The Sun. — London, England, 1855-09-17 00:00:00

.treme I to 71° 59 3°S 59 3" IS 26 1 . 69 3 ' n : 7s 3 " . is 445 33 475 Ss • 385 Ss 4°5 6s 09 445 5°5 'O3 715 ,69 575 ,53 575 the s pond• il7; in 1849, 1/ 10 17. ••• ..... rigs: - 51 5 42i ra Ire' rerpooi eat de . (;,k Are Th° P, Iv° tE , 000 beset' s was hi trade , • figure rshire' other L scot' Lppli ea which I , V 0 took r 8 11* he vela ions. . . 2,2 . 4, 451 " " 0 6 .. 110 ;$ of fat garko" 17, 18 1 . to - Q % 4 6 4 4 1° 46 oho' oa, T o -of 4 ode 0. 6. 6 i 4 3 0 4 6 3 : 4 a „bog: "na p , gt /14 G 1 "- 00°1;11, 6, 01 ' of b°ll • b 6911 re pill 0 4, $1111" *o' 4 01 0114 Q °°l oV 10, i _ 7,10 , fiffe C l: a; o v I",,°a; , l ei a. jpg c 000 v '• 4 4° 00 -- 0 --- 0 51 4 40° , 0 .....4 gOO 74! .. ,0 ..-0 . •••••-•- 1 01 Ds Is 12 61440 00 0. 1 4 Ilia ToO 1..<01 ) 3" 64 5 1 °0 4 t to ..-•- 41 3, 3 4 , 1 32,v - „th bar ONEY A P SET AND °OMIERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. T •17erPooCITY, Two o'CLock. 1 Cotton Market on Saturday closed " 4 4 4 11 and prices of all descriptions were ma °e'l• The Pacific's advices arrived after busi h, " n rs• The sales were 7,000 bales, 1,000 for IP°rt .)but none on speculation. In addition to 444 (of whi c h a bout 4,000 bales were sold), 4 aa i lle a Comprised 160 Pernam and Maranham, 2 ° , 7 1d• ; 50 Bahia, 6d. ; 100 Egyptian, 6/d. ; tio ) 0 00 Su ra t, 4W. to 52d. per lb. The trans °aB la Rail wa y Shar e s were considerable, at a ' bt T h d ecline in prices. P ldt e l ‘revf York accounts state that the grain w tt e b ta at the latest dates were heavy and flour tfth Caper. According to the last weekly return k l4 e t Ci tY Banks there was a falling off in the dis ltl.lB..,°f $ 1 67,634, but the specie was diminished The arrivals of specie from California, k li g the week, had amounted to about $200,000. k:° l lots from the Baltic state that Russia is beween Denmark and the United States th til e Sound Duties question, and that she had k t as surances to the Government at Copen e4 t hat under no circumstances would the aCabinet take any offensive proceedings k ka t he Eastern War lasts.. If a satisfactory per eat arrangement cannot be effected, a pro- T il tl al arrangement will be entered into. ki atil SaZon G over nment is u4ng great efforts to N t h t he handloom weavers from their pursuits, are so little remunerative at the present h t ~ aa d foster pauperism and discontent. Advan tk h as been taken in this respect of the expe ;egained in Belgium, and it is hoped that in Itt4 t he weavers will have been taught other p, Th c4a of earning a livelihood. e 50 import tariff upon various articles of con- 16i tlo t I t is about to be lowered in Holland. 161 St. trk t t i al allet be said at present that there is any 3 I % la r ease in the money market, and the dis- 19 1 to b ankers b ankers allow at the rate of 3 1 per cent. for st. 0, 14 at three days. To Paris, the gold exporta- st tilt; as a speculation, is no longer p rofitable, but 20 0 1 ti:reittances for our army and for g rain pur- 1.2tl Cl in the East are likely to continue. n i 1 4. ;, der these circumstances some anxiety is felt 40 the future course of the Bank of Eng- Ki ` g Which, in some measure, the Bank of 25 St. kr q ee is expected to respond, since for the flour 25 kti t 4e d recently in the London market there Sai kq b e e a balance due to us from Paris. The St. r of English at the Exhibition partly neu- , r!,2 kti lt e l , t his as in the aggregate their expenditure 1( 1 4 ? ) kt,"' considerable, but the English exhibitors 2 4 ,- tat o ,, eti ving liberal orders from French and foreign 7 ) Vers. 't4 4, 4 glish Funds continue depressed, and there f tie `' a iri been a full supply of money stock ; con prices are about lower. To-morrow emfratalinent on the Omnium is due, and this has se t, although we may assume that part is o t 4O 1 I Paid in advance. Consols have been 90A. far transfer, and 90g- to 1 2 for account. tie ( lher Bills are Is. to 55., and East India 4ki a 4 os. premium. India Stock is at 230. -t e is rather more firmness in Turkish Bonds, q t t r Cents. having ranged from 91 to 91a, and i2i el l' Scrip from ±to premium. French Scrip °'4G premium, which is a slight advance. Spanish are at fuller quotations, the Threes being Vaticl the Passive 5 and 51. Peruvian Bonds klt il i! 4l 7 at 77 to 78. The other securities are 'Jti te gal) and Mexican are called only 21 ii owing 114 Hews of the unsettled state of the republic. k kk e il following are the nominal prices of foreign : - --Grenada Defeired. Bonds, 18 to 20 ; l'hr; °4ll ) 21i to 2111 ; Peruvian, 77 to 79 ; ditto •e p ee Per Cents., 57 to 59 ; Portuguese Four per 1 5P 43 to 45 ; Russian Five per Cents., 98 to B k ' ditto Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 89 to 91 ; '1 11 ,.., 1 ' 111 New Deferred, 19i to 20 ; ditto Three (it to 'eots., 381 to 39 ; ditto Certificates, 41 to 44 ; 411 to 4a. it z .' railway meetings announced are the follow ,. ktt Comp any. 44434 Date. Place. Sept. 19, Radley's Hotel. . 4 11 ea Sept. 17, Paris. i`ted Eastern Junction Sept. 25, Glasgow. ) ° 4 t , 4, l ;aud Holyhead Sept. 20. O 4 N ) I Counties 1 41 1 P'gh and Glasgow Sept. 18, Glasgow. 'outh and Eastern Sept. 26, Dublin. i: l(ll4 e`i Newton Sept. 19, Llanitiloes. Ir g cterry and Enniski . l en Sept. 26, Cjilem_ an-st. builds. * l ,nt iot t ai Central gbh Midland Junction Sept. 16, Perth. at Durham Oct. 10, Wiesbaden. TC li tham Oct. 30, York. Railway Share Market has been lower in k i r r at t o near l y every E ng li s h li n e, and there is disposition to sell than buy, although real e 4 rs are not pressing much upon the market. Ikpq t ` 9 nian, Great Northern, Great Western, Mid klita:lld North Western have been principally 111 . The Foreign Shares are generally cheaper, it 'jag Sambre and Meuse, Antwerp t and Rot ftel., and the French companies. he Mining Shares are heavy, Joint-stock Banks the same and the Land Shares about the k e. 4 S I I FUNDS THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES ( Prom the Official List.) Ott Cent.llncinesa done Reduced Annuitiss...... • 1, 141 4 , d ent. Consols Annuities 9 N* I ii Stook p N o , b ends, 11000 k i t," , or Account, 12th October '„'qqquer Bills 215 I .;1,1300 1:50, 0 ..„ ' l1 %1l °' h c itter Bonds 1858 31 per Cent , 1001 Ditto 1859, ~ 100. ~YRIOE OF FOREIGN FUNDS 'MIS DAY. kijtmzilianßonds, 1829 & 39, 5 per Cent. 101 P h 'ttof or : e4l, 3 t he a ccount tit er 2li h• Nl att Bonds, 41 per Cent 77 8 gplitto for the Account 7B b 11 i , 44 1 howls 3 per Cent Dl). 4 ° New Deferred, 3 per Cent. it to passive ' s} 54i bit° Bonds, 6 per cent for the account • "'° New Scrip, 4 per Cent. 4 ilividend3 on the above payable in London. Rentes, 3 per Cent. Dpi 140 Scrip 2nd Loan of 185 5 2 -1 p 47 'chunge, 21 per Cent. 12 Gull 641 1 14 ° 4 per Cent. Certifteatep 96 if THREE O'CLOCK C onsols "itto for thi Account 1 2d. 5 1 7 lOO 6 1 7 100 7 1 100 ZZOyD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY. l''l4/0130N, dul l Sept. 1 ther. 7.