The Sun. — London, England, 1855-09-07 00:00:00

a~ MONEY .nARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. In the Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday Prices were all in favour of buyers. Sales, 6,000 bales. Shares were steady, and not affected by the increase of the rate of discount. This has been a quieter week in the Colonial pro duce, market. S ugar h as no t in a ll cases maintained L ast Week's rates, but the decline is only 6d. per e wt., and is not upon the finer descriptions. For coffee there has been a fair inquiry, at full rates. Iti ce has ruled dull, and also tea. Rum has been L ac tive, at full value ; and a larger business has been tr ansacted in saltpetre at steady rates. Tallow has peen lower. The f o ll ow i ng repor t upon th e Silk M a rket is front Mr. Henry W. Eaton I ' The silk market during August has been fairly Z: ti Yei and the deliveries have continued satisfactory, r , th e 'home trade however, not participating as largely as ; °4l d be desired. Accounts from . China to 30th June anticipated the completion of the export season, resulting, as 7 106 4 ,. e,iPated in the circulars of May and June last, in a 'eney of about 10,000 to 11,000 bales, the shipments thing 6 2,100, 63 000 in the previous year. Of ale.- A against 9 . 0 bales, including the ship now unloading, may already arrived, leaving about 8,000 bales, which ' ... 13 1 be expected in all September and October. The 4"°Pression still existed that the crop would be short ; ° l ll ing certain, however, could as yet be known, nor to 0 hat extent. Samples of new silk had arrived, but t1V: o l g to the high prices asked very little hsd been done, Quotations from England showing a decided los.. the advis es h ave h a d littl e or no e ff ec t on our market, t ime having passed when such attempts to open the market at high prices could excite our buyers. Some b „Porters are asking an advance, but theme have been Perations. The position of the stocks of raw silk kthe activity of the export demand will no doubt f et e P present rates desirably firm ; but without a maid. I mprovement in the present languid sale of goods, lk o ' n the price of English thrown silk, it is not, I fear, lle,,!_h . et either manufacturers or throwsters will buy 0 1 ,;si ti o the actual requiretnents of the mills. Some of Logest manufacturers are even working at short g o :* In Bengal silk there is no change, everything tort are :or fairly good selling as it arrives, but th e common still neglected. In Italian ilk the imports,.as a i _ the sales, have been very limited. In Brutias -e has been nothing doing, but Persians have sold A rre ere qtly from 9s. 6d. to lls. 6d. The stocks of both 67tremely small." it o „ t he ‘ pimento crop, a party writing from King %serves :- 4 4 , ._,We regret to learn that the late heavy rains, which such disastrous fl oods in some of the northeide th y,as: have nearly destroyed the pimento crop in St. thl " Le Principal pimento parish in the island. There J 4 , 01 consolation, however, that pimento is peculisr to t44ea, and that though the crop of this year will be ' the present high price will be maintained, or even Vi i 3 ented, in c o n se quence." ex te cultivation of pine apples seems likely to be lh iet tic led, and as the supply hitherto has been d o nating, and the demand in the United King .lone w ou ld a b sor b a much larger quantity, ;pa be sati s f ac t or y if there should be facilities t ra l o red for a l arger i mpor t a ti on . Th e following ex k from a Jamaica paper will explain what has d one aed ‘' /1 ,• are happy to learn that the crop of this delicious Oh r '"uch prized fruit is very abundant this season. thcorrespoi dent at Rock Sound. Eleuthera, informs qh z ! t , 35 ,000 dozen have been shipped from that place, IC O number 6,000 dozen very superior fruit have N itte raieed b y M r. T . S an d s, a young an d en t er p r i s i n g 5 e ,,,„" . e!, re cent l y sett l e d a t R oc k S oun d, w ho has had t 'l;' 4 l vessels consigned to him during the season. Two tattle other vessels are expected to take the second 'ew e 4 . O ur correspondent says, some of the other e ver can't get sale for their fruit ;' we wish how tUi at he had been a little more explicit, and informed th e fr Wh y this has been the case. If the superiority of dili geue t at Rock Sound has been the effect of increased or o f Land industry on the part of the labourers, 'ration i ntroduction oi a superior mode of culti he la c : mi .,: is a. matter, on which the public ought to rane en The American schooner Matson Rogers, the 214 ulf. aater ' arrived on the 18th, and despatched on '°9l`. sand:' Wi t h 3,500 dozen pine apples—consignee, I llest er The American schooner Florida, Mott , tc ar rived on the 21st and sailed on the 25th, with h ooo '°-Consign e e; C. T. Sands. The Am erican -Emma Tuttle left on the 15th with 3,000 dozer' 407,.three for New York. At the island of St. Salve ' X:. e cultiv a ti on o f th e pine apple has bee n of coin ha : I ' 4l Y recent introduction. That it is rapidly on the alle the shipments already made this season show con. , P rely, In 1850 only 300 dozen were shipped, while : a IC the present season 7,000 dozen have been taken ! 1 :1 the schooners Arctic and Mosca. The former 1 1 the 26th, the latter on the 29th ult., for Boston. ..n, r , s _P e are by recent accounts from Inagua that the salt likirote there are considerably impraved. A general h o pe is shortly expected to take place. Very little bait ttl" w i °4 hand—present price , 27 cents. At Long Island Irlie i ,. o Perations have been suspended for the last three 49,_14 in consequence of heavy rains, and the crops are bad. Holders of salt are asking 25 cents. prig ri ce in the United States, according to the l a test t f l u rrent, has considerably fallen, being quoted at 4 :,reve to 28 cents. At Exuma the crops have failed. ; "Its " lu ne are very scarce, and the people are said to be ott a state of starvation. The Turks' Island I lefe a : n Bt ct"--d-ard reports that the weather has been very _ kt0,,, - nrable for salt operations, notwithstanding which to ose o d e t z d the pans are making, 25,226 bushels which had 5 tti h 4 Ported in one week. At Salt Cay there remained 2C T h ncl one or two small cargoes." 18 has passage ever made from London to he; u_ . 's been by the Cairngorm, Capt. C. Irvine, ticati-ftrived at Hong Kong in 90 days. An Arne- 20 htf orp.. "iP had previously borne off the palm by 20 Lif e annual the home passage in 92 days. 20 100 20 " 4 „.fe A i l le annual meeting of the National Provincial " I ,4 l ,7 ll rance yesterday, a dividend, after the rate hiezr cent. per annum, was declared. The su . r- too t. 1, 1 7 4 be carried to the reserve funds was 6,99 51. 25 25 by Tb° Market for Amerimn securities is reported 100 QDi et ell ars. D. Bell, Son, and Co., to continue IN: and without any material change in quota- too •t o ~outh Carolina 5 per Cents., 1858-68, are 20 b ar ; Virginia 6 per Cents, 89 to 90 ; Pitts- 5 14, \ `' Per Cents., 76 to 78. Illinois Central (Free- 5 • /Cl i ne 1860, 80i to 811 ; New York and Erie, 5 ' 44 tet,; r "gage, 86 to 87 ; Pennsylvania Central, Ist 5 4 t11,,'"„g0, convertible till 1860, 91 to 92. 1 °14,„7-', Danish Government is disposed, it is said, sad n'„ifY the Sound dues according to a general t ae `ltforit plan, but this is not expected to satisfy w 2 Tairements of the United States. too English funds have been steady this morn- LioC ci T very little business doing. Consols ha v e 100 ' l °7 l l to sof for present transfer, and 90 1 for Pg ;,* Many of the stocks upon which dividends tl b^' N I Payable next month are now closed to public 2 oi k f ifer • Money seems in less demand, but the 100 I tien t i • ti ntbrokers have raised their terms to corre - 20 to with the advance at the Bank of England ; ~„ money on "call" they allow 3 % per cent. ;•::: "eeti,:ftler Bills have been 14s. prem. for those 20 Itt ie g interest at 21 per diem. 20 4 40, / .10 reign Stock is quiet. Peruvian Bonds 11 ' 4 ,, t rrtained at 78k. Mexican are heavy at 24. It' ) Zan Old Stock is firm at 103.