The Sun. — London, England, 1855-08-27 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, his,larrts Celest,. THIS EVENING, HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. • Ting DAY—Morn. 22 min. aft. 1 Evening 46min. aft. 1 To•Moßßow,--Morn.ll min. aft. 2, Evening3l min. aft. 2 nut WEATHER.--Beal Orlin, Aug. 27. Taramoinans, IN THE SRAM 73—highest since noon yesterday. CO —lowest this morning and during the night. 70—this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 30. WIND, S.W.—Slight breeze, and dull. 6 , 57-04? a r,... y; ~~~ tl c5.14t11, LONDON, MONDAY, AUGUST 27, 1855. - T- On Saturday we alluded to Lord STANLEY'S ad mirable suggestion for altering the periods during which the Parliamentary session is held, so as to enable the members of both Houses of Parliament to set off in pursuit of health or amusement by the middle of June, in place of the middle of August, under the existing system. The Noble Lord in his anxiety to carry the important pro position he has introduced disdains any pretension to originality, and shows that he deserves the title of " restorer " rather than of " innovator," his object being to enable Parliament to separate in June, according-to the practice of the olden time, and to meet - the further demands on legislative labour,' oecasioned by the vast increase of public business, at a more convenient 'season than that which- has recently been required fOr the purpose. It is neither more nor less than making from the. beginning of November to the middle of Decem ber, and from the middle to the end of January, the working time, in place of from the middle of June to the middle of August, and, as we have . already stated, no reasonable person can deny the great benefits that would arise from the change. Some difficulties . have, however, been stated, which, for the most party have- been fairly met, and completely diSpoSed of by the Noble Lord, and which certainly are not sufficiently formidable to prevent or materially retard the adoption of this great and obvious amelioration. One of these objections is that the question is one for the consideration of the SOVEREIGN, or, in other words, of the Minister of the time being, rather. than for that of Parliament. It is 'one o. the most undoubted prerogatives of the Crown that the Monarch should be entitled to convene Parliament whenever its deliberations can be beneficial to the country, and that the attendance of Noble Lords and Honourable Gentlemen may in like mann . er be dispensed with at any time when it is not imperatively required, so as to allow suitable rest and recreation to the members, and to enable them . to discharge other duties scarcely less important than those appertaining to the work of legislation. This difficulty, however, is easily disposed of. It is not for a moment in. tended to interfere with the power of the SoVE REIGN to summon Parliament on any emergency. That Must necessarily continue as at present. The only alteration contemplated is that it should be understood that the period for the despatch of the necessary business should be so far varied that a considerable portion thereof should be transacted before in place of after Christmas—that the work now got through before Easter should be disposed of in November and the beginning of December. Ministers may make this change without the authority of Parliament. But, as Lord STANLEY well remarks, " the leaders of parties are pre- cisely the last persons who can venture to originate au alteration of the kind. They cannot afford to provoke opposition, or to lose. - support by throwing out ideas that may chance to be unpopular among any of their political friends !" If, therefore, the change is to be effected, it can only be by independent members taking up the subject, and obtaining the free expression of the opinions of both Houses, or rather of the House of Commons, for the Lords are not much called on in the early part of the session. Another objection has been suggested, from the present practice of the time of bringing forward the Budget, and making the financial arrange ments.for the year. But after the preliminary obstacles are disposed of, and they would not prove very serious, it would be far better to understand these matters before Christmas than in April or M a y. The harvest would be completely gathered in before November. • The prospects of the coun try could then be fairly estimated. Any extra ordinary expenses of the summer might be pro vided for. The official explanations would enable agriculturists, manufacturers) merchants, and traders of ev e ry class to judge m ore correctly of what would best suit their interests. Should the nation unhappily be involved in hostilities, the most judicious arrangemecits 'for the next cam paign might be made. In every respect the change would be so much the better, so far as financial matters were concerned, that it ought to he introduced, even if inconvenient in other re s. It has also been said that:the general business c l the country has not being advanced by the assem bling of Parliament before Christmas. This, however, i s s i m ply occas i one d b y its being an ex ceptional and irregular practice. It is called for some particular object or objects, and the pro ceedings are generally limited thereto. The ROYAL OPERA, DRURY-LANE. Lessee. Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING, Will be peribrmed ROB ROY. Characters by 11 , ssrs. J. Ander son, Ray, Stuart, Herberte, H. Braham, Barrett, and J. Raiford; ]dies Lanza, Miss Dycr, and Mrs W. J. Wallack. To conclude with LOVE IN A VILLAGW. Prices of admission :—To the two galleries. ; second circle of boxes and pit, Is.; dress circle, 2s. 6d.; stalls, 4s. • private boxes to admit two ' persons, 10s. 6d.; four persons, one g uinea. Box-office apes from 10 to 6 daily. THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET. Under the management of Mr. Buckstene, THIS EVENING, Will be performed SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER. To be followed by OLYMPUS IN A MUDDLE ; or, Wrong People in Wrong Places? Followed by COURT FAVOUR. To conclude with THE SPANISH DANCERS. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. Caaaus Esau. THIS EVENING, Will be performed HOW STOUT YOU'RE GETTING. After Which, KING HENRY THE EIGHTH. Queen Eatha nhe, Mrs. C. Kean ; Cardinal Wolzey, Mr. C. Kean. Will be performed PAUL PRY. Characters by Messrs. C. Selby, Parselle, and Wright; Misces Mary Keeley and Woolgar, and Mrs. J. Murray. After which, FRATERNISATION: To conclude with I:lOiV'S YOUR UNCLE ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Under the direction of Mr. Payne. • THIS EVENING, Will be performed MARRIED DAUGHTERS AND YOUNG HUSBANDS. Followed by FOUNDED ON FACTS. After wbich. a new Ballet. To conclude with GANEM. Asmzrs ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Wm. Cooke. Unabated a ekndotriuf M m phant attraction o f M azeppa.—Fourth and last George Wild and Miss Fanny Williams. THIS EVENING, Lord Byron's MAZEPPA and the WILD HORSE, designated by the public press the Phenomenon of the Day. 3fr. William Cooke has trained his matchless stud of horses expressly for this unrivalled and most popular spectacle. Atter which, the Equestrian SCENES in the CIRCLE, arranged by Mr. William Cooke. To conclude with Mr. Nelson Lee's Farce, A RAFFLE for an ELEPHANT, introducing Mr. W. Cooke's sagacious Elephant. Roz. - oftice open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. War. Acting Manager, Mr. Nelson Lee. Equestrian Director, w. Cooke, Jun. