant, Esq., Bombay Civil Service (late Ohairman of the Oriental Bank), Oriental Club. James Hume, Esq., of Calcutta, Reform Club, Pall-Mall. George Smeed, Esq., Gore-court, near Sittingbourne, Kent. A. I. V. de Magalhaens, Esq., 75, Mark-lane. William P. Haymen, Esq., Rochester, Kent. George Burge, Esq., 1, Lansdowne-place, Brunswick-square. E. W. Morris, Esq., Monument-yard, London-bridge. AUDITORS. John Noble, Esq., of the firm of Messrs. Noble and Co., Broad-street-buildings. H. C. Read, Esq., of the firm of Messrs. Mackay and Read, 9, New Broad-street. BANKERS—Messrs. Glyn, Mills, and Co. SECRETARY—Henry Haymen, Esq. STANDING COUNSEL. _ Charles Wordsworth, Esq., 4, Paper-buildings, Temple. Soticiron—Richard Prall, Esq., 19, Essex-street, Strand. BAKER—Daniol Castello, Esq., 4, Cushion-court, Old Broad- street. OFFICES —132 and 133, Gresham House, Old Broad-street. This Company is established with the object of working coals in the Valley of the Damoodah, in Bengal, and of sup plying the great and rapidly increasing demand in India for that article. _ _ The profitable nature of such au undertaking has been placed beyond all doubt by the fact of an association—Tun BENGAL COAL COMPANY—working in the immediate proposed locality, having for some years past paid its Shareholders dividends varying from twelve to sixteen per cent. Tees EAST INDIA COAL COMPANY will have the advantage of commencing its operations, with the means of transporting its Coal to market, by rail, in six hours—a benefit of vast importance, when it is remembered that until within the last few months the only mode of transit has been of the most tedious, dangerous, and expensive character ; combining land and water carriage —the former by carts, and the latter on a tor rent navigable for a very brief period of the year. The Collieries and lands secured by the Directors are ex tensive and Valuable : they consist of five distinct Mines, together with buildings, plant, 4/e., &c., and comprise an area of upwards of five hundred acres. The seams vary from eight t 0 sixteen feet in thickness, and contain an inexhaust ible supply of Coal. Toposi and Konoostoria, the two prin cipal mines, are immediately adjoining, and situated within three miles of the East India Railway Company's Terminus at Ranegunge and 129 miles (by rail) from Calcutta. They have been worked on a small scale for the last five years, supplying for two or three years the India General Steam Navigation Company with all the fuel for its steamers. Five Shafts have been sunk at depths varying from 35 to 60 feet. Samples taken from these Mines have been submitted to com petent examination, and pronounced equal to good Welsh Steam Coal. The other three mines, Kosta, Russa, and Tanksooly, although at greater distances from the rail, are valuable with reference to the superior quality of the Coal, and its capability for Coking purposes. The terms upon which these Mines have been purchased are highly favourable to Shareholders. Not only is the price extremely moderate, with reference to previous sales of similar property, but the seller has consented to receive the whole amount in Shares of the Company. A chart of the Mines, samples of the Coal, and a full report from competent parties in India as to the workings and ex tent of the property, are in possession of the Directors, and may be inspected at this office. For the information of those unable to avail themselves of this privilege, a few brief re marks are here submitted.—Owing to the cheapness of labour in India, a ton of Coal can be raised and deposited at the pit's mouth for a sum equal to ono shilling and twopence. The present charge for conveyance, by rail, to Calcutta, is eleven shillings and sixpence per ton ; the cost of the Coal, therefore, in Calcutta will be twelve shillings and eightpence per ton ; or, adding one shilling and fourpence for sundry charges, fourteen shillings. The price of Coal in Calcutta has never been less, for many years, than twenty-one shillings per ton ; and the profit consequently will be the difference, or seven shillings per ton. The quantity of Coal raised would not be less than three hundred tons per diem, leaving a profit of 1051. per day, or, in round numbers, 31,5001. per annum, calculating only 300 working-days in the year. Supposing the whole amount of capital to be called for, still a dividend of at least 20 per cent. may be constantly anticipated. With the skill and means now available a very superior quality of Coal will be raised to any hitherto brought to market in India. The manufacture of Patent Fad upon the plan found to answer so well here, and the preparation of Coke for the use of the Indian Railways, &c, will