The Sun. — London, England, 1855-10-05 00:00:00

exca rrels, )1d of a per dined nsist wo or t, the lway, )f the I mat of the wood, then t into r ina anner sound which were a ditch L 'ted, co tn. ,'S that ar of Cess- tate Inds not the the the the own n of i off NEY 1 :f1 A UKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. In the Liverpool cotton market, yesterday, the demand for cotton was very general, but not for large quantities. The market closed very flatly, and prices of American and Brazils were id. per lb. lower than last week. Other sorts were unchanged, but ley of sale. The sales were 7,000 bales (1,500 for export, and the remainder to the trade). 300 Egyptian sold from Gd. to Gid. ; 2,000 Surat, aid. to 4td. ; and 30 Sea Islands, Md. to ls. 2d. per lb. ; 25,000 bales have been imported during the week. The Railway Share Market was brisk, at a slight decline on Wednesday's rates. There has been less firmness in the market for colonial produce this week. Sugar, however, has ruled steady, though there has been less disposi tion to purchase. Plantation Ceylon Coffee has been ls. to ls. 6d. per cwt. cheaper, and other kinds have tended downwards. Cocoa has been 6d. to ls. cheaper, and Tea has remained at 9d. per lb. for common Congou. Rice has been 3d. per cwt. cheaper, and the demand has been limited. A fair business has been done in Spices. Pimento and Cassia Vera have been depressed. Rum has ruled steady, and . Tallow is firmer. The alteration to 5i per cent. in the rate of dia. count was noticed in the first edition of yesterday's Sun, and was not adopted until after very full con sideration at the Bank of England, nor can it be said that it was generally expected. We have dwelt upon the necessity of doing something to baulk those mere exchange speculators, who have little or no connection with legitimate trade, and it is only to be regretted that they cannot be reached through a medium which will not so im mediately act upon the quiet going trader. How ever, we have the consolation to know, that among the bankers and discount firms, the negotiation of home bills is easily effected, and that the demand is by no means adequate to the means at the disposal of the banks. Even yesterday, the 4th of the month, when a pressure might be expected, as an ordinary occurrence, there was no excitement and no casualty of importance. This morning, although long dated bills connected with foreign and Indian business were charged up to the Bank minimum, English drafts can be done below it ; and we hear of money being left with the Lombard-street houses at not more than 34 per cent. This does not look like extreme tightness, nor is there so much want of cash on the Stock Exchange as there was a few days since. For deposits left during a longer period, the Joint-Stock Banks allow 4 to 4 4 ; but then they require notice of withdrawal. The English Funds have been more subdued this morning after the sudden drop yesterday afternoon upon the alteration in discounts ; and, besides the buying back of speculators who had previously sold, there has been quiet purchases for the public, and up to this hour Mr. Mullins, who is pretty closely watched, does not appear, either personally or by proxy, to have been offering stock for the Bank of England. We need not say how great would be the relief to the market were he to dis continue his operations. Consols have been 87k and 87i- for Transfer, and 874 to for the 12th inst. Exchequer Bills are 2s. to ss. prem. East India Stock has been marked 226, and Bank Stock 216 to 218, being lower than when last dealt in. Foreign Securities have been unsteady. Turkish opened at 834 to 4 f touched 84k, and are now 83i to 84i. The Scrip has been 2f to 24 discount. Mexican are about the same, 214 but Peruvian have receded to 741 after being 75N. Spanish Threes are 34. Brazilian Old 5 per Cents. have been done at 99. _ _ . The following are the nominal prices of foreign stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 18 to 20 ; Mexi can, 214 to 21i ; Peruvian Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 74 to 76 ; ditto Three per Cents., 54 to 56; Portuguese Four per Cents., 43 to 45 ; Russian Five per Cents., 97 to 99 ; ditto Four-and-a-Half Per Cents., 85 to 88 ; Spanish New Deferred, 3 1 to 384 ; ditto Three per Cents., 19g to 19R. ; ditto Certificates, 4f to 44 ; ditto Passive, 4i to si. Messrs. D. Bell, Son, and Co. report that during the week the business in American Securities has been chiefly confined to the variousßailroad Bonds, of which there have been some considerable sales at reduced prices. STATE SECURITIES Redeemable. Per Cent. Maryland 5 per Cent. (Sterling Bonds)... ... 92 93 M assachusetts 5 per C en t. (Sterl. Bonds). _lOl 103 Mississippi 6 per Cent. P. I. Bk. Bonds lB4l-1871... Mississippi 6 per Cent. Union Bk Bonds ... South Carolina 5 per Cent. Bonds (Baring's) lB5B-1868... South Carolina 5 per Cent. Bonds (Palmer's) 1866 Virginia 6 per Cent. Bonds 1886 CITY SEOURITIES. Bolton 5 per Cent. Bonds •• • Montreal 6 p. Cent. Ster. 80nd5...1856-1865... New Orleans 6 per Cent. Stock 1883... Pittsburgh 6 per Cent. Stock 1869-1883... AILROAD BONDS. Illinois Cent ra l 7 per Cent. Ist Mortgage, not Convertible 1875... Illinois Central 7 per Cent. Freeland Bonds 1860... Michigan Central 8 p. C en t., no Mort. _lB6o— York Central 6 per Cent., not Convertibl e 1833... N. York and Erie 7 p. Cent. Convertible 1862... Panama 7 per Cent., Ist Mortgage 1864... Pennsylvania Central 6 p. Cent., Convert 1860... * Ex dividend. Railway Shares have given rise to very few tran sactions. North-Western are ±to lower than they were yesterday morning, and this about the average decline in the other lines; but, as compared with yesterday's closing rates, there is no further reduction, and in some instances a slight improve ment. he Foreign Shares are weak, and with smaller dealing. The Joint-Stock Bank Shares have been dull, and Canada flatter. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.—CLOSING PE,ICES. (Prom the Ogcial List. ) _ flusinps% don , a per Cent Console Annuities B7 i i i India Stock Bank Stock for Account 2lB 16 cion , ,ols 'or Account, 12th October ..... 87. ii i Exchequer Bills, 2id I 2 5 d 2d. 1000 . .............. ..................... .. • 25d I .8500 Rmall Exchequer Bonds 1858, 3i per Cent 9Bi # Ditto 1859, ~ PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. Brazilian Bonds 5 per Cent. Equador Bonds 113xican 3 per Cent. Ditto for the Account 9li A , Peruvian Bonds, 44 per Cent.... ...... . 741 51 4k Ditto 3 per Cent. Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent., Con. 1811 50 Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent. . ....... •••••• Si Spanish Bowls, 3 per Cent — Ditto for the account l`i i 7 1 Turkish Bonds, 6 per cent — Ditto for the account B3i i 4i 3 i Ditto Small Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Exchange, 2.} per Cent. 12 Gull — Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates .. .... Consols ........ ...... THREE O'CLOCK. Ditto for Via ec cu 'a . ................. 87 i ................... 87j 6 THIS DAY.) LLOYD'S SHIPPING---f___, LONDON, Oct. s.—Wind this .39y at noon, s s fresh breeze and equally, at times with rai n . • • " PORTSMOUTH, Sept. 4.—Wind S.S.W. to Vir.s w Arrived—William Jackson (tpt. 193), from Balailas; • H.M.S. York, Baltic ; Yorktown, London, for New York ; Oriental, London, for New Orleans ; Severn, Port• land Bay. DARTMOUTH, Sept. 4.—Wind W.—Arrived—Dromo, from Antigua. Cowles, Sept. 4.—Wind S. W.—Arrived—Christianise, from Callao, and sailed for Antwerp. RAMSGITII, Sept. 4.—The barque Change, of and from Sunderland for Barcelona, went on shore on the Goodwin Sand last night, was assisted off, and is riding in the Mar gate Roads leaky. PLYMOUTH, Sept. 4.—The Platina, of and from Fow e y for Q ue b ec , an d th e Ch ar l es C. Fowler, were in contact ; the former foundered. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Friday Morning. Arrived—Caledonia, from Sunderland ; Harriet, Nov- Port ; City of Limerick (s.), London ; Indiana (s. tpt.), Portsmouth. Sailed—John Watson, for Sunderland ; City of Lime rich (a.), Dublin. LIVERPOOL, Friday Morning Wind W. Arrived.—Robert Kelly, from New York; Caroline Leenre, Malta ; American Lasi, Alexandria. Off.—South Carolina. Wind W. Arrived.—Fingal, from Orkney lales. DUBLIN, Oct. 4. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPTO GRAVESEND: Friday, 10.22 a.m. - Mod S.W. ; tide first hour's ebb ; cloudy. Arrived, 4th. —Flaltwistle, from Pondicherry ; Mnrn• hull and Burnley, Guernsey ; Cassage, Colombo ; Cadiz ; Narcissus, St. John's, N.B. THIS DAY'S NEWS LA ITT INTELLIGENCE. BANKRUPTCY COURT. (Before Mr. Commissioner Fonblanque.) IN RE NEEDHAM AND WHITE. This was an adjourned examination. The bankrupts were described as of Friday-street, silk and velvet ma nufacturers. The bankrupts passed. (Before Mr. Commissioner Evans.) IN RE PETER STAINSBY. This was a meeting for last examination. The bank rupt was described as of Salvador-house, Bishops; ate street, and of Ponteford, near Shrewsbury, and of Par son's-green, Fulham, smelter and manufacturer. The bankrupt's examination was again adjourned to give the assignees time to properly investigate the ao counts filed. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. THE JEWISH MODE OP SLAUGHTERING CATTLE. — This was the adjourned day appointed for the hearing of a summons obtained by Mr. Forster, secretary to the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, against Y enikoff Cohen and Thomas Reynolds, for cru elty to a bullock. The question involved was one of considerable im portance to the members of the Jewish persuasion, the cruelty complained of being the mode by which they slaughter their cattle for food, and which the Society is prepared to show, by the highest medical evidence, inflicts cruelty on the animals. The hearing of the complaint on the former occasion was adjourned on the application of Mr. S. Samuels, to enable him and the Jewish authorities to consider the question involved, and, if consistent with their religious tenets, to substitute some other mode of slaughtering the animals. To-day a further adjournment was applied for on the ground that the sth of October was a Jewish festival, on which occasion the parties concerned would be en gaged in their religious duties, and it was suggested the complaint should be entered into on Monday next. Sir Peter Laurie asked if this was the first time the question had been broached. It was a very important question, and he had no recollection of such a case coming before him during his long experience. Mr. Forster said it was; The society considered they could suggest a more humane mode than that now adopted by the Jews, without interfering with their reli gious rights and feelings. By the Christian mode of slaughtering cattle, a bullock took two or three minutes in dying ; whereas, by the Jewish mode, it occupied 12 or 13 minutes in dying. It was unnecessary an animal should be kept so long dying. The Clerk, who attended for Mr. Samuels, objected to Mr. Forster then entering on the case, as he was not in a position to reply to him. Sir Peter Laurie said he thought it would be advan tageous to Mr. Sampson Samuels to know what the real charge was. Mr. Forster then described the Christian and Jewish modes of slaughtering cattle. By the latter mode the legs of the animal are hobbled, and it is then thrown on its side. A hollow ring is placed in its mouth, into which is put as iron bar, and the head of the animal is held down in a certain posture, when the religious officer comes with a sharp knife, shaves off a portion of the hair from the throat, and with one cut severs the jugular vein. The Jews considerccLAliat by so doing the bullock died quickly, but it was a mistaka. The vein, after the first rush of blood, collapsed, and the blood then flowed slowly, causing the animal to be 12 or 13 minutes in dying. 'The Jewish official, if he failed in the first cut to inflict death, was not allowed to repeat it—the animal, in consequence, being unfit for food, and it not unfrequently happened that the butcher behind the back of the religious officer cut a piece off one of the veins to cause the blood to flow more freely and cause the animal to die. After some other observations between Sir Peter Laurie, Mr. Forster, Mr. Samuels' clerk, and the magis trates' clerk, the hearing was adjourned till the 16th. GUILDHALL. CUTTING AND WOUNDING. - Edmund Wheeler, re manded charged with cutting 441 wounding Walter Coulson, with whom he lived — al 9, Printing-house-lane, was placed at the bar for final examination. The prisoner, who is an ex-policeman, W 33 defended by Mr. Lewis. The case was reported in The Sun on Monday, when it first came before Alderman Humphrey. To-day the additional evidence of the surgeon was taken, which showed that the prosecutor was suffering from a clean cut wound on the arm, fire inches in length, two inches of which exposed the muscular structure ; and also one of three inches .in length. On the leg he found two wounds, one four inches, the other three inches in length. The wounds were not dangerous. Alderman Hunter committed the prisoner for trial for unlawfully wounding the complainant. SOUTHWARK. DARING WATCH ROBBERY, BY A FEMALE, IN A PUBLIC-HOUSE.—EIIen Kelly, a dissipated-looking young woman, was placed at the bar, before Mr. A'Beckett, charged with stealing a silver watch and chain, from the person of John Coifing, under the following circuna- stances : The prosecutor, a middle-aged man, stated that he was a plasterer, and he resided in Upper Ground-street, Blackfriars-road. Last evening he had been to the Surrey Theatre, and when he was returning home he called at the Halfway House Tavern, in Webber-street, to part•tke of some refreshment. While standing there the prisoner came in and .spoke rather familiar to him. At that time his watch was safe in his waistcoat pocket, and perceiving that the prisoner pushed against him rather heavily, he went to another part of the bar. Immediately after that a man told him that the prisoner had a watch in her hand, which he believed she had stolen, and on putting his hand to his waistcoat pocket witness missed his watch and chain. The prisoner was then seized, and the watch was found in her possession. He then called in a constable, and gave her into custody. James Robinson, a labourer, stated that about twelve o'clock last night he was in the Halfway House, drink ing a glass of ale, when be saw the prisoner pushing against the prosecutor. The latter partially fell back wards, and as the prisoner was leaving him, witness saw the watch produced in her hands with the chain hanging down. He immediately laid hold of her, and after con siderable difficulty succeeded in wrenching the watch from her hand. Having called the prosecutor's atten tion to the circumstances a constable was fetched, and she was given into custody. Prior to his arrival, how ever, she bit his hands and kicked him severely. Mr. A'Beckett asked what state the prosecutor was in ;o allow his watch to be taken from him so easily ? Witness replied that he was a little under the influ ence of liquor, but he perfectly knew what he was about. The prisoner said she picked it up, and did not intend to steal it. She was remanded for the attendance of another witness. soldier 10s. from the peor-box fund to defray the costs of his maintenance to Scotland. The soldier expressed his gratitude to the magistrate, and retired. VIOLENT ASSAULT ON A POLIOE CONSTABLE. — James Marston, a carpenter, and Catherine Heelin, a woman of the town, were brought before Mr. Yardley, charged with being drunk and disorderly, and assaulting Phillip Bradley, a police constable, No. 137 H, who said he was on duty this morning about one o'clock, in Back Church-lane, Whitechapel, when his attention was called to the male prisoner, who was quarrelling with another man and several prostitutes. They made a good deal of noise. Ho begged of them to be quiet, and go away, but they refused to do so, and he led the male prisoner to the end of the street, when be turned round upon him, and struck him a violent blow under the ear, which caused him to stagger, and he fell against the shutters of a house. When he recovered himself he laid hold of Thurston by the collar, and the woman Keelin then came up to him, and struck him a violent blow on the mouth, which caused it to bleed, and cut his lips. He then procured assistance and gave the pri soners into custody. Both were very violent and dis orderly on the way to the station-house. Thurston, who is a respectable-looking man, said he had unfortunately been drinking more than usual last night, which carried him into excesses he would have spurned if sober. Ho was not what the constable took him to be, but a working man. While he was in liquor he fell in with a fellow who was living with a girl of the town, and who invariably annoyed him when he met him. He got into a quarrel, the police constable came up, and he did not know whether he struck him or not. The woman pleaded that she was " insensibly drunk" this morning. Mr. Yardley said it was no excuse for beating a police man that the parties who assaulted him were drunk. The male prisoner was not suspected to be a dishonest man, or conducting