The Sun. — London, England, 1855-09-21 00:00:00

the me piit rds lay al 3CIO ere I CNEY MARKET_ AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. _~, CITY, Two O'CLOCK. The demand for cotton in Liverpool yesterday Itas limited, and barely reached 4,000 bales, in ti r g all lots to the trade ; prices were unaltered from ildoesday. Railway Shares were dull , but a t "'ler prices. The Colonial Produce qi Markets have been quieter ng the present week, but thisis rather the re bt of a disinclination on the part of holders to k g forward supplies than a falling off in the de toind• Sugar has been 6 d. per cwt. dearer in of . ' e oases, but importers of this article, as well as i k es free, which has ruled firm, have offered t:)1, ogly, i n anticipation of higher prices, owing the limited stocks. Rice has ruled dull, and tt e ss have been generally somewhat dearer. Tea rilic sale went irregularly. Common congou t o itl. per lb. Cochineal has been taken in , at tiod l it previous values. Tallow has been heavy, f saltpetre in rather improved demand. T he t o ,„ ° wing are the comparative imports of sugar at t o 's of the chief nd stocks Istmarkets ofurope, from Jan. 1 g e ild of Au ~ a Sep t. : Tons. Tons. Tons. 0 1855. 1854. 1853. rktt Britain—Colonial... 181,234 205,536 181,926 Foreign ... 70,936 114,910 66,856 gi.• --- Ir e• eotal, Great Britain 252,170 320,446 248,782 [at- 11, 1 4 arg Sir 11 0 7,300 9,256 7,100 ing h wen Ntw erp 79,250 86,750 78,500 It as Total .. 378,390 469,776 376,169 STOCKS. Tons. Tons. Tons. 44-4' 4. 1855. 1854. 1853. Britain—Colonial .. 54,010 G 0,859 53,918 Foreign ... 25,248 93,829 52,072 the ill test ,eO5 4:r°4l,(irealMitain._ 79,258 154,688 105,990 'be rg te tt 200 1,500 857 11,300 21,000 16,750 erp sea .0.9 las' 411 aid ter the eee Ise ral• hie a re 11 0 ay Tetal t o °f the dried fruit trade Messrs. W itherb y and ) 41 ' State :---" From the high price at which it was to ci ty_ii. that the new fruit had opened at Ce p halonia i le `'-eatras, a corresponding one was t o be ex p ected t,!e---it opened on the 17th inst. at 116 s. The rt arrival last year took place at Liverpoo l on t O A 11th October, when the price opened at 755., Within a fortnight obtained buyers from this ~ket at 80s. to 85s. The first arrival at this , VG Was on Ist November, and was sold at 80s. e., had then a stock of 5,000 tons in London ; vest this season on the above steamer's arrival, ohad less than 1,000 tons of all sorts, good and qt,. The clearances for consumption from I st to 1 14 1 inst.. notwithstanding_ the advanced prices , exceeded 376 tons against 160 tons in the tor t . it esponding weeks of September, 1854 , and Mast 330 tons in the month of August last. L:The quality of the new fruit is satisfactory, with indication of blight than in that of last ye ar ' s o ° 1 ) . It has reached us at least three weeks e uer than usual, and therefore somewhat before autumnal demand sets in. The importers, IZeve r , are firm at 1165., at which sales have ti made. A small cargo pe r Northern steamer a:e sold afloat last week for this port. Before the e ll" fruit appeared a further decided movement e e ttred in 1851 and 1854 fruit, and at high er 'es. A portion of the purchases seems to have I 1 made on provincial account, induced by ac ,, necessity from deficiencies of stock. The mar ~et has been free from the speculative operations t°h t4 ',eh were the deceptive characteristics in the ti1 131 ( 1 advance in 1853, when, at Michaelmas , we T he the winter demand with a stock of 6,500 tons. t," total crop of 1855, including such as is fit only tdistillation, will not reach 6 , 000 tons." thelessrs. D. Bell, Son, and Co. report that duri n g te e Past week there has been a n almost entire ab illee of business in American securities. The fol o!ing are the quotations, which are mostly n0 '441 '441 Redeemable. Per ent. STATE SECURITIES. ti2tOd States 6 per Cent. 80nd5... 1 8 6 7 -1868 ... 105 107 Zlted States 6 per Cent. Bonds 1868...106 103 t o l l".da 6 per Cent. (Sterling Bonds) 1876...114 115 iitornia 7 per Cont. Bonds 187 0... 80 82 inland 5 per Cent. (Sterling Bonds) ... 921 931 liZaachnsetts 5 per Cent. (Sterl. Bonds) ... 103 105 P e nnsylvania 5 per Cent. Stock t o "'llsylvanio. 5 per Cent. Bonds 83 84 eth Carolina 5 per Cent. Bonds I,Alaring's) 1858-1868... 97 98 vltginia 5 er Cent. terling Bonds) _1888... 85 86 6 per Cent. B (S onds 1886... 881 891 CITY SECURITIES. Montreal 6 per Cent. Bonds 1856-1865 ... 83 85 'Pr Orleans 6 per Cent. Stock 1883 ... 80 82 P ittsb urg h 6 per Cent. Stock 1869-1883... 76 78 RAILROAD BONDS. cis Central 7 per Cent. Ist Mortgage, 1575... Convertible 1875... 77 78 'inois Central 7 per Cent. Freeland Bonds k i 1860... 79 81 Vhigan Central Bp. Cent., no Mort. _lB6o 96 97 N ew York Central 7p. Cent., Convert 1864 ... 95 97 York Central 6 per Cent., not N ew 1833.- 82 84 York and Erie 7 per Cent. Ist Mort gage 186 7.. .100 102 N ew York and Erie 7 per Cent' 3d Mort lekge 1883... 86 87 York and Erie 7p. Cent. Convertible 1862... 80 81 ".....York and Erie 7 per Cent. Sinking rand 1875... 81 411 arna 7 per Cent., Ist Mortgage (Ster lingßonds) 1859-1864... 96 97 itnama 7 per Cent. Bonds 1864... 96 triasylvania Central 6 p. Cent., Ist Mort 1880... 91 92 :the suspension of Messrs. Mare an d Co., of b r,lackwall, has excited no surprise , as there has Flen a large mass of their bills floatin g for some ele, and onerous terms of discount h ave been p aid neoni them. The taking of such numerous con ?acts is the cause, as an immense capital is re q uired Or Wages alone ; and it is not in all cases that these v 'entracts prove remunerative. The liabilities, stated at 70,0001., are not so large as they w ould gave been some time back. It appears that there is some mistake in the s tatement as to the Bank of France having pester day advanced its rate of discount to 5 per cent. : 40 measure only applies, we are told, to loans Ten stocks and shares, and we trust will check t h e excessive speculation at Paris. A. new Russian loan is about to be brought for- Ward at Amsterdam. In the English Stock Market there is scarcely any business doing, and quotations are lower than Yesterday, principally owing to this inactivity. consols have been 90 to 901 for transfer, and 90i for time. One circumstance that deters buyers probably, is that, upon a previous occasion this meek, when a • rally occurred, the Bank broker was reported to be selling, although It cannot be positively asserted that he sold for the ank of England. Exchequer Bills are par to 4s. preen . and India Bonds 15s. prem. Exchequer Bonds have realised discount to k prem. The % itreme quietude of the market may be due part to 1 many of the Hebrew members having absented themselves, as to-morrow is the day of atonement," and bserved very strictly. Foreign securities are little more than nominal, 80 limitedlimited have been the transactions. Mexican Bends are 21-a, and Spanish Deferred 19k, being eady. Turkish 6 per Cents. have been 91i to ±, and the Scrip is par to -1 prem. Dutch 4 per `outs. are 961. Brazilian Small Bonds realise 102. The Railway Share Market has been rather Weaker. The principal lines dealt in have bee n ..,z-;astern Counties, North-Western, Midland , a nd Lancashire and Yorkshire. The Great Western Canada are in request at rather fuller rates. French shares are heavy. In Foreign Mines there is nothing doing, and Joint Stock Banks are nominal, but the Canada al Palace are's Shares have risen again 3 /. to 4 /. Crys lower. • , Thi l following are the nominal prices of foreign s tocks :--Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6 i t o 7 1 ; -h A - eruyian 76 to 78 ; ditto Three per Cents., 5 7 • I' s 59 ; Portuguese Four per Cents., 43 to 45 ; Russian Five per Cents., 97 to 99 ; ditto Four and-a-Half per Cents. ) 86 to 88 ; Spanish New D eferred, l9l to 191 ; ditto Three per Cents., 38 ' to 381 ; ditto Certificates, 41 to 5i ; ditto Passive, to 41. 'ItITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES. I From the Official List.) Rustuesi done a t Per Cent. Console Annuities 90 3 /4 90 -,1 • tAdia Bonds. £lOOO ~.. Ditto, under £l.OOO l5 , isols ior Account, 12th October ....... E cchectuer Bills, • £ lOOO ... 2ld. ... I 2d. par 4 p I par 4 p £5OO par 4 p I par 4 p Small chequer Bonds 1858, 3 3 / 4 per Cent....... 99E 100 1 Ditto 1859, , PRICE OF FOREIGN' FUNDS T FII S DAY. b razilian Bonds 5 per Cent. ~.Ditto Small 4 k 3 itica n 3 per Cent. Ditto for the Account 2 ll P eruvian Bonds, 4 3 / 4 per Cent — . t , Ditto Bonds, account 11Panith 3 per Cent ,„ Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent. ,'" qrlciah Bonds, 6 per cent _ Ditto for the account Ditto New scrip. 