- Turkish 6 . per • ps nih uave been 93 and 93f, and the Scrip is 11 ')%;, tn • French Scrip is 1% premium. Dutch Th e cents. have been 64% to 65%. 'tee, k a following are the nominal prices of foreign •--- Grenada Deferred Bonds, 61 to 71 ; 4 u itt o t, 21i t o 211 ; Peruvian, 78 to 7 9 ; • T hree per Cents., 58 to 59 ; Portuguese Aer e Ler Cents., 43 to 45 ; Russian Five 4041 — . )Q utB .. 98 to 100 ; Spanish Three per ( I .'to u° to 381; ditto New Defe-red, 18% to 191; int ti r ifica.tes, 4% to 41 ; Turkish Bonds, 6 per 43 1 to 93i ; Dutch Two - and - a - Ha lf p er to 66 • ditto Four , per Cents., 9 5 to 97 . th e Ilw , n y Shares have been rather better , al "tet,„- t here is not a large business doing. Great iqd S o nhave rallied about and North Western et ji ut h Western are at fuller rates: The fo "'Anil% have been very dull, but Great Western t 14 %1 % 7. 4 , are fully supported. ane c i e gil Mines are dull, the Banks firm, and 111 t company have risen 51. again. I.Bs PUNDS THIS, DAY.—CLOSING PRICES. 11 %4 Prom the Official List ; floozies. doe. Shut 1 4 7, 0.. 0 ,",7 Reduced Annuitie5... 1 7, A.4 —. ;, (30 118019 Annuities !ttc. 1 3 14 `... 4 %, Expire sth Jan. 18tiP • Shut 4 Vltt o ire 10th 'Oct., 1859 Shut Sla Years, Ex L ire sth Jan.,1860 3% 13-16 .°r Account,l2th October 204 - „, (2,:lner 214. I za. io u° •••••.. ........ ...... 14 10 13 ttceo utii ................................ ....... 16 cle ..... .• . 'Bond; 1858, 3% per 100% IliuNcr t p 1359_, 100 i OF FOREIGN ' FUNDS TO DAY. 44,,t° gnu 5 per Cent. ill to deraztu a ....... 1014 D ick' 3 1111 c'acle, 1829 & 39, 5 per Cent. 101 p r Per c ent. " 1 0- t he Account 2l 1 4%1 ° i l ortu n _ ds, 4% per Cent..... h a c c unt E 1.,. t e , to 1822.5 7 8% 17,441., meads the account per Cent. £St — 99% bit t, .71. b, t r N ew Per cent 3Bl Z ack t ° elerred, 3 per Cent. D itto . bit for he L p z . cent unt •l " Sc riP 4 per Cent. . ll t;12 „ on the above payable in bondon. ik g eri , A 5 Per Cent. l_tzni,, t tL 4 nd Loan of 1853 l% 2 p 4 rk , r ~c e :; 24 per l'ent. 12 unit... 1 , 41 5% L 4 C.rtifieete s 96 V•on bit " 8 . THREE O'CLOCK f 9Oll ar tile Account... 9Ol i .St. 25 12P at tpi lo p i l It ,Deata SHARE MARKETS. (THIS DAY.) --~.-- ~- RAILWAYS. R.AILTFATt. lillu•Int Prices this ds• . 25 - 'i6 A berd ,„„ 'C s Voi,tvg. snd Eastn. ill Belfast & Ballymena. ill Birming, 411 c.l --- 4tonr Van( y ..... 9i Birk Ahd. Lancsl.. is Cheshire Junct,.. all Do. Chealt. & Birk., £5O and £25 Com, 1!+ Do., .£20........... all Myth &Tyntorigina £25 (isad. at £4F ,100 ltistol and Exeter 100 Caledonian. . 61a. Carmarthen and Car digan ... al.. ester & Flolyhea i all Cork and Bandon _ all Cork, Black, & Pas, 16 o,rnwall 7i -- 8 144 -- 14 14 - i 5 9 - 8 R 8 -- 90 1 621 -62 f, 11 13 8 - 10 I,i 01 lei' Junction 45 tus,linesßolfastJunc all Dundee PerthleAb (leen Junction all Do. N''9 5 - 4 64 - 7 100 East Al in= all Eastern Counties..... 100 :astern 'Union, A 12A - 13' log 14 Stock .. 1.(X) B Steet S Do., New A 100 &tat Lancashire , 106 Edinburgh & Glasgovi all Edinb. and Peebles 1.00 Edin. Prth & Dnudee 9 worth I. Clyde Ju all Furness all Do. Extension WO Glasgow& S. Westery 100 ' treat Northern 100 Do., A. Stock 100 Do., B. Stock 1)0 Gt. Sth. &West.(lre ) 100 t=reat Western I 1() Stour Val R►`l 71 - 73 53 - 55 9 1 - 17 - 19 72 74 87 -- 71 - 73 i v.).1 - I 100 - 102 56 --56 i Ona. Stk.. all Irish youth- Easton.' all Lancaster & Carlisle I4f Do., Thirds 7 Do. New Thirds 1.(10 Laneash.andirork4l 53 58 72 -- 75 64 - 71 61 - 74p' 814 62 ---- } Dl. Wst. Riding Urn. all Li v.Crsby.&Southpt all London & Blaultwa.l LOO Land. Bright & S.Cst. 100 L3n.d. and N. Westn. 16 Do. Fifths - 7 97 -• 99 91 -94 i 11 1 - 84 - 85 8 - 5i D0.101.5h.,M&8 0 Do. Eighths 100 London andS. 47i Do., £5O , 8 Do., £4O All lAndndrry& Col ers.in All Lndndrry. & Emil.slc, 'OO Manch.Slief.k. Linclr all Do. It Shares, No. I 425. T)o., Mau. & Lin. Urn WO Midland ; 100 Do. Rirmng. & Derb:, 1.11 MUM. G. Wost. all Do. Ralf Shares All Newcastle & Carli4le , 23 !, Nwpt.Aberg. &MIL 8 Newry & Enniskilltr • sU Newry Warrenpnint 244 - 25 74 •- 84 684 - 684 39 --• 41 ••• 12 - 10 it - 24 4nd itostrevor ..... .00 Norfolk GO - 52 3 Northn.Counties Un. 00 North British... all North Devon, No I all Do., No. 2 All `to., A Deferred ~ all Do., B Guarantee • ..(10 N. Eastern—Berwie 20 1)o. do. Extension 13 Do.do, G.N. E. ?arch %'l Co. Leeds 00 Do. York 4 , 1 North London all Do. New £lO 25 27 71 - 72 7i - 7 4 - ,44 12i -13 i 47 49 91 - 98 3 1, N Wstrn.,Hamp. stead, and City Jn.. 7j North Staffordsbire„ all . North Western. all N.& 8. Westrn.Junc , Nuneaton, Hinckley i* I 61 si 6i and Leicester.. Oxford, Worcestor,& Wolverhimpton 25 - 27 8 Portsmouth ...... • Se....6ish Central „„ [3 , ' Scottish Midland tlp Shropshire Union a ) South Devon ► South Eastern all South Wales 1.'5. Yrksh. & Riv. 'OB 110 78 80 43 15 12.3 14 59 60 31i -32 i 5 3 2d pai Do 11 qtai nes, Wok a' Aocktou Darli I.s . A SU, Aten 4 Flr.rtlep 11)t. Taff Vale 9 Do. £lO shares. 110 Do, Pref., No. 21i Thames Haveu Doel, 14 - 30 tu4 R:tilwaT Ulveratone & Lanes sll Vale Neath..._, 911 Watertl. & Kilkenny all Waterford&Limer ii•V all West Cornwall, 5 West End of London and Crystal Palace all West London 194 204 3 - 4 21 - 23 5 - 7 3 2d all iWimbledn&Croydon FOREIGN. all Antwerp 4, kott rdam 4 Belgian Eastn. Jnn,. 10 Resiers to Graws. afar 91 -- 21 -- 2i - Bombay,Baroda,au•', Central I ndia,Serit: all Demerara 1 - 10 Rhenish %I) Eastern of France .. 10 Do. New all East Indian, g. 5p u 10 Do. Eit.cnsion - lip 381 -38 i 12 -13 23i -- 24 ---21 :all Do. 4#p. c. lids., pay '57, convertible.... all Do. do. do.; '59, do.. 17i Cld.T of Canad aA l) Do. St. Lawrence Az - 171 -17 i Atlantic do. 70 Do. Cert. of Debeu con. into Stk. till '6 all Do. Comp. 6p. c., do. LO Gt. Central of Fran • all (4t Indian Pentium', guar. 5 per cent. I Do. New 5 per cent 2 r;o. Extensions.... . 64 , 66 94 96 5i - 6i F 3 IP -11 P all Do. d 0.... .......... 1,3 ilreat Luxembour. Constituted Shares all Do. Obligations.... . all Gt.WesternofCanad 2 -p 31 Shares all Do. lids., payable•s7, with option till '55.. all Do. do., '62, p. '56., all Do. do., '76, p. '60.. all Dc,. do., '73, withom option all Hamilton & Torontc all Do. 6 per cent. 14 Lake Const. & Bast , all Lucca & Pistoj asp. c 231 - 100 102 115 - 118 115 120 101 108 id 24 114 116 _ - prof 10 Lyons and Geneva ... 14 Lyons Li Mediterran. all Madras 10 Do. New 8 . 14, - 20 PI 1 1-iP 7 9 2 - 3 3i 3 / 4 Maria Antonia► ail Do. do. New all Namur & Liege :witi Interest)._ all Do. (ox interest) all Northern of France all Do.2ol.Shs.lateChar teroi and Erquelineb guar. 31 p. c. & red. at 2241. dur. 88 yrs. from 1 Jan. 1854 all Do. 207. 3 p. c Bdy (fray. R. & Ams. Shs. all NorwegianTrunkPre 16 Paris and Lyons all Ditto Ronde ' ... . . all Paris and Orleanz tll Paris and Rouen... 15 ParisCs.en & Cherhrg . Revlon and Havre all Royal Danish 3 Royal Swedish all Sambre and Meuse._ all Do. 54 p. cent. Pref. 2s. Scinds ........• all Southern of France L 6 St. Andrew's and Quebec (A) r 2.1 West Flanders - all Do 54 per C. Pref... 18 Western of France... L 5 Wert. of Switzerland all Wiosbadeu , all Zealand 5 -- 54 3 . 51 :: 156 12} -- -- 9 1 47t 48tp 47 - 49 50 -- 52 pm 27 23 20 -- 21 2 - IAO 8/ - 91 1 - 4i 12 -13 p ••• '''' ' 18 - l 9 BANKS. 92 - 9 4 1 6 1 . : par 7O las 5 - 7 p 17 17} 19i 200 I d 28 40 • • .... ~~- 35 - 36 .43 52 - 54 ••• • - *S9 4Cq, 80 71 9 eft Z.f se. 4:1 I ‘ll 10 all J orxm.4nv 1 / 2 ustralkeia British Colonial Bank and Loan Compan3 ;ritiih N. American Chartd. Bank of Asia Chrtd. Brlt. of India, Australia, & China City Jolonial Commercial of Lond English Scottish and Australian Chart lona. Chart. Bk. of Australis ...... 