himself otherwise than orderly in general, but he was a very powerful man, and a blow from him must have done the constable much injury. He fined Thurston 405., or in default of payment 14 days' imprisonment, and the female prisoner 10., or the alter native of 7 days' imprisonment. THE SCREW-STEAMER AZOFF. • This vessel, which is now loading in the Thames for the Crimea, is well wcrthy cf the inspection of persons interested in steam navigation, as she combines many points of excellence which, so far as we are aware, haver never before been attained in so complete and efficient a manner. The Azoff is of 800 tons, builders' measure ment ; she . is built under Lloyd's new rules for iron ships ; is classed A 1 for 12 years, the longest period for which iron ships are classed, and is believed to be the strongest steam-vessel yet constructed. Not only are the scantlings very heavy, but the distribution of the materials is so managed as to secure the maximum of strength when the vessel is subjected to a longitudinal strain—the only species of strain from which iron ves sels are found to suffer. The model of the vessel is a very fine one, being sharp at the ends, and with a con siderable rise of floor, which prevents the vessel from rolling in the way usual in screw vessels. Notwith standing the fineness of the model, however, the vessel has large carrying capacity, aswill be obvious from the fact that she will carry out to the Crimea nearly 400 navvies and about 600 tons of cargo, besides nearly 300 tons of coals and 8,000 gallons of water. This large carrying power is the result chiefly of 6he smallness of the space occupied by the engine, which, although capable of pro pelling the vessel at the rate of 13 or 14 miles an hour, does not, exclusively of the boilers, fill a space of more than about 20 measurement tons in the vessel. The vessel and her machinery have been designed and constructed by Mr. Bourne, civil engineer of Glasgow and Greenock, and th e w h o l e com bi na ti on see ms to realise the desire so general among shipowners, of uniting a high rate of speed and a fine form of vessel with large carrying capacity's The fine model of the vessel enables her to be propelled easily through the water, and the steam is supplied to the engine dur rug only a small portion of the stroke, leaving the residue of the stroke to be completed by the expand ing steam, by which arrangement steam and therefore fuel are saved to a very important extent. This expe dient of economy is well known and largely practised fix Cornwall, in the case of the pumping engines for the mines ; but has been hitherto availed of in steam navi gation only to a very small extent, and the main secret of the superior economy of fuel attained in the Aaoff lies in the more perfect and extensive application of this principle than has heretofore been usual in steam-vessels, combined with the small dimensions of the machinery, which prevents any important loss of heat by radiation, or Of steam by leakage through the piston. The com pactness and simplicity of the machinery in the Azoff exceed that of any other vessel ; there are few parts to be looked after or to go wrong ; and when to these im portant qualities are added the smallness of her consump tion of fuel we think there is fair reason to conclude that she is yet without a rival. Such results cannot but be interesting to the public generally, and especially to that part of it interested in steam navigation, and we should recommend a visit to the vessel herself to all admirers of marine architecture. THE SUN, LOWDON, FRIDAY EVPiq r l NG,OCTOBER 5, 1%55. TB B BLACK SEA. ( From the Monitctr. Harbour of Kaniiesh. near Sebastopol, Sept. 22, The' embarkation Of the troops for Eu pleted 'to-day. Besides the cavalry and buted over the frigates, corvettes, and infantry embarked on board other men- Bart aid the Ulm being among the nu 3atoria was corn artillery distri ramporte, some )f-war, the Jean nber. The latter then put to sea. Admiral Bruat left for Eupatoria w' of the expedition. Everywhere, since capture of Sebastopol, the greatest [;th the last ships previous to the activity reicps. throughout the ailed! army. The steam corvette, the Plil6Q;eton, Int to the Darda nelles by Admiral Bruat to assist the wind-bound ships to pass up the straits, arrived at the roadstead of Sebas topol on the 18th of September, coming from Constan tinople, and last from Odessa. ' After assisting the Syrene frigate, which had been stranded, undamaged, at the old Seraglio cape, to get afloat, the Phlegdton went to Tenedos, where she fell in with two vessels becalmed, coming from Toulon, laden with troops ; she . took in tow the three-decker Valmy, Captain De Barre, brought her in 25 hours to Constan tinople, and thence to the Black Sea, where the latter was enabled to continue her passage. Having returned to the Bosphorus, and having taken on board, for Odessa, 100 Russian prisoners, wounded or amputated, and captured at the battle of Traktir, the corvette took in tow the Turenne, Captain Fleuriot de Langle, and sailed for the Black Sea. The Valmy and the Turenne arrived at Kamiesh some few days ago. The corvette, on her way to Odessa, met off the Isle of Serpents a great many Greek vessels on their way to Danube, to load with corn, in-right of, the leave re cently given to neutral vessels. The We of Serpents or Fidonisi, the only island in the Black Sea, is a barren and naked rock, lying about 20 miles off the sleuths of the Danube, almost east by west with the Sulina, the principal mouth of the river. There is on this island a lighthouse, 200 English feet above the level of the sea. The light is not kept up at present. The delta of the Danube is quite fiat, the landing places have little depth of water; and the shores are not seen until, as it were, you touch them. Nature seems to have placed the Isle of Serpents in this spot to claim the mariner's gratitude. It is very desirable that the lighthouse should be illuminated before winter. In execution of the treaty of exchange, 113 French prisoners coming from the interior of Russia were deli vered up to Captain Russel, of the Phlegeton, on his ar rival iwthe Odessa roads under a flag of truce. The enemy :has now only a few of our wounded and a small number of prisoners ; on our side we have still in our depots and ambulances above 3,000 prisoners. The Crimean news and the taking of Sebastopol were known at Odessa, and had caused much consternation. The commander of the Phlegeton, on touching at Ten dra for the purpose of taking the despatches of his col league of the English cruiser, gladly took on board ten English officers, prisoners of war, who were impatiently waiting: for an opportunity of coming to the Crimea. He consi g ned them, On arriving off Sebastopol, into the hands of Admiral Lyons, on board the Royal Albert. The following are tht names of these prisoners Easton, surgeon, and O'Sullivan, master, coming both of them from the boats of the English man-of-war the Cossack, who were so ill-treated in the Baltic near Hango Hardwick, ' captain of the 17th Lancers; Clarke, ;lieutenant in the.soth Regiment of Foot ; Max ted, Pope, Tickers, Thonsan, Mac Karthy, officers of the Commissariat ; .Carrow, captain in the merchant , service.! The greatest cordiality reigned during the whole of the passage between these officers and the staff of the Phl Teflon. The Turkish prisoners will be in future exchanged, by virtue of a supplementary convention, like the other allied prisoners, and will be received by our cruisers off Odessa on the signature of the superior officer charged with the exchanges. Tendra, where the cruising ground usually lies, is a very sandy peninsula, very little elevated, and situated to the south of Otchakoff. It appears to be formed, like all this part of the coast stretching from Cape Kinburn to Perekop, of the alluvial deposits of the Bug and the Dnieper, leaving here snd there apertures, which the sea has reserved capriciously for itself. Tendia, in rounding off from: the noith to the south and the west forms a vast and secure bay, the soundings of which, both inside and outside, have been frequently taken by the allied cruisers. The two` squadrons might, in case of need, find safe shel ter there. The peninsula is evacuated by the Russians. A light- house is.to be seen on it in a good state of repair, but the light is not kept up. The waters in this spot abound in fish. They are frozen over for one or two months' during the winter. When ships are at the Tendra anchorage Otchakoff and the citadel of Kinburn can be seen from the mast-head. On the Bth, the day on which Sebastopol was taken, a violent gale from the north-east assailed the allied squadron, and prevented it taking up a position. As the wind blew towards shore the ships would have run the greatest danger, and the risk of being lost, without hav ing it in their power, owing to the state of the sea, to do any serious harm to the enemy. Since the Bth a north-easter has often prevailed, and with tolerable violence. This circumstance, which is at tributable to the equinox, haA occasioned no accident, nor has it.paralysed the operations, on account of the very prudent measures taken by the Admiral command ing•in-chief and by the officers under his orders. At present the gale has subsided, and the sea is ca!rn. In the course of yesterday, the 21st, the screw-ship tbe Navarin, and the floating battery the Lave, Capt. Cor nulier, anchored in the roadstead. The Lave has en tered Streletzka Bay, where there is already the Ton , nante, towed in by the Phlegeton. Fort Constantine has been firing shells and bombs at the two ships, but without touching them. MARYLEBONE. RUFFIANLY ASSAULTS ON THE POLlCE.