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 27 1855. " ' I take advantage of this occasion to offer to you, M. le Prget, the assurance of my most distinguished consideration. CLARENDON.' The Moniteur also publishes the following :-- "The Marshal commanding the Eastern Division of ;he Army and the Ist Military Division has received the bllowing letter from the Minister of War : " 'Paris, Aug, 25. "`Marshal,—The Emperor authorises me to tell you ,hat her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain was very touch satisfied with the ensemble of the review held yes terday in the Chamn de Mars. " The sight of your brilliant army reminded her Bri tannic Majesty of that other French army the colours of which are united fraternally with the colours of England on the enemy's soil, and the blood of which has cemented on the field of battle the imperishable alliance of the two countries. " The fine appearance of the troops under your com mand, the precision of the manceuvres executed, the ardour of all, struck her Majesty, and she feels con- vinced that if in its turn this army is called upon to fight for the common cause, it will show itself a worthy competitor of that which has already achieved so much glory in the Crimea. " I have great pleasure in communicating to yen this expression of satisfaction. " Accept, Marshal, the assurance of my very high satisfaction " ' Minister War, " VAILLANT.' " The Emperor steamer and the Lady Russell transport loft Marseilles on Thursday for the East, the former with 200 men and 270 horses on board, and the latter with 1,200 men and 70 horses. A letter from Marseilles of the 24th says :—" The movement of troops, considerable as it has been of late, is now assuming infinitely more considerable proportions. The Ist Regiment of the line which has just arrived here is to leave at once, and is to form part of the new corps which is being concen trated at Constantinople. Detachments each of 180 men, of the sth, 66th, 67th, 833, and 88th of the line are expected here this day. These detach ments are all composed of volunteers selected from a far greater number who offered to go. To-morrow it will be the turn of detachments of the 13th, 16th, 19th, 223, 38th, 78th, and 87th of the line. W e also understand that there is some idea of sending out a brigade formed of two regiments of lancers, to be embarked at this port." The Prince of Orange arrived at Malta on the 14th, on board the Dutch frigate Doggersbank, with his governor and suite, and was saluted on landing by the Ceylon and Fort St. Angelo. His Highness is to visit the principal ports of the Me diterranean for his instruction. General M'Mahon arrived at Malta on the 15th, on board the Thabor, on his way to the Crimea, where he is to replace Genetal Canrobert. A letter from Tripoli of the 14th, in the Moni teur, says : " The last accounts received state that Ghouma, the chief of the insurrectionary movement, has not laid siege to Tripoli, as was feared. Different causes have compelled him to delay his projects ; among others, the want of increasing his supplies of provisions, and the necessity of curing a wound which he received, and which bad become so irflamed that mortification was dreaded. This state of things is favourable to the Turks, although Ghouma retains all his influence over the tribes of the desert, which he has acquired by his bravery and indefatigable energy. Since the commencement of the outbreak he has taken no rest, and, although upwards of 65 years of age, remains almost all day on horseback. 'He 13 now at the Chateau of Djebel. Ghouma continu ally maintains the same line of policy, offering to collect and pay the tax to the Regency, on condition that he and his family should be exonerated from all tenure and service, and that an Imperial finnan shall secure to him the functions of Lieutenant-General. The Pacha is con centrating all the forces he can muster, in order to pre vent a surprise. 1,400 men have already arrived from Constantinople, with artillery ard ammunition, and others are expected." BOURSE, Ava. 25.—CLOSING PRICES. Cash. fr. e. End of 'Tenth. 4. per Cents 9l 75 94f. 75a. 3 per Cents 66 50 66 50 Or6dit Mobilier llB5 R oman Cr6dit Fonder — Austrian Belgian Fives — - Spanish Threes — Piedmontese — Homo Debt — RAILWAYS —POE CASH. fr. C. fr. C. Orleans Western B2O Strasburg - Vette Ifediterranean 1305 eh er b ure Northern Lyons., ........... 640 - GB5 - RUSSIA. A letter from St. Petersburg of the 16th, in the Constitutionnel, says : " The Portuguese envoy, M. de Villarelal, has had the honour of being received by their Majesties and by the Grand Dukes Nicholas and Michael. All the Russian journals are filled with news about the approaching ar rival of the Queen of England at Paris. It is now consid ered that the duration of the alliance between France and England, cemented by such proofs of cordiality between the two nations and the two Sovereigns, cannot be doubted, and Russian statesmen have lost the hope of ever being able to sow dissension between the Western Allies. The more close the alliance becomes, the more grave is considered the prolongation of the present war. The Russians now rem' the verse from Holy writ, so often quoted by the late Czar in his manifestoes—' God will punish the aggressor and they ask now whether the chastisement has not commenced. Where,' they ask, ' are the IVlentschikoffs, the Korniloffs, the Nachi moffs, and so many others who brought about this ter rible war ? Is not Prince Gortschakoff pursued with ill-fortunes ? Is he not as unfortunate at Sebastopol as he was in the Principalities ? In Asia, Beboutoff and Andronikoff are gone, and Mouravieff does nothing.' It must also be acknowledged that the blockade has ruined commerce, and that wheat, formerly worth 15f. has now fallen to 2f. The Emperor has conferred upon Generals Bonin and Makioukine the order of St. Stanis lane of the let class. It is generally believed here that Revel will be shortly bombarded." The _Hamburg News publishes the following from St. Petersburg of the 10th : "The want of officers is beginning to be so much felt in the army that the Government is obliged to resort to all sorts of methods to fill up the existing vacancies. Last year the scholars of the military schools were allowed to enter the army upon leaving school, and later still greater advantages were given them. The students of the colleges of St. Petersburg and Moscow who have obtained the degree of candidate, and gone thrcngh a prescribed state of military study, can be immediately gazetted to infantry or cavalry regiments as officers. The students of the academies can enter the army as non-commissioned officers; nobles can he passed a- offi cers at the end of six months, and others after any time, according to their capacity. The period of service in the reserve is also much shortened. Besides this, the students of physics and mathematics from the ur iversi ties of Moscow and St. Petersburg can be admitted into the artillery as officers, on passing an examination to that effect." enemy in the open field ; but if it does honour to 'at , courage of our troops it does not testify less to your ex cellent arrangements. Address my congratulations to the army, and receive them also for yourself. Tell those brave soldiers who for more than a year have supported unheard-of fatigues that the end of their trials is not far distant. Sebastopol, I hope, will soon fall under their blows ; and, should that event be postponed, I know from sources which I believe to be sure, that the Rus sian army cannot maintain the struggle in the Crimea during the winter. The glory achieved in the Crimea has moved your companions in arms in France ; they -1,1 eagerly desire to share your dangers. Thus, with the double wish of respondir g to their noble desire, and of procuring rest for those who have already done so much, I have given orders to the Minister of War that