30 25 20 ail I 0 2`2 all all Ditto New ..... London and County.. London Joint Stock.. Loud. St Weetminster gational Provincial of England...., Do. New, National of Ireland. Yew South Oriental Bank of Corporation. ;provincial of Ireland; Do. New Royal A,nstraln. Bk g aqla imp Co. 441. k ITnion of Anstrali , , , D u . New ... Union of Load : lift 3... Anne this day. 4i ex d Lfi St. 20 it. 10 fit. 20 16 20 10' 20 20 6 .6 sli 5 I 1 z I . THE 1 . r. , 4.1,1, an t. 00 1 t. ;t. 100 15 all i 0 sll 5 all .2A all .2ql all :0 all XI all 3t. DX) it. I Ull 56 all ;t. 5# 54 501 an O all 5 I all .2 4 all it. ' 0 5 'BO fi all .2 15 all It. 100 1 1 All 1 1 all 6 1 All 1 All 1 all I %11 5 1 it. 111 41 91 1 1 ail 44 all ill 3 ill 5 1 1 ‘ll 1 ail 1411 o all 5 1 1 I I all .5 I till i 0 12i 1 all ,0 7i %1I all 1 all V 126. i 1 I %11 ,l IV ES 81K1) 11/11LWATIi; Bedford And Blotlbley 11n ekgh amsh Clydesdale .le. Col. Stour Vy. Sud. and Hal. K. Liu. a. 6 pc Glas. Barr. & Neils. Direct Do. New..,... ()lstr.& Dn Fr Hrtlpl. Dk & Railway Hun & Selby Do. Shares. Do. Shares. Lon.&Greenw Do. Preference Lon.,Til.,&S. Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Do. 6 per ct. Manch. Batn. and Matlock Middlearo' & Redcar. Midld.Bradf I Newmarket Bury' Eaten N.& Est.sp.c Do. 6 per ct. Do. Fixeds p Prest. & Wyre Do. Shrs. A Roystn.& Hit. Shef.Roth anl Gooleg.sp.o. Shrews. &Her S. Staffordsh. Wear Vali eygr 6 per cent Do 1 t.* rst Agub Fria . Anglo Austrln. Gel(' Anglo Californian Australian Australian Cordill Ave Maria Baden (G4.Duchyof Bltenarvon Iron awl Coal ..... British Iron r Brazilianlmp. (issuer at 25 pm.) Do. Cocaes & Cniab• Do. St. John Del RN A _ Carson's Creek . Clarendon Cone. Min Co. of Jamaica Cobre Copper Colonial Gold Copper' in. of En Do. Pref. 74 p. cen - Copiapo English and Austin Copper Smeltg Fortuna General Gt. Nugg etVoinßeg. Great Polgooth . Liberty ........ Linares Do.B Lusitanian Mariquita New Granada New Linares Mining and Smelting Co. „ Nouveau Moude Pontgiband Silvo, Lead Min. & Smelt Port Philip Quartz Rock Rhymney Iron Santiago D.New de Cuba.. South Australian Tin Croft United Mexican . Waller West Mariposa...,, Worthing Mining oi Australia Vnbn PREFEKEN , 100 Aberdeen 100 Do. No. 2, 7 p. c 1 all Blyth and Tyns 1 0 pet c. pref. timid. at 501 100 Brie. & Ex. 4p.0. St 5 Do. 4 p. a. Shares 100 Caledonian 1:10 an (Theater & Holyhtly Guar. 5i per cent . all Do. do. Pref. No. 2. all 'Do. do: Pref. No. 2. all York 6illan4on.sip.e all 11)uu.Prth At Al ,;r. 2 ?,. Anglian CIW. ASII 100 Do. do. Cls. B6p. c. 100 Do. do Cls. C7p. c. all IP:astern Counties Ex. tension, 5 p. c. No. all Do. No. 2 . all Do. New 6 p. e. St all Fast 13n., G. 6p. c. all Do. 5i., 10 ner cent all Do. 10i. Del;entr.Sr, all Do. do. 4 per cent.. 100 East Lancaßh.6 all 911. &W. York. J. 51,6 1 100 Rd Prth.&Dun.4p.c all Furne4B 14i) i3las. AD f 3. W. G. 5 p.c. 100 great Northn. sp. c. 100 no. sp. c. Redeem . at 10 p. c. prem. .. 100 (10. 4i p. c. 74 Do. sp. c. Scrip, Red. St. 20 50 St. St. tO A 5 p. c. pm .. all (lt.N. of Scot. lat Pro 100 Gt. fi. &W. (Ireland: 9 Do. 4per C. Prof, 6 , it. Westn. (forks 18 < 12. 10 Hants Ex. 5 p. 0)... 100 Do. eon. red. 4i p.... 100 Do. eon. red. 4p. e. 100 Do. irred. 4p.e. an Do. Sir= Pref. Sh.. all Do. Cnester Bp. c.P. an Do. do. 5 p. C. do., 100 Do. Birm. Qua. Stk all Do. Ches. Qua. Sh.. all Do. do. d 0.......... .. all Do. do. d 0........ ... 6 rJan. &Yori 'F. ,E2 l l 100 Do. 6p. e. St.,ck 100 Lon.&Brigh. p.c. Do. Pref., 5 p. c. St. 10 Do. New Onar.6 p. c. 10f) Do. do. 5 per e9 ,, t, Lon.&N. W., Coy. ,1 Nuneaton 5 p. et. .' 5 Lon. &S. W.C0n.3 1 F ei LOndy. & Bb. Londy. & Ennis. A ' • al' , tan., Ref., & Lin., vow, £lO 4 1 )0. £6 all .farypt.&Carl.4 p .2t all )o. 4i per cent .2' 10' )o t. 100 iid . Consol.6 p.e.St It. 100 Do. Consol. Bristol N i Rirm. 6 per coot It. 100 Do. 4i P. C. Pref. St 16' 11.1 Do. Prof. 44 per etn 5 all Do. 5/. Pr , f. 4p. c 3t. 100 Ditto Leicester aor:3 Hitcher' Prof. St. ~ Norfolk Debenture Do. Prof. 4 p. o. Ste Do. 5 p. c. Bat ....... po. 5{ per ct , Do. Way. Val. 5 p. c. North British N. E. Berw, 4 p.a P .do. do .0 I 411 It. :00 WO it. 190 it. 100 It. 100 It. iOO L 7 5 i 0 13 2i 9 5 10 0 I all It. 1100 LOi 7 1.01 ti .0.6 all Do Leeds 6 p.c t.N0.1 Da. do. Quarters 4 , Do. York R. & Put North Staffordshir,.. Oxford, Worcester, Wolverh.4ls. 6 p Do R. Pref. 101. Sh. Scat. Cent. ,New Pre Routh Devon Do. fixed, 44 per clew S. Eastern (ReadiLif Ann.) of £1 Os. 6 , 1. Do. 44 per cent S. Wales Glue. 4 p. c. Do. do. 44 p. S. Yorksh.4p.c.Guar. Stock. & Dar., 5 p c Do. do. do. Stock. & Naril , g. p. c. till July 1, 'sh l ;NV aterfd. & Kilk .6 pe It. 'lOO 10 all Zo all 5 all 5 15 .2t all 5 1 17', ,e .J 7 I 0 :IV:, It. WO 5 all 5 5 4 all 1 5 23 1 all MISC'ELLA.NICOITe. Australian Agricult. Ausl,rain. Royal Mail Berlin Water Works Brit. American Land Brit. dc Coln. gmeltg. and Reduction Co Canada Canada Gov. 6 p. et. Jan. and July Crystal Palace.. Do. Preference......,. Crystal Pal. of France Duston Iron Ore Eastern Steam Electric Telegraph Electric Teleg. of Ir Gen. Steam Navigat General Screw Steam Irish Beetroot Sugar 31.alena St. Navig Moditeran. Elec. Tel. Mexican&S.Americn. Do. New Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel Netherlands Land N. S. W. Coal ISt Inter Steam Navigat. Co. N. 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SETTEMBER 1, Issi. ~: kT) RE Lealia3 Conwan. ciestnsi this day. 99 100 - 102 11 - 12 135 - ••• 29 lips : los 12i -- 13 23 -- 24 119 - 122 26 -- 21 92 - 6! : 89 iio 2 iii 8 - 2} i - 2il 31 - 32 91 - 93 i - i t - ~# 6i - 7i 4j - 56 21 - 21 3 - 3i 2 -- 29 iP 62 - 66 4 18 20 - IP i i • i 71 - 84 2 - 31 1 - lip 1 -7 1 alb— 16 ---• I .21 - 23 .6 - S # - - 3 - ~- ~ --- SHARES. 94 iiio 2 ilia 3 -•- 4 -- 1 - 1 -if 13i 58 -- 62 117 109 - 111 104 106 in 6 -- 8i 96 -- 98 85 -- 87 87 -- 81 9 -- 101 -1716 10 101 72 -- 74 19 -- 20 9A -- 10 14 -- 15 136 - 158 .. -"'"' H., .. '..." •.... .. - . 21 - 13 , :46 - 138 96 - 98 4} - 4i ~ '.... •o• 98 -- 102 93 -- 96 3i -- 4 ,••• -- ~ i - fa 105 -- 107 13 -14 id - Pio 23i - 24 100 - 102 l 6 18 1 3 / 4 - it i :::: iid BUNklteSil this (Jay. TILE ADMIRALTY BOARD AND THE BALTIC OPEI?ATIONS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SIIN. SlR,—Any person who reads the Russian account of the bombardment of Sweaborg will see with half an eye that bad Admiral Dundee been, furnished with a suffi cient number of mortar-vessels Sveatiorg must have been destroyed. The Time talks of sParenvirtars—Nonsense ! Who would think of changing mortars in action t It was not the mortars that were wanted ; it was a sufficient number of mortar-vessels, to enable Admiral Dundas to keep up a steady fire as long as was necessary, without destroying his mortars, mortar beds, and shaking hie vessels to pieces. The Times has begun to attack Admiral Dundee as they did me. Let them put the saddle on the right horse. I understand all the mortars except six, were hors de combat, that was the reason the bom bardment was not continued ; and I dare say, if the truth was known the shells became short also. If the Admiralty had read my letters they would have seen that I never foresaw that Sweaborg was to be destroyed in a couple of days. I stated it might take all the summer, and summer in the Baltic begins in the middle of June and ends in the middle of August. Why did not the Admiralty take care that the mortar vessels were in the Baltic by that time, and enough of them ? It appears by Admiral Dundee's despatch he had no men either killed or wounded. It is then clear had he had 100 or 150 mortars, he could have kept up a con stant fire till the works, island and all, were nearly destroyed, and the ships would have completed the work. And why was he not furnished with mortars for al the islands ? Will the nation believe that after the millions of money speat in the Navy since the year 1815 that we did not possess one mortar vessel at the beginning of the war? The Scourge steamer was fitted with a swinging 13-inch mortar by Lieutenant Roberts, which answered perfectly well ; but it was re moved. Wny, I don't know. Who is responsible ? Nobody. The First Lords and .the Boards have been so often changed that it is impossible to get at the delin quents ; and as long as the navy is ruled by a civilian, who knows nothing about it, and who has the power of turning out the naval colleagues, ii they do not do what he bids them, things will never mend. It is clear that a great opportunity of destroying Sweaborg has been lost by the imbecility of the Ad miralty ; the work will have to be begun again next year under