engage the attention of this Company. The deep interest which the Government of India, the va rious Indian Railway Companies, the Inland Steam Naviga tion Companies, the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Company, and the Oriental Gas Company must naturally have in the success of this Scheme, promises to the Proprietors au amount of support not usually commanded by Public Com panies. It is proposed to manage the affairs of the Company in the manner adopted by the Peninsular and Oriental Steam. Com pany, and the various Indian Railway Companies— that is, by a board of direction in London, and an agency and su perintendents in India. The operations of the Company will be immediate. Application for shares, in the following form, will bo re ceived by the Secretary and the Brokertt of the company :-- To the Directors w of tho East India Coal Company, " Limited," Gentlemen,—l request you will allot me shares in the East India Coal Company upon. the terms of your prospectus, and I agree to accept the same, or such lesser number as may be allotted to me, and to pay the deposit thereon at the time and place mentioned in the letter of al lotment, and that such deposit may be expended in defray ing the preliminary expenses. . - Name Address and Occupation Number of Shares Reference Date COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. Yesterday a court was held for the despatch of publio business. It was the first court held since the termina• tion of the holidays, and was fully attended. A report from Mr. Bunning, the city architect and surveyor, stating that the estimate of the expenses of the repairs of the Mansion-house, Guildhall, courts of justice, &c., for the ensuing half•year would amount to 5,5861., was ordered to be printed in the minutes of the court. THE CONDITION OF THE THAMES. The LORD MAYOR said, he had received a great num ber of petitions signed by the bankers, merchants, go vernors of hospitals and other institutions, medical authorities of the very highest character, warehouse men residing on the banks of the river, and, in fact, persons of the greatest influence in the population of London, upon the state of river, and he thought they were of such importance that he at once determined to submit them to the Court, to be dealt with accord ing to the judgment of that body. It appeared from those documents that further delay as to the application of a remedy of the evil would be dangerous, and it was quite impossible for him to act in such a case without the co-operation of the members. He had entertained an idea of calling a meeting on Thursday next to take into consideration the subject, with a view to a public demonstration, but he was resolved to make no move ment without the consent and advice of the Court of Common Council. (Hear.) Deputy PEACOCK said, the public perfectly well un derstood that the necessary improvement could not take place without an expenditure of four or five millions, and it was well known that Lord Palmerston had expressed his opinion that it would certainly be most advisable to carry the extensive changes suggested into effect, but asked, at the same time, where the money was to be found to accomplish them. (Hear, hear.) The Govern ment could not, in the Minister's belief, proceed to a reform of the river until the war was at an end, and more favourable opportunities presented themselves of raising the necessary amount of money. Mr. W. Jorms said the court were obliged to the Lord Mayor for the communication which had been made to them, and credit was due to his lordship for the anxiety expressed by him on so important a question ; but it did not legitimately come before them, nor could they be justified in calling a meeting for the considera tion of its merits. (Hear, hear.) Mr. T. H. HALL moved that the communication, with all the papers, be submitted to the Commissioners of Sewers. _ _ _ Deputy OBBABD seconded the motion. The substance of the memorial to the Lord Mayor having been read by Mr. Woodthorpe, the clerk of the court, and after some observations from several mem hero, The motion of Mr. T. H. Hall was carried by a large majority. TITLE TO SMITHFIELD SOIL. The court was cleared of strangers, for the purpose of receiving a communication from the Treasury respect ing the title to the soil of Smithfield. A discussion of great length took place within closed doors. THE APPROPRIATION OP THE SITE OP SMITHFIELD. Sir J. DUKE, M.P., then brought up a memorial of the inhabitants of the ward of Farringdon Without, "in wardmote assembled," for the corporation to esta blish upon the site of Smithfield "a central metropolitan market for the sale of meat, poultry, fruit, flowers, and vegetables," and moved " that the memorial be referr e d to the Markets' Committee for their consideration and report." (Hear.) Deputy HOLT seconded the motion. The reference to the committee was then put and carried. THE EARL OF ELLENBOROTIGH AT GLOUCIESTER.