—Thomas Harris and William, Harris were placed at the bar, before Mr. Long, charged with the following outrages on the police. It appeared from the evidence that at one o'clock this morning, the prisoners were very drunk and disorderly in Sting°-lane, New-road. After a desperate resistance they were taken into custody, when they attacked three officers in a most determined manner, kicking and strik ing them with all their might. They were ultimately properly secured and locked up. At the station-house the first-named prisoner conducted him‘elf in a most violent manner while being taken down stairs to the cell. Thomas Harris stated that he had partaken of too much drink, and was not aware that he had ill-treated either of the officers ; and the other prisoner said his boots were not fit to kick a man with, they were so thin. The magistrate said these outrages upon constables in the execution of their duty were of such frequent oc currence that he was determined to punish offenders severely. The prisoners were both sent to the House of Correction for six weeks. CHARGE Or ROBBERY.— A young woman, named Pleasance Fernandes, was brought up in custody, charged with having stolen a silver table spoon from the house of Mrs. Elizabeth Massey, 220, Maida-hill. Evidence of a strongly suspicious nature was gone into, but as the magistrate considered it would be useless to send the matter to a jury, the prisoner was discharged. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. Coastwise, since Monday, the arrivals of English wheat have been tolerably extensive ; but fresh up to-day they were limited, and the show of samples was small. The demand, however, for most kinds ruled inactive, yet very little change took place in the quotations. The imports of foreign wheat have been trifling. Most kinds sold slowly, yet importers were firm, and late rates were supported. Floating cargoes commanded full prices. Very little barley was on sale, and the trade was steady, at fully late rates. We Ind a firm market for malt, at fully Monday's cur rency. The oat trade was steady, and really fine oats were the turn dearer. Beans, peas, and flour were unaltered in value. Wheat. 4,050 ARRIVALS THIS WHIM. Barley. ( Malt. 510 30) English .. Irish .... Foreign 1 i 1 1,160 , 460 1 1 Oats. Flour. 5,100 2140 sks 2 ' 680 1 4160 brs i - METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. The supply of beasts in to-day's market was but mode rate in number, and very deficient in quality ; neverthe less the demand for all breeds was inactive, at barely Mon day's currency. We were scantily supplied with sheep, mostly in low condition. The mutton trade, however, ruled dull, at barely stationary prices. The show of both English and foreign calves was rather extensive, and the ♦eal trade was heavy, at a decline in the quotations of 2d per 81bs. Pigs were steady, at late rates. Mulch cows sold slowly, at from 141. to 191. ss. each, in cluding their small calf. Per 81bs to sink the offals. s. d. s. d.l 8. d. s Inferior Beasts.... 3 6to 3 B f PrimeSouthdown 410 5 2 Second quality.... 3 10 4 2 1 Large crse. calves 310 4 6 Prime large oxen 4 4 4 6Prime small do 4 8 5 0 Prime Scots, &e. 4 8 410 Large hogs Inferior Sheep ...3 6 3 8 Small porkers 4 6 5 0 Second quality ...3 10 4 yuekling calvcs 23 0 30 0 Primo erse.-wiled.4 4 4 BjQuarter old pigs 22 0 28 0 FOREIGN SUPPLY. TOTAL SUPPLT. Beasts 872 Beasts ...... •• .......... • IGO Sheep ................... 6,004 ( Sheep .. ••• • •• ............ 800 Calves ..... ............ 580 Pigs ..• ..... •• •• •••• 440 f Calves.... .. ............ .. 400 NEWGATE AND We had a slow sale for ea& LEADENHALL. h kind of meat, as follows : the carcase. Per Sibs by s. d. s. d. s. d. s. Beef, interior 3 2 3 6 Mutton, Inferior 3 4 3 8 Do., middling 3 8 310 Do., middling ..... 310 4 0 Do., prime largo 4 0 4 2 Do., prime 4 2 4 8 De„ do. small ....4 4 4 6 j Veal 3 8 4 10 Fork, large ..... .3 8 4 2; Pork, small ..... 4 4 5 4 BOROUGH HOP. There is a large supply of new hops on sale, in excellent condition, and the demand for them is active, on rather higher terms. The following are current rates and East Kent pockets, Si. to 6/. 6s. ; Weald of Kents, 41. 6s to Fq. ; Sussex, 41. 4s to 4/. lOs ; country Farnhams, 41. 4s to 51. ss, and Farnhams, 5/. 5s to 61. Os. The duty is called 290,0001. to 300,0001. COLONIAL. TEA..—A good business bas been done in fair sound com mon congou at 9d per Ib, and a fair inquiry has existed for the finer sorts. . . SuGAR.—A large business has been done this week in British plantation at full prices. Barbadoes sold freely at 43s for fine brown and grey, up to 47s Gd for fine yellow. Jamaica good grey brought 43s 6d to 44s 6d. East India— There have been but few public sales of Bengal or Madras. Mauritius kind of Bengal went at 47s to 478 Gd for good and fine yellows. Mauritius has been quiet, but at public sales good and fine brown realised 42s 6d to 43s 6d ; low to good mid yellow 43s 6d to 46s ; small grainy yellow 46s to 48s. Penang low soft foxy to good brown brought 398 to 43s Gd, low to good ' yellow 43s Gd to 478 6d ; fine bright yellow 47s Gd to 495. Foreign.—Pernambuco, from Havre, sold slowly at Gd de cline, viz., 39s to 42s 6d for low foxy to good brown, and 43s 6d to 45s ed for low to mid yellow. Brown Havannah at auction was taken in at 41s Gd to 418 for good. Cuba Muscovado sold heavily at 41s 6d to 43s for low to good heavy brown, and 43s 6d to 46s for low to mid bright yellow. Refined has been quiet, at 54s for brown lumps COFFEE.—Plantation Ceylon has declined 6d to is 3d per cwt ; fine fine ord small good mid bold coloury brought 58s to 643 6d ; fine ord small to good bold coloury, 56s to ' 70s • good, 67s to 72s ; fine fine ord greyish Demerara kind, 5886 d to 59s Gd; peaberry, 68s to7os; and triage, 50s Gd to 57s 6d. Native, early in the week, was taken in at 52s for ord good ord Pottmark ; but good fair ord sold at 51s 6d to 525. Since good ord has been taken at 51s to 51s Gd. Jamaica fine ord to low mid brought 54s to 60s. Costa Rica good ord mimed pale to mid brought 53s to 62s per cwt. Calcutta mocha was taken at 80s for com mon brownish mixed, but Bahia sold at 42s to 49s for good and fine mixed pale. RICE.—The lower kinds of Bengal has been 3d per cwt. cheaper, mid and good mid selling at 15s 10,id to 16i, good mid at 15s 9d, and mid at 14s 9d. SPlCES.—Jamaica ginger has realised 48s to 90s for small to mid, 101 s tolo9s for good ord and fine bold white. Penang pepper has been steady at 50 for mid clean ord, Sid for first-class damaged. Cassia Vera has been cheaper, being 52s for good fair, 42s for fair ord, 26s to 30s for mid. Penang cloves brought 10(1 for good bright. PIMENTO has declined id, good ord being taken in at Gd, ord coarse to mid realised sid to sid. SALTPLTRE. — BengaI 13 to 12 per cent. refraction has been taken in at 365, and 10 per cent. at 375. Rum.—The market has been quiet, but without large transactions, proof Seawards have been 2s 4d to 2s sd, and proof Demerara, of good and fine qualities 2s 8d to 2s 9d. TALLOW.—The market has been firmer, and P.Y.C. has brought 59s to 59s Gd per cwt. on the spot. CONVICTION FOR GIVING A RECEIPT WITHOUT A at the town police-court, Not tingham, STAUP. few William days Bates, ' a tailor, living in Spaniel-row, was charged with having, on the 17th July last, offended against the Inland Revenue laws, by giving' a receipt for a SOLO of exceeding 21., without affixing a stamp thereto. moneyA y young man named Frederick Carter proved having paid to the defendant an account amounting to 21. 133. 