415er ,Cent. Dividends on the above payable in lAndon. D eeb Exchange, 2 3 / 4 per Cont. 12 Gull — Ditto 4 per Cena. Certificates .. ..... THREE O'OLOCE. Consols - Ditto for Vte ,Acc omit R. , P • 9 0 i i THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING , S EPTEMBE R 2l, 1855 THIS DAY'S NEWS LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.) COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Holroyd.) IN RE G. F. JOHNSTONE. This was a meeting for certificate. The bankrupt was described as a draper and general dealer, of St. Ives, Huntingdonshire. The balance-sheet commenced January, 1852, and ended June, 1855, and showed-Debtor to creditors, 1,1591. 13s. 4d. ; ditto holding security, 4701. is. 3d. ; surplus, 461. 2s. 7d. ; profits on the drapery business, 7621. ss. ; commission account, 591. 12s. 3d. ; salary from post office (subject to deductions), 1831. 16s. Credit: by good debts, 1391. 4s. sd. ; bad, 291. 2s. 4d. ; lia bilities, 1171. 2s. ; property given up, 2921. 10s. 11d. ; property held by creditors, 1781. 9e. 3d. ; excepted articles, 291. ; trade expenses, 9221. 4s. 4d. ; house and personal expenses, 5991. 35.; law charges, 321. lie. 9d.; interest and discount, 731. Os. 6d.; losses, 3751.25. 4d. The bankrupt obtained his certificate. IN RE ERASMUS SYMONDS. This was a meeting for certificate. The bankrupt was described as a merchant, of Great Bell-alley, Moor gate-street. The balance-sheet commenced January, 1854, and ended May, 1855, and showed-Debtor to creditors, 4951. 7a. ld.; ditto holding security, 1251. 3s. 3d.; lia bilities, 4,9291. 12s. 3d.; profits, 2601. is. 4d.; assumed surplus, 7251. 12s. 10d.; creditor by doubtful debts, 7481. Os. Bd.; bad, 2611. 6s. 9d.; property, 30/. is. 6d.; ex cepted articles, 201.; property held bycreditors,loB/. 3e, 4d.; liabilities, as per contra, 4,9291. 12s. 3d. ; losses, in cluding bad debts, 284 1 . 3s. s d. ; trade expenses, 2181. 7s. 6d. ; house and personal expenses, 1921. 15s. 7d. The liabilities and losses were entered in the accounts as arising from acceptances given by the bankrupt, for which he received no consideration, for the benefit of a Manchester house, for which he was London agent, at a salary of 1501. The bankrupt was opposed. He was supportel by Mr. Lawrence. --- The bankrupt, however, obtained his certificate. ATTEMPTED MURDER AND SUICIDE IN SNOW-BILL.-(TRIS DAY.) A diabolical attempt at murder was perpetrated this morning by a man named George Mulley, a porter, in Newgate-market, on a female with whom he cohabited at 10, Cock-court, Snow-hill, after which he attempted self-destruction by swallowing a quantity of laudanum. The unfortunate woman is about 2G years of age, and has resided with Mulley, who is a widower, for some years, assisting to get a living for him, herself, and his three children, aged nine, seven, and four years, by selling fruit on the steps of the Giltspur-street Compter, and previous to her connection with her paramour was much respected for the steadiness of her conduct and industrious habits. It appears, so far as we can at present ascertain from the inquiries we have made, that the unfortunate woman and Mulley had a quarrel last night, which for a time subsided, but was renewed about one o'clock this morning, and continued until seven o'clock, when he committed the act, which has jeopardised the life of the female. Immediately after the infliction of the wounds she ran into the street, bleeding profusely, and was met by Acting Police-ser geant Piercy, No.lo. He asked her what was the mat ter, and she replied her husband had cut her throat. The police-sergeant seeing the state she was in took her to Bartholomew's Hospital, and handed her over to the care of the house-surgeon, who promptly attended to her wounds. Mulley was taken into custody by police-constable 260, and removed to the Smithfield station-house, and on his way thither he admitted to the policeman he had attempted the life of the unfortunate woman, and that he did it with a clasp knife. The police returned to the residence of the prisoner, and made a strick search, but have not been able to find the instrument with which the act was committed. The woman still lies in a precarious condition in Bar tholomew's Hospital. Great fears are entertained for her recovery, the wounds being of so serious and dan gerous a character. EXAMINATION OF THE PRISONER. This day, about 1 o'clock, the prisoner, George Mulley, described as of 36 years of age, was placed at the bar at the Guildhall Police-station, before Alderman Humphery, charged with attempting the murder of Ellen Mulley, 26 years of age. The prisoner, when placed at the bar appeared to be labouring under much mental suffering, and had to be supported by the police, and afterwards accommodated with a seat. The first witness which was examined was police constable 260, John Richards, who deposed that the prisoner was an occasional porter in Newgate-market, and resided at 10, Cock-court. Shortly after seven o'clock this morning I heard a cry of murder proceeding from the direction of Cock-court. I went up the court and saw a woman rush out of No. 10 covered with blood. I took hold of her and had her conveyed to St. Bartholomew's Hospital. I went into the room occupied by the prisoner on the ground-floor, and saw him sitting on the bed undressed. Three chil dren, of the ages of nine, seven, and four years, were in the room with him. I asked him who com mitted the act ? He said, " I did it." I desired him to dress himself, and took him to the station-house, and searched him there, but found nothing on him. I re turned to the prisoner's room, and, with Sergeant Piercy, searched the room, but could not find any instrument by which the assault was committed. I have known the female some time. She is not 'the prisoner's wife. The children are by another woman to whom he was married, but now dead. Mr. Alderman Humphery—How long has this wo man lived with the prisoner ? Witness—l don't know. Mr. Jones, from the West London Union, said the prisoner was admitted into the union in August last, with his three children. He then described himself as a widower. Charles Piercy, police-serjeant 10, deposed—l was pas sing through King-street about 20 minutes past? o'clock. I there met the lasc witness with a woman bleeding from a wound in the neck, and other small ones, apparently done with a knife. One wound extended from the left ear, half-way round the neck across the throat. There was another wound over the eye and others about the face. He corroborated the last witness. In searching the premises I found a phial bottle, marked laudanum, in a hole in the floor, and on his person another marked the same. The prisoner, after he was in custody, was found to have a wound in the head, and was taken to the hospital to have it dressed. At the station-house he was cautioned by the inspector, who asked him " Where was the knife I" He replied, " I don't know where it is." A certificate was handed in from the house-surgeon of St. Bartholomew's Hospital, stating the female had re ceived a large incised wound in the neck, with some smaller ones on the shoulders, and contusions on the face. _ _ _ The prisoner, who buried his face in a handkerchief, shook his head when asked by the Alderman if he bad any question to put to the witness, and said " No." The eldest child of the prisoner, a little girl, about 9 years of age, was next examined, but not on oath. She said that she was awoke this morning by her father and mother fighting. She saw her mother going away ; her father having cut her with a knife. Never saw them fight with knives before. Springate, the gaoler, said he had known the woman for 10 years. She was a very quiet, well-conducted person. The prisoner was remanded for a week. THE FOREIGN LEGION.—The Labrador steam-frigate, which anchored in Ajaccio Roads on the 10th, left on the following day for th• Crimea, having on board 400 men belonging to the 85th of the line and. the Foreign Legion. EXTENSIVE DEFALCATIONS IN CHESTER.