— The Earl of Ellenborough, who has on every occasion proved himself the soldiers' friend, has recently paid visits to the timber yards of Mr. Essie, Gloucester, and roughly inspected the huts now in course of construction for the Crimea. His lordship also paid another visit to Mr. Esssie's on Tuesday last, when the noble earl caused one of the huts to be erected in his presence, in order to ascertain with what rapidity the erection could be ac complished. This was completed in little more than an hour. His lordship expressed his great gratification, and liberally rewarded the workmen for their trouble. The huts are nearly all ready, and the shipment proceeds Chatenham amuck. ," • ~~~G E=IR. 4D. STAMPED 5D :, THE • R sszti .1v SETT LEYTE NTS IN TI E NORZI-1 PACIFIC. The L 11o17ing leqers (signed "F. R. G. S.") have been ac Ldressed to the editor of the Times : Si r, —l - 110 , AV ever just your remarks may he on the negli gence of our.commander s in the race to Petropaulovski, of which y( , u spoke in your article the day before yes terday, both )artier had not an equal chance. Petronau lo vski may he in direct distance from St. Petershurg, .600, from London 4,640 miles ; but while the distance 1 a be tr4velled would not, in the one case, be more than 7,500 miles, or about 100 days, in the ,Aber the distance o votild . be increased to 17,500, and the time, though not ioa proporti )n, yet very consideraLlY—say 130 days. More , wet, steamers do not make long voyages with much advantage over sailing clippers, as trials from Austr: sufficient's' prove. But why is it that Great Britain has no statien for naval rendezvous on the north- , rest coast of America? As 'Sir George Simpson b tests, Great Britain and Russia gird the globe, why slaould the orders of our Government have to t ravel four times the direct - distance, while we have facilities for direct transit which they have t co t, nature having given us a ready-made road by we ter for all but 1,260 miles ? Nor had they a priority in pc dot of time. The English flag had traced the north-wes t coast of America, and an English colony been projet.tt4xl there—nay, English trade established there before the Russians had set foot on the coast. Our first estriblishment on HUson's Bay dates from the time of Charlies 11. RuFsia, was struggling for the pos session of Wevtern Siberia at the beginning of the 17th century. We have had no opponents ; they have Lad to conteA the pTo'and with the Tartars, Chinese, and even the Yaketski.. yet Russia has established large towns, fisheries, and. internal communication throughout the whole of North Asia, has her steamers on Lake and at Okhotsk, Petropaulovski ' the Anoor, and Sitka. We have not one s t eamer on Lake Superior, nor any materiel esta'alishinent from Lake Huron to the Pacific ; yet from L ake. Superior to the Pacific is only 1.260 miles, with water communication, to the base of the .Rocky Mounta.ins from Lake Winnipeg. while from To helsk to Oklootsk is 2,210, L a k e B a ik a l on l y intervening. A century ago the importance of ,a naval station, sod, indeed, of a colony, on the north-west coast of America was admitted. What has been done since ? Nothing. Our vessels rendezvous at the Sandwich Islands or San Francisco. Our Pacific Admiral's wife has her tempo rary home in. South America., some 8,000 miles from the scene of actin;), which therefore have to be traversed by the flag-ship, as your correspondent informs us, whose action has been prevented by the more business-like arrangements of our enemy ; yet on that coast the finest spars and wood of all kinds may be had for cutting, coal f or digging, and there are hundreds of harbours, any one of which is made to land for naval uses. Our ships, whether saVling or steam, if they want repair, must re turn home, or at best go to some distant foreign port. The Russian can he repaired or refitted in their own ports by their own workmen. The magnitude of these operations and the insignificance or, in this case, nullity of ours may be estimated by the fact that they have four naval stations—Sitka., Petropaulovski, Okhotsk, and the mouth of the Amor, distant respectively. say. 2,000, 700, and 500 miles, dominating over the North Pacific —while the greatest maritime nation in the world has not one. Sir,—The allusions which of late have been made to that part of the Russian territory, and the anomalous reports on some agreement made between