—Wind this day at noon, S.E. ". wit h wea (PER, ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) A t • SO U THAMPTON, Monday Morning. ;1116, 11 ;ved—City of Limerick (s.), from Dublin ; Betsy , liao; Dove, Teignmouth ; Argyll (a.) , Carentan ; Al -441(16 ( 5 ). Havre ; William Bremshawe, Quebec ; Lapoule 9arelinda, Cherbourg. to t Ted—Atalanta (s ), for Havre ; City of Limerick ( a .) , Ap t i'° ll ; William and George, Sunderland; Alarm , New "; Alster (8.), Portsmouth; Comet, Madeira. LIVERPOOL, Monday Morning. ALlad S.E. ftq h :,!ed.—Otsconthe Enoch Train, and Malkin Luther, s ,c,,,l:New Orleans • John ' Currier, Mobile ; Orient, New kt o ,„ - `,. , Islander, Prince ' Edward's Island; David Brown, AS A u aYi Alicßaymond, Cobija ; Mary Ismay, Buenos Vi - „1: W. H. Wharton, Galveston ; Sea Flower and ' 1 ,te,: 4111 King, Mobile ; Empress Miramichi ; Janet Kid ika-dertt.ild John Howell, Quebec; Water Kelpie, San. )1 4 1, Of t - -Daniel Webster, from Boston ; Tippoo Saib, Ak. ; V*444 X, Place l l • Antinia • 0 Dear, Hon duras ; Alliance, QUEENSTOWN, Sept. 14, td, S. • traCved.—Chatiotte, from Mauritius ; Kurrany, Pa. Off „ .S from Honduras. - "ea—Arab, for Hamburg. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPCI.) GRAVESEND, Monday, 10.35 a.m. E. •, tide five hours' ebb ; cloudy. ' O ll . " 3- ed, 16th.—James Holmes , from Barbad oes ; `- s chin • Laura, Demerara ; Cato, Nevis; Palmyr a, dr am , ' s zt . 4 ved, 17th.—Princo Albert, from Guernsey. sail Ifith.—Koh-i-Nor, for the ape of Good Hope. 17th.—Gladiator, o for Sydne C y. DEAL, Sept. 17, 10.24 a.m. ir I T.E. ; light. ' ea Us P—Arthur, from Torre i;ecchia, for Memel •; Ne. (1 04 '. 1 -tonClo l3 , for Port-Philip ; Lydia, Venice, for Lo.n or;Meria y Julia J Cadiz, for London ; Glenbervie, to. for London ; arrow (s .s. tpt. No. 28), London, ) te‘w," Crimea " TI.M.Str. Calcutta, Sheerness, for the t ... e ta ; Virginia, Cuba, for Antwerp. dl4 - " 4 eA in toy ,-- Lady I,i. a, from Bombay for Lou .l SHARE MARKETS. (THIS DAY.) RAILWAYS. ClaSink Pricer this day. 24 - ',6 3i - 71 - 7i 14-14 14 - 15 9 - 8 87 - 89 601 -61. E 11 - 13 8 - 10 5 - 4 61 - 7 12, - 1 3 L 1 911 52 5 72 1 16 - 18 ••• ••• 72 7 4 86 s 7 69 71 11'5 100 102 551 56 - 6t eA - ..., 95 —9/ 92 —92 i l a d 1 83 E 4 8 7 Ci SAI 23} 7 65. - 36 - ... ..." 12 - li - •.• 47 -- 25i 13i sinms.lont St. this day. St St. 4 ex d St. 61i i 1 I St 50 AO 9 1 z d 25 43 1 .1 !Ilivaers. .00 Aber& 6111 ...... Ambg. liottrg. Boa. , and Eastn. junct... All Rol fast Sz, BallymonA. all !?.irming. rh tour ..... , Birk LanesL. 4 Chesli;re June Do. Cliemh. ez Birk., £5O and £25 Cons. 19 Do., ....... all Myth .V.Tynsoric,fina' .£25 (issd. at £45; 100 Bristol and Exeter 700 Caledonian Caxmartlien and Cal 1 digan al_ 'Chester di Holyhfo e all 'Cork and Bandcn . al] Cork, Black, & 16 Cornwall 1i Clie Junction 45 finolinezßelfastJunc all Dundee Perth&A.by I 25 St. (leen Junction all Do. /17. w 100 Fast Ar.glian all Eastern Counties 100 Eastern Union, A Stock ..... 100 De., B. Stoe , 84.., Do., New k WO Fast Lancashire ___ 100 Edinburgb &Glasg DV all Edinb. and Peebles__ _ _ &Dundee 9 Forth & Clyde Jtr all Furness all Do. Extension. 100 Glasgow &S. West, , ,ri 100 treat Northern 100 Do., A. Stock 1 00 Do., B. Stock 1)0 Gt. Sth. &West.(l re. ) 100 Great Western 100 D. Stour Val. Rail Gum. Stk all Irish South-Eastern all Lancaster & Carlisle 14? Do., Thirds 7 Do. New Thirds 100 LttneßEA , . andYorksl) Do. Wit Riding lin. all Liv:Crst y.,StSouthyt , all London At Blackwal 100 Lond. Bright &S.Cst. 100 Lond. and N. Westr. 16 Do. Fifths 5i D 0 .101.5h.,1180...0 2, Do. Eighths 3.00 London andS.Westr. . 47 Do., £5O 38 Do., £4O all Lndndrrydt Col eraint• all Lndndrry. & Ennlsk. 100 ganch.Shef.& all Do. Shares, No. 1 525. Do., Mau. & Lin. Un. 100 Midland 00 Do. Birmng.B6Derl 3 3 , all Midid. G. West. (ire.) all Do. Half Shares .1.11 Newcastle & 231 Nwpt.Aberg. &Hrfd 8 Newry & Enniskiller all 'Newry Warrenpoint and Itostrevor 20 10 10 .00 Norfolk 3 Nortlin.Counties Ma .00 North British all North Devon, No. 1 all Do., No. 2 all Do., A Deferred all Do., ;, B Guarantc.eci i 0 ;) N. Eastern—Berwie 20 Do. do. Extension 13 Dodo. Pureli all Eo. Leeds 1.00 Do. York nli North London all Do. New £lO 31 is N .o.Wstrn.,Hamp stead, and City Jn.. 17A North Staffordshire.. all' North Western N. & S.We,strn.June , I Nuneaton, Hinckley and Leicester.. .... . . 00 Oxford, Worcester,& Wolverhampton St. 10 St. 25 8 I Portsmouth Central .0(1 SeottishMidland.... .00 chropsliire Union ... a 1 South Devon Y) South Eastern all South Wales 15 S. Yrksh. & Riv. Dm, rDo .......... IA Staines, Wok. &Wo al Stockton 16; SteAtou & Hr.rtlepl .00 Taff Vale 9 Do. .P.lO shares. Loo Do. Pref., No. 1 21i Thames Haven Doelf And Railway 7i 41 12i 46 70 7i 1.831 os = 111 78 - 80 42 ' 4 12 - 1:3 58 59 31 5 i 32 3 2d Pa' 33 - 35 ... lUlverstone di Lanes ••• 20 all Vale of licath 20 all Watertl.2 KilkennY t 0 all Waterford&Linaer , 20 all West Cornwall 10 5 West End of London and Crystal Palace, all 'West London 0 1 all Wirnblecln ilzeroyclo), FOR EIGN. sal Antwerpttßott.Tdtm 4 I IlelgianEavtn. June. 10 T3e'iiers to Orai SRO ssae 4 Bombay, Bar oda , and Central India,Scrii all Demerara 10 Dutch Rhenish all Eastern of France 10 Do. New ............. . all East Indian, g. sp. c. :3 - 10- 5 - 4 - 16 Do. ETl,cnsion ... all Do. 4i p. c. Tide., pay '57, convertible ..... . all Do. do, do., '69, do.. 17, ad. Tkof CanadaA is tll Do. St. Lawrence & . _ 9 2i ---, 2 - Atlantic d 0.......... 70 Do. Cert. of Debcn., con. into Stk. 011'63 all Do. Comp. 6p. c., do. 10 Gt. Central of Franc all Gt. Indian Peninsula guar. 5 per cent.... 1 Do. New 5 per cent. 2 Do. Extensions....... all Do. d 0.... .............. 13 Great Luxembourg Constituted Share,,, all I Do. Obligations ...... . all 10t.ViresternofCanad .Shares ........... ttll Do. Bds., payable's7, with option till '55.. all Do. do., '62, p. '56... Do. do., '76, p. '60... all do., '73, without 364 - 23 - _ option tsll Hamilton & Toronto all Do. 6 per cent. 14 Lake Const. & Basle all 1 Lucca & Pistoja 5 p.c. i - prof 10 Lyons and Geneva 14 Lyons 4 Meditorran all Madras 10 Do. New lti Maria Antonia Do. do. New all Namur dt LiegP4wit: interest) all Do. (ox interest) all Northern of France all D 0.201. Shs.late Char leroi and Erquelines guar. 3$ p. c. & red. at 22i/. dttr. 88 yrs. from 1 Jan. 1854.... all Do. /07. 3 p. c Bdp (fray.B. di Ams. Shs all NorwegianTrankPre 16 Paris and Lyons all Ditto Bonds all Paris and Orleans all Paris and Ronan 15 ParisCaon &Cherbrg all Rouen and Havre all Royal Danish 3 Royal Swedish all Sambre and Meuse._ all Do. 5. p. cent. Prof. 2s. Scindo , I all Southern of Franco ) 16 St. Andrew's and Quebec (A), el West Flanders ) all Do 5i per c. Pref , 18 Western of Franco D 16 Wept. of Switzerland 6 all Wiesbaden 0 all Zealand 100 100 100 20 20 50 50 100 100 20 50 20 25 5 - 70 69i 46i i 7 - 9 101 i lip 37 -12 23 - 1.4,, - 7 16 - 17 65 - 94 -5 —5; 14 5 1 par -- iP par iP 4 3b 23a 24 99 101 114 116 115 117 10s 24 115 at , 7f . 