—On Satur day morning the citizens of Chester were startled by hearing a report that Mr. John Moah, the Government receiver of Inland Revenue, was a defaulter in his ac counts to the extent of 4,000/., and that he bad been apprehended on the previous evening by a detective officer from London. The report was fully confirmed in the course of the day. At the Police-court, Mr. T. Earwaker, of the solicitors' department of the Inland Revenue, appeared to conduct the prosecution, and Mr. Hostage to defend the accused. At the outset, Mr. Hostage applied for a private hearing of the case. The Mayor was averse to this step, but as Mr. Earwaker, for the prosecution, did not oppose the application, the Bench consented. It was understood that the result of these preliminary proceedings would be a remand to Saturday next, when the examination will be in public. The nature of the case is simply this :—Mr. Moah's books are perfectly correct, and show a balance of nearly 5,000/., which ought to be in his hands. When applied to at 'he proper time for payment of this large sum he inti mated that he had no money in hand, and that he had spent it. The prosecution was then commenced. THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION, CONCLUDING GENERAL MEETING. The concluding general meeting of the association took place yesterday at three o'clock in the City Hall. His Grace the Duke of Argyll presided, and gave a re capitulation of the most important subjects diseussed in the various sections. He then resigned the chair to Sir R. Murchison, having to leave town early in the afternoon. Sir R. MURCHISON called on Professor Phillips, who gave an enumeration of the various important communi cations received by the Association during its sitting. The total attendance had been 2,140, and the total re ceipts 2,3141., of which 5001. had been given to the Kew Observatory, and the rest to members who bad during the session been directed to carry on experiments and draw up reports. He stated that the numbers of papers received by the various sections had been as follows : A 55, B 62, C 46, D 76, E 36, F 41, G 42—total, 347 ; and on Thursday, in all the sections, there had been discussed 44 papers, on Friday 58, on Saturday 36, on Monday 58, and on Tuesday 93, and on Wednes day 58. Sir R. MURCHISON congratulated the Association on the perhaps unprecedented success of this meeting, and returned its warmest thanks to the magistrates and in habitants of Glasgow, the members of the University, and the local office-bearers. He then adjourned the meeting to Cheltenham in August, 1856. The meeting then separated, the organ playing the National Anthem. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. Since Monday the receipts of English wheat have been moderate, and the supply put up to-day was limited. However, several of Monday's unsold samples were in the market. For most kinds we had a fair demand at about stationary prices. The imports of foreign wheat have amounted to 5,450 quarters. Holders were very firm, but the business deing was but moderate at Monday's currency. Floating cargoes were firm. The barley trade was toler ably active at very full prices. In the value of malt no change took place. We were very moderately supplied with oats, which moved off steadily at very full prices Beans, peas, and flour as on Monday. Wheat. 2,220 ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. I Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. 770 1,80 3,710 810scks 1 3,310 1 __bra English .. Irish .. • • Foreign } 1 5,4 5 0 1 530 / 1 METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. We were tolerably well, though not to say heavily, sup plied with beasts to-day. All kinds sold slowly at a de cline in the quotations paid on Monday of 2d per 81bs. The highest figure was 4s 8d per Blbs. Although •the num bers of sheep were limited, the mutton trade was rather inactive at about stationary prices. The primest calves moved off steadily at full currencies ; but inferior qualities met a dull inquiry at barely late rats. Pigs were in fair supply, and moderate request at full quotations. Mulch cows ruled heavy at from 141. to 191. each, includ ing their small calf. Per Slbs to sink the offals. s. d. s. d.` Inferior Beasts.... 3 4to 3 6 Second quality.... 3 8 4 0, Prime large oxen 4 2 4 4 Prime Scots, &e. 4 6 4 8 Inferior Sheep ...3 4 3 6 Second quality ...3 8 4 0, Prime crse.-wlled.4 2 4 6, s. d. s d. Prime Southdown 4 8 5 0 Large crse. calves 310 4 4 Prime small do 4 6 5 0 Large hogs Small porkers 4 0 4 6 'Suckling calves 22 0 30 0 ; Quarter old pigs 22 0 28 0 TOTAL BIIPPLI. Beasts .................. 1,080 Sheep ................... 9,800 Calves .................. 440 Pigs •• ••••••••• • • • • • •• • • 500 ... FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts... ..... .... ..... . • 200 Sheep ..••••• ..... ........ GOO Calves..•• .. •• ...........• 300 LEADENH,N.LL. id of meat was in a sluggish NEWGATE AND The demand for each kii Itate, as follows : Per 81bs by s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. Beef, interior 3 0 3 4 Mutton, Inferior 3 2 3 6 Do., middling 3 6 3 8 Do., middling 3 8 4 0 Do., prime large .3 10 40 i Do., prime 42 4 6 De,,, do. small .... 4 2 4 4 } V e al 3 6 4 8 Fork, large 3 6 4 ) Pork, small 44 4 8 ;he carcase. BOROUGH HOP. We have a large supply of new hops on'sale here, and a steady business is doing in them, as follows :—Sussex and Weald of Kent, 415 s to 4/ 16s ; Kent and Farnhams, 4110 s to 61 6s. The hops continue to come down well, and the duty is freely backed at 300,0001. COLONIAL. - - TEA.—At the public sales fine greens realised full prices, but the low qualities were rather heavy. SuGAR. —West India has obtained full prices, with a fair inquiry ; Barbadoes has advanced Gd per cwt, low grey to fine yellow selling at 42s Gd to 463 Gd per cwt ; Demerara crystalised brought 45s 6d to 48s. East India—Bengal is 6d dearer for white Benares ; Cassipore has been sold at 46s to 495, mid yellowish to good white Benares at 44s 6d to 465, and good to fine yellow Mauritius kind at 44s 6d. to 46s ; Native Madras was taken in at 39s 6(1 and Penang at 39s to 41s Gd ; Mauritius brought full rates, viz., 38s to 42s 6d for low greyish to fine white grocery, and 45s to 48s for crystalised mid to fine. Foreign—Havana was taken in at 41s 6d to 43s for brown low to fine, duty 13s 9d, and 43s to 47s for yellow to very fins, duty 15s ; good to fine yellow, however, has sinee been sold at 44s Gd to 47s ; Porto Rico went at 43s for low grey up to 4fis Gd for fine bright grocery ; Muscovado Manilla realised, privately, 37a ; white Bahia brought 44s per cwt ; St. Croix brought 44s Gd to 463 Gil for mid to good grocery ; Cuba Musco vado heavy brown, 43s to 465. CM/PTE.—Plantation Ceylon has been at higher prices ; low mid to good bold coloury has obtained 61s Gd to 72s ; mid coloury, 63s to 65s 6(1 ; peaberry, 68s to 73s ; and triage, 52s Gd to 56s ; Native has been at 51s for good ord; Mocha f fine ord brownish brought 81s to 82s. RICE.—The market has been 'dull; good mid white Bengal has been taken in at 15s 6d, and good and fine white at 17s Gd. SPlCES.—Ginger has been steady, and Jamaica small and dark to good bold sold at 50s to 120 s, and some rough mouldy African at 23s 6d to 24s per cwt. PIMENTO went at 53d. to sid for good mid, and good Penang white pepper was taken in at Bd, and Peuang black at 5d for mid dusty, but Singapore good mid black realied bid to sbl. COCOA.—Trinidad has sold steadily, at 47s for mid red. SALTPETRE. —There has beon a rather better inquiry. Bengal 4l to 2 per cent. refraction brought 42s 6(1 ; 6!, per cent., 37s to 37s 6d ; 10, ) ! to 12 per cent., 37s to 37s Gd ; and 81 per cent., 395. COTTON.—Very little has been done. TALLOW.—This article has been dull. P.Y.C. is 57s on the spot. GREEN FRUIT.—The market is bare of all kinds. Lemons sustain their price, the stock being li g ht. Some boxes of grapes have been received by the Tagus steamer from Lis bon ; the quality is better than was expected, and we ere sold by Keeling and Hunt at publie sale, and realisea high figure. Foreign nuts dull, the demand now being for fresh grown, which are abundant, both in England and Holland, the supplies from the latter being extensive. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Sept. 21.—Wind this day at moon, S.W.; light airs and fine clear weather. PORTSMOUTH, Sept. 20.—Wind from Madras; H.M.S. Diligence, eastward. PLY MOUTH, Sept. 20.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Dora, from Prince Edward's Island. Sailed—Hydaspes (s.), for the Crimea. DOVER, Sept. 21.—Wind calm.—Off the port—Mari anne, from Baltimore for Bremen ; Solo, from Gothen burg for the Cape of Good Hope. DARTMOUTH, Sept. 20.—The Edward Protheroe, hence to Newport, put back to-day with loss of bulwarks, stan chions, rails, stern timbers, and other damage, from colli sion with a screw-steamer last night off the Start. HOLYHEAD, Sept. 20.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Jessie Miller, from St. Mary's, N.S. DROGHEDA, Sept. 19.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Crimea, from St. John's, N.B. WARREN POINT, Sept. 19.—Wind Crescent, from St. John's, N.B. HARTLEPOOL, Sept. 20.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived— Celeste, from Quebec. AUCKLAND, N.Z., April s.—The Star of the East has been wrecked in proceeding to sea from Raissard Heads. (PER ELEOTRIO TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Friday Morning. Arrived—Alliance (s.), from Havre ; City of Limerick (s.), London ; Caroline, Swansea. Sailed -L-Maria and Despatch, for Portsmouth ; Ouze, Zephyr, and Teaser, London. LIVERPOOL, Friday Morning. Wind S. Arrived—Endymion, from Calcutta. Off—Shamrock, for St. John's, New Brunswick. Sailed—Africa, for New Orleans ; Calhoun, New York QUEENSTOWN, Sept. 19. Wind, S.W. Arrived —Betsey and Bella Kato, from Montevideo ; Comely, Lochiel, Colonist, and Cornelia, Callao. DUBLIN, Sept. 20. Wind W. Arrived—Wanderer, from Trinidad. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Friday, 9,37 a.m. Wind calm, tide one and a half hour's ebb, weather fine, Arrived—George and Lucy, from Callao; Glory, Ha. vanna ; Rope, Gibraltar. CRYSTAL PALACE.—SHILLING DAY.—Sept. 20.—Ad missions on payment, 8,572 ; do. by season tickets, 796. Total, 9,368. Corresponding day last year, 6,811. [ADVERTISEIMIT].—Nothing can be more interesting than the numerous extraordinary cures without medicine of indi gestion (Dyspesia), Flatulency, Constipation, Nervous, Bil lions, and Liver complaints, Cough, Asthma, Consumption, and Debility effected by D n Barry's delicious II ealth.Restoring Revalenta Arabica Food. We give a few.—Winchester, De cember, 3d, 1847. Gentlemen,—l am happy to be able to inform you that [theYperson for whom your Revalenta was procured has derived a very great benefit from its use ; dis tressing symptoms of Dropsy, Dyspepsia, and Constipation of long standing have been removed, and a feeling of restored health induced. Having witnessed the beneficial effects in the above mentioned-case I can with confidence recom mend it, &c. JAMES SUMMAND, late Surgeon, 96th Regiment. Silrington Rectory, Cleobury Mortimer, Salop, Feb., 1851. Gentlemen,—l was in a miserable state of nervous irritation, but now I am entirely free from it; and in the enjoyment of good health. Your Food is everything to be desired in my case, as I feel as if I was in a new state of existence; and I recommend others similarly affected to try it, for its effects are most surprising and agreeable.—Rev. JOIIN O NES. I n canisters, 11b. 2 s. 9 d.; 21 b. 4s . 6d. ; 51b. lls. ; 121 b. 22e. The 121 b., carriage free, on receipt of Post-office order. Barry Du Barry & Co., 77, Regent-street, London ; also at 182, Piccadilly; 60, Gracechureh-street ; 330, and 451, Strand; 4, Cheapside ; 60 and 68, Cornhill ; 49, Bishopsgate-street ; 55, Charing-cross; 54, Upper Baker-street; 63 and 150, Oxford-street ; 89, High-street, Camden-town ; 18, Pall mall; 7, Pall-mall-East; 132, New Bond-street ; 24, Mot • comb-street ; 13, King William-street, City ; 30, Conduit. street ; 21, Cockspur-street ; 95, Farringdon-street ; 67, St. Paul's Gllurcbyard; 6, EdwardAtreet, Furtman-square. SPIRIT OF ( From the Times of this day.) The arrival of the official despatches containing the reports of the Allied Generals on the glorious events of the Bth and 9th of September has been delayed somewhat longer than had at first been anticipated, because, altnough they were sent off on the 11th in the Telegraph steamer, which is one of the swiftest vessels in the navy, yet, owing to the state of the weather, or to some other reason, that ship did not reach Marseilles till yesterday morning, and the despatches cannot reach London before Saturday morning. The communications transmitted by the Indus, which brought the mail of the 9th from Balaklava, are of inferior interest, for, owing to the state of the weather, that vessel appears to have had no communication with the shore after noon on the Bth, when the assault had not actually taken place, and she therefore brings no details of the destruction of that vast fortress which had defied for nearly a year the confederate armies of the Western Powers. We learn, however, by a telegraphic despatch from Marshal Pelissier, that, although the actual occupation of the town by a portion of the Allied forces has never been formally stated to have taken place, and we do not know in what order it was effected, yet that the whole of the arsenals and works mast now have been minutely visited by the Anglo-French Commission ap pointed to draw up the inventory of our trophies of war. It seems that no less than 4,000 cannon, 50,000 cannon balls, powder, grapeshot, and many other stores of war were still found un injured and in great abundance. The immense supplies of the arsenal of Sebastopol were, there fore, not exhausted even after this terrific and pro longed struggle ; and as long as men could be found to renew the shattered or dismounted guns and to repair the works the resistance of the town continued. Down to the very last Sebastopol con tained nearly ten times the number of cannon which had been placed in the batteries of the be siegers—a fact which is not surprising when it is remembered that the fleet alone mounted more than 1,000 guns, and that everything had certainly been prepared by the Emperor Nicholas in Sebas topol for a final attack on the Ottoman empire. It must always be remembered that these warlike stores accumulated in the Crimea could have been brought there for no other purpose than an ag gressive war on Turkey. The probability of a com bined attack by sea and land upon the Crimea itself seems never to have occurred to the Russian Government, but against a maritime attack only they were fully provided. The marine forts of Sebastopol served to cover a huge mine, destined one day to spread devastation over the East ; and it was while he was slowly and laboriously com pleting these preparations that the Emperor Nicho las claimed the especial confidence of Europe as the protector of established institutions, the champion of order, and the friend of peace. The docks, it seems, remain—a magnificent work, due to the engineering abilities of Colonel Upton, which was only finished in 1853, after having cost enormous sums to the Imperial Government ; indeed, as a great portion of these works is excavated out of the solid rock, and the remainder lined with the hardest cement, the destruction of them is no easy under taking. After having provided for the armament of the forts, which will be occupied by the Allies for the defence of the place, the greater portion of these trophies will doubtless be removed in trans ports to the dockyards and arsenals of the Allied Powers, to prevent the possibility of their falling hereafter into the hands of the enemy. We pre sume that, in conformity with precedent, the prize and booty of this vast capture will be distributed to the army and navy of the Allied Powers; in agree ment with the arrangements previously taken with the French Government, her Majesty having re served to herself the distribution of booty to the British troops upon any conjoint expedition of the sea and land forces. And certainly if the value cf the spoil turns out to be considerable, it most justly belongs to the gallant soldiers of both armies and to the combined fleets which have participated in the capture. The Emperor of Russia has not hesitated to acknowledge, in an order of the day addressed to the Imperial army, the magnitude of the blow which has struck the defences of the empire ; but he has attempted to lessen the humiliation in flicted on his arms by a tribute, not certainly un deserved, to the unhappy victims of his father's policy. We have at all times really admitted the skill and perseverance with which the Russian troops raised a formidable sytem of fortifications round an undefended town, and continued with great tenacity to maintain the advantages of their position. Their artillery was also well served, and the efforts made to bring up fresh troops to the scene of action were extraordinary. Here, how ever, the consideration we are willing to empress for a brave enemy ceases. We do not think that the conduct of the garrison of Sebastopol entitles them to rank with the soldiers who at Pultowa defeated the Swedish infantry, which was then the best in Europe, or with that army which in 1812 disputed the honours of the Borodino to the last gasp against the genius of Napoleon and the legions of France. The present Russian army has on no one occasion during the present war measured itself successfully against any part of the Allied forces. The battles of the Alma, the Inkerman, and of the Tchernaya were all won by the manifest supe riority of our troops ; and even on the two occa sions when our attacks upon the redoubts of Sebas topol were not altogether successful we were re pulsed entirely by the superior cross-fire of the enemy's batteries. When, therefore, the Empe ror asserts that his troops "beat the enemy, or died with indomitable courage, and without a thought of surrendering," we are constrained to reply that they did not beat the enemy on any fair trial of strength ; that they retreated beaten, though not routed, from three pitched engagements ; and that, though they did not surrender Sebastopol, they evacuated it, and left not only " blood-stained ruins," but the spoils of an enormous arsenal in the possession of the enemy. The time is long since