the so-called Russian Fur Company and the Hudson's Bay Company —the important question, in fine, whether Sitka be "merely a trading port" or a Government establish ment, induce me to address you the following observa tions. They are communicated to me by a professional gentleman, who performed a voyage on board one of the Russian men-of-war which annually go between Cronstadt, Sitka, Petropaulovski, and back. The Rus sian establishments on the north-west coast of America were founded in 1797, and it was State-Councillor Bara noff who, being a man of great penetration and enter prise, laid the germ of their future greatness. The Rus sian-American Company may in some way he compared to the English East India Company ; and it is well known that even the latter is under the complete con trol of the English Government. It is obvious that this must be still more the case with an absolute Govern ment like Russia, where everything of a public character is centralised within the pale of autocratic power. The Governor of Sitka and all its various employes are Rus sian officials, &c. The organisation and system of the north-west Ame rican colony is curious and interesting. It is in Sitka and Petropaulovski where all the cosily furs obtained in that vast territory are collected. The communication between Sitka and Cronstadt (or rather St. Petersburg) can, as a matter of course, only be kert up by sea ; but even Petropaulovski could not communicate with the latter places hut by an expensive and lengthy land tran sport. For the sake of obviating this, and also for re taining the management of such costly goods within their own grasp, the Russian-American Company de spatch every year, or thereabouts, a man-of-war, which performs the following tour :—From Cronstadt it goes first to Rio de Janeiro, the only port on the east coast of America where a Russiam Ambassador of high rank resides. Thence it proceeds to Sydney, partly for taking in fresh supplies as well as for espying the con dition of this important colony. From Sydney ths Russian man-of-war performs the difficult passage through the South Sea Islands to Sitka. The approach of this place is so difficult at certain seasons of the year that no accurate astronomical observations can be made, but when the ship has arrived within the approximate latitude it cruises, firing guns at short intervals, which, when they are heard at Sitke, are responded to and a pilot sent, &c, At Sitka a part of the cargo of the vessel (being generally a frigate of 1,000 tons burden) is discharged. It consists of mili tary and naval stores, ammunition, accoutrements, medicines, &c. The space of the vessels thus emptied is filled with the cases containing the costly furs collected since the last vessel sailed. From Sitka, the Russian man-of-war proceeds to Petropaulovski, where the same process of unloading and loading is gone through. Having thus filled her hold with a cargo which is gene rally valued at 1,000,000 silver roubles, the vessel begins her homeward passage, and, rounding Cape Horn, pro ceeds direct to Rio de Janeiro. As the natural sciences are much esteemed in Russia, vast botanical collections of living plants, &c,, are taken in at that Brazilian port. Returning to Cronstadt, the furs are shipped for St. Petersburg, and it is with these American and Asiatic furs that great part of the commerce of Kiachta with the Chinese is carried on. Although the Russian-American Company possesses a small naval establishment, the vessels alluded to are offi cered and manned by the Imperial navy and carry the Imperial flag. It is worthy of a passing notice that Captain Khromshenko, commander of one of these ves sels, during a stay at Sitka learned from the natives (the Kaloshes) that the adjacent territory of California was rich in gold, and it was in his journal, published at St. Petersburg about 1832, that these riches were first men tioned. Returning, however, to our main subject, it is clear that Sitka, the chief place of such a vast territory, the seat of a Russian governor, a place well defended by fortifications, and possessing an arsenal and a garrison, can, indeed, not be called a mere trading port, any more than Calcutta, Madras, or Bombay, and that there must be something which does " not meet the eye, " which underlays the late diplomatic transactions—an affair the elucidation of which I leave to other hands. Sir,—Your other correspondents who have written about Sitka have, as I hoped would be the case, let in some light on the north-west coast of America. I admit the fact stated by the one, that Sitka is not a Sebastopol ; in my first note I wrote of its ships, not its fortifications ; but I adhere to the