all the regiments that have remained in France shall go out gradually to take the place of those that return. You know, General, how much it has grieved me to he kept away from that army which has added a new lustre to our eagles ; but now my regret is lessened, as you hold out to me the prospect of a speedy and decisive success which will crown so many heroic efforts. "General, I pray God to have you in his safe keeping. " Written at the Palace of St. Cloud, Aug. 20, 1855. " NAPOLEON." The Moniteur also publishes the following : " The Queen of England has charged Lord Clarendon, her Minister for Foreign Affairs, to address to the Pre fect of the Seine the expression of the sentiments of her Majesty at the reception she has received from the city of Paris. " St. Cloud, Aug. 24. "Mousier le Pr6fet, —The Queen has commanded me to express to you, and to the municipal body her sincere thanks for the fete given to her yester day. The scale of magnificence of the arrangements, the splendour of the building, and the courtesy of the numerous guest© have made a lasting impression upon the mind of the Queen, and will be always present to her memory as one of the most agreeable incidents of her visit to Paris. " 'ln replying to the address which the Queen has received with so much satisfaction from the municipal body, her Majesty assures you M. le Pr4fet, that she can never forget the reception she has met with from the population of Paris ; she desires to renew the assur ances of her deep gratitude for the warm expressions of sympathy with which she was everywhere welcomed on her passage when, with her illustrious ally and friend, the visited the numerous edifices in which' are collected with so much profusion the remembrances of the suc cesses of the French nation in the arts, sciences, and war. •• 'But the satisfaction and gratefulness of the Queen are still more increased by the conviction that her own subjects share the benevolent manifestations of which she has been the object. She beholds therein the ratifi cation given by France to the alliance which now exists not only between the Sovereigns but between the people of the two countries. She is convinced that the two nations who have learned reciprocally to appreciate each other in a war undertaken for a cause at the same time just and equitable, and who are now rivals no longer, except for the attainment of the common object they have in view, will remain always united by the bonds of interests which have become henceforth inseparable. This union has been the ardent wish of the Queen's heart, and her visit to the magnificent capital o f F ranco has inspired her Majesty with a deep personal interest for the welfare of that great nation. i.There is one point to which Lord STANLEY has not alluded, but which would render the change stir' more beneficial, and materially improve the business of legislation. It is a subject to which nis father has already directed public attention, (ife ring irresistible arguments in its favour. It is, that business once introduced in Parliament should be continued until it has been finally dis posed of, either by receiving the Legislative sanc tion, or being rejected at some stage of its pro ; tress. This would not abridge any of the con s titutional safeguards against reckless or hasty hig,islation. On the contrary, it would prevent the emasculation of measures, and insure mature and ample deliberation on every point. There , would then be no necessity for the annual "mas s acre of the innocents." The House of Lords would have no reason to complain that they were aot allowed fair time for deliberation ; nor would lye see very injurious alterations submitted to by having charge of bills merely to prevent their total loss. With this necessary amendment, the proposal of Lord STANLEY will be received with: universal satisfaction, and be decidedly re f-4:l,rd ed as one of the most important reforms of ni od ern days. However painful it may be to read of our losses by the enemy, it is infinitely more so to read of our losses by avoidable disease. In the one case there is the mournful satisfaction of believing that the blood of our gallant fellows has not been shed needlessly nor in vain, but that the country of their birth will hereafter reap the fruits of their heroism' and self-devotion ; in the other, the p erusal is embittered by the reflection that the r , ..cord is one of nothing but loss, and that instead of being offered up as a glorious holocaust to their 'country's cause, with its inexorable requirements :and splendid rewards, the noble fellows have fallen . useless, if not unhonoured, victims to the igno :ranee, incompetency, and neglect of those whose bounden duty it was to take every precaution - necessary for the preservation of their health. ';.'To read of fifty men as having fallen iu the 'trenches, by the shot of the enemy, is a very dif :' - ferent thing to reading of that number fallen by :pestilence. Yet who that is conversant with the ;":history of the War but knows how small a propor tion of our losses, up to the present time, is as . , eribable to the unavoidable requirements of war, :and that to pestilential—that is to say, avoidable— disease we owe the decimation of our troops ! The ‘eye that has brightened with pride at their heroic deeds has oftener, it must be confessed, been 'dimmed with pity and shame at the manner in which their welfare has been neglected. Under such circumstances the letter of Dr. SUTHERLAND, the Sanitary Commissioner in the 'Crimea—the Golgotha of our troops —possesses peculiar interest. From this document, addressed, by the way, to the Earl of SHAFTESBURY, it would :appear that the sanitary condition of the army is better than might have been expected, and that :his efforts have been rewarded by considerable :success. The most striking parts, however, are those containing his confirmation of the reports , of the frightful condition of Balaklava on his arrival, and his remarks on the sanitary prospects of the army before Sebastopol. The following is his description of Balaklava before he entered on his duties :••••..." It is a small port, land-locked, lying among lofty hills, crowded with ships, the margins of the harbour formed 'with dead animals, and filth of all kinds ; the upper end a marsh, which has been used as a ,graveyard, where some thousands of the carcases 'of men and animals had been buried, mostly in water, and hardly covered with earth ; carcases 'floating in the harbour, and also the refuse and blood of cattle slaughtered on board ship ; no latrines but the hill sides, and back yards of houses covered with filth in consequence." Can it be wondered at, if in such a state of things _with a harbour in so filthy a condition, visited daily by 20,000 men, so many have been swept 4,-)ff by pestilence ? The wonder really is that there has not been more. The present sanitary condition of the army adds its testimony to the existence and results of previous neglect. Though by no means in so good a condition as might be attained, the troops appear to be healthy as com pared with the past. Diarrhoea hais been preva lent, it is true, but by care and attention the disease has not gone further in the majority of instances. That such cases should: be numerous is not surprising, under the aircumstances, considering the change of climate with new troopsL_the animal remains festexing beneath the surface, and the pestilential vapours ever and anon wafted from the doomed city. It is grati- . fying, however, to find th a t th e locality is not in itself particularly unhealthy, and that the marshy spots where malaria is engendered are neither nu- ►nerous nor unavoidable, As to the sanitary prospects of the army we confess to some