past when the enemies of the Czar were to be swept away by the breath of his nostrils, and we do not find in this production of the reigning monarch any expression which rises above a dignified resignation to an in evitable calamity. We learn, however, by the last accounts from Berlin, that the Emperor has already renounced his intended journey to Warsaw, and that he will shortly proceed with the Grand Dukes to Moscow, and thence to the governments more immediately contiguous to the seat of war. There seems, as far as we can judge from the very _faint indications which reach us, to be something irresolute and weak in the character of the present Autocrat. Had he seized the conditions of peace offered him at Vienna, he would have saved Sebastopol and have placed us in a very awkward predicament. Yet his Generals ought to have foreseen that the place could not hold out more than four months, and that the increasing hold of the Allies on the coast of the Crimea was of all things the most fatal to the " territorial integrity" of Russia. He con tinued the struggle, however, not from confidence in the result, but from the want of courage to ter minate it. Even now it may be doubted whether his Government has really grasped the onerous and embarrassing inheritance to which he was suddenly called, and it is not improbable that his position may become a dangerous one. It has certainly become an unfortunate one, for when called upon to mount the throne he was condemned by no fault of his own to witness within a few months the destruction of his greatest southern fortress and of the Black Sea fleet, while Sweaborg was bombarded and Cronstadt threatened within sight of the gar dens of Peterhof. An Emperor of Russia cannot afford to lose the reputation of invincible power within his own dominions. A Government resting on force alone perishes in the presence of superior force, and we question whether the patriotic en thusiasm of the Russian nation will be roused by the reverses they have sustained in wh the C empi rime re a. In 1812 the case was differ ent ; tewhole the population rose pi o aril French. But the Crimea is a dista was invaded : Holy Moscow was nt dependency f a o s e t i a s k to en dr a i n v d e o b u u t rn th t e ; s s t o f b e t hcrossedenemy t o ;andget hands there ; the coast is in no effort will shake off the army of occupation from that spot until Russia thinks proper to submit to hundreds of miles of st t e h p e p h e peace which we have a right to demand. the terms of (prom the Times of this day.) Want of wate r is what we should fear in an y ad vance from Eupato ria. From this e ven the Rus soiladn,sfrsora theuffer; andyet they have a line, eighty y ears Belbec in the south, straight almost as the crow flies, to Tchongar-bridge, leading into Russia by Perekop. Along this line are occasional wells. At Bakshi-Serai and Simpheropol they are abundant ; the Salghir river, moreover, supplies that indispensable requisite of human life. But the enemy suffers along that line for want of water, and what towns he meets have risen on the waste, as . children of the fountain. The gushing spring has been the parent of the city. There, first a halt, then a habitation, then a collection of stationary . dwellings ; a town, a fortress, a periodical en campment, an establishment and splendid buildings. On the other hand, the Tchernaya yields plenty of water for man and beast. Beyond it is the Belbec; beyond that the Salghir. The Russians quitted Sebastopol because they could not stay in it. It was no strategic movement in any profounder sense than a well-grounded panic is strategic. The Bay of Inkerman hissed with denuding shells ; a few THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. of them, nay, one of them, falling on the new raft bridge which spanned that bay, would have defi nitively intercepted the garrison's retreat, and would have brought Prince Gortschakoff to Paris. He went off while he could. As to his being now "in a better position " than that out of which he has been driven, just look at his position. Either the Sievernaya, the Star Fort and its helpmates, have sufficient provisions to keep for a month his crowded battalions, or they have not. If the pro visions do not exist, Prince Gortschakoff continues still further the fine strategic movement of which we have heard so much ; and if those forts possess the necessary victuals for his army, he could not, even then, do better than to pack every knapsack, and load every mule, making the utmost of his time. He ought still to retreat. We wish him no worse fate than to be submissive, in this crisis, to the pride of his Czar and country, and to immo late to the vain chimera of an untenable prestige the remnants of a gallant and much-enduring army. For, suppose an advance of the Allies upon Mackenzie's Heights. These heights cannot be so difficult to capture as the Malakhoff Works. General Liprandi is not capable, alone, of resisting the Allies. His is the left wing of the Ragaliall army, which is in a most curious position. The centre is at Old Inkerman, the right is in the Star Fort and Sievernaya, under Prince Gortschakoff, who is, besides, Commander-in-Chief. The whole force looks eastwards. It is not the game of Prince Gortschakoff to leave General Liprandi to face us single-handed. At all events, it is not the interest of the Russian army to do this. The north forts need not be attacked at all, much less do they need to be invested, in order to be taken. Any advance on General Liprandi draws out the whole strength of what was lately the garrison of Sebastopol from Fort Constantine and the Sievernaya ; otherwise that garrison is cut off, and General Liprandi's position is forced besides. In this operation the Allied troops have plenty of water. In an advance from Eupatoria there would be a scarcity of that great necessary. We understand that there are some wells beyond the Tchernaya. Moreover, it is but one great rush from that river to the Belbec ; and then it is the enemy's turn to be solicitous: He has a line of road prepared since Catherine's time, and amply provided with water. But a sort of insane pride seems to be at work in the Russian head-quarters. The tribes and populations of Asia are asking, " Is it possible that Sebastopol has been taken from the Czar ?" The reply is negative. Prince Gortscha koff has gone from the south side to the north side. That is all. if this be true, we shall have that Prince in Paris or London before long. But suppose he attacks the Allied army on the Tchernaya ? His garrison is now like a rat in a hole ; nothing is too desperate for them. In fact, desperation is become their only hope. Well, in that case, we confidently believe that General Pelis sier's and General Simpson's despatch of detach ments to the north-west will not have so weakened our lines between Inkerman and Tchorgoun that we cannot hold them. Our troops and the French troops have lately been amusing themselves with a variety of re sources. In the worst and hardest times of the now terminated siege we had a theatre on the heights of Otar, and we had horse-races in front of Tchoulion. The shells of the enemy occasionally disturbed the performances of that hazardous stage, and abridged the runs on that daring race-course. But a force which could presume thus to solace itself ought not to let an already beaten and de moralised enemy to escape out of its hand, either by the astuteness which is an old and well-known characteristic in our opponent, or by the despera tion with which a ruinous position may inspire him. ADVANCE IN THE BANK RATE OF DISCOUNT. Although there was no general expectation of a fur ther advance in the Bank rate of discount yesterday, there was sufficient uncertainty upon the point to cause the breaking up of the Court to be waited for with in terest, The demand at the Bank during the past week is supposed to have been as heavy as during the two pre ceding weeks, in which it was found necessary to resort to a rise, and but for the circumstance that much of it was believed to be caused by the caution of the discount- houses in refusing large transactions while there might be a prospect of a further immediate change, as well as by the desire of the public to provide themselves against such a contingency, there would have been ground to entertain the probability of a fresh movement. Whe ther it will yet have to be resorted to must still depend in a great degree upon the state of the corn-market, the arrivals from Australia, and the course which the Go- vernment may pursue regarding the instalments on the Turkish loan. Since the first advance in the rate, a fortnight back, not only has the expectation of large receipts from Australia been disappointed, but a sudden and, as the tendency to re-action has since shown, a