disadvantages, and the sooner a couple of hundred mortar-vessels are built the better. The Russians are more active than we are, and will cover the Baltic next year with gunboats. They already have thirty steam gun-boats at Cronstadt, besides a great number of other gun-boats. If we do not begin at once we shall be driven out of the Baltic with disgrace, There are many other things necessary for success. ,If steam has given us a great ad vantage for attack, we.must not forget that large shell guns and red-hot shot have given great advantages for defence. Last year I recommended that every ship should be fitted with hose to lead water fore and aft and down below, worked by the engine, to extinguish fire ; it has not been done. Have the Admiralty ever inquired frain the of at the attack of Sebastopol the effects of shells below ? If they lave ittqUired, why have they not provided against it ? It the large engines cannot be adapted for the purpose, fit small ones. If they go on as usual, it will require half a-dozen years for consideration. I tell the country, the Board of Admiralty, constituted as it is, is not fit to carry on the war. The Minister for the War Department has. been changed. Let the Admiralty be changed also. I have shown before, and now, that they are not fit for their work, Sir George Cockburn, who had been at the Admiralty, I believe, sixteen years, left a legacy to the country showing how the Admiralty was conducted, and how it ought to be conducted. Lord Palmerston is a decided man—he does not like Boards. I believe it does not even require an act of Parliament to reform it—Reform ! did I say ? It is not reformable. Abolish it altogether, and put an active intelligent officer at the lead of the Surveyor Depart ment, with the title of Vice-Admiral of Great Britain ; put another at the head of the Victualling Department, with the title of Rear-Admiral of Great Britain (abolish the sinecures of that name, and give those who hold them compensation), and let each be responsible for his own department, and make the Accountant-General respon sible for his ; put over the whole an Admiral as Corn reander-in-Chief, with a Captain of the fleet to assist him, and as many secretaries and clerks as aro neces• sary ; and if you must have a civilian to control the ex penses, make him Minister of Marine, but let him have nothing to do with the promotions or the management of the navy, and change him with the Ministry, it neces sary. Let this he done, and the navy will be well-con ducted and millions saved. Take care the right men are in the right places, and if they do not do their duty turn them out and get others. CHARLES NAPIER. Merchistoun, Sept, 4, 1855. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. Since Monday we have had a slight increase in the ar rivals of English wheat coastwise—the supply being 1,390 quarters, but the quantity received put up to-day was li mited. The show of samples was, therefore, trifling. For all kinds the demand was steady, and, in some instances, fine old wheats produced a tride more money than on Monday. The supply of foreign wheat was but moderate. Holders held most kinds above the views of bqyers, consequently only a limited business was done. We were well supplied with foreign barley, but the show of English was limited. The trade was steady at full quotations. Malt moved off steadily at full prices. Although the imports of oats have been large, the oat trade was steady at Monday's currency. Beans, peas, and flour supported former terms. Wheat. 1,390 ♦RRIVALS THIS RISK. Barley. ( Malt. Oats. Flour. 460 2 3,941 390 1,660 English .. rich I - Foreign I i 12,720 i 11,440 r 4,5005 ck 47,910 ' I 1 —brs METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. The show of beasts here to-day was moderat‘as to num ber, and very deficient in quality. For moat kinds the demand ruled inactive at Monday's quotations. Although the supply of sheep was by no means extensive, the mutton trade was heavy' at a decline in prices of 2.1. per Blba. We had a very slow s tie for lamb, the value of which was with difficulty supported. Calves were in moderate supply, and steady request at the late advances. Pigs were tolerably firm. Milch cows sold slowly at from 141. to 201. each, includ ing their small calf. Per Sibs to sink the offitis. s. d. s. d.' Inferior &eds.-3 10 to 4 0 Second quality.... 4 2 4 6 1 Prime large ,oxen 4 8 410 Prime Scots, dm 5 0 5 4 1 Inferior Sheep ...3 4 3 61 Secimd quality ...3 8 4 0 , Prime orse.-wlled.4 2 4 6 1 Lamb TOTAL SIIPPLT. U. d. s d. Prime Southdown 4 8 5 0 Large tree. calves 4 4 4le Prime small do 5 0 5 4 Large hogs Small porkers Suckling calves 23 0 30 0 Quarter old pigs 22 0 27 0 4s 6d to 5s 84 Beads • • 1,030 Sheep ....•• •• ..•• •• 12,560 Calves .••••••••••• •••••• 300 .•••••••••••••••••••• 600 FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts... ..... . . 300 Sheep ...• ...... .• •• 1,600 Calves..•• •• •• •• •• •• •• 240 Pigs..•• •• •• •• •• •... •... NEWGATE AND The trade ruled inactive a Per 81ba by LEADENHALL. is follows : the carcase. e. d. 8. d. Beef, inferior 3 2 3 8 Do., middling 310 4 0 Do., prime large 4 2 4 4 Do , do. small 4 6 4 8 Pork, large 3 8 4 2 ; Lamb e. d. s. d. Mutton, Inferior 3 2 3 6 Do., middling 3 8 4 4 Do., prime 4 6 4 8 Veal... ............ 3 10 4 10 Pork, small 4 0 6 44 2d to 5s 2d. BOROUGH HOP. About 76 pockets of new hops have come to hand, and found buyers, at from 71 to El'per owt. Picking will be general in a few days. The value of yearling and old hops is difficult to quote. The plantation accounts are favour• able, and the duty is called 300,0001. - COLONIAL - TEA.—This article has been quiet, but prices have no varied. SUGAR.—West India descriptions have been much quieter this week, and all kinds except grainy are 6d per owt. cheaper. At auction, Barbadoes low mid to fine realised 390 6d to 433, and Granada and St. Vincent 38s to 408. East India —Bengal good mid to good white Benares, biought 42s to 435. Cassipore good 43s to 455, and mid to good small grainy yellow 42s to 43s 6d. Mau ritius has obtained full iDrices for the grainy kinds, but other sorts have sold slowly. At auction, mid co in to grey good grocery brought 393 to 425, mid to fine brown 37s 6 , 1 to 39,, aril good and fine grainy yellow 42s to 4is 6d. to fine bright grocery, Foreign—Clayed Manilla was taken in at 39s 6d to 405., but, subsequently, some of the sound realised 39s (3(1., and eav t l e fine yellow. Refined damaged 395. Yellow Havana was taken in at 42s to 445, for mid to fine yellow Porto Rico at auction. sad s t t 3 0 911 43 6 e d 6 t d 0 f 4 0 4 r 4 , g o f o o d r l ho own has been steady at full prices. COFFEE.—There has bees rather more inquiry for planta tion Ceylon at full prices, fine o re to bold blueish selling publicly of 574 to 58s 6d. Native Ceylon has been rather dearer, good ord realising 493, and P.O.H. mark also 49s per cwt. Singapore ( g arblings) brought 24s to 24s 6d. Bahia ord and good ord 38s to 41s, and washed 53s to 555. St. Domingo sold -st-47r6d to 48s 6d for fine ord mixed, brought 14s lid to 14s 3d per 1 lot realising 5111. RlOE.—Bengal, at auction, brought 15s to 16s 6d for mid to good bold white, and some afloat was taken at 15s to 15s 3d ex ship. Madras cwt. ex ship. Bassien on the spot realised 12s 4d, and low Arracan 12s 6d per cwt. SPICES.—The market has been very inactive. Nutmegs sold steadily at is 9 d t o 2s 41, and mace at 2s 29. Rum.—Brown Leewards have been active at 2s 4d per gallon proof. , 4 o SALTPETRE. —Bang si was te.L . en in at 40s for 8 p er cen t. refraction, but 5 to 4 per cent. realised 425, fine 5/ to 21 435, 6 per cent. 41s, and 20 to 10 per cent. 34s to 37s per y a lis remaininged also i o n ; cent. Corrox.