appre -1 tension. it is quite evident from his letter that 1 Dr. SIITIIERLAND has met with discouragement in his labours from quarters to which he had a right to look for encouragement, and that he is not very hopeful of his directions being carried out in his absence. This, if there be cause, as we fear there is, for his despondency, is greatly to be regretted. Any such neglect, indeed, by the officials in future, ought to bring down several members feel that it is an addition to their labours, for which no equivalent allowance will be made. But let them only understand that they will be enabled to disperse so much the earlier—that for every day occupied in Novem ber, December, or January, they will have a holi or August—and th e y w ill h a il day in June, July, with delight the summons which is now regarded as an intolerable bore. The objection to which Lord STANLEY chiefly applies himself is that relating to what may be termed the sporting phase of the question. Many country gentlemen are passionately devoted to hunting, and will not willingly consent to any thing which will curtail their crusade against foxes. But even if the convenience and interests of a large majority of the House, and of the entire community, without exception, were to be sacri ficed to the modem "NIXERODS," even they them selves might find ample opportunities for culti vating their favourite pursuits notwithstanding a November session. The votaries of the trigger, who constitute a large proportion of the sporting com munity-, would be little interfered with. The Scottish moors would still maintain their attrac -1 tions ; the partridges would be generally dis- Iposed of by November, and quite enough time would remain for hares and pheasants. Besides, there would be an ample equivalent in the salmon fishing and yachting, from which, if not altogether debarred under the existing system, there are many serious drawbacks. With railway facilities, and considering how scanty is the attendance be fore Easter, save when some question of party interest is under4lisoussion, those devoted to fox hunting might contrive to indulge considerably :in their favourite pursuit even in November and December, notwithstanding the Parliamentary olaims on their time. The NIMRODS, too, are, g enerally speaking, fond of other country pur slats, and would, we venture to assert, not regret the power of enjoying themselves on their respec tivep estates after the middle of June. on their heads condign punishment, remem bering what has already been inflicted by it on the troops. Until, however, the education of military men is more complete, and, as Dr. SUTHERLAND recommends, " military hygiene" is made a considerable portion of the education of every officer, the health of our troops will be more or less neglected. Balaklava may be purified, and marshes drained, or rendered innocuous by the agency or advice of such men as Dr. SUTHER LAND, but unless officers are properly informed on sanitary matters, and do the best in their power for the men under their charge, pestilence will make its assaults, and seize its victims among the best and bravest, as of old. LATEST NEWS. WAR-OFFICE, AUGUST 27. Lord Panmure has received the following tele graphic message from General Simpson, dated Crimea, Aug. 26, 1855, 3.50 p.m.:— "Our works and those of our allies are making satisfactory progress." MARSEILLES, MONDAY, Auo, 27. The Carmel, which left Constantinople on the 20th, has arrived. She brings 100 sick. The advices from the Crimea are to the 18th. Despatches leave at 9 a.m. The steamers Alma and Candia leave for the Crimea. The Parana has arrived. PARIS, MONDAY, 8 A.M. The Emperor and Prince Napoleon accompany the Queen to Boulogne. The Emperor will return immediately to Paris, Lord Clarendon had a long interview with IL Wale wski. PARIS, SUNDAY NIGHT. The Queen leaves St. Cloud at 9 o'clock, for ;he Tuileries, to-morrow. There will be a triumphal procession along the Boulevards. The Queen's carriage will be drawn by eight horses. Her Majesty will leave the Strasbourg Railway Station at noon. This day the Queen drove out in the vicinity of St. Cloud. The King of Sardinia arrives at Paris to-nor• row. TAKING OF AN AMBUSCADE ON THE GLACIS OF MALAKHOFF. The Moniteur publishes the following from General Pelissier : CRIMEA, AUG. 24, 10 P. M. In the course of last night we carried an am- buscade on the glacis of Malakhoff; 500 Rus sians made a sortie for the purpose of retaking it, but they were brilliantly repulsed with a loss of about 300 men. The work has been turned against them, and is definitively gained by us. General M'Malion has arrived. Our sanitary state is excellent. STOCKHOLM, Arta. 20. Our newspapers report an engagement which took place off Riga on the 10th. Seventeen Russian gun-boats, it is said, came out of Riga, and fought for two hours with her Majesty's screw block ship Hawke, GO, and the screw corvette Desperate, 8. The result is said to have been ndecisive. Her Majesty's cruisers have visited Uleaborg, Sim°, and Windau, and destroyed government ships and stores. HAMBURG, AUG. 25 Advices from St. Petersburg bring reports from Revel that on the 16th two frigates, which had left Nargen for that purpose, bombarded Port Baltic for several hours, and then retired. KIEL, Aua. 25. The French war ship Marne has arrived with 200 prisoners. LoT COJI (.11 7 AFRICA. PLYMOUTH, MONDAY MORNING. The African Steam Navigation Company's mail packet Candace, Commander Hawkesley, arrived this morning. Her dates outward are—Madeira, June 13th ; Sierra Leone, 25th ; Cape Coast, July 2d ; Lagos, sth ; and Cameroons, 6th ; h omeward —Old Calabar, July 14th 2 • Cameroons, 16th ; Fer nando Po, 18 ; Lagos, 22d ; Accra, 24th ; C ape Coast, 25th ;, Liberia, 30th ; Sierra Leone, Aug. 3d ; Bathurst, Bth ; Goree, 9th; Tenneriffe, 16th; and Madeira, 19th. Her cargo consists of 2,000 ounces of gold-dust, 500 puncheons of palm oil, 6 pales 360 kegs of wax, 730 bags of ginger, and sundry camwood, ivory, pepper, cochineal. t Lagos, her Majesty's ships Scourge, Hecate, Dolphin, Antelope, and Philomel. The Royal Mail steam-ship Retriever left Goree August Bth for. Bathurst. Plains have been unusually heavy at Fernando Po. The Government had approved of the burn ing of Old Town, Calabar, by the Antelope, Com mander Young, at the requisition of acting Consul Lynlager for the infraction of the treaty abolishing human sacrifices made by the Calabar Chiefs in 1851. A very sanguinary affair occurred on the 17th of July at Gambia ; the natives having broken out in open rebellion in consequence of a man named Fodey having gone to a native village • and seized and carried away a man and his wife for slaves. Fodey, being supported by Marabous, refused to surrender to the police, who were supported by Lieutenants Davies and Armstrong, and a small military force. Lieutenant Armstrong was wounded, and two soldiers made prisoneis. The Marabous' then burned three English villages, on which Governor O'Conner proceeded, with 260 men, to take St. Mary's, but was waylaid by the natives, who drove him back ivi th a loss of 30 killed and 43 wounded. Governor O'Conner then obtained the assistance of a French man-of-war, the Entrepre nante, and 150 white troops, who carried the town at the point of the bayonet, and on the 3d it totally destroyed it. The French bad two killed and one wounded. British none killed. Bathurst is in a very insecure state. COURT CIRCULAR. PALACE OF ST. CLOUD, AUG. 23. Her Majesty and the Princess Royal accompanied the Emperor of the French to Paris this afternoon, and proceeded to the Palace of the Tuileries. Prince Albert visited the Industrial Exhibition soon after 10 o'clock in the morning, and joined the Queen at the