rather unwarrantable rise in the corn-market has been witnessed, which has stimulated the transmission of about 400,000/. to the Danube and elsewhere for the pur chase of wheat, and which will also have the effect, when the news reaches New York, of hastening the substitu tion of flour for gold in the future shipments from Ame rica. As the amount overdue from Australia is at least 800,0001., we have here a total of 1,200,0001., which, but for peculiar and improbable events, would be at this moment in the Bank coffers, and which would have brought their stock of bullion to a point in excess of the average of the past year. Another of its effects also would have been to have prevented the idea of a scarcity of money getting to that height which in itself begets scarcity. Hence the surprise felt at the rapid and continuous nature of the change just witnessed is easily accounted for, together with the fact that neither the almost unprecedented occurrence of an advance in two consecutive weeks, nor the early pos sibility of an additional one, has produced any disturbing effect upon the trade or credit of the country. Even in the Stock-Exchange, where the current of speculation has recently been on the adverse side, the fluctuation has been comparatively unimportant ; and there is, con sequently, full reason to believe that the estimate already expressed of the healthy condition of almost all departments of industry will be fully borne out, and that the movements lately witnessed, notwithstanding their intensity, are of an exceptional and iu many re spects of a purely accidental character. The Bank of France yesterday increased their rate of discount from 4 per cent., at which it had stood since the 12th of May, 1854, to 5 per cent. A similar in crease has been made in the rate for advances on stocks and shares. This measure was fully expected, a decrease of about 5,000,0001. having occurred in their stock of bullion since the rate was fixed on the previous occasion. It was then about 16,400,0001., and in the return pub lished last Saturday it was 11,550,0001. As the move ments of the Bank of France are to the extent of one per cent, at a time, they are usually delayed for a longer period than those of the Bank of England ; but, even making allowance for that, the present step may be considered to have been made with less promptitude than was desirable. Unlike what has been witnessed on the London Stock-Exchange, the ardour of specu lation has been maintained on the, Paris Bourse to a considerable extent throughout the war, and . the various undertakings fostered by the Credit Motaher have for some time assumed proportions which were certain to lead to a revulsion. At t he same time the general commerce of France, like that of England, is believed to be in a healthy state, and there is, consequently, among the mercan tile houses of Paris no apprehension of any serious interval of distrust or disaster. The immediate effect of the increase of dis count will be towards a revival of the demand for gold from this side, and it will therefore operate as a direct inducement for the Ba nk of En g land to raise their rate to a similar amount. For some days past the acceptances of the large ship building firm of Messrs. C. J. Mare and Co., of Rack wall, have been lying over unpaid, butit was hoped from hour to hour that an arrangement might be made to honour them. This anticipation, however, has been disappointed, and it is understood that a meeting of the creditors of the house will be held to-morrow, when a balance-sheet will be submitted, together with such pro posals as may seem best to secure their important works from being interrupted. Notwithstanding the great ex tent of the business of Messrs. Mare and Co., an impres sion is entertained that their liabilities, apart from their debts to private connections for advances, which are un derstood to be very heavy, are not much beyond 70,0001. The fact of the firm having bec ome em b arrasse d h as ex cited universal surprise, since they 'have enjoyed for many years orders and contracts of a gigantic and most profitable description, not only from the large steam companies, but also from other quarters, and especially of late from the Government. The establishment is still going on, the workmen having up to the present time been regularly paid, and it will be very satisfactory if the accounts about to be presented should show that the existing difficulty arises mainly from a lock-up of capi tal, and is such as to allow the works, under proper su pervision, to be continued without interruption.—Tietes' City Article. C . APTURE OF A NOTORIOUS THlEF. — Through the AC tavnty of Mr. lieddington, a detective officer on the Mid land Railway, a notorious thief, named William Attey, has just been captured, after having committed innume rable depredations throughout England, particularly on the different lines of railway. There are already 15 cases of robbery against him, and several other charges are in the course of investigation. CLOSE OF THE SALMON FISHING.—The salmon fishings in the rivers north of Tweed closed on Friday last. In the Spey, owing to the very severe frost, the month of February was all but lost to the fishers and proprietors, and during the rest of the season the take of salmon altogether was considerably under last year. The grilse fishing was fully equal to that of last year. Towards the close, the rod fishing became very productive. In the Findhorn, the fishing, though backward at the com mencement, was, before the close, most productive, and this river has this season fully sustained its former high character as a good salmon river. The Deveron has this season fished remarkably well ; the grilse have been plentiful, giving promise of a good salmon fishing next season. The Ness has also improved. The Dee and Don have fished pretty well, particularly in the early part of the season. The sea-fishings have also yielded a fair average,-1 3 GnAirg ht4rnal. Naval and Ltelligence. The Lords of the Admiralty continued their official inspection at Portsmouth yesterday. After their in spection of the Royal Marine Artillery on the previous evening the Board proceeded in their barge to inspect the Wye steam-vessel in the harbour, which has been fitted up as a condensing vessel for Balaklava, by Mr. T. T. Grant, Controller of victualling. The steam was up on beard, and the whole process of working was fully exhibited and explained to their lordships by Mr. John Davies, R.N., Master-Attendant of the Clarence Yard. On leaving their lordships went on board the Black Eagle. Yesterday morning the Board embarked in their barge at 10 o'clock, and landed at the Royal Naval Hospital at Hasler, where Captain-Superintendent Dacres, R.N., C. 8., and the medical staff received them and escorted them through the building. At noon they proceeded on a similar visit to the Clarence Victualling Establishment, also accompa- nied by Captain Dacres, where they were received by Master Attendant Davies. Mr. Storekeeper Pinhorn, R.N., and other officials. The stores are all well sup plied with every kind of consumptive stock for the fleet, and all in admirable order and condition. The new slaughter-house was the chief object of inspection. At 2 o'clook their lordships embarked at the Queen's Stairs and proceeded to the water-gate entrance of the Royal Marine head-quarters at Gosport, on entering which they were received by Colonel-Commandant Fortescue Gra , ham, C. 8., A.D.C. to the Queen, and the officers of the division, which was drawn up in heavy marching order in line with the band and colours. After their lordships had passed through the ranks the battalion was formed in open column of divisions, and marched past in review order ; and, although but recently brought into batta- lion formation, all the movements were executed in a correct and precise manner. A visit was then made by their lordships to one of the pavilions of the men's quarters, through which they passed, whenca they adjourned to the office of the Colonel-Commandant, and inspected the books of the division ; after this they adjourned to luncheon with the Colonel and officers in the grand mess-room, where the band played. On quitting the Royal Marine Barracks the Board of Admiralty proceeded to her Majesty's ship Excellent, and witnessed experimental shell practice, concentrated broadside firing, &c., under the direction of Captain Sir Thomas Maitland, C.B. From the gunnery instruction ship their lordships proceeded on board her Majesty's ship Illustrious, Captain Harris, the training-ship for novices for the Royal Navy, finishing with a visit to her Majesty's ship Victory, and inspecting the boys (ap prentices to the service), &c. Yards were manned, and all the manoeuvres incidental to a seaman's training for service were