6d. The defendant settled the bill without put ting a stamp on it. It was iu payment of a coat he had of Bates. There had been some unpleasantness about the coat. Mr. Bowley, in defence, stated that the de fendant had put a stamp on at the time the account was settled, but insinuated that it had been since taken off. Ho produced another bill which had had the stamp off, and which did not leave the slightest trace of having bad one. The magistrates said they considered the charge proved, and convicted the defendant in the penalty of 5/. and Ns. costs. TREMENDOUS THUNDER-STORM. Yesterday afternoon, about half-past three o'clock, a violent thunder-storm broke over the metropolis, which lasted until between five and six o'clock, and was accom panied by torrents of rain such as it has seldom been our lot to wltneso. PORTSMOUTH, Thursday.—This port has been visited to-day with a tremendous thunder-storm, accompanied with a perfect deluge of rain, by which the streets were rendered for some time impassible. The yacht Era was capsized at the mouth of the harbour. She belongs to Gibbs, jun., Esq., and on board of her were seven hands,, who had a narrow escape. The vessel was off the blockhouse with her head in-shore and all sail set. The storm came on so suddenly that there was no time to let go the halyards, so that the whole force of the gale took her; and she heeled over and went down iu about two fathoms. LIVERPOOL, hursday.—About two o'clock this after noon a violent thunder-storm visited this town and neigh bourhood, accompanied with very violent peals of thunder and vivid flashes of lightning. The rain de scended in torrents, and hailstones were exceedingly numerous. Amongst the casualties which have occurred the electric fluid struck a portion of a firework manu factory, in Greenland-street, where the operation of making these combustibles was going on. The house instantly blew up, and with the explosion a public-house, next door, was also quite destroyed. Several persons who were engaged in the manufactory were injured by the explosion ; three or four so severely that it is doubt ful whether they will recover. The fire-engines from Temple-court were in attendance, and succeeded in ex tinguishing the flames : the premises, however, are left in a mass of ruin'. 'STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER, Oct. 4.—The market to-day has again been exceedingly inactive, the unfavourable speculations respecting the prospects of the money-market rendering all parties extremely cautious in their proceedings. Stocks are very generally light, and prices are not quotably lower than on Tuesday, but their tendency is daily more in favour of purchasers, and no expectation of improve ment appears to be entertained. The chief inquiry for cloth has been from. the Greek and American trades, and the Germans . are operating, but with considerable cau tion, in, yarns. NOTTINGUAL Oct. 4.—There has been this week a slight increase in the demand for inferior classes of lace goods ; yet, although the autumn season has commenced, the lace trade continues very quiet, and there is not so much doing for the season as was anticipated would be the case. The hosiery manufacturers are preparing for the winter demand. The trade is steady. Yarns re main without alteration. CRTSTAL PALACE.—ONE SHILLING DAY.—Thursday, Oct. 4. —Admissions on payment, 4,152 ; ditto by season-tickets, 404; total visitors, 4,556. Corresponding day last year, 6,526. POSITION OF THE RUSSIAN ARMY• The Polish journal Czas thus describes the posi tion of the Russian army in the drimea, on the 23d ult. : „ _ " The Russian forces occupy a line, fortified by art and nature, forming a semicircle round the position of the Allies, and extending from the Telegraph and Fort Constantine, situate at the extremity of a small promon tory, to the impenetrable chain of mountains of Tchatir Dagh. The main force of the Russians, consisting of three divisions, is posted behind Lhatline , on t h e plateau of Belbek, and facing the south. The right wing is cow posed of a considerable corps, occu pying (on the north side of Sebastopol) the citadel of Severnaya, and the Forts Catherine, Constantine, and Telegraph. The left wing holds the fortified defiles of Aitodor and the chain of the Tcherkes-Kerman, as far as the source of the Bel bek and the mountains of Yalta. The army o reserve is stationed at Bakshi-Serai and SimpheroPol f . Other troops maintain the communications between the prin cipal army and three other corps —namely, the one be fore Kertch with its right wing at Kaffa and its left at Arabat ; another in observation before Eupatoria ; and the third, consisting of at least 40,000 men, which pro tects Perekop. The Russian troops in the Crimea still possess two roads, by which they can communicate with Russia ; the one passing by the Isthmus of Perekop, and the other by the bridge of Tchongar across the Putrid Sea." THE COLOGNE CHORAL SINGERS. Rossini has addressed the following letter to Mr. Mitchell, who is now in Paris with the Cologne cho ral singers : " Sir,—l am very sensible to all the flattering expres sions to myself, containel in the letter which you have done me the honour to address me. I have been as much surprised as delighted with what I have heard from the Choral Society of Cologne. Be good enough, sir, to be my cordial interpreter in expressing to those artistes my entire satisfaction ; and if my health permit I will avail myself of your obliging offer, assured that you will recognise in my acceptance of it an evidence of the interest I take in these charming concerts. "GIACHIMO ROSSINI." THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON.--At the monthly general meeting, held yesterday. at the so ciety's house, in Hanover-scpare—the Lord Bishop of Oxford, vice-president, in the chair—Lady Dufferin, and Messrs. H. C. Ibbetson, J. B. Cripps, W. C. Wil kins, A. Forbes, J . Espin, and Dr. Addams were elected fellows of the society ; and J. A. Wright, Esq., and Mrs. Seager, were proposed as candidates for the fellowship. The report contained a list of donations and additions to the men agerie, and stated that the visitors to the gardens up to the present time had amounted to 283,032. FORBES MACKENZIE'S ACT IN ABEEMBEN.—A case was tried the other day before the magistrates of Aber deen which illustrates in a very striking manner the working of Forbes Mackenzie's Act in Scotland. It ap pears that on the occasion of the presentation of colours to the Aberdeenshire Militia by Lady. Saltoun on the Ist of August last, a ball and supper were given by the officers in the saloon of the Royal Hotel at night. The attendance comprised the Lord Provost, or chief magis trate of the city, and many other distinguished citizens, and the company did not separate until between 3 and 4 o'clock in the morning. The charge was for keeping open house after 11 o'clock at night. Mr. J. D. Milne, coum-el for Mr. Robertson,. the proprietor of the hotel, put in several preliminary objections. The principal of these were that the individuals said to be illegally enter tainedn were not specifically named ; that th e p rosecu t or (superintendent of police) not acting on his free motive, but by the direction and instructions of others, had no locus standi in the case ;. that the chief magistrate of the nay and head of the court having sanctioned the enter tainment by his presence, it was incompetent for any inferior member cf the magistracy to take up the case, but though two justices of the peace might try' the case, as the entertainment vas sanctioned by more than 40 justices of the peace, nearly one-half of whom were de puty-lieutenants th e illegality of ths entertainment could not be questioned by a single magistrate ; that, as the ball was for furthering the military and patriotic spirit of the country, and conducted with propriety, inter ference on such an occasion was uncalled for, and ought not to receive countenance from any quarter,; and that as Colonel Erskine, the principal entertainer, was a lodger in the hotel, he was entitled to entertain his guests, many of whom were from distant parts of the country. All these objections were overruled, and the magistrates imposed a fine of 1/. 