—Tbe market has been dull. Talzow,—P.Y.C• has been dull at 57s 9d per owt. on the spot. GRBEN FRUIT. — good demand exists for lemons at an advanced price. A parcel of oranges from Valencia, sold obryeatedelpinrigoeasnodwlliougntto, theat pluirobliitcedsaleeo,pprel hand. West India pine apples have closed for the season . n Barcelona nuts command a ready sale at fair prices. N o nt s . of other kinds still remain very dull. Tu FIRST OF Surmom — Partridge shooting in the Midland Counties commenced on Saturday. The birds were seldom more abundant, but they are shy and strong on the wing. A good deal of the land not being yet cleared, the .irea of the sportsman is at present somewhat limited ; but, with a continuance of the fine weather, the crops will soon be garnered, and freer scope will be afforded him. THE CIRCA SSIAM. The s& joined are extracts from a letter written by W. S. France. a native of Leeds, now of her Ma jesty's tranrperr Wiltiann Beckett. The letter is dat4d "Off Awe., July 29:"-- " From Bolaklava• we' bad a splendid passage to'Con: stantinople, from which place we were sent out here. .1 shall, therefore, endeavour to give y u some idea of the place. Anapa - is situated on a — long tongue of land; which runs into the sea about hal a mile, and is at the foot of the range of the Caucasian mountains. It for merly belonged to the Circassian!, who exported large quantities of grain, &c., but after it was taken by the Russians it wss closed to the commercial world. The town is large and well laid out, and is defended on the sea side by a high stout stone wall, with towers, and on the land side by a very wile ditch and fosse wall, which is topped all round by earthwork!. The Russians tried to destroy these on their departure, but did not suc- ceed. They were more fortunate in destroying the can non, &c., although' a good many fine pieces still remain entire. In destroying the houses they succeeded most effectually, for there is.not, a-house in the whole town but has been sacked and burnt. They left a great quail- City of shot and shell, and other material of war. The place is now occupied by 50 Frenchmen, 100 Turks; and a large body of Circassian's, who are coming down from• the mountain with their women, children, and flocks. The Circassians are a fine body of men, very tall, and well made; they wear high bats, made of pheep skin and coarse woollen,, which give them a very fierce appear ance. They always carry arms about them, and it is quite common to -see one with the following.' set out Two pistols about two feet long, a gun slung across the back, a long sword, 'and an orn:' mental knife about 18 inches long, together with cartridges, which the; always, carry in small ivory or wooden tubes across the breast, abOut twenty in number. Only picture what a conster nation one .of these fellows, six feet high (without shoes) would cause in walking down Briggate. Some of them • never saw a steamer before, and made me understand they would like to come on board. I took about a dozen, and showed them over the vessel. They were very intelligent, and wished to know the use of a.most everything ; but• the things that a"tonislied them most were the engines, our waterproof coats, &c., and a revolver, 6 barrel'. In return they took us in the country a few miles, lent-us their horses, which are fine Arabians, and never were shod. They also lent us their pistols to fire at a mark with, and showed us many of their tricks, such ae picking up a stick when the horses were at full gallop, firing at marks, &c. They perform duty as videttee, similar to the Cossacks, and are first-rate riders. - "The French are busy haymaking; that is to say, they are employing the Cirea"sians 'ln fetching and mowing the hay in the valleys. which they are stacking in the principal square in the town, and intend to remove it to the Crimea in a short time. It is rather singu lar our commanders have never thought of such a plan in getting supplies, but depend solely and en tirely upon home supplies. The Turks are, as usual, diity and idle, and are doing duty in guarding the entrench. ments on the land side. They are commanded by a pacha of one tail, whom I went to pay my respects to yesterday. He is an old, jolly-looking fellow, and was very polite ; but as I cannot talk Turkish, and be very little French, and no English, we were obliged to part without any conversation or anything else, except eye ing one another down very well and shaking hands. The only thing I fell in love with about his establish. ment was a beautiful pipe -stick, eight or nine feet long, which was handsomely mounted with gold, stones, and silver, and his long white beard and moustache." ORDER OF ANCIENT BRITOYS. Yesterday the Grand Order of Ancient Britons went in procession, accompanied by rich banners and a mili tary band of music, to the Eagle Tavern, Mile-end-road. where they celebrated their eleventh anniversary. A numerous body of the member.; and friends partook of an excellent dinner, served up in Mr. Hayward's usual good style, and which gave every satisfaction. After having done ample justice to the good things liberally provided for the occasion, the cloth was withdrawn and grace said; after which the chairman, Mr.Vir. Polonian, of Poplar (the founder and secretary of the order), gave " The Health of the Queen, Prince Albert, and the Royal Family," which was received with much cheer ing, as was also " The Health of the Emperor and Em press of the French, and Success to the All►ed Armies." The chairman, in proposing the toast of the day, viz., "The Grand Order of Ancient Britons, and may it flourish," took the opportunity of atating &few particu lars relative to its origin, progress, and present state, in which he asserted it had not only promoted the cultiva tion of social feeling, but had done a' immense deal of actual good, at Poplar, Stratford, and the east end of the town, where its operations were principally carried out, as some thousand pounds had been distributed in sickness and death, and he was happy to say a consider able fund"d stock still remained. The toast was re ceived with enthusiastic cheer', and was responded to by Mr.Whaley, of the Coach and Horses Tavern, Stratford, Essex, in a speech of some length, replete with good feeling, and which was listened to with much attention. The health of the chairman was then proposed by Mr. Brown, the vice-chairman, and was acknowledged by, Mr. Poleman in a short but appropriate speech. Other toasts, including the healths of Mr. Hayward, the pro prietor of the Eagle Tavern, Mr. Whaley, and, the hosts of the order, the Stewards, The Sun newspaper and the public press, and the Ladies were severally given and suitably responded to. The greatest canviviality pre vailed throughout the day, a concert and ball efficiently carried out took place in the evening, and a brilliant display of fireworks terminated the day's festivities. The stewards paid every attention to the comfort of the company assembled on the occasion. DEPARTURE OF HER !V AJPSTY FOR BALMORAL CASTLE. --+--- At half-past seven o'clock yesterday morning her Ma jesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, accom panied by the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, Princess Royal, Princesses Alice, Helena, and Louisa, attended by Lady Churchill, Hon. Beatrice Byng, Captain Du Platt, Major-General the Hon. C. Grey, Col. the Hon. C. B. Phipps, &e., left Buckingham Palace, in four of her Majesty's carriages, escorted by a detachment of Light Dragoons, and outriders in scarlet livery, through St. James's-park, up St. James's-street, Bond-street, Oxford-street, Portland-place, New-road, to the Great Northern Railway, en route to Balmoral. Accommodation was provided by the directors of the railway for all who desired to witness her Majesty's de parture. The spacious station was well filled, and the New-road, along which the royal cortege passed, was crowded with persons anxious to catch a glimpse of their Sovereign. At a few minutes before 8 o'clock her Majesty arrived at the station, and was louily cheered. She was con ducted by Mr. Beckett Denison, M.P., the Chairman of the Board of Directors, to the carriage, which was surmounted by a crown, and the other members of the royal party were shown into other carriages specially provided for them. The royal train consisted of eight carriages ; the royal saloon, in which were her Majesty, Prince Albert, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, being in the