statement confirmed by the other, that it is an important Government station, and not merely a trading port. The former has no doubt authority in nautical mat ters. The latter, to whom for his information I, for oue, am much indebted, has evidently accurate know ledge of that respecting which he writes—viz., the tran sit of furs by sea to St. Petersburg; and his account shows the value of the merchandise which might have been intercepted but for the " peculiar policy" of the two companies to which the other alludes. There are, however, other things—two more especi ally—which he does not tell ns, but which should be known. One is that Sitka may be called the Odessa of the North Pacific. It is there that stores of provisions, &c., are collected and transmitted to the other stations, not, indeed, from Russian America, but from British America—i. e., the stations of the Hudson's Bay Com pany, California, and the Sandwich Islands. It is on this account that I wish it not, indeed, destroyed, but occu pied. The ships and sailors of the United States in the Pacific have been and are, no doubt, well employed in doing what Russians and Russian vessels cannot now do. The other fact is, that furs are carried overland from Okhotsk to St. Petersburg ; and this will not appear strange when the price of a fur cloak is quoted in Russia at 3001. Sir G. Simpson, who may be taken as an authority in this matter, notwithstand ing the objections made to his evidence, records that he left Okhotsk with a caravan of 600 horses, carrying mer chandise for Mr. Shiloff, a rich merchant of that place, and met another caravan of 500 coming in from Yakutsk. There are roads and constant traffic through Siberia, and rich merchants resident in so dreary a p lace as Okhotsk, but we may look in vain for them in our own beautiful and fertile possessions on the n orth-west coast of America ; nor are there roads from it to Canada. Yet Canadians first established trading ports on that coast, and, though the five weeks allowed by yoar cor respondent from St. Petersburg to Okhotsk seem little, I think, but for the cold shade of monopoly, that time might be a fair allowance from Montreal to Vancouver's Island • and it should be noted th at thou g h the com rades Of Cook opened the fur trade with China, which then attracted even British merchants in India, and which all Europe and the United States strove to secure, that trade has been in the hands of Russia since the establishment of Sitka. I should be sorry to think that our sailors needed the stimulus of prize-money to induce them to do their duty ; but I conceive it possible that duty may be done with more alacrity and despatch when a rich booty is anticipated than when it is known that a !‘ peculiar policy" has aln§dy PAM it out of reach. A think it it bar .our or> ". pr. , fits o o Rus;i;ln fir tr: esliou!d be lie ' as I dot-0n our merchant- that a trade le , ' to all should be monopolised. Year corri _ coniparing the Russian Fur Company with ttl Company forgot that the latter has no lon lv of trade. 11 , -, might more ju.tly, with yon that the English compa n y i s no t , lik e der the direction or control of Government, have z; pared it with the Hudson's Bay Company, now the: of commercial monopoly remaining in this country. THE FOOD QUESTION IN FRANCE. (Front the Illoniteur.) The Government very properly continues to beglow its attention 'on the question of the supply of food, which is always a fit sulject of concern. This is the third time withi❑ these three years that the high price of corn has imposed great sacrifices on the country. In this difficult emergency the Government will not fail to do Let us examine the state of the case. France produces annually, on an average, 82 million. Lectolittes'of wheat. Let us suppose that this year the- harvest, has only yielded 75 ; there would be a deficit. of 7 million hectolitres. Now, so long as these 7 million ,hectolitres shall not have been replaced in Fra7;ce by foreign produce, there exists no human Means of fiducing the price. The great concern, therefSre, is' to have this amount of wheat brought as rapidly and economically as possible from abroad. Once hial - tilt, it is necessary to have it diffused as easily as possible throughontall parts of the empire, so that it may not leave them again. That once accomplished, prices will go down by the natural course of things. What then is the best mode of procuring these seven million hectolitres ? Is it, as some propose, by reducing the price artificially ? Is it by compelling the holders to sell in a certain manner, in certain places, at a certain. rate ? Is it by giving a bounty on importation ? We do net think so. If by an active mode government. 