50., with expenses 12s. 6d., to be given to the complainant, and 12s. 6d. to the Reforma tory School. THE SHIP CANAL OF SUEZ. A firman of concession by his Highness Ma►homed Said, Viceroy of Egypt, confers upon M. Ferdi nand de Lesseps the power to constitute a company formed of capitalists of all nations, having for its object the opening of the Isthmus and the forma tion of a canal between the two seas, under the title of Compagnie universelle du Canal Maritime de Suez. The obligations of the company are : The undertaking of all the works of construction at its own expense. The payment of the indemnity due to every individual who may be expropriated for the public advantage. The duty of setting aside 15 per cent, on the net pro fits for the benefit of the Egyptian treasury, and 10 per cent. for that of the original members of the company. The right of the Egyptian Government to approve the tariff of transit established by the company, as well as its laws ; A formal stipulation to maintain in the tariff an abso lute equality for the flags of all nations, and a prohibi tion to grant peculiar advantages or exclusive profit to any one of them. The benefits reserved to the company by the fir man are : The concession of the canal between the two seas for the term of 99 years, reckoning from the day on which the navigation shall be opened ; The gratuitous concession of nll the land necessary for the construction of the canal, and forming part of the public domains. These lands are almost the whole upon which the works will have to be executed ; _ _ The division among the shareholders of /5 per cent. upon the net profits ; The gratuitous concession of all the public domains, at present uncultivated, that may be, irrigated and cultivated at the expense, or by the labours, of the com pany, by means of the irrigating canal derived from the Nile ; The power to fix by measurement of the land (feddan) the charge upon the proprietors who may choose to have their property irrigated by the waters of canals belong ing to the company; The gratuitous right to take from the mines and quar ries of the public domains, without payment, all the materials necessary for the formation of the canal, and for the 'works connected with it; The free entrance of all the machines and materials which the company may import from foreign countries for the carrying out of their concession An indemnity, to be determined at the expiration of the privilege by friendly arbitration, for the value ef the materials and moveable objects that may' then be given up ; and; finally, The solemn engagement, entered into by the Viceroy, to afford his true and loyal concurrence, and that of the public functionaries of Egypt, in facilitating the enter prise, and the realisation of the concession. THE PROPOSED ROAD ACROSS ST. JAMES'S PARK. TO THE EDITOR OF THE BUN. beg to forward to you the copy of a letter ad- dressed by me to Sir Benjamin Hall, in the hope that, as the subject referred to is of public interest, you will have the goodness to insert it in your next publication. I am, Sir, your obed. servant, JOHN VILLIERS SHELLEY. Mansfield Park, 4th Oct., 1855. Mansfield Park, 4th Oct., 1855. MY DEAR HALL,—When I wrote to you on the 16th ult. in relation to the proposed road across St. James's Park, I did so in consequence of representations made to me by some of my con4tituents, who thought that the road would be objectionable, and that the Government intended to proceed with the scheme without any refe rence being made to Parliament. This impression was no doubt made upon them in consequence of statements which appeared in the public papers, that the road was to be proceeded with during the recess, an d that the works had been commenced ; but, after the assurance contained in your letter of the 18th ult., "that nothing will be done till Parliament meets, when the public will have an opportunity of considering the plans which will be presented to the House of Commons, and of seeing shether the accommodation offered to the public is the best that should be granted," I am requested no w to state that they do not think it necessary to wait upo n you on Saturday next. Hereafter, when they have have an opportunity of well considering the plans, if they object;ons to make it may again become my duty to apply to you to receive a deputation of my constiluent-i. I am, my dear Hall, yours truly, JOPN VILLIERS SHELLEY. The Right lion. Sir Benjamin Hall, Bart., M.P. 45 47 20 22 97 93 8i 89 88 89 90 92 8:3 85 80 82 76 78 71 73 77 78 90 92 81 83 75 93* 90 91 THAMES. A CRIMEAN HERO IN A DIFFICI7LTY.—This morning, on Mr. Yardley taking his seat on the bench, a soldier came before him and said he wished to proceed to Scot land, his native place, and had not the means of doing so. He was present at the battles of Alma, Balaklava, and Inkerman, and was wounded in the trenches before Sebastopol, sent home invalided, and was discharged on a pension. _ Mr. Yardley was very sorry to see a discharged British soldier, who wore the emblem of his bravery, a medal on his breast, in a destitute condition, and asked how he came to be in that state. The soldier—Your honour, I was robbed of all my money last night, and am without a farthing. Mr. Yardley —What part of Scotland do you wish to go to. The soldier —To Edinburgh, sir. . Mr. Yardley—W e l l, in consideration of the services you have rendered your country, I will write to the secretary of the General Steam Navigation Company, in Lombard-street, to grant y ou a f ree passage t o Edin burgh in one of the ir ships, and I dare say my request will be complied with under the circumstances. passage ; b ut he had no means was paid for, and pro- The soldier said his pas sage got among the women last night, on the voy age . d o f u A ce , d r t Yardley—Yon maintaining eo r der f s his ef I suppose ? The Crimean hero did not deny the soft impeachment ; he held down his head, and muttered that he was very sorry be had made a fool of himself. Mr. Yardley said he hoped the soldier would act with more prudence in future, but be would not keep him from rejoining his friends and relatives in Scotland. H e ordered Mr. Livingston, the chief usher, to give the Naval and Militari ff Intelligence. Her Majesty's ships Powerful and Calcutta, 84's, Captains T. L. Massie and J. J. Stoptord, are ordered ti nrepare to leave Spithead for sea. -• The Pembroke, 60, ,Aerew steam-shin, Captain G. H. Seymour, arrived at the Nore at 10.15 a.m. yesterday from the Baltic. After making. her number she was directed to proceed immediately to . Portsmouth for further orders. She left' the Wore at 10.25 a.m. yester day. The .Hawke, 60, screw . block . -ship, Captain Omman 'ney, arrived at Spitbead yesterday morning from the Baltic, and went into Portsmouth harbour :to coal. The Cornwallis, 60, Captain Wellesley, remained at Spithead yesterday. . It is rumoured that several of these new block-ships, instead of lying idle at the home ports until the next Baltic campaign is entered upon, will be despatched to the Black Sea, to relieve some of the old sailing line-of-battle ships which have been sharing in the severe weather in the waters in the Bast. Orders arrived at Sheerness yesterday by telegraph for the Penelope, 16 guns, paddle-wheel steam-frigate, Captain Sir W. S. Wiseman, to proceed to Portsmouth to make good defects. She will leave at 8 a.m. this day. The Black Eagle paddle-wheel steam-yacht, Master Commander John E. Petley, passed down Sea Reach from Woolwich for sea at 8.25 a.m. yesterday. The steam-vessel Fearless sprang a leak on Wednes day while under way in Sheerness harbour, .in conse quence of her feed-pipe flange plate cracking, and be fore she could be run on shore alongside the dockyard _south wall, she had 3 feet 6 inches water in her hold. Immediate measures were taken to stop the leak. PROMOTIONS. By the death of Sir Samuel Pym, K.C.8., Admiral of the White. which occurred at Southampton on Tues day, in his 85th year, the following promotions take place on the flag list : Admiral of the Blue Sir Hugh Pigot, K.C.8., K.C.H., to he Admiral of the White. Vice-Admiral of the Red Sir John Louis, to be Ad miral of the Blue. Vice-Admiral of the White Sir Edward C. Strode, K.C.8., K.C.H., to be Vice-Admiral of the Red. Vice-Admiral of the Blue Sir Phipps Hornby, K.C.8., to he Vice-Admiral of the White. Rear-Admiral of the Red Sir Augustus W. J. Clifford, C. 8., to be Vice-Admiral of the Blue. Rear-Admiral of the White Sir James Stirling, to be Rear-Admiral of the Red. Rear-Admiral of the Blue Alexander P. E. Vidal, to be Rear-Admiral of the White. • ' Captains H. A. Eliot, J. Wigston, and G. F. Ryves, C.B. (1830), to be Rear-Admirals on'the reserved list. Captain Sir Thomas Hastings (1830) to be Rear-Ad miral of the Blue. The removal of Admiral the Hon. George Elliot, C.D. from the active to th e r eserve d h a lf-p a y list, and the admiral's pension which fell in by the death of the late Admiral Giffard, also cause a number of promotions in the flag list ; and the pensions of Admiral Pym and Captains Sir Thomas Hastings and Drinkwater Bethune. for good and meritorious services ; also the aide-de