centre. HER MAJESTY'S ARRIVAL AT YORK. The royal train arrived at York punctually at 12.42 p.m., and her Majesty, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, and the royal children, on alighting from their carriages, were bailed with loud and hearty cheers from the large concourse of persons assembled within the sta tion. The arrival platform was laid with tapestry carpeting, extending from the north-west end of the pl •tform up to the principal entrance to the Royal Station Hotel. A troop of the 7th Humors, and a detachment of the 2d West York Light Infantry, formed her Majesty's Guard of Honour. Her Majesty was received by General Sir Harry Smith, General A rbuthnnt, the Lord Mayor of York (who wore his chainlof office). and H.S.Thompson, Esq., the Chairman of the North-Eastern Cornmny. After a most enthusiastic reception, her Majesty took the arm of her royal consort, and was escorted by the Lord Mayor to the Royal Station Hotel. Her Majesty, who looked extremely well, wore a silk dress of laven der colour, trimmed with fringe; a violet coloured man tle, and a primrose and white tulle - bonnet. The illus trious parents were followed by their royal children. They proceeded direct to the apartments specially set apart for their occupation, where they partook of luu -1 cheon. The luncheon occupied the royal party half an hour, and precisely at a quarter-past one o'clock her Majesty and suite again appeared on the platform, and were re ceived with a renewal of the plaudits with which they were greeted on their arrival. The *military again pre sented arms, and while the band played the national an them, and the people assembled cheered lustily, the royal party took their seats, the train moved on, and, in a few moments, was out of sight, on its way further north. ARRIVAL AT EDINBURGH. EDINBURGH, THURSDAY NIGHT. Her Majesty, Prince Albert, and the Royal children arrived here safely at 38 minutes paid 6 this evening— seven minutes before the appointed time—and proceeded in carriages to Holyrood Palace. Her Majesty was greeted by a large assemblage of ber northern people. It was a beautiful autumnal evening, and the spectacle, heightened by the presence of the mi litary, was a fine one. • COURT CIRCULAR. Her Majesty and Prince Albert. with the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Prin cesses Alice, Helena, and Louisa, left Buckingham Palace at 25 minutes to eight o'clock yesterday morn ing for Holyrood, en route to'Balmoral. The royal suite consisted of Lady Churchill, the Hon. Beatrice Byng, Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps, Major- General the Hon. C. Grey, Mr. Gibbs, and SirJ. Clark. The royal.party occupied four of the Queen's carriages, and were escorted from the Palace to the King's-cross Station of the Great Northern Railway by a detach ment of the 3d Light Dragoons, where a special train was in readiness to convey ber Majesty to Edinburgh. Earl Granville joined the Queen at the station, and will attend her Majesty to Balmoral. Mdlle. Rosa Bonheur's p i c ture of the "Horse Fa ir" was sent to Buckingtwo Palace on Wednesday , and was inspected by the Q ueen,and Prince Albert. D espa t c h es were recei ved at the Colonial-office yester day from the Governurs of South and West Aust ralia, Victoria, Labuan, H on g Kon g , Ceylon, Mauritius, and Van Diejuou's La nd.. - iirRAORDINARY CHARGE - OF CONSPI RACY, FRAUD, AND FORGERY. - -, At the Westminster police-court, yesterday, Mr. Ed ward Fred crick Wilks, proprietor of the Anchor Brewery, Britten-street, Chelsea, Thomas Wilks r lai*son, and John Waller; his clerk, underwent a lengthened ex awination, charged with conspiracy, frau 1, and forgerYi- Mr. Parry conducted the prosecution, and Mr. Clark son and Mr. Reeves the defence. The following is the evidence of the princiFal wit ness :- Edwin Taylor—l am a beer-shop keeper, and I live at 54, George-street, St. George's-in-the-East. I cairlidon business at 222, High-street, Shadwell—the Ross and Shamrock—as a beer-shop keeper, three years and six months. I knew Messrs. Wilke and Cowell, the Castle Brewery, St. George's, Southward, brewers. I dealtwith themabout 11 months, after Wards with Long and Walker. After I returned to deal with Mr. Wilke, it began in Nov., 1854. Mr. Wilke was a browerat that time—tbe Anchor Brewery, Chelsea. The book now produced, marked A, is the one of my dealing with Wilks and Co. The signa tures to the receipts are Mr. Wilks'e. I have seen him sign them. The book contains an account of all the beer supplied to me by Wilke and Co., from N ov ., 1854, to March, 1555. The ten totes produced now, marked 1), are all the delivery notes of the beer I had. 'With re ference to the Rose and Shamrock, the business was very slack from Nov., 1854, to May, 1855. I know the three defendants. About January Mr. Wilke spoke about parting with the business to Cowell and Brock. He said several times trade had fallen off very much since he took the lease of it. I said it had. He said, did I think Mr. Cowell would take up the lease. I said I thought he would. Mr.Wilks called once a fortnight, sometimes twice, and said if I could get Mr. Cowell to take up the lease he would put me in a good house. He said so on some occasion between January and March. Mr. Wilke never spoke to me about the book. He said, " You can represent to Mr. Cowell that you are paying 30/. or 401, a month, and he will take up the lease." He said so about February. At that time I was paying about 121. a month, and for about 10 weeks I paid nothing to Mr. Wilke. I began to deal with Mr. Cowell about March. Mr.Wilks told me to deal with him,to get him to take the lease, and to represent I was paying. 301 or 401. a month. Mr.Wilks spoke two or three times about the false repre sentation which I bad made as to what, I had been doing before Wilks took up the lease. Afterwards I received the book produced marked "C" from Mr. Thos. Wilke. It was some time in May. One day Thos. Wilks and Waller called and wished me to call at the brewery, and the book_ was given to me at a pnblic house adjoining. 'Waller and Thos. Wilks were bath , present. I had had two or three glasses of brandy and water, when Thomas Wilks handed me the book and said, " Here, Taylor, show the red-whiskered this,. it will make him take up the lease sooner." Then he banded the book to me. I had never heard it men tioned before. I put it in my pocket. I had seen Cowell several times about taking this off Mr. Wilks's hands. The book is a false one of my dealings with him. In about five days after I saw Mr. Cowell. I showed him the book ;no one else was present. It is the book marked " C." It was in consequence of what Mr. Thomas said that I showed it to bins. He opened it, and said, "Oh, this is Messrs. Wilks's book." I said, "Yes, that is their book."' He didn't peruse it ; he looked at it for about half a minute, and then shut it up—we were in the bar-earlour of my house. Mr. Cowell never saw the book again. In oonsequence of what Mr. Cowell said, I went up, on the 30th of May, with Mr. John Dean, to Wilks's brewery. I went into the parlour, and there saw Mr. Thomas Wilks and John Waller. Thomas said, before Dean, "Have you seen that red-whiskered since—what does he intend doing ?" I said, "He intends taking up the lease." He said, "He's a long time," and we had something to drink. Waller said, "Give him a strong order for - 301. or 401." I said, "How am Ito pay Mr. Cowell, for I owe him a' good bit now ?" He s .id, "Go through the Court, and we will pull you through." Thomas Wilke said, "That's right, Taylor, go through, and we will put you in the way of getting another 501. out of him." I said, " What am I to get for doing your dirty work. I shall expect my hook debt, 38/. lls. 6(1., for the Rose and Shamrock." Waller said, "That will be all right, we will forgive you that ;" and Thos. Wilks said several times—" We will put you into a good house." On the 6th June, I went to Widas brewery, and saw Mr. Wilke and Waller. I seid, " I have closed up the house this morning ; what do you intend doing with me ? I shan't give up posses sion unless I get