26W 1 1;' 7 9 2 -- 3 •• 35i - 36 3 t i 24 3/ 16i i 12 - 12 - 9 45i - 46 p' ii 2 .44 ••• 19i - 20, 2.1 111 8i - 9 1 - ... pm 31 - 4 ilk -12 p ••• ..'" •' ... - - 18 - 19 .TOINT-STOCK BANKS. -03 all Australasia all Firitish Colonial Bank and Loan Company all British N. American 5 Martel. Bank of Asia 4 Chrtd. Br.k. of India, Australia, & China 30 City 25 Jolonial 20 Commercial of Lond all English Scottish and Australian Chart , all Lond. Chart. Bk. of Australia 6 Ditto New 20 London and County 10 London Joint Stock , 20 Lond. & Westminster 35 National Provincial of England 10 Do. New 221 National of Ireland all New South Wales all Oriental Bank of Corporation 25 l'rovincial of Ireland all Do. Now 1 Royal Austinln.Bkg & Gold Imp Co — all south Australia 3 9 3 /4 40 : all Union of Australia 7l 73 2i 1.0 VSou, of Load .., „, 6 -70 d par d Adis 55 -- 57 17 -17 i 19 -201 d at "-- 40 • ••• .... 8, • 35 :: 36 42 - 43 52 - 54 • .111 ..... ••• 70'i St. 1234 St. 1004 25 55i 651 6# 10 96i St. 14A g2a 2 2 St. 6i I bi x d 1 s, 5 St. 66i 6i 6 i 6 1 20 THE SUN, L (2.1 .EVENING, SEPTEMBER 17 1855 1at , ,.1317k 2: n, WA~~. Compaw !O St. 20 50 all lcclford and Met:3lllQ , Backghaan stk. [OO Clydesdale Jo. 24 Col. Stour Vy. Sad, and Hal. WO E. Lin. e. 6 pc. Glas. Barr. & • Neila. Direct WO Do. New Glstr.& Da. Fr Dk & Railway all Hull Selby all Do. # Shares. all Do. Shares. all Lon.& Greenw all Do. Prefermte all Lon., &S. La) Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. :.00 Do. 6 per ,ct. all Manch. BAD. and Matlock Al) Micldlc~:ro' & Si 20 Redcar. 100 Midld.Brzdid 5i Newmarket Bury Exton... all N.& Est.s p.c. all Do. 6 per ct. all Do. Fixeds p all Brest. & Wyre all Do. Shrs. A 00 Roystn.&llit. Shef.Roth and Goole g. 5 p.c. all Shrews.&ller 9i S. Staffordsh. all wearVailcygr 6 per cent._ all iDo '- 1 100 wilt iSelorr,rst London N. G.ReST. W. Cal ed on— E. Un. E. C Gt. ;:)aldonisn. lat. Ncesti Nest. Berw. Y.&Nld no H. Easter Do !Pet() k Co. tiortak.. it - i+E. IV & Mini. Stekton& Darliugi. idland.. In. Coun. S. Count. Do Do L. &N.W &Lntall Do Gt Northr Lancash & Yorksh. T. Brassey M. Minoan "itockt. & Darlingt Do ItWestn 1.0() Aberdeen 'fob Do. N 0.2, 7p. c. I all BlythandTynelOpci c. pref. (issd. 50/ . : 100 Bris. & Ex. 4p.c. St 5 Do. 4 p. c. Shares 100 Caledonian £lO all Chester & Holyhead Guar. 5z per cent all Do. do. Pref. No. 2 all Do. do. Pref. No. 2 all Cork &Bandonslp.c all Dun.Prth .la Aber. J 2 E. Anglian Cls. ASh 100 Do. do. Cls. B 6 P. S I : 100 Do. do Cls. C7p. c. all Eastern Counties Ea t msion, 5 p. c. No. I all Do. No. 2 . all Do. New 6 r . c. St. all East Un., G. 6 p. c. all o. 51., 10 ner cent. all no. 101. Dcl";entr.Sh. all ki o. do. 4 per cent 100 ,ast Lancash. 6 p.ets all E. &W. York. J. Ms 100 Prth.&Dun.4p.c all Furness 10) llas. & S.W. G. 5 p.c 100 ,reat Northn. sp. c 100 - )o. sp. c. Redeem ; at 10 p. c. prom 100 no. 4 p. e. 72 Do. sp. c. Scrip, Red. At sp. c. ..• .•. all Gt.N. of Sco t.l it Pre 100 (It. S, :!s W. (Ireland) 9 Do. 4per c. Prof. fit 6 Gt. Westn. (Barbs 'Hants Ex. 5 p. c)... 100 Do. con. red. 4 # p.c. 100 Do. con. red. 4p. c. 10° Do. irreil. 4p. c .... all Do. Birm. Pref. Sh... all Do. Chester Bp. c.P.S. all Do. do. 5 p. c. 100 Do. Birm. Gua. Stk nil Do. Ches. Gina. Sh.. all Do. do. do all Do. do. do 0 Lan. &York. F. ar. I 100 Do. 6 p. c. St.)ck 100 Lon. &Brie). G. 5 p.c. 100 Do. Pref., sp. c. St. 100 Do. New Guar.6 p. c. 1100 Do. do. 5 per cent 100 Lou. &N. W., Coy. 1 Nuneaton 5 p. et r, Lon. &S. W. Con.3ds } all Lowly. & Coler. Sh. Londy. &Ennis. S;,. all 'tan., Sher., & Lin., ',cow., £lO 41 Do. .L 6 50 12 12 10' 12 all ‘larypt.&Carl.4p c 12 all !It). 4i percent 12t .10 , lo _ t; 100 i qid.Consol.6 p.c.St t. 100 Do. (Jousol. Bristol ! firm. 6 per cent .. t. 100 Do. 4i p. e. Pref. St \ .6 11 i r i o i . it P:c e f n . 4: r p of c . r s c t e . n , 5 all Do. 5/. Pr, f. 4p. c It. 100 'Ditto Leicester and LO all (Norfolk Detanture it. t.OO Do.Prtaf. 4p. c. Stoe , it. tOO Do. 5 p.c. Est , St. iOO . f) , ). 5 : 1 2 por et . prof . St. 100 Do. Way. Val. 5 p. c St. iOO North British St. 100 N. E. Bony, 4 p.c P. 17 5 Do. do. do 20 13 Do Leeds 6 p.c ~ No.l 14 9 De. do. Quarters , P. 25 10 Do. York R.& S. Pnr, 20 all North Staffordshire.. St. 100 Oxford, Worcester, 10 7 3i all M all 10 11 .0.6 all It. 1.00 ?,0 all 10 all n all 25 all 25 15 12;', all Wolverh. £l5 p, e Do 11. Pror. 101. Sh. Scot. Cent.,New Pro South Devon Do. fixed, 4)) per cen , S. Eastern (Readiru , Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. Do. 44 per cent S. Wales Gua.4 p. c. Do. do. 4 p. c.... S.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar, Stock . & Dar, •sp• c. Do. do. do Stock. & Hartl. g. 1 1 all lOs. .1,11 Agua Fria ....... • Anglo Austrin. Gold Anglo Californian .. Australian Australian Cordillorn Ave Maria. Baden (G(l.l3ticliy of IBlaonarvon Iron anal 1 all 1 all 1 all iO all O 1 14 5 I 26 Coal ..,., British Iron Brazilianlmp.(issuedi at 4,;5 pm.) Do. Coeaes bt Cuiab Do, St. John Del R-;} Czrson's Crcik Clarendon Cons. Min Co. of Jamaica Cobre Copper I Colonial Gold Copper Min. of Eng Do. Pref. 7 p. eons Copiapo English and Austin Copper Smeltg Fortuna General Gt.NnggetV , ,inltcg Groat Polgooth Liberty Linares 1 ,0 15 1 0 all 5 1 St. all 15 all 5 1 all 2 1 .',O all 1 all 44 all 1 all 3 all all ••• 5 1 1 all 1 all 1 all 1 all :0 all 5 1 1 1 I all ;0 all 5 all 10 12 1 all I 0 71 ?8 all 1 all 1 all 1 " 12s 1 all loquif ?Tice , this dts). 95 1 97 100 - 102 .. • •• ii : ii 10'7 23 - 94 110 - 116 - , 21 - 91 - I - - 58 .•• -- ••• 130 - 134 - ••• - - 2FI ii) 30i -- 90 -- 92 PREFERENCE SHARES. e'i 94 99 : ioi. 3 - 4 5i - 04 4 - 12 - 13} -- 62 = fts 107 - 109 102 104 tip ui - 6 - 95 - 97 80 - 85 - 88 - 101 iii 4 - 17 10 -10 i 70 -7 2 184 - 91 - 19 A 9i 14 -14 A - 136 -- 138 • • .. m. .0 .. ''.- ... • • ..... ... o• "" 1•• 12/ -- 13 - 35 - 137 97 - 99 4i - 96 - ICO (51 -93 3i - 81 .. ••• I id 102 - 106 -14 i pa) 13i ig 231 - 100 - 16 - 14 -- MINES. Do. B Lusitanian Mariquita ..... ........ New Granada New Linares Min* aad Smelting Co Nouveau Monde Pontgibaud Silye , Lead Min. & Smelt Port Philip Quartz Rock Rhymney Iron Do. New Santiago de Cuba..., South Australian Tin Croft... United Mexican Waller 2311 102 West Mariposa Wortking Mining tx Australia VI ........ , . u,i;riess this day. lov ; 041 A‘lrl''el pg. !eem tr .0 0 t SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock. THE FALL OF SEBASTOPOL. Up to the present hour no return of the total amount of killed and wounded at the attack on the Redan has been received at the War Depart- men t. Mr. Curzon, the bearer of despatches from the Commander-in-Chief in the Crimea, is expected to arrive in London to-morrow, with a full account of the Surrender of Sebastopol. The whole of the despatches will appear in The Sim, at the earilest possible moment. TATTERSALL'S. (THIS EVENING.) CESAREWITCH. 9to 1 agst Robgill (10 to 1 taken freely) 12 to 1 agst Scythian (taken) 100 to 6 agst Neville (taken) 20 to 1 agst Monarque (taken) 20 to 1 agst Joe Miller 25 to 1 agst Early Bird (taken) 35 to 1 agst Black Swan (taken) DERBY. 13 to 1 agst Yellow jack (to 1001.) PONTEFRACT RACES. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) TRIAL STAKES. Bourgeois Filly by Freeman Five ran. WEST RIDING HANDICAP. Eulogist Atherstone Rajah Hybla Four ran. PARK. HILL STAKES. Preston Merlin Eight ran. CORPORATION PLATE. E van geline Goldfinch Three ran. STAND PLATE. Bourgeois Lady of Lodge Hanby Seven ran. LICHFIELD RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH ) CHAMPAGNE STAKES. Blue Bell Outcry STAFFORDSHIRE STAKES Polestar Goorkah .. Six ran. THIS DAY'S NEWS LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.) BANKRUPTCY COURT. (Before Mr. Commissioner Holroyd.) IN RE T. L. CO3IBE. This was a meeting for certificate. The bankrupt was described as of Lambeth-walk, baker. The balance-sheet commenced March 2, 1854, and ended May 26, 1855, and showed-debtor to creditors, 6141. 13s. 4d. ; do. holding security. 1,0161. 6s. Bd. ; creditors to be paid in full, 191. Bs. ld. ; liabilities, 61. Os. SLI. ; profits on trading, 1431. 2s. 7d. Creditor by cash handed to official assignee, 400/. ; cash at bankers, 41.55. 7d. ; good debts, 11.95. ; property,lBsl. 13s. 11d.; do. in hands of creditors, 3871. 14s. Bd. ; liabilities, 61. 9s. sd. ; losses, 131. 14s. 3d. ; trade charges, 4801. 9s. Bd. ; house and personal expenses, 1361. ss. sd. ; interest, 481. 16s. 2d. ; repairs, 791. 9s. 11d. ; law costs, 231. 2s. ; deficiency, 171. 2s. 31r. Chidley appeared for the bankrupt, who obtained his certificate. CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) The September session of the above court was opened this morning by the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, the Right Hon. the Recorder, Alderman Farebrother, Hun ter, Sir R. W. Carden, and Kennedy, Sir H. Mug geridge and Sir C. D. Crosley, the Sheriffs, Messrs. Farrer and A. Grosley, the under- Sheriffs, &c. It appears by the first edition of the calendar that there are at present 74 prisoners for trial. The Recorder, in his charge to the grand jury, said that although the number of prisoners entered in the calendar was not greater than usual, yet he regretted to say that there were a great many very serious cases to be disposed of, and that there were two charges of mur der among them. There was also one most remarkable case of commercial fraud, which had attracted a great deal of public attention. At the last session he had oc casion to call the attention of the then grand jury to an other case of a very extraordinary character, and of the dame description, and at that time he observed that it appeared to be one of a series of frauds affecting, in a most important degree, the commercial character of the country. The present case was one of even a more serious kind. The parties accused were three persons named Straban, Paul, and Bates, who were the members of one of the oldest, if not the oldest, banking firms in the me tropolis, and who, up to the time of these transactions, filled a high position, and enjoyed the utmost credit, and carried on a most extensive drid important banking business. The offence with which they were charged was that of having appropriated to their own use cer tain foreign securities that had been entrusted to them by Dr. Griffith, one of their customers, for security, to a very large amount, and upon which they appear to have raised very large sums of money. A special act of Par liament was passed to meet a case of this description, by which it was enacted that if any broker, agent, at torney, or other person, should misappropriate any chattel or valuable security intrusted to him for safe custody the offence was destined to amount to rnis.- demeanour, and subjected the party committing it to a certain amount of punishment affixed by the act of Par liament. It appeared to him upon reading the deposi tions that, although possibly some question might ulti mately arise with regard to the share taken by each of the partners in the transaction, or whether they were all equally liable, the grand jury would do well not to trouble themselves with any of these matters ; but if it should be made out to their satisfaction that the securities were deposited with th© defendants, and that they were afterwards supplied to their own purposes, they would be justified in at once finding the bill, and all the matters to which he had referred would then undergo full inquiry before the j ud g e and a petty jury. He would also observe that it was within his knowledge that a suggestion had been made that the prisoners had, by a subsequent statement made by them before the ma gistrate, in which, in point of fact, they actually admitted the dishonesty of their conduct, escaped from the con sequences by this admission of their guilt ; and he thought it right to state that, although by one of the clauses of the act in question, it was declared that a person should not be liable for any acts of this descrip tion when, under any compulsory process, he made a full disclosure of his proceedings, he was not prepared to say that this applied to the present case, and the grand jury ought not to take the fact at all under their consideration. The me learned Recorder concluded by stating that he should be very slow in coming to the conclusion that the law could be so perverted, and the evident intention of the statute so defeated, as it would certainly be if a statement of this description were to be held to have the effect of shielding persons guilty of such an offence from punishment. The grand jury then retired. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY. GUILDHALL. VIOLET ASSAULT.—John Wrench, and William, Stanner were charged before Alderman Farncombe with a ♦iolent assault upon John Clambert, Poppin's court, Fleet-street. The complainant stated he was at Blackfriars'Aridge yesterday afternoon, when the prisoners came up to biro. and, without saying a word s counsuood ''bou. 121 12 11 37} 7 468 51 64 5i 8/ a i - i - i • ••• ••• I - $ - li - •• • I Gi - - 5 6 2A - 3 3} - 27 - 29 - $1) 63 - 67 33 - 36 25 - 27 18 - 20 • "' 13 -15 2i - 3 et. - 3 i - 131 .. ... s• 15 - 16 21 - -- 23 6 - 8 3i - 3i 3 - ••• """' MISCELLANEOUS. Auaralt. 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Ora Piemen'a 29 - 30 2 - IA4 59 - 61 61 - 151 1121 - 1133 21 - 2 5-51 ~ """ •• • •• - 6i .-- le• "" 100 ....... o•• '.... 8 -. 6 - • •• '''' 1 - .. ...' i """' '1 = 2 i - • • • ^" - -- 36 I - .. ems 14 ...MI. on 57i PM Pm 1141 13 1081 65 xd 1131 i 2i 14f 15 141 15 791 8 91 143 i , neting." He remonstrated with them, when Stanner LETTER FROM SIR CHARLES NAPIER. struck him a violent blow, which blackened his eye. He ran across the bridge, both the prisoners following and beating him. The two policemen who took the rrisoners into cus tody, spoke of their violent conduct, and that they both struck and kicked the policemen, on their interfering to protect the complainant. They were both drunk. Wrench was committed for 14 days, and Stanner 7 days. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—I have laid before the public my case up to our departure from Kiel, by.which it will be ob served that no stone was left unturned by me to show the Admiralty that they had misinterpreted my letters entirely ; but the injury was done, and they were determined not to undo it. They pro- I bably thoug6 I should be obliged to submit ; but I was just as determined as they were not to sub mit to injustice, and to bide my time till I returned to England. When we lay at Kiel the squadron was reduced to six sail of the line, and the Captain of the fleet removed—a very unusual course—it, however, showed the "animus." Shortly after his removal l a vacancy took place in the representation of Mary lebone. I asked by telegraph to be allowed to come home on leave, which was refused ; but I might vacate my command. This I determined not to do, but to wait patiently till I came home, and make one more effort to explain my conduct either in writing or in person. On the Wellington's arrival at Spithead I ob tained the Commander-in-Chief's leave to proceed to town, and was certainly not received in a very !gracious manner by the First Lord of the Admi ralty. I was asked to sit down with that insolent ; sneer on his countenance so well known in Parlia ment, which did not presage any change of opinion; he told me he would hear what I should say ; but would make no reply. He did hear what I had to say, and I spoke to him as plainly as an officer be. fore his chief could do ; and I only regretted that respect, not for him, but for his office, prevented me using the language his conduct deserved. After having spoken my mind I retired, and proceeded to Portsmouth, where I found an order to haul down my flag, which produced the correspondence which I now transmit to you for insertion. It will be seen that there is some repetition, but it was impossible to avoid it. I have the honour to remain, Your obedient servant, CHAS. NAPIER. Merchistoun Hall, Sept. 14, 1855. BOW-STREET. ROBBERY OF 100/.-Thii morning Frederick _Ralph Barrell, formerly clerk in the employ of Messrs. Wood head, of James-street, Adelphi, was placed at the bar in accordance with remand, charged with stealing one hundred pounds. It will be recollected that the prisoner was a few days ago brought up at this court charged with stealing the sum of one hundred pounds, the property of Messrs. Woodhead, navy agents, of James•street, Adelphi, and that he was a confidential clerk in their employ, and received a sal&ry to the amount of 1501. per annum. A few weeks ago, under the plea of illness, he absented mself from his employment, and during that absence, as it continued for a considerable time, the books kept by him were examined, when it was discovered that a cheque for 197/., the amount of which had been received by him, was entered as one of only 971. Mr. E. W. Stanley, cashier to Messrs: Coutts, bankers in the Strand, stated that Messrs. Woodhead kept an account at their house. On the 27th of July a cheque for 1971. drawn by the firm was presented by the prisoner and paid to him. He received thirty 51. notes and the rest in cash for the cheque. Henry Smith, a detective policeman, stated that he had traced the two notes produced to have been paid away by the prisoner. The notes in question formed a portion of those received by the prisoner at Coutts' bank in payment for the cheque. He believed on a futare occasion he should be able to produce further evidence if time were allowed him. Mr. Mullins, who appeared for the prosecution, said that, owing to the absence of Mr. Young, one of the firm, he must ask for a remand till a future day. Mr. Lewis, on the part of the prisoner, had no objec tion to the remand, but he did hope that his worship would indulge the prisoner by accepting bail, namely, two sureties of 1501. each for his future appearance. SIR CHARLES NAPIER-SIR JAMES GRAHAM-THE A DMIRALT Y. We resume the correspondence between Sir Charles Napier and the Admiralty, together with a letter to the Duke of Newcastle from the gallant Admiral. The chief features in the correspondence which we publish to-day are the details of tho cir cumstance under which Sir Charles Napier ceased to be Commander-in-Chief of the Baltic fleet, and the demand which he immediately and energeti cally made to be tried by a Court-martial, on find ing that his conduct as Commander-in-Chief had thus been, by implication, censured. It will be observed that there are occasionally repetitions in the facts, and even in the expressions emplo3 ed, but that is an unavoidable necessity in a corres pondence of this nature. In all official communi cations there must be great precision, and conse quent repetition, in the phraseology used. Mr. Henry stated that that was the first time he bad ever heard the amount of bail to be accepted for a pri soner suggested by a solicitor. Mr. Lew is apologised for doing anything out of the usual course. His only object in mentioning the sum be bad done was to induce his worship to name a small amount. At the same time, if the bail he had mentioned was ac cepted he was prepared with it, n d he proposed giving 24 hours' notice, in order that due inquiry should be made. The Magistrate refused the application. The case was one in which bail ought not to be accepted. ANOTHER GOLD WATCH FANCIER.—A young man who refused his address, was charged with stealing a gold watch, the property of Mr. Bettel. From the evidence of the prosecutor it appeared that on Saturday last he was in the pit of the Lyceum Theatre, and as soon as the performance had terminated he was pressing to leave the house. The prisoner was be fore bim in the crowd, and having received a push from behind, he (witness) looked round to see the cause, and then he heard something snap, and shortly after wards perceived his watch-guard hanging loose and broken. He immediately collared the prisoner, and accused him of stealing the watch, but he (the prisoner) said he must be mistakes, as the watch was behind him. The prisoner then threw the watch over the witness's head, and it was eventually restored to the owner by a person who heard Mr. Bettel charge the prisoner with stealing it, and who saw the man throw it over the pro secutor's shoulder. No. XXIV. [Extract.] On the 26th September the Admiralty wrote as follows, signed by Sir James Graham and Captain Peter Richards : We have approved your orders for sending home the Cumberland and Ajax ; but the withdrawal of the French fleet renders any further immediate diminution of the strength of your line-of-battle ships inexpedient ; and the sailing ships, and even the two three-deckrs, must be detained till the last moment consistent with their safety. [I did detain them till the last moment. and then was reproved for sending them home, though I did not want them.