campship to the Queen, vacated by Captain Charles Graham on promotion to Rear-Admiral, revert to the gift of the First Lord of the Admiralty. The following warrant oleers were promoted Sep tember 29 : Boatswains of the Third Class—J. Kellaway, of the Wrangler, 4, screw steam-vessel, of 160-horse power, in the Black Sea ; W. H. Lilley and H. Cooper, of the Miranda, 14, screw steam-ship, of 250-horse power, in the Black Sea, all to be boatswains of the second class. Gunner of the Second Class—J. R. Roberts, of the Ardent, 5, paddle-wheel steam-sloop, of 200-horse power, in the Black Sea, to be gunner of the first class. Gunners of the Third Class—J. Hayles, of the Beagle, 4, screw steam-vessel, of 160-horse power, in the Black Sea ; W. L. Deare, of the Curlew, 9, screw steam sloop, of 60-horse power, in the Black Sea ; W. Wind sor, of the Swaliow, 9, screw steam-sloop, of 60-horse power, in the Black Sea ; J. Scott, of the Vesuvius, 6, Paddle-wheel steam-sloop, .of 280 horse power, in the Black Sea ; and W. Lemon, of the Wrangler—all to be gunners of the second class. Carpenter of the third class—R. Davey, late of the Driver, 6, paddle-wheel steam-sloop, of 280-horse power, in Black Sea, to be carpenter of thiVsecond class. The acting 'warrant officers recommended for good conduct at the bombardment of Bweaborg, and other service against the enemy in the Baltic, will be con sidered for confirmation on the return of the Baltic fleet, provided they are otherwise' fivoth'kely iihioftiid on. APPOINTMXNTS. Commander J. J. Palmer (1847), to the Impregnable, 104, flag-ship, at Devonport. Naval Instructors, A. C. Johnson, to the Havannah, at Devonport, and H. D. Hay, to the Castor, 36, at Chatham. Acting assistant surgeon J. E. Fawcett, to the Water -1:)o, 120, flag-ship at Sh€erness. The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty have been pleased to grant Medals and Gratuities for conspicuous gallantry in action to the undermentioned men : John Taylor, captain of forecastle, of her Majesty's ship London, in the trenches before Sebastopol, 18th June, 1855 ; medal and gratuity of 15/. Joseph Trewavas, ordinary seaman, lent to Beagle, from her Majesty's . ship Agamemnon, at the destruc tion of the ferry of the town of Ghenitchesk, 3d July, 1855 ; medal and gratuity of SI, REWARDS FOR PETTY OFFICERS. Twelve warrants for acting boatswains, 12 warrants for acting gunners, and six warrants for acting carpen ters, will be sent out to Sir Edmund Lyons, to be filled up with the names of the petty officers who have most dlstingui4hed themselves in action with the enemy in the trenches before Sebastopol, and in the other enter prises in which they may have been engaged. THE NEW SCREW STEAM-SHIP REPULSE. The Repulse, 90, screw, is now being jury-rigged at Pembroke, preparatory to being taken round to Ports mouth to be fitted for commission. She is a fine vessel, having been built upon the lines of the James Watt, launched at Pembroke ; and so closely has she bee❑ built to the model of the latter that there is a difference of three tons only in their measurement. The following are the principal dimensions : Ft. In. Length over all Length between perpendiculars 230 0 Length of keel 194 11? Breadth, extreme Breadth for tonnage Breadth, moulded. 53 811 Depth of hold 2l 6 She is to be fitted with engines of 600-horse power, and will carry the following armament : Guns. Cwt. Ft. In. Upper Deck 2O 8-inch 65 Ditto l4 32-pounders... 56 Main deck -inch 65 Ditto 26 32-pounders... 56 Quarter deck Pivot gun 1 68-pounder 95 THE TRANSPORT SERVICE. The steam transport Urgent, from Portsmouth, with troops for the Mediterranean, which put into Plymouth leaky on Monday, has been under repair in the Sound. A quantity of coal has been taken out, and a detach ment of soldiers transferred to the Endymion hulk. The Urgent was appointed to sail yesterday afternoon, but, as the weather was stormy, it is not probable that she will start before to-day. The weather was thick and dirty, with a smart breeze from south-west. The Platina, was under topgallant sails and reefed topsails, close hauled, bead about north west. The Charles C. Fowler was under all sail, head south-east ; she carried away all her headgear, cntwater, bowsprit, and foretopgallant mast; lost jib, flyir,g jib, and fore staysail ; split furetopmast staysail and f9re sail ; carried away windlass, &c., and was cut down to the maindeck, taking away the topgallant, forecastle, and deals stowed forward. In consequence of heavy weather they were obliged to unshackle and let go 15 rathorns of chain and an anchor, and on the 19th she shipped a heavy sea, which washed away a large part of the remaining deck load. September 26—Passed the brig Vesper, of Greenock, 19 days out, from London for St. John's, and on the 29th, the ship Hampden, of St. John's, steering E.S.E. The Saxon, screw transport No. 212, Robert Burn, master, put to sea yesterday from Woolwich Arsenal, for the Crimea direct, with guns and ammunition, ambu lance and hospital carts, and huts, in charge of two sap pers, for the troops of the Turkish Contingent tliere. The Amity, No. 177, screw transport , 605 tons bur den, and 70-horse power, arrived at Woolwich yesterday, t) load for the East. In consequence of some want of completeness in the screw transport Queen of the South, that vessel did not sail from Southampton for Plymouth yesterday, as in. tended. It is now stated that she will_ o leave t o -d ay. The William Jackson, transport N . • 93, Capt. H unt, arrived at Spithead yesterday _rno . irling fro m t h e East. She sailed from Balaklava, JulY. 3l, Constantinople, Au g . 8 ; Gibraltar, Sept. 14 ; she did not call at M a l ta. S he brought 94 military invalids, all Wound e d men (most of them in the unsuccessful attack on the Redan on the 18th of June ), whom she embarked at Balaklava. Capt. Tinley, of the 21st Re g iment, came home in military charge of them ; and Assistant-S urgeon T ippetts, of the 1 6 t h Lancers, in medical charg e ; S ta ff-S urgeon C u ll en and nospital dresser Bennett also were passengers. NEW PIERS AT WOOLWICH. To facilitate the embarkation of war material, from the Arsenal-wharf at Woolwich, two wooden piers are in the course of being constructed, and will extend as far as the moorings of ships of heavy tonnage. The first was commenced about three weeks since, and is nearly completed. It is supplied with one of Captain Boxer's shoots for receiving shot and shell on board with ra pidity. Vast piles of Ordnance stores in the Arsenal. yard are again accumulated, and guns of various descriptions are constantly arriving there. The officers of the Royal gun factory are proving from 10 to 18 guns daily, yet few shipments of that material are taking place for the present. The superintendence of the transport service has been consolidated with the storekeeper's office there, as being more appropriate to that department. ROYAL ARTILLERY I WOOLWCFI, OCT. 4. The undermentioned General Regimental Order has been issued from the Adjutant-General's Office, viz. : Her Majesty has been pleased to sign the following commissions in the Royal Regiment of Artillery, to be lieutenants, with temporary rank, and posted to the bat talions and compnies as mentioned below. Francis Duncan to Captain F. H. Chancellor's, No. 1 of the 14th, at D )ver. Alexander Donll, to Captain W. Waller's, No. 2 of the 14th, at Devonpurt. John Ryder Oliver, to Captain R. K. Freeth's, No. 3 of the 14th, at Portsmouth. Edward Egan, to Captain S. E. Gordon's, No. 4 of the 14th battalion, at Woolwich. James Corvy4eita4zonry ; to Captain F. Ommanney's, No. 5 of the 14th, at _ James Peattie Morgan, to Captain E. Palmer's, No. 6 of:the 14th, at Woolwich. George Grote Hanner, to Captain F. Vansittart's, No. 7 of then 14th, at' Woolwich. Phidp MeLourin Guille, to Captain L. G. Paget's, No. 8 of the 14th; - at Woolwich. Arthur Ford, to Captain_ the Hon. G. Devereux's, N0.:4 of the sth, at the ,Cape of Good Hope. Francis Montague Smith, to Captain_A: P. S. Green's, No. 2 of thelith, at Jamaica. Francis Arthur giant, te. Captain .I Ri.Talbot's, No. 7 of the 10th, at Bermuda. :• I '''''"' Frederick rlowlett, to idaritain H. Goodenough's, No. 6of the 4th,, at Malta: , • Richard Handcock, to Captain P.F. G. Scott's, No. of the sth, at Barbadoes, . Charles MilLs MorOny, to Captain C. G. Strange's, No. 7 of the 12th, in the Crimea. George Arbuthnot, to Captai n. J. Chandler's, No. 8 of the Bth, at Guernsey. •f Richard Sadlier, to Captain M. A. S. Biddulph's, No. 1 of the 2d, at Sheerness.' William Ruston Barlow, to Capt. H. Montressor's, No. 2 of the 6th, at Leith Fort. Robert Callwell Smith to Captain Miberly's, No. 8 of the 2d, at Shoeburyness. The whole of the above officers will join at Woolwich, on the Bth October, 1855. Lieutenant Izod is posted to Captain Elgee's company, No, 6, of the 6th Battalion, stationed -in Ireland, and wilt join at Ballincollig on the 16th October. By command, &e, Brevet-Colonel H. G. Teesdale to bb' inspector and purchaser of horses, vice Wingfield, prOmoted to be colonel. - Lieutenant-Colonel E. O. Warde is appointed to the Royal Horse Artillery, vice Teesdale. daptain R. K. Freeth is appointed deputy assistant quartermaster general at Woolwich, vice Riddell, pro moted to be colonel. In consequence of the foregoing brevet, Col. Teesdale is posted to the 9th Battalion, vice Warde. Twenty men, invalids, belonging to the Royal Ar tillery, arrived at head-quarters here yefiterday, from the Crimea, having come home in the screw 'transport In diana. DR. ANDREW SMITH AND THE ASSIST ANT-SURGEONS IN THE CRIMEA. TO THE EDITOR OF THE BUN. - - SIR,—I beg to transmit to you the memorialfrom the assistant-surgeons in the Crimea to Lord Panmure. The Esubjoined memorial was sent through Dr. Hall and General Simpson to Lord ranmure, but having somehow fallen into the hands of Dr. Andrew Smith, it was returned to us by him with a letter, of which the enclosed is a copy. Your obedient servant; A. B. (for the Assistant-Surgeons). Crimea, Sept. 22. " Army and Ordnance Medical Department, Aug. 17. " Sir,—l have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter, dated the 31st ult., forwarding for my consideration and transmission to the Minister of War a memorial from certain assistant•surgeons of the army serving in the Crimea, praying for an amelioration of their conditiox, and certain advantages in point of rank and retirement. "In returning the enclosure I regret to have to in form you that it is not in my power to forward it for the consideration of Lord Panmure, as it contains at least one statement which Ido not admit to be correct. The statement is as follows : " That promotion appears at the present time to be conducted on no definite plan, and is not regulated, as it shoull b?, by considerations of merit, seniority, or ser vice in the field.' "Independently of this resift, I also consider the document one I could not with propriety forward to Lord Panmure, as it purports to be suggestions for the improvement of the department simply by a body of as sistant-surgeons, by far the majority of whom can scarcely be supposed yet to thoroughly know the work ing of the present system, or what would be the effects of what they propose. "I have, &c., " ANDREW SMITH, Director-General. " Dr. Hall, Principal Medical Officer, British Army, Crimea." "TO THE RIGHT HON. LORD PANMITRE, SECRETARY OF _ STATE FOR THE WAR DEPARTMENT. ":The Memorial of the Assistant-Surgeons of her Ma jesty's Army serving in the Crimea, humbly showeth, "That your Lordship's mernoralists have seen, with much concern, during the progress of this campaign, that, while the exertions of medical officers individually have been recognised as leaving nothing to be desired the working of the medical department, as a whole, has not proved altogether Satisfactory ; and, notwithstand ing that, in consequence, a reorganisation of the medical department of the army is in contemplation, we take this occasion to represent for your Lordship's considera tion— "That the present rank and emoluments of assistant surgeons are not of a character, apart from other consi derations, to retain in the department medical men of talent and proficiency, to whom is open the prospect of higher remuneration as practitioners in civil life. Having in a great majority of instances no means beyond those afforded by the practice of their profession, medical men hesitate to enter a service in which, however honourable and desirable in many respects, the small remuneration allowed them is notoriously insufficient for maintaining their proper standing, or enabling them to associate on terms of equality with their brother officers. "That while the assistant-surgeon, having first arrived at the age of 21, must have also undergone a long and expensive course of professional study previous to assum ing the subaltern rank allotted to him—one wholly un worthy of the dignity of the profession to which he be longs—the executive officer may, without any special preliminary education, join the army at a very early age, and, within the short period of two years, attain a rank for which a medical officer can become eligible only after a lengthened period of service. "That the much more rapid promotion of executive than of medical officers during time of war implies also an undeservedly low estimate of the exertions of the lat ter, who share the dangers of battle, privation, and cli mate, and are exposed to additional risk of life from constant intercourse with the wounded and diseased, but, unlike their fellows, reap from their services, however distinguished, neither advantage nor reward, in conse quence of the long period of service enjoined by the 're gulations' before promotion. " Tbat promotion appears at the present time to be conducted on no definite plan, and is not regulated, as it should be, by consideration, of merit, seniority, or ser vices in the field. " That the ill-defined nature of the duties of assistant surgeons is not only open to objection, but their being required to combine the functions of dispenser, dresser, and clerk with those of physician and surgeon is incom patible with, and unworthy of, their tree position. "That under ordinary circumstances medical officers are denied the leave of absence desirable for professional improvement and other purposes. " That the period assigned for the retirement of medi cal officers is unnecessarily prolonged, exceeding that of other officers actually by one-fourth, and virtually by mensorialista cann o t f a il to re gret au gmentation of the army a h ot .ld h ave gtarielidTththoaattayetcoheue g le r r al a ou t r e dmshenips promotion in the medical department alone, in consequence of the introduction of civil prac- • titioners to the posts ofo your lordship'suthtir memorialistsityandemo emolument hm ttuhus which er y permanently appoint e d mem b ers o f t h e d bc e rlye p a a ct r oe t ud' m s e idtr n oe t fitlihe not p only better entitled, but from their kno wledge of the peculiarities of military practice even more competent ; and believe the adjustment of the various causes of objection above detailed could not fail at all times to attract to the regular channel of the de partment a sufficiently large number of the most highly gifted and accomplished of the profession to render in any future emergency all extraneous aid unnecessary. " Your lordship's memorialists therefore humbly pray " That the pay and rank of assistant-surgeons be in creased. "That five years be the maximum, instead of at pre sent the minimum, service required for promotion, and that the substantial recognition of service in the field, so liberally bestowed on military officers, be extended to assistant-surgeons, whose services are not less onerous or deserving. "That the professional experience gained in so wide a field of observation as that afforded to those who have served in this campaign, and which no length of home service could have supplied, be duly considered in the regulation of promotion. "That medical officers be relieved from the duties of dispenser, dresser, and clerk, and that competent per sons T b h e a appointed v e t o o f d a i b s c s h e a n r e g e e h t i h th o e s r e to fu d n e c n ti i o e n d officers during time of peace be allowed them on proper occasions. "That the length of time occupied is preliminary education, amounting in most instances to not less than five years, be taken into account in regulating the period of service required of medical officers previous to retire. ment. "And your memorialists will ever pray, &c. "DIE ARSIBTANT-SIIRGEONB IN THE ARMY BEFORE SEBASTOPOL." THE CH/OR OF MEDICINE.—EDINBIIEGH.—The elec tion of a Professor of the Practice of Physic in the Uni versity of Edinburgh, in room of Dr. Alison, resigned, took place at the meeting of the Town Council there on Tuesday. There were eight candidates in the field, of whom three were nominated—namely, Dr. Benrett, Professor of the institutes of Medicine in Edinburg!! University ; Dr. Alexander Wood, of Edinburgh ; and Dr. Laycock, of York. On the first vote there for D r . B enne tt, 9 ; for Dr. Wood, 1 2 ; and Layeook, 12. On the second vote Dr. ycock was L accordingly preferred to Dr. Wood byl7 to 15 , and vv a elected. fo w l . 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