something. I shall expect what Mr. Walter promised me—the hook debt." Wilke said, " We will see about it ; that will be all right," and he went away. He had asked me if Mr. Cowell was going to rake the lease. I said ." Yes ;" then I went with Waller into the counting house a short time, and said I wouldn't sign any mortgage deed un'ess I got the book debt, 'us-- cording to promise. Waller said I should have it. I did mot stop long. Wilks ceine hack ; and I told Waller, in his 'leering, I should go and open the house, that Mr Cowell might not know of it. Dean was with Wilke when I was talking to Weller. About a week or more before June 14, I received a paper from Waller, which I afterwards lost. It was not stamped ;it was to say I should be forgiven the book debt if Mr. Cowell took up the leave ; and on June 14 I received from Waller the receipt produced now. Afterwards I went to Willis's Brewery with Messrs. Kennet and Caston. Mr. Caston is a clerk of Mr. Cowell's. Wilke and Waller were in the office. Kennet and Caston went in first. When I went in Kennet said to me, " I understood you owed only the 1501. mortgage." I said, "That's all I do owe." He said, " Mr. Wilks says there's a book debt against you, is that right ?" I said, " No, that's settled." Wilks said, " No, it's not." I said, " Nonsense, it is." Waller called Wilke aside. They returned In threei or four minutes, and Walter said, "All right ; it's my mis take." Wilke was present, and he took the cheque for 1501. from Caston. I said, " I would rather have the receipt for the book debt." Then the receipt produced, marked " D," was written by Waller, and given to me either by him or Mr. Wilke, I don't know which. I dealt with Mr. Cowell after that. I shut up the house to go into the country. Business was much the Beale as it had been for eight months before. Mr. Parry sought to , conflrm the testimony of this witness by other persons. After several witnesses had been examined, Mr. Clarkson submitted that there was no evidence to put Mr. Wilks, sen., on his trial for this offence. The evidence, so far from confirming Taylor's account, con tradicted it, and there was nothing to show that Mr. see., was connected with the book upon which the prosecution was founded. Air. Arnold hardly thought he should be justified in stopping the case against Wilke, Ben., but he should like to take time to look over the ease. Mr. Parry, who had before submitted that ad►nissa- bility of evidence was a question for a judge, said that s. the credibility of a witness (in allusion to Taylor) was a question for a jury. He felt that Mr. Arnold, as a rna4istrate, would not take upon himself to decide upon the credibility of a witness. Mr. Arnold repeated that he would l oo k over th e notes of the case, and determine upon the matter on a future day. Thursday was subsequently named, and the defend ants, as before, entered into their own recognisances of 3001. each, to appear on that day. THE OLD GAME OF RUSSIA. VIENNA, SEPT. 2.—The following summary of to-day's leader in the Wanderer is worthy of at tention. The writer of this article has the repu tation of being a "dreamy politician," but no man can question his being a first-rate historian, and certain it is that his opinions and general views on the present war, from the time of Menszhikoff's offensive appearance at Constantinople, in the spring of 1853, to the present time, have almost invariably proved correct. It is but justice to the writer in question to say this much by way of in troduction " Beneath the oft apparently tranquil surface, a pro found agitation pervades the general affairs and aspects of nations. Whether we look upon the old or the new world, upon Central Asia, upon the African coasts, or upon the American slave-holding states, everywhere in visible powers are at work to undermine the existing Mate of thing", and everywhere there are powers exist ing who are ready to grasp the inheritance of expiring states, even at the imminent risk of severe conflicts. It appears almost certain that., if some unforeseen accident in the midst of this process of general fermentation should not happen to bring forth vast and serious ob structions, a new formation of things must necessarily arise, in course of time, from out this mighty dashing of the political waves of our days. " All reports agree th a t R uss i a i s p game, notwithstandi ng muc h apparen t tr ui -lainiqu with g her old offers — llitY and inaction. Whilst E ng l an d t raverses the world of subsidies, Rusrua makes the same tour with a new ter ritorial map in her hand, promises here and menacing there, complicati m ng ak a iP n g d embroiling existing relations until the political atmosphere is heavy enough ' to enable her to repeat the iron grasp which has but once miscarried. "The English nation, erenmore thanatc ea i Enrgnleissalhsetsasteosf men, feel the fearful danger, the gign as these, the the situation. Under suchcircum s t an ces as sume a terribly regardless policy of Great Britain n character, and then the p part of f R w u hn g e sian rit f t o r r e e a p s o s P i ts tne i d n Europe will be an unenviable on the reins of Government after the rupture of a breath of the peace of Amiens, his f irst measure consisted less but sanguinary attack upon Spain—upon her fleet and comme rce. And when, after the peace of Tilsit, which menaced British India, Russia refused to conimunicate to England the conditions of the same, Canning hesitated not to pounce upon Denmark, and the fleet and the colonies of this maritime state were the irreparable sacrifices, for which no indemnifica tion has since been made. - - fear we that a similar situation is prepari ng b eneath the Pharisaical veil and the apparent q u i et of our days and that the constraint which charact er i ses the relation ; b e t wee n the Cabinets of London, Naples, an d Berlin ma y lead to unexpected events. The rethics of the vo taries of peace seem to be nourished b y a state of things, which may po-sibly call forth an electric atmosphere on the Thames very similar to that which exploded there in the years 1804 and 1807. Neither Pitt nor Cannin declared the war against Sp a i n or Denmark previous to the Lflietion of the blows adverted to above, nor does it appear that this tradition is altogether extinct on the Thames. We repeat, it is not advisable in their times, merely as a matter of taste and sympathy, to side with Russia or her pl ans, which, it may , Ise are not even per tacitly understood." Pu` pm 1041 • 145 52 50 i 69i i LITERATU RE. The War in the East. By General George Klapka. Chapman and Hall. An bistorico-critical sketch, as the author de kiilies it, of the campaigns on the Danube, in Asia, and in theieritasit; to which is added a glance at the probable contingencies of the next campaign. The work is written in a fair and comprehensive spirit; airdir#Ere consulted with advantage by all parties, whateYer be their' opinions respecting the conduct of the war. Many of the author's opinions will meet with general concurrence, and all chal lenge respect. With regard to the policy of the Allies, he remarks "that as soon as they change their present watchword, ' the integrity of Turkey,' f - r ' the liberation, of the oppressed nationalities,' they will have one million of combatants at their disposal. The national forces of Poland, Hungary, a nd—ltaly,. supporte4,,by , England and France, Sweden, anillTstirkeiis l'edirthen stand forth to de stroy for my—Russian predominance on the Conti nent. We therefore say, either a real and decisive war (a war of nationalities) or no war at all." For of what use, he demands, can be all that. has been done, if the result to be hoped for is (as if the pre sent policy be pursued, he is assured it must be) an unsafe peacel The necessary preliminaries to the satisfactory solution of the pending question are briefly enumerated, the volume concluding with a cordial tribute of admiration to the truly antique Heroism and self-sacrifice of the allied troops. A dried. By Annette Marie Maillard. Routledge and Co. A romantic tale, which will doubtless find both readers