—C.N.] An autumn cruise by the Russian fleet in the Baltic, when the British fleet had abandoned it, would bring dishonour on our arms. "At all hazards " so great an evil must be averted ; and you will remember that in former wars, when the power of steam was unknown, a squadron of British line-of-battle ships has maintained the blockade in the Baltic till the end of November. [The Baltic and the Gulf of Finland are very different, —C. N.] And on the 22d December, signed by Admiral Dundas and Mr. Cowper : The prisoner pleaded guilty to the charge. The Magistrate said that the utmost punishment the faw allowed him to inflict by the late act was six months' imprisonment, but as the account the prisoner gave o himself, namely, that he had lived about the streets or seven years, he thought some inquiries ought to be made about him. Ho should therefore remand him until Friday, in order to let the police see him, as that punishment would not be sufficient if he was a known thief. NUMBER OF RUSSIAN SHIPS DESTROYED AT SEBASTOPOL. It may not be uninteresting at the present moment to give a statement of the Russian fleet at Sebastopo' previous to the invasion of the Crimea by the allies. II consisted of the following ships : SHIPS OF THE LINE. GUNS. Twelve Apostles l2O Paris Three Saints Grand Duke Constantine Vladimir l2O Sviotoslaw Rostislaw B4 Selaphosl 84 Three Hierarchies Tro-Sviatitalia Varna . 8 I Gabriel Empress Maria Tschesme B4 FRIGATES. Cagul Koulefgi . Kavarna Medea GO 60 60 60 No. XXV. The Baltic fleet, on its return to port, being now dispersed in different harbours of Great Britain, and several of the ships which composed this fleet being under orders for service in the Black Sea and Mediterranean, you are hereby required and directed to strike your flag and come on shore. To Sir Charles Napier, K.O 8., Vice- Admiral of the Blue, &e. No. XXVI. [Copy.] Merchistoun Hall, Horndean, Dec. 25, 1854. Sir, —I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of their lordships' orders, directing me to strike my flag ; and with reference to the same I request their lordships will inform me whether I am to consider that my command is at an end.—l have the honour, ac., (Signed) CHAS. NAPIER, Vice-Admiral. The Secretary of the Admiralty. They wrote on 26th December : No. XXVII. With reference to your letter of yesterday's date, I am commanded by my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to acquaint you that the order which you have received, agreeably to custom, to strike your Flag, and come on shore, is always the ter mination of a Flag-officer's command ; and I am . directed by my Lords to take this opportunity to express to you the sense their Lordships entertain of your exertions during the period of your ser vice in command of the Baltic Fleet.—l am, Sir, your very obedient, humble servant, W. A.. 8. HAMILTON. Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Napier, K.C.8., Merchistoun. The following is a document of special import ance, and will hereafter be frequently and particu larly referred to in Parliament, as adverting to the first adverse act of the Admiralty, namely, that of dismissing Sir Charles Napier from the command of the Baltic Fleet. No. XXVIII. Merchistoun, Horndean, Jan. 2, 1855. Sir, —I have to acknowledge your letter of the 26th of December, acquainting me that the order which I have received, agreeably to custom, to strike my flag and come on shore, is always the termination of an officer's command, and adding that you are directed by my Lords to take this opportunity to express to me the sense they enter tain of my exertions during the period of my ser vice in command of the Baltic Fleet. I regret that their Lordships should not have taken the opportunity of the dispersion of the Baltic Fleet to recognise in any manner the services of the several admirals, officers, and ships' companies, latelyunder my command. lam not aware that their services were inferior to those of the admirals, officers, and ships' companies of the French fleet during the period of our acting together, and they were ex tended over a much longer period of time—for their Lordships know that the British fleet was sent to the Baltic at a very inclement season, long before it was joined by the French squadron, and that it remained in the Baltic far into another very incle ment season, long after the French squadron had gone home—yet while the French Emperor, in his Speech to the Chambers, pays a just tribute to his fleet, as well as to his army, for their devotion and discipline in the North, as well as in the South, and records a success in the Baltic, in which the fleet under my command participated, the Queen was not advised to advert in her Speech to Parlia ment to the services of her Baltic Fleet, nor do their Lordships now notice them. It would have been gratifying to me, certainly, to have been di rected, on hauling down my flag, to communicate to all those lately under my command their " Lordships' " satisfaction with their conduct. I took to the Baltic a fleet, splendid and magni ficent no doubt in the size of the vessels of which it was composed ; but their Lordships cannot be ig norant of the defects, in the composition and quality of the crews hastily put on board. That fleet wads not manned like the fleets of Lord Nelson and L i o . r St. Vincent, nor, with the exception of a few s ups which had been off Lisbon, was it th t e into action • but I brought back a flee . r il e a fitl y to egg° (without which vessels aro nothing),... nificent, not' in vessels only, but in t p h e e rf c e r c e t w in s results were obtained by the u gunnery, in seamanship, and rdeinasciitptilninge;xeTrtbioenses of whom had the seamen, many of the officers, and through the waillninegceosbsaerdiileyncbeeoenf co mpelled to ser ve on their redtutrhn discharge or a r i efrom t i ons , when they ha d ex p ecte long run on shore on leave. eatly I consider the country to be gr indebted to those officers, and to those seamen, and it would, indeed, be a subject of regret to me to think that on account of any dissatisfaction their lordships tothe may entertain with res p ect to any part of my con duct, they sho uld abstain from si g nif y in g Nor admirals, officers, and seamen of the lat e Baltic THE RAILWAY ACCIDENT AT READING.—Mrs. ton died late on Fiday night, making the fifth death fleet their grateful sense of their services. As regards my own conduct, it would be most inoccasioned p hospital l t a h r i e s ca all ta p s r t e r g o r p e h e e eleg T f h av e e r e e r m a a b i l n y i e n x g ce p p a t ti F en e t r s . gratifyinr' to me if their lordships would afford me guson, the Etoker of the pilot engine, whose case is pro the oppor ° tunity of justifying any tribunal composed of officersevery part of it before uounced very dangerous. The nature of his injuries ar . a competent to form two severe is sca ai l s p o i r l o: l n tl d e s c . ari t l u r e . C. a Judgment up% Ra,yaa ; but I cannot merchapto ovisgwdona,tt:ennwer 6 CORVETTES AND BRICS. Calypso Pylade Ptolemy Thesetti . Eneas SMALLER VESSELS.