81 '"" 111 be so imprudent as to wish to lower the averagato prices of grain by causing wheat to be sold at a love price ; should the government wish to take inquisitorial measures against the holders, these resolutions would occasion a result directly the reverse of what it wishes ; fear would seize upon all who hold cern ;it would disap pear from the marke s ; people would rather hide it than sell it, and the reduosd prier, being merely artificial, could not be long maintained ; foreign corn obtainine. cneoaselontogerentitesr France,o : fi tn t d i w n e s o h n o r u ld m a b r e k e i t n s eva bu moldy overtaken by scarcity, seeing that it is just as impossible to impose by force a price upon pro visions in general as to prevent water from finding its level. The famous law of the maximum, of inauspi cious memOry, was an evident proof of the mischief that -Ipay be done by ignerai se in respect of political economy. Confidence and freedom in all transactions are the unchangeable bases of prosperity in trade, and consequently the causes of abundance. As for giving a bounty en the importation of corn into France, some persons imagine that the price of corn would be reduced by the amount of the bounty. The, experiment was tried in 1816, and did not succeed. In fact, were the Government to declare that it gives a bounty on the importation of corn, at the end of a very short time the foreign producers and dealers would raise the price to the full amount of this bounty, and the mea sure would merely end with enriching foreigners to the detriment of French producers and consumers. What then, is to be done ? It is, according to the decree of the Sth of Sept. last, to open for more than another year our frontiers to all the alimentary supplies of foreign countries ; to prohibit the exportation of them from France ; to facilitate the conveyance along railways and canals by rendering it less expensive, so as to equalise as much as possible the prices of corn over the entire territory ; to encourage, excite, and second purchases abroad ; to leave the most perfect freedom to every transaction, vigorously prepared to put the law in force against any culpable tricks having for their object the cresting of an artificial rise by means of coalition ; to stimulate public and pri vate charity at the moment when bread is dearest ; lastly to give rise by every means to work in the land, fer if we succeed in creating a greater demand for work, and consequently in rendering it dearer, the • rorkmen will obtain a remunerative price that will to << certain point be a set-off to the high prices of food. We may as well say here, that the low price of articles of food is not always the proof of prosperity. There are countries where corn for instance is worth very little, and where the inhabitants fur all that are in the deepest distress, because from the absence of industrial and trading ac tivity they cannot buy in eufficient quantity food of the first necessity, even at the trivial price it is offered for sale. Besides, it is an incontestable truth that the rise in the price of corn alone enables the deficit to be made good, for beyond a doubt foreign ,producers and mer chants will not bring corn to our markets, unless they find there a reasonable profit and complete security for their transactions. This is so true that the rise in corn has already very opportunely roused commerce. It has occasioned nume rous orders and important purchases abroad ; and not merely the arrivals that will he the consequence of them will naturally tend to lower the prices, but the simple knowledge of this fact will concur to the same end, so soon as it shall be known by the French producers. Let the country then be reassured ; the government watches, and engaged especially about the welfare of the moat numerous class it will know how to take the most prudent and efficacious measures, at the same time that' it will resist all unreasonable demands with the strength that love of the right and the feeling of duty confer. 2\ 1-. IN sil j ulEli ora tha , •e t frol OL : 414114 A _ !mat • itl , v ,-:-..-; 4- N spot 1, -. k t.ime, L -',1 z t... :,. c.- he E st` ,pittil! 131 7 ,i: A nger a* 4 -,; - - gat . L : ji b: r r . ~ ,12,-. N 7 „, ...;„.; It, have zq 1 ko „,,,,, +ha Ail hi 2 ' ' "IP THE LATE HOMICIDE AT BRISTOL. BRISTOL, Thursday.