and admirers, to the latter of which classes we certainly do 'not belong. Intended, honestly enough, we dare say, as " Adrieu" is, to illustrate the evils resulting from the vicious ezercise of parental influence, and set forth the radiating and redeeming power of goodness, even when associated with deformity of person, -the reader is surrounded with an atmosphere of intrigue, lying, and deceit —the unhealthy tendency of which is far from being counteracted by the moral aims of the writer, or by skilful treatment on her part. Most of the incidents are highly improbable, and throughout we are unpleasantly remi n d e d of Eugene Sue. A Catechism on Equitation. Longman and Co. Here we have in a wonderfully small space a synopsis of the whole art of equitation clely and forcibly put by ono who thoroughly understands the subject. Precise instructions are given, in the form of questions and answers, on all points con nected with the management of a horse, and each branch of the subject is amply illustrated by cuts. A. little book of this kind was much wanted, and a better one than that before us could not have heen written. It deserveS, and will obtain, a wide success. This little work has been written by an officer of 22 years' service in the 4th Light Dra goons, oRe who has ridden all his life to hounds and hunted in all parts of the world, a perfect master of his horse ; and is of a very old Kentish Law and Practice of Bills of Sale. By Joseph Beaumont, Esq. John Crockford. A valuable treatise on the above subjects, origi nally published in the Law Times, and now revised and issued in a separate form, with additions by the author (including a chapter on BO s of Sale of Ships), under the auspices of the editor of the above journal, to whom it is indebted for careful revision. THE BOMBARDMENT OF SWEABORG. We have received the Moniteur of yesterday. It publishes the following ; " The additional details collected at Helsingfors con• firm the statements already made respecting the losses of the enemy, which have been very considerable ; and, moreover, they make known to us the damage caused by our projectile."... " Thus it was not, as supposed, only to withdraw the Russian tbree•decker anchored between Gustavewaard and Bakholmen that the enemy took away that ♦easel from the passage in which it had been placed. Hit, and perforated by the shells, that vessel was sinking, and 'the Russians were obliged to tow her into shallow water; she is still there, lying over on one side, and full of water, which explains the inclined position in which she was seen from the sea. Considerable storehouses of corn and flour destined for the troops were consumed by the flames. " Great fears were entertained that the allied squa drons would attack and burn the town. Persons who have visited Sweaborg since the bombardment have stated that the principal buildings destroyed in the ci• tadel are— " Two powder magszinte. " Two shell magazines. " One magazine full of flax and rope.. " Two' storehouses, containing corn and flour for the troops. " 1 pitch manufactory. " 1 large house, containing hospital stares for the army. " 17 private houses. " The house of the Governor-General and his Chan cery. " 18 vessels hit in the basini. " The granite gimp; are damaged by the shells. " Finally, the shells which fell on board the man-of war wounded 96 men, who were conveyed to the town hospital, but the number of killed is not known. " The number of killed acknowledged is 2,000, but it is supposed at Helsingfors that the number is much greater. At the present moment the hospital at Hel singfors is full of wounded front the citadel, and, not being large enough to contain all who have been brought there, it bas been found necessary to lodge them with the inhabitants." LLOYD'S SHIPPING--(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Sept. 7.—Wind this day at noon, N.E.; moderate breeze, and cloudy. Powrsttouni, Sept. 6.—Wincl. N.E.—Arrived—Emu (s. tpt. 74), from Malta ; Queen, London, for Calcutta. Sailed—Agamemnon, for Calcutta; Trafalgar, Madras. SOUTHAMPTON, Sept. 6.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—City of the Sultan, from Buenos Ayres. PooLH, Sept. G.—Wind N.—Sailed—Angler, for New foundland. PLYMOUTH, Sept. 6.—Wind E.N.E.—Sailed—Palestine, for the Crimea. FALMOUTH, Sept. 6.—Wind E.N.E., freak breeze—Ar• rived—Tonquin, from Havana. Off th• port—George Hurlbut, from New York, for Antwerp ; Princess Royal, for Rio Grande. OBE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Friday Morning. Arrived—City of Limerick (s.), from Dublin ; Christiania ; City of the Sultan, Buenos Ayres. Sailed—City of Limerick (s.), for Dublin; Transit (s.), Jersey; Argyll (I.), Csrentan ; Sagettaire, Cowes. LIVERPOOL, Friday Morning. Wind, S.W. A.rrived—Murray, from Jamaica ; H. M., Belize ;As tarte, Rotterdam. Sailed—Maria, for Memel ; Repeater, Virginia ; Miles Standish, Calcutta ; Petrel, Africa ; Rialto, Adelaide ; Aquila de Ar Barcelona ; Calpe, Genoa; San Francisco, Iceland ; Pied Nez, Quebec ; Hendka Bartina, Rio Ja neiro ; Fri Caidado, Christiansund. QIIIENSTOWN, Sept. 5. Wind, N.E. Arrived—Argo, from Constantinople and Plymouth. Sailed—Nidaros, for Christiansund. DUBLIN, Sept. 6. Wind, N.W. Arrived—Louisa Auguste, from Odense. (BY SIIIMARINB AND BRITISH TtLEGRAPII.) GRAVESEND, Friday, 10.6 a.m. Wind, N.N.W.; tide, last hours' ebb ; fine. -Arrived—Henrietta, from Frederickshaven ; Delphe, Calmar ; Neptune, Odense ; Victoria, Dram; Soderkinde, Kioge ; Maria, Ystadt; Challenger and Heyworth, Dan zig ; Victoria, Aland Isl a nds (3 prize) ; Isabella, Gotten berg; Astrea, Pates; Oscar 1., ,from Sundswall ; Frie drich Wilhelm 111., Danzig ; Venus, Hudickwall. DEAL, Friday, 9.40 a . m. Wind S.E. by E., moderate and fine. Passed—Mary Bayley, from Leghorn, and Heels, from St. Kitt's, both for London. ISLINGTON LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY .--W e are requestedhn t i o happeared stateth in Monday that thern y evening'spadraagrap hunder,the raebsopctiveetnitgle; w person who was comp e ll e d to leavethrough , severe pecuniary embarassrnent, refers to a former libra rian, and not to Mr. Simpson, andw h w o hi s more f avourable openi ng has fill e d th a t office f towabout to retire in consequence n t o h n e g l e a ci s eight years, u t ennenf ahaving presented itself, and with the best wishes of all the members. e nsEliEN CommissionersT iN H o f Y her D E P Majesty's A:l.— ITte e W s o r o ci d s s Y a and rests morn inglmthPgave orders for the immediate covering of that pes tilential piece of water , known by the nawrnheicohfruthn well as the cleaning out of the Ser es pe f n ro ti' m ne. th River, VoLIINTIE Rs p Hudson's 8 e S r t P ra e n i 4 1 D as . Legion, day morning a strong draft of volunteers belonging to the Chasseurs Britannique, attached to the German the early up-train on the Great Nor thern Railway, from Hull, wbere they had been con veyed by steamer from Heligoland. EXTENSI YR PLATE ROBBERY* AT SUE GEOEQII HATTER'S: — Yesterdap morning information of a most extensive burglary, and the carrying off of a large quantity of Plate from the residence of Sir George Hayter, No. 6, Blandford-square, was sent round to tho whole of the metropolitan police stations. PRESERVATION OF LIFE FROM SIIIPWRICIL—Yester day a meeting of the Royal National Life-boat Institu tion was held at the society's house, John-street, Adelphi ; Capt. Lambert Parrott in the chair. Mr. Lewis, the secretary, hav:ng read the minutes of the previous meeting, the silver medal of the institution wee voted respectively to Mrs. Galbraith, and to Mm. !in , a fisherman. The remainder of the proceedings cor ner e d of awarding sums of money to several persons f or p isc, worihy services. IN'l lli h am els of new Weeks, QUICK WORK.—On August 29, Mr. Kington, near Thornbury, tbres)ed llo i wheat, c ame to Bristol and sold it on the 30th, and delivered it on the 3let. —.73a th Chronicle. bus tali lir' . er br t igo for .e. io i teA 6ne in , , 0 00 you 0 ° her. 0 61 been 1 ,, it pric a Ilia r 70' piAlt 32 al f 73 2i ..t '. t. too . IN 93a 3 921 i 1001 3011 1141 2i