exhibited to their lordships, with which they expressed their entire satisfaction. In the evening they attended a ball at the Seamen and Marines' Or phan Schools, Portsea,in aid of the funds of that charity, which was well patronised. Among the numerous visitors who have inspected the factory departments of the Royal Arsenal at Woolwich it is a remarkable fact that no one has appeared to take au interest in viewing and thoroughly understanding the mechanical routine of the department to the degree evinced on Wednesday by Lord Palmerston. The offi cers who accompanied him were fearful at the commence ment that the circuit of the whole establishment must be fatiguing, and consequently not to be attempted, but his lordship expressed his desire to go through the whole, in all of which he evinced an interest seldom or never witnessed there, and displayed an extraordinary amount of judgment in many matters connected with the foundries which astonished his attendants. In wit- nessing the casting of seine segments for traversing plat forms he remained with his watch in hand to note the time required in their construction, so as to retain a prac tical knowledge, as it were, of these matters. On being shown the split mortars from the Baltic his lordship was sensibly struck with what he was convinced was a very inferior metal. From the Arsenal they repaired to the Marshes to witness the firing off ef 6 of Capt. Boxer's para chute shells. Evening had already set in, and the little fairy-like lights hovering in the air were beautifully dis played and seen to great advantage, in which there was not a single failure. The Stella, Captain Smith, sailed yesterday morning from Woolwich arsenal with ammunition, artillery wag gons, and general merchandise for Constantinople. A large number of water carts have been shipped for the use of the troops. The barrels are fitted with screws as well as taps, so as to render them efficient not only for conveying water, but also to act as pontoons, if requisite. Her Majesty's paddle-wheel-steamer Avon, of 361 tons (tender to the flag-ship Impregnable at Devon - port.), sailed on Wednesday from Woolwich with machinery fur Plymouth. In consequence of alleged breach of duty, on Tuesday last, by the senior Lieutenant of Royal Marines, J. C. Knight, of the frigate Castor, 36, now in Plymouth Sound, who is charged with having gone on shore con trary to the orders of his superior officer, a court-martial is to be held to-day (Friday) or to-morrow.. The frigate is bound to the Cape of Good Hope, and this circuin stance will detain her probably until Monday. The Urgent, iron screw steam store-ship. Commander Phillips, completed her engine machinery department yesterday at Sheerness, and is ordered to proceed on a trial trip on Monday next. The crew of the Siren, 1G guns, Commander Otway, have been paid their advance, and are now waiting orders to leave for the Brazilian station. The Alban, 4 guns, paddle-wheel steam-vessel, Lieu tenant Commander W. E. Fisher, has been taken into the fitting-basin at Sheerness to make good defects, which :will occupy about 14 days, when she will again proceed to Heligoland to convey volunteers for the Fo reign Legion. The African steam-vessel and the Lizard steam-vessel, Lieutenant T. B. Christopher, have been taken into the fitting-basin at Sheerness to make ,good damage and defects. The Princess Alice, iron paddle-wheel steam-vessel, arrived at Sheerness on Wednesday, with despatches from the Baltic, and left yesterday for Woolwich. Improvements in Sheerness yard are being carried out on a very extensive scale by Messrs J. and C. Rigby, of Westminster, contractors, under the superintendence of Mr. W. J. Caldwell. They Lave commenced erecting a jetty to the entrance of the great fitting basin, at the sea or harbour frontage, where there will be from 20 to 22 feet of water at high tide. It has been found necessary to erect this jetty to give greater facilities and security in the transport of men-of-war in and out of the fitting basin. The jetty will consist of about 150 piles. The deck or platform will consist of whole timber beams, on which will be laid 4-inch deck plank with two powerful capstans, with leading-blocks, &c., for the security,of transport. A new foundry is also to be erected, and an extensive enlargement of the yard smithery, capable of employing at least 250 men. The new boiler shop, of 224 feet by 111 feet, is now quite complete and in full operation. Various other minor improvements are being carried out. By a recent Admiralty circular, issued to all captains and commanders of cruisers through the respective Com manders-in-Chief, Port-Admirals, &c., it is ordered that all Prussian vessels are to be permitted to pass unmo lested with cargoes of gunpowder bound to Rotterdam. The Prussians are availing themselves of this order, or rather indulgence, to a very considerable extent. It has been asked, what is the destination of the powder after it passes through Holland l In consequence of the great number of boys who have of late volunteered for continuous service in the navy, the Admiralty have issued orders that no more boys shall be entered, unless they have been employed on board some barge or other sailing vessel. No. 7 Company, 13th Battalion, of the Royal Artil- lery, in garrison at Sheerness, under command of Capt. Cannon, are ordered to hold themselves in readiness for immediate embarkation for Corfu. The company con sit•ts of one captain, two subalterns, and 136 rank and file, with S women. Daily draughts of artillerymen are sent from Sheerness to Shoeburyness for mortar and heavy gun practice. A party of invalids from regiments in the Crimea ar rived on Wednesday at Chatham from the hospital at Chichester, including non-commissioned officers, 25 in number ; they are all wounded. Ainotag them was Robert Clinton, a native of Scotland, a private of the 88th, who is blind ; both eyes were knocked out by a ball passing through the head ; it entered under the left eye, close by the nose, and went out under the right ear ; he is only nineteen years of age, and is taken into the General Hospital to be surgically attended. Private Downard, 3d Buffs, who came home with the above, is insane ;he is also at Fort Pitt. The remainder were sent to the invalid depot. Twenty-eight invalid soldiers arrived at Chatham yes terday from Portsmouth, in charge of Captain Richard Thomas, 7th Foot. They came from Scutari by the ship Colombo. They- are all wounded, and must be discharged from the service. The General Court-martial which assembled on Mou sey, the 10th inst., in the camp at the Curragh of Kil dare, for the trial of Lieutenant A. B. M`Causland, of the;7sth Armagh Light Infantry Regiment, re-assem bled on Monday last, when the trial was proceeded with. The whole of the day was occupied in the examination of the accused witnesses, and on Tuesday morning Lieutenant M'Causland read an address in his defence. Lieutenant-Colonel Caulfield , M.P., the prosecutor, re plied, and the Court was cleared to consider its finding, s c t h li h r a o s r k n o R t e g a i s m yet e n t t o r f an is s i p i r Militia, Colonel s i L d e o n f ts, t u ;M 3 r d . '\Ve John Endle officiatedKaasied,epbuatryrisjtuedrgaet--aladwvo,caattet,enaanedd Mr. William Barker on behalf of Lieutenant AiTausland,, MILITIA. The Worcestershire Militia received orders on Tues day morning to hold themselves in readiness to v,larch to Aldershott, but the day of their departure is not yet fixed. The furlough of the men who are gone to assist in harvesting, does not expire till the 29th of Cue 'present month, so that it is likely the regiment will move off about the Ist or 2d of October. A couple of lovers have just been united in Kilmal• color parish whose combined ages amount to 149 yea rs , the bride being 76, and the gallant bridegroom three years younger. PROVIDENTIAL ESCAPE.—On Wednesday night a singular escape from death took place in the Cornwall road, Lambeth. A boy, about three years of age, was picking up a piece of stone from the road, when a timber carriage drawn by five horses was passing ; two of the horses trod on the child, and th e wheels passed over his body. .He was taken up f or d ead, and conveyed to Christchurch Union-house, in Marlborough -street, and on inquiry yesterday it was stated that the child was in a fair way of recovery. N ot the least blame is attac h e d ' to the carman. SPORTL 'GENOB. TATTERSA.LL'S.—TEtunSDAY. A thin attendance, and very little business transacted. The quotations at the close were as follow : CESARENVITCIT. Sto 1 agst Robgill (taken) DERBY. 