—The adjourned inquest on the body of the sailor, John Hale, was resumed this morning, at the Old Duke Tavern, before the coroner, J. B. Grindon, Esq. The Coroner inquired whether Newman, who was alleged to have inflicted the fatal violence, was present, and was informed that he was still in the infirmary, and unable to be brought from that institution. Mr. Crosby Leonard, surgeon, deposed to having made a post mortent examination of the body. There was a fracture of the skull on the left side six inches in length, commencing at the left parietal bone, passing through the temporal and sphenoid bones to the middle fossa or the base of the skull. Between the bone and membranes of the brain were two wineglassfulls of extravasated blood. The brain itself was congested, and there was blood effused on it, and a bloody serum at the base of the skull. Tho death had resulted from pressure of the brain caused by the fracture and consequent effusion.. The fracture must have been the result of violence—of a fall or a blow. A man's own weight falling down in the street would not have been sufficient to have caused such a fracture, but a fall from a height, or over a stair, might do so. The widow of the deceased was re-called, and per sisted that, although in the room all the time, she did not see her husband use any poker. Jones, of the Land Transport Corps, was recalled, and asked if he was certain that Newman only raised the deceased's head once. He replied that he had been drinking a good deal at the time, and could not say. Sophia Duffey deposed that she lived at 47, King. street. At half-past 11 on Tuesday night, when in her bed-room, she heard a noise in the street, and raised her window to see what it was. She saw a man on the ground, and then saw another man lift up his head with his two hands, and beat it forcibly against the stones. The man who did it said " You -, now you've got it." Witness then ran to call her husband. Ann Worgan also deposed to having been aroused from her bed by the tumult. She looked from her win dow and saw several persons, and among them three of the Land Transport Corps. Some one said, "Kill him," and then one of the Land Transport Corps kicked a man who was on the ground about the body. The Coroner, in summing up the evidence, said lie confessed for himself that he should have been better satisfied if the man Newman, against whom, if against any one, the evidence pointed, had been present, in order that he might, if so pleased, have had an oppor tunity of giving any explanation which it might be in his power to offer ; and even now he should be ready, if the jury pleased, to adjourn to the infirmary for that purpose. The Foreman of the jury said himself and brethren oonsidered that such a course would be very desirable ; and the coroner and jury then repaired to the infirmary, and entered the ward in which the accused lay. The Coroner stated to him the purport of the evidence which had been adduced against him, and baying cau tioned him in the usual way against committing himself, be asked if he had any explanation of the matter to give ? The accused replied that he should decline to say anything, and George Th Newman.ejuryreturned a verdict of m anslau g hter against ST. MARTIN'S CEMETERY. lettero m m fromi tt ee l s a i s r t G e v . e Grey,ning n r . replylNg . PEN to A a trreeapamdreestheenteitnf!tliloonwtmihne c a g de to the Home-office, calling for an immediate interference to put an end to the disgrace ful proceedings complained of : " Whitehall, Sept. 19. am directed by the Secretary, Sir G. Grey, to acknowledge the receipt of your letters of the 13th and 14th i ns t., calling attention to certain proceedings in the Cam. den Town Cemetery, and to inform you that he is not aware that the Secretary of State has any authority to inter. fern e t t taken k,em M. s :NEn i .u.Aaiiss u . na c tGng h a opieteßhst c v:A a x s Ecc e and t ytao , :qua.r, course to thatht o a h t b t ae the pe remedy legal s m l ue opinioned d y t i os remedy h a probably b n et thtee nr evil complained of.—l remain, Scc., " MASSEY. E field, solicit or to thesaqu"threoaridtiaes l o e f tt s e t r from.itiartMin pleading ignorance on the part of the trustees, of bodies being interred in the ground let out for building , and stating that in enterimg into a contract with the lessees they had stipulated that, should the excavators meet with any remains placed there accidentally, they should immedi. ately stop proceedings. Mr. GiLmotat could bring undoubted evidence that the authorities of St. Martin's were well aware that bodies had been buried in the identical ground where the excavations were going on. They had received the fees for the funerals, and therefore they could not ignore the fact that bodies were interred there. It was stated that the Vestry of St. Pancras had dpi termined to proceed energetically against the parish of St. Martin'i. _ . Several gentlemen having spoken, the moan broke up, gir. D llll' ,#ll oTO I I if. ° 1 0 ' Pt' i l: PA O at ,_ if, to Saloon