—The Nearzh, Sreilla, Orlando., Drolik, Ziabiaka, Lastorga, Smaglaga, 11 transports, and 64 gun-boats. STEAMERS, 12-6 large and 6 small. Among the first are the Vladimir, Bessarabia, and Groruuostetz, which were remarkable for their power and the range of their gnus. In all, 108 sail, mounting 2,200 guns. The existence of this imposing fleet continually threatened Turkey. Created at an immense cost, it has been destroyed with out having achieved anything from the time of its build ing, but the disgraceful murder of 4,000 Turks at Sinope. Admiral Nachimoff, who commanded on that occaion, is dead. Never did ships meet with a more ignominious end—sunk by their commanders, without the glory of a fight I—the admiral killed, with an unenviable reputa tion attached to his memory I —the crews shot down whilst working the guns of Sebastopol I —this is a terri ble blow for " Holy Russia 1" We were told some time since that the vessels under water had been embalmed with pitch and tar, with a view of fishing them out again some day. If, therefore, it was considered by the enemy worth while to float them, the same rule applies to the allies, and we may yet see a Russian man-of war at Portsmouth. We shall find the guns in the defensive works of Sebastopol, so that, with the exception of a few pairs of spurs, which Russian naval officers are reported to wear, we might rig up a complete Muscovite craft, despite the siorifices ,made to prevent us getting hold of a trophy. The Cologne Choral Society, consisting of 70 mem bers, whose concerts were so eminently successful at the H an over-square Rooms la st y ear, are about to give 12 concerts in Paris, under the auspices of Mr. Mitchell, who has just been honoured with the permission of the Ministre d'Etat that the first concert shall be given at the Salle de Conservatoire during the present week. THE LYOEII3I THEATRE.—So great has been Mr. Anderson's success, that it has attracted the attention I and excited the curiosity of all who take an interest in dexterous sleight-of hand. Nearly all the professional celebrities of London have been to see him. He has brought together a large and fashionable company throughout the week. D RU RY-LANES THEATRE.—The Ads and Galatea of Handel was revived on Saturday night, and met with a very satisfactory reception. The first performance of the serenata at this theatre during the sovereignty of Mr. Macready will not be forgotten, nor also the im mense eclat which awainted th e scen ic embellishments of Mr. Stanfield. The traditions left of this event, of such lustrous celebrity iu the annals of the house, have not been overlooked by the present management, and, as far as opportunity admitted, they have been resorted to as authorities for the stage preparation. In Miss Fanny Hnddart we have as good a representatiue of the love-sick Adis as we could desire, the music , th ou g h written for a tenor, being still analogously suited to her voice, the fine coneralto ',ones of which are heard to great advantage in "Love in her eyes," and "And love sounds the alarm." Mr. Hamilton Braham is the Polyphemus, and Miss Escott the Galatea. The sere nata was announced for repetition by Mr. Stammers every night during the remainder of the season. I BANS OF FRANOE.—The returns of the Bank of France for the past month present very unfavourable results, and show that the reaction on the Bourse would have been much more severe if the cautious course bad been pursued of contracting the amount of notes in circulation in proportion to the drain of specie. In the latter there has,been a falling off of 2 , 000,000/. ; and as, with the exception of a slight recovery in the previous return, owing to the effect of the payments on the loan, there bas been a steady decline for the last five months, the total diminution since the drain commenced has now reached the sum of 6,000,0001. In the face of this the note circulation in the present return exhibits an increase of 1,300,000 1 . With reg ard to the other items, the chief variations are a decrease of 1,300,000/. in the discounts, and of 300,000/. in the advances on stocks and shares. The Treasury account has been reduced 5,000,0001., and the private deposits 450,000/. Looking at the existing state of the exchanges and the large shipments of specie to the army, whi ch wilt still continue, it seems probabl that, unless some decided turn should soon !Ake place, the Beak will Da obliged to retie ite rate of clLecptu!t. but feel that, in the consideration of my conduct, more than naval questions are involved. As long as we have a superior fleet in the Baltic, we protect the shores of England from insult and. desolation, our commerce from ruin ; we retain Sweden and Denmark in their neutrality. Behind that fleet there is nothing ; no naval, no military reserve at home to defend our coasts ; no fortifications, adequate to protect our ports, if at any time, through any disaster arising out of a most dangerous and little known navigation, or out of the accidents of treacherous end tempestuous weather, or out of an attack on forts, which, with whatever caution and judgment it might be con ducted, and whatever more or less of success might attend it, must be expected to result in the crip pling of many of the ships engaged, our Baltic fl ee t should, under circumstances of great temporary disadvantage, be brought into action with the very powerful fleet of - the enemy, and in that action should sustain defeat, in three weeks from that time a Russian fleet, full of troops, might be on our coasts, and even as the Dutch once were on the Thames. I did not think, and I do not think, that for any chances of success which were ever within my reach I should have been justified in incurring that risk. I afforded the enemy frequent opportunities of en gaging the fleet in open sea. There I knew that the chances of war were equal, and that even if not fully successful (but I justly expected full suc cess), I must so cripple the enemy's fleet as to make it incapable of further enterprise. These opportunities of equal battle the enemy declined, and many I gave them of unequal battle they de clined also. I did not think myself justified in engaging, with such means as I had at my disposal , forts fir s t, an d a fl ee t afterwards ; and it was .not so easy, as their lordships seemed to think, to choose a fine day at the end of October, when the Cronstadt fleet would be frozen up, and Sweaborg open. And I say deliberately, that Ido not think that anything short of a reasonable expectation of complete success, not against the forts only, but against the fleet within them, would justify an at tack by ships, upon such forts as those at Swea borg ; and so thought the French admiral, whom their lordships have necessarily included in their censure. And had the marshal of France not sailed with his army, he also must have been included in their dissatisfaction, that Sweaborg was not at tacked before he sailed. I never would, under pressure from without, and against my own better judgment, advise an attack upon forts like that which lately failed at Sebastopol. If their lordships should be of opinion that with the means at our disposal we ought to have made an attack on Sweaborg, it is for them to test the correctness of their opinion by submitting my conduct, for not advising it, to the judgment of a court-martial. I repeat, that it would be most gratifying to me there to explain and justify all my proceedings ; and I can truly say that, on re flection, I am more satisfied with myself for having resisted the instigations I received, to do what I felt to be wrong, than for the various measures in which I succeeded, and for which I had their lord ships' approbation.