2000 to 100 agst RDgerthorpe (taken) 1200 to 50 agst Polinoodie (taken) 1000 to 20 agst Ringdropper (taken) 1000 to 20 agst Peter Flat (taken) 1000 to 20 agst Epbesian 5000 to 50 agtA Disraeli (taken) 5000 to 50 agst Titiaonus (taken) MANCHESTER AUTUMN MEETING. THURSDAY. The Post-office Hotel Handicap of 5 sous each, withs added by the sporting men of Mancheqter, for all ages. Extra weight for certain winners. The second to re ceive 10 sous out of the stakes. Three-quarters of a mile. Mr. E. Gill's Bourgeois, by British Yeoman, 5 yrs, ist 121 b (including 'lib extra) (Aldcroft) 1 Mr. R. Walker's Biron, 3 yrs, Gst 71b... (Snowden) 2 Mr. J. Osborne's Cherry Brandy, 3 yrs, Get 91b (Bearpark) 3 Betting-9 to 4on Bourgeois. Won on the post by a short head. Two lengths between the second and third. The Chesterfield Handicap of 5 soya each, with 50 added, for 2-yr olds ; the winner of any race after the publi cation of the weights, 51b extra ; the second to save hie stake. Three quarters of a mile. (13 subs.) Mr. Baker's Byrsa, by Birdcatcher or Gamebov, 7st 12th (including 51b extra) (G. Oates) 1 Mr. J. Osborne's First Fly, 7st 41b (Bearpark) 2 Mr. Saxon's Shelah, 6st 1.21 b (J. Foster) 3 The following also ran :—Adam, Chore Petite, The Quack, and f by Birdcatcher—ldolatry. Betting-2 to 1 agst Byrsa, 3to 1 agst the Quack, 5 to 1 each agst First Fly and Shelah. Won cleverly by followed l )a d fourth, half a length. Wh en close at home Fi rst Fly h e aded Shelah, and at last beat her for second place by a neck. Adam was sixth, by aldolatry ChorePetite, filly who fft h got and badly the Q off. The Wilton Handicap of 5 sous each, with 100 added. Extra weight for certain winners. The second to receive 10 sous out of the stakes. One mile and a quarter. Mr. J. Osborne's Gamelad, 4 yrs, 6st 71b...(Bearpark) 1 Mr. T. Spence's Catherine Parr, 5 yrs, 6st 71b (Bates) 2 Mr. Norton's Van Winkle, 3 yrs, sst 51b...(Cresswell) 3 Dear Me and Lady Bird also ran. Mary was struck out at 2.30 p.m., and Pole Star at 3 p.m. Betting-7 to 4 a s st Lady Bird, 3toto 1 ags t V an Winkle, sto 1 each Dear Me and Gamelad. Won by two lengths. The second beating the third by a neck. Lady Bird was beaten off. Sellin g Stakes of 3 sous each, with 40 added, for 3-yr olds and upwards. One mile and a quarter. Elastic Red Robin Four ran. The Trafford Handicap of 70 ROVS, for two-yr-olds and upwards. Half a mile. Byrsa . Henriet to Comfort . Five ran. BETTING ON THE COURSE. CESAREWITCH STAKES. Bto 1 agst Robgill (taken) 20 to 1 agst Mr. Sykes (taken freely) 25 to 1 agst Weathercock 25 to 1 agst Saucebox 25 to 1 agst Brother to Grey'Tommy LEICESTER RACES-THURSDAY. Innkeepers' Plate of 25 sovs, added to a Sweepstakes of 3 soya each ; for three-yr-olds and upwards. About one mile. (3 subs.) Mr. Jones's Gay by Melbourne, 3 yrs, Gst 71b(e. 6st Sib) (T. Cliff) 1 Lord Chesterfield's Knight Errant, 5 yrs, Sat ilb (Ashmall) 2 Mr. Mosley's Romeo, 5 yrs, Set 121 b (Walters) 3 Betting-6 to 4on Gay. Wou by a length and a half ; a neck btween second and third. Scurry Handicap Plate of 50 sovs each, added to a Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each, 3 ft, if declared, &c. Extra weight for certain winners. Half a mile. (16 subs, 8 of whom declared.) Mr. Moore's Pope Joan, 4 yrs, Gst 41b. (Fordham) 1 Mr. Sarnwell's Usurer, 3 yrs, Est 21b (Walters) 2 Mr. Williams' Tom Perkins, 4 yrs, Bst 71b (Kendall) 3 The following also ran :—Bright Plicebus, Gossip, John Barleycorn, Nestor, Cimicina. Betting-5 to 2 agst John Barleycorn, 3to 1 agst Ci micina, 5 to 1 agst Torn Perkins, 6 to 1 each agst Pope Joan and Bright Phoebus, 7 to• 1 agt Usurer. Won by. half a length. Bad third. Cimicina, led until they were just below the distance, when she ruptured a blood ves sel, and at the finish was fourth, Bright Phoebus being fifth, and Nestor sixth. Plate of 25 SOVF, added to a Sweepstakes of 3 sovs each, for 2-yr-olds and upwards. Optional selling weights, &c. T.Y.C. Half a mile. (5 subs.) Lord Chesterfield's Ida, by Epirus, 3 yrs (401.), Get 111 b (Fordham) 1 Mr. E. Parr's Parum, 2 yrs (401.), 4st 101 b (carried sst 411)) (Walters) 2 Illr. Jones's Gay, 3 yrs (401.), 7st (T. Cliff) 3 Mr. J. DaWSOll'B Nestor, G yrs (401.), Set 21b (Ashman) 4 Mr. Griffiths' Emma, 4 yrs (401.), Set 51b (Wells) 0 Betting-2 to 1 agst Ida, sto 2 agst Nestor, 3to 1 agst Parini). Won by three•quarters of a length ; half a length between the second and third. Bad fourth. Emma did not get off. The winner was sold by auction for 71 guineas. A Handicap of 10 sops each h ft, with 50 added. Extra weights for certain winners. Gentlemen. riders. Pro fessionals, 611) extra. One mile and a quarter. (9 subs.) Mr. T. Oliver's Bright Plicebus, by Harkaway, 4 yrs, list 11l) (including 51b extra) (l<rr. Elwes) 1 Mr. Williams' Tons Perkins, 4 yrs, list 6lbfinclud7 ing Gib extra) (Kendall) 2 Mr. Calder's Haxby, 4 yrs, lOst ra (Mr. Thompson) 3 Mr, E. Parr's Little Davie, 6 yrs, lOst 101 b (Mr. Bevil]) 4 Betting-6 to 4 each apt Bright Pbcebus and Haxby, 3to 1 agst Little Davie, 4to agst Tom Perkins. Won very cleverly by a length, the second beating the third by a head. Bad fourth. Her .Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas ; 3-yr•olds, 7st 71b ; four, 9st ; five, 9st 71b ; six and aged, 9st 911). Three miles. Mr. J. Dawson's Jack Leming, by Voltaire, aged (Cowley) 1 Lord Chesterfield's Knight Errant, 5 yrs ...(Asbmall) 2 Mr. Smith's Little Jack, 4 A rs (Brace) 0 Betting-3 to lon Jack'Leeming. Won in a canter by 20 lengths. Little Jack was stopped after running aboat half the distance. Cowley at first weighed for Rataplan, but the horse was withdrawn before the numbers were exhibited. It was then determined to run Bright Phoebus, but after his jockey had weighed, an d th e num b er was put up, it was found that he had left the ground. Consolation Handicap of 3 sovs each, with 25 added, for beaten horses. (3 subs.) Mr. E. Parr's Little Davie, by Young Priam, 6 yrs, Bst 71b ............................................. (Gointon) 1 Mr. Green's T orn y r i s, 4 yrs, 6st 111 b ..........(T. Cliff) 2 Mr. Ricksrd's Miss Hatch, 3 yrs, Est 111b....(Walter) 3 Betting -2 to lon Tomyris, sto 2 agst Little Davie. Won in a canter. LATEST BETTING. CESARENVITCH STAKES. S to 1 agst Robgill (taken) 25 to 1 agst Muscovite (taken) 1000 to 30 agst King Tom (taken) SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, Siam 20. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The tone of the market has been rather flat to-day, but at a slight advance in prices. Caledonian, 304 i—London and North Western, 92 Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 234 h—South Eastern, 17.11.3.—Midland, G6—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire (late C. and B. 27 shares), 14—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 774 --Great Western of Canada, 24 —Luxembourg coustit., d. 9. MANCHESTER, SEPT. 20. STOCK EXCHANGE.—There was rather an improved business to-day, with a moderate demand. Midlands, 661—Sheffields, 24—London and North Westerns, 921. Leeds, 774—East Lancashire, 17i—Dovers, BIRMINGHAM, SErr. 20. STOCK EXCHANGE.—Tho market has been 'very fiat to-day, and yesterday's prices generally not supported. Loudon and North Westerns closed at 91i—Birmingham and Stour Valleys, 7/—Eastern Counties, 9. LEEDS, SEPT. 20. STOCK EXCHANGE.—A rather good market to-dap, and prices have further advanced a half per cent. Midlands, 66i—Leeds stock, 77i—Great Norther n 21.17.6.—Thirs k Extension, No. 1, 21 pm.—Ditt o, Fifths, 7s. 6d. pm• DUBLIN, SltEr. 10. STOCK EXCHINGE.—Nrew Three per Cent. Stock, 90k -Ditto, for Acct. ' Oct. 15, (.0 —Three per Cent. Con sols, 89g i—Ditto, for Account, October lb, 89S i—City of Dublin Steam Company, 63 Patriotic Insurance, 81- -Mining Company of Ireland (71 , paid), Acct., 13— — Dublin and B e lf as t J unc ti on , 51 1 ( 4 . paid), for account, 40—Great So u th ern and W es t e rn (501. paid), 50 — Ditto, weuoforiaccz for nt, accountso—Hi, 6. bernian Bank, 831---Dublin and. 1 DRAFTS OF V OL UNTEERS. —Yesterday numerous drafts of volunteers from militia regiments, and recruits for the cavalry and infantry, were mustered and inspected offi cially and surgically, at the central recruiting depot, Delahay-street, Westminster. The draft numbered up wards of 240. Seventy volunteers for the R o y a l Ar tillery, p r i n cipally fr om militia artillery, arr i ve d by the North Western R ailway, and proceeded to the head quarters of the regiment at Bodwick. We have already announced the death of Admiral Gordon. The gallant admiral, who had twice served the office of mayor of Bath, was brother of the late Lieutenant-General the Right Hon. Sir Isaac Willoughby Gordon, Bart., G.C.B. and G.C.H. He e ntered the navy in the year 1791, and served on board the C as sar in Lord Howe's action of the glorious Ist of J une. He a rrived at the rank o f post-captain in April, 1805, and his promotion to flag rank took place the 17th of August, 1849, since which time he has been unemployed.