Tuileries. About 4 o'clock the Emperor conducted her Majesty, the Prince, the Prince of Wales, and the Princess Royal through the galleries of the Louvre. Her Majesty will dine at the Tuileries, and will pro ceed between 9 and 10 o'clock to the grand full-dress ball at the Hotel de Ville. AUGUST 24. Her Majesty and Prince Albert returned to St. Cioud at half-past 12 o'clock last night, after the ball at the Hotel de Ville. Prince Albert and the Prince of Wales accompanied the Emperor of the French to Vincennes this morning, and witnessed some ball and shell practice. Her Majesty arrived at the Tuileries at a quarter past one o'clock, where the Emperor had arrived from Vin cennes to meet her Majesty. The Emperor, the Qoeen and Princo, with the Princ• of Wales and Princess Pt , gal, then visited the Exp:isi tion de l'lndustrie, and afterwards were preerit at a grand review at the Champ de Mars. AUGUST 25. Her Majesty and Prince Albert accompanied the Etc. peror of the French to the Opera. Colnigne last night, and witnessed the representation of Haidee. The Royal party returned to St. Cioud at half-past 12 o'clock. The gentlemen appointed as jurors from England the various departments of the French Exhitwion of Industry attended at St. Cloud this ruor,,ing, at I.l7,lf past 0 o'clock, and Lai the honour of being presented to Prince Albert. Her Majesty has invested General Canrobert with the .nsignia of the Grand Cross of the Bath. A deputation from the London Necropolis Company had an interview on Saturday with the President of the General Board of Health at his office, Whitehall. T , e deputation cons , sted of Mr. J. Dakin (cba'r , t , an), Mr, W. Austin (deputy chalrman), and Mr. F. Dobinson, one of the directors of the company, attended by Mr. Churchill (secretary). The d(putati,n was introduced by th 3 Hon. F. H. F. Berkeley, M.P. ----- - PRINCE ALBERT'S BIRTHDAY. On Saturday night the shops of the various court tradesmen and purveyors, as also those of several other inhabitants in the west-end, were illuminated in honour of the Prince Consort's birthday, which fell yesterday, the 26th August. At one o'clock, after service had concluded in the different churches, the Park guns fired off eighteen rounds to commemorate the anniversary. Among the illuminations a large Brunswick star, with the initials P. A. in jets of gas, exhibited by Mr. Mit chell, of the Royal Library. Old Bond-street; was con spicuous for its brilliant and beautiful appearance. SHEERNESS, SUNDAY. A Royal salute was fired this day from her Majesty's ship Waterloo, and also from the Formidable and the batteries in honour of the Prince Consort's birthday. PORTSMOUTH, SUNDAY. This day being the birthday of the Prince Consort, the ships of war " dressed," and at one o'clock (being Sunday), fired a Royal salute. The garrison battery also fired a Royal salute. CHATHAM, SUNDAY. This day being Prince Albert's birthday, it was cele brated at this garrison. At eight o'clock in the morning the Royal standards were hoisted at the flagstaff., Port Amherst, Royal Dockyard, and Gun Wharf. The Wel lesley, 72 guns, ordinary guard ship, Poictiers, 74, and other ships of war, were gaily dres,ed with flags of all nations, with the exception of Russian. At two p.m. a salute from the 32-pounders in the saluting battery was fired. The Duke and Duchess of Beaufort, with the Mar quis of Worcester and family, have arrived at Llangat toch, Monmouthshire, and will shortly visit Troy House, one of the ancient family seats, for the first time since the noble duke's accession to the dukedom. The Duke and Duchess of Northumberland have left Alnwick Castle for Sender Ca-tle, to remain there for the shooting season, when the duke and duchess return to .Alnwick to receive company. The Duke of Argyll will leave town next week for Inverary Castle, N. 8., and to attend the meeting of the British AssoCiation at Glasgow. The Marchioness (Dowager) of Londonderry, previous to leaving Wynyard Park for her seat in Irelan. I, laid the foundation-stone of a new chtv.- .h at New S?ahatn, in aff ctionate remembrance of the late gallant marquis, her husband. Lieut.-General Sir George Brown is still residing, with Lady Brown and family, at Leamington Spa. MONEY ORDER OFFICES.—GENERAL POST-OFFICE, August, 1855.—0 n the Ist of September the following alterations will be made : England. —A major money order office will be opened at Stonehouse, Devonshire, under Plymouth. Minor money order offices will be opened at the undermentioned places : Crosshills, York shire ; head office, ' Leeds. S ur hit ton, Surrey head office, Kingston. The money or d er o ffi ce at Oulton is now served from Leeds, instead of from Wakefield, as heretofore. MONEY ORDERS.—General Post-office, Aug. 1855. On the Ist of September and thenceforth, the following regulations, in regard to the issue and payment of money orders, will come into force :-Ist.. When the remitter of a money order presents a requisition for the order, he will not be required (even when ihe order is not made payable through a bank) to give more than the surname and the initial of one Christian name of the payee, though he will have the option of giving the name more fully; and it will suffice if the payee's signature be as full as the name given by the remitter, and be not in any way inconsistent th erew i th ; 2d. The payee will be henceforth required to furnish the address of the re mitter, though he will still have to give the remitter's name. Although it will no longer be necessary to enter the remitter's address in the advice, the remitter will still be required to fUrnish it, and postmasters must, as heretofore, enter it in their journal. CASE OF CHILD STARTING —LIVERPOOL, Satil rday.— A dreadful case of this nature has just been made known to the authorities. The parties implicated are a man named Aspinall and his wife, residing in Lawton-street. Aspinall is a clerk in one of the Liverpool departments of the London and North Western Railway. It ap pears that up to within a period of three years past they had behaved kindly to their children, nine in number ; but latterly they have dissipated their means in habits of intoxication, and refused the children food. One of the public officers on Friday went to the house of the parties, and was horror-stricken at what he witnessed. There was scarcely any furniture in the room in which the children were, and alongside the grate he saw something crouched near the wall, and en approaching it he found it was a child about four years old, in a state of nudity, and gathered up like a dog. Its hip bones were nearly protruding from the skin. It could neither walk nor stand. A child fifteen months old was also in a most emaciated condition and dying. while a third was likewise in a state of nudity. The eldest daughter stated that the youngest child, which was then dead, was required to be washed about three weeks ago, but the mother would not perform that duty, but re quested one of the children to pump water on it, which she did, until it was cleaned. This was of frequent oc currence, and the result was that the child took cold, and having no food, became debilitated and died. The other child is not expected to live. An inquest was held this afternoon, and Dr. Kemp gave it as his opinion that the child died from gross neglect and constant want of food. 'He added tbathe never saw a child so emaciated, the bones actually being all hut through the skin. The man and wife inculcated each other as to their drunken habits, and constaaneglect of the children. The jury, however, returned a verdict of "•Wilful Murcia." against both parties, and steps were taken to provide properly for the other children. • SPORTING NOTES. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS D AY.) MANSION-HOUSE. ATTEMPTED SIIICIDE.—Sarah Purkis, a young female, 19 years of age, residing at No. 1, Little Union-street, Borough, was charged before the Lord Mayor with at. tempting to drown herself. Police constable, 513, stated that about 1 o'clock a.m on Sunday he received information that a young woman had gone down the steps of London-bride with the in tention of drowning herself. He hastened to the spot and overtook her within three steps of the water. He caught hold of her, when she desired him to let her go because she wished to throw herself into the water. She was crying very much, and appeared in great distress of mind, and it was with difficulty he could get her away. He brought her to the station, where she stated she had for some time past contem plated committing suicide. Prisoner had left her parents, who resided at Bow, for 12 months, six of which she had beep in service, and the remainder on the town. His Lordship remanded her till Wednesday, to enable the police to communicate with her parents. P. L. Coo Per, formerly a ooffise-house keeper, was charged with attempting to obtain ineuey under false pretences. Mrs. Charlotte Cooper, wife of Mr. Cooper, artist, 41, King William-street, London-bridge, stated that on Saturday afternoon the prisoner, who is a stranger to her, came to her house and walked up the stairs to the first floor. The door of the room, being partly open the prisoner walked in where she was sitting and asked if her husband was at home. She replied no. Prisoner asked if Mr. Cooper was a stout. man. She said 3.es. He then represented himself to be a reporter, and said that Mr. Cooper had got into tr:ouble in becoming bail for a fighting man, but that if would pay him 13s. 6d. the circumstance should not appear in any of the papers. If it did it might be an injury to him. Witness declined paying him the sum demanded, and referred him to her solicitor. The pri soner came a second time when Mir. Cooper was from home.' He called again this moaning, and offered to take less than 13s. 6d. He wishec'i to have his likeness taken, which might be deducted from the amount to be paid. Mr. Cooper being at home he gave the prisoner into custody. The prisoner produiced a list of 24 daily and sunday papers, and entered into a calculation of what he should get if he sent the circumstance alluded to to them. Mr. Cooper deposed that ho ktiew nothing,whatever of the prisoner. This morning when he saw him he threatened to disgrace him in the papers if he did not pay him his demand of 13s. 6d. He persisted in saying witness was before Mr. Coombe on Saturday and was 'bail for a pugilist, which was a falsehood. The prsoner (whose conduct, betrayed his suffering from aberration of mind) was remanded till Thursday to allow the prison surgeon to examine him. GITILDHA.LL. ROBBING AN EMPLOYER —A lad named John Butler was charged by Mr. James Stephens, oilman, Fore-street, with robbing him of one shilling.. The prosecutor stlted the prisoner had been in his employ for three weeks. He had had occasion to suspect the prisoner's honesty, and he marked 45., which he gave to a policeman's wife to come and lay out at his shop. She purchased goods to the amount of 3s. Bd. of the prisoner, giving in pay ment the four marked shillings. Prosecutor was in a back room watching the prisoner, and saw him put the whole of the money into the till. Another customer came in, when he saw him take some money from the silver side of the till and put it in his pocket. He called in a policeman, who searched him, and found six sixpences and one of the narked shillings in his pocket. Sir Robert Carden said it was a very bad case, and committed the prisoner for three 'months. The first sod of the Silloth Railway will be cut by Sir James Graham at Druniburn, on. the 31st. • REMARKABLE DISCOVERY.—Jsboaes Crabtree, pit-sinker to Messrs. Ackroyd, of Burtinshaw Bottom,, in sinking a pit at. Morley, near Leeds, last M on d ay, found a live frog in the centre of a large co:al, 78 yards below the surface, considerably below the Morley Twine!, to which it is close adjoining. The frog is still very lively. When found it was very desk in colour, but was on Wedries fay becoming like the common every-day species. The eyes are very bright, and surrounded with a gold ring. It has four claws on its fore feet, and five (web-footed) on the hi n d feet. P. 5 mouth is closed, or firmly shut, but it bas two v en t s, apparently nostmls, on the top ofits nose. The seam of coal from which it was di,interred wa saturated with wa t er ; an d proba b ly from this cirennt 4.ince, combined with close confinement, it had been enabled to sustain its half-torpid life through countless ages.— Leeds hlereltrlb SHADOWS OF COMING EVENTS AT YORK. The result of the racing at York has . imparted addi tional interest and a new tendency to speculation on both St. Leger and Derby. The betting on the former event, indeed, has been completely changed to the ad vantage, and perhaps profit, of bookmakers, Prior to the meeting only two horses, Oulston and, Lord of th. Isles, were in actual demand ; now Rifleman and Ca pucine have been brought into prominent notice. The disgraceful defeat of Oulston by Wild Dayrell created a sensation, and was the primary cause of widening tl e range of speculation, and the two victories of Riflemen have introduced a new and formidable favourite into a e market. The success of the Squire was hailed with general gratification, and the probability exists that it will be followed up with more substantial results at Doncaster; for Flatman declares that since the days of Orlando he has rot ridden such a horse as Rifle man. The opportunity which was afforded of obtaining a glimpse of Lord of the Isles was turned to a favourable account. An evident improvement has been made on his Spring form, and, it is not improbable that young John Prince will commence his career as trainer with a St. Leger victory. The utter defeat of Oulston, and the favourable impression made 'by Rifleman and Lord of the Isles, have destroyed much of, the confidence which was placed in the Danebury horse. Oulston has, indeed, been a dear bargain to Mr. Elwes, yet his over throw by so superior a horse as Wild Dayrell must not render us indifferent to the incontestilde racing merit which he has invariably displayed. Blooming Heather's chance is utterly insignificant. Whether John Scott will have a St. Leger favourite is extremely questionable. The defeat of Mosquito by Capucine seems to have les sened any faith which was placed in his mares, whilst the attempt t 3 force Grmculus Esuriens into the market must be regarded with suspicion. My present fancy for the St. Leger is for Rifleman and Lord of the Isles. Fly-by-Night's victory appeared to have an effect quite contrary to that of improving his position in the Derby betting. The favourable reports which had been cir culated about Artillery were proved to be founded on feet the horse's successful debut. Mr. Morris possesses a superior animal in Artillery, and the horse is not likely to be spoiled by management, for the blooming condi tion in which he was sent to the post showed that they who have the care of him are consummate masters of the art of training. Dramatist figured most ingloriously, and for a time at least is not likely to play an important part in the Derby betting. Among the animals who may be considered " knocked out" of the market by there run ning at York are Van Galen, Ellerdale colt, and Vander mulin. It is not a little extraordinary that whilst Bto 1 was laid against the last mentioned horse " at the post" for his race at York, he was in London almost an equal favourite with Dramatist, Lie Ebor Handicap requires no special comment. The animals which I selected against the field ran first and second. Vandal was ridden so satisfactorily by Young Cresswell that John Scott immediately afterwards en. gaged him as his principal light weight. Such is luck . for Fordham was sought after for the mount, but Mr, T. Parr had a prior claim upon his services and startec Fanny Grey on purpose to secure him. The style ii which Wells brought up Little Harry at the finish ex. cited unqualified admiration, for so far had the horse lain mit of his ground at the far side of the course, and s, hopeless did his chance appear; that whilst running 100 to 1 was offered against him. Had he been quick enough on his legs to start on good terms he might have jeopardised Vandal's victory. The current week's racing has commenced this day at Radcliffe. To-morrow the most important event t' be decided is the Stewards' Cup, fur which on paper the chances of Haxby and Cherry Brandy seem most noteworthy. For the Manchester Cup, Patience and Gamelad are my selections. The Derby Meeting will commence to-morrow ; al though the quality of the sport will not be very first. rate, yet the quantity will doubtless be satisfactory. Of the sixteen nominations for the Foal Stakes, Ben hams is most entitled to notice. For the Tradesmen's Plate, Mr. Parr has among the entries Mortimer, Saucebox, and Fanny Grey. The representative of his interest shall also represent mine. Should Kiteflyer run "kind," he may win the Chatsworth Stakes. My iireseret fancy is, however, fur Fanny Grey. sFor the Chesterfield Stakes I shall stand on Stork. I shall reserve my anticipatory remarks on the Egham Meeting until Wednesday. August 27. A FRESH MAN. FRANCE. PARIS, SATURDAY. The French Government has received the fol lowing telegraphic despatch from Gen. Pelissier : " Crimea, 23d, 10 at night. "The enemy, being closely pressed by our miners in front of the battery No. 53, decided on exploding during last night five chambers of mines against that battery. The explosions produced no effect on it, and have done us no injury." We have received the following private telegra • phic despatches : " MARSEILLES, 25th.—The Alexandre has just arrived, having left Constantinople on the 16th. She brings to Francel,looPick or wounded soldiers of the army of the East. The fete of the 15th was celebrated there with great pomp. The Sardinian and Greek Ministers were present at the Te Deum which was performed on the occasion, but the absence of Lord Stratford de Redcliffe was remarked. Ac counts from Trebisond of the 7th confirm the news of the Russians being at only three hours' march from Erzeroum. The English consul at that place had removed all the archives of his office to Trebi sond. Letters from Kars of the 28th July state that, notwithstanding the approach of the Russian army, the spirit of the troops was excellent. The last accounts from Odessa state that the Russians had lately launched several vessels which had been on the stocks at Nicolaieff." " MARSEILLES, Aug. 25.—The Alexandre brings accounts that two more battalions were about to embark for Tripoli, under a general. The Porte 1 places great reliance on the assistance offered by ) the Bey of Tunis. The major part of the Tunisian cavalry has embarked at Constantinople for Asia. An attack by General Muravieff on Erzeroum ap pears inevitable. The fortifications of that place are incomplete. The Sultan has at length con sented to the departure of Omer Pasha for Asia, subject however to the assent of the allied generals. The Allies have placed 150 new mortars in position before Sebastopol. The Russians have doubled the garrison of that place, and are preparing for a desperate defence. The allies expect the most favourable result from the bombardment. A Bel gian brig, the Rubis, has been pillaged at Sulina." " HAMBURG, 24th. —The French corvette, La Marne, has just arrived in this port with 218 Rus sian prisoners on board." " DANTZIC, 24th evening. —The Geyser has just arrived. She left Nargen on the 21st. Part of the Allied fleets were anchored there, and a part at Cronstadt. Since the bombardment of Swea borg nothing of importance has taken place. The gun-boats have left to return to France and Eng land." The Queen of England, Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, and the Princess Royal will leave St. Cloud on Monday morning, at ten o'clock, for the Tuileries, whence they will again set out at eleven th ß e e A e de Triomphe iTvreiloi,mitphuee done toh'celopckl,aepeascs es des Italiens, Mont martre, Bonne-Nouvelle, Saint - Denis, and de Stras burg.the Boulevards des Capucin , Castiglione, Place Vendome, Rue de la Paix, and a in r g rou th se r l o , ug th h e the Strasburg terminus The departure from will take place at noon. The Moniteur publishes the following letter from the Emperor, to General Peliss ier, dated August 20 : " General,—The new victory gained on the Tcher naya proves for the third time, since the commencement of the war, the superiority of the Allied armies over the MA.RICBT NB ri) CORN EXCHANGE. re el' The leading country markets held on Saturday We', $ moderately supplied with wheat, which sold steadi l f r o rather highe r t erms . B ar l e y was firm. The oat tr4cl;o, steady. Beans, peas, and flour supported preview; fi Most of the co nti nen t a l mar k e ts have become s ° l° o wheat, and prices have had an upward tendencyoo latest accounts from New York state that Pl c° 13' and flour were well supported. Very limited suppliedof English grain wera r ece ' • icg oi ll to onr market last week. The imports of f o reiga s lir 1,665 quar t ers o f w h eat, 5 , 337 oats, 20 beans, S ,li c i o al soe , l, 2,413 rapeseed, 70 sundry seeds, and 9,00 3 ti 3 dour. • 1014 The arrivals of E ng li s h w h ea t f r esh up to oar b,; this morning, coastwi se an d by l a nd carriage, °13%,/i moderate, and at least two-thirds of it was of this W 0 5 ,„b . oo t growth, in about average con diti on . Al h Oub tendance of town an d coun t ry millers was b y 11°- d extensive, the demand—owing to the late Pu re ' o' l foreign flour from France—ruled somewhat a ctive , d advance in the quo t a ti ons pa id on M on day last, of fr° ' to 3s per quarter. i .,,,ifell' We were tolerably well, but not to say eir - e ss; supplied with foreign wheat. There was an 1 : - r ot , amount of business doing in most kinds, and t ' e ' 'l ° were fully 2s. per quarter higher thin , ° II ial3 se'nnight. CSI G.3S' ° There was an improved inquiry for floating way full prices. Grinding barley changed hands steadily at 1 5 . P er m o do l ter mere money. Other kinds of barley were as last week. No change in malt, which ruled steady vgiei i''' We had a steady s a l e f or oa t s , an d pr ime (1115'1-0 y proved 6d per quart er . I n f er i or samp l e s were 411 dear as last week. a rf f '''' 3eans came slowly t o h an d , an d they real ise le ' prices. There was a good sale for peas at extreme ram. f` n t fr cs3 - Several parcels o f Sp an i s h fl our so ld f o r export er, 56s to 59s per sack. C oun t ry fl our was rather deb CURR NC Y PER IMPERIAL MEAStO . * i 0 1 Malt--Chevalier •• lOats Yorkshire a d 29 s it Lineolnsk., 20 Potato • • • • iaorlc Youghe en Black. •"... Cork, White, • % 7 ,', Scotch, Fee... * • 0 Beans—Tick .• • " 4 0 Peas — m il a g G p e r l e e n s y . r 9 ; 45 0 4 ' 4 White. • • • • •• "*. IP 9 6. 4 Boilers ••• :. u' 5 0 Flour—Town-lua Suffolk •• Stocktn & Wheat—Essex & Kent, Red •• •• new 65s to 763 Ditt0........ old —s —a Ditto, White new 68s 818 Ditt0......., old 81s 82s Norfolk and Lin coln, Red, old 64s 74a Ditto new ...• •• 68, 75s Bye—Old •• •• •• •• •• —s New .......• •• •• 42s 44s Barley—Grinding... •• 30s 33s Malting ......• •• 324 33s Chevalier.... . . 34s 35s 51%lt—Suffolk and Nor folk •••••••• •• •• 623 67s dr0wn.•••........... 58s COs Kingston and Ware 68s 70s METROPOLITAN CATTLE MAltiffe j Last week's imports of f ore i gn s t oc k wer e tole ll 'i tl eco r : —the total supply amounting to 8,362 head. l a , ° 3 01 ; responding week in 1851 we rece i ve d 7 , 591 ; I° , , a .' in 1852, 11,437; in 1851, 10,627 ; an d ill I°.r.' head. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WM- ce. f';‘ Prom Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. C3lc , 0 o ••' Bremen 'ordt 63 ... .193 ••• • •.' Tonnng 45 41 ••• Nieu i teP Bl ... 1,11 0 5 ... 1 • •'' •-lamburgh 96 ... 73 ... 81 • ••'6°% Amsterdam l4 6‘5 .•• 6." Aarliugen 'tottePlam 197 ... 1,809 ... 57 ••• ." 11 kntwerp Kampen ..... 26 670 6 •,„ Total ....1,512 61 1,512 ... 5,359 ... 145 ••• n der: r s , The yearly comparison of wee kl y i mpor t s i 8 as u e - 0 , I'l% Beasts. Sh eep . L a mb s . •.' 1854 1,605 5,155 197 ••• ;i3 ••• , 4 , 3 , 1553 1,310 6,481 266 I ' l7 1852 1,6;6 ... 7,970 ... 739 •••• , I ; 78 • 1,295 ... 7j690 ... " - ‘,100 0' 1 " 1851 To-day's market was fairly supplied with for but its general quality w as i n f er i or. dic ti Tb The receipts of beasts from oar own grazing. 0 , were very moderate, and much out of oon ditl , ° . o:,• primost beasts moved off steadily, at fall Pr i ll 4 ,1 , Q 3 , wise, the beef trade ruled inactive, at last w e : 3 „, tions. The primest Scots realised Sc 2d to 53 41 hrie,DpOir,,f From Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, and Nc ir _ r t 'ortS, o ‘ ,l shire, we received 1,600 short horns ; from oth u 'sPti r England 800 Scots, short horns, So. ; and fo ra I only 57 horned and polled Scots. th- ti s 3 y . The numbers of sheep w ere aga i n li m ited for ": 11 4" 3 year, and there was very littl e i mprove ment in , ' ofo lity. The mutton trade ruled firm, at Frid a l 5 for in the quotations of 2d per Blbs., Lb o4 o Lambs came to hand in much better condition t i fee some time past, and the lamb trade was slowsi'l°' currency. 0 The few calves in the market sold readily, at 4cl per Blbs more money. In pigs very little was doing, at late rates. Per Bibs to sink the offals. d. s. d. s. d. s. 1. Inferior Beasts.... 3 10 t o 4 oPrimeSonthdowv s 4 4 6l a Second quality...A 2 4 41Large use. calves • 0 31,' Prime largo oxen 4 6 410 Prime small d 0... • 6 4 u n Prime Scots, do. 5 0 5 41Largo hogs ..... • 0 4 0 Inferior Sheep ...3 6 3 10'Small porkers •:; 0 ' O 5 " Second quality ...4 0 4 4 S uc kli ng calvee..x,'" 0 Primo crse.-wlled.4 6 4 10 i Q uar t er o ld pigs. Lamb m TOTAL OIIPPLr. roa s- 4 5 A Beasts 4,349 , Beasts.... •• • • • ' l O5 iheep ..... .........24,370 Sheep •••• •• 4 lalves 166 Calves.. •• •• •• •• .• d Pigs ...........• •• •• •• 576 1 Pigs.... •• •• •• r ice s o 0 A statement and comparison of the supplies end itsr stock exhibited and sold in Smithfield Cattle.,, Monday, Aug. 28, 1854, a nd i n th e MetroP°l/4 -. this day, Monday, Aug. 27, 1855. Per 81bs, to sink the offals. Aug. 28, 18 54 .1 1 ' J. 4 0 s. a. S. (1 ;1 . 10 1 ° 4 4 Coarse and inferior beasts 3 2to 3 .7,1 0 4 10 ; Second quality ditto 3 0 3 4.u, 6 D , Prime large oxen ... ;„ 4 0 4 n 0 5 1 ! Prime Scots, du: ,„ 410 5 o ' 3 " 8 , i ; Coarse and inferior sheep „ ....3 6 3 „`'4 0 4 r e Second quality ditto ..„ „, 310 4 "„, 4 6 7, Prime coarse woolled ditto 4 2 4 n ° l s 0 5 1 ", Prime Southdown ditto 410 5 ' l l4 S 4 2 5 2 1 4 4 b 4 ,; Large coarse calves • 3 0 3 1 5 0 3 10 Large small ditto ... 3 1 , 1 4 . 0 1 13 6 4 Large hogs ... 3 0 4 • • • :1 4 0 44 0 ,1 'Tea small porporkers 4 4 4 ° Beasts... ... •• • •• • 5 el Sheep 33,370 4 r Calves... ..„ 333 ' an Pigs „, 505 SUPPLIES ON SALE, Aug. 29, 1853.—Beasts, 4,S 0, co 0; lamb , , 22,150; calves, 350; pigs, 358. , 1 05, Aug. 30, 1852 —R'asts, 4,521; sheep and ' a calves, 340 ; pigs, 435. NEWGATE AND LEADENTIA I ' . The trade ruled steady, as follows : 3. e Per hlbs by the earuasd. 0 . '' 4 s. d. s. d. 3 4 j .3 4 3 8 Mutton Inferio r .3 10 4 1 1 .3 10 4 00., m iddling•••• 4 6 4 1 6 .4 .2 4 4 Do., prime ........ : 3 .4 6 4 8 ....... ,4 3 8 4 0 Pork, small... 44 6d to 59 SA..' t^. Beef, inferior.. Do. ;mi ldlin,g Do., primp large De , do. small Pork, large Lamb.., rot BOROUGH HOP. % O A pocket of new Kent hops has sold str n th ol er,., 0 0+ The quality was good. In yearlings and s'. o b d ilj hops scarcely any business is doing, and r i " - tv cait oP to 20a per cwt. lower. Very favourable duty come to band from the plantations, and the 300,0001. No imports of foreign. • ,I,t°Ds' °of sle BOROUGH AND SPITALN-1— e s Armov4d. Very larg e supplies of home g ro wn P o tt, • esol here, and aout 20 tons arrived from OW' folic' last. An extensive business doing g dlings, 455 to 50s; best, Os to 70s per NJ"' ea t.° ,iieutit, WOOL. 4 „,eig so - The imports of wool into London last 7 1/00 i1,01, 4 0, 66 bales from Buenos Ayres, 1,058 frovy',,, - thednl Mngadore, 1,033 from Sydney, 200 Or very 650 friim Algoa Bay. All kinds of sso°` : „ - ,3 sf ool risle, and the quotations rule next to nom l ,-. -- ri lis 11 ; ( 101 0 ' The following are the current rates of i - Ti e gs v 3,1 ; South Down flocks, is Oid to is lid ; ion to 15 flec e°- : 181 to is 3.3 d; half-bred hoggetril, ls owes and wethers, is 1d to is 2( 1 tto ls ' 4 ,d a is 0 "" mixed, is ld to is lid ; Kent, fine, is '`;la pd cester fleeces, is Oad Co is Id ; flannel w° ° " blanket wool , Bild to is O i d per lb. as nd W t e he continue to have a steady demand SEEDS. 4 , 11 11111e ,,A7 06 „or a o ,„_a to, r 7 Vs and fair quotations. The supplies as yet sr ° l e e sri o fir° - Tarnsiwp, quality of the samples is by 0 ° 7j2 4 0 Cakes move off slowly, at late currencies. 42 5 9 41 e w de nite . ,.7 . N . lsh. 22s - to .2_5; Coriander .T . e . W . ? . art . .: er : : . 4 ro roo nustc rd, Brovrn .. .: :..: 121 3 148 liempseed, Per 4 ° mg ,. 7 21 0 T Mite, new.... 8s 10+ Linseed, ELIB•4°W .•• 6 6. 0 1 Tares,Winter, new.. :-.. Its 12, Crushing "'' : 7 01 .4 98 10. Baltic •• "" • •:. .. •• " 1 0 Canary, per quarter .. 461 50s Odessa .. ten-' 12 ,/ 8 12 4 no glover, Red Eng . (cwt.) -0 -3 Englisb " bon ji` J6' 1- / Rye grass.. ... • • ... 248 30s Linseed Cake. P.' .1 91 00 v White ........ __ -1 ___, Foreign,Pe_. 6/ O• _, 1 Foreign Red ...:.. -s -A Rape Cakes, Pr ' 4 _'': uis t, 4uk White.... -8 -s Rapeseed,NeW, in Trefoil, new........ .• ,-9 - ' -0 --- TALLOW OW" sinAcegjunoocindbauysilnaest7 and prices been htaravneilatineW in °a ten t/ v7t4 rd 0 on the spot, is quoted today at 56s per cwt. allow. 55s nett cash- Rough fat, per Sibs. P.Y.C., on the spot, is quoted to•aay tallow. 55s nett cash.. Rough fat, 35. Per Sth' 2l--- --.. i 5. 1854. h........... „. MI . 1852. 1853 * .---- -- 3 , 3 29 1 Price S tock f this Y. . d c a y ~„ _ „ i k )itto from June . : .....C.„, .Od 't ° ,) 71 1 39s 0.1 tk 39s 3d — 5 L' l ' 1 --- 1 30 ; 1 04 39s 0.1 3 1 9 3 : 32 0 9 d Delivery last week .. 1,353 2,433 1, 77° "'443 2. ' 4 3 9 32,866 ' 39,877 16.---980 f l 30 82 , f,5; 04 0 4 19,247 14.. 43 ~s, Arrivals last week.. 1,213 1,162 1,730 , 1, „',, k 13 , Ditto from dimel ~ 13,549 14,788 12,912 I '1, 044 3v 341 Price of Town ..... jao. 61 40. 3d ;52 9. 1 I 68 64 —....... • a A bls Od to 66s 9d tot ,„ „ r eceil d a BATIBAROUS MlLElDEB.—lnformatiOn bashee- fi tted w irom Croydon of a murder baying been con l 2 3 ,3 l %gto a ' some man (whose description is known) st -an bill near Cr ydon. It appears that a labouring tna,_ n if e rr home yesterday morning for a walk at 6 o'clock• , ,1 his turned at 7, and went into his cottage, an d head f°ui a n d wife speechless from injuries received on her „ r d e rso person. His daughter was found barbarously Ow n the came room. The police have a clue• M.m....m.0...... - --.----. 1 !11 San