—l have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient, humble servant, CHAS. NAPIER 5 Vice-Admiral. - To the Secretary of the Admiralty. The letter which follows is from the Admiralty, and is an answer to the above. It will be seen that it takes no notice of the demand of the gallant Admiral for a court-martial ou his conduct. Ne. XXIX. Admiralty, Jan. 8, 1855. I am commanded by my Lcrds Commissioners of the Admiralty to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the sth instant. Their lordships awarded to the officers and men serving under your command at the capture of Bomarsund such promotion and rewards as your statement of their services seemed to merit, con sidering that the operation was a combined oue, in which the French army, as well as the French fleet, bore a conspicuous part. The approbation of the Board has been notified to Captain Watson, and to the officers and seamen under his immediate command, for the bold and successful manner in which they maintained the blockade of the Gulf of Finland, in the presence of a superior force of the enemy, long after the commencement of severe frost, when the fleet under your orders had retired to Kiel. I am to add that their lordships have already expressed to you their sense of your exertions during your late command in the Baltic; and no censure has been conveyed on any point requiring further investigation.—l am, Sir, your most obedient ser vant, W. A. B. HAMILTON. Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Napier, K C.B. Finding that he applied in vain to the Admiralty for a court-martial on himself, Sir Charles, with a manliness and regard for his own character which exceed all praise, made application to the Duke of Newcastle, then Minister of War. [No. XXX.] M ERCHIS TOUN, HORNDEAN, Jan. 5, 180 5 . My Lord Duke,--When I went to the Baltic I was under your Grace's orders, and I carried them out, in conjunction with my colleagues, to the best of my ability, and my conduct was much approved of by the Government up to the fall of Bomarsund. I concurred with the French Admiral, the Mar shal of France, and the French General of En gineers, in repudiating the plan of General Jones for attacking Sweaborg, which, if carried into exe cution, would have ended in inevitable disaster, worse even than Sebastopol. The French General was made a Marshal of France ; the French Vice-Admiral, a full Admiral; Brigadier Jones, a Major-General ; and I have been censured, deprived of my command, and obliged to ask for a court-martial to justify my con duct. Is this justice my Lord Duke ?—I have the honour to remain, your Grace's obedient servant, CHAS. N APIER, Vice-Admiral. To his Grace the Duke of Newcastle. THE BRAE MAP GATHEREV G. The annual gathering of the Highland clans for the exhibition of athletic games took place at Mar Castle, on Thursday, in the presence of the Queen and Court from Balmoral. From an early hour in the morning the clansmen were seen mustering in groups, and large numbers of pedes trianshdneesecdrFasanhoylirppbeaedositfocHnrsnitigrohhoecliGia,hnradeareelnerndss Forbes, . and sightseers had gathered in the village of C h a a d s tll left f t t o n s t b r e a f t e h r d e o nine n u e n o d ' c e i r o c t k lnti‘ . eireelyde l nae ` marched o Balmoral,l an ver n n where, o n Green terrace, between the new castle and the Dee. Here they presented a very picturesqe group, and being fine, stalwart Highlanders, dressed in full Highland cos tare,e, they had a very-characteristic appearance. The night was wet and cold, yet they started fresh and hearty for the gathering on Thursday morning, marched to the ground to the music of the bagpipes, and carrying the banners of the clan. About one o'clock the Farquharson and Duff Highlanders, under the Farqu harsons and Duffs, as their chiefs, marched from Castle ton, and took position in front of the old castle of Mar, the whole forming three sides of a square, within which the games were to come off. A lergo number of spec tators filled up the lines, and a fine display of the prin cipal families of Mar, with a few strangers from England, was presented en the castle-terrace. A carpeting of the Farquharson tartan was laid on the green platform of the terrace slope, and sofas placed for her Majesty, the Prince, and the Royal family. The des ceahtharearetwe• a r s vTernyefinnaes,tiaendstathoedesicnentehe centre o was of granes an open plain, through which the river Dee winds. s F o r n o t in h t y h o e n s s u e m e m a i per tof p t e h n e d i b e a n t l t a l r e m m e a n s s t s n , andf granlo.not e k i r n o g ek t o w t i h t h e eh& overhanging, screenel b y g i g antic mountains, rgylaygepeoafkcs aostfieLtoonchisnasgeaern. and beyondit you look up among n L e o s o t k ii i n n g g w i n h t a e htli appear shelteredwpeeasrt , s t t p h h o e e t ednucmtsantophthnei, wfart-hfaamepdorGtiolennoTfiiltts. Towards s the h northie hi g hest slope yet covered with snow, rises above other which c e ß h giants of the Cairngorm range, and sweeps round to the east. Deer forests face the lower slopes of this amphi theatre, on the fo re g round of which stands the mansion of Invercauld. h k e n c o a w b n er t , h a a n t d th r e a y ci n n e g ed on no f t o b ot e , m al o l r w e h p i a c r h . About 2 o'clock the games . commenced, and consisted of the usual variety of throwing the . hammer, putting the ticularly described, The Queen drove to the castle at 3 o'clock, and are now w to received with enthusiastic cheering. R er was ro ie w g el t l the Prince looked full of health end = spirits,Majesty and dressed in the Stuart tartan. The suite all and were t were present. The games proceeded with great s • ri in the presence of the Queen, and the dancing wits • speci a lly attractive. the sword dance was th e grand feat e of the day. Imagine two broadswords laid on a spring platform at right angles. Imagine half- a -d ozen at hl et i c Hi g hlanders foot ing a systematic step to th e mu sic of the bagpipe , every step touching the apex of an angle ; imagine this done, and the angle danced over from apex to apex for a quar ter of an hour or 20 minutes, and the swords Dever once touched, and you have the sword dance, which carried off the first prize. The Queen and Court remained for about an hour and a-half, and then returned to Balmoral amid the renewed cheers of the people. In the evening there was a grand ball as usual in the Castle of Mar. It was familiesatteded by the Farquharsons and other distinguished .of the district, and kept up to an early hour in the morning. 1....!.. were T sold ewhht kinds other grain 1,3F ,6 1,350 mar were last ; ,f the d for use of sold s day malt mall ranee• small , earer. trade I s per value IT ftl3 es 1W 754 5 4 6 5 3 1° 6 ; ° 3 i ° 6 680 5, 0 27 61 , io i 3 11 slieer' 36A 6 17 all 7